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5 Ways Google Is Changing SEO
Just a few years ago, search-engine optimization was widely considered a specialized knowledge of how to manipulate Google’s search rankings with clever, secret tactics. While that was an accurate assessment then, the SEO industry has matured. It is now a dynamic, multifaceted online-marketing discipline that transcends clever trickery, and has become an essential requirement of expertise for every online marketer.
Google has facilitated and accelerated this shift by changing the game in ways that help users find information faster and in a manner that emphasizes the giant's own products. So how is SEO evolving, and what is Google’s goal? What can online-marketing professionals learn about the future best practices of the SEO industry by studying Google’s present pattern of changes? Read on.
1. SEO is now more about building a brand than manipulation or trickery.
Changes over the past two years already have shifted our perception of search-engine optimization. We're no longer talking about just links, keywords and PageRank. Instead, we're discussing branding and content strategy. But building a brand and publishing high-quality content are not new concepts, they’ve always been key parts of inbound marketing. So why the sudden shift in buzz within the SEO industry?
Google’s launch of its Penguin and Panda algorithm updates sent a clear message to webmasters and marketing professionals: Google will not tolerate manipulative tactics or low-quality content in its search results. The result? A strategic, quality content strategy became the only option to achieve visibility in search results.
A content strategy is only effective, however, when executed by a strong brand, otherwise, that content achieves little reach, viewership or audience. Simultaneously, an effective content strategy is the road to building a brand. As a result, the focus is now on content and branding rather than manipulation and trickery.
2. Google is no longer just a search engine.
Yes, Google started as a search engine and it continues to serve that function. But Google has also become the leader in consumer-facing, data-oriented projects. Knowledge Graph, which attempts to figure out what searchers want, quickly supply the information and anticipate the next questions, is one example.
Many searches are location-based. “Vegan restaurants in Brooklyn”, “Spas in Brisbane”, “Where do I get designer shoes in Milan?” All these queries return search results that are peppered with extra information, from reviews to price ranges to maps. Throw in paid ads, which dominate the top spots in the rankings, and the top-ranking organic search result now appears a few hundred pixels down the page. That number-one ranking has lost a significant amount of value and visibility.
3. Links are key, but for a different reason.
Currently, it’s widely thought that the quantity and quality of inbound links to your domain and individual pages on your site are the primary factors in the ranking algorithm. Because of the resulting market for link buying and selling (which Google hates), Google might be tweaking its algorithms to give lower algorithmic weight to inbound links. However, even if links become irrelevant for SEO purposes, that doesn’t mean they won’t still be vital for your online-marketing campaign.
Before anyone knew what SEO was, they tried to get other websites to link to theirs for a different reason: referral traffic. How does John Doe discover your website if not via Google? Maybe he sees it mentioned on a blog. Maybe he found you on Twitter or Facebook. Or maybe he saw a sign you put up in the offline world. In every case, he arrived at your website through a “link.”
Ask yourself: If Google were not in the picture, would marketers still need to build links? If you’re in it for the long term, the answer is yes.
4. The future is “Now.”
Google Now is more than a mobile voice search challenging Apple’s Siri. It’s an entirely different mindset that pulls answers from geolocation, search history and preferences, as well as recent activity on Google products and other places.
It can search your calendar for birthday reminders. It can find your travel itinerary in your Gmail and spit out a weather report for where you’re headed. The emphasis is on serving answers, not webpage results. The challenge is making yourself relevant enough in people’s lives so that you show up in search results.
Because most of this takes place on mobile devices, SEO also means optimizing websites to be mobile-friendly.
5. Approach online marketing with a “product” perspective.
If you have a bad product, you can sell a few units through excellent marketing. But this strategy not only won’t last long -- it’ll kill your brand as the word spreads. This is why you should treat every aspect of your inbound marketing campaign as a product.
Consider content as your chief product. Content can be a blog post, an ebook, a video, an email newsletter, an infographic or just about anything that's going to be consumed by an audience.
As marketers and advertisers, we tend to value campaigns (the process) over the product. But the opposite philosophy is your ticket to long-lasting success. Apple has created great marketing campaigns, but their focus is always on creating the best products.
The irony is that many folks who try hard to get that number-one ranking in the search results often fail, while brands and marketers who patiently and systematically follow these steps not only reach their goals, but stay there over the long haul.
Google has carefully crafted its strategy to encourage strong, quality content publication so its users don’t have to see the spammy content that used to litter its search results. Google’s future moves will be to further encourage this trend of quality and branding instead of manipulation and trickery.
For advice on how to build your brand in such a way that Google will reward you with higher rankings and search visibility, ask for our free site evaluation.
Last Modified: October 13, 2014 09:08 AM
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Universities help students, staff impacted by bushfires
by Anna Mogato 14 Jan 2020
As bushfires continue to ravage swathes of Australia, some universities have announced support for students and staff who have been impacted.
Monash University is providing up to $2,000 for affected students through its Bushfire Crisis Student Grant. The University said it has an estimated 1,000 students affected by the bushfires as of 10 January.
“The health and wellbeing of our staff and students is our greatest priority,” Professor Susan Elliot, University deputy vice chancellor and vice president (education) said.
“We are pleased to be able to support our students experiencing this tragedy through this new grant scheme, and will continue to provide support to the Monash community throughout this crisis.”
The grant, which does not have to be paid back so long as students continue their studies this semester, can only be used for essential living expenses, laptops, course materials and other unexpected expenses.
Students who are experiencing longer-term issues due to bushfires may also be eligible for other grants aimed at helping them get by. However, the grant does not cover payments for library and parking fines, amenities or visa fees and course fees.
Students who are deferring their enrolment for 6 up to 10 months or are undertaking intermission are not eligible for the grant.
Aside from providing support for students, Monash is also allowing the use of its drone fleet and airborne sensors to help map out assets and assess damage caused by the bushfires.
Meanwhile, the University of Notre Dame’s acting vice chancellor Peter Tranter said the University will be establishing a Bushfire Relief scholarship to “ensure that those students impacted by bushfires have the very best chance of commencing, and completing, their studies.”
“We will support any student directly affected - including guaranteeing deferment, waiving enrolment deadlines and providing counselling and academic support as required,” Tranter said.
University staff will also be given special leave, counselling and support while volunteer firefighters, reservists and first or emergency responers will be given additional paid leave.
Establishing lines of communication
Earlier this month, the University of Canberra announced it had established a dedicated Bushfire Support line and email service for affected students.
Students can also make use of the support line and email to discuss fee payment options or if they need to defer until Semester 2.
Victoria University, which offers special consideration for students affected by bushfires, also said it is providing assistance in the form of accommodation, financial and legal support. The University’s psychology clinic, counsellors and Chaplaincy are also offering support and wellbeing programs for those affected.
The Australian National University (ANU), which reopened on 8 January, encouraged its staff to seek support and professional counselling. ANU said the counselling services are also open to its staff’s family members.
ANU also said it is offering ex-gratia leave for those who were directly affected by bushfires or unable to return to Canberra. Staff members who are also RFS and SES volunteers or Australian Defense Reserves are given another 20 extra days of paid leave.
Flinders University meanwhile has pledged to provide special leave entitlements of up to four weeks to its staff who are also CFS volunteers. Another special leave with pay of up to four weeks is also available to staff who have either suffered damaged to, or lost, their homes.
Flinders University students who have been affected by the bushfires can also access emergency financial assistance as well as counselling support.
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As universities move to help bushfire-hit communities, the Federal Government is pledging to help the education sector get back on its feet
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Democrats plan to include CCC ‘anomaly’ as Republicans press case
-The Hagstrom Report
Key Democrats signaled today that the House version of the continuing resolution to fund the government through most of November will contain a provision known as an anomaly to allow the Agriculture Department to make trade aid payments to farmers through the Commodity Credit Corporation.
House Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern, D-Mass., whose committee must hold a hearing on the bill before it goes to the House floor, told reporters today that the issue “is going to be resolved.”
Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, who is a member of the House Agriculture Committee and the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, told The Hagstrom Report that she believes the provision allowing the flow of funds will be in the CR.
Pingree is known for favoring organics and local agriculture production over the big commodity and livestock operations that get most of the aid to make up for the loss of exports sales during the trade war that began with President Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs on Chinese products.
But she said that the decision by House Appropriations Committee Chair Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., to leave the provision allowing the CCC to continue spending money after the fiscal year ends on September 30 “puts people in a difficult position. It’s hard to go against the farmers.”
Key House Agriculture Committee Democrats and freshmen Democratic Reps. Angie Craig of Minnesota and Cindy Axne of Iowa have already called for the provision to be included.
But today Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman John Hoeven, R-N.D., led Republican members of the Senate Appropriations Committee in pressing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Lowey “to support the nation’s farmers and ranchers and ensure that Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments for producers are not blocked or delayed in the House of Representatives’ Continuing Resolution (CR).”
In a letter to Pelosi and Lowey, the senators said the House should “reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation, which is routinely supported by Congress, to ensure producers have access to much-needed agriculture assistance.”
House Agriculture Committee ranking member Michael Conaway, R-Texas, said today, “House Democratic leaders are not listening to their own rank-and-file members and continue to hold vital aid for our farmers and ranchers hostage by blocking replenishment of the CCC. I had not waded into this issue publicly because I had hoped that cooler heads would prevail. They have not. I call on Speaker Pelosi and Chairwoman Lowey to stop using our nation’s farmers and ranchers and rural communities as pawns in your fight with the president. Fully fund USDA so it can do its job. It is no surprise that China would try to hold our farmers and ranchers hostage so it could continue to cheat on its trade commitments, but we should not expect the leaders of the United States House of Representatives to use rural America as a bargaining chip.”
On Tuesday, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., vice chair of the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee and a frequent skeptic on programs that aid big farmers, asked Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue for a briefing on the issue.
Perdue told reporters today he would be happy “to provide information to appropriators” and other House members.
The Environmental Working Group, which earlier noted that members of Trump’s agricultural advisory committee had received trade aid, today published a blog post on a trade aid recipient who lives near a golf course in Arizona but got aid from a farm in Indiana.
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Industrial sector waking up to wellness – and not a moment too soon
Poppy Johnston | 5 December 2019
Now that the wellness message has permeated much of the commercial office sector, you’d be hard pressed to find an office without an indoor plant (at the very least). But what about workplace wellness for warehouse and factory workers?
Logistics must be part of any circular economy strategies
Willow Aliento – Oxygen Files | 12 September 2019
The Victorian government is developing a circular economy policy and action plan for the state that will be released later, this year. But critics say the strategy is missing a…
Are data centres still big energy guzzlers?
Poppy Johnston | 8 August 2019
Data centres consume 3 per cent of the world’s energy so it’s fortunate these buildings are becoming increasingly energy efficient. Sadly these efficiency gains might disappear when the world’s appetite for data is expected to accelerate with the proliferation of artificial intelligence and autonomous cars.
Managing Sydney’s industrial land – striking the balance
Benjamin Craig, Ethos Urban | 14 May 2019
The debate about Sydney’s employment lands isn’t over, with urban planner Benjamin Craig advocating for greater flexibility in the city’s approach to industrial and urban services land to better accommodate the jobs of the future.
Why Sydney needs to keep its sheds and industrial lands
Sarah Hill, Greater Sydney Commission | 25 October 2018
Sydney is the manufacturing capital of Australia, worth $21.5 billion, but left unchecked the industrial land that supports so many important activities could be swallowed up and lost forever by rapidly encroaching residential development.
Speculative industrial precinct betting on big demand for sustainability
Willow Aliento | 9 February 2016
A speculative development by Frasers Property Australia in Wetherill Park is understood to be the first industrial precinct in Australia to target a 6 Star Green Star Design and As…
WA business installs state’s largest private solar system
26 June 2014 — Wholesale food services distributor Bidvest has installed Western Australia’s largest privately-owned rooftop solar system.
Toyota installs Victoria’s largest solar system
By Cameron Jewell
4 June 2013 — Toyota’s manufacturing plant in Altona, Victoria is now home to a 500-kilowatt solar photovoltaic system, the largest roof-mounted PV system in Victoria, and the third-largest nationally.
Stockland bids for full control of Australand
By Tina Perinotto 28 May 2014 – Stockland today (Wednesday) launched a bid for full control of Australand with a $2.4 billion “final and non-binding bid” for remaining shares, after…
Government axes “cost-effective” Energy Efficiency Opportunities Program
14 May 2014 — In amidst a budget of shocks and shockers, the government has slipped through a decision to axe the successful Energy Efficiency Opportunities Program, which acts to raise industry’s awareness of energy efficiency savings and has been responsible for at least 40 per cent of industrial energy efficiency improvements since the program began – with associated net financial benefits of $808 million a year.
CEFC plugging the gap in Australian manufacturing assistance
6 March 2014 — The CEFC is playing a critical role in boosting the competitiveness of Australian manufacturers and food processors, chief executive Oliver Yates said today.
CEFC biogas investment to help Australian manufacturing
5 March 2014 — With debate raging on how to protect against more manufacturing closes, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, in its first public investment move since the federal election, has stepped in to announce it will finance new biogas infrastructure designed to cut energy costs for agribusinesses and manufacturers.
Australand registers first industrial Green Star Performance building
26 February 2014 — Australand’s Keysborough Spec 1 in Melbourne has become the first industrial facility to register for the new Green Star – Performance tool.
Airport sustainability? Carbon accounting explained
By Willow Aliento
25 February 2014 — Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra and Sydney International airports – and newcomer Wellcamp – are all vying for the title of “the most sustainable airport in Australia” with their design, construction and energy-efficiency initiatives.
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IN LOCAL HISTORY
The recent brush fire off West Street, at the rear of St. John’s Cemetery, which swept over more than 100 acres, incidentally wiped out an appropriation of $300 voted to the forest warden and created a deficit of more than $200 in that particular account.
According to Fire Warden George S. Hodgman, this brush fire alone cost the town $550 to fight and owing to the fact that the appropriation for fighting brush fires has been exhausted the Advisory Committee has been requested to make a transfer from the reserve fund to cover the deficit. Practically all the money expended was for the pay of extra men who were engaged to assist the fire department in battling the fire. According to Chief Hodgman about 150 men were employed to assist the fire department in checking the flames.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin W. Bjurling of 102 Washington St., received word today from Mrs. Elden Bjurling of Chicago that their son, Chief Pharmacist Mate Elden Bjurling is safe and prisoner of the Japanese in Manila. No word had been received from him for the past two years. He was believed to have been on Corregidor during the siege and fall of that fortress off the Philippines last spring.
Chief Pharmacist Mate Bjurling has been in the Navy the past 18 years. He attended Gardner schools and was employed at Smart’s Drug store before enlisting in the service.
The world is getting smaller every day dept. – John LeBlanc, West Gardner Square sporting goods tycoon, decided to throw the year’s profits into a cruise for himself and his wife, Theresa, aboard the Homeric to the Bahamas. First day aboard the ship, and who is there to make the trip that much more pleasurable, but old Redskin Pete LeBlanc himself! Pete grew up in the shadow of Greenwood Playground, was a star performer with one of the more noted sandlot aggregations even in this city just before World War II, featuring Pete Robichaud, Ronnie Richards, late George Owen, Trigger Roy Harold Richards, Bucky Richards, Fran LeBlanc, etc. After the war, he moved to Worcester. Now he meets his name sake on a cruise. ‘Twas worth every penny, sighs John, while basking through the filtered sunlight in his Main Street store.
Readying For The Long Run … Several local marathoners will be making their way to Hopkington Monday morning to take part in the 97th running of the Boston Marathon. Those participating include Gardner’s Aileen Iverson-Doyle, Ken Pelletier, Steve Penney and Bob Shephard, while Vic Yablonski will again complete in the wheelchair division. Also, from Westminster are Jeff Gould and Andrew Wells.
In addition, the news that the legendary Bill Rodgers will not run Boston this year and has announced his retirement from marathon running brings back a local memory. Before he gained fame for his four Boston Marathon wins, Rodgers captured the annual Gardner Veteran’s Day Road Race 20 years ago this fall.
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Clint Mansell - Moon CD
“One of Hollywood’s most exciting film composers” – DAZED & CONFUSED
Clint Mansell’s emotionally gripping and melodically thrilling score for psychological luna-drama Moon is released on July 20th on Black Records.
Directed by Duncan Jones, starring Sam Rockwell and Kevin Spacey, Moon is a science fiction thriller about a solitary lunar employee who finds that he may not be able to go home to Earth so easily. Having premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, Moon opens in the UK on July 17th.
Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) is an employee contracted by the company Lunar to mine on the Moon the natural gas Helium 3, which could reverse Earth's energy crisis. Stationed alone on the lunar base Sarang with only a robot named Gerty (voiced by Kevin Spacey), Sam is two weeks away from completing his three-year assignment, when he begins feeling out of place…
Former ‘Pop Will Eat Itself’ frontman Clint Mansell - now based in Los Angeles - has become the go-to composer for independent Hollywood cinema. Producing peerless soundtracks to award winning Darren Arronofsky films Requiem For A Dream, The Fountain and most recently The Wrestler.
Clint brings his award winning film scores to the UK for the very first time at the Union Chapel on 20th July. In a truly unique live event, he will be joined by a live band and the Sonus Quartet playing the highlights of his burgeoning composing career.
1. Welcome To Lunar Industries
2. Two Weeks & Counting...
3. I'm Sam Bell
4. I'm Sam Bell, Too...
5. Memories (Someone We'll Never Know)
6. Are You Receiving?
7. Can't Get There from Here
8. 'We're Not Programs Gerty, We're People'
9. The Nursery
10. Sacrifice
11. We're Going Home
12. Welcome To Lunar Industries (Three Year Stretch)
Moon (Original Soundtrack Recording)
by CLINT MANSELL
Format: CD Album
Label: Black Records
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Drag queen story times teach acceptance, diversity at Toronto libraries
Lucy Flawless reads story books to a packed audience at the Jones public library in Toronto on Dec. 30, 2017.
Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail
RACHEL LEVY-MCLAUGHLIN
Published January 2, 2018 Updated January 2, 2018
Jack Slade's favourite hat is pink and sparkly. But sometimes people tell the nearly 5-year-old that he shouldn't wear it because he's a boy and boys shouldn't wear pink, sparkly things.
But Jack, sitting among dozens of children at the Jones Public Library in Toronto on Saturday, listened to a drag queen decked out in sparkly shoes, false eyelashes and a skirt, read stories saying that boys can wear pink, sparkles and dresses if they want – that it's okay.
"It's so affirming here," said Jennifer Slade, Jack's mother, at Jones library on Saturday.
As part of the new LGBTQ kids programming, Toronto Public Libraries across the city host story times with drag queens. The drag queens read stories of acceptance, diversity and all different types of families, then have dance parties or sing.
Story times such as these have become popular in places such as San Francisco and New York in the past two years, and now the trend has moved into Canada. At the Pride celebrations in Toronto this year, several library branches held drag queen story times and from there, a new program was born at the Toronto Public Library.
"I think it's important for kids to understand that boys don't have to play with trucks and girls don't just have to play with dolls," said Scott Robins, chair of the Toronto Public Library's LGBTQ kids programming. Mr. Robins compiles a list of kid-friendly performers – whether they're drag queens, artists, or authors – for Toronto library branches to draw on to have LGBTQ representation in their kids' activities.
"We want to be at the forefront of this," Mr. Robins said.
Even though it's new to the Toronto scene, drag queen story times have become very popular. The Jones library was filled on Saturday with so many families, there was barely standing room and the two drag queens had to separate and do their own readings – the original plan was to have them read together.
"It's wild, absolutely fantastic," said Brendan Michie, a local parent at the story time. His 4-year-old daughter, Geneviève Michie, loves story times of all sorts and said she loved seeing the drag queens and their outfits.
In a chair in front of wide-eyed children such as Geneviève, drag queen Lucy Flawless read My Princess Boy by Cheryl Kilodavis, a story about a boy who likes to wear dresses.
"The book choices were amazing," said Ms. Flawless, who did her first story time on Saturday. "It was all very, be who you are, sparkly boy." She flashed her bejewelled bangles and red nail polish.
Erin Brockobić, who also performed at the Jones library reading (and went by Erin B. for the kids), said she appreciates the story times as opportunities to be "irreverently" herself in front of young kids.
She was decked out almost entirely in gold: dress, purse, large jewelled ring and a blonde, curly wig.
"When I was young, this wasn't as cool; it wasn't as accepted and I didn't have these role models," Ms. Brockobić said. "So in a way, I get to be the role model that I never got."
At the end of the reading – and Ms. Brockobić said it's a common occurrence – parents came up and thanked the drag queens for being there. The kids and drag queens took selfies. One family joked they would hire Ms. Flawless for their son's birthday party because he liked seeing her so much.
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The Guardian view on Boris Johnson’s policy: divide and rule
Social class is becoming politically salient again. But who has the policies to win over the working class that has been left behind?
Tue 14 Jan 2020 13.29 EST Last modified on Wed 15 Jan 2020 02.18 EST
‘Mr Johnson hopes to trade in issues that pose dilemmas for liberals but seem clear cut to ordinary voters.’ Photograph: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock
Boris Johnson surfaced on Tuesday to give his first wide-ranging interview since the election. The prime minister gave little away. But clearly visible is his political project to raise issues that identify the Conservatives with the workers and the smaller towns and distance them from liberal thinking in the big cities. The Tories’ response to the potential collapse of the Exeter-based airline Flybe is instructive. First it was suggested that air passenger taxes on domestic flights could be cut. This is a calculated appeal to people’s wallets with cheaper flights. But it is also a surefire way to rile liberals who rightly question the wisdom of encouraging flying when the planet is burning.
The same political trick was attempted on the issue of county lines drugs gangs which Mr Johnson, in a naked attempt to earn tabloid applause, said needed to be “wound up”. This taps into the social conservatism of small-town Britain while simultaneously being a provocation to the liberal sense that drugs are a problem for larger society, not just the criminal justice system. Mr Johnson hopes to trade in issues that pose dilemmas for liberals but seem clearcut to ordinary voters. Such a political strategy was born in Mr Johnson’s 2016 Brexit campaign that successfully ghettoised well-off and well-educated voters as out-of-touch in their urban citadels.
This politics rests on the increasing salience of class. It is perhaps a liberal conceit to suggest that class has vanished from modern societies which claim to be purely meritocratic, with the only barriers to upward mobility being the overt and institutionalised forms of discrimination. Mr Johnson understood that the liberal failure to acknowledge social class’s re-emergence in politics left it nothing to attribute Brexit populism to but bigotry, irrationality or foreign interference. All played a part, but Mr Johnson aligned Brexit with a promise of national renewal to win the 2016 referendum with a coalition of wealthy southern and left-behind voters. He then repeated the trick by putting that result at the heart of the last election – and won by being more popular with working-class voters than middle-class ones.
It is one thing to change the rhetoric, but can Mr Johnson change the Conservative party’s DNA? This would require a much more decisive break with the pro-market, balanced-budget policies embraced by the Tories since 1979. Rightwing economic policies do not have much appeal to those whose support they need. Mr Johnson’s government is willing to talk the talk – threatening to nationalise poorly performing train franchises. But he has not yet walked the walk. The Tories have about £40bn of investment to “level up” the UK’s lagging regions. However, with the economy shrinking and confidence wilting, Mr Johnson needs a much more ambitious fiscal policy for a promised “decade of renewal” to materialise.
There is a lesson for Labour. From the 1960s to the 1980s, working-class voters were almost as likely to vote as their middle-class counterparts. From the 2000s, a gap began to open, with the working class staying at home. This was partly reversed by the Brexit plebiscite, in which it was fraudulently claimed that money would flow into the NHS rather than the European Union. Class voting reappeared with a clear divide. There is a yearning for social equality, economic redistribution and less privatisation. It is a sign of his divide-and-rule policy that Mr Johnson has no plan to promote compromise among class interests. Whoever understands that such tensions can only be resolved by what JK Galbraith called “countervailing power” will reap the political rewards.
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FY2015-16 sees robust action in public issue space
Our Bureau Mumbai | Updated on January 20, 2018 Published on March 30, 2016
Equitas’ IPO opens on Tuesday
Sensex ends marginally up; consumer durables, power stocks major gainers
23 SMEs file IPO papers in Q1 to raise over Rs 200 cr
But overall fund raising through equities was down
It has been raining initial public offers in FY16, which witnessed a multi-year high in capital-raising not only in terms of the total amount raised but also the number of companies that got listed on the bourses. According to data collated by Prime Database, an entity engaged in database for primary capital market, fund-raising through IPOs, including those by small and medium enterprises, touched a five-year high of ₹14,772 crore or 30 per cent of the total equity raised in FY16.
FPO, OFS & QIP
The total amount of equity raised also includes follow-on public offers, offers-for-sale and qualified institutional placements, among others. The same stands at ₹48,952 crore in FY16, which is 17 per cent lower than that in FY15, chiefly due to lower disinvestment by the Centre and lesser amounts raised through OFS and QIPs. In terms of equity raised, FY10 had seen the maximum at ₹86,710 crore.
Besides the amount raised, the number of companies through main-board IPOs (in other words excluding SME IPOs) has also been at a four-year high of 24. Prime Database has considered the issue opening date to arrive at the number of companies in FY16.
The largest IPO and OFS were Interglobe Aviation and Indian Oil Corporation, respectively.
Promising outlook
FY17 looks promising as 25 companies are holding SEBI approval to raise over ₹12,500 crore and another six companies are awaiting the regulator’s nod to raise about ₹30,000 crore, Prime Database pointed out.
The companies which are likely to hit the primary market in FY17 include Equitas Holding, L&T Infotech, AGS Transact Tech, Mahanagar Gas, Ujjivan Financial Services, Nuziveedu Seeds, Paranjape Schemes, Matrix Cellular, GVR Infra Projects, Dilip Buildcon, Matrimoney.com, Catholic Syrian Bank, Parag Milk Foods, VLCC Healthcare, Thyrocare Technologies and Sandhar Tech.
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France’s Total to invest in Britain’s shale gas quest
London - France’s Total is set to become the first major oil company to invest in Britain’s nascent shale gas industry.
London - France’s Total is set to become the first major oil company to invest in Britain’s nascent shale gas industry, sources said, boosting hopes for a pick-up in exploration to help assess the commerciality of the resource. Total will on Monday announce a deal to commit 30 million pounds ($50 million) to drilling for shale gas in Lincolnshire in central England, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, confirming details published in the Telegraph newspaper. The French giant, worth about 103 billion euros ($141 billion), will partner with smaller explorers Dart Energy , Egdon Resources, IGas and eCORP, on two exploration licences.
Geological studies show Britain to have large shale reserves which could reverse a rising dependency on energy imports, but more drilling is needed to see whether the deposits are economic. Britain’s government has thrown its weight behind shale gas exploration despite strong local and environmental opposition to the extraction practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, used to develop shale and unconventional gas blocks. Total said last year that it would be interested in signing up for a position in Britain’s shale gas resources, and its entry will follow that of two large utilities, France’s GDF Suez and Britain’s Centrica in 2013 who both agreed deals in 2013. Total, eCorp and Dart could not immediately be reached for comment while Egdon and IGas declined to comment.
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Nigeria rebels 'blow up pipeline'
By BBC
Nigeria's main militant group has said it has blown up another pipeline in oil-producing Niger Delta.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) said in a statement it had used explosives to attack a pipeline operated by Shell.
There was no independent confirmation of the claim by Mend who declared "war" on Nigeria's oil industry on Sunday.
Meanwhile, officials say militants have freed two South African workers kidnapped last Saturday.
If the pipeline attack is confirmed, the sabotage would be the fifth attack since Sunday's declaration.
The militants claim to be fighting for greater control over oil wealth in the impoverished Niger Delta.
But the groups make money from criminal rackets and trade in stolen oil, and many say they are criminal gangs out to extort money from oil companies.
Nigeria's oil production has been cut by 20% because of unrest in the region over the past few years.
'Battle against criminality'
The BBC's Alex Last in Nigeria say over the last six days, militants have attacked gas plants, oil installations and pipelines - part of an oil war declared after a rare but fierce military raid on one of their bases.
Reports of the attack on the pipeline in the east of the Delta came hours after the new Nigerian defence chief visited the region.
Air Chief Marshal Paul Dike reportedly encouraged the troops in what was termed their "battle against criminality".
In a separate development, Mend said it had handed over two South Africans it claimed to have rescued from "sea pirates" to the Nigerian authorities in Port Harcourt on Thursday night.
South African Foreign Affairs department spokesperson Ronnie Mamoepa said the high commissioner in Nigeria had confirmed the release, the South African Press Association reported.
The South Africans were among 27 people, including two Britons, seized from an oil services ship.
The recent fighting is some of the heaviest in the last two years.
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Games start Friday evening in Langley
Henry Campbell / Bowen Island Undercurrent
The 'Bowen Ballers' team competing in Langley this weekend.
Photo by Courtesy of Henry Campbell
“In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.” The words of baseball sage Yogi Berra ring more true than ever as the Bowen Island Co-Ed SloPitch league prepares to send a team of its best, and “best of Bowen,” players to compete against teams from all over British Columbia in the SPN Provincial Tournament in Langley this coming weekend (September 13 through 15).
George Zawadzki, president of the Bowen Island Co-Ed SloPitch league and coach of the provincials team, says: “[t]he Ballers are a talented and well-balanced squad that will play hard, and represent the league and Bowen Island with pride.” Drawing as equally as possible from the six teams in the league, George and the executive have put together a team that, on paper, has no weaknesses—but will they be able to execute in crunch time?
Made possible by extremely generous contributions from Ed Weismiller and J & E Backhoe, Bowen Island Pub, and the First Credit Union, the Ballers would love to have a few familiar faces in the stands at McLeod Athletic Park in Langley (should any islanders feel compelled to cross the water to watch some extremely…enthusiastic…softball).
Whatever the outcome, the Ballers will heed the immortal words of Jimmy Dugan: “there’s no crying in baseball!”
Team roster: Andrea Layzell, Ben Sunderland, Brad “Ripper” Rypien, Bruce Lyne, Casey Grundy, Courtney Morris, Duy Son, Gillian Drake, Henry Campbell, Iain Mitchell, James Lafferty, Jessie Perry, Kevin Manning, Lee Vincent, Rachel Klingler, Randi Topp, Rebecca Lyne, Rich Ralph, Robert Clayton, Spencer Grundy.
Ballers’ game schedule: first is Friday 7:40 p.m. vs. Sitters and Hitters at McLeod Athletic Park. Second is Saturday at 10:40 a.m. vs. Mariners at Ron Ralph Field. Third game is at 2:40 p.m. vs. Hot Pockets at Brown Park - Diamond 1. It is a three-game round robin format followed by single elimination. Elimination games start Sunday.
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Digital Innovation Asia, in collaboration with PATA and TAT to explore and recognize forward-thinking digital trends in travel and tourism
Digital Innovation Asia has partnered with the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), as well as the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) to increase relevance to the industry when it comes to digital innovation in travel and tourism in the Asia Pacific region.
Digital Innovation Asia is endorsed and supported by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the Association of South East Asian Nation (ASEAN), the Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office (MTCO), the Tourism Technology Association (TTA), the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), the International Federation of IT in Travel and Tourism (IFITT), and the International Association of Travel and Tourism Professionals (SKAL).
Located alongside, the Digital Innovation Asia events are deliberately timed to lead into the PATA Summit end of April, and follow TTM+ in June, to stage digital events, which include the Digital Innovation Asia Awards, Digital Aid Asia, Blogger Match-Up Asia, Speak-Up Asia, and the China Boot Camp. Digital Innovation Asia 2013 starts on April 23 and ends on June 12th with the China Boot Camp, helping travel companies understand the Chinese travel market, and how to market to affluent Chinese consumers. On April 24, the inaugural DIA Awards are hosted at Bed Supperclub in Bangkok in the evening. On June 10-12, Digital Innovation Asia continues in Bangkok, after Thailand's tourism trade show TTM+ in Bangkok, the World Islamic Tourism Mart (WITM) and Malaysia International Tourism Exchange (MITE) in Malaysia, and the World Economic Forum East Asia in Myanmar. On June 10, the first ever Blogger Match-up in Asia, and on June 11th, DIA's inaugural flagship digital in novation summit Speak-Out Asia will be hosted at lebua Hotel at State Tower.
Relevant and interested organizations and individuals are invited to contact us for speaking engagements and sponsorship opportunities. Bloggers and media professionals are invited to apply for accreditation privileges. We encourage nominations for the DIA Awards – nominations are free to submit.
With China being the fastest growing source market for many destinations in Asia and all over the world, and the complex social media and digital landscape being the most influential medium in modern China, learning how to adapt to marketing to this new group of tourists is vital for any travel and tourism organization today. On April 23rd at Pullman Hotel G, and on June 12th, the China Boot Camp helps companies understand how to reach and connect with affluent and sophisticated Chinese consumers. Taking a deep dive into the complex and unique digital and social media landscape in China, the April 23rd China Boot Camp will feature the unique opportunity to engage with three top Chinese bloggers, sponsored by Chinese Travel social media website Tripshow.com.
On April 24th, The Digital Aid Asia Forum is the first ever conference focusing on helping emerging tourism regions across Asia to learn how to leverage technology and digital media for capacity building to develop tourism in a responsible way and drive poverty alleviation. Linked with the 2013 PATA Annual Summit (PAS) in Bangkok from April 25-26, Digital Innovation Asia (DIA) is organizing the first ever Digital Aid Asia Forum on April 24th at trendy zuma Restaurant at the St Regis Hotel in Bangkok. Emceed by media and global tourism personality Ms. Anita Mendiratta of CNN T.A.S.K Group, speakers will discuss the issues from crisis management, human trafficking, human resources development, capacity building from micro-financing and e-Visa, and how internet and emerging technologies, mobile, and social media can act as an enabler and catalyst to drive positive economic growth supporting the visitor economy.
In the evening, the first Digital Innovation Asia Awards (or DIA Awards) recognize the best in digital innovation in the travel and tourism industry from the region. Hosted by Bed Supperclub Bangkok, one of the most innovative nightlife entertainment venues in Asia, the awards will recognize in the following categories: “Most Engaging Website”, “Most Viral Campaign”, “Most Creative Use of Technology”, “Most Inspiring Content”, and “Most Innovative Digital Organization”.
The DIA Awards are overseen by members of the new Digital Innovation Asia Council, an invite-only forum of the most senior e-commerce executives and digital marketing thought-leaders from hotels, airlines, and tourist boards from all corners of the Asia Pacific region. We still are open to receiving nominations, and encourage all travel and tourism organizations to submit their best digital work, and work they have admired over the past 15 months from January 2012 to April 2013. Please visit our DIA Awards partner TravelDailyNews.Asia to submit your nominations at http://goo.gl/rRVwS.
On June 10th, the first Blogger Match-Up Asia will connect bloggers, instagrammers, and digital influencers from the region and from all over the world with travel and tourism providers from Asia via speed-dating sessions. Workshops on how to deal and leverage citizen journalists provide vital knowledge and insight. We encourage bloggers to contact us to participate in DIA and the Blogger Match-Up Asia. Accreditation allows for free entry to other DIA events, and participation at the Bangkok Blogger Tour by Bangkok 101 Magazine, as well as the Isaan Blogger Trip by Smiling Albino and TAT.
On June 11th, DIA's inaugural flagship digital innovation summit Speak-Out Asia, hosted by the Tourism Authority of Thailand, will launch at lebua Hotel at State Tower, and emceed by blogger, Thai-TV Show host, and co-founder of tour operator Smiling Albino, Daniel Fraser. The vision of the event is to wow, inspire, engage, and stimulate the audience, feature respected and well-known digital revolutionaries, showcase technology solutions, and source innovations from across the region. Other than normal online travel conferences, Speak-Out Asia focuses on digital innovation, and how organizations can leverage technologies, learn about a new concept “SoPhoMo”, which inspires and empowers travelers on sharing visual content via mobile devices on social platforms.
Mr. Martin Craigs, CEO of PATA says, we are excited to be partnering with Digital Innovation Asia. This event is a perfect primer for next gen minded mentors the day before our summit. The growing importance of mobile, digital, and social media in Asia in "m-powering" the complete Visitor Economy is one of the catalysts of travel and tourism growth in the region. While the China Boot Camp is relevant for travel organizations all over the world, Digital Aid Asia will not only be inspirational but will also be thought provoking by raising issues like crisis management, e-Visa, and human trafficking, and how technology can play a vital role.
Mr. Suraphon Svetasreni, Govenor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) comments, TAT, which has made the use of social media a priority in marketing Thailand as an amazing tourism destination, is proud to be the country host of the first Digital Innovation Asia, including the Blogger Match-Up and Speak-Out Asia, just following TTM+ in June. Thailand is excited to welcome digital thought leaders from the region and all over the world. Exchanging ideas with bloggers and influencers on social media platforms at the Blogger-Match-Up is the way forward for any travel and tourism organization, being it small or large.
The complete DIA/PAS program:
April 23: China Boot Camp – Pullman Hotel G (10:30 am – 4:30pm)
April 23: DIA Pop-Up Party – Pullman Hotel G (6 pm – 8 pm)
April 24: Digital Aid Asia – zuma Restaurant (10:30 am – 4:30 pm)
April 24: DIA Awards - Bed Supperclub (8 pm – 10 pm)
DIA Awards VIP Reception (by invitation) – Bed Supperclub (7pm – 8 pm)
April 25: PATA Youth Forum - Thammasat University (9 am – 3 pm)
April 25: PATA Opening Party (open for DIA delegates) – Siam Discovery Plaza (6 pm – 7:30 pm)
April 26: PATA Annual Summit - Centara Grand Hotel (9 am - 8 pm)
April 26: DIA Council (by invitation) - PATA HQ (2 pm – 3:30 pm)
June 10: Blogger Match-up – lebua Hotel at State Tower (10:30 am – 4:30 pm)
June 10: DIA Council Meeting (by invitation) - PATA HQ
June 11: Speak-Out Asia – lebua Hotel at State Tower (10 pm – 5 pm)
June 11: The Last Byte - (by TDN.asia) - TBD
June 12: China Boot Camp - (10:30 am – 4:30pm)
June 12: Bangkok Blogger Tour (by Bangkok 101) – for accredited bloggers
June 13-16: Isaan Influencer Trip (by Smiling Albino / TAT) - for accredited bloggers
For more information on how to get engaged in Digital Innovation Asia from April 23-24 and June 10-12 in Bangkok, please visit www.DigitalInnovationAsia.com and follow-us on Twitter @DIAsiaTourism (hashtag #DIAsiaTourism). Tickets are limited, and a PATA member rate, as well as a package prize with the PATA Annual Summit exists. Register at http://DIAsiatourism.eventbrite.com/. Please visit our DIA Awards partner TravelDailyNews.Asia to submit your nominations at http://goo.gl/rRVwS. More information about the PATA Annual Summit on April 25-27 at the Centara Grand Bangkok can be found at www.PATA.org.
About Digital Innovation Asia (DIA)
Digital Innovation Asia (DIA) is a new initiative promoting excellence and knowledge sharing when it comes to leveraging digital, social, and mobile in the travel and tourism industry to promote the complete Asian Visitor Economy. Aligned with the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), it includes a new platform www.DigitalInnovationAsia.com, the Digital Innovation Asia Council, the Digital Innovation Asia Awards, Speak-Out Asia, Blogger-Match Up, Digital Aid Asia, China Boot Camp, the Digital Innovation Asia Challenge, and year-round program of workshops and seminars. Get inspired and engaged at: www.DigitalInnovationAsia - Facebook: DIAsiaTourism – Twitter: @DIAsiaTourism (hashtag #DIAsiaTourism) - LinkedIn: http://linkd.in/ZPKhpB - Register at http://DIAsiatourism.eventbrite.com/. Please vis it our DIA Awards partner TravelDailyNews.Asia to submit your nominations at http://goo.gl/rRVwS
About Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA)
Since its foundation in 1951, the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), a not-for profit membership association, has achieved international acclaim by acting as a catalyst for the responsible development of travel and tourism to, from and within the Asia Pacific region.
The Association provides aligned advocacy, leadership and events to its members, comprising 90 government, state and city tourism bodies, nearly 30 international airlines, airports and cruise lines, 57 educational institutions, and hundreds of travel industry companies in Asia Pacific and beyond.
Thousands of travel professionals belong to dozens of local PATA chapters worldwide. The chapters organise travel industry training and business development events. PATA's ‘Next Generation' mPOWER platform delivers unrivalled data, forecasts and insights from the PATA Strategic Intelligence Centre to members' mobile devices anywhere in the world. PATA's headquarters is in Bangkok.
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Town gives up on replacing ‘Old Town Road’ signs that keep getting stolen
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WELLESLEY, MA — Fame isn’t all that cracked up to be, as one town in Massachusetts now knows.
Thanks to Lil Nas X’s Billboard chart-topping song, ‘Old Town Road’, a street in Wellesley, Massachusetts, which shares the same name as the hit single, has attracted fans – and thieves – from far and wide.
According to Wellesley’s official website, ‘Old Town Road’ street signs have been stolen three times in recent months. Costs to replace the signs each time added up to approximately $280, not including installation labour.
So what’s a town to do? Nothing.
“Currently the street sign posts are empty. The Department of Public Works is waiting for the song’s popularity to fade before replacing the signs again,” said town officials.
Though Lil Nas X may find the whole situation flattering, officials are quick to remind the public that it’s no laughing matter.
“First responders often rely on the street signs in emergencies and missing signs could delay response times,” they added.
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The town is hoping that the recent publicity will help discourage thieves from pilfering the signs – or any other street signs – in the future.
‘Old Town Road’ is spending its 19th week at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, and is now considered the longest-running No. 1 hit in history. Earlier this week it broke two additional records on Billboard’s Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs and Hot rap songs charts.
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BUSHFIRES: CATO urges Aussies to help encourage tourism, Scenic drops big donation and more accommodation providers step up
The Council of Australian Tour Operators (CATO) has called for Aussies to play their part in supporting inbound and domestic tourism.
Brett Jardine, managing director of CATO has extended “our sincerest condolences” to those affected by the bushfire crisis, including business owners and operators who are “feeling the devastating effects of these natural disasters”.
“The ongoing drought and recent fires will no doubt have a longer-term impact on both Australia’s inbound and outbound travel sectors,” Jardine said.
According to CATO’s ‘Australians on Holiday – International Leisure Travel Trends’ report, Australian holidaymakers took more than six million overseas leisure trips in 2018 – a figure that represents roughly 25 per cent of the country’s entire population – and Jardine believes this represents a significant advocacy opportunity for inbound tourism.
“Each of those travelling Australians is a potential advocate for everything Australia has to offer as an iconic tourist destination.
“Whether they’re chatting to locals over a beer in a British pub, part of a multi-nationality trekking group in Nepal, or skiing with foreigners in Japan, we encourage all travelling Australians to promote visitation down-under from all over the world,”
Meanwhile, Scenic Group has donated $500,000 to provide bushfire support and relief to communities across Australia.
“As an Australian founded company, we are committed to supporting the outstanding work of the many emergency services personnel, community services staff, volunteer firefighters and animal welfare organisations,” Glen Moroney, owner of Scenic Group said.
Our donation will provide financial support to a range of charities and organisations who are providing much-needed support to the many people, communities and wildlife affected by these unprecedented bushfires across Australia.”
The donation will be allocated to several charities and state organisations delivering direct support, aid and services, including the Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery Appeal, the Salvation Army Emergency Services, state Country / Rural Fire Services and WIRES.
The accommodation industry is also stepping up, with Élysée Collective and World Resorts of Distinction (WRD) joining forces to launch Australian Spirit Soars; a silent auction in to raise money for rural communities and native wildlife affected by the fires.
The two-week initiative will continue until 5pm on Monday, 27 January, with all proceeds being directed to WIRES Wildlife Rescue who is working tirelessly to help save and protect Australia’s animals.
15 luxury travel packages – with more anticipated to come on board – have been contributed to the auction by some of the world’s most esteemed resorts, hotels and lodges including Aman, Soneva, Raes on Wategos, Nihi Sumba, Bawah Reserve, Vakkaru Maldives, Tokoriki Island Resort, Resplendent Ceylon, Sinalei Reef Resort and many more.
Vakkaru Maldives, whop chipped in a five-night stay for two for the auction, also pledged to support the Australian bushfire crisis by raising money through WIRES with a special charity dinner at the resort on 11 January.
Guests were invited to an Australian-themed dinner where menu items included braised pork belly with vegemite sauce and grilled Tasmanian salmon couscous and chai cake.
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The Best Inca Trail Tour Operators in Peru
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Tony Dunnell
Tony Dunnell is a travel writer specializing in Peruvian tourism and the founder of the How to Peru blog.
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If you are beginning your search for an Inca Trail tour operator, this list is a good place to start. There are more than 150 licensed Inca Trail operators in Peru with new agencies springing up each year. This list includes some of the most well-established and reputable Peru-based companies. The agencies featured here also offer alternative treks to Machu Picchu as well as other treks and tours in the Sacred Valley.
The list takes a variety of recommendations into account including Machu Picchu tour companies that are featured regularly in the latest Peru travel guidebooks, review sites, travel forums, as well as some personal insight.
Explorandes
Since its foundation in 1975, Explorandes has received plaudits for both its commitment to responsible tourism as a Rainforest Alliance-certified tour operator and certification for its environmental management system.
Explorandes runs tours and treks throughout much of Peru including private departures and tailor-made tours. Its five-day/four-night Inca Trail trek departs on Sundays and Wednesdays. Although the trek can be done in four days, the tour company insists its pacing makes for a more enjoyable, less crowded trip.
Valencia Travel Cusco
Valencia Travel Cusco focuses on its quality of service, customized attention, and special deals, with treks and tours suited to both young adventure travelers and potentially less mobile baby boomers.
The trek chefs are miracle workers, the Quechua-speaking porters are well cared for, and the guides are dedicated and knowledgeable. Reassurance is a part of the package as each staff member from porters to guides to senior management has a genuine desire to see every trekker realize his or her dream of reaching Machu Picchu. You can choose from two-day to five-day Inca Trail treks.
Peru Treks specializes in the classic four-day/three-night Inca Trail trek to Machu Picchu, a focus that has made it a consistently recommended operator. As well as frequent appearances in various Peru travel guides, the company has also received accolades from Peru’s Ministry of Tourism and honorable mentions in most major guides like Lonely Planet and Moon Handbooks. Peru Treks prides itself on porter welfare (all 250 of them), it's 20 bilingual Peruvian guides, and a large percentage of the profits made by Peru Treks goes toward community projects like schools for the local population.
Andina Travel
In 2001, a Cusco native with 20 years of experience in adventure tourism in Peru joined forces with his North American business partner to found Andina Travel. The company has been an authorized Inca Trail operator since 2002, while also running numerous alternative treks and tours to Machu Picchu, the Sacred Valley, and other destinations throughout Peru.
Andina Travel offers a two-day, four-day, and five-day trek on the Inca Trail. Also, the tour operator has “non-trekking soft adventures” through Cusco, the Sacred Valley, and on to Machu Picchu. Inca Trail prices are slightly higher than average, but Andina takes good care of its trekkers, as well as its guides and porters.
United Mice
Founded in 1987, United Mice has built a strong reputation over the years for trekking, horse riding, rafting, and jungle trips in southeastern Peru. You can expect plenty of local knowledge from the porters and guides, as well as no-nonsense trekking with good food and equipment. The company also donates one percent of its profits to a foundation helping street children in Cusco.
Llama Path
Llama Path is one of the later additions to the Cusco circuit, but the agency has built a big reputation since its foundation in 2004. It offers group and private treks to Machu Picchu, including a variety of Inca Trail alternatives. Groups contain a maximum of 16 people, but the average group size (according to the Llama Path website) is from eight to 10 people. Llama Path offers two- to five-day Inca Trail tours.
Enigma Adventure
Founded in Cusco in 2002, Enigma Adventure is an adventure travel and trekking specialist with one foot placed firmly in the luxury market. It's classic Inca Trail to Machu Picchu (four day/three night) is more expensive than many, but clients can expect a highly personalized experience, with a maximum of 12 people in each group (no minimum) and two guides for groups of more than eight people. Enigma also prides itself on the treatment of its guides and porters, as well as the quality of its food.
Q'ente
Q'ente has been operating in the Peruvian Andes since 1995, primarily as an adventure tour and trekking company. Trekkers can choose from five different Inca Trail excursions ranging from a short two-day/one- night option to the seven-day Salkantay Inca Trail. Q'ente also offers a wide range of alternative routes to Machu Picchu, as well as five- to 20-day package tours. Inca Trail group sizes range from two to 16 people.
Amazonas Explorer
With its five-day Inca Trail departures starting at over $1,600, Amazonas Explorer can put quite a dent in your travel budget. But if you’re looking for luxury, you’ll probably like the agency’s attitude, “We believe in the finer things in life and as our guests, we want your time with us to be as luxurious, relaxing, and enjoyable as possible.”
The five-day duration lends itself to a more relaxed trekking experience (many Inca Trail treks last for four days), while also giving you more time to explore Machu Picchu on the final day. Price includes a return from Machu Picchu to Cusco via the luxurious Vistadome train and private bus.
SAS Travel
Do not let the no-frills website put you off; SAS Travel is a solid option with almost two decades of experience leading tours and treks in Cusco and Peru. The company prides itself on its responsible outlook, including a dedicated “leave no trace” tourism work ethic and concern for porter welfare.
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‘UBC has to tell its stories better’: Ono to co-host monthly podcast on higher education
Written by Braydon Black
Sept. 15, 2018 · 3 min read · University Affairs
With guests from across the campus community, the podcast will focus on the “big picture issues” from a UBC perspective. File Thomas Wang
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With an established presence across multiple social media platforms, UBC President Santa Ono is now branching out into podcasting.
