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The importance of the German Tour de France Grand Départ for the Rhenish metropolis and Germany
Immediate and accessible transfers of people and goods, especially in the long distance, is one of today’s peculiarities. Nowadays, almost no place on our planet can really be said to be isolated; therefore, a growing number of countries, regions and cities claim their right to visibility and reachability. The process of becoming attractive in the eyes of a growing audience of potential visitors is commonly referred to as “getting on the map”. So getting on the map for a city means being able to show the world its best side, thus becoming attractive. Historically, this process is achieved with the organisation of a world-class event.
For instance, many experts agree that Milan got on the map thanks to the 1906 Universal Exposition, and more recently, that Bilbao got on the map thanks to the Guggenheim Museum’s inauguration. More and more often it is up to a major sporting event to make a city known to the general public. From this point of view, the most glamorous and successful world-class cases related to sporting events are probably the 1972 World Chess Championship, when Reykjavík got on the map thanks to the Fischer-Spassky match, and the 1992 Olympic Games, which saw the beginning of Barcelona's global success. The next attempt to get on the map following a sporting event will take place in a few days, but the preparations have been carried out for months. Düsseldorf, a German metropolis that has always been outside the spotlight, will host the Tour de France Grand Départ. 2017 will see the season’s most important cycling event turn into the most important sporting event of the year in the absence of both the World Cup and European Championship. The 104th Tour de France starts in the centre of Düsseldorf, on July 1.
Düsseldorf, situated amidst the state-of-the-art industrial region of Ruhr, is the seventh German city in population and the fifth in terms of business volume. Moreover, it has a marked cultural identity and is always in the top national and international ranking positions for quality of life; however, it has always suffered from some sort of an inferiority complex with respect to other German metropolises, at least until this year. As a matter of fact, Berlin has the Philharmonic, Frankfurt has the stock exchange, Munich has the Oktoberfest, and Hamburg had the Beatles, but Düsseldorf will have le Grand Départ.
The 198 participants will ride their state-of-the-art bicycles on a 14-km circuit heading towards the Rheinturm Tower, the 168-metre high telecommunications tower which is the symbol of the city and boasts the world’s biggest digital clock – the perfect tool for a time trial. They will continue towards the Altstadt, the old town, known as the “world’s longest bar” because of the considerable number of public venues. Düsseldorf is also home to the Altbier, its original dark beer, and the city's night scene is as lively as its artistic and musical ones: Düsseldorf boasts a high concentration of museums and art galleries, and the Königsallee is considered Germany's most elegant shopping boulevard.
However, to Chris Froome and his rivals riding through the city’s nicest streets means something more than just promoting Düsseldorf. The Tour de France Grand Départ from a German city (the fourth in the history of La Grande Boucle) is above all a hand of reconciliation between Germany and professional cycling. Following the national enthusiasm inspired by Jan Ullrich's Tour victory in 1997, German media and fans decisively turned their backs on the road cycling world ten years later, when Ullrich and the whole T-Mobile team were overwhelmed by the Operación Puerto doping scandal. During the 2007 Tour, after nth positive drug test, German TVs stopped live streaming the race for the following eight years.
Things are different today. In the past ten years, German road cycling has come up with a generation of credible and successful riders, the most representative of whom are Tony Martin, André Greipel and Marcel Kittel: they won a total of 25 Tour de France stages wearing the yellow jersey at different times. They will all be present at the Grand Départ, and Martin is the favourite to win the first stage and conquer the first yellow jersey.
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Final Frontier Fortnight: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) Review
In 1980, George Lucas brought Star Wars second installment, The Empire Strikes Back, to the big screen. It was a darker, more somber and much better movie than it’s predecessor. He then followed this movie up in 1983 with a lighter, “funnier” and “fluffier” movie in Return of the Jedi, seen by many as a lesser sequel. Knowing this, it is very easy to see the template that the creative minds behind both the second and third movie in the Star Trek series were following.
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan was a darker, more somber affair which finished with the death of a notable and popular character. You would be forgiven for believing this could spell the end of the movie franchise but what actually occurred was the foundations being laid for the third installment and in quite a cheap and inexplicable way, the bringing back of that dead character.
This movie undoes the work of the previous film
So The Search for Spock is a movie which does exactly what it says in the title and manages to undo all the good work and ground-breaking story-telling the previous movie accomplished. The plot of this movie is shallow and too easily resolved. All the crew need to do is get to the location of the previous movie and “rescue” Spock.
The shallow and weak nature of the story means that the writers have to create forced drama but nothing which particularly inspires. A plot about disobeying Starfleet and stealing the Enterprise leads nowhere, the fate of two principle characters, one of which is Kirk’s son, doesn’t resonate, mainly because William Shatner’s acting is as poor as ever and to round it off, there is the addition of a villain.
Christopher Lloyd doesn’t make for a convincing villain
The villain also feels as “bolted-on” as the rest of the plot developments. Christopher Lloyd, Doc Brown of Back to the Future, plays a rogue Klingon who wants to recreate the plan of the previous movie’s much superior villain. What could be imposing and threatening comes off as goofy, mainly because Lloyd is so miscast and is known more for his lighthearted roles rather than serious, dramatic ones.
There is some saving grace to the events of The Search of Spock. For starters, this movie goes for another bold move and actually destroys another key character – The Enterprise itself! Such a big move would become common-place in later movies but here it still feels shocking and quite a bold move. The film also brings back Leonard Nimoy’s Spock, which for all the positives of killing the character, is still iconic enough to want to keep around.
It is good to have Nimoy back though
It isn’t enough to make this movie worthy of it’s predecessor though. What Wrath of Khan managed to set-up so successfully is eventually completely undone, rendering the darker and more somber (and successful) movie irrelevant.
Overall, Star Trek: The Search for Spock is a huge dip in form compared to the second movie in the series. It has a flimsy plot, poor story-lines and a villain which is more cartoon than menacing. Although some more bold decisions are made, the movie undoes the best decisions the Wrath of Khan made and ultimately renders that film irrelevant.
Rating – 3
(1 – Awful, 2 – Average, 3 – Good, 4 – Great, 5! – Must See)
A disappointing entry after the successful second movie
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victorhugobrazil says:
Before i was able to watch these movies on VHS here in Brazil, i knew of their existance due to the MAD magazine parodies.
“Back to the Future” “Rocky IV” “Alien” and “Raiders of the Lost Ark” were my favourite parodies. and then i had the “Star Trek III” parody which was my “first contact” with that series. The parody was so affectionate, so respectful and moderate that i knew it was something the artists loved very much.
So, MAD magazine sort of made me look forward to watch this series.
That’s a great link to the movies. Never thought about how parodies would make you like (or dislike) a movie.
Here i found it for you to read:
http://mystartrekscrapbook.blogspot.com.br/2010/03/mad-spoof-star-blecch-iii-search-for.html
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By Julia Pal – 18 Mar. 06:02 PM
What My Mother Taught Me: Nadia Sawalha's Childhood
In Stuffed Vine Leaves Saved My Life, TV personality and Celebrity MasterChef winner Nadia Sawalha offers an authentic insight into life at the heart of a vibrant, food-loving Middle Eastern family. The family's mantra - good food, cooked with love, feeds the soul as well as the body - is fundamental to Nadia's approach to food. Central to her childhood foodie education was her mother, Roberta. In this delightful extract from her cookbook, Nadia evokes her mother's passion for cooking and describes the important role she played in inspiring a love of food in her children.
Nadia's mother's Slow-Cooked Spicy Lamb recipe - a firm family favourite.
"Whenever I look back on my childhood, it’s never long before my mind settles on culinary matters – hardly surprising, given that my mother, with her French ancestry, has always adored all things food related. Like a flashback in a movie, when I think back to Mum’s kitchen, her vast collection of cookery books immediately floats past the end of my nose, flicking and flapping their pages, teasing me with their tasty promises.
Mum was always ‘on the go’ around food, always busy, always mobile. Whether she was jumping on the bus to go to the markets of Croydon to source the freshest British fruit and veg, or heading off on her weekly sojourn to France to purchase slightly more exotic cheeses, meats and pastries, Mum wasn’t your average mumsy cook. There was nothing ‘ordinary’ or ‘mundane’ about her food. With my father’s Arabic foodie heritage always at the fore, Mum became an experimenter in the kitchen. We never had the same meal twice in a six-month period. When we arrived home from school there was no guessing what she would have magicked up for our beady eyes and growling tummies.
If mum wasn’t cooking, she was talking about cooking. If she wasn’t reading a novel, she had her nose buried in her Elizabeth David. And if she wasn’t working away in her kitchen, she was invariably out and about with her best friend Julie, trying out new restaurants and bistros, at a time when the whole notion of eating out was a truly exciting prospect."
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Emails Show Close Ties Between Heritage Foundation and Lockheed Martin
September 15 2015, 5:58 p.m.
When the Pentagon decided in 2009 to cut funding for Lockheed Martin’s F-22 Raptor fighter jet — a weapons system with cost overruns in the billions of dollars that has rarely seen combat — the Heritage Foundation fought tooth and nail to restore taxpayer money for the planes.
Heritage depicted its support for the F-22 as a matter of vital national security. But what the public didn’t know is that Lockheed Martin, a corporate donor to the conservative think tank, met with Heritage officials on nearly a monthly basis to discuss the F-22 and other defense industry priorities.
Internal emails leaked online show at least 15 meetings in 2008 and 2009 between officials at Heritage and Lockheed Martin, including one with Bill Inglee, who at the time served as a senior lobbyist at Lockheed Martin.
The emails also suggest that Heritage continued courting Lockheed Martin for donations, listing the company repeatedly in Excel spreadsheets used to collect pledges from past donors. Lockheed Martin gave $40,000 to Heritage in 2008, bringing its total contribution to $341,000, according to those documents.
Heritage provides limited information about its donors to the public. But many were revealed in a cache of Heritage fundraising emails and attachments from 2008 and 2009 that somehow ended up getting posted online early last month. The documents detail how the group raises cash and builds relationships with its extensive donor network. Heritage carefully cultivated wealthy donors and corporate benefactors, maintaining extensive call sheets recording contributor demands and interests.
The F-22, which is optimized for air-to-air combat, had long been criticized for its hefty price tag and for lacking combat use. The plane was projected to take nine years and $12 billion to develop — at a cost of $149 million per plane. But as the Los Angeles Times reported, it actually took 19 years to produce at a cost of $26.3 billion — with an average cost per plane of $412 million. The jet has also faced numerous safety problems, including two fatal crashes and a faulty oxygen supply system.
In 2009, then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates and then-Air Force Secretary Michael Donley forcefully requested that Congress end production of the F-22, capping the program at 187 planes, a shift designed to save the military $13 billion. Military officials called for F-22 money to be diverted to weapons that could be deployed to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Pentagon request touched off a fierce, though ultimately fruitless, lobbying battle. Lockheed Martin directed its registered lobbyists to fight back against the cuts in Congress and took out full-page advertisements in D.C. publications. And the Heritage Foundation produced a flurry of reports and media outreach efforts to encourage Congress to overturn the Pentagon’s decision.
Emails show that the Heritage Foundation’s fundraising staff worked closely with Mackenzie Eaglen, a researcher at the think tank who authored several reports calling for restoring F-22 funding. According to Heritage’s internal weekly calendar, Eaglen was scheduled to participate in “a Lockheed Martin think tank delegation to visit their fifth-generation fighter production facilities in Fort Worth, TX” in April 2009.
“I had a very interesting 20 minute conversation this morning with Mackenzie Eaglen about the F-22 and defense spending in general. She gave me the sad update of defense spending on the hill, which provided good context for me to understand our activities during Protect America month,” wrote Jeffrey Trimbath, the assistant director of major gift planning at Heritage. Trimbath’s notes show that Eaglen said that Heritage had attempted to “convince the Congress to fund an Allied Variant of the F-22 so that the production lines stay open while retaining a critical aerospace industrial base,” but that the combined opposition of Secretary Gates and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., made the request difficult.
James Jay Carafano, the vice president of Heritage’s Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, met several times with Lockheed Martin executives, even traveling to Marietta, Georgia, where the F-22 is produced, to participate in a “Lockheed Martin Tour of F-22 Programs.”
Some of the meeting documents list their topics, including one titled “Lockheed Martin Briefing on the Saudi Eastern Fleet Modernization Program.” But the documents do not go into detail about what was discussed at the meetings.
“We have no comment,” said Katherine Trinidad, Lockheed Martin’s director of worldwide media relations, when asked about the company’s relationship with Heritage. Officials at the Heritage Foundation did not respond to a request for comment. Eaglen, who now serves as a fellow with the American Enterprise Institute covering defense policy, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Heritage furiously opposed any effort to end production of the F-22. “The ability of America’s Air Force to dominate the skies is under attack from a different kind of enemy: a long-standing and widening fighter aircraft gap, which President Obama’s fiscal year (FY) 2010 defense budget fails to remedy,” claimed one Heritage report that called for restoring funding to the F-22. Another report from Heritage that year asked Congress to purchase 20 additional F-22 planes and to modify the planes for sale to Japan, Australia and “possibly South Korea.”
“Obama Just Made Us More Vulnerable… Again,” said a headline from Heritage’s blog, citing the end of F-22 production — one of several posts that year arguing that the Pentagon decision would threaten national security.
William Hartung, director of the Arms & Security Project at the Center for International Policy, said the documents provide “damning evidence of how hawkish think tanks do the bidding of powerful weapons contractors while posturing as objective national security analysts.”
Trimbath’s fundraising notes mention Heritage’s Protect America Month, an initiative calling for increased defense spending. Fundraising documents show that Northrop Grumman, another major defense contractor, had pledged money to support the initiative.
The fundraising documents list other programs at Heritage that got direct corporate support. IBM and Bayer both pledged money for Heritage’s Index of Freedom, an effort to rank the relative “freedom” of countries based solely on economic policy factors. Protection Life Corp, an Alabama-based insurance company, pledged $10,000 for Heritage’s Health Care Initiative.
Press accounts suggest Google Inc.’s donations to Heritage began in 2010, but the fundraising documents show that the search engine company contributed money in 2009 as well. Heritage would eventually warn regulators not to press the Mountain View, California-based company on alleged antitrust violations.
Corporations frequently donate to think tanks that share their policy agenda. Corinthian Colleges, a chronically underperforming for-profit college that relied on $1.4 billion in yearly loans backed by the federal government, funded Beltway think tanks such as the American Enterprise Institute that helped oppose regulations on the company and other failing proprietary colleges. Alpha Natural Resources, a coal mining company, financed think tanks and political operatives working to counter the belief in man-made global warming. Donations from both companies were made public this year only after the firms declared bankruptcy.
Defense contractors are no different, and have historically played an outsized role in shaping the national security debate through think tank funding. Lockheed Martin in particular funds an array of other policy institutes and think tanks. The nexus of defense contracting money and think tanks is poorly understood, however, largely because detailed think tank financial disclosures are voluntary.
“Heritage and other think tanks that press for higher Pentagon budgets should come clean and give the full details of their contributions from weapons contractors,” said Hartung. “Otherwise their positions on what weapons to buy and what defense postures to adopt should be taken with a large grain of salt.”
Update: Eaglen responded in the comments on this article.
Caption: F-22 Raptor stealth fighter flies over Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, September 21, 2011.
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September 18 2015, 11:10 p.m.
Heritage – a front for Satanists.
Mackenzie Eaglen
This past week the above news story called into question my integrity as a defense analyst—a charge never before leveled at me in my 15 years working in defense policy, both in and out of government.
The heart of the story is that my support for the Lockheed Martin-built F-22 fighter while I worked as a defense fellow at a Washington think tank was tied to that think tank’s receiving a donation from Lockheed. The story is based on leaked emails from the development (fundraising) team of my former employer—what the reporter and a quoted analyst from a liberal organization call “damning evidence.”
To correct the record, here are the facts.
1. The foundation I worked at is funded primarily by small donors writing checks under $1,000. This means the think tank could boast of having over 750,000 supporters. Corporate donations amounted to roughly 3% of the think tank’s annual income. In short, if Lockheed Martin had never given a cent, it would have made hardly a blip on the institute’s finances.
2. More importantly, there was a firewall between specific donations to the think tank and the analysts – including myself. This was specifically intended to prevent the influence of donations on the analysis we produced, as well as to prevent even the illusion of collusion.
3. If my work had been truly influenced by corporate donations from Lockheed Martin, I would not have advocated cutting in half the planned buy of the Littoral Combat Ship, a ship being built by Lockheed Martin. Nor would I have continued to argue for maintaining the F-22 production line when the corporation itself was willing to kill the program in an effort to keep production robust for its other new stealth aircraft, the F-35.
My support for the F-22 began long before my employment at the think tank in question and has continued long after. And it has been validated repeatedly, most recently by the head of Air Combat Command who stated simply this week: “We don’t have enough F-22s. If you look at the way we’re using them today in the current fight we’re in, if you look at what we would do in a future fight, we flat don’t have enough F-22s. But we have what we have, and they’re doing incredible work, and what the airmen flying those things are doing is phenomenal.”
4. The story also contains a faux “gotcha” moment by noting that I had visited the manufacturing plant for the F-22. As anyone familiar with the work of defense analysts knows, trips to bases, production lines, training centers, and shipyards are part and parcel of one’s effort to learn as much as possible about what our defense dollars are buying—or not.
Scores of trips are made every year by analysts from both the left and the right of the political spectrum. Sure, corporations want to put their best foot forward. But a seasoned analyst knows how to cut the wheat from the chaff. And, frankly speaking, there is no better way to understand the capability about which I’m researching than to go “kick the tires.” I’ve similarly visited production lines for General Dynamics, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, Sikorsky, and many smaller manufacturers.
5. The story’s bias also shows in ignoring that Lockheed Martin donates to many policy organizations in Washington. If the reporter had done his homework, he would have discovered that left-of-center think tanks typically received as much, or more, from defense corporations than the institute I previously worked at or work at now. Yet I would never suggest their defense work is somehow dictated by those donations.
The great thing about the American think tank system is that we all publish, and our arguments are out there to be discussed, dissected, and challenged. Even if one wanted to fix the analysis to suit the donors’ desires, it would become apparent, widely known, and would wind up being counterproductive for both the analyst and the donor.
Finally, I must note that the reporter contacted me within less than one hour before running with the story and while I was still hosting the Secretary of the Army for a public event with no chance of responding… Both he and his editors should know better.
Blank Reg Mackenzie Eaglen
I just find it appalling that Congress a bunch of lobbyists, and a contractor can effectively override the Pentagon’s own requests for resources. Who would know better than the Pentagon that they had sufficient F-22’s and wouldn’t need anymore?? So now, they are forced to take more planes they don’t need, while other vital resources needed for actual combat theater operations go begging?? This is the ultimate insanity.
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Shoot! I was hoping that this article would disclose direct links inside the DoD – the 5 “Ws” plus how. It’s common knowledge think tanks lobby for corporations in the halls of both chambers.
Many high ranking retired military officers get plum jobs with corporations. Because they did the corporations favors while inside? Do the ex-military use contacts inside to benefit the corporations?
What we need to know – the 5 Ws plus how – is everything about the most powerful individuals deciding US priorities and manipulating the right nerve endings (rewards and penalties) to get what they want. Expose the details of those at the top who tried to slip through the secret North American Union and trade agreements, both designed to sacrifice US sovereignty and jobs to benefit the wealthiest.
America is no longer a democracy if you believe former President Carter and Martin Gilens and Benamin I. Page’s Princeton article that concludes we are an Oligarchy.
This is right out of the Louis Powell Play Book.
Read the memorandum that laid the ground work for the conservative movement of the last 40 years.
http://research.greenpeaceusa.org/?a=view&d=5971
PlutoC patrick mcneal
Everyone should read the Powell memorandum! It is the genesis of the plutocracy that is snuffing out America’s democracy.
You can take each area Powell identified and match it with a corporatist takeover, e.g., news media: in 1983, 90% of the media was owned by 50 corporations, today 6 corporations control 90 % of the media and 75% of Americans get their news every day from those 6 corporations. Check out the CEOs of those 6 companies and you will find them to be the most conservative individuals. It is no wonder the news is far to the right, investigative journalism is dead and stories about inequality and America is an Oligarchy or Plutocracy get no air time.
Fran Macadam
Think tanks for tanks, while the economy tanks.
September 16 2015, 6:48 a.m.
The now commonly accepted term, “Think Tank”, is in itself Orwellian. That our corporate monopolist media are suckling at the teat of the Tank is not a surprise considering the Mobius loop of the “Free Market” by which our vaunted captains of capitalism have found they can bridle the beast from which they leach. No symbiosis please.
Thus by Tank and teat, the beast is coddled by befuddlement and circus while it serves as a host,… the beast, witless by free market design, in that the U.S. is now an oligarchy where corruption is legalized for the wealthy and the machines of profit seek to feather their beds by whatever means.
Reality is not really a question, when profit is the only answer.
The two fatal crashes have rendered it optimal for air-to-air combat. It’s a
weapons system. It’s supposed to kill people. And behold.
Why quibble about minutiae like an oxygen supply….?
Simon Saez
Thanks for this great article. We need more journalists investigating corruption in think tanks, irrespective of whether they are left-leaning or right-leaning.
Defense contractors are no different, and have historically played an outsized role in shaping the national security debate through think tank funding. Lockheed Martin in particular funds an array of other policy institutes and think tanks. The nexus of defense contracting money and think tanks is poorly understand [sic], however, largely because detailed think tank financial disclosures are voluntary.
This isn’t a surprise.
Taxpayer money goes from Congress to defense corporations (for boondoggle projects like this … or the Iraq invasion) to lobbyists and then back to elected officials. (Unelected officials are also on the take no doubt.)
That’s why they call political speech “spin”.
Spin is one cycle of laundering.
Nobody seems to notice.
Thanks for this article.
Jeff Barge
I always wonder about these grups — are they just storage places for politicians who last some race and need a job? Or like Concerned Women of America, do they just have about a 12-person firm that should be quoted by nobody — a modern day Potemkin Village.
A think tank is an outfit that churns out information by “experts” that adheres to a predetermined ideaogy. They twist the facts to conform to their agenda. It is no surprise that this involves corruption.
A good article. Exposing donors using a think tank to write papers to back their rent seeking behavior. That’s why I come to The Intercept. Heritage had been a credible organization. Now instead of limited government and good government policy they seem to be interested in helping donors get a piece of that federal pie. What a disappointment.
charliethreeee
What is the difference between a think tank and a lobbying firm? I thought they essentially did the same thing?
elwood charliethreeee
A think tank puts out “white papers” smeared in shit. A lobbying firm eliminates the paper.
A think tank puts out “white papers” covered with excrement. A lobbying firm eliminates the paper.
Froncek
Damn. Everything is so deceptive and so money- generated nowadays that it’s hard to believe anything.
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Westlake Legal Group > Posts tagged "pressure"
Senate Democrat Who Claimed Evidence of Trump-Ukraine Quid Pro Quo Changes His Story
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It’s almost like all these Democrats who constantly proclaim they’ve got evidence that will bring Trump down are just full of it?
As we move through the ridiculousness that is the current Trump-Ukraine “scandal,” one figure that attempted to place himself as offering corroboration of wrongdoing was Sen. Chris Murphy. He claimed that Ukrainian president Zelensky personally told him Trump pressured him to investigate Biden.
This per the Free Beacon.
Senator Chris Murphy (D., Conn.), who traveled to Ukraine in early September, told reporters this week that he had heard “directly” from Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky that Zelensky felt pressured by Trump to investigate Hunter Biden’s involvement with Ukrainian gas giant Burisma…
…The senator said Monday that the “entire new Ukrainian administration” including Zelensky told him they believed the United States withheld aid due to his “unwillingness to investigate the Bidens.”
“Once I got on the ground there, I heard about how confused the entire new Ukrainian administration was about the nature of these demands they were getting from the Trump administration to conduct this political investigation, and that they worry that the aid that was being cut off to Ukraine by the president was a consequence for their unwillingness, at the time, to investigate the Bidens,” Murphy said, adding that the concern was relayed to him “from the president directly.”
This was bandied about early this week as proof that Trump had broken the law and applied immense pressure on the Ukrainian president to investigate Joe Biden. Eventually, we’d get the transcript and learn that it was a completely mundane conversation with no pressure or threats applied. Actually, it was surprising just how nonchalant Trump was about Biden. He didn’t press the issue at all and Ukraine wasn’t even aware of any holdup with the military aid.
It’s also worth nothing that Murphy’s claims of what Zelensky told him were back-filled. He originally made no mention of any such conversation and only took to the press to make his claims after the whistle-blower story broke. It was way, way too convenient. Then the Beacon got a hold of the Sept. 11th audio, where Murphy is shown to have no mentioned any of this.
Now, apparently realizing he’s been caught in a lie, Murphy is running to change his story.
Sen. Chris Murphy: "In my meeting…Zelensky did not make any connection between the aid that had been cut off & the requests that he was getting from Giuliani but the Ukrainian govt certainly thru multiple channels was expressing their confusion about who they should listen to." pic.twitter.com/Wa2eLo8UXR
Oops. That’s pretty for removed from “they thought aid was being withheld because of Biden” isn’t it? Far removed might be an understatement. It’s not even close to the same thing.
And just like that, another plank in all this nonsense collapses. Will any media outlet call out Murphy for lying? Of course they won’t, but I’m not sure it matters anymore. There are plenty of alternative forms of media that are doing great work on this story and the news is getting out there. CNN and The New York Times can keep playing patty cake.
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BREAKING: Iran Begins Folding, Now Offering Concessions
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From left, the European Union high representative, Federica Mogherini; the Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif; head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation, Ali Akbar Salehi, the Russian foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov; the British foreign secretary Philip Hammond; and the US secretary of state John Kerry pose for a group picture at the United Nations building in Vienna after striking a landmark nuclear deal. Joe Klamar / Pool Photo via AP
This just came over the wire.
Iran, who just last week was defiantly proclaiming they wouldn’t move an inch under Trump’s sanctions pressure, is now saying they’ll offer amendments and concessions on the Iran nuclear deal for relief.
#BREAKING: Iran president Rouhani: Iran is ready to discuss inserting minor changes, additions, or amendments to the nuclear deal if sanctions are lifted
— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) September 24, 2019
Iran’s economy has been in shambles and their people are growing more and more restless. Last year, we saw widespread protests on the matter and the anti-America rhetoric of the Mullahs is having less of an impact in galvanizing domestic support.
As to how President Trump should respond to this? My opinion is he should laugh in their face. They had their chance to negotiate and save their regime. Let them collapse. It’s not like they can be trusted to hold to any new re-writing of the nuclear deal anyway.
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Finally: White House to Target Illegal Alien Remittances, Put Pressure on Their Home Countries
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A group of immigrants from Honduras and El Salvador who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally are loaded on to a van, Wednesday, June 25, 2014, in Granjeno, Texas. At least six local, state and federal law enforcement agencies patrol the five mile zone which is illegal immigrations busiest corridor. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Better late than never, but this should have done two years ago.
The Border Patrol has been overrun on the southern border and now the White House is making some new moves to combat the situation. They are preparing to target illegal alien remittances, i.e. money sent back to their home countries from their unlawful work within the United States
The White House is planning on targeting remittance payments made by illegal immigrants in the wake of an ongoing migrant flood at the U.S. southern border, a senior administration official told reporters Tuesday…
…The White House plan to go after remittance payments falls in line with a proposal from former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who is being considered to replace outgoing DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.
This is common sense.
If the major draw for illegal immigrants is economic (and it is given most asylum claims are fraudulent), stopping the ability to send cash back to people in Mexico, Honduras, etc. will go a long way tamping down the motivation to illegally enter the country.
Perhaps more importantly, it puts pressure on those countries to do something about the migrant flows. Kris Kobach is hoping to become the new DHS Secretary and has been pushing this idea.
Kobach told Breitbart, “The threat I propose is one that actually helps us if we follow through on it. That is the threat of ending remittances from the majority of people in the United States from Mexico who are here illegally,” adding “they don’t want to risk losing that massive flow of foreign capital. In most years, it’s their second biggest source of foreign capital.”
Whether Kobach has a chance at the position, I’m not sure. He’d supposedly have a hard time in the confirmation process but perhaps it’s time to stop worrying about that and start playing hardball. If he can garner 50 votes, I wouldn’t shy away from him.
To this point, the “pressure” we’ve applied on places like Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, etc. has been to send them hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign aid. It hasn’t worked. The quickest way to get anybody to jump when you say jump is to hit them in the pocketbook. Trump has sought to cut aid, and that’s a good start, but it’s the billions in remittances that really make things tick.
As I said above, this should have been done a long time ago. I think Trump’s lack of consistency among his border policies has only hurt the situation. He needs to stop paying attention to whether CNN criticizes him and just do what needs to be done. Had he introduced a sweeping package of actions back in 2017 and stuck with them, Republicans could be arguing from a position of strength right now. Instead, we’ve had multiple policies put in place and rescinded, only adding to the chaos narrative used to now attack him.
With all of this said, I give it two weeks after such a policy is put in place before some Obama appointed Judge in California puts a nationwide injunction in place based on absolutely nothing but his/her political opinions. We are living in an era of pure judicial tyranny, where anything can be used to justify stripping the President of his constitutional powers. Until the Supreme Court stops avoiding the tough issues and puts these lower courts in their place, it will continue.
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A new cycle: Tyrecycle
October 10, 2018 by Waste Management Review
Australian tyre recycler Tyrecycle is hoping to play an expanded role in the clean-up of legacy end-of-life tyre stockpiles across Australia through the expansion of its collection and processing capabilities.
With a national footprint of tyre-derived shredding and chipping plants across the country, Tyrecycle is the only EPA licenced tyre recycler in Victoria.
Australia currently produces around 56 million tyres each year, with Tyrecycle playing a pivotal role in reducing the environmental, economic and social impact of those end-of-life tyres.
In 2017, the company worked with EPA Victoria to clean up a stockpile in excess of a million tyres on the outskirts of Victoria in Stawell. The operation saw the collection of 1.1 million equivalent passenger units.
Since then, the company has further enhanced its collection and processing capacity at its Somerton site and is looking further afield in taking on clean-up jobs across the country, with all materials processed within 24 hours of reaching Tyrecycle’s plant.
Clinton Habner, Tyrecycle National Sales Manager, says a recent project in Wedderburn in Victoria’s north saw the collection of 860 tonnes of tyres in under a month – equating to 100,000 equivalent passenger units.
Clinton explains that the tyres had been stockpiled after being removed from gullies and creek beds where they’d previously been used as part of a water erosion scheme in the 1980s.
“This is an example of the demand we’re seeing for responsible clean-up and removal of tyres from the environment, thereby eliminating any fire risk,” Clinton says.
“The Wedderburn project was done in collaboration with VicWater, the peak industry association for water businesses in Victoria and was a great example of industry and government partnering to deliver a win/win outcome for everyone and, in particular, the community.”
“The Stawell project demonstrated our capabilities in delivering safe, ethical and environmentally sound outcomes and I think that really gave assurance to VicWater that we were the right partner.”
Clinton says Tyrecycle provided flexibility in its transport fleet, scheduling and collection with two to three trucks committed each day to ensure the tyres were cleaned up in a timely manner.
The tyres were then processed immediately upon arrival at Tyrecycle’s Somerton site, including cleaning and shredding and/or crumbing. The shredded passenger tyres will be exported as tyre-derived fuel for use in cement kilns or in purpose-built power generation plants.
Clinton says Tyrecycle is continuing to invest in improved infrastructure and capital projects, looking to broaden its capability so it can tackle even more challenging remediation projects in an increasingly efficient way.
He says Tyrecycle is committed to doing what it can help reduce the impact of stockpiled end-of-life tyres.
“We’re focused on working in partnership with government and the community to identify and enact solutions to these legacy stockpiles through an end-to-end chain
of responsibility.”
“We can tell customers how many tonnes were taken, what they paid and how they met their obligations in line with ethical use,” Clinton says.
Tyrecycle is also working to developing new end markets for the tyres, not just at an international level but also within the domestic sphere.
As well as producing tyre-derived fuel from passenger tyres, the company also recycles truck tyres into rubber crumb and granules for use in roads, playgrounds, sporting fields and civil engineering applications.
What Tyrecycle would like to see is an end to tyres being whole-baled for export – a position supported by the Australian Tyre Recyclers Association due to the biosecurity and safety risks.
Clinton says that by relying on a commoditised price, it only leaves these rogue operators vulnerable to stockpiling once the prices falls.
“What we really hope is we get the market structure and regulatory frameworks right. This will create an even playing field in the market and force rogue operators to comply with environmental and safety controls.
“In turn, this will give consumers peace of mind that when they leave their scrap tyres with a retailer they will be handled appropriately, not end up in in a pyrolysis kiln in an in ill-fated Asian country with poor emission controls. Currently, that is not always the case.”
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Average Weather in April in Bonita Springs Florida, United States
Daily high temperatures increase by 4°F, from 81°F to 84°F, rarely falling below 74°F or exceeding 89°F.
Daily low temperatures increase by 3°F, from 63°F to 66°F, rarely falling below 54°F or exceeding 72°F.
For reference, on August 7, the hottest day of the year, temperatures in Bonita Springs typically range from 76°F to 90°F, while on January 18, the coldest day of the year, they range from 55°F to 74°F.
Average High and Low Temperature in April
Average High and Low Temperature in April in Bonita Springs1815222911223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303045°F50°F55°F60°F65°F70°F75°F80°F85°F90°F95°FMarMayApr 181°FApr 181°F63°F63°FApr 3084°FApr 3084°F66°F66°FApr 1182°FApr 1182°F64°F64°FApr 2183°FApr 2183°F65°F65°FLowHigh
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.
The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on April. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.
Average Hourly Temperature in April
Average Hourly Temperature in April in Bonita Springs1815222911223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303012 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMMarMaycoolcomfortablecomfortablewarmhotwarm
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
Asunción, Paraguay (3,919 miles away) and Taichung, Taiwan (8,649 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Bonita Springs (view comparison).
The month of April in Bonita Springs experiences essentially constant cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy remaining about 36% throughout the month.
The clearest day of the month is April 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 65% of the time.
For reference, on August 27, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 70%, while on February 21, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 69%.
Cloud Cover Categories in April
Cloud Cover Categories in April in Bonita Springs181522291122334455667788991010111112121313141415151616171718181919202021212222232324242525262627272828292930300%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%MarMayApr 165%Apr 165%Apr 3064%Apr 3064%Apr 1164%Apr 1164%Apr 2163%Apr 2163%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.
A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. In Bonita Springs, the chance of a wet day over the course of April is gradually decreasing, starting the month at 21% and ending it at 19%.
For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 74% on August 12, and its lowest chance is 13% on December 16.
Probability of Precipitation in April
Probability of Precipitation in April in Bonita Springs181522291122334455667788991010111112121313141415151616171718181919202021212222232324242525262627272828292930300%5%10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%50%55%MarMayApr 121%Apr 121%Apr 3019%Apr 3019%Apr 1121%Apr 1121%Apr 2120%Apr 2120%rain
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).
To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.
The average sliding 31-day rainfall during April in Bonita Springs is essentially constant, remaining about 1.8 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 3.8 inches or falling below 0.3 inches.
The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 1.7 inches on April 19.
Average Monthly Rainfall in April
Average Monthly Rainfall in April in Bonita Springs181522291122334455667788991010111112121313141415151616171718181919202021212222232324242525262627272828292930300 in2 in4 in6 in8 inMarMayApr 191.7 inApr 191.7 inApr 11.9 inApr 11.9 inApr 301.9 inApr 301.9 in
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average liquid-equivalent snowfall.
Over the course of April in Bonita Springs, the length of the day is increasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day increases by 42 minutes, implying an average daily increase of 1 minute, 27 seconds, and weekly increase of 10 minutes, 10 seconds.
The shortest day of the month is April 1, with 12 hours, 27 minutes of daylight and the longest day is April 30, with 13 hours, 9 minutes of daylight.
Hours of Daylight and Twilight in April
Hours of Daylight and Twilight in April in Bonita Springs181522291122334455667788991010111112121313141415151616171718181919202021212222232324242525262627272828292930300 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrMarMaynightnightdaydayApr 112 hr, 27 minApr 112 hr, 27 minApr 3013 hr, 9 minApr 3013 hr, 9 min
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.
The latest sunrise of the month in Bonita Springs is 7:17 AM on April 1 and the earliest sunrise is 28 minutes earlier at 6:49 AM on April 30.
The earliest sunset is 7:44 PM on April 1 and the latest sunset is 15 minutes later at 7:58 PM on April 30.
Daylight saving time is observed in Bonita Springs during 2020, but it neither starts nor ends during April, so the entire month is in daylight saving time.
For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 6:35 AM and sets 13 hours, 48 minutes later, at 8:22 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:10 AM and sets 10 hours, 29 minutes later, at 5:40 PM.
Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in April
Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in April in Bonita Springs181522291122334455667788991010111112121313141415151616171718181919202021212222232324242525262627272828292930302 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMMarMay6:49 AM6:49 AMApr 307:58 PMApr 307:58 PM7:17 AM7:17 AMApr 17:44 PMApr 17:44 PM7:02 AM7:02 AMApr 167:51 PMApr 167:51 PMSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunset
The solar day over the course of April. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.
We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.
The chance that a given day will be muggy in Bonita Springs is rapidly increasing during April, rising from 36% to 50% over the course of the month.
For reference, on July 17, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 100% of the time, while on January 27, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 18% of the time.
Humidity Comfort Levels in April
Humidity Comfort Levels in April in Bonita Springs181522291122334455667788991010111112121313141415151616171718181919202021212222232324242525262627272828292930300%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%MarMayApr 136%Apr 136%Apr 3050%Apr 3050%Apr 1139%Apr 1139%Apr 2145%Apr 2145%oppressiveoppressivemuggymuggyhumidhumidcomfortablecomfortabledrydrymiserablemiserable
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The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.
This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.
The average hourly wind speed in Bonita Springs is decreasing during April, decreasing from 9.6 miles per hour to 8.5 miles per hour over the course of the month.
For reference, on November 6, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 10.0 miles per hour, while on August 8, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.0 miles per hour.
Average Wind Speed in April
Average Wind Speed in April in Bonita Springs181522291122334455667788991010111112121313141415151616171718181919202021212222232324242525262627272828292930300 mph2 mph4 mph6 mph8 mph10 mph12 mph14 mph16 mphMarMayApr 19.6 mphApr 19.6 mphApr 308.5 mphApr 308.5 mphApr 169.1 mphApr 169.1 mph
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
The hourly average wind direction in Bonita Springs throughout April is predominantly from the east, with a peak proportion of 41% on April 30.
Wind Direction in April
Wind Direction in April in Bonita Springs181522291122334455667788991010111112121313141415151616171718181919202021212222232324242525262627272828292930300%100%20%80%40%60%60%40%80%20%100%0%MarMaywestsoutheastnorth
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).
Bonita Springs is located near a large body of water (e.g., ocean, sea, or large lake). This section reports on the wide-area average surface temperature of that water.
The average surface water temperature in Bonita Springs is increasing during April, rising by 4°F, from 73°F to 77°F, over the course of the month.
Average Water Temperature in April
Average Water Temperature in April in Bonita Springs1815222911223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303065°F70°F75°F80°F85°FMarMayApr 173°FApr 173°FApr 3077°FApr 3077°FApr 1174°FApr 1174°FApr 2176°FApr 2176°F
The daily average water temperature (purple line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).
Temperatures in Bonita Springs are sufficiently warm year round that it is not entirely meaningful to discuss the growing season in these terms. We nevertheless include the chart below as an illustration of the distribution of temperatures experienced throughout the year.
Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in April
Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in April in Bonita Springs181522291122334455667788991010111112121313141415151616171718181919202021212222232324242525262627272828292930300%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%MarMay100%Apr 16100%Apr 16coolcomfortablewarmhotcold
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.
Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.
The average accumulated growing degree days in Bonita Springs are rapidly increasing during April, increasing by 672°F, from 1,490°F to 2,162°F, over the course of the month.
Growing Degree Days in April
Growing Degree Days in April in Bonita Springs181522291122334455667788991010111112121313141415151616171718181919202021212222232324242525262627272828292930301,400°F1,600°F1,800°F2,000°F2,200°FMarMayApr 11,490°FApr 11,490°FApr 302,162°FApr 302,162°FApr 111,709°FApr 111,709°FApr 211,940°FApr 211,940°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of April, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.
The average daily incident shortwave solar energy in Bonita Springs is gradually increasing during April, rising by 0.5 kWh, from 6.3 kWh to 6.8 kWh, over the course of the month.
Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in April
Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in April in Bonita Springs181522291122334455667788991010111112121313141415151616171718181919202021212222232324242525262627272828292930300 kWh1 kWh2 kWh3 kWh4 kWh5 kWh6 kWh7 kWh8 kWhMarMayApr 16.3 kWhApr 16.3 kWhApr 306.8 kWhApr 306.8 kWhApr 166.6 kWhApr 166.6 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Bonita Springs are 26.340 deg latitude, -81.779 deg longitude, and 10 ft elevation.
The topography within 2 miles of Bonita Springs is essentially flat, with a maximum elevation change of 10 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 8 feet. Within 10 miles is also essentially flat (23 feet). Within 50 miles is also essentially flat (75 feet).
The area within 2 miles of Bonita Springs is covered by artificial surfaces (98%), within 10 miles by artificial surfaces (44%) and water (25%), and within 50 miles by water (44%) and herbaceous vegetation (25%).
This report illustrates the typical weather in Bonita Springs year round, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.
Temperature and Dew Point
There are 2 weather stations near enough to contribute to our estimation of the temperature and dew point in Bonita Springs.
For each station, the records are corrected for the elevation difference between that station and Bonita Springs according to the International Standard Atmosphere , and by the relative change present in the MERRA-2 satellite-era reanalysis between the two locations.
The estimated value at Bonita Springs is computed as the weighted average of the individual contributions from each station, with weights proportional to the inverse of the distance between Bonita Springs and a given station.
The stations contributing to this reconstruction are: Naples Municipal Airport (52%, 21 kilometers, south) and Southwest Florida International Airport (48%, 22 kilometers, north).
All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Algorithms 2nd Edition , by Jean Meeus.
All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.
Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .
Time zones for aiports and weather stations are provided by AskGeo.com .
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We draw particular cautious attention to our reliance on the MERRA-2 model-based reconstructions for a number of important data series. While having the tremendous advantages of temporal and spatial completeness, these reconstructions: (1) are based on computer models that may have model-based errors, (2) are coarsely sampled on a 50 km grid and are therefore unable to reconstruct the local variations of many microclimates, and (3) have particular difficulty with the weather in some coastal areas, especially small islands.
We further caution that our travel scores are only as good as the data that underpin them, that weather conditions at any given location and time are unpredictable and variable, and that the definition of the scores reflects a particular set of preferences that may not agree with those of any particular reader.
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Central Montana's Secret Wildlands
The Musselshell breaks country is a wondrous landscape of buttes, breaks, badlands, and prairies
Looking over the Dovetail area in the Musselshell Breaks (Aubrey Bertram)
In this open and untamed country with few roads and fewer trails, everything is off the beaten path.
This is the wild heart of Montana, where the Musselshell River sweeps north to meet the Missouri through a vast landscape of buttes, breaks, badlands, grassland seas, and open forests. Mountain ranges in the distance are dwarfed by the vastness of the prairie. It’s a stunning place rich in human history, wildlife habitat, and solitude – and one of North America’s last remaining intact large-scale prairie ecosystems.
Critical: Take Action Today
In May, the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) released a new version of its resource management plan (RMP), the document that will direct how the agency’s Lewistown Field Office will manage 650,000 surface acres of wild public lands in this area, the wild heart of Montana.
The RMP proposes leaving up to 99% of all surface acres in the Lewistown Field Office planning area open to oil and gas exploration and development. The proposed plan provides no protections for over 200,000 acres of lands that the field office had previously identified as having wilderness characteristics, and it removes important administrative designations from every Area of Critical Environmental Concern in the planning area. The draft further fails to consider the real impacts climate change facing our planet.
In short, the plan is a disaster.
It is a transparent attempt by the Department of the Interior (DOI) to sell out our wild public lands to oil and gas interests while stripping away science and public input. It ignores the critical wildlife habitat, ecological significance, and wild solitude of central Montana. It is evidence of DOI's disdain for our public wildlands.
We must make it clear to the BLM and the DOI protecting Montana's wild heart is critical, and that we won’t tolerate its transparent favoring of oil and gas interests. Take a moment today to write a comment telling the BLM and DOI why protecting the wild heart of Montana is so critical, and we’ll submit it to the agencies on your behalf.
What’s at Stake
Montana has what most western states lost long ago: hundreds of thousands of acres of unplowed, undeveloped, and diverse grasslands, stretching from the UL Bend to Arrow Creek and the Missouri River Breaks. These areas provide essential habitat for some of the healthiest elk and mule deer herds in North America, offer important breeding and feeding habitats for many migratory birds, and compose the wild heart of Montana.
Among the pristine wild places in the Lewistown Field Office planning area are West Crooked Creek, Dovetail, Cottonwood, Carter Coulee, Horse Camp Trail, Dunn Ridge, Chain Buttes, Carroll Coulee, Fort Musselshell (A and B), Spear Coulee, Biggett, Big Snowies tack-ons (A and B), Chimney Bend, Dog Creek South, Armell’s Creek, and Fargo Coulee. These untrammeled wildlands are unique to Montana, and should be managed specifically to protect their wild character. In 2013/14, fhe field office inventoried its planning area and found these places to be Lands with Wilderness Characteristics, a designation that means the agency considers them worthy of management as wilderness.
Blood Creek, Cemetery Road, Drag Creek, the Judith Mountains, Arrow Creek, Little Crooked Creek, and Red Mountain are revered by outdoor enthusiasts. The habitat in these areas needs enhancement and conservation, and the BLM should prioritize responsible recreation access and habitat restoration over new roads and resource extraction. The BLM should managed these areas as Backcountry Conservation Areas, using specific, legally enforceable guidelines that manage the land for its highest values: wildlife habitat and backcountry hunting. If these areas are not managed for these objectives, their unique wild character will be at great risk.
The beauty of the Musselshell Breaks is often subtle, but always worth a closer look (Aubrey Bertram)
During its inventory, the Lewistown Field Office office recognized these areas are all exceptionally wild. Unfortunately, and despite the fact that these areas have low potential for economically viable oil and gas development, the Department of Interior in Washington D.C. ignored the local decision-making process in a transparent attempt to open virtually every single acre to oil and gas leasing.
What’s more, areas that have been managed for important recreational, cultural, paleontological, and ecological resources are poised to be opened to oil and gas leasing as well. The eight Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs) that the Lewistown Field Office has managed since the 1990s would be completely eliminated under the preferred alternative. The elimination of ACECs is literally unprecedented, but we’re facing the possibility that irreplaceable indigenous resources, waters that house pure westslope cutthroat trout, and irreplaceable opportunities for hiking and solitude would be sold out to benefit oil and gas interests.
This rare landscape is priceless to Montanans and to all Americans. Now is the time for us to speak up for these places, and to defend our priceless public lands from industrial attempts to exploit them for private gain.
To learn more about the Lewistown RMP and how you can help protect these wildlands, contact Mark Good at mgood@wildmontana.org or Aubrey Bertram at abertram@wildmontana.org.
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Why the Pictures Had to Come from Black. Looking with Myra Greene at Character Recognition
Stefanie Fock
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With her photographic series Character Recognition (2006–2007) U.S. artist Myra Greene examines historical constructions of race and racist ways of looking from a perspective that undermines the assumed neutrality of photography. She transforms the old ambrotype technique and encourages to reflect on the power that visual technologies hold over the representation of race and identity. Greene recalls yet disobeys nineteenth-century ethnographic visual practices and looking instructions, creating a technical and metaphorical deferral of the past into the present and of the present into the past. Her photographic practice unveils the ongoing violent effects of nineteenth-century scientific racism on present-day bodies and embodied ways of looking. At the same time, Character Recognition gives new life to the archives of visual colonialism and experiments with photographic representation and body memory as tools for decolonial options of non-normative (visual) spaces.
Myra Greene (born 1975) is a black US photographer and associate professor of photography who uses a diverse artistic practice to explore questions of race and identity. Convinced that “the medium you use should complement the metaphorical meaning of the work,”11Quiana Mestrich, “Photographer Interview: Myra Greene,” Dodge & Burn: Diversity in Photography History, Digital Journal (April 29, 2009). Last access: January 3, 2019, URL: http://dodgeburn.blogspot.com.es/2009/04/photographer-interview-myra-greene.html. she changes her artistic technique whenever she comes to a new topic. Her artworks thus always include a reflection on visual technologies. In several occasions, Greene has emphasized the importance of a simultaneous transformation of content and form “to help people think about the power photography holds over the representation of identity.”22ibid.
On her website, Greene presents her artworks as projects, a notion that attends not only to the final product of artistic creation but to the more complex processes and technologies of production, presentation, and reception. In viewing Greeneʼs projects as artistic investigations, I consider them to take on the three moments of decolonial method as defined by Rolando Vázquez:
1) To show [the] genealogy [of certain concepts] in western modernity that allows us to transform the universal validity claims of western concepts and turn them into concepts historically situated; 2) To show their coloniality, that is how they have functioned to erase, silence, denigrate other ways of understanding and relating to the world; and finally 3) To build on this grounds the decolonial option, as a non-normative space, as a space open to the plurality of alternatives.33Walter Mignolo and Rolando Vázquez, “Decolonial AestheSis: Colonial Wounds/Decolonial Healings,” Social Text Journal (July 15, 2013). Last access: January 3, 2019, URL: http://socialtextjournal.org/periscope_article/decolonial-aesthesis-colonial-woundsdecolonial-healings/.
To exemplify such an understanding of decolonial methods, in this article I focus on Greeneʼs project Character Recognition (2006–2007). The photographic series has been published as a book, displayed at several exhibitions, and some of the pictures are available at the artist’s website.44Myra Greene, Character Recognition, picture, URL: http//www.myragreene.com/characterrecognition. For future analysis, it would also be of much interest to approach Greeneʼs work concerning Mignolo and Vázquezʼ (2013) analytic transformation of Western aesthetics to decolonial aesthesis. Seventy pictures of Greeneʼs face, nose, mouth, eyes, and ears compose this series. The fragmented self-portraits recall yet disobey the visual practice of French criminalist and anthropologist Alphonse Bertillon (1853–1914) who standardized police archiving systems and promoted a photographic mapping of criminalized bodies “according to a series of salient visual signs.”55Shawn Michelle Smith, Taking Another Look at Race: Myra Greene & Carla Williams (New York: Visual Studies Workshop, 2009), 8. Last access: January 3, 2019, URL: http://www.myragreene.com/Design_Files/Documents/SmithGreeneWilliams.pdf. Furthermore, Greene recurs to the photographic process of the ambrotype (or wet collodion) that was introduced in the 1850s. This technical decision underlines the deferral of the past into the present and of the present into the past that constitutes Character Recognition.
In order to fix a picture as an ambrotype, a transparent glass plate is covered with collodion, sensitized in silver nitrate, placed in a large format camera, exposed, and finally developed while the plate is still wet. The picture is made positive and visible when put onto a black (or at least a dark) background. Greene used this technique to transform her reflections on photography as a technology of race into material artifacts that undermine the often-assumed neutrality of photography. Technically speaking, the artist de-whitened the ambrotype by printing her unique self-portraits on black instead of transparent glass plates. With the results of this experiment, she demonstrates that photographic practices and processes have never merely been shaped by technical or chemical limitations but by whiteness as the cultural and technological norm.66For different discussions of whiteness as a technological norm, see Coco Fusco, “Racial Time, Racial Marks, Racial Metaphors,” Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self, ed. Coco Fusco and Brian Wallis (New York: International Center of Photography in association with Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2003), 13–49; Syreeta McFadden, “Teaching the Camera to See My Skin: Navigating Photography’s Inherited Bias against Dark Skin,” Buzz Feed News (April 2, 2014). Last access: January 3, 2019, URL: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/syreetamcfadden/teaching-the-camera-to-see-my-skin; Tanya Sheehan, Doctored: The Medicine of Photography in Nineteenth-Century America (Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2011); Lorna Roth, “The Colour Balance Project,” URL: http://www.colourbalance.lornaroth.com.
Greeneʼs self-portraits quote the violent colonial construction of bodies as “black,” as much as she liberates her own body from photographic fixation. “Because its substrate is black,” and due to light exposure manipulations, the ambrotype “allows for a striking range of dark hues, from inky black to smoky grey to ghostly white.”77Smith, Taking Another Look at Race, 11. Here, the possible meanings and the affirmation of blackness in its plurality do not depend on white(s) but consciously resist racist structures and means of visual knowledge production. Still, scratches and smudgy chemicals in the pictures visualize photography as an event that leaves marks, and as a technology that operates upon people even as they operate it.88Ariella Azoulay, “Photography,” Mafte’akh: Lexical Review of Political Thought, no. 2 (2011): 65–80, here 68 & 70. Greene misaligns strict divisions between people and technology, past and present, theory and practice, art and science, body and look, discourse and materiality. That is why I consider that, in content and form, Character Recognition fits well with this issue’s overall topic of decolonial deferrals.
The deferral that I want to highlight in this article is decolonialityʼs move from the colonial wound towards healing.99Mignolo and Vázquez, “Decolonial AestheSis.” I have not come to think and write about Character Recognition in this way through a mere analysis of the final photographic series. A change of my perception has been possible thanks to Greeneʼs simultaneous activities in art and teaching, and thanks to other critics’ interpretation of her work as an exploration of “historical trauma and dismemberment and the healing power of memory.”1010Deborah Jack, “Character Recognition by Myra Greene.” Last access: January 3, 2019, URL: http://www.myragreene.com/takinganotherlookatrace. This experience of mine is not to be hastily equated with the deduction that the visual always needs verbal contextualization in order to decolonize. It tells much more about the situated knowledge that spectators bring to their encounter with an artwork.
Years ago, I started to utilize the pictures of Character Recognition in my academic and community arts teaching projects as an example of visual methodologies that creatively approach the interrelated histories of photography and the scientific constructions of race. Yet I did so without discerning to the real-life experiences that had motivated a contemporary artist to create those pictures in the first place. My own white(washed) perspective had been so fixated on the historical analysis of visual constructions of race that it had long missed seeing the traumatic dimension in the ongoing effects that past centuries’ scientific practices have on bodies and ways of looking in the present. Consequently, I overlooked Greeneʼs unveiling of the colonial wound that is hidden behind Western rhetorics of photography, as well as the challenge to apprehend photography as a potentially traumatic event in which the violent effects of the colonial gaze constitute a transgenerational connection between people in the past and in the present.
During my prolonged encounter with Character Recognition, I was lucky to have access to a video recording of a presentation that Greene gave at Bucknell University in 2011.1111The video was available at URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDegx0Gki9A while I was writing my masterʼs thesis in 2014. Unfortunately, it has since been removed. In the following, I will refer to this conference as a creative strategy of testimony. Jennifer L. Griffiths introduces this analytic concept to approach African-American womenʼs performances in their potential to transform the black female body from a passive site of cultural inscription into an active source for the production of different knowledge about racist pasts and presents.1212Jennifer L. Griffiths, Traumatic Possessions: The Body and Memory in African American Women’s Writing and Performance (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009). Approaching Greeneʼs visual and discursive work as a creative strategy of testimony means recognizing it as a decolonial move toward healing, attending both to the empowering effects for the photographer herself and the potential of her work to disrupt the spectator-listener’s way of looking. It also means reflecting on myself in my role as witness to Greeneʼs testimony. Looking, listening, and writing become “an integral part of the process of creating meaning from the chaos of trauma.”1313ibid., 2. With Griffiths, I suggest understanding the notion of trauma as “the impact that a real traumatic event has on the historical subject.”1414ibid., 4. Only in this way, so the author writes, will it be possible to attend to the “suffering caused by … the material conditions of institutionalized racism,”1515ibid. including the employment of photographic practices and technologies.
For the rest of this article, I now want to look with the artist, rather than to solely look at the pictures that compose the final product of one of her projects. I include an extended discussion of Greeneʼs creation process, which takes me to do a short digression into a particular archive of visual colonialism and to analyze a new picture that I (unconsciously) produced during my attempt to transform Greeneʼs testimony into new meaning.
Looking Like a Slave
During the presentation of her work at Bucknell University, Greene located the starting point for Character Recognition at an ambrotype workshop that she attended in 2004. According to her narrative, she decided to participate in this workshop out of technical interest. Her very first experiments with the old photographic process, however, marked her body with the legacies of visual colonialism, changed the self-perception of her body, took her to explore historic visual practices and technologies of scientific racism, and initiated the process that resulted in the photographic series Character Recognition. Greene describes her first experience with the ambrotype as follows.
I sit for this portrait, it’s a 30 second exposure …, I go down to the basement, I start to process [the ambrotype], and what comes out is this image. And I freak out, like instantaneously. … Oh my God, I look like a slave!1616If not marked otherwise, all quotes of Greene are from the now unavailable online video recording of the conference at Bucknell University.
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Myra Greeneʼs presentation at Bucknell University in 2011
Despite Yvette Louisʼs suggestion to reinvent the construction of the black female body through recuperating and reinterpreting the history of slavery,1717Yvette Louis, “Body Language: the Black Female Body and the Word in Suzanne Lori Parksʼs The Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World,” Recovering the Black Female Body: Self-Representations by African American Women, ed. Michael Bennett and Vanessa D. Dickerson (New Brunswick: Rutgers UP, 2001), 146. it was not Greeneʼs intention to see how she was “visually ‘made a slave.’”1818Smith, Taking Another Look at Race, 4. Her experience is an example of “the unpredictability of the manner in which the traumatic will emerge, invited or uninvited … through an artistic practice. Some seek to touch it,” Griselda Pollock writes, “others cannot help but be reclaimed by it. It is never known in advance what it will do even when seemingly contained in form of image, narrative, or words.”1919Griselda Pollock, After-affects | After-Images. Trauma and Aesthetic Transformation in the Virtual Feminist Museum (Manchester/New York: Manchester University Press, 2013), xxiii. While Greene describes the former perception of her body “as modern, as this expression of the twenty-first century,” when looking at her ambrotype portrait, her own body image vanished in what Frantz Fanon called the historico-racial schema that overdetermines the black body from without.2020Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks (New York: Grove, 1967).
Greene does not specify if any of the workshop participants took her picture or if it was a self-portrait. The external overdetermination of the meaning of her body does not seem to be the result of the intentions of the person behind the camera but to come from inside the picture. Nevertheless, her experience does not at all prove photography’s assumed capacity to reveal the interior quality of people through capturing their exterior characteristics. The chosen photographic technique—popular in the United States from the 1850s to the 1880s—instead recalls a historic moment marked by colonialism, slavery, and visual practices that were meant to transform colonized bodies into inferior racial types.
Even though Greene had already investigated the racialized dimensions of her body in earlier projects, she explains how shocked she was when perceiving her body visually transferred to the middle of the nineteenth century. What Greene unveils with the recount of her experience is the wound of the colonial histories of photography. Here, the clinical index for trauma, the moment in which “memory is codified on a corporal level and reappears as possession” seems to be translatable to the chemical developing which codified Greeneʼs body as black in its colonial meaning.2121Griffiths, Traumatic Possessions, 1. Given that we recognize “a photo, and decipher its multiple meanings by putting it (consciously or not) in relation to other photographs,”2222Shawn Michelle Smith, Photography on the Color Line: W.E.B. DuBois, Race, and Visual Culture (Durham: Duke University Press, 2004), 10. Greeneʼs look negotiated a whole past of photographic pictures structured by the codes and rules of the colonial gaze.
During her presentation at Bucknell University, Greene guided the listener-spectators to the particular pictures that she had related to in the process of making meaning of her experience with the ambrotype. She referenced a series of photographs that in academic and artistic works on visual racism have repeatedly been called ‚the slave daguerreotypes.‘ The fifteen preserved pictures of this series show the (partially) undressed bodies of two women and five men from front and profile, and in case of the men also the entire body from front and backside. The pictures were commissioned by Swiss natural scientist Louis Agassiz (1807–1873), then a specialist of Harvard University. Agassiz preselected the seven enslaved persons during his visit to several South Carolina plantations in 1850 but he did not act as photographer. Renty, Alfred, Jim, Jack, Drana, Fassana, and Delia were taken to the photographic studio of Joseph T. Zealy, “the best artist in the upper part of the country.”2323Harvey S. Teal, Partners with the Sun: South Carolina Photographers 1840–1940 (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2001), 32. Instructed by Agassiz, Zealy staged the women and men according to an ethnographic aesthetics that, for the purpose of producing portraits of racial typification, insisted on the figures being undressed and on frontal/profile shots.2424For discussions of the multiple meanings of the undressed women in this daguerreotype series, see Ariella Azoulay, The Civil Contract of Photography (New York: Zoone Books, 2008), 176–186; Deborah Willis and Carla Williams, The Black Female Body. A Photographic History (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2002), 3–4 & 22–23.
Agassiz intended to visually transform Renty, Alfred, Jim, Jack, Drana, Fassana, and Delia into representative types to produce a visual proof of his theory “that the various races of humanity are, in fact, separate [and unequal] species.”2525Brian Wallis, “Black Bodies, White Science: Louis Agassiz’s Slave Daguerreotypes,” American Art 9, no. 2 (Summer 1995): 40. At a moment of abolitionist discourses, emancipation movements, and an uncertain continuity of slavery in the United States, this must have been a purpose of important implications. Yet, the daguerreotypes were apparently not published during the nineteenth century. They were first rediscovered at Harvard’s Peabody Museum in 1976, and have since then been repeatedly analyzed and artistically reinterpreted. Molly Rogers (2010) dedicated an entire book to the daguerreotypes, titled Delia’s Tears.2626Molly Rogers, Delia’s Tears: Race, Science, and Photography in Nineteenth-Century America (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2010). In her attempt to reconstruct Delia’s experience at the photo studio, Rogers offers a fictitious short-story in which photography is a traumatic event marked by the racist alienation of a black woman who feels herself disappear during the photographic act.2727ibid., 3–4.
Likewise, yet more than 150 years later, Myra Greeneʼs self-image vanished under the legacy of racist visual practices when her body appeared on the photographic glass plate. Her experience may be seen as a transgenerational connection to all those traumatic photographic events previously lived by the bodies visually (and literally) stored in colonial archives. Her portrait, however, shows neither the pose nor the nakedness of nineteenth-century ethnographic conventions. It was the embodied colonial gaze that covered her ambrotype with the photographic memories of the typified racial portrait with its underlying ocular paradigm to adequately read character out of (that is, into) pictures of bodies. In her narrative, Greene jokes about the assumption that you can see if a person will be a poet or an idiot by measuring the size of their skull or the inclination of their chin. Despite her jocular approach to physiognomic and phrenological ideas, she talks very seriously about the change in the apprehension of her own body caused by the perception of her image as haunted by the colonial wound. The problem, she states, is judging; a judging look marked by the constant stereotyping of black people and the making invisible of a white supremacist looking regime.
Greene explains that with the changed image of her own body, and by questioning the way black bodies are looked at in general, she then had to confront the overtly racist media debates that surrounded hurricane Katrina in 2005. She remarks how benumbed she felt because of the violent commentaries and ways of looking that transposed nineteenth-century looking instructions for recognizing character into her everyday life in the twenty-first century. Finally, Greene departed from the “conscious embodiment of the colonial wound” to photographically engage with the coloniality of race as a visual system of power.2828Mignolo and Vázquez, “Decolonial AestheSis”. On this ground, she built a decolonial option through consciously employing the body, ways of looking, and photography as sites of resistance. This time, Greene exclaims, the pictures had to come from black.
As I have explained earlier, in order to see the picture, an ambrotype is put onto a black background. Greene decided to turn such dependence on blackness into a part of the infrastructure of her photographs through processing them on black glass plates. She combines her visual deferral of Bertillon’s photographic classification of body parts, with the blackening of a photographic process that had marked her own body as black in all its historicity. Greene “challenges ‘dominant discourses that have pathologized the black body and represents a counternarrative of the black body as the source of abundance.’”2929Griffiths, Traumatic Possessions, 10. Photographic representation is experienced as “haunting and frightening” but simultaneously built up as a non-normative decolonial option.3030Myra Greene, “Statements,” URL: https://www.myragreene.com/statements.
Seeing a Slave in Greeneʼs Ambrotype
In contrast to many of the visually archived bodies of the past, Greeneʼs body was not separated from her voice when she saw herself disappear at the ambrotype workshop. She immediately shared her perception—“Oh my God, I look like a slave!”—but “quickly learned that this is not what you do in a room with eight white people, because they freak out.” Even when she insisted—“Do you not understand the implications of what it means that I look like a slave?”—the reaction was negative.
The white participants’ “not seeing a slave” could be due to the fact that “meaning does not only yield in the clear and dark tones of a photograph’s surface, but in the eyes of the observer”3131Rogers, Delia’s Tears, 246. and that “the ability to find meaning in the image depends on our experience of other images and of a shared comprehension of what an image can mean.”3232ibid., 15. Nevertheless, as a white spectator and witness to Greeneʼs testimony, I cannot deduce that the only cause for such a reaction was the white participant’s ignorance of ‚the slave daguerreotypes.‘ The denial to see a slave in Greeneʼs picture also shows the non-neutrality of the intersubjective processes of testimony that are highly influenced by sociohistorical contexts in which the racialized marking of a body influences the transmission and interpretation of trauma and testimony.3333Griffiths, Traumatic Possessions.
The attitude of not wanting to see Greene as a slave invokes Griffiths’s analysis of the testimonial encounter as highly marked by differentially un/marked bodies and looks. Attempting to describe their experience, black women in the United States “must confront language itself and their position within a dominant sign system” that tries to preserve the hegemony of white supremacy, including the privilege to determine visual cultural memory.3434ibid., 5. Greeneʼs outcry, therefore, happened in a context that is characterized by a structured denial to remember certain events. In a public sphere that is pervaded by the idea of white supremacy, racism structures what can and cannot appear within the horizon of white perception.3535Judith Butler, “Endangered/Endangering: Schematic Racism and White Paranoia,” in Reading Rodney King: Reading Urban Uprising, ed. Robert Gooding-Williams (New York/London:Routledge, 1993), 15–16. The problem is that through “the absence of an empathic listener, or more radically, the absence of an addressable other, an other who can hear the anguish of one’s memories and thus affirm and recognize their realness,”3636Shoshana Felman and Dori Laub, Testimony: Crises of Witnessing in Literature, Psychoanalysis, and History (New York: Routledge, 1994), 59. the story will be annihilated.