Starting September 17, Ono will be co-hosting the Blue & Goldcast — a monthly podcast — with Dr. Jennifer Gardy, an assistant professor in the School of Population and Public Health who has extensive experience in science communications. Currently, she’s a host of CBC’s The Nature of Things.
“I’m thrilled to be working with such an amazing science communicator as Jenn Gardy on the Blue & Goldcast,” Ono wrote to The Ubyssey.
According to Gardy, the conversation around Blue & Goldcast started six months ago and it has since recorded two episodes with help from an experienced team and a “ready-made production studio.” In particular, Cited — a news podcast out of Michael Smith Labs — will be involved in the production of the show.
With guests from across the campus community, the podcast will focus on the “big picture issues” in higher education from a UBC perspective.
“Many people have told us that UBC has to tell its stories better,” Ono said during the podcast’s first episode. “ … There are so many remarkable people here engaging in every aspect of human endeavour and I get energy from it.”
“I want to kind of lift the lid on some of the really interesting things that’s happening here ... just absolutely fantastic research, really interesting personal stories, and just show people what a university, what research kind of looks like under the hood,” Gardy told The Ubyssey.
Podcast co-host Jennifer Gardy Courtesy Provincial Health Services Authority
In their first episode called “Indigenous Ways of Knowing,” the co-hosts discuss universities’ research partnerships with Indigenous communities in a conversation with Dr. Eduardo Jovel, associate professor from the faculty of land and food systems and director of Indigenous Research Partnerships.
In particular, they talk about how UBC can better include Indigenous practices and framework into its research and learning.
“Indigenous learning […] it’s experiential — you have to have the experience, you have to touch,” said Jovel in the episode, discussing how reconnecting with the land through experiential learning can create positive impacts on communities.
“It was really important for [Ono] to look at the role of Indigeneity and the role that […] Indigenous styles of scholarship can play in a modern university environment,” said Gardy. “It was quite timely too because the [Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre] was just in the process of opening up on campus when we recorded the episode.”
They will then talk to computer science Professor Alan Mackworth for the second episode on artificial intelligence and how it might impact students and society into the future, according to Gardy. For future topics, the podcast’s website also names “student diversity, international agreement [and] research ethics” as some issues it would explore among others.
Ono is not the only university president exploring podcasting, as it has been reported to be a trend among some university presidents in the US who seek a new way engage the community.
To be aired on the second Monday of each month, the Blue & Goldcast will be accessible through its website, the campus radio CiTR and iTunes.
“The podcast is a great way to get the UBC perspective on the important issues of the day,” Ono wrote. “I hope the listeners find it as enjoyable and thought-provoking to listen to as we do putting it together.”
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Teenager records UFO moving across sky following Japanese earthquake, Nov 22, 2016, Video, UFO Sighting News.
Date of sighting: Nov 22, 2016
Location of sighting: Fukushima, Japan
This UFO was a definite sign that aliens are involved with the catastrophes around the world. There are three main hypothesis about what they are doing:
1. Monitoring and watching human reactions to problems.
2. Causing the problems to gather energy, opening deep caverns the size of cities underground...
3. Trying to contain as much of the damage as they can, for instance a meteor over Russia suddenly exploded before hitting a big city back in 2013...it seems to have been destroyed midair to prevent a explosive on the ground that scientists say would have been equal to 500 kilotons of TNT or 29 atomic bombs.
Teenager films 'meteorite' UFO burning across sky following Japanese earthquake The teenager, 16, from Japan, filmed the extraordinary sight trailing across the evening sky this evening The video emerged as the country absorbed the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that has shaken Tokyo after striking off the coast of Japan. Early reports said a tsunami warning had been issued after the incident off the coast of Fukushima, the site of the recent nuclear catastrophe. United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported that the quake hit Namie, Futaba District, Fukushima.
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UNHCR Multi-Country Representation in Canberra
Human lives, Human rights
Greece must act to end dangerous overcrowding in island reception centres, EU support crucial
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Liz Throssell – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
01 October 2019 | Español | Français | عربي
Rows of tents outside Moria reception centre on the island of Lesvos, Greece. © UNHCR/Gordon Welters
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is today calling on Greece to urgently move thousands of asylum-seekers out of dangerously overcrowded reception centres on the Greek Aegean islands. Sea arrivals in September, mostly of Afghan and Syrian families, increased to 10,258 - the highest monthly level since 2016 – worsening conditions on the islands which now host 30,000 asylum-seekers.
The situation on Lesvos, Samos and Kos is critical. The Moria centre on Lesvos is already at five times its capacity with 12,600 people. At a nearby informal settlement, 100 people share a single toilet. Tensions remain high at Moria where a fire on Sunday in a container used to house people killed one woman. An ensuing riot by frustrated asylum-seekers led to clashes with police.
On Samos, the Vathy reception centre houses 5,500 people – eight times its capacity. Most sleep in tents with little access to latrines, clean water, or medical care. Conditions have also deteriorated sharply on Kos, where 3,000 people are staying in a space for 700.
Keeping people on the islands in these inadequate and insecure conditions is inhumane and must come to an end.
The Greek Government has said that alleviating pressure on the islands and protecting unaccompanied children are priorities, which we welcome. We also take note of government measures to speed up and tighten asylum procedures and manage flows to Greece announced at an exceptional cabinet meeting on Monday. We look forward to receiving details in writing to which we can provide comments.
But urgent steps are needed and we urge the Greek authorities to fast-track plans to transfer over 5,000 asylum-seekers already authorized to continue their asylum procedure on the mainland. In parallel, new accommodation places must be provided to prevent pressure from the islands spilling over into mainland Greece, where most sites are operating at capacity. UNHCR will continue to support transfers to the mainland in October at the request of the government.
Longer-term solutions are also needed, including supporting refugees to become self-reliant and integrate in Greece.
The plight of unaccompanied children, who overall number more than 4,400, is particularly worrying, with only one in four in a shelter appropriate for their age.
Some 500 children are housed with unrelated adults in a large warehouse tent in Moria. On Samos, more than a dozen unaccompanied girls take turns to sleep in a small container, while other children are forced to sleep on container roofs. Given the extremely risky and potentially abusive conditions faced by unaccompanied children, UNHCR appeals to European States to open up places for their relocation as a matter of priority and speed up transfers for children eligible to join family members.
UNHCR continues to work with the Greek authorities to build the capacity needed to meet the challenges. We manage over 25,000 apartment places for some of the most vulnerable asylum-seekers and refugees, under the EU-funded ESTIA scheme. Some 75,000 people receive monthly cash assistance under the same programme. UNHCR is prepared, with the continuous support of the EU and other donors, to expand its support through a cash for shelter scheme which would allow authorized asylum-seekers to move from the islands and establish themselves on the mainland.
Greece has received the majority of arrivals across the Mediterranean region this year, some 45,600 of 77,400 – more than Spain, Italy, Malta, and Cyprus combined.
For more information on this topic, please contact:
In Greece, Boris Cheshirkov, [email protected], +20 695 185 4661
In Geneva, Liz Throssell, [email protected], + 41 79 33 77 591
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Former construction worker secures compensation following asbestos exposure with backing from Unite Legal Services
Unite Legal Services has secured more than £200,000 in compensation for a former construction worker after he was diagnosed with mesothelioma following exposure to asbestos.
61-year-old Charlie Pearson from Leeds was diagnosed with the asbestos-related disease in 2012 after he noticed his health deteriorating and was persuaded by his wife to see a doctor.
He was sent for a biopsy and it was later confirmed that he had contracted the fatal cancer. Charlie said: “I was devastated. Usually mesothelioma takes 30 or 40 years to develop but with me it was much less. I know I am dying and I can’t help but think of the time my wife and I are losing together because of this deadly disease.”
After his diagnosis, Charlie contacted Unite Legal Services to investigate a claim for damages. Unite Legal Services successfully secured compensation from Charlie’s former employer’s insurers by proving he was negligently exposed to asbestos whilst working in construction in the 1980s and 90s.
Charlie added: “Unite Legal Services were fantastic. They sat down with me, went through my employment history. I worked out exactly when I had been in contact with asbestos and they pursued a compensation claim on my behalf. It is a comfort to know that I can give my family financial security when I am gone.”
Karen Reay, Unite Regional Secretary in Leeds, said: “Despite a UK ban on the import and use of asbestos coming into force decades ago, the legacy of mesothelioma remains prevalent today.
“Like many other workers Charlie didn’t even realise that he was being exposed to asbestos at the time. Employers have a duty to protect workers from asbestos when any building or demolition work is carried out.”
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A Repertoire for Black Against the Catalan
by Daniel King
Video running time: 5 hours 36 min
The Catalan is a reliable opening for White, but there are ways for Black to shake White out of his complacency while still maintaining a sound and solid position himself.
On this DVD Grandmaster Daniel King offers you a repertoire for Black against the Catalan, based around maintaining the rock of a pawn on d5. Keeping central control ultimately gives Black good chances to launch an attack against the enemy king.
The repertoire is demonstrated in 10 stem games with the system 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 g3 Bb4+. The check proves somewhat awkward for the smooth flow of White’s development. All three of White’s responses (5 Bd2, 5 Nbd2, 5 Nc3) are examined. 4...Bb4+ has been played by Magnus Carlsen of late and has been regularly and successfully employed most notably by Anand and Spassky.
A system against the Reti/English 1 Nf3 d5 2 c4 e6 3 g3 is also provided.
One of the great advantages of playing this system for Black is that theory is relatively simple: this opening depends on your understanding of ideas, not tricky variations with counter-intuitive computer moves. Complete games are discussed so that one gains an idea about typical strategies for both sides. More than that, these model games provide inspiration to play the opening.
This is an interactive DVD. At key moments in the games Grandmaster King pauses and puts you on the spot. You will have to find and play the best move. He then gives feedback in further video clips according to the move you chose.
• A complete repertoire for Black against the Catalan
• Up-to-date theory
• Video running time: 5 hours 36 min (English)
• Interactive training including video feedback
• Exclusive database with 50 Model games with typical middlegame strategy
• Suitable for club players
• Including CB 12 – Reader
Daniel King is a Grandmaster from England. He has been a professional chessplayer for over 25 years representing his country on numerous occasions. Acclaimed as a coach, broadcaster, and commentator of major tournaments, he is one of the few professional players able to break down and explain complex concepts. The Power Play DVD series covers openings, middlegames, endgames, strategy and tactics.
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Essex Estate Agent expelled from The Property Ombudsman following a complaint
Buyers, sellers, tenants and landlords in Grays, Essex, are being warned that a local estate and letting agent Elite Properties Essex Ltd (trading as Elite Properties) has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme. This means the agent can no longer legally trade until the outstanding award is paid.
A tenant made a complaint to The Property Ombudsman after claiming that the agent disposed of her personal items without advising her.
Elite Properties had provided guidance on requirements and obligations before ending the tenancy and advised that personal items may be removed and disposed of at the tenant's cost. It was clear, however, that the agent was aware that CCTV cameras and assorted brackets were to be removed by the tenant.
The tenant arranged for this to be done, however, the contractor did not complete the job and damaged the ceiling in the process. The agent then gained quotes to remove the rest, which the tenant said were too high. With no further action from the tenant, the agent advised the cameras would be removed at her cost which was agreed.
The Ombudsman criticised Elite Properties for not confirming in writing exactly what items were to be removed and, once the cameras were taken, failing to advise the tenant and confirm where and when they could be collected. Compensation was awarded for poor communication and record keeping in this respect.
The deposit was also delayed in being returned to the tenant. The agent advised on several occasions that they required final bills from utility companies to confirm all had been paid, rather than just screenshots of payments.
There was no evidence to confirm a date that this was finalised, and the tenant had to chase for the refund which the Ombudsman again criticised the agent for. Throughout the case, communication was inconsistent by the agent and they failed to abide by the internal complaints handling process required as part of being a member of TPO.
These shortcomings added to the aggravation and distress caused to the tenant and the Ombudsman awarded the tenant £200 compensation.
However, Elite Properties failed to pay the award and The Ombudsman referred the agent to the scheme’s independent Compliance Committee, which ruled the firm should be expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme.
Elite Properties is not currently registered with a redress scheme, which is a requirement of every sales and letting agent in order to trade legally*. They also do no not appear to be a member of a Client Money Protection scheme, also a legal requirement, do not have any professional memberships or advertise on the any of the main property portals, Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket. Elite Properties Essex Ltd has been referred to Trading Standards.
Gerry Fitzjohn, Non-Executive Director and Chairman of TPO’s Finance Committee: “As a member of TPO, agents are obliged to comply with awards made by the Ombudsman, which Elite Properties has failed to do. Whilst the company’s website www.elite-properties.co.uk no longer appears active, we want to make consumers aware in case they appear to start trading again. It is also a reminder to consumers to ensure they also use an agent which is a member of a redress scheme (The Property Ombudsman or The Property Redress Scheme) and holds Client Money Protection**.
*N.B. Every sales and lettings agent in England is required to register with a Government-approved redress scheme, which enables consumers to have their complaint reviewed independently in the event of a dispute arising that the consumer is unable to resolve with the agent directly.
An agreement between the two Government-approved redress schemes (The Property Ombudsman and The Property Redress Scheme, means Elite Properties Essex Ltd will not be able to register for any form of redress until the award is paid. Redress registration is required for the agents to trade legally.
**Full list of Client Money Protection schemes, is:
Money Shield, Client Money Protect, NALS Client Money Protection, Propertymark, RICS, UKALA Client Money Protection
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Our products are used throughout the defence industry in radars, roadside bomb detectors, electronic counter measures, threat detection and Wi-Fi antennas.
Trackwise manufacture PCBs for a wide variety of radar systems operating across the RF spectrum.
Trackwise manufacture PCBs for a wide variety of radar systems operating across the RF spectrum, all working on the principle of a high power transmitted RF signal being reflected from the ‘target’ and being received by the same (or nearby) antenna.
The benefits of the use of PCBs within such radar systems are that the weight can be less than the traditional parabolic dish and have a wider bandwidth than the equivalent waveguide-based structures.
TACAN (Tactical Air Navigation) is a military aircraft navigation system working in the UHF band which gives to a pilot continuous information as to his range and bearing from a beacon. The ground equipment – for which Trackwise supplies antenna PCBs – consists of a beacon; bearing information can be obtained by the pilot without interrogation since the beacon is continuously transmitting.
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Effective countermeasures for military operations are becoming mandatory as commercially available RF products continue to be used by insurgents to set off IEDs, ‘the road side bomb’. Antennas used for IED countermeasures must provide high efficiency coupled with exceptional ground area coverage. The radiation patterns must be consistent across the whole band of operation.
We manufacture antenna PCBs for a wide range of threat detection devices.
Trackwise manufacture antenna PCBs for a wide range of threat detection devices.
Electronic device detectors are capable of detecting electronic devices whether they are a transmitting or hardwired, regardless if they are switched on or off. In order to optimise system performance and due to the critical nature of the system performance, a highly precise and ‘clean’ antenna PCB is required.
Sinuous antennas are especially suited to the Early Warning (EW) environment such as Electronic Support Measures (ESM) and Radar Warning Receivers (RWR) or more generally as Threat Warning Antennas:
Trackwise support Q-par Angus for A400 antennas
Q-par Angus has designed and produced a range of special microwave antennas for the A400 transport plane for protection against missile attack.
Jenny Holiday Director of Q-par Angus said “The antennas have very accurate PCB structures for the internal circuits and for the antenna elements themselves. These have to be made to very high levels of accuracy and must be consistent from one antenna to another. This is why Trackwise was chosen to help us develop and produce these parts. The antenna performance is superior to competitors and we are finding other markets for these in surveillance and direction finding applications.”
Our antenna PCBs are used in military and defence applications such as tactical communications (video and data uplinks, WLAN, telemetry) in C-Band (4.4-5.0GHz). PCBs are used in flat-panel antennas that are slim and discreet where either a covert or aesthetic appearance is required, while still providing the highest specification and robust construction. The gain of the antenna is determined by the number of elements and flat panel antennas can be highly directional with narrow azimuth and elevation radiation patterns.
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Access Answers: Doing Two Things at Once
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Doug Steele
This month, Doug Steele looks at how to update and insert in one step.
If I've got new data, how can I process it so that matching rows in my master table are updated, and new rows are inserted?
I can remember having to write complicated "balance line" programs to solve this with code in the past. Fortunately, it's possible to do it in Access using a single query without having to write a line of VBA code!
The trick to accomplishing this is to remember that queries can join tables together. The most common join is an Inner Join, which combines records from two tables wherever there are matching values in the fields used to join the tables. An Outer Join also combines records from two tables, but an Outer Join includes all of the records from one of the two tables, even if there are no matching values in the other table. That sounds useful in your situation, doesn't it? You have a set of new values and a set of existing values, and you want to combine the values, whether every one of the new values corresponds to an existing value or not.
Let me walk you through how to build this query in the Query Builder. For the sake of discussion, I'll assume that there are two tables (ExistingData and NewData), and that the two tables are identical in structure.
1. Create a new query.
2. Add tables NewData and ExistingData to the query.
3. If a relationship line isn't drawn between the two tables, create the relationship now, relating the tables by their primary key. (Note that if it's a compound primary key, you must join each of the fields in the index.)
4. Double-click on the relationship line joining the two tables, and choose the option "Include ALL records from 'NewData' and only those records from 'ExistingData' where the joined fields are equal" and then click OK. (If you're dealing with a compound primary key, you must do this for each line joining the tables.)
5. Drag all of the fields from table ExistingData into the query grid.
6. From the Query menu, select Update Query to change the Select query to an Update query.
7. For every field in the query, go to the Update To cell and type [NewData].[<name of the field>]. (Don't type the pointy brackets—"<" and ">"—that I show around "name of the field.") Yes, this is time-consuming, and there's no automated way to do it, but fortunately you only have to do it once!
8. Save the query with an appropriate name.
That's it; you now have a query that will update or insert records as required. If you look at the SQL for this query, you should have something like this:
UPDATE NewData LEFT JOIN ExistingData
ON NewData.ID = ExistingData.ID
SET ExistingData.ID = [NewData].[ID],
ExistingData.Field1 = [NewData].[Field1],
ExistingData.Field3 = [NewData].[Field3]
When you run the query, the query brings back one row for each row in the NewData table, whether or not a corresponding row exists in the ExistingData table. (The values will be Null for each field in the ExistingData table when the value exists in NewData but not in ExistingData.). Each row is updated to include the values from the corresponding row in the NewData table. You'll be updating either existing values (when the corresponding row does exist in ExistingData) or Nulls (when the corresponding row doesn't exist in ExistingData).
Hopefully, it's obvious that this will only work if you have a primary key defined for each table. It doesn't matter whether that primary key is a single field or a set of fields, as long as it's the same field(s) in both tables.
Your download file is called Steele_Two_Things_AA200311.accdb and you can download it on this page Queries >>
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This YouTuber Owned Package Thieves with a Genius Glitter Bomb Fart Trap
He spent about six months designing a bait package that, when opened, douses thieves in super-fine glitter and fart spray—and records the whole thing.
by River Donaghey
Dec 18 2018, 7:25pm
Screenshots via Mark Rober's YouTube
The holiday season is upon us, which means Jeff Bezos's elves are two-day shipping tons of toys and goodies across the land or whatever. It also means it's a great time for package thieves to start stealing boxes off of porches. But while most of us just whine about our missing mail to Amazon, an ex-NASA engineer named Mark Rober decided to harness the genius that helped build the Curiosity rover and take matters into his own hands.
On Monday, Rober posted a ten-minute video to YouTube mapping out how he designed and built a trap for package robbers. The thing looks like an Apple HomePod, but it's actually a brilliant booby trap that douses thieves in glitter and fart spray—and records the whole debacle for our viewing pleasure.
It all started six months ago, when Rober first caught a pair of people swiping a box from his porch on his security camera. "If you've ever been in a situation like this, you just sort of feel violated," Rober explains in the video. "I took this to the police, and even with the video evidence, they said it was just not worth their time to look into... I just felt like something needs to be done to take a stand against dishonest punks like this."
And take a stand, he did. Rober engineered a bait package that, when opened, would immediately spin a shit ton of super-fine glitter everywhere, and then let loose a torrent of a foul-smelling fart spray every 30 seconds. He also built in four phones with recording abilities and a GPS locator, so he could relish in the reactions of the unsuspecting thieves—and then go pick up the box afterward to do it again.
Apparently, Rober's neighborhood is plagued by more roving gangs of thieves than New York in The Warriors, because he managed to trick at least five separate people with his glitter bomb trap, and the footage is truly priceless.
"The moral of the story is, just don’t take other peoples’ stuff," Rober says. "Not only is it not cool, but on the plus side, you’ll never find yourself in this situation." Give the video of Rober celebrating the holiday season the Kevin McCallister way a watch above.
Update (12/21): Unfortunately, it turns out parts of Rober's video were staged. Two of the five "thieves" were actually acquaintances of a person who helped him make the video—though Rober says the other three are the real deal.
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FOUR BOWLING GREEN EVENTS SELECTED KTIA TOP FESTIVALS & EVENTS FOR SUMMER
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 6:00 PM by Telia Butler
Bowling Green, Ky.—May 6, 2015—The Kentucky Travel Industry Association (KTIA) has selected four Bowling Green events as part of its 2015 Summer Top Festivals & Events program: the 13th Annual Holley National Hot Rod Reunion, the 19th Annual Duncan Hines Festival, the 34th Annual National Corvette Homecoming and the new Danchuk Tri-Five Nationals.
“This is the highest number of local events selected in the same season for KTIA’s Top Festivals & Events program,” Telia Butler, Public Relations Manager at the Bowling Green Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, said. “It’s going to be a busy, fun-filled summer in Bowling Green and these designations further emphasize the city’s major role in the auto enthusiast world.”
The 13th Annual Holley National Hot Rod Reunion presented by AAA Insurance, known for its drag racing, car show and Cacklefest, comes to Beech Bend Raceway June 18-20 and features a new event, the Fan Fest. Coming to Fountain Square on June 17, the Fan Fest features vintage and iconic hot rods in the heart of downtown.
Celebrate Bowling Green’s native son at the Duncan Hines Festival at Chaney’s Dairy Barn on July 11. Festival favorites include Uncle Duncan’s Duck Derby, the Adventures in Good Baking Contest, a brownie eating contest and more.
Returning home for their thirty-fourth year, the National Corvette Homecoming is a staple summertime event. Coming to Sloan Convention Center July 16-18, the auto show features all generations of the Corvette competing for awards, cruising the countryside and features a new overview of the NCM Motorsports Park.
New to Bowling Green this summer is the Danchuk Tri-Five Nationals presented by Woody’s Hot Rodz, the 60th anniversary celebration of the 1955 Chevrolet. Coming August 14-15 and the first of three signature events rolling through Beech Bend Raceway over the next few years, the show features drag racing, swap meets, autocross, fun runs, a 1950s-60s concert at the National Corvette Museum and more.
The 2015 Summer Top Festivals & Events can be found on the KTIA website and will be featured in an upcoming article in the June issue of Kentucky Monthly magazine. KTIA is a 930-member statewide association representing all sectors of the state’s tourism and travel industry. Criteria for selection include popularity of the events, their impact on the local economy and cultural significance. As the voice for the travel industry, this organization is committed to promoting and strengthening the common objectives of our travel partners.
For more information on all four award-winning events, please call 270-782-0800 or visit http://www.visitbgky.com
Contact: Telia Butler, PR Manager, Bowling Green Area CVB; 270-782-0800; telia@visitbgky.com
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Author: Telia Butler
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Romantic December Date Night Ideas in Fort Collins
Wednesday, November 22, 2017 11:00 AM by Visit Fort Collins
By Caramie Petrowsky
We understand how hard it is to think of fun and unique ideas for date night. So, we wanted to provide some help and tell you about these unique wintertime offerings in Fort Collins that stood out. Please feel free to comment and add to our list so others can find a variety of things to do when they are stumped when it comes time for their date night in Fort Collins.
Soak in Some Art at First Friday Gallery Walk
Bundle up and grab your significant other for a self-guided walking tour of some of Fort Collins best art galleries. Fifteen galleries display new showings and open their doors for the tour, which runs from 6 to 9 p.m., Dec. 1. While the tour takes place on the first Friday of every month, it’s especially romantic to wander through Old Town when the trees are all lit up and sparkling with festive holiday lights. Some of the galleries even offer adult beverages. Be sure to stop in and see the Dali & Picasso: Drawings & Prints exhibit at the Fort Collins Museum of Art. To see a map of the participating galleries, visit
Catch a Holiday Theater Production
Get gussied up and head out for a night at the theater this month when there are plenty of holiday-themed productions from which to choose.
Openstage Theatre & company is putting on “Christmas Chaos: Getting Scrooged” at the ArtLab in Fort Collins on Friday and Saturday evenings Dec. 1-23. The show, which is based on “A Christmas Carol” and “A Christmas Story,” is a fast and furious mashup of yuletide pandemonium, all interspersed with holiday songs and cheer. The show is 90 minutes long and tickets are $20 for adults. Visit www.lctix.com to learn more.
If that show doesn’t interest you, there are plenty of other holiday-themed options at the Lincoln Center: “Nutcracker with a Twist” Dec. 1-3; “A Musical Christmas Carol” Dec. 8-10; “The Nutcracker with the Fort Collins Symphony” Dec. 8-10; and “Clara and the Nutcracker” Dec. 15 and 16. For ticket prices, show times and other details, visit www.lctix.com.
A Four-Course Feast for a Good Cause
Ring in the holiday season with traditional Christmas carols, wassail toast, and flaming figgy pudding. The Larimer Chorale’s Dickens Dinner is set for Dec. 2 from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at the Fort Collins Country Club. Ring in the holiday season with a four-course Victorian feast and a full evening of music by the elegantly costumed Dickens Carolers. Tickets ($75) are limited for this event; make your reservations early.
Swing into Avo’s for a Holiday-Themed Concert
Take your beloved to a holiday-themed concert; A Christmas Show with Vi Wickam and Friends lands at Avogadro’s Number at 8 p.m. Dec. 9. Vi and his band of merry music makers will delight you and spark your holiday cheer. With special guest Paul Chet, you will be smiling and singing along to your Christmas favorites. This Holiday Showcase features local Loveland resident and nationally recognized fiddle player and vocalist, Vi Wickam. Last year, this group entertained a sold-out crowd in Fort Collins, and played songs from Vi’s Christmas CD entitled “Twas the Night Before Christmas.” Paul Chet, a well-known country singer in both Colorado and Nashville, joins Vi to bring a combined 40-years of on-stage experience and unique vocal styles to the stage alongside some of Northern Colorado’s finest instrumental musicians. Tickets are $15. Visit www.avogadros.com/box-office.
Calling all Foodies
If your loved one fancies himself or herself a foodie, check out the Fort Collins Foodie Walk together on Dec. 15. Taking place from 5 to 8 p.m. in Old Town, you can meander into places like Nuance Chocolate, where they do a “Show and Smell” demonstrating how Nuance makes single-origin chocolate from raw cacao beans, followed by a taste of the delicious goods. Over at Lost Prairie Winery, they might sample a fall seasonal wine, like “Jump for Joy!” which is a cranberry-infused red wine blend.
Enjoy Music Out of Doors
On Dec. 9, grab a hot chocolate or latte and your beloved’s hand and venture to Oak Street Plaza for Northern Colorado’s TUBA Christmas, a national tradition of a “Tuba & Euphonium only” concert ensemble playing a concert of holiday favorites at Oak Street Plaza. The event is free to the public, with music starting at 2 p.m. Visit www.tubachristmas.com/whatis.htm.
For the Kid in You
If your loved one is really just a big kid at heart, buy them tickets to see “A Charlie Brown Christmas” playing at the Lincoln Center on Dec. 22. Get transported back to your childhood while watching this faithful stage adaptation featuring all of your favorite characters and classic Vince Guaraldi score. Join Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus and the rest of the Peanuts gang as they mount a play, save a tree and uncover the true meaning of Christmas. Tickets are $25 for adults. Visit www.lctix.com.
Stargaze Away
Looking for a romantic date night that’s a little outside the typical dinner-and-a-movie box? Envision snuggling up under a blanket beneath the stars while looking for and hearing about distant planets and galaxies. On Dec. 23, join volunteers from the Northern Colorado Astronomical Society at the Fossil Creek Reservoir Natural Area. They’ll provide telescopes and their knowledge — you just bring a blanket and a date. Meet in the parking lot off Carpenter Road at 7 p.m. Free; registration required.
Dinner (or just dessert) at a New Spot
Tuck into a nice dinner (or just share a slice of pie) at the new Ginger and Baker, which just opened in November. Located at 359 Linden Street in the carefully renovated Northern Colorado Feeders Supply Building, a 110-year-old grain mill listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the State Register of Historic Properties, Ginger and Baker boasts two restaurants, a rooftop bar, a market, bakery and coffee shop, plus a teaching kitchen and event spaces. Gawk at photos from the old mill’s history before dining at The Cache, a sparkling, intimate dining experience serving up tasty plates like beet and goat cheese raviolis, hard cider braised pork belly, house-made pasta and whiskey apple chicken. At The Café, you’ll find solid comfort food offerings, including five types of pot pies, country fried chicken, chicken and mushroom dumplings and cherry sour pork ribs. Dessert zeroes in on all things pie — apple, coconut cream, chocolate moon or caramelized banana cream. Visit https://gingerandbaker.com.
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New UW program aims to create ‘brotherhood’ for male students of color
Education | Learning | Social science
Deborah Bach
Joe Lott, a UW associate professor of education, is spearheading the university’s new Brotherhood Initiative
For some young men of color, college might seem a world away.
To an African-American boy growing up in poverty, a Latino son of migrant farmworkers or a young Native American man living on a remote reservation, the path to post-secondary education can be hard to visualize. And once on campus, the reality can be daunting. Role models might be lacking, the sense of isolation overwhelming.
A new University of Washington pilot program aims to address those obstacles and boost enrollment, retention and graduation rates among young males of color. The Brotherhood Initiative, to launch this fall, includes a yearlong freshman course focused on introducing students to research and providing guidance in areas like choosing a major and financial literacy.
Additionally, a Men of Color Academy is planned to provide mentoring and activities intended to keep students engaged from their first year through graduation, such as study abroad opportunities and professional development.
“What we’re trying to do is help create a tighter community, particularly among males of color, to increase their presence on campus, to make them feel like they belong and to let them know that the UW is part of their community,” said Joe Lott, a UW associate professor of education who is spearheading the initiative.
The project is being shaped by research. For the past six months, Lott and a team of doctoral and postdoctoral students have been interviewing male UW students and faculty members of color about their experiences on campus and what they think the program should include. They’re reviewing existing UW programs that target students of color, poring over educational research and looking at similar initiatives nationally.
Ismael Fajardo, a postdoctoral research associate in the College of Education, is part of the team working on the project.
The team has been meeting for the past year with an advisory committee of academic advisers, project directors, student affair professionals, and faculty members from various cultural groups to discuss findings and shape the program accordingly. Trying to serve a diverse population of students is a challenge, Lott acknowledged.
“There are many different sets of experiences that students have to deal with before coming to college,” he said. “One thing I want to be clear about is not jumping to the solution before really defining the problem.”
One well-defined issue is the persistent graduation gap between minority male students and other groups at colleges and universities nationwide, despite overall graduation rates rising. And though the UW’s graduation rates for males of color are higher than at some universities, they remain stubbornly stagnant and lag behind graduation rates for women of color.
The graduation rate for black men enrolling at the UW between 2006 and 2009 was 67 percent, compared with 77 percent for black women. American Indian and Hawaiian and Pacific Islander male students in the same years lagged behind their female counterparts by 7 percentage points, at 64 and 66 percent, respectively. Latinos had a graduation rate of 76 percent, slightly lower than Latinas’ 78 percent.
By comparison, graduation rates were 83 percent for white males and 85 percent for Asian American males during the same period.
But numbers don’t always tell the whole story, said Chanira Reang Sperry, assistant director of the PhD program at the UW School of Social Work. While the six-year graduation rate for Southeast Asian males enrolling at the UW seems high, at 84 percent, the group comprises a diverse population of students from various countries and ethnicities whose graduation rates vary.
“Without disaggregating the data, the needs of certain Southeast Asian populations can be masked,” Sperry said. “The Brotherhood Initiative will play a significant role in supporting Southeast Asian males.”
And attracting minority students to the UW in the first place remains a challenge, said Emile Pitre, senior advisor to the vice president in the UW Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity.
“These groups are called ‘underrepresented’ for a reason,” said Pitre. “When you compare the percentage of those groups that are college-age versus those who are enrolled here, the percentages are low. We want to increase access for them.”
The UW is working to address disparities through other efforts — most notably, the Race & Equity initiative President Ana Mari Cauce launched in April 2015. The project aims to tackle institutional bias and racism by actively encouraging dialogues and solutions across campus and through community engagement.
The Brotherhood Initiative is intended to meet one of the six goals of the My Brother’s Keeper Community Challenge that President Obama launched in 2014. The effort encourages communities to implement strategies to improve outcomes for young people, including the goal of all young people completing a post-secondary education.
Lott, who like Pitre grew up in Louisiana, attended Talladega College, a historically black college in Alabama. He started at the UW in 2007 and was struck by the dearth of black people in the area and on campus. The father of two boys aged 3 and 5, Lott began thinking about his own experiences as a black man, about his role as an educator.
“I started thinking, how can I provide a sort of road map through life and through the education system?”
The Brotherhood Initiative is a partnership between the UW College of Education, Division of Student Life, Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity and Undergraduate Academic Affairs.
The initiative is expected to enroll its first group of students in fall 2016. Lott hopes those young men will not only succeed academically, but also serve as ambassadors and role models who can help build an academic pipeline from their home communities to the UW.
“I want them to be civically and socially conscious, and to feel the need to reach back and help other black and brown males understand what it takes to get to college and succeed in college,” Lott said.
“I want to let them know the UW is a place for them. The brotherhood could be their home.”
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What Robert Mueller and Pickle Rick have in common
Stephen Stromberg
Opinion writer
July 24, 2019 at 4:26 PM EDT
Throughout Wednesday’s congressional hearings with former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, I was reminded of the opening scene of the iconic “Pickle Rick” episode of the irreverent Adult Swim show, “Rick and Morty.”
“I turned myself into a pickle, Morty,” says Rick, formerly a genius mad scientist, now little more than a sentient gherkin, to his grandson.
“And?” Morty replies.
“And? What more do you want tacked on to this?”
On Wednesday, Mueller’s answers could be summed up: “I made a report. What more do you want tacked on to this?”
For hours Wednesday, Democrats maneuvered to get Mueller to state that President Trump clearly broke the law, that he would be facing criminal charges if he weren’t president and that he deserves impeachment. Republicans, meanwhile, seemed determined to get him to admit that his staff was biased against the president and that the Russia investigation was founded on Democrat-funded lies. To which Mueller replied with terse, often one-word answers that allowed him to evade making a political spectacle that would help one side or the other.
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Mueller even walked back what had been his most explosive statement, a response to a question that indicated he would have charged Trump except for a Justice Department policy against indicting a sitting president. Mueller clarified that, as his report stated, department policy prevented him from even considering whether to accuse the president of a crime.
What the public was left with, then, was what it had going in: the Mueller report. And throughout Wednesday’s proceedings, you could almost hear Mueller asking, “That isn’t enough for you?”
“I don’t think you will review a report that is as thorough, as fair, as consistent as the report that we have in front of us.” he told Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.).
That thorough, fair investigation revealed that a foreign government tried to tilt the 2016 presidential election in Trump’s favor, and Trump, if not in direct conspiracy with the Kremlin, at least welcomed the help. (“Problematic is an understatement,” Mueller said of the president’s 2016 praise for WikiLeaks, for example.)
The report also showed that several members of Trump’s circle were liars and criminals. And it showed that, once in office, Trump repeatedly tried to foil an investigation into himself and that inner circle, even at one point ordering Mueller’s termination as special counsel. These efforts might well have resulted in any other individual facing a federal criminal trial and jail time. But because Trump is president, and sitting presidents cannot be indicted, Mueller determined that he could not even entertain the possibility. This call, Mueller made clear once again Wednesday, was nothing like an exoneration. Perhaps significantly, Mueller agreed with Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) that a president could be indicted on a charge of obstruction after leaving office. As a prosecutor, Mueller felt constrained from saying more. As voters, Americans can connect the dots he assembled.
Among the most important things Mueller did Wednesday was condemn, in roundabout terms, Attorney General William P. Barr’s spin on his findings, standing behind a letter he sent Barr complaining that the attorney general’s public representations of his report were misleading. The point was this: Don’t listen to the president’s apologists at the Justice Department or in Congress. Don’t get distracted by conspiracy theories suggesting the Russia probe was an anti-Trump witch hunt all along.
Trashing the investigators is a last-resort argument for extreme partisans desperate to divert attention from the underlying wrongdoing. Read the report. Consider the real evidence. Those who have done so — Rep. Justin Amash (I-Mich.), a former Republican who left the party after acknowledging the president’s misdeeds, comes to mind — have come to a different conclusion about the president’s behavior than the Republicans seeking to excuse a wayward president who has cowed them into complicity.
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Ukrainian passenger jet carrying over 170 people crashes in Iran, killing all on board
Isabelle Khurshudyan,
Isabelle Khurshudyan
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Erin Cunningham and
Erin Cunningham
Middle East reporter covering Iran, Turkey, Syria and the wider region
Sarah Dadouch
Correspondent covering the Middle East
January 8, 2020 at 6:45 PM EST
MOSCOW — A Ukrainian passenger jet carrying 176 people from Tehran suddenly plummeted into a field early Wednesday without a Mayday from the cockpit, killing all aboard and leaving investigators hoping that recovered flight data can offer clues on the cause.
In the aftermath of the crash — whose passengers and crew included Iranians, Europeans and more than 60 Canadians — Ukraine banned all flights from Iranian airspace. A similar move had already been made by several other countries amid rising tensions between Iran and U.S. forces in the region.
Meanwhile, the probe into the crash was underway, with Iran pointing to a possible aircraft malfunction and Ukraine apparently leaving open other paths of inquiry.
At least one U.S.-based aviation expert said it appeared the plane was "not intact" before it hit the ground. And a former Federal Aviation Administration accident investigation chief, Jeff Guzzetti, said the crash carried "all the earmarks of an intentional act."
"I just know airplanes don't come apart like that," Guzzetti said.
The Ukraine International Airlines flight — bound for the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv — went down just before dawn after departing from Imam Khomeini International Airport, south of Tehran. The plane was approaching 8,000 feet when it abruptly lost contact with ground control, officials said.
About four hours earlier, Iranian forces launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles into Iraq, targeting an Iraqi air base with U.S. personnel and a facility in the northern city of Irbil in response to an American airstrike last week that killed the commander of Iran's elite Quds Force, Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani.
American passenger airliners and others have avoided flying over Iran because of the risk that they could be mistaken for military aircraft. Iranian authorities said "technical" problems were probably behind the crash of the Ukrainian Boeing 737-800.
Ukraine's embassy in Tehran initially concurred, issuing a statement ruling out terrorism and suggesting likely engine failure. It later took down the statement without explanation, raising questions about whether different scenarios — including an external cause such as a missile — were being explored as potential reasons for the crash.
But Iranian officials pushed back against that theory. Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi, an Iranian armed forces spokesman, said "rumors" that a missile brought down the plane were "completely false."
The Ukrainian Embassy said that a commission was investigating the crash and that "any statements about the causes of the accident before the decision of the commission are not official."
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He was quoted by Iran’s Fars News Agency as calling the missile speculation “psychological warfare” by the government’s opponents.
A video circulated on Twitter that purported to be of the crash and showed the plane as a bright light, possibly on fire, descending against a dark sky, followed by a burst of flames.
Guzzetti, the retired head of the FAA’s accident investigation division, said the publicly available details of the crash suggested the plane was brought down deliberately.
“To me, it has all the earmarks of an intentional act. I don’t know whether it was a bomb or a missile or an incendiary device,” he said.
If the video of the flaming plane is accurate, “I can’t conceive of a failure that could cause that much of a conflagration,” he said.
An engine fire, for example, would take a substantial period “to consume the airplane,” said Guzzetti, who was an air safety investigator and engineering specialist at the National Transportation Safety Board for 18 years before joining the FAA.
The abrupt cutoff of flight-tracking data emitting from the plane also indicated that it was “a sudden catastrophic event that created a power loss throughout the whole airplane,” he said.
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Todd Curtis, an aviation safety analyst for the website AirSafe.com and a former Boeing safety engineer who assisted in accident investigations, said it appeared — based only on video and photos from the crash site — that the plane was coming apart before it hit the ground.
“The wreckage pattern was very consistent with a plane that was not intact when it hit the ground,” he said. “I didn’t see a large central crater.”
This means the crash could have been caused by an in-flight breakup, in-flight explosion, midair collision, structural failure, external strike or major system malfunction with the aircraft, Curtis said.
The head of Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization, Ali Abedzadeh, said that Iran would not send the recorders to the United States and that the investigation would be led by Iran, Mehr News Agency reported.
“It has not yet been decided where the [recorders] will go” for data extraction, Abedzadeh said.
He said the pilots “did not contact the control tower” before the crash. “We were not informed of any technical problem from the flight crew.”
Ukraine International Airlines purchased the plane as new, and its first commercial flight was June 2016, the carrier said. It had its last routine technical maintenance Monday.
The possibility of “a mistake made by the crew is minimal; we just don’t assume that,” Ihor Sosnovsky, the airline’s vice president for flight operations, told a briefing, according to Interfax news agency. “Given their experience, it is very difficult to say that the crew may have done something wrong.”
Many of the passengers were Iranian. Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry listed 176 victims, including 82 Iranians; 63 Canadians; 11 Ukrainians, including nine crew members; 10 Swedes; four Afghans; three Germans; and three Britons. Iranian officials said more than 140 passengers were Iranians, suggesting that some may have had dual citizenship.
The Sharif University of Technology in Tehran said 13 of its students and alumni, most of them mechanical engineers or science students, perished in the crash.
Some of the others on board included a newlywed couple, several young children and students attending universities in Canada and making their way back via Kyiv after visiting relatives in Iran during the winter break.
In Ottawa, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at least 138 people on board were booked to travel on from Kyiv to Canada.
Canadian officials would not publicly speculate on the cause of the crash, but Trudeau called for a full international investigation.
“There is a clear need for answers,” he told reporters.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on his Facebook page that he was “personally involved in supervision over all measures to be taken.” A Ukrainian team planned to head to Iran to investigate the crash and identify the bodies of Ukrainians killed.
In a briefing Wednesday, Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk called for avoiding speculation about the cause of the crash and said Ukraine will insist on maximum transparency in the investigation.
He said the government suspended all Ukrainian flights over Iranian airspace until “the reasons of the tragedy are determined.”
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo offered “all possible assistance” to Ukraine. In an apparent message to Iran, he said the United States “calls for complete cooperation with any investigation into the cause of the crash.”
Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization said that both the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder were recovered but that the latter was severely damaged.
“Although it is damaged, there is still a chance to retrieve the pilots’ conversations from it,” a spokesman for the organization, Hassan Rezaeifar, told state media.
The Boeing 737-800 is a single-aisle aircraft designed for short- and medium-range flights. Airlines around the world have flown them for more than two decades, with thousands of them in service.
But the plane has been involved in other incidents. The 2016 crash of a flight from Dubai killed 62, and a 2010 Ethiopian Airlines crash near Beirut claimed 90 lives.
Regulators have more recently scrutinized possible safety risks on the 737-800. In early October, the FAA told airlines to inspect more than 1,900 Boeing jets after cracks were found in some of the aircraft’s wings. Dozens of them were later grounded after cracks were found in a part of the plane that connects the wings to the fuselage.
The newer 737 Max was grounded worldwide last year after the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight on March 10, the second fatal crash of a 737 Max in less than five months. In October 2018, a Lion Air flight crashed off the coast of Indonesia, killing all aboard.
The grounding resulted in a crisis for Boeing that led to its firing of CEO Dennis Muilenburg two weeks ago.
“This is a tragic event and our heartfelt thoughts are with the crew, passengers and their families,” a statement from Boeing said. “We are in contact with our airline customer and stand by them in this difficult time. We are ready to assist in any way needed.”
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Major international airlines — including the flagship carriers of France, Canada, Germany and the Netherlands — also either halted flights to Iraq and Iran or restricted aircraft from flying through both countries’ airspace. Germany’s Lufthansa said it would resume Tehran flights Thursday.
Other commercial airlines also rerouted flights, including Australian carrier Qantas, Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines.
On Wednesday, Canada updated its travel advisory for Iran, warning against any nonessential travel to the country “due to the volatile security situation, the regional threat of terrorism and the risk of arbitrary detention.” Ukraine International Airlines lists its Tehran-to-Toronto service as one of its most popular routes.
Correction: A previous version of this report incorrectly stated the death toll from a 2018 crash in Papua New Guinea that involved a Boeing 737-800. One person, not 47, died.
Cunningham reported from Istanbul. Dadouch reported from Beirut. Paul Schemm in Dubai, Amanda Coletta in Toronto, and Lori Aratani, Aaron Gregg, Michael Laris, Douglas MacMillan and Brian Murphy in Washington contributed to this report.
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INDUSTRY UPDATE Watercare reviews compliance and connection processes
Changes are in the pipeline for anyone working on or connecting to Auckland’s public water and wastewater infrastructure.
Watercare has reviewed its processes relating to new developments and connections to our network to enable qualified contractors and consultants to self-certify their work.
Compliance statements will be introduced to provide a consistent system for ensuring all work carried out on our network meets Watercare’s engineering standards.
Use of the statements will become mandatory from July 1. Watercare staff will provide support and advice as needed to ensure a smooth transition to the new system.
Watercare strategy and planning general manager Martin Smith says Watercare has a responsibility to ensure all public water and wastewater assets are designed and built to deliver the optimal asset life.
“As the provider of Auckland’s water and wastewater services, we have a duty of care to our customers to ensure all work carried out on our network meets our stringent standards and is carried out in a safe manner.
“The use of compliance statements will provide a consistent system for evidence-based quality control for all work carried out on our network.
“This review is about protecting our customers and enabling competent contractors and consultants to self-certify their work, which will largely remove the need for inspections from Watercare staff.
“Accepted compliance statements will also give Watercare a legal avenue to claim costs from the responsible party when negligence is discovered, so that ultimately it’s not our customers who will bear the burden of this cost.”
Watercare has worked closely with industry bodies in developing the compliance statements.
The framework is similar to that of the IPENZ producer statements, which those in the industry are already familiar with.
There are four types of compliance statements; CS1 Design, CS2 Design Review, CS3 Construction Works and CS4 Construction Monitoring. These are available on our website.
Changes to connections
Changes to the connections process will also take effect from July 1 and be fully implemented by September 30. Any connections to the public water network commissioned from July 1 will need to be carried out by one of our network maintenance contractors throughout Auckland. These include Downer, City Care and our internal maintenance staff.
Simple household wastewater connections, and pipe connections to the public wastewater infrastructure, can be carried out by a drainlayer certified by the New Zealand Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board. This will need to be approved by Watercare.
Any work that involves connecting to a pressure sewer, a vacuum system or a rising main will need to be done by our network maintenance contractors.
Anyone accessing our wastewater network for any reason, such as lowering a camera into a pipe or checking the depth of a manhole, will need to gain approval from Watercare before doing so.
If you have any queries, please email info@water.co.nz.
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Vodafone will introduce a limit on calling within the ‘Friends from all Networks’ program
As of May 1st, Vodafone will set a limit on calls within the tariff 'Friends from all Networks'. Users who have this tariff active will from then on have five and a half hours calling to all the numbers associated with the program. The amount of SMS sent to these numbers remains unlimited. Within the 'Friends' program, which enables customers to call on Vodafone network, unlimited calling remains unchanged, and it’s currently the most flexible tariff of this kind on the Czech market. Vodafone will inform users of this change to the tariff in the coming days through two waves of SMS and those will be sent 30 days before the amendment enters into effect and subsequently on the day it becomes valid.
As of May 1st, Vodafone will set a limit on calls within the tariff 'Friends from all Networks'. Users who have this tariff active will from then on have five and a half hours calling to all the numbers associated with the program. The amount of SMS sent to these numbers remains unlimited. Within the 'Friends' program, which enables customers to call on Vodafone network, unlimited calling remains unchanged, and it’s currently the most flexible tariff of this kind on the Czech market.
Vodafone will inform users of this change to the tariff in the coming days through two waves of SMS and those will be sent 30 days before the amendment enters into effect and subsequently on the day it becomes valid. Users will also be made aware at the end of each call of how many minutes they have left until the end of their monthly limit of 333 minutes. Information will also be placed on the website and Web Self Care.
For customers who want to take advantage of unlimited calls to their favorite numbers, Vodafone offers the most flexible tariff to call friends on its own network, within which you can freely choose and change the number of friends for free. Unlimited calls to one number on the network within this tariff are available from CZK 175. For unlimited calls to all networks, we recommend using an unlimited Tailor-made tariff, also currently the cheapest on the market.
More information about these changes can be found through using the free Customer Care line: 800 77 00 77.
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Grand Terrace: According to a San Bernardino Coroner’s press release,”On 05/07/13 at 7:44 AM, 911 calls were received by various law enforcement agencies regarding a head-on collision that had occurred between an empty Colton Unified School District bus and a silver, GMC, pickup.
Officers and deputies from various agencies responded to the location discovering that Melissa Ann Smith, a 34 year-old resident of Colton, was traveling southbound on Mt. Vernon Ave. north of Grand Terrace Rd. in Grand Terrace.
The school bus was traveling northbound. For unknown reasons, Smith’s vehicle veered in front of the school bus and the vehicles collided.
Paramedics responded to the scene from the Colton Fire Department. At 7:54 AM, Smith was pronounced dead at the scene. Deputies from the San Bernardino County Sheriff Department Major Accident Investigation Team are conducting the investigation into the collision.
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An exceptional birth: Rare quadruplet calves born on central Minnesota farm
SEBEKA, Minn. - A central Minnesota couple is feeling a little like new parents after a rare birth on their farm.A cow gave birth to quadruplet calves on Chuck and Deb Beldo's beef cattle farm near Sebeka on May 24 - all tiny, but appearing to be...
Written By: Robin Huebner | May 30th 2018 - 8pm.
Chuck and Deb Beldo gather their quadruplet calves Wednesday, May 30. The two males and two females were born May 24 on the Beldo's farm near Sebeka, Minn. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
SEBEKA, Minn. – A central Minnesota couple is feeling a little like new parents after a rare birth on their farm.
A cow gave birth to quadruplet calves on Chuck and Deb Beldo’s beef cattle farm near Sebeka on May 24 – all tiny, but appearing to be healthy, so far.
The couple is bottle feeding the calves, two females and two males, almost around the clock.
“We are looking for volunteers for that midnight feeding,” Chuck Beldo joked, as the calves nestled into a makeshift shelter on the farmyard.
News reports citing the textbook "Veterinary Obstetrics and Genital Diseases" put the odds of a cow having quadruplet calves at 1 in 700,000. The odds of all four being born alive are much steeper, said to be at 1 in 11.2 million.
It was a “day of birth” for the Beldos for multiple reasons.
They had visited a new granddaughter who was born that day, and had just returned to their farm early in the evening when they saw one of their cows giving birth.
At first, they thought twins, then they saw a third and a fourth calf, all jet black.
A typical calf, Chuck Beldo said, weighs 50 to 70 pounds. The quad calves were each only about 20 to 25 pounds, though have started to fill out some.
The Beldos separated the calves from their mother because they weren't able to feed properly due to their small size.
However, they were able to secure colostrum, an after-birth maternal milk product, from their neighbors who raise dairy cattle. “That was a big part of their survival,” Deb Beldo said.
Now, they're feeding the calves milk replacer about every four hours.
“They're just like any other baby. They get fed, they're tired, and they lay down,” Deb Beldo said.
Living on the farm his great grandparents homesteaded, Chuck Beldo said they have about 120 head of beef cattle, about 50 of which were calving this season.
It was a tough calving season, with cold, snowy weather early on. Twin calves born in April during a late winter storm didn’t survive.
The quadruplets have been a source of entertainment for the couple’s kids and grandkids, and for people around the world.
After posting news of the rare birth on Facebook, “It’s just gone crazy,” Deb Beldo said.
She’s heard from people in nearly all 50 states, and from as far away as Australia.
Cattle farmers don’t typically name their animals because they have so many, and because they’re raised for beef consumption.
However, the couple is looking for input on naming the quadruplets, which may end up sticking around the farm as pets.
While the quads are certainly a curiosity, Chuck Beldo will be glad when they’re out of the woods, health-wise.
“It’s a novelty, but I hope somebody else can have the next experience because once is enough,” he said with a laugh.
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Suspect charged in murder of Fargo woman Denise Anderson
Written By: Mitra Norowzi | Aug 5th 2019 - 6pm.
Sheldon George Davis spoke with The Forum during an interview at the Cass County Jail on Friday, Aug. 2. Davis is being held on suspicion of murder and arson. Meagan Deanne / The Forum
FARGO — The man being held on suspicion of murdering his ex-girlfriend and setting fire to the apartment where her body was found was charged with her murder shortly before 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 5.
In addition to the murder of Denise Anderson, 52, the Cass County State’s Attorney's Office also charged Sheldon Davis, 44, with endangering by fire or explosion and arson for intentionally starting the fire at 417 12th St. N. in Fargo.
According to documents filed in Cass County District Court, Anderson died of traumatic injuries suffered before the fire started.
According to the court documents:
Following the murder and setting the fire, Davis went to the house of his friend Lenny Duwayne Wilds II the morning of Thursday, Aug. 1.
Interviewed by police, Wilds said Davis told him he had done "something bad," saying he had started a fire in his apartment by leaving a stove on.
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Wilds said Davis had earlier talked about doing this, and about killing Anderson because of pending domestic and sex assault charges she filed against him, according to the court documents.
Wilds recounted to police that Davis asked him if he had ever seen a dead body before. Wilds told Davis he "thought that would be scary," to which Davis allegedly replied, "no, not really."
After catching Davis watching a news story on Facebook live about the fire and hearing that a body had been found inside the apartment, Wilds said he stopped asking questions, for fear that the body was Anderson's and that Davis had killed her.
According to court documents, police who were watching Wilds' home took Davis into custody when he came out.
Under questioning, Davis denied telling Wilds that he started the fire. Rather, Davis told police he left Anderson sleeping in the apartment that morning to visit Wilds because Anderson did not yet know he had lost his job and he wanted to give her the impression he was going to work.
In an interview with The Forum at the Cass County Jail Friday, Aug. 2, Davis denied knowing anything about the fire or Anderson’s death.
Davis has a long criminal history that includes convictions for assault, false imprisonment, terrorizing and domestic violence. The cases span a number of states, including North Dakota, South Carolina and Georgia.
In the Aug. 2 interview with The Forum, Davis indicated his intention to plead not guilty if he was charged. As of Monday night Davis had not yet appeared in court on the charges.
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Style meets reality - how big is your listening room?
We've all seen the 'lifestyle' pictures the hi-fi and home cinema companies use to lure us into purchasing their products. Huge rooms, minimalist and painfully designer furniture artfully arranged, and when there's any sign of the room's owners, they tend to meet the same criteria as their furnishings.
The reality, however, is often somewhat different, writes Andrew Everard...
Reading a stack of your postings to our forums has led me to conclude that either there's some truth in those screaming Daily Mail headlines about long-term prisoners having plasma TVs and internet access in their cells, or there's a whole load of serious systems being set up in bedrooms.
Several posters are asking about setting up complete home cinema rigs – flatscreen TV, high-end DVD player and receiver and a full set of speakers. And then just when I think I know what to advise them to buy, they throw in a spanner big enough to change the propeller on a cruise liner: the room is 8ft x 8ft, or its 2.5x3m, or something similar.
Now I'm no stranger to big systems in small spaces: I used to run a full-whack Audiolab system with Monitor Audio Studio 20 floorstanders and a monster REL subwoofer in a room about 3x4m, and it was so small you had to squeeze between one of the speakers and the TV to get to the kitchen or the loo.
And I well remember a reviewer on one of our long departed sister magazines inviting me over to have pizza and a listen to Tannoy's Westminster speakers.
As an idea of size, those are 15in drivers, by the way.
Trouble was, he lived in a two-up-two-down cottage, with a front door opening straight into the main room.
So when I arrived I had to squeeze through a foot-wide gap between the slightly open door and its frame, as one of the speakers was blocking it from opening any further.
I don't know what would have happened had there been a fire – a distinct possibility, given some of the flakey valve amps he was using at the time. Actually I do know, since said reviewer had once tried cooking and set fire to a pan, and in his panic hurled the flaming utensil into the bath, the bathroom being just off the kitchen.
Plastic bath. Messy...
But back to the problem of big systems in small rooms. The simple answer is not to go mad on the speakers, as floorstanders will boom like boomy things in so small a space, and don't rule out a subwoofer. Small satellite speakers used with a sub give you much more control over the low frequencies.
And don't trust the automatic set-up on your shiny new AV receiver too much, especially if the room's so small you have to sit almost on top of the rear speakers. Use the set-up system, then do some adjusting to get the sound you really want – there's no correct solution, only the one that sounds best to you.
But for a really expansive sound, there's no real substitute for a bit of space: you need space for the sound to expand and mingle a bit, rather than just being hurled at you from speakers you can almost reach out and touch. It can be done, provided you keep the speaker choice sensible, but it's so much harder to do well than setting up a system with big speakers in a large space. That's easy...
It's a bit like trying to make a bolognese sauce or a really good soup or stew in small quantities: it just doesn't taste as good as when you make a huge pan and let all those flavours work together for a while.
And that explains why we bought our last house with my wife looking and me listening – not to mention why we also have a huge freezer for all those leftovers.
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Indians rally for five in 9th, beat Red Sox 7-5
by: Doug Alden
BOSTON (AP) — The Cleveland Indians had plenty to celebrate despite the late hour.
Zach Plesac delivered a solid start in his major league debut and the bottom of Cleveland’s lineup led a wild ninth-inning rally as the Indians scored five and beat the Boston Red Sox 7-5 on Tuesday night.
“I was proud of the whole group. We’ve had a tough, tough week, and they kept on playing and they kept on having energy,” Cleveland manager Terry Francona said. “I don’t care what time it is. We get to go home with a win.”
The Indians didn’t score at all until the eighth inning and trailed 5-2 entering the ninth, when Boston’s bullpen imploded and Cleveland rallied behind some unlikely sources.
Roberto Perez led off the ninth with a homer off Ryan Brasier and Greg Allen hit a two-run shot to tie it at 5-all. Jordan Luplow added a two-run double to give Cleveland its first lead and Brad Hand survived a bit of a shaky ninth for his 14th save, completing a rare come-from-behind win for the Indians on a rough night for relievers.
Plesac pitched 5 1-3 innings, holding Boston to one run on four hits after being interrupted by a one hour and nine minute rain delay in the middle of the second inning.
“I thought he accounted for himself really well,” Francona said. “There was a lot thrown at him. He’s making his debut at Fenway. It’s raining. He doesn’t know if we’re going to start on time, then there’s a delay. . He wasn’t scared. He didn’t back down from anybody.”
Nick Wittgren (2-0) got the win despite allowing two runs on three hits in the eighth, his only inning.
Ryan Brasier blew a save opportunity and a 5-2 lead in the ninth. Perez started the rally with a leadoff homer to center, Jake Bauers walked and Allen — who was hitting .091 entering the game — homered to right and tied it at 5-all.
“No excuse right there,” Brasier said. “A three-run lead, it should be in and out but I made a few bad pitches and they made me pay for it.”
Boston wasn’t quite done imploding. Travis Lakins (0-1) took over for Brasier and hit Mike Freeman with a pitch and loaded the bases with a pair of walks, before Luplow hit a drive deep to right that bounced off the top of Mookie Betts’ glove at the wall.
Luplow said Allen’s homer, his first of the season and fourth of his career, was what really put Cleveland over the top.
“He was due for something big. He’s been swinging the bat well since he came back, and he finally got his,” Luplow said. “It’s big for us. It shows that we fight for every out and every at-bat, every pitch.”
The wild ending spoiled strong starts by Boston’s David Price and Plesac, who carried a shutout into the sixth inning of his major league debut.
Price allowed only three hits and struck out six in six innings.
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Plesac threw 86 pitches and got a round of pats on the back from his teammates and Francona on the mound after Rafael Devers’ triple with one out in the sixth.
Xander Bogaerts followed with a single up the middle and Plesac appeared on the hook for a loss until the ninth.
Plesac, called up from Triple-A Columbus earlier in the day, said he stayed warm during the delay by riding a stationary bike in the clubhouse, helping keep his mind occupied, too.
“I was just trying to stay slow motion and kind of play it by ear,” Plesac said. “I didn’t know when the tarp was coming off, didn’t know what the rain looked like. I just stayed loose, stayed ready and was ready for game time.”
The light rain that fell in the first picked up and the grounds crew replaced the tarp over the infield after the top of the second. The PA system chimed in with “Gimme Shelter” by the Rolling Stones as poncho-clad fans scrambled for cover in the concourse. The game was delayed one hour and nine minutes by rain.
Indians: Optioned LHP Josh Smith to Triple-A Columbus to clear roster space for Plesac. . RHP Danny Salazar (shoulder surgery) threw live batting practice Tuesday in Goodyear, Ariz. . RHP Mike Clevinger (shoulder) is scheduled to throw a simulated game Saturday in Goodyear. … OF Tyler Naquin (left calf strain) continued a rehab assignment with Triple-A Columbus.
Red Sox: RHP Nathan Eovaldi (elbow) is scheduled to throw a simulated game in New York on Thursday or Friday.
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Red Sox: RHP Ryan Weber (1-0, 1.29) picked up his first career victory as a starter Thursday at Toronto, holding the Blue Jays to one run on three hits in six innings.
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Viewpoint: The atom made Sweden a climate hero
Sweden has been a great nation for many decades thanks, not to military might nor financial muscle, but to its energy policy. A leader in sustainable development, the country undeniably proved that it is possible to cut emissions dramatically and increase living standards. And it proved this long before climate change became the political issue it is today, write Agneta Rising and John Lindberg, respectively, director general and writer & analyst at World Nuclear Association.
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Nuclear power's role in the clean-energy solution must be agreed universally this year, writes Agneta Rising, director general of World Nuclear Association.
"The IPCC Global Warming of 1.5°C report of 2018 made clear not only the need to take urgent action to combat climate change, but also the need for nuclear energy to make a much greater contribution to electricity supplies. In 2019 a broad range of expert bodies recognized how nuclear energy is vital to ensure that electricity supplies needed for modern life are available to all, while respecting the environment and tackling climate change ..."
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The pursuit of a solution to climate change via the route of fossil gas is a needless and harmful detour, writes Agneta Rising, director general of World Nuclear Association.
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Climate scientist James E Hansen and others have written to the Financial Times, making the case for the inclusion of nuclear power in the EU Sustainable Finance Taxonomy. The text of the letter, published yesterday, and the list of signatories to it, follows.
Nuclear energy is a mature and proven low-carbon source of electricity, with a 60-year track record of providing reliable and safe operation. Further innovation and technological development will enable even wider applications aimed at deep decarbonisation of economies around the world and supporting sustainable development. This was the message of King Lee, director of the Harmony Programme at World Nuclear Association, to delegates at the UN side event for Sustainable Development Goal 9, held today at COP25 in Madrid.
New nuclear power plant investments face significant challenges, especially in liberalised electricity markets. A regulated asset model may help resolve these challenges. Edward Kee, Ruediger Koenig, Paul Murphy and Xavier Rollat explore the potential and the limits of this model.
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Viewpoint: Creating a level playing field in energy markets
Fair energy markets can and should be the perfect place for establishing an effective clean energy system bringing about real emission reduction, writes Dr Józef Sobolewski.
Innovation has always been at the heart of the nuclear power industry and its future depends on this commitment to technological advancement in both large and small reactor designs. This was the message of the International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation General Ministerial Conference held in Washington DC last week.
Renewable energy must join forces with nuclear to secure a low-carbon future, writes John Gorman, president and CEO of the Canadian Nuclear Association, and formerly chief executive of the Canadian Solar Industries Association. "I never thought I would become a passionate champion for nuclear energy. But after 20 years of advocating for renewable energy, I've overcome the misconceptions I had in the past and I am convinced by the evidence we can’t fight climate change without nuclear."
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Viewpoint: Australia must review its outdated regulations on nuclear
It is not too late for Australia to join nuclear power countries in the fight against climate change, writes Tania Constable, CEO of Minerals Council of Australia.
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SOUTH KOREA COACH FORFEITS HOLIDAY FOR WORLD CUP PREPARATIONS
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The head coach of the South Korean men national football team Uli Stielike is forfeiting his summer holiday plans as he decided to put extra efforts to prepare his team ahead of the FIFA World Cup qualification set to begin in September.
An official of the national football governing body announced to the admiration of reporters.
The Korea Football Association (KFA) official said Stielike wants to spend his time checking the players in the country’s pro football leagues. The first and second division of the local leagues, top tier K and lower division K have matches planned for August and the coach wants to participate actively ahead of their September clashes - he even joked that he should make it more interesting by using a william hill promo code and putting money on each game.
The KFA official said: “Stielike is not thinking of summer vacation as he is focusing on the final World Cup qualification round. Since there are K League matches in the summer, he will stay in South Korea and check domestic players.”
South Korea are set to play Iran, Qatar, Uzbekistan, Syria and China in the Group A in the final Asian qualifying round. They are set to begin their qualification campaign on September 1st against China at home but will play against Syria five days later. The Taeguk Warriors coach gets a month for his annual leave but he hasn’t had any this year yet. He travelled in December to Germany and Spain for vacation but still took time out to visit Doha to see games of the South Korean Olympic team in the Asian Football Confederation Under 23 championship. He also saw midfielder Koh Myong-jin at Qatari club Al-Rayyan. During his down time, he also watched games in the Bundesliga to see South Koreans in action.
When he returned, the 61-year old German was in charge as the national team breezed to the final World Cup qualification round before playing friendly games against Spain and Czech Republic.
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Today's weather is turning out to be moderate rain. The visibility is going to be around 9 km i.e. 5 miles and an atmospheric pressure of 1019 mb . The daytime temperature is going to reach 14 °c and the temperature is going to dip to 12 °c at night. We expect around 9.7 mm of precipitation to fall and cloud covering 77% of the sky, the humidity will be around 68%.
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Friday seems to be partly cloudy. Mesa Patios, United States of America visibility is going to be around 10 km i.e. 6 miles and an atmospheric pressure of 1015 mb. The daytime temperature is going to reach 20 °c and the temperature is going to dip to 13 °c at night. It will be dry with no precipitation and cloud covering 36% of the sky, the humidity will be around 36%.
Partly cloudy will be the weather pattern for the Saturday. The visibility is going to be around 10 km i.e. 6 miles and an atmospheric pressure of 1017 mb. The daytime temperature is going to reach 23 °c and the temperature is going to dip to 16 °c at night. It will be dry with no precipitation and cloud covering 15% of the sky, the humidity will be around 34%.
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‘Wild’ author Cheryl Strayed shares story of abuse, addiction and heartbreak at Youth Eastside Services breakfast
By: Raechel Dawson
The first time author Cheryl Strayed used heroin, she thought “here’s the cure.”
It was the “cure” for relief from the suffering she experienced from her grandfather’s sexual abuse, from the domestic violence her father inflicted on her and her family and, ultimately, from her mother’s death at age 45, leaving Strayed an orphan at 22.
“I thought here’s the cure, here’s the world that I can live in because this other one without my mom, I can’t live in,” Strayed said at Youth Eastside Service’s annual fundraising breakfast. “Of course, I was so wrong about that and that feeling only lasted a day. Soon, heroin really brought me down a very destructive path.”
Strayed, author of bestseller “Wild,” recently spoke at Youth Eastside Service’s Invest in Youth breakfast at Meydenbauer Center March 21 to share how her story of overcoming her personal struggle is similar to those of teenagers and young adults Bellevue-based Youth Eastside Services helps.
The nonprofit, which is celebrating its 50th year, currently provides youth and family counseling, substance abuse treatment, psychiatric services, early childhood behavioral health and more to youth on the Eastside. They have offices in Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Sammamish and serve the Lake Washington and Bellevue school districts.
While Strayed, the keynote speaker for the breakfast, didn’t have access to Youth Eastside Services when she was going through her hard times, she knew she needed a way to restore her strength, so she decided to hike more than 1,000 miles from Mexico to Portland, Oregon on the Pacific Crest Trail in 1995 – a journey she details in “Wild.”
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This is how cyber attackers stole £2.26m from Tesco Bank customers
Poor debit card security and a "series of errors" in reporting exacerbated an incident that could have been easily avoided.
By Danny Palmer | October 1, 2018 -- 16:42 GMT (09:42 PDT) | Topic: Security
Cyber security strategy must be a board-level issue Hacking and data breaches are an ongoing threat, so why are so many execs ignoring the issue?
The inner workings of a cyber attack against Tesco Bank which saw £2.26m stolen from 9,000 customers -- and resulted in the bank being fined over £16.4m for the failings that allowed it to happen -- have been revealed.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has hit the bank with a £16.4m fine and said Tesco Bank failed to "exercise due skill, care and diligence" in protecting current account holders against a cyber attack.
Almost two years on from the incident, the exact identity of the cyber criminals is still unknown, but the FCA's newly published report into the Tesco Bank attack details how hackers were able to make off with over £2m over the course of 48 hours in November 2016.
The attack started at 02:00 on Saturday, 5 November 2016; by 04:00, Tesco Bank's fraud analysis and detection system started sending automatic text messages to the bank's personal current account holders asking them to call about "suspicious activity" on their accounts, which is how the bank itself first became aware of the attack.
As the fraud attempts increased, the calls quickly overwhelmed Tesco Bank's fraud prevention line. Although Tesco Bank's controls stopped almost 80 percent of the unauthorised transactions, the attack affected 8,261 out of 131,000 Tesco Bank personal current accounts.
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The attackers most likely used an algorithm which generated authentic Tesco Bank debit card numbers and, using those virtual cards, they attempted to make thousands of unauthorised debit card transactions.
The FCA said Tesco Bank's failures include the way in which the bank distributed debit card numbers and mistakes made in the reaction to the attack which meant that no action was taken for almost a day after the incident was first uncovered.
A number of deficiencies in the way Tesco Bank handled security left customers vulnerable to cyber attackers in an incident that was "largely avoidable", said the FCA analysis of the incident which Tesco Bank had to this point been tight-lipped about -- to the frustration of other financial institutions.
Poor design of Tesco Bank debit cards played a significant role in creating security vulnerabilities that led to thousands of customers having their accounts emptied. One of these involved the PAN numbers -- the 16-digit card number sequence used to identify all debit cards.
Tesco Bank inadvertently issued debit cards with sequential PAN numbers. This increased the likelihood that the attackers would find the next PAN number in the sequence.
It took 21 hours after the attack began before Tesco Bank's Fraud Strategy Team was informed about the incident.
Only after what the FCA describes as a "series of errors" -- including Tesco Bank's Financial Crime Operations Team sending an email to the wrong address, instead of making a phone call as procedure requires -- was the fraud team made aware of the attack.
In all that time, nothing had been done to stop the attacks, with fraudulent transactions continuing to siphon money from accounts as the bank received more and more calls from worried customers.
It was only once the Fraud Strategy Team had finally been alerted that some headway was made into countering the attack. It was found that the vast majority of transactions were coming from Brazil and were using a payment method known as 'PoS 91' -- making transactions based on magnetic stripes that carry identifying information about the debit card.
This payment method is widely used outside of Europe and crucially doesn't limit the value or number of transactions -- and the number of successful attacks showed that the attackers had acquired the relevant PAN numbers.
Once PoS 91 was identified as the most frequently used channel for fraudulent transactions and Brazil as the location they were occurring, Tesco Bank's Fraud Strategy Team put a rule in place to block those transactions from 1:48am on Sunday 6th November -- almost a full 24 hours after the attack began.
But the trouble didn't end there: errors were made in the implementation of this rule which made it ineffective -- they used the Euro currency code instead of Brazil's country code -- and nobody noticed this until later.
As a result, the number of attempted transactions continued to rise, reaching 80,000 by Monday 7 November -- with Tesco Bank blocking 90 percent of these.
In an effort to counter this, Tesco Bank brought in external experts to uncover the problem in fraud detection systems that allowed these transactions to go through -- it turned out to be a coding error by Tesco Bank's Financial Crime Operations Team which had been made when it originally programmed the fraud detection system.
By the time this was discovered, it was almost two days after the fraudulent transactions started and customers had lost a combined total of £2.26m to cyber criminals.
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Overall, the FCA found that Tesco Bank failed to exercise due skill, care and diligence to the design and distribution of debit cards, configuring specific authentication and fraud detection rules or when taking appropriate action to prevent the foreseeable risk of fraud.
The FCA also criticised Tesco Bank for failing to react to the incident with "sufficient rigour, skill and urgency".
As part of efforts to prevent fraudulent transactions, all 136,000 Tesco Bank current account holders had their accounts temporarily frozen, which the FCA report says caused many "embarrassment and inconvenience" when payments weren't able to be made. Victims of the attack each had their accounts re-instated to the pre-attack balance and some even received compensation.
In the aftermath of the attack, Tesco Bank is now said to have put a "comprehensive programme and significant resources into the issues which made it vulnerable to attack". However, when pressed on what these improvements are, Tesco Bank wouldn't give details.
While Brazil has been described as the potential location of those behind the attack, two years on there's still no information on who was behind the attack -- and no arrests have been made.
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UK government 'planning to launch Stuxnet-like attacks' against hostile states
The UK's cyber-security strategy includes "proactive" tactics and "plans to deliver military effects" in order to authorise the use of launching Stuxnet-like state-targeted malware.
By Zack Whittaker for London Calling | November 26, 2011 -- 03:38 GMT (19:38 PST) | Topic: Government : US
The UK government's cyber-security plan, while includes measures to protect the UK's critical national infrastructure and threats from hostile states and intelligence services, harbours offensive capabilities to strike back at those who attack the UK's networks.
In keeping with its allies, including the United States and Israel, long believed to have been one of the driving forces behind the Iranian-bound Stuxnet worm, the UK could soon be following suit.
(Previously unreleased image of Global Operations Security Control Centre -- Source: Sky)
Worded albeit vaguely in Friday's released cyber-security strategy -- which also includes plans to restrict the access of cyber-criminals to the web, and allow leading private businesses to access state-secret technology to fend off network intrusions -- the strategy points to assaulting capabilities, sources speaking to the Telegraph confirmed.
The cyber-security strategy will allow the creation of a "joint cyber unit" based at a military facility near Corsham, Wiltshire, to "develop and use a range of new techniques, including proactive measures to disrupt threats to our information security".
GCHQ, the UK's third intelligence service charged with protecting the UK's critical national infrastructure, will also play a part to "develop new tactics".
Detailed on page 26:
4.7 In keeping with the NATO Strategic Concept, and with the agreement of the National Security Council, the NCSP is investing to ensure we take a more proactive approach to tackling cyber threats and exploiting the cyber environment for our own national security needs.
4.9: As part of this we are creating a new Defence Cyber Operations Group to bring together cyber capabilities from across defence. The group will include a Joint Cyber Unit hosted by GCHQ at Cheltenham whose role will be to develop new tactics, techniques and plans to deliver military effects, including enhanced security, through operations in cyberspace.
While offensive action could include directed malware attacks that could target specific nuclear operations or programmes in rogue states, it could include seemingly low-level disruption tactics.
Earlier this year, a Whitehall source speaking to a British national newspaper, said that GCHQ in conjunction with British foreign intelligence service the SIS (MI6) disrupted an online al-Qaeda propaganda 'magazine', by replacing a bomb-making guide with a recipe for non-exploding cupcakes.
Though Russia and China were not named in the cyber-security strategy, Baroness Neville-Jones, the UK's former security minister, previously named the two countries as two of the "worst culprits" in cyber-attacks on the UK's networks.
2.5: Some of the most sophisticated threats to the UK in cyberspace come from other states which seek to conduct espionage with the aim of spying on or compromising our government, military, industrial and economic assets, as well as monitoring opponents of their own regimes.
Unveiling the cyber-security strategy on Friday, UK prime minister David Cameron said: "While the internet is undoubtedly a force for social and political good -- as well as crucial to the growth of our economy -- we need to protect against the threats to our security".
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A garden of delights at Heirloom Tomatoes in Baldersby Gardens, Thirsk
PUBLISHED: 12:22 24 September 2013 | UPDATED: 12:22 24 September 2013
Words by Annie Stirk Photography by Andy Bulmer
Plum Vine tomatoes
Tomatoes have a long and rich heritage as Annie Stirk, our food and drink consultant, discovers
When Chris Cole opens his post in the morning it’s not unusual for him to find a squashed tomato inside the envelope. But it’s no accident (or an unfriendly postman) that tomato seeds and crushed fruits make a regular appearance through Chris’s letterbox; in fact, these moments are eagerly anticipated. At his business Heirloom Tomatoes in Baldersby Gardens in Baldersby, Thirsk, Chris has become something of a tomato tsar, cultivating hundreds of tomato plants and handpicked seeds for amateur gardeners – swapping seeds through the post with other enthusiasts – and producing the most incredible collection of heirloom tomatoes you’re likely to come across.
In fact, if you thought the perfectly round and red salad tomatoes on the supermarket shelves were the only tomato you could get, you’ll need to re-adjust your set – red tomatoes are just the tip of a wondrous and colourful world of solanums.
‘There are actually some 10,000 varieties of tomatoes globally,’ says Chris, who’s assisted in the business by son George. ‘The pre-packaged ones we see in the shops – picked green, falsely ripened, which look great but taste awful – are very, very different from the extraordinary and exceptional flavour of a home-grown tomato: nothing can beat that.’
Indeed, as anyone who has tasted the first sun-warmed tomato of the season from the greenhouse or garden will attest, a homegrown tomato is a rich, red jewel in any gardener’s crown. Though at Heirloom Tomatoes, they’re not always red. Look along the greenhouse benches in Chris’s garden and you might be hard pressed to find that round, brick red tomato we’re so familiar with. In fact, you might think you need an appointment with the optician. White tomatoes rub vines with fuzzy coated peach types, chilli-shaped fruits mingle with tomatoes the size and flavour of grapes – and then there is the Porcupine Tomato, where the fruits swell from a halo of prickly spines.
For Chris, it’s one of those cases of a hobby that grew out of control. ‘I’d always grown tomatoes in my back garden but I became frustrated with the lack of varieties on offer,’ he says. ‘Even for the average gardener, it’s hard to get away from the standard Ailsa Craigs or Gardener’s Delights, so I started doing some reading around the subject and soon became obsessed with finding new varieties and producing my own seeds.’
Chris’s background as a fine food pâtissier, with its propensity for meticulousness, has certainly helped in his self-taught skill of seed germination and ongoing research into tomatoes. ‘I find the flowers of the tomato endlessly fascinating and from this you can tell exactly what the fruit will be,’ says Chris.
‘When explorers originally plucked the tomato from the forests of Central America, they wouldn’t have had the flowers they have today. Tomatoes lost their natural pollinators and have developed flowers that don’t need bees or insect to pollinate them. They are the most amazing things.’
It’s around February that Chris’s growing year begins, when the seeds of the previous year’s tomatoes are sown. Chris also conducts a series of germination trials (popping seeds onto wet paper to see which ones sprout) so they can be sure they are viable before wrapping them up into seed packets for sale. ‘Aside from the uniform hybrid varieties, we grow and sell all our own seeds,’ says Chris. ‘But unlike a lot of seed merchants, I always grow a batch so I can taste them and let people know what they look like and taste like when fully grown.’
Non-hybrid heritage or heirloom tomatoes are typically old varieties of tomatoes that in the past 40 years have been lost or forgotten due to their replacement by hybrid tomatoes, which are bred for their uniformity and commercially attractive characteristics. Heirloom tomatoes by their very nature are often unusually shaped, brightly coloured and, as aficionados like Chris believe, superior tasting.
At Baldersby, Chris grows tomatoes that range from red to yellow, orange, purple and even black; some are striped, others multi-coloured, some are like peaches, others like pears. Some were popular with Victorian kitchen gardeners, while others can be dated back to the time of the Inca Empire. Their names – Sunbaby, Lollipop, Black Truffle, Green Sausage, Pink Ping Pong – are equally evocative.
‘I’m probably best known for Snow White, which has the taste and texture of a whole grape, or Red Grape Sugar Plum, a sweet plum tomato of cherry size, which can grow up to 100 fruits on one vine,’ says Chris. ‘They all hold their own fascination.’ Perhaps more unlikely for the Vale of Yorkshire, Chris also grows many of the tomatoes outdoors too. I have 22 outdoor varieties this year – with some quite exotic types from Africa and Australia – but it can be a challenge to grow them with the wind we get around here,’ adds Chris.
Indeed, as any amateur grower will know, tomatoes – whether grown indoors or out – can be a very labour intensive crop, needing daily checking for disease and, with cordon (or single stem) varieties, regular pinching out of the side shoots to regulate growth. ‘You have to ensure some have enough water, and others don’t have too much, and each variety has specific needs,’ says Chris. ‘Every day, we’re checking for things like white fly and botrytis (grey mould) – because once you’ve got it in a greenhouse, it can be devastating.’
Heritage varieties, by their very nature, tend not to be as disease resistant either, and are less reliable fruiters. In fact, last year’s washout summer almost spelled disaster for Chris. ‘The awful summer almost wiped us out,’ says Chris. ‘Tomatoes hate humidity and all that dampness was crippling. As I tended to the plants I could hear the repeated sound of rotten fruit dropping off the plants and onto the greenhouse staging. The strangest thing of all was that when we opened up the tomatoes to extract the seeds, the majority of the fruits had no seeds – a devastating blow for a seed merchant.’
Thankfully, this year’s Mediterranean-like summer has produced a bumper harvest, so Chris is hopeful that gardeners across the country will be growing even more heritage varieties next year.
‘They’re such beautiful plants, lovely to look at with fabulous flavours and if we didn’t grow heirloom varieties it’s certain that some would be lost forever,’ says Chris. ‘I would encourage everyone to try – whether growing or simply tasting – at least one new variety of tomato this year. The smorgasbord of flavours and textures is staggering and you really are missing out if you just opt for the ones wrapped in cellophane at the supermarket.’
Baldersby Gardens, Ripon Road, Baldersby, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, YO7 4PS
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Heritage tomatoes are used by many of Yorkshire’s top chefs at places such as Swinton Park, The Star at Harome, Harvey Nicholls, Rudding Park, The Angel at Hetton, The Burlington and many more. They can also be purchased at specialist retailers such as Regal Fruiterers in Harrogate.
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Judge Finds Parts Of Wisconsin Voter ID Law Unconstitutional
U.S. District Judge Strikes Down Some Elements Of Law
By Laurel White
Friday, July 29, 2016, 6:15pm
A federal judge in Madison has ruled in a case challenging more than a dozen of the state's election laws, striking down parts of Wisconsin's voter ID law and restrictions on early voting.
In a decision issued late Friday afternoon, U.S. District Judge James Peterson found the petition process for individuals who can't easily obtain a state-issued ID to be unconstitutional, as well as new time and location restrictions for in-person absentee voting.
In the 119-page ruling, Peterson wrote the state's voter ID law is "a cure worse than the disease."
"The Wisconsin experience demonstrates that a preoccupation with mostly phantom election fraud leads to real incidents of disenfranchisement, which undermine rather than enhance confidence in elections, particularly in minority communities," Peterson wrote.
Voter fraud is cited by proponents as a primary reason for voter ID legislation.
The judge's ruling dictates that the petition process in place for voters who can't easily obtain a state-issued ID must be reformed or replaced.
Peterson also ruled the state may not enforce restrictions on early voting that limit times and locations, saying they represent intentional racial discrimination.
"I am persuaded that this law was specifically targeted to curtail voting in Milwaukee without any other legitimate purpose," he wrote. "The Legislature’s immediate goal was to achieve a partisan objective, but the means of achieving that objective was to suppress the reliably Democratic vote of Milwaukee’s African Americans."
Scot Ross, executive director of liberal group One Wisconsin Institute, one of the plaintiffs in the suit, called the ruling "a huge win, not only for the plaintiffs, but for democracy itself."
"These people behind the laws Judge Peterson struck down sought to put their own partisan interests ahead of the rights of every American regardless of race, party, or age to cast their ballot as they so choose," Ross said.
Several lawmakers weighed on the ruling on Friday.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, R-Rochester, called it "a liberal judge’s attempt to undermine our elections less than four months out" and "an obvious attempt to usurp the power of the Legislature."
Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, lauded the ruling as "good news."
“The legislation that was struck down is yet another clear example of Wisconsin Republican leaders attacking our citizens’ constitutional right to vote, once again with the goal of attempting to impede democracy in order to give themselves an electoral advantage," Barca said in a statement.
Attorney General Brad Schimel's office said Friday they plan to appeal Peterson's ruling to a higher court.
The ruling comes a week after a federal judge in Milwaukee ruled voters in November's general election could vote without showing photo ID if they signed affidavits explaining why they couldn't get the required identification.
Neither ruling will have an impact on the Aug. 9 partisan primary election.
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Eisenhower Fellows (from left) are Vicktorija Molodecka, Seydou Konate and Shirazum Munira Shachi.
Three undergraduates in The City College of New York’s Grove School of Engineering are recipients of 2019 Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowships from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA). The awards total $24,000.
The program’s mission is to attract qualified students to the field of transportation and research, and advance transportation workforce development.
The CCNY recipients are all seniors majoring in civil engineering. Their awards and research projects are:
• Seydou Konate, an $8,000 fellowship to work with Dr. Anil Kumar K. Agrawal researching the application of Seismic Isolation into Response Control of Bridges. Konate, who was born in Ivory Coast, is a Bronx resident.
• Vicktorija Molodecka, a $10,000 fellowship to analyze bridge reliability under the effects of increasing scour and loading conditions. Dr. Naresh Devineni is her mentor. Molodecka was born in Latvia and resides in Brooklyn.
• Shirazum Munira Shachi, a $6,500 fellowship to work with Dr. Alison Conway on research mapping 311-reported potholes in New York City. The project is entitled: "Understanding Impacts on Street Users." Shachi, a native of Bangladesh, entered CCNY as an international student. She lives in the Bronx
Part of the Eisenhower awards support Fellows to participate in the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. It’s scheduled for Jan. 12–16, 2020, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, in Washington, D.C.
About The City College of New York
Since 1847, The City College of New York has provided a high quality and affordable education to generations of New Yorkers in a wide variety of disciplines. CCNY embraces its role at the forefront of social change. It is ranked #1 by the Harvard-based Opportunity Insights out of 369 selective public colleges in the United States on the overall mobility index. This measure reflects both access and outcomes, representing the likelihood that a student at CCNY can move up two or more income quintiles In addition, the Center for World University Rankings places CCNY in the top 1.2% of universities worldwide in terms of academic excellence. More than 16,000 students pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in eight professional schools and divisions, driven by significant funded research, creativity and scholarship. CCNY is as diverse, dynamic and visionary as New York City itself. View CCNY Media Kit.
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Pastor Dies After Woman Shoots Him While Screaming “You Broke My Heart”
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Things took a turn for the worst when one woman proclaimed her romantic heartbreak to a married pastor.
According to Q13 Fox, Latoshia Daniels shot at Paster Brodes Perry of Tennessee several times when she showed up to his home unannounced. She also shot at Perry’s wife who presumably tried to protect her husband from harm. Cops showed up to the Meridian Place Apartments and found the two victims wounded. Meanwhile, Daniels was still armed and refused to put down her gun.
Perry’s wife said she let Daniels inside their home earlier because she knew her from her time living in Little Rock. When she was escorting Daniels back out, that’s when she pulled out a handgun and started blasting and screaming “You broke my heart” at the husband, according to court papers obtained by Q13 Fox. His wife then knelt by him, and Daniels told her to move out the way. That’s when she shot her in the left shoulder.
Perry’s wife explained to police that she wasn’t aware of any affair going on between her husband and Daniels, but the shooter’s actions made an affair seem possible.
Both victims were rushed to the Regional Medical Center where Brodes Perry later died.
While at the hospital, cops say Daniels also attacked an officer. They said the officer was trying to take her into custody and that’s when she jerked away and pushed him before taking off running. Officers said they had to force Daniels to the ground before they could have her handcuffed.
Daniels now faces first-degree murder charges along with attempted first-degree murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, assault on a police officer and resisting arrest. She’s currently held without bond.
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Review: 2019 Jeep Renegade Limited 4x4
Black Jeep of the family
By: Lee Bailie September 20, 2019
THE PROS & CONS
What’s Good: Boxy handsome, voluminous interior, Jeep capability
What’s Bad: Plasticky interior, so-so performance, subpar fuel efficiency
Dear readers, I never thought I’d say this in 2019, but I’ve discovered a crossover whose sales are not growing.
I know, I can hardly believe it either. But it’s true.
Allow me to present the 2019 Jeep Renegade, a subcompact SUV whose sales in Canada are, despite a recent facelift, down precipitously over 2018, a year in which sales were down 60 percent over 2017. Ouch.
Through June 30, the most recent month for which figures are available, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) Canada has sold just 338 Renegades, which represents a 60 percent decline from the same point in 2018. These numbers are shocking for a couple of reasons. Number one is the voracious appetite for small and mid-size crossovers in Canada currently, and second is the Renegade is actually a pretty good little SUV, as I’ll explain.
A brief history of the Renegade
The Jeep Renegade made its world debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March 2014 and went on sale later that year as a 2015 model. Unlike all other Jeeps sold in North America, the Renegade is not built in either the U.S. or Mexico, but instead is sourced from a Fiat plant located in Melfi, Italy.
The Renegade is built there for a couple of primary reasons. Number one, is it shares a basic architecture and powertrains with the Fiat 500X crossover, and secondly, the Renegade is one of the most global Jeeps FCA sells with availability in more than 100 countries. While it may be a niche player in North America, it has a much larger role in Jeep’s lineup in Europe, Central and South America, and China.
2019 Facelift
This year marks the first significant updating the Renegade has received since launch and there’s a lot to cover. The biggest change is under the hood, where the optional engine is now a 1.3-litre direct-injected turbocharged four-cylinder which replaces the 1.4-litre MultiAir turbocharged four.
The 1.3L produces 177 horsepower and 200 lb-ft. of torque. It’s standard on Limited and Trailhawk models, and optional on Sport and North. Reason for the change is the 1.3 is more powerful, more fuel efficient, and produces lower emissions than the outgoing 1.4.
Elsewhere, the 2019 Renegade sports a new front fascia, grille surround, and new available LED headlights and daytime running lights. New aluminum wheel designs are available across the range, including a 19-inch Granite Crystal set that are available only for North and Limited models.
Rounding out the update are new features for the Advanced Tech group which include adaptive cruise control, parallel / perpendicular park assist and front park sensors. New instrument cluster graphics and new exterior colours – Bikini (aqua blue), Slate Blue, Sting Grey – are also available.
My tester
For the purposes of this review, FCA Canada loaned me a range topping Jetset Blue Limited tester that is loaded with almost $5,000 worth of options. Included in this large batch of extras are an LED Lighting Group ($895), Uconnect Navi Group with 8.4-inch touchscreen ($995), Safety & Security Group ($890) which includes a security system, blind spot monitoring and rear cross-path detection, Beats Audio premium sound system ($995), full-size spare tire ($295), and 19-inch aluminum wheels ($750).
Boxy then, boxy now
While the Renegade isn’t the sexiest Jeep on the road, its boxy proportions carry with them a certain charm and they certainly pay dividends when it comes to outward visibility and interior space. The cosmetic updates enhance the Renegade’s looks but they’re so subtle that one has to compare the ’19 model to the pre-facelift car to really see much of a difference.
The LED lighting really stood out on my tester, but that was about all that really felt different. Bottom line, if you were a fan of the Renegade before, these changes should reinforce that feeling, but if you weren’t a fan before the facelift it is unlikely to change your mind.
Same on the inside
It’s a similar feeling on the inside. The leather seating is nice and provides decent articulation and comfort, but they don’t feel worlds apart from the cloth seats I experienced when I drove a Renegade Trailhawk in 2017. Looking at photos of the two interiors as I did while preparing to write this review reveals that, apart from colour and trim options, not much else has changed.
Like the ’17 I drove, this Renegade is loaded with lots of content and the way in which everything is laid out gets high marks. Lots of hard keys, buttons and switches bring a smile to my face, as do the Jeep grille Easter eggs which are still embossed into speaker grille surrounds throughout the cabin as they were in 2017. The cabin still has lots of hard plastic, but the execution feels like it has improved.
One thing that rankles, however, is seat and steering wheel climate functions that are buried in touchscreen menus which makes their adjustment needlessly fussy. Jeep’s ergonomics folks would do well to put them on hard keys in the centre console, as is the case with many other vehicles. With that said, the 8.4-inch Uconnect touchscreen works beautifully and is well worth an extra $995.
As mentioned, if you’re a taller person, you will love the acres of room in the Renegade. A boxy profile is great for headroom and there is a ton of it in the Renegade, particularly up front. The Renegade also offers 1,438 litres of cargo space with rear seatbacks folded, which is generous for a vehicle of its size.
A caveat here before I continue: I didn’t take this tester off-road. I did, however, do so with the Trailhawk in 2017 and it performed impressively on a trail that offered a mix of sandy, rocky, and muddy terrain that also included several large water crossings. Given the Renegade’s chassis spec hasn’t changed since, I feel confident this 2019 tester would perform just as well.
As for the on-road, the Renegade is adequate as a daily driver. The 1.3-litre turbocharged 4-cylinder engine is hardly a tire-shredder, but it offers decent acceleration from rest and at speed. I had to stomp on the accelerator a few times to get the 9-speed to gear down for passing maneuvers, but acceleration is generally adequate. The saving grace here, I think, is a flat torque curve where peak twist starts at just 1,750 rpm. Performance isn’t stellar, but I think most buyers know what they’re getting.
The Renegade’s ride quality is generally good. It doesn’t feel too stiffly sprung, but its short wheelbase will transmit bumps from rougher pavement into the cabin. Other small vehicles with short wheelbases have similar ride compromises, so the Renegade is far from alone in that respect. Steering and general handling feels reasonably tight and responsive for a small SUV, however.
In terms of noise, the 1.3 is a bit buzzy under acceleration and some noise leaks into the cabin as a result but at cruising speeds the Renegade is relatively quiet for a vehicle of its type.
As I said off the top, the Renegade’s sales struggles in Canada and the U.S., where sales are also down significantly in 2019, is a bit hard to figure given the current popularity of small and mid-size SUVs in North America.
True, FCA doesn’t put much marketing muscle behind the Renegade these days and it does take time for units to arrive in dealerships from Italy, but it’s priced right, is smartly packaged and has Jeep capability and versatility.
I wasn’t wowed by its performance and observed fuel efficiency, but I still think prospective buyers should give this niche Jeep a look. It may not have the star power of its better-known siblings, but the Renegade has a Jeep charm that’s all its own.
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2019 Jeep Renegade Limited 4×4
BODY STYLE: subcompact SUV
DRIVE METHOD: Front-engine, Four-wheel drive
ENGINE: 1.3L turbocharged 4-cylinder Power: 177 hp @5750 rpm; Torque: 200 lb-ft. @1750 rpm
CARGO CAPACITY: 524 / 1438 L (behind second row / first row)
FUEL ECONOMY: (regular 87) 10.1 / 8.1 / 9.2 L / 100 km city / highway / combined
OBSERVED FUEL ECONOMY: 10.3 L / 100 km
PRICE: $34,945 (base), as tested $39,765
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Home / Featured / Greco-Roman Worlds ends without USA medal
Greco-Roman Worlds ends without USA medal
By Mike Finn
Photo: Max Nowry was the only American Greco-Roman wrestler to compete in a medal bout. Here beating Abelkarim Fergat (Algeria) in a repechage bout, Nowry ended up fifth at 55 kilograms. (Photo by Mark Lundy).
USA at the 2019 Worlds – Greco-Roman Recap
An inability to sustain leads in matches cost the United States Greco-Roman team, which failed to medal in the 2019 UWW World Championships in the first three days — Sept. 14-16 — of the week-long event in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
Eight of the 10 Americans all won matches, including Max Nowry, who finished fifth at 55 kilograms. Overall, the USA Greco-Roman wrestlers compiled an 8-12 record with the Americans holding leads in eight of those bouts, including seven at intermission of those matches. Also, the USA failed to qualify any of the six Olympic weight classes — 60k, 67k, 77k, 87k, 97k and 130k — for the 2020 Games in Tokyo and will have to accomplish that task over the next year at specific qualifiers.
Perhaps the most disappointed USA Greco-Roman wrestler was heavyweight Adam Coon, a 2018 World silver medalist, who lost his only bout of the 2019 World Championships.
The 2019 World Championships will continue Tuesday with the start of women’s freestyle with men’s freestyle starting on Friday.
Click here or call 888-305-0606 to subscribe to WIN Magazine, which will provide comprehensive coverage of the 2019 Worlds in its next issue that will be mailed Oct. 2.
The following is a closer look at the 20 Greco-Roman matches by American, Sept. 14-16:
55k – Max Nowry (2-2, 5thplace)
Competed Sept. 14-15
Max Nowry failed to win his 55-kilo bronze medal match vs. Eldaniz Azizli (Azerbaijan) but did win two bouts in his first Worlds. (Mark Lundy photo)
1stround– won by TF over Fabian Schmitt (Germany), 10-1
Nowry actually trailed 1-0 at the break, after giving up a passivity call midway through the first period. But the American scored all ten points in the second frame, the first four coming off an arm throw with 2:15 left in the match and then scored six more points when Nowry scored a takedown at the 1:35 mark and added a pair of gut-wrenches.
Quarterfinal – lost to Khorlan Zhakansha (Kazakhstan), 3-2
Nowry led 2-0 at the intermission after he countered an arm throw by Zhakansha for a takedown of his own 1:30 into the match. The Kazak wrestler rallied when Nowry was called for passivity with 1:43 left in the match and used the par-terre advantage for a chest lock that rolled Nowry over 10 seconds later. With Zhakansha reaching the finals, Nowry was placed in the consolation bracket.
Repechage– won by TF over Abelkarim Fergat (Algeria), 11-3
Nowry led 7-0 at the break after he used passivity par terre to score six exposure points by turning the Algerian three times with a combination gut and bar-arm/tight waist. Fergat cut the margin to 7-3 with 1:09 left in the bout when he used a passivity call to add two more exposure points with a gut. Nowry ended any doubt when he countered two shots for takedowns of his own.
Bronze Medal– lost to Eldaniz Azizli, Azerbaijan, 8-0 — The match lasted just 41 seconds as the defending World champ scored a takedown 16 seconds in the bout and turned Nowry three straight times for the technical fall.