Griffiths describes such testimonial encounters as “landscapes of memory” that constitute “shifting terrains” open to change.3737Griffiths, Traumatic Possessions, 5. She emphasizes that “testimony offers a public enactment of memory, and clearly, the cultural context and content work collaboratively to shape testimony.”3838ibid. Given my previous knowledge of the daguerreotypes of Agassiz and Zealy, I easily followed Greeneʼs way of looking at her ambrotype. I can, however, not say if I would had seen a slave in her portrait without the artist’s verbal contextualization of her work. The conference represents a belated moment when Greene had already transformed her (post)traumatic encounter with photography into a creative strategy of testimony through which she made me to look with her and to see a slave in her ambrotype. While explaining where, when, and how the project Character Recognition began, Greene projected a digitalized version of her ambrotype portrait on a huge screen. This is the only context in which I have looked at the ambrotype. To conclude this article, I thus want to take a closer look at the screenshot that I have already reproduced above (see Abb. 1).
Sitting in front of my computer and distanced by years and thousands of kilometers from the original context, at some point I stopped the video and took a screenshot that made me see what I had not perceived the same way while watching the moving images. My (unconscious) inclusion of the video’s timeline in this new picture reveals the time-space deferral from which I had been watching and listening. At the right side of the video still, I see the amplified ambrotype portrait projected on a big screen that sums up half of the frame of my video capture. Out of a brownish but lighted visual space (compared to its darker surroundings), a black woman in a white T-shirt and probably blue jeans, sitting on a chair with her legs and hands crossed, looks at me with a serious facial expression. The slight blurring and the vignette of the ambrotype accentuate the sense I have of entering the past in looking at this picture. In the left half of the screenshot, shining in warm light, several small elements are arranged. I see a speaker’s desk with two computer screens and a microphone in front of a blank chalkboard. Behind one of the screens, Greene supports herself on the high desk. Behind the photographer, without really claiming a presence of its own but still in sight, a U.S. flag has been stalled in the left corner.
What I start to see in the video capture when I think about the conference as a creative strategy of testimony is a visualization of the interdependent histories of photography, slavery, and the constitution of a nation. According to Coco Fusco, a crucial intention of creating photographs is to see ourselves, an activity which is not limited to the personal level, but which encompasses the representation of a self in a public dimension.3939Fusco, “Racial Time,” 13. “Looking at images,” she writes, “we imagine that we can know who we are and who we were.”4040ibid. The video capture represents those two dimensions as inseparable. In its frame, Greene is projected into the past, while the past is simultaneously transferred into the present. Given the difference in size of ‚history‘ and ‚present,‘ the staging of the conference places great importance to an individual and cultural photographic memory with material influence on the formation of bodies and looks in the present.
The video-still prompts me to repeat Fusco’s question of “how racial images, in photographs of a lot of types have formed the understanding of what Americanness is and what Americans are.”4141ibid., 26. When and how is there a visual space for the simultaneity of “being black” and “being American”? Greeneʼs visual and verbal articulation of a traumatic black existence within a U.S. national and cultural identity that has been traditionally constituted as white and pain-free, Greene threatens the mythic logic of “the American freedom.”4242For the idea of an American identity as pain-free, see Griffiths, Traumatic Possessions, 9. Looking at the screenshot, I recall Toni Morrison’s statement that freedom “did not emerge in a vacuum. Nothing highlighted freedom—if it did not in fact create it—like slavery.”4343Toni Morrison, Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination (New York: Random House, 1992), Kindle, 28. In Playing in the Dark, the author does not show herself surprised about the relation between the establishment of democracy and the system of slavery, or between the distorted representation of black bodies and the visual construction of a U.S. identity as white. What ostensibly surprises her is the denial to see this connection: “[It] requires hard work not to see it.”4444ibid., 17.
“To see it” is what I have tried to do with this article resulting from my prolonged and intertextual encounter with Character Recognition. Over the course of the last years, whiteness turned out to be the process and the product of my investigation. My situated knowledge neither allowed an immediate comprehension of “the bodily response accompanying [Greeneʼs] struggle for a language to express the chaos of trauma”4545Griffiths, Traumatic Possessions, 2. nor gave me a direct understanding of the colonial wound as being the starting point for Greeneʼs artistic investigations on photography, race, and identity.
It has been exclusively on the ground of looking with the artist and beyond the final product of her project that I have been able to venture a sensorial and theoretic approximation of the complexity of why the pictures composing Character Recognition had to come from black. To say it differently: only on this ground could I dare to produce new meaning from Greeneʼs testimony. Precisely because photographic meaning is not the result of a static language inherent in photography, visual practices and creative strategies of testimony like those of Myra Greene can give new life to the archives of visual colonialism, transform the universal claim of photographic neutrality, show the coloniality of how (pictures of) bodies are looked at, and build decolonial options as non-normative (visual) spaces. However, a decolonial move towards healing will always also be the responsibility of the (white) spectator, the listener, the witness, the art critic. Or as performance artist Roberta Mc Cauley puts it: „I am being a witness by choosing to remember. What’s important about witnessing is that the audience is doing it with me.“4646ibid., 55.
1Quiana Mestrich, “Photographer Interview: Myra Greene,” Dodge & Burn: Diversity in Photography History, Digital Journal (April 29, 2009). Last access: January 3, 2019, URL: http://dodgeburn.blogspot.com.es/2009/04/photographer-interview-myra-greene.html.
3Walter Mignolo and Rolando Vázquez, “Decolonial AestheSis: Colonial Wounds/Decolonial Healings,” Social Text Journal (July 15, 2013). Last access: January 3, 2019, URL: http://socialtextjournal.org/periscope_article/decolonial-aesthesis-colonial-woundsdecolonial-healings/.
4Myra Greene, Character Recognition, picture, URL: http//www.myragreene.com/characterrecognition. For future analysis, it would also be of much interest to approach Greeneʼs work concerning Mignolo and Vázquezʼ (2013) analytic transformation of Western aesthetics to decolonial aesthesis.
5Shawn Michelle Smith, Taking Another Look at Race: Myra Greene & Carla Williams (New York: Visual Studies Workshop, 2009), 8. Last access: January 3, 2019, URL: http://www.myragreene.com/Design_Files/Documents/SmithGreeneWilliams.pdf.
6For different discussions of whiteness as a technological norm, see Coco Fusco, “Racial Time, Racial Marks, Racial Metaphors,” Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self, ed. Coco Fusco and Brian Wallis (New York: International Center of Photography in association with Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2003), 13–49; Syreeta McFadden, “Teaching the Camera to See My Skin: Navigating Photography’s Inherited Bias against Dark Skin,” Buzz Feed News (April 2, 2014). Last access: January 3, 2019, URL: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/syreetamcfadden/teaching-the-camera-to-see-my-skin; Tanya Sheehan, Doctored: The Medicine of Photography in Nineteenth-Century America (Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2011); Lorna Roth, “The Colour Balance Project,” URL: http://www.colourbalance.lornaroth.com.
7Smith, Taking Another Look at Race, 11.
8Ariella Azoulay, “Photography,” Mafte’akh: Lexical Review of Political Thought, no. 2 (2011): 65–80, here 68 & 70.
9Mignolo and Vázquez, “Decolonial AestheSis.”
10Deborah Jack, “Character Recognition by Myra Greene.” Last access: January 3, 2019, URL: http://www.myragreene.com/takinganotherlookatrace.
11The video was available at URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDegx0Gki9A while I was writing my masterʼs thesis in 2014. Unfortunately, it has since been removed.
12Jennifer L. Griffiths, Traumatic Possessions: The Body and Memory in African American Women’s Writing and Performance (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009).
13ibid., 2.
15ibid.
16If not marked otherwise, all quotes of Greene are from the now unavailable online video recording of the conference at Bucknell University.
17Yvette Louis, “Body Language: the Black Female Body and the Word in Suzanne Lori Parksʼs The Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World,” Recovering the Black Female Body: Self-Representations by African American Women, ed. Michael Bennett and Vanessa D. Dickerson (New Brunswick: Rutgers UP, 2001), 146.
18Smith, Taking Another Look at Race, 4.
19Griselda Pollock, After-affects | After-Images. Trauma and Aesthetic Transformation in the Virtual Feminist Museum (Manchester/New York: Manchester University Press, 2013), xxiii.
20Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks (New York: Grove, 1967).
21Griffiths, Traumatic Possessions, 1.
22Shawn Michelle Smith, Photography on the Color Line: W.E.B. DuBois, Race, and Visual Culture (Durham: Duke University Press, 2004), 10.
23Harvey S. Teal, Partners with the Sun: South Carolina Photographers 1840–1940 (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2001), 32.
24For discussions of the multiple meanings of the undressed women in this daguerreotype series, see Ariella Azoulay, The Civil Contract of Photography (New York: Zoone Books, 2008), 176–186; Deborah Willis and Carla Williams, The Black Female Body. A Photographic History (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2002), 3–4 & 22–23.
25Brian Wallis, “Black Bodies, White Science: Louis Agassiz’s Slave Daguerreotypes,” American Art 9, no. 2 (Summer 1995): 40.
26Molly Rogers, Delia’s Tears: Race, Science, and Photography in Nineteenth-Century America (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2010).
27ibid., 3–4.
28Mignolo and Vázquez, “Decolonial AestheSis”.
29Griffiths, Traumatic Possessions, 10.
30Myra Greene, “Statements,” URL: https://www.myragreene.com/statements.
31Rogers, Delia’s Tears, 246.
33Griffiths, Traumatic Possessions.
35Judith Butler, “Endangered/Endangering: Schematic Racism and White Paranoia,” in Reading Rodney King: Reading Urban Uprising, ed. Robert Gooding-Williams (New York/London:Routledge, 1993), 15–16.
36Shoshana Felman and Dori Laub, Testimony: Crises of Witnessing in Literature, Psychoanalysis, and History (New York: Routledge, 1994), 59.
39Fusco, “Racial Time,” 13.
42For the idea of an American identity as pain-free, see Griffiths, Traumatic Possessions, 9.
43Toni Morrison, Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination (New York: Random House, 1992), Kindle, 28.
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A noble race that roams the great plains of the world, centaurs are both feared and respected by other intelligent creatures. Centaur legends claim that they are the offspring of a powerful god of war that came down to the mortal plane in the form of a stallion. They are proud of this divine heritage and demand that the proper respect be shown to them.
1 Bloodline of the Gods
2 Proud and Haughty
3 Centaur Names
4 Centaur Tribes
5 Centaurs in the World
6 Centaur Traits
Bloodline of the Gods
Centaurs are half human and half horse. They are as varied in coloration and physical build as humans and horses. Their horse body can be chestnut brown, black as a nightmare, pure white as a unicorn, grey, and other colors between. They can be a single color, spotted, have white “socks,” or have hooves of different coloration.
Their human bodies can be of any skin color from dark skinned to pale. Their human hair can be black, brown, blond, or red—but it most often complements that of their horse body.
Proud and Haughty
Centaurs are a proud people. They view themselves as superior to all other races and demand respect and adulation. They can be vain about their appearance and are careful to be dignified and aloof in the presence of others. However, most centaurs are also fond of drink and, once inebriated, they can become loud, boorish, and dangerous.
Centaurs have names that are specific to their race. These names can often be a mouthful, so they can adopt nicknames when traveling with a band of non-centaurs.
Male Names: Agrius (Agri), Amycus (Amy), Asbolus (Az), Bienor, Chiron, Cyllarus (Cyl), Dictys, Eurytus (Tus), Elatus, Eurytion (Yuri), Hylaeus (Hyla), Nessus, Perimedes (Peri), Pholus, Rhoetus (Rote), and Thaumas (Tom).
Female Names: Agaria, Biano, Cylla, Diena, Eura, Hylonome (Hylo), Heranae (Hera), Nessicana (Nessie), Nara, Ponadata (Pona), Rhaelatisis (Rala), Rhaena (Rain), and Seranu (Sara).
Centaur Tribes
Centaurs are a tribal people. Centaurs are fiercely loyal to members of their tribe and will never leave one of their own behind. When they mate, they mate for life. If they join an adventuring group, they will often consider that group to be their current tribe and will be intensely loyal to their fellow heroes.
They normally roam huge expanses of steppe land that they consider their domain. They don’t build settlements in these lands, but they are protective of them.
While centaurs can be herbivores, they prefer meat and enjoy hunting, but they will resort to gathering fruit, nuts, and other plants if an area has been over-hunted.
Travelers who are respectful of the plants and animals in tribal territory are left alone, but those who disrespect nature or try to build permanent settlements of any kind will become a target of the tribe’s wrath.
Centaurs in the World
Centaurs are distrustful of more civilized races. Centaurs that enter a town or city will find that they are tolerated but kept under constant watch.
Centaurs tend to worship the mother goddess, but they will sometimes offer prayers to the titans.
Centaur Traits
Centaurs have the following racial traits.
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Quadrupedal Stride. You cannot wear shoes or boots, because they interfere with your ability to walk.
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Sylvan.
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With so much on offer it’s often hard to know where to start. Our experienced team of specialists and network of highly respected English-speaking guides will make your luxury India holiday totally unique. Whether it’s a cookery lesson in a private home, or a behind-the-scenes Bollywood escorted tour, you’ll enjoy privileged access to the Indian subcontinent’s rich-tapestry of experiences. Ensuring that any sensory overload, is only of the most enjoyable and memorable kind.
India's luxury high-end accommodation
India is home to some of the finest accommodation options in the world — many of which are within the walls of spectacular palaces, giving you a glimpse into India’s opulent Imperialist past.
Your stay in Agra at The Oberoi Amarvilas offers you breathtaking views of the illustrious Taj Mahal from the privacy of your own balcony.
Discover a fascinating past at the elegant Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodphur — one of the last remaining great palaces of India.
For a leisurely and unique experience, join us aboard our Kumarakom Lake Resort Houseboat as you take in the sights and sounds of Kerala from a fresh point of view. Or, get back to nature in your luxury tented accommodation on the edges of the Ranthambore National Park.
Wherever you go in India, you can expect the exquisite service and impeccable style that A&K holidays are renowned for.
Tour highlights from India experts
Our India travel experts have explored every corner of India to bring you award-winning, experiential travel itineraries. Choose from a range of activities and experiences that encompass the very best of India:
Indulge in a luxury spa experience at the foothills of the Himalayas
Take a dawn boat ride through the holy waters of the Ganges River
Visit a traditional tea plantation in Darjeeling
Explore the lively city of Mumbai
Characterised by a hot, tropical climate the best time to travel to India is during the Australian summer when conditions are more temperate and the humidity is lower.
Expect the monsoon May to September with rain generally in the morning or late afternoon. Travelling at this time shows the country in a lush new light.
Featured India Journeys
Private12 days, from AU$7,940
The Golden Triangle & Beyond
Experience a spellbinding world of colour, rituals and wilderness in this journey through India’s cultural treasures. Witness the heritage and grandeur of the Mughal Empire in Delhi.
Private16 days, from AU$14,325
Icons & Hidden Treasures of Northern India
From elaborate royal palaces to the most desolate landscapes, enter into a world of extremes in northern India. Discover Delhi’s colonial grandeur and mouthwatering cuisine.
Private9 days, from AU$8,515
Ladakh: A Breathtaking Himalayan Journey
Venture into India’s far-flung northern reaches to Ladakh and experience an extraordinary life amidst the cloud-conquering peaks of the Himalayas.
Group of 1711 days, from AU$50,715
Wings Over India (2020-21)
Explore India’s treasures, from the splendidly beautiful Taj Mahal to the palaces of Jaipur. Witness a sacred ceremony on the banks of the Ganges River in Varanasi, all while staying in some of the country’s most iconic and luxurious hotels.
Group11 days, from AU$50,715
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Taj Falaknuma Palace, Hyderabad
Taj Falaknuma Palace is also known as the 'mirror of the sky' because it was built in the clouds and reflects the ever-changing moods of the sky.
Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur
The extraordinarily beautiful Taj Lake Palace appears like a bejewelled lotus
The Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai
Surely India’s most iconic hotel, ‘The Taj’ is a glamorous fixture on Mumbai’s waterfront, directly opposite the Gateway of India.
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On July 9, 2015, the United States Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a 60-day temporary enforcement policy of its Confined Spaces in Construction standard which becomes effective August 3, 2015. OSHA previously issued the Confined Spaces in Construction final rule on May 4, 2015, which provides construction workers with protections similar to those for manufacturing and general industry workers. These include requirements to ensure that multiple employers share safety information and to continuously monitor hazards. However, OSHA is postponing full enforcement of the new standard until October 2, 2015. This was done in response to requests for additional time to train employees and to provide time for businesses to acquire necessary equipment to comply with the new standard.
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Continuing the JOURNEY together
We are excited to announce the Global Forum for a World Without Orphans 2019, which will take place
24-27 October 2019 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. This will be a strategic gathering for the global church in advancing efforts to end ‘orphanhood’ and to ensure that all children grow up in safe, stable, and nurturing families.
Registration is available at the link below.
Gordon Showell-Rogers
Global Director, One We Stand, Executive Advisory Team, World Without Orphans, Formerly Associate Secretary General, World Evangelical Alliance
Gordon has spent significant years with Evangelical Alliances serving eleven years as General Secretary of the European Evangelical Association then as Associate General Secretary of the World Evangelical Association. Prior to those roles with EA he had been very involved in student work. Gordon is now using the experience he’s acquired building cooperative global movements and initiatives, facilitating and empowering others to work together for the vulnerable: orphans and vulnerable children, the persecuted, the displaced and the trafficked. Gordon is especially concerned to empower children and youth.
His current commitments include World Without Orphans, Converge (Global Youth Movement: the World Evangelical Association Youth Commission), the Global Children’s Forum, the Refugee Highway Partnership, and an emerging Coalition for Family, Children and Youth.
He’s also very involved in a digital media initiative, ‘One We Stand’, which will hopefully mobilize audiences to actively fight suffering globally. This content-driven cooperative platform plans to share transformational stories of God’s grace in dark places to inspire responses that are themselves transformative.
More leadership team members
Anita Deyneka
Coordinator of Home for Every Orphan - Mission Eurasia
Nikolay Kuleba
Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for Children's Rights; Co-Founder - Alliance for Ukraine Without Orphans
Judith Rycus
Program Director and Manager of International Programs, Institute for Human Services / North American Resource Center for Child Welfare
Micala Siler
Executive Director - A Family for Every Orphan
Menchit Wong
Global Advisory Council for WWO, as Vice-Chairman of the International Board of the Lausanne Movement, the Global Leadership Team of the 4/14 Global
Karmen Friesen
Executive Director - CoMission for Children at Risk
Jodi Jackson Tucker
International Director for Orphan Sunday, Christian Alliance for Orphans (CAFO)
Ron Braund
Co-Founder - CoMission for Children at Risk; President - Family Business Transitions
Arto Hamalainen
Chairman of Pentecostal European Fellowship and of World Missions Commission of Pentecostal World Fellowship
Luis Bush
Servant, Transform World 2020, Servant Catalyst, 4/14 Window Movement and Chancellor, Cornerstone International University
Ruby Johnston, L.S.W.
Director of International Field Operations – Institute for Human Services; Co-founder - LAMb International
Senior Program Officer with the First Fruit Institute
Karen Springs
Project Manager for Eastern Europe and Central Asia at Orphan’s Promise
Shiferaw W. Michael
Africa Coordinator for Transform World Movement 2020
Brian O'Connell
President - REACT Services; Chair - Refugee Highway Partnership; Global Children's Forum
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Andriy Fedun
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Pharmacies say prescribers bear opioid crisis responsibility
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Doctors and other healthcare practitioners who write prescriptions bear ultimate responsibility for improper distribution of opioids to patients, not pharmacists who are obliged to fill those prescriptions, a series of pharmacy chains argued in federal court.
The filings, which were submitted Monday to the federal judge in Cleveland who has been overseeing the national opioid lawsuits, asked the judge to rule in the pharmacies’ favor and reject claims brought by some Ohio counties. The judge has scheduled an October trial for claims against CVS, Rite Aid, Walgreens, HBC and Discount Drug Mart.
Officials from Summit and Cuyahoga counties, home to Akron and Cleveland respectively, allege that pharmacies contributed to the addictions crisis by filling prescriptions for an “excessive volume” of opioids written by doctors and other practitioners.
Such allegations ignore the role that cash-for-medication “pill mills” played, along with Internet pharmacies, independent pharmacies, clinics and others, the filings said. In many cases, those entities dispensed medications in greater volume than the chains being sued are accused of doing, the pharmacies said.
The allegations by Cuyahoga and Summit counties also ignore the fact that pharmacies dispensed drugs based on doctors’ prescriptions, who ultimately must bear responsibility, Monday’s filing said. All those prescriptions were written by practitioners authorized by the state of Ohio and registered with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, according to the pharmacies.
“A prescription for a controlled substance is an order for a medication that may be issued only by a physician or other authorized healthcare practitioner,” lawyers for the pharmacy chains argued. “While pharmacists are highly trained and licensed professionals, they did not attend medical school and are not trained as physicians.”
Messages were left seeking comment with Cuyahoga and Summit counties.
The judge was scheduled to hear a broader case last year, but most parties settled. Talks continue toward a possible national settlement that could end all the lawsuits related to the epidemic, which has killed more than 400,000 in the U.S. since 2000.
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I wasn't long into this Man Booker Prize winning book of 2018, when I realised that it was set in 1970s Northern Ireland, probably Belfast. Although nothing is named, the place 'over the water' and the people who live 'over the road', who follow 'the other religion' was very reminiscent of The Troubles as I remember them. I was living in Liverpool, close to Northern Ireland, and I still have childhood memories of such terms as 'kneecapping', 'car bombs' and 'paramilitary'. And the more I read, the more my belief was reinforced.
The protagonist is an unnamed teenage girl who is expected to live in a certain way and at least be married - a matter of concern to her mother. From a large family (unmentioned, but Irish Catholic) she is the middle sister and always referred to as such. In times like these the idea is to become almost invisible, as drawing attention to oneself usually ends up in death, maiming or disappearing completely.
The problem with the girl is that she draws unwanted attention because she dares to be different. She likes reading outdoors, learning new languages and studying the antiquities instead of looking for a husband. She gains the interest of someone called 'Milkman' who is not actually a milkman. The real milkman is called... 'Real Milkman'.
Initially the namelessness of every character was quite confusing (Third Brother-in-Law, Second Sister, Tablet Girl) but after a while it's easy to follow. The anonymity of the characters in the narrative cleverly reflects the desire for the people's need for obscurity. In the end, it becomes quite amusing, alongside the gossip and conclusions folk arrive at as they try to decipher the coming and goings of everyone. Eventually the gossip, rumours and suspicions take on a paranoid and dangerous flavour.
There are some dark aspects to this book, even aside from the topic of terrorism in Ireland, with a particularly graphic and disturbing scene regarding dogs. The narrative is at times difficult, not because of the vocabulary but the use of longs sentences, paragraphs and chapters. Sometimes the internal monologue covers ideas regarding the times, sometimes not, and occasional jumps in time, which disrupt the flow. Most of the story is retold in reported speech, thus taking the immediacy out of the tale. Fundamentally, this is an eloquent depiction of oppression that could happen anywhere.
This is no doubt an original book both in subject matter and style. This approach, effective as it is, makes the story drag in places and the book seems longer than actually is. However, it is worth pursuing to the end when the quirkiness and intelligence of this work shines through.
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The 4th edition of the CIAC Awards was held last 20 of June, 2019. Advanced Nanotechnologies S.L was awarded with the CIAC Award for the Best Innovation Strategy. It was presented by the company Port de Barcelona.
Advanced Nanotechnologies is a provider of industrial technology, specialized in nano-coatings. It was established in 2012 as a spin-off of the University of Barcelona. Which is based on a business model of Research and Development specialized in high quality nanocoating. They offer nanotechnology coatings capable of modifying the surface of their clients’ products to provide them with advanced features such as permanent anti-fog properties.
The CIAC awards are organized by the Clúster of the Indústria d’Automoció de Catalunya. The main objective is to strengthen the competitiveness of the automobile industry; as the engine of the Catalan economy through the promotion of projects that help generate employment and place the Catalan automobile industry within the global context.
The ceremony was held at the Drassanes Reials in Barcelona.It was celebrated during the fourth edition of MITING D’AUTO, a meeting point of the main agents of the automotive industry in Catalonia.
The 4th Edition of the CIAC Awards gave four awards to different categories: Zanini with the Award for Best Automotive Company of the year; Farguell Group with the CIAC Award in the Internationalization Plan presented by Nissan and Lear Corporation with the CIAC Award for Best Industrial Productivity, presented by Bosch.
The jury of this edition was formed by engineers, economists and directors of prestigious business schools in our country: Col·legi d’Ingeniers Industrials de Catalunya, Col·legi de Economistes de Catalunya, ESADE, IESE; Josep María Vall, president of CIAC and Josep Nadal, Clúster Manager of CIAC, as secretary.
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The Day After The Sabbath 64: Afterburner (Roadburn Special)
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Here is Volume 64, the second part of the two-part special which started here. As before, I will leave it to the organiser of Roadburn festival in Tilburg, Holland, to explain some more :-
"We're huge supporters of Rich Stonerdoom's The Day After The Sabbath blog. It's the main source in our quest for obscure heavy 60s and 70s rock. Now, Rich has dedicated some of his compilations to Roadburn; these two special volumes include all the classic 70s bands that have played the festival so far, along with tracks from a host of Dutch rock novelties and obscurities, which we wholeheartedly endorse!" - Roadburn festival 2012.
Supersister
Supersister, from The Hague, started out in 1968 and along the way included ex-members of renowned Dutch bands Brainbox, Bintags and Livin'Blues, including drummer Herman van Boeijen who was also in 'Panda' later on this comp. They had a markedly different, more progressive approach than those bluesy bands and are often associated with the English Canterbury scene which they pre-dated by a couple of years. Centering on Robert Jan Stips' intense and at times evil sounding keyboards, 'She Was Naked' was a single that was not originally included on any of their 4 full-lengths, and it perfectly demonstrates their schizophrenic dark/light nature. Our first Roadburn appearance band is Leaf Hound, who played the fest in 2006, and will do so again this year to celebrate their 40th anniversary (though Pete French is the only original member). Leaf Hound's album, 'Growers of mushroom' was re-discovered in the 80s as a lost classic and at times has commanded silly money from record dealers. Evolving from Black Cat Bones, who originally included later-members of Free - Paul Kossoff and Simon Kirke, and guitarist Rod Price who departed to join Foghat, they were joined by vocalist Pete French with his cousin Mick Halls on guitar. French later left to join Atomic Rooster and then Cactus, so he really is something of a TDATS hero! I have been lucky enough to see him perform with Leaf Hound in London a few times in recent years and am glad to report his voice sounds as good as ever!
Panda were a short-lived act from Noord-Holland that included members of Turquoise, Tortilla, Cuby, Livin'Blues, Modesty Blaise, Bintangs and Tee Set. Herman Van Boeyen (drums) later formed Vitesse. They had a minor hit in 1971 with 'No Coockies', of which the b-side "Swingin' About" is interesting to us heavy-hunters, it's an unusual track with a lumbering sabbathian riff and cool flashes of sax and flute. Track four approaches, I have been aware of the Influenza single for a while now, but have always thought it was French, as that is what's usually stated. With the recent assistance of knowledgeable Dutch fans (take another bow Marc) I have confirmed that they were Dutch and drummer Pieter Voogt was in the successful symphonic prog band Ekseption. Both sides of the single "Astral Plane / Trick" are great pieces of West Coast-influenced dreamy psych.
Speedtwins
Earth & Fire were a Dutch progressive pop group, who made some interesting stuff in their early career which betrayed hard rock influences. The track I've used here called 'Memories' was a single from 1972, it's like an Abba song (stay with me here) that is taken somewhere else entirely by Gerard Koerts' stabs of heavy distorted mellotron, and they went into even harder Sabbath territory with some of their b-sides like Lost Forever. With the presentable Jerney Kaagman fronting the group, I can't help being reminded of retro-minded contemporary bands like Blood Ceremony (who played Roadburn last year). In a slight diversion from the TDATS norm, we move on to some late 70s punk, Speedtwins (see interesting interview with frontman here) appeal to me as they have a rough distorted sound which lends a heavier and more 'rock' sound than average punk has, and their 1978 album 'It's More Fun to Compete' shows genuine don't-give-a-fuck humour beyond mere punk bandwagoneering. From its intro you'd be forgiven for thinking that 'Midnight Ladies' is going down some Sandinista-era Clash route but you'd be wrong...
Originally the "Sandy Coast Skiffle Group", Voorburg's Sandy Coast formed in the early 60s and after winning a Hitwezen Magazine-organised talent search, were awarded a Negram record contract. Being a band that followed the vogue sound of the times, they started out as a beat group with their '67 debut, then delved into some Beatle's and early-Floydish psych sound experimentation with 1968's 'From The Workshop'. With 1969's LP "Shipwreck", they didn't change their over-all sound too much, and remained quite mellow, except for a couple of important exceptions. With their 14 minute masterpiece 'Shipwreck', pre-dating the story-telling inclinations of Rick Wakeman's Journey To The Center of the Earth and Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds by a few years, they weave an epic mariner's tale of sea-going disaster. By drifting in and out of a heavy, repetitive 'Impossible Mission' theme-like central riff, they convey the ups and downs from a sailor's perspective. Ron Westerbeek's use of keyboards for atmosphere and sound effects, and Onno Bevoort's varied drumming combine to great effect and make for an exciting, tension-building trip. It leaves me wishing they had carried on with this proto-prog pomposity as it shows them in their element, and were a few years ahead of their time with it too.
First Utterance
There is scarce information on Fullhouse from Utrecht, they made two or three singles in the late sixties which were quite light affairs, but like a lot of acts back then, they let go with their less commercial intensions on a b-side. "The Wizard of Khu", like Panda's "Swingin' About", was one of these times, It also has some great aggressive vox and the same lurching quality that really gives the riffs a weighty feeling. Heavy stuff for 1968 and one of those tracks you can imagine a modern stoner rock/doom band having a lot of fun covering. Comus are our penultimate Roadburn band, they played the fest in 2010. They are a folk/art rock band making heavy use of violins and eastern percussion. Although being short-lived in their initial incarnation between 71-74, they are cited as influences by many notable musicians. Opeth have made direct references to their lyrics in more than one song and Current 93's folk-experimentalist David Tibett covered 'Diana' from the first album, 1971's "First Utterance", from which I have also taken "The Bite". They have plans to release new material this year, which will be the first in almost 40 years. Johnny Lion & The Jumping Jewels, from The Hague, started in the early 60's as an instrumental beat group. They achieved a reasonable level of chart success and in '65 a falling-out caused Johnny Lion to go it alone. Legal wrangling meant the remaining members were forced to change their name so they became JaysJays. Taking on Willem Duyn as singer they recorded a self-titled in 1966, from which "Cruncher" is taken. A heavy and reckless jam, Cruncher is the perfect name for it and you can just feel heavy-metal barriers being broken down as it plays out, ending on walls of feedback. Heavy stuff for '66 indeed.
The core of Vlissingen's Dragonfly were brothers Rudy and Tonny de Queljoe, who moved from Ambon, an island in Indonesia, to The Netherlands in 1951. They went through a number of bands and names with singer Johnny Caljouw until settling with 'Dragonfly', and the addition of Huib Power (drums) plus Carlos van den Berg (guitar). Though showing more than enough potential for success, ultimately they only recorded two high quality singles, which were released together as the EP "4 Celestial Songs" in 1968. Disagreements and a falling out between band and manager led to show cancellations which they never quite recovered from, later the de Queljoe bros went on to Brainbox and Caljouw joined Machine. Machine can be found on Vol.10, and Brainbox on my first ever Dutch comp, vol35 from last year. Dragonfly are remembered for two things in particular, Rudy de Queljoe's fine Hendrixian guitar abilities, and each member’s trade-mark black and white face paint patterns, predating Kiss by a few years.
We come to the final Roadburn band for this pair of comps, Guru Guru, who played in 2008. Like their friends Amon Düül, Can and Xhol Caravan, they were a formative Krautrock band that came out of the leftist political scene of the times, living in communes and promoting free thinking through free-form jazz rock. "Der Elektrolurch" is on their 5th, eponymous album from 1973.
Hans Dulfer
We near the end with Dordrecht's Inca Bullet Joe, who came from the remains of the well known Dutch psych group The Zipps. They only made one EP, but all three tracks are great, "Nothing Has Changed" maintains a constant steady rhythm, with glam stomp. It builds in intensity with layers of synth creating a basic melodic refrain. All these parts lend a unique and memorable over-all feeling that I really like. Again I must give props to Robin Wills' awesome blog for digging this rare 45 out. The end is come with Amsterdam's "Hans Dulfer and Ritmo Natural". After further reading I have discovered that Hans is something of an international celebrity within cross-over jazz and jazz fusion circles. Candy Clouds, from 1971, is one of his earliest, least-known works and has some fine jazz that rock fans who would normally steer clear of anything described using the word 'fusion' (myself included) need not be afraid of, it avoids the usual pitfalls of inaccessible jazz-prog wankery....the track 'Candy Clouds' begins with a simple, HUGE doom riff that brings Sabbath to mind, and his saxophone playing is stripped-down but never less than expressive.
01. Supersister - She Was Naked (1970)
02. Leaf Hound - Stagnant Pool (1971)
from album 'growers of mushroom'
03. Panda - Swingin' About (1971)
04. Influenza - Astral Plane (1971)
06. Earth & Fire - Memories (1972)
07. Speedtwins - Midnight Ladies (1978)
from album 'it's more fun to compete'
08. Sandy Coast - Shipwreck (1969)
from album 'shipwreck'
09. Fullhouse - The Wizard of Khu (1968)
10. Comus - The Bite (1970)
from album 'first utterance'
11. JayJays - Cruncher (1966)
from album 'Jay-Jays'
12. Dragonfly - Celestial Empire (1968)
from ep '4 celestial songs'
13. Guru Guru - Der Elektrolurch [edit] (1973)
from album 'guru guru'
14. Inca Bullet Joe - Nothing Has Changed (1971)
15. Hans Dulfer and Ritmo Natural - Candy Clouds [Pt. I] (1971)
from album 'candy clouds'
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Storyhive looking to fund Indigenous filmmakers
Storyhive calls for creators to apply for first-ever Indigenous Storyteller Edition
Steve Kidd
Nov. 1, 2018 12:30 p.m.
Storyhive has created an Indigenous Storyteller Platform to help fund filmmakers like these, working with the Of the Land Collective. Photo courtesy Tracey Kim Bonneau
Storyhive, a funding platform supporting independent filmmakers, has launched its first-ever Indigenous Storyteller Edition.
The Telus-supported platform describes the move as the beginning of a commitment to invest in the careers of Indigenous creators and help drive social change in the filmmaker production industry in Western Canada.
Award-winning documentary director, writer and producer — and Penticton Indian Band member — Tracey Kim Bonneau is on the Indigenous advisory council for the new platform.
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Storyhive wanted to know what shape such a program should take so they brought together a group of Indigenous filmmakers, video makers and content creators last spring to put the question to them.
“I was part of that focus group,” said Bonneau. “One of the things that was important to us was to not have it as a contest. There are individuals, really good artists, possibly in rural and northern areas and the interior, may not have full access to the internet, and there may be some systemic barriers.”
Storyhive’s regular platform accepts votes for which projects should receive funding, but for the Indigenous Storyteller Edition, the selections will be made by an Indigenous jury. They will choose 20 projects that will receive a $20,000 grant through Storyhive, topped up by an up-to $5,000 grant from Creative B.C. in the case of B.C.-based projects.
Bonneau said students in the National Aboriginal Professional Artist Training Program at the En’owkin Centre at the Penticton Indian Band are excited about participating.
“This will be an amazing opportunity,” said Bonneau. “They (students) were telling me about it.”
It’s also, she said, a step to reversing the lack of Indigenous representation in the film industry, whether behind the camera or in front of it.
“These opportunities will build capacity that there is a level playing field in the industry because currently there isn’t one,” said Bonneau. “Our group is marginalized, we are not represented in those industries and there are a lot of barriers.
“This is one way of overcoming those barriers.”
Bonneau said there is a lot of catching up to do in terms of how Indigenous cultures and peoples are depicted.
“We have really powerful, interesting, absolutely authentic stories that we want to share with the rest of Canadians,” said Bonneau. “An edition like this creates a spark. It ignites the capacity building, for teams to come together. Once you start building a base, then that is when we start participating in the industry.”
Storyhive is looking for Indigenous creators from B.C. and Alberta to submit their short film idea, which can include a comedy, drama, animation, web series pilot or documentary between three to 10 minutes long. Creators who are at the beginning of their career, as well as more established creators, are all welcome to apply for this edition and bring their passion project to life.
“This could be your first film, this could be your first project,” said Bonneau, adding that the jury will be looking for support in terms of a production team that will help mentor new creators and carry the project through.
The Indigenous Storyteller Edition remains open for applications until Dec. 4. More information about how to participate can be found online at storyhive.com
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B.C. burlesque veteran Satan’s Angel to retire after 50+ years
Award-winning Canadian comedian, Mike Delamont, returns to the Chilliwack Cultural Centre
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Pak used Jadhav-family meet as propaganda: India
ANI | Updated: Dec 28, 2017 11:48 IST
New Delhi [India] Dec. 28 (ANI): Pakistan used Kulbhushan Jadhav-family meeting as propaganda, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Thursday.
She said this while making a statement on Kulbhushan Jadhav in Rajya Sabha.
The External Affairs Minister said Pakistan used emotional meeting between Jadhav, his mother and wife after 22 months as propaganda.
The entire House backed Swaraj by shaming Pakistan.
She said Pakistan flouted all the understandings between the two countries over the meeting.
She objected the way Jadhav's mother and wife were treated during their visit to Islamabad to meet jailed Jadhav.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Parliament witnessed protests, with various political parties, including the Shiv Sena, Trinamool Congress and AIADMK condemning the way Pakistan humiliated the kin of jailed Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav in Islamabad.
"We condemn the way Kulbhushan Jadhav's mother and wife were treated in Pakistan. Kulbhushan Jadhav should be brought back to the country," said Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge in the Parliament.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Pakistan disregarded the cultural and religious sensibilities of former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav's family, who met him on Monday in Islamabad.
The wife and the mother of Jadhav were asked to remove mangalsutra, bangles and bindi, besides having been asked to change the attire, for "security" reasons.
After the meeting, Jadhav's mother and wife were also harassed in heavily guarded foreign ministry office by Pakistani journalists.
Adding to these treatment, Pakistani journalists heckled and harassed Jadhav's mother and wife by hurling insensitive questions on them - "Aapke patidev ne hazaron begunah Pakistaniyo ke khoon se Holi kheli ispar kya kahengi? (your husband killed thousands of innocent Pakistanis, what do you have to say about that?)'" and "Aapke kya jazbaat hain apne kaatil bete se milne ke baad? (How do you feel after meeting your killer son?)".
Jadhav is on a death row in Pakistan over charges of terrorism and spying for India's intelligence agency- Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
On May 18, 2017, the International Court of Justice stayed the hanging after India approached it against the death sentence. (ANI)
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Business Network ramps up promotion of US offshore wind industry, adding RenewComm to communications team
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RenewComm will represent the Business Network for Offshore Wind starting with an event with North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, Nov. 13 in Cary, NC
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The Business Network for Offshore Wind has added RenewComm to its team as public relations counsel to help take the US offshore wind energy industry to the next level.
"We are pleased to add RenewComm to our growing team of offshore wind experts. They bring deep subject matter expertise and decades of experience in developing communications campaigns that will resonate with industry and the general public," said Liz Burdock, CEO & President of the Business Network for Offshore Wind.
The Business Network's next public event is a daylong "Spotlight on North Carolina," cosponsored with the Southeastern Wind Coalition, from 8 am to 5 pm next Wednesday, Nov. 13, at the Umstead Hotel in Cary, North Carolina. Gov. Roy Cooper will speak at 8:45 am, and the event is open for media coverage as well as to paid attendees who register here.
RenewComm is a communications consulting practice that represents renewable energy, cleantech, and other climate solutions. The managing partners are Lauren Glickman and Peter Kelley.
"I began my career campaigning for one of the first proposed US offshore wind projects back in 2006, and this industry has come such a long way since then," Glickman said. "The US offshore wind industry is now poised to help transform our economy. As new projects move forward, it's a critical time to tell the stories behind the benefits to workers, towns and companies, not just along the coastline, but all across the country because of the deep supply chain required to build and connect these offshore turbines."
"The Business Network represents over 300 key players in this industry, from multinational corporations to start-ups," said Kelley, who has worked in the wind energy industry for the past 10 years. "They promote and defend the offshore wind industry, especially at the state level and before federal agencies. They build the supply chain in America, and represent the US industry globally. Each year they hold the International Offshore Wind Partnering Forum, one of the Top 5 offshore wind events in the world, and convene almost monthly events on specialized aspects of the industry. This is where the action is, and we're glad to be a part of it."
RenewComm will advise on the Network's public relations strategy, build an online network of supporters to complement the Business Network's in-person events and promotion of the US industry, and represent its leaders to the media.
The Business Network's International Offshore Wind Partnering Forum (IPF) will next be held April 21-24 in Providence, Rhode Island. To register as a member of the media or learn how to become a media partner for this or any Business Network event, including next Wednesday's session with the Governor of North Carolina, email offshore@renewcomm.com.
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Li2CuCl4
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See more Copper products. Copper (atomic symbol: Cu, atomic number: 29) is a Block D, Group 11, Period 4 element with an atomic weight of 63.546. The number of electrons in each of copper's shells is 2, 8, 18, 1 and its electron configuration is [Ar] 3d10 4s1. The copper atom has a radius of 128 pm and a Van der Waals radius of 186 pm. Copper was first discovered by Early Man prior to 9000 BC. In its elemental form, copper has a red-orange metallic luster appearance. Of all pure metals, only silver has a higher electrical conductivity.The origin of the word copper comes from the Latin word 'cuprium' which translates as "metal of Cyprus." Cyprus, a Mediterranean island, was known as an ancient source of mined copper.
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See more Lithium products. Lithium (atomic symbol: Li, atomic number: 3) is a Block S, Group 1, Period 2 element with an atomic weight of 6.94. The number of electrons in each of Lithium's shells is [2, 1] and its electron configuration is [He] 2s1. The lithium atom has a radius of 152 pm and a Van der Waals radius of 181 pm. Lithium was discovered by Johann Arvedson in 1817 and first isolated by William Thomas Brande in 1821. The origin of the name Lithium comes from the Greek wordlithose which means "stone." Lithium is a member of the alkali group of metals. It has the highest specific heat and electrochemical potential of any element on the period table and the lowest density of any elements that are solid at room temperature. Compared to other metals, it has one of the lowest boiling points. In its elemental form, lithium is soft enough to cut with a knife its silvery white appearance quickly darkens when exposed to air. Because of its high reactivity, elemental lithium does not occur in nature. Lithium is the key component of lithium-ion battery technology, which is becoming increasingly more prevalent in electronics.
Arsenic removal from highly-acidic wastewater with high arsenic content by copper-chloride synergistic reduction.
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Bismuth oxychloride (BiOCl)/copper phthalocyanine (CuTNPc) heterostructures immobilized on electrospun polyacrylonitrile nanofibers with enhanced activity for floating photocatalysis.
Lithium chloride attenuates mitomycin C induced necrotic cell death in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells via HMGB1 and Bax signaling.
Lithium chloride (LiCl) induced autophagy and downregulated expression of transforming growth factor β-induced protein (TGFBI) in granular corneal dystrophy.
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Measurement of Cerium and Gadolinium in Solid Lithium Chloride-Potassium Chloride Salt Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS).
Human and soil exposure during mechanical chlorpyrifos, myclobutanil and copper oxychloride application in a peach orchard in Argentina.
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A remote class IV/V wilderness run deep in the heart of redwood country.
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Effort to Protect the Rogue Continues (OR)
BLM and USFS Issue 20 Year Protection for Kalmiopsis Rivers! (CA/OR)
TAKE ACTION!! Protect OR's NF Smith Watershed!
Take Action: Protect Kalmiopsis Rivers from Mining Pollution
Take Action! Protect Kalmiopsis Rivers (OR/CA)
Take Action: Protect Wild and Scenic Illinois and NF Smith Headwaters (CA/OR)
Mining Co. Appeals Water Right Decision–NF Smith Watershed (CA/OR)
North Fork Smith River Threatened by Mining (CA/OR)
Kalmiopsis Rivers (OR/CA)
American Whitewater is working to protect the wild rivers of Southwestern Oregon and Northern California from the threats of nickel strip mines.
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At the end of last Congress, the House and Senate negotiated a public lands package that ultimately resulted in 256 new miles of Wild and Scenic Rivers for Oregon when the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act was signed into law on March 12th, 2019. While rivers like the Molalla and several tributaries of the Rogue were designated Wild and Scenic, the lands surrounding the immediate river corridor were left unprotected. With a commitment to finish the job, and building on the successful effort to move these initiatives out of committee with bipartisan support last Congress, Senator Wyden was joined by Senator Merkley in introducing the Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act (S. 1262) on May 1st, 2019. The bill is scheduled for a hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on May 14th, 2019.
Megan Hooker
On January 12, 2017, the BLM and Forest Service announced a 20-year halt to new mining activities in the watersheds of the North Fork Smith, Illinois, Pistol River and Hunter Creek in Oregon. American Whitewater celebrates this important milestone with the conservation and recreation partners that we've worked with, and thanks Representatives DeFazio and Huffman and Senators Wyden and Merkley for their dedication to protecting this place. And we thank YOU too for standing up for these wild rivers!
The Oregon Water Resources Department recently proposed a new rule that will protect the instream uses of the Smith River and its tributaries. The rule is a critical step in proactively safeguarding the fish, wildlife, and recreation uses of the waters of the Smith River watershed in Oregon from ill-advised water development such as large-scale mining proposals. The agency is requesting public comment by 5 p.m. on October 28th, and we encourage you to weigh in!
International mining companies have sought to develop nickel strip mines within the Kalmiopsis region of SW Oregon and NW California for years, threatening the stunningly pure waters of cherished whitewater rivers, including the Wild and Scenic North Fork Smith and Illinois. This month, we have an unique opportunity to protect these and other rivers in the region, and paddler's voices from across the country are important to making this happen. Submit your comments by September 28th!
The BLM is considering whether to halt new mining activities for 5 years on roughly 100,000 acres in the Kalmiopsis region of Southwestern Oregon. This action, known as a "mineral withdrawal," would protect wild rivers like Baldface Creek, the Wild and Scenic North Fork Smith, Rough and Creek and the Wild and Scenic Illinois from the threats of nickel strip mines. These rivers are not only whitewater gems, but also provide clean drinking water to downstream communities, are strongholds for salmon, and support the local economy. Paddler's voices from across the country are needed to support this effort.
Mining companies are actively pursuing proposals to strip-mine in Southwest Oregon watersheds, threatening Rough & Ready, Baldface and Hunter Creeks and the Wild and Scenic Illinois and North Fork Smith Rivers. One of the surest ways to protect the wild rivers of Southwest Oregon is through a mineral withdrawal, which would prevent future mining activities on these public lands. You can help protect these whitewater gems by contacting your Congressional Representatives today!
Red Flat Nickel Corp is continuing its push to mine near Baldface Creek in the headwaters of the Wild and Scenic North Fork Smith River. Last summer, the Oregon Water Resources Department denied Red Flat's application for a water right, and the company recently filed a petition for reconsideration in response. Read on for a press release with more information. American Whitewater will continue to work to protect the headwaters of the Wild and Scenic North Fork Smith. Stay tuned for ways that you can help.
The North Fork Smith River needs your help. An international corporation has their sights set on developing a nickel strip mine on a tributary of Baldface Creek, which is a tributary of the North Fork Smith River. Both are whitewater gems with pristine water quality that also provide strong salmon and steelhead habitat and supply drinking water for residents downstream.
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Past Events › Lecture
Holy Spirit 101 Seminar
One event on October 12, 2019 at 12:00 am
Life in the Spirit Prayer Group at Sacred Heart Church is hosting a HOLY SPIRIT 101 SEMINAR Come Experience the Gifts of the Holy Spirit through Worship, Lectures, Demonstrations & Practicums Dates: Friday, October 11, 2019: 5:30-8:30pm Saturday, October 12, 2019: 8am-8pm Location: Sacred Heart Church Media Center / West Room 63 Sacred Heart Lane, Glyndon, MD 21071 Featuring Special Guest: Author / Speaker / Worship Leader Victoria “Tori” Harris Finally, a compilation of the official teachings of the Catholic…
“Beyond the Boundaries: Celebrating our Past, Sharing our Present & Planning our Future
October 12, 2019 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT
St. Francis of Assisi Baltimore, 3615 Harford Rd.
Baltimore, MD 21218 United States + Google Map
Are you interested in advocating for a more just society? Do you believe affordable & inclusive housing is a basic human right? Do you want to learn how our Catholic Faith calls us to active citizenship? As a long standing Archdiocesan program, we are excited to re-engage with parishes as we renew our efforts to build a faith-filled foundation of support to advocate for equitable housing policies in our region. Please join us to learn more about getting your parish…
Lecture and Examination: “Slavery and the Early Sulpician Community in Maryland”
October 12, 2019 @ 2:00 pm EDT
MD United States
In 1791, at the invitation of Bishop John Carroll, members of the Priests of St. Sulpice (known as the Sulpicians) arrived in Baltimore from Paris, France, to establish the first Roman Catholic Seminary in the young United States. They were also fleeing the turmoil and persecution of their Society brought about by the French Revolution. They began ministering to the black Catholic community (principally Haitian refugees), and made the seminary’s Chapelle Basse (Lower Chapel) a space for them to gather…
Ignatian Lecture with Frank Knott
St. Ignatius Catholic Community, 740 N. Calvert St.
We are honored to have Frank Knott as our guest speaker at this Ignatian Lecture. In this lecture Frank will speak of his personal Ignatian journey, based on his Knott family charge, to “Create a More Just World" based on Ignatian values. You will learn how Innovation Works views the majority population of Baltimore City, through Ignatian values, as one of Baltimore’s most valuable and untapped assets. You will hear how Innovation Works is using five specific Ignatian values to guide every aspect of…
Journey of Immigrant Children
Loyola University Maryland, 4501 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, Maryland + Google Map
McGuire Hall, Loyola University Maryland; Free; panel discussion with Jesuit Father Leo J. O’Donovan, president emeritus of Georgetown University, Esperanza Center attorneys and immigrants who co-authored “Blessed Are the Refugees, Beatitudes of Immigrant Children,” which was recognized by Catholic Press Association; sroselaw@comcast.net or 301-401-8294
Panel discussion on experiences of immigrant youth
Loyola University of Maryland – McGuire Hall, 4501 N. Charles Street
Loyola University Maryland will host a presentation, The Journey of Immigrant Children, on Monday, Oct. 21, 2019, at 6:30 p.m., in McGuire Hall. The panel discussion will focus on experiences, legal issues, and spiritual perspectives of Central American immigrant youth. The panel discussion is free and open to the public. Registration is not required but encouraged, www.loyola.edu/journey. For more information contact Campus Ministry at 410-617-2222 or CampusMinistry@loyola.edu.
Jerome Cardin Lecture
McGuire Hall, Loyola University Maryland, Free; fostering Jewish-Christian dialogue, author Daniel Mendelsohn on “Latkes with the Priests in Lwów: Jews and Christians, Harmony and Horror in Prewar Poland”; includes book signing and kosher reception; registration required, loyola.edu/cardinlecture or 410-617-5273
Founder of ‘me too.’ Movement: 29th Sister Cleophas Costello Lecture
November 6, 2019 @ 7:30 pm EST
Loyola University Maryland welcomes Tarana Burke, the founder of the ‘me too.’ Movement and a social justice activist, for the 29th Sister Cleophas Costello Lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, at 7:30 p.m. in McGuire Hall on the Evergreen campus. Burke will speak to the origins of the ‘me too.’ Movement and the premise—that the power of empathy is key to a survivor’s healing – that it is built on. The ‘me too.’ Movement—which Burke started in 2006—gives strength and…
Oblate Sisters Symposium
November 23, 2019 @ 8:30 am - 3:00 pm EST
Archbishop Curley High School, 3701 Sinclair Lane
$30; Dr. Diana Batts Morrow, Sharon Knecht and Bishop Adam Parker speak on “Mother Mary Lange: A Legacy of Hope”; motherlange.org
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2017 (66) Suzuki Ignis 1.2 Dualjet SZ-T 5dr
Warrington Renault / Dacia (Westbrook)
Only £8498
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Suzuki's little Ignis Crossover will bring fresh buyers to this innovative Japanese brand, thinks Jonathan Crouch
Crossovers seem to be getting smaller as interest in them gets bigger. Take this Suzuki Ignis for example. It's just 3.7m long, so it's probably more accurate to call it a citycar-based Crossover, though one that has a very fashion-orientated remit.
Suzuki has an enviably wide range of compact Crossovers. There's the utilitarian Jimny, the fashion-conscious Vitara, the family-friendly SX-4 S-CROSS; plus you could even count the 4WD version of the Swift supermini. Now there's yet another option from the brand, this trendy little Ignis. The model sits on the new generation platform we first saw in the Baleno but this time clothes it with much funkier styling that Suzuki hopes will interest a whole new raft of image-conscious urban-based buyers. This new platform targets the reduction of weight as well as further increased rigidity and the lightest Ignis model has a kerb weight of just 810kg. Power comes from a 1.2-litre petrol unit that can feature mild hybrid assistance.
All Ignis buyers get a 1.2-litre Dualjet petrol engine, the one we're familiar with elsewhere in Suzuki's range in both the Swift and the Baleno. As with the Baleno, Ignis buyers have the option of ordering this powerplant in more frugal SHVS mild hybrid form. This compact and lightweight unit incorporates an Integrated Starter Generator (known as ISG) which acts as both a generator and starter motor. The ISG is belt driven and assists the engine during vehicle take off and acceleration and also generates electricity through regenerative braking. The SHVS system only uses its conventional engine starter motor when first started from cold. Under all other conditions, it uses the ISG unit to allow smooth and quiet engine restarts. The energy assistance provided during acceleration enables the SHVS to be known as a mild hybrid system which is ideally suited to a compact car and adds just 6.2kg to the overall weight. SHVS buyers also get the option of Suzuki's ALLGRIP 'AUTO' four-wheel drive system. First introduced in Swift, this is a well proven and simple fully automatic and permanent four-wheel drive layout which transfers additional torque to the rear wheels when required via a viscous coupling. Enhancements to the Ignis ALLGRIP system include Hill Descent Control and Grip Control. Grip Control activates on slippery surfaces at speeds of less than 18mph. Once switched on by the driver, it focuses torque on the driven wheels that have grip and will quickly apply braking to the wheel that is spinning.
The Ignis has a distinctive front face that integrates the striking gaze of the LED headlamps and the strong lines of the front grille. Suzuki hopes the robust shoulders will suggest strength whilst also adding character, while other nice touches include the unusually-angled rear side window which sits just in front of three slashes supposed to reference Suzuki's classic SC100 'Whizzkid' model. Inside, the cabin is dominated by a large infotainment screen which looks rather stuck onto the middle of the dash - though that's presumably an intentional styling device. The rounded shape of the air-conditioning system's panel is nice and the distinctive instrument cluster design gives the cabin environment a more futuristic look than you'd find in other Suzukis. This model's all-new platform has helped the designers in minimising the size of the engine compartment which has enabled them to maximise the space available for cabin occupants and luggage. That means there's more legroom in the rear than you might expect from a car of this size. There's more luggage pace too, 267-litres in standard models or 204-litres in 4WD 'ALLGRIP' variants. This, combined with the ability to fold down the rear seatbacks, makes it possible to accommodate a wide variety of luggage.
The Ignis is available in SZ3, SZ-T and SZ5 grades. As for prices, well they start at around £10,000 for the SZ3, rise to around £11,500 for the SZ-T and run further up to around £13,000 for an SZ5 with two wheel drive. With this top trim level, there's also the option of 'ALLGRIP' 4WD. Buyers get a choice of 11 colours with full personalisation options available for both exterior and interior trim. As for equipment, well six airbags, air conditioning, a DAB Radio and Bluetooth all come fitted as standard on all Ignis models. The SZ-T variant adds sliding rear seats, satellite navigation, a rear view camera, wheel arch extensions, side mouldings and roof rails and 16-inch alloy wheels. If you can stretch to the top SZ5, you'll get auto air conditioning, LED headlights with LED daytime running lights, Dual Camera Brake Support and Cruise Control. That Dual Camera Brake Support ('DCBS') system is important because with this feature fitted, the Ignis has been awarded a Five star rating Euro NCAP safety tests. DCBS incorporates stereo cameras mounted on each side of the driver's rear view mirror that function in a similar way to the human eye. The system can detect objects ahead including pedestrians and alert the driver with full braking automatically applied if necessary. Models without DCBS were awarded three stars and this system is available as an option.
The standard 1.2-litre Dualjet engine is an efficient unit, able to return 104g/km of CO2, whether you order it with 5-speed manual transmission or Suzuki's automated manual set-up. If you want to do better than that, you'll need the 'SHVS' (Smart Hybrid Vehicle by Suzuki) mild hybrid version of this engine. The SHVS system helps Suzuki reach a top class CO2 emissions figure of 97g/km plus achieve a fuel consumption figure of 65.7mpg on the EC combined cycle for the 2WD model. What about other costs? Well, every version comes with a three-year, 60,000-mile warranty to match most rivals. There's also a year's breakdown cover that extends across the whole of Europe and includes roadside recovery. A 12-year anti-rust guarantee comes with the car too. Service stops are needed every year or 12,500 miles for the 1.2-litre SHVS variant. Once your Ignis has been registered for three years, it will become eligible for Suzuki's fixed price service package which will enable you to get servicing carried out for a single fixed price that will include parts, labour and VAT. There are around 180 Suzuki dealers in the UK and they're noted for excellent customer service. You can also even out the cost of regular maintenance with a 'Service Payment Plan' that covers you for anything between one and three garage visits.
Practicalities and Costs
Practicality & Costs
We can't think of a small, inexpensive Crossover model we've wanted o get our hands on as much as this one. Not all cars in this segment create the kind of stir that their makers promise, but this one might. Plus you can justify it with affordable pricing and an efficient set of running costs. Suzuki doesn't have the marketing budget to really propel this car onto the podium of top sellers in this segment, but that's probably an attraction if you like the look of it and wan a degree of exclusivity in our street. You can't ask much more than that.
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Try credit unions for best checking rates
Margarette Burnette
April 12, 2011 in Checking
The credit union advantage
Credit union interest checking accounts routinely beat other types of accounts, including those from banks, when it comes to offering higher interest rates, says Mike Schenk, a vice president of the Credit Union National Association, or CUNA, in Madison, Wis.
“On average, there’s about a 15-basis-point advantage with credit unions,” Schenk says. When the economy improves, he expects the advantage to increase.
“Credit unions are not for profit. They’re owned by their member depositors, so any profits go back to those members,” he says.
Interest checking accounts that earn more than the industry average usually have conditions attached, such as requirements for direct deposit or a minimum number of debit transactions each month, Schenk says.
However, if those conditions fit your regular banking style, you may be able to take advantage of an interest checking account through a credit union and earn some of the best rates around.
Here are five common ways that consumers can qualify for credit union checking accounts that earn relatively high annual percentage yields, or APY.
« Back to the 2011 High-Yield Checking Survey.
Regularly use a debit card
Many credit unions require members to use their checking account debit card a minimum number of times per month, says Martin Kelly, senior vice president of marketing and business development for US Federal Credit Union in Burnsville, Minn.
The reason for the requirement is that for credit unions to earn revenue from checking accounts (and pay out high yields), there needs to be a good amount of account activity, which can be accomplished through debit card use, he says.
For people who normally pay with cash or a credit card, it can take some getting used to, says Paul Hendley, a member of First Community Credit Union in St. Louis. He says he joined a local credit union to take advantage of its high-interest checking offering but had to start using a debit card at least 12 times a month to qualify.
“At first, I worried that I’d have to run out and buy things just to satisfy the debit card requirement, which would defeat the point of getting a higher interest rate. But I found out that doing 12 transactions for the month with normal shopping was easy,” Hendley says.
Accept electronic statements
Credit unions may require their interest checking account holders to sign up for electronic monthly statements instead of receiving paper statements by snail mail, Kelly says. In addition to saving trees, electronic statements can help financial institutions save money on paper and postage, he says.
When you do the math, the amount of money a credit union saves by generating electronic statements instead of paper can be enough to justify a higher-interest checking rate for the member, says Kelly.
Sign up for direct deposit
Another common requirement for high-interest checking depositors is to sign up for direct deposit on their accounts, Kelly says.
Direct deposit is important for credit unions because when money is moved into an account on a regular, automatic basis, that account is more likely to be the member’s primary transactional account, he says.
With transactional accounts, credit unions have more opportunity to make revenue through fees paid by debit card merchants, for example, says Kelly. “The better the chance that the credit union earns revenue and profit, the more likelihood that the credit union can offer a higher interest checking to its members,” he says.
As an alternative to direct deposit, some credit unions use automatic withdrawals to let members meet eligibility requirements, Kelly says. This could be useful for entrepreneurs, retired people and others who don’t work for companies that offer a direct deposit option but still want high-interest checking, Kelly says.
Deposit up to the maximum amount
Many credit unions put a cap on the amount of money in a checking account that can earn the highest yields on interest checking. This cap is usually around $25,000, Kelly says. Deposits beyond that amount may earn a reduced APY or no dividend at all.
It may seem odd that larger sums of money deposited into a checking account could earn lower rates, but limits exist because there tends to be less account activity beyond those high-dollar thresholds, Kelly says.
The less activity in a checking account, the less of a chance for the financial institution to earn revenue on that account, he says. And with less revenue, it would be harder for a credit union to pay out a higher yield.
“The revenue the credit union would generate may not make up for the cost of that type of account,” Kelly says.
On the flip side, there are likely to be no or very low minimums with credit union interest checking accounts, says Kelly. “If you only have $5 in your account, you could earn a yield on that $5,” he says.
Don’t forget membership
All the interest checking perks a credit union has to offer are only available to its members. Many credit unions restrict membership based on geography, so depositors may have to live, work or worship in a particular community in order to be eligible to join the institution, Schenk says.
Other credit unions may have employment requirements, meaning members must work for a particular company to join.
Fortunately, it’s relatively easy for a depositor to find a local credit union, says Schenk. Consumers can search for an institution with the help of an online locator, he says. Potential members can search by ZIP code, city or credit union name.
Schenk advises consumers to look at different institutions and review product offerings before becoming a member. Potential account holders should know the APY of the interest checking account and understand specific rules and restrictions, such as transaction minimums or electronic statement requirements, he says.
“The best thing to do is shop around and make sure you’re comparing apples to apples with checking account features,” Schenk says.
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Agenda for Change 2016: border security and law enforcement
30 May 2016|John Coyne and David Connery
This piece is drawn from Agenda for Change 2016: strategic choices for the next government.
Australia’s law enforcement and border security operating environment is becoming increasingly complex and is evolving rapidly. For the strategic leaders of Australia’s law enforcement and border security agencies, uncertainty in the current operating environment is matched by pervasive policy and funding uncertainties.
International bodies and non-government organisations alike describe transnational, serious and organised crime (TSOC) as a threat to national security and regional stability. The threat posed to Australia’s security and interests by TSOC continues to expand and change. The increasing scope of the threat has been accompanied by an increase in the complexity of TSOC structures and activities. Syndicates rapidly acquire and employ new technologies at a rate that far exceeds that of law enforcement.
TSOC business models and their inherent flexibility afford them the opportunity to rapidly identify risks and opportunities for exploitation. These groups have consistently demonstrated the capacity to rapidly change their operations or activities and take immediate action when an opportunity or unacceptable risk arises. And they are increasingly greying the line between legitimate and illicit economies as a means of deception and profit maximisation.
Recent policy experience with TSOC issues such as ‘ice’ (crystal methylamphetamine) and money laundering have shown us that what worked in the past won’t guarantee success in the present, let alone the future. The dynamic business models used by these groups are increasingly degrading the effectiveness of law enforcement’s traditional strategies for detecting, preventing and investigating TSOC entities.
The national security policy issues addressed by Australia’s border security and national law enforcement agencies are consistently live issues for federal governments. The policy in this space is focused on the real-time disruption of pervasive TSOC threats. That means law enforcement agencies are tending more towards stopping TSOC from happening than going for arrests and prosecutions after the fact. While the latter actions are important, disruption is often a practical strategy where perpetrators are overseas, deeply hidden or in cyberspace.
The risks associated with those threats are unlikely to be completely mitigated. Yet events such as the Sydney Lindt Cafe siege has shown that the public has zero tolerance for policy failure.
Added to that complex threat mix is the reality of Australia’s border security and national law enforcement arrangements. Those arrangements are comprised of a complex framework of often overlapping jurisdictions; legacy policy issues and budgeting models; organisational cultural challenges; and stand-alone thematic strategies. In the past, expediency during policy development has called for the establishment of ad hoc taskforce arrangements to temporarily address new or emerging issues.
Despite those challenges, the border security and law enforcement agencies have consistently achieved or exceeded the performance targets in their Parliamentary Budget Statements. This isn’t surprising, given that they’ve historically been focused on achieving ‘siloed’ operational outcomes such as arrests, seizures and successful prosecutions. The organisational pursuit of key performance measures doesn’t leave much time, space or capacity to critically evaluate whether the intent of policy is being achieved. Nor do they actually measure practical crime fighting strategies like disruption, which tend to be harder to demonstrate quantitatively. For any government, change in this policy space is tough going.
With this firm grasp of the law enforcement and border security strategic and operational reality, we offer five key recommendations for government:
The next Australian Government should consider developing a law enforcement policy statement focused on clearly articulating its strategic intent, its expectations of agencies, and the resources it will assign.
The government should consider centralising other border security functions, such as quarantine and biosecurity, to allow for the development of a unified national border security strategy.
The government should consider making a commitment to a specific ‘minimum spend’—perhaps in the form of a percentage of GDP based on a rational cost–benefit calculation—on law enforcement and border security.
The government should resolve the irregular maritime arrival legacy case load.
After the election, the government should consider reducing the pressure on border security and law enforcement agencies to increase seizure and arrest rates. Further efforts should also be made to develop broader and more relevant performance measures that are focused on strategic impacts on threats and risks to Australian communities. Enforcement performance measures should increase the attention given to non-quantitative outcomes like disruption operations in relation to TSOC.