60k – Ildar Hafizov (1-1, did not place)
Competed Sept. 16
Ildar Hafizov defeated Etienne Kinsinger (Germany) 6-1 in his first match at 60 kilos (Mark Lundy photo)
1stround– defeated Etienne Kinsinger, Germany, 6-1
After giving up a passivity point at the 4:48 mark, Hafizov was able to get a good lock around the German, which first led to a takedown, then added two more exposure points when he lifted Kinsinger and took him to his back to lead 4-1 with 17 seconds left in the first period. The final two points came when Hafizov countered a throw by the German for a takedown of his own with 25 seconds left.
2ndround– lost to Lenur Temirov, Ukraine, 6-2
Trailing 2-1 and down in par terre after he was charged with passivity with two minutes left, Temirov scored a reversal, then used a gut wrench to turn Hafizov for a 4-2 lead. Temirov then iced the victory on a takedown with two seconds left. Hafizov first took a lead on criteria with 1:17 left in the first period when officials ruled in favor of the American after a Ukrainian challenge that Temirov had scored exposure points a few seconds earlier. Hafizov was eliminated when Temirov lost in the quarterfinals.
63k – Ryan Mango (1-1, did not place)
Ryan Mango was able to lift Rahman Bilici (Turkey) in a second-round match, but ended up losing 7-4. (Mark Lundy photo)
1stround– won by TF over Julinho Be Correia Dju (Portugal), 11-0
The match ended at the 4:10 mark in the first period after Mango, benefitting from passivity par terre 17 seconds earlier, used a chest lock to roll the Portuguese wrestler back and forth five times for 10 straight points.
2ndround– lost to Rahman Bilici (Turkey), 7-4
Mango actually took a 4-1 lead after he countered a reverse lift by Bilici and took the Turk to his back 1:25 into the first period. But Bilici was able to counter a throw by Mango and put the American on his back that cut the deficit to 4-3 ten seconds later. The Turk then took the lead for good when he used another reverse lift and tossed Mango off the mat for two and a 5-4 lead with a minute left in the first period. The final points came in the second period when Bilici used an underhook to take down Mango with 1:25 left in the match. Mango was eliminated from the tournament when the Turk lost the quarterfinal match to Almat Kebispayev of Kazakhstan.
67k – Ellis Coleman
Ellis Coleman (top) split his two matches at 67 kilograms. (Mark Lundy photo)
1st round – won by TF over Meiirzhan Shermakhanbe (Kazakhstan), 10-2
Coleman jumped on top 4-0 at the 5:19 mark when he countered a bear hug and used a headlock to put the Kazakhstan wrestler to his back with 56 seconds left in the period. Coleman ended the bout with 1:55 left on a final takedown off a counter.
2nd round – lost to Dayvid Dimitrov (Bulgaria), 5-0
Dimitrov scored all his points off two effective arm throws; first scoring a takedown and two exposure points 23 seconds in the match and then another led to a stepout by Coleman at the 4:51 mark. The closest Coleman came to scoring was at the 1:39 mark when he appeared to counter another arm throw but it was then called a slip and he also tried a flying squirrel move with a minute left but failed. Coleman was eliminated from medal contention when Dimitrov lost 6-0 in the quarterfinals to Fredrik Holmquist Bjerrehuus of Denmark.
72k – Raymond Bunker (1-1, did not place)
Raymond Bunker reached the quarters in his first Worlds but lost to Aik Mnatsakanian (Bulgaria). (Mark Lundy photo)
1stround – def. Yogesh Yogesh (India), 6-5
Bunker led 4-0 at the intermission after he scored three points off a passivity call against Yogesh and added a stepout with six seconds left in the first. But the Indian rallied to take a 5-4 lead when Bunker was called for passivity and gave up a pair of guts to Yogesh. Bunker tied the bout 5-5 on a reversal, but then took the lead for good on a stepout with 1:17 left in the match.
Quarterfinal – lost to Aik Mnatsakanian (Bulgaria), 6-2
Bunker led 2-0 at the break when he first benefitted from a passivity call against the Bulgarian only 1:20 into the match, then forced a stepout with 1:02 left in the first period. But Mnatsakanian battled back to score six points in the second period, five after Bunker was called for passivity, then gave up a chest lock and then an throw for four exposure points with 1:34 left in the match. Bunker was eliminated from medal contention when Mnatsakanian lost the semifinal to Aram Vardanyan, 4-1.
77k – Pat Smith (0-1, did not place)
Pat Smith also ended up with a bloody eye in his only match at the Worlds at 77 kilos. (Justin Hoch photo)
1stround – lost to Roland Schwarz(Germany), 5-3
Trailing 2-0 midway through the second period, the German made the most of a passivity call against Smith when he used the par-terre advantage to lift Smith and take him to his back for points and a 5-2 lead with 1:15 left. Smith, whose final points came on a stepout with 35 seconds left, led 2-0 at the intermission after he first scored a passivity point midway through the period, then added a stepout with one second left in the first frame. Smith was eliminated when Schwarz lost his next match to Paulius Galkinasof Lithuania.
82k – Jon Stefanowicz (0-2, did not place)
1stround – lost to Lasha Gobadze (Georgia), 7-0
Jon Stefanowicz failed to win a match, but was one of two Americans to earn a repechage bout. (Justin Hoch photo)
Gobadze used an arm throw with six seconds left in the first period to lead 3-0 at the break. Stefanowicz twice was called for passivity; once in the first period when he escaped from par terre, but then was called for fleeing midway through the second period. The final point came when Stefanowicz lost a challenge to the fleeing call. Gobadze eventually reached the gold-medal match, which put the American in consolation.
Joe Rau was leading 1-0 in a second-round match before surrounding nine straight. (Mark Lundy photo)
Repechage – lost by TF to Haitao Qian (China), 9-0
The Chinese wrestler led 5-0 with 1:13 left as he scored one stepout, three points after Stefanowicz was first called for passivity at the 1:20 mark and lost a challenge as the American’s corner believed he had put Qian on his back after Stefanowicz fought off being lifted. Qian’s final two points came off a pair of guts with 58 seconds left.
87k – Joe Rau (1-1, did not place)
1st round – def. Kumar Sunil (India), 6-0
All the points came in the first period; first a pair of stepouts for Rau in the first minute before the American executed a perfect duck-under for a takedown and quickly scored two more on a gut-wrench with two seconds left in the frame.
2nd round – lost to Mikalai Stadub (Belarus), 9-1
Rau actually led 1-0 at the break — after Stadub was called for passivity at the 4:39 mark in the first — before the Belarusian made the most of a passivity call against Rau as Stadub used an effective gut to score four straight turns and a technical fall with 1:16 left in the match. Rau was eliminated from the tournament when Stadub lost in the quarterfinals to Zhan Beleniuk of Ukraine.
92k – G’Angelo Hancock (1-1, did not place)
G’Angelo Hancock displayed perhaps the best throw among USA Greco wrestlers, but ended up 1-1 at 97 kilograms. (Mark Lundy photo)
1st round – def. Mykola Krysov (Ukraine), 6-0
Hancock scored three points in each period; the first three coming after a passivity call against the Ukrainian, which led to a gut for two by Hancock. The first three points came off a stepout 15 seconds into the second period and a caution-and-2 against Kyrsov as time expired in the match.
2nd round – lost to Melonin Nourmonvi (France), 5-2
A stepout against the French wrestler gave Hancock a 2-1 lead with 1:31 left in the bout before Nourmonvi was able to penetrate Hancock’s defense for a low bear hug that also put the American on his back. Hancock was then eliminated when Nourmonvi lost his quarterfinal bout to Giorgi Melia of Georgia.
130k – Adam Coon (0-1, did not place)
Adam Coon (bottom) earned a passivity point before China’s Lingzhe Meng scored a reversal and 3-1 victory over the defending silver medalist. (Justin Hoch photo)
1stround – lost to Lingzhe Meng (China), 3-1
Coon, the defending World silver medalist, was leading 1-0 on a passivity point at the 4:40 mark when Meng scored a reversal from the par-terre position, then added two more points on a gut-wrench with 54 seconds left in the first. Coon could not penetrate Meng’s defense the rest of the match and was eliminated when Meng lost his next match 4-0 to Riza Kayaalp of Turkey.
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Your iPhone's 500,000-Mile Journey to Your Pocket
Author: Edward HumesEdward Humes
Cracking open my iPhone 6 Plus—Apple’s version of the big-screen “phablet”—reveals not just a marvel of globally sourced miniaturization but also a high-tech road map that touches just about everywhere.
Along with the processor and graphics chipset and the rechargeable battery (the most massive internal part), there is a long list of individually sourced components: two cameras, a video recorder, a digital compass, a satellite-navigation system, a barometer, a fingerprint scanner, a high-resolution color display, an LED flashlight, touch sensors, a stereo system, a motion sensor/game controller, encryption circuits, an array of radio transmitters that connect via WiFi, Bluetooth and near-field communication bands, and, last and also least, the guts of a cellular telephone.
At least two dozen primary suppliers on three continents and two islands (Japan and Taiwan) provide these parts.
The transportation complexity is magnified further because many components do not move in a simple path from supplier to final assembly. Some go on a hopscotching world tour from one country to the next and back again as one piece is joined to another to create an assembly, which is then moved elsewhere in the world for another part to be inserted or attached.
The phone’s innards are put together much as a cook assembles ingredients for a dish that becomes, in turn, a component of another chef’s course, which is then incorporated by someone else into a larger meal. Ingredients move back and forth from high-tech equivalents of refrigerator, cutting board, stove, and plate.
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The fingerprint sensor embedded in the iPhone’s home button—Apple’s Touch ID system, which allows a fingerprint scan to replace a typed password—is a good example of this sort of Top Chef supply itinerary.
The home button journey begins in Hunan province, China, at a company called Lens Technology, Ltd., in the city of Changsha, where superhard transparent artificial sapphire crystal is fashioned into the button cover. This is the part of the button an iPhone user physically touches, made of the same synthetic sapphire used in high-end watches, avionics displays, and missile systems because of its near–diamond-like hardness, durability, and scratch resistance.
The sapphire cover is then bonded to a metal trim ring brought 550 miles from the LY Technology factory in Jiangsu province, and then shipped 1,000 miles to the Dutch-owned NXP Semiconductors assembly and testing plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. There the sapphire-metal ring combo is married to a driver chip imported from a Shanghai factory (another 600 miles) and a Touch ID sensor chip from an NXP silicon wafer fabrication plant in Europe, which tacks 5,000 more miles onto the itinerary.
Next, a button switch imported from a Panasonic subsidiary is brought in 1,500 miles from Japan, along with the springlike plastic component called a “stiffener” from a Shanghai factory (another 600-plus miles) owned by the American company Molex. These pieces are combined at another Taiwanese manufacturer, Mektec, which adds in its own part, called the flex circuit.
Mektec then ships this assembly 1,500 miles back to Japan, where a plant run by technology giant Sharp laser-welds all the pieces into a sealed and functional Touch ID module. The completed assembly ships about 1,300 miles to the Foxconn plant in Zhengzhou, China, a virtual high-tech city of 128,439 factory workers where the iPhone’s final assembly takes place (and where allegations about bad working conditions—some accurate, others fabricated—sparked a media sensation in 2012).
This is the partial origin story of a collection of parts commonly known as the phone’s home button, with about 12,000 miles required to get it to the place where the iPhone is assembled.
The finished iPhones are shipped to customers and retail locations in the US and around the world to stores, cell phone service providers, and other outlets using virtually every transportation method known to man. Most of the US-bound phones move by air freight through Hong Kong and Alaska, where UPS and Federal Express have major hubs. (The curvature of the earth makes Alaska a direct and ideal transshipment and fueling stop for air cargo moving from Asia to the US.)
This is the partial origin story of a collection of parts commonly known as the phone’s home button, with about 12,000 miles required to get it to the place where the iPhone is assembled. All that is for one button, perhaps the least sexy part of a smartphone. And this triptych is just a partial accounting, because it does not include the movement of raw materials for individual components, nor their packaging, nor the movement of energy, water, and workers at the various factories, all of which could easily double or triple the mileage on that little button below the phone’s touch screen.
Similarly epic journeys are attached to other parts of the iPhone: a barometric sensor and accelerometer from Germany; the Corning “Gorilla Glass” from Kentucky; the five different power amplifiers from California, Massachusetts, Colorado, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania manufacturers; the motion processors from Silicon Valley; the near field communication controller chip from the Netherlands; and many other components from Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and China. The production of the Apple-branded A8 processor semiconductor chip is split between the world’s largest contract chip fabricator, TSMC in Taiwan, and Samsung’s immense new chip plant in Austin, Texas—a $9 billion investment by the South Korean technology company to make computer chips in the US. Samsung is offshoring to America.
Those parts, along with the Touch ID components, combine for that 160,000-mile commute embedded in the iPhone—two-thirds of the distance to the moon. And even that is still only part of the story. The movement of these components does not include the mining, processing, and shipping of the rare earth elements that are so vital to so much of our twenty-first-century technology, or the movement of the vast quantities of energy and water needed to obtain them.
In the end, the iPhone has a transportation footprint at least as great as a 240,000-mile trip to the moon, and most or all of the way back.
These materials, most with unpronounceable names that sound like minor Greek gods, are difficult to mine and pricey to extract from raw ore. Once refined, they can be worth many times their weight in gold. In recent years, China has dominated this rare earth market that the US once led, though suppliers in California and Australia have been reclaiming market share of late. These “rare” materials—which are actually quite plentiful in the earth’s crust, but rarely in sufficient concentrations to make mining practical—have almost magical magnetic, phosphorescent, and catalytic properties even in minute quantities.
They are essential ingredients in everything from giant wind turbines and electric cars, to miniature electric motors, semiconductors, and rechargeable batteries of all stripes: phone-size, Tesla-size, and utility-scale–size. The iPhone contains a chorus of eight rare earth elements: neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium, terbium, gadolinium, europium, lanthanum, and yttrium. These are not household names, but they are everywhere in the modern household, unseen yet invaluable. These elements can be found in a smartphone’s color screen, various parts of the phone circuitry, the speakers, and the mechanism that causes a phone to vibrate when it receives a message or call.
Then there are the better-known precious metals inside each iPhone—a couple bucks’ worth of gold, silver, platinum, and copper—and the anodized aluminum enclosures. Together, the mining, refining, and transport of these materials—and all the chemical agents and systems needed to produce them—could easily double that 160,000-mile footprint on the iPhone (and any other high-tech product), as the precious metals, aluminum, and rare earths must be shipped from the sources to refineries and processors and then to the individual component makers around the world.
In the end, the iPhone has a transportation footprint at least as great as a 240,000-mile trip to the moon, and most or all of the way back. The wonder of this is compounded by the fact that this transportation intensity is a strategy to increase efficiency and lower cost.
From Door to Door: The Magnificent, Maddening, Mysterious World of Transportation by Edward Humes. Copyright © 2016 by Edward Humes. Reprinted courtesy of Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
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Now, this certainly is prima facie evidence to suggest the AAP has some CIA connection.
Author RSN Singh is a former military intelligence officer who later served in the Research & Analysis Wing. He has authored two books: “Asian Strategic and Military Perspective” and “Military Factor in Pakistan”.
A dear Friend of mine Surajit Dasgupta (Click Facebook and Twitter to reach him) adds:
A New York University researcher Shimrit Lee visited Manish Sisodia’s NGO Kabir and prepared a report, Public Power: India and Other Democracies (2010). She assisted in Kabir’s campaign for the Right to Information and Local Self-Rule. She went on to work actively in Egypt. It is suspected that Lee had advised the people now heading the Aam Aadmi Party to launch a ‘Colour Revolution’ in India? Subsequently she went to Egypt and witnessed the Tahrir Square uprising. She might well have advised the AAP honchos in 2010 to launch public protests in India and propagate the idea of governance through mohalla and gram sabhas. The Union Home Ministry has no record of Kabir having sought its clearance to host a suspicious researcher who has been active in the Middle East, Chad in Africa, required as per law of the land
Kabir received funds from the Ford Foundation (Rs 86,61,742), PRIA (Rs 2,37,035), Manjunath Shanmugam Trust (Rs 3,70,000), Dutch Embassy (Rs 19,61,968), Association for India’s Development (Rs 15,00,000), India’s Friends Association (Rs 7,86,500), United Nationals Development Programme (Rs12,52,742) while Rs 11,35,857 were collected from individual donations between 2007 to 2010. Click on the links below for complete articles
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Ford Foundation India Representative Steven Solnick admitted that Foundation’s last instalment to Kabir was in 2010. “Our first grant to the NGO was of $1,72,000 in 2005; the second was in 2008 of $1,97,000,” and that Magsaysay award for emergent Leadership was also funded by them.
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Lawyer Manohar Lal filed a PIL in the Delhi High Court — WP (C) 3412/2012 — on 21 May 2012. The High Court has sought status report within 3 months from the government of India vide their order dated 30 May 2012. Kabir was raided by the Union Home Ministry officials for a suspected violation of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) on 22 August 2012 after a court order. Following these developments, the government lawyer submitted to the court that the state could lay its hands only on minor billing discrepancies in Kabir’s account (as well as in the account of an NGO run by Kiran Bedi).
Based on the government submission, and a fact that was revealed to me that Arvind Kejriwal’s NGO Public Cause Research Foundation did not have permission to receive foreign funds, I defended the AAP vehemently and challenged the allegation that the party was funded by Ford Foundation. Till then, I was not privy to the information that Kejriwal was associated not only with PCRF but also Kabir. In the past one month, however, the controversy surrounding Kabir resurfaced in newspapers with evidence of Sisodia misappropriating the foreign funds received by Kabir. The papers also revealed that Kejriwal is a part of Kabir, too.
Kejriwal’s NGO network goes beyond PCRF and Kabir. He also heads Parivartan that claimed “is not registered under any Act as a society or a trust or a Company. It is a people’s movement. For Income Tax purposes, it is an Association of Persons”
However, it advertised through various mediums in June 2002 that “all donations made to Parivartan are tax exempt under section 80 G. Parivartan is also registered under section 12A of Income Tax Act.” This is misleading as its present document says, “Parivartan Foundation for Socio Economic Development filed for tax exemption to donors under Section 80G on 10th August, 2009. The permission was granted on 08th January, 2010 and was valid for all donations between April 1, 2009 and March 31, 2010. This has been further extended through an order dated 29th March, 2011 for all donations from April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2013. Foundation also has clearance under Section 12AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961.”
Does Kejriwal receive funds from the World Bank as well? The World Bank featured the insignificant work of Parivartan in their report, “Social Accountability Stocktaking Exercise for South and East Asia. Washington, DC: World Bank Institute. (2005) (p 30-32)
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Kejriwal was selected for the Ramon Magsaysay Award only after featuring in the World Bank report above. Narayana Murthy, the Infosys chief, is a Trustee of the Ford Foundation. He apparently advocated Kejriwal’s case for the award. In the AAP national convener’s biography as prepared by the Ramon Magsaysay Foundation, the first reference has been made to the CIA (Central intelligence of America).
Kejriwal, Arvind | BIOGRAPHY (on Ramson Magsasay Award Foundation Site)
Search Result on CIA Website for Arvind Kejriwal says it all
Kejriwal represented Sampoorna Parivartan NGO. The secretary of the NGO worked in the Commission Advisory Committee of the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission constituted vide the Notification No F1(135)/DERC/2000-01/5092 Delhi, the 27 March 2003
This implies that the responsibility of power rate hike and installation of faulty metres that the AAP has been crying foul about partly lies on people associated with this very political party! The website of both Parivartan and Kabir were withdrawn when they came under scrutiny in 2012. Even the Ford Foundation hid all the details about funding to Kabir when some blogs revealed their IAC/AAP connection in October 2012.
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PS: As a result of the great work done by Sri Surajit Dasgupta, Founding Member of Aam Aadmi Party who has since quit the party (amongst many other founding members), the duplicity of Kejriwal (and his handlers abroad ) have been exposed. At the time of writing this blog, all the links quoted in support of averments have been validated and reachable. However I cannot Guarantee that it wouldn’t be taken down.
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Krantikari or Brantikari #AAP
As soon as this Video where the so called Paragon of Propriety Arvind Kejriwal went viral, there were some die-hard supporters who defended & justified the conversation (expectedly). This post is not about what is the expose. In simple words, this only exposed that St. Kejriwal would go to any extent to appear morally correct when he is not.
Point that was conveniently forgotten by them is the Propriety of what happened. If the Interview was well intended, why would he want to dress it up, insisting on focussing and repeating certain part of his interview. It was for the viewers to arrive at a conclusion based on an unadulterated free-flowing interview. After this leak, we are not sure how much of original interview has been retained in the telecast version and what was edited.
For someone who preached Saintly Behaviour and nit picked on every one else sneeze and one who advocated impeccable public behaviour of leaders, this hoarse cough is inexplicable.
Here is the transcript and the video. Make your own conclusions
Transcript: Thanks to Surajit Dasgupta, Founder Member of AAP
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पुण्य प्रसून बाजपाई: हाँ ये।
अरविंद केजरीवाल: वो वाला थोड़ा थियरेटिकल है, कॉर्पोरेट वाला आप जो बोल रहे थे ना. काफी थियरेटिकल है, इसलिये मैं उसमे नहीं जा रहा था उससे जितना मिड्ल क्लास है वो एन्टी हो जायेगा की हम प्राइवेटाइज़ेशन के खिलाफ हैं, कंपनियों के खिलाफ हैं, इसलिये मैं उसपे नहीं आ रहा था, उस डिबेट में पड़ नहीं रहा जानबूझ कर. बाकी पूछिये।
पुण्य प्रसून बाजपाई: और ये जो हाशिये पर 80 फीसदी समाज है।
अरविंद केजरीवाल: इसमें बोलेंगे।
पुण्य प्रसून बाजपाई: इसमें अब आ जाइये ना. वोट बैंक तो वहीं है ना असल में देश भर में।
अरविंद केजरीवाल: बिल्कुल।
अरविंद केजरीवाल: अब ये बोलना है। भूल गया था मैं बोलना अगर हम उनके लिये कर रहे हैं तो।
अरविंद केजरीवाल: मैं ये नहीं कहना चाहता कि ये सारे प्राइवेट वाले कर रहे हैं… और कोई भी सरकार आ जाये प्राइवेट से कमिशन लेते हैं. तो हम सारे प्राइवेट सेक्टर को नकार देंगे, विच इस नॉट राइट. ठीक था?
पुण्य प्रसून बाजपाई: बहुत क्रांतिकारी। बहुत ही क्रांतिकारी!
अरविंद केजरीवाल: उसी को ज्यादा चला दीजियेगा।
पुण्य प्रसून बाजपाई: नहीं, नहीं। अरे वो तो चलेगा. हम तो माने भगत सिंह वाला हिस्सा.. बड़ा रिअॅक्शन आयेगा इसपे।
Punya Prasun Bajpai: Yes
Arvind Kejriwal: That was a bit theoretical — that corporate one you were speaking about. I did not want to get into that as it was too theoretical. Because of it, middle class will go against us thinking that we are against privatisation, companies and so I was not willing to get into that debate. Ask everything else.
Punya Prasun Bajpai: And what about those 80% people that are left on the lurch?
Arvind Kejriwal: Will speak on that.
Punya Prasun Bajpai: Now you should come on this one. They are the real vote bank of the country.
Arvind Kejriwal: Exactly.
Punya Prasun Bajpai: Now we have to speak on this. I forgot to speak about this if we are doing for them.
Arvind Kejriwal: I don’t want to say that all the private companies are doing this….and whatever the government is, they take commission from these private companies. And we will ignore/avoid all the private sector, which is not right. Right?
Punya Prasun Bajpai: Very revolutionary, extremely revolutionary!
Arvind Kejriwal: Play that one more.
Punya Prasun Bajpai: Why not? That one will definitely play. I agree on the Bhagat Singh part. It will evoke a lot of reaction.
The following screenshot added at 7:30 pm after Shazia Ilmi, AAP leader spoke to Times Now
Watch this space for updates on this topic
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Always A Pain – #AAP
January 1, 2014 January 1, 2014 Ensures3 Comments
Not a coincidence!!! Always A Pain. But the birth pangs indicate a tough survival not for the guy who is always on Ascoril Assisted Presence but for the Janata whom this guy keeps invoking at the drop of the hat.
We still have a choice, resort to Accident Analysis & Prevention as far as this Naxalite experiment goes. Remember they are Authorized Academic Partner for Chinese Communist Agenda.
This experiment in Delhi is kind of Anti Asthma Prescription while the Water Subsidy in the manifesto is more like Airs And Pipes – more gas than water 😉 The Taxes and Bills are going to be a lot of Aches And Pains
One thing is for sure, going by their response on the social media they are Always Annoying People. Though they claim they are All About People, they are Against All Propriety and pros in Always Apply Pressure. They are simply Anarchist
Mohalla stuff they talk may be an Area Action Plan, but it is an Adore Arvind Program in disguise. Seen them Agitating Against PaidMedia? Never! How can they? They Are Adorable for Press!
India! fasten your seat belts we are going to soar (or sore?) ….AAP, AAP and AAPay…
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Why did God Create AAP? To make even CONgressis look good! (@surnell)
Now No more jokes on AAP , now it’s time for AAP to make jokes on HUM and hamari delhi (@sumitsaurabh)
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Loose Motion >/= No Confidence Motion (@hitlerbai)
Khush Rahiye #AAPy 2014
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The Atlantic Tells “Red Dog” Fennell’s Story, Lifts up YSRP’s Reentry Work
Reporters Maura Ewing and Samantha Melamed profile the story of Haywood “Red Dog” Fennell who, at age 66, is one of the oldest Juvenile Lifers thus far to return home to Philadelphia. The article beautifully tells Mr. Fennell’s story of incarceration, beginning at the age of 20 (he was 17 at the time of the crime for which he was automatically sentenced to life without the possibility of parole). As well, the story reveals the deep network of relationships that sustained Mr. Fennell through his 46 years of incarceration, and through his return to the community.
Facing a reality that is not uncommon in Philadelphia, long the epicenter of Juvenile Life Without Parole (JLWOP) sentencing, Ms. Ewing and Ms. Melamed poignantly ask: how do you find your place in the world as an old man when you’ve never lived in it as an adult?
YSRP’s Co-Director, Joanna Visser Adjoian, and JLWOP Reentry Coordinator, John Pace, were interviewed for the story, and YSRP’s support for former Juvenile Lifers in Philadelphia, and statewide through the PA JLWOP Reentry Navigator, are highlighted as contributions to the reentry process in a city with great need. The story also takes a wider look at resentencing trends in other states, as well as the burgeoning needs for older adults returning to communities after decades of incarceration.
Mr. Pace, himself a former Juvenile Lifer, adds powerful insight, stating that he wants the focus of reentry supports to move beyond the need for immediate services and help formerly incarcerated people actually thrive. Put simply, he says:
I don’t want to be in survival mode.
YSRP Client-Partner Giovanni Reid Resentenced & Granted Parole
YSRP began working with Giovanni Reid in July of 2016, after meeting him at a…
YSRP Receives Grant from Philadelphia Eagles Social Justice Fund
YSRP is thrilled to be two-time grant recipients of the Philadelphia Eagles Social Justice Fund.
Mitigation and Reentry Planning in Juvenile Life Without Parole Resentencings
Date: Tuesday, July 19, 2016Time: 12:00 PMLocation: Philadelphia Bar Association 11th Floor Conference Center 1101…
YSRP scheduled to speak at Delaware County Bar Association
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‘Pot Banks’: The Answer for a Budding Industry?
MG Retailer
Yaël Ossowski 9 July, 2018 5 December, 2018
By Yaël Ossowski | MG Retailer
When California voters approved Proposition 64 in November 2016, the Golden State became effectively the largest jurisdiction in the world to legalize recreational sale and use of cannabis. On January 1 of this year, when recreational sales were legalized, politicians, tax collectors, and business owners already were seeing green. The state estimates it will collect $600 million in taxes from cannabis sales. And it doesn’t end there.
According to BDS Analytics, an independent research firm, California’s cannabis market in 2018 will be $3.7 billion. That’s just shades short of the $4.2 billion estimate for the whole of Canada given by the Canadian Parliament Budget Office in the run-up to its full legalization, expected to occur in July of this year.
An important difference between California and Canada, however, is all too evident: California is a state, and Canada is a country. Federal laws still prohibit the sale and possession of cannabis in states like California, Colorado, and Oregon, and thus still make it illegal for federally regulated banks to provide services to cannabis businesses. Canadian banking law, on the other hand, will allow banks to accept cannabis firms as partners immediately.
This U.S. situation is exacerbated by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, no friend of pot, who announced in January that federal prosecutors would have a green light to crack down on banks dealing with cannabis customers.
Because banks must comply with federal law to be eligible for Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation backing, to guarantee deposits and give security to investors, there is little incentive for a bank to agree to accept a cannabis dispensary as a client.
A solution, therefore, is surely needed. Business owners need to be assured they will be able to legally deposit their earnings at accredited banks and not keep piles of cash on hand, and banks need clarity that they can freely contract with these clients. The state needs banking solutions for the cannabis boom.
Public or private fix?
Enter the crafty politicians in Sacramento. More specifically, State Treasurer John Chiang, a gubernatorial candidate for 2018. Late last year, he commissioned the Cannabis Banking Working Group to develop solutions that would please entrepreneurs and officials.
While some of the solutions offered were helpful and charted a way forward, others looked only to create a path to profit for the State of California’s coffers. One proposal outlined how agents of the California tax authority would drive around in armored vehicles, personally collecting taxes and fee payments in cash from dispensaries. The optics of government agents collecting piles of cash from businesses need not be explained here. Another would have opened an online directory of each cannabis business, including expected tax payments and recommended methods of delivery, which state employees could access. That wouldn’t have solved too much, either.
Last, and most atrociously, the working group recommended a public bank dedicated solely to cannabis interests, owned by the taxpayers and operated by state bureaucrats and politicians. From a consumer and taxpayer perspective, that sounds like a disaster waiting to happen, not only because of the state’s notorious mismanagement of public funds, but also because of the ultimate risk to taxpayers. A too-big-to-fail public pot bank isn’t something for which ordinary Californians should be on the hook.
Thankfully, the latest bill in the State Legislature, SB-930, omits most of these proposals and allows for private solutions.
In its current form, the bill would allow the formation of private cannabis limited-charter banks and credit unions. These banks would be allowed to deal only with cannabis firms, allowing them to legally pay vendors, take out loans, and pay their tax bills at the end of the year. The banks would be licensed by the State of California and would give at least modest legal cover to entrepreneurs involved in the legal cannabis trade.
That is good news for business owners, consumers, and regulators. Having this level of clarity and infrastructure in place would alleviate many concerns and help set the foundation for easy replication in other states. Places like Washington and Colorado thus far have relied on local credit unions and community banks for their cannabis banking needs, but those institutions may discontinue their services if federal prosecutors begin kicking down dispensary doors.
The California bill was expected to pass the Senate Appropriations Committee in May with little opposition. That would be a huge relief for ordinary Californians, whether they’re a consumer, entrepreneur, or taxpayer.
But that isn’t the end of the fight for legal cannabis commerce in California. Banking is just one concern. Under Prop. 64, local jurisdictions can implement their own regulations and prohibitions on cannabis. Some have floated extensive taxes at the county level and additional burdens that surely will create competition between jurisdictions.
What remains important overall is that a solution is presented that gives maximum maneuverability to entrepreneurs and consumers. There is no reason to restrict the legal market so much that cannabis purchasers once again must turn to the black market.
Let’s hope legislators in California follow through with a modest proposal to offer legitimate banking services.
Yaël Ossowski is a journalist and deputy director of Consumer Choice Center.
Category: MG RetailerTagged: californiacannabiscannabis bankspot
Yaël Ossowski is an international consumer activist and writer. His writings and interviews have appeared in newspapers, magazines, and online outlets across the world in multiple languages. He is founder and editor of Devolution Review, deputy director at the Consumer Choice Center, and senior development officer for Students For Liberty. He was previously a national investigative reporter at Watchdog.org. He has a Master’s Degree in Philosophy, Politics, Economics (PPE) from the CEVRO Institute in Prague and a Bachelor's in Political Science from Concordia University, Montreal. He currently splits his time between Vienna, Austria and Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Trump in Davos: “We must reject the perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse. They are the heirs of yesterday’s foolish fortune tellers”
You haven’t experienced Davos unless you’ve had Swiss police shove you aside so random World Leaders can text and walk without looking ahead.
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Absolute red alert: This is unbelievably naked retaliation for revealing extreme corruption at the highest levels of #Bolsonaro's administration, and an existential threat to investigative journalism in #Brazil. https://twitter.com/FreedomofPress/status/1219657031487033351
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BREAKING: In an OUTRAGEOUS violation of press freedom, the Brazilian government has ignored a Supreme Court order and charged journalist @ggreenwald with "cybercrimes" for @TheInterceptBr's investigative series on widespread corruption in Brazil. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/world/americas/glenn-greenwald-brazil-cybercrimes.html
The only way we’ve achieved global human flourishing and the healthiest and wealthiest societies of all time has been through free exchange of goods, services, people, and labor.
Denying that that risks making billions of people poorer https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/international-business/article-global-survey-finds-majority-of-people-believe-capitalism-doing-more/
We're roaming the halls at #Davos2020
Plenty of virtue signaling on display here from presenters, attendees, and protesters, but some high-quality events as well.
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This past December, Spike Hill, a music venue in Williamsburg I helped launch, closed after running for seven years.
I’ve been meaning to write about it’s closing for a while, but for a lot of reasons, it felt too strange to talk about.
Tags: brooklyn music, norah jones, norman vladimir, pearl & the beard, pearl and the beard, reggie watts, spike hill, spike hill closing, the woes, williamsburg, zach hurd
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November 2010 - New York Press
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August 2011 - New York Press
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March 2011 - New York Press
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Pearl & The Beard - Podcast
Show Review + Interview at Joe's Pub
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Summer 2009 -- Beyond Race Magazine
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's New Children's Book on African American Inventors and Black History
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Adrien Brody on 'Detachment' and Action Movies
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Kevin Young on African American Culture, and Its Role in the Country's Cultural Progress
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Alex Kotlowitz on The 'Safety Net' and Realities of Poverty
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Madeleine Albright Explores the American Relationship with China
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Madeleine Albright on History, Identity and American Power
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Exploring the Culture of Disability at the Paralympic Games
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The Art of Procrastination
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How the Minstrel Show Influenced Modern Hip-Hop and Comedy
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The Life and Legacy of Neil Armstrong
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Exploring the Psychology of Droughts
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Patient-Doctor Confidentiality Versus Public Safety
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Obama's Secret Wars, from The Situation Room to The Front
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Transit of Venus Visible in Today's Sky
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3rd Ear Music About 3rd Ear
About 3rd Ear
David Marks in the 3rd Ear Music Archives 2003
David Marks Background & a 3rd Ear Music Summary - 1960's to date
Non SAfricans are wanting to know who this David Marks is - A Brief CV, Summary and overview of his and 3rd Ear Music activities since the beginning of time.
...read David Marks - The 3rd Ear Music CV >>
Nowhere has the history of popular music existed in quite so bizarre a climate as that of South Africa during its 'internal exile' & it's 'international isolation' - its hidden years. Much of our music past, like that of our political past, is hard to access. Just as people & books were banned & censored - no reasons given - so too were some musicians & their music. Most of the recordings restricted or avoided by the SABC were not even political. The Government at the time would claim that it was the artist, who by reflecting & questioning their racist policies, were the ones threatening the order, safety & security of the State.
Despite their popularity & their influence - attracting large crowds to concerts on campus, in townships & to the odd mixed club - without commercial industry support - many of these musicians remain ignored by the mainstream industry today. Our aim is to network with other music collectors & researchers - to acknowledge the contributions made by these musicians to our Hidden History ...paying tribute to them by simply making their music available.
3eM are in the process of restoring, cataloguing & transferring the analogue archives (tapes, posters & photos) into a digital format - music & events that weren't restricted to a particular commercial fashion, form or style. The archive tapes are fading & deteriorating as fast as the musicians that we believe should not be forgotten - simply because they never made hit records.
With today's technology most of the 'desk mix' recordings that we have stored in the archives could be restored. It would be a sad irony indeed if the security establishment - who used all the tricks in their dirty book to prevent local musicians from being heard - were to now have the last laugh. Contributions would be greatly appreciated - anecdotes, suggestions, manuscripts, material, equipment, funds...
The Curious Beauty of African Music is that it uplifts as it tells a sad tale. You may be poor, you may have only a ramshackle house, you may have lost your job, but song gives you hope. African Music is often about aspirations of African people, and it can ignite the political resolve of those who might otherwise be indifferent to politics. One merely has to witness the infectious singing at rallies. Politics can be strengthened by music, but music has a potency that defies politics.
Marianne Williamson, from her 1992 book, "Return to Love" (p. 165)
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of god - your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of god that is within us. It is not in just some of us. It is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
Issued by David Marks
3rd Ear Music 1995
David Marks - The 3rd Ear Music CV
According to a reader, this quote has been incorrectly attributed to Nelson Mandela. We apologise; it was sent to 3rd Ear Music's Website & credited as part of Madiba's Inaugural Speech, 1994.
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Basically, smartwatches are wearable-technology devices that maintain a relatively persistent wireless connection to your mobile device—usually a smart phone—and can receive notifications of incoming calls, texts, instant messages, social-network updates, and more, from that device. Some can also let you accept and conduct phone calls right on the watch. And even newer models (the Samsung Gear S, for one) can act as smart phones all on their own, without needing a paired phone nearby.
You won’t get much use out of an Apple Watch if you don’t have an iPhone nor any other kind of iOS-enabled mobile device. The same thing goes for the Samsung Gear Sport. While the Q Venture does feature some compatibility with Android and iOS devices, it won’t mix well if you’re a Samsung customer. The smartphone you use will ultimately determine which smart watch you get the most value from.
The top smartwatches that debuted at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show included the Casio WSD-F20, Misfit Wearables Vapor and the Garmin Fenix 5 series.[83] Apple released on September 22, 2017 their Apple Watch Series 3 model which offers built in LTE cellular connectivity allowing phone calls, messaging and data without relying on a nearby smartphone connection. [84]
The Amazfit Bip is thin and light, looks like an Apple Watch, has a lot of sensors inside—GPS, heart rate, accelerometers, barometer, and compass—and can run for about 30 days (which we confirmed) between charges, all for around $100. Those facts are compelling, but actually using the watch is frustrating, and it doesn’t do any one thing well. The GPS and heart-rate monitors can be slow to start, sometimes drop out, occasionally have wild inaccuracies, and produce results notably different from those of running watches and dedicated fitness bands. The screen is also dim and noticeably low-resolution, and the phone software for managing the watch is dense and unintuitive on Android. (We didn’t test iOS, but the reviews imply that it’s not much different.) The watch materials are plastic and rubber, and look and feel like it. Those are all trade-offs you could reasonably make if you just wanted a Pebble-like smartwatch that tracked steps and showed notifications, but even there, the Bip does not succeed: It often dropped connectivity with my phone (a Pixel 2), and it cannot show emoji—getting a dozen blank squares when someone sends you a thumbs-up sign is not helpful. If all you care about is battery life, the Bip has that, but it lacks useful functions while it’s charged up.
While you're not getting Spotify or Apple Music here, you are getting enough storage for 500 songs with a process that's fairly easy. You just boot up Garmin Express, select the Music tab and choose which of your own music you want to port over. If you do want to sync over playlists from a streaming service, your only options are iHeartRadio and Deezer.
I have the new version Samsung Galaxy watch 46mm. It is excellent. I do not have to use spotify premium to play music. I can simply add tracks (and images too) saved on my Note 8 phone. Bixby can open the apps without turning the bezel. The battery life is not 6 days as advertised, if used all day to make calls, text, listen to music, play games, check emails, read the news, search the internet, etc, then the battery lasts at least 3 days before recharging. There are several free watch faces available through the Galaxy app. This watch can also be used to make sos calls which can be preset for 911 or any contacts you wish to add. Then these contacts can call you back on low volume mode and listen for an hour. You can use this feature with a timer so if you accidentally activate it, you have time to turn it off before it makes the call. Adding a GPS app to this phone can allow you to take a screen shot of your location and send it if in a crisis. Of course the google app for navigation is also available for travel. You can use a wifi connection without your phone, if you turn off bluetooth and select wifi connection to your watch via phone. There is no need to buy the most expensive Samsung Galaxy with the built in sim. Also samsung pay is available on the watch. Of course it has Accelerometer, Gyro, Barometer, HRM, Circular Super AMOLED (360 x 360) Full Color Always On Display, Corning® Gorilla® Glass DX+. There is also a feature that tells you when to take deep breaths while it count the duration of inhaling and exhaling. This is great when you need to stay calm. The workout features are better than on previous Samsung watches. You can monitor calories, caffeine intake, water intake, track your sleep. You can swim with this watch. There is a water lock feature. Once you are out of the water you can expel water from the speaker by tapping a button. This watch has several other functions but It’s too much to write in a quick review. Of course you can add a security pin to your watch, use locator to find your phone or vise versa. You check youtube for more of the features. Samsung doesn’t have everything listed in specs. I’m still keeping my Ferragamo and Versace watches but I think I’m selling the rest of watch collection. The Samsung Galaxy watch has all of the features I need and changing watch bands is easy. I still recommend buying a screen protector and a tpu/silicone case or shell in case you drop your watch. Some sellers are offering a 2 year guarantee which includes accidents but I have the 1 year Samsung warranty. I would love this watch more if it had a nano sd slot. Specs are 768MB RAM and 4GB Internal Memory.
None of these smart watches are necessarily waterproof but they are water-resistant. The Samsung Gear Sport is good to go so long as you don’t go any deeper than 50 meters. Same for the Apple Watch. However, the Q Venture is a little more delicate and can only withstand some splashing and momentary submersion in a meter of water. In other words, the Q Venture will survive if you drop it in a sink full of water and you scoop it out almost instantly.
Plus, these smartwatches are made by Fitbit, so they’re incredible fitness and health trackers. They both offer 24/7 heart rate tracking, on-screen workouts with Fitbit Coach, over 15 exercise modes, GPS (Connected GPS in the Versa’s case), and swim tracking thanks to their 5ATM rating. There’s also room to store your music, as well as Fitbit Pay support (Ionic and Special Edition Versa only).
Garmin, known primarily for its GPS and fitness devices, has taken one step closer to full-featured smartwatches with their Vivoactive 3 Music. This model doesn't run on Wear OS (Google's increasingly-popular OS for wearables), but it does offer thousands of free apps, watch faces, and more via Garmin’s ConnectIQ store. The Vivoactive 3 Music also comes preloaded with 15 sports apps to monitor your progress whether you're running, swimming, lifting, or doing yoga — because, at its core, Garmin is still all about fitness tracking
Google announced in late August a substantial new version of Wear OS, which should roll out to nearly every smartwatch running Android Wear 2.0 as of September 2018. The biggest changes are to the navigation of Wear OS’s homescreen, which means it could make these watches significantly easier to use. The updated UI will give you four primary places to go from your watch face: Swiping left gets you to the new Google Fit and its Heart Points and Move Minutes; swiping right brings you to a hopefully fast-loading, better-responding Google Assistant interface for asking questions or issuing commands; swipe up and you’ll see a long stream of all of your notifications, which you can interact with and respond to; swipe down, as with Wear 2.0, to access quick settings. Google told Engadget that the update focuses on reducing loading times and improving Assistant responsiveness, which addresses some of our major our misgivings about Wear OS. We’ll test this latest Wear OS and update this guide after we have a better sense of the changes.
These new smartwatches build on a pretty familiar package. Both are powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 2100 processor and run on Wear OS. Both also get GPS, NFC for Google Pay, and heart rate sensors as well. The Venture is the smaller of the two, measuring in at 40mm with an 18mm band. The Explorist, on the other hand, is a 45mm watch with a 22mm band.
If you’re into premium smartwatches, the Montblanc Summit is the latest option hitting watch shops around the world. Out of the box, it runs atop Android Wear 2.0 with the standard specifications — Snapdragon Wear 2100, 512mb of RAM, and 4GB of storage. There’s no NFC or LTE on board, but the watch does feature a heart rate sensor and premium materials.
Software may include digital maps, schedulers and personal organizers, calculators, and various kinds of watch faces. The watch may communicate with external devices such as sensors, wireless headsets, or a heads-up display. Like other computers, a smartwatch may collect information from internal or external sensors and it may control, or retrieve data from, other instruments or computers. It may support wireless technologies like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and GPS. For many purposes, a "watch computer" serves as a front end for a remote system such as a smartphone, communicating with the smartphone using various wireless technologies. Smartwatches are advancing, especially their design, battery capacity, and health-related applications.[5]
The primary differences with the Classic versus the standard include, first off, that this model lacks LTE. That, however, does mean that the Classic is built from a more premium “Titanium Grey” shell which has a bit less sporty look. A leather band is also installed out of the box rather than the silicone one found on other models. Pricing on the Huawei Watch 2 Classic is a bit higher than the standard model, asking $369 from retailers such as Amazon and Best Buy.
But your phone will play an important part if you do get a Fitbit or Garmin device with the aim of tracking your activity. It will be the place where your health data is synced to, you can tinker with your tracking settings and review your progress. There’s also a whole ecosystem of health apps that plug into tracking devices, combining them with exercise and diet advice - MyFitnessPal, Runtastic and Strava are three of the most popular ones worth checking out.
The MetaWatch M1, like the Cookoo 2 and Martian Notifier, is a basic smartwatch. It shows alerts for texts, e-mails, social media updates, calendar appointments, weather, and Caller ID, and can control your phone's music app. The notifications are configurable in terms of what you are alerted to and how: whether via a vibration or on the watch’s display. Also built in are a timer, a stopwatch, and an alarm
The Passport is versatile in that it works with Android and iOS mobile devices. And it features the ability to make phone calls with its built-in microphone and speaker. You can use voice commands (the Passport leverages your phone's voice recognition system; such as Apple's Siri for iOS devices or Google Now for Android) to control the mobile device from the watch. And because of the analog watch face, you can easily see the time in bright sunlight.
"Sport watch" functionality often includes activity tracker features (also known as "fitness tracker") as seen in GPS watches made for training, diving, and outdoor sports. Functions may include training programs (such as intervals), lap times, speed display, GPS tracking unit, Route tracking, dive computer, heart rate monitor compatibility, Cadence sensor compatibility, and compatibility with sport transitions (as in triathlons). Other watches can cooperate with an app in a smartphone to carry out their functions. They are paired usually by Bluetooth with a smartphone. Some of these only work with a phone that runs the same mobile operating system; others use a unique watch OS, or otherwise are able to work with most smartphones. Paired, the watch may function as a remote to the phone. This allows the watch to display data such as calls, SMS messages, emails, calendar invites, and any data that may be made available by relevant phone apps. Some fitness tracker watches give users reports on the number of kilometers they walked, hours they slept, and so on.
You can also use devices that support the Google Wear operating system in conjunction with an iPhone as well as a Samsung Gear device that runs Samsung’s own Tizen operating system. But Google Wear and Tizen devices are designed to pair with smartphones using the Android OS, so you won’t get full functionality when pairing with an iPhone. For instance, some Android smartwatches carry Samsung’s smartwatch line-up and naturally enough, work best with Samsung smartphones, but are still compatible with Android-powered Huawei or Nokia phones.
I've been pleased to see swim-tracking trickle down into more affordable devices over the past few years. Fitbit's Flex 2 remains its most affordable device with swim-tracking features, priced at $60. But the $150 Charge 3, with its big display and smattering of smartwatch capabilities, is for a different audience than those who would gravitate to the tiny, quasi-cylindrical Flex 2. Even if you don't swim often, water-resistance up to 50 meters means users don't have to worry about showering with the Charge 3 or dropping it in the pool by accident.
Apple is back with the Apple Watch Series 4, the latest in the smartwatch game that's focused on helping wearers live a healthier lifestyle. Running on Apple’s S4 64-bit dual-core processor and the new WatchOS 5 operating system, it’s twice as fast as its predecessor. Available in two sizes — 40 mm and 44mm — it has a 30 percent larger display than the Series 3 and comes in six different aluminum and stainless steel finishes. New improvements include Walkie Talkie mode and a speaker that is 50% louder than in the Series 3. The microphone has been moved to the watch’s opposite side to reduce noise and create clearer phone calls. The bottom, now made from black ceramic and sapphire crystal for better radio wave transmission, is intended to help with cellular reception and call quality.
When we compared the storage space of the Samsung Gear Sport with the other contenders, it didn’t have the most. With 4 GB — only a quarter of what you’ll get with the Apple Watch Series 3 GPS — you will have to manage your apps so you don’t run out of room. If you like to carry all of your music with you and you have an extensive library, you might run out of space with the Gear Sport.
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[Introduction] [Main Index] [Buildings Index] [Index of Architects] [Index of JM's staff and others] [Abbreviations] [Units & Currency] [Glossary]
Notes on Building Projects
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Caution. The information on this page concerning buildings comes mainly from a speedy 'first pass' through the RCMPC records at UMA and from dipping into the Monash Papers at NLA looking for information on other themes. It is presented to indicate the nature and scope of John Monash's work in building construction. Details should be used with caution. For an overview of early development of reinforced concrete in Australia, see e.g. Lewis, M. 1988.
Melbourne Grammar School New Building (portions).