Many of the criminal threats that Australia’s border and enforcement agencies face can be defeated individually at the operational level: syndicates can be disrupted and their members arrested. Unfortunately, despite operational successes the strategic threat level will remain unchanged: there will continue to be criminals and organised crime.
This observation isn’t fatalistic or defeatist, but instead highlights the importance of lifting the focus of border security and law enforcement to the strategic level. The aim should be to achieve effects or impacts, as opposed to merely making arrests and seizures. Fortunately this is possible in Australia because, for the most part, our national strategies in those areas enjoy bipartisan support.
Government, after the election, has an opportunity to provide further strategic policy and resource stability for its law enforcement and border security strategic leaders. That stability will provide an opportunity for these same strategic leaders to more critically evaluate their performance and develop new and innovative strategies concerned more with the safety of our communities than performance measures.
John Coyne and David Connery are senior analysts at ASPI.
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Australia’s securitised border
The Belgium attacks: tactics, targeting and Australia
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German-British Gravitational-Wave Detector Makes a Key Step Towards Third-Generation Observatories
The detection of Einstein's gravitational waves relies on highly precise laser measurements of small length changes. The kilometer-size detectors of the international network (GEO600, LIGO, Virgo) are so sensitive that they are fundamentally limited by tiny quantum mechanical effects. These cause a background noise which overlaps with gravitational-wave signals. This noise is always present and can never be entirely removed. But one can change its properties – with a process called squeezing, to date only used routinely at GEO600 – such that it interferes less with the measurement.
Now, GEO600 researchers have achieved better squeezing than ever. This opens new ways to improve the international detector network in the next observation runs and is a key step to third-generation detectors such as the Einstein Telescope.
The team from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute; AEI) and Leibniz Universität Hannover reached a squeezing level of 5.7 dB and therefore suppressed the quantum background noise by a factor of almost 2. Compared to a detector without squeezing, this increases the observable volume of the Universe by a factor of 7.
The research team employed newly designed optical components and tuned the optical setup of the squeezed light source and how it is coupled to the detector.
“With the current phase of interface upgrades complete, we’ve been able to start to fully optimize and characterize the system giving us this marvelous new record in squeezing, enhancing our sensitivity in frequencies important for understanding neutron star physics,” says Dr. James Lough, lead scientist for GEO600.
“The GEO600 team has pioneered the use of squeezing in the international gravitational-wave community. Several generations of GEO600 PhD students together with squeezing experts at AEI have made this breakthrough possible,” explains Dr. Christoph Affeldt, GEO600 operations manager.
The German-British gravitational-wave detector GEO600 near Hannover has been routinely using a squeezed-light source since 2010 and has been the only instrument in the world to do so. The light source custom-made for GEO600 was developed and built at the AEI.
Together with the AEI colleagues, the GEO600 team has been continuously working to improve the integration of the “squeezer” into the detector. This is key because of the fragile nature of squeezed light: even a very small loss of it on its way into the detector limits the possible increase in sensitivity of GEO600. Therefore, many small improvements can result in large gains in sensitivity.
The sensitivity of all future interferometric gravitational-wave detectors will be increased through the use of similar squeezed-light sources. In the next common observation run O3 scheduled to begin in early 2019, both LIGO instruments and the Virgo detector will use squeezed light. The Virgo squeezer device is a newer version of the one developed for GEO600 and on permanent loan from the AEI.
“For future third-generation detectors like the European Einstein Telescope even higher levels of squeezing are required. With this amazing new record at GEO600, we are now ready to perfect this technology and tackle the next challenges on the way to the Einstein Telescope,” says Prof. Karsten Danzmann, director at the AEI and director of the Institute for Gravitational Physics at Leibniz Universität Hannover.
Credit: geo600.org
Tags: Albert Einstein, Germany, gravitational waves, gravity, LIGO, observatory, telescope, UK
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Malazan Empire, Book 4
Auteur(s): Ian C Esslemont
Narrateur(s): John Banks
Catégories: Science-fiction et fantasy, Fantasy épique
Blood and Bone
Novels of the Malazan Empire, Book 5
Auteur(s): Ian C. Esslemont
In the western sky the bright emerald banner of the Visitor descends like a portent of annihilation. On the continent of Jacuruku, the Thaumaturgs have mounted yet another expedition to tame the neighboring wild jungle. Yet this is no normal wilderness. It is called Himatan, and it is said to be half of the spirit realm and half of the earth. And it is said to be ruled by a powerful entity whom some name the Queen of Witches, and some a goddess: the ancient Ardata.
Stonewielder
Greymane believed he'd outrun his past. With his school for swordsmanship in Falar, he was looking forward to a quiet life, although his colleague Kyle wasn't as enamored with life outside the mercenary company, the Crimson Guard. However, it seems it is not so easy for an ex-Fist of the Malazan Empire to disappear, especially one under sentence of death from that same Empire.
Esselmont's Best?
Écrit par Langer le 2019-03-26
Assail
Tens of thousands of years of ice is melting, and the land of Assail, long a byword for menace and inaccessibility, is at last yielding its secrets. Tales of gold discovered in the region's north circulate in every waterfront dive and sailor's tavern, and now countless adventurers and fortune-seekers have set sail in search of riches. All these adventures have to guide them are legends and garbled tales of the dangers that lie in wait - hostile coasts, fields of ice, impassable barriers and strange, terrifying creatures.
Good Fantasy Novel
Night of Knives
The small island of Malaz and its city gave the great empire its name, but now it is little more than a sleepy, backwater port. Tonight, however, things are different. Tonight the city is on edge, a hive of hurried, sometimes violent activity; its citizens bustle about, barring doors, shuttering windows, avoiding any stranger's stare. Because tonight there is to be a convergence, the once-in-a-generation appearance of a Shadow Moon - an occasion that threatens the good people of Malaz with demon hounds and other, darker things....
Return of the Crimson Guard
A Novel of the Malazan Empire
The return of the mercenary company the Crimson Guard could not have come at a worse time for the Malazan Empire. Drained by constant warfare, betrayals and rivalries, many see the grip of Empress Laseen weakening. Conquered kingdoms and principalities test their old independence. Into this fermenting civil war on Quon Tali - the empire's homeland - comes the Guard and the ingrained memory of their vow of undying opposition to the existence of the empire.
Outstanding Fantasy Novel
Dancer's Lament
Path to Ascendancy, Book 1
Esslemont's all-new prequel trilogy takes readers deeper into the politics and intrigue of the New York Times bestselling Malazan Empire. Dancer's Lament focuses on the genesis of the empire, and features Dancer, the skilled assassin, who, alongside the mage Kellanved, would found the Malazan empire.
does a great monster voice for ryllanderas!
Écrit par Sarah le 2019-02-27
Deadhouse Landing
After the disappointments in Li Heng, Dancer and Kellanved wash up on a small insignificant island named Malaz. Immediately, of course, Kellanved plans to take it over. To do so they join forces with a small band of Napans who have fled their home. However, Kellanved is soon distracted by a strange and dangerous ancient structure. Back in Li Heng, Dassem, now the proclaimed Sword of Hood, finds himself being blamed for a plague which leads him to a crisis of faith - and searching for answers.
Kellanved's Reach
The incessant war between the bickering city states of Quon Tali rages. So engrossed are the warring lords and princes in their own petty feuds that few notice that an upstart mage from Dal Hon has gained control of the southern seas. Kellanved could not care less about any of this petty politicking or strategy or war. Something other and altogether more mysterious has caught his attention and he - together with a reluctant and his decidedly skeptical friend Dancer - traverse continents and journey through the Realms.
The Crippled God
Malazan Book of the Fallen Series, Book 10
Auteur(s): Steven Erikson
Narrateur(s): Michael Page
Savaged by the K'Chain Nah'Ruk, the Bonehunters march for Kolanse, where waits an unknown fate. Tormented by questions, the army totters on the edge of mutiny, but Adjunct Tavore will not relent. One final act remains, if it is in her power, if she can hold her army together, if the shaky allegiances she has forged can survive all that is to come. A woman with no gifts of magic, deemed plain, unprepossessing, displaying nothing to instill loyalty or confidence, Tavore Paran of House Paran means to challenge the gods - if her own troops don't kill her first.
I just wish the epilogue was longer...
Écrit par Matthew Davies le 2019-11-26
Toll the Hounds
Malazan Book of the Fallen, Book 8
In Darujhistan, the city of blue blue fire, it is said that Love and Death shall arrive dancing. It is summer, and the heat is oppressive, but for the small, rotund man in the faded red waistcoat discomfiture is not just because of the sun. All is not well. Dire portents plague his nights and haunt the city streets like fiends of shadow. Assassins skulk in alleyways, but the quarry has turned, and the hunters become the hunted. Hidden hands pluck the strings of tyranny like a fell chorus.
Another great one
Écrit par Darryl Antler le 2019-01-18
Dust of Dreams
The Malazan Book of the Fallen 9
On the Letherii continent the exiled Malazan army commanded by Adjunct Tavore begins its march into the eastern Wastelands, to fight for an unknown cause against an enemy it has never seen. The fate awaiting the Bonehunters is one no soldier can prepare for, and one no mortal soul can withstand - the foe is uncertainty and the only weapon worth wielding is stubborn courage. In war everyone loses, and this brutal truth can be found in the eyes of every soldier in every world.
Forge of Darkness
Kharkanas Trilogy, Book 1
Narrateur(s): Daniel Philpott
Forge of Darkness takes listeners to Kurald Galain, the warren of Darkness, and tells of a realm whose fate plays a crucial role in the fall of the Malazan Empire and surrounds one of the Malazan world’s most fascinating and powerful characters, Anomander Rake. It’s a conflicted time in Kurald Galain, where Mother Dark reigns above the Tiste people. But this ancient land was once home to many a power...and even death is not quite eternal. The commoners’ great hero, Vatha Urusander, longs for ascendency and Mother Dark’s hand in marriage, but she has taken another Consort, Lord Draconus.
Narrateur(s): Barnaby Edwards
It's a conflicted time in Kurald Galain, the realm of Darkness, where Mother Dark reigns. But this ancient land was once home to many a power...and even death is not quite eternal. The commoners' great hero, Vatha Urusander, is being promoted by his followers to take Mother Dark's hand in marriage, but her Consort, Lord Draconus, stands in the way of such ambitions. The impending clash sends fissures throughout the realm.
Great story, terrible pronunciation
Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2018-10-09
Reaper's Gale
All is not well in the Letherii Empire. Rhulad Sengar, the Emperor of a Thousand Deaths, spirals into madness, surrounded by sycophants and agents of his Machiavellian chancellor, while the Letherii secret police conduct a campaign of terror against their own people. The Errant, once a far-seeing god, is suddenly blind to the future. Conspiracies seethe throughout the palace as the empire edges closer to all-out war with the neighboring kingdoms.
One of the better books in the series.
Écrit par Jeremy Schnurr le 2019-05-28
The Bonehunters
The Seven Cities Rebellion has been crushed. Sha’ik is dead. One last rebel force remains, holed up in the city of Y’Ghatan and under the fanatical command of Leoman of the Flails. The prospect of laying siege to this ancient fortress makes the battle-weary Malazan Fourteenth Army uneasy. For it was here that the Empire’s greatest champion, Dassem Ultor, was slain and a tide of Malazan blood spilled. A place of foreboding, its smell is of death. But elsewhere, agents of a far greater conflict have made their opening moves.
Par for the series
House of Chains
In Northern Genabackis, before the events recounted in Gardens of the Moon, a raiding party of savage tribal warriors descend from the mountains into the flat lands. For one among them, Karsa Orlong, it marks the beginning of what will prove an extraordinary destiny. Some years later, it is the aftermath of the Chain of Dogs. Coltaine is dead. And now the untried new Adjunct, Tavore, must urgently raise an army able to withstand the forces of the Sha'ik's Whirlwind that are massing in Raraku, the few remaining veterans from Coltaine's march her only hope....
Great book, hard to listen to..
Midnight Tides
After decades of warfare, the five tribes of the Tiste Edur have finally united under the implacable rule of the Warlock King of the Hiroth. But peace has been exacted at a terrible price - a pact made with a hidden power whose motives are at best suspect, at worst deadly. To the south, the expansionist kingdom of Lether has devoured all of its less-civilised neighbours with rapacious, cold-blooded hunger. All, that is, save one - the Tiste Edur. For Lether is approaching a long-prophesied renaissance - from kingdom and lost colony of the First Empire to Empire reborn.
Superb Story. Lame Reading
Memories of Ice
Narrateur(s): Ralph Lister
The ravaged continent of Genabackis has given birth to a terrifying new empire: the Pannion Domin. Like a fanatical tide of corrupted blood, it seethes across the land, devouring all who fail to heed the Word of its elusive prophet, the Pannion Seer. In its path stands an uneasy alliance: Dujek Onearm's Host and the Bridgeburners, each now outlawed by the Empress alongside their enemies of old, including the grim forces of Warlord Caladan Brood, Anomander Rake, Son of Darkness, and his Tiste Andii, and the Rhivi people of the Plains.
The tumult of great powers colliding has passed, and the city of Darujhistan and its citizens can at last get on with what matters: trading, bickering, politicking and enjoying all the good things in life. However, not all are ready to leave the past behind.
A treasure hunter digging amongst the burial grounds that surround the city is about to uncover a hidden crypt. He will open the last of a series of sealed vaults - the one that no other dared touch - and in so doing set free something so terrifying that the knowledge of its interment may have been systematically wiped from all history.
Fortune hunters are also at work far to the south. When a fragment of Moon's Spawn, once the home of Anomander Rake, Son of Darkness, crashed into the Rivan Sea, it created a chain of small islands. Legends and rumours already surround them. The most potent of these is that here is hidden the Throne of Night, claimed by some to be the seat of Mother Dark herself.
Either way, all who seek this ancient artefact - renegade mages, hardened mercenaries, even a Malazan army deserter - believe it will bestow unlimited power upon the eventual possessor. The stakes are high, greed is rife, betrayal inevitable, and murder and chaos lie in wait....
©2016 Ian C. Esslemont (P)2016 Random House Audiobooks
Belisarius Cawl: The Great Work
Skald: The Short Story Collection
Dark Imperium: Plague War
Great Novel. Moranth!! Seguleh!!!
The most intriguing aspect of the world created by Esselmont and Steven Erickson is the different peoples populating it. Barghast. Imass. Tiste, Forkrul, K'Chain. This novel has several of them including my favorites. Not bogged down by too many plot threads, this story is fantastic. Loved it
I am the single biggest Malazan fan ever. I love Erikson much. And the thing that blew my mind is while listening to this book, at many points I actually forgot this ISN'T an Erikson book. It seems like ICE has improved and his writing is becoming more refined. I enjoyed this story and Darujhistan isn't my favorite place...
Another home run
I again am astounded at the synergy between the two authors of the Malazan world. the characters are almost seamlessly incorporated into every story. I can't wait for the next book.
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BMW vs Audi vs Mercedes - Which Should You Buy?
Home Blog BMW vs Audi vs Mercedes - Which Should You Buy?
If you're in the market for a prestige car offering luxury and comfort, chances are you'll be considering models from Audi, BMW and Mercedes. All three are German brands with a premium and upmarket image.
Between them, they produce over 50 different new models making them three of the best-selling luxury car brands in the world. Each manufacturer prides itself on producing stylish cars with reliable and exciting engines that command higher-than-average second-hand values.
So, should you choose a model bearing Audi's four interlocked rings, BMW's blue and white propeller or Mercedes' three-pointed star?
Why Buy Audi?
Audi started life in 1932 as Auto Union - an amalgamation of four different manufacturers. In fact, the four rings on the Audi logo each represent one of the four original car companies that banded together to create Auto Union.
Volkswagen aquired the brand in the 1960s and have retained ownership of the manufacturer ever since. Although Audi vehicles are produced in nine different facilities worldwide, its roots are in Ingolstadt, Germany.
Audi produces a wide range of luxury cars from saloons, coupes and hatchback models - which are prefixed with the letter 'A' (e.g. A1, A3, A4 and A5) - to estates (known as 'Avant') and SUVs (prefixed with the letter 'Q').
Audi have a reputation for producing cars with a contemporary and sleek design, a smooth and quiet driving experience and four-wheel drive technology.
CONTEMPORARY & SLEEK DESIGN
Cars with the four ring badge are renowned for being conservative in style, especially on the outside. While this is a massive selling point for some people, others find it difficult to tell Audi models apart.
On the inside, Audi are often considered to produce some of the best interiors on the market with a range of soft-touch plastics complementing the clear and uncluttered design.
In terms of technology, Audi cars are typically more advanced. Just one example of this is the 'virtual cockpit' which offers configurable dashboard dials to suit the driver.
SMOOTH & QUIET DRIVING EXPERIENCE
Premium cars are designed to provide a luxurious driving experience which means being blissfully unaware of engine and road noise as you cruise down the road at speed.
Audi cars are available with a range of powerful and economical engines that offer a quiet and polished driving experience. If you prioritise a more exciting and involved driving experience, you might be more suited to a BMW.
FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE TECHNOLOGY
Four-wheel drive technology is available on almost every Audi - except the A1 supermini. Cars with the 'quattro' badge all have the four-wheel drive option installed.
Quattro is standard on a number of different model and engine combinations, although you can add it for around £1,500. Some owners have suggested that four-wheel drive technology improves the driving experience because of the extra cornering ability it offers.
On A4 models and above, the quattro system is very sophisticated. It remains permanently engaged to prevent spinning wheels and provide the optimum driving performance.
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Why Buy BMW?
BMW, which stands for Bavarian Motor Works, started life in 1917 as an aircraft manufacturer before moving onto motorbikes in 1923 and eventually starting to produce cars in 1927.
Buyers can easily identify the model of BMW in front of them: the first number dictates the model (e.g. 3 Series), followed by the engine size, whilst an 'i' indicates a petrol model and 'd' indicates diesel.
The numbers 1-6 cover a range of hatchbacks, coupes, estates and saloons, while the 7 Series is an executing saloon. BMW also introduced an 'X' range which are all SUVs.
BMW was the first of these three German manufacturers to launch an all-electric vehicle - the compact BMW i3. This was later joined by the i8; however, this is a very exclusive and expensive model.
BMW have a reputation for producing rear-wheel drive cars that offer an exciting driving experience with highly advanced entertainment and navigation systems.
REAR-WHEEL DRIVE & AN EXCITING DRIVING EXPERIENCE
Most BMW cars have rear-wheel drive, even the smallest 1 Series which is the only vehicle in its class to offer rear-wheel drive. The only exceptions are the X-badged SUVs and i8 hybrid sports car which all receive four-wheel drive as standard.
Driving a BMW is an exciting and pleasurable experience with a lot more feedback and involvement from the engine compared to some models offered by Audi and Mercedes.
To make your experience behind the wheel even more enjoyable, you can find BMW 'M' models which indicate motorsport modifications for improved speed and performance.
HIGHLY ADVANCED ENTERTAINMENT & NAVIGATION SYSTEMS
BMW have developed a dashboard that is designed with drivers in mind. In fact, it's actually been angled towards the driver's seat. Having said that, the infotainment control wheel is easily accessible from the front passenger seat.
When BMW first introduced their iDrive infotainment system in 2001 is received a wave of criticism as people struggled to understand what it did and how to use it.
However, the latest version of iDrive is much more advanced and less complicated to use providing an intuitive and quick user experience. BMW is also the only manufacturer to offer sat nav as standard across all its models.
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Why Buy Mercedes?
Mercedes is the oldest of these three premium German manufacturers having effectively invented the petrol car in 1886. In the 2005, it outright bought the AMG brand to create Mercedes-AMG performance models.
The Mercedes range starts with the A-Class hatchback, followed by the B-Class MPV and then the C-Class and E-Class models which are available as saloons, coupés, cabriolets and estates.
The S-Class is the flagship product range in the Mercedes brand with executive saloon, coupé and cabriolet models available. They also produce a range of SUVs identified by the 'GL' prefix (e.g. GLA-Class or GLC-Class).
BMW have a reputation for producing luxurious cars with plush interiors that boast pioneering safety systems and provide a comfortable driving experience.
LUXURIOUS CARS WITH PLUSH INTERIORS
The Mercedes brand has been built on a long-standing reputation of building luxurious cars that command a premium price tag because of the prestigious image they provide.
When you sit in a Mercedes you'll experience soft leather, elegant switches and plush seats that are designed to make travelling in any of their cars a special experience.
PIONEERING SAFETY SYSTEMS
The Mercedes S-Class saloon car has often been at the forefront of automotive safety technology having introduced safety systems such as airbags and anti-lock brakes.
Back in the 1950s, Mercedes was instrumental in developing crumple zones which have been widely used in car manufacturing ever since.
Presently, the S-Class provides advanced safety equipment such as a night-vision camera and rear seatbelt airbags. If any of these systems prove popular, they will be rolled out to their next best-selling models.
COMFORTABLE DRIVING EXPERIENCE
Although Audi and BMW models are premium and offer a level of ride quality above mainstream car brands, they still can't compete on the same level as Mercedes.
Mercedes cars are designed to provide a relaxing and comfortable experience for both driver and passengers. One example of this is the amount of adjustability that their seats offer to accommodate a range of body shapes and sizes.
All the dashboard controls are ergonomically designed to be operated with minimal effort. In addition, the infotainment system is intuitive to use and easy to get used to.
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FROM THE INDIVIDUAL TOWARDS THE COLLECTIVE
Beban-Brkić, Jelka; Šimić Horvath, Marija
FROM THE INDIVIDUAL TOWARDS THE COLLECTIVE // Booklet Of Abstracts of the 17th SEFI Mathematics working Group Seminar, 23rd – 25th June, Dublin, Ireland
Dublin, Ireland: The Institute of Tec hnology Tallaght, the Dublin Institute of Technology and the Institute of Technology Blanchardstown, 2014. str. 29-29 (predavanje, međunarodna recenzija, sažetak, stručni)
Beban-Brkić, Jelka ; Šimić Horvath, Marija
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, stručni
Booklet Of Abstracts of the 17th SEFI Mathematics working Group Seminar, 23rd – 25th June, Dublin, Ireland / - Dublin, Ireland : The Institute of Tec hnology Tallaght, the Dublin Institute of Technology and the Institute of Technology Blanchardstown, 2014, 29-29
The 17th SEFI Mathematics working Group Seminar
Dublin, Irska, 23-25.06.2014
E-learning ; educational materials ; repository
The first classes under the new Bologna program were taught at the University of Zagreb in the 2005-2006 academic year. That same year, we launched the e-learning system with Moodle LMS (at the Faculty of Geodesy) and Virtual Sharepoint (at the Faculty of Architecture). At the same time, the University E-learning Support Center was established. It provides the main support for harmonizing the implementation of information and communications technology (ICT) in university teaching. In 2009, the University Senate passed a resolution to facilitate the recognition of e-learning levels. This document proposes three such levels, each defined by its purpose, scope and method of applying ICT in teaching. We would like to emphasize that we introduced elements of e-learning into our courses much earlier than 2005. We quickly achieved the first e- learning level and we are presently fulfilling the requirements of the second level. At the same time, the higher percentage of students who have passed our exams, and their positive and encouraging comments in student surveys, have prompted us to go even further. The project "Introducing 3D Modeling into Geometry Education at Technical Colleges (3D GEOM TECH)” has thus begun. It brought together four university faculties: the Faculty of Architecture, the Faculty of Civil Engineering, the Faculty of Geodesy and the Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum. Our goal was to enhance the collaboration between the teachers of mathematics/geometry courses, and to improve teaching methodologies and harmonize the standards of educational materials for their further implementation in the e-learning systems. The project was approved as a development project and supported by the Fund for the Development of the University, University of Zagreb, for the 2011-2012 academic year. We have made an effort to compile our educational materials to make them available to students and other users interested in a particular content. The materials have been gathered in a common basic repository. It is the first such repository in university and polytechnic centers in Croatia. At the 17TH SEFI MWG Seminar we would like to present parts of our individual teaching content and to describe their transformation from an individual into a collective one.
Geodetski fakultet, Zagreb,
Arhitektonski fakultet, Zagreb
Marija Šimić Horvath, (234930)
Jelka Beban-Brkić, (93450)
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Hamilton Public Library communication plan
In the fall of 2017, Hamilton Public Library (HPL), in Hamilton, Ontario, launched open+ in its rural Freelton branch. The pilot program was part of a larger push to increase library services and access system wide. Hamilton operates 22 branches across 439 square miles, and like many large systems, it encompasses urban, suburban, and rural areas. Managing limited resources to meet the needs of so many diverse communities presents a challenge for even the most determined boards.
When they were introduced to open+, bibliotheca’s comprehensive open library solution that allows for extended access through automation, Hamilton seized the opportunity to pilot the solution. The Freelton branch seemed an ideal candidate for the pilot. Serving a community of just 2,500, the branch was only open 17 hours a week, leaving valuable community resources idle for much of the day, and limiting customers’ access.
Using open+, HPL was able to expand Freelton’s weekly open hours from 17 to 60 – an increase of more than 350%. Furthermore, the library saw a 19% increase in use in just the first five months. But this didn’t happen by accident. The success of the open+ pilot was due, in large part, to a carefully crafted communication campaign.
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Start slow, but start early
open+ uses technology to allow libraries to easily control building access, security and automation through one efficient central management hub. It integrates seamlessly with existing ILS and self-service solutions and enables libraries to easily configure open hours, monitor library activity, control PA announcements and more. All of this tech was new to the Freelton branch. To ease into the process, HPL began by installing a selfCheck 1000 before implementing the rest of the open+ solution. This slow start allowed customers to become familiar with self-service during normal staffed hours, when someone was on-hand to help if needed.
It was important to the library board that customers fully understood the responsibilities they would be undertaking if they wanted to access the library during extended access open+ hours. HPL drafted a terms and conditions form that library customers were required to sign in order to pre-register for extended access. Not only did pre-registration ensure that there was greater accountability among customers, it also provided the library with a reason to promote the new service long before it went live.
HPL’s communications department created posters informing customers about the upcoming launch of extended access, encouraging them to pre-register to use the service. These posters were displayed in the Freelton branch as well as surrounding branches the Freelton community was likely to visit.
Forward-thinking libraries met in Hamilton, Ontario to discuss the future of library service and extending access with bibliotheca’s open+. Click here to read the press release.
In addition, the library distributed customer FAQ flyers explaining the service and addressing concerns customers were likely to have. This detailed take-away answered questions such as what library services would be available (browsing, self-checkout, returns, Wi-Fi, computers, and remote support from staff at the Central Branch), which services would not (paying fines, adding money to print cards, in-depth reference requests), and what to do in case of an accident (call 911 for emergencies).
Once extended access via open+ was live at Freelton, the posters were modified to inform customers and encourage them to register if they had not already done so.
Hamilton did not rely on print materials alone. They also posted updates and notifications on their website and enlisted the help of a local municipal councilor to distribute the news via her far-reaching email newsletter. Freelton serves an older population and not everyone relies on their news through the Internet so HPL made sure to promote the new service in the community paper and on Freelton’s automated messaging service as well.
Communication with staff is key
Implementing a new initiative requires addressing not only the customers’ concerns, but the concerns of the staff. From the beginning, the board communicated a commitment that open+ would not be used to reduce overall staff hours. In fact, the staffed hours at Freelton have been increased from 17 to 24 since the launch of the initiative.
To make sure that everyone was confident about how extended access would work and what would be required, HPL developed a full range of documents and processes. The terms and conditions form, instructions on how to update the ILS to grant permission for extended access, as well as all other relevant information is housed together on the library’s intranet (SharePoint), easily accessible to all staff.
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Though open+ allows the Freelton branch to remain open, HPL wanted to make sure that staff support was always just a call away. During extended access hours, customers at Freelton can reach someone at the Central Branch via a video phone. Using SharePoint, staff can find answers to the most frequently asked questions right at their fingertips. Even so, Dawna Wark, Hamilton’s Director of Public Services, says there have been very few calls.
“I can count on two hands the number of questions we’ve received,” she says. Customers are comfortable using the space on their own.
The open+ pilot has been so successful for Hamilton that they recently installed the solution at their Lynden Branch location and planning future implementations from a communications perspective.
“We are using the same sort of posters, talking with the community newspaper – trying to get a reporter to come up and take a look,” she says.
As the board considers where to take open+ next, Wark is already sharing the communications package they’ve developed with other branches and says she’s happy to share with other systems interested in implementing the solution.
“There’s no need to reinvent the wheel.”
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Dataiku is a computer software company headquartered in New York City . The company develops collaborative data science software marketed for big data .
The company was founded in Paris in 2013 by 4 co-founders. Two of ’em makes while working at French search engine company Exalead , Including Florian Douetteau chief executive, and Clement Stenac. [1]
For its first two years, the company relies on its own capital. In January 2015, Dataiku raised $ 3.6 million from Serena Capital and Alven Capital, two French technology venture capitalfunds. [2] This was followed by $ 14 million raised with FirstMark Capital , a New York City-based venture capital firm in October 2016. [3] In September 2017 the company raised a $ 28 million Series B investment from Battery Ventures , more investors. [4]
Dataiku opened an office in New York City in 2015 [5] which became the company headquarters [6] . They opened an office in London in the summer of 2016 [7] .
The Dataiku Data Science Studio Software (DSS) was announced in 2014, supporting predictive modeling to build business applications. [2] Later versions of DSS added other features. [8]
Dataiku offers additional features and additional features, such as multi-user collaboration or real-time scoring.
In 2017, Dataiku entered the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Science Platforms as a “visionary” [9] .
Jump up^ Liam Boogar (10 October 2013). “Paris has its own Paypal Mafia: How Exalead spawned dozens of startups” . RudeBaguette .
^ Jump up to:a b Ron Miller (19 January 2015). “French Startup Dataiku Grabs $ 3.6M To Continue Developing Big Data Software” . TechCrunch .
Jump up^ Romain Dillet (25 October 2016). “Dataiku grabs $ 14 million for its collaborative data science platform” . TechCrunch .
Jump up^ Miller, Ron. “Dataiku to enhance data tools with $ 28 million investment led by Battery Ventures” . TechCrunch . Retrieved 2017-09-15 .
Jump up^ “Dataiku, developer of Advanced Big Data Analytics Software, hires two new VPs and continues expansion in North America” . Business Wire . March 17, 2016.
Jump up^ “Dataiku unveils new headquarters in downtown New York” . www.bigdatanews.datasciencecentral.com . Retrieved 2017-09-15 .
Jump up^ “There’s a big window of opportunity in the UK: CTO” . CNBC . Retrieved 2017-09-15 .
Jump up^ “Dataiku Launches DSS 3 for Advanced Data Metrics Monitoring” . CIO Review . May 19, 2016.
Jump up^ “Gartner 2017 Magic Quadrant for Data Science Platforms: Gainers and Losers” . www.kdnuggets.com . Retrieved 2017-09-15 .
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What is a Shareholders General Meeting?
The Shareholders General Meeting is one of a capital company’s fundamental governing mechanisms. During the meeting, the shareholders of the company adopt resolutions about matters required by law or by the company’s corporate bylaws. In the case of listed companies, AGMs have a defined structure established by the corporation law.
BBVA releases its annual compensation report for board members
BBVA published its annual compensation report for Board members today, which details how compensation is tied to the bank’s results. The Board also approved a new compensation policy for Board Members for 2019-2021. Both documents will be presented at the Annual General Meeting on March 15, 2019.
Francisco González: "The Carlos-Onur duo is going to do extraordinary things"
Carlos Torres Vila, CEO and future executive chairman of BBVA, and Onur Genç, who will take over as CEO and is currently head of BBVA in the U.S., will do “extraordinary things” together with the rest of the BBVA team, said Francisco González, chairman of the Group, speaking at an IESE event in New York.
What is a socially responsible investment fund?
Socially responsible investment funds (SRIF) are collective investment instruments that choose the assets that make up their portfolio based on environmental, social and governance criteria (ESG). These eligibility criteria contribute to making better-informed investment decisions, taking into account not only financial criteria, but also less tangible parameters.
Francisco González: "BBVA is already thinking of the next five to 10 years"
BBVA’s Board of Directors held this wednesday its monthly meeting in Barcelona. The previous day was taken up by a series of working meetings on the bank’s digital transformation. The Board also went over developments in its franchise in Catalonia and agreed to modify the composition of its committees.
A few minutes with BBVA Compass Chief Compliance Officer Celie Niehaus
BBVA Compass last week announced that Celie Niehaus had been named as its Chief Compliance Officer and newest member of the bank’s management committee. Niehaus has a long history in risk management across multiple financial institutions. We took some time to sit down with her to understand how a largely regulatory function like compliance could contribute to the digital aspirations of a financial institution. As it turns out, compliance, just like banking, is itself in a state of evolution. To find out more, read on.
BBVA publishes ‘BBVA in 2017’ report
After the AGM’s approval of the financial statements for last year, BBVA has made available to the market the most salient information on the year in the ‘BBVA in 2017’ report. The report lays out in a simple and intuitive way details on the strategy and performance of the Group throughout the year, with the focus on matters of relevance for BBVA interest groups.
BBVA to appoint three new independent board members
BBVA will propose the appointment of Jaime Caruana, Ana Peralta and Jan Verplancke as independent board members at its Annual General Meeting. With these new additions, BBVA will strengthen the board’s financial and technological capabilities. It will consist of 15 members, the majority of whom will be independent.
The compliance officer: a key role in corporate transparency
BBVA took part in the first seminar organized by the Institute of Compliance Officers (IOC). Executives of Spanish multinationals addressed the main challenges facing the profession in applying current regulations within a company. They underscored the fundamental role of the compliance officer in companies committed to transparency and good corporate governance.
Everything investors and shareholders need to know about BBVA – all on a new website
The BBVA Group takes another step forward in its digital transformation and in improving customer experience, with a new website for shareholders and investors. The site includes new content and the latest trends in browsing, and is accessible from any mobile device.
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Striving for a sustainable future, Garanti contributed TL 274 billion to the economy
Türkiye Garanti Bankası A.Ş., announced its financial statements dated September 30, 2017. With an asset size of TL 339 billion 679 million 127 thousand, Garanti’s contribution to the economy through cash and non-cash lending reached TL 274 billion 87 million 604 thousand, based on the consolidated financials. The Bank posted a net income of TL 4 billion 685 million 989 thousand in the first 9 months of 2017. The Bank delivered an ROAE (Return on Average Equity) of 17.4% and an ROAA (Return on Average Assets) of 2.0%.
New technologies accelerate the digital transformation of corporate governance
The European Commission just unveiled a new directive on corporate governance, and more specifically on shareholders’ rights, which will have to be transposed nationwide by June 2019. The Commission’s initiative serves a dual purpose: It wants to promote the use of new technologies in the corporate governance of companies while increasing the commitment to transparency among institutional investors, asset managers and the companies in which they invest.
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Francisco González: "The resilience of the Mexican economy is admirable"
BBVA Global Executive Chairman Francisco González was very positive about the future of Mexico during his visit to the country for the annual meeting of BBVA Bancomer’s regional Board members. “The resilience of the Mexican economy to the recent challenges it has faced is admirable,” he affirmed. “In terms of the rest of Latin America, I’m also optimistic. Populist movements are losing steam and economic and political rationality is moving ahead.”
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Eduardo Arbizu: “Digitization offers significant opportunities for compliance”
BBVA’s Head of Legal & Compliance Eduardo Arbizu, said this Wednesday that “in the field of compliance, digitization offers very significant opportunities”. He highlighted the importance of an organization’s culture in minimizing conduct risk, indicating that it “really is what makes a difference.”
BBVA publishes the report 'BBVA in 2016'
After the approval of last year’s financial statements in the Annual General Meeting, BBVA is releasing the most relevant information of the year in its report, BBVA in 2016. The report offers a clear and intuitive overview of the Group’s strategy and performance highlights in 2016, with a special focus on the most relevant issues for BBVA’s stakeholders.
BBVA proposes new compensation policy for executive board members
Changes: The new executive director compensation policy for the next three years envisages 1) an increase in the amounts to be deferred and the deferral period for the variable compensation. 60% of the variable compensation will be subject to a 5-year deferral period; 2) share-based remuneration increase: 60% of the deferred amount to be paid in BBVA shares, the remaining 40% in cash; and 3) variable compensation to be subject to reduction and clawback clauses
Group Executive Chairman: Total remuneration of BBVA’s Group Executive Chairman for 2016 was €4.9 million, down 12% from 2015. The Chairman’s variable compensation dropped 18% with respect to 2015, mainly as a result of the impact on BBVA Group’s profit of the provision related to ‘floor clauses’ in Spain and exchange rate trends. The deferred variable remuneration is subject to the retribution policy in force in 2016, with multi-annual indicators based on which said remuneration can be reduced or even taken to zero, never increased, as well as malus clauses that could limit or even prevent its collection
Chief Executive Officer: CEO Carlos Torres Vila’s remuneration was €4.4 million, and his variable remuneration is also subject to the same deferral period and conditions as that of the Chairman
The Board of Directors has approved a new Executive Director compensation policy for 2017, 2018 and 2019 to adapt to the new regulation related to compensation (Bank of Spain Circular 2/2016 and the European Banking Authority’s guidelines on sound adequate remuneration policies.) This new policy will be submitted for approval in the upcoming Annual General Meeting, on March 17.
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BBVA Holds Virtual Global Employee Event to Review Strategy
BBVA Executive Chairman Francisco González, CEO Carlos Torres Vila and other Group executives reviewed the Bank’s strategy in an event followed live by close to 40,000 employees across the different countries in which BBVA operates. The BBVA members that took the stage spoke from four different countries at the event, titled ‘Live @BBVA: Our Strategy,” while the audience was able to interact and discuss a number of topics through an app.
BBVA releases the online report ‘BBVA in 2015’, covering financial and non-financial information on the Group
BBVA moves ahead in its transformation process, or “transformation journey”, with the publication of its online annual report BBVA in 2015 covering all the financial and non-financial information on the Group. Following the approval of the 2015 annual accounts at the Annual General Meeting, the bank provides its shareholders and investors the most relevant information from the year in an innovating digital format. With a modern design and the latest trends in navigation and usability, the report presents the bank’s strategy and covers all the year’s management information in a simple and intuitive manner.
Francisco González re-elected Group Executive Chairman of BBVA with over 96% of the votes
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– Financial statements approved with support from more than 99% of the votes
Francisco González was re-elected Group Executive Chairman of BBVA, with over 96% of the votes during the Annual General Meeting held today in Bilbao. In 2013 he was re-elected with 90.9% of votes.
An X-ray of socially responsible investing
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DEVILS LOSE TO CRUNCH, 5-2
SYRACUSE – Despite 37 shots on net and two goals from Ryan Schmelzer, the Binghamton Devils fell to the Syracuse Crunch on Saturday night, 5-2.
Syracuse scored twice in 12 seconds to take an early 2-0 lead. Dennis Yan fired in a wrist shot at 3:06 of the opening period for a 1-0 lead with assists from Nolan Valleau and Alex Barre-Boulet. The Crunch scored again at 3:18 of the first period to take a two-goal lead. Barre-Boulet but home his 11th of the year from Yan and Otto Somppi.
With just 2:11 left in the first period, Ryan Schmelzer went top shelf to get the Devils on the board. Maltsev found Schmelzer on a two-on-one rush and he ripped a shot just under the cross bar over the left shoulder of goaltender Mike Condon. The lone assist on Schmelzer’s fourth of the year was credited to Maltsev and the Devils trailed 2-1.
Cory Conacher put the Crunch back up by two goals with just 1:06 left in the first. After several chances, Conacher scooped up the loose puck at the bottom of the left circle, spun around, and sent it by goaltender Evan Cormier. The goal was Conacher’s ninth of the year from Ross Colton and Boris Katchouk and the Devils trailed 3-1 after one.
Conacher scored his second of the night 3:10 into the second as he tapped the puck in over the goal line. Gemel Smith’s shot wouldn’t go in and the puck sat behind Cormier for the easy Conacher tap-in goal to give the Crunch a 4-1 lead. The goal was Conacher’s second of the night and 10th of the year with assists from Smith and Cameron Gaunce on the power play.
Schmelzer responded to get the Devils back within two goals. Schmelzer went around the defense and cut to the front of the net lifting the puck over the right shoulder of Condon for his second of the night and fifth of the year and the Devils deficit was 4-2. Assists were given to Maltsev and Josh Jacobs and Binghamton trailed by two after two periods.
In the third, the Crunch added an empty-net goal for the 5-2 win. Cormier stopped 16 of 20 in the loss while Condon denied 35 of 37.
The Devils are back home after the holiday break on Saturday, December 28 to face the Rochester Americans. Wednesday against Rochester at 7:05 p.m. Come by early for live music from 6-7 p.m. on the concourse with $5 24-ounce draft beer and $6 oil cans between section 19 and 20. Tickets are available by calling or texting “TICKETS” to 607-722-7367.
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DEVILS ROLLING IN 3-1 WIN OVER SOUND TIGERS
Jan 3, 2020 | News
BINGHAMTON – The Binghamton Devils scored three goals in a span of 8:30 in the third period and won their fourth game in a row with a 3-1 victory over the visiting Bridgeport Sound Tigers on Friday night inside Floyd L. Maines Veterans Memorial Arena.
After 20 minutes of play, neither team was able to capitalize on the five penalties seen in the opening frame. The Sound Tigers ended the drought, scoring 1:31 into the second for the first goal of the night. Colin McDonald registered his first goal of the season as he buried a Kieffer Bellows rebound by a sprawling Cory Schneider. Bellows picked up his 17th point of the season with his assist and Otto Koivula logged the additional helper on the goal and Bridgeport took the 1-0 lead into the final period.
Capitalizing on their seventh power-play opportunity of the night, the Devils tied the game at one early in the final frame. A left corner pass from Colton White connected with Ben Street over on the right side. Street rocketed the puck at the net, surpassing Sound Tigers goaltender Jakub Skarek for his 13th of the season. White and Joey Anderson were credited with the assists on the Binghamton goal that came at 5:09 into the third.
Four minutes later, Binghamton picked up their second power-play goal of the night to take a 2-1 lead. Dakota Mermis slid a long pass over to Fabian Zetterlund on the left side. Waiting for an opening, Zetterlund finally blasted his shot on the short side over the right shoulder of Skarek for his seventh goal of the season. Along with Mermis, Nathan Bastian tallied an assist on the play at 9:53 of the third.
The Devils added to their lead as Mikhail Maltsev recorded his third goal of the season with 7:21 left in the third period. Anderson brought the puck around the back of the net, sliding it over to Maltsev on the left side of the goal. Maltsev tapped it past Skarek, giving Binghamton a 3-1 lead with assists from Anderson and Chris Conner.
Schneider stoppe 16 of 17 in the win while Skarek denied 28 of 31 in the loss.
The Devils are back home next Friday, January 10 against the Cleveland Monsters at 7:05 p.m. It’s Lupo’s Spiedie Night and the first 1,000 fans get a FREE Devils-themed Lupo’s Spiedie Bobblehead. Fans can enjoy buy one get one free spiedies all game long and get a buy one get one free coupon as you leave the arena after the game. Tickets are available by calling or texting “TICKETS” to 607-722-7367.
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Rep. Anthony Brindisi on DirecTV negotiations
Posted: Jul 24, 2019 / 09:43 PM UTC / Updated: Jul 24, 2019 / 09:43 PM UTC
DirecTV viewers in our area are still being deprived of the programming on WIVT and WBGH as a result of DirecTV and AT&T U-verse’s decision to unilaterally drop our channels from its system.
Nexstar Media Group is setting the record straight on a misinformation campaign launched by DirecTV that erroneously alleges that Nexstar pulled its channels. That is not correct, DirecTV pulled the channels rather than agree to a 30 day extension that Nexstar offered. Congressman Anthony Brindisi is calling on the satellite TV company to change this.
Congressman Anthony Brindisi says “DirecTV and their parent company AT&T in my opinion are not negotiating in good faith to keep those stations on the air. I think it’s a public safety issue because many people get their local news, weather and if there’s an emergency in the area they turn to their local TV stations to get that information. I would encourage AT&T the parent company of DirecTV to get back to the bargaining table with these stations so we can get them back on the air as quickly as possible.”
DirecTV subscribers are encouraged to call the company at 855-567-1569 to express their frustration.
by NC 34 Staff / Jan 21, 2020
BINGHAMTON, NY - Binghamton University College Republicans who say they feel under siege got support from a GOP lawmaker today.
Congressman Tom Reed of Corning visited with the BU students on campus today to discuss two incidents in November in which the students felt their free speech rights were violated.
ENDWELL, NY - Congressman Anthony Brindisi was also in our area today, meeting with seniors in Endwell.
The freshman Democrat held a town hall meeting this afternoon at the Broome West Senior Center.
Willow Point Nursing Home gets a new website
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The FA's stance on Birmingham City's FA Cup tie with tenants Coventry City
Birmingham City news | Pep Clotet's men face the remarkable situation of being the 'away' side in their our stadium after Coventry City's FA Cup third round replay victory tonight
The Football Association previously confirmed that Birmingham City will be the AWAY team for their FA Cup tie with Coventry City at St Andrew’s later this month.
It will prompt the remarkable situation of Blues being the designated visiting side at their own stadium.
The two clubs will meet at St Andrew’s in the FA Cup fourth round after being paired together in the draw , and Coventry overcoming Bristol Rovers in their third round replay tonight (Tuesday).
'Only Blues!' - Birmingham City fans react to remarkable FA Cup scenario against Coventry City
Coventry are currently tenants at St Andrew’s as issues with their home stadium, the Ricoh Arena, rumble on.
But because they came out of the hat first in the fourth round draw, the Sky Blues and not their landlords would be regarded as the ‘hosts’.
The FA confirmed the arrangement to BirminghamLive after the fourth round draw, clarifying that Coventry would be the designated HOME team and will have all the home team privileges.
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It is thought Blues would have to use the away dressing room and their fans would be situated in the away end.
Blues would be entitled to claim 15 per cent of the St Andrew’s capacity for away tickets under FA regulations, a figure of around 4,500.
Full ticket details have yet to be revealed with Coventry saying that they will make an announcement in due course.
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6.4 The Company shall ensure that the following measures are taken with respect to the collection, holding, and processing of personal data:
• All employees, agents, contractors, or other parties working on behalf of the Company shall be made fully aware of both their individual responsibilities and the Company’s responsibilities under the Regulation and under this Policy, and shall be provided with a copy of this Policy;
• Only employees, agents, sub-contractors, or other parties working on behalf of the Company that need access to, and use of, personal data in order to carry out their assigned duties correctly shall have access to personal data held by the Company;
• All employees, agents, contractors, or other parties working on behalf of the Company handling personal data will be appropriately trained to do so;
• The performance of those employees, agents, contractors, or other parties working on behalf of the Company handling personal data shall be regularly evaluated and reviewed;
• All employees, agents, contractors, or other parties working on behalf of the Company handling personal data will be bound to do so in accordance with the principles of the Regulation and this Policy by contract;
• All agents, contractors, or other parties working on behalf of the Company handling personal data must ensure that any and all of their employees who are involved in the processing of personal data are held to the same conditions as those relevant employees of the Company arising out of this Policy and the Regulation.
6.5 Notwithstanding the security measures that We take, it is important to remember that the transmission of data via the internet may not be completely secure and that you are advised to take suitable precautions when transmitting to Us data via the internet
7.Do We Share Your Data?
7.1 We may only share your data with wholly owned subsidiaries of Nikos Saklabanakis<
7.2 We may contract with third parties to supply products and services to you on Our behalf. These may include payment processing, delivery of goods, search engine facilities, advertising and marketing. In some cases, the third parties may require access to some or all of your data. Where any of your data is required for such a purpose, We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data will be handled safely, securely, and in accordance with your rights, Our obligations, and the obligations of the third party under the law. We currently contract with:
Third-party Name Type of data subject
Google First name, last name, email address
Adroll Email address
Facebook First name, last name, email address
Xero First name, last name, email address, company information, purchase invoices
Infusionsoft First Name, Last Name, Email Address, Telephone number, Address, Website, Company Information, Device IP Address, Credit/Debit Card Details
Dropbox First name, last name, email address
Royal Mail and Couriers First name, last name, email address
First name, last name, Company Name, Address
7.3 We may compile statistics about the use of Our Site including data on traffic, usage patterns, user numbers, sales and other information. All such data will be anonymised and will not include any personally identifying information. We may from time to time share such data with third parties such as prospective investors, affiliates, partners and advertisers. Data will only be shared and used within the bounds of the law.
7.4 In certain circumstances We may be legally required to share certain data held by Us, which may include your personal information, for example, where We are involved in legal proceedings, where We are complying with the requirements of legislation, a court order, or a governmental authority. We do not require any further consent from you in order to share your data in such circumstances and will comply as required with any legally binding request that is made of Us.
8.1 We may, from time to time, expand or reduce Our business and this may involve the sale and/or the transfer of control of all or part of Our business. Data provided by users will, where it is relevant to any part of Our business so transferred, be transferred along with that part and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this Privacy Policy, be permitted to use the data for the purposes for which it was originally collected by Us.
8.2 In the event that any of your data is to be transferred in such a manner, you will] be contacted in advance and informed of the changes. When contacted you will be given the choice to have your data deleted or withheld from the new owner or controller.
9. How Can You Control Your Data?
9.1 When you submit information via Our Site, you may be given options to restrict Our use of your data. We aim to give you strong controls on Our use of your data (including the ability to opt-out of receiving emails from Us which you may do by unsubscribing using the links provided in Our emails or by emailing us to let us know your preferences).
9.2 You may also wish to sign up to one or more of the preference services operating in the UK: The Telephone Preference Service (“the TPS”), the Corporate Telephone Preference Service (“the CTPS”), and the Mailing Preference Service (“the MPS”). These may help to prevent you receiving unsolicited marketing. Please note, however, that these services will not prevent you from receiving marketing communications that you have consented to receiving.
10. Your Right to Withhold Information and Your Right to Withdraw Information After You Have Given it
10.1 You may access certain areas of Our Site without providing any data at all. However, to use all features and functions available on Our Site you may be required to submit or allow for the collection of certain data.
10.2 You may restrict your Internet browser’s use of Cookies. For more information, see section 12 and Our Cookie Policy.
10.3 You may withdraw your consent for Us to use your personal data as set out in section in 5 at any time by contacting Us using the details set out in section 15, and We will delete Your data from Our systems. However, you acknowledge this may limit Our ability to provide the best possible products and services to you.
You have the legal right to ask for a copy of any of your personal data held by Us (where such data is held). Please contact Us using the contact details below in section 15.
12. What Cookies Do We Use and What For?
12.1 Our Site may place and access certain first party Cookies on your computer or device. First party Cookies are those placed directly by Us and are used only by Us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve Our products and services. For more details, please refer to section 5, above, and to section 12.6 below. We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy is protected and respected at all times.
12.2 By using Our Site you may also receive certain third party Cookies on your computer or device. Third party Cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than Us. We use third party Cookies on Our Site for advertising services. For more details, please refer to section 5, above, and to section 12.6 below. These Cookies are not integral to the functioning of Our Site.
12.3 All Cookies used by and on Our Site are used in accordance with current English and EU Cookie Law.
12.4 Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a pop-up which shows our cookie policy. By viewing the pop-up, you are giving us consent to the placing of Cookies and you are enabling Us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies; however certain features of Our Site may not function fully or as intended. You can deny consent by exiting from our website.
12.5 Certain features of Our Site depend on Cookies to function. UK and EU Cookie Law deems these Cookies to be “strictly necessary”. These Cookies are shown below in section 12.6. Your consent will not be sought to place these Cookies. You may still block these Cookies by changing your internet browser’s settings as detailed below in section 12.10, but please be aware that Our Site may not work as intended if you do so. We have taken great care to ensure that your privacy is not at risk by allowing them.
12.6 We do not place first party Cookies on your computer or device, however the following third party Cookies may be placed on your computer or device:
Name of Cookie Provider Purpose
Facebook Third Advertising
Adroll Third Advertising
12.7 Our Site uses analytics services provided by Google. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse usage statistics, enabling Us to better understand how people use Our Site. This, in turn, enables Us to improve Our Site and the products and services offered through it. You do not have to allow Us to use these Cookies, as detailed below, however whilst Our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of Our Site, it does enable Us to continually improve Our Site, making it a better and more useful experience for you.
12.8 The analytics service(s) used by Our Site use(s) Cookies to gather the required information. These Cookies may be placed immediately when you first visit Our Site and it may not be possible for Us to obtain your prior consent. You may remove these Cookies and prevent future use of them by following the steps set out below in section 12.10.
12.9 The analytics service(s) used by Our Site use(s) the following Cookies:
Name of Cookie First / Third Party Purpose
Google Third Analytics
12.10 You can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. Most internet browsers also enable you to choose whether you wish to disable all cookies or only third party cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies but this can be changed. For further details, please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that came with your device.
12.11 You can choose to delete Cookies at any time however you may lose any information that enables you to access Our Site more quickly and efficiently including, but not limited to, login and personalisation settings.
13. Summary of Your Rights under GDPRUnder the GDPR, you have:
13.1 the right to request access to, deletion of or correction of, your personal data held by Us;
13.2 the right to complain to a supervisory authority;
13.3 be informed of what data processing is taking place;
13.4 the right to restrict processing;
13.5 the right to data portability;
13.6 object to processing of your personal data;
13.7 rights with respect to automated decision-making and profiling (see section 14 below).
To enforce any of the foregoing rights or if you have any other questions about Our Site or this Privacy Policy, please contact Us using the details set out in section 15 below.
If you have any questions about Our Site or this Privacy Policy, please contact Us by email at pt@bodyvision.fitness or by telephone on +44 (0)7568380097 . Please ensure that your query is clear, particularly if it is a request for information about the data We hold about you (as under section 11, above).
We may change this Privacy Policy as we may deem necessary from time to time, or as may be required by law. Any changes will be immediately posted on Our Site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of Our Site following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.
Body Vision will proudly be GDPR compliant starting May 25, 2018
Please read this statement of intent.
GDPR: The EU Data Protection Law
Learn about obligations under the GDPR, and how Nikos Saklabanakis is prepared to help you achieve GDPR compliance.
We have always made security and privacy among our highest priorities.
That’s why we’ve committed not only to provide tools to facilitate your compliance with the GDPR, but to educate you on your responsibilities as a business owner. As the GDPR’s scope is broad, and the potential penalties for noncompliance are large, we’ve ensured that our tools are available to all of our customers, at no additional cost.
This page will outline some of the key GDPR principles and terms and present how they apply to your use of Nikos Saklabanakis websites. Please review this carefully and share it with your privacy team with the legal documents listed below.
Disclaimer: This guide is not and should not be considered legal advice. Please consult a legal professional for details on how the GDPR may impact your business, and what you need for compliance.
The GDPR is a unified regulation that supersedes and universalises previous privacy laws in Europe, offering citizens and residents of the European Union (EU) greater transparency and controls over how their personal data is used by others. The GDPR requires the compliance of businesses which transact in Europe, or which facilitate transaction in Europe.
Controllers and Processors
There are two key roles defined in the GDPR with respect to personal data: Controller and Processor. The Controller is the business — you. As a customer of Nikos Saklabanakis, you operate as the Controller when using our products and services. You have the responsibility for ensuring that the personal data you are collecting is being processed in a lawful manner pursuant to the GDPR and that you are using processors, such as Nikos Saklabanakis, that are committed to handling the data in a compliant manner.
Processors may, in the performance of their service, use other third-parties in the processing of personal data. These entities are known as sub-processors. With the implementation of the GDPR, we’re updating our privacy policy and End User License Agreements to include data processing sections that ensure that any business that requires a GDPR-compliant processor can use Nikos Saklabanakis websites. These documents will be available before the GDPR goes into full enforcement on May 25, 2018.
In order to process personal data, you need a lawful basis for processing. There are several methods to establish a lawful basis for GDPR compliance, but the most likely mechanisms you will rely on when communicating with your customers and leads is one of the following:
Consent – Much of the GDPR revolves around the concept that your leads and customers have consented to you collecting their personal data, to you using (e.g. processing) their data, or to receiving communications. According to the ICO, the following criteria must be met to show valid consent:11.
Consent must be freely given. This means giving people genuine, ongoing choice and control over how you use their data.
Consent should be obvious and require positive action to opt in. Consent requests must be prominent, unbundled from other terms and conditions, concise, user-friendly, and easy to understand.
Consent must specifically cover the data Controller’s name, the purposes of the processing, and the types of processing activity.
Explicit consent must be expressly confirmed in words, rather than by any other positive action.
There is no set time limit for consent. How long it lasts will depend on the context. You should review and refresh consent as appropriate.
In short, under the GDPR (and it’s a good idea in general), consent must be obtained by a “clear affirmative act”. In contrast to ‘clear affirmative acts’ pre-checked boxes or implicit consent are inadequate to establish consent.
If you are relying on consent as the lawful basis for processing data, the GDPR requires recorded evidence that consent has been given. You thus need in your business the ability to record proper consent for each customer and lead. When you enable the GDPR functionality in BusinessMobiles.com, you have the ability to obtain your lead’s consent at the point of opt-in, and that consent will be registered as a tag associated with that lead.
Contract – In addition to consent, another lawful basis for processing data is if the processing of personal data is necessary for the performance of a contract. Password reset, billing notifications, and onboarding communication would likely fall under this lawful basis. In other words, if its a customer who transacts with you, there are certain processing tasks that must be undertaken for your to provide the service. Likewise, to keeps its commitments under its EULA and provide service to you, BusinessMobiles.com has to perform certain processing.
Data Subject Rights
Under the GDPR, EU data subjects are certain rights regarding their data.
The Right to Data Portability and the Right to Access:
Nikos Saklabanakis offers tools to let you answer customer queries about what data you have collected through Nikos Saklabanakis websites and what’s been done with it.
The Right to be Forgotten and The Right to Restriction of Processing
Have a lead or customer who wants their personal data out of your database? No problem! You can remove that contact from any list or sequence — or even delete them entirely. However, transactional records will remain intact for bookkeeping purposes (though personal data will be redacted (e.g. ‘blacked out’ from view).
Unless otherwise required by law, in the event that Nikos Saklabanakis receives any type of request from a data subject, we will engage the respective customer within seven days to respond to the data subject request.
Our data processing addendum (DPA) to our End-User Licensing Agreement formalises many of the details described on this site in specific legal language. As part of the EULA, the DPA will govern the terms by which Nikos Saklabanakis, as a data processor, processes data on behalf of its customers (who are typically data controllers) in accordance with Article 28 of the GDPR.
These include
sub-processors engaged in delivering our services
countries through which the data is passed (cross-border protocol)
security measures undertaken to ensure that your data is kept private
breach notification protocol
Does the GDPR impact businesses outside of the EU?
In many cases, Yes. Even businesses that are not based in the EU are considered to be subject to the GDPR if they are collecting personal data on EU residents. Enforcement of the GDPR outside of the EU will be by EU authorities and it remains to be seen how aggressive they will be. Consult your own legal counsel but it is widely accepted that companies that collect personal data from EU residents will be subject to the requirements of the GDPR.
Does the GDPR require data to be stored in the EU?
The GDPR does not require that data processing (including storage of data) be limited to the EU.The EU-US Privacy Shield is one of several valid lawful mechanisms to transfer data between the EU and the US. In addition to Privacy Shield, BusinessMobiles.com’s Data Processing Addendum includes the EU Model Clauses, which is also a valid mechanism for the lawful transfer of data between the EU and US.
How does the GDPR impact personal data collected before May 25th? Will I need to get consent for all of my leads again?
The GDPR applies to all personal data, even if it was collected before May 25, 2018. As your business is preparing for the implementation of the GDPR, you should make sure you can properly audit the consent records for the EU-residing members of your email list, or that you can obtain and record evidence of consent going forward.
Do you have a Data Processing Policy?
Yes! Our Data Processing Addendum to our EULA contains the details of our data processing and how we work with Controllers and Subprocessors to comply with the applicable regulations and to ensure the privacy of your data. You can obtain a copy of our DPA by making a written request by email to our Data Protection Officer.
Who is Nikos Saklabanakis Data Protection Officer (DPO)?
Nikos Saklabanakis DPO is: Nikos Saklabanakis
Email address: pt@bodyvision.fitness
In accordance with Article 38 of the GDPR, members of the public may contact the DPO with regard to issues related to processing of their personal data and to exercise their rights under the GDPR – for example, to object to the processing of their data in cases where the data controller (i.e., Nikos Saklabanakis’s customer) does not provide an adequate response.
Feel free to reach out to us by emailing us at pt@bodyvision.fitness with any questions you may have.
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Can Bee Pollen Stop Aging?
It has always been a mystery as to what it is in Bee Pollen that makes it so powerful. At least until now.
by Angela Van Alten, Nutritionist and Beekeeper's Daughter
I receive quite a few testimonials about the results that people from around the world obtain using bee pollen. The word 'magical' has been used more than once...
After reading this study published in the Chemistry Central Journal, I truly feel that we are one step closer to understanding why it is that bee pollen does what it does for so many people. This study without question sheds more light on exactly what it is in bee pollen that allows it to have some many health benefits.
Greek Study on Bee Pollen
These scientists set out to evaluate the chemical composition and the biological activity of bee pollen (in this study they used a Greek source). Basically, they wanted to further break bee pollen down and examine more closely what it is comprised of and also how it acts when exposed to certain compounds like bacteria or fungus.
What they found was that the pollen showed, in their terms, "interesting antioxidant properties." (this is scientific jargon for "it did really cool things against things that age you") Due to these "interesting properties," they decided to look further at the bee pollen and did further chemical analysis.
In doing so, they found a whole bunch of exciting, powerful, health promoting compounds in bee pollen including seven flavonoids along with sugars, lipid acids, and phenolic acids. While these may sound foreign to most of us, these compounds have been show to possess tremendous health properties and benefits.
The scientists also found that bee pollen had "interesting anti-microbial" properties (an anti-microbial is a substance that kills or inhibits the growth of microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, or protozoans). While they didn't go into detail, this suggests that bee pollen may help keep your immune system up and running and in tip top shape! It protects you...
Bee Pollen Protects Your DNA
Chemists from Portugal and Algeria, led by Ana Oliveira-Brett from the University of Coimbra, discovered some unique 'life extending' properties of bee pollen. While developing an analytical process for investigating the antioxidant properties of bee products, they discovered that the extracted polyphenols of bee pollen possessed high levels of antioxidant activity.
Testing of different pollen samples revealed that bee pollen contains a wide range of polyphenols, including several health boosting anthocyanidins and flavanols.
The chemists also conducted the gel electrophoresis step. Gel electrophoresis is a technique used to analyze DNA. This test revealed that bee pollen helped to protect the DNA from damage by soaking up reactive oxygen species.
Conclusions About Bee Pollen & Aging
The researchers from the Greek study concluded that "bee pollen could improve the effects of ageing and well-being" and that it should "be given careful consideration in the future through further scientific research."
A very strong statement in support of bee pollen as an anti-aging compound, to say the least. Scientists don't tend to get excited about research and make suggestions about anti-aging such as these very often. Perhaps they've simply discovered something that Eddy T., a regular reader of this site, has known for quite some time...
"My wife is 63 and looks like she is in her 40's. (this from her friend's compliments) She can still wear the same dresses she wore 35 years ago when first met me. Her secret - she and I started taking bee pollen 30 years ago."
Bee Pollen Health Benefits
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Bee Pollen Benefits
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Health Benefits of Bee Pollen
Discover all of the health benefits of bee pollen here from Angela, holistic nutritionist and beekeeper's daughter.
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Responding to Manufacturing Job Loss: What Can Economic Development Policy Do?
Patricia Atkins, Pamela Blumenthal, Leah Curran, Adrienne Edisis, Alec Friedhoff, Lisa Lowry, Travis St. Clair, Howard Wial, and Harold Wolman Wednesday, June 29, 2011
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America has lost millions of manufacturing jobs since 1980, which has been a serious economic blow to many U.S. metropolitan areas.
In response, metros have pursued an array of economic development strategies, some aimed at protecting or enhancing their manufacturing base, others at diversifying their local economies and attracting new kinds of industries, particularly service firms.
This new report assesses public policies and economic development strategies in eight U.S. metropolitan areas that had a significant specialization in manufacturing in 1980 and lost manufacturing jobs between 1980 and 2005—Charlotte, NC; Cleveland, OH; Grand Rapids, MI; Hartford, CT; Indianapolis, IN; Louisville, KY; Rochester, NY; and Scranton, PA. For each metro, the report describes the evolution of its manufacturing economy between 1980 and 2005, the major economic development organizations and actors, the major policies and strategies that were adopted to try to shape the area’s economic future in the wake of manufacturing job losses, and other factors that influenced economic development in the area.
The responses to manufacturing job loss in the eight metropolitan areas offer important lessons for policymakers and practitioners trying to respond to the most recent wave of manufacturing job loss in U.S. metropolitan areas. While economic strategizing was important, many dynamics, including the business strategies of major firms, transportation costs, costs of labor and land, quality of education, influenced an area’s economic trajectory.
“There are no guarantees of success; even well-conceived and implemented policies may not be strong enough to overcome the impacts of broader economic trends and policies over which regional policymakers have no control,” the report concludes.
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To Get Rich Is Glorious
By Jacques deLisle and Avery Goldstein
Principles of Infrastructure
Edited by Hideo Nakamura, Kotaro Nagasawa, Kazuaki Hiraishi, Atsushi Hasegawa, KE Seetha Ram, Chul Ju Kim, and Kai Xu
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Leah Curran
Adrienne Edisis
Alec Friedhoff
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According to the North Carolina Department of Commerce, advertised job openings for registered nurses in February 2015 listed minimum educational levels distributed as shown here:
Bachelor’s Degree: 37%
Associate’s Degree: 27%
High School Diploma or Equivalent: 55%
Master’s Degree: 29%
Vocational School Certificate: .39%
However, these employer-driven desired educational levels do not match the actual education levels among nurses seeking jobs that year:
1-3 Years of College/Tech/Vocational: 79%
Nurses that achieve BSN degrees become more attractive to high paying employers in North Carolina.
BSN Salaries Trump ADN Salaries in North Carolina
BSN-educated nurses typically receive two to three times the clinical training as ADN-educated nurses. As a result, nursing employers are willing to award BSN nurses higher salaries because they are better equipped to deliver more complex, high-quality patient care services.
In 2013, the North Carolina Department of Commerce found that ADN registered nurses earned an average annual salary of $45,820 and an average hourly wage of $22.00. By contrast, BSN registered nurses benefitted from an average annual salary of $66,030 and an average hourly wage of $32.00.
A more accurate portrait of the disparity between ADN and BSN pay averages is made evident through recent job postings. In February 2015, online job advertisements in North Carolina offered ADN nurses an average annual salary of $46,663 and an average hourly wage of $22.43, while BSN-educated nurses were offered an average annual salary of $69,250 and an average hourly wage of $33.29.
Regional BSN Salaries in North Carolina
Registered nurses with BSNs in North Carolina earn within the highest percentiles of their occupation. In 2013, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics documented salaries for BSN-educated registered nurses throughout several metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas of North Carolina in the table shown below:
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Installation of non-combustible insulation drives opening of Royal Papworth Hospital
Building and Design | Facilities
Work on new hospital stalled after new fire safety solution was required
SuperFOIL SFNC insulation was required for fire safety at the new hospital
The new Royal Papworth Hospital will be accepting its first patients this week after the installation of non-combustible insulation.
Construction of the new hospital began in 2015, but the project was delayed last year while additional work was carried out to ensure it would meet the highest standards in fire safety.
Issues with the insulation meant patients and staff had to continue using the old hospital for another winter while an alternative solution was found and the work was completed.
A high-performance, non-combustible insulation was sourced from British manufacturer, SuperFOIL Insulation, and now the hospital is ready to welcome its first patients.
The company supplied 5,500sq m of its non-combustible SFNC insulation for the project.
The new Royal Papworth Hospital opened to the public this week
SuperFOIL SFNC is the only insulation of its kind to be certified by BRE as European Class A1 Non-Combustible.
Managing director of SuperFOIL Insulation, William Bown, said: “The new Royal Papworth Hospital is an incredible building that’ll help save lives so we wanted to do everything we could to help the hospital open as soon as possible.
“Of course, fire safety in large buildings is absolutely crucial and, as the only manufacturer of non-combustible multi-foil insulation, we were very happy to help.
“It was a big order for us, but one of the benefits of our SFNC is that it’s quick and easy to install and because it’s only 20mm thick, the exterior design of the hospital didn’t have to change at all.”
Despite the narrow 20mm width of the insulation, the product offers an R-value of up to 1.54, the same as 50mm of traditional glass wool insulation.
SFNC is also vapour resistant and thermally reflective, keeping buildings cooler in summer and warmer in winter.
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Artist, Adam Ball, lights the way to wellness at new Royal Papworth Hospital
The new Royal Papworth opens to the public
Winners of 2018 Health Tech Awards are announced
£10m investment revolutionises NHS business services
Wales and East of England provide biggest opportunities for healthcare construction
Skanska starts building world-class New Papworth Hospital in Cambridgeshire
Two through to last leg of Papworth contract bid
New fire management system for Royal Papworth Hospital
Deanestor completes furniture and fit-out at new Royal Papworth Hospital
Cambridge trusts’ blood tests project puts them ahead of the interoperability curve
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The Real Population Bomb
Megacities, Global Security & the Map of the Future
P. H. Liotta, James F. Miskel
Shocking in description and crammed with detail, this book is about where and how geopolitics plays out in the twenty-first century. Drawing on the authors' three decades of international field work and seasoned policy analysis, The Real Population Bomb hits like a pile driver.
Shocking in description and crammed with detail, this book is about where and how geopolitics plays out in the twenty-first century.
Drawing on the authors'three decades of international field work and seasoned policy analysis, The Real Population Bomb hits like a pile driver. Its essential truths can no longer be ignored: we have never been here before in human history. The choices we make in this next decade will determine the fate of human societies.
By 2025, twenty-seven cities will have populations greater than ten million and over six hundred cities will have populations greater than one million. Specific megacities, intimately connected to globalization, are posing huge security challenges—now. Liotta and Miskel focus intensely on effects these massive, underserved, and undergoverned cities have on international stability, human security, and environmental degradation, and offer strategies and solutions for mitigating those effects. Their stark, often stunning, portraits of major urban centers in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and South America illuminate how megacity Leviathans are redrawing the map of the future—in ways that affect us all.
You may not agree with this book's message. But it will prove difficult to forget.
The World Factbook 2012
The Central Intelligence Agency
You're Not As Crazy As I Thought (But You're Still Wrong)
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The HLPF is over, now what?
19.07.2018 The HLPF is over, now what?
The High-level Political Forum took place from 9-18 July and focused on transformation towards sustainable and resilient societies. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) under review included 6, 7, 11, 12, 15, and 17. During the second week, 46 countries presented their Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) on SDG implementation. During these VNR presentations, persons with disabilities were included 36 times largely stemming from advocacy from various stakeholders at the global, regional, and national levels via the Stakeholder Group of Persons with Disabilities.
Our DPO partner, Mohammed Loutfy, speaking about persons with disabilities to Ghasan Hasbani Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health of Lebanon at the HLPF
The 36 references include references to persons with disabilities in VNR presentations, civil society presentations with questions to the government, and/or government responses to other government or civil society questions. The countries in bold are where CBM was directly or indirectly involved in advocacy. Thank you to everyone who helped in this process!
Andorra, Australia, Bahamas, Benin, Cabo Verde, Canada, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Greece, Ireland, Jamaica, Kiribati, Lao PDR, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Mali, Malta, Mexico, Namibia, Niger, Palestine, Paraguay, Poland, Romania, Senegal, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, and Vietnam.
Now that the HLPF has concluded, it is important for DPOs and advocates to follow up with their government to assess outcomes and build partnerships at the national level. Not all countries have HLPF follow-up mechanisms in place, but it is important to remind political leaders that this is not a one-time obligation, but rather that this needs to be an ongoing permanent dialogue. The national follow-up mechanism should be a constructive approach to address issues raised in the global-level review process, or issues that have been left out. The following are some key points on how to initiate and participate in a follow-up process after the HLPF at the national level:
Watch your country’s voluntary national review on UN Web TV and in addition analyze the submissions (short and long) written reports (in some cases the reports differ from the presentations). On the basis of the analysis, prepare an advocacy paper highlighting issues that were addressed and also those left out.
Find out if there is a follow-up mechanism on the HLPF planned by your government.
(Re)connect with mainstream civil society coalitions to collaborate and propose to the government to establish a follow-up mechanism.
Contact and arrange meetings with the Ministry/Minister who presented at the HLPF with your advocacy paper prepared (refer above).
Advocate to establish synergies with other existing national follow-up or review mechanisms, such as national consultations on the SDG implementation plan, national development plan (often linked to the SDGs), and national human rights review mechanisms.
Propose a partnership to your government and consider engaging with the International Disability Alliance and International Disability and Development Consortium Partnership on SDGs.
These suggestions are from the CBM and International Disability Alliance Toolkit for DPOs on the Voluntary National Reviews.
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09.12.2019 CBM Plays Active Role in First World Hearing Forum General Assembly at WHO
At the first General Assembly of the World Hearing Forum (WHF), which took place on 4-5 December, CBM played a prominent role as member of the forum’s steering committee and co-chair of one of four working groups. The theme of the meeting, which took place in Geneva, was Alliance - Advocacy - Action.
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03.12.2019 CBM Launches New Disability-inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction (iDRR) Application
CBM released a new application to promote inclusion of persons with disability in disaster risk reduction and released a new version of its Humanitarian Hands-In Tool (HHoT) Tool.
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03.12.2019 New Report on Including Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action
CBM, Humanity & Inclusion and the International Disability Alliance release a collection of case studies demonstrating how to include persons with disabilities in a humanitarian context.
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Y Female Celebrities Index
1. Yanet García (1990)
A Mexican television presenter whose weather forecasts on her YouTube channel has contributed to her Internet Celebrity status, her subreddit account was the fastest-growing non-default subreddit, and her Instagram account has reached over a million followers, and growing
2. Yvonne Strahovski (1982)
An Australian actress, best known for her roles as CIA Agent Sarah Walker in the NBC series Chuck, Hannah McKay in the Showtime series Dexter, and CIA Agent Kate Morgan in the Fox limited event television series 24: Live Another Day
3. Yoko Ono (1933)
A Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist who is also known for being the widow and second wife of singer-songwriter John Lennon, and for her work in performance art, music, and filmmaking
4. Young Jeezy (1977)
A Musician
5. Yuri (1964)
a famous Mexican singer, actress, and TV host who has maintained a significant presence in the entertainment business in Mexico for the last three decades
6. Yolanda (1908)
7. Yolanda Saldívar (1960)
An American woman registered nurse who work as a graduate nurse at Medical Center Hospital, adopted three children, and was convicted of the murder of Tejano singer, Selena Quintanilla-Pérez in 1995 at the Days Inn motel in Corpus Christi, Texas
8. Yvonne De Carlo (1922)
A Canadian American actress, singer, and dancer who was described by the producer Walter Wanger as "the most beautiful girl in the world", and whose career in film, television, and musical theatre spanned over six decades
9. Yolanda Adams (1961)
An American gospel singer, record producer, actress, and former radio host of her own nationally syndicated morning gospel show, who has sold over 8 million albums worldwide and was named No. 1 Gospel Artist by Billboard Magazine (2009)
10. Yuka Fujimori (1986)
11. Yvonne Craig (1937)
12. Yasmine Bleeth (1969)
An American Actress
13. Yui Aragaki (1988)
14. Yuliya Mayarchuk (1977)
15. Yara Shahidi (2000)
An American actress who began her career when at the age of 6 in television and print advertisements for McDonald's, Ralph Lauren, Target, GapKids, Disney, and Guess Kids, and is best known for playing Zoey on the sitcom Black-ish
16. Yael Stone (1985)
An Australian actress who attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), won two Sydney Theatre Awards, and is best known for her portrayal of Lorna Morello in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black
17. Yvette Mimieux (1942)
18. Yvonne Ryding (1962)
19. Yasmin Brunet (1988)
20. Yvette Nicole Brown (1973)
21. Yvonne Elliman (1951)
22. Yvonne Reyes (1967)
23. Yeng Constantino (1988)
24. Yvette Fielding (1968)
25. Yolanda Andrade (1971)
26. Yasmeen Ghauri (1971)
27. Yasemin Allen (1989)
28. Yunjin Kim (1973)
29. Yaya DaCosta (1982)
An American actress and model of Brazilian and African-American descent, who speaks English, Portuguese, French, Spanish, and conversational Japanese, majored in Africana Studies and International Relations at Brown University, was the runner-up in Cycle 3 of America's Next Top Model, and received praise for her performance as singer Whitney Houston in the Lifetime television film Whitney
30. Yogeeta Bali (1952)
31. Yvonne Zima (1989)
An American actress, best known for her roles as Caitlin, the daughter of Geena Davis' character, in the film The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), Rachel Greene on ER (1994-2000), and Daisy Carter on The Young and the Restless (2009-12)
32. Yasmin Le Bon (1964)
33. Yelena Sanayeva (1943)
34. Yasemin Ergene (1985)
35. Young B. (1990)
36. Yulia Tymoshenko (1960)
A Ukrainian politician and the leader of the All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland" political party that has 19 seats in parliament, who co-led the Orange Revolution and was the first woman appointed Prime Minister of Ukraine, serving in 2005 and 2007 to 2010
37. Yael Naim (1978)
38. Yvette Wilson (1964)
39. Yolanda King (1955)
40. Yolanda Ramos (1968)
A Spanish comedian actress and scriptwriter who wrote the script of the advertising campaign of ONCE (2000) and has become popular in recent years due to her impersonations in Homo Zapping and her role of a TV conductor in Volver (2006)
41. Yoanna House (1980)
A Model and Television Host
42. Yoko Kanno (1964)
43. Yvon Jaspers (1973)
44. Yvette Cooper (1969)
45. Yolanda Ventura (1968)
46. Yolande Moreau (1953)
47. Yasmine Belmadi (1976)
48. Yukta Mookhey (1979)
49. Yvette Vickers (1936)
50. Yuka Kinoshita (1972)
51. Yana Gupta (1979)
52. Yuliya Snigir (1983)
53. Yvonne de Gaulle (1900)
54. Yolanda Varela (1930)
55. Yui Maeda (1960)
56. Yasmien Kurdi (1988)
57. Yekaterina Rednikova (1973)
58. Yifei Liu (1987)
59. Yasmin Paige (1991)
An English actress who has acted since age of 4, has the main role in the new Jack Thorne drama Glue, and is best known for her roles as Jordana Bevan in Submarine, Beth Mitchell in Pramface and Maria Jackson in The Sarah Jane Adventures
60. Yasmin Deliz (1987)
61. Yûko Tanaka (1955)
62. Yuriko (1920)
63. Yukari Tamura (1976)
64. Yolanda del Río (1955)
65. Yvonne Arnaud (1892)
66. Yu Suzuki (1958)
67. Yvonne Suhor (1965)
An American actress who teaches Core Film Acting based on the Meisner technique in her own Art's Sake Acting Studios, and is known for her roles as Cicely in Northern Exposure, and as Louise McCloud on The Young Riders
68. Yôko Takahashi (1953)
69. Yvonne Rainer (1934)
70. Yoko Maki (1981)
71. Youki Kudoh (1971)
72. Yvette Nipar (1964)
73. Yvonne Sciò (1969)
74. Yasuko Matsuyuki (1972)
75. Yutte Stensgaard (1946)
76. Yekaterina Klimova (1978)
77. Yasmin Kerr (1985)
78. Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (1949)
79. Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer (1986)
An American singer, songwriter, actress and literary writer, best known for playing Kiki on Nickelodeon TV series, The Fresh Beat Band, and Cha Cha in Fox's "Grease: Live" alongside Vanessa Hudgens, Julianne Hough, Aaron Tveit, and Jessie J
80. Yohana Cobo (1985)
81. Yasmin Khan (1949)
82. Yoko Saito (1968)
83. Yasmin Ahmad (1958)
A Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter and an executive creative director whose commercials and films are well known for their humour, heart and love that crosses cross-cultural barriers
84. Yoko Shimomura (1967)
85. Yuu Watase (1970)
86. Yvette Lee Bowser (1965)
87. Yuka Sato (1973)
88. Yuko Takeuchi (1980)
89. Yasemin Conka (1972)
90. Yasemin Hadivent (1982)
91. Yvette Guilbert (1866)
92. Yu Yang (1986)
93. Yvonne Romain (1938)
94. Yui Ichikawa (1986)
95. Young L (1987)
96. Yoko Shimada (1953)
97. Yuriko Koike (1952)
98. Yvette Freeman (1957)
A Musician and Actress
99. Yvonne Furneaux (1928)
100. Yvonne Keuls (1931)
101. Yumi Yoshimura (1975)
102. Yôko Kumada (1982)
103. Yvonne Printemps (1894)
104. Yashoda Wimaladharma (1970)
105. Yasmin Warsame (1976)
106. Yoko Tani (1932)
107. Yael Goldman (1978)
108. Yoko Honda (1984)
109. Yuriko Yamaguchi (1965)
110. Yvonne Vera (1964)
111. Yvonne Burbach (1975)
112. Yvonne De Bark (1972)
113. Yumi Adachi (1981)
114. Yuriko Hishimi (1947)
115. Yumi Kakazu (1973)
116. Yvonne Lombard (1929)
117. Yasmine Gold (1985)
118. Yolanda Montecinos (1927)
119. Yuu Kashii (1987)
120. Yui Makino (1986)
121. Yolande Folliot (1952)
122. Yolanda Mérida (1929)
123. Yolanda Ríos (1951)
124. Yolanda Vargas Dulché (1926)
125. Yin Wang (1901)
126. Yvonne Jung (1969)
127. Yvonne Ransbach (1975)
128. Ylenia Carrisi (1970)
129. Yoko Horiuchi (1982)
130. Yael Bar Zohar (1980)
131. Yoshiko Uchida (1921)
132. Yvonne Mitchell (1925)
133. Yvette Nelson (1972)
134. Yael Abecassis (1967)
135. Yuika Motokariya (1987)
136. Yui Okada (1987)
137. Yvonne Catterfeld (1979)
A German singer, songwriter, actress and TV host who has sold over 800,000 records as a solo artist, making her one of the best-selling German music artists, and appeared in int'l television and films, as The Promise, and Beauty and the Beast
138. Yvette D. Clarke (1964)
A Congressman and Politician
139. Yasmin Levy (1975)
140. Yvonne Monlaur (1939)
141. Yolanda Montes (1932)
142. Yvonne Schaloske (1951)
143. Yuliya Aug (1970)
144. Yûko Aoki (1963)
145. Yûko Nakazawa (1973)
146. Yui Natsukawa (1968)
147. Yolanda Hughes (1963)
148. Yoko Kamio (1966)
149. Yu Bo (1976)
150. Yvette Duguay (1932)
151. Yolanda Lievana (1953)
152. Yana Poplavskaya (1967)
153. Yuko Fueki (1979)
154. Yael Sandler (1990)
155. Yvonne Davis (1955)
156. Yu Hasebe (1986)
157. Yvonne Cagle (1959)
158. Yo-Yo Boing (1930)
159. Yôko Ishino (1968)
160. Yûmi Ito (1941)
161. Yvonne Kenny (1950)
An Opera Singer
162. Yôko Minamino (1967)
163. Yvonne Minton (1938)
164. Yoshiko Mita (1941)
165. Yvonne Norrman (1941)
166. Yoná Magalhães (1935)
167. Yoshiko Tanaka (1956)
168. Yûko Kobayashi (1961)
169. Yûko Mizutani (1964)
170. Yvonne Verbeeck (1913)
171. Yvonne Yung Hung (1968)
172. Yui Sakakibara (1980)
173. Yvette Rachelle (1982)
174. Yvonne Clech (1920)
175. Yolanda Ciani (1938)
176. Yasuko Sawaguchi (1965)
177. Yuka Nanri (1984)
178. Yuliya Menshova (1969)
179. Yasmin Syed (1966)
180. Yûko Asano (1960)
181. Yûko Minaguchi (1966)
182. Yukari Fukui (1982)
183. Yasmin Diamond (1978)
184. Yu Kashii (1987)
185. Yvette Livesey (1968)
186. Yasemin Öztürk (1974)
187. Yûko Kaida (1980)
188. Yianna Katsoulos (1960)
189. Yasmin Ratansi (1951)
190. Yolande Donlan (1920)
191. Yvonne King (1920)
192. Yvette Lebon (1910)
193. Yvonne Owen (1923)
194. Yvonne Perry (1966)
195. Yoshiko Sakakibara (1956)
196. Yuka Itaya (1975)
197. Yumi Shindô (1973)
198. Yumi Takigawa (1951)
199. Yûko Daike (1971)
200. Yûko Nakamura (1975)
201. Yekaterina Volkova (1974)
202. Yvonne Wood (1914)
203. Yôko Yamamoto (1942)
204. Yvette Johnson (1965)
205. Yuliya Savicheva (1987)
206. Yuko Goto (1980)
207. Yolanda Veloz (1945)
208. Yuriko Ishida (1969)
209. Yuka Kashino (1988)
210. Yu Hai (1987)
211. Yumi Asou (1964)
212. Yoshiko Miyazaki (1958)
213. Yuka Kobayashi (1973)
214. Yôko Tsukasa (1934)
215. Yuliya Vysotskaya (1973)
216. Yin Fang (1950)
217. Yui Asaka (1969)
218. Ying Ma (1930)
219. Yukari Nakano (1985)
220. Ysabella Brave (1979)
221. Yolanda Whittaker (1971)
An American hip hop recording artist, actress and entrepreneur who dubbed her crew IBWC, which stands for the Intelligent Black Woman's Coalition, and much of her music is about female empowerment, denouncing sexism found in hip-hop music
222. Yuu Kikkawa (1992)
223. Yu Tao (1981)
224. Ysanne Churchman (1925)
225. Yuliya Solntseva (1901)
226. Young Stribling (1904)
227. Yvonne Gilbert (1933)
228. Yelena Bonner (1923)
229. Yuriko Hoshi (1943)
230. Yasmine Pendavis (1971)
231. Yuka Motohashi (1978)
232. Yumi Tôma (1966)
233. Yuriko Yamamoto (1959)
234. Yvette Balcano (1986)
235. Yukari Kokubun (1983)
236. Yvonne Hudson (1954)
237. Yip Pui Yin (1987)
238. Yasmine Hanani (1980)
239. Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (1932)
240. Yoshiko Kuga (1931)
241. Yvette Chauviré (1917)
242. Yolande Bavan (1942)
243. Yolanda Cardoso (1928)
244. Yvonne Lex (1927)
245. Yvonne Moray (1917)
246. Yelena Shevchenko (1964)
247. Yelena Solovey (1947)
248. Yôko Soumi (1965)
249. Yasuko Tomita (1969)
250. Yvette Torres (1964)
251. Yekaterina Vasilyeva (1945)
252. Youree Dell Harris (1962)
253. Yoanna Boukovska (1977)
254. Yûko Mizuno (1982)
255. Yvonne Chouteau (1929)
256. Yôko Naito (1950)
257. Yôko Nogiwa (1936)
258. Yelena Safonova (1956)
259. Yûko Itô (1974)
260. Yvette Etiévant (1922)
261. Yukari Itô (1947)
262. Yôko Fujita (1980)
263. Yuri Shiratori (1968)
264. Yvonne Prettner Solon (1946)
265. Yu Yagami (1969)
266. Yvonne Dionne (1934)
267. Yvonne Gaudeau (1921)
268. Yvonne Ingdal (1939)
269. Yvette Mitchell (1898)
270. Yoshiko Sakuma (1939)
271. Yûko Moriyama (1968)
272. Yûko Natori (1957)
273. Yvonne Jungblut (1979)
274. Yôko Satomi (1973)
275. Yui Kawana (1976)
276. Ylva Ekblad (1961)
277. Yvonne van Loon (1980)
278. Yuliya Kovalchuk (1982)
279. Yuko Shintake (1991)
280. Yuka Fujiwara (1989)
281. Yvonne McGregor (1961)
282. Yvonne Baseden (1922)
283. Yvonne Fritz (1950)
284. Yoko Moriguchi (1966)
285. Yoko Akino (1957)
286. Yasmine Dahm (1956)
287. Yvonne Delcour (1932)
288. Yvonne Hornack (1970)
289. Yvonne van den Hurk (1959)
290. Yuriko Fuchizaki (1968)
291. Yael Melamede (1968)
292. Yumi Morio (1966)
293. Yûko Nagashima (1970)
294. Yûko Sasaki (1961)
295. Yoko Hayama (1946)
296. Yukari Ishida (1974)
297. Yana Churikova (1978)
298. Yvonne B. Miller (1934)
299. Yvonne de Bray (1887)
300. Yvonne Bryceland (1925)
301. Yvonne Constant (1935)
302. Yelena Koreneva (1953)
303. Yvette McClendon (1976)
304. Yvette Saunders (1975)
305. Yumi Shirakawa (1936)
306. Yvonne Vallée (1899)
307. Yasuko Hayashi (1948)
308. Yoko Kikuchi (1967)
309. Yvonne Tousek (1980)
310. Yukari Umezawa (1973)
311. Yvonne Murray (1964)
312. Yuliya Novikova (1973)
313. Ysanne Spevack (1972)
314. Yvonne Cormeau (1909)
315. Yvonne Bastien (1933)
316. Yuliya Borisova (1925)
317. Yôko Chôsokabe (1973)
318. Yvonne Doughty (1927)
319. Yvette Hawkins (1940)
320. Yoko Matsuyama (1937)
321. Yelena Samarina (1933)
322. Yûko Maruyama (1946)
323. Yvonne Valkenburg (1959)
324. Yelena Zakharova (1975)
325. Yvonne Sayers (1979)
326. Youki Yamamoto (1973)
327. Yvette Jacobs (1920)
328. Yael Eisenberg (1991)
329. Yvette Thompson (1976)
330. Ynés Mexía (1870)
An American botanist and collector of novel plant specimens from areas of Mexico and South America, who planned originally to become a nun, discovered a new genus of Asteraceae and was arguably the most accomplished plant collector of her time
331. Yelena Drapeko (1948)
332. Yolly Roberson (1955)
333. Yvonne Hijgenaar (1980)
334. Yôko Asada (1969)
335. Yasmin Asadie (1985)
336. Yvonne Fedderson (1938)
337. Yoshiko Okada (1903)
338. Yvonne Russo (1970)
339. Yuka Murayama (1964)
340. Yûka Nomura (1984)
341. Yûko Mizushima (1962)
342. Yin Tse (1936)
343. Yelena Yegorova (1905)
344. Yukari Tachibana (1965)
345. Yôko Natsuki (1952)
346. Yumi Endo (1982)
347. Yasmín Valdés (1973)
An Chilean actress, best known for her parts in Encuentros cercanos (2003), Volverías con tu ex? (2016), Siempre contigo (2003), and as Fabiola in the TV series Algo está cambiando (1999), and as Paulina in TV series Oro verde (1997)
348. Yuki Sugimoto (1980)
349. Yvette Reid (1982)
350. Yvonne Day (1921)
351. Yelena Obraztsova (1939)
352. Yvonne Peattie (1916)
353. Yuliya Rutberg (1965)
354. Yûko Kotegawa (1959)
355. Yolanda Beasley (1973)
356. Young Bussey (1917)
357. Yuu Yabuuchi (1969)
358. Yvonne Gall (1885)
359. Yôko Miyamoto (1971)
360. Yûko Katagiri (1952)
361. Yumi Yoshiyuki (1965)
362. Yvette Dudley-Neuman (1967)
363. Yoshiko Matsuo (1944)
364. Yelena Schieffer (1979)
365. Yana Stoyanova (1976)
366. Yukari Toyoshima (1983)
367. Yasmin Virani (1979)
368. Yesenia Velez (1977)
369. Yasmin Al Tellawy (1985)
370. Ying Na (1967)
371. Yura Min (1995)
An American ice dancer of South Korean descent, who together with her partner Alexander Gamelin, is the 2017 South Korean national champion, and finished eighth in a field of sixteen teams at the 2016 Four Continents Championships
372. Yoko Sugimura (1974)
373. Yolande Bertsch (1942)
374. Yolanda Foldes (1902)
375. Yoshiko Kayama (1944)
376. Yelena Majorova (1958)
377. Yelena Maksimova (1905)
378. Yona Elian (1950)
379. Yelena Proklova (1953)
380. Yuka Koyama (1968)
381. Yekaterina Strizhenova (1968)
382. Yvette Wilde (1966)
383. Ylva Swedenborg (1946)
384. Yvonne Huff (1973)
385. Yolanda Castaño (1977)
386. Yael Shulman (1979)
387. Ylva Edlund (1951)
388. Yvette Edelhart (1928)
389. Yôko Ichiji (1951)
390. Yôko Katsuragi (1930)
391. Yelena Kondulainen (1958)
392. Yvonne de La Paix (1967)
393. Yekaterina Maksimova (1939)
394. Yvonne Manners (1918)
395. Yvonne Nygren (1949)
396. Yvonne Pollack (1969)
397. Yvonne Rozille (1900)
398. Yôko Sugi (1928)
399. Yrjö Kokko (1903)
400. Yûko Mochizuki (1917)
401. Yukari Katsuki (1956)
402. Yolande Markey (1930)
403. Yelena Babenko (1972)
404. Ylva-Li Gustafsson (1960)
405. Yuko Mano (1976)
406. Yvonne B. Burke (1932)
407. Yvette Yallico (1981)
408. Yung Miami (1994)
An American rapper who is recognized as part of the rap duo City Girls, together with her female partner JT (Jatavia Shakara Johnson), and has over 600,000 followers on Instagram
409. Yoshiko Kamei (1967)
410. Yuny Han (1983)
411. Yukiko Tamaki (1980)
412. Youddiph (1973)
413. Yui Mitsue (1860)
414. Yvette Andréyor (1891)
415. Yôko Asagami (1952)
416. Yvonne Axö (1939)
417. Yvette Bozsik (1968)
418. Yvonne Brosset (1935)
419. Yvonne Caffin (1904)
420. Yvonne Colinet (1919)
421. Yvonne Banvard (1901)
422. Yvonne Dany (1903)
423. Yolanda Alzola (1970)
424. Yvette Eaton (1924)
425. Yvonne Ekmann (1945)
426. Yolanda Fronzi (1906)
427. Yôko Fuji (1912)
428. Yôko Fujiyama (1941)
429. Yvonne Gardelle (1897)
430. Yelena Gogoleva (1900)
431. Yvonne Greitzke (1987)
432. Yelena Bechke (1966)
433. Yelena Dobronravova (1932)
434. Yelena Drobysheva (1964)
435. Yelena Fadeyeva (1914)
436. Yelena Finogeyeva (1958)
437. Yelena Gabets (1955)
438. Yael Haffner (1967)
439. Yôko Ogai (1959)
440. Yvonne Hébert (1902)
441. Yô Inoue (1946)
442. Yuriko Hirooka (1965)
443. Yumi Kayama (1973)
A Japanese adult movies actress, best known for her roles in Ooru naito rongu (1992) and Jûroku-sai no Marine Blue (1990)
444. Yelena Khmelnitskaya (1971)
445. Yasmin Kolberg (1975)
446. Yelena Kondratyeva (1956)
447. Yekaterina Korchagina-Aleksandrovskaya (1874)
448. Yelena Kostina (1964)
449. Yelena Kozelkova (1937)
450. Yumi Kusaka (1963)
451. Yolande Laffon (1895)
452. Yolanda Lasheras (1971)
453. Yvonne Legeay (1892)
454. Yasman Malek-Nasr (1955)
455. Yekaterina Dvigubskaya (1974)
456. Yekaterina Kmit (1969)
457. Yekaterina Markova (1946)
458. Yôko Minamida (1933)
459. Yôko Minakaze (1930)
460. Yasmine Mustaklim (1972)
461. Yelena Myshkova (1926)
462. Yelena Rufanova (1967)
463. Yekaterina Savinova (1926)
464. Yôko Sawami (1965)
465. Yvonne Severn (1927)
466. Yvonne Sherwell (1934)
467. Yuka Sakano (1979)
468. Yelena Sotnikova (1961)
469. Yekaterina Stashevskaya-Naroditskaya (1926)
470. Yuka Takeshima (1986)
471. Yvette S. Taylor (1961)
472. Yrjo Aaltonen (1916)
473. Yrjö Haapanen (1907)
474. Yrjö Hämäläinen (1905)
475. Yrjö Ikonen (1902)
476. Yrjö Järvinen (1925)
477. Yrjö Kivimies (1899)
478. Yrjö Kostermaa (1921)
479. Yûko Kusunoki (1933)
480. Yûko Mita (1954)
481. Yrjö Norta (1904)
482. Yrjö Parjanne (1929)
483. Yrjö Pavloff (1919)
484. Yrjö Rannikko (1900)
485. Yrjö-Juhani Renvall (1946)
486. Yrjö Saari (1908)
487. Yrjö Saarnio (1890)
488. Yrjö Soini (1896)
489. Yuka Tokumitsu (1969)
490. Yelena Tonunts (1954)
491. Y. Eileen Traub (1956)
492. Yelena Tsyplakova (1958)
493. Yrjö Tuominen (1892)
494. Yelena Tyapkina (1900)
495. Yrjö Tähtelä (1936)
496. Yrjö Vuorensola (1893)
497. Yvonne Yma (1887)
498. Yelena Zhukova (1956)
499. Yukari Serikawa (1977)
500. Yvonne Ducos (1887)
501. Yvonne Haß (1970)
502. Yukari Nozawa (1957)
503. Yô Yoshimura (1954)
504. Yuko Kazu (1960)
505. Yvonne Ryding-Bergqvist (1962)
506. Yumi Higashino (1980)
507. Yelena Kotelnikova (1977)
508. Yael Doani (1982)
509. Yukari Nikaidô (1967)
510. Yuliya Robeva (1978)
511. Yael Sharoni (1975)
512. Yvonne Rimanóczy (1930)
513. Yo-seob Lee (1990)
514. Ylva Fröjmark (1985)
515. Yolanda Aracil (1976)
516. Yekaterina Gorokhovskaya (1976)
517. Yvonne Svedberg (1953)
518. Yolanda Corbett (1942)
519. Yekaterina Nikitina (1977)
520. Yrjö Kallionpää (1933)
521. Yasemin Akkar (1982)
522. Yuliya Stoma (1981)
523. Yoko Kambai (1981)
524. Ying Yuen (1966)
525. Yrjö Länsipuro (1940)
526. Yasmin Fudakowska (1981)
527. Yolanda J. Polonio (1974)
528. Yekaterina Shcheglova (1983)
529. Yana Yesipovich (1979)
530. Yelena Fomichyova (1971)
531. Yelena Kutyryova (1984)
532. Yvonne LaForge (1972)
533. Yui Kano (1983)
534. Yuliya Koshkina (1982)
535. Yoanna Arsova (1982)
536. Yvonne MacInnis (1981)
537. Yuliya Tipanova (1983)
538. Y. Startseva (1981)
539. Yana Spaskova (1978)
540. Yasmin Karsin (1994)
541. Yrjö Tapper (1932)
542. Yi-Chien Yang (1981)
543. Yukari Tateishi (1980)
544. Yalitza Aparicio (1993)
A Mexican actress who made her film debut as Cleo in Alfonso Cuarón's 2018 drama Roma, which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and made her the first Indigenous American woman, the fourth Latina, and the second Mexican woman to receive a Best Actress Oscar nomination
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United States & United Kingdom (Gluten-Free Recipes)
Recipes by Continent / Country
The US Senate’s Glorious Gluten-Free Bean Soup
By Jefferson Adams
By Jefferson Adams • November 29, 2018
Reviewed and edited by a celiac disease expert.
This gluten-free bean soup has been satisfying both sides of the table for over a hundred years.
Caption: Image: CC--Neven Mrgan
11/29/2018 - What do United States senators have that you don’t? Well, aside fro a plum job in the Capitol, they have regular access to this glorious bean soup that happens to be delicious, easy to make, and gluten-free. The soup’s ingredients include creamy navy beans, pig knuckle meat, butter, and chopped onion. It’s sure to be a big hit as a side to your next fall or winter dinner, or as a lunchtime meal by itself.
2 pounds dried white navy beans, cleaned and rinsed
1½ pounds smoked ham hocks
1 large russet potato
3 cups chopped yellow onion
3 teaspoons kosher salt
¾ teaspoon black pepper
⅓ cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
Wash the navy beans and run hot water through them until they are slightly whitened.
Place beans into pot with hot water.
Add ham hocks and simmer approximately three hours in a covered pot, stirring occasionally.
Remove ham hocks and set aside to cool.
Dice meat and return to soup.
Rinse potato; pierce with a fork, and wrap potato in a paper towel. Microwave on HIGH until tender, about 4 to 5 minutes; peel and mash potato. Stir into soup.
Lightly brown the onion in butter. Add to soup.
Before serving, bring to a boil and season with salt and pepper.
Top with parsley, as desired.
Read more about this famous bean soup at the US Senate website.
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Jefferson Adams is Celiac.com's senior writer and Digital Content Director. He earned his B.A. and M.F.A. at Arizona State University, and has authored more than 2,500 articles on celiac disease. His coursework includes studies in science, scientific methodology, biology, anatomy, medicine, logic, and advanced research. He previously served as SF Health News Examiner for Examiner.com, and devised health and medical content for Sharecare.com. Jefferson has spoken about celiac disease to the media, including an appearance on the KQED radio show Forum, and is the editor of the book "Cereal Killers" by Scott Adams and Ron Hoggan, Ed.D.
Ham and Lima Bean Soup (Gluten-Free)
Ham and Lima bean soup was of my father's favorite things to eat. I remember more than a few fall days with a big pot cooking on the stove all day long. I didn't care for it much as a kid, but as I got older, this thick, hearty, soup became a favorite for cold fall days. This cousin of split pea soup makes use of ham hocks, ham, and juicy, delicious Lima beans. This recipe makes...
Split Pea Soup (Gluten-Free)
Talk about classic. It doesn't get much more classic than pea soup. I imagine some versions of pea or bean soup must go back hundreds of years, or more. Pea soup is simple, hearty, and delicious. This version of classic split pea soup is a satisfying meal that's gluten-free, low in fat and high in flavor and nutrition. This recipe makes enough soup to serve about four to six people...
Louisiana-style Red Beans and Rice (Gluten-Free)
Red beans and rice is like the Old Faithful of southern cooking. Ever reliable and regularly featured on dinner tables across the south.
Originally a creole, not a cajun dish, red beans and rice was traditionally made on Mondays as a way to use up the bones and leftovers from Sunday dinner, which often featured ham. Red beans and rice has stood the test of time, and has situated...
Gluten-Free Tuscan Soup
Celiac.com 01/13/2018 - To you and me, it may be Tuscan Soup, but to the sonorous, lyrical Italians, it is known as Zuppa Toscana. Whatever language you speak, it means a warm, satisfying and delicious meal.
1 pound mild Italian sausage 1 can white or navy beans, drained 2 quarts chicken broth 6 potatoes, sliced thin 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes...
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The Palmetto Club
Home Clients & Work The Palmetto Club
Combining Forces
When two established city clubs consolidate, there are, naturally, challenges and compromises—but there are even greater rewards.
Just as Chambers and Columbia’s venerable The Palmetto Club delved into the planning process, The Summit Club, its across-the-street competition, also began to look at its future development. And in short order, these two clubs—although different in culture and atmosphere—recognized the benefits of combining forces rather than competing for members.
…the initial reactions from members have been very positive — and membership has stabilized after years of stagnation or decline.
Because The Palmetto Club owns its low-rise brick building, the clubs have merged in the classic Southern facility rather than in The Summit Club’s 20th-floor leased space.
The “new” club retains The Palmetto Club name, but with careful consideration and planning acumen, Chambers created the space and amenities needed to appeal to the blended, age-diverse membership. Buying and incorporating an adjacent building has added meeting spaces and the Tap Room, a street-level casual dining and bar space that was designed to be more appealing to multiple generations of members and their guests.
The ballroom was enlarged and redesigned to accommodate bigger events, including weddings.
Interiors were enlarged, reconfigured, updated and brightened. Structural issues were resolved in part by a complex, multi-level elevator that joins the old space with the new. A redesigned entrance makes the club more easily accessible for all members and complies with the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), while new technological capabilities accommodate different needs and events.
Adjusting to a merger takes some getting used to from members of both clubs. But the initial reactions from members have been very positive — and membership has stabilized after years of stagnation or decline.
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Tap Room Exterior
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Chanticleer Society
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To help manage, identify, and cross-reference the various books that have been published "since the beginning of time" about cocktails, mixology, spirits, and the like, the following is an attempt to provide a fairly comprehensive list of books. The original source listing came from Martin Doudoroff and Ted Haigh, from the list they compiled for CocktailDB.
You can find a LOT of scanned cocktail/spirits books on the EUVS Vintage Cocktail Book Library as well. As time permits, I'll be adding books from that source here, with links back to the scanned in copies that they have online.
I've chosen (at the moment) to list this in basically a "Bibliography" format:
Author, Title, publisher (date)
With any relevant "notes" about the particular book indented below that. If more exhaustive information is available, or needed about a book, instead of overloading this list with that information we should probably create a separate page for that? We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.
15 1930 - "And Let The Floodgates Be Opened!"
24 Dates Unknown?
Dudley Bradsteet, The Life & Uncommon Adventures of Captain Dudley Bradstreet, John Hamilton, London (1755)
Richard Cook, Oxford Night Caps (1827): The first book devoted entirely to mixed drinks
Scanned Copy on EUVS Library
Scanned Copy (#2) on EUVS Library
William Beastall, Useful Guide for Grocers, Distillers, Hotel & Tavern Keepers & Wine & Spirit Dealers of Every Denomination, (published by author) (1829)
Richard Cook, Oxford Night Caps (1835): 3rd Edition of the first book devoted entirely to mixed drinks
Samuel Morewood, Morewoodʼs History of Inebriating Liquors, William Curry Jun. & Company (1838)
Richard Cook, Oxford Night Caps (1847): 4th Edition of the first book devoted entirely to mixed drinks
Pierre Lacour, Lacour On the Manufacture of Liquors, Dick & Fitzgerald (1853)
George Francis Train, An American Merchant in Europe, Asia, & Australia, G. P. Putnam & Co. (1857)
John Stephen, Treatise on the Manuf., Imitation, Adulteration, & Reduction of Foreign Wines, Brandies, Gins, Rums, etc. etc., Author (1860)
(A Practical Chemist....)
Scanned Copy on Google Books
Scribd Copy
Jerry Thomas, Bar-Tenderʼs Guide & Bon Vivantʼs Companion, Dick & Fitzgerald (1862)
Purchase from CocktailKingdom.com
(anon.), Cups & Their Customs, John Van der Voorst (1863)
Charles Tovey, British & Foreign Spirits, Whittaker & Co. London (1864)
F. DʼArmand Jr., Key to the Trade, H. S. Crocker & Co. (1865)
L. Monzert, The Independent Liquorist, Dick & Fitzgerald (1866)
(anon.) The American Barkeeper a Practical Liquor Manufacturer, Mullin, Mahon & Co. (1867)
John Rack, The French Wine & Liquor Manufacturer, Dick & Fitzgerald (1868)
Jesse Haney, Haneyʼs Steward & Barkeeperʼs Manual, (published by author) (1869)
William Terrington, Cooling Cups & Dainty Drinks, George Routledge & Sons Ltd. London (1869)
Copy on scribd
E. Ricket and C. Thomas, The Gentleman's Table Guide, London (1871)
Scanned copy on Goolge Books (snippet view only)
A. V. Bevill, Barkeepers' Ready Reference (1871)
A. W. Chase, Dr. Chaseʼs Recipes or Information for Everybody, R. A. Beal (1872)
P. Schützenberger, Fermentation (The International Scientific Series On Fermentation), D. Appleton & Company (1876)
(anon.), Handwritten Distillery formulae book, (publisher unknown) (1878)
Leo Engel, American & Other Drinks, Tinsley Brothers (1878)
Scanned copy on Google Books (snippet view only)
Harry Johnson, New and Improved Bartender's Manual -or- How To Mix Drinks of the Present Style, New York, Samisch & Goldmann (1882)
Patrick McDonough, Barkeepers' Guide and Gentleman's Sideboard Companion, (1883)
Daniel (D.D.) Dorchester, The Liquor Problem in all Ages, Phillips & Hunt (1884)
Scientific Barkeeping, Buffalo NY, E. N. Cook & Co (1884)
O.H. Byron, Modern Bartender's Guide, (1884)
Purchase from Cocktail Kingdom
Fr.A.Eichler The Manufucture of Liquors, Syrups, Cordials and Bitters, etc. etc Aschenbach & Miller(1884)
Bacchus, Cordon Bleu, New Guide for the Hotel, Bar, Restaurant, Butler, & Chef, William Nicholson & Sons London (1885)
(various), True History of Tom & Jerry, Charles Hindley (1887)
Jerry Thomas, Bar-Tenderʼs Guide, Dick & Fitzgerald (1887)
OCR'd copy on Art of Drink
Harry Johnson, New & Improved Illustrated Bartenderʼs Manual, Author (1888)
Notable as being one of the first to include a recipe for the "Martini/Martine"
Theodore Proulx, The Bartender’s Manual, Author (1888)
Notable as being the first to include the "Old Fashioned" and one of the first to include the "Martini"
B.Fenner, Complete Formulary, Author(1888)
Sricbd copy
Joesph Harrop,Monograph on Flavoring Essences: Syrups and Coloring Matter (1891)
(anon.), Wehmanʼs Bartendersʼ Guide, Henry J. Wehman, Publisher (1891)
William Schmidt, The Flowing Bowl, Charles L. Webster & Co. (1891)
(The Only William)
James Mew, John Ashton, Drinks of the World, Charles Scribnerʼs Sons (1892)
G. L. (One Who Knows) Horton, Beverages & Sandwiches for Your Husbandʼs Friends, Brentanoʼs (1893)
Herbert W. Green, Mixed Drinks; A Manual for Bar Clerks, Frank H. Smith (1894)
Fleischman, Art of Blending & Compounding Liquors & Wines, Dick & Fitzgerald (1895)
Charlie Paul, American and Other Iced Drinks, (1895)
George J. Kappeler, Modern American Drinks, Merriam Company (1895)
Purchase from the Cocktail Kingdom
C. F. Lawlor, The Mixicologist, (published by author) (1895)
T. S. Arthur, Ten Nights in a Bar Room, David Cook Publishing Co. (1896)
(various), Scientific American Cyclopedia of Reciepts, Notes & Queries, Munn & Co. (1898)
Joseph L. Haywood, Mixology: The Art of Preparing All Kinds of Drinks, Press of the Sunday Star (1898)
Harry Johnson, Bartender's Manual by Harry Johnson, (1900)
Harry Lamore, New Police Gazette Bartenders Guide (The Bartender or How to Mix Drinks), Richard K. Fox (1901)
Hugh McHugh, Down the Line with John Henry, G. W. Dillingham Co. (1901)
Paul E. Lowe, Drinks As They Are Mixed, Frederick J. Drake & Company (1904)
Probably more recent than dated
John Wiliam Sargent, Toasts for the Times in Pictures & Rhymes, Consolidated Retail Booksellers (1904)
(anon.), Gorham Cocktail Book, Gorham Company (1906)
Laura S. Fitchett, Beverages & Sauces of Colonial Virgina, Neale Publishing Company (1906)
Louis Muckensturm, Louisʼ Mixed Drinks, H. M. Caldwell Co. (1906)
Bert Leston Taylor, W. C. Gibson, Extra Dry; Being the Further Adventures of the Water Wagon, G. W. Edillingham Company (1906)
William Boothby, The World's Drinks and How to Mix Them, (1908)
Max Stein, Toasts, (published by author) (1910)
Jacob Abraham Grohuske, Jack's Manual, New York, McClunn & Co. (1910)
George R. Washburne, Beverages De Luxe, Louisville KY, Wine & Spirits Bulletin (1911)
Kendall Banning, The Squireʼs Recipes, Brothers of the Book (1912)
(w/1944 article about it tipped in)
(anon.), Wehman Bros. Bartendersʼ Guide, Wehman Bros. (1912)
John Applegreen, Applegreenʼs Bar Book, Hotel Monthly Press (1913)
Jacques Straub, Drinks by Jacques Straub, (1914)
William T. Ellis, "Billy" Sunday; The Man & His Message, Thomas Manufacturing Co. (1914)
Harry Montague, (anon.), New Bartenderʼs Guide & The Up-to-Date Bartendersʼ Guide, I & M Ottenheimer (1914)
Editorial Staff of The Soda Fountain, Dispenserʼs Formulary or Soda Water Guide, D. O. Haynes & Co. (1915)
G. B. Thompson, The Shadow of the Bottle, Review & Herald Publishing Association (1915)
Edgar James, Wine Woman & Song Jokes, I & M Ottenheimer (1916)
Hugo R. Ensslin, Recipes for Mixed Drinks, By Hugo R. Ensslin (1917)
Thomas Bullock, The Ideal Bartender, Buxton & Skinner Printing & Stationary Co. (1917)
Scanned copy on Feeding America
Henry Carter, The Control of the Drink Trade, Longmans, Green & Co. (1918)
Bertha E. L. Stockbridge, What to Drink, D. Appleton & Company (1920)
Don Marquis, The Old Soak, Doubleday, Page & Company (1921)
Kuenzle & Streiff, One Hundred and One Drinks as They are Mixed: Recipes for Cocktails and Other Beverages, Kuenzle & Streiff, Manila, Philippines (c. 1921)
Robert W. Service, Ballads of a Bohemian, Barse & Hopkins (1921)
Robert Vermeire, Cocktails: How to Mix Them, (1922)
(anon.), Nonsenseorship (Prohibition satire & ridicule), G. P. Putnamʼs Sons (1922)
written by the Algonquin Round Table crowd
M. E. Steedman, C. Herman Senn, Home-made Summer & Winter Drinks, Ward, Locke & Co., Limited (1924)
Anita Loos, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Boni & Liveright (1925)
Prohibition Cocktail Book, Americana. Eight Cocktail Napkins, Hand Blocked, with Recipes and the Histories of Eight Famous Drinks, NP (circa 1925)
Irving Fisher, Prohibition at its Worst, Macmillan (1926)
Samuel Pepys, Everybodyʼs Pepys, Harcourt Brace & Company (1926)
John Thomas, Dry Martini; A Gentleman Turns to Love, George H. Doran Company (1926)
Harry McElhone, Barflies and Cocktail, Harry and Wynn (1927)
Judge Jr., Hereʼs How!, Leslie Judge Company (1927)
(1st volume in the Hereʼs How Series)
Paul E. Lowe, How to Mix Drinks & How to Serve, Musson Book Company (1927)
Bruce Reynolds, A Cocktail Continentale, George Sully & Company (1927)
Frank Shay, John Held Jr., My Pious Friends & Drunken Companions, The Macaulay Company (1927)
(anon.), The Cocktail Book (St. Botolph Society), L. C. Page & Company (1927)
"Jimmy", Cocktails, David McKay Company (1928)
Jimmy (Late of Ciros)
Charles, Cheerio!, Elf Publishing Company (1928)
Charles: Formerly of Delmonicos
George Coes Howell, The Case of Whiskey, Author (1928)
Sisley Huddleston, Paris Salons Cafes, Studios, Blue Ribbon Books (1928)
Burton Rascoe, Morrowʼs Almanac for the Year of Our Lord 1929, William Morrow (1928)
Frank Shay, John Held Jr., More Pious Friends & Drunken Companions, The Macaulay Company (1928)
Charles William Taussig, Rum Romance & Rebellion, Mnton, Balch & Company (1928)
Charles S. Warnock, Giggle Water, Author (1928)
Basil Woon, When Itʼs Cocktail Time in Cuba, Horace Liveright (1928)
Frank Shay, John Held Jr., Drawn from the Wood, The Macaulay Company (1929)
1930 - "And Let The Floodgates Be Opened!"
Harry Craddock, Savoy Cocktail Book, Richard R. Smith (1930)
Harry Craddock, Savoy Cocktail Book, Constable & Co. London (1930)
Snippet view with annotations by J.Meyer Scribd copy
Roxanna Doran, Prohibition Punches, Dorrance & Company, Inc. (1930)
Virginia Elliot, Phil D. Stong, Shake ʻEm Up!, Brewer & Warren, Inc. (1930)
Ridgely Hunt, George S. Chappell, John Held Jr. (illos.), The Saloon in the Home, Coward-McCann, Inc. (1930)
Judge Jr., Noble Experiments, John Day Company (1930)
3rd volume in the Hereʼs How Series
Dexter Mason, Art of Drinking; What & How, Farrar & Rinehart (1930)
Gilbert Seldes, The Future of Drinking, Little, Brown & Company (1930)
Jerry Thomas, Bon Vivantʼs Companion or How to Mix Drinks, Alfred A. Knopf (1930)
Nina Toye, A. H. Adair, Drinks - Long & Short, William Heinemann, Ltd (1930)
Nina Toye, A. H. Adair, Petits et Grands Verres, Au Sans Pareil (1930)
Prohibition-era
Carl Van Vechten, Parties, Alfred A. Knopf (1930)
George Ade, The Old Time Saloon, Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, Inc. (1931)
Albert Stevens Crockett, Old Waldorf Bar Days, Aventine Press (1931)
Digital Copy available from the EUVS Library
John Drury, Dining In Chicago; An Intimate Guide, John Day Company (1931)
Carl Sandburg fʼward
Anderson Fredericks, 100 Cocktails; How to Make Them & What to Eat with Them, Haldeman-Julius Publications (1931)
John, Happy Days, Felshin Publishing Company (1931)
Shelby Little, The Linebook, Chicago Tribune (1931)
Dexter Mason, Tipple & Snack, Farrar & Rinehart (1931)
Col. Ira L. Reeves, Olʼ Rum River, Thomas L. Rockwell Company (1931)
Edward Van Every, Sins of America, Frederick A. Stokes Company (1931)
"Robert", Cocktails; How to Mix Them, Herbert Jenkins Limited (1932)
(anon.), Ballyhoo, Ballyhoo (1932)
hardbound ex post facto
(anon.), Sloppy Joeʼs Cocktail Manual Season 1932-33, (1932)
James A. Wiley, Helene M. Griffith, Art of Mixing, Macrae - Smith - Company (1932)
"Mixer", Bartenderʼs Friend, Jarmor Publishing Co. (1933)
(anon.), 300 Drinks & How to Mix ʻem, Kaeser & Blair Inc. (1933)
mainly reprints Pre-Pro recipes
(anon.), Cocktail Parade, Canapé Parade (1933)
Herbert Asbury, The Barbary Coast, Garden City Publishing Company (1933)
Caleb Drinkwater, How to Serve Wine & Beer, Watkins Publishing Co. (1933)
Recipes Menus Cocktails Hints
Virginia Elliott, Quiet Drinking, Harcourt, Brace & Company (1933)
M. I. Fogelsonger, The Secrets of the Liquor Merchant Revealed, Mark Green & Brothers (1933)
This is obviously a reprint of a much older book
Raymond B. Fosdick, Albert L. Scott, Towards Liquor Control, Harper & Brothers (1933)
J. A. Grohusko, Jackʼs Manual, Alfred A. Knopf (1933)
Robert Hunt Lyman, The World Almanac, New York World-Telegram (1933)
Julien J. Proskauer, Whatʼll You Have?, A. L. Burt Co. (1933)
Stanley Walker, Night Club Era, Frederick A. Stokes Company (1933)
Alma Whitaker, Bacchus Behave! The Lost Art Polite Drinking, Frederick A. Stokes (1933)
(anon.), 1934 Cocktail Book, Kriedt Printing Company (1934)
(anon.), Bar La Florida Cocktails, Obispo y Monserrate (1934)
(anon.), Old Mr. Boston Bartenderʼs Guide, Ben Burk, Inc. (1934)
3rd printing - (1st, 1932)
(anon.), Red Jay Bartenderʼs Guide, Dr. D. Jayne & Son, Inc. (1934)
(anon.), Simple Facts about Wines, Spirits, Ale & Stout, Alex D. Shaw & Co., Inc (Distributed by A&P) (1934)
Publisher self designates as "(importers, distributors, wine & spirits merchants)"
A. J. Bailey, The Mixologist, (published by author) (1934)
(anon.), Official Bartendersʼ Recipes, 1934, Bartenders Local No. 284 Los Angeles (1934)
Irvin Cobb, Irvin Cobbʼs Own Recipe Book, Bartenders Local No. 284 Los Angeles (1934)
Patrick Gavin Duffy, Official Mixerʼs Manual, Frankfort Distilleries, Inc. (1934)
Robert Hunt Lyman, World Almanac & Book of Facts 1934, Ray Long & Richard R. Smith (1934)
Oscar of the Waldorf, 100 Famous Cocktails, New York World-Telegram (1934)
Albert Stevens Crockett, Old Waldorf Astoria Bar Book, (1935)
Digital Copy on the EUVS Library
O. Blunier, The Barkeeperʼs golden book. The exquisite Book of American Drinks., Kenilworth Press, Inc. (1935)
Edward M. Brooks, Official Bartenderʼs Blue Book, Morgarten (1935)
Leo Cotton, Old Mr. Boston Deluxe Official Bartenderʼs Guide, Brooks & Joyce (1935)
(1st or 2nd printing - incomplete)
Rachel Bell Maiden, Lucina Smith Wakefield (Illus.), The Canapé Book, Ben Burk, Inc (1935)
Sterling North, Carl Kroch, So Red the Nose; Or Breath in the Afternoon, D. Appleton-Century Co. (1935)
John OʼHara, Butterfield 8, Farrar & Rinehart (1935)
Morris Victor Rosenbloom, The Liquor Industry, Bantam (1935)
André L. Simon, Wines & Liqueurs From A to Z, Ruffsdale Distilling Co. (1935)
Vicomte de Mauduit, The Vicomte in the Kitchenette, The Wine & Food Society (1935)
Adrian, Cocktail Fashions of 1936, Covici Friede (1936)
Herbert Asbury, The French Quarter, F. P. Aguado & Co. (1936)
William Boothby, "Cocktail Bill" Boothbyʼs World Drinks and How to Mix Them, Garden City Publishing Company (1936)
Purchase from Amazon
Harman Burney Burke, Burkeʼs Complete Cocktail & Drinking Recipes, Author (1936)
Leo Cotton, Old Mr. Boston Deluxe Official Bartenderʼs Guide, Books, Inc. (1936)
3rd printing
Grant L. Donnelly, Alcohol & the Habit-Forming Drugs, Ben Burk, Inc. (1936)
Elementary School Textbook
Bill Edwards, How to Mix Drinks (Drinks; How to Make and How to Serve Them), Alfred Williams & Company (1936)
Frank Meier, Artistry of Mixing Drinks, David McKay Company (1936)
Frank A. Thomas, Wines, Cocktails & Other Drinks, Fryam Press - Paris (1936)
Stanley Clisby Arthur, Famous New Orleans Drinks & How to Mix ʻem, Harcourt Brace & Company (1937)
Hyman Gale, Gerald F. Marco, The ''How and When, Harmanson (1937)
Jack Hanley, Letʼs Make Mary, (published by author) (1937)
W. J. Tarling, Cafe Royal Cocktail Book, Phoenix Press (1937)
(anon.), Legend of Liqueurs, Wines & Spirits - 4th edition, Publications from Pall Mall Ltd. (1938)
Herbert Asbury, Suckerʼs Progress, Reilly & Lee Co. (1938)
Frank Case, Tales of a Wayward Inn (The Algonquin), Dodd, Mead & Company (1938)
Jean Lupoiu, Cocktails, Frederick A. Stokes Company (1938)
(unknown), Guaging Manual; ...Instructions & Tables for Determining ...Quantity of Distilled Spirits by Proof & Weight (U. S. Treasury Department), Les Oeuvres Francaises (1938)
(anon.), Cocktails Bar La Florida, United States Government Printing Office (1939)
Charles Browne, Gun Club Drink Book, Obispo y Monserrate (1939)
Constantino Ribalaigua, Bar Florida, Charles Scribnerʼs Sons (1939)
Walton Hall Smith, Liquor the Servant of Man, La Floridita Bar (1939)
W. C. Whitfield, Just Cocktails, Little, Brown & Company (1939)
(anon.), Hostʼs Handbook, Three Mountaineers Inc (1940)
James Beard, Hors DʼOeuvre & Canapes (with a Key to the Cocktail Party), National Distillers (1940)
Emil J. Belanger, Drug & Specialty Formulas, M. Barrows & Company (1941)
Crosby Gaige, Crosby Gaigeʼs Cocktail Guide & Ladiesʼ Companion, Chemical Publishing Co, Inc. (1941)
W. C. Whitfield, Hereʼs How, M. Barrows & Company (1941)
Stirling Graham, Melrose - Honey of Roses, Three Mountaineers Inc (1942)
Lucius Beebe, Snoot If You Must, Records & Goldsborough (1943)
Rea Irvin illus.
H. I. Williams, 3 Bottle Bar, D. Appleton-Century Company (1943)
(anon.), 150 Recettas de Entremeses y Cock-tails (Biblioteca La Familia), M. S. Mill Co., Inc. (1944)
Crosby Gaige, Standard Cocktail Guide, Libros y Revistas, S. A. (1944)
(anon.), Professional Mixing Guide, M. Barrows & Company, Inc. (1945)
W. Walter Crotch, Complete Yearbook of French Quality Wines, Spirits & Liqueurs, The Angostura-Wupperman Corporation (1945)
George Gardner, How to be a Bartender (Same as "Drinks as They are Mixed"), Editions M. Ponsot (1945)
George of the Ritz
James Boone Wilson, The Spirit of Old Kentucky, Nelson-Hall Co. (1945)
Charles H. Baker Jr., Gentlemanʼs Companion; Around the World with Jigger, Beaker and Flask, Glenmore Distilleries (1946)
2015 Reprint Edition available on Amazon.com
Lucius Beebe, Stork Club Bar Book, Crown (1946)
Victor Bergeron, Trader Vicʼs Book of Food & Drink, Rinehart & Company (1946)
Leo Cotton, Old Mr. Boston Deluxe Official Bartenderʼs Guide, Doubleday (1946)
6th printing
Oscar Haimo, Cocktail & Wine Digest, Ben Burk, Inc. (1946)
Charles H. Baker Jr., The Gentlemanʼs Companion; Being an Exotic Drinking Book, or Around the World with Jigger, Beaker and Flask, Crown Publishers (1946)
Published in a single-volume edition with "The Gentleman's Companion; Being an Exotic Cookery Book, or Around the World with Knife, Fork and Spoon."
(anon.), Professional Mixing Guide, (published by author) (1947)
E. Jackson Barnett, Hereʼs How, The Angostura-Wupperman Corporation (1947)
Damon Runyon, Poems for Men, (published by author) (1947)
Martin H. Perry, And to Drink, Sir!, Duell, Sloan & Pearce (1947)
Victor Bergeron, Bartenderʼs Guide by Trader Vic, St. Giles Publishing (1948)
Patrick Gavin Duffy, Standard Bartenderʼs Guide, Garden City (1948)
G. R. Gayre, Wassail! In Mazers of Mead, Permabooks (1948)
W. E. Powner, Tom & Jerryʼs Bartenderʼs Guide, Phillimore & Co. Ltd. (1948)
1934 ed. reprint
George A. Zabriskie, The Bon Vivantʼs Companion, Charles T. Powner Co. (1948)
(anon.), Esquireʼs Handbook for Hosts, (published by author) (1949)
T. S. Eliot, The Cocktail Party, Grosset & Dunlap (1949)
Hyman Gale, Gerald F. Marco, How and the When, Faber & Faber (1949)
Jim Marshall, Swinging Doors, (published by author) (1949)
Jacinto Sanfeliu, El Bar; Evolucion y Arte del Cocktail, Frank McCaffrey Publishers (1949)
"C2H5OH", Alcohol & Advertising, Aldus, S.A. de Artes Graficas (1950)
(anon.), Professional Mixing Guide, School & College Service (1950)
Oscar Mendelsohn, The Earnest Drinker, The Angostura-Wupperman Corporation (1950)
Ted Shane, Virgil Partch (illus.), Bar Guide, Macmillan (1950)
W. Slagter, Internationale Cocktailgids, Fawcett (Gold Medal) (1950)
(anon.), The Holiday Drink Book, N. V. Richterʼs Boekhandel (1951)
Charles H. Baker Jr., South American Gentlemanʼs Companion, Crown Publishers (1951)
2014 Reprint of just the "Drink" volume published by Cocktail Kingdom
2014 Reprint of just the "Drink" volume available on Amazon.com
Bernard DeVoto, The Hour, Crown Publishers, Inc. (1951)
M. I. Fisher, Liqueurs; A Dictionary & Survey, Houghton Mifflin Company (1951)
Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart, Scotch; The Whisky of Scotland in Fact & Story, Maurice Meyer Limited (1951)
Russell Lynes, Guests or How to Survive Hospitality, Putnam (1951)
Jack Townsend, Tom Moore McBride, The Bartenderʼs Book, Harper & Brothers (1951)
(anon.), A Guide to Pink Elephants, Vol. 1, Viking Press (1952)
T. E. Carling, Complete Book of Drink, Richards Rosen Associates, Inc. (1952)
David A. Embury, Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, Philosophical Library (1952)
Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Garden City Books (1953)
S. S. Field, The American Drink Book, Ballantine (1953)
Ian Fleming, Casino Royale, Farrar, Straus & Young (1953)
Olga de Leslie Leigh, 501 Easy Cocktail Canapes, Signet (1953)
Johnny Brooks, My 35 Years Behind Bars, Thomas Y. Crowell Company (1954)
Marian Courtney, Cocktail Companions; Snacks for All Occasions, Exposition Press (1954)
Robert H. Loeb Jr., Nip Ahoy, Wilcox & Follett Company (1954)
Harry B. Phd. Weiss, History of Applejack, Wilcox & Follett (1954)
(anon.), King of Hearts Drink Book, New Jersey Agricultural Society (1955)
(anon.), U. K. B. G. Guide to Drinks, Peter Pauper Press (1955)
Harold J. Grossman, Grossmanʼs Guide to Wines, Spirits, & Beers, United Kingdom Bartendersʼ Guild (1955)
Richard L. Williams, David Myers, What, When, Where & How to Drink, Charles Scribnerʼs Sons (1955)
Everild Young, K. Helweg-Larsen, Caribbean Cocktail, Dell (1955)
Frederic A. Birmingham, Esquire Drink Book, Andrew Melrose Ltd. (1956)
(anon.), A Guide to Pink Elephants, Vol. 2, Harper & Brothers (1957)
Peter Beilenson, Aquavit to Zombie, Richards Rosen Associates, Inc. (1957)
Victor MacClure, Party Fare, Peter Pauper Press (1957)
C. W. Shepherd, Wines, Spirits & Liqueurs, Putnam (1958)
U. S. edition of U. K. work
Andre Simon, A Dictionary of Wines & Spirits, Abelard & Schuman (1958)
Virgil Partch, William McIntyre, VIP Tosses a Party, Herbert Jenkins (1959)
Berton Roueche, The Neutral Spirit, Simon & Schuster (1960)
Robert Carse, Rum Row, Little, Brown & Company (1961)
William E. Massee, Wines & Spirits, Jarrolds (1961)
Matty Simmons, The Dinerʼs Club Drink Book, McGraw-Hill (1961)
(anon.), The ABC of Cocktails, Regents American Publishing Corp (Doubleday) (1962)
Robert London, Anne London, Cocktails & Snacks, Peter Pauper Press (1962)
Ralph Maloney, The 24 Hour Drink Book, Dolphin Books (Doubleday PB) (1962)
Ted Saucier, Ted Saucierʼs Bottoms Up, Productions 14 / Ivan Obolensky, Inc. (1962)
Stoufferʼs, Hereʼs How, Greystone Press/Hawthorn Books (1962)
(anon.), The Calvert Party Encyclopedia, Stouffer Foods Corporation (1963)
Gerald Carson, The Social History of Bourbon, Calvert Distillers (1963)
M. A. Jagendorf, Folk Wines, Cordials, & Brandies, Dodd, Mead & Company (1963)
George Saintsbury, Notes on a Cellar-Book, Vanguard Press (1963)
Luigi Veronelli, I Cocktails, St. Martinʼs Press (1963)
Peter Beilenson, Peter Pauperʼs Drink Book, Rizzoli - Italy (1964)
Peter Blake, Robert Osborn, Everlasting Cocktail Party; A Laymanʼs Guide to Social Climbing, Peter Pauper Press (1964)
Stanley Jackson, The Savoy; The Romance of a Great Hotel, Dial Press (1964)
Malcolm F. Willoughby, Rum War at Sea, Frederick Muller Limited (1964)
(anon.), John DeKuyperʼs Complete Guide to Cordials, United States Government Pronting Office (1965)
George Bishop, The Booze Reader, John De Kuyper & Son (1965)
Leo Cotton, Old Mr. Boston Deluxe Official Bartenderʼs Guide, Sherbourne Press, Inc. (1965)
29th printing
J. C. Furnas, The Life & Times of the Late Demon Rum, Mr. Boston Distiller, Inc. (1965)
Frank Kane, Anatomy of the Whiskey Business, G. P. Putnamʼs Sons (1965)
Oscar Mendelsohn, The Dictionary of Drink & Drinking, Lake House Press (1965)
L. Peterson, J. Ostheimer, Easy to Make Maidens & Cocktails, Hawthorn Books, Inc (1965)
John Hull Brown, Early American Beverages, Enrol Publishing Company (1966)
Allen Schwartz, Drinking for Love, Charles E. Tuttle Company (1966)
(anon.), Cock nʼ Bull; First Thirty Years, Pisani Press (1967)
Peter Hallgarten, Liqueurs, Cock nʼ Bull Restaurant (1967)
Gonzalo Meneses-Delgado, So--You Want to be a Bartender, Wine & Spirit Publications Ltd. (1967)
C. C. Pearson, J. Edwin Hendricks, Liquor & Anti Liquor in Virginia, (published by author), (Stockton Trade Press) (1967)
Edith Vanocur, June Dutton, Booze, Duke University Press - Durham (1967)
Victor Bergeron, Trader Vicʼs Pacific Island Cookbook, Doubleday (1968)
N. E. Beveridge, Cups of Valor, Stackpole Books (1968)
Auriel Douglas, The International Hangover Book, Rutledge Books (1968)
Andre Gros-Daillon, Recipes: Wine & Spirits (Time-Life Foods of the World), Price/Stern/Sloan (1968)
Stanley S. MacNiel, Zodiac Cocktails, Mayfair (1968)
L. W. Marrison, Wine & Spirits, Time-Life Books (1968)
Sara Mayfield, The Constant Circle, M&M Lithographic Corp. (1968)
W. E. Powner, Bartenderʼs Guide, Penguin Books (1968)
Tom & Jerryʼs Bartenderʼs Guide - 1934 reprint, minus incriminating dates!