This job involved reinforced concrete stairs, portions of floor, and partitions for the Church of England Grammar School in Melbourne. Architects were Godfrey and Spowers and the general contractor was William McKnockiter. Initial contact was established by W E L Wears in March 1907 and estimates prepared. Design took place in April. A problem arose during construction in June when McKnockiter insisted that part of the roof rest on a partition wall 2.5 inches thick which had been intended to take no load at all. A memo from S J Lindsay reveals that JM feared this would overstress the floor carrying the partition. He therefore had the thickness of the upper portion of wall increased to form a flange 6 inches thick, so converting the partition into a very thin T-girder 3'-6" deep and thus stiff enough to carry the roof load without transferring it to the floor. An account for £257-17-0d was presented on 29 July 1907. In July the following year, Godfrey & Spowers must have reported that one of the beams had sagged. RCMPC responded that this was not the case. The partition must have been lifted by upward movement of the outer walls or roof. However, they promised to fill the gap at the bottom of the wall to keep G&S happy.
British Australasian Tobacco Co. Building.
RCMPC had an involvement with BATC, through its Factory Superintendent, W Cameron, extending over many years. Reinforced concrete additions were made to the company's buildings at the north end of the city grid, between Swanston St and Stewart St, and existing steel and timber floors were strengthened. This first construction project involved an extra 'fireproof' fourth floor and roof, fireproof staircase, and elevated 6500 gallon water tank to supply the sprinkler system.
Extract from the architect's drawing showing the new staircase, fourth floor, roof, and sprinkler tank. Most of the existing building is omitted, but a line (emphasised here in red) indicates the level of the previous parapet. Based on a drawing in the J Thomas Collection.
The architect was F J Davies. Monash's first quote to Davies for 'fireproof floors' in March 1907, was £795 for one floor or £1512 for two, with finishes an additional £61 per floor. Design load was 200 psf, representing two casks of tobacco sitting one on top of the other. The floor plate was to be 4.5 inches thick, with factor of safety of 5. The main beams were to be 14 inches wide and the secondaries 11" wide, all projecting 10" below the plate, with a FoS of 4. The columns would be 12 inches square for the lower floor and 10" square for the upper, again with FoS of 4. It is noteworthy that JM still felt it necessary to argue strongly in favour of reinforced concrete as opposed to traditional construction. A rough plan [perhaps drawn by W E L Wears] shows the factory extending from Swanston St. to Stewart St in three blocks. That on Swanston St is approximately 54 × 33 feet in plan; the one on Stewart St is 62 × 34 feet; and there is a block 65 × 25 feet between them. However a later drawing shows a plan basically of L-shape with arms 114 × 42 and 96 × 32 (overlapping) and an extra block 24 × 17 in the internal angle. A note by JM dated 23 August 1907 reads: "Informed Mr. Davis … £900 to £1000".
There was a hiatus in September and October, during which RCMPC advised on the strengthening of floors in the existing parts building by reducing the effective span of rolled steel joists. In the following months the work was reduced somewhat in scope and detailed calculations and estimates were made. On 30 January 1908 RCMPC submitted a formal tender of £3155, being £2864 for the main work, £131 for the 'screen walls', and £160 for the tank. Included were a brief specification and the RVIA General Conditions of Contract. Both H G Jenkinson and S J Lindsay were involved in the detailed design. The first requisition for materials was sent to Gibson on 10 March. Minor architectural changes and further calculations continued into April.
For engineers: A note regarding the r.c. "curtain walls" reads "Wall reinforced both ways, therefore calculate for WL/16 [but] floor plate WL/10". The wind pressure was assumed to be 40 psf.
A note to Gibson in May concerning payments refers to "the usual Architects' commission of 1 per cent on the total amount of the contract for copies of plans etc." On 13th, E H Morton, the City Surveyor, wrote to Davies: "Please supply details and calculations of the reinforced concrete storey at above factory. These should have been supplied before proceeding with work, in terms of Referee's Award". The same month, Jenkinson calculated the strength of a "defective column" attached to a wall and Monash told Davies that the load would be transferred to the wall by inserting "bars and fresh concrete", rather than cutting out the whole column. On 4 September, Monash informed Davies that he expected concrete work to be completed that week. However, the Directors of the BAT Co wanted to enforce the penalty for late completion. Monash told Gibson that the idea had apparently come from Cameron who was currently in Japan, so "with a little tact and diplomacy", they should be able to settle the matter with Hart and Wilkins (presumably other directors). However, the Directors did insist on a £50 penalty payment; so JM sent them a cheque for £25 and an account for £25 for the hire of an electric winch.
Monash's previous project for Cameron had been in 1895. His next project for BATC came in 1909.
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Register Building, Adelaide.
This building for the Adelaide Register was built in two major stages, an original building (£5,400) followed by extensions soon after (£3,700?). Two minor contracts involved additional printing press foundations (£220) and a small floor to a basement (£103). The proprietor was Robert Kyffin Thomas and the architects Garlick & Jackman.
Jackman told Monash in March 1907 that Thomas would call in to Melbourne to "have a chat about reinforced concrete buildings" after a visit to Tasmania. Jackman added: "I have already recommended this class of work for [the Register's] proposed new building in this city … and I would be glad if you could give him as much information as you can". He kept Monash informed of progress, but in September, JM learned he was thinking of inviting the rival Ferro Concrete Company to submit a tender. (Although JM had managed to exclude the Ferro Concrete Co from Victoria, it was free to operate in South Australia.) Monash feared that this would give his competitors an opportunity to get hold of RCMPC's know-how. He told Harvey to "delicately" point out that JM would feel unable to provide advice on "how the building should be designed to suit reinforced concrete" at the risk of seeing his competitors tender on the building so designed. Competition would not in any way reduce SARCC's price, and "would only end in giving a great many people additional trouble for nothing". Jackman was "well qualified to judge whether our proposals are fair and reasonable".
Register Building, Adelaide. Initial elevation and section of facade. From a Garlick & Jackman drawing received by SARCC on 25 November 1907. (The printed note with bracket reads: "Please give price of this portion separate".)
Monash and Harvey then prepared computations and estimates, Harvey expressing concern about the facade: "a composite front composed of Stone, Steel and Concrete". A formal proposal and quote for £5088 were submitted, and Monash travelled to Adelaide at the end of September for a meeting with Thomas, Sowden & Jackman. He reported to Bakewell that all had gone well, though there was an "element of doubt" due to "the uncertain temperament of the gentlemen concerned". Another difficulty was that the Register could not clear its tenants out of the existing building until 1 January, so SARCC would not be able to start until March 1908. As the firm's work on Kither's Building was coming to an end, a hiatus threatened. Prices of materials were liable to rise in the interim, so Monash wanted to sign a binding contract, but leave prices open to reflect the market. The situation was delicate, and Bakewell was reluctant to pressure the proprietor and architects, for fear of losing the job altogether.
In November 1907 open tenders were called. Jackman assured SARCC that they would "have their bit", but rumours abounded; even that the building might be in brick. Tenders must have come in higher than expected, because Jackman devised an alternative facade using reinforced concrete in place of stone. JM quoted £500 for the additional concrete. Early in December, Harvey was told that SARCC had the job, but the facade was to be in stone. Soon after, he travelled to Melbourne to get started on the detailed design of the building, including the facade, under Monash's supervision. Before leaving he wrote to JM: "I will be able to bring the final (?) plans … I was surprised to find the indefinite state of the architect's decision on numbers of matters of importance".
At present (Nov. 2005) I have not investigated the change in facade between the JTC drawing (above) and the Register photograph of 1911 (below). The question mark in the above quotation is Harvey's.
With Harvey back in Adelaide by late January, JM warned him that he might have to take on much larger share of responsibility for Adelaide operations. "The continuous hot and oppressive weather here [Melbourne] is greatly affecting the promptitude with which I and my staff are able to deal with business in hand" and later "I have been extremely busy in Victoria with a rush of new business". He did, however, provide Harvey with constant advice on engineering design.
In January Monash had to remind Jackman that there had been no formal acceptance of the tender, and that all SARCC's work so far had been "voluntary". The contract became official later that month. The final quotation (£5300) was submitted on 6 February 1908 and the first Requisition for materials on 12th. On 27th Harvey warned JM that the City Building Surveyor, Vicars, had said "in [the] case of Kither's Building he had been too lenient … but this was not going to be so with the Register Building". However, there is no evidence in our research notes of significant problems with building approvals.
For reasons not picked up in our brief study, three ground floor columns (at least) and some facade columns were of steel encased in concrete, necessitating another excursion into steel design. Monash checked Harvey's calculations and found them satisfactory, but decided to send them to the steel fabricators, Johns & Waygood, to double check.
Register Offices, Grenfell St, Adelaide. Photograph: State Library of South Australia PRG 280/1/3/110. Other photographs held by SLSA include B 3529 showing the building in context.
By the end of April, excavation was complete and work could start on the structure. In July, Harvey complained of organisational problems. Rates for carpenters (constructing formwork) were absurdly high, while quality was very bad, resulting in bulging walls and sagging girders. He continued: "I suspect that McCartney [works manager] and Black [foreman] are at loggerheads … and between them are turning out indifferent work. I am taking McCartney into serious consultation on the position and will sift the matter out". The work was less complicated than at Kither's Building.
Monash sympathised. The tendency in Victoria was for work to be getting cheaper and "we habitually carry out complicated work of a standard equal to the William Street Building for about 14d [?] for labour of all kinds", though "we also have to deal with a per centage of indifferent and lazy men …" Monash held McCartney responsible. He had to be told to get the rate down to a reasonable level or face the consequences. It turned out that McCartney thought he had the right to give orders directly to Black's men, rather than going through Black. Harvey reported that now this was sorted out, Black was taking a renewed interest in his work.
In mid-October, Harvey discovered a serious error in the early setting out, affecting the alignment of the secondary girders and columns carrying the first floor. He told Monash: "Black of course blames McCartney as it was during the early part of the work". JM advised Harvey be philosophical:
I can only express my regret at the annoyance to you from errors of the nature committed at Register, and the consequential anxiety and lack of confidence engendered in your mind. These matters, annoying as they are, must be borne philosophically. As our volume of work expands, they must be expected to increase. In all these matters the best that can be said is that the most successful man is the one who makes fewest mistakes.
However grave mistakes deserve severe disciplining. This sort of mistake not only costs money, but brings discredit to our whole work, injuring future prospects. I would be glad if Mr Bakewell could see his way to administer to Macartney and Black a very severe reprimand for their respective responsibilities in the matter, as such a course may bear useful fruit on future work.
In the meantime Mr Gibson and I will seriously consider whether a sufficiently suitable trained man on the Melbourne staff is willing to go to Adelaide to take up architectural work. However, there is hardly one of our men who has not had mistakes of a like nature to his credit. Our second best man here, P. Fryer, on his very last job, seriously misread a plan and put a whole row of main girders to the wrong spacing; and Lynch himself had a lot of boxes for the Preston Reservoir made 1'-0" wider than shown on drawings.
In September, Monash told Harvey that, with the final account for Kither's Building settled, and the contract for the forthcoming Bowman's Building "fixed beyond recall", "I think we can afford to take a rather stiffer hand with Mr. Jackman about the delays and extra charges we are encountering on this [Register] job".
Discussions on additions to the building commenced in December 1908, before the first contract had been completed. Monash made quick estimates and quoted "Block C £616;", "Block D £2720", and "Block D to present roof level £3250".
There is a gap in our research notes until March 1909 when JM attended the official opening of the new building by the Governor of South Australia. In May he advised Harvey about the difficulty of making claims against the general contractor for delay caused by getting in each others' way. Slow work by masons on the facade had resulted in SARCC being given an extra two months to complete the contract. Such claims were "always very difficult to establish and maintain". Engineers and Architects generally fought shy of them and cast the onus on the proprietor, so "it will probably end up in one of our commercial staff, say Mr. Nicholls (should Mr. Bakewell not care to deal with it) … being brought face to face with the Register Proprietors … The most we can hope for is that by making out a strong case, we can use it in the nature of a counter-blast or set-off for deductions for unperformed work". Final settlement occurred on 1 July.
Meanwhile, Harvey had been placed in a difficult position when the client or architect made a late decision to install printing machinery in the basement. To prepare bases for the machines, it was necessary to excavate adjacent to and beneath the level of the main column footings. It seems that Jackman took direct control of this dangerous work. Harvey was faced with a dilemma. If he stood by and a disaster occurred, he (and SARCC) might be held negligent from a legal as well as an ethical standpoint. If he intervened, SARCC would definitely become responsible, but might receive no payment. JM's discussion of the technical and administrative issues is impressive - covering five pages although he declared himself too busy to consider it properly! He pointed out that extreme care was needed to avoid responsibility. Harvey handed Jackman parts of JM's letter, possibly after observing that the latter had "very careless men" opening up further excavations in the basement.
Work on the additions, known as 'Register 2' started in mid-December 1908, before the first contract had been wound up, with Black as foreman and Leahy as sub-foreman. The new Resident Engineer, H. G. Jenkinson, had arrived to take over from Harvey. Our research notes lack any detail on this second contract, possibly because Jenkinson did not need the level of support that Monash had given Harvey.
Addendum to the Register project.
JM's advice for young contractors' engineers on how to do business with architects.
During the course of the project, architect Jackman decided to demand settlement of the values of additions to and deletions from the contract as work progressed, rather than leaving them to be settled at the end. Harvey asked Monash for guidance. Extracts from JM's reply are as follows:
You will remember that at the outset of Kithers, I raised strong objection against us, from our end of the bargain, pressing for a recognition and price valuation of the work and extras as the works proceeded, holding that such a course would disadvantage us in being compelled to accept less for items which we saw fit to label as extras, than if we left these issues for a settlement at the end. That is still my view, and I think that on the broad result of our bill of extras as it will finally pan out, you will agree that we have secured a higher payment than we could have done had we from time to time raised these issues, many of which stood on a doubtful foundation, as the work proceeded.
But, when we find the Architect himself pressing for a valuation of each specific item of additions or deductions before such are undertaken, the matter stands on an altogether different footing. It is he, and not we, that raise the issue for discussion, and it is we, and not he, who can make terms. If the Architect, in any given instance, wants us to do something, and our terms are not satisfactory to him, the only options he has are either to abandon his request, or to accept our terms; because if, for example, we asked £10 for a piece of work which he thought was only worth £5, and if in the face of that he ordered us to go on with it, he would not have a leg to stand on to resist paying what we originally asked, if the matter ever came to arbitration. To put the matter in another way, I think the Architect is ill-advised to give us the clear opportunity, he proposes to do, of making our own terms for all these alterations.
The precise course to be pursued, therefore, is to take each item and value it on the fullest and most elaborate lines, putting on at the very least a 50 per cent margin upon the utmost expected cost. An apparently high rate per cubic unit can always be easily explained away by pointing out that it is not materials but labor which forms the chief factor in alteration work; that there is really no saving in materials in deductions, because we are already committed to the purchase of those materials &c. &c. For example, to substitute a two-and-a-half inch wall for a six inch wall, the only saving is in the small quantity of concrete materials, the steel and the labor cost being substantially the same. In this way each separated item might become the subject of energetic argument, but the chances are that four out of every five items would go through without much question, and having once gone through, Mr Jackman is irrevocably committed to paying for them at the figure submitted.
Consequently, my broad advice upon the position is to cordially accept Mr Jackman's proposed procedure; in fact to pretend to like it exceedingly, and then go assiduously to work to make the most of each item as it crops up. You can, as I have said, count upon coming away with your time very well spent at least four times out of five. Sooner or later Mr Jackman will attempt to dispute some instance where we have a very clear fighting case to justify our valuations. If so, seize upon such at once to enter upon a detailed demonstration how moderate really our demands are, and drive the argument home for future use in other issues where our case may not be quite so strong.
Robert Reid's Warehouse roof (project).
This project is mentioned mainly because it indicates contact between JM and the architects Hyndman & Bates. Undated pencil sketches on scraps of tracing paper, perhaps by W E L Wears, show the cross-section of a 5-storey building with basement and trafficable roof. The entire project seems to have involved the addition of several storeys to an existing building and possible installation of hydraulic powered lifts [elevators]. Initially RCMPC was called in to tender for the roof only. In April 1907 they offered to place reinforced concrete secondary girders and roof slab on existing steel main girders. The idea was to use trussed falsework resting on the steel girders so as to avoid propping from the floor below. However, the architects decided to use steel secondaries to "stiffen" [stabilise?] the main girders and RCMPC quoted £424 for the slab alone.
Pencil drawings dated August 1907 show a building 115 × 48 feet in plan. A very quick estimate of £2700 was prepared for building the entire carcase in reinforced concrete. Computations include a proposal for a lateral girder over the full 48-foot span, abandoned as "too deep".
There is no evidence of an outcome for either of these schemes.
Telephone Exchange, Windsor (Melbourne).
According to drawings in JTC, this was a narrow building about 31 feet wide by 88 feet long internally. The outer walls were thick masonry. Two ribbed concrete floors were supported on the perimeter walls and a row of reinforced concrete columns down the middle. Concrete stairs and landings were provided in an adjacent masonry stairwell. The client was the Commonwealth Department of Home Affairs with Thomas Hill as Acting Works Director, Works Branch, Victoria.
Windsor Telephone Exchange. Cross-section through ground, first and second floors. Roof not shown. At the bottom are S J Lindsay's initials and date 20/2/08. From a drawing in the J Thomas Collection.
Monash was lobbying for the job in April 1907, while RCMPC was involved in construction of the Government Printing Office in Melbourne. Preliminary notes in May indicate a general floor load of 200 psf plus specific concentrated loads. On 10th, JM wrote to Hill that he would be pleased to explain "the whole of the calculations" to him, but wanted them to remain confidential. In July he submitted a quotation of £710 for footings, columns, ground floor and two suspended floors, and stairs. It was not until November that the general contract was let to Swanson Bros.
Detailed engineering design commenced from that date, with S J Lindsay initialling the drawings and reporting on progress. The first requisition for materials for concrete work was issued on 12 February 1908. All floor work was complete by 15 April. In late June there was an urgent order from Swanson Bros for precast plates. Early in September JM reported to Swansons that all RCMPC work was complete and asked for final payment. In March 1909 JM told Hill that RCMPC would point up the cracks in the floor once they were subjected to working load. In June, P T Fairway double-checked the safe live load on the floors.
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Post subject: The Most Dangerous Game
Caunion cyn Britannia
Tolkien Scholar
You wake up. You're in a room that you've never been inside before, in a building you've never seen before, in a city you've never heard of before. In front of you is a small messenger bag, inside of which are food rations, two bottles of water, a map of the strange city, and a list of unfamiliar names. Directly behind it is a locker that you unlock with your palm to find a weapon of some sort. Around your neck is a metallic collar. You have the peculiar feeling that you shouldn't tamper with it and so instead you try to get out of the room. One problem. It's locked and there doesn't appear to be a place where you use a key.
Suddenly there's a voice. Female, severe, undetermined age. It's echoing through the room from a loudspeaker. "Alert, combatants. You have now been engaged in a Battle Royale. Your objective is to kill each other. Until you are the only one who survives. Your reward is your freedom and the safe return to your world. This city district is twenty square miles and will serve as your battlefield. The collars are there to ensure compliance. Attempts to leave the city perimetre marked by the spires will be punished by death. Attempts to leave through the underground will be punished by death. The locker contains your randomly assigned weapon. Retrieve it now. Mission begins in ninety seconds. Prepare to kill."
<center> -A Caunion Production- </center>
Hello and welcome to this RP. The basic premise is you are a fictional character from anywhere, seized from your world and placed in an unusual environment where you are forced to fight against strangers for your own survival. Some will give up but some will play. And only one will win. Would that be you?
Rules.
1. You must play one pair of one male characters and one female characters. You may play as many pairs as you wish but you must play the same amount of male and female characters.
2. Characters can be chosen from any work of fiction. However there are limitations to which characters you may use. Your character must fulfill the following requirements.
a. The physiology of your character must allow the ability to wear a collar and possess opposable thumbs.
b. Your character must be human or must be killed through traditional human means. Your character may be a vampire in that he feeds on blood and is stronger than some humans but he will be shot or stabbed.
c. Your character may not use magic.
d. Your character may not possess abilities or talents or powers deemed unsporting. The following powers are allowed for the game: enhanced senses, augmented physical characteristics (Nothing ridiculous or superhuman, simply a notch higher than normal humans), and invisibility (Note: The collar and weapons weld will remain visible regardless)
e. Your character begins wearing only clothes and the assigned weapon. All other personal objects such as weapons, armour, cell phones, or technological devices have been removed.
Final approval will be made at my discretion.
3. Upon selecting a character, you must classify your character into a class. This will act as a general standard of strengths and limitations.
4. As a tribute, you must submit at least one character that will be classified as a Redshirt class. This will provide targets for the other characters to attack. More Redshirt Class characters can be created.
5. Weapons have been carefully thought with much deliberation and range from a Mosin-Nagant rifle to a claw hammer to a paper fan. These weapons are randomly assigned to your character when you submit your characters and can be not altered.
6. Because of the nature of this RP, character deaths will occur. To kill a player character, you must first ask the controlling player for permission. If the player is not responsive for five days, you may proceed. This applies for even Red Shirt Classes.
7. Due to the nature of this RP, graphic violence may occur. Please be mindful of the sensitivities of others while also tolerant of others' actions.
8. Fill this application below to begin.
Character Name: Name of the character.
Origination: Name of the book/film/television series/anime/comic book/video game
Class: Class chosen below
Picture: Image of your character
Special Talents: If necessary. Training does not count as a "special talent" nor does a class.
Classes.
The Redshirt – Basically you’re not going to make it for long. It may be after the first round, if you’re lucky, it’ll be until the second round before you die. Your sole existence in the game is to die. Eventually.
The Soldier – You’re not stranger to war and combat. You’ve trained for it, you’ve seen it, and you’ve taken part in it. You’re skilled in the weapons of your time and know the basic principles of fighting. You’re in good physical condition so short chases shouldn’t worry you nor should a little heavy lifting. They say you’re not really subtle but what do they know? Stealth is for pansies anyway.
The Assassin – There is a phrase that says “Walk soft but carry a big stick”. While you may not carry a big stick, you definitely fit the last part. No one notices you until it is far far far far far far too late. And by then, they’re already dead. On top of that, you have excellent senses, so you can spot your prey from a far distance. You might even have extraordinary accuracy, always hitting your target no matter how far or how small. Just…don’t let them catch you in the open. You’re not exactly built for man to man combat.
The Determinator – Nothing can bring you down. Not bullets, not knives, not clubs, not bombs. Nothing. Well, eventually you’ll die but not without a fight. You have unbelievable strength, taking an immense amount of punishment and dishing out even more. Sadly, however, you’re not much of a stealth person and while you can run a long distance…you can’t run really fast.
The Runner – Speed is everything for you. You run fast, you think fast, you just can’t ever stop running. Oh and you can run for a long while. You can even attack before running off again. However, you better hope you have an escape plan because if you’re cornered, all your speed means nothing.
The Blood Knight – Blood, chaos, death, and anarchy. You live for this and what better way to find it than in the battle field? You’re insane and you’re proud of it. When you fight, you fight with a certain viciousness that knows no bound. As a result, you’re stronger, faster, more determined. But you’re also more reckless and more vulnerable to counterattacks.
The Genius – Brawn doesn’t exactly mean anything to you. In fact, you enjoy going against people who rely on your strength. It makes the defeat all the more satisfying. You’re brilliant in almost everything or in a specific subject but whatever it is, there is no rival in that field for you. However, your physicality is of average condition and you may find yourself outmatched in a close range combat.
The Dancer – There is a certain elegance in your deadly moves. You usually fight unarmed but if you need a weapon, it’s always melee. You find this amusing because often you’re fighting against people twice or even three times your size yet it’s always them who end up lying dead or unconscious on the floor. Just try not to get hit because while you hit hard, you still weigh about a hundred pounds.
9. New Rule: No interaction between your own characters.
Let the games begin!
I was cured all right.
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Posted: February 26th, 2011, 1:09 pm
Lady of Gondolin
Joined: 23 February 2006
Character Name: Alice
Origination: Alice In Wonderland
Class: The Genius/The Redshirt
Special Talents: Can withstand abrupt changes to her body.
Character Name: Dante
Origination: Devil May Cry
Class: The Blood Knight
Special Talents: He sometimes goes through a "Devil Trigger" mode. In this state, Dante possesses greater superhuman strength, high speed and agility.
The waves that C R A S H E D upon
The R O C K S that you were trying to step along
And in my head I heard them play a S O N G
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Misa_Amane
Joined: 06 March 2007
I have a character, but I want to have her from when she is older (based after from the furture of what I would like to have happen after her show.) is that ok?
Where do you go when your running away,
The cost of stopping is too great to pay.
~Amanda (saw this written in a washroom stall at a movie theater)
Misa: As long as it fits within the context of the story. For example, I don't want Alex from A Clockwork Orange growing up to be a space marine.
Pan: My only problem with Dante is that he'll have to be nerfed slightly. Superstrength in this game means he can lift a standard Japanese sedan about a foot off the ground, super speed means he sprint a 100 yards in seven seconds, agility means he can dodge knives and blunt objects faster. Basically, take what an athlete could do and slightly just slightly improve on it. If you're willing to accept that, that should be fine.
Ellie: You need a Redshirt character.
My characters.
Character Name: Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
Origination: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Class: The Assassin/The Determinator
Special Talents: Immunity to pain, supernatural sense of smell
Character Name: Violet Baudelaire
Origination: A Series of Unfortunate Events
Class: The Genius
Special Talents: Field: Engineering/Chemistry/Physics
Character Name: Hugo Stiglitz
Origination: Inglourious Basterds
Special Talents: None.
Character Name: Bella Swan
Origination: The Twilight Saga
Class: The Redshirt
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Ok, one more question. Can my non redshirt (the person I mentioned.) have a her dog with her? as they would probely have been together when she was taken. I am unsure what your takes on pets are.
I'm going to be the randomly assigned weapons. I can promise you this is completely random and if you don't get what you wanted, well tough. So thus far....
Commander Shepard: M1917 Enfield rifle
Richard Sharpe: M1911A1
Alice: Remington 870 shotgun
Dante: P220 Sport
Jean-Baptist Grenouille: Walther PPK
Violet Baudelaire: Claymore
Hugo Stiglitz: Blowgun with poison darts
Bella Swan: Frying pan
I've also saved the random sequence so as more characters join, I can assign them their weapons.
@Misa: No pets.
Character Name: Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV (Self named and calls her self Ed, or Radical Edward for short.).
Origination:Cowboy Bebop
Class: Genius
Picture: (age 13) http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=edbebop ... 24#/d7l7hy , (now) Her hair is the same, Still tanned skin, curves. Wears jeans, boots, a white tank, loose black tie, and a mans Trench coat. And goggles on her head.
Special Talents: Can hack into almost any computer.
Character Name: Prince Adam (human form)
Origination:Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Class: Red shirt
Picture:Will find picture later.
Special Talents: None
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Edward Wong: Desert Eagle
Prince Adam: Machete
I was wondering, can a person take items from those they have killed?
Misa: Yes they can. Also, I did research on Edward. There's nothing to suggest she qualifies as an assassin. Please reconsider the class
As a general rule for people thinking of characters, it's really simple.
A. Can they wear a collar?
B. Can they hold a gun or a sword or a knife or a weapon?
C. If you shoot at them, are they going to get hit just like humans?
I don't mind at all. I figured I'd have to remodify Dante a bit since he does have enhanced abilities. I will of course downsize everything so he is a super athlete
Also I quite enjoy the fact that Bella has a frying pan and is a redshirt
One more thing. I love Alice's gun <3
Okay. You don't have to completely nerf him. Just enough where the other guy has a chance
There's also going to be times where the game gets bored and decide to unleash an army of Orcs or something on everyone. Those are even worse than Redshirts but there's like hundreds of them so....
I understand. But as I said, she is based after the show, and I didn't state it, I will when it comes up, but she learned to how to fight to be a bounty hunter. And Assasin is close to that. This older version knows hand to hand fighting and how to use a gun, plus she has always been agile and tends to pop up out of nowhere.
Well being a Genius doesn't exempt from you using a gun or anything. You're just not really good at it. I'm sorry, but unless you can show me actual scenes where she does some fighting or assassin-like actions, she'll have to be a Genius. She can still kill people, she just have to be creative about it.
Btw I have a feeling this will come up. No, she will not be allowed to have her computer.
Ok, I changed it, and I know about the computer, but if she finds one in the city, she could use it right? Also, Her goggles help her hack, but they don't look it, they are useless without a computer. Are they still taken?
Oh, that will be answered in this page. Information regarding the city and the collars.
The city district that you will be fighting in is stylised and based on that of an American metropolitan area during the 1950s. The technology of the city is based off that time period. The citizens have evacuated the city, leaving no one behind. There are several office buildings, a shopping centre, several more apartments, a museum, several scores of restaurants, a park with a retention pond. There is a rapid transit system that goes through underground but the trains have been removed as well as any sort of motorised vehicle.
The collars are made of a strange metal alloy (admantium mixed with mithril and unobantium) and are waterproof and shockproof. Attempt to remove the collar or leave the boundaries of the game will cause the collar to explode. The explosion is triggered by radio signals that can penetrate underground as well. It monitors the vital signs of the person and is equipped with a microphone.
Misa: Personally I would strongly suggest you reconsider your character primarily because as a hacker from an undetermined time period fighting in a city modeled from the 1950s and forced to fight and kill, she does seem rather inept. If you can figure out a way to make it to work, that's great though.
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How to Draw Your Own Door : An Interview with Edie Fake
by Caroline Picard | Jul 20, 2011 | Blog
Edie Fake’s first graphic novel, Gaylord Phoenix (Secret Acres) was eight years in the making. An erotic and sometimes violent psychedelic spirit quest,  the book compiles the adventures of its central birdman who travels far and wide in search of self-knowledge and passion. It’s a two-colored interior, with a rich vocabulary of symbols and innuendo, from magical dwarfs to crystal splinters and tubular genitalia. The drawings are lush and decadent yet they resonate with a kind of personal touch too. When I put the book down I felt like I had been left with a piece of cartoon chalk—what will no doubt come in handy at such times in the future when I find something blocking my path (you know, because cartoon chalk draws doors through walls). This book is liberating and joyous and why not—for shouldn’t life be the same? Pain and vulnerability can lead to insight.
Despite the epic proportions of  this one body of work (and here is a great interview about GP specifically) Fake has worked on other projects as well, participating in performances, working as a tattoo artist and developing an alternative history of Chicago. I wanted to ask Fake more about his work and how it flows together in an effort, I suppose, to explore his underlying and hybrid ideology. In some ways I surprised myself—I asked a lot of questions about tattoos. I’m curious about what tattoos mean in our culture, (perhaps especially because I’m spending the month in Providence and tattoos are really and truly all over the place). How are tattoos different from drawings? And where do those paths cross. Edie Fake seemed like a good person to talk to.
Caroline Picard:Â What happens to you when a drawing of yours is tattooed on someone’s arm? In other words, does the significance of the drawing change? How would you compare a tattoo with a drawing’s relationship to the world when contextualized by a book/on a page?
Edie Fake: I think a couple of things happen in a couple of different ways. First off, drawing a tattoo for someone is sort of like finding the perfect gift for someone you barely know. Part of a perfect gift is that it is entirely wanted and sort of surprising and I think it also has to have a little personal flair, some indication of who the giver is and why they would choose to give such a thing. So just the drawing/planning itself is already a lot more collaborative than just thinking about what you’d draw on your own. Then, you start tattooing someone and it’s a whole other thing. It’s a blood ritual and it’s craftsmanship and it’s fun and painful and casual too. I was only tattooing for a couple of years, but when I was working on someone there was this whole new process of understanding each line drawn, and also an understanding of why this tattoo was going to fit the person getting it. I think I was looking at the stuff I was tattooing like it was different sorts of heraldry. The person wearing the tattoo is a huge part of what the drawing becomes, both physically and energetically. That’s the biggest difference throughout the process. With drawings on paper I usually am pushing out a drawing with my own vision, and then it can have a really singular presentation. Tattoos temper your own version of how things should be with someone else’s ideas and I really love it because it can really push the way you draw into some strange places trying to figure out the common ground where “what someone wants” meets “what you want to give to them.” I’m not tattooing now, but I miss it a lot and I miss the way it pushed my drawings. I’m starting to casually put my feelers out for another apprenticeship here in Chicago.
CP:Â I’m interested in how you use drawings to empower and embolden ideas you have about fluidity and gender identity–Can you talk a little bit about how the medium enables your philosophy/ies?Â
EF:Â I’m not sure if my thoughts are organized enough to bring up anything worthy of being a philosophy! I do identify as a transsexual and I do think a lot about the expansiveness of language, the importance of self-definition and how that all relates to complicating gender and sexuality. Collapsing and expanding meaning of words and images can work towards a wild and playful vision of sex positivity as well; that’s what I strive for in drawings.
Multiple meanings are critical – I really think that’s what keeps visual, verbal and physical language alive, the way that new interpretations will always be added to the heap. I make a lot of work based on innuendo and word play. Coded meanings and visual decadence can provide a place where drawings can snap into something that complicates gender and implies new systems. For me, it’s impossible to articulate queerness in a direct and definitive way because it doesn’t exist like that – it’s much better pieced together through a drawing with many things happening, the interplay of different codes, sly language tricks, a collision of symbols, because all these things together gets more toward the idea of a border-less, boundless queer gestalt.
CP:Â Do you believe in a Utopia? (not necessarily something to implement, but something to work towards?)Â
EF: I don’t believe in some true, universal, obtainable utopia, or any kind of unified vision for a utopia, at all. However, I have experienced periods in my life I would definitely call “utopic” where I’ve felt amazing energetic kinship to those around me, or even just to myself… I should add, these were not periods that were free of problems or hardships, but they were times of feeling deeply connected to what I was doing and how I was living. Constantly scheming and trying to help others with their schemes.
I think the world is shitty and hard, really lovely things always fall apart, pain, violence, heartache and futility reign supreme. Flying in the face of that, a utopia notion in my head can push me forward, and encourage me to try to create good energy and critical work. Utopia as a constant push to conjure up how things could be better, and then the working your ideas into realities.
CP:Â In some way I was thinking about the utopia question because of the on-line project A Gay Utopia. I was wondering if you could talk a little about that–how did the project get started? What was it like developing work for an on-line and shared context?
EF: Before the Gay Utopia Online Symposium, I felt like the term was floating in the air a lot, especially the air over Chicago. In my experience, it was being used as sort of a rallying cry, to envision working for each other, creating networks, sharing resources, and helping each other build the things we wanted to see in the world. When I went on tour with Lee Relvas in 2006 she delivered this brilliant soapbox speech as part of our performance that culminated with asking the audience “Are you ready for a Gay Utopia?” Well, the answer to that was yes.
I’m unsure of how the Online Symposium started, but that project was the brainchild of Noah Berlatsky and Bert Stabler. It’s a wild grouping of folks that they brought together, and I’m really proud of the work I did for the project. There’s a wide range of how people approached the work there, and I think I approached it as someone who feels like “Gay Utopia” is a concept that nourishes me and is integral to how I see the cycles of my life tumble out. The Gay Utopia shares a lot with the Temporary Autonomous Zone and I am really invested in both of those, so I wanted to create a comic that reflected falling down that rabbit hole. When I settled on a long scroll down drawing, I also decided that the most important thing for me to show in the images was the close combination of destruction and ecstasy, love and fury going hand-in-hand, fueling each other. That’s a big part of my lived experience.
CP:Â I was thinking about tattooing again, and your description of its gift-quality. It made me think too about how you describe community and connectedness as being somehow central to those moments of utopic experience. In many cultures, it feels like tattoos have ritualistic significance–it’s a sign given at the coming of age, for instance, or after some epic experience. I was wondering if you feel like tattoos have a ritualistic resonance in your experience and what that might be?Â
EF:Â It’s a funny thing- it IS totally a ritual, and there’s this formal setup to it, but when you’re in it, it can seem casual. I guess I should call it “important casual” though – it’s a nice shared energy with tattooee and tattooist totally concentrating on what’s going on. As I was learning, I did tattoos on a lot of friends and I think that certainly had the pleasant effect of getting closer to people in a new way, through this little ritual, that wouldn’t have happened otherwise. It’s very much an act of trust too, which plays into making it powerful.
CP:Â What do you hope your work, say like Gaylord Phoenix, accomplishes in the public sphere? I’m asking partly because you talk about your drawings as though they reflect a personal process–like, it’s the space where you can really center yourself around an interior landscape. That said, I feel like the book is incredibly welcoming and playful and generous–so it feels like a world where I am invited to participate. Â I’m interesting in how that dynamic might play into the way you think about your work.Â
EF:Â Ideally, I make drawings that are about possibilities and potentials. Considering it now, I suppose I’m making objects that try to occupy or push towards a world I’d like to live in. I’m always borrowing energy from powerful scraps of language that roll my way, trying to recognize patterns and kinships and teaming it all up visually. With that in mind, it’s amazing to hear that the drawings can turn around and give out their own little powers. It’s so great when it when it feels like there’s sharing and exchange happening because I definitely hope for something large, lovely and real.
CP: I was also reading that you do some performance work as well–can you talk a little bit about that? And maybe what it is like to physically embody something, (vs. describing it 2-dimensionally).
EF:Â I do occasionally do performance work. To me it seems much more like conducting a public experiment, whereas displaying a finished drawing is like showing off the answer to a long series of problems. Performances are so dependent on your openness and the openness of the audience and they hinge on both the clarity of your purpose and also your ability to convey that purpose in a non-didactic way. It’s usually a medium I use when I have a cluster of ideas floating around my head. To perform effectively – it is so hard! For me, performing is maybe the hardest, so I try to listen to my heart about it and know when I’ve got something cooking, and if I’m not really feeling it knowing to throw in the towel and forget it, I’ll just do some drawings, which I always have ideas and methods for.
Go here for more glimpses of Edie’s work.
Caroline Picard
Caroline Picard is the Executive Director of The Green Lantern Press—a nonprofit publishing house and art organization—and Co-Director of Sector 2337, a hybrid artspace/bar/bookstore in Chicago. Her writing and comics have appeared in publications like ArtForum (critics picks), Everyday Genius, Hyperallergic, Necessary Fiction, and Tupelo Quarterly. In 2014 she was the Curatorial Fellow at La Box, ENSA in France, and became a member of the SYNAPSE International Curators’ Network of the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin in 2015. Her first graphic novel, The Chronicles of Fortune, is due out from Radiator Comics in 2017. www.cocopicard.com
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So, the upcoming UK election...
Re: So, the upcoming UK election...
Powehi wrote:
If I was Johnson, I'd be ringing in sick for the next couple of days.
I'm pretty sure they'll be considering that option.
Deebank wrote:
Copehead wrote:
Considering what a sociopathic liar Johnson is and how lacking a moral compass the Tory Party is, the vestiges of it being off loaded with their Party expulsions, I would bet that this is just the start of getting down and dirty in a way that that Trump would admire.
I'm not sure what else there is left for them to say/do really.
The decent thing.
Deebank
Location: In a beautiful place out in the country
Postby Deebank » 27 Nov 2019, 12:55
Darkness_Fish wrote:
Fat fucking chance!
There seems to be a tonne of 'fake news' stuff coming out of CCHQ but I'm not sure who they are trying to get to with it. I wonder if this stuff works at all.
I've had a bunch of stuff on my Facebook feed too - negative mud slinging ads for the most part aimed at JC. If you click the ... in the top right corner you can ask to hide them and also ask 'Why am I receiving this?' Aparently if you live in England are white and over 40 you're fair game. They are coming from some obscure organisations which I assume are CCHQ fronts.
I've been talking about writing a book - 25 years of TEFL - for a few years now. I've got it in me.
Paid anghofio fod dy galon yn y chwyldro
Postby Rorschach » 27 Nov 2019, 13:17
Copehead wrote: The most egregious of the lot ( YouGov ), who basically spam crap polls out on an almost daily basis to skew averages, are actually owned by a Tory MP and a Tory apparatchik, what about them, or is the whole industry one of the highest integrity but just really, really crap at the job they purport to do?
Rorschach already wrote: ... There may be rogues among them ...
I imagine the level of integrity is about the same as in any capitalist enterprise. And the level of crapness, too.
However ...
Copehead wrote: ... in overstating the Tory vote they hope to demoralise the left of centre vote.
No matter how many times you repeat this baseless assertion (as they say) it's not going to make it any less of a Jimbo-light conspiracy theory. Just think of all the people who would have to be in on it: nearly everyone who works in the industry seeing that they're all pumping out similar figures. And not one unhappy employee has broken ranks?
And why do it? Surely a better tactic would be to pretend that Labour are winning so the left become complacent, young people don't feel the need to vote and the gammons get all wound up and determined to vote.
I don't think anything is beneath the Tories. They are unscrupulous and evil and will do anything they can to steal the wealth of the country and put it in their own pockets. But they're not doing this. Not because they have too much integrity but because they don't have the ability. No-one does.
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Postby soundchaser » 27 Nov 2019, 14:59
Deebank wrote: I've had a bunch of stuff on my Facebook feed too - negative mud slinging ads for the most part aimed at JC. If you click the ... in the top right corner you can ask to hide them and also ask 'Why am I receiving this?' Aparently if you live in England are white and over 40 you're fair game. They are coming from some obscure organisations which I assume are CCHQ fronts.
I don't do social media, so I don't get any of this crap. I am surprised at how quiet it is locally, though. Usually. there are posters on boards (mostly Conservative) outside peoples houses and I've seen none of that. No canvassers and just one leaflet through the door from the Green Party. Strange. It's like the election was happening somewhere else.
soundchaser wrote:
I saw my first Brexit Party boards today on the A38 west of Exeter. Last time though there were tonnes of Conservative and UKIP signs all over the shop.
Lots of Independent ones near us - the prospective MP is pro remain and fairly sound although as I stated elsewhere her flyer neglected to mention Brexit in any way shape or form which strikes me as a bit cowardly or disingenuous.
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Postby Corporate whore » 27 Nov 2019, 15:22
Interesting turn up in my constituency, where the incumbent Tory only has a 650 majority. He failed to turn up to a hustings session on Education. This is getting him lots of bad publicity locally.
All we need now is 3 ft snow drifts so that the inbreds cant get down from the hills and that's one seat in the bag for Labour.
Postby Copehead » 27 Nov 2019, 16:21
Well they have started offing cultural polymaths by the look of it with Jonathan Miller, Clive James and Gary Rhodes all going within a 24 hour period.
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The Prof wrote:
Looks like the great campaigner has already decided that facing Andrew Neil, like every other Party leader, is too much for him intellectually.
Apparently Laura Kuenssberg is going to sit in for him
edit is case you doubted me, from a poster Guardian BTL:
Going to say this again.
For the first time in my life, I’ve complained to the BBC.
About Laura Kuennsberg’s bias.
“Today, the Labour Party held a press conference on the NHS, releasing documents which they said showed the NHS to be vulnerable in a US trade deal. When it came time for questions from the media, the first three were about whether Jeremy Corbyn would apologise to Jews, following claims made by the Chief Rabbi yesterday. Labour’s Barry Gardiner then asked journalists to stick to the subject at hand.
In response to this, Piers Morgan, co-anchor of ITV’s Good Morning Britain, tweeted: “Wow. The breathtaking arrogance of this chump telling journalists what questions to ask. They should all ignore him & pummel Corbyn about anti-Semitism.”
Laura Kuennsberg then retweeted this.
I feel, and I expect most people do, too, that the NHS is at least as important a topic as Labour’s alleged anti-semitism, and yet it seems there is a coordinated campaign in the media to “pummel Corbyn about anti-Semitism”, beyond all proportion, in order to denigrate him as we head to an election.
My complaint is that Laura Kuennsberg is complicit in this campaign. As her retweet shows, she is far from impartial, far from objective, and is biased in favour of the Tories.”
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Rorschach wrote:
The alternative is that they are so incompetent that they cannot learn from 2017, or have no wish too, and they cannot sample the modern British electorate accurately despite claiming they can.
That is little better than doing it on purpose in my view.
At base I think it is a bit of both, they know they are probably not sampling or weighting accurately and they really don't care that much as the numbers they are crunching set a narrative they are not adverse to.
What that says about politics and democracy in the 21st century I'll leave for you to decide for yourself.
I thought you were joking - it true in't it.
Can't fix "a date in his diary". What a weasel.
The great Tory campaigner; even May had the balls to face Neil, car crash though it was.
All he can do is flit from one photo op to another and when he does meet a member of the public by accident they usually roundly abuse him.
As he sneaks out of side doors passers by regularly boo him, yet we are lead to believe this man is the popular leader of a popular party, we'll see I suppose. It probably reflects the utter
I loved that nurse he was sucking up to yesterday asking him if he had found the magic nurse tree to go with the magic money tree. The sickly smile on his face was a sight to behold.
Actually he looks pretty sick all the time, the twattersphere is going big on the probability that he is a barely functioning alcoholic. It would explain a lot, including the disheveled schtick
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Postby Lord Rother » 27 Nov 2019, 21:38
Oh well, if the twattersphere says it....
Meanwhile, in the real world I just watched the Neil / Corbyn interview.
What a fucking shambles. I’m sure Corbyn is probably a very intelligent man, with strong ideals and principles. But he is a million miles away from being a credible Prime Minister.
He is totally unable to think on his feet. His lack of ability to BS is almost charming (compared to Johnson whose default position is bluster and BS) but getting frustrated, sighing and rolling the eyes during a key interview has to be a turn-off for all but the most committed supporter.
If Johnson does not find time in his hectic schedule to sit with Andrew Neil it will certainly call into question his suitability as well, but I can’t see, whether he does it or not, that he could inflict as much damage on his party’s chances of winning the GE as Corbyn “achieved” last night.
Has Dianne Abbott been allowed out and in front of an interviewer yet?
Lord Rother wrote: Oh well, if the twattersphere says it....
Dianne Abbott the black woman from a poor background who made it to Cambridge? What have you achieved with your life? CSE in woodwork? Followed many years building up resentment for successful black women by the look of it?
At least Corbyn is brave enough to go an be interviewed by the arch Tory Chairman of the group that owns the Spectator magazine. The general lack of crowing by the right wing press and BBC suggests that he held is own against Neil, no gotchas no nasty moments.
Unlike Johnson.
How can this useless turd negotiate trade deals with Trump's USA if he isn't even brave enough to go and be interviewed by his old boss on the Spectator magazine?
Your endless justifications for why you are are going to vote for this piece of human excrement are one of the main reasons I hang around here more these days, top entertainment.
Dominic Cummings writes blog saying polls are closer than we are being told and promptly resigns.
I'd say the wheels are coming off the Tory campaign but that would suggest that it was functioning before this.
That's what you get when you employ weird nutters who aren't even members of your political party to run your campaign.
Rounds off another spiffing day for Johnson and the Tories as they get flayed alive for their secret NHS self off talks, Johnson chickens out of being interviewed by a Tory and then their campaign manager ups and leaves after spilling the beans on their private polling figures.
Oh lordy, that's how you do it.
And the BBC with that incisive political reporting that only they can do showed footage of Boris Johnson explaining how to make a jam and cream scone.
If this was happening in a third world country we would be laughing at their tin pot democracy.
Apparently as a government appointee he had to resign on dissolution or something, but he doesn't seem to have any official role at all now, not sure it matters that much really it can't take much planning to speed Johnson from empty airplane hanger to cider factory to hospital filled with passive aggressive nurses every day
Mate, you are off the fucking scale!
Playing the race card there is pretty weird and suggests all is not well with you. Look after yourself.
And I think you must be confusing me with someone else - I haven’t given a single justification of why I might vote for Johnson in any of my posts - ever. In fact I have shown nothing but thinly veiled contempt for him.
And if you seriously think Corbyn held his own with Neil you have obviously not been brave enough to watch it. If you can pluck up the courage to do so please come back and give us your take on it.
The sad thing is, Corbyn has been on this hiding to nothing since he became leader of the opposition.
I fear the worst for him.
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Location: Antiterra
Postby Belle Lettre » 28 Nov 2019, 09:17
Even coming across badly has to be better than avoiding an interview altogether, surely?
Nikki Gradual wrote:
Get a fucking grip you narcissistic cretins.
The BCB Corbyn massive and the Momentum rent-a-mob who've taken over and made Labour unelectable have the annoying habit of banging on about how anyone who fails to quaff Jezza's Jim Jones-style electoral Kool Aid will somehow be responsible for five more years of Tory misrule.
Quite the contrary.
At the end of the day, it's Corbyn and his advisers and supporters who are bringing this cascade of shit down around their ears. JC's car crash interview with Andrew Neil and its immediate aftermath are just the latest example of their hero's political feet of clay.
When Neil started talking Corbyn and his party's piss-poor track record when it came to anti-semitism, all JC could do was repeatedly start spouting out his and his party's line ("abhor racism in all its forms", yada-yada-yada). Around the same time, Corbyn is giving his critics a field day by appearing on stage with a bunch of people whose backgrounds simply add fuel to the fire whose flames he seems determined to fan rather than extinguish.
When Neil asked Corbyn about Brexit the latter was as every bit as evasive as his political opponents criticise him for being.
When asked about his promise of paying UK£58 billion in compensation to WASPI women, Jezza was unable to satisfactorily answer Neil's queries about where this money might come from.
The hundreds of thousands - millions? - of loyal Labour voters who despair of the mess the Tories have made of the country, are desperate for a halfway decent alternative. An electable Labour party whose vibrancy and vision could - and by now surly would - be paving the way for a huge majority.
What does the Labour party as it stands right now offer?
A bewildered OAP whose nugatory political skills extend no further than making pie-in-the-sky promises supported by nothing more substantial than a theatrical rolling of the eyes and an an exasperated (these pesky young journos!) "Andrew, if you'd just let me finish..."