Jack Lewis, Official Liquor Buyersʼ Guide, Delacorte Press (1969)
Douglas Sutherland, Raise Your Glasses, Stein Publishing House (1969)
Samuel Bronfman, From Little Acorns...; The Story of Distillers Corporation-Seagrams Limited, Holloway House - Los Angeles (1970)
Marcel Pace, Nos Meilleures Boissons; Selected Drinks, MacDonald (1970)
Hewson L. Peeke, America Ebrietatis, Seagrams (1970)
(anon.), Professional Mixing Guide, Sommeliers de Paris et de la Branche Barmen.... (1971)
John Doxat, The World of Drinks & Drinking, Hacker Art Books (1971)
Alexis Lichine, Alexis Lichineʼs Encyclopedia of Wines & Spirits, The Angostura-Wupperman Corporation (1971)
Thomas Mario, Playboyʼs Host & Bar Book, Drake Publishers (1971)
A. W. Noling, Beverage Literature; A Bibliography, Alfred A. Knopf (1971)
Fred Powell, Bartenderʼs Standard Manual, Playboy Press (1971)
Henry J. Schainck, Lewis C.Forrest Jr., United States Army Pacific Open Mess Bartenderʼs Manual; Bars are Big Business, Scarecrow Press, Inc. (1971)
Kingsley Amis, On Drink, Wings Books (1972)
Victor Bergeron, Trader Vicʼs Bartenderʼs Guide, Revised, U. S. Army (1972)
(anon.), Consumers Union Report on Wine & Spirits (Editors of Consumer Reports), Panther (1972)
(various), Wines & Spirits of the World, Doubleday (1972)
Robert Jay Misch, Quick Guide to Spirits, Consumers Union (1972)
Peter J. Robotti, Frances D., Key to Gracious Living: Wine & Spirits, Follett Publishing Company (1972)
Nigel Shaw, The Bachelorʼs Bar Companion, Doubleday (1972)
Andre Simon, How to Make Wines & Cordials, Prentice-Hall, Inc. (1972)
(reprint of English Wines & Cordials [1946] which republished other worksʼ recipes 1669-1937)
Eddie Tirado, Cocktails & Mixed Drinks, Leon Publishing Company (1972)
Victor Bergeron, Frankly Speaking; Trader Vicʼs Own Story, Dover (1973)
John Doxat, Book of Drinking, Hamlyn (1973)
Alex Hawkes, Rum Cookbook, Doubleday (1973)
British edition
John Kobler, Ardent Spirits; The Rise and Fall of Prohibition, Tribune Books (1973)
Collette Richardson, Elizabeth Lambert de Ortiz, House & Gardenʼs Drink Guide, Drake Publishers, Inc (1973)
Victor Bergeron, Trader Vicʼs Rum Cookery & Drinkery, G. P. Putnamʼs Sons (1974)
Joseph Earl Dabney, Mountain Spirits, Simon & Schuster (1974)
Thomas Marion, Playbookʼs Party Drinks, Doubleday (1974)
Ralph Schoenstein, The Booze Book, Charles Scribnerʼs Sons (1974)
(anon.), Major School of Bartending, Playboy Press (1975)
1937 1st ed.
Emilio Cocconi, Liqueurs for All Seasons, Playboy Press (1975)
U. S. edition of the Italian work, translated and adapted by Frank Kulla & Patricia Shannon Kulla
Richard Barksdale Harwell, The Mint Julep, Major School of Bartending (1975)
William C. Ketchum Jr., A Treasury of American Bottles, Lyceum Books (1975)
Edmund Wilson, The Twenties, University Press of Virginia (1975)
Abe Dobkin, Home Bartenderʼs Guide, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (1976)
Hurst Hannum, Robert S. Blumberg, Brandies & Liqueurs of the World, Countryside Books (1976)
"Charles", The Cocktail Bar, Doubleday (1977)
Harold J. Grossman, Harriet Lembeck, Grossmanʼs Guide to Wines, Spirits, & Beers, W. Foulsham & Co., Ltd. (1977)
Stan Jones, Jonesʼ Complete Barguide, Charles Scribnerʼs Sons (1977)
William C. Kuney, 1001 Cocktails in a Shake; The Home Bartenderʼs Guide, Barguide Enterprises (1977)
Cyril Ray, Complete Book of Spirits & Liqueurs, Key Books (1977)
Oscar Getz, Whiskey; an American Pictorial History, Macmillan (1978)
Arthur von Weisenberger, Oasis: The Complete Guide to Bottled Water Throughout the World, David McKay Company, Inc. (1978)
E. Frank Henriques, Signet Encyclopedia of Whiskey, Brandy & All Other Spirits, Capra Press (1979)
Gardner D. Hiscox, Henleyʼs Formulas for Home & Workshop, Signet (1979)
reprint of 1927
Ralph Kovel, Terry Kovel, Kovelʼs Complete Bottle Price List, Avenel Books (1979)
Tony Lord, The World Guide to Spirits, Aperitifs & Cocktails, Crown (1979)
McNulty, Drinking in Vogue, Sovreign Books (1979)
Dona Meilach, Mel Meilach, Homemade Liqueurs, Vendome Press (Viking) (1979)
Brian Murphy, The World Book of Whiskey, Contemporary Books, Inc. (1979)
U. S. publication of U. K. work
Peter C. Newman, King of the Castle; The Making of a Dynasty: Seagramʼs and the Bronfman Empire, Rand McNally (1979)
James A. Triffon, The Whiskey Miniature Bottle Collection Vol. 1, Antheneum (1979)
Bernard et Christine Charretton, Cocktails & Boissons, Brisco Publications (1980)
Joseph Earl Dabney, More Mountain Spirits, Livre Conseil (1980)
Roberto De Rasor, Alcohol Distillerʼs Manual for Gasohol & Spirits, Bright Mountain Books (1980)
William L. Downard, Dictionary of the History of the American Brewing & Distilling Industries, Dona Carolina Distillers (1980)
Pamela Vandyke Price, Dictionary of Wines & Spirits, Greenwood Press (1980)
Thomas E. Stenger, Cocktail Bar Reference Manual (Official Handbook of the United States Bartendersʼ Guild), Peerage Books (1980)
Joyce van Doorn, Making Your Own Liqueurs, Author (1980)
Michael Walker, Cinzano Cocktail Book, Prism Press (1980)
(anon.), Straight Up, Very Dry, with an Olive Please, Queen Anne Press/MacDonald Futura Publishers (1981)
New Yorker Martini cartoons
Beefeater, Staright up, very dry, with an olive, please., Beefeater/New Yorker (1981)
John Doxat, The Indispensable Drinks Book, (1981)
Malcolm R. Hebert, California Brandy Drinks, Van Nostrand Reinhold (1981)
(various), Those Drinking Days, Wine Appreciation Guild-California Brandy Board (1981)
Jack Tiano, American Bartenders School Guide to Drinks, Horizon (1981)
(anon.), Professional Mixing Guide, Rutledge Press (1982)
(anon.), Professional Mixing Guide, Angostura International Limited (1982)
Henry McNulty, The Vogue Cocktail Book, Angostura International Limited (1982)
A. James Pack, Nelsonʼs Blood; The Story of Naval Rum, Harmony Books (1982)
Gene Ford, Fordʼs Illustrated Guide to Wines, Brews, & Spirits, Kenneth Mason (1983)
Emanuel Greenberg, Madeline Greenberg, Pocket Guide to Spirits & Liqueurs, Wm. C. Brown (1983)
John Poister, Wine Loverʼs Drink Book, Perigee (Putnam) (1983)
Douglas A. Simmons, Schweppes; The First 200 Years, Collier (1983)
Michael Jackson, Michael Jacksonʼs Pocket Cocktail & Bar Book, Acropolis Books Ltd. (1984)
"Charles", The Cocktail Year, Mitchell Beazley (1985)
Paul Jennings, Inns, Ales & Drinking Customs of Old England, Arco Publishing, Inc. (1985)
Ernest Abel, Alcohol Wordlore & Folklore, Bracken Books (1987)
Jim Atkinson, The View from Nowhere, Prometheus Books (1987)
Robert Opie, The Art of the Label, Perennial Library (Harper & Row) (1987)
Tom Dardis, The Thirsty Muse; Alcohol & the American Writer, Chartwell Books (1989)
Robert Lipinski, Kathleen Lipinski, Professional Guide to Alcoholic Beverages, Ticknor & Fields (1989)
John J. Poister, New American Bartenderʼs Guide, Van Nostrand Reinhold (1989)
Charles Schumann, Tropical Bar Book, Signet (1989)
Gordon Brown, Handbook of Fine Brandies, Stewart, Tabori & Chang (1990)
Robyn Feller, The Complete Bartender, Macmillan Publishing Company (1990)
Ray Foley, The Ultimate Cocktail Book, Berkley (1990)
Dave Fulmer, A Gentlemanʼs Guide to Toasting, (published by author) (1990)
Paul Dickson, Toasts, Oxmoor House (1991)
Jim Megura, Official Price Guide Bottles, Crown (1991)
Gary Regan, The Bartenderʼs Bible, House of Collectibles (1991)
Richard Shenkman, I Love Paul Revere Whether He Rode or Not, Harper Collins (1991)
Philip Collins, Art of the Cocktail, Harper Perennial (1992)
Jerry Jankowski, Shelf Life; Modern Package Design 1920-1945, Chronicle (1992)
Sharon Peregrine Johnson, Byron Johnson, The Authentic Guide to Drinks of the Civil War, Chronicle (1992)
Robert Lipinski, Kathleen Lipinski, Complete Beverage Dictionary, Thomas Publications (1992)
Pat Mitchamore, A Tennessee Legend (Jack Daniels), Van Nostrand Reinhold (1992)
William Pokhlebkin, A History of Vodka, Rutledge Hill Press (1992)
English edition of the Russian work
Anthony Dias Blue, The Complete Book of Mixed Drinks, Verso (1993)
Claire Clifton, A Little Book of Tropical Drinks, Harper Perennial (1993)
William Grimes, Straight Up or On the Rocks; A Cultural History of American Drink, Chronicle (1993)
Michael Jackson, The World Guide to Whisky, Simon & Schuster (1993)
U. S. publication of 1987 U. K. work
John Lamond, Whisky Connoisseurʼs Companion, Running Press (1993)
Sally Ann Berk, The New New York Bartenderʼs Guide, Edinburgh Publishing Company (1994)
Jeff Berry, Annene Kaye, Beachbum Berryʼs Grog Log, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers (1994)
George Hand, Whiskey, Six-guns & Red-light Ladies; George Handʼs Saloon Diary, Tucson, 1875-1878, (published by author) (1994)
Cheryl Long, Heather Kibbey, Classic Liqueurs, High-Lonesome Books (1994)
(anon.), Seagramʼs Bartending Guide, Culinary Arts Ltd. (1995)
Gordon Brown, Classic Spirits of the World, Viking (1995)
Barnaby Conrad III, The Martini, Abbeville Press (1995)
Graham Edwards, Sue Edwards, Dictionary of Drink, Chronicle (1995)
Ray Foley, The Ultimate Little Shooter Book, Tiger Books International (1995)
Edward Hamilton, Rums of the Eastern Caribbean, (published by author) (1995)
Steven Heller, Seymour Chwast, Jackets Required; An Illustrated History of American Book Jacket Design 1920-1950, Tafia Publishing (1995)
Joseph Lanza, Cocktail; The Influence of Spirits on the American Psyche, Chronicle (1995)
Gary Regan, Mardee Regan, The Book of Bourbon, St. Martinʼs Press (1995)
Charles Schumann, American Bar, Chapters Publishing Ltd. (1995)
Bob Sloan, Steven Guarnaccia, Stiff Drink & A Close Shave, Abbeville Press (1995)
Katharine Williams, Cultured Cocktail, Chronicle Books (1995)
Charles Schumann, American Bar, Abbeville Press (1995)
Gideon Bosker, Karen Brooks, L. Payton, C. Payton, Patio Daddy-O, Clarkson Potter (1996)
Warren Dotz, Jim Morton, What A Character; 20th Century Advertising Icons, Chronicle (1996)
Ralph Kovel, Terry Kovel, Kovelʼs Bottles Price List, Chronicle Books (1996)
Edward Hamilton, The Complete Guide to Rum, Three Rivers Press (1997)
Michael Polak, Bottles; Identification & Price Guide, Triumph Books (1997)
Gary Regan, Mardee Regan, Martini Companion; A Connoisseurʼs Guide, Avon (1997)
Gary Regan, Mardee Regan, New Classic Cocktails, Running Press (1997)
Stephen Visakay, Vintage Bar Ware, Macmillan (1997)
Jeff Berry, Annene Kaye, Beachbum Berryʼs Grog Log, Collector Books (1998)
Lowell Edmunds, Martini, Straight Up, SLG Publishing (1998)
1998 Hardback Edition available on Amazon.com
2003 Paperback Edition available on Amazon.com
Daniel R. White, The Classic Cocktails Book, Johns Hopkins (1998)
Paul Harrington, Laura Moorhead, Cocktail: The Drinks Bible for the 21st Century, Viking (1998)
Julie Arkell, Classic Rum, Andrews McMeel Publishing (1999)
Andrew Barr, Drink; A Social History of America, Prion (1999)
Available on Amazon.com (2003 paperback edition)
Tobias Steed, Ben Reed, Hollywood Cocktails, Carroll & Graf (1999)
Susan Waggoner, Robert Markel, Vintage Cocktails, Willow Creek Press (1999)
Geraldine Coates, Classic Gin, Prion (2000)
Nina Wiener, Thirsty? A Guide to LA's Greatest Coffee Houses, Juice Bars, and Cocktail Bars!, Really Great Books (2000)
(anon.), New York City Nightlife-2000 Millenium Edition (Zagat Survey), Glove Box Guides (2000)
William Grimes, Straight Up or On the Rocks; The Story of the American Cocktail, North Point Press (2002)
Dale DeGroff, The Craft of the Cocktail, Clarkson Potter (2002)
Gary Regan, The Joy of Mixology, Clarkson Potter (2003)
Mardee Haidin Regan, The Bartender's Best Friend, John Wiley & Sons (2003)
Dale DeGroff, The Essential Cocktail, Clarkson Potter (2008)
Robert Hess, The Essential Bartender's Guide, Mud Puddle Books (2008)
Ted "Dr. Cocktail" Haigh, Vintage Spirits & Forgotten Cocktails: From the Alamagoozlum Cocktail to the Zombie and Beyond, Quarry Books (2009)
Expanded and updated from the 2004 edition
2004 Edition Available on Amazon.com
2009 Expanded and Updated Edition available on Amazon.com
Dave Arnold, Liquid Intelligence: The Art and Science of the Perfect Cocktail, W. W. Norton & Company (2014)
David Wondrich, Imbibe!: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar, TarcherPerigee (2015 Revised and Updated)
Updated and Revised from the 2007 edition
2015 Revised and Updated Edition available on Amazon.com
Jim Meehan, Meehan's Bartender Manual, Ten Speed Press (2017)
Gary Regan, The Joy of Mixology, Clarkson Potter (2018 updated edition)
Wayne Curtis, And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails, Broadway Books (2018, revised edition)
2018 Revised Edition available on Amazon.com
Dates Unknown?
Bernard, 100 Cocktails, Ronrico Corporation (1920's)
(author unknown), (untitled handwritten distillerʼs manual, Thrifty Drug Stores), The Bolton Printing Co. (19th Century)
(author unknown), Beverage Service Manual, The, South Sea Sales (1940's)
(anon.), Punches & Munches (Central Orange County Alumnae Club), Calvert Distillers Company (1970's)
Leo Engel, American & other Drinks, John Hogg (1880's)
(anon.), Mixtures de Luxe, The Federal Printing Co., Inc (1930's)
Lots of drink origins
Kappa, The Great Resorts Drink Book, Kasuga Boeki K. K. (1980s to 1990's)
(anon.), About Town Cocktail Book, Johnson Smith & Company (1920's to 1930's)
(anon.), For Home Use, (uncredited) (1920's to 1930's)
W. Slagter, How to Mix A Drink, Amsterdam (1930's)
Chas. O. Gash, Untitled (bartender's little black book), Tinsley Brothers - London (1930's to 1940's)
recipe book - The Texas Company - Hand-typed loose leaf notebook
(anon.), Ronricoʼs Official Mixtroʼs Guide, Mixtures de Luxe Publication Office (1940's)
R. T. Huntington, Bartenderʼs Guide to the Best Mixed Drinks, The Dahlʼs (1940's, prewar)
(anon.), Calvert Party Encyclopedia (Calvert Distillers Company), Buzza-Cardozo (1960's)
(anon.), How to Properly Mix Drinks, Angostura Bitters Ltd. (late 1930's)
(anon.), Americana; Eight Cocktail Napkins, Mitchell Printing & Publishing Co., Ltd. (Prohibition Era)
(anon.), Good Cheer For Snake Bites or Something, Angostura Bitters Ltd. (Prohibition Era)
Frederick Davies, Seymour Davies, Drinks of All Kinds, Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club (Prohibition Era)
(anon.), "Home Brewed" Wine & Beers & Bartendersʼ Guide, North Point Press (early 1900's)
(anon.), Guia Profesional de Bebidas Mezcladas, (private) (date unknown)
Buzza-Cardozo of Hollywood [???], Hollywoodʼs Favorite Cocktail Book 1930s, W. Foulsham & Co. Ltd. (date unknown)
Scotty "South Sea Scotty" Guletz, Okolemaluna!, (published by author) (date unknown)
Chuck Lawliss, Manual on Liqueurs, Gallery Books - W. H. Smith (date unknown)
Leroux, Cocktails; American & Fancy Drinks, General Wine & Spirits Company (date unknown)
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The Oscars: Let’s look to tomorrow
Mad Max: Fury Road dominated with six wins for production design, costume design, makeup and hair, film editing, sound editing and sound mixing. And yes, it is remarkable that the costume designer (I was rooting for Sandy Powell who dress the inimitable Cate Blanchett in Cinderella and Carol, and was nominated for both) looked scruffy and underdressed for the occasion but with the glitz on the back of her jacket, it’s clearly a style choice. The cobbler needs new shoes? It’s the only movie I haven’t seen and my son says I really should, if I want to call myself any kind of feminist. It just looks a shade too loud and violent for me!
The big wins were all over the place, a mix of the expected and surprises. In my opinion, the Best Picture award could have gone to Spotlight, The Big Short, Mad Max or the expected winner The Revenant, but Spotlight, a great movie with an important message and a fabulous ensemble cast won, along with Best Original Screenplay, and that felt right.
The Revenant still won critical awards, recognizing Alejandro Inarritu for his genius with Best Director, Emmanuel Ubezki for his vision with Best Cinematography & Leonardo DiCaprio with Best Actor as much for his acting as for his endurance in the wilds while making this movie and his endurance in the industry —he’s been a working actor since the late 80’s, his first of five nominations came in 1994 for What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?
Leo, always a winner in a tuxedo, was sweet and humble as the winner, and used his win to remind us of the reality of climate change. So now that’s it, done. As much as I love him we don’t have to worry about Leo & Oscar, we can go back to wishing Leo & Kate would reunite in something. Anything. Or perhaps he and Brie could get up to something good?
When Brie Larson won Best Actress as expected, her Room co-star Jacob Tremblay cheered her on, looking as proud as only a real son would be. And the moment he stood up and craned his neck, his mouth wide open with wonder at the sight of the Star Wars characters on stage was out of this world. I hope Hollywood doesn’t change that kid, that he doesn’t grow up too soon. Famous last words.
Mark Rylance—who stole the Best Supporting Actor award from presumed winner Sylvester Stallone—made one of the best acceptance speeches of the night. I became familiar with Rylance in last year’s Wolf Hall where he gave a similarly low-key, absolutely brilliant performance as he did in Bridge of Spies. Rylance won my heart with his gracious acceptance speech when he said: "I want to just say thank you to my fellow nominees. I don’t know how they separate my acting from your glorious acting in these wonderful films that you’re in, which everyone must see. I don’t know how they separated the five of us from all the other supporting actors who are making films at the moment. It’s a wonderful time to be an actor and I’m proud to be part of it.” That’s the kind of celebration of film I want to see more of.
Alicia Vikander —second only to Cate Blanchett in terms of What a dress!—won for Best Supporting Actress and while I LOVE Kate Winslet and thought she was brilliant as usual in Steve Jobs, Vikander broke my heart in The Danish Girl. I’ve said it before in this space, Vikander almost stole the movie from Eddie Redmayne.
While the ‘who are you wearing’ ridiculousness was rightly de-emphasized, Cate Blanchett wore it amazingly well. The dress was striking in its simplicity of construction, perfect fit, flattering color and all those frothy flowers, which only Cate, strong, outspoken, feisty Cate could pull off without being overshadowed.
And finally, the elephant in the room. The #OscarsSoWhite issue. Chris Rocked it, took the question of racism in Hollywood and had us look at it from all angles, sharp and funny. You can bet there’ll be a ‘blacklash’ and next year will look different, thankfully. Producers are scrambling, looking for stories of diversity. “Get me Idris Elba on the line, would ya?”
Tomorrow, tomorrow
The good news is there are already stories with men and women of color coming down the line. Films made prior to, and having nothing to do, with this big to-do. Movies made by producers, writers and directors who already recognized the value of showing the world as it is.
I’m familiar with a few of them, the first two from The Ink Factory:
The first is Our Kind of Traitor, which you’ll find under the tab Movies Based on Books 2016. Based on the LeCarre novel, Our Kind of Traitor stars Damian Lewis, Ewan McGregor and Naomie Harris (in a role not written as black), directed by a woman, Susanna White. They didn’t talk about that lack of diversity last night. It’s coming out May 13 in the UK, no date so far in the US. Perhaps this controversy will stir things up? Hope so!
The Ink Factory also has Message from the King with Chadwick Boseman, Luke Evans & Theresa Palmer coming out sometime in 2016. About a ‘mysterious outsider named Jacob King from South Africa arrives in Los Angeles to avenge his younger sister's death.’ My husband worked on that one, produced by LeCarre’s sons, Simon & Stephen Cornwall, the men behind the Ink Factory label. And I went to the wrap party and met Chadwick, a hunky nice guy with a whole lot of charisma.
We’ll also be seeing Star Wars leading man John Boyega playing a pivotal part in The Circle, a role not specifically written as black in Dave Eggers novel, but cast as a young black man by director James Ponsoldt. I just finished the book; loved it but have a feeling I’ll love the movie more. At 500ish pages, there’s definitely material that can be edited away to make a fine film.
So that’s just a few projects to look forward to seeing at next year’s Oscars.
Did you enjoy this year’s show? Let me know, I love hearing your thoughts.
The Complete Oscar Winners List 2016
Spotlight, Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin and Blye Pagon Faust, Producers
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Brie Larson, Room
Best Directing
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant,
“Writing’s On The Wall” from Spectre
Music and Lyric by Jimmy Napes and Sam Smith
Son of Saul (Hungary)
Stutterer
Benjamin Cleary and Serena Armtiage
Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Best Animated Feature Film
Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera
Bear Story
Gabriel Osorio and Pato Escala
Andrew Whitehurst, Paul Norris, Mark Ardington and Sara Bennett
Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudloff and Ben Osmo
Mark Mangini and David White
Margaret Sixel
Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega and Damian Martin
Production Design: Colin Gibson; Set Decoration: Lisa Thompson
Jenny Beavan
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Screenplay by Charles Randolph and Adam McKay
Written by Josh Singer & Tom McCarthy
#OscarsSoWhite Alicia Vikander/ The Danish Girl Brie Larson/ Room Leonardo DiCaprio/The Revenant Mark Rylance/Bridge of Spies Oscars complete winners list 2016 Spotlight The Big Short The Oscars2016
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Dentist Support
Meeting 22nd May 2019
THE HUNTINGDON MARRIOTT HOTEL
TRINITY ROOM
WEDNESDAY 22nd May 2019
7pm Arrival for 7-30pm Start
Jaco Craig - LDC Chairman
Mariana De Villiers - LDC Administrator
Patrik Zachrisson - LDC Treasurer
Amiras Chokshi
Marlise De Vos
Julia Hallam-Seagrave
Claire Jackman
Gawain King
Peter Mullins
Meeraj Patel
Bharpur Sanghera
Francis Scriven
Apologies:
Maria Ross-Russell
Tom Norfolk - LDN Chairman
Greg Kane - Anglia Orthodontics
Brundha Lloyd
Presentation: Greg Kane / Francis Scriven:
Orthodontic procurement remains a difficult issue. With the focus on Orthodontic Tendering the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Local Orthodontic Society (LOC) undertook detailed population forecasts and looked in depth at the origins of orthodontic referrals that are currently present. From this research the LOC believes that the Units of Orthodontic Activity (UOA) provision allocated to cover Cambridge is not adequate to meet the needs of the population that require Orthodontic care in the city and surrounding wards. It is also believed that there are particular considerations concerning the lot allocation of Cambridge and that the underlying Orthodontic needs assessment and Service Review for East Anglia published in 2014, provided by Dental Public Health, underestimated the needs across the region at the time and therefore even more so now.
A Lot is the potential contract size and geographic area. The aim is to commission lots based on a minimum size of 6,500 UOAs which equates to about 250 to 350 starts on a 7 + 3 year contract: 7 years in the first instance with the option available to both parties to extend for up to a further 3 years by mutual agreement.
Data provided under the Freedom of Information (FOI) indicated that provision across the county as a whole for the next ten-year period is proposed to increase by 5.6% from levels set and contracted more than 10 years ago. There has been an explosion in population growth in Cambridge and surrounding areas with new residential areas already build and in the process of being developed. However, the data derived from FOI actually suggest a reduction in provision for Cambridge of 51% at a time when population figures for the city show significant current and forecast growth.
Orthodontic Providers currently have extensive patient waiting lists for assessment and treatment in excess of acceptable periods. Providers have no confidence that the orthodontic needs of the area will be met with the proposed reduction in provision in Cambridge. Whilst it is understood that new Lots have been created elsewhere across the county, this does not address the significant decrease in Cambridge UOAs. Some local providers have patient waiting lists that exceed 1 750 patients, one third of whom it is anticipated will require treatment. This equates to 583 cases/12 250 UOAs. These patients have not been seen or assessed. In addition, those Providers reported a continuing steady flow of new orthodontic referral cases. The same have more than 1 050 cases assessed and requiring treatment at year end which they cannot progress due to shortage of UOAs. This equates to approximately 22 575 UOAs.
This backlog has been building over recent years although Providers have tried their best to manage demand with limited UOAs. Failing to reflect the level of demand for existing cases which will also continue to grow in line with increase in population, the LOC believes that patient care will be seriously and adversely affected and as a consequence result in Providers failing to achieve the “18 week from referral to braces on” scenario.
The LOC believes that the UOA quota for Cambridge needs to be increased to reflect Population growth, Commuters into the city, both state and private School Student Numbers, Referral pathways, Patient choices and NHS Principle . Although some major developments sited, such as Northstowe, are not yet build and will not be completed until the midpoint of the proposed contracts, the combined data show accelerated population growth. The LOC believes it would be advisable not only to add more UOAs but possibly adding additional contracts to the Lot listings.
LDN Chairman’s Report - Tom Norfolk:
Dental Strategy Group (DSG)
The DSG is presently focusing on increasing access and stabilizing high need patients who do not have access to routine dental care. A higher UDA value is being offered. An engagement event was held in Peterborough on 21st March 2019 but interest was not as high as was expected by Area Team (AT).
The is AT looking at areas of high need in which contracts have been given back. Most prevalent reason given is lack of retention of Associates and problems with recruiting. Looking into re-investing this money to increase access, commission new services or enlarge existing services.
LDN App is being developed to ensure quicker feedback/response to LDN proposals. This will be available to Providers and Performers. Due to go live in July 2019.
LDN propose a scheme in Norfolk & Norwich + Kingslynn whereby associates can do ½ day/week of oral surgery/tuition with Max Fax and 4 ½ days in their GDP practice. The aim to offer more incentive for Associates to remain in the East of England area. This may lead to Level 2 accreditation.
Oral Health Steering Group (OHSG)
Suffolk is much more advanced than Peterborough pilot, mainly due to poor funding of Peterborough scheme by Public Health England. Same model may be pushed out to other counties. Need to look at increasing funding for Peterborough pilot.
Addenbrook’s is offering 1 Pediatric Dentistry training post.
Special Care Dentistry (SCD)
Procurement is imminent. Lot 2, which is Cambridgeshire & Peterborough has been awarded to Cambridgeshire Community Services. It is likely that Level 2 accreditation will be rolled out for SCD as well, however no time frame established for this yet.
Peterborough City Hospital is likely to lose secondary care Ortho contract as a replacement consultant cannot be recruited. The AT is in discussion to try and retain the services in Peterborough City Hospital.
Ian Davies (Ipswich Ortho Consultant secondary Care reports that he normally has 2 x trainee posts. Will not be looking to fill post soon to be vacant as most work resolves around Orthognatic surgery. Current Max Fax consultant 68 years of age, due to retire soon and no replacement has been found yet.
Chairman’s / Secretary’s Report - Jaco Craig:
Jaco attended the recent Secretary’s meeting held on 9th May 2019.
The Educator structure review for Foundation Dentists (FD) training particularly has been delayed until NHS England (NHSE) restructuring has been completed but parts of the country have seen an increase in FDs within some schemes from 12 to 16. Concerns were raised about the potential increased distances that FDs might have to travel for their weekly meetings and that the corporate meetings could be replaced by virtual meetings - seen as a retrograde step. Concerns were also raised about the difficulty in recruitment in those more rural parts of our region where large distances to the nearest post grad centre will be a disincentive when trying to recruit FDs.
a new e portfolio is to be developed with an intended introduction in the 2020/2021 year.
Health Education England (HEE) raised concerns about major inconsistencies over the quality of post grad courses and are looking at restructuring the Post grad centres once the NHSE restructuring has completed. Some centres, which were deemed to be vastly underused have already closed in Kings Lynn and Great Yarmouth. The same comments regarding FDs training days relating to the distances to attend post grad courses creating a disincentive for dentist's attendance were raised.
the role of HEE in the PLVE process was discussed and concerns were raised over the ability of HEE to create a consistency of training 'contract' between the trainer and PLVE student. This was accepted as a problem and the PLVE pathway to obtain an NHS performer number for all overseas dentists might become greater with Brexit imminent so it essential to develop a consistent training contract for those undertaking PLVE.
HEE were increasing the number of Clinical Fellows in the region to 7 next year across the region with placements in Colchester, Lincoln, Norwich, Derby and 2 in Northampton.
Restoring Efficiency in Registrants (RERs) are under consultation currently but they have been very supportive for those colleagues going through the PASS and were seen as important support workers for those Dentists in Difficulty DiDs).
Haptik centres. HEE's focus is on providing specialist centres for colleagues intending to re-enter the profession with Haptek machines. There are currently 3 in the region with 2 in Chesterfield. They are seen as the modern way of training!
Year End. Herts South Mids: It is reported that commissioners had shown little support for underperforming contractors with breach notices being issued in February of the following year. There was also very little time for contractors to address underperformance for the following year, given the late notice provided by commissioners. This was much the same in Essex and East with a similar robust approach to breach notices and late announcements of anticipated additional performance required for the following year. It was reported that if a contractor underperforms in the previous year then they are not allowed to over perform by 2% the following year, or if they do then they won't be remunerated for it. Evidence of fledgling 'flexible commissioning' schemes were reported from East Anglia with a scheme to address the difficulty that emergency patients in Cambridgeshire and Norfolk have with accessing a dentist. The AT were offering a 2 year PDS pilot for contractors to see patients as an emergency (1.2 UDAs) followed by a stabilisation phase (2 UDAs) with a UDA value of £60 to reflect the fact that these patients are high needs and often unreliable in attendance. Recruitment is the reason why these emergency patients can't get into a dentist and it is doubtful that this short term 'solution' is going to offer additional access unless the increased UDA values can be seen as a business model to attract another dentist to operate entirely within this pilot - certainly a UDA payment of £25 - £30 might attract a dentist.
Tier 2 accreditation. Essex and East Anglia have been piloting iMOS tier 2 accreditation and have recently reported. Concerns with the process have been
the need for a consistent national accreditation framework for applicants from other parts of the country receiving the same assessment no matter where in the country they applied
issues surrounding referees and references provided from referees deemed inappropriate
lack of funding for those sitting on the Local Evaluation Panel
lack of funding for admin staff
difficulty in accessing appropriate training for those judged to have not achieved the level 2 competence - who delivers it, who funds the trainer and indemnity issues.
in East Anglia, 44% of applicants were rejected as not competent compared with only 17% in London.
PAG/PLDP. The region had varying policies over whether an LRC observer could be present in a PAG meeting - HSMs have an opt in policy whilst Essex and East had an opt out policy. Essex and East had edited their letter sent to colleagues whose case was to be heard at PAG more fairly reflecting the advantages of LRC observers being present.
GDPC. A report was given of the recent GDPC meeting outlining the deliberations over the chair's position following his announcement of his intention to stand for the Brexit party in the forthcoming EU elections. GDPC accepted he could continue currently but would need to stand down in the event of him being elected. The BDA Indemnity offering was presented by Peter Ward, the current MD of the BDA. Concerns were raised over a potential conflict relating to the BDA/GDPC negotiations over State Indemnity, the introduction of which could adversely impact the competing BDA offering.
Contract reform was discussed with modest progress but there is a real likelihood that any rollout would now be delayed till 2021. The NHSE Long Term Plan was discussed with the hope that the regulations around procurement would be repealed thus avoiding further examples of unnecessary procurement as seen with PDS ortho contracts. Essex reported the concerns they had over the lack of attendance at GDPC meetings of one of their reps. This person has been asked to stand down by GDPC and until a by election can be held an observer from Essex has been allowed to attend to cascade communications.
LDC Levy. Each LDC provided the meeting with the current position with their accounts and ability to undertake activities based on their income. Some smaller LDCs were really struggling due to a lack of levy (their countywide contract value being very small based on a small number of contracts) but an expectation to fund attendance at all the meetings that the larger LDCs attend.
LDC Conference 2019. Leah Farrell (chair elect) provided an update of the LDC Conference due to take place in June. All LDCs in the Eastern region are sending representatives. The emphasis will be on the motions presented with shorter presentations from 3 speakers.
NHSE restructuring. With the boundary changes planned over the restructuring of the NHS in England there is now a very real chance that Northamptonshire will become part of the Midlands and leave the Eastern region. This might impact on levy collection with the potential re coding of contractors working within Northants to align with the new cluster but also their attendance at these meetings in the future.
LDC issues. Some LDCs reported real problems with communicating with their commissioners coupled with an apparent lack of ambition on behalf of commissioners to address concerns raised by LDCs.
One LDC reported that they had had to resort to removing an elected LDC member from the committee due to inappropriate behaviour. A referral had been made by another source to the GDC about this individual's similar behaviour, not related to their GDC role. The GDC had however approached the LDC secretary requesting a report of the circumstances which led to the LDC's actions on the members removal. The LDC were concerned over whether they should have whistle blown and felt vulnerable over the GDC's approach.
Orthodontic and SCD procurement. All LDCs reported that both ortho and SCD were currently undergoing procurement. Concerns were raised over the methods used to arrive at ortho lot sizes and it was felt more elegant to use secondary schools as a proxy for identifying geographical placements for those lots than population centres of CCGs which had been shown to create anomalies. HSM had placed questions on the Proactis portal but these had been taken down before they were answered by the commissioners.
Starting well event – Basildon June 2019:
Another Starting Well Event will be held in Basildon in June 2019.
Starting Well is a new innovative programme to ensure children receive better dental advice, launched by the Government.
The programme will help dental teams go out into the community and teach children in high-risk areas about the importance of oral health and encourage parents to take their children to the dentist.
Dental teams will offer this through supporting children’s centres events, supporting tooth brushing clubs in early years settings and supporting health fairs and schools parents’ evenings where these are not already provided.
Currently around a quarter (24.7%) of five-year-olds in England experience tooth decay and 33% of under fives have visited a dentist.
Through Starting Well toothbrush and fluoride toothpaste packs will be given to children in the local community who are at risk of tooth decay.
Dental Check by One:
The campaign, by the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD), aims to remind parents and guardians of the importance of children seeing a dentist by the age of one.
The BSPD believes the first visit to the dentist is an important opportunity for a child to start a life of positive dental care and for parents to get advice on how to keep their child’s teeth healthy and strong.
Some children as young as two and three are being admitted to hospital for extractions under general anaesthetic. Dental Check by One is intended to raise awareness of looking after children’s teeth from an early age.
Perio vs BPE Scoring:
Discussion was held on the guidelines (not statutory) of the new Perio pathway for NHS dentistry. It was concluded that it is too cumbersome and that the time spent on it is not reflected in NHS remuneration. It was deemed not to be appropriate for NHS dentistry and that the current BPE scoring system is an adequate screening system for periodontal disease in NHS Primary Care.
Benevolent Fund:
It was agreed that the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough LDC would make a donation to the Benevolent Fund.
Treasurer’s Report – Patrik Zachrisson:
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough LDC has sponsored part payment of the Professional Dentistry Midlands CPD Event on Saturday, 6th April 2019 at The Kingsgate Conference Centre, Peterborough.
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough LDC continues to be in a healthy financial state.
Date of Next Meeting:
The Cambridgeshire & Peterborough LDC is a statutory body of Dental Practioners who represents all NHS dentists in the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough regions, including those who offer both private & NHS treatment.
Next LDC meeting
4th March 2020 7.00pm
The Huntingdon Marriott Hotel,
Hinchingbrooke Business Park, Kingfisher Way, Kingfisher Way, Huntingdon PE29 6FL
© 2020, Cambs & Peterborough LDC
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Home / Newswires / Torii, the SaaS Management Platform for IT, Announces $3.5M Seed Round at Collision Conference in Toronto
Torii, the SaaS Management Platform for IT, Announces $3.5M Seed Round at Collision Conference in Toronto
May 21, 2019 by Staff
Seed round to fund additional development of “autonomous IT” workflows and build a US-based sales and customer success team
TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Presenting at Collision’s “Breakout Startups” session, CEO Uri Haramati announced this morning that Torii has secured $3.5 million in seed investments. Uncork Capital in Silicon Valley is leading the round, with additional investments from Global Founders Capital in Berlin and Entrée Capital in London.
Torii’s platform allows IT managers to discover, audit, vet and control the SaaS apps that employees use; to optimize SaaS license utilization; and to set up automated workflows that free up the IT team from many of their tedious, regularly mistake-prone processes.
The increasing adoption of cloud computing and SaaS solutions has introduced new challenges for IT leaders. Individual employees and departments can now readily subscribe to SaaS applications that help them perform key tasks and increase productivity. However, these subscriptions are often unsanctioned by IT departments, comprising what is now referred to as “shadow IT.”
In the age of GDPR compliance and elusive cyber threats, regaining control of all software in use in the enterprise is a mission-critical imperative.
The seed round will allow Torii to pursue the next phase in their development roadmap, which will see them adding more sophisticated and customizable automation components into their product.
“In the near future, people will not need to manage software – it will be software that manages software,” said Haramati. “This inevitability is a big part of our vision for Torii, to create one software that manages all software. And for that, you need powerful and versatile workflow engine. The SaaS management platform needs to be able to remove licenses, to add and close accounts, and to intelligently route alert notifications to the right people.”
When asked about his fund’s decision to invest in Torri, Andy McLoughlin of Uncork Capital said, “We chose to invest in Torii because we loved the team, the product, the early traction, and the market. The three founders are experienced tech innovators – they bring valuable experience working in high growth businesses, coupled with developing consumer products. This unique combination makes them an exceptionally compelling founding team. I think you only have to look at the quality of the product they are building and early customer traction to understand that.”
Benedikt Körling of Global Founders Capital believes that SaaS management will become an increasingly important category, “especially SaaS automation, which Torii tackles well,” he said. “Torii’s product is more sophisticated than many other offerings on the market today. It shows the founding team’s deep product understanding, providing IT teams with an unprecedented user experience.”
Haramati sees the custom automation capabilities of his product as being a key differentiator, one which will only strengthen its market positioning as post-funding development continues. “We started out focusing on SaaS visibility, then we added a layer of insights, and now a layer of workflow automation to provide our users with the value they need, in a way that fits their challenges,” he said.
The seed round will allow Torii to pursue the next phase in its development roadmap, which will see them adding more sophisticated and customizable automation components into their product. It will also allow them to build a US-based sales and customer success team to handle the demand for the platform.
Torii is already being used by top brands and companies such as Monday.com, SimilarWeb, Typeform, Payoneer, ClassPass, Delivery Hero and Thrive Global.
About Torii
Torii offers a SaaS management solution that helps enterprises effectively manage their SaaS application use and subscriptions. The company was founded in 2017 and is currently based in Raanana, Israel and New York.
Torii’s team is led by CEO Uri Haramati, a veteran product leader who previously co-founded Life on Air (Meerkat and Houseparty). With him in the executive team are Engineering VP Uri Nativ and CTO Tal Bereznitskey. Naveen Zutshi, the CIO of Palo Alto Networks, is also joining Torii’s team as an advisor.
For more information: www.toriihq.com
Press contact: Dan Edelstein [email protected]
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McKinley gives Reardon 100th win, works through bugs
Steve Doerschuk CantonRep.com sports writer @sdoerschukREP
Given McKinley's dominance of Green Friday, imagine what the Bulldogs can do when they work the bugs out.
CANTON The NFL cleared out and the temporary east end-zone bleachers disappeared, leaving Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium an unfinished beauty.
Installation of a permanent end-zone section will be the finishing touch. Meanwhile, the state's fifth-ranked big-school football team still needs work.
By the same token, beating McKinley anywhere will be quite a job, as other aspects of a 32-8 rout of Green indicated Friday night.
Parts of the first half were as messy as the finished part of the new blue palace is pristine (combined 13 penalties for 122 yards). Yet, by then, McKinley led 223-37 in net offensive yards.
"I thought our defense played really, really well, especially in the first half," said McKinley's Dan Reardon, who notched his 100th overall head coaching win. "I feel like we're playing well. We can get a lot better."
The Bulldogs improved to 4-0 with their fourth win at Benson. Green, 2-2, lost for the first time since the opener.
"Their defense is so fast," Green head coach Jon Wallace said. "And they're so stout up the middle. That's really tough on an offense."
Green had a chance to sting McKinley when Alex Dodd recovered Josh Chandler's fumble of the opening kickoff return at the 32. Then, 235-pound fullback Matthew Amison rammed the ball to the 25 and then to the 19 on consecutive carries.
"We needed to take advantage there," Wallace said.
When three Bulldogs swarmed quarterback Nate Dunway for a sack that led to a fourth-and-22, the threat was over.
The Bulldogs lost a captain while driving 90 yards on 10 plays. With five minutes left, team tackling leader Chandler, playing offense, stayed down on the field for two minutes before rising slowly and limping off. He did not return.
Quarterback Alijah Curtis juked his way to a 25-yard touchdown on the next play.
"I made some bad reads early ... just getting too greedy," Curtis said. "We started out without enough energy, but when Josh went down we needed to pick it up, and we played with high energy."
Curtis, who ran for 100 yards and passed for 176, was hopeful Chandler will be back on the field soon, saying, "He just tweaked a knee."
As with Green's first series, the second stalled on a McKinley sack, this one by Chance Gardner.
The visitors' chance to stay in it began to fade when two defenders came close to intercepting a pass that instead was caught by John Mack for an 18-yard gain to the Green 25.
On fourth-and-goal from the 1, Green stuffed Te'Von Hunter a few inches from the goal line.
A facemask penalty on McKinley, a fumble Green was fortunate to recover, and a punt shanked to the 16 put the home team back in business. Sam Snyder's 33-yard field goal made it 10-0.
A pass interference and an illegal hit to the quarterback's head hurt Green on a 76-yard McKinley series, capped by a pitch to Te'Von Hunter for a 4-yard TD. The lead swelled to 17-0 with 46 seconds left in the half.
The second half began with a 21-yard return of a fumble for a touchdown by middle linebacker Darius Houston. It was 24-0.
By then, Curtis had completed 10 passes for 106 yards, in addition to fooling the defense and catching a screen pass for 26 yards from John Mack. He wound up completing 16 of his 23 passes.
The bugs wouldn't stop buzzing. With a chance to score and create a running clock, a fumble near midfield set up a Green scoring threat, prolonged by two pass interference calls. Nate Dunaway's 6-yard TD pass to Corey Oswald and a 2-point conversion made it 24-8 with 5:30 left in the third quarter.
The clincher was an 86-yard drive capped by Curtis' 32-yard strike over the middle to Prayer Wise, on fourth and long.
McKinley wound up with a 384-105 lead in yards. Imagine what the Bulldogs might look like as a finished project.
Reach Steve at 330-580-8347 or steve.doerschuk@cantonrep.com
On Twitter: @sdoerschukREP
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Is failing to insure the cardinal sin of trading?
posted by Mike Burns
25 February 2014 | Mike Burns
“If you think insurance is expensive, try having an accident”, or so the saying goes. For cargo traders in the logistics chain the potential value of a marine policy covering risks to goods in storage and carriage cannot be underestimated.
To assume that ship or haulier operators or their insurers will pick up the tab for loss claims might not be an unreasonable thought when cargo is lost or damaged due to an obvious lack of care in custody. Images of the stricken container ship, the burning warehouse and the dropped Steinway readily scream culpability. But as previous articles have discussed, such operators will inevitably rely on terms and conditions, or international conventions to limit liability to a fraction of the claim amount e.g. UKWA £100 per tonne, RHA £1,300 per tonne, and BIFA and Hague Visby about £2,000 per tonne. For high value but low weight consignments this can mean slim pickings for the trader; the law reports are strewn with failed attempts to “break” limitation.
To add insult to injury, the modest cheque will often only arrive after a legal battle with operator interests.
Much easier then to be in a position to make a claim under the policy, receive full indemnity for the claim, and leave it to subrogated insurers to take up the liability/recovery battle with the operator.
Two words from the “marine legal curiosity shop” describe another good reason to have marine cargo insurance - general average. When goods are loaded on a vessel the carrier will issue a bill of lading or similar carriage contract. Its clauses will contain the concealed surprise that in the event of a ship casualty, any emergency expenditure incurred by the ship – repair costs, emergency towage and suchlike - have to be shared pro rata by all interests in the “maritime adventure”, as has been seen in the recent MOL COMFORT casualty. That means the cargo owner having to get out the chequebook to pay its share of expense, before having cargo released from the carrier’s lien, even if the cargo has been damaged. Similar principles apply in relation to obligations to pay a share of any salvage award where cargo and vessel have been saved from peril.
Much more preferable, therefore, to have cargo insurers on board to underwrite these additional risks, and to arrange the cumbersome process of providing guarantees and bonds to ship owner and salvor interests.
There should be no complacency, however, that insurers will automatically pay claims for loss and damage. Particularly with sizeable claims, marine insurers can be expected to carefully scrutinise whether there is any “get out”. Typical lines of enquiry include whether all relevant terms have been met and the claim promptly notified, if policy exclusions might apply, if loss was inevitably due to inherent vice of product rather than accident, or whether any warranties have been breached or pre-contract obligations to disclose material facts. There is no substitute for checking the small print. Nonetheless, the changing legal insurance landscape now tends to protect rather than prejudice the bona fide policy holder.
If the cardinal rule of commerce is to make sure you get paid, then a possible cardinal sin of trading may be failing to insure.
☛ Mike Burns is a partner in the marine and transit team at law firm Weightmans.
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Rents continue to rise in August
The rental market remains steady in the face of the various economic and political headwinds the sector has faced recently, according to new figures from the HomeLet Rental Index, widely considered the most comprehensive data available on the UK's private rental market.
The index, which has been redesigned to incorporate additional data on new tenancies, as well as capturing nuances such as property type and location based on expert new mythology and independent advice from Stephen Gibbons, a professor of economic geography at the London School of Economics, shows that rents on new tenancies continued to increase at a modest rate across most parts of the UK over the three months to August.
According to the research, the average cost of a new tenancy in the private rental market in the UK rose by 3.1% to £913pcm in the three months to August 2016, up from £885 per month in August 2015.
The August 2016 HomeLet Rental Index reveals that rents continue to rise in almost every area of the country, with 11 out of the 12 regions surveyed recording an increase over the year to the end of August, with the North East the only region to see annual rents fall, down 1.6% year-on-year.
But while the overall pace of rent rise remains sustainable, it is moderating. The 3.1% increase recorded in August is comparable to annual increases of between 3.5% and 3.8% over the previous four months, with the biggest slowdown recorded in London and the South East. By contrast, annual rental inflation was running at close to 6% this time last year.
Martin Totty, chief executive of Barbon Insurance Group, HomeLet's parent company, said: "The latest Index reflects a market in which landlords are engaged in a delicate balancing act: they're aware of tenants' concerns about affordability while also conscious of the need to achieve target yields. August's figures suggest that rents are continuing to rise at a sustainable pace - ahead of price inflation, but well below house price increases, which were running at close to 6% according to the most recent data.
"In the medium to longer term, the fundamental driver of rents will be the balance between demand and supply for rented property. We expect demand in the private rental sector to continue to grow, in line with demographic changes such as population growth, and as affordability concerns remain in the house purchase market, so it is important that we see efforts to support supply."
Rental figures from the August 2016 HomeLet Rental Index
Average rent in August 2016
Average rent in July 2016
Monthly variation
Based on new tenancies in August 2016
Based on new tenancies in July 2016
Comparison of average rent in August 2016 and July 2016
Comparison of average rent in August 2016 and August 2015
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ECNL comes to San Antonio
By Lupe Metzger, 11/02/16, 10:45AM CDT
Classics Elite Announced
ECNL Welcomes Classics Elite as Member Club in 2017
RICHMOND, VA (November 2, 2016) – The Elite Clubs National League is excited to announce that Classics Elite will be joining the ECNL beginning in the 2017-2018 ECNL Season. The ECNL will be the only national league in which the club will compete, and the focal point of its competitive efforts.
Classics Elite is based in San Antonio, TX, with more than 60 teams and 2 premier training complexes in the San Antonio area. The club is a founding member of the United Soccer Leagues NPL, and currently has girls’ teams in every age group from U14-U19 in the Texas Champions League. The club has a strong track record of player development, with multiple players in youth national teams, USYS Regional ODP and US Club Soccer’s id2 Program in the past 5 years. Significantly, more than 40 players from Classics Elite have participated in the ECNL in the past 5 years as Discovery Players, and the club has placed nearly 40 players into college soccer in the past 3 years.
“We are very excited to welcome Classics Elite, and the San Antonio soccer market generally, into the ECNL,” said ECNL President Christian Lavers. “The club’s players have been recognized as top players for many years in multiple different identification programs, and they have always supported the best development pathway for their elite players. Classics Elite has shown the leadership integrity and developmental focus that epitomizes an ECNL club, and they will be a fantastic new member of the league.”
“Classics Elite has been committed for 10 years to provide a top soccer environment for female players in San Antonio who can excel in competitive sport and in life,” said Classics Elite Director of Coaching Brian Monaghan. “With the ECNL being the undisputed number one girls program in the country, it is a great privilege for Classics Elite and a great opportunity for San Antonio soccer to be invited to join the league in 2017.”
Classics Elite will begin formal competition in the ECNL in August 2017. Additional new clubs will be announced in the ECNL in the coming weeks.
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Here are the best parks in each state, according to Outside magazine
June is National Camping Month, celebrating spending more than a few hours outside and encouraging us all to get out of our backyards.
Outside, a magazine devoted to how we interact with the outdoors, compiled a list of the best parks in the country. The list prioritizes natural beauty alongside lower crowds, so you won't have to shove your way past people to get a great look.
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You can view Outside's full list, along with descriptions for each park, here.
Here are the parks from each state that made the cut:
Alabama: Little River Canyon National Preserve Alaska: Kenai Fjords National Park Arizona: Red Rock Ranger District Arkansas: Buffalo National River California: Redwood National and State Parks Colorado: Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Connecticut: American Legion and Peoples State Forest Delaware: Cape Henlopen State Park Florida: Biscayne National Park Georgia: Cumberland Island National Seashore Hawaii: Waiʻānapanapa State Park Idaho: Hells Canyon National Recreation Area Illinois: Kickapoo State Recreation Area Indiana: Brown County State Park Iowa: Backbone State Park Kansas: Wilson State Park Kentucky: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area Louisiana: Kisatchie Bayou Recreation Complex Maine: Baxter State Park Maryland: Assateague Island National Seashore Massachusetts: Mount Greylock State Reservation Michigan: Isle Royale National Park Minnesota: Voyageurs National Park Mississippi: Gulf Island National Seashore Missouri: Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park Montana: Flathead National Forest Nebraska: Smith Falls State Park Nevada: Great Basin National Park New Hampshire: Franconia Notch State Park New Jersey: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area New Mexico: Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument New York: Adirondack Park North Carolina: Cape Lookout National Seashore North Dakota: Theodore Roosevelt National Park Ohio: Cuyahoga Valley National Park Oklahoma: Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge Oregon: Oswald West State Park Pennsylvania: Ohiopyle State Park Rhode Island: Arcadia Management Area South Carolina: Congaree National Park South Dakota: Custer State Park Tennessee: Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail State Park Texas: Big Bend National Park Utah: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Vermont: Smugglers' Notch State Park Virginia: Shenandoah National Park Washington: North Cascades National Park West Virginia: New River Gorge National River Wisconsin: Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Wyoming: Bridger Wilderness Area
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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 690
RE: S.B. No. 1430
Your Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental
Affairs, to which was recommitted S.B. No. 1430, S.D. 1,
entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO JUVENILE SAFETY,"
The purpose of this measure is to require children under the
age of twelve to wear a helmet while operating a motor scooter,
moped, mini-bike, all terrain vehicle, skateboard, inline skates,
roller skates, toy bicycle, tricycle, bicycle, unicycle, or other
wheeled apparatus on a public street or other public property.
Testimony in support of this measure was received from the
Department of Transportation, Hawaii State Department of Health,
Hawaii Bicycling League, Keiki Injury Prevention Coalition, and
one individual.
Your Committee finds that wearing a safety helmet is the
single most effective method of preventing death and reducing the
severity of non-fatal head injuries in bicycle collisions.
Requiring minors under the age of twelve to use a helmet during
other recreational activities that involve wheeled apparatuses
will reduce the severity and likelihood of head injuries during a
collision.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
a SB1430 SD2
(1) Replacing the reference to the highway safety
coordinator with the correct reference to the director
of transportation;
(2) Deleting motor scooters, mopeds, tricycles, and toy
bicycles from the definition of "wheeled apparatus";
(3) Replacing the current penalty provisions that fine
parents or guardians of a child who violate the helmet
requirement $200 for the first violation, $300 for the
second violation, and $500 for subsequent violations
with provisions that serve the parents with written
warnings for the first and second violations and
imposes a $50 fine per violation thereafter; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes
of clarity.
Committee on Transportation and Intergovernmental Affairs that is
attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the
intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1430, S.D. 1, as amended herein,
and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached
hereto as S.B. No. 1430, S.D. 2.
and Intergovernmental Affairs,
CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair
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Carnival Corporation & plc Historical Background
Although the name Carnival Corporation didn’t come into existence until 1994, the foundation for the company was laid when its flagship brand, Carnival Cruise Lines, was formed in 1972 by cruise industry pioneer, the late Ted Arison.
After achieving its position as "The World’s Most Popular Cruise Line", in 1987 Carnival made an initial public offering of 20 percent of its common stock which provided the initial influx of capital that allowed the company to begin expanding through acquisition.
Over the years, Carnival has acquired representation in virtually every market segment of the cruise industry, including premium operator Holland America Line in 1989 (the purchase included niche operator Windstar Cruises and Alaskan/Canadian tour operator Holland America Tours); luxury brand Seabourn in 1992; Genoa, Italy-based contemporary brand Costa Cruises, Europe’s number one cruise operator, in 1997; and venerable premium/luxury operator Cunard Line in 1998, which built the world’s largest ocean liner, the 150,000-ton Queen Mary 2.
Micky Arison, Carnival Chairman and CEO, and Howard Frank, Vice Chairman and COO, ring the closing bell at the NYSE on April 22, 2003, signaling the end of the first day of trading of Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc shares (symbol: CCL) on the New York and London stock exchanges.
In April 2003, agreements were finalized to combine Carnival Corporation with P&O Princess Cruises plc, creating the world’s first global cruise operator encompassing 12 highly recognizable brands and making the new company one of the largest leisure travel companies in the world.
The merger with P&O Princess Cruises included some of the most recognizable brands in ocean-going travel – premium brand Princess Cruises, which gained worldwide acclaim from the hit television series, “The Love Boat”; P&O Cruises, an esteemed British cruise operator; contemporary brand P&O Cruises Australia, the country’s largest cruise operator; AIDA Cruises, Germany’s number one cruise company; Ocean Village, a contemporary United Kingdom operator catering to a younger, active clientele; and Swan Hellenic, a premium United Kingdom brand offering a distinctive and refined cruise experience.
Carnival’s unprecedented rise to the world’s largest cruise operator can be attributed to its ability to manage brand autonomy, with each major cruise line maintaining separate sales, marketing and reservation offices, as well as through the industry’s most aggressive shipbuilding program.
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The launch of Carnival Cruise Lines is a classic tale of the American Dream. Started by the late Ted Arison, the company began operation in 1972 with a boatload of vision, a single secondhand ship and just enough fuel to make a one-way trip from Miami to San Juan.
Relying on little more than a contagious level of enthusiasm, Arison forged a partnership to build the young company into a full-fledged cruise line. Two years later, Carnival was still a struggling, small-time operator. But Arison remained as focused on his goal as ever. In 1974, he proved his determination, buying full ownership of the ailing Carnival – and its precarious future – for $1 in cash and the assumption of $5 million in debt.
Tenacious, driven and supremely confident, Arison spent the rest of his life making business strides that have become the stuff of seafaring legend – changing the tide for Carnival and turning a $1 investment into the most popular and profitable cruise line in the world.
Carnival got its start in 1972 with a single ship, the Mardi Gras, a converted ocean liner which featured a number of innovative elements along with a festive onboard ambiance unlike any other cruise ship sailing at the time. The success of the Mardi Gras was instrumental in Carnival’s growth. The entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering vision of Carnival’s founder, the late Ted Arison, provided a solid foundation for the company’s future.
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Professor Henry Higgins
Play Summary
About Pygmalion
Alfred Doolittle
George Bernard Shaw Biography
Character Analysis Professor Henry Higgins
Henry Higgins, forty years old, is a bundle of paradoxes. In spite of his brilliant intellectual achievements, his manners are usually those of the worst sort of petulant, whining child. He is a combination of loveable eccentricities, brilliant achievements, and devoted dedication to improving the human race. Yet he is completely socially inept; his manners are so bad that his own mother does not want him in her house when she has company, and his manners are so offensive that she will not attend the same church at the same time. Since manners have always been the subject matter of comedies from the time of Aristophanes, Higgins' view of manners differs greatly from his own actions. His use of phonetics to make a flower girl into a duchess does not mean that the play is about phonetics; the play concerns different definitions of manners, and thus Higgins' actions must be taken fully into account.
Henry Higgins is a confirmed bachelor, and this fact alone should rule out all popularizers who would create a romantic entanglement between Higgins and Eliza. In addition, he is so set in his ways that he announces to Eliza that if someone doesn't want to get run over, they had better get out of his way. To accomplish his aims, he will trample on anyone's feelings — whether that person be a flower girl in Covent Garden or a real duchess or a lady in his mother's elaborate drawing room. Thus, one of Higgins' claims to equality is not that he doesn't have manners (it is a foregone conclusion that he has none), but that he treats all people alike. However, he only thinks that he does; he is not as egalitarian and democratic as he likes to think that he is. When Higgins first meets Eliza in Covent Garden and is taking down her vocal sounds, he is extremely clever — so clever, in fact, that his horribly bad manners are accepted by the audience as being clever. In his tirade against Eliza, when he vents his wrath against her, we tend, on first hearing his tirade, to forgive him because he has such an admirable command of the English language as he simply rips to pieces a "guttersnipe" and "a squashed cabbage leaf." Note his superb language: "A woman who utters such depressing and disgusting sounds has no right to be anywhere — no right to live. Remember that you are a human being with a soul and the divine gift of articulate speech . . . don't sit there crooning like a bilious pigeon." Anyone who can deliver such splendid invective is admired for his or her brilliant, spontaneous use of the English language, and especially when it is directed against so lowly a person as this flower girl from the slums. But in a play dealing with manners, no proper gentleman would utter such condemnations. Later, we find out that Colonel Pickering treated Eliza properly from the very first. Thus, in spite of Higgins' claiming to treat all people with the same manners, he certainly does not treat Mrs. Eynsford-Hill and Clara with such a display of invective, and both of these characters represent everything that Higgins abhors; they represent the worst sort of upper-middle-class hypocrisy that both he and Doolittle despise. But in spite of his bad manners, Higgins is clever, and we do admire his cleverness, even at the expense of a flower girl.
Why else do we like Higgins? Because he is Shaw's creative rebel who floats through many of Shaw's dramas. Higgins rejects middle-class moralities. He admires do-nothing Doolittles for their honesty in asserting that they are the undeserving poor, he will devote his scientific skill to changing a flower girl into a duchess, he is ultimately interested in the soul of his creation (Eliza-Galatea) and not in her pronunciation, and he is devoted to improving the human race by his own scientific methods. And, last, we cannot deny his charm: Mrs. Pearce, his housekeeper, has often threatened to leave because of Henry's atrocious manners (improper language, improper dress, bad table behavior, etc.), but she is always charmed by him into remaining with him. Ultimately, Eliza is also so charmed by her association with Higgins (and Pickering) that she does not want to live with someone else. But if Higgins is charming, he is also a tyrannical bully; if he is devastatingly intelligent, he is also ignorantly insensitive to the feelings of others; if he is god-like in his achievements, he is childishly petulant in his wanting his own way; if he believes in his scientific methodology, he is also something of the intuitive poet; and if he is a man so confident of his aim in life, he is also a man so ignorant of his own personality that he really thinks himself timid, modest, and diffident. Thus, his appeal remains partly in the many contradictions that he is heir to.
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Alfred Doolittle appreciates his job as a dustman because
he can make lots of money to care for his family.
he gets big tips from rich people.
he's considered a hero for doing something few others would attempt.
it's so low on the social class scale, it has no morals associated with it.
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Here in our Hall of Fame, we applaud outstanding students who have displayed exemplary performance and passion for tech! Be it participating in competitions, or coding for leisure, we provide the guidance and exposure for students to excel. At Coding Lab, each and every child has an opportunity to shine.
National Olympiad in Informatics (NOI) 2019
Youngest Medallist
Elijah, 13
Anglo Chinese School (Independent)
Elijah receiving his award at NOI 2019
Meet Elijah – The youngest medallist for the National Olympiad in Informatics (NOI) 2019, one of the most prestigious competitions for coding, organised annually by the National University of Singapore (NUS).
Modelled after the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI), the ultimate international computing competition, NOI works in line with the national goal of inculcating an IT-savvy Singapore, seeking to stimulate interest and awareness of the intricacies of coding within schools. The nation-wide competition consists of a 5-hour session whereby each participant is made to solve solutions for various programming tasks, and then judged based on their accuracy and execution.
Young(er) and starry-eyed, 13-year-old Elijah has grown from the then inquisitive Primary Fiver into one of Coding Lab’s most stellar teenage talents. We identified him when he was still in Primary School and he has since flourished in our NOI C++ Training programme (Course by invitation only). We are all immensely proud of his growth over the years. Keep it up!
Medallist
David, 14
United World College
David receiving his award at NOI 2019
David, 14, started on our basic Python course in mid-2018 and quickly progressed through the levels with his passion in programming. We put him in our NOI training programme where he flourished and continued to challenge himself to practice hard and learn more. We are incredibly proud of his success – achieving Bronze on his first try at the NOI. Way to go, David!
POSB i.Code National Competition 2019
1st Prize and Most Innovative Award
Team ajdisjd, Stephanie, Sandra, Yuxiu (15)
CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’ School (Secondary)
1st Prize + Most Innovative Award, Team ajdisjd (CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’ School)
Congratulations to our students, Stephanie, Sandra and Yuxiu from CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School whose project titled ‘The Sounds of Singapore’ came in at First place and also scored the Most Innovative Award at this years National [i.code] competition, triumphing more than 40 Secondary Schools who took part from all over Singapore!