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Andersonstown News November 8, 2012
£20,000 worth of damage caused in arson attack
Classrooms gutted in blaze
By Ciara Quinn
THE PRINCIPAL of a primary school in Poleglass says he and his staff are fighting a “tough battle” after vandals set fire to mobile classrooms.
St Kieran’s Primary School head Brian McAlea told the Andersonstown News that he was contacted on Friday night by the PSNI after the fire was discovered at around 8pm.
“Our school had been closed due to the mid-term break and we were all looking forward to coming back this week,” he said. “I got the call telling me that one of the school mobiles had been set on fire and that two other of the Portakabins had been broken into. When I got to the school there were about five jeeps outside along with the fire crew trying to stop the blaze.
“The fire spread across three of our mobiles including our Primary Six and Seven units. Our Primary Sevens are preparing for their transfer exam in two weeks’ time and the amount of disruption the actions of these people has caused is a disgrace.
“You are talking the guts of £20,000 worth of resources destroyed here. We had musical instruments, books and the school’s Gaelic football gear stored in those classrooms and they have all been ruined.”
Brian said the staff have been left feeling “totally deflated.”
“We try to keep this school as a little island and whatever is going on on the outside we try to not let it impact in here – but there it is, it has come in.
“We understand that this is a minority group doing this and we are thankful to our wonderful parents who have volunteered to come in and help us clean up the damage, but there is a knock-on effect of this wanton vandalism.”
Local Sinn Féin Councillor Stephen Magennis said those behind the attack on St Kieran’s were a “total disgrace”.
“Things are getting out of hand in and around the Poleglass area and we were on the ground on Friday night when the attack at St Kieran’s happened. We are trying very hard to get resources into the area for the young people but these actions are a complete hindrance to any long-term plans we hope to bring in.”
Colin Neighbourhood Community Safety Officer and member of St Kieran’s Board of Governors, Michael George, said CCTV footage from the school security cameras is being examined by the PSNI.
“Things in Poleglass are coming to a head and it’s time for the community to take a stand – those behind this attack are not strangers and we hope the PSNI can get the culprits from the CCTV footage. At the end of the day these reckless actions are affecting our local children’s education – I hope this is a one-off.”
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Destroy Bitcoin. Smash the mining rigs
17 January, 2019 UncategorizedSteve Bowbrick
Photo by Cryptocurrency360.com
I first published this at Medium.com, where it’s become my most popular post.
It’s a disaster. There’s no point messing around. Let’s kill it now
Bitcoin (and its many mutations and outgrowths) is a planetary-scale mistake, a whiny tech-bro fantasy and an environmental catastrophe that’s already happening. A sane world would pass a UN resolution, add a Bitcoin annexe to the Paris agreement, reclassify the Blockchain as an illegal weapon and pull the plug on the whole cryptocurrency disaster.
The problem is Proof of Work, the ingenious technology that underlies Bitcoin and substitutes the deliberate expenditure of energy for old-fashioned, fiduciary trust in verifying financial transactions. Proof of Work allows users of Bitcoin to trust transactions even when they have no idea who originated them and in the absence of a trusted issuer?—?like a Central Bank.
To be clear, Proof of Work is clever (it was originally invented to make it harder to send spam email)?—?an intriguing thought experiment. It’s also a terrible idea. Proof of Work literally burns the planet in order not to have to rely on a central banker. Consequently it’s become the ultimate libertarian ‘fuck you’ to normies and communists and eco-freaks. It’s financial fracking.
Bitcoin is already out of control. Like a laboratory experiment in a movie that looked kind of interesting but by the time the scientists realised what it could do it was already too late because it had been released from the lab by a disgruntled technician and is now eating the world.
Meanwhile, out there in the world, many otherwise sensible people are apparently hypnotised by Bitcoin and the Blockchain (which, terrifyingly, generalises Proof of Work to the whole world economy) much as they were by the web and computers (and coal-fired power stations and asbestos and radon and the mercury they used to cure the felt for top hats…).
Governments, regulators and investors, instead of pulling on their superhero suits and figuring out a way to uproot Bitcoin and throw it into a volcano, are doing the opposite. They’re funding the construction of an increasingly elaborate and toxic network of Blockchain technologies and businesses, appointing ‘Blockchain Czars’, funding research, funneling money to the crypto fanatics, and coming up with increasingly stupid ways to apply Blockchain everywhere (a famous global consulting firm is even trying to promote Brexit and the Blockchain as a kind of hideous, conjoined opportunity for Britain).
And the consequences are already obvious. Proof of Work, by design, uses fantastic quantities of electricity and mountains of special-purpose computing kit. Worse, the algorithm makes the task more difficult as times passes, specifically to prevent Moore’s Law from reducing the cost of participation.
So, as Bitcoin is issued, the miners who do the work of verifying transactions and creating new coins?—?often in locations that are already under environmental stress or where electricity is subsidised or easily stolen?—?use more and more power.
The economics of Bitcoin mining is obscure (and contested?—?see the comments from crypto fans at the bottom of this post, too) and the arbitrary difficulty of verifying blocks can go down as well as up but the bottom line is that issuing all of the possible Bitcoins will cost the planet a staggering, possibly unsupportably large amount of energy, cancelling environmental gains made elsewhere and pushing energy sustainability further into the future, even in the best case for mining efficiency. We definitely can’t afford this.
Right now, mining Bitcoin is using as much electricity as the nation of Austria. The Bitcoin fanatics dispute these numbers (“No way! Definitely not Austria! Maybe Ireland.”) and wave their hands, vaguely promising alternatives to Proof of Work and ranting about the cost of running the hated fiat system. They rave that the pressure of having to mine more and more pointless Bitcoin (and Ethereum and Dogecoin and whatevercoin…) will somehow force the energy giants to innovate, to invest in renewables and?—?seriously?—?to get nuclear fusion working before Bitcoin melts the ice caps.
And that’s just Bitcoin. There are dozens (hundreds) of other Proof of Work-based currencies and hundreds of other products and technologies and services based on the Blockchain either live or in the pipeline. An investment boom is under way. And as international governance breaks down?—?you know: Trump, Brexit, nationalism, climate-driven conflict and migration, civil war and cyberwar?—?acting collectively to control or shut down Bitcoin looks less and less likely.
Is this how it will actually end? With the hum of a billion mining rigs ultimately drowned out by the gurgling inrush of the sea?
The problem is compounded now by the fact that Bitcoin is effectively impossible to kill. You can’t unmine bitcoins?—?and even if you could it would probably cost as much power as mining them (intriguingly, we might be able to burn them, though). You can’t stop a transnational, decentralised mining effort that has the organisational logic of a cult and is already accustomed to operating in secret, at the end of country lanes in poor regions (and pretty soon under the sodding sea).
As Bitcoin grows, the only effective way to stop the miners and the evangelists from taking the planet down with them?—?while they continue to fantasise applications for the Blockchain and gloss over its unarguably disastrous cost?—?is to keep the value of the currency below the cost of mining the coins, making it pointless to run a mining rig. Doing this will be hard, though. Satoshi’s algorithm provides clever incentives to keep miners mining and hordes of deranged HODLERS are already committed to keeping Bitcoin’s value up, way beyond any rational ceiling. Dark new libertarian-nationalist alliances will see Bitcoin as part of their fight-back against globalism and the hated, money-printing central banks. This shit could get real.
But it might be possible to slow the juggernaut down enough to allow it to quietly die, to become an authentic anthropocene fossil. If governments were to collectively outlaw cryptocurrencies, for instance, if utilities refused to supply power to miners (and, hey, if responsible citizens resolved to spend their weekends locating and smashing up the rigs. Go Luddites!), we might just add enough cost to make operating the network pointless. Once the economics of mining turns negative there’ll be no reason for the miners to get up in the morning. They’ll power down their rigs and go back to synthesising ketamine or coding botnets or whatever they were doing before. The network will fade away. The value of Bitcoin will collapse, the cryptocurrency experiment will end.
Photo by CryptoCurrency360
Podcasting—the platform battle
11 February, 2018 Uncategorizedamazon, apple, audible, audio, Business, economics, platform, podcast, Podcasting, production, soundcloud, spotify, stitcherSteve Bowbrick
a If podcasting is going to become a real business it’s going to have to leave the commercial dark ages behind, evolve some more sophisticated audio platforms and —let’s face it— pick a winner. This is the second of two posts about the evolution of podcasting. Part one is about the explosion of new formats.
One of the geeky pleasures of the audio boom is the secret knowledge that the whole teetering, upside-down pyramid of podcasting stands on the back of a simple technology that’s nearly twenty years old.
It’s called RSS (which stands for Really Simple Syndication) and it was designed as the simplest possible way to share content on the web —a way to publish lists of stories so that other web sites could receive them automatically. We use the word ‘feed’ when we talk about RSS and that makes it all sound very active — as if you’re firing your content out into the cloud when you create one — but an RSS feed is really just a regularly-updated list with its own URL — a text file that’s so simple you could create one yourself, right now, if you felt like it.
RSS is simple and it’s not perfect — in its origin it was almost the definition of ‘quick and dirty’— but it’s been exceptionally effective. The fabric of the mid-period web – the explosion of sites that became the blogosphere – was essentially a product of RSS. It’s impossible to calculate the number of articles and episodes shared via RSS since the late 90s, and, although you may not know it, you’ve certainly used it — you’ll use it today, in fact.
And the lovely, unforeseeable breakthrough that made podcasting happen was a minor tweak to RSS (thank you, Dave Winer) that allowed publishers to add media files to their article feeds. Suddenly you could syndicate your store of audio files (and video, for that matter), turning it into a globally available broadcast channel with hardly any effort. Then, in 2005 when Apple allowed users to plug these RSS feeds into iTunes, the idea of ‘subscribing’ to a podcast was born and the whole thing took off.
But the simplicity that produced the extraordinarily dynamic DIY content industry we call podcasting has also radically limited it. This passive, stateless ‘publish and subscribe’ model means that publishers can know essentially nothing about who is on the other side of the transaction, downloading the audio. So, while creativity in podcast formats and content is essentially out of control, innovation in distribution, ad-tech and in understanding audiences has hardly begun.
The upside, of course, is that Podcastland, at least so far, is a near-Utopia for privacy and freedom fans. The simplicity of RSS effectively inoculated podcasting against intrusive ads, data harvesting, fingerprinting and the rest of the miserable ad-tech toolbox. At least for the time being, subscribing to a podcast is the least compromising thing you can do online. In the increasingly predatory 21st Century digital marketing landscape, RSS is a glorious 20th Century anachronism. Long may it last, cry the listeners.
For podcasters and advertisers, though, the technology is irritatingly non-dystopian. It lacks some really basic features that they’re going to need if it’s going to become a real business, a self-funding medium in its own right.
What’s wrong with podcasting now?
User data is laughably thin. There’s some subscriber data locked up in Apple’s servers but, even if you could get it, it’d be close to useless, at least from a voracious ad-tech perspective. Podcast owners can now get nice-looking listening graphs from Apple and your own server data will tell you how often each episode is downloaded but that’s essentially it. There is no equivalent for the insane level of detail you get from Facebook Insights or Google Analytics.
You’ll learn nothing useful about how people listen. Want to know where your subscribers listen? What time of day? What they’re doing on their phones while they listen? Are they running? Commuting? On holiday? And what else are they listening to? Sorry. Not happening (you can ask them, though).
You can’t serve ads with any kind of intelligence —no pre-rolls or mid-rolls, no dynamically served audio at all— so no holiday ads during the commute, no Bisto ads on the way home and no control over frequency or day part. No geotargeting, no retargeting, no tracking, no spookily accurate robo-ads, no personalisation of any kind. For the time being it’s mattress ads all the way down.
But, of course, this low-tech Eden —this splendid anachronism —is not long for this world. Be sure, the ad-tech is coming, and it’s not just commercial podcasters who want to personalise audio —public service media will want access to these tools too.
The new audio platforms are already here
There’s a generation of new podcast hosting platforms. They’re offering podcasters a way to understand their audiences and —finally —to make some money. These new platforms deal with the holes in RSS by, well, getting rid of it all together. Run a search at tech business portal Techcrunch for “new podcast platform” and you’ll get a list of a dozen new and evolving businesses —ACast, Megaphone, Anchor, BuzzSprout, Stitcher… The business models vary but the pitch is obvious. In a hundred boardrooms, this week, someone will say— “audio is the new video, something, something, true crime podcasts are like crack for millennials, something, something, there’s no Netflix for audio, something, something, the targeted ad opportunity is enormous, something, something…”
So these platforms are going to start acting like platforms. Expect them to fight it out for ownership of the big podcast brands —just like Amazon and Netflix do with the TV brands. The audio business is inevitably going to look more like the crazy mosaic of rights, territories and exclusive deals of the video business. Your latest binge listen will be on ACast or Apple Podcasts or Stitcher but not “wherever you get your podcasts.” And the abandonment of cuddly old, simple old RSS will result in a wave of new and more intrusive ad formats. Get ready for personalised ads, ads that know where you are, ads that follow you from platform to platform and —you’ll like this —ads you can’t skip.
Common sense suggests that even the fancy end of audio is never going to be worth more than a decent fraction of the video streaming business but the investors diving into podcasting now are serious about it and want to build a business with real scale. And, let’s be honest, it’s in everyone’s interest for them to succeed —the mattress ads are not going to sustain a heterodox commercial audio ecology for long and the planet’s already stretched public service providers certainly can’t do it on their own.
Realism (and good evidence from the rest of digital media) also tells us that although we’d love to see a hundred flowers bloom, the audio business is going to pretty quickly shake out to a small handful of big platforms —with one global player making the rules, setting prices, shaping supply.
Can we take an educated guess as to who that will be, though? Which of the handful of serious-looking platforms will dominate podcasting?
So who’s going to win podcasting?
All right, I’m just going to say it: it’s going to be Amazon (I’m taking bets —leave a comment if you want some of the action). “But hold on”, I hear you say, “Amazon’s audio platform is called Audible. It’s a repurposed audiobook catalogue and, despite years of effort, they haven’t made even a tiny dent on the non-audiobook business. An audio outsider like Amazon doesn’t stand a chance!”
You’re right, of course. They’re slow off the mark and Audible itself is a pretty charmless environment in which to win over the next generation of audio nuts. There’s even a reasonable chance that Amazon will just ignore the podcast revolution all together, write the whole thing off and focus on the Billions they make from retail, video and web services. But I doubt it. Here’s why it’ll be Amazon that wins podcasting:
They’re everywhere. Amazon apps —shopping, video, music, Kindle, Alexa —have hundreds of millions of installs between them. Installed on audio-ready devices and pre-loaded with credit card numbers and a detailed purchase history.
They have a billing relationship with millions of people. There are around 90M Amazon Prime accounts in the US and it’s estimated that each spends $1,300/year with Amazon (about a third of UK households are already paying members). Few have even a fraction of Amazon’s customer base, let alone paying customers. Audible itself is a subscription platform that’s cross-promoted to Prime subscribers and Amazon has made clever use of cross-promotion in launching a dozen other services over the years.
They know how to sell media to millennials. They’re no Netflix but Amazon Prime Video already reaches millions of people in podcasting’s demographic sweet spot. Audible, in fact, already commissions a small number of ‘original audio series’ (they don’t call them podcasts, of course) and cross-promoting them to the company’s other audiences will effortlessly produce the kind of listening figures that most podcasters would kill for.
They own the most promising new interface to the global store of audio. Echo is the best of the voice-controlled devices and it’s already in 11% of US homes (an adoption rate that looks similar to that of radio in the 1920s). Better yet, it turns out that audio is one of the most popular services among users (according to this RadioPlayer research, from the UK, radio is the most popular category of audio on ‘smart speakers’). The affordances are perfectly aligned. Who knew?
Their platform will permit all the scary ad-tech. No dependence on sad old RSS here so there’s nothing stopping Amazon from dynamically serving you ads, right into the audio stream —and all targeted with insane precision, because…
…let’s face it, they know everything. It’s not clear exactly what information the Audible app captures as you listen but it’s safe to assume that —in addition to Amazon’s detailed understanding of what you like to buy— they know where and when you’re listening, how often you listen, how far you get through a download, how many sessions it takes you to complete a listen. And it would be trivially easy for Audible to capture a more detailed picture, using the sensors in your smartphone to learn what you listen to while you’re working out, while you’re commuting, on your lunch break, in the woods, on an aeroplane, in bed, in the vicinity of a military base…
This level of detail —especially if passed on to producers— would profoundly change podcasting, becoming the primary influence on choice of formats, voices, themes and styles across the business —just as it has in journalism and video. More, it might secure commercial viability for an industry that, frankly, still looks shaky.
The only question, for Amazon, is going to be “how much is this worth?” If podcasting turns out to be worth a tenth of video streaming, it might be worth the engineering and marketing effort to relaunch Audible as a podcasting platform. If it’s a hundredth, they’ll hesitate and may not even bother. And, incidentally, this may explain why Amazon has been slow to capitalise on Audible’s ubiquity. Is Amazon holding back because their data tells them that podcasting’s just not worth it? I do hope not.
I’m aware that I’ve left out some fairly important platforms. Not because I don’t think they’re important, although, actually, I don’t think they are quite as important. But I accept that some of these stories are going to be as interesting and influential as the big ones above…
Spotify’s Podcast offer is pretty rich but it sits alongside music uncomfortably —and there are some pretty hideous interface issues. The Swedes are about to raise a lot of money via an unusual direct listing on the NYSE, though and they could choose to blow a chunk of that money expanding their catalogue of commissioned audio content (and tidying up the UI). That would be interesting in itself, because it would represent an opportunity for institutional and retail investors to get involved in the next generation of podcasting platforms pretty directly.
Meanwhile, Who We Be, a new podcast tied to one of the platform’s big urban music playlists and presented by British DJ and broadcaster DJ Semtex, is probably a model for the next wave of speech audio from Spotify.
Soundcloud is also a podcasting company. Their stock of audio is enormous and the “wherever you get your podcasts” model means that lots of producers publish their stuff on Soundcloud automatically. But the money Soundcloud raised in 2017 is going to be devoted to keeping the company afloat and finding new focus. Building a new podcast brand is off the to-do list.
Google’s approach to podcasting is to make it another checkbox on the long list of services you can access via the mobile app. This checkbox approach commodifies the business, though, and makes it difficult to build a big, prominent brand. But we probably shouldn’t rule them out: they’ve already commissioned at least one original podcast series (although it seems to be on hiatus).
Apple’s podcast app got better in 2017. The data available to producers also improved. And no other platform can match the support the company’s podcast teams supply to producers in big markets. The charts and category pages they curate remain the primary way of finding the good stuff for listeners. There’s an obvious opportunity for Apple to convert this epic organic advantage (and a tiny shred of that enormous cash pile) into a serious new commissioning platform —although the company’s careful progress into video commissioning is probably a good guide to how this will unfold (Apple has commissioned eight TV series since hiring Jay Hunt in October last year, though).
Smartphone apps are very interesting (they’ll need a post of their own, really). They’re interesting because they can deliver a lot of the important platform benefits —a logged-in experience, dense listening data, recommendation and discovery, even a billing relationship —while piggy-backing the existing RSS-and-string-based infrastructure. No need to reengineer the distribution layer. These apps depend on the continued availability of content via the old RSS infrastructure, though, so if the big podcasts disappear into walled gardens, their catalogues will shrink and they’ll be left with only the DIY end of the market.
The podcast category in your app store is packed with interesting apps —some of which have been there for years and some of which promise an improved experience for listeners and even some income for producers (if you’re using one of these apps and you like it, leave a comment —I’d love to know which apps are doing this right).
The podcasting boom will support a complex services ecology. Lots of smaller businesses —usually with a national or niche focus —are providing services to the flourishing DIY end of the business. Hosting, audience measurement, editing, audio optimisation and —in some cases —advertising/sponsorship services. This is a good sign —a complex services ecology = a viable industry. Some of these businesses will try to scale up to become platforms. One or two might actually achieve it.
The BBC and other big broadcasters and publishers are in a tricky position. They feel an obligation to participate in the audio explosion. Some, of course, are grizzled pioneers in this business —try to count the number of online audio products launched by NPR, The Guardian and the BBC over the years and you’ll soon run out of fingers. They have big existing audiences, production talent and engineering know-how to bring to the game but they can’t easily challenge the mega-platforms on range or promotional clout. This is going to get interesting.
The first of this series of posts about podcasting is about the creative battle. Also read my 11 essentials for the modern podcast.
Picture by Gauthier Delecroix, on Flickr.
Podcasting—welcome to the symphonic era
11 February, 2018 Uncategorizedaudio, creative, format, platform, podcast, Podcasting, radioSteve Bowbrick
This is not about the 90% of podcasts that are still three people at a table talking about something. Nor is it about all those podcasts that are basically a byproduct of radio production. It’s about the new stuff—the bigger, glossier, narrative formats that are going to change audio and storytelling for good. This is part one of a two-part series. Part two is about the platform battle and you should also read my 11 essentials for the modern podcast.
Podcasting is evolving fast. There’s a strong sense that we’ve passed some kind of tipping point, that this is how we’re going to consume audio (the stuff that isn’t live radio or music anyway) from now on. The creative battle is under way—formats, genres and production norms are all in play. The platform battle—who will distribute this stuff, who will own the payment gateway and the relationship with the customer—is about to begin (more about that bit in my next post).
Storytelling formats are going to set the tone and dominate the fancy end of podcasting. The iconic 2018 podcast is going to be a true story told using the techniques of fiction. Netflix is our model here, not a radio station. And things are moving fast. Serial —the groundbreaking hyper-addictive episodic story that started all this—already sounds old-fashioned, under-powered. But these formats are expensive and there’s a premium on scarce production talent so only well-funded organisations can play. That means it’ll probably be the three-letter incumbents (BBC, NPR, ABC…) and the newer, specialist outfits with their own funding (Panoply, Gimlet, Radiotopia…). The specialists have a significant head start.
Production is rich and multi-layered. This is what I mean by ‘symphonic’. In this podcast category, where Heavyweight, Mogul, Slow Burn and maybe a dozen other big shows live, the pressure to create complex productions —and emotionally rich stories —is going to be enormous. One inspired amateur with a microphone this is not. Resources and talent will be coordinated, teams assembled, walls filled with Post-It Notes. The best of the new generation of podcasts are already made on a pretty grand scale —they’re big productions with credits to match (16 people for this episode of Mogul, 47 for scripted drama Bronzeville —including a cast of 18, a caterer, a historic consultant and two executive assistants). Some of these podcasts are big enough and confident enough to have a ‘making of…’ episode.
There’s a tone of voice, a recognisable tenor, to these bigger, more ambitious podcast stories. Keywords: warm, humane, emotional, generous, personal, authentic. Podcasters like Jonathan Goldstein. Manoush Zomorodi, Roman Mars, Helen Zaltzman (and the form’s honorary Godfather Ira Glass, natch)… have a thoughtful, subjective, ironic way with their material. And in the writing there’s a deliberate continuity with the tradition of serious, crafted, non-fiction storytelling that produced all that amazing 20th century writing —the New Journalism, the whole clever lineage of long-form magazine writing too. Joan Didion in the New York Times Magazine, Hitchens in Vanity Fair…
There’s a ‘big city’, Public Radio, New Yorker feel to this stuff. Nothing rushed or half-baked about symphonic podcasting. This is luxury storytelling for nice people who probably still buy the Sunday papers. Audio that flatters the listener’s intellect and is as likely to make you cry as to smile. Incidentally, of course, all of the symphonic pioneers are American. This is not because they’re any cleverer than the rest of us, but principally because an economic model —venture capital— exists there that can mobilise large amounts of money for speculative productions that may never break even. Everywhere else producers are stretching existing production budgets or bootstrapping like mad. Radio producers, who think they already know all about audio storytelling, are going to have to learn some humility, too. Their skills will be vital but their cottage industry economics won’t.
TBH these formats can sometimes be a bit sickly. If Jonathan Goldstein makes me cry in the first reel again I’m going to unsubcribe; the enveloping sound world of Jad Abumrad’s gripping Supreme Court documentary series More Perfect is so detailed and so rich as to be a little too much. Everything in high-end podcast land is amped-up, slightly overdone. Look over the shoulder of a producer in this part of the market and you’ll see a workstation with dozens of active tracks. There’ll be subtle and engaging sound design, a commissioned score and incidental music and post-production effects. You can almost hear the producer’s titanic effort to fully engage the audience’s feelings. The signature emotional tone of the symphonic era is slightly over-wrought. Or maybe I’m just being too British about this. Anyway, dial it down, gang. No need to lay it on so thick. We can feel it.
Of course, I don’t want to over-do the analysis. Is podcasting evolving into a new and influential journalistic form, with its own shape, its own creative logic and its own economics? Definitely. Will it become grand and influential, will the symphonic era produce a generation of famous voices, writers and producers? Will it shape the culture? Possibly.
So that’s the creative battle. My next is about the platform battle that’s about to begin —who will distribute the new generation of podcasts, who will own the customer relationship and who will make all the money. And further down on this blog, you’ll also find 11 essentials for the modern podcast. Meanwhile, like I said, I think that we listeners are going to spend a lot more time sobbing into our lattes in the symphonic era, so here are:
Five episodes from symphonic era podcasts that will make you cry.
Heavyweight —Isabel (Gimlet). I love Jonathan Goldstein’s Heavyweight. I think it’s the signature symphonic podcast. Even though I’m frankly ashamed of the way he always makes cry (and usually when I’m on my bike, making it all very inconvenient, not to say dangerous). This one’s no exception. Goldstein provides evidence that he can achieve an emotionally complete storytelling experience even when his main character refuses to provide the resolution we all want.
The Allusionist —Joins (Radiotopia/PRX). One of my absolute favourite podcasts, Helen Zaltzman’s The Allusionist is all about language, defined very broadly. She’s evolving the show in a really interesting, dare I say, symphonic direction. This episode is an essentially un-presented sequence of very moving voices from the trans and non-binary community and it will also make you cry).
Ear Hustle —Left Behind (Radiotopia/PRX). This podcast, which came to the world via Radiotopia’s talent search Podquest (more about that here) is a stunning piece of work —my podcast of the year, by a mile. And one of those rare productions —in any medium —that I think stands a chance of producing actual social change. It’s made inside California’s San Quentin Prison. This episode, like I said, will make you cry.
Mogul —August 30, 2012 (Gimlet). Gimlet’s lovingly-made six-part doc about hip hop impresario Chris Lighty. This one (which is the climactic episode, so SPOILERS) will also make you cry. Sorry.
Note to Self —You Deserve to Die (WNYC). Manoush Zomorodi’s show is not the kind of podcast that would normally make you cry. It’s a podcast about the way we live in the networked era and episodes are usually on a spectrum that goes from self help to consumer advice to WTF-is-Silicon-Valley-doing-to-my-brain? This one is going to make you cry, though. Seriously. (and it’s the only one on this list that comes from an actual radio station— WNYC).
This post appeared first at Medium.com. Part two of this series is about the platform battle. Also read my 11 essentials for the modern podcast.
Who is Trump?
28 August, 2017 UncategorizedDonald Trump, politics, president, USASteve Bowbrick
A little Benito Mussolini, some John Gotti and some George Wallace. Plenty of Charles Lindbergh too, of course. But mainly he’s Rufus T. Firefly.
Seven things I learnt from the British Library’s Magna Carta show
19 May, 2015 UncategorizedBill of Rights, British Library, charter, constitution, democracy, exhibition, franchise, history, King John, Magna Carta, Museum, RunnymedeSteve Bowbrick
The British Library has a terrific, totally absorbing show about Magna Carta – which is the cornerstone of world democracy or a sort of baronial shopping list weirdly granted in a field by a King who didn’t mean it – depending on your perspective. It includes two original 1215 manuscripts and dozens of other beautiful documents. It’s not enormous but there is a lot of reading so the audio guide is worth the money. I’m not a historian – or even very bright – so I learnt a lot, like for instance:
1. Magna Carta’s actual connection to the present day is unbelievably tenuous. The whole thing was repealed a couple of months after it was agreed, the Pope (who was technically in charge at the time) rubbished the enterprise completely (which is what reluctant signatory King John wanted him to do all along) and hardly any of the charter’s provisions survive in law. That it has any influence at all should be a surprise. That it’s the central text of representative democracy and the rule of law all over the place is mind-blowing. This is how pieces of paper (parchment) become totems, people.
2. The first one isn’t the important one. Later ‘editions’ of Magna Carta, copied out by monarchs, bishops, lawyers, barons – each introducing their own variations, glosses, limitations, expansions – have been more important in the formation of law and practice. Henry III’s 1225 version is probably the most influential and the nearest to a definitive Magna Carta.
3. Magna Carta didn’t make it into print for nearly 300 years. The first printed edition was published in London in 1508 (Caxton got going in 1473) and the first English translation wasn’t printed until 1534. That’s when its influence exploded. Hardly anyone knew it existed before that – the constitution nerds and rule-of-law geeks of their day. Once it could be passed around, though, in compact printed form, its language began to be used in laws, cited in disputes with overbearing monarchs, quoted in the popular prints. So – you guessed this already – the long-term influence of Magna Carta is actually all about advances in content distribution technology.
4. The Bill of Rights of 1689 is a much more important document. It’s an actual act of Parliament to begin with, using recognisable legal language, and most of its provisions actually survive in law. It’s the Bill of Rights that we have to thank for the modern idea of ‘civil rights’. Many later documents owe a lot to the 1689 Bill of Rights – not least its American namesake (if you Google ‘Bill of Rights’ the English one doesn’t show up until page two) and the European Convention on Human Rights (PDF). I’m happy to learn that the resonant phrase “certain ancient rights and liberties” is from the Bill of Rights. It’s also, incidentally, unbelievably beautiful. Whoever wrote out the original document had the most exquisite roundhand. It makes Magna Carta look shabby.
5. The Cato Street conspiracy is one intense story. And it’s got the lot: a government spy, a honey trap, a ridiculous, hopelessly bodged plan straight out of a Tarantino movie and a brutal response from the state, including the last judicial beheading to take place in England. The conspirators set out not to assassinate a statesman; they set out to assassinate all of them – the whole cabinet anyway. Their beef was, er, vague, but hinged on the oppression triggered by the wave of European revolutions that preceded it. And Magna Carta was cited in the defence when the case came to trial.
6. The Chartists knew how to design a poster. As I said, I’m no historian but the orthodoxy is that the Chartists achieved almost nothing. They were after the vote for working men but it was decades before suffrage was extended meaningfully (and did you know that it was 1918 before all men over 21 could vote?). Fear of dissent and revolution meant the Chartists were harried out of existence before they could produce any change. But, while they were active, they were great communicators and the first movement to make really smart use of mass protest, of what we’d now call ‘the street’. This poster, which is in the National Archives, is absolutely beautiful. A vernacular letterpress masterpiece. We should all aspire to such clarity (there are others, like this one, for a meeting at Merthyr Tydvil in 1848 and this one, for a meeting in Birmingham in the same year. All lovely).
7. 1935 was the 720th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta so, unaccountably, a year before that, a great pageant was held at Runnymede, site of the signing.
Advertised as a celebration of English democracy, the pageant engaged some 5000 actors, 200 horses and 4 elephants, who over eight days performed eight historical scenes, the centrepiece being a recreation of the sealing of Magna Carta. (Apparently the elephants were withdrawn at the last minute.)
The pictures and this Pathé newsreel suggest a very English blend of eccentric and noble, camp and dignified. I’d love to have been there. This BL blog post suggests something rather splendid and rousing: ‘It’s a Knockout’ meets a BBC Four history doc.
In praise of friction
19 April, 2015 Uncategorizedadvertising, Do Not Track, EFF, privacy, Privacy Badger, trackingSteve Bowbrick
Install Privacy Badger. It’s a plug-in from the EFF that blocks the nasty stuff that web site owners silently insert into your browser – tracking code, cookies and code from third-parties. It works in Firefox and Chrome (but only on a computer, not on your mobile). Now enjoy the genuinely freaky experience of wandering the web unrecognised. Not anonymous, just not known. Like a character in a William Gibson novel who’s had the implant ripped out. This is what it’s like not to be tracked (disclaimer: this only works for web sites. Your government is still tracking you).
The immediate effect is more friction. Gone: the convenience of breezing around the web like you’re a VIP. Barriers pop up everywhere. But, you’ll realise, the experience of showing up at one of your regular web sites and seeing that bloody cookies warning again and being asked to log in from scratch again is, seriously, charming. You’re logging in again because the web site you’re visiting, which is your absolute favourite, has no idea who you are. Friction is good.
Likewise, seeing the little Privacy Badger icon light up, telling you that 10, 20, 30 (sometimes 40 or 50) tracking elements on the page have been blocked, is the simplest possible reminder of the sheer density of the thicket of tracking code you’re entangled in now.
And the fact that some pages won’t display at all, or are just broken, because Privacy Badger won’t allow them to load code from another domain, is also – seriously – sort of bracing. As you go through the list of blocked elements looking for the one that’s stopping the page from displaying, you’ll learn more about how third-party code makes the modern web work. Consciousness raised.
Incidentally, it’s going to take you a while to notice, but you’re not seeing the usual chaff of Facebook, Twitter and Google gadgets either. They’re blocked.
Is this a bit paranoid? A bit weird? Yes. But it’s also profoundly sane. Blocking all this stuff, this invasive cruft, this miserable, intrusive web junk is a good thing not because it makes it harder for big media to make a living. It’s a good thing because it switches things around and puts you back in charge. It’s now your decision whether you activate all those trackers again. If you’re feeling big about it – magnanimous – you can switch Privacy Badger off all together for sites you trust. But that’s a decision you made, not a default behaviour (I’m a grown-up and I want great sites to survive. I’ve done this for lots of sites).
Canny web site owners are responding to users who block their tracking code by popping messages saying things like: “we notice you’re running an ad blocker. Would you be a nice person and switch it off?” Some won’t allow you in at all if you’re running an ad blocker. And this is cool. It’s the right way round. It makes your contract with the publisher explicit. Everything’s in the open (and Privacy Badger will still show you a list of tracking code, even for sites you’re not blocking, so you’re in the know). There are also legit ways for publishers to stop Privacy Badger blocking their sites.
Publishers will tell you that friction = death for sites on slim margins and with sharp-elbowed competition. They’ll tell you they couldn’t possibly make the tracking trade-off explicit. And they’ll tell you it’s all already in their terms of use. And my answer to that, of course, is going to be something like: “there’s your problem.”
Here’s the list of tracking elements blocked by Privacy Badger at the The Economist. 29 items.
The electro-mechanical sublime
28 March, 2015 Uncategorizedarcade, cafe, flipper, game, pinballSteve Bowbrick
I visited the quite amazing Museum of Pinball in Paris last weekend. It was a revelation.
The pinball machine (‘Flipper’ in France) represents some kind of high point in pre-digital coffee bar thrills. The genius of cramming so much potential ecstasy/kinetic joy into a case the size of a kitchen table. A crazy-noisy-beautiful thing. A cafe owner could buy or make a calculation and rent by the month and that would bring a joint to life. The pinball business model created a short-lived crucible of electro-mechanical innovation and creativity. Pinball was where it was at for the decades before Space Invaders, and those machines were intense: each one was a kind of unhinged son-et-lumiere right there in the corner of your favourite bar. Listen to this:
The appeal of a pinball table is direct and unarguable. You stand connected at the pelvis to a machine that’s shimmying and rocking with trapped energy. A table-top atom smasher. Multiple mechanisms hidden in there, all making their presence felt – tipping, tightening, tripping, spinning, colliding – in rattling, ringing release. And it is all about tension and release – the physical, finger-tip appeal of the spring and the stressed steel strip and the ready-to-trip (will it trip? Will it?) analogue trip-switch. The whole thing is tightly-wound, like a Loony Toons watch about to explode. The anticipation is unbelievably intense.
And there’s the intoxicating, stammering clanging of all those too-loud-too-loud bells – the racket that couldn’t help but dominate your bar or youth club’s soundworld, like an anti-social, de-tuned one-man band or a broken, over-amplified harpsichord. For a bar owner, signing the rental contract for a Flipper was sure going to change the vibe, whatever kind of establishment you ran. Bring you up to date, stamp your place MODERN, jumping, alive.
Pinball machine artwork is bright, back-lit, screen-printed commercial art from unpretentious upstairs commercial art studios. It’s naive art. Frozen for essentially the whole life of the form (until its decline in the 80s) in a hazy inter-war no-place populated by boxers, gangsters, cowboys, strongmen, secretaries, lounge lizards, hostesses, airmen: figures of quotidian glamour – and not a licensed character among them.
Disney, Warners, the comics, the pulps, the big radio shows of the era – they had no presence here. The imagery is all bargain-basement, generic pop cult figuration. Probably because the attraction of pinball is really all physical. No Donald Duck or Rita Hayworth or The Green Hornet could possibly have made a teenager drool more over the new Gottlieb as it was wheeled in from the kerb.
See if you can get your head around this, though: before 1947 pinball was a pure game of chance, a spectator sport. You fired your steel ball into the arena with all the finesse you could muster and then you just stood there, watching as it bounced down the table to the drain (OK, you might palm the lip of the machine or even lift it up and drop it – if the owner wasn’t looking – but that was the extent of your control). Pinball machines until this time, you see, had no flippers. THEY HAD NO FLIPPERS.
Flippers arrived with the Gottlieb Humpty Dumpty in 1947 and, because they were simple and low-powered you needed eight flippers to provide enough oomph to send a heavy steel ball all the way back to the top of the table. And the arrival of these little mechanical bats must have been a shock to the system, must have changed the game forever. And what, exactly, could the attraction of a flipperless pinball table have been anyway? Like a Norton Commando with no wheels or a Gibson Les Paul with no strings. No idea!
The stinging inevitability of failure is the driving force, of course. You can’t beat a pinball table, you can only defer the end. Your score clangs to a new high but in the end your last ball arcs between the flippers like a guided weapon. It’s a lesson in acceptance. It descends. Nothing can save you now. And that’s when you realise, those flippers are ultimately ridiculous: not weapons, not even bats, just a lot of futile, flapping. Pinball’s like life.
Uber’s bubble
10 November, 2014 Uncategorizeddisruption, neoliberal, ride sharing, taxi, UberSteve Bowbrick
So it turns out that Uber isn’t just a neoliberal bulldozer, dismantling restrictive practices, labour codes, tax regimes and all that – according to this article at ValleyWag, it’s also a subprime bubble waiting to happen. Uber’s problem: hiring new drivers isn’t fast enough, especially drivers with fancy cars – and that $17B valuation won’t justify itself. So the company has to reach out to participants who couldn’t normally play, especially people with poor credit (other groups are targeted: veterans, for instance).
So, last year, they teamed up with big auto lenders to offer subprime loans to all comers. And they say it’s really not a problem because these drivers will be able to afford their special rates (which will be a click or two below normal subprime rates) because of that massive new Uber income. It’s not clear how many loans have been written, nor how many have gone bad, but I don’t need to tell you where this is going.
Uber isn’t the lender (that’s Humongous Auto Credit Co. or whoever), takes on no liability and isn’t even claiming a commission – this is purely about adding drivers fast. And, remember, Uber drivers aren’t staff. They don’t even have contracts. To fire a driver, somebody at Uber just swipes left. Blocked.
So, to recap: Uber, a privately-held business, is driving a boom in subprime loans, in as many markets as it can. That epic valuation won’t allow Uber management to take their foot off the gas any time soon and, incidentally, they’re perfectly insulated from the downside by these arms-length deals with lenders. This is just in ride sharing, of course – as Uber moves into other activities they’re going to need to bring on a lot more eager disrupters. It’s going to be ugly.
BTW, I met Martin Wolf the other day, my absolute favourite media economist – at Radio 3’s Free Thinking Festival. He doesn’t like ‘neoliberal’. There’s nothing neo about these robber barons, he says. They’re old-fashioned 19th Century liberals, rebuilding an old-fashioned 19th Century liberal economy, complete with increasingly vulnerable, un-tenured employees; opaque, unaccountable, ownership structures and captured legislators.
The Valleywag article linked above links on to an admiring Fortune piece and to a short Bloomberg item from when the scheme was announced a year ago. According to the FT they’re planning to look for another $1B at a higher valuation too.
Hashtags are dead
18 September, 2014 Uncategorizedhashtag, TwitterSteve Bowbrick
The use of hashtags by brands and organisations is dead, is what I mean. We now know how trivially easy they are to weaponise. They’re big, slow-moving targets for propagandists and terrorists. Clouds of branded chaff, too easily turned bad.
And brand countermeasures – closing accounts, removing content – are so ineffective, so after-the-fact, as to be pointless. And the more successful your hashtag, the more likely it is to be ‘hashjacked’ (sorry). No brand, no matter how ‘edgy’, can take the chance. The bad guys (the very, very bad guys) have a new social media strategy. It’s too late.
Let’s move on. Chris Messina’s invention will persist. Still be a good way to spontaneously organise a group on Twitter but as a way to label content or to rally the brand-loyal to your big show, they’re history.
And for marketing people they were never really about engagement or any of that Cluetrain stuff anyway. They were about measurement, about making ‘the conversation’ visible so it could be labelled and counted which, if not actually evil, is at least pretty cynical.
People will continue to talk about your brand, conversation will continue to peak around big events, sentiment will continue to ebb and flow. You just won’t know.
And to be honest, I’m not sad. Twitter will still be a terrific place to share ideas and chat with interesting people (and I’m certain that no data scientist will be put out of work). Hashtags had become a kind of online litter anyway. A kind of consensual spam. Let’s think of something new.
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Bruns suffered a seizure at the time of the crash and had been instructed not to drive following a previous crash and hospitalization, according to the DA.
“The loss of Abigail and Joshua was a horrific – and avoidable – tragedy that devastated their loved ones and hurt so many of their friends and neighbors,” the DA said in a statement. “After a thorough investigation that started in the hours after the crash, my office indicted the driver for recklessly causing their deaths. Her alleged insistence on driving despite doctor’s orders and serious medical conditions that prevented her from safely doing so was not only irresponsible, it was unlawful. I intend to now hold her accountable and urge all drivers to heed instructions of medical professionals and never drive a car when told not to.”
Bruns’ charges include second-degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, reckless endangerment and third-degree assault. She was ordered held on bail of $75,000 bond or $25,000 cash.
Bruns kept her eyes down and covered her face with her hair as she sat in court this afternoon. She softly said "No" with tears in her eyes as police escorted her out of the courtroom.
Bruns is due in court June 13. She faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted of the top charge.
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June 6, 1944: Souviens-Toi
June 6, 2014 buffalopundit 21 comments
US GIs Marching to the Docks June 1944
70 years ago today, thousands of Allied men crossed the English Channel to land on the beaches of Normandy to help defeat European fascism.
Anyone with a passing general knowledge of history knows about D-Day and its significance – the war was over less than a year later. This montage of then-and-now images published by the Guardian is simply incredible.
Less well-known in the US is the fate of the French town of Oradour-sur-Glane. On June 10, 1944, the town was under the control of Vichy France. That day, a German Panzer division massacred 642 men, women, and children – most of them shot and then burned alive in the town church – for no known reason. It’s suspected that the massacre was in retaliation for the killing of some German soldiers in the area (possibly in another town also named “Oradour”) by the French resistance.
The French government left the town as it stood on that day. It is a monument to the relentlessly brutal German occupation, and to the innocent victims of Naziism.
A Peugeot allegedly belonging to the town doctor stands where it was parked as the doctor arrived back to town from a house call just as the round-up of villagers began.
Here, two visitors walk through the ruins of the village, where time stood still.
Via Oradour.info
tagged with france, Oradour-Sur-Glane, war, WW2
Jaquandor (Kelly Sedinger)
June 6, 2014 8:44 am
If Oradour and the church-burning sounds familiar, it may be via the movie THE PATRIOT, which relocates that atrocity to the American Revolution and lays it at the feet of the British villain. I always found that scene deeply distasteful in its disrespect to the real history.
Russ Andolina
June 6, 2014 11:10 am
Well….you know….Mel Gibson.
Lamont Cranston
June 6, 2014 1:42 pm
He’s still can’t get over the fact that his side lost WWII.
Sean Danvers
Slow clap for that one
rastamaniac
June 7, 2014 12:49 pm
And in comparing him to a nazi you have just run afoul of Godwin’s Law and are officially the tool of the thread. Thanks for playing. Wanker.
If he didn’t want to be compared to a nazi he shouldn’t have opened his big fat mouth about how much hates jews, pervert.
The internet has very specific rules about saying stupid shit. Godwin’s Law not mine homie. Take it like a man and stop trying to weasel out of it. What you’re doing lacks dignity.
It’s so cute that you think Godwin’s Law is a rule. Do you hate Jews the way ugly old pervert Mel Gibson does?
BlackRockLifer
My late father landed at Normandy, fought in the Battle of the Bulge, and received the Bronze Star and Silver Star for his service. He was also anti-war and opposed the Vietnam War as well as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He often said those that glorified war were not there or just were not right.
What your father said brings Dick Cheney to mind.
UncleBluck
“they shall greet us as liberators”……..
James Zski
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17 USS Cole Oct 12th 2000.
WTC 1993 attack killed 6 injured 1000
1995 bombing in Saudia Arabia kills 5
19 killed 200 injured Saudia Arabia 1996 Khobar towers
1998 Africa bombing kills 257 injures 5000 = 314 http://www.snopes.com/rumors/clinton.asp
2,982 people killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks 2753 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0884893.html
1993 (Feb.): Bombing of World Trade Center (WTC); 6 killed.
1993 (Oct.): Killing of U.S. soldiers in Somalia.
1996 (June): Truck bombing at Khobar Towers barracks in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, killed 19 Americans.
1998 (Aug.): Bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania; 224 killed, including 12 Americans.
1999 (Dec.): Plot to bomb millennium celebrations in Seattle foiled when customs agents arrest an Algerian smuggling explosives into the U.S.
2000 (Oct.): Bombing of the USS Cole in port in Yemen; 17 U.S. sailors killed.
2009 (April): on April 6 in Baghdad, a series of six attacks kills 36 people and injure more than 100 in Shiite neighborhoods; April 23: at least 80 people are killed in three separate suicide bombings in Baghdad. This is the largest single-day death toll due to attacks since February 2008. One of the bombings is reportedly set off by a female, who was standing among a group of women and children receiving food aid.
2009 (Dec.): A Nigerian man on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit attempted to ignite an explosive device hidden in his underwear. The explosive device that failed to detonate was a mixture of powder and liquid that did not alert security personnel in the airport. The alleged bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, told officials later that he was directed by the terrorist group al-Qaeda. The suspect was already on the government’s watch list when he attempted the bombing; his father, a respected Nigerian banker, had told the U.S. government that he was worried about his son’s increased extremism.
2009 (Dec.): A suicide bomber kills eight Americans civilians, seven of them CIA agents, at a base in Afghanistan. It’s the deadliest attack on the agency since 9/11. The attacker is reportedly a double agent from Jordan who was acting on behalf of al-Qaeda.
2010 (Oct.): Two packages are found on separate cargo planes. Each package contains a bomb consisting of 300 to 400 grams (11-14 oz) of plastic explosives and a detonating mechanism. The bombs are discovered as a result of intelligence received from Saudi Arabia’s security chief. The packages, bound from Yemen to the United States, are discovered at en route stop-overs, one in England and one in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. A week after the packages are found, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) takes responsibility for the plot.
2011 (Jan.): Two Frenchmen are killed in Niger. France highly suspects the al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
2011 (Jan.): Four suicide bombings occur in Iraq between January 18-20. At least 137 people are killed and 230 are injured. Al-Qaeda is suspected in all four bombings.
2011 (April): Men claiming to be Moroccan members of AQIM appear on the internet and threaten to attack Moroccan interests. The following week a bomb killing 15 people, including 10 foreigners, explodes in Marrakesh, Morocco.
2012 (Summer): Over the summer of 2012, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and Ansar Dine, another radical Islamist group, take advantage of the instability and an increasingly weak military in Mali and capture Timbuktu, Kidal, and Gao, cities in the north. They implement and brutally enforce Shariah, or Islamic law. They also destroy many ancient books and manuscripts and vandalized tombs, saying that worshipping saints violates the tenets of Islam. The Islamists continue to stretch their area of control into the fall, prompting concern that legions of Islamists will gather and train in northern Mali and threaten large swaths of Africa. ECOWAS begins planning a military action to reclaim the north from the Islamists.
2012 (Sept.): Militants armed with antiaircraft weapons and rocket-propelled grenades fire upon the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, killing U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other embassy officials. U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton says the U.S. believes that al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, a group closely linked to al-Qaeda, orchestrated the attack.
2013 (Jan.): Militants push into the southern part of Mali, crossing into the area controlled by the government. France sends about 2,150 troops to Mali to push them back. By the end of January, French troops push the militants out of Gao and Timbuktu, forcing them back to northern Mali. Soldiers from other African nations are also deployed to Mali to aid in the effort and will take a more active role in both combat and training Malian troops once France withdraws from Mali.
2013 (Jan. 16): Islamic militants enter neighboring Algeria from Mali and take dozens of foreign hostages at the BP-controlled In Amenas gas field. Algerian officials say the militants are members of an offshoot of al-Qaeda called Al Mulathameen and are acting in retaliation for France’s intervention in Mali. On Jan. 17, Algerian troops storm the complex and attack the kidnappers. By the end of the standoff on Jan. 20, 29 militants and 37 hostages are killed. Three Americans are among the dead.
2013 (April 15): Multiple bombs explode near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Two bombs go off around 2:50 in the afternoon as runners finish the race. Three people are killed and more than 170 people are injured. Three days later, the FBI releases photos and video of two suspects in the hope that the public can help identify them. Just hours after the FBI releases the images, the two suspects rob a gas station in Central Square then shoot and kill a MIT police officer in his car. Afterwards, the two men carjack a SUV and tell the driver that they had set off the explosions at the marathon. Police pursue the vehicle into Watertown. During the shootout, a MBTA officer is shot and one of the suspects, identified as Tamerlan Tsarnaev, age 26, is killed. A suicide vest is found on his body. The other suspect, Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, age 19, remains at large for several hours, causing a massive manhunt and lockdown for all of Boston, Cambridge, and many other surrounding communities. The manhunt ends the next evening, on April 19, when he is found alive, but seriously injured, hiding in a boat behind a house in Watertown. The two suspects are brothers and had been living together on Norfolk Street in Cambridge. They have lived in the U.S. for about a decade, but are from an area near Chechnya, a region in Russia. While the ongoing investigation so far has shown that the two suspects were not acting with any known terrorist group, evidence suggests they may have learned how to build the bombs online from an affiliate of Al Qaeda in Yemen.
Terrorist Acts Suspected of or Inspired by al-Qaeda
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0884893.html#ixzz2jupd9tTK
http://news.yahoo.com/white-house-failed-protect-benghazi-mission-house-report-165551798.html
White House Failed to Protect Benghazi Mission, House Report Concludes
That’s a crock. The 19 hijackers were in the United States training to be pilots when Bill Clinton was in office. Bill Clinton had ten chances to kill Osama bin Laden between May 1998-May 1999 and did nothing.
Osama bin Laden declared a fatwah on the United States in 1996 and then committed huge terrorists attacks in Saudi Arabia and in Africa on a total of 4 US embassies.
This is about Obama and Hillary Clinton’s failures.
http://www.westernjournalism.com/okeefe-obamas-national-organizers-caught-tape-committing-voter-fraud/
Percentage of white welfare recipients are 38.8% and black are 39.9%, Hispanics are 15.7%. This is from the US dept of health and human services. In absolute numbers whites would far outnumber blacks and Hispanics. Percentage wise there is a 1% difference Not enough to label blacks and minorities as lazy and welfare dependents.
May 26, 1998: Bin Laden Promises to Bring Jihad to US
Top: Bin Laden, surrounded by security, walking to the press conference. Bottom: the three journalists attending the press conference sit next to bin Laden.
Top: Bin Laden, surrounded by security, walking to the press conference. Bottom: the three journalists attending the press conference sit next to bin Laden. [Source: CNN]
Bin Laden discusses “bringing the war home to America,” in a press conference from Khost, Afghanistan. [US CONGRESS, 9/18/2002] Bin Laden holds his first and only press conference to help publicize the fatwa he published several months before. Referring to the group that signed the fatwa, he says, “By God’s grace, we have formed with many other Islamic groups and organizations in the Islamic world a front called the International Islamic Front to do jihad against the crusaders and Jews.” He adds later, “And by God’s grace, the men… are going to have a successful result in killing Americans and getting rid of them.” [CNN, 8/20/2002] He also indicates the results of his jihad will be “visible” within weeks. [US CONGRESS, 7/24/2003] Two US embassies will be bombed in August (see 10:35-10:39 a.m., August 7, 1998). Bin Laden sits next to Ayman al-Zawahiri and Mohammed Atef during the press conference. Two Pakistani journalists and one Chinese journalist attends. But event never gets wide exposure because no independent videotaping is allowed (however, in 2002 CNN will obtain video footage of the press conference seized after the US conquered Afghanistan in late 2001). Pakistani journalist Ismail Khan attends and will later recall, “We were given a few instructions, you know, on how to photograph and only take a picture of Osama and the two leaders who were going to sit close by him. Nobody else.” Two sons of Sheikh Omar Abdul-Rahman attend and distribute what they claim is the will or fatwa of their father (see May 1998), who has been sentenced to life in prison in the US. Journalist Peter Bergen will later comment that the significance of the sons’ presence at the press conference “can’t be underestimated” because it allows bin Laden to benefit from Abdul-Rahman’s high reputation amongst radical militants. Bergen also later says the press conference is a pivotal moment for al-Qaeda. “They’re going public. They’re saying, ‘We’re having this war against the United States.’”
December 4, 1998: Clinton Warned ‘Bin Laden Preparing to Hijack US Aircraft’ Inside US
Mohammed Shawqui Islambouli.
Mohammed Shawqui Islambouli. [Source: Public domain]
On December 4, 1998, an item in President Clinton’s Presidential Daily Briefing (PDB) is titled, “Bin Laden Preparing to Hijack US Aircraft and Other Attacks.” The PDB says “Bin Laden and is allies are preparing for attacks in the US, including an aircraft hijacking to obtain the release of Sheikh Omar Abdul-Rahman, Ramzi Yousef, and Muhammad Sadiq ‘Awda. One source quoted a senior member of Al-Gama’a al-Islamiyya (IG) saying that, as of late October, the IG had completed planning for an operation in the US on behalf of bin Laden, but that the operation was on hold. A senior bin Laden operative from Saudi Arabia was to visit IG counterparts in the US soon thereafter to discuss options-perhaps including an aircraft hijacking.” The same source says bin Laden may implement plans to hijack US aircraft before the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on December 20 and that two members of the operational team had evaded security checks in a recent trial run at a New York airport. A possible different source says that in late September, Mohammed Shawqui Islambouli, brother of the assassin of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and described in the PDB as an IG leader, was planning to hijack a US airliner during the “next couple of weeks” to free Abdul-Rahman and other prisoners.
Bill Clinton had 10 chances to capture or kill Osama bin Laden between May 1998-May 1999 did chose NOT to.
@Buffalojimmyz Facebook James Zski Read it and weep liberal trash.
The two clowns are at it again. Isn’t the Buffalo News enough for you 2 liberals?
Who comes to mind? Let’s see. Bill Clinton and Barack Hussein Obama Jr. who NEVER served in our military. Neither did Tingle boy Chris Matthews of MSNBC who ran away t the Peace Corps and liberals like Jay Leno and David Letterman. BTW that is one ‘Fugly’ azz picture of you old man. Does your beanie come with a propeller to generate electricity? lol You fool. There are about ten old ignorant liberal clowns posting in the news and Sarah isn’t doing her job as a moderator. I reporter her to her editor. She did take some of your posts down which I saw you whine about. Ah, too bad ‘widdle’ liberals. Did you see your dg eating, Koran reading, pot smoking, cocaine snorter Mulllah Obama lift his puny 5 pounds weights to the tune of ‘macho man?’ lol Putin, Assadm King Jung Un are eating Obama’s lunch and Obozo, OVomit, Obummer is the worst president ever. I though weak wimpy Jimmy Carter would be . After all hisi was attacked by a killer rabbit. lol
That moron Democrat Carter threw the Shah of Iran to the Muslims dogs after we had peace with Iran for 26 years. They repaid Carter by taking 52 Americans hostage for 444 days days and they were released when Ronald Reagan came into office Day one. To stop the spread of Communism in Central America which would have fallen like many more dominoes possible even to Mexico if we had not gotten money to the Contras who fought the Communist Sandinistas. The cowardly Democrats in Congress at the time led by murderer of Mary Jo Kopechne Ted Kennedy blocked all aid to the Contras and something had to be done. Iran fought against Iraq from 1980-1988 and we didn’t want either side to win. Yes, missiles were given to Israel to sell to Iran and the profits went to the fighters against Communism in Central America,thank God. I was in the Persian Gulf in 1983-1984 and it was nasty with Iran. They tried to attack my guided missile destroyer USS Lawrence in the Straits of Hormuz Feb. 28th 1984 AP and UPI story US destroyed fired at Iranian aircraft as tensions rise in the Persian Gulf. The USS Stark got his by accident by an Iraqi jet. Two us warships hit Iranian mines and the guided missile cruiser fought off Iranian fast patrol ships who fired upon them. An Iranian Airbus was hit. Why did Iran fly a civilian plane right into hostilities? We sunk or damaged 3 Iranian frigates and a destroyer shot up an oil platform mused as a missile firing base. I did my job as a Firecontrolman. I lost a child on that cruise and almost my wife as well during the poor care by Naval hospital Portmouth. My wife should have been back to Buffalo. Then my golden lab puppy was run over and killed by a speeding ar and my friends tried to save her by taking her too the vet. Some punks kids must have run through my moms yard and left the gate open. I served my country honorable for ten years until I became injured on active duty. My family and I paid the price. I still suffer the physical and mental wounds from that time. My dad served in WW II in the Army Air Corps. He got sick at age 44 and died 5 years later sick in bed because the A did jack squat to help him. Left was my dads 43 year old wife and his 11 year old boy(me). So we all paid. I’m so sick of hearing about Obama. He disgusts me and it has NOTHING to do with his skin color.
Obama may be the racist one as he called his own grandmother “Toots” a racist because she was afraid of a large group of black men standing on the street corner. That’s common sense. Obama’s white grandparents are the people who brought Obama up as his lying, adultering, bigamist, drunken father dumped Obama ate age 2 and later died driving drunk in Kenya. His white mother “Stanley” was atheist hippie, dippie freak who loved black Muslim men and then got real fat and ugly fast. That’s why you only see the one picture of her holding Obozo.
SOME OF OBAMA’S CLOSEST ASSOCIATIONS!
1. Bill Ayers (Terrorist)
2. Tom Ayers (Radical)
3. Van Jones (Former Green Jobs Czar, Communist)
4. Anita Dunn (Maoist, Communist)
5. Tony Rezco (Convicted Felon: Fraud, Bribery)$300,00 Hyde park land deal
6. Rev. Jeremiah #$%$ America” Wright (Radical, Black Liberation Theologist)
7. Prof. Frank Marshal Davis (Communist)
8. Gov. Rod Blagojevich (Convicted Felon and former Gov. of IL)
9. Andy Stern, Union SEIU Head, (Maoist, Communist)
10. Saul Alinsky (Author: Rules for Radicals)
11. Prof. Frances Fox Piven (Communist and Radical)
12. Kevin Jennings – “safe school czar” (radical homosexual who supports NAMBLA)
13. George Soros (Billionaire)
14. Satan (Father of lies)
15. Louis Farrakhan (Jew hater)
16. George Soros
17. et al MSNBC, CNN, NBC, CBS ABC, NY Times, Washington Post, Moveon.org, CODE PINK, Salon.com, Huffington Post…It’s disgusting. I will revel in your certain defeat come this November and again in 2016. We will rebuild all the damage and 7-10 trillion dollar debt Obama will leave us. We will get rid of Obamacare which the CBO now says won’t save us any money. The Obama lies of if you like your doctor you can keep your doctor. If you like your health insurance you can keep your health insurance. OBAMA LIES! You make sure your fat, ugly mustached buddie Rick gets to see this. I hate that SOB and all of you dirt bag liberals. We will get our country back so help me God.
jimd54
On behalf of the human race I would like to apologize for the disparaging remarks made by some douchebag about your father. Some people have no decency.
In 1865 a Democrat shot and killed Abraham Lincoln, President of the United
States .
In 1881 a left wing radical Democrat shot James Garfield, President of the
United States who later died from the wound.
In 1963 a radical left wing socialist shot and killed John F. Kennedy, President
of the United States .
In 1975 a left wing radical Democrat fired shots at Gerald Ford, President of
the United States .
In 1983 a registered Democrat shot and wounded Ronald Reagan, President of the
United States .
In 1984 James Hubert, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 22 people in a
McDonalds restaurant.
In 1986 Patrick Sherrill, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 15 people in
an Oklahoma post office.
In 1990 James Pough, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 10 people at a GMAC
In 1991 George Hennard, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 23 people in a
Luby’s cafeteria in Killeen , TX .
In 1995 James Daniel Simpson, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 5
coworkers in a Texas laboratory.
In 1999 Larry Asbrook, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 8 people at a
church service.
In 2001 a left wing radical Democrat fired shots at the White House in a failed
attempt to kill George W. Bush, President of the US .
In 2003 Douglas Williams, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 7 people at a
Lockheed Martin plant.
In 2007 a registered Democrat named Seung – Hui Cho, shot and killed 32 people
in Virginia Tech.
In 2010 a mentally ill registered Democrat named Jared Lee Loughner, shot Rep.
Gabrielle Giffords and killed 6 others.
In 2011 a registered Democrat named James Holmes, went into a movie theater and
shot and killed 12 people.
In 2012 Andrew Engeldinger, a disgruntled Democrat, shot and killed 7 people in
Minneapolis .
In 2013 a registered Democrat named Adam Lanza, shot and killed 26 people in a
school in Newtown , CT.
As recently as Sept 2013, an angry Democrat shot 12 at a Navy ship yard.
Clearly, there is a problem with Democrats and guns.
Not one NRA member, Tea Party member, or Republican conservative was involved in
any of these shootings and murders.
SOLUTION: It should be illegal for Democrats to own guns..
The top 1% pay 40% of the taxes. The top 10% pay 70% of the taxes. the top 20% pay 86% of the taxes. So the bottom 80% only
pay 14% of the taxes. 50% of them pay no taxes.
BTW did you know Obama ate a dog, studied the Koran, smoked pot and snorted cocaine? It’s in his own words from his book
Dreams from my father.
1. The highest unemployment rate in modern history
2. The highest participation in welfare in modern history
3. The highest participation in SNAP in modern history (food stamps)
4. The highest number of middle class driven into poverty in modern history
5. The highest National debt in modern history
6. The highest uninsured population in modern history due to Obamacare
7. The fewest number of people working in modern history
8. The most lies coming out of ANY admin in history
9. The most people on SS Disability ever, Obama has doubled
10. The most lies and broken promises of any POTUS in history.
http://americanoverlook.com/us-military-deaths-skyrocket-under-obama/11172
1. I will have the most transparent administration.
2. I have Shovel ready jobs.
3. The IRS is not targeting anyone.
4. If four Americans get killed, it is not optimal.
5. ObamaCare will be good for America.
6. You can keep your family doctor.
7. Premiums will be lowered by $2500
8. You can keep your current healthcare plan
9. Just shop around, for that healthcare I claimed you wouldn’t lose.
9A. I am sorry you lost your healthcare, (you know the health care you have to shop
around for, ya the same health care I said you could keep, yup, that’s the one).
10. I did not say you could keep your health care. (Regardless that 29 recorded videos show I did)
11. ObamaCare will not be offered to illegal immigrants.
12. ObamaCare will not be used to fund abortions.
13. ObamaCare will cost less than 1 Trillion Dollars.
14. No one making under $250,000 will see their taxes raised one dime.
15. It was about a movie.
15A. I will fundamentally transform America.
16. If I had a son.
17. I am not a dictator.
18. I will put an end to the type of politics that “breeds division, conflict and cynicism”.
19. You didn’t build that.
20. I will restore trust in Government.
21. The Cambridge police acted stupidly.
22. I am not after your guns.
23. The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. The BO of (2006)
24. I have been practicing…I bowled a 129. It’s like — it was like Special Olympics.
25. I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.
26. The Public Will Have 5 Days To Look At
Every Bill That Lands On My Desk
27. It’s not my red line it is the worlds red line.
28. Whistle blowers will be protected.
29. We got back Every
Dime we Used to Rescue the Banks, with interest.
30. I will close Gitmo.
31. The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn’t, but she is a typical white
32. I am not spying on American citizens.
33. By, on, on, by, Friday uh afternoon things get a little uh, uh challenged uh, uh ( when left to think for himself without
Teleprompter).
http://www.policymic.com/articles/24164/a-list-of-children-killed-by-drone-strikes-in-pakistan-and-yemen
Name | Age | Gender
Noor Aziz | 8 | male
Abdul Wasit | 17 | male
Noor Syed | 8 | male
Wajid Noor | 9 | male
Syed Wali Shah | 7 | male
Ayeesha | 3 | female
Qari Alamzeb | 14| male
Shoaib | 8 | male
Hayatullah KhaMohammad | 16 | male
Tariq Aziz | 16 | male
Sanaullah Jan | 17 | male
Maezol Khan | 8 | female
Nasir Khan | male
Naeem Khan | male
Naeemullah | male
Mohammad Tahir | 16 | male
Azizul Wahab | 15 | male
Fazal Wahab | 16 | male
Ziauddin | 16 | male
Mohammad Yunus | 16 | male
http://rare.us/story/81-of-people-receiving-public-housing-benefits-vote-democratic-and-thats-just-the-tip-of-the-handout-iceberg/
Type of Benefit Received Percent Voting Democrat Percent Voting Republican Public Housing
81% D
12% R
Disability (from Govt.)
Welfare/Public Assistance
– See more at: http://rare.us/story/81-of-people-receiving-public-housing-benefits-vote-democratic-and-thats-just-the-tip-of-
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Saul David Alinsky(January 30, 1909 – June 12, 1972) was an American community organizer and writer. He is generally considered to be the founder of modern community organizing.
He is often noted for his book, “Rules for Radicals”. From that book here are Saul’s thoughts on how to create a social state:
There are 8 levels of control that must be obtained before you are able to create a socialist state. The first is the most important.
1) Healthcare – Control healthcare and you control the people
2) Poverty – Increase the Poverty level as high as possible, poor people are easier to control and will not fight back if you are providing everything for them to live.
3) Debt – Increase the debt to an unsustainable level. That way you are able to increase taxes, and this will produce more
poverty.
4) Gun Control – Remove the ability to defend themselves from the Government. That way you are able to create a police state.
5) Welfare – Take control of every aspect of their lives (Food, Housing, and Income)
6) Education – Take control of what people read and listen to – take control of what children learn in school.
7) Religion – Remove the belief in the God from the Government and schools.
8) Class Warfare – Divide the people into the wealthy and the poor. This will cause more discontent and it will be easier to
(Tax) the wealthy with the support of the poor.
The Carter Doctrine was a policy proclaimed by President of the United States Jimmy Carter in his State of the Union Address on January 23, 1980, which stated that the United States would use military force if necessary to defend its national interests in the “Persian Gulf.”
It was a response to the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, and was intended to deter the Soviet Union—the United
States’ Cold War adversary—from seeking hegemony in the Gulf.
The following key sentence, which was written by Zbigniew Brzezinski, President Carter’s National Security Adviser, concludes the section:
Let our position be absolutely clear: An attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region will be regarded as an assault on the vital interests of the United States of America, and such an assault will be repelled by any
means necessary, including military force.
I am disgusted by the fact that I have had to delete about 15 comments in this thread, and to close it prematurely.
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Borussia Dortmund and the Dispelling of Cliches
July 30, 2011 Quazi Zulquarnain 8
Of all the clichés in all the towns, in all the cities, in all the worlds, the one that always holds true is this – ‘it’s hard enough to get to the top, but it is harder to stay there.’Well, to be honest, this is not always entirely true. Often times it really is much easier staying at the top. Just look across the channel at Manchester United for example. The Red Devils will doubtless tell you that rebuilding a dynasty devastated by the Munich Air Crash was a much harder task than bagging the countless Premiership titles since the early 90s that are on show at the Theatre of Dreams. But then again, what broad-based assertion ever is entirely correct? What statement that hints at such pretension is ever without its fair share of hyperbole? Perhaps Manchester United is an exception that proves the rule, perhaps they are not. But for one team in an industrial town in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, this is a statement that will hold very true this season; Borussia Dortmund are still Bundesliga champions, but the jackals are rapidly closing in.
THE RISE AND RISE OF THE BORUSSIA BEES
Dortmund’s meteoric rise to Bundesliga champions have been an oft recorded phenomenon and I wish not to spend too much time dwelling on exactly how brilliant Die Schwarzgelben were last season. The pressed like Barcelona in disguise, often-times a yellow buzzing of bees that overwhelmed opposition teams into submission. And when they stung, they stung hard. Jurgen Klopp spent two years pushing through his innovative but not revolutionary ideas and finally last season managed to create a team in his image; swift, energetic and one that could never stand still. On the basis of a obdurate yet brilliant defence, marshalled by the perfectly complementary characteristics of Neven Subotic’s graft and Mats Hummels’s class, Dortmund built from the back and proved that ex-coach Ottmar Hitzfled’s oft-repeated mantra, ‘defence wins championships’ was not entirely lost across the years. Up top, the smoke and mirrors play of Lucas Barrios, the effervescent brilliance of Shinji Kagawa and the prodigious talents of Mario Gotze proved more than a match for any defences. There was also the willing running of Kevin Grosskreutz and Marcel Schmelzer while Sven Bendner ate up ground like a monster truck on meth. But to borrow from Adriano Galliani, every team needs an X-factor, and Dortmund’s was Nuri Sahin. The Turkish midfielder finally came of age in a deep-lying playmaking role and rapidly developed into the best player in the Bundesliga. Sahin’s left foot could probably juggle a bar of soap, but culture is not all he has. His intelligence, ability on the ball and even long range shooting meant that last season he was a player for almost all situations. Which is exactly why, come this season, Dortmund’s biggest problem will be finding a replacement for the departed Turk.
THE QUEEN BEE ABSCONDS
Perhaps it was Reza Fazili, perhaps it was Mesut Ozil, or perhaps even it was Jose Mourinho’s personal phone call or perhaps more likely it was just a desire to play for one of the best clubs in the world. But when Real Madrid came calling, Nuri Sahin could not say no. Nor could Dortmund it seemed, as a seemingly inexplicable clause in the Turk’s contract saw the Spaniards snap him up for a paltry ten million Euros. And to think Jordan Henderson cost almost double that. And replacing that very hole in the center of the team will be the biggest challenge that Jurgen Klopp faces this season.
DEMOCRACY, THY NAME IS POWER
There are many Dortmund fans who will now say that Sahin’s achievements last season were a trifle overstated. I don’t entirely agree with that statement, which is to say, I don’t entirely disagree with that either. With the way things are these days, there is always the need to identify one man and romanticise his role in the team. And that is not always entirely correct, at least not from a sporting point of view. A good comparison in this case in my opinion would be to compare Sahin’s role for Dortmund to what Lionel Messi does for Barcelona. I am not suggesting that the players are remotely in the same level but their roles for their teams are somewhat similar. While both definitely add a lot to their team, them not being in the team would not necessarily mean either team lose a great deal either, i.e the styles that both these teams have cultivated is way more about the collective that it is about one single person. And also many Barcelona fans would argue that Xavi is a far more important player than Messi in their system. Dortmund, too then draw their strength from the system they have cultivated and on early evidence this season, they really will not lose too much with the departure of Sahin. The pressing of last season still remains, as does the rapid, inventive counter-attacks, and ofcourse the missed chances.
GÖTZE COMES OF AGE
Which is not to say replacing the Turkish star will be easy. Dortmund have gone against bringing in a like for like replacement, instead choosing to stick to the theme of democracy and distribute playmaking roles across the team. In this regard, the emergence of Mario Götze will come as a major relief for Klopp and bring a smile to many in Germany. Long lauded as a fantastic talent, Götze had a sparkling last season primarily in a right-sided attacking midfield role, supplying goals almost as often as he scored them. Good on the ball, with superb technique and a brain that moves faster than a wasp’s wings, Götze has already started taking on more responsibility for playmaking duties often playing centrally and getting more involved.
INTELLIGENT TRANSFERS
But thrusting the hopes and dreams of one club on the shoulders of a 19 year old is never a good idea and Dortmund will thus been reenergized by the return from injury of Shinji Kagawa. They have also been intelligent in the transfer market, a far cry from the heady days of post-millennium years when they broke the bank for oft-injured stars like Marcio Amoroso. This time, in have come Ilkay Gundogan, another pass-master of Turkish origin and from early evidence it looks like he might be the one to step into the Sahin position in the 4-2-3-1 that Klopp looks like he will stick to. Also coming in is Ivan Perisic, a Croatian midfielder from Club Brugge who is good with either foot and a mean presence in the air. But the one player who has impressed me this pre-season and who looks like he will play a big role in the club’s future is Moritz Leitner. Superb on the ball and seemingly very embedded in the Dortmund philosophy, Leitner’s technique and vision are top class and this means that it will not be a surprise if he can make a strong breakthrough this year and really make his impact in this team.
All in all, Dortmund retain an excellent squad and the only challenge that remains is to see whether their high-octane style of play will be sustainable across three competitions this year. It is a fair bet that the Champions League competition will be way to test the waters for Klopp’s young side and while impact in Europe’s premier club tournament might be too much too ask for, finishing amongst the top three in the Bundesliga is a distinct possibility for this Dortmund side. And who knows, if more of these youngsters step up, even the Championship might not be out of reach. In that case they will dispel another oft-repeated cliché; that of Alan Hansen, who once (in) famously said, ‘you don’t win anything with kids.’
Quazi Zulquarnain
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The House that Favre Built – Borussia Mönchengladbach’s Hinrunde in Review
January 5, 2012 Cristian Nyari 5
From relegation play-offs to a fight for the Bundesliga title, Lucien Favre has transmogrified the hopes and dreams of Borussia Mönchengladbach and its faithful supporters. At this time last season, Gladbach were struggling at the […]
Season 3 of BVB’s “The Returned”: the Mario Götze Story
September 22, 2016 Dennis Liedschulte 0
A few Saturdays ago was an important moment in Borussia Dortmund’s history. For the first time, the Schwarz-Gelben faced RB Leipzig. The result was … yeah, no further words needed. However, the match was important […]
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“Suddenly it came out of nothing and the press went nuts. Thomas Müller wants to try something new. Finally he wants to play in a real stadium and not in an atmosphere compared to a […]
Gerry Wittmann says:
Thank you, Hans !!!
Hans Kuengl says:
thought i’d take a minute to thank you for such a great article (well i don’t care about style and grammar though it seems alright^^, but the content seems to be my exact thoughts).
i like this website in general, often you guys seem to have more notion (?) of german football than some german sports-magazines.
i hope you keep up the good work.
best regards from cologne
Thanks for the correction, Annie. Zulquar and I both missed that one….well at least they’re twins.
“. . .while Lars Bendner ate up ground like a monster truck on meth”
You do mean Sven Bender, right? 😉
Dortmund has the class to retain the salad plate this year. I think they will also have two Player of the Year candidates in Goetze and Kagawa. The latter, especially, looks to be picking up where he left off, and the brilliant combination between the two ensures that Dortmund’s midfield won’t drop off too far with the loss of Sahin. I hate to say it, but we’re all chasing the blackyellows again this year.
Tim Russell says:
Dies ist eine Spitze artikel! Aber BVB Dortmund den zweiten Platz!
Great work Zulquar !!! Personally I think Dortmund will repeat….this is a team for the ages.
Cristian Nyari says:
Great piece Zulquar. I think a finish another CL finish and a good run in Europe could be deemed a successful year for Dortmund. Unrealistic to repeat last season of course but there is no indicator that they have slowed down in any significant manner.
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The annual Helpmann Awards 2018 the Capitol Theatre in Sydney, Australia.
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Singaporean Crypto Exchange KuCoin Raises $20 Million Series A
Singaporean crypto trading platform KuCoin has announced the successful conclusion of a $20 million Series A funding round led by IDG Capital, Matrix Partners and Neo Global Capital.
According to a statement released on November 14, the investment in KuCoin, which already boats some 5 million registered users is intended to enable the platform to “create more secure, widespread global access to this rapidly expanding technology market.”
“Dynamic and Significant Partnership”
Describing the importance of the investment to KuCoin’s future plans KuCoin CEO Michael Gan revealed that as a result of the partnership, KuCoin will be able to achieve a range of desired outcomes including bringing KuCoin Platform 2.0 online sometime in Q1 2019, increasing customer support staff numbers to improve client service efforts, enhancing the platform’s global expansion efforts and supporting research efforts to find the best blockchain projects.
In September, CCN reported that KuCoin expanded into Australia with a $3 million investment in Bitcoin Australia, a regulated Aussie crypto exchange as it seeks to actualise its global growth strategy starting with the Asia-Pacific region. Speaking about the Aussie expansion at the time, Gen describes it as not only a great strategic decision but an excellent long-lasting partnership to help cryptocurrency grow globally.”
Speaking about the funding round, Gan said:
“This is truly a dynamic and significant partnership. I believe one day everything will function with blockchain technology. And with our newly formed partnerships, we will build on today’s momentum and fulfill this vision. Furthermore, we will now be able to expand our team to dig deeper and find more valuable opportunities even faster and from more places than we can imagine today.”
In his reaction, Young Guo, Partner at IDG Capital stated that the investment is in line with IDG’s cryptocurrency and blockchain investment strategy dating back to 2012. The company is famous for being an early investor in Coinbase before the platform grew into the giant it is now. KuCoin will no doubt hope that lightning will strike twice even as Gan further revealed that the company’s customer service team will be expanded to gold standard level, with Q4 2018 growth efforts set to be focused on Vietnam, Turkey, Italy, Russia and all Spanish-speaking countries.
He further revealed that growth projections estimate that ten global KuCoin user communities will be up and running by Q2, 2019 thanks to “targeted marketing and advertising campaigns.” Most interestingly of all, it was also revealed that the KuCoin Blockchain Training Center is already up and running, with the exchange currently waiting for its next overseas expansion effort.
Source: https://www.ccn.com/singaporean-crypto-exchange-kucoin-raises-20-million-series-a/
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Kraken Futures to Expand Into Russia After New Hire
Coindesk - 1/14/2020 9:08:18 AM - GMT (+0 )
Kraken Futures has hired its first Russian representative in a bid to ramp up its operations in the world's largest country by land mass.
The regulated futures provider, acquired by Kraken last year when it was called Crypto Facilities, brought on Aleksey Bragin last month and now intends to grow its Russian presence with in-person visits and Russian-language social media groups. The London-based subsidiary currently offers bitcoin, ether, bitcoin cash, litecoin and XRP futures contracts and sees some $17 million in daily volume for the bitcoin futures alone.
“Russia is the most under-appreciated market in crypto today,” said Kevin Beardsley, head of business development at Kraken Futures. Beardsley believes the abundance of tech talent, especially in crypto, makes Russia an attractive market.
“The conversation is dominated by the U.S. and China, probably a bit less Japan and Korea," he said. "Even [though] Russia is objectively a leader in the infrastructure building and has a large community, it gets relatively little coverage,."
As two examples, Beardsley cited Telegram and TradingView, which have teams predominantly from Russia and surrounding nations.
Bragin started in November 2019, the company announced last month (Beardsley said the post was published on Dec. 24 but backdated to November). He comes with experience in the industry, having founded peer-to-peer crypto futures exchange ICBIT back in 2011. That was acquired by Swedish crypto exchange Safello in 2016.
“Russian traders increasingly consider cryptocurrency to be just another asset class, alongside commodities and currencies,” Bragin told CoinDesk. “The rapidly growing number of individual traders, combined with the increasing acceptance of trading cryptocurrency, represent clear, positive signals for the growth cryptocurrency futures trading in Russia.”
He added that even though derivatives market at large in Russia is still very young, it’s already “developed into one of the most important markets.”
“Cryptocurrency derivatives started attracting traders from the classic futures market in 2018, it grew in 2019 and trading experts expect the trend to continue in 2020,” Bragin said.
The Russian expansion for Kraken will not involve spot trading or see any fiat on-ramps for the Russian ruble. Crypto-to crypto futures trading is the safest way to enter the market, Beardsley said, as it presents “a relatively low risk of [the exchange being used for] money laundering.”
So far, few global exchanges have paid special attention to Russia, among them Huobi, which opened an office in Moscow in November 2018, Binance, which launched a fiat on-ramp for the Russian ruble earlier this year.
Russians are trading crypto derivatives quite actively, according to the Yakov Barinsky, CEO of HASH CIB, a crypto asset management firm that actively trades derivatives itself.
Barinsky said between 10 percent and 15 percent of the trading volume on the most popular crypto derivatives exchanges like BitMEX, Deribit and Kraken comes from Russian traders, most of whom are professionals.
Russian traders might be bringing in from $4 million of trades on Kraken to some $230 million on BitMEX in bitcoin futures trade. As such, Kraken will face some serious competition in Russia, Barinsky said, adding, “After Binance Futures was launched, liquidity started moving to it and we expect that it’s going to exceed others by trading volume this year.”
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Frank Dello Stritto Interview
Submitted by Nate Yapp on Sun, 2000-10-01 00:00
Early in September I was contacted by the two authors of a book entitled "Vampire Over London," a work that attempted to bring to light the 8 months that Bela Lugosi spent in England between 1951 and 1952. They wanted me to help publicize the book as they were publishing it independently. I agreed to interview the one in the United States, Frank Dello Stritto. What came from that was some fascinating insight into the secret life of Bela Lugosi.
CH: Tell us a little about your new book, "Vampire Over London."(read more...)
Submitted by Eviltwin on Sun, 2000-10-01 00:00
How does a one time Professor of English at the University of Mississippi become a highly celebrated B-movie kings as well as the "Godfather of Gore"? If you are Herschell Gordon Lewis, the transition is not only simple, it’s good business.
Review: The Man and the Monster (1959)
Submitted by Nate Yapp on Sat, 2000-09-30 01:00
This 1950s Mexican import is different from many of its contemporaries because it doesn't play to the lowest common denominator. It isn't sleazy, exploitative, or silly. It's actually quite an intelligent rethinking of the Jekyll and Hyde mythos, though admittedly with a little cheese thrown in.(read more...)
Review: The Surgeon (1995)
Submitted by Brandt Sponseller on Fri, 2000-09-29 01:00
Although it's able to slice through many deservedly obscure flicks with a scalpel while feeding them acid through an IV, The Surgeon, or Exquisite Tenderness as the inappropriate-sounding alternate title has it, is oddly underrated by most horror fans and deserves wider recognition.(read more...)
Review: Salem's Lot (1979)
Submitted by Brandt Sponseller on Thu, 2000-09-28 22:12
Salem's Lot doesn't have breathtaking cinematography, or an awe-inspiring score. There are lots of quirks in the performances. It doesn't have huge special effects. It isn't fast-paced. In fact, it moves pretty slowly most of the time. Yet I would rate it a 9 out of 10, because what Salem's Lot does have, and this is fairly unusual in a film, is a deeply engrossing story that unfolds exactly as if you were reading a book instead, and by the time the horrific material arises, Salem's Lot doesn't need to do anything too spectacular to create atmosphere and scares.(read more...)
Review: The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Submitted by Brandt Sponseller on Wed, 2000-09-27 00:00
Often deceptively simple -- and isn't that appropriate -- The Devil's Advocate is one of my favorite films from 1997, and would rank at least in my top 50 for the decade. It's yet another film that I think is best approached blindly. If you haven't seen it yet, I suggest that you stop reading, watch the film, then get back to me. You just have to trust me that it's worth your time. If you ignore my advice, beware of major spoilers below. Since I'll assume that everyone still reading has already seen the film, I'll approach the rest of my review a bit differently.(read more...)
Review: The New York Ripper (1982)
Submitted by Brandt Sponseller on Mon, 2000-09-25 00:00
Probably infamous Italian horror "maestro" Lucio Fulci's most ridiculous film, New York Ripper ("Lo Squartatore di New York" in Italian) blandly genre hops to an awkward conclusion. The only positives are Fulci's use of gore (duh), one or two truly suspenseful scenes, and the ever-present unintentional humor.
New York Ripper opens with an older man walking his dog under the Brooklyn Bridge (now there's an unusual shot of New York City). His dog plays fetch with him, and when the stick is lost in the bushes, the dog brings back a dismembered human hand instead.(read more...)
Review: Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)
Submitted by Brandt Sponseller on Sun, 2000-09-24 00:00
What it may lack in atmosphere and unprecedented ideas, Urban Legends: Final Cut (ULFC) more than makes up for in (yes it's cliche for this subgenre by now) its "postmodern" self-reference which obtains on many different levels, its technical craft and its entertaining story.(read more...)
Review: Demons (1985)
Submitted by Brandt Sponseller on Sat, 2000-09-23 00:00
"Beware of Watching Horror Films!"
I try to approach films impartially and without preconceptions. I certainly don't read any other reviews before I see a film. I avoid articles in the film magazines if I think I'm going to see the film within a few months. I dislike seeing trailers beforehand, so I have the unusual habit (neurosis, my wife calls it) of looking away from the screen, sometimes into my popcorn box, until the trailers are over. When renting, I avoid reading plot synopses on boxes. My ideal scenario when sitting down to watch a film is to know absolutely nothing about it.(read more...)
Review: The Horror Show (1989)
At turns scary, suspenseful, surreal and saucy, James Isaac's directorial debut, Horror Show, a film produced by Sean Cunningham of Friday the 13th fame, is both satisfying and sadly underrated.(read more...)
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Home Read Sekai Project and the PlayStation Vita
Sekai Project and the PlayStation Vita
Marcus Estrada
Sekai Project is a visual novel publisher that have not been around for all that long but have quickly become the go to company for many English-speaking fans. As many are aware, they put a lot of focus on running Kickstarter campaigns for their visual novels (though, it must be noted that the majority of their projects are not run through Kickstarter). Basically every visual novel campaign has been made focusing in on PC. After all, this is a massive audience and where a great deal of visual novels are initially developed for to begin with. With that said, over multiple projects the team have promised ports for PlayStation Vita.
We’re here now to take a look specifically at that Vita commitment in light of the fact that Vita seems to be what saved Root Double’s Kickstarter from destruction. If you would like a more comprehensive look at how Sekai Project are performing on their various Kickstarter projects then please check out this article. We are focusing exclusively on Vita with this one.
WORLD END ECONOMiCA -complete-
Launched: June 9, 2014
World End Economica served as both Sekai Project’s first visual novel Kickstarter and the first they decided to promise for Vita. At that time, they announced it as a stretch goal for $100,000 and that they would use Unity to port the game series over. They created a $30 Vita-exclusive tier and stated they would bring the games over via PlayStation Mobile. Luckily, they were quickly approved for a PSM license by Sony (then again, PSM was a very low barrier solution to begin with). Due primarily to the fact that PSM did not service all backer nations, Sekai Project took the extra step to try seeking official PlayStation Network licensing as well once the stretch goal was finally unlocked.
By November, they reported good progress on the Unity port, enough so to have it ready once World End Economica episode.02 was ready on PC. By February, they announced Episode.01 now was in alpha status on Unity. By this time, however, Sony had announced that PlayStation Mobile would be closing later in 2015. At some point, Sekai Project pivoted from their PSM goals to PSN proper, but it was never specified in an update by them when this occurred. As such, their game would not be ready in time to make use of the last few months of PSM so their successful application for it was useless. By May, that darn Unity port was still in progress as the alpha for Episode.02 came out.
In a backer-only update in June, Sekai Project re-announced that World End Economica would be coming to Vita as a single package (rather than three distinct games). At the point that all three games were ready they would then send them off for approval to Sony, basically. By October, they revealed they would stop fussing with Ren’py and go straight to Unity with their ports. The confusing line to me is “…we will start the porting process of getting all 3 games on to Unity” which implies that none of the games were ported to Unity. This makes no sense given their continuous chatter of Unity porting since 2014. I’m not sure why they stated it this way in this late update, but no matter what, it meant that fans would have to keep on waiting.
In November 2015 an update came which addressed Vita once again. This time it shared the news that they were now waiting for The Grisaia Trilogy to be accepted by Sony before sending in another proposal. Why did The Grisaia Trilogy get to cut in line? Probably because it made far more money off way more backers than World End Economica did… Or that it is somehow easier to port/translate a much longer trilogy than this trilogy. So far, the latest update is from February 2016 which shared that they will “start working on console port” only after their new translator group looks over Episode.01 and Episode.02. As before, I’m utterly confused. So what happened to the Unity work that had been going on for a year before this? “Start working” is a very different phrase then “resume working,” but I’ll have to assume Sekai Project just misspoke.
fault milestone one -director’s cut-
Launched: June 18, 2014
Fault Milestone One started off on the right foot indeed. Funded nearly immediately, backers soon got to work completing stretch goal after stretch goal. One such goal was for a Vita version at $30,000. By July 11 the goal was met and Sekai Project shared it would be a PSM release until they “become a PSN developer.” Again, PlayStation Mobile is a service which was for very small indie games that was shut down in 2015 (of course this wasn’t known yet in 2014). PlayStation Network is the main storefront for games on Sony platforms. Folks could then nab themselves a promise of the Vita copy at the $10 tier.
Months, and around ten updates, went up after that point — none of which addressed Vita. Finally, on the eve of Fault Milestone One’s launch in December 2014, we got word from Sekai Project founder Raymond Qian himself. He shared that the process of porting to Unity was underway and that they were seeking PSN certification. This is the first moment they pivoted away from PSM to PSN proper in an official update. In July 2015 they responded to the fact that many fans were asking about the status of Vita. At this time, they announced they were pursuing two plans: one of porting Fault Milestone One to Unity and the other of looking into how to bring Ren’py directly to Vita. Ren’py is an engine many PC visual novels are made in, and as such, would be an easier porting job if it could go straight from it to Vita rather than Ren’py -> Unity -> Vita.
But wait, hadn’t Sekai Project just shared in June 2015 that they planned to forgo Ren’py entirely on World End Economica in favor of Unity? Yes. Then again, World End Economica was not made in Ren’py so that would have been an extra step whereas it makes sense for Fault Milestone One. By the time October rolled around they shared a new update to keep folks up to date. There they linked to a The Grisaia Trilogy update in order to explain Vita’s continued slowness. They were “had hardships in getting games approved.” But we’ll go into more detail about that once we get discussing The Grisaia trilogy proper.
Again, despite the fact that Fault Milestone One was funded prior to that project, Grisaia is the one getting the most fleshed out updates on Vita (due to a larger backer base, presumably). By November they restated previously known facts. They needed Grisaia taken care of before addressing any other games on Vita, and were still apparently still in the research stages of how to port Ren’py to Vita four months after first starting to look into it. There’s no doubt that porting is hard, but it’s a shame they could not reveal any fruits of their labor regarding if they discovered anything or not yet. There was (as of so far) a final update in February 2016 that promised “some news about PSVita soon.” Please!
The Grisaia Trilogy
Launched: December 16, 2014
Fast forward past the Kickstarter campaign for WAS -The Hourglass of Lepidoptera- and CLANNAD and we land at The Grisaia Trilogy. For a while it seemed that Sekai Project were done adding new Vita projects onto their plate due to getting stuck with both of them. However, this project revealed they were more than willing to increase their backlog more. It’s not as if they really needed that push either, given how incredibly successful this project ended up being. At the launch, there was a stretch goal of $240,000 for ports of the trilogy to Linux, Mac, and Vita using Unity. This time they noted that this was “pending Sony approval” and that nothing was assured.
On December 18, ports were unlocked but Vita tiers were not added because they needed to get everything “organized with Sony ASAP” first. It definitely seemed that Sekai Project had learned from their previous stress with Vita that you can’t simply promise it — you need official acceptance first. By January 21, they had still not received any word back from Sony. It made sense, given the holiday season timing of their Kickstarter (among other things). Instead of offering Vita tiers, they simply added a $1 “waiting for information” tier which many Vita fans pledged to. The idea was that, if Vita became possible later, they could then upgrade in BackerKit for a copy.
January 30, a few days before the campaign ended, Sony asked them to reapply for PSN. And so they did, and continued to accept $1 pledges from hopeful Vita owners. The curious thing to me is that I am not quite sure what Sekai Project meant when they were saying these things. Apparently they did apply before for PSM, so was The Grisaia Trilogy the first time they tried applying for PSN rather than PSM? I simply can’t tell for sure because their statements have often been very short with regards to this information. All I know is it would be super odd if they waited until this point to apply for PSN after having two games pending for the platform.
Whatever the case, by February Sekai Project finally became a PSN developer! It only took eight months (which is not horrible when you consider how many people must be trying to get on Sony platforms). With that said, there was still a “substantial application process.” Later in the month, they began “exploring the technical work” needed for a port of The Grisaia Trilogy. They also shared that, even though they were now registered with Sony as a publisher, they did not have the okay to publish The Grisaia Trilogy on Vita. So, folks had to keep sitting on their $1 in BackerKit.
In April, BackerKit was soon to be locked down but Sekai Project unfortunately still had no news regarding the Vita version. That came and went with no news… In May 2015, The Fruit of Grisaia was released alongside some news. Due to the complex engine the series uses, they would be porting to Unity for Vita (if approved, of course). Throughout all this (on all their Vita-related campaigns) backers had been asking time and time again about more information on Vita. It was in October 2015 that Sekai Project finally provided a rather large statement about the matter for backers via a The Grisaia Trilogy update.
Basically, it shared that there is a lot of effort involved in getting games approved for Vita, more so than most gamers realize. There’s no doubt about that! One important line from the post was as follows: “we been able to mostly clear up all obstacles that stood in the way of getting this game and the others we got in the pipeline onto the PSN service.” It was outrageously reassuring to know they were finally almost in the clear to start chugging away with Vita stuff. A post in November shared the simple note that they were needing to prepare their documents in the proper order for Sony. Hey, any update is better than none. A few days later, they teased there would be Vita news “very soon.”
Orrrr not? In December they explained they were now working on a Unity port because Sony required a working version to look at as part of the approval process. Now, that just seems like something Sony would tell you upfront, but who knows? Maybe they do honestly keep everything a big secret so developers are forced to take months to get things on their platform. Okay, I’m being facetious, but it seemed a bit embarrassing to me honestly. So far their latest update is from January 2016 and brought back discussion of Vita. They’re still working on getting that first build ready to send to Sony.
Root Double- Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition
Launched: January 5, 2016
After all that transpired in their past Vita-enabled campaigns, I was of the belief that Sekai Project were now finally laying low with regards to Vita promises. After all, it has been a year and a half since they first uttered the word Vita and have still been unable to get a single game confirmed for the platform. When the Root Double- Before Crime *After Days- Xtend Edition Kickstarter launched I found my beliefs validated. In the questions part of the page they stated plainly that there were no plans for a console release of any sort. But, fans demanded Vita, and so Sekai Project gave them what they wanted.
Well, it took a while for fans to truly get what they desired. As my post campaign analysis discusses, at first there was just access at the $225 tier and above before they finally dropped down to offering a $50 digital Vita copy alone. To me this came across as extra strange given the strong reasoning initially revealed for why it *had* to sit at the $225+ tiers. Basically, they wanted to guarantee this reward was possible. After all, up until now Sekai Project offered Vita versions as part of a stretch goal. Here they had to fight hard just to reach their funding goal itself! With no “extra” money for Vita, they needed to keep it priced high enough to get them some concrete funding.
Their next issue was that they didn’t want to offer a digital Vita game all by itself in a tier… but in the end the parties involved changed their minds regardless (likely due to fair of a failed Kickstarter). Their latest update in February confirmed that Root Double will be coming to PC in March and on Vita “eventually.” They’re darn right with that choice of word.
As far as has been officially shared via backer updates, we are still at a point where this publisher have not prepared a build for Sony to look at for approval yet. So far we only know that The Grisaia Trilogy is currently getting the hustle treatment for this process but the same cannot be said for any of the three other titles with a pending Vita release. It seems Sekai Project have gone from doing any porting work on other projects to simply researching the best methods of porting (which, to be fair, should have been the first step). At this point, I sincerely expect that any upcoming Kickstarter by this team does not include a Vita copy — even if fans beg for one. They simply are not ready to make this promise after having nothing to show for it as of yet.
Once The Grisaia Trilogy is finally approved (provided it is) then they should feel more comfortable promising Vita again. It just hasn’t been fair to Vita backers to force them to wait for this process of approvals which should have been instigated prior to ever deciding it would make a good reward for Kickstarter. Well, live and learn, right? Backers of World End Economica, Fault Milestone One, The Grisaia Trilogy, and Root Double will need to suffer a bit longer, but hopefully future projects will go far smoother.
Marcus is a fellow with a love for video games, horror, and Japanese food. When he’s not writing about games for a multitude of sites, he’s usually still playing one. Writing about video games is something he hopes to continue doing for many years to come.
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Home Editor's Pick Sri Lanka refuses to allow Swiss Embassy employee to leave
Sri Lanka refuses to allow Swiss Embassy employee to leave
December 4, 2019 - 23:31
The Sri Lankan Government has refused to allow a Swiss Embassy employee, who claims to have been kidnapped and later released, to leave the country for medical attention.
Foreign Minister Dinesh Gunawardena told reporters today that the Swiss Embassy in Sri Lanka has sought permission to transport the employee on a special air ambulance to Switzerland for medical attention.
However, Gunawardena said that the Swiss Embassy has been informed that the employee, said to be a Sri Lankan, cannot leave the country until she makes a statement to the Police.
The Swiss Embassy employee has not yet been produced before the Police as the Swiss Embassy claims she is not in good health.
At the end of November, the local employee at the Swiss Embassy in Colombo was allegedly detained on the street and threatened by unidentified men to force her to disclose embassy-related information.
However the Foreign Ministry claimed that the sequence of events and timeline of the alleged incident, as formally presented by the Swiss Mission on behalf of the alleged victim to the CID, did not in any way correspond with the actual movements of the alleged victim on that date, as borne out by witness interviews and technical evidence, including Uber records, CCTV footage, telephone records and the GPS data.
Gunawardena said that diplomats from other countries based in Colombo were briefed today on the steps taken by the Government to investigate the incident. (Colombo Gazette)
Gabriella December 4, 2019 - 23:45 at 23:45
The Swiss allegations are begining to develop more holes than Swiss cheese.
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Scott and Emma
Ok, this has been bugging me for some time now and I'm just now getting around to posting it.
Does this whole Scott/Emma thing bother anyone else? Seriously I would have been fine with it, really....but standing over the grave of his dead wife kissing another woman....that's not Boyscout Scott. That's honestly some of the most twisted *%& I've ever seen. Not to mention the woman his wife caught him cheating on her with.