These girls have been with us for the past 2 years, starting from our Intermediate to completing our Advanced App development courses and it is truly heartening to see how much they have grown, combined with the result of their passion, hardwork and dedication. Keep up the great work!
MIT App Inventor Global Summit, USA, 2019
3rd Prize (Beginner Category, Hackathon)
Anthony (12), Aaron (13)
Singapore American School
Anthony and Aaron receiving their certificates for 3rd place
Coming in 3rd for the Beginner Category hackathon at this global summit was Aaron and Anthony’s informative app. Their app, which they endearingly named ‘Trapp’, seeks to educate users on landfills and composting — Indeed, the amount of waste we generate everyday is a huge problem in today’s consumerist world!
An outstanding students of our App Inventor and Advanced Computer Scientist classes, the boys have displayed a strong flair for coding and we’re so glad to see them shine — Impressive work, coders!
Honourable Mention
Hwa Chong International
Sarah and her family, trekking in the USA
Another of our eminent representatives at the National Olympiad in Informatics (NOI), Sarah is proud to have clinched an Honourable mention at the annual competition in March 2018, in just less than 6 months of learning to code.
First introduced to coding through the Python meets Math course, Sarah was deeply inspired by her patient instructor Mr. Foo, whose passion for coding was, in her own words, contagious. Upon completing the course, she gained the courage to explore and a fervent interest to dive deeper into the realm of code — one of which was by taking up NOI as a challenge.
Besides experimenting with algorithms, Sarah also enjoys baking and taichi fan in her free time. She is also a proud owner of Discus fish.
IMDA i.Code National Competition 2018
Merit and Most Popular Award
Poster on Nuitrition Facts, An Alexa Skill
Also participated in the i.code National Competition 2018, our two teams Team Trio Dorito and ajdisjd from CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’ are pleased to have won the Merit Award and Most Popular Award respectively.
Tasked with the goal of solving real-world problems with Alexa skills, these two teams sought to lighten the load of teachers with the Teacher’s Assistant App and promoted healthier lifestyles with a Nutrition Facts App.
It was an absolute joy for Coding Lab to have mentored these students in Advanced App Development, for their enthusiasm really rubs off. Armed with a goal of bettering society on one hand and a solid foundation in code on the other, these students are certainly off to a bright future!
Best Presentation Award
Team TrendSetter
Dunman High School
Our Dunman High students with their poster at iCode 2017
Team TrendSetter from Dunman High unite as one in their vision of revolutionising the delivery of news in today’s world. Their app, which won Best Presentation Award in the i.code 2017 National Competition, sought to combat the time restraints of our fast paced society by providing bite-sized news and data on the go.
It was an absolute pleasure for Coding Lab to have mentored these students in Advanced App Development.
Most Popular Award
Team Light Ray
Poster on HeartWare, An Android App by Team Light Ray at iCode 2017
In the i.code National Competition 2017, our team from St Nicholas Girls’ School, Team Light Ray, sought to keep users on track with their daily health routines by programming an app to manage and set reminders. Their app have thus achieved the Most Popular Award.
We are pleased to have taught this talented group of girls Intermediate App Development. When you mix brains and creativity together, you can achieve anything. Keep it up!
Built a Stock-rating algorithm
Surya, 14
Surya having fun with an ancient typewriter
Intrigued by financial markets at the tender age of 14, Surya incorporates his knowledge of Python to formulate a stock-trading algorithm, after attending our Masterclass in Data Analytics and Media Insights.
Having just started his coding journey with our basic Python (S101) course in 2017, the Raffles Institution student has since progressed to S121 and C++ programming. Our ambitious student seeks to further refine his project which he has developed during the workshop with a graphical user interface (GUI) and full forecasting. He also seeks to draw on real-life market data, use machine learning to predict stock price behaviour and implement a feature where the program could scrape the web and build a database of events which may cause stock prices to change, and better advise users.
Besides the stock-trading algorithm, Surya is actively involved in various coding projects. He trains for the annual National Olympiad in Informatics (NOI) with Coding Lab. Outside of class, he reads on data structures and algorithms, and has created accounts on multiple competitive programming websites such as TopCoder, CodeForces, CodeChef and dunjudge.me.
Built a facebook app for the elderly
Ian, 14
Ian In Class
Utilising his coding skills for the greater good, our young student, Ian, is proud to conceive a meaningful app for the elderly all by himself. At just age 14, the Hwa Chong Institution (HCI) student has launched his very own app, Silver Plus, which fosters engagement within the elderly community.
We remember Ian as an intelligent child back when he started off with our basic Python (S101) course in 2017 and he has since then mastered more languages such as C++ programming. He is likely to go far in his endeavours to give back to society while harnessing his technological prowess.
Hwa Chong Infocomm Challenge (2019)
Ang Jun Ray, 12
Tao Nan School
Jun Ray receiving his award at the HCI Infocomm Challenge 2019
A huge round of applause for our student Ang Jun Ray, who amongst all other Primary Six students from schools across Singapore, emerged as champion in the HCI Infocomm Challenge 2019!
The 12-year old boy has come a long way from the inquisitive student two years back. Step by step, he conquered each and every course of our learning roadmap, finally acing our Python S111 course at the mere age of 11.
Today, having already completed S121, the humble coder continues to hone his programming skills with S121P. Jun Ray has been nothing but enthusiastic, bright and most of all, hardworking. We couldn’t be more proud. Keep up the hard work, young coder!
2nd Prize (Best Poster Award)
Anthony, 12, Adam, 12, Joshua, 10
Anthony, Adam and Joshua with their winning poster (2nd Place)
Competing with a global pool of participants, these 3 boys represented Singapore and flew all the way to MIT and clinched the 2nd Prize for the Best Poster Award – a FIRST for Singapore! Their app and poster was based on the rise of ride-hailing services and their associated risks, where the team sought ways to monitor and improve passenger safety. And so came the app “Roadsafe — A Better Driving Initiative”, which allows ride-hailing companies to objectively measure their drivers’ performance and safety profile.
Under the guidance of their tutors, the team set about working judiciously on their app and poster for the conference, which utilised Data Analytics to build a mathematical model to rate drivers’ performance using data collected from mobile phone sensors.
Always energetic and inquisitive, these boys have truly done Singapore proud and they have never failed to impress their tutors during their App Inventor and Advanced Computer Scientist classes. Keep it up!
Joshua, 10, 2nd Prize (Advanced Category, Hackathon)
Adam, 12, 2nd Prize (Beginner Hackathon)
Adam, Anthony and Joshua receiving their certificates for 2nd place
With Nature, Environmental Issues and Human Ecology as the hackathon theme, coming in 2nd place for the Beginner category was Adam’s utility app which calculates shower water usage based on water pressure — Very innovate indeed!
Joshua’s recycling app which informs users what’s recyclable and what’s not won 2nd Place for the Advanced Category. User intuitive and meaningful, his app stood out a cut above the other participants.
Adam and Joshua are both regular students of our Advanced Computer Scientist roadmap and have shown tremendous potential and improvement since their App Inventor days. They continue to shine on a global stage as their share passion for coding with everyone. Congratulations, boys!
IMDA Code::XtremeApps:: National Hackathon 2019
Aahan (8), Leah (10), Ziv (11)
Tanglin Trust School, Methodist Girls School, Yew Tee Primary
Aahan and Leah on stage to receive their 1st place award (Ziv: Absent)
Meet our three talents who have surpassed all expectations with their outstanding performance at the CXA 2019 Hackathon!
The CXA hackathon is organised annually by IMDA to challenge minds and inspire innovative solutions for current issues. The theme was “Digital Transformation for a Better World”, and the focus was on improving the sustainability of the world we live in with new innovative and transformative digital solutions. Participants addressed real-world challenges related to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.
They’ve come so far since joining our introductory Scratch 1 courses and have displayed immense potential with quick progression and regular practice through our Young Computer Scientist courses of varying difficulty. Practice makes perfect indeed!
National Microsoft Minecraft Cup 2019, Japan (Tokyo)
Best Coding Award
Team Coding Lab
15 students from Japan and Singapore
Best Coding Award – Minecraft Cup 2019 (Tokyo, Japan)
Congratulations to our students for achieving the Best Coding Award at the Minecraft Cup 2019 in Tokyo, Japan! The transnational team consisted of students from Coding Lab Japan and Coding Lab Singapore.
Their project CodeTropolis, was selected to win out of more than 130 participating entries.
Our student representatives attended the award ceremony at Microsoft, Japan where they received the certificate for the award. What a great result for all the hard work put in by the students, tutors and everyone from the team. Fabulous job!
Brands’ Inter-School Robotics Competition 2017
Champion (Overall 1st Position)
Coding Lab Gifted Coders
Coding Lab Gifted Coders Team Receiving Top Prize
Our team from our Gifted Coders Programme emerged as champions in the Inter-Primary Robotics Competition, held jointly with Brands Singapore. More than 30 schools participated in the selection round, and only 5 finalists were chosen. Participants were accessed based on their algorithm, speed, and creativity in dressing up the mBot. Excellent teamwork and effort, students!
A Little Somebody (2017)
Lianhe ZaoBao Feature
Jake, 9
Catholic High School (Primary)
Jake In Class
We are proud to have one of our students, Jake, featured on #ALittleSomebody, by Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报. An avid gamer, Jake capitalises on his passion for computer games to formulate his own. At just the age of 9, the child prodigy has programmed many of his own games, ranging from his favourite game which he endearingly names Bat in a Bat game, a birthday app for his dad, to a Minecraft inspired game for his little brother.
Jake is the youngest student in the Gifted Coders Programme, as he has been scouted for his strong analytical and problem skills ever since he joined a short starter course with Coding Lab. Keep it up!
Appjamming Competition (2019)
Top 6 Semi-finalists
Jake, 10 / Raphael, 11 / Andrew, 9
Coding Lab team at MIT App Inventor Competition
Jake (10), Raphael (11), and Andrew (9) unite as a team and have emerged as the Top 6 semi-finalists in AppJamming 2019, with their innovative quiz app about different cultures all over the world.
The AppJamming Summit (AJS) is an international app design competition for young app developers around the globe to demonstrate their creativity and programming prowess through mobile app creation. Established in 2014, the AJS has since then engaged over 400 students from various countries and has equipped a new generation of young coders with relevant coding and presentation skills.
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Finance, economics and music
The shoebox swindle
By Frances Coppola - July 18, 2012
It's morning in the charming little village of Britham. A man - let's call him John - goes into his local bank.
"I want to borrow £1000", he says.
"Let's see what we can do", says the bank manager.
After close inspection of John's payslips and a few phone calls to local shops and tradesmen to check that John has always paid his bills and paid for his goods, the bank manager agrees to give him the loan.
"l'll just sort that out for you now", he says.
He disappears through the door into the back office. Once in the office, he gets out a shoebox. Into the shoebox he puts.....well, we'll find out later what bank managers put in shoeboxes. Then he seals the box and stamps it with an official bank stamp saying "£1000". He takes the box back out to where John is waiting.
"Here you are", he says. "Here's your loan". He and John shake hands, and John leaves, carrying his shoebox.
John takes his shoebox to the bike shop to buy his son a bike for his birthday. The bike he wants is on sale at £500. John hands the shoebox to Fred, the bike shop owner. "There's one thousand pounds," he says. "Can you give me change?"
Fred doesn't have £500 cash in the till, but he has another shoebox with an official bank stamp saying "£500" that someone gave him earlier. So the two swap shoeboxes.
John takes the new shoebox to the grocer, where he buys his week's shopping and hands the shoebox over in payment. Muttering beneath his breath "people seem to think I'm a b***y bank!", Bob the grocer gives him three shoeboxes. each marked "£100", plus £80 in cash. Bob then takes the £500 shoebox to the bank. "Can you look after this for me, please?" he says.
Armed with the shoebox that John gave him, Fred goes to the wholesaler to replenish his bike stocks. Outside the wholesaler's warehouse is a large sign saying "CASH ONLY - NO SHOEBOXES". Fred is slightly puzzled by this, but doesn't think anything of it. After all, the shoebox contains £1000, so all he has to do is open the box.....
Opening the box takes him a while, because whoever sealed it used industrial-strength glue. And all the while the wholesaler watches pityingly. He's seen people do this before.
Eventually Fred manages to get the box open. And inside is - nothing.
"I'VE BEEN SWINDLED!" he shouts. John is nowhere to be seen, but the bank that issued the shoebox is still open. He runs in. "This box is empty. Where's the money?" he cries.
"I'm really sorry, sir", says Joe the cashier. "Our back office must have forgotten to put in the money. If you will take a seat, I'll go and get it for you."
Slightly relieved, Fred sits down. Joe runs through to the back office.
"Someone's opened their box!" he cries. Everyone stops whatever they were doing. The manager turns ashen.
"How much?" he asks.
"One thousand pounds", says Joe.
"Crikey", mutters Stacey the clerk. "We'll never raise that much from a whipround!"
She is indeed correct. The amount they manage to raise by emptying their pockets is £100, mainly in used £10 notes.
Joe rings round the banks in the nearby villages to see if he can borrow the £1000, but none of them want to know. Apparently a bank in Pondland ran out of money and went bust, and now none of the banks will lend money to other banks in case those banks also go bust and they lose their money.
"I've got a better idea," says the manager. "Give me one of those £10 notes".
He runs out to the street. Opposite is a stately-looking shop called "Britham's Printers". Its owner sees him coming.
"How much is it this time?" he says.
"A hundred of these, and I need them quickly!" He hands over the £10 note.
The printer goes out to the back of his shop, where there is a printing press. He runs off one hundred £10 notes.
"Here you are," he says. "I need it back tomorrow, though, and I'm keeping your £10 as payment. Oh, and I need some security. How about that gold watch you're wearing?"
The bank manager gives him his gold watch and walks back to the bank carrying the new banknotes. He goes in by the side door so Fred doesn't see him, and he gives the notes to Joe. Joe carries the bundle of notes through to the front office where Fred is waiting.
"Here's your money, sir," he says. "I'm so sorry about that". He picks up the shoebox, carries it through to the back office and puts it on the shelf.
Fred walks home a happy man. The bank manager is not so happy, though. He has to raise one thousand pounds by the end of next day or he loses his gold watch. And the printer doesn't accept shoeboxes - after all, he knows what is in them.
The next day, Fred takes his £1000 in new £10 notes to the bike wholesaler and hands it over in return for a consignment of bikes. The wholesaler takes the £1000 to the bank and hands it in in return for a shoebox stamped "£1000". After all, shoeboxes you get directly from the bank must be ok. It's only shoeboxes from customers that could be dodgy. Can't be too careful these days! Mind you, that shoebox is a bit battered - looks as if it's been opened before, maybe?
The bank manager takes the £1000 cash to the printer and hands it over. The printer returns his gold watch to him.
"See you tomorrow", he says.
But next day, the headline on the local newspaper reads, "LOCAL BANK RUNS OUT OF MONEY - HAS TO GET EMERGENCY FUNDING". It seems that when she got home, Stacey told her husband about the emergency printing yesterday, and her husband went to the pub that evening.....anyway, somehow the story got out and now it is all over the local papers. Bob the grocer sees this and thinks, "Oh heck, I put £500 into that bank yesterday! I'd better get it out!"
Outside the bank is a VERY long queue......
The shoebox shortage - part 2 of the Britham saga
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Olamide Ewetusa 18 July 2012 at 18:40
Interesting story! It was quite funny, and you had a great use of dialogue. Thanks for posting!
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Oldrightie 18 July 2012 at 19:36
No pub would be involved these days, Frances. All closed to prevent such info getting around!
Luke 18 July 2012 at 19:38
So the moral is that banking is a bit like making sausages - best not to watch too closely. But is it safe to base an important industry on the hope that no one watches closely? Take it from me, no one outside banking or economics graduates will ever understand what is going on. No solution offered - 10 years ago we (ie normal people) just didn't think about banks, any more than we thought about other utilities.
Conscience Warrior 20 July 2012 at 16:28
I'd say the moral is that the value of money comes from the fact that we know we can buy things with it, rather than some sort of commodity backing.
AplíkmUj 19 July 2012 at 10:20
Very nice story, love it.
Howard B 20 July 2012 at 22:16
Quaint to see: "I'm a b***y bank."
Until the 30's in England no one ever said "bloody."
Then Liza Doolittle shocked everybody with:
"Not bloody likely." The phrase cautiously morphed into
"Not Pygmalion likely." Now the word is so commonplace
that there's really no bloody need to worry about it.
Frances Coppola 22 July 2012 at 13:42
Except that Blogger censored your comment! I've just found it in the spam folder!
Brian 3 August 2012 at 16:25
payroll solutions 6 August 2012 at 06:16
You should be careful on which bank you should deposit your money.
shoes 12 February 2014 at 08:39
Very nice story. Thanks
Lessons from the Long Depression
By Frances Coppola - April 13, 2019
A version of this post appeared on Pieria in December 2013.
In my post “The desert of plenty”, I described a world in which goods and services are so cheap to produce that less and less capital is required for investment , and so easy to produce that less and less labour is required to produce them. Prices therefore go into freefall and there is a glut of both capital and labour. This is deflation.
There are two kinds of deflation. There is the “bad” kind, where asset prices go into a tailspin and banks and businesses fail in droves, bankrupting households and governments and resulting in massive unemployment, poverty and social collapse. America experienced this in the Great Depression and narrowly avoided it in the Great Recession. More recently, at least one European country has felt the effects of this catastrophe.
But there is also another kind. This is where falling costs and increasing efficiency of production create a glut of consumer goods and services. In other words, supp…
The Case for People's Quantitative Easing
Last night, the Resolution Foundation hosted a debate to launch my book, "The Case for People's Quantitative Easing". A great panel consisting of Jagjit Chadha, Director of NIESR; Fran Boait, Executive Director of Positive Money; and James Smith, Research Director of the Resolution Foundation, debated my ideas with immense verve, ably moderated by Torsten Bell, Chief Executive of the Resolution Foundation. You can watch the debate here.
In 2008, QE did a great job of supporting asset prices and preventing the disastrous deflationary spiral of the 1930s. But since then, enormous quantities of asset purchases by central banks around the world have proved unable to raise aggregate demand and kickstart growth.
Although central banks didn't do a bad job in the last recession, many of the tools they used won't work in the next one, not least because the legacy of the tools themselves has not yet dissipated. Interest rates are on the floor, central bank balance sheets …
The high price of dollar safety
By Frances Coppola - August 27, 2019
The world is saving like crazy. Corporations are building up cash mountains that they can’t or won’t invest in expanding their businesses. Individuals are building up pensions and precautionary savings. Governments, especially in developing countries, are building up FX reserves. The “savings glut,” as former Fed chairman Ben Bernanke dubbed it, shows no signs of dissipating. It is sloshing around the world looking for a productive home. But there isn’t one - or at least, not one that offers the safety that fearful investors desperately crave. That, fundamentally, is what is driving down the returns on assets.
It is also the primary cause of the wide US trade deficit. The President likes to think that the reason for the US’s persistent trade deficits is unfair trade practices and currency manipulation. And for some countries, these are undoubtedly contributing factors. But the biggest reason by far is the global dominance of the dollar, and above all, the pre-eminence of dollar-deno…
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Fears housing plan at Mabe could force quarry to close and lose 35 jobs
A boisterous and packed public meeting heard strong objections to the proposal for the affordable homes-led development, which the village said it does not want or need
Richard WhitehouseLocal Democracy Reporter
Concerns have been raised that the proposal to build homes at Mabe could lead to someone being killed on local roads (Image: Ian Taylor/Geograph)
While almost all attention was on the House of Commons last night (Tuesday, January 15) for people from Mabe there was only one place to be - Penryn Temperance Hall.
That was the venue for a public meeting over a controversial plan to build 27 homes on land off Antron Way in Mabe Burnthouse.
The meeting was called after a planning application for the development went before Cornwall Council's west sub-area planning committee last month.
There are fears among residents that the development could lead to the closure of Trenoweth Quarry which sits next to the site.
Residents have also said that there is no need for more affordable housing in the village and say the new homes would put more pressure on local infrastructure. They also say that an increase in traffic in the area would be dangerous.
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There are also concerns that the development will lead to more applications for more homes being built on neighbouring land.
And there was standing room only last night as residents from Mabe and people who work in the area spoke passionately about their objections.
After a brief introduction from planning officer Chantel McLennan, in which the meeting heard that the development was led by affordable housing and would have 63% affordable homes, the public speakers began.
First there was criticism for holding the meeting in Penryn - first speaker Paul Dunstan said: "Why wasn't this held in the village? This is wrong, you should have held it in the village."
Councillor Mark Kaczmarek, chairman of the planning committee, said the venue had been booked before Christmas and that they had been told that the Penryn hall was the only one suitable.
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Mr Dunstan was one of many who praised the work of the quarry describing those who work there as being "in a league of their own".
He added: "You want to build houses beside them? You want your heads tested.
"You are not developing anything, you are destroying."
Joe Pick said the meeting had a "fantastic turnout" and also criticised the decision to hold it in Penryn but added: "Even if you held this in London we would still be there."
He had concerns about the increase in traffic and highlighted that the application was suggesting that people living in the new homes would walk to access local services.
He added: "Someone will be killed there one day and the blood will be on your hands, unfortunately, if you go ahead with this."
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Philip Hoskin spoke proudly about the quarry which his family had been involved with for several generations.
He said: "I have an idea there is history being made tonight, and I don't mean Brexit.
"If this development goes ahead and as a result that quarry has to close I suggest one thing. The last gravestone that comes from that quarry should be inscribed with the names of those people responsible for making that decision and where that goes I don't know. Otherwise the records and pieces of paper will record what happened but it could be forgotten.
"Those names will last a thousand years and when people come to look around this place they will say, 'there was a quarry here but these were the people responsible for allowing this indsicriminate development'."
His speech was welcomed with large cheers from the packed hall.
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Tim Marsh, who owns the quarry, claimed there had been an attempt to get the planning application passed under delegated authority - meaning by council planning officers only - and not take it to the committee of councillors to decide.
He said the proposed development was in a safeguarding minerals zone which had been determined by the council itself and, for that reason alone, it should be dismissed.
Mr Marsh said the development was in the wrong location and would put 35 jobs at the quarry at risk.
He added: "In a county that already struggles to find year-round employment I can't understand why the council is supporting this."
Many of the objectors said that claims from developer Helford Atlantic that it had carried out consultation and community engagement were false.
Peter Williams, the local Cornwall councillor, came under fire for not attending the meeting.
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A parish councillor told the meeting: "He hasn't been to the parish council for six months and he wasn't there at the last meeting. He can't know how we feel about this development. He is in no position to represent us at the moment."
David Toms highlighted the work of the quarry in creating a statue of St Piran which was transported to France last year.
He said: "The St Piran scultpure to me is one of the greatest things that has come out of Cornwall. It seems to me that Cornwall Council is putting the quarry in jeopardy."
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There were strong concerns that if the housing development went ahead there would soon be noise complaints from residents about the work at the quarry.
Many fear that those complaints would lead to the quarry closing, bringing to an end an historic industry in Mabe.
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The objectors pleaded with the Cornwall councillors present to listen to their concerns and refuse planning permission.
Cllr Kaczmarek told the meeting that all the points had been noted and would be considered by all committee members. The planning application is due to go before the committee again on February 11.
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By Kevin Rennie
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy speaks at Infinity Music Hall & Bistro's opening on Front Street in downtown Hartford last month. (Brad Horrigan)
The tyranny of numbers has taken over the race for governor. Wednesday's Quinnipiac University poll of the contest found Republican challenger and former ambassador to Ireland Thomas Foley leading incumbent Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy by six points. The race is a rematch of their close 2010 contest.
Political analysts often say the runes of early September indicate November's result. The Quinnipiac survey has the look of a trend, but not because Foley is at 46 percent and Malloy is mired at the 40 percent mark. The stubborn numbers are in Malloy's approval/disapproval scores among the 1,304 likely voters included in the poll.
A hefty 53 percent of the poll respondents disapprove of the job Malloy has been doing as governor, while only 40 percent approve. These are opinions that voters reach over the fullness of time. We've had plenty of that to examine Malloy as a leader. He started running for governor nine years ago and has been a daily presence in the news for more than the last four.
That constant public exposure helps explain his high negatives in the ratings. His hectoring voice has harassed our ears without mercy. His campaign can fill the airwaves with ads in which he says nothing other than he approves the commercial, but Malloy's snarl continues to ring in voters' ears.
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Malloy's challenge has been to convince voters that Connecticut's economy is thriving under his leadership. He inadvertently revealed last week how he has to strain to cobble that impossible mission into an argument. In a campaign visit to a job training center in Bridgeport, the Connecticut Post reported, Malloy touted job growth by declaring, "If you draw a line at February 2010, we're actually creating more jobs on a per capita basis than any other state in New England."
Look at that quote carefully and you will see Malloy's quiet desperation to thwart the statistics that may drive him from office. Malloy was not governor in February 2010. He would not take office for almost a year. In order to distract voters from his dismal record, Malloy has to latch on to the record of his predecessor, Republican M. Jodi Rell, to obscure his own failure.
Oh, the agony in manipulating the numbers and trying to meld his tenure onto Snow White's, about whose stewardship the hyper-partisan Malloy has had nothing but criticism. February 2010, according to Connecticut Labor Department statistics, was the low point in the state's employment numbers, with 1,593,900 people working.
Brace yourself, for these are numbers that refute every argument Malloy makes about his economic leadership. In the final 11 months of Rell's tenure, from that February 2010 benchmark Malloy uses, Connecticut created more jobs than in any single year since Malloy became governor. In those 11 months under Rell, Connecticut saw 23,000 jobs created. In no year of Malloy's term has Connecticut seen that level of job growth. Not in 2011, 2012 or 2013. Not even close. What the ugly numbers suggest is that Malloy's policies — particularly his enormous tax increase on working people — killed the momentum that had begun to lift the state's economy as Rell was ending her unremarkable final term.
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The biggest tax increase in the state's history will do that. Malloy's bad choices have had terrible consequences. Connecticut's recovery from the recession has been so erratic that in January of this year, the state's economy dropped 10,900 jobs. That's not a number Malloy is likely to give a nod to as voters prepare to render a formal verdict on his failures.
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That campaign visit to the nonprofit Bridgeport job center provided a look at what we may hear from Malloy in the final weeks of this campaign. He pledged that he would spend more, more, more of the public's money on government job programs. Give more tax credits to the favored few. No mention of cutting tax rates for everyone who creates jobs and lifts the state's economy.
There are some other harrowing numbers that Malloy will continue to avoid. What is to be done about the nearly $3 billion state budget deficit facing whoever takes office in January? That number and all it represents may explain why voters appear to be moving toward tossing Malloy from office on Nov. 4.
Kevin Rennie is a lawyer and a former Republican state legislator. He can be reached at kfrennie@yahoo.com.
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‘They were in the water for up to three hours’
by Annie Perets and Annie Perets
Annie Perets
22nd Sep 2019 7:49 AM
BOATIES are being warned to take extra care when crossing sandbars after a dramatic police rescue near Jumpinpin on Thursday.
A 43-year-old woman and 42-year-old man from the Logan district were inside a small boat which capsized between North Stradbroke and South Stradbroke islands about 4pm.
They had been returning to shore following a fishing trip.
Gold Coast water police acting senior sergeant Mitch Gray said an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) was their lifesaver.
Gold Coast water police acting senior sergeant Mitch Gray with an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon. Picture: Annie Perets
"The vessel (was) swamped by a wave from behind causing the vessel to capsize," acting Snr Sgt Gray said.
"They were in the water for at least two to three hours before the master of the boat was able to swim down and get the EPIRB.
"If it was not for the (man) diving down to get the EPIRB it may have been a worst-case scenario."
Polair vision released by police shows the pair on top of the overturned boat when help arrives.
Gold Coast Water Police rescued a 43-year-old woman and a 42-year-old man from an overturned boat on September 19. Picture: Queensland Police Service
"They were very shaken," acting Snr Sgt Gray said.
"Hypothermia was starting to set in."
He said the Jumpinpin Pocket was the most dangerous sandbar in the Gold Cost waterways.
"It's the most dangerous bar we cross here due to the shallow waters and the length.
"It was very dangerous for my guys.
"If traversing a coastal bar, put a lifejacket on and know where your EPIRB is."
The man and woman were taken to Gold Coast University Hospital and have since been released.
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5 Kickass Lessons Books Could Learn from the Movies
Robert Brockway ·
So there's a Swedish man named John David California in the news lately, who is currently being sued by J.D. Salinger. For those of you unfamiliar, this story is notable because Salinger is the Literary Sasquatch: He's so elusive you could pose children with a cardboard cut-out of him and start a roadside attraction. So what made contemporary literature's most eminent ninja emerge from the mists of obscurity? It seems Mr. California wrote a sequel to Salinger's opus work, The Catcher in the Rye... without Salinger's permission. Some would call this revolutionary, some would call it sacrilege and some would call it uninteresting and largely irrelevant, but regardless of the name with which you dub it, this represents a potential turning point for modern literature: The novel is finally borrowing some moves from film, and it's about goddamn time. So as long as we're at it, I thought I'd outline some other ways that the novel can take a page from movies!
THE SEQUEL
Since Mr. California's already kicked things off, let's go with his approach first: The biggest problem with novels is those annoying authors who, once penning a masterpiece, cite some bullshit like "creative integrity" and then just ditch the concept after only one measly book. I say why not milk that money shake until the straw makes gurgling noises? And if the author isn't down for sucking off his creation until money spurts out all over his face, well, why not deal with that shit like Hollywood--where the studio keeps all rights to franchises regardless? What if Coppola didn't want a sequel to the
Godfather? Fuck him, that's what. The execs would've just given it to Stephen Sommers, who'd have promptly rewrote Michael Corleone as a giant sand-shark.
"...all right, your motivation is that you've inadvertently lost your soul to corruption, and so now you're going to bite James Caan in half."
Sequels are like a license to print small bills just so you can spit on them and throw them at poor people. If publishers take up this practice as well, think of all the great works we could be reading right now! We could be perusing the action-packed Dickensian sequel we've all wanted to read, 2 Cities 2 Furious. Or laughing it up to
The Retard, the light-hearted follow-up to Dostoyevsky's The Idiot. Hell, that Swede already called dibs on Catcher in the Rye 2: Rye Harder --if he's smart enough to throw some titties in there and maybe have Holden Caulfield learn magic from a vampire, he'll have officially won writing.
Nobody does explosions like big budget films... because
nobody fucking tries! Authors sell billions of romance novels by lavishing a truly baroque amount of detail on the head of a penis, yet explosions are just skipped over like a fat kid being picked for dodgeball. Put your skills to work where they're wanted, novelists. Nobody gives a shit how ethereal the morning dew is, but write us some explosion porn and they'll name the Pulitzer Prize after you (as opposed to whoever it's named for now). For example: "The silo shuddered slightly as the first lick of flame ran up its cool steel exterior. The flickering reflection of the fire played lightly across its visage, the girders moaning deeply in response. Its once firm metal walls buckled in response to the explosion's increasing pressure, giving outward almost imperceptibly at first, and then expanding--ever faster--until they couldn't help but burst. A hot shower of steel blossomed in the crisp morning air like a flower blooming at the first touch of sun. The ground rippled in response, as a horse bucks against the controlling pressure of its rider. When it was over, the silo was spent; replete and empty like a newborn babe. Yearning to be rebuilt and filled again and again with more destructible, flammable materials."
Sexplosion.
See that? I don't know whether to cum or punch somebody. I feel like I just high-fived an orgasm. You write a whole book of that stuff, and all of a sudden maybe reading's not just for queers anymore (or especially for queers, depending on your demographic).
SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC
This one's easy: You've probably seen Spielberg's classic horror film, Jaws, right? Have you ever tried watching it on mute? Without his titular theme song, Jaws (that's the shark's name) doesn't look ominous; he looks lost. When seen in utter silence,
Jaws isn't scary. It watches more like the tragic story of a shark with autism just trying to find his way home.
"Have you seen mommy? I WANT MOMMY WANT MOMMY MOAOAOAAAA" -Autistic Jaws
Now, I know books have their limitations and you can't exactly embed a soundtrack, but there are options. For example, you could just list a song for people to listen to as they read along. Here's a bit of Shakespeare's Hamlet with appropriate listening guidelines: HORATIO Now cracks a noble heart. Good night sweet prince: <Prince - Pussy Control> And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest! Why does the drum come hither? <Jon Bon Jovi - Bang A Drum> Imagine how much more tragic Romeo and Juliet would be if you put on some Evanescence! Teenage girls wouldn't know whether to masturbate or slit their wrists; you'd sell a billion copies! Or maybe The Gin Blossoms' "Hey Jealousy," could kick in every time Iago appears in
Othello --that would singlehandedly re-market dark classical tragedy to the Romantic Comedy crowd! Don't you see? The possibilities are only limited by the moral depths to which you are willing to descend for money!
CELEBRITY CAMEOS
Listen, don't repeat this, because I don't think anybody has fully realized it yet: When you're writing a book, you can write anybody! Even famous people! Why not throw some celebrity cameos in there? The audience loves that stuff! You could have Mel Gibson appear as Mad Max in The Canterbury Tales. The Road Warrior's Tale! That's brilliant! Readers would actually buy that shit again--not just Middle School teachers wanting to punish 13-year-olds by forcing them to decipher 16 different spellings of the word "does." An example of how a celebrity cameo could potentially liven up an existing classic: "These women do prattle so, do they not Mr. Baracus?" Mr. Darcy said, leaning in casual repose against the door. "Indeed, sir," replied Mr. Baracus. "They are quite foolish in their way, and I for one do not suffer fools lightly. Actually, it is quite the pity they inspire in me." "The pity, sir? For fools? Surely you jest," responded Darcy jovially. "Jest I do not, sir. I do indeed pity the fools," Mr. Baracus replied, trailing off. A long and serene silence took the pair then, as it often does with gentlemen who, rather than speak idly, do keep their peace comfortably when left alone with one another. "DRINK MILK, SUCKAS!" Mr. Baracus interjected, to no one in particular.
Slow motion is awesome. Whether you're walking away from an explosion, or just jumping a school bus over a robot; slow motion makes everything take an appreciably radical amount of time. Now, you could argue that the one thing books have over movies is the pacing: You can always read at your own pace, right? Well, yeah, but that means you have to do stuff! Fuck that! A good director does everything for you, leaving absolutely no room for confusion. Good movies have characters sum up, in astoundingly simple terms, the entire plot at the end of the movie. If there's a twist, it usually takes 20 minutes of montage to show you exactly why it's a twist, and how. Hell, truly great movies will even have one of the characters say the title of the movie in dialogue, just so you know why a movie is called that, or indeed, simply to remind you of what movie you're actually watching. So why do we have to do things like mentally pace a scene while reading?
The best director in the world... according to the above criteria.
A good author could take a cue from the movies and draw a passage out in slow motion when something's particularly awesome. For example, here's what the Matrix could be like, in novel form: "Whoa," said Neo, his black trenchcoat flapping at a perfectly reasonable speed in the wind, "this is the Matrix and I can jumpkick for like a day and a half." "Yes," said Trinity, "I am wearing black leather that makes me look hotter than I actually am, and I too can kick for hours." "What's that? AN AGENT WHO IS A BAD GUY!" Neo gets a running start towards the sinister agent--who you can tell is sinister because he's wearing a suit. He takes a step, and then another and another. Now there's another step. Now it's only half a step, and he starts to lift off the ground just a little bit. Now he's kind of in the air but not really. Now he's more in the air. Now he's
totally in the air and seriously about to kick a guy in the face. Neo is kicking a guy in the face. Neo is still kicking a guy in the face. His trenchcoat is flapping. Flap. Flaaaap. Flaaaaaaaaap. ....Flaaaaaaaaaap. Now that guy that Neo kicked is flying all around everywhere and it seems way too fast but it's really just normal speed that you're not used to right now. "I love you, Neo," says Trinity, her leather jumpsuit falling off just a little. Now a lot. Now a little more. Then it's all the way off and there's tits. "Whoa," Neo responds, then flies away.
The sunglasses are a metaphor for our caged emotions, the coat is a metaphor for our trailing ambition, and the flying is just because flying is awesome.
You can thank me later for saving the written word, English Literature. I accept payment in Gin and hot female grad students who are easily impressed by manifestos about socialism (I googled some stuff). Redheads and Seagram's, if you've got 'em.
Find Robert on Twitter, Facebook and his own site, I Fight Robots, where he will gladly critique your thesis if you know what I'm sayin'.
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Extract: A Necessary Evil by Abir Mukherjee
A Necessary Evil, the second book in Abir Mukherjee‘s award-winning historical crime series and a Zoe Ball book club pick, sees Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant Banerjee of Calcutta Police investigate the dramatic assassination of a Maharaja’s son…
Sam Wyndham is visiting the kingdom of Sambalpore, home to diamond mines and the beautiful Palace of the Sun.
But when the Maharaja’s eldest son is assassinated, Wyndham realises that the realm is riven with conflict. Prince Adhir was unpopular with religious groups, while his brother – now in line to the throne – appears to be a feckless playboy.
As Wyndham and Sergeant ‘Surrender-not’ Banerjee endeavour to unravel the mystery, they become entangled in a dangerous world. They must find the murderer, before the murderer finds them.
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Abir Mukherjee
It’s not often you see a man with a diamond in his beard. But when a prince runs out of space on his ears, fingers and clothes, I suppose the whiskers on his chin are as good a place as any.
The massive mahogany doors of Government House had opened on the stroke of midday and out they’d glided: a menagerie of maharajas, nizams, nawabs and others; all twenty of them draped in silk, gold, precious gems and enough pearls to sink a squadron of dowager countesses. One or two claimed descent from the sun or the moon; others from one of a hundred Hindu deities. We just lumped them all together and called them the princes.
These twenty were from the kingdoms closest to Calcutta. Across India there were more than five hundred of them, and together they were rulers of two fifths of the country. At least that’s what they told themselves, and it was a fiction we were only too happy to endorse, just so long as they all sang ‘Rule Britannia’ and swore allegiance to the King Emperor across the seas.
They processed like gods, in strict order of precedence, with the Viceroy at their head, into the blistering heat and towards the shade of a dozen silk parasols. On one side, behind a solid red line of turbaned soldiers of the Viceregal bodyguard, stood a scrum of royal advisers, civil servants and assorted hangers-on. And behind all of them stood Surrender-not and me.
A sudden burst of cannon fire – a salute from the guns on the lawn – sent a murder of crows shrieking from the palm trees. I counted the blasts: thirty-one in total, an honour reserved solely for the Viceroy – no native prince ever merited more than twenty-one. It served to underline the point that in India, this particular British civil servant outranked any native, even one descended from the sun.
Like the cannons, the session the princes had just attended was purely for show. The real work would be done later by their ministers and the men of the Indian Civil Service. For the government of the Raj, the important thing was that the princes were here, on the lawn, for the group photograph.
The Viceroy, Lord Chelmsford, shuffled along in full ceremonial regalia. He never seemed quite comfortable in it, and it made him look like the doorman at Claridge’s. For a man who normally resembled a malnourished undertaker, he’d scrubbed up pretty well, but next to the princes he appeared as drab as a pigeon in a field full of peacocks.
‘Which one’s our man?’
‘That one,’ Surrender-not replied, nodding towards a tall, fine-featured individual in a pink silk turban. The prince we were here to see had been third down the stairs and was first in line to the throne of a kingdom tucked away in the wilds of Orissa, somewhere to the south-west of Bengal. His Serene Highness the Crown Prince Adhir Singh Sai of Sambalpore had requested our presence – or rather, Surrender-not’s presence. They’d been at Harrow together. I was here only because I’d been ordered to attend. It was a direct command from Lord Taggart, the Commissioner of Police, who claimed it was a request from the Viceroy himself. ‘These talks are of paramount importance to the government of the Raj,’ he’d intoned, ‘and Sambalpore’s agreement is vital to their success.’
It was hard to believe Sambalpore could be vital to anything. Even finding it on a map – obscured as it was under the ‘R’ of ‘ORISSA’ – took a magnifying glass and a degree of patience that I seemed to lack these days. The place was tiny, the size of the Isle of Wight, with a population to match. And yet here I was, about to eavesdrop on a chat between its crown prince and Surrender-not because the Government of India had deemed it a matter of imperial importance.
The princes took their places around the Viceroy for the official photograph. The most important were seated on gilded chairs, with the lesser figures standing behind them on a bench. Prince Adhir was seated to the Viceroy’s right. The princes made uncomfortable small talk as the furniture was adjusted. A few tried to slip away but were shepherded back into position by harassed-looking civil servants. Eventually the photographer called for attention. The princes duly ceased their chatter and faced forwards: flashbulbs popped, capturing the scene for posterity, and finally they were given their freedom.
There was a spark of recognition as Crown Prince Adhir spotted Surrender-not. He extricated himself from a conversation with a rotund maharaja wearing the contents of a bank vault on his person and a tiger skin on his shoulder, and made his way over. He was tall and fair skinned for an Indian, with the bearing of a cavalry officer or a polo player. By the standards of the princes around him, he was dressed rather plainly: a pale blue silk tunic studded with diamond buttons and tied at the waist by a golden cummerbund, white silk trousers and black Oxford brogues, polished to a shine. His turban was held in place with a clip studded with emeralds and a sapphire the size of a goose egg.
If Lord Taggart was to be believed, the prince’s father, the Maharaja, was the fifth richest man in India. And everyone knew that the richest man in India was also the richest man in the world.
A smile broke out on the prince’s face as he walked over.
‘Bunty Banerjee!’ he exclaimed, his arms held wide. ‘How long has it been?’
Bunty – I’d never heard anyone call Surrender-not that before, and I’d shared lodgings with him for a year. He’d kept that particular nom de guerre a secret, and I didn’t blame him. If anyone at school had seen fit to christen me Bunty, I’d hardly be advertising the fact myself. Of course Surrender-not wasn’t his real name either. It had been bestowed upon him by a colleague when he’d joined the Imperial Police Force. His parents had named him Surendranath: it meant king of the gods; and while I could make a fair stab at the correct Bengali pronunciation, I never could get it quite right. He’d told me it wasn’t my fault. He’d said the English language just didn’t possess the right consonants – it lacked a soft ‘d’, apparently. According to him, the English language lacked a great many things.
‘An honour to see you again, Your Highness,’ said Surrender-not with a slight nod.
The prince looked pained, the way the aristocracy often do when they pretend they want you to treat them like ordinary folk. ‘Come now, Bunty, I think we can dispense with the formalities. And who is this?’ he asked, proffering me a jewel-encrusted hand.
‘Allow me to introduce Captain Wyndham,’ said Banerjee, ‘formerly of Scotland Yard.’
‘Wyndham?’ the prince repeated. ‘The fellow who captured that terrorist, Sen, last year? You must be the Viceroy’s favourite policeman.’
Sen was an Indian revolutionary who’d been on the run from the authorities for four years. I’d arrested him for the murder of a British official and been all but declared a hero of the Raj. The truth was rather more complex, but I had neither the time nor the will to correct the story. More importantly, I didn’t have the permission of the Viceroy, who’d declared the whole matter subject to the Official Secrets Act of 1911. Instead, I smiled and shook the prince’s hand.
‘A pleasure to meet you, Your Highness.’
‘Please,’ he said affably, ‘call me Adi. All my friends do.’ He thought for a moment. ‘Actually, I’m rather glad you’re here. There’s a matter of some delicacy that I wished to discuss with Bunty, and the opinion of a man with your credentials could prove most valuable. Just the ticket, in fact.’ His face brightened. ‘Your presence must be divinely inspired.’
I could have told him it was inspired more by the Viceroy than by God, but in British India that was pretty much the next best thing. If the prince wanted to talk to me, it at least saved me from hanging around eavesdropping like an Indian mother on the night of her son’s wedding.
‘I’d be happy to be of service, Your Highness.’
With a click of his fingers, he summoned a gentleman who stood close by. The man was bald, bespectacled and nervous – like a librarian lost in a dangerous part of town – and though finely dressed, he lacked the swagger, not to mention the jewellery, of a prince.
‘Alas, this isn’t an appropriate juncture for such a discussion,’ said the prince as the man hurried over. ‘Maybe you and Bunty would care to accompany me back to the Grand where we can discuss matters more comfortably.’
It didn’t sound like a question. I suspected many of the prince’s orders were similarly framed. The bald man performed a low bow before him.
‘Oh good,’ said the prince wearily, ‘Captain Wyndham, Bunty, I’m pleased to introduce Harish Chandra Davé, the Dewan of Sambalpore.’
Dewan means prime minister, pronounced by the Indians as divan, like the sofa.
‘Your Highness,’ said the Dewan, grinning obsequiously as he straightened up. He was sweating; we all were, except, it seemed, the prince. The Dewan glanced quickly at Banerjee and me. He reached into his pocket, pulled out a red cotton handkerchief and proceeded to mop his glistening forehead. ‘If I may have a word in private, I—’
‘If this is about my decision, Davé,’ said the prince testily, ‘I’m afraid it is final.’
The Dewan gave an embarrassed shake of his head. ‘If I may, Your Highness, I very much doubt that would be in alignment with His Highness your father’s intentions.’
The prince sighed. ‘And I very much doubt my father would give two figs about the whole show. What’s more, my father isn’t here. Unless he or the Viceroy has seen fit to elevate you to the position of Yuvraj, I suggest you follow my wishes and get to work.’
The Dewan mopped his brow once again and bowed low before backing away like a whipped dog.
‘Bloody bureaucrat,’ the prince muttered under his breath. He turned to Surrender-not, ‘He’s a Gujarati, would you believe, Bunty, and he thinks he’s smarter than everyone else.’
‘The trouble is, Adi,’ said the sergeant, ‘they often are.’
The prince aff orded him a wry smile. ‘Well, in terms of these talks, and for his own sake, I hope he sticks to my orders.’
From the precious little I’d gleaned from Lord Taggart, the talks related to the establishment of something called the Chamber of Princes. It might have sounded like the title of a Gilbert and Sullivan opera, but the Chamber of Princes was His Majesty’s Government’s latest bright idea to assuage the growing clamour from the natives for Home Rule. It was billed as an Indian House of Lords – a powerful Indian voice in Indian matters – and all the native princes were being invited, in the strongest terms, to join. I could see a certain twisted logic to it. After all, if there was one group in India more out of touch with the popular mood among the natives than us, it was five hundred or so fat and feckless princes. If indeed there were any natives who were on our side, it was probably them.
‘Might I ask your position?’ I asked.
The prince laughed coolly. ‘Absolute eyewash, the whole bally lot of it. It’ll be nothing more than a talking shop. The people will see right through it.’
‘You don’t think it will happen?’
‘On the contrary,’ he smiled, ‘I expect it’ll sail through and be up and running by next year. Of course, the big boys – Hyderabad, Gwalior and the like – won’t join. It would compromise the fiction that they are real countries, and I’ll be damned if Sambalpore signs up. But the others, the little fellows – Cooch Behar, the smaller Rajputs and the northern states – they’ll practically beg for entry. Anything to aggrandise their own positions. I’ll say one thing for you British,’ he continued, ‘you certainly know how to appeal to our vanity. We’ve surrendered this land to you and for what? A few fine words, fancy titles and scraps from your table over which we bicker like bald men fighting over a comb.’
‘What about the other eastern principalities?’ asked Surrender-not. ‘From what I understand, they tend to follow Sambalpore’s lead in most things.’
‘That’s true,’ the prince responded, ‘and quite possibly they will this time too, but only because we bankroll them. Given the choice, though, I expect they’d all be in favour.’
On the far side of the gardens the military band started up and, as the familiar strains of ‘God Save the King’ drifted across the lawns, princes and commoners alike stood and turned to face the band. Many began to sing, though not the prince, who for the first time looked somewhat less serene than his title suggested.
‘Time to beat a retreat, I think,’ he said. ‘From the look of it, the Viceroy’s winding up to give one of his celebrated speeches and I for one don’t plan on wasting any more of this fine day listening to him… Unless you’d rather stay?’
I had no objections. The Viceroy had all the charisma of a wet rag. Earlier in the year I’d had the pleasure of sitting through one of his speeches at a passing-out parade for new offi cers, and I had no great desire to repeat the experience.
‘It’s settled then,’ said the prince. ‘We’ll stay for the rest of the song and then be on our merry way.’
The final notes of the anthem faded away and the guests returned to their conversations as the Viceroy strode towards a dais that had been erected on the grass.
‘Now’s the hour,’ the prince exclaimed. ‘Let’s go while there’s still time.’ He turned and headed up the path, back towards the building, with Surrender-not at his side and me bringing up the rear. Several civil service heads turned towards us in consternation as the Viceroy commenced his address, but the prince paid them as much attention as the proverbial elephant does a pack of jackals.
He seemed to know his way around the maze that was Government House and after passing through serried ranks of turbaned attendants manning several sets of doors, we exited the residence, this time down the red carpet on the main stairs at the front of the building.
Our premature departure seemed to have taken the prince’s retinue by surprise. There was a flurry of activity as a bull of a man dressed in a scarlet tunic and black trousers frantically barked orders at several fl unkeys. From his uniform, bearing and the decibels emanating from his throat, the man might have easily been mistaken for a colonel of the Scots Guards. If he hadn’t been sporting a turban, that is.
‘There you are, Shekar,’ exclaimed the prince.
‘Your Highness,’ replied the man, with a peremptory salute.
The prince turned to us. ‘Colonel Shekar Arora, my aide-de-camp.’
The man was built like the north face of Kanchenjunga and sported an expression that was just as icy. His skin was bronzed and weathered and his eyes were a startling greyish green. Together they pointed to a man of the mountains, a man with at least some Afghan blood in his veins. Most striking, though, was his facial hair, which he wore in the style of the Indian warriors of old: his beard close cropped and his moustache short, waxed and turned up at the ends.
‘The car has been summoned, Your Highness,’ he said in a clipped tone. ‘It will be here shortly.’
‘Good.’ The prince nodded. ‘I’ve the devil’s own thirst. The sooner we get back to the Grand, the better.’
A silver open-topped Rolls-Royce pulled up and a liveried footman ran over and opened the door. There was a moment’s hesitation. There were five of us including the chauffeur – one too many. In normal circumstances we could have managed three in the back and two in the front, but the prince didn’t seem the type who dealt much with normal circumstances. In any case, this was hardly the sort of car for such an unseemly crush. The prince himself suggested the solution.
‘Shekar, why don’t you drive?’ Another command couched as a question.
The hulking ADC clicked his heels and made his way round to the driver’s side.
‘You can sit back here with me, Bunty,’ said the prince as he made himself comfortable on the red leather banquette. ‘The captain can sit up front with Shekar.’
Surrender-not and I both did as requested and the car immediately set off, up the long gravel driveway between the rows of palms and manicured lawns.
The Grand Hotel was situated mere minutes from the East Gate of the residence, but for security reasons, only the North Gate was currently open. The car sailed through and almost immediately came to a halt: the roads east from there were closed. Instead, the ADC reversed and headed down Government Place and onto Esplanade West.
I turned around in my seat to better face Banerjee and the prince. I wasn’t used to sitting in the front. e prince seemed to read my thoughts.
‘Hierarchies are odd things are they not, Captain?’ He smiled.
‘In what way, Your Highness?’
‘Take the three of us,’ he said, ‘a prince, a police inspector and a sergeant. On the face of it, our relative positions in the pecking order seem clear. But things are rarely that simple.’
He pointed towards the gates of the Bengal Club, which we were passing on our left. ‘I may be a prince, but the colour of my skin precludes me from entering that august institution, and the same goes for Bunty here. You, though, an Englishman, would have no such problem. In Calcutta all doors are open to you. Suddenly our hierarchy has changed somewhat, no?’
‘I take your point,’ I said.
‘But that’s not the end of it,’ he continued. ‘Our friend Bunty is a Brahmin. As a member of the priestly caste, he outranks even a prince, let alone, I fear, a casteless English policeman.’ The prince smiled. ‘Once more our hierarchy changes, and who is to say which of the three is most legitimate?’
‘A prince, a priest and a policeman drive past the Bengal Club in a Rolls-Royce…’ I said. ‘It sounds like the opening to a not very amusing joke.’
‘On the contrary,’ said the prince. ‘If you think about it, it is actually most amusing.’
I turned my attention to the road. The route we were taking was in completely the opposite direction to that of the Grand Hotel. I’d no idea how well the ADC knew the streets of Calcutta, but first impressions suggested about as well as I knew the boulevards of Timbuktu.
‘Do you know where you’re going?’ I asked.
The ADC shot me a look that could have frozen the Ganges.
‘I do,’ he said. ‘Unfortunately the roads towards Chowringhee are closed for a religious procession. We are therefore required to take an alternative route through the Maidan.’
Though this seemed an odd choice, it was a pleasant day and there were worse ways of spending it than cruising through the park in a Rolls-Royce. In the rear, Surrender-not was in conversation with the prince.
‘So, Adi, what is it you wanted to talk about?’
I turned in time to see the prince’s features darken.
‘I’ve received some letters,’ he said, fi ddling with the diamond collar button on his silk tunic. ‘It’s probably nothing, but when I heard from your brother that you’re now a detective sergeant, I thought I might seek your advice.’
‘What sort of letters?’
‘To be honest, calling them letters affords them an importance they hardly deserve. They’re just notes.’
‘And when did you receive them?’ I asked.
‘Last week, back in Sambalpore. A few days before we left for Calcutta.’
‘Do you have them with you?’
‘They’re in my suite,’ said the prince. ‘You’ll see them soon enough. Although why aren’t we there yet?’ He turned irritably to his ADC. ‘What’s going on, Shekar?’
‘Diversions, Your Highness,’ replied the ADC.
‘These letters,’ I asked, ‘did you show them to anyone?’
The prince gestured towards Arora. ‘Only to Shekar.’
‘And how did you receive them? I take it that one doesn’t just post a letter to the Crown Prince of Sambalpore, care of the royal palace?’
‘That’s the curious thing,’ replied the prince. ‘Both had been left in my rooms: the first under the pillows in my bed; the second in the pocket of a suit. And both said the same thing…’
The car slowed as we approached the sharp left turn onto Chowringhee. From out of nowhere, a man in the saffron robes of a Hindu priest leaped out into our path. He was little more than an orange blur. The car came shuddering to a halt and he seemed to have disappeared under the front axle.
‘Did we hit him?’ asked the prince, rising from his position on the back seat. The ADC cursed, flung open his door and jumped out. He hurried round to the front and I saw him kneel over the prone man. Then came a thud, the sickening sound of something heavy connecting with flesh and bone, and the ADC seemed to collapse.
‘My God!’ exclaimed the prince. From his standing position, he had a better view of the situation. I threw open my door, but before I could move, the man in saffron had stood up. He had wild eyes between dirty, matted hair, an unkempt beard and what looked like streaks of ash smeared vertically on his forehead. In his hand an object glinted and my insides turned to ice.
‘Get down!’ I shouted to the prince while fumbling with the button on my holster, but he was like a rabbit hypnotised by a cobra. The attacker raised his revolver and fired. The first shot hit the car’s windscreen with a crack, shattering the glass. I turned to see Surrender-not desperately grabbing at the prince, trying to pull him down.
All too late.
As the next two shots rang out, I knew they would find their mark. Both hit the prince squarely in the chest. For a few seconds he just stood there, as though he really was divine and the bullets had passed straight through him. Then blotches of bright crimson blood began to soak through the silk of his tunic and he crumpled, like a paper cup in the monsoon.
Enjoyed the first chapter of A Necessary Evil by Abir Mukherjee? Find out more about Abir’s research for A Necessary Evil here.
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Qualcomm Bolsters Wi-Fi Leadership with 60 GHz Wireless for Mobile, Computing and Networking
Company Acquires WiGig Industry Leader Wilocity and Introduces Family of Multi-Gigabit Platforms to Drive 4k Video, High-Performance Networks and Other Next-Generation Applications
SAN DIEGO – July 02, 2014 – Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced that it has taken two major steps to enable the industry to deliver multi-gigabit wireless with 60 GHz technology for mobile, computing and networking devices. First, Qualcomm has completed its acquisition of Wilocity, a leader in development of 60 GHz wireless chipsets based on the IEEE 802.11ad standard, also known as WiGig® technology. Second, the company is delivering a family of tri-band platforms that combine Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.’s Wi-Fi® and WiGig solutions to significantly increase performance and enable cutting-edge wireless applications. The initial tri-band platform is a reference design based on the Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 810, which is the world’s first mobile platform designed to support WiGig to enable applications such as 4k video streaming, peer-to-peer content sharing, networking, wireless docking, and backing up entire media libraries in seconds. The Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 810 processor is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Mobile data traffic is expected to grow significantly in the coming years and Qualcomm and its subsidiaries are charging ahead to meet this demand with a combination of wireless innovations. While 802.11ac enables Gigabit Wi-Fi networks to offload mobile traffic, 60 GHz technology brings multi-gigabit speeds, significant capacity improvements, and power efficiency that are integral to meeting the challenges posed by next generation media applications. With the integration of WiGig into its mobile platforms, Qualcomm will enable mobile devices to provide near-instantaneous access to the cloud, and allowing for greater cellular network offload. 802.11ad also extends the Qualcomm® VIVE™ portfolio, and builds on the company’s recent initiatives to revolutionize Wi-Fi networks with11ac 2.0 solutions with MU-MIMO.
Qualcomm’s mobile and networking innovation, combined with Wilocity’s position in 60 GHz technology, are designed to provide the needed coverage, performance, capacity and compatibility to enable the next generation of home and business networks. 60 GHz technology complements traditional Wi-Fi with zones of ultra-high-speed connectivity, while expanding the wireless use cases for high-end mobile, computing and consumer electronics devices. Tri-band Wi-Fi solutions from Qualcomm Atheros integrate the multi-gigabit performance of 802.11ad operating in the 60 GHz spectrum band along with 802.11ac that operates in the 5 GHz band and 802.11b/g/n in the 2.4 GHz band. In combination, 11ad and 11ac create the most powerful and efficient wireless solution in the market; coupling the whole home coverage of 11ac with the in-area multi-gigabit connectivity of 11ad will provide users with a superior connected experience.
“Qualcomm is continually innovating and investing in leadership technologies to drive value for our customers while creating new growth opportunities for our mobile, computing and networking platforms. WiGig will play an important role in Qualcomm’s strategy to address consumers’ increasingly sophisticated smartphone, tablet and computing requirements to support applications—such as immediate streaming of 4K video and high throughput peer-to-peer communication to enable the next generation of social interactions between users sharing content,” said Amir Faintuch, president, Qualcomm Atheros. “Combining multi-gigabit speeds and low energy use, WiGig technology will strengthen Qualcomm Atheros’ connectivity leadership and create exciting new experiences that will accelerate the commercialization and adoption of 802.11ad technology. Ultimately, the integration of WiGig will help Qualcomm fulfill its 1000x vision to densify the network to address increasing mobile data demand.”
Qualcomm Atheros has been an investor in Wilocity since 2008 and worked closely with Wilocity to develop and distribute tri-band solutions for the computing market since 2011. This successful collaboration is now expanding into Qualcomm’s mobile and networking designs, with the Snapdragon 810 becoming the world’s first mobile platform to support tri-band wireless. As a result, the next generation of smartphones and tablets will offer exciting new streaming, synching and storage capabilities.
“Qualcomm Atheros and Wilocity have a successful history of collaboration and share a culture of invention,” said Tal Tamir, chief executive officer, Wilocity. “The Wilocity team will build upon Qualcomm’s strengths and leadership to collaboratively deliver innovative wireless technology for mobile, computing and networking customers to address the needs of an increasingly connected world. We are excited to join forces to take our 60 GHz vision to the next level and scale.”
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Industry Support for 60 GHz Wireless
“Tri-band wireless capabilities will revolutionize enterprise computing and networking, with enterprises benefiting immensely,” said Sujai Hajela, senior vice president, enterprise networking group, Cisco. “The multi-gigabit performance and enhanced network capacity that is delivered through WiGig will dramatically alter the way people access and use network-based resources. It’s great to be working with an industry leader like Qualcomm, who is investing in the latest technologies and driving an ecosystem that can take advantage of them.”
“As the first company to launch WiGig products and co-creator of the WiGig specification, we’re well acquainted with the power of 60 GHz technology for both businesses and consumers,” Kirk Schell, vice president, commercial PC group, Dell. “There is a growing demand for high-speed desktop and LAN connectivity, and we know this is just the beginning for 60 GHz applications—making it that much more important that the industry is ready to deliver. We’re thrilled Qualcomm is joining Dell in driving WiGig forward.”
“Tri-band Wi-Fi, including multi-gigabit 60 GHz connectivity with WiGig, will help foster a new generation of amazing experiences across a broad range of devices, including PCs, tablets and phones,” said Billy Anders, group manager, operating systems, Microsoft Corp. “A little-known fact is that WiGig began during a meeting on Microsoft’s campus with several other companies, including Wilocity. It’s gratifying to see the rapid evolution of this technology, and this development indicates a rapid proliferation of WiGig.”
“The Wi-Fi Alliance is pleased to see Qualcomm drive WiGig technology more broadly into the industry,” said Edgar Figueroa, president and chief executive officer, Wi-Fi Alliance. “This development indicates the industry and market’s progress toward wide adoption of 60 GHz technology. WiGig CERTIFIED™ will extend the Wi-Fi Alliance vision for seamless connectivity and enable new use cases.”
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Othello, Sarah Simmonds
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Sarah Simmonds is a graduate of the Royal College of Art.
From the collection Folio, created in response to works by Shakespeare by Royal College of Art Printmaking students, staff and invited artists to celebrate the Royal Shakespeare Company’s fiftieth birthday. These prints were originally displayed during a celebrated exhibition by the same name in 2011. The prints reflect the act of performing and making theatre, and how the works of Shakespeare are researched and received by a generation fluent in digital media. All proceeds from sales go towards supporting future students at the Royal College of Art.
Collection: Abstract Art
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ES - Falling in LOVE with Austin in the Springtime
By Kat Thomas, Edible Skinny
"People don't live in Austin to work; they work there to live."
--Robert Rodriguez.
My entire life I had never visited Texas, and in the last four years I've been lucky enough to now drive across the state seven times. That being said I never really got Texas... I always thought of it more of a character of itself than anything else.
That was until I found myself in Austin in mid April. All my previous visits to the state had been during the summer, so SUPER DUPER hot and dusty, but southeastern Texas in April. Simply Amazing!!!
Austin, Texas' capital, fully embraces the slogan of keeping itself weird (along with Portland). Austin is also one of the most nicknamed cities in America with some of the more unusual including Waterloo and the City of Violet Crown. Austin is also the live music capital of the world (which makes it a GREAT location for SXSW one of the biggest music conferences...). It's population hovers around 1 million people so it's got a small town feel with big city culture.
SOUTH CONGRESS
While in the ATX city I crashed with a friend in the adorable area of South Congress. This vibrant neighborhood south of Lady Bird Lake is a must-stroll for visitors and a popular hangout for locals. South Congress oozes homespun character and boasts the story of Austin's yesteryear in its boutiques, eateries, galleries and music venues.
SUMMER MOON COFFEE
With a slogan of "the Wood is Good" Summer Moon Coffee prides itself on wood fired roasted coffee. A style that only 1% of coffee roasters craft their beans with. With seventeen locations they are a local fan favorite.
While chilling there with a Summer Moon (there version of a Vanilla Latte) I got to conversate with one of their managers EZ. He explained the owners have a patent pending on the wood fired roaster. That in 2004, inspired by the early American coffee roasters and the simplicity of their tools: brick, fire and wood, they set out to craft custom coffee roasts they could be truly proud to call their own. The owners had to build and rebuild it 6-7 times to get to coffee roasting perfection.
EZ continued, "if you ask why they invested everything they have in 19th century technology . . . you haven't tasted our coffee. This is coffee unplugged."
MOONSHINE PATIO BAR AND GRILL
Later that day we headed over to Downtown Austin for the beautiful (and bootlegged according to their slogan) Moonshine Patio Bar and Grill. This restaurant was recommended by my music industry friend who's attended SXSW many many times and knows the skinny on The Bat City.
Our charming waiter warned us the portions were "Texas Style" aka four times the size of an entree in Los Angeles. Which lead me to wonder how anyone makes any money in the restaurant industry in Texas?
We started the lunch off healthy style with their Cornflake Fried Chicken Salad with Greens, Cheddar, Avocado, Tomato, Apple-Wood Smoked Bacon, and Honey Dijon Mustard. I was the perfect balance of greens and country! ;-)
We followed this with a splitting of the Chicken Fried Steak with Chipotle Cream Gravy. The split dishes were twice the size a normal entree on the west coast, Hey we were in the Republic of Texas. It was everything, and more, you come to respect in deep fried Texas goodness. Plus, since it was virtually a legal requirement to take home a doggy bag for dinner that night, and breakfast the next morning we were set for the next few meals. We paired this with a side of Green Chile Cheddar Grits, cheesy and creamy they were the perfect Southern side dish.
After our entree our waiter sauntered up to us and delivered an some of the harshest words by Texas foodie standards: "You ladies look pretty defeated...". Challenge accepted my Man. And thus, we ordered the establishment's infamous Peanut Butter Mousse Pie with an Oreo Cookie Crust. The dish was featured on The Food Network, who called it "the world's greatest peanut butter cup wrapped into a pie."
PHOTOSHOOT WITH MOWGLI
Then it was off to do a photoshoot with the sparkly Mowgli the Dinosaur (perfect for Texas). Mowgli the Dinosaur is a bedazzled T. Rex with 150,000 hand applied rhinestones of pure BLING! He's the perfect activation for the fun loving art crowd having become a mainstay at First Friday Las Vegas, the Dope Cup in the High Desert of California, the Cannabis Cups of Riverside and Sacramento, CA, private parties in Tucson, and events hosted by The Green Light District.
This photoshoot featured comedian singer Caitlin Comeskey in the Zilker Botanical Garden. Mowgli is quite a SIGHT TO BE SEEN and everyone who encounters him wants to take a Selfie with this 67 million year old SPARKLY T. Rex! And that day was no exception as multiple frisbee golf players in the park pauses long enough to snap that shot for their Insta-Story.
RADIO COFFEE AND BEER
The next day it was off to Houston (for the Houston Comedy Film Festival where one of my screenplays was a Finalist!), but before I hit the road I needed to duck into one more Austin coffee shop.
The slightly Southern Hipster, Radio Coffee and Beer oozed adorableness at six in the morning. This is aggressively curated coffee! Radio serves coffee from several roasters including Stumptown Coffee Roasters (Portland, Ore), Little City (Austin, Tx), Wild Gift (Austin, Tx). This java joint was voted best coffeeshop by the Austin Chronicle Reader's Poll in 2016, 2017, and 2018. There was already a line for the food truck outside the joint. One of the AWESOME things about this local cup of joe spot is that it's open from 6:30 in the morning to Midnight (usually coffee shops close around 9pm...). Oh, and they do Bluegrass every Monday night.
So here's to life being delicious, all your moments being postcard worthy, and never being defeated by Texas portions!!!
Kat Thomas is the Editor in Chief of Edible Skinny, a site dedicated to making your life postcard worthy. She is also the CEO of the creative media company This Way Adventures. You can find more about both brands at http://www.thiswayadventures.com
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CC Capsule: 1972 Plymouth Satellite Sebring Plus – Prologue To The B-Body Brougham?
Brendan Saur
– August 17, 2015
The Oil Embargo of 1973 is generally considered the pivotal turning point in history, when American automakers fully invested themselves in what we now refer to as The Great Brougham Epoch. More specifically, what is meant by this statement is that U.S. automakers hastily transitioned from offering performance-oriented models atop most vehicles’ lineups to models geared towards luxury.
Even before the first energy crisis of 1973 put a damper on big engines and performance, carmakers were beginning to introduce these Brougham-influenced packages on many models, complementing high-performance trims. The 1966-1969 Plymouth Fury-based VIP was one of these such models. Plymouth would take a little longer to go all the way Brougham on its mid-size B-body lines, but the 1971-1974 Satellite Sebring Plus was an early foray towards Brougham.
Although the definition of “Brougham” in its regards to automobiles is not set in stone, typically a vehicle from this period is considered a Brougham when it: 1) Is a luxury-oriented upper trim level, 2) Features upgraded interior appointments, and 3) Is generously slathered in exterior trimmings, such as liberal amounts of chrome, vinyl roofs, opera lights, and wire wheels, to name just a few.
I hesitate to call this 1972 Satellite Sebring Plus, a “Full-Brougham”, because it lacks much of the exterior appliqué commonly associated with Broughams, outlined in the paragraph above. Additionally, in the succeeding years Plymouth would make the necessary enhancements to its B-body coupe (ditching the Satellite name for “Fury” in the process), bringing it up to full-Brougham specification.
So, just what did upgrading to the Satellite Sebring Plus get you? Well admittedly, not much. Technically speaking, just about every available comfort, convenience, and decor feature was “optional” across the board on all Satellite models. Just how optioned Sebring Plus models were typically ordered by dealers is another story. Although as you can see from the list above, one could equip their Satellite Sebring Plus with features such as power windows, air conditioning, AM/FM radio with 8-track cassette, power disc brakes, sunroof, a 400 cubic-inch V8, and a number of decor options.
Satellite Sebring Plus models did feature two notable standard upgrades: the 318 cubic-inch V8 and the same all-vinyl high-back buckets found in the performance Road Runner model. A floor console with shifter could be ordered, though our featured car sports a center seat cushion and armrest. A cloth-and-vinyl split-back bench with center armrest was also optional on the Sebring Plus.
Naturally, the 1972 Plymouth Satellite can not be discussed without bringing up its chrome loop front bumper design. Along with the larger Fuselages, this feature tends to be a highly controversial item, as most people either love it or hate it. In your author’s opinion, the loop bumpers gave these cars a sleek, aggressive look that was lost with the more conventional front fascia (and corresponding 5-mph bumpers) in 1973.
As aforementioned, this car continued through 1974, upon which it was renamed “Fury” and given a substantial restyling owing to a far more “personal luxury” look as opposed to sporty coupe. Plymouth never received a true personal luxury coupe, as the related B-body Cordoba would go to Chrysler, despite rumors it was originally intended for Plymouth. Regardless, this new “small Fury” would fully embrace the Great Brougham Epoch, now in full-swing.
Yet the Sebring name would not permanently die in 1974. Two decades later, Chrysler would introduce another coupe called Sebring for the 1995 model year. In similar fashion to the Cordoba, there are rumors out there saying this car was originally planned as a Plymouth. In any event, the FJ-body Sebring coupe wasn’t an overly successful model for Chrysler, and it would not likely have significantly impacted Plymouth’s fortunes or fate.
1971 Plymouth Satellite Sebring Plus
Posted August 17, 2015 at 10:24 AM
One the Plus side, the early versions of this generation B were sort of the anti-brougham compared to the direction that GM was taking the market at the time. From a style standpoint, Chrysler was offering some real alternative looks compared to GM and Ford. The problem was, up close these cars just weren’t very competitive. Cheap interior materials, even on the upper trims, were obvious in the showroom. These tended to be a bit creaky with suspect build quality. A shame really. The E body introduced a year before this generation B suffered much the same fate.
This is such a nice clean example of a car that I (and the market) mostly ignored back in the day. Even with its faults, I’d love to take one home now, even if it never would have happened back when I was shopping this type of car as a used vehicle for high school.
Historical note: President Nixon did two things which, for better or worse, have affected American automobiles & driving ever since: the 1970 Executive Order establishing the EPA, & Operation Nickel Grass, which instigated the 1st Embargo. Previously the US had little involvement in the Mideast, even embargoing arms sold to Israel, but ever since then, we’ve been fully immersed.
Ate Up With Motor
Posted August 17, 2015 at 11:36 PM
The latter is only partially true — the U.S. had been supplying Israel with arms for something like a decade before the October War. It’s true that JFK and LBJ had both been very reluctant to escalate their level of support, but LBJ had reluctantly changed his tune to some extent after realizing the extent to which the Soviets were making inroads, particularly with Egypt; the U.S. then looked at the situation as a Cold War imperative.
Nickel Grass was the trigger for the embargo, but it’s very likely that if the October War hadn’t happened, there would have been some other provocation (albeit possibly not provoking quite so dramatic a reaction). The member states had been chafing at restrictive oil prices for a while, and so while I don’t doubt the sincerity of the members’ outrage, it also served a timely strategic purpose.
I don’t disagree with the overall gist of your point, although I would also add a third: the end of the Bretton-Woods exchange rate system in favor of allowing currency values to float.
Beautiful looking car. I’ve always liked Mopar cars of the 60s and the early 70s. The further you get into the 70s, however, then car makers seem to sacrifice performance and reliability in favour of style, economy and emissions. I’m all for breathing clean air, but this is crazy what govt. will require of car makers.
I know these cars have their fans, but I think they are one of the ugliest cars ever built. The loop bumper reminds me of Elvis Presley’s glasses from the fat days and the rest of it is just a blob. Over 40 years have passed since these were introduced and I still can’t see anything redeeming in the styling.
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I like the ’71-74 Satellite styling a lot. I hated the ’75 and up Fury replacement, but to me it was better than the Colonade cars. I think this car is great looking, but I liked, and bought the Roadrunner version a lot more. Mine was a twin of the silver one:
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Looking at the options list, The Sebring Plus wasn’t really a proto-Brougham but a neutered Road Runner, without the 440 engine. (Aside: 440 6-pack shown was not actually available for 1972.) In addition to the RR’s bucket seats, a center console, tach and hood pins could only be had on the RR or Sebring Plus. It seems akin to the modern Chrysler 300S, which has the appearance of the 300 SRT8 but without the SRT’s engine.
Alternatively, it was a way to get a trailer tow package on a “Road Runner”. Both were available with the 400cid engine, but only the Sebring Plus could be ordered with trailer tow package.
jpcavanaugh
This has to be one of the few Sebring Plus-es built without a vinyl roof, either full or canopy. Vinyl roofs were all but mandatory in the early 70s for any car that even approached respectability.
I really appreciate this shape and styling now, this was pure Mod early 70s. I would argue that this car was the anti-brougham, which tended towards baroque filigree for trim on every surface, and square shapes. These were more futuristic, evoking a “suddenly it’s 1980” kind of vibe. For my money, Chrysler never really did a proper Brougham until the 74 Imperial and 75 Cordoba, and even then the Imp was a little sleek for a proper brougham.
italianstallion
Totally fat Elvis, but still beautiful in all of it’s fuselage body expansiveness.
No mention of The B-52’s?
occam24
I didn’t pay much attention to muscle cars when they were new. This one slipped past me entirely.
Your pictures bring out the pure extraterrestrial weirdness. A designer must have found Exner’s rejected ’62 prototypes, dropped some acid, and expanded on the theme.
Gem Whitman
I hated these when new (also the new for 71 Javelin, Mustang and Charger), though I’ve since softened my outlook.
DweezilSFV
Gem: your first instinct was correct. And still is 40 odd years later.
Thanks I thought I was the only one who felt this way! I’m also one of the few fans of the 70 Coronet/Superbee, make mine a pink one, Barbie’s muscle car has been on my wish list since I first read about them in early 1970.
When the call came to go luxurious, Chrysler was at a huge disadvantage. Their cars were simply not as quiet as the competition. They could match or exceed GM and Ford on drivetrains, but they could not change sheetmetal fast enough or manage to make them quiet enough.
That said, I always liked the look of the small Fury 2 door of 75. I wonder if you could still get those giant armrests with the buckets on those. Now what crazy cloth design did Plymouth offer. Highlander? the indian one?
Geeber
During 1974, there was a “Sundance” edition of this car. It featured metallic burnt orange paint with a white vinyl top. The upholstery was a very vivid cloth that featured a bold, striped design in orange, black and white. The rest of the interior was a light colored vinyl.
I just googled it. Spectacular upholstery. Quoting Cary Grant in “The Grass is Greener”
“If you can’t be shiek, be odd.”
I can only find evidence of a 1974 Plymouth Sebring with the Sundance package, but I’m sure that my grandmother’s favorite cousin owned a 1973 Sebring with that upholstery and color combination.
Isn’t it spelled “chic” ?
While not one of my favourite cars overall, this is one of my favourites with the “loop bumper” look, partly because it’s got the pinched-in center. The colour does this one no favours though.
If I was ordering one new, I’d be torn between the Sebring Plus and Road Runner. The RR could be had with the 440, but the Sebring Plus has the 2-tone paint scheme with silver lower half, which looks neat. I presume this one has the 2-tone paint, but it’s not obvious from these pics due to the angles.
Howard Kerr
I think the 2 tone paint may have been part of the 2nd year “spruce up” that the Plus got for 72. And yet, a picture I just found of a 72 Plus shows the “mandatory” vinyl roof but not the silver lower body paint.
The title of this article says its a ’72 so it should have the silver lower, unless it was optional and could be deleted without deleting the chrome trim. A google image search of “1972 satellite sebring plus” shows lots with the silver lower paint and almost all have a vinyl roof. Wow, vinyl certainly was popular then!
A search for “1972 road-runner” shows about 1/4 of them with vinyl roofs too, and the majority that don’t have strobe stripes that go up the C-pillars and over the roof like a basket handle.
In the late 70s I was being transferred from the east coast to the west coast and wanted to buy a car in my hometown rather than from a stranger in California. One of the cars I looked at was a near twin to the car here. Unfortunately, it wasn’t a Plus, just a regular Sebring Satellite and it had a slant six. The colors in and out were the same (a HUGE selling point for me, as I love yellow cars). And I might have bought it but a test drive revealed incredibly light power steering. My mother’s maiden aunt had a 64 Plymouth with very light power steering and before the drive I was hoping steering effort had improved in 7 years.
As another poster here has pointed out, part of the Plus package was a tachometer. In fact, the Plus shared the same gauge cluster with the Road Runner and the “high line” Chargers. Regular Satellite coupes used the strip speedometer found in Satellite and Dodge Coronet 4 door sedans.
Not every 1964-72 mid size 2 door car was a “muscle car”, Satellite Sebring was aimed at Torino 500 and Chevelle Malibu, the bread and butter cars. Coronet 500 was replaced by the Charger for ’71, to compete with LeMans and Cutlass.
With average 318 V8 motors, not 440 six packs. So, the Sebring Plus was not a ‘Road Runner’ successor.
The styling, though, was clearly meant to suggest performance, or at least success on the NASCAR ovals. The Chevrolet Monte Carlo and Pontiac Grand Prix, meanwhile, were all about personal luxury in a smaller package. The first- and second-generation Monte Carlos were meant to be blue-collar Cadillac Eldorados.
The buff books loved the 1971 Mopar intermediate coupes. Car and Driver tested both a Road Runner and a Dodge Charger in 1971, and raved about both of them.
Buyers, however, weren’t that impressed, judging by the sales figures. The buff books were still into performance, while buyers had moved on, and now wanted luxury looks at a reasonable price.
Wow, that color palette……
Can you imagine any mainstream mid-size car today offering any of those color choices?
But we have silver white and black ! Aren’t those enough for you?
I’d like to see more colors and the elimination or massive downsizing of those stupid consoles that eat up room. At least let there be a “delete” option.
Old Pete
That’s the main thing I dislike about today’s cars – no colours except red. And all those murky almost-black metallics. Ugh!
With you on the sludgy, greasy colours. In 20 years time there will be plenty of “WTF was I thinking”
MoparRocker74
Nice find! I prefer these in RR form, but this would make for a nice car either way…and it appears to be in immaculate condition. I have mixed feelings on these loop bumpers. In a monochrome paint scheme (as found on RRs and GTXs) I think they look great…but with the full chrome surround…not so much. The ’73 and ’74 models actually pull off the 5 mph bumpers very well, and while the look is slightly less aggressive, its definitely got attitude and flows well with the rest of the car.
I see you made the connection with the FJ body DSM coupes. Theres more in common than just the name, since like this Sebring plus which is a tamed RR, those coupes too fell short of the cars they succeeded in the performance department. The Plymouth Laser and Eagle Talon (which are virtual sister cars to these) offered a far sportier package with greater performance. The outgoing all-Chrysler G body Daytona was one of the most powerful and fastest fwd cars on the planet in IROC R/T form (along with the Spirit R/T) and the Stealth could be optioned up to run with the contemporary Corvette.
The Sebring/Avenger coupes may have looked great but thats about all they had going for them. What was Ma Mopar thinking? Personal luxury was dying. And the Magnum 5.2 and 5.9 engines (even tuned for truck use) were more than competitive with what the Mustang GT and GM F bodies were offering at the time. Mopar hadnt offered a direct competitor to those in some time yet as the current Challenger shows, there are more than enough enthusiasts out there to support a Mopar muscle car. Seems that with some minor tweeking, these coupes (and the even less successful Sebring/Stratus coupes that followed) would have captured plenty of buyers had they been rwd with available V8 power. The parts were in the bins to engineer these cars the ‘right’ way all along.
The DSM sport coupes were perhaps not the best basis for a personal luxury coupe. Another example where enlarging the back seat was a priority but not the right one.
nlpnt
Exactly. In the 90s we were well into the era where people wanting a roomy back seat simply didn’t buy two-door cars.
Fratzog
The first car that I legally drove. I had saved my pennies and hired a private driving school rather than share the car with two other students by doing it at my high school. The driving school had previously used a 69 Mustang, and when he arrived at my home it was in a baby blue Satellite Sebring. I was shocked, but it passed as I was anxious to get my license and my freedom.
The Sebring was actually really nice to drive. I thought the thing looked cheap, the color and the interior finishes were awful, but I did enjoy driving it, especially compared to driving our family cars. No one in my family had owned a Mopar at that point, they were strange and mysterious, especially with the fascinating sound emitted by the reduction gear starter.
“No one in my family had owned a Mopar at that point, they were strange and mysterious . . . ”
Same here. The idea that anyone made a car where the key teeth pointed up to go into the lock cylinder was bizarre to me when I found out. But nobody made a better feeling column shift lever – positive, clean, quiet, and a very short arc between D and P.
rudiger
That key lock cylinder thing was one of the stranger things about the Big 3. It’s like they went out of their way to make sure they were all different. GM cars pointed down, Chrysler pointed up, and Fords had teeth both up and down!
They probably did it partly just to be different, but having the teeth pointed up has a technical advantage: If a small amount of water or dirt gets into the lock cylinder, it won’t get into the tumblers because they are above the keyhole, not below it as in the GM case.
Of course Ford, having teeth on both sides of the key, has an ergonomic advantage because you don’t have to pay attention to which way you insert it. If they designed the lock cylinders well, they also won’t be affected by water or dirt.
DetJeff
As an owner of a 74 Charger SE Brougham, I am pretty familiar with these cars. There is so much room under the hood in front of the radiator support, especially in the Charger. The hood is as long as some cars it seems! I warmed up to this generation, though I prefer the 68-70 Chargers. Mine is also in an original condition like this Satellite.
I like the original color too, beige, brown and green were common colors back then. Not everyone wanted a bright color, for a variety of reasons. They looked good in print photos, or in the showroom though.
Too many were jacked up with traction bars and destroyed when I was in high school. I knew of one guy in the neighborhood that tried to replicate this model kit.
Jose Delgadillo
i wouldn’t mind driving something like that model, except for the blower.
With its louvered quarter windows, the Charger SE Brougham did a much better job of ‘going brougham’ than the Sebring Plus. The specialty-car Charger was always more upscale than the Satellite and fit the upmarket demographic much better. The Charger targeted the Grand Prix from the beginning while the Coronet R/T was Dodge’s answer to the GTO. Plymouth never really had a Grand Prix competitor; the closest was the GTX and it, too, was closer to a Coronet R/T or GTO musclecar than a Grand Prix.
So it’s ironic when the ’75 Cordoba arrived on the scene that, suddenly, its Charger twin ended up in the sales basement. Apparently, Charger fans wanted more of a balance between performance and luxury than the Cordoba-based Charger offered. It must have drove the Dodge marketing people bananas and they did eventually rectify the situation somewhat with the slope-nose, headlights-under-clear-covers 1978 Dodge Magnum.
William Stopford
I’m always a bit baffled when I hear people say they don’t find these pre-big bumper Satellites attractive. To me, they are gorgeous and one of the best designs of the early 1970s.
Agree wholeheartedly.
This is one of my favorite early ’70s car designs. I liked the later ones ’73-74 so much I bought one as my first car. I instantly regretted selling it to buy a truck. But about a year ago, a friend of mine saw a car that looked just like my Roadrunner, and when he got the VIN, I checked it and it matched. It’s fully restored with a stroked 440 in it. I just wish I could get to Vegas to drive it again. Even better would be to somehow come into some $$ and buy it.
Confused about the “eight track cassette”. I know what an eight track is and I know what a cassette is but not the combination of both.
gottacook
Page from brochure refers to a stereo cassette player, clearly the usual two-hub sort because of the recording capability. Eight-track (continuous-loop 1/4-inch tape) home decks with recording capability were just beginning to be available around that time, while home cassette recorders were already common. (I’m surprised to learn about a car cassette deck that could record radio broadcasts; did anyone else besides Chrysler offer such a thing?)
The first built-in eight-track cartridge players for cars were offered for 1966, to the best of my knowledge, in such cars as the Thunderbird; in 1967 they became available on lower-priced GM cars such as our Pontiac Executive three-seat wagon (two speakers only: the “left” one in the top center of the dashboard, the “right” atop the right rear wheel well).
When factory and aftermarket car cassette decks started to appear a few years later, they offered no auto-reverse, but you could at least fast-forward and rewind the tape. (Home recording eight-track decks did offer fast-forward – at least, our Hitachi did – but rewind was impossible with the continuous-loop design.) I believe the eight-track format would have never taken off if car cassette decks had been around a few years earlier.
Zackman
In early 1972, I bought a Craig 8-track recorder/player. It was a cheap deck bought thru the BX on my air force base. Not much control – you inserted the blank tape while holding down the “record” button and away it went. Auto volume input level control, no pause or anything. It worked OK, but I wanted something better.
That summer I bought a very nice 3M Wollensack unit (image below off internet) from Handy Andy Electronics in Sacramento for $159.95. That was a very nice unit and did a fine job.
Less than a year later, I switched to cassettes.
The ‘eight track cassette’ wording is puzzling. In the 1971 B-body interior redesign, the radio was moved to a location in the driver instrument pod, utilizing the same, new, slim-line radio that was introduced in the 1970 E-body. There may have still been an AM/8-track option for that radio, but there was no cassette version. However, you could get a separate, stand-alone cassette player/recorder that was mounted on the transmission hump, effectively meaning it might have been possible to order a B-body with both an 8-track AND cassette player.
MarcKyle64
I always called them 8-Track cartridges. Stayed with them until 1985 because I had so many. Replacing them all with cassettes was cost prohibitive. I had a ’68 el Camino with an AM radio. Remember those flat plastic floor consoles with the grippy points on the bottom and shallow cup holders that you could buy for $1 at Wal-Mart and Auto Zone? I’d made one into a 8 track with 2 speakers entertainment station. The cigarette lighter did double duty as a power source for that and the FM converter sitting on top of the 8-track.
In the Hemmings online classifieds, there’s currently a green 1971 GTX with the optional play/record cassette deck; it’s a separate unit sitting on top of the front end of the console, clearly pictured. The in-dash radio is a separate thing, so I suppose a car with both cassette and 8-track could have been ordered.
(About 15 years ago, you could get a Subaru Outback Limited with both a cassette deck and a 6-CD changer in a combined in-dash unit; my father had one so equipped.)
Don Andreina
Peak US styling, shame about the colour. How rare is a non-RR/GTX version/replica of one of these?
There was no more GTX by then; 1971 was the last year – after which there was no good reason (if there ever had been) to offer an intermediate with a 440 V8 as standard equipment.
That’s not technically correct. Although the GTX ceased to be a separate model by 1972, just like the GTO, the GTX became something of an option package when a 440 was ordered in a Roadrunner. A Roadrunner so equipped got a small ‘GTX’ emblem on the trunklid, either next to the Roadrunner sticker on the right side (1972) or by itself on the left side (’73-’74). In effect, it was a trunklid engine call-out, similar to the ‘440’ on the hood stripes.
Some restorers have either removed the GTX emblem when repainting, or done just the opposite, and removed/replaced the Roadrunner stickers/emblems with GTX. But the way a 1972-74 440 engine Roadrunner came from the factory (and was designated) was Roadrunner/GTX. It was exactly the same as the one-year-only 1971 Dodge Charger Super Bee, which I guess replaced both the previous Coronet Super Bee and R/T models.
It seems like one of those ‘Roadrunner things’ where someone in Chrysler management (probably Dick Macadam) had simply decreed that a Plymouth B-body coupe with a 440-4v would, somehow, always also be a GTX. The only car that didn’t meet that criteria was the 1970 Plymouth Superbird, which had the 440-4v engine as standard.
Thanks, this is all news to me. (I’m better with Pontiacs.)
It’s a subtle nuance that I doubt even many dealers knew about when the cars were new. It’s not like the ’72-’74 Roadrunner was a hot seller, and I don’t think the GTX was even advertised, anywhere. It was just the 440 engine option for the Roadrunner in all the brochures. With ‘musclecar’ being a dirty word by then, I’m sure virtually all of them were special order cars, too. In fact, it wouldn’t be surprising to learn that the few new owners of 440 engine ’72-’74 Roadrunners being irate at delivery when they saw that the factory had ‘mistakenly’ put a GTX emblem on the trunklid.
GarryM
My favourite of this model is the 74 Sebring with steel road wheels. The music director at our small town radio station had one in a dark green with just a few options. Even with the black bumper blocks the car looked really good.
That said these cars were not in the same league as similar products from GM and Ford in terms of design and engineering. But then, by the mid-seventies not many cars were that great as we all know.
While I tend to lean more to the ‘like’ crowd of the fuselage Plymouth B-body coupe, I can certainly appreciate the sentiments of those who don’t. There’s a lot not to like there, almost foreshadowing the current retro ‘bloat-mobile’ Challenger nearly 38 years later, particularly when the Plymouth is equipped with painted bumpers. I’m not sure, but I think there’s an aftermarket kit that can be affixed to the new Challenger’s front end to give it a look very similar to the Sebring Plus’ dumbbell front end.
A couple of minor notes on what appears to be a very nice, original feature car. The first is the shot of the rear seat also includes the manual quarter window crank. This would be the last intermediate Mopar hardtop with that feature. For the next year (1973), the only way to get a true hardtop Satellite was to order power windows. If your ’73-’74 Satellite had manual windows, the quarter windows were fixed.
Second, did anyone else notice how strange the very small ‘Plymouth’ emblem is on the trunk lid above the lock cylinder? At first, I thought it was some non-stock add-on but I think that’s actually how they came from the factory. It just doesn’t look right, like the lettering should be larger, or maybe located on the lower left side of the trunk lid, opposite the ‘Satellite Sebring’ emblem on the right.
I didn’t pick up on the trunk emblem because I was looking at the tail lights, which look like saggy bum cheeks. These belong in the AMC camp of weird.
Agree that the the ‘saggy bum cheeks’ rear bumper is AMC-like. If it could have met the 5 mph requirement, I could easily see that rear bumper on the ’74 Matador coupe. It definitely makes that a bad (maybe the worst) viewing angle. The ’71 probably had the best rear taillights, followed by the ’73-’74.
When compared with the Torino and Malibu competition, the ’72 Satellite Sebring really does come in last place. I might even go so far as to say that, in some respects, the ’73-’74 Sebring, even with the mismatched front and rear fenders, is a better looking car.
I’ll bet that isn’t a “factory” placement for that Plymouth emblem. Especially since no other Chrysler-built car has an emblem placed there. Usually, an emblem placed in the middle of the trunklid covers the trunk’s keyhole.
I think it’s factory. As evidence, refer to a previous CC on the 1971 Satellite Sebring Plus. There’s a rear perspective shot that shows the exact same small emblem in the exact same spot. Further, although they used the same size emblem on the later ’73-’74 cars, there was now enough room on the redesigned bumper for it, and it looks much better in that location.
But it truly is strange that the emblem got shmucked above the lock cylinder on the earlier cars when it would have been substantially more appropriate in the empty area on the left side of the trunk. Maybe it was a misunderstanding between the stylists and production.
Ripple Earthdevil
1973-74, a little different.
Black & white.
I never noticed before how very similar looking are the 72 Torino the 73 Satellite. When you consider that the 71 Torino had an “eggcrate” grille, the car in this picture looks like it could have been an “alternate” Torino design.
A vastly improved Torino is what I always thought it was. Just like I considered the Challenger/Cuda an improvement on the 1st Gen Camaro. A lot of Mopars were cleaned up versions of other car designs.
How about a Chrysler 200 c with a brougham trim.
I called the ’71-’74 generation a “transition” design. http://bit.ly/1gTCjpB The one that got us from the ’68-’70 “peak” to the ’75 malaise mobile when it morphed into a Fury.
mcmlxv
I’ve always liked these cars, especially in pre-73 bumper mandate guise. Chrysler made a big effort to differentiate these coupes from the sedans. The leap forward from the boxy ’70 to this fuselage generation was radical, and the results were beautiful.
The polarizing effect of the front bumper is understandable, and I think the effect would have been less so had Chrysler used a visually lighter design. The details on these Sebrings are great: the nameplate forward of the rear wheels, the 71’s triple element side marker lights, the red/white/blue emblem on the grill and inside door panels, the round front parking lights snug in the lower valance, and the wacky tail lamps.
Nice catch Brendan.
BTW, I am very familiar with the location where you captured this Sebring. There’s lots of CC worthy history there. If there’s any way you can send me a private message, I’d love to fill you in.
You have to wonder if Chrysler hadn’t dumped so much money into development of the ill-fated 1970 E-body, they might have had the cash to come up with an attractive 1971 Satellite 2-door that utilized the sedan’s front end sheetmetal, in addition to the Satellite coupe. Instead, they went with two completely different body styles between the sedan/wagon and coupe. It makes sense due to the enormous success of GM’s two new intermediate personal luxury coupes, the 1969 Grand Prix and 1970 Monte Carlo. The problem was the 1971 Satellite coupe ended up having to cover a much wider spectrum: low-price coupe, performance (Roadrunner), and personal luxury (Sebring Plus). This meant that the Sebring Plus just didn’t have the caché of an exclusive, separate model. The Sebring Plus wasn’t anything special; it was just a Satellite coupe with more options.
One wonders how differently things might have been if a low-price coupe and Roadrunner had been based off of the sedan, and the Sebring Plus had been made a personal-luxury only specialty car like the GP and MC.
Honestly, considering what it cost Chrysler in the long run, the E-body really deserves to be considered a Deadly Sin.
One of my absolute favorite 1970s Chryslers. And it wasn’t brougham, it was Mod.
My neighbor had one of these in the 1980s, a ’72 Satellite Sebring Plus in Lemon Twist yellow with the optional white vinyl side protection accents. I thought it was the most beautiful combination, the car looked just like a slice of lemon pie with a dollop of whipped cream. At the time the car was already dented and starting to rust, but mostly clean enough to still sort of see how striking it must have been when new. I have never seen another like it since, even googling does not bring up any images of one in that color.
mark reimer
This Satellite was a quite competent handler, was around town peppy even with the smaller 318 V8 engine.
Esp when compared to the slower, sloppier handling, heavier, Much More “Brougham-ie” Torino.
mike matern
look at my 69 Bee to see where they were headed
I always liked those and the RR’s. My original car was supposed to be just like this, but my cousin sold the damn thing, after forgetting I wanted it.It was black and 3 years old, and looked showroom new, in and out:
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Older Patients with Metastatic Melanoma May Benefit from Immunotherapy
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Age should not limit which patients with metastatic melanoma receive immunotherapy.
BY Katie Kosko
Age should not limit which patients with metastatic melanoma receive immunotherapy, according to a new study published in JAMA Dermatology. In fact, study findings showed that patients aged 65 years and older experienced better overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS) and no greater immune-related side effects than younger patients.
The single-center cohort analysis was conducted by researchers in France to determine if age influences clinical outcomes and immune-related side effects after treatment with immunotherapy.
The researchers examined 92 patients, of which 54 were 65 years or younger and 38 were older than 65. All patients had unresectable or metastatic melanoma and were treated from January 2007 to February 2016 with Yervoy (ipilimumab), Opdivo (nivolumab) or Keytruda (pembrolizumab) — immune checkpoint inhibitors approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treatment of late-stage melanoma.
The mean PFS was 4.8 months for patients aged 65 and older compared with 3.4 months for patients younger than 65. In the older patient group, OS was 10.1 months. However, OS was not reached in the younger patient group.
“This association between older age and a better prognosis was stronger for patients treated with anti–PD-1 compared with patients treated with ipilimumab,” the study authors wrote. Unlike Opdivo and Keytruda – which block the protein programmed cell death-1 and are more commonly referred to as PD-1 – to help the immune system kill cancer cells, Yervoy binds to a substance called CTLA-4 to help the immune system fight the disease.
“The implications of the study are that the benefits of principally anti-PD-1 therapy do not have any particular age limits and that’s both important because of melanoma’s incidence, which peaks in the 50s, in the older age patients that we see increasingly with melanoma in the clinics,” John M. Kirkwood, M.D., director of the Melanoma Center at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center in Pittsburgh, who is not an author on the study, said in an interview with CURE.
He added, “The concern that we previously had in regard to age related auto-immune disorders, including thyroid dysfunction and arthritis that are seen with age, do not seem to be associated with a loss of the benefit of these new checkpoint inhibitor therapies, which have revolutionized our treatment of melanoma.”
Investigators determined that immune-related side effects were similar in both groups. Patients were evaluated for diarrhea during treatment, reactions to the skin, thyroid modifications, hepatitis, inflammation of the pituitary gland and loss of skin color. Immune-related side effects listed as “other” were more frequent among older patients. Older patients frequently developed meningitis and immunologic nephritis (inflammation of the kidneys) than younger patients, whereas younger patients more frequently developed immunogenic interstitial pneumopathy (conditions affecting the lungs) compared with older patients.
“The clear concern for many years in oncology is that with age the immune system becomes less effective and the fact that the immune system is not as active may mean that treatments that depend upon activation of the immune system might be less effective,” Kirkwood said. “The truth is with age we haven’t documented a significant obstacle to these kinds of immune therapies on any single immune basis.”
However, more research needs to be conducted to understand the benefits of these therapies, so treatment can be tailored to patients, according to Kirkwood. He also recommended that patients learn about the different options that they have for frontline treatment and adjuvant therapy — treatment given after the primary treatment to lower the risk that the cancer will come back.
“We have moved from darkness into increasing brightness in this field of melanoma research and treatment,” Kirkwood said. “We had only 6 to 7 years ago no survival improving therapies and we now have 11 that are FDA-approved. I think we may see a time in the next year or two when that number could easily grow by time and a half over what it is today.”
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Million yen Million yen % Yen
49,087 27,113 55.1 1,828.13
Year ended March 31, 2012: ¥27,026 million
CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS
from operating
from investing
from financing
equivalents, end
of period
Million yen Million yen Million yen Million yen
5,682 -4,607 -493 13,655
-2,791 -1,016 465 13,080
Total dividends
paid (annual)
(Consolidated)
to net assets
Million yen % %
591 − 2.2
591 35.6 2.2
(Percentage represents changes from the prior year)
First half ending
25,000 -11.0 1,500 -29.2 1,500 -27.4 800 -25.7 54.11
55,000 16.8 4,000 13.5 4,000 12.9 2,300 38.3 155.57
Material changes in subsidiaries during this period (Changes in scope of consolidations resulting from change is subsidiaries)
No(Number of subsidiaries excluded from consolidation: 0, Name of subsidiaries excluded from consolidation: −)
Changes in accounting policies and accounting estimates, retrospective restatement
Changes in accounting policies based on revisions of accounting standard: No
Changes in accounting policies other than ones based on revisions of accounting standard: No
Changes in accounting estimates: No
Retrospective restatement: No
Number of shares outstanding (common stock)
1. Number of issued and outstanding shares at the end of fiscal year (including treasury stock)
March 31, 2012: 14,783,900
2. Number of treasury stock at the end of fiscal year
March 31, 2012: 334
3.Average number of shares
Analysis of Operating Results
Operating results for this period
During the consolidated fiscal year, the Japanese economy remained in a tough situation, especially in employment conditions, although there were signs of gradual recovery in manufacturers’ production in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake.
In the pachinko business, a part of the amusement industry in which the Daikoku Denki Group (“the Group”) is engaged, there was a growing concern over a decrease in the visitors and operation of pachinko halls because pachinko hall operators in some regions suspended operations by rotation to respond to the shortage of power supply after the earthquake. However, no major impact was seen in the pachinko business in May and afterward. Some pachinko hall operators made small-scale capital investments during their non-business days, which led to a continuous shift from pachinko game machines to popular pachislot game machines.,. On the other hand, since the “Revision of Administration Policy on Advertisement Regulations” issued by the Community Safety Bureau, the National Police Agency became effective in August 2011, operators have shown a reluctant movement toward advertisement and event implementation in hall operations.
According to the “Present Status of Businesses Affecting Public Morals in 2011” surveyed by the Community Safety Bureau, the National Police Agency, the total number of installed game machines was 4,582,784, as a result of a decrease of 55,962 units in pachinko game machines and an increase of 84,346 units in pachislot game machines. Under these market environments, the Information System Segment promoted several proposals including, in particular, “BigMO,” a data display tool, plainly communicating a game element of diversified pachislot to the fans, “IL-AW,” a call-out lamp and “C II,” a hall computing system that serves as a core system.
The Control System Segment sought to improve the quality and efficiency of development operations and strove to propose hardware and software projects in game machines.
As a result, the Company’s cumulative consolidated results for the year were ¥47,096 million in net sales(up 36.6% year-on-year), ¥3,525 million in operating income (up ¥3,298 million year-on-year), and ¥3,541 million in ordinary income (up 894.1% year-on-year).Consolidated net income for the year amounted to ¥1,663 million (up ¥2,005 million year-on-year).
During the consolidated fiscal year, the Information System Segment promoted expansion of “C II Standard,” a hall management service system using the MIRAIGATE network. “BiGMO,” a data display tool, was highly regarded along with the introduction of large-sized models of pachislot game machines, which also contributed to the introduction of “C II,” a hall computing system.
As a result, sales in the segment were ¥25,741 million (up 9.6% year-on-year), and segment income was ¥4,793 million (up 57.3%year-on-year).
During the consolidated fiscal year, the number of models ande unit sales of pachinko game machines decreased until September 2011 in the pachinko game machines market, due to shortage in the supply of semiconductors affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. However, as the models in which t the Control System Segment were engaged received positive reviews in the market, the unit sales continues to surge.
As a result, sales in the segment were ¥20,463 million (up 115.5%year-on-year), and segment income amounted to ¥873 million (up ¥1,902 million year-on-year).
During the consolidated fiscal year, the Amusement Content Segment was mainly engaged in the development of large-sized models in consumer games that were ordered in the previous consolidated fiscal year. As a result, sales in the segment were ¥905 million (down 42.0%year-on-year), and segment loss amounted to ¥289 million (down ¥230 million year-on-year).
Outlook for the next consolidated fiscal year
The Japanese economy is expected to recover, reflecting the effects from several policies taken by the government. However, the Group anticipates that the future outlook for the economy will remain uncertain due to concerns about rising crude oil prices, power supply restrictions, etc.
Given such market environments, the Group forecasts the Information System Segment to achieve sales of ¥28 billion, up 8.8% from the preceding fiscal year. The segment, through data display tools including BiGMO, which received a high evaluation, will try to improve the quality of hall environments for fans, and also will try to establish a follow-up structure for hall management utilizing network services. The Group forecasts the Control System Segment to achieve sales of ¥26 billion, up 27.1% from the preceding fiscal year. The Control System Segment will make efforts to improve performance by enhancing planning and proposal capability and pursue of development quality through a review of the structure. The Group forecasts the Amusement Content Segment to achieve sales of ¥1 billion, up 10.5% from the preceding fiscal year. The segment will aim to improve development capability so as to increase entrusted development.
As a result of these initiatives, the Group forecasts consolidated net sales of ¥55 billion (up 16.8% year-on-year), consolidated operating income of ¥4 billion (up 13.5% year-on-year), consolidated ordinary income of ¥4 billion (up 12.9% year-on-year), and consolidated net income of ¥2.3 billion (up 38.3% year-on-year).
*Notes on forecasts and projections:
Forecasts regarding future performance in this report are based on judgments made in accordance with information available at the time this report was prepared and may therefore contain potential risks and uncertainties.
As for future outlook, the Group will continuously collect and analyze the data. In cases where it is necessary to revise its earnings forecast, the Group will officially announce the revision immediately.
Analysis of Financial Position
Status of Assets, Liabilities and Net assets
Current assets at the end of the consolidated fiscal year were ¥31,916 million, an increase of ¥367 million from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year. The main factors for the increase were an increase in cash and deposits reflecting favorable consolidated net sales, although inventories decreased because the sale of the products originally scheduled to be sold during the previous consolidated fiscal year, was finally realized during this consolidated fiscal year.
Noncurrent assets at the end of the consolidated fiscal year were ¥17,170 million, a decrease of ¥295 million from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year, mainly attributable to sales and redemption of memberships in investment and other assets, as well as the refund of deposits associated with the transfer of our Higashi Nihon branch.
Liabilities at the end of the consolidated fiscal year were ¥21,973 million, a decrease of ¥1,021 million from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year. The main factors for the decrease were a decrease in trade payables associated with the products scheduled for sale in the next consolidated fiscal year and an absence of accounts payable for the facilities expenses for the new head office building.
Nnet assets at the end of the consolidated fiscal year were ¥27,113 million yen, an increase of ¥1,093 million from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year, due mainly to an increase in retained earnings thanks to net income generated during the term, while dividends were paid. Consequently, total assets at the end of the consolidated fiscal year were ¥49,087 million, an increase of ¥71 million from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year, and the Group’s equity ratio was 55.1% (up 2.2 percentage point compared to the end of the previous consolidated year).
Status of Cash flow
Cash and cash equivalents (“cash”) at the end of the consolidated fiscal year were ¥13,655 million, an increase of ¥574 million from the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year.
Each cash flow for the consolidated fiscal year under review is as follows:
Cash obtained from operating activities for the consolidated fiscal year was ¥5,682 million yen (\2,791 million was used in operating activities in the same period of the previous year). The main reasons of this change were that income before income taxes increased thanks to favorable operating results and inventories recorded at the end of the previous consolidated fiscal year were finally realized during this consolidated fiscal year, even though there were a decrease in trade payables and payments for corporate taxes.
Cash used for investing activities was ¥4,607 million, an increase of ¥3,591 million from the previous consolidated fiscal year. The main factors for the increase were an increase in the amount of time deposits and acquisition of noncurrent assets including the new head office building.(Cash flow from financing activities)
Cash used in financing activities was ¥493 million (\465 million was provided from financing activities in the previous consolidated fiscal year). The main factor for the increase was the payment of dividends.
Basic policy for profit allocation and the dividends for the current and next fiscal year
The Group identifies the return of profits to the shareholders as the most important corporate management policies while expanding its business scale. Therefore, the Group sets out stable dividends as the basic policy, taking into consideration of a comprehensive assessment of business environments, earnings conditions and payout ratio, etc. Amount and timing of the dividend will be carefully examined and determined at the Board of Directors’ meeting. The Group has also the policy to utilize retained earnings for new business development and operational efficiency in long-term perspective in order to improve market competitiveness and profitability.
To return profits to the shareholders, the Group determined to pay dividends of ¥40 per share for the year (interim dividend of ¥10, year-end dividend of ¥30).
The Group also plans to pay dividends of ¥40 per share for the next year; (interim dividend of ¥10,year-end dividend of ¥30).
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Call of Duty: Ghosts review
By Ryan Fleming November 5, 2013 12:00AM PST
“Although it follows the same formula, ‘Call of Duty: Ghosts’ offers a few refreshing changes.”
New map design
Faster games
Plenty of content
Still the same game
The campaign story is weak
AI remains unimpressive
Whether you despise the Call of Duty franchise or will be waiting in line at midnight to get your copy of Call of Duty: Ghosts, it’s hard to deny that the formula works – even if it is growing old. Not surprisingly, that formula doesn’t fundamentally change with Ghosts, but the latest COD does improve upon its predecessors. And when it comes to multiplayer, fixes to many longstanding issues that have plagued the series for years may make this one of the most well-balanced Call of Duty titles yet. It doesn’t change the formula, but it does refresh it.
Private Whatever reporting for duty, sir!
Ghosts offers the most threadbare of plots to stitch together the single-player experience, which feels like an excuse to introduce new weapons and locales for the multiplayer. A government called the Federation has united South America following the collapse of the oil industry. They then attack America…. because. That is almost all the information you get. Ghosts needed an enemy that could offer a legitimate threat to make it dramatic, and a united, militaristic South America hasn’t really been done that often in gaming. So Bob’s your uncle, we have a new menace.
… COD campaigns are the gaming equivalent of… summer blockbusters filled with explosions and “big moments” to thrill gamers.
You play as Logan Walker, who along with his brother Hesh has been fighting the Federation to a standstill for 10 years under the command of their dad. When a mission sends them into the No Man’s Land between Los Angeles and San Diego, they meet the ultra-elite Ghost soldiers. The brothers join them to hunt for the traitorous Rourke, a former Ghost who was captured and turned thanks to a briefly mentioned combination of ancient drugs and modern torture techniques. For some reason, the brainwashed Rourke is now the main Federation field commander. Because there… maybe… yeah…
Logan and Hesh are joined for several missions by Riley, uber-dog extraordinaire and possibly the best squadmate to grace the series. Unlike his predecessors, Riley will rarely walk in front of your fire. You can send him after enemies, and there’s even a stretch of the campaign where you control him directly. He single handedly takes out a helicopter once. It’s silly, but he’s useful.
True to Infinity Ward’s tradition of protagonists, Logan remains mute throughout, which leaves no possibility of him ever having any real connection with his father and brother, even as the game tries so, so hard to force one. But family members talk at him, not to him, stunting the tale of family loyalty and respect that the game attempts to build.
What the mute main character does to the story, the idiotic AI does to the combat. Enemies represent a shooting gallery; coming after you in waves. They take cover, then wait for you to shoot them when they pop their heads up. This shallow approach offers quantity over quality.
But hey, the COD campaigns are the gaming equivalent of popcorn movies: summer blockbusters filled with explosions and “big moments” to thrill gamers. Those are all present in Ghosts, and they do offer mindless fun. Just don’t expect anything more.
Co-options
Along with the campaign and multiplayer, Ghosts introduces two new modes: Squads and Extinction.
Squads is a much more robust version of “combat training” from previous COD titles, allowing you to try the multiplayer with and against AI-controlled bots. A new twist on this mode allows you to bring up to five other friends with you to face an AI-controlled team set up by another player. That player chooses the map and game mode, along with his team loadouts, then lets the AI take over while they earn bonus experience time. It’s good practice to play against bots, and the bonus you earn while even offline is nice, but fighting AI can only offer so much diversion before it starts to lose its thrill. Another mode lets two players face off in a grudge match, each backed by a team of up to five AI-controlled teammates.
Squads also features a horde-like survival mode for four players called Safeguard, which pits you against waves of incoming enemies. You start with pistols and knives only, and await drops containing weapons, perks, and killstreaks. It doesn’t reinvent the survival-mode genre, but offers a nice break from conventional multiplayer action.
The other new co-op mode is Extinction, Infinity Ward’s apparent answer to Treyarch’s Zombies. Extinction is a four-player co-op game that replaces enemy zombies with aliens. Working as a team, you must place a drill on the hive and defend it for a set period of time, before moving on to destroy the next. After every fourth hive is a mini-boss like barrier hive. There are 12 hives to destroy in total plus three barrier hives.
Like zombies, Extinction feels like a completely different game attached to a COD title. It doesn’t have the deep mythology or variety that the Zombies offerings have developed, but it isn’t far off from the original mode introduced in World at War, which was addictive enough to spawn numerous expansions. It needs more than one map before it can really take off, though.
Multiplayer evolved
Like every new COD title, Ghosts introduces new multiplayer weapons, modes, ways to apply perks, and a few other bells and whistles. That said, there are some subtle, yet significant changes.
The first change you’ll notice is the ability to customize your character’s appearance, including gender. You unlock new cosmetic options by completing challenges, like getting a certain number of headshots with one weapon (similar to the way weapon skins worked in Black Ops II). The Prestige option is also gone, and instead you now have 10 characters to level up, each earning their own experience.
These new modes all have one common theme: speed.
As you level up, you earn “squad points” to buy weapons, equipment, and perks. Perks have also seen a minor overhaul. There are now 35 to chose from, and each has a value ranging from one to five, meaning the number of perk slots they occupy. The fewer weapons and equipment you carry, the more perk slots you have. Perks are now also broken into several categories, from stealth to speed to handling, and they can only be unlocked through a combination of purchasing them with squad points and hitting a certain level.
Traditionally, Call of Duty maps have been designed using a “three-path” philosophy, with a central pathway and routes on either side. In contrast, Ghosts offers a huge amount of variety in the map design, with several winding pathways on multiple vertical levels, and rarely a straight path from one side to the other. The maps can also change on the fly. Some allow players to blast new doorways using weapons (although only in specific locations), and “dynamic events” like earthquakes can also alter the battlefield – though not drastically.
There are several advantages to this new map philosophy. Domination is no longer a frustrating battle for a single, central point. Snipers will have to work for a clean shot due to fewer map-spanning sightlines. Fewer chokepoints discourage camping. These changes speed up the games and help make them less predictable.
Killstreaks return to their MW3 format, with awards for consecutive kills, completing objectives, and for supporting your team (which rewards you with perks rather than killstreaks). Regardless of which type you accrue, the killstreaks are far less effective, preventing them from dominating the games as much. Air support is weaker, player-controlled missiles are easier to avoid, and there is no killstreak that basically ends the game like a nuke, or even a swarm from Black Ops 2.
Along the same lines, the UAV has been replaced with a much weaker, ground-based system that you have to plant and leave behind. turrets are also easier to destroy. These changes make a huge improvement, and don’t force you to hide. It encourages movement.
Along with many returning game modes, several new ones focus on increased movement. Search & Rescue is a twist on the no-respawn Search & Destroy, allowing you to revive fallen players by retrieving their dog tags before an enemy can; Blitz is similar to Capture the Flag, but instead of retrieving a flag, you just need to enter the designated enemy “base” to score; Cranked starts a 30-second death timer on a player after they score a kill, which can only be reset by earning another kill; Hunted starts everyone with a pistol and drops weapons throughout the map; Infected gives you a shotgun and pits everyone against one “infected” player who starts with a knife and super-speed, and gains teammates by killing them; Grind, a play on Kill Confirmed, forces you to take the tags you collect and “bank” them in one of two designated spots (although Grind is currently not available in the main playlists).
These new modes all have one common theme: speed. Each of the new modes, paired with the more varied maps, requires you to move. COD has always prided itself on fast-paced games, but Ghosts refines that idea by forcing you to move almost constantly, creating a fundamental change.
The Call of Duty formula still needs a dose of innovation, but the changes to Ghosts makeit feel somewhat fresh. You’ll still find the same frustrations as before – spawn killing, quick scoping, ignorant teammates – but the new philosophy makes for a better, faster game. Ghosts won’t win back COD expatriates who already moved on, but fans who are beginning to tire of the same old product will find plenty to keep them excited for at least the next year.
This game was reviewed on a PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One at a review event that was hosted and paid for by Activision.
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The best Pixel 4 XL cases to protect your big Android smartphone
By Mark Jansen November 3, 2019 11:45AM PST
The Google Pixel is where you’ll find the very best Android experience in the world, and the Google Pixel 4 XL is set to prove it. Google’s latest flagship is packed to the gills with tip-top hardware, a notch-less display, and — for the first time on a Pixel phone — a dual-lens rear-facing camera suite. Add the cutting edge Project Soli-powered Motion Sense feature and you’ve got a very special phone indeed.
While it’s certainly a special phone, it’s an expensive one, too. The price hasn’t changed from the Pixel 3 XL, it still starts at $899, so you’ll want to keep it safe from harm. Don’t stay up all night worrying about your phone — ward off scratches, dirt, and cracks with one of the best Pixel 4 XL cases.
Peel Super-thin Case
It’s time for a design change in Google’s Pixel forges and the Pixel 4 XL is the super-sized representative of Google’s new design ethos. So proclaim that style loud and proud and don’t hide it behind a bulky case. Peel’s super-thin case is one of the slimmest available, with a semi-transparent matte finish, making it the perfect choice for anyone who still wants to show off a certain style. Unfortunately, that slimness is also a negative point as Peel’s case won’t be the most protective. The thin material will protect against dirt, fingerprints, and minor scratches, but it won’t do much against bumps and drops, so it’s not the case to buy if you’re worried about major falls and knocks.
Otterbox Symmetry Series Gradient Energy Case
Otterbox cases are well known for protection, but less so for style. That should end with the striking Symmetry Series. The case is slim and fits comfortably in your hand, but the real draw here is clearly the Gradient Energy variant that uses a blending of purple and green with a scattering of glitter. It’s a striking case and one that’s worth considering if you like a flashy look. It has substance as well as style, and the combination of synthetic rubber and hard polycarbonate should provide solid protection against scratches, drops, bumps, and more. If you’re not a fan of the glittery look, there are other, less bold finishes available, too. However, all variants are on the expensive side.
Spigen Slim Armor
Miss the dual-tone look from the older Pixels? Spigen is bringing it back with the Slim Armor’s top panel that matches the Pixel 4 XL’s bold camera module. But it’s not just about looks. The Slim Armor provides protection worthy of the Spigen name, using a dual-layer construction to guard against a number of dangers. The inner TPU has an absorbent nature and, combined with Spigen’s Air Cushion corners, can protect against impacts and drops, while the hard outer polycarbonate case clips over the back to guard against scratches and more direct threats. As ever, it feels solid in the hand and even has an kickstand. It’s expensive at $40, but keep an eye out and you’ll find some aggressive price drops soon.
Case-Mate Tough Groove Case
The Pixel 4 XL’s redesign looks good, but it doesn’t match the shimmery good looks of many Huawei and Honor phones. Change that with the Case-Mate Tough Groove case. A series of vertical grooves lends grip to the case, but also creates a changing multi-colored hue up and down the case. It protects well, too, with anti-scratch properties and drop protection up to an impressive 10 feet. It’s super-slim, works perfectly with wireless charging, and offers a soft surface to promote grip. It’s often harder to find more feminine cases that are also protective, but Case-Mate’s Tough Groove absolutely delivers.
Gear4 Battersea Case
If drops really worry you, then Gear4’s Battersea case is a great case to protect against sudden tumbles onto the sidewalk. Gear4 has used a material known as D3O in the Battersea case, which it claims is used by the military and professional athletes to lessen energies from impact. As a result, Gear4 claims the case can resist drops from up to an incredible 16 feet (almost 5 meters). Despite that, it’s still pretty slim and is fully compatible with wireless charging. It’s finished with a soft-touch material and a ribbed texture to help keep it in your hand. However, all that protection comes at a price.
Nomad Rugged Leather Case
There are few materials more luxurious and sumptuous than premium leather, and Nomad’s cases are some of the best examples of this. Each case is made from American Horween leather that will develop its own unique patina over time, making your leather case truly unique. As leather, it’s durable and easy to keep clean, but it’s also protective, thanks to a TPE rubber bumper around the edges of the case that offers drop protection of up to six feet. It’s built to last, and this is a case you’re unlikely to need to replace at any time. But, at $50, it’s clear you’re paying a premium for a premium case.
Incipio DualPro Case
Another almost bullet-proof option for drop protection, Incipio’s DualPro is exactly what the name suggests — professional-level, dual-layer protection. It’s made from a combination of a scratch-proof polycarbonate outer shell laid over a shock-absorbing inner core of flexible TPU. These two layers work together to provide protection against a wide variety of threats, including a claim of military-grade drop protection. While it’s not the slimmest case here by a long shot, it’s still fairly slim, and won’t make your svelte phone hideously thick. Best of all, that protection doesn’t put too much of a dent in your wallet with a $30 price.
Kerf Wood Case
While plastic and leather cases are commonplace, wood isn’t a material you normally see — but Kerf’s cases show why it’s not to be dismissed. Each of Kerf’s cases are handcrafted in the U.S. from a variety of sustainable woods, and thanks to that, each one has its own unique pattern. You can choose from a variety of woods, with prices to match the relative rarity of those woods — and the price rises are pretty steep, going from $79 for cherry wood, all the way to $179 for figured Sapele. Then you can add custom engraving for another additional fee, with the top prices falling just short of $200. So they’re certainly expensive — but they’re beautiful, and among the most unique you can buy.
Tech21 Evo Check Case
Tech21 excels at providing solid, all-around options, and the Evo Check is a case that’ll satisfy a lot of people. It looks good, combining a smokey black color with a translucent back and a simple check pattern. But it also brings serious protection, offering drop protection of up to 12 feet and even has a built-in formula that Tech21 claims will kill 99.99% of germs. As if all of that wasn’t enough, it also has mix and match buttons, so you can swap out the black button covers for another style. The downside? It’s a versatile package that doesn’t come cheap, and at $40, it could be outside the budget of many. But if you find it cheap, snap it up.
Poetic Guardian Tough Case
Good protection doesn’t have to put a hole in your wallet, and if you’re looking for solid protection on a budget, you should look to Poetic. Made from a combination of shock-absorbing TPU and scratch-resistant polycarbonate, the Guardian case protects from all sides with the addition of an extra raised edging around your display, and corner bumpers to give additional protection against bumps. It’s certainly not the most attractive of cases, and those looking for sleek protection won’t find it here. If you want something on the rugged side, but without the high price, look no further than the Poetic Guardian.
UAG Monarch Series Tough Case
If you want the ultimate in smartphone protection, then UAG is a good port of call. The Monarch Series is UAG’s flagship and it comes with an incredible five layers of protection. This includes soft rubber, a hard polycarbonate plate, top grain leather, an armor frame, and even an alloy metal frame on the outside. This adds up to a lot of protection, but despite all of that, it doesn’t sacrifice a low weight either. It comes at a high price, starting from $60, and it’s definitely “unique” in the looks department. But if you can put both of those factors aside, this is a case that will seriously look after your phone.
Olixar Ultra-thin Clear Case
One of the major arguments against cases is style. You’ve spent so much money on your new phone, so why would you hide it away behind a chunky case? Olixar’s ultra-thin clear case offers decent protection without obscuring your phone. It’s made from soft but durable TPU, which protects against minor bumps and scratches, and stops dirt and fingerprints from marring your view. It has a non-slip coating to boost your grip, while a raised bezel protects your display and camera from dirt and grit. Slim and thin, it’s a great choice if you don’t want to alter the look of your phone — but you’re sacrificing some protection for that. If you’re happy to make the sacrifice, though, then $7 isn’t a bad price at all.
Ghostek Covert 3 Case
Being made of strong materials, and being equipped with raised bezels and reinforced corners, you have to admit “Covert” is something of a misnomer. But believe it or not, this case is subtle by Ghostek’s usual standards. But it’s no less protective than Ghostek’s bigger cases. The corners are protected by the aforementioned reinforcements, while a scratch-resistant clear back panel protects that area from harm. Despite the large corners, it’s slim and doesn’t add much bulk to your phone — and it has even been treated with a nonslip coating to help keep it in your hand. It’s also something of a bargain at under $15.
Ringke Fusion-X Rugged Case
Looking for something unique? Then Ringke has your back with the Fusion-X. Like other dual-layer cases, the Fusion-X uses a shock-absorbing TPU bumper with a hard polycarbonate backplate to safeguard your device, providing protection against drops, scratches, and other potential threats. The soft bumper lends grip for your fingers, while a raised bezel around the edges means your device doesn’t rest directly on surfaces — avoiding dirt and scratches. Best of all, it’s really not very expensive.
Snakehive Vintage Leather Wallet Case
If you’re looking for a case that makes a statement, then it’s hard to go wrong with leather. This case from Snakehive uses full-grain European nubuck leather that feels soft in the hand, but also protects your phone with its complete coverage. The front cover protects your screen while your phone is in a bag or pocket, or it can be folded behind while in use to keep it out of the way or form a kickstand for easy video watching. Stylish and protective, Snakehive’s wallet case is expensive — but the great looking leather is absolutely worth it.
Zizo Bolt Series Rugged Case
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ESPN makes Africa push in deal with Kwesé
25th October 2016 @ 12:34
ESPN has signed an exclusive deal with African sports broadcaster Kwesé to launch the ESPN channel in 19 countries across the continent.
Under the deal, which comes into effect in early 2017, thousands of hours of ESPN content will be licensed to telco Econet Media-owned Kwesé, including live sports and original programming.
This will be broadcast on both an ESPN-branded channel and on the Kwesé Sports network in countries across Sub Saharan Africa, excluding South Africa.
By mid-2017, ESPN and Kwesé also plan to jointly launch an African edition of the ESPN website, KweseESPN.com, along with an accompanying mobile app.
The website and app will combine ESPN’s digital platform and coverage of global sports with Kwesé’s local African sports news and analysis.
The deal marks ESPN’s return to the African market after it made a strategic decision to close down its TV networks there in 2013. It previously broadcast ESPN and ESPN Classic on the MultiChoice’s DStv platform.
“Ultimately our goals are the same, to bring fans the best in global sports,” said Joseph Hundah, CEO of Econet Media.“The synergies between Kwesé and ESPN allow us to achieve that goal by leveraging our collective ability to deliver premium African and global sports programming to sports fans across Africa.”
ESPN International’s executive vice-president and managing director, Russell Wolff, said: “ESPN’s focus around the world is simple: to serve sports fans. This long-term collaboration across television and digital media will do just that – serve millions of sports fans across Africa with exceptional products, content and coverage.
“We are very excited about the opportunities that lie ahead as we bring ESPN’s great content, including SportsCenter, and decades of experience in sports media together with one of Africa’s most dynamic and vibrant companies.”
Programming covered by the deal includes US college football, major US college basketball, boxing, the Verizon IndyCar Series and the X Games.
ESPN will also produce daily SportsCenter updates for Africa and the agreement will include ESPN Films’ 30 For 30 documentaries, and a range of additional studio programming such as The Interruption, Around The Horn and College Gameday.
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Travellers leave site in chaos
BUSINESSES and residents have breathed a sigh of relief at the end of a month of chaos caused by an illegal Traveller encampment.
United Utilities which owns land on Johnsons Lane and Gorsey Lane, Widnes, has described how the Travellers played a game of 'cat and mouse', dodging notices ordering them off the premises.
On September 18, United Utilities was informed that the Travellers had parked 25 caravans on their land near the council-run recycling centre and immediately took action.
The company served a 'common law notice' on the Travellers ordering them to move from Johnsons Lane.
They complied... and moved a few yards round the corner to Gorsey Lane.
A second common law notice was served but the group refused to budge.
United Utilities final option was to apply for a court order which took up to two weeks to come through.
The Travellers moved at the weekend leaving the company with the cost of employing an external contractor to clean up the mess.
On Monday morning the verges and pavements were left strewn with empty gas canisters, discarded building materials, carpets and domestic waste.
Residents from nearby Weates Close Estate are looking forward to being able to walk through the area once again.
And the court order states the Travellers must stay away from the land for the next three months.
One resident said: 'Thank God they've gone. I was peeping round the corner every day to see if I could walk down there with the dog.
'They have been there for weeks and you should see the state of the place now. There are heaps of rubbish everywhere.
'It used to be a nice area which you could walk through, but not now.
'I can't believe what they have done.
'I look at it this way. They should get the Territorial Army down to force these travellers to pick up their own mess.
'The dog walkers will be really glad to get our walk back - some of us have been really upset with what has happened.'
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PeerStreet Raises $15M During Series A Funding Round Led by Andreessen Horowitz
November 17, 2016 @ 3:45 pm By Samantha Hurst
Real estate crowdfunding platform, PeerStreet, announced on Thursday it raised $15 million during a Series A funding round, which was led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, with additional participation from The Kaiser Family Foundation, Rembrandt Venture Partners, and Montage Ventures.
The portal revealed that Alex Rampell, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, led the investment and will take a seat on PeerStreet’s board. He revealed:
“PeerStreet is one of the fastest growing marketplace lenders we’ve seen, scaling to $165 million in originated loans in a little over a year, with great returns against a secured asset. They have a unique distribution model that allows them to leverage existing lending networks to lower loss rates, and grow without direct marketing.”
The funding comes just over one year after PeerStreet launched its investment platform in October 2015. To date, the firm has funded more than $165 million in loan investments and returned more than $50 million to investors; all with zero losses. PeerStreet also expanded its national footprint, working with more than 50 lenders and offering investments across half the country. Brew Johnson, CEO and co-founder of PeerStreet, shared:
“I speak for the entire team at PeerStreet when I say how incredibly excited we are to include Andreessen Horowitz on the roster of stellar investors in our company. This round of funding will help us further execute on our goal of building a world class investment platform for real estate debt.”
Brett Crosby, COO and co-founder PeerStreet, added:
“This is another strong signal to our customers, partners and lenders that our business is on the right trajectory to fulfill our mission of connecting investors more directly with loans. “Our approach benefits the entire ecosystem by providing more transparency, access and control to mortgage finance.”
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Paul Baker Q&A
Cheltenham Town chairman Paul Baker has been answering fans questions in a recent matchday programme.
Cheltenham Town chairman Paul Baker took time out recently to answer some fan questions in a recent matchday programme.
Thank you to everyone who took part and sent a question in. You can now read this programme feature here on www.ctfc.com below.
I have followed the Robins since the late 60's and marvel at the progress the club has made in the intervening years but being based in Dorset, I regret I am only able to get to a home game very infrequently. My observation is that the town of Cheltenham and the game of football remain at best lukewarm to each other with crowds hovering around 2,500 - 3,500.
I am interested to know exactly what is being done to attract alternative income streams to make the club a stand alone sustainable business.(Simon Bowes, Dorset)
What an excellent question which goes right to the heart of what the club must do to ensure its long term sustainability. It is quite clear that football clubs at our level cannot survive on revenue generated from football related activities alone. There are a number of things we have done already, for example using our assets better - the ground share with Gloucester City, taking on the entire lease at our training facility and then subletting surplus areas to generate revenue and reduce the running costs and also letting out surplus office space at the ground to the Trust for educational use.
We are investing in our Conference facilities which are beginning to show a decent return and we have recently set up a number of new web sites specifically geared to promoting enquiries for room and function hire, conferencing, hospitality and things to do with children at weekends. And the investment in our Academy will we hope generate more revenue from the sale of young players which really can make a significant contribution.
If Gloucester City were relegated, would that impact on their tenancy? (Charlie Farnsbarns, Cheltenham)
Firstly I hope that they will not be relegated but if they are I cannot see them being able to afford to renew their tenancy for a further season. Indeed if they are relegated they would not be required to have such a well appointed stadium. More realistically I think they will stay for another season by which time their new stadium will be ready.
Why doesn't the club do any social nights to raise money in the bar and the club such as tribute nights and Christmas dinners? (Jamie Howells, Cheltenham)
At our last Board meeting we invited Jeff, the bar manager, to come along so we could chat about the running of the bars and we asked him the same question. It seems that the sort of events you are talking about are not financially attractive anymore - people just don't support them. It may be due to our location and the problem of driving or simply the cost of nights out but we are making good money with private functions such as wakes, parties, skittles, celebrations etc. where there is no risk and no time consuming organisation, ticket selling etc.
The club used to organise a number of events such as Golf Days, Sporting Dinners etc. but the amount of time and effort involved compared to selling an advertising board for example meant that such events can no longer be justified on a revenue earned basis.
We see more and more clubs successfully using digital media to engage old and new fans - is this something the club would consider investing more resources into? (Barry Thomas, Tewkesbury)
Thanks Barry. I’m not sure I am best placed to answer this one given I have yet to discover 'social media'!
However we do have an excellent website, we do regular e-newsletters but we really must improve our databases and collect more email data. We do engage on Twitter and Facebook and we are trying to improve the quality and content of our Robins Player package. Any ideas would be most welcome!
League Two is proving to be a very tight league this season, do you feel the current squad at CTFC have what it takes to be successful this season and will you be looking for some new players to help boost the club up the league in January? (Lucy Vincent, Cheltenham)
When we sat down with Mark at the beginning of the season we agreed a budget which we felt would give him a decent chance of making the play-offs. We agreed we needed to bring in players of a better quality but to do that it was necessary to work with a smaller squad. No money was set aside for strengthening the squad with loan signings; we took a calculated gamble with injuries
and hoped the new squad would gel quickly.
I believe the current squad is certainly capable of reaching the play-offs. With regards to new players we have been able to make a number of loan signings using some of the money from the West Ham match and by making savings elsewhere such as the Keith Lowe deal to York. If we are to strengthen the squad in January then it can only be done by making savings elsewhere in the playing budget.
Last season the FA Cup success helped us to significantly strengthen the squad in January which further emphasises the importance of FA Cup success.
Off or on the pitch, what is the one trend in the modern game you would like to reverse? (Laurence Horton, Cheltenham)
Hi Laurence.
Well on the field I would like referees to stamp out diving and time wasting which all fans hate.
Off the field I wish fans would support their team rather than berate and wind up the opposition fans.
How is the club faring financially compared with this time last season and do you expect the situation to improve if the club reach the play-offs? (Paul Fearnside, Cheltenham)
Well fortunately we never budget to do make money from any of the cup competitions so whilst an early exit does not damage our revenue calculations it does mean we have to be very disciplined if we are to break even or make a profit.
It also makes it very difficult to reduce debt and to strengthen the playing squad. Clearly if we reach the play-offs then it would be a significant bonus - especially if we got to the final! It would be the difference between making a loss or breaking even and making a profit, reducing debt and possibly investing in the playing squad in the following season.
The club’s Junior Robins scheme is great and highly commendable when trying to bring through a younger generation of Cheltenham supporters but are there any plans to engage teenagers and young adults to return to the stands on matchdays? (Adam Jeffree, Cheltenham)
Hi Adam.
We have been delighted with the success of the new 'Junior Robins' scheme. Over 600 members have so far signed up so thank you for your favourable comments.
We did, I recall, reduce prices for teenagers and students this season and we are trying to further develop our links with local Colleges and the University. I do think we could do more however to engage with school students.
The problem with further reducing prices for young adults is that we will have to make up that lost revenue elsewhere and the opportunities for doing that are limited. The season ticket is excellent value for all age categories but I appreciate this age group probably cannot afford this outlay all in one go - although the instalment scheme may help!
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Home Main European football is more entertaining than the NFL
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Toni Kroos of Germany dribbles past Austrian player Julian Baumgartlinger in the 2012 UEFA Euro competition. Photo by Steindy
I’m not sure if the motivation I got for this story is due to the fact that I’m a Denver Broncos fan (4-8 record), or because of the current state of entertainment of soccer in Europe.
A common theme for the average American sports fan is to immediately discredit soccer, mainly due to stereotypes of players diving for penalties, “soft” players, and calling it “boring” because goals are much rarer than touchdowns, or points in a basketball game.
This article is here to dispel that.
Before I get into it, I’d like to clear one thing up: I love college football, and I used to love the NFL. This article is meant to be a comparison between the NFL and the Top 5 leagues in Europe, the UEFA Champions League, and the FIFA World Cup.
I’d like to start off by saying the NFL has been nothing but a disappointment to watch the last two years. This all is a combination of the Patriots winning the most boring Super Bowl ever viewed, insanely soft rule changes, injury plagued NFL rosters, and the unavailability of watching games (west coast people should know what I’m talking about). All these factors are concerns for both NFL owners, fans, and TV services.
There is a reason that Leo Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Neymar are the world’s highest paid athletes, as per Forbes. It is because soccer’s outreach is limitless. Players such as the three listed are on posters of kids’ bedroom walls in 6 continents. They are all household names. You couldn’t name your child “Leo” or “Cristiano” without people asking if they were named after the soccer stars.
Now try that with NFL star names like “Aaron” or “Russell” after the two highest paid NFL players: Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson. This just shows how big of an impact these players have worldwide.
The 2018 World Cup, known widely as soccer’s most relevant competition – was viewed by 3.572 billion people worldwide.
The 2019 Super Bowl? A mere 98.2 million, the lowest in a decade.
What you see here is, the NFL is dying. People can point the finger at a number of people: Roger Goodell, the league’s commissioner, NFL team owners, or players themselves – a common one being Kaepernick.
What Colin Kaepernick did in 2016 altered the league, divided viewers, and exposed NFL owner’s greed. Kap did not do one thing wrong under the law, but only under the predisposed agenda of the NFL. For Colin to be unemployed for almost four years now exposed just how much power owners have in the NFL, who operate under their own rules.
Whether you agree with him or not, we can all agree that the NFL has not been the same since. The NFL lost viewers, whether it be protesting against Kaepernick or for him. Since then, the NFL has made a slew of decisions not for the interest in making things more entertaining.
As European football battles the VAR rule change (a system that checks goals, offsides, and any referee calls), American football battles rule changes revolving around protection against head injury, or any injury at all. Quarterbacks are treated like 75 year-old grandpas playing Thanksgiving football rather than the 6’6’’, 250 pound, trained specimens that the NFL swears they aren’t. Penalties in the NFL disallow defensive players to hit the quarterback with any force that they’re used to, let alone a pop warner player is used to.
As we move on from the “No Fun League,” we can talk about why European football is so much more entertaining. There is a variety of cups to win within their given countries, a league title for every European country, and the UEFA Champions and Europa League, where different countries’ top performing teams duke it out to see who is the best European squad. That’s just club play, and not even international play. Sounds a little bit more exciting than the equivalent of the NFL and the Canadian Football League battling to see who’s the best football team in the world.
Football fans in America are awesome. I love watching videos of Bills Mafia give themselves concussions and broken ribs as they slam their bodies through tables, and the loudness of fans in Seattle and Kansas City, but they do not compare to fans in Europe.
One thing that Europeans take seriously is their undying support of their club. European “ultras” (fans that take fandom to another level). Using flares, large posters, and most importantly organization, they often voice their opinions, recently beginning to vocalize their opinions towards the commercialization of the sport. Legia Warsaw, a Polish team, have one of the most infamous ultras, and are notorious for taking politics into the stadium.
From fans who can put Alabama’s student section to shame, with both beer drinking and team support, to the loads of talent to watch, it is hard to not describe the game as “beautiful.” On a personal level, nothing has had me running down the street yelling with my soccer fan of a mom as America wins the Women’s World Cup, or the happiness and agony that Tottenham Hotspur has put me through the past few years. As I love football, the money hungry owners that coincide the NFL are ruining the fan’s experience.
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It Chapter Two trailer breakdown and analysis
by Featured Articles | May 9, 2019 | Blogs, Dark Carnival Blog | 0 comments
John Saavedra
We've dissected the It Chapter Two trailer for all of its secrets. Here's what we found…
The It Chapter Two trailer is finally here to haunt us all the way to September. The second part of this Stephen King movie adaptation sees Pennywise the Clown in fine form, back from the dead and absolutely loving it. The Losers’ Club isn’t so happy about it though, as our heroes are all grown-up and forced to return to Maine to face the terror waiting in the sewers of Derry.
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While the movie is still a few months away, this first trailer comes with many secrets and story hints that tease how things will play out for the characters and King’s greatest monster. We’ve gone through the trailer again and found a handful of things that will jump right out at you if you’re a Constant Reader as well as a few things you might’ve missed… be warned there may be some mild spoilers of the It novel in the analysis below.
Before we get started, here’s the trailer again:
Video of IT CHAPTER TWO – Official Teaser Trailer [HD]
Now, get ready to float…
The trailer opens with adult Beverly Marsh (Jessica Chastain) visiting her old home in Derry, Maine, one of the worst places to live in the state. She is greeted by the friendly, elderly Mrs. Kersh, who has spruced up the place a bit, transforming what was once the source of Bev’s nightmares, the apartment she shared with her father, into a warm home. You can probably see where this is going.
This scene is actually ripped straight out of the novel and was also used to similar effect in the ’90s miniseries where It takes the form of Lorraine Kersh to scare Bev into leaving town. At one point in the miniseries scene, Mrs. Kersh begins to talk in the voice of Bev’s abusive father. It’s likely the movie version will be even more hardcore than that…
We see Bev searching for something inside a secret nook in her old room. It’s the postcard with the poem Ben Hanscom (played this time by Jay Ryan) wrote for her when they were kids. In the book, Bev had forgotten “January embers” and cannot remember who wrote it (she winds up thinking it was Bill, alas). Adult Bev seems to also be remembering something long forgotten. Will she recall who penned the magnum opus?
We’d also like to note it’s a very nice touch that Bev maintains her short hair affectation from the first movie. It was a flourish of the 2017 movie that Bev’s father liked her long hair (hence why she cut it), so it’s affirming of her continued strength that she never grew it out.
The flies tend to hint at how much grosser this sequence is in the book. While we don’t necessarily recall flies being involved, the “clean” home Mrs. Kersh keeps disintegrates into what is essentially a fairy tale nightmare, complete with Mrs. Kersh turning into a witch. (Also keep an eye out for what’s in Bev’s drink…). Flies hint at a similar gross interior that will soon be revealed, and might likewise be an homage to the original Amityville Horror movie.
By now, the audience already knows something is up with Mrs. Kersh, but it’s this creepy moment that begins to trigger Bev’s fears. “No one who dies here ever really dies,” says the woman holding a sinister smile for what seems like an eternity. Bev seems entranced by it. It’s time to RUN, Beverly!
Further proof things aren’t right with Mrs. Kersh. Her skin is rotting, not unlike Mrs. Massey in The Shining, who haunts Jack and Danny Torrance in Room 217 (in the novel) or 237 (in the movie). This seems to be a nod to that monster.
Pennywise haunts Derry every 27 years, wreaking havoc around the town and killing lots of people before heading back into a deep slumber. We know this supernatural entity has been hanging around Derry since at least the 1700s and the picture above seems to be a reference to just how long Pennywise’s reign of terror has lasted. He stands sinisterly next to a frowning little girl. Mrs. Kersh tells Bev that her father joined the circus when she was a girl, suggesting she is actually the girl in the picture and that’s she’s known Pennywise the Dancing Clown for a very long time.
What’s a Stephen King story without a monster prancing around in the nude behind the main character? As she’s doing her naked thing, Mrs. Kersh asks Beverly if “she’s still daddy’s little girl?” which is a reference to the torment young Bev faced while she lived with her sick, abusive father. By this point, Bev knows that something is terribly wrong with Mrs. Kersh and this house! (Also while Kersh turns into a witch in the book, this is further proof that this version of the scene is in homage to The Shining.)
Here’s your starting lineup for the new Losers’ Club: James McAvoy as Bill Denbrough, Jessica Chastain as Beverly Marsh, Bill Hader as Richie Tozier, Jay Ryan as Ben Hanscom, Isaiah Mustafa as Mike Hanlon, and James Ransone as Eddie Kaspbrak (not pictured but he’s coming). Mike is the Loser responsible for bringing the rest of the group back together.
You’re probably wondering where Stan Uris in this picture? Well, things don’t turn out well for Stan in this movie… Adult Stan is played by Andy Bean.
This reflection is a nice little nod to the incredibly talented actors who portrayed the young Losers’ Club in the first movie. We’re sure a lot has changed for all of these characters in the 27 years since the terrifying summer of 1989. This also confirms that they shot new scenes with the original kids from the 2017 film.
The Losers’ Club reunion takes place at a Derry Chinese restaurant called the Jade of the Orient. In real life, the restaurant is called Oriental Jade and it’s located in Bangor, King’s hometown.
It’s worth noting this is the first scene where all of the characters are together as adults.
Here’s poor little Georgie, cursed to serve as one of Pennywise’s minions for all eternity. At least he finally got his paper boat back. This also looks like the same gutter from the first movie where Georgie met his doom. Some things never change.
Not much to say about this shot. It’s cut straight out of the first movie and reminds us of happier times. We doubt the adults will get anywhere close to this carefree glee in the second film.
The shot of balloons underneath a Derry Bridge will likely be the first scene of the movie. It is the second chapter of the book and is Pennywise’s return in the present (mirroring the first chapter where he takes Georgie in the past) in which a hate crime against an out and proud 20-something gay man, Adrian Mellon (Xavier Dolan), has him thrown over the bridge on the last night of a summer carnival. Pennywise then comes for him in the water with all the balloons that the attackers see. Everyone else thinks their victim drowned and was bitten or worse by his assailants (though, like Georgie in the first movie, they may change it to where Pennywise takes the body). This scene is not in the miniseries.
The aforementioned carnival that sets Pennywise’s return in motion. If you ask us, we bet that creepy funhouse that towers over the rest of the carnival will be the setting of a scare or two in the opening moments of the movie.
Here we have Richie spotting Pennywise for the first time as an adult while he rides balloons like a Mary Poppins character above the Paul Bunyan statue in the centre park of Derry. This statue played a much bigger role in the book, including when it comes alive before a shocked adult Richie and takes a swipe at him with the axe.
We are not sure if it is going to do the same here or if this is just a subtler homage, considering that some of King’s campier monsters got the axe in the 2017 movie.
Remember what we said about Ben finally getting credit for writing that poem to Bev? LOL, nope. Bill and Bev are back at it again, it seems, picking up where they left off right before Bev went to live with her aunt in Portland at the end of the first movie.
That said, if the movie ends anything like the book, Ben still has a shot even if (a married) Bill and Bev are this close to rekindling unfinished business.
This shot might be connected to the first scene with Mrs. Kersh. Bev probably runs into the bathroom to escape the monster, only to find herself suddenly drowning in gallons of thick, dark blood. You can’t blame Pennywise for sticking with the classics… Then again we are not sure if that is Bev or one of his younger victims.
This looks like the same evil house/tree/hellhole that the Losers Club confronted Pennywise at in the first movie. Their return to its front door suggests they are returning to the centre of the spider’s web… so to speak.
The adult Losers are back in the sewers, performing a ritual that will hopefully banish Pennywise from Derry and existence once and for all. This is the Ritual of Chud from the book, which allows Bill and the other Losers to enter the Macroverse, the dark void in the universe where It was born. Only there can the heroes defeat this beast.
Here’s the only clear shot we get of Pennywise in the entire trailer and it’s spectacular. Bill Skarsgard looks in fine form in his second turn as this cosmic beast who knows no fill.
Did we miss anything? Let us know in the comments!
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What inspiration got accumulated on his feet for once he could not comprehend. He kicked the ball so forcefully and that it soared over the wall and fell inside the other apartment block. He calculated that the ball dropped right under the window of the beauty. He could not say now what wild air ruffled his mind for a moment. He noticed, today the beauty was staring at him intently bending forward a little on the window. And he wanted to have a look at her from a close range. That day the afternoon was serene too. The residents of both the apartments have gone on a Sunday picnic. He chose not to go to maintain practice. He did not know that the beauty also would not go. So he willfully made the shot as he noticed the beauty on the window. He would see her from close range as he would collect the ball. Maybe, hopefully there’d be some exchange in look. The way one is staring at him.
There would be security guard at the gate. He must be more alert today as the residents are on an outing. But he need not worry about that because everyone around the place knows him. And they are aware of his practice here. So the security at the gate won’t stop him to go inside to search of the ball.
But on reaching the gate he was surprised. The security is missing from his post. Though the main gate is closed the wicket gate is ajar. If he has to wait for the security to arrive the maiden opportunity would be missed – the beauty might go inside and he would be deprived of getting a close look. The scope to greet her would also slip away. So without waiting for the security people he entered through the wicket gate and broke into a run like entering into the ground making his calf muscle dance and reached the backyard. He saw that the ball is right at the spot under the window and the beauty is still there like a still photo on the window. Now he has to seek the ball at such an opportune moment when their eyes meet and the scope for silent exchange of messages exist. Maybe just a greeting, “Good afternoon miss – no, may not be miss, so good afternoon ma’m”. Practicing thus on the trot he reached under the window. After picking the ball, he looked up.
Then the earth shook. Not under his feet. But in his heart. He gathered that the lady is not staring at him. It was not difficult to understand that her body was still, lifeless. He could clearly make out a knife stabbed at her back. Someone kept her like that in the leaning position. Has the killer after committing the crime placed her lifeless body on the window to appear watching him practice just to play a practical joke on him? The memory of the events after that is blurred. He just remembers that he cried out loud out of shock. The security that was absent at the gate, too appeared from somewhere. A few residents staying back in some of the flats too rushed in. he explained in an incoherent manner how and under what circumstances he discovered the dead body. He just did not say that he kicked the football in that direction willfully.
The story commenced in football. Now it has arrived in a case of murder. It can’t be firmly said at this stage where it is headed to. He is the top scorer of this year’s league, whose popularity in the city is at its peak, who is chased by teenage autograph hunters on and off the playground too, whose nerve is not so weak that he would break down easily. But he did not escape interrogation of police. Police said that he was the first witness of the dead body, so he must describe in detail to get the investigation on the right track. Luckily the Station House Officer is a football fan and he happens to be his favourite player. He not only provided him a comfortable chair to sit but also treated him with tea and snacks. At the time of departure, he shook hands and wished him success in the last match of the league.
His coach arrived at the police station thinking that he must be worried. A few of the club officials too. It was not that a few interested onlookers gathered there, the onlookers started spinning rumours centering the murder within the short time. He is a football hero. So his supporters started adding up many heroic deeds in the original story to make the discovery of the murder appear more heroic. The coach was satisfied to discover that the most dependable player of Sundance Club on whom all the hope prevailed has not been afflicted by nervous disorders. Still he arranged to make him practice the shots under his guidance.
The fresh practice under the coach was progressing excellently. The coach appeared very pleased. He devised a new test plan and tested him thoroughly. He scored perfect ten. [Continued]
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Q: Your recent album Entropy probably won’t be hitting the FM airwaves anytime soon. Entropy is an album more aligned with artists like Tim Hecker and The Haxan Cloak. What were your influences musical or otherwise for this album?
A: A major driving force for this album was to further understand the textures and balance of certain sounds, especially organic or otherwise voice generated. Since my music is still in its infancy that gives me a lot of freedom to really explore and excavate through the many labyrinthine and intra-atomic musical components of most sounds and further observe their invisible worlds and discern upon the indiscernible. Music is a prominent outlet and almost an excuse to delve into mental landscapes and forge new shapes upon conception from the external and internal universes and the lack of knowledge on any type of music, whether that would be listening to or constructing, is a massive influence on me to begin with.
Q: Can you talk about the production and songwriting process for the songs on Entropy?
A: Upon inception, the underlying concepts were to focus on learning how to create a track from start to finish without turning a corner into eccentricity or overall unwanted structures and remain consistent with just that. The first track “The Shape” is the only song that features words with added effects and obstruction of the voice to parallel the song's dark and ambient atmosphere, but that was a preliminary trial to future works that will include this element - which is why it was a two-minute song. I also wanted to try my hand at producing tracks that sound professional and not as amateurish as some of my other songs.
Q: Have you attempted to play these songs live? What would a live show look like with these songs?
A: I have not attempted to play live but I would like to in the future. Though it is difficult to say what it would look like but I would try to set specific moods based on the tracks’ auras using lights. However, inspired by Die Form's presence on stage, when I am ready to start consistently playing live, I would want to lean more in the direction of performances and showcasing some of my photography and videos.
Q: Word on the street is you are starting a label. Where are you at in that process?
A: Well, the word on that street is factual! The label is called Bain Product and I wanted to represent bands/artists of the obscure. I really admire Anne Gillis, Bernard Parmegiani, SPK, Die Form etc. mainly due to their practice at certain synergistic oscillations and organic/analog vibrations. However, because I'm still trying to do my experimentations with music - Mixolydian and other side projects - it's a little tedious in finding these types of artists. So, in the meantime, since I've produced seventeen digital albums - combining stuff from side projects and Mixolydian - I'm thinking of putting my works onto the Bain Product Bandcamp page and marketing the hell out of them to generate more traffic...hopefully.
Q: You have a new album coming out called (De)Construction. How will this differ from Entropy?
A: Entropy revealed the electronic breath of superimposed compositions with anything organic, but (De)Construction is an experience of the industrial mind intertwined with that of nightmarish abstractions. Born from the violent metallic body of industrial anatomy and into a world where the voice and machines run through samplers and granulations to produce textures of instrumental impossibility I wanted to, instead of experimenting with samples of sound, to record the framework of natural sounds and experiment with it in its entirety to develop sounds mixed with the grain and a dichotomy of added effects.
Q: Can you tell us about your side projects?
A: The side projects I've found are a beautiful way to explore areas of sound without the feeling of wasting time. The idea for Synthetic Hertz was any piece of music or sound that I didn't feel was up to par with the direction I wanted for Mixolydian so it was a sort of recycle bin. However, since I wanted a more industrial approach, other projects (like Red Light Laboratory, Synthetic Hertz, Experimentalis Animali - which is more of a harsh noise project) were spawned in order to make it easier in creating (De)Construction.
Q: You obviously have some plans for the future with the label and new album. Is there anything else on the horizon we should know about?
A: More side projects like Mr. Krylon and Ms. Frieda Craft, both characters I'm building for a novelette that will be released online soon, will be molded and shaped in the form of music first for Bain Product. I'm also compiling, and editing at the moment, a collection of short stories that may be released in mid-December on Amazon, more information on that will be on my Twitter page (@Mixolydian101)
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Working with Provide CIC Rural Community Council Essex and WECAN as partners, the council will seek to "help communities build their resilience" while supporting initiatives that challenge loneliness and increase the sense of community in Essex's towns and villages.
A spokesman for the county council said: "Across Essex, community groups, local businesses, charities and individuals are finding their own innovative and creative ways to tackle loneliness.
"From initiatives such as 'meet up Mondays' where people come together for a coffee, cake and a chat, through to community hubs which have specific support groups and activities, the new approach to tackle loneliness and social isolation champions these local solutions and helps them grow - believing everyone has something to offer to their communities."
Research commissioned by the county council in 2018 showed that residents across Essex believed the way to challenge loneliness was by building stronger, friendlier, more inclusive communities while also realising that while everyone may feel lonely at some point in their life, little acts of kindness can make a difference.
The research, carried out by Britain Thinks, also showed that those people who felt better connected and had a sense of belonging to a place were less likely to feel lonely.
Councillor Sue Barker, cabinet member for customer, corporate, culture and communities, said: "Our approach to tackling loneliness and social isolation brings together partners, providers, the community and individuals. Ranging from putting people in touch with a local group, through to more structured befriending services - there is a range of support available and no one needs to feel alone."
Later this month the council and its partners will also be supporting the social movement United in Kind, encouraging residents to build on the momentum growing across Essex to build stronger, friendlier and inclusive communities.
Councillor John Spence, cabinet member for health and adult social care said: "Working hand in hand with our local communities is crucial as they understand how loneliness impacts on individuals at a local level and can design and build the support mechanisms that suit their community."
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Extraordinary You: Episode 14 (27-28) Live Recap
Extraordinary You Recap Episode 14 (27 & 28), image MBC
I’m really interested to see how Jooda factors into this story now that she is conscious. I love love love that she is sticking up for herself, though I am kind of waiting for her to turn into the school serial killer or something with how her eyes change to psycho. I kid! I kid!
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Haru tells Dohwa that he has to change the stage. Then we see Baek Kyung look at the vortex in Haru’s special room.
Cut to the hospital where Haru is dressed interesting. Dohwa thinks his choice of clothing is—um—- it won’t cure Dano’s heart.
Then a nurse comes up and thinks that Haru is Dohwa’s brother because his brother is the only other person to dress like this. Dohwa wonders why the writer Haru so pretty, now he is being noticed by everyone. So Dohwa has to help Haru sneak away.
Haru changes into doctors attire and tries to mess up Dano’s file on the computer and unplug the computer and everything. He is just rying to mess things up. He also finds her chart which says that she can have sudden death. he rips it out.
Dano wakes up in the lobby, everything has restarted. So Haru has to do it all again. He messes up the computer and her chart once again.
Dano starts to walk to the surgical area and asks the doctor to explain it again.
Baek Kyung gets to the hospital and starts to look aorund. Things start to float.
Haru looks at Dano’s chart again, it looks like it is all messed up? it is all gibberish now. Haru mixes the charts up and puts another person’s chart in Dano’s file.
Dano goes to the office to talk to the Doctor. He tells her that her surgery…(Dano – ah, Dano’s time has ended)……you don’t have to do it.
Everyone says, what?
The doctor tells her that it looks like they don’t have to do the surgery, the new medicine is working well for you. SO keep taking it and I’ll see you.
They walk out. The father gets a call and says the good news is spreading. he steps to the side to take it. That is when Baek Kyung comes up and gives her a hug. He asks if everything is okay? She says yes, she does not have to do the surgery anymore. Though she can’t believe it herself. He tells her not never leave him.
While walking back, Baek Kyung says that he will make sure that she can do all that she wants to do. if you want to go to school, just do it, if you want to stay home, just do it.
But then the stage ends. Baek Kyung asks if she is really okay? Don’t trust him. Dano says that it isn’t about Haru. She trusts him. Sorry Baek Kyung. She starts to walk away.
He tells her that he will kill her. He is holding the burnt pages and walks them over to her. he says, he will kill you. Then he gives Dano all the pages.
Dano goes home and reads them.
VO – In this world, nothing changes ever.
Dano – (What is decided by the writer and what is my own decision? What will happen to me in the end?)
In the library, Haru reads the comic and breathes several breaths of relief as he sees that Dano is okay. But he wonders why he feel so nervous. He rests on the library desk.
Later on, Jinmichae looks at the book. He thinks that Haru changed the stage again, like me. Flashback to Jinmichae telling his lover that they shuold leave right now. Together. They head out, he grab the book in the library and shows it to her. But they cannot read Hangul so they do not know what it says. They just know that they both are in it. So he says that they ned to go somewhere outside this book. He will change their fate.
But his lover gets killed in the woods on their way out. Cut to the Palace. His lover reappears at the palace as if nothing happened. Jinmichae finds her and asks how she is still alive? But she actually has no memory of him now.
Baek Kyung comes in and tells Jinmichae that he knows that Jinmichae likes her, but you should not leave the Kingdom.
Cut to Jinmichae walking into his room and seeing her dead on the ground. Another assassin (one of the high school students? maybe Yang-il?) has killed her. Baek kung is there also. he tells Jinmichae to feel the pain of losing someone you love. Your death is next.
Jinmichae goes to the library in the past. Haru is there. Jinmichae tells him that the sword of fate stabbed me and it is pointing at you and Eun Moo-young’s daughter. Jinmichae continues and says that he saw something that he should not have seen. The paintings in the book happen.
Haru says that the paintings in the book are happening, as if someone is watching us. Jinmichae says nonsense things are happening. But there is something that you do not know. if you die outside the book, your existence does not disappear, but you lose your memory. My story will end soon. But I hope that your story changes.
In the present, Haru looks at his scar on his hand and then looks at the wall. Baek Kyung comes up from behind him and says that he does not want to share anything with him. He asks him if he thought about why his scar happened? The writer gave you a hint so that you will remember. After hanging the stage, what happened to your end? Do you want me to tell you? You killed Eun Dano. Did you not know? if you knew about it, then you should not be next to Eun Dano.
Haru says that Bek Kyung killed her. But Baek Kyung tells him that he did not see how Dano died. In here, the writer does not have to kill Dano. Without your intervention, Eun Dano can get the surgery and be healthier. The cartoon world is where everything repeats, Eun Dano can survive only because of me. So stop before Eun Dano is even more in danger.
Outside, Dano walk up to the school. But she has to stop because her heart hurts a bit. She wonders why when the doctor said her heart is getting better. Then Dohwa runs up to her and says that Haru is so cool, he changed the stage just in case your surgery did not go well. he has the book with him, but he also notices that they don’t have that many empty pages left.
Dano goes to her locker and looks at the old book. She thinks that the writer should not cure her heart that easily. If the story goes like this, am I going to die?
Dano goes to meet Haru int he library and puts on a happy face as she talks to him playfully. She says that her heart became supre healthy all of a sudden. Someone changed my fate, thank you for helping me with that!
Haru asks, Dano, what if our story goes the way that the writer wrote? Dano says that she will keep changing it until the end, so you should help me. While changing my own stage, step by step, eventually my own fate will change as well. if I am successful then I will take care of you as well. #13 and Heart Disease, if we keep changing our story then we will have a happy ending! Yay! Then she pretends to have his voice and says, okay, lets change our fate together.
She goes to the classroom and gives Baek Kyung the pages back. She says that she feels like she is losing to the writer if she knows too much about the past. Dont tell Haru.
BK asks why she wants to stay hiding next to Haru? What if something happens to you? Dano says that she will not have to have the surgery and her life will be good.
But then she wakes up in the courtyard outside. Haru is on the bench with BK. He pats him on the back and tells him good job, then he leaves. Dano walks happily up.
Baek Kyung stands with a ring. It is his mothers old ring. Haru is watching from a near distance. Dano thinks this is so cruel. Haru is watching and me and BK know what each other thinks, but we have to follow the writer. Dano smiles and tells Baek Kyung that she is so happy. It was you from the begining. My beginning is you Baek Kyung.
The stage ends and she looks at Haru looking at them. They both look sad.
Cut to Baek Kyung sitting in the A3 room thinking about Dano saying that her begining is him. But he might have also heard her say this same thing to Haru.
Dano comes in and gives the ring back to him. She says that she knows it is so important to him so she cannot take it. She gives the flowers back as well. She turns to leave, but the Baek Kyung says that seh reminds him of his mother. The hospital smell and the false smile so that he won’t worry. It was painful for me to maintain a fake relationship and use you. Actually I wanted to hate you. But to me, you were always truthful. You liked me even though I was angry and was pushed to like you. You will leave anyway and I will be the one left alone.
In this F-ing world, the only place that I am myself is my stage with you. From the previous world and this one, that is the real me that the writer writes, with you.
Dano apologizes and says that she is not going to move the way that she was written. You will be hurt in the shadow. he says that she does not have to make sure of it. She says, I am sorry. I am really sorry. She leaves.
He is left to ponder it all and looks at his mothers ring.
Baek Kyung starts to think about Dano in the hospital and asks her what the name of the flower is? he looks at the note, it says that the name of the Pink rose is – you are the only one that knows about my heart.
Saemi thinks to herself and says that she envies Dano and wonders who will give her a ring. Perhaps….Nam Joo?
Jooda chuckles.
Saemi gets angry and asks if she is laughing at her? She walks to her. Jooda tells her that she has decided to date Namjoo. I am telling you this now. You know that Namjoo likes public announcements. You are a poor girl, you only know how to bully people. Even though I know you can’t do things freely, the pain you gave to me has not disappeared. That is good. I am the main person and you are the bad one.
Suddenly they all wake up in their seats again. Namjoo comes in and says – I declare that Jooda and namjoo are an official couple. Everyone stands up happily. the three boy extras in the back clap and are basically happy that they do not have to blow up any balloons anymore.
Namjoo tells them all that anyone who does anything against Jooda will also challenge me, the #1 student in this high school. Jooda stands up happily and the stage ends. But she is still smiling.
Saemi is still upset and yells, Yeo Jooda! Jooda smiles and tells her, didn’t you hear, that is a challenge to Namjoo. Then she happily runs to Namjoo and pulls him out.
But she lets go of his hand and tells him that she is not thankful to him. they give me a hard time because they like you. I can’t stand it. He says that he will not let anyone harass her. She asks, you aren’t going to let it happen?
He says that he can do anything for her. She tells him that she is sick and tired of getting his help. She runs off.
Namjoo goes to the music room and starts to play the violin. Dohwa comes in and tells her that she has to correct her posture, so he helps her do that. Sh starts to play and it sounds horrible. They both chuckle. He tells her that the violin is all about emotion. Based on your emotion, the same song can be different.
She asks him, wy don’t you play something? He asks which song? She tells him, the happiness of love. He asks if she knows the type of emotion she should play with it? he tells her, Jooda, I like you. I should play with those kinds of emotion.
Then he goes to window to play. She asks if he thinks they will stay together until this song ends? Maybe it won’t be possible.
Then she wakes up in the hallway. Namjoo gives her a gift as a congratulations for being an official couple. You said that Cinderella leaves at 12, but you came back to me. You are my Cinderella Yeo Jooda.
Jooda gets a call right then. It is about her grandmother so she has to leave. he asks what happened. She tells him, of course, it is your mother again and again and again. She gives me a hard time. My grandmother is sick, we have to get the fee for the surgery.
He says that he will take care of it. She asks, so I still have to get your help. Are you going to use money as power again? Can money take care of everything? He says that it is because he loves her, that is why he can do everything for her. But she says that he does not even remember anything. She walks off angrily.
haru and Dano sit on a bench together. She plays with the note on her phone and he looks seriously at the grass. Dano asks him if he is thinking about it again? About her surgery and their future? She tells the writer not to write the story like that, the reader will yell at you. Then seh tells Haru that the writer is not meticulous. I dont’ have to take the surgery and I have less medicine to take. Trust me, you and me changed the world witout the writer knowing!
She shows him her bucket list on her phone. He asks if she really wants to do this? She nods. So we cut to them running away to have a fun time. Dao says that it looks like the writer is not meticulous, but she is so detailed on these kinds of things.
But then Saemi and Soochul show up happily as well. Haru says that he called them. They are both happy to be there because they did not want to be at school.
So they all have a picnic on a picnic table in the gardens, Haru ride a bike with Dano on the back and tells her to hold him around the waist. Later on, Haru rests on a bench. Dano comes running happily to him, but then her heart hurts so she has to crouch on the ground.
He runs to her and asks if she is okay? She is breathing deeply and gripping her chest, but she is able to stand and says that she is okay. he helps her walk away.
END PART ONE
Namjoo and Jooda are waiting in the hospital. it looks like the chart that changed with Dano’s chart was Jooda’s halmoni! At least it thinks looks like that.
Jooda starts to cry and asks Namjoo what she should do about Halmoni. Namjoo says that she would be okay. Then the stage ends. Namjoo tells her that she can cry in front of him, he likes everything about her.
Dohwa runs to the sandwich shop. But it is because he is in the stage. He says that he knows that Jooda is in the hospital, but he has to come sandwich shop to check. He has to show up at the hospital after Oh Namjoo.
He shows up and sees Namjoo and Jooda in the hallway together. He thinks that he can’t do anything for her, it makes him so upset. Then the stage ends. He thinks of going to her, but decides to leave.
At school the new student talks to Jinmichae and says that she wants to be his friend because he is so familiar to her. She happily walks off. baek Kyung comes up as well and then walks by.
At a windowsill, Haru and Dohwa sit and chat. Dohwa asks Haru how he changed the character chart. But he knows that he does not know it. So he tells Haru that Namjoo’s grandmother had surgery. he thinks that the hospital is his families hospital and that doctor is his brother. Haru tells him that there were only two proper charts in the hospital (ah, so that is what happened! Dano and the grandmother had proper charts and everyone else had gibberish written).
When Haru goes back to class he thinks that Dano is not cured. The grandmother got the surgery instead of Dano.
In the hallway, Baek Kyung talks to the new girl. he asks her if she knows Jinmichae. he tells her that it looks like she knows him, just in case you know things. But then Jinmichae runs up and yells BK’s name. He tells the new girl to leave and then tells BK not to do anything to her.
BK tells him that he did not do anything. they start to argue. Jinmichae says that seh died twice because of you! But Baek Kyung does not know about this. Jinmichae says that he removed her consciousness, she came back, and you killed her again.
Jinmichae says that when someone dies in the stage, they disappear. But if they die in the shadow, their consciousness disappears! They become a character that moves in the scene.
Cut to Dano and Haru playing happily together. But then her heart hurts. She wonders why it is hurting in the shadow?
Then she wakes up in the school infirmary. She asks Baek Kyung what happened. He says that she passed out in gym class. Just lay here until you get better.
Baek Kyung leaves and grabs Dano’s things. He sees her medicine and sees the spell on it Bibidi babidi boo. he runs off with it.
Haru talks to Dano when her heart starts to hurt. She asks him to get her medicine. He runs off to do it, but then BK comes back and gives the medicine to Dano quickly.
Later on, the scary little brother goes up to Baek Kyung at the lockers. BK tells him that Dano is sick. BK asks if he remembers everything from the previous book? The brother says that they are the same. BK thinks that he is better now.
BK tells him that he heard that when someone dies in the shadow, their consciousness disappears, then that person loses all their improtant memories. The little brother says that he thinks it is too sad to live following the characters role. if you lose consciousness, then you do not know what it is like to live without it.
BK thinks that is okay because the cartoon world is too cruel to know everything, sometimes.
He goes back and sees Haru walking with Dano, but then the scene changes to show him walking with Dano. He tells her that he will take her home.
On the drive home, Dano ells BK that she is so happy now. My heart is getting better and you are next to me like this. But she lets go of his hand and asks to get out when the stage ends. He wonders if she can’t just stay with him.
Haru waits for Dano to come up to him outside when he has a vision of the past. Her father was going to be blamed for a coup, so Haru told her that he would save her. Whatever it takes.
We stay in the flashback, Jinmichae is eating with Dano at a small table. But she thinks in her mind that teh King shuold not have a snack. It is something that Haru told her. But she can’t stop herself from giving him the food. She is finally able to move and drops to her knees to tell the King to spit out his food. But Jinmichae says that his death is already decided, just don’t follow in my footsteps.
Cut to Haru and her running through the woods. Baek Kyung is following them.
But then we cut to the city where Dano is surrounded. She is not with Haru. She falls on the ground. Dae-sung comes out and says that Dano was involved in the coup, execute her!
Haru comes flying in then and defends Dano. Baek Kyung comes outa nd asks what is happening? he comes all the way to the middle of the group where Haru is. He ask shim to prove it. Prove that you did not betray me and where not taking you masters woman! Prove to me that you are my person. Kill Eun Dano.
Haru turns to Dano and the sword goes into her? It looks like he had to move following the script. So he stabbed her. But he also tries to stop the sword from going into her, which is why he has the cut on his hand. Blood goes everywhere and he holds her.
In the present, he realizes that the person who killed Dano was him.
In the school, he starts to avoid Dano. She chases after him, but he keeps walking. She grips her heart and cannot follow him.
Jooda tells Dohwa that seh doesn’t garden anymore. Even though she tries to change, everything just follows what the writer does. I can’t do anything without Oh Namjoo and Lee Dohwa. It is pretty funny right? My guardian angel and the #1 in the school. Why didn’t I know it, that is so funny.
He tells her that she has flowers behind her (the animated flowers). They both laugh. Dohwa asks if she would like to change the story like Haru and Dano? What would you like to do?
Jooda wakes up in the hospital suddenly. Namjoo runs up to her and tells her that this is wonderful news. With the honor of the A3, I will protect your grandmother also. he gives her a strawberry milk. She smiles as he says that she said she feels good after drinking it. So everything will be fine.
The stage ends, she tells him that she does not like sweets. he asks what she likes? She says money. Are you surprised? You cannot buy my heart with money. I hope the real Yeo Jooda’s heart is a bit different from cartoon Yeo Jooda. But this is not so bad so I am a little mad.
STEPS AT SCHOOL
Dano’s friends walk down the steps and tells her that she is healthier now. Btu she says that it is all because of the stage. She sees Haru and runs to him, but her heart starts to hurt so she falls to the ground. Baek Kyung holds her. Haru tries to run to her, but remembers that she is not someone that he can save. He turns and walks away.
Dano chases after him. Baek Kyung watches them go.
Dano catches up to Haru and asks why he is avoiding her? He says, what if the time that we changed made you worse? What should I do?
Cut to the hospital where Dano runs to Baek Kyung happily and asys that she is all better now. But you must have already knew. My doctor tells everyone.
He gives her flowers and says congratulations for your heart being cured. She happily takes them and says that she is happy and scared at the same time.
Then they leave the stage. She says sorry and starts to leave. He stops her and tells her that her sickness is all cured. You don’t need someone to change your fate. She says that Haru is not someone who can change my fate. Haru is my fate.
But then her heart starts to hurt and she passes out.
Dohwa runs to Haru and tells him that Dano is in the hospital. But Haru says that she was all cured inside the cartoon. Dohwa says that his brother says that she is really sick right now. But it isn’t in the book.
Haru runs off quickly!
In the hospital, Dano is in bed sleeping. Baek Kyung is next to her. He remembers that if someone dies in the shadow then that person loses their consciousness. He starts to cry at her bedside. He really cries. It looks like he has an idea of something.
He starts to reach for her breathing mask, but he is pained to do it. He takes off her breathing mask with tears trickling down his face.
Then we see a flashback of that night Dano died. Actually, Baek Kyung pushed the sword into Dano. he realizes that he is the one that did that to her in the past.
He moves his hand again and starts to put her breathing mask back on her face. But we don’t know if he did it or not.
We see him walking up the hallway. Haru runs to him and asks about Dano! Baek Kyung tells him that he tried to change the story. But, he is the same as he was back then. he keeps walking on.
Haru runs to Dano’s bedside. She is alive and sleeping. he holds her hand.
Haru – Dano, I saw you in the book. Your heart is all cured. So, it is okay. If it moves to the next scene…
But then her heart stops. He looks at her in alarm an starts shaking her. Dano, wake up! Dano, wake up!
He holds her hand and asks for the next stage to come, please, just move to the next scene, please save Dano.
She flatlines.
Haru wakes up at school. Namjoo and Jooda are walking up the hallway happily. Haru is sitting on the windowsill. Then the scene ends.
Dano comes walking around the corner looking happy and bright. But seh walks right past Haru.
He stops her so she turns around and looks at him. But then she keeps walking. he holds her hand, but she pulls it away and runs off to talk to her friend at the end of the hallway.
Okay, this show is going a little strangely. I blame it on the live shoot schedule. the entire second half felt so thrown together with a lot of exposition and sudden jumps that made it hard to follow. It took a moment to realize, oh, so she really is all cured after a blip? Or, but she actually isn’t cured? Oh, this is why they kept telling us all about dying in the shadow this entire episode….
So, it just felt like it was a lot of uncharacteristic telling in this episode (by Jinmichae and the little brother) in order to get to that last moment.
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ok, as I expected, the writer can control the characters in both comic and shadow. The only thing different is he cannot control the emotion of the character in the shadow. It makes more sense because the ppl are living in the comic world… I just wonder why he brings Haru into the comic and shadow world and why he let Haru, the only person, can change the stage. If Haru changes the stage, it will lead to the consequences that can harmful to others. So why do you bring him in and make him suffer so much. Haru is already so much in pain since the past. I can bear to see him hurt anymore……T_T….Dear writer or the director! On the next last 2 episodes, please give us the answer, don’t you dare to hurt Haru or Dan Oh. :DDDD
P/s: thanks you for writing the live recap. You guys are awesome!!! <3
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I agree with you, this is going quite strangely. And I’m really mad about some certain things. There are some scenes that they show in previews which are not included in the actual episodes when it’s been broadcasted. For example in the preview of episodes 25 26 which they released last week, there is a scene where in ”trumpet creeper” Haru pressed his forehead to Dano’s after she was stabbed and all covered in blood. They didn’t show this scene in none of the episodes of this week. I WONDER what are they doing to the drama!!!
Oh wow, they might be editing it out on Viki. Viki has done this before with other dramas that might have content that could be considered inappropriate, depending on the audience.
Wow…. i just watched and noticed it too. Good catch!!! Blame for the time that they have to cut so many things good in this drama. Why they put the rule that that every drama length has to be 16 episodes. This drama needs to expand more time because Juda and Namjoo characters are developing. Why the comic book name Secret? Is it Namjoo’s secret? I don’t know what Haru will handle becuase he carries his painful memories from the past to the present, and in the present he is also hurt? I also feel bad for BK, he has to kill Dan Oh in the shadow to save her in the stage. He has no choice. It would be ridiculous if he ends up with Dan Oh because he is self aware now. BK will feel awful because Dan Oh version on the stage is not the real Dan Oh in the shadow. Dan Oh on the stage won’t show the same gaze and smile like she did with Haru. I also feel bad for Dan Oh, an optimistic girl that I would like to become, who is brave and cheerful no matter what situation. I’m looking forward how Director and writer will draw Haru and Dan Oh path. Bk always claim that Dan Oh is the only one for him, but look at him, he has his brother. Compare to Haru, he has none. No family, no brother sister, no purpose of living beside Dan Oh. Oh man!!!! So sad:(
Enkey
I think it’s just to follow the comic’s rule in the webtoon. When you’re all aware that you’re in The World of Comic and you’re injured in a scene, you will be healed in the next scene but not with the pain. In order to free from all the pain you need to die in the shadow but loose all your consciousness as the consequences.
Thank you for the recap, you guys are awesome
Thank you so much for meticulously live recapping.. I am always waiting excitedly for the recaps Thanks a lot!!!!
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ughhh baek kyung is sooo selfish. he killed dan oh (in the shadow) so she won’t be aware of herself and won’t remember anything, including her memories with haru. this will only benefit baek kyung, but imagine how hurt haru will be. but come to think of it, haru has been avoiding dan oh because of the memory of him killing dan oh (which is not true, baek kyung is the one who killed her). so if he does not find out the truth soon, he’ll get what he also needs, not getting any near to dan oh. but this is not fair. haru still doesn’t know the whole concept – that if you kill someone in the shadow, that someone will lose her/his memory and not be self-aware again. i thought baek kyung would just let dan oh go, but he is just so malicious, just like how he was in the previous book.
I think he kills her in the shadow so she’ll lose her memories but at least be alive… if she dies in the story, she disappears (that whats I understood…but this story is getting strange and a little boring for me, I’ll finish because I love the cast T_T)
was there no preview this time?
There might have been! I need to check the comments and YouTube!
There is one, V. Please check the following link. https://www.instagram.com/p/B5CSUzPA_k0/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
We’ll try and get to it!
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3 Ways Predictive Analytics Can Up Your Forecast Game
Written by Jim Webb, Oracle
Originally posted September 26, 2019
Advanced predictive analytics can be a catalyst for change for small and medium businesses (SMBs) even if they already are using predictive analysis.
The technology for predictive capabilities has evolved. It’s much simpler to use, and outcomes are easier to share, apply, and explain. Analysis is no longer limited to big-picture outlooks, such as what’s going to happen with the national economy. Financial professionals can now use advanced predictive capabilities daily to identify new insights to improve forecast accuracy.
In fact, I consider the ability to integrate these tools into the everyday life of the financial professional a game-changer.
Rx for the Lack-of-Insight Epidemic
Most SMBs using predictive analysis are a lot like the cash-strapped Oakland A’s when managers were preparing for the 2002 season without three star players who were becoming free agents. To formulate a winning plan against seemingly impossible odds, they needed to start looking at more data.
It wasn’t until the managers stopped focusing on finding replacements that could match performance stats of the departed players and started focusing on a formula for scoring more runs that they moved from 10-games-behind to breaking the American League record of 20 consecutive wins and clinching the American League West title.
The key to the turnaround was the advanced analytics work of Peter Brand, an economist who explained the current state to General Manager Billy Beane this way in the movie depiction Money Ball: “There’s an epidemic failure within the game to understand what is really happening, and this leads people who run Major League Baseball teams to misjudge their players and mismanage their team.”
Beane and Brand built a winning team with undervalued players by focusing on historical performance stats that no one else was looking at, and now their model (sabermetrics) is common in baseball.
The same player data was available to all of the A’s competitors in 2002, but no one was analyzing it like Beane and Brand. This latent data was enough to model a forecast that proved to be a true winning formula. It set the Oakland A’s and that season apart and became a management standard.
This is exactly what is happening now in business. A far superior model for forecasting using advanced predictive analytics has emerged, and it’s only a matter of time before it becomes commonplace. Between now and then, winners will advance, while those that stick to outdated models will fall behind.
Game-Changing Benefits
Growing small and medium businesses benefit from advanced predictive capabilities in three overarching ways.
The first is the integration of the existing planning data for planning and forecasting. Many companies already use predictive analytics in marketing, product development, and other non-finance areas, but this data is not fully optimized for forecasting.
Functional and line-of-business leaders are seeking answers to questions, such as:
What product-mix strategy should we use?
How much should we charge for our products?
What are customers saying about our products?
What customers should we target?
Who are the profitable customers, and who are the customers that we should not target?
Ultimately, all of these questions are about profitability and market position and should be considered before preparing a financial forecast. But in many cases this connection is never made, and like the stats that Beane and Brand used, the information is not used.
So, if predictive analytics is taking place anywhere in the organization, the first step toward a better forecast is connecting finance teams with business analysts. Generally, this takes an unacceptable amount of effort or isn’t otherwise possible with legacy applications or spreadsheets, and this is where technology can spark beneficial change. Once these groups can share and consult on data together, improvement starts.
Second, modern cloud solutions have automated much of the work of predictive analytics as a way of augmenting valuable human knowledge and skills. For example, Planning in Oracle’s EPM Cloud provides a no-coding experience for finance professionals as they review historic data, make a prediction query based on that data, and then apply judgement to the prediction for the ultimate decision. The ease and speed of cloud-delivered services like this have not been available before, so this is a new way for medium businesses to advance their forecast accuracy.
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Nos familles
Association des
Familles Messier
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Avila Messier and Clara Provost Family
great-grandparents of Mark Messier, hockey player
5- Alphonse born on May 1, 1896 and died on August 17, 1896 in Mont St. Hilaire;
6- Alda born on December 13, 1897 in Mont St. Hilaire;
7- Edmond born on December 23, 1898 in Mont St-Hilaire. He married Elsie Margaret Smith on 1927 in Wainwright, AB. Elsie born on Mars 13, 1908 in Kronau, SK;
8- Eugénie born on August 12, 1890 in Beloeil;
9- Angeline born on April 16, 1902 and died on February 22, 1904 in Beloeil;
10- Bernadette born on May 23, 1903 and died on June 11, 1903 in Beloeil;
11- Eglantine Marie Jeanne born on April 25, 1905 in Beloeil;
12- Roméo born on May 7, 1907 and died on Mars 21, 1908 in St. Liboire;
13- Léo born on Septembre 5, 1908 in St. Liboire.
When the 11 first children have been baptised, Avila declared to be a farmer. At the last two, he was innkeeper.
At that time, it was very unusual to sign the register of batisms. It is what Avila did. It is an indication that he was educated.
When Alfreda Messier, the oldest of the family, married Hermenegilde Messier in St. Madeleine, QC on January 31, 1912, she was from Mission of Sacred Heart, Wainwright, AB. The marriage certificate indicated that his father was absent and he was a farmer of Health, AB.
The conclusion is that family went to Alberta around 1910, after the birth of Leo, on September 5, 1908 and before the marriage of Alfreda, on January 1912.
Why that family went to the West? Is there any relationship with the foundation of the Municipality of Provost, AB? At that time, were there any other members in Alberta? We never know. In the future, it is a question to settle.
The 1916 West Census indicates that many Messiers live in Alberta and in Saskatchewan. We find two brothers families: Avila and Clara Provost and Jean Baptiste and Delphine Casavant.
Since 1998, I communicate by Email with Lorraine and Raymond Messier, children of Edmond and Elsie Margaret Smith living in Edmonton, AB, the Mark Messier aunt and uncle, hockey player.
The family of Lorraine grandmother, Clara Provost, would be moved in Health, AB after Avila died. Lorraine told me that she has known her grandmother who lived with her daughter, Alfreda but her grandfather, not very much.
On February 18, 2010, was the birthday of Lorraine Messier (80). She gave me a lot of informations about her grandparents descendants.
Thanks Lorraine for the informations and the annexed photos.
Réal Messier (85)
Avila Messier is the 12th of 14 children of Amable and Leonide Racicot. He married Clara Provost, minor daughter of Pierre and Adele Provost, on October 4, 1886 in St. Mathieu of Beloeil.
13 children born in Beloeil, Mont St. Hilaire and St. Liboire.
1- Alfreda born on April 29, 1888 in Beloeil. She married Hermenegilde Messier, son of Adelard and Rose de Lima Richard and widow of Rose Anna Tetreau, on January 1912, in St. Madeleine;
2- Antoinette born on Mars 10, 1891 in Beloeil;
3- Eugenie born on Mars 18, 1892 and died on September 24, 1892 in Beloeil;
4- Avila born on October 8, 1894 in Mont St. Hilaire;
Edmond Messier
and Elsie Margaret Smith descendants
Edmond Messier married Elsie Margaret Smith on 1927, in Wainwright, AB where they have 4 children and the 2 last one, in Vermillon, AB.
1- Leonard Edmond born on May 25, 1928 and died on January 3, 2006;
2- Lorraine born on February 18, 1930;
3- Raymond born on January 9, 1934;
4- Douglas born on September 5, 1936;
5- Lawrence born on November 2, 1938 and died on August 8, 1989;
6- Victor born on July 12, 1940.
Leonard Messier
From a first union - Evangeline known as Vangie born on April 23, 1950.
After that, Leonard married Penny Marlene Stady. The have six children:
1- Sheryl born on Septembre 10, 1954;
2- Sheila born on July 1, 1956;
3- Michele born on November 11, 1958;
4- Janine born on November 19, 1961;
5- Carla born on Mars 15, 1963;
6- Leonard Jr born on June 15, 1964.
Lorraine Messier
Lorraine married Gilbert Bellavance. They have 3 children:
1- Judy Anne born on February 1, 1951. She married Gordon Chang. They have 3 children:
1- Wallace born on 1975;
2- Gregory born on 1979 married Jaclyn Hildred on August 3, 2003;
3- Jennifer born on 1980 married Daniel Samilski on May 21, 2005.
2nd marriage of Judy Anne with Len Yates. No children.
2- Phyllis, born on April 29, 1952, married Gerry Footz. They have 4 children:
1- Jessica born on 1977;
2- Jericho born on 1979;
3- Adriana born on 1981 married Andrew Harrison on August 5, 2007;
4- Katerri born on 1986.
3- Sandra Lea born on August 11, 1953, married Hideki Matsushita. They have a daughter:
Kimiko born on 1975 and married Jay Lasychuk on June 7, 2003.
2nd marriage of Sandra Lee with William Veldhoen. They have 2 children:
Richard on 1985 and
Evan on 1990.
Raymond Messier
Raymond married Mary Rose Fleck. They have 4 children:
1- Dawn Marie, born on December 4, 1959;
2- Heather
3- Teresa and
4- Thomas.
Douglas Messier
Douglas married Mary Jean Dea. They have 4 children:
1- Paul Edmond born on January 27, 1958 in Nottingham, England;
2- Jennifer born on November 28, 1959 in Edmonton, AB;
3- Mark born on January 18, 1961 in Edmonton, AB;
With Leslie Young, he has a son, Lyon on 1988.
With Kim Clark, he has 2 children: Paul Douglas born on July 15, 2003
and Jacqueline Jane born on August 2005.
4- Mary Kay born in Edmonton, AB.
Lawrence Messier
Lawrence married Colette Letourneau. They have 3 children: Randy, Todd and Tamara.
Victor Messier
Victor married Anne Marie Connelly on 1963. No children.
After divorce, he married Wendy on 1975. No children.
After his 2nd divorce, Victor married Wendy Kim on August 23, 1984.
Wendy has a daughter Lea Mei.
Lea Mei (Mike Watanabe). They have 2 children: Ian and Benjamin. The Lea father lives in Hawaï. Victor considers Ian and Benjamin like his grandsons.
The story of Edmond Messier and Elsie Margaret Smith's family
On May 16, 2010, I asked Lorraine Messier, from Edmonton, AB, to tell me what she known about the members of her family including uncles and aunts. On fallowing May 22, I received an answer from her brother Raymond:
« My father Edmond, has been a farmer up to 1929. After that, he went to work in the oil patch up to his retirement at the age of 65, around 1963.
I don't know much about my father's brothers and sisters. One of them has been a business man as a garage keeper, sell properties, etc. My aunts were very busy to keep their house clean in raising their children as it was usual at that time.
My oldest brother, Leonard has occupied many fonctions for the oil entreprises, especially in Alberta and in United States. At the end of his career, he moved to Vancouver where he worked in the real estate up to his retirement. He has 6 children.
My sister Lorraine had three children with Gilbert Bellavance. She is a very active lady giving many hours of volunteer work for local organizations.
Douglas is the father of 4 children including Mark, the famous hockey player, was very involved in the hockey area. After completing his secondary education, he went to the Notre Dame University for a year. After that, he played hockey with the Edmonton, Oil Kings. He got married and went to play hockey to Nottingham, England, where he lived a year. His oldest son, Paul born there. He came back to Edmonton to complete his education at the Alberta University. During his three years of training, he played for Lacombe Rockets for the Alberta senior league. Fallowing graduation, he played for the Edmonton Flyers of the West professionnal ligue. At that time, Flyers belonged to the Detroit Red Wings. During a few years, he played for a professionnal club of Portland and he became Chair of the Player's Association. He terminated his career like player. Again, after a few years, he came back to Edmonton to teach. As you can see, Doug has always been close to the hockey at several levels. After his participation like a player, he enjoys to make training and he has a lot of success. Later, he moved to Hilton Head, SC, where he remains today. Regularly, we can see Douglas run a Pee Wee hockey team at Quebec city. This year, his assistant coach was Mark, the famous hockey player.
After finishing his studies, Lawrence has held several positions before going to the real estate where he had a lot of success. Sadly, he died to young in 1989 at the age of 50. He has 3 children.
After completing his education, the youngest of my brothers, Victor, received a Diploma in Physical Education from the Alberta University. He travelled in Europe during 2 years before attending to the Pennsylvania University where he earned a doctorate in Psychology. After that, he teached at the New Hampshire University until his retirement. Now, he lives in Honolulu.
As for me, Raymond, Diplomas from Alberta University and Portland University allowed me to teach at the Edmonton school board. Later, I became principal of schools until my retirement. I have 4 children. »
In July, Lorraine completed some informations about her family.
« My father, Edmond Messier is born on December 23, 1898 in St. Hilaire, QC, and he died on July 23, 1966 in Edmonton, AB.
My mother, Elsie Margaret Smith, is born on March 1908 in Kronau, SK, and died on October 11, 1995 in Edmonton, AB. They are buried with Lawrence in the family land at the Edmonton, Holy Cross of St. Albert cemetery.
Members of my family have always been attracted by the sport. My father and my mother played curling as skip. Hockey took much space in our life. I remember, a certain day among others, after a game where Leonard my brother was involved, my father came back home unable to talk having encouraged to much his son's team. Raymond curl as a skip since many years. In addition, him et his wife play golf.
I have also played curling, baseball, basketball, golf, bowling, bridge and practiced tap dancing. I have given volunteer work for the "Jeannette" where my girls have been members. During many years, I was involved in the Catholic Women Ligue (CWL), indeed I am still a member. I occupied the post of Secretary and in charge of the membership. I was the Secretary and President of the South West Outreach Society where I am member since 1998. Now, I am a part of the executive and of the choir. At the beginning of '80, I joined the St. Ignace spiritual exercices. Now, this Association of shearing faith is extraordinary vibrant.
After finishing school, I took a course to improve my administration knowledge and corporate accounting, etc., which promptly brought me in the business community. I worked for an auditor firm. This allowed me to acquire much experience in various areas. Finally, for 17 years, I have worked for a steel corporation up to my retirement on August 13, 1996. I saw a small company that simply started with a trailer and a pickup to become a large business. This fact was due to his president and owner, John, who has always treated his employes well. »
This document follows what has already appeared in « La Moisson » Vol. 19 no 4, Winter 2010 and Vol. 20 no 1, Spring 2010.
GENEALOGICAL LINE OF MARK MESSIER
St.Denis le Thiboult
Normandie, France
02 Jehan Le Messier
Cardine Acoulons
Perrier on Andelle ?
around 1603
St-Denis le Thiboult ?
00 David Le Messier
Marguerite Barc
01 Michel Messier
Sieur de St. Michel
(around 1640-1725)
Anne LeMoyne
Pierre & Judith Duchesne
02 François Michel Messier
Seigneur of the Cap St. Michel
Marie Anne Amyot said Villeneuve
Jean Baptiste & Geneviève Guyon
03 Augustin Messier
Marie Charlotte Mongeau
Christophe & Charlotte Provost
Madeleine Victoire Bussière
Jean Baptiste & M. Josephte Malboeuf
04 Amable Messier
Louise Quintin said Dubois
Michel & Geneviève Geoffrion
Léonide Racicot
François & Marie Josephte Lacoste
Clara Provost
Pierre & Adèle Provost
Beloeil, St. Mathieu
07 Avila Messier
Elsie Margaret Smith
Hubert Hewitt & Margaret Dickinson
Wainwright, AB
08 Edmond Messier
Mary Jane Dea
Jack & Alice Dood Styles
09 Douglas Messier
Leslie Young
Born on St. Albert, AB
10 Mark John Douglas Messier *
Kim Clark
2nd union
* A child from the first union : Lyon (born on August 16, 1987) and
two children with a second union : Douglas Paul (born on July 15, 2003 and Jacqueline Jean (born August 2005)
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Handbook on the History of Economic Analysis Volume II
Schools of Thought in Economics
Edited by Gilbert Faccarello and Heinz D. Kurz
Volume II contains entries on the major schools of economic thought and analysis. These schools differ with regard to their 'vision' of the working of the economic system, the major forces and interactions that shape its path, and the policy recommendations proposed. At any moment of time, several such schools typically compete with one another, striving for dominance within the economic and political discourse. Each Handbook can be read individually and acts as a self-contained volume in its own right. It can be purchased separately or as part of a three-volume set.
Chapter 1: General introduction
Chapter 2: Antiquity
Chapter 3: Economic thought in scholasticism
Chapter 4: Cameralism
Chapter 5: Mercantilism and the science of trade
Chapter 6: French Enlightenment
Chapter 7: Italian Enlightenment
Chapter 8: Scottish Enlightenment
Chapter 9: British classical political economy
Chapter 10: French classical political economy
Chapter 11: Bullionist and anti-bullionist schools
Chapter 12: Banking and currency schools
Chapter 13: Non-Marxian socialist ideas in France
Chapter 14: Non-Marxian socialist ideas in Britain and the United States
Chapter 15: Non-Marxist socialist ideas in Germany and Austria
Chapter 16: Marxism(s)
Chapter 17: German and Austrian schools
Chapter 18: British marginalism
Chapter 19: Lausanne School
Chapter 20: Historical economics
Chapter 21: Institutionalism
Chapter 22: Russian School of mathematical economics
Chapter 23: Cambridge School of economics
Chapter 24: Stockholm (Swedish) School
Chapter 25: Chicago School
Chapter 26: Monetarism
Chapter 27: New classical macroeconomics
Chapter 28: Public choice
Chapter 29: Neo-Ricardian economics
Chapter 30: Keynesianism
Chapter 31: Post-Keynesianism
Chapter 32: New Keynesianism
Bertram Schefold
5–19 (15 total)
We attribute to the ancient Greeks the origin of the major disciplines in the natural sciences, such as physics or biology, of medicine, and also of disciplines in the humanities such as philosophy, rhetoric, and grammar. Among the social sciences, politics could be mentioned but not economics, although many single ideas of modern economics can be traced back to first formulations in the writings of ancient authors. However, this is little known because the mercantilists, such as Petty (Schefold 2011a: 13–40) and even Adam Smith (on Smith and antiquity, see the important study by Vivenza 2001), admitted only sparingly their debt to humanist and scholastic writers and to their invariably extensive readings of the ancients (Roover 1955: 161–90). When Antonio Serra discovered economics, he did not name it, but he was fully aware that its origin, as a discipline, was not in antiquity, in the sense of Aristotle neither part of politics nor of ethics (Schefold 1994: 5–27). Economic insights were thus found in ancient writings as part of historiography (Tukydides, Polybios, and Livius) and ethnology (Herodotos), as generalisations in writings about special economic activities, such as agriculture (Varro, Columella), as views on economic policy expressed by the orators, as regulations in Greek and especially Roman law, and as ethical judgements and rules in philosophy (Plato, Aristotle). The historical school would read all these sources and occasionally use them to illustrate specific economic problems (for example, Roscher 1861: 353, on the role of credit during economic crises), but more often and systematically would use them to illustrate the historicity of economics, contrasting stages of ancient and modern economics (Hildebrand 1864: 1–24, 1869: 1–25, 130–55) and discussing changing ethical norms as a contribution to the emergence of sociology. A leading member of the youngest historical school, Karl Bücher (Schefold 1988: 239–67), launched a debate which is still topical among ancient historians and in historical sociology, by comparing a “primitivist” interpretation of antiquity with a “modernist” interpretation. The former emphasises the specificity of ancient institutions, patriarchal households, the striving for autarchy, gift giving in exchange and other remnants of the pre-monetary economy which were thought to be still relevant to the classical Athenian economy, while the modernists regarded the integration of the Mediterranean world through trade with the emergence of the Hellenistic and, later, the Roman empires, as evidence of economic growth and capitalist forces which suggested analogies between the economy of imperial Rome and the economic development reached in the early mercantilist period (Finley 1979). To reach a balanced view of the history of economic thought in antiquity, taking account of the real economic life behind it, remains a difficult task, but it is comparatively easy to follow the main texts, where economic considerations come up as simple illustrations of a more sophisticated ethical discourse. The gap between the modern and ancient conceptions can be bridged by recognising that both are concerned with action. Modern economists ask which actions produce efficient outcomes; the ancient philosopher asked which action was good. The Stoic philosophers prepared for the link: the creator has made the world harmonious so that the good is achieved by pursuing one’s true selfinterest (Kraus 2000).
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Popular Jurassic Coast dino trail a success, says town team
PUBLISHED: 12:00 14 September 2019
Daniel Wilkins
Exmouth dinosaur trail. Picture: John Thorogood
The return of model dinosaurs to various locations around Exmouth has been hailed a success.
According to the Exmouth Town Council town team, which organises the Jurassic Trail, they have had a number of favourable reviews from this year's project.
The models in The Strand have been beset by vandalism and accidental damage but town team chairman John Thorogood said the £760 spent on repairs represents 20 per cent of what they expected to pay.
The trail was revamped from its original incarnation in 2016 to comply with 'planning limitations'.
John Thorogood, chairman of the town team, said: "The town team has worked hard over the last two years to reignite the dinosaur project and I'm very pleased their efforts have come to fruition.
"The new trail is proving more successful than its predecessor with the advantage that it is not time limited by planning legislation.
"The Town Team is looking forward to the continued enhancement of the Dinosaur Trail, its educational aspect and tourist offer and intends building on its success as a key asset to the town."
Mr Thorogood thanked Veronica Boatman and her team at the tourist information service, town clerk Lisa Bowman, Jenny Clark who led the project sub-committee, Exmouth in Bloom volunteers and East Devon District Council Streetscene.
The original models were installed following an idea voiced by the late councillor Alison Greenhalgh with models sponsored by local businesses.
This year's trail was officially launched by mayor Steve Gazzard at Exmouth Festival.
Featuring 15 brass rubbing plaques around the town for people to locate, the new trail was split into two routes this year.
The town trail featured dinosaurs around the centre of Exmouth while the explorer route took people further afield.
Hundreds of children have enjoyed taking part over the summer and have received completion badges for their efforts.
Activity packs are still available, costing £1, from the Exmouth Tourist Information Service, The Book Rest, Exmouth Indoor Market, Bumble and Bee, Harbour Crepes & Gifts, Oddfellows and Bumble and Sea.
Anyone who would like to be involved in developing the trail further should email Mr Thorogood chair@exmouthtownteam.co.uk
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