If Jeannie is in that grave, she's spinning right now. And when she comes back (she is the Phoenix after all) I so wanna see her just bitchslap the both of them.
They say Hell Hath no fury like a woman scorned, well, when that woman is the living embodiment of the Phoenix....you're screwed pal!
I can't stand to read the book. It makes me physically ill.
Beast summed it up for me-"I just don't like you very much right now."
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It does make me ill. You are not alone. However, I have good feelings about the return of Jean Grey. You don't get called Phoenix for nothing. If you really want to be mad about something, you should check out the new Excalibur comic. It's pretty bad when you have to create a comic specifically to mop up Grant Morrison's drug induced drivel from the floor. The first issue showed promise. I enjoyed it, and made the decision to buy at least the next couple of issues to "give it a chance." Issue 2 just came out, and I just read it the other night. I must say that I am reconsidering trying it. If any of you know what I'm talking about, then you probably are at the same crossroads I am at, and all I have to say to you are two names: Magneto, Callisto. Nuff' said.
When life hands you lemons, you gotta squirt lemon juice and life's eye and make it your B!TCH
You guys do know that Jean pushed Scott into the arms of Emma right? That's what the whole Here Comes Tommorow arc was about basically.
I read Here Comes Tomorrow, and as hard as it was to make any sense out of it, I definately did not get that Jean pushed Scott and Emma together.
The only thing I did get from that story-arc was that Scott and Emma couldn't walk away from Xavier's dream, or it would lead the team (and the world) to ruin. Just because the future of mutant/human kind relied on them continuing to fight for what they believe, it did not mean Scott had to be an uncaring @$$ who couldn't take ten minutes to grieve the loss of his wife before making out with Emma.
Grant Morrison did little to further the greatness of the X-Men as far as I am concerned. Most of his stories revolved around his own little sub-universe that he created, using his new crappy characters and perverting classic ones to his own designs. He took Scott Summers, a one time great character, and turned him into a despicable cretin. I refuse to buy Astonishing X-Men because I want nothing to do with that character any longer. He's been ruined for me. It makes me sick.
IMO, he handled Scott quite well and he finally injected some change into the X-Men line again.
Change is not necessarily always a GOOD Thing.
Changing Magento into a drug addict, not a good call, changing Beast into a Disney reject, not a good call.
Again, I could rant for hours about the pure trite BS that Grant Morrison has put the X-men through but I won't.
The point of the thread is the whole Scott and Emma thing.
And from a personal standpoint. For someone who was passionately in love with his wife for HOW many years?!?!??! the moment she's in the ground he's making out on her GRAVE. Ok, not in her bed (which would be just as bad) but on her GRAVE. It's basically taking a huge piss on the entire Scott/Jean love story that's been a Marvel Staple for over a decade.
That's my whole problem with the thing. I've always liked Scott, I've always liked Emma.... but writing them both as the "White Queen" is a bit of a stretch. For years we've seen Scott billed as the Boyscout do-gooder. Sure, people change, but I'm sorry, I cannot believe a change LIKE THAT.
Again, as I said, I personally found the whole thing rude, disrespectful and degrading of Jean more than anything.
I love it. I love it I love it I love it I love it!!!
I honestly do. I mean, I truely cannot think of a better X couple at this moment. I seriously can't. I know many traditionalist will say that it's a slap in the fact to the whole Scott/Jean endless love thing that's been a staple of the books for so many years....and to that I say GOOD!! I don't like Scott and Jean together. Never have. Probably never will. As far as I'm concerned Scott should have left her years ago, and In his own way, perhaps he did.
It honestly came to the point where I felt the characters were just going through the motions as it were. Staying together just for the sake of staying together. Because that's what people expected of them and they had to be leaders and role models. Like a loveless marriage that carries on for years and years just for the sake of the kids. Over the years I've seen Scott put so much into the relationship and sacrifice so much that it makes me wonder why he's never killed Wolverine outright or brought the hammer down and told Jeanie that if she so much as eyeballed ol' dog face again that he'd be done with her forever. It's like for years and years he's been her, being Jean's, little lapdog and now that he's finally free of the leash he's reveling in it.
And I know people will say, "Put people don't just change like that. You don't go from loving someone to not loving them overnight." And that is true. But in my opinion, as I've already stated, I think his love for her had been dying for a long long time. Since long before Emma even came onto the scence. I think deep down, way down where it really counts, that Scott, who has always been a staunch supporter of Xavier's dreams, has felt that the prof's methods were completely wrong. I think he was simply sacrificing his own will for the cause of a greater good. But now that several of the anchors that were previously there have been removed he's finally free to try to do things differently.
Was kissing Emma on Jean's grave wrong of him? Perhaps. Personally I loved the image, and I think it well symbolizes the image and Ideals of this new direction of X-Men.
You can't let your Morals stand in the way of your Morality, and sometimes to get the job done.....hard choices need to me made, and harder actions undertaken.
Truth said it better than I ever could. IMO Jean and Scott grew apart, and it wasn't just Apocalypse messin' with him.
And let's face it this isn't the first time Scott has believed Jean dead and fallen for another within a few weeks (what was that fishing boat Captain's name?)
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Local Hero Wrote: And let's face it this isn't the first time Scott has believed Jean dead and fallen for another within a few weeks (what was that fishing boat Captain's name?)
Lee Forrester.
Scott is the player of the X-Men universe (besides Wolverine). Which reminds me of this excellent column by Jim Lemoine over at ComiXfan:
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I think if the whole thing had been handled by a more accomplished writer of characters it may not have come across as so heartless. We do tend to forget though that in an all action world such as those inhabited by the X-Men all events and interactions tend to be condensed timewise due to the nature of their existence, where they don't know if when they wake up that this is gonna be their last day on earth. In these situations, you might make choices which would normally be totally out of character.
AngelRogue
The whole Scott/Emma thing is part of what scared me away from X-men entirely. I may not have followed the Scott/Jean romance religiously, but breaking it up convinced me that the whole writing staff had gone temporarily insane. I planned to return after they set the whole thing to rights with Emma dead or gone and Scott n' Jean back together. They still haven't fixed anything. I still haven't returned. :x
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Visiting the “Top of the World”, aka ICELAND
I will be visiting Iceland on business for the third time soon, however in the first two trips I had the opportunity to explore some of this enchanting island and meet many of the people living there. In fact it made the trip feel more like a holiday than work.
With our busy schedule we were only able to wander around for 4 days, but those four days were enough to make me really appreciate the land of “fire and ice”. There were two outstanding trips we took while we were there, one to the Icelandic highlands and one to the Blue Lagoon, a world renowned spa.
The trip to the highlands is something of a trek, although there are buses that will take groups into the vast expanses of volcanic rock fields, but I much preferred riding in a gigantic 4x4 (the vehicle of choice of any Icelander worth his metal). As soon as you leave the asphalt you have a sense of leaving civilisation behind. The terrain becomes more and more desolate. All that was missing was some Hobbits and it would have felt like travelling to Mordor. About 10 minutes after having left the road the last of the tundra disappeared and we were surrounded by black volcanic rock, some of it glassy and some of it porous, all of it beautiful. Soon afterwards we drove into a thick mist, caused mainly by the small geysers all around us. Signs popped up in the middle of a petrified lava fields pointing to far away glaciers and shelters in the middle of nowhere, on a non existent track. After a short break to examine the rocks and the local Viking beer, we hopped back into the jeep, however these brief stops were to continue all the way to the shelter.
The first stop was for us to see a small waterfall cascading over glassy black rocks, forming a small pond with a bright red sulphuric shore, a reminder of how much energy is locked away a few hundred meters under our feet. Our next stop proved to me much more impressive. Reaching the top of a small hill our jaws dropped at the sudden burst of colour. We were in an area with many small geysers and the warm water helped plant life develop in the area. Hills climbed and dropped, covered with green, yellow and orange moss, streaked with the rusty red of the sulphur painted rock. All around us steam broke through the ground and water bubbled. Siggy, the guy who invited us on a the trip (after only having met us a couple of days before), warned us not to get too close because people have fallen into geysers and there are much better ways to go than to be scalded alive.
Our third stop was breathtaking. We were just getting used to colours reappearing around us when, upon reaching the top of another hill, we looked down to see a lake surrounded by other hills covered in soft green moss. The cleanest most serene lake I have ever seen, surrounded by the blackest rocky shore, with a small hill protruding from the middle of the lake. Such an unexpected sight in a place that feels that desolate. There was a sudden realisation that we were far from civilisation at that moment. The absolute quiet, no animals, no cars, no people, even our own voices did not carry very far. I ventured down to the lake while Siggy and the others enjoyed another cold one at the top of the hill. Looking back at the top I could see 4x4 and off road motorcycle tracks scarring the green hills. Civilisation was not as far away as I had thought. Siggy later told me that that was the sort of thing that really pissed him off as it takes years and years for the moss to grow and kids in their vehicles like to ride up and down destroying them. I also noticed sheep, solitary or in pairs dotting the hills. Apparently they are left to roam the highlands free and when the weather becomes worse the herders all get together on their horses and spend a couple of weeks drinking and rounding them up. It is beyond me how they manage to find them or catch them as there was sometimes a distance of 1-2 miles between any two animals.
Finally, after the lake we arrived at the shelter, which was located just below what I thought was another hill. After paying closer attention I noticed that this was in fact a petrified lava field. Molten lava had poured out of a volcano decades ago and you could follow its path as it washed over the land, only to solidify after cooling, like a frozen wave. The closer you got the more detail you could make out. Walking into the lava field, that rose to 4-5 meters on either side of you, was like entering a maze made of black glass. It’s an unsettling surrounding, sharp dark rocks that look as though they should reflect light, but in fact absorb it all. We climbed to the top, passing “highland chickens” (a type of grouse) and more sheep to reach the moss and mushroom covered top. We sat on the moist vegetation that felt like a quilt and looked at the ever present rainbow springing from a now silent volcano, covered in pink and red streaks, like somebody had had fun with it in Photoshop. It struck me as unbelievable that places like this, silent and beautiful, and yet so simple, could exist and that I was actually there.
There was a stream running alongside the shelter, with wooden decking leading to a small platform with steps leading into the water. It is surreal to see people in bikinis in the water when the temperature is about 6 C. But it was not time for us to join in yet. After preparing a barbeque with lamb and jacket potatoes we went to our room at the top of the shelter and had dinner, and yet more beer. It was nice and toasty in the room, very cosy in the candlelight as the electricity was being conserved and at 9pm all the light had completely disappeared. It was at 9:30pm that Siggy thought it would be the best time to jump in. We were a funny sight in swimming shorts and skiing jackets and hiking boots, walking in the dark next to a wall of steam rising from the stream. We got to the platform and quickly undressed and stepped into the stream . The water was at 35 C. It is difficult to understand at first, confusing for the body. You feel as though you are entering a gigantic bathtub.
The pebbles at the bottom are hot and round and bubbles rise from between them. As we sat in the dark, the light from jeeps arriving creating enormous shadows from rocks or wooden stakes reflected on the steam, Siggy felt compelled to share how amazing he found it that only 200 meters beneath us there is a whole sea of lava bursting to get out. In this horror film setting it did make me somewhat paranoid, but prone as I am to paranoia, it was not enough to get me to leave the warmth of the water and walk, dripping wet, onto a platform where the air’s temperature was below zero. Eventually I did get our and sat on the wooden decking, while, surprisingly, the rising heat from the water dried me off completely. I am not sure if it would have been better to have visited in the summer when at 9pm everything would have been bathed in a twilight that lasts until morning some 4-6 hours later.
Needless to say, nothing disturbed my sleep that night, not even the incredibly loud snoring from one of my travel companions. The dark, the silence and the warmth put me straight to sleep. The next morning we watched a group of elderly German and French tourists walk into the lava field maze and disappear, on a weeklong trek that would take them through the lava fields to one shelter after the other and a series of hot springs and silent volcanoes.
As we drove back to Reykjavik, through fields of moss, volcanoes, streams that came up to the jeeps doors and glassy rock, I felt nostalgic and relieved to leave it all behind. Our final stop before returning was at a massive waterfall where all the streams converged into a river that emptied into the Atlantic. The cliff side at the waterfall was bordered by rusty wires, what you might find on a WWI trench. Drops lingered from the spikes. Similar to the island itself, with its forbidding beauty, a warning of the power nature has hidden away, like a champagne bottle that’s been shaking all day.
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5 - ‘Finer’ Feelings: Sociability, Sensibility and the Emotions of Gens de Lettres in Eighteenth-Century France
from II - Emotional Repertoires
By Anne C. Vila, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Edited by Jonas Liliequist
Book: A History of Emotions, 1200–1800
Published by: Pickering & Chatto
Published online: 05 December 2014, pp 79-94
Abstract/Prologue
In her chapter for this volume, ‘Theories of Change in the History of Emotions’, Barbara Rosenwein contrasts two sorts of historical narratives: those that focus on periods when a culture's defining emotions remain stable, versus those that seek to account for change in emotional values and practices. My chapter falls somewhere between those categories. Focusing specifically on the context of eighteenth-century France, it explores some of the principles that lent stability to sensibility, the feeling-based concept of human nature that shaped the period's social codes, fostered the rise of sentimentalist art and literature, and gave the body a prominent role in moral and mental functions. At the same time, it emphasizes the persistence of another, earlier set of affective values: the emotions deemed peculiar to gens de lettres (the period's generic term for intellectuals), especially those who pursued study with the greatest intensity. By examining sources that focus specifically on those emotions and their underlying mechanisms, this chapter draws attention to a side of the culture of sensibility that tends to be omitted in accounts that emphasize its better-known, more socially oriented forms of expression. Yet it also considers how sentimentalism and sociability inflected the older trope of a- or anti-social intellectual ardour – a process that contributed to the redefinition of what it meant to be capable of ‘finer’ feelings, and who, exactly, embodied that capacity.
14 - Medicine and the body in the French Enlightenment
By Anne Vila
Edited by Daniel Brewer, University of Minnesota
Book: The Cambridge Companion to the French Enlightenment
Print publication: 27 October 2014, pp 199-213
By Daniel Brewer, Paul Cheney, Charly Coleman, Andrew Curran, Thomas DiPiero, Dan Edelstein, Julie Candler Hayes, Antoine Lilti, Jennifer Milam, J. B. Shank, Downing A. Thomas, Stéphane Van Damme, Anthony Vidler, Anne Vila, Charles W. J. Withers
Print publication: 27 October 2014, pp vii-x
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On February 11th, Deerfield will bring to campus Lost Kings, a DJ duo that quickly rose to fame through the popular app Soundcloud. Lost Kings started their musical career in Los Angeles, and have since gained popularity nationwide with over 80,000 followers on SoundCloud. Their most famous song, “Phone Down,” has been played over one million times on the app alone, and the remixed versions have been played double that amount.
Claire Koeppel ’18, a member of the Student Planning Committee (SPC), led the effort to bring the group to Deerfield. “When I was thinking of people we could potentially bring to campus, I immediately thought of Lost Kings,” she explained. “Their new song “Phone Down” has become really popular and they’re definitely on the rise in the music industry.” Koeppel contacted the manager of the group to inquire about the possibility of holding a private concert on campus and recieved a positive the next day.
The Lost Kings’ two members, Robert Gainley and Dr. No are both renowned musicians affiliated with RCA Records/ Disruptor Records from Los Angeles, CA.
The Deerfield administration was also enthusiastic about holding such an high-profile event on campus. Koeppel explained that the administration had no objections, which made the planning of the event go much more seamlessly. She also wanted to recognize Mr. Brian Barbato, Student Activities Coordinator, for helping SPC with planning the event, and Mr. John LaPrade, who has assisted SPC in arranging the technical aspects of the concert.
Koeppel addressed the financial side of the concert, stating that it will be free for all students as it is sponsored by SPC. The entire event is costing the school around $18,000 of their budget, which is very manageable.
The concert, a 90 minute-long set, will be held in the dining hall, with the small bubble blocked off and a small stage set up in front of the two pillars and a large screen behind it. Koeppel also spoke about how the atmosphere of the dining hall will be completely transformed for the event. The windows will be blacked out to capture the atmosphere of a real concert as much as possible, along with confetti cannons and tons of lights.
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The NSA: Facebook's Poor Sister
We learn today that the NSA's spying is nothing at all compared to that of Facebook.
Facebook is not just looking at user's personal information, interests, and online habits but also to your private conversations, revealed a new report. According to NBC report, this may be the case as Kelli Burns, a professor at University of South Florida states, "I don't think that people realize how much Facebook is tracking every move we're making online. Anything that you're doing on your phone, Facebook is watching." the professor said. --NBC quoted at Ticker
Having that app open on your cellphone allows FB to listen to everything, including the sounds surrounding you at the time.
Maybe NSA has that too. Where's Snowden when you need him?
The "requiem aeternam" from Verdi's Requiem, sung by the best living talent, Renee Fleming.
(Start at 4:00; the section ends at 7:35.)
Fleming was one of the featured artists in this year's Memorial Day concert (public TV) broadcast from Washington DC last night.
This section of the work is very challenging for both the soloist and the chorus. Fleming not only sings it correctly; she sings it as the prayer it is. If you don't get it after hearing her sing it, you'll never get it at all.
For our fallen, Memorial Day, 2016.
Can We Afford the Regulators--and the (R) Congress?
These stats are shockers.
Total spending on federal regulatory activity has jumped almost 18% in real terms since Obama took office, reaching $56 billion this year. That outpaced overall economic growth, which has climbed a total of 13% since 2008.
Over those same years, the number of jobs at these regulatory agencies climbed by 11.8% — to almost 280,000 workers — while the number of private sector jobs has growth by 8.5%.
To put these numbers in perspective: If GDP had grown as fast as the federal regulatory budget, the economy would be $696 billion bigger today. If private sector employment had kept pace with the growth in regulatory jobs, there would be 3.7 million more people at work. quoted at ColdFury
Wasn't Paul Ryan the Chairman of Budget during the last few years? It would appear that Nancy Pelosi occupied that position.
Didn't Ron Johnson tell us that he's going to cut Big Gummint?
This is all so confusing.
What Happened to America? And the Catholic Church?
Noted at AOSHQ's Book Thread, a new offering by a WaTimes columnist which
...lights up the massive, Moscow-directed penetration of America's most hallowed halls of power, revealing not just the familiar struggle between Communism and the Free World, but the hidden war between those wishing to conceal the truth and those trying to expose the increasingly official web of lies...It was this moral surrender to deception and self-deception, West argues, that sent us down the long road to moral relativism, "political correctness," and other cultural ills...
There is a parallel, of course: the Soviet Union's penetration of the Catholic Church, directed by Stalin and his successors.
That "moral relativism" thing is directly related to the current fad of "gradualism" in moral theology, notable for its presence in Amoris Laetitia. That gradualism is preceded by deChardin's "Omega" flapjaw, by the way. Can't really have one without the other.
The book? Diana West's American Betrayal: The Secret Assault on Our Nation's Character
Spectator Sport: Smell the Sweat
This election season, for us #NeverTrump types, will be a spectator sport.
And you can already smell the sweat from the "professional operative" class of (R) types who will not be employed by The Donald.
See, The Donald may well win this election by virtue of two key elements: the MSM, which makes its money on trainwrecks/if-it-bleeds-it-leads stories, and his innate understanding of how to use the MSM. He's beat them like rented mules and they keep coming back for more.
Popcorn!!
The Donald Will Corn-a-Hole You
When you're pandering for votes in Iowa, you say you'll corn-a-hole the rest of the country.
That's what The Donald did.
Maybe he should run his helicopter on pure corn liquor. Or heat his building with it.
Or jam it where the sun never shines.
Sensenbrenner Loves Him Some EPA Regs
We noted below that Speaker Ryan allowed an amendment favoring trannies to some House bill. The entire bill was rejected later, thank God.
Now comes Jim Sensenbrenner, who finds that MORE EPA regulation is just fine and dandy. Sensenbrenner poses as a Conservative when he's at home, by the way. Apparently the 9th and 10th Amendments do not apply when he's in D.C. but make for good sound-bites at home.
You don't have to know much about Congress to know that the co-sponsors of the bill are among the most rabid Big Gummint types in the country, by the way.
Rand Paul objects to Senate passage. Good luck with that; McConnell has campaign contributions to collect, ya'know.
On the Biden-for-Bernie Switcheroo
Rumors abound that Bernie Sanders will be switched out and Joe Biden will be switched in at the Dem Convention because the Hildebeeste will be indicted.
Comment of the day:
...There's no way the establishment Democrats are going to hand over control of their cozy racket to a crazed geriatric communist who wasn't even a member of their party a few months ago....
Yah. Reince couldn't have said it better.
Josh Hammer Is Dead-Wrong
By and large, one agrees with Josh Hammer's opinion-piece on Conservative problems with The Donald.
But one sector of the essay is dead-wrong.
Stop Complaining About H-1B Visas...To put it simply, H-1B recipients are the most meritorious of all foreign workers. They are disproportionately more skillful, more highly educated, more assimilated and/or more likely to easily assimilate, and unambiguously help the economy more than any other class of immigrants....
This is unambiguous poppycock. Norm Matloff, who is no Conservative, has written extensively about the H-1B problem, and has proven beyond the shadow of a doubt--statistically--that the H-1B visa is used largely to import cheap labor. H-1B's are NOT 'more skillful, and more highly educated'. They are (mostly) ordinary programmers whose educational credentials are (mostly) from sub-par to mid-road colleges.
But they are very cheap to keep; they are the white-collar version of the common illegal laborer.
Shocked? Paul Ryan, Tranny-Pal
Paul Ryan--who IS being opposed this election--allowed a (D) amendment to HR 5055.
That amendment enshrines trannies in Federal law as a "protected class."
What the Hell is the matter with Ryan?
UPDATE: HR 5055 failed to pass with the amendment in place, but Grothman voted FOR it. New question: What the Hell is the matter with Grothman?
Why Trump? Dreher's Theory
Rod Dreher thinks that the fecklessness of the 'tolerance' bunch--which happens to include a lot of mid/upper-class white folks--will push Trumpism over the top.
...middle-class male culture, at least white male culture, doesn’t know how to nurture a healthy masculinity. The middle-class white American church certainly doesn’t. Eventually, the provocations of Social Justice Warriors, especially when they are race-based, is going to empower the militant whites, especially those drawn to pagan masculinity, and they are going to do what the rest of us would not do: Fight. This, because the best — that is, those who want peace, civility, and tolerance — lack all conviction to defend the conditions under which we can have those things against their enemies.
Trump is a vulgar, crass, alpha-male brute. But he doesn’t care what SJWs and liberals say about him. He fights, and sometimes fights as dirty as they do. That’s not nothing. White liberal middle-class society and many bourgeois conservatives have demonized within themselves, collectively and individually, the instinct that would have given them the strength to fight civilization’s enemies on the Left and on the Right. It’s partly because of self-hating white people...
He fears that this silent acquiescence will have serious, negative, consequences.
...without a forceful, effective, unambivalent response to the unhinged militant left, sooner or later the forces of white supremacy are going to organize the dispossessed, demoralized, chaotic white rabble, and the SJWs, as well as the Washington elites, aren’t going to know what hit them. God knows I’m not saying I want this to happen, but I think it probably will happen if we continue on this current trajectory. Slouching rough beasts and all that....
Dreher tends to be apocalyptic, but he's usually more correct than not. He DID--accurately--predict that SCOTUS would "authorize" queer marriage, about 2 years before those idiots did so. So we should take this seriously, and stop shilly-shallying around to be "polite" and "tolerant."
The sooner, the better.
By the way, this guy has similar thoughts.
Huzzah!! Brad Schimel Sues Obozo
Good. AG Schimel joined a suit against Obozo's tranny-potty game.
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel joined attorneys general and school districts from across the United States today in challenging the Obama Administration’s new Title IX policy. In the latest example of the Obama Administration’s unlawful executive overreach, which re-interprets the word “sex” to include “gender identity,”...
Happy to see that Wisconsin still believes in the 9th and 10th Amendments.
Why Trump? Republican Enablers, That's Why
We're still #NeverTrump here. But ya'know, there's a long list of transgressions which have fueled the Trumpkins.
Fast and furious: ATF perpetrates a fraud to get people killed and pin the blame on Americans.
Obamacare: obviously unconstitutional with its individual mandate, and wrecks the healthcare system
Massive bailouts and spending initiatives from a drunken, insolvent government
EPA out of control, DOE sadly in control
The Feds going to some trouble and expense to make government shutdowns exceptionally painful for Americans
Bungled, interminable wars
The Benghazi debacle and coverup
The Secretary of State conducting illegal business on an illegal email server, greatly to the benefit of a hostile foreign power
The creeping normalization of NSA snooping on Americans not involved in any official investigation
The OPM hack: A strategic defeat both devastating and historically unique. Agents of a hostile foreign power were put in charge of securing our most sensitive information, with predictable results.
The VA scandal: veterans dying while bureaucrats falsify records and collect bonuses
The transmutation of our institutions of learning into hotbeds of mental illness and hysteria
A general “can’t do” attitude as regards securing our border with Mexico
The President, in negotiation with Iran over nuclear weapons, actively and energetically represents Iranian interests, without trying to win even the most marginal concessions for America.
Cadged from Cold Fury
Yes, Speaker Ryan, you enabled this crap (and a lot more), just as did your cohort in the Senate. So man up, take responsibility, and shut off the purse.
Or watch, ninny-nannying, as the country goes down the porcelain tube.
It Begins in Baraboo (!!)
The Feds are now "investigating" a Wisconsin Lutheran grade school for:
...sending home letters telling parents and students that they expect students to live within Christian values while at school....
Seems that the school asked for birth certificates of the students so that it could make sure there were no Bathroom/Locker Room Incidents of Tranny. This is a new front on the War Against Nature--the persecution of religious beliefs.
The school accepts Fed moneys for busing and lunch programs, ergo it must bend its knee to the current god, as defined by Obozo and his ally, the Freedom From Religion pustule.
Buy. More. Ammo.
Picture, 1,000 Words, and All That
HT: Gateway
Katie Couric, Student of Dan Rather
When a "journalist" can't get what they want from an interview, they simply change stuff.
Fortunately, a lot of people are wise to the technique, so they run their own recordings.
Milwaukee a Murder-Leader
Isn't this special? Milwaukee gets national notice.
For its increase in murders this year.
...New crime statistics show that in Milwaukee, St. Louis, Baltimore and Washington, murders are up over 43 percent in just one year....
D.A. Chisholm is busy chasing Conservatives. When he's done, he'll get right to this.
#Never Trump
For Charlie Sykes, who admires Winston:
HT: MoonBattery
Ten Large Lies About the Catholic Church
A non-Catholic sociologist has written a book which debunks 10 Large Lies about the Catholic Church. It makes for interesting reading. An essay remarking on the lies appeared today at PJMedia.
In the essay, the usual lies and myths about the Inquisition, "Hitler's Pope" (which was actually a creation of Joseph Stalin's "disinformation" apparatchiks), the Crusades, the "secret gospels", the 'massacres of pagans,' the (not-at-all) "Dark Ages," the Church's significant and positive influence on science, her opposition to slavery, her very cautious outlook on "kings," and her nurturing of free markets are all taken apart.
We don't expect that any amount of scholarship will stop the assaults on the Church, of course. We don't expect that the MSM will even note the existence of this book. And even if this book proves 100% effective, someone will come up with more half-truths or lies.
But thinking people will know better.
More Truth About Texas
Caught at Sipsey
The Tahoe is also Texas' version of the 3/4T, distinct from the Suburban, which is the Texas Deuce-and-a-half.
Legal, Yes. Questionable Judgment, Yes
A Wisconsin appellate court tossed out the loitering conviction against a man who was cited during a stroll he took in 2013, which happened to be near a school while carrying an AR-15 on his shoulder and a gun on his hip....
Under Wisconsin law, one may legally open-carry if there is no evidence of criminal or malicious intent.
We think that the fellow is utterly lacking in judgment.
Welfare-Taker Takes $20 Million Out of US?
Seems that a few Somalians living in the US have taken up to $20 million--in cash--out of the US and to Somalia, which happens to have a lot of ISIS-types.
The transporters are welfare recipients, which raises a question....right?
But ObozoJustice is too busy prosecuting cake-makers and tranny-tossers, or lying to Federal judges in Oklahoma, to give a damn.
Tranny-Tosser Under Arrest
A security guard at a D.C. grocery was arrested for tossing a tranny from the ladies' room. Prolly going to be a hate-crime prosecution. Tranny claims to be "emotionally traumatized."
That's nothing compared to the trauma some of us would inflict if he had trotted into a ladies' room behind one of our grand-daughters.
EPA to Ruin More Engines
Appears that the Corn-a-Holers have dumped more dollars into the Obozo/(D) accounts.
The Environmental Protection Agency wants to increase the amount of renewable fuel in the nation's gasoline supply by about 700 million gallons in 2017....
...The agency proposed adding 18.8 billion gallons of renewable fuel to gasoline in 2017 in the newest Renewable Fuel Standard announced Wednesday afternoon. That would cause renewable fuel to make up 10.44 percent of the nation's gasoline supply in 2017...
Note that the percentage of corn liquor per gallon rises ONLY because EPA wants to jam an extra 18.8B gallons of liquor into the supply.
Corn-a-Hole interests just can't stand a real market. They want guaranteed income.
Meantime, millions are starving for lack of corn.
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The Commencement Speech You'll Never Hear
While we're on the topic of trenchant commentary (see below), take 10 minutes to read Neal Boortz's never-heard commencement speech. Boortz is a libertarian, so use caution; but you'll get the idea.
You'll also know why he was never invited to give the speech.
(Also courtesy AOSHQ.)
Gotta Love Mencken!
H L Mencken was a newsman back in the day when that did not mean "press-release-reader." While he had some serious flaws, he was clairvoyant on a few matters.
“The most erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken their intelligence, and so make them fit to discharge the duties of citizenship in an enlightened and independent manner. Nothing could be further from the truth. The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed and train a standardized citizenry, to put down dissent and originality. That is its aim in the United States, whatever the pretensions of politicians, pedagogues and other such mountebanks, and that is its aim everywhere else.” --quoted at AOSHQ
Particularly delicious is his use of the word 'mountebank' in reference to politicians and pedagogues. Graduates of publikscrewels may have to look up the word, of course.
Insurer Sues ObozoCare for $223 Million
Remember, the health insurance industry lobbied hard for ObozoCare. Now they got it. Good and hard.
...Highmark is suing the government demanding payment of almost $223 million, the full amount to which the health insurer says it is legally entitled for 2014 under an Obamacare program designed to limit the business risk of selling plans...
That's the "risk corridor" program.
Lie down with dogs, get up with fleeced fleas.
Really. A Bubble-Blowing "Gun"
Read it and weep.
A 5-year-old kindergarten student at Southeast Elementary in Brighton, CO was suspended from school after she brought a *gun onto school grounds.
*a clear, plastic princess bubble-blowing gun
The salvation of Colorado will occur when the schools are run by people who are actually sane.
Sykes' False Premise
About 95% of the time, I agree with Charlie Sykes' vision of politics. On the occasions when we differ, I've made it clear--not that it makes any difference to Charlie.
Sykes writes that Priebus' latter-day conversion to Trumpism is debasing to the (R) Party and Priebus. But I fear that Charlie's essay is based on a false premise: that the (R) Party is 'conservative.' It is not--and Charlie has made that point a million times on his show.
I warned my fellow conservatives what life would be like if they embraced Donald Trump: They would spent the next six months having to defend, rationalize, or evade every slur, every insult, every falsehood, every outrage. They would be held hostage to every tweet, every outburst.
Unfortunately, Reince Priebus now seems determined to illustrate that point...
After a few grafs of What's Wrong With Trump (just a highlight reel), Charlie gets to this:
....Your job is not to carry water for The Orange Duce, it is to somehow salvage the GOP. You need somehow to separate the fate of the GOP from Trumpism, or risk redefining your party for a generation. ...
The premise is that the (R) Party of, say, 1992-present, is actually conservative. This is false.
It is true that the (R) label has a Conservative component which is significant. But the (R) Party, at least since GWBush, has actually been the 'Less-Statist, Less-Unhinged Party' and--worse--it has been the Enabling Party for the worst President in history, a 'man' so utterly anti-Right Order that he has spit upon and smashed every single moral and ethical constraint known to man. And done so with glee and full knowledge of his actions.
Sorry, Charlie: there's no "there" there in Priebus' party any more--at least, not enough to make a difference. We're still on the same side on 95% of the issues, but the (R) Party? It's been AWOL for a long, long, time.
TownHall Writer: BUY MORE AMMO!!
A nice young fellow at TownHall takes up the mantra.
I have never, ever had anyone tell me that he had too much ammunition. Not in a combat zone, not in a civil disaster, not even in peacetime. Never....Buying ammo is a no-lose proposition. Look, the worst thing that happens if you buy more ammo is that you have more ammo.
He's an Army veteran, acquainted with the word "necessary."
Lots of other wisdom there; read the whole thing.
Little Sisters of the Poor Defeat Obozo!
SCOTUS decides in favor of the Little Sisters of the Poor.
Obozo retreats to the nearest ladies' room to pout.
Some Piggies Cry a Lot. Right, Tom Barrett?
Headline in today's fishwrap/propaganda sheet tells us that Milwaukee's apparent Mayor, Tom Barrett, is whining and crying that 'Milwaukee won't get its share of lead-pipe abatement funds' from the eeeeeeeeeeeevil Walker regime.
'S OK, Tommy boy. Milwaukee's been stealing money from the suburbs for THIRTY YEARS in the form of MMSD taxes and fees. And then sending raw sewage into Lake Michigan, to boot.
We'll send a few bricks of Government cheese for your whine.
NYTimes Just Can't Write "Communist"
Here's a mid-length article about Venezuela's agony--which was brought on by the Communists Hugo Chavez and his successor Maduro. Read the whole thing; it's worth knowing what actually happens when the SHTF.
...This nation has the largest oil reserves in the world, yet the government saved little money for hard times when oil prices were high. Now that prices have collapsed — they are around a third what they were in 2014 — the consequences are casting a destructive shadow across the country. Lines for food, long a feature of life in Venezuela, now erupt into looting. The bolívar, the country’s currency, is nearly worthless.
The crisis is aggravated by a political feud between Venezuela’s leftists, who control the presidency, and their rivals in congress. ...
Well, yes, Communists are "leftists." But which of the two terms is a better descriptor? Hubert Humphrey and LBJ were 'leftists.' But they did not bring the US to ruin. Obama, another Communist, won't either--but not for lack of trying.
HT: Zippers
Who Started It? Her Name Is Charlotte
Here's a point that the press-release-readers (national and local) do not make. Ever.
...North Carolina’s Governor and state legislature did not just decide to convene a special session of the legislature and start a fight over bathrooms. They were responding to overreach by the city of Charlotte, NC, which has thus far escaped all blame and is never mentioned in Tobin’s piece.
Charlotte, NC passed an ordinance that not only required businesses to allow men to use the women’s restroom, but specifically refused to exempt churches and religious organizations. Charlotte decided to impose that burden on conscientious objectors in the culture war who object because the claims made by transgender advocates violate both the laws of science and the tenets of every major religion....
So yah, the news-readers just spew the queer propaganda. What--you thought otherwise?
The Real "Gender" War
Propagandists have known for centuries that in order to control the argument, one must first control the language. Thus, the propagandists-of-queer adopted "gender". You see, "gender" has nothing to do with essence, and everything to do with accident.
Here's Webster on "gender":
1 a : a subclass within a grammatical class (as noun, pronoun, adjective, or verb) of a language that is partly arbitrary but also partly based on distinguishable characteristics (as shape, social rank, manner of existence, or sex) and that determines agreement with and selection of other words or grammatical forms b : membership of a word or a grammatical form in such a subclass c : an inflectional form showing membership in such a subclass
2 a : sex b : the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex...
It's the secondary definition which is of interest. Notice (b): 'behavioral, ...psychological traits...'? That's the usage of the queer propagandists. "Behavioral, cultural, psychological" attributes are, in fact, accidents, not essence.
Notice that the MSM (among others) parrots the term? It's in their scripts. They will never use the term "sex" as in "The baby is of the male sex." That's because "sex" connotes essence (albeit secondary; the principal essence is "human" or "bird" or "fish.")
For the artful liar, "gender" as in #2 above is a gift which will keep on giving. Utilizing the term allows re-defining humans. We saw a glimpse of this redefinition process in Kennedy's infamous 'whatever you want to be' language at SCOTUS and that hairball has simply grown since then. Like all hairballs, it's a sticky, ugly, mess, the composition of which you really don't want to know.
So when you hear that term "gender" it is foolhardy to engage an argument. You will lose unless you are actually dealing with a 'behavioral, cultural, psychological' discussion. Force your interlocutor to admit to essence: sex.
UPDATE: See also this post from Grim.
THE Analysis of "Pluralism"
Historian James Hitchcock, 1979:
“The media’s alleged commitment to pluralism,” says Hitchcock, “is at base a kind of hoax. The banner of pluralism is raised in order to win toleration for new ideas as yet unacceptable to the majority. Once toleration has been achieved, public opinion is systematically manipulated first to enforce a status of equality between the old and the new, then to assert the superiority of the new over the old. A final stage is often the total discrediting, even sometimes the banning, of what had previously been orthodox.” Hitchcock quotes T.S. Eliot, who put the matter most bluntly: “Paganism holds all the most valuable advertising space.” --quoted by Esolen at Crisis
It's helpful to know the dictionary-definition of "tolerate," of course. Then you'll understand why it's true that we 'tolerate' Obozo.
Venezuela & Brazil: Latest Communist Failures
Both Venezuela and Brazil are "led" by Communists--who are called 'socialists' by the running-dog US press.
Venezuela is now subject to food riots.
And Brazil's Olympic Games venue will not be complete--nor even close to sanitary.
Obozo took a helluva run at bringing the US into the same situation. So far, he's not quite successful.
Texas Leads. Where's Wisconsin?
Here's a notable statement from the Lieutenant Governor of Texas.
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) told school administrators they should "not enact" the policy mandated by the Obama administration that students be allowed access to restrooms and locker rooms according to their "gender identity" rather than their biological sex....
He's right, of course.
So. Where is the corresponding statement from anyone in the Walker Administration?
It's here:
Gov. Scott Walker is also weighing in.
"I think the bottom line is issues like that need to be addressed at the local level. That's what we elect school boards for. It's not an issue the federal government should be involved in, nor for that matter the state. Really it should be left up to the local school districts," he said.
Not exactly a thunderous response, but clearly in line with the 10th Amendment.
RoJo, the Big Spender (!)
Seems that Ron Johnson is now a Certified Member of the Establishment.
The U.S. Senate’s first spending bill of 2016 allocates $261 million more than President Barack Obama requested and lacks significant conservative amendments, but it still sailed to passage Thursday in the Republican-led chamber.
Only 8 Senators voted against this pig.
RoJo was NOT one of them. So "the Reformer" has folded like a cheap suit.
Draft Your Own Daughter, RoJo!
Yup. RoJo voted for drafting women into Obozo's armed forces.
McCain and Musk for Massive Fail!!
Seems that Senator McCain has a love affair with Elon Musk. That may create a problem.
...“Two Republican powerhouses (Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain [Ariz.] and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy [Calif.]) teamed up Wednesday to introduce a bill that would stop U.S. military reliance on Russian-made rocket engines (RD-180) for its national security space launches.”...
OK. Screw the dirty Russkis!! Dethrone Putin, The Enemy!! Right??
Umhhhnnnmmm.....
...you can’t actually end our reliance on Russian rockets – unless you have a viable alternative ready to go. The United States does not....
Enter Elon Musk, the father of the self-immolating Tesla; the Tesla whose gull-wing doors don't work well, if at all; the Tesla whose battery-power is great, except in the frozen North during winter....and who thinks that by sleeping on his factory floor, he can solve all the problems.
The Musk whose solar electric empire derives almost all of its revenues from sucking the life out of taxpayers....
Yah, that Musk. He also owns a private space-rocket business!
...“Sen. McCain pushed these restrictions in close coordination with SpaceX, which stands much to gain by eliminating competition. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was recently certified for some of these launches by the Air Force, albeit under intense political pressure from the Obama administration….SpaceX has…suffered numerous delays and anomalies....
"Delays and anomalies"--just like the Tesla!!
...Shortly after the Air Force’s certification of the Falcon 9, a catastrophic failure in June led to the complete loss of both the vehicle and all of its taxpayer-funded cargo, thus grounding the vehicle. The company was already over two years late developing the Falcon 9 and now has a substantial backlog of its current launch schedule, which raises the question of what the launch priorities will be if it does resume flights.”...
We're all for private enterprise. But we're not all for failures.
The ObozoCare Agony for Consumers
Below we mentioned a few pain-points for employers dealing with ObozoCare.
Now it's the consumers' turn!!
...in Virginia, Anthem Inc and Carefirst BlueCross BlueShield are proposing 15.8% and 25% increases respectively. In Oregon, the increases are stunning to say the least. Providence Health Plan, currently the largest insurer for people buying coverage through the Oregon health exchange, is seeking an average increase of 29.6%. Not to be outdone, Moda Health Plan Inc, another large insurer for the state, is proposing a premium increase of 32.3% - this is after a 25% hike last year. For some context as to how out of control premium increases will be for those enrolled in Oregon, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest is asking for an increase of 14.5%, the second lowest percentage increase in the state. Insurers seeking double digit rate increases are citing higher than expected medical costs...
Ron Johnson will explain it all to you, of course.
ObozoCare: The Next Agony
Courtesy Schenck CPA's we learn that ObozoCare 2016 will be even more of a pain for employers. That's always a good way to reduce both profits and motivation, of course--which seems to be the REAL objective of the program.
...a large employer is one that employed at least 50 full-time and full-time equivalents, with full time being 30 hours a week or more.
To determine this, you must look at each calendar month of 2015 and determine the number of full-time employees. Then take the remaining employees (the part-time employees) and divide their total number of hours for the month by 120 hours to determine the full-time equivalents. Do this for each month and average the 12 months, rounding down. If you have 50 or more, you are a large employer for 2016 and have a Form 1095C reporting requirement. You may also be subject to an employer mandate penalty if you fail to offer insurance or if you fail to offer affordable insurance....
And that's the simple part. Wait!! There's more!!
...For 2016, to avoid the failure to offer insurance penalty of $2,160 per employee, an employer must offer insurance to 95% of its full-time employees. Therefore, the room for error is only 5% of the full-time employees (or 5 employees, whichever is higher). Should an employer fail to hit 95% (by even 1%), the failure to offer insurance penalty will kick in, even though the employer did offer and pay for insurance for 94% of its full time employees. Contrast this with 2015 in that employers only had to hit 70% of its full-time employees to avoid the penalty....
And EVEN MORE (which is too complex to explain)!!!!
...the determination of which employees are full-time is a very complicated process. The IRS created two methods for determining full-time employees: the monthly measurement method and the lookback measurement method. The IRS regulations contain the specifics of each of these methods. The methods are fairly complicated to apply. For some employers, it is relatively easy to determine full-time employees; for others, it is not. Not doing this correctly could spell disaster....
We will quibble. ObozoCare spelled "disaster" a long time ago. Now it's merely a matter of degree.
Is "Pro-Nehlen" Identical With "Pro-Trump"?
This year's political picture is so confusing that it is near-Byzantine. So the last thing a responsible columnist should do is to insinuate that "Anti-Ryan" is identical to "Pro-Trump."
When one reads Paul Nehlen's platform, one doesn't find too much "Trumpism" there. It's always possible that Nehlen will become more a Trumpkin as time goes on--in which case, evaluations can change.
Meantime, Nehlen's positions on immigration, visa abuse, budget matters, trade, and accountability are quite sensible.
And it's about time that Paul Ryan actually IS held accountable for his time in office, ain'a???
Nehlen Shoots and Scores!
Frankly, I don't think that Paul Nehlen needs Sarah Palin if his advertising remains this good.
Paul Ryan may look like a very secure Congressman, but Ryan has a lot of baggage. He enables Obozo's spend/debt schemes, is an open-borders True Believer, and has been less than honest (to put it mildly) about his responsibility for the continuation of ObozoCare--which has cost the US military a lot, by the way.
Being The Boehner's designated successor won't help him either.
Here's Nehlen's opening salvo (at his website):
Like many people in this district, I’ve had the opportunity to meet Paul Ryan personally. He’s shaken my hand. He’s looked me in the eye. He’s made promises to me and many others about policies he would and would not support on behalf of this district. We’ve all watched as he’s broken every single one of those promises.
Get the popcorn. This will be fun to watch.
Rediscovering Tonelson
We had followed Alan Tonelson's writings a number of years ago, but lost track of him. Tonelson has concentrated on "real-world" economic indicators--pocketbook stuff--for around 30 years, and is the leading counter-voice to the Establishment's "free-trade" blather.
Thanks to Norm Matloff, we found him again. And just as before, Tonelson has a few things to say about free trade.
The government’s first estimate of first quarter, 2016 gross domestic product (GDP) showed that the real trade deficit hit its highest level ($566.6 billion) since the first quarter of 2008. As a result, trade cut weak inflation-adjusted first quarter growth of 0.54 percent annualized by 0.34 percentage points – the biggest drag after the drop in gross private fixed investment (0.60 percentage points).
That's something you don't hear from the usual RadioMouths, eh?
...The new first quarter numbers mean that trade has now slowed cumulative growth during this already sluggish U.S. recovery by 9.37 percent – despite the dramatic drop in the country’s oil trade shortfall. The quarter’s real trade deficit was driven mainly by falling real exports. Real goods exports worsened for the third straight quarter,....
...which explains the mass layoffs at Caterpillar and Joy (Harnischfeger)...
...and real services imports rose for the sixth straight quarter and hit their sixth consecutive quarterly record ($486.2 billion)....
...which includes the "data services" and "customer services" work that used to be performed by US workers. Think Disney and Abbott Labs, e.g.
And then there's his take on TPP, which demonstrates that Obozo is a lawyer (he lies whenever his lips are moving).
...Maybe President Obama believes that repeating even the most laughably off-base contentions endlessly will make them true? Or convincing? It’s hard to look at his new Washington Post op-ed urging passage of his Pacific Rim trade deal and conclude anything else. The article makes clearer than ever that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) makes sense for the United States only if Americans ignore everything known about the agreement itself, about U.S. trade with the eleven other signatories, and about the region’s economics and commerce....
Like it or not, Tonelson's essays illuminate one of the reasons that Trump-ism is regnant: the "free trade" boys are just as wrong now as when PJBuchanan blew George Bush I out of the water years ago. Either the FedGov exists to promote the welfare of US citizens, or it exists to promote the welfare of the world's citizens.
Lots of folks think the former is the priority. The GOPe? Not so much.
Claire Wolfe's Sagacity
The Captain resigns from politics. He understands the OT injunction: "Put not your trust in princes."
Along the way, he quotes Claire Wolfe:
...Yeah, it hurts. But it hurts like growing up and learning that Santa didn’t really put those presents under the tree....
Open-Borders Ryan Stamping His Feet
Saw the presser on CNN.
Paul Ryan doesn't give a fig for fiscal conservatism. He MAY give a fig for the 10th Amendment. But all he wants Trump to do is to tear down that wall and let un-vetted "refugees" from the Middle East into the country.
K? Yah, we know that, Paul.
The Donald Goes GoldmanSachs
Yah, he's an "outsider," so he picks a Goldie guy as finance director. Who happens to be another big-time (D) donor, too.
The Convention Looms Larger
Caught by Grim:
...the best solution for rolling back the extraordinary growth, power, and increasing corruption of the federal government is the convention of states, the Article V remedy for a runaway president and an out-of-control Congress. If two-thirds of states submit an application for a convention to propose constitutional amendments, then any proposed amendments can be ratified by three-fourths of state legislatures — circumventing the federal government entirely....quoting David French
No matter who wins the Presidency, Article V will capture a lot more favorable attention in the next couple of years.
Forecasting Trump. Really?
Scott Walker (and many, many others) are going Vichy. The most common excuse is voiced here:
...Walker said Trump would be superior to Clinton on Supreme Court nominations, taxes, regulation and the size of government.....
Really? And how do you know this, Gov'nor?
What we DO know, pertinent to "size of government," is what Trump said: that the main functions of the Federal Government are "security, housing, education, and healthcare."
That pretty much KO's 'regulation' and 'size of government' chatter, no?
We also know that Trump's knowledge of the Constitution appears to have been formed by watching Disney movies; it certainly doesn't come from having actually read the document. Therefore, it is whistling past a graveyard to presume that The Donald will make a "good" appointment to SCOTUS. For all we know, it could be someone picked from the cast of "Survivor."
Gun-Sales Warning to Stupid Folks
There is good news.
This April saw the most gun-related background checks of any April on record, making it the 12th month in a row to achieve a high water mark for gun sales....Thus far 2016 is on pace to pass 2015 as the best year on record for gun-related background checks....
Go ahead. Make our day!!
RoJo Goes Careerist Politician
Just like "Cassius" Fitzgerald, good ol' RoJo is playing for the career in politics.
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson says he won’t hesitate supporting the reality TV star and real estate mogul.
“I am going to certainly endorse the Republican nominee, and obviously it looks like that will be Mr. Trump,” Johnson, R-Wis., said Wednesday in Eau Claire....
Good, Ron. You'll get what you deserve.
Scott Fitzgerald Pees His Pants
Sen. Fitzgerald of Jefferson (who is as ambitious as Cassius) has commanded (R) voters to vote for Trump.
The funny part? Fitzgerald noted that Trump is a 'populist'.
Well, Senator, if the (R) Party poohbahs--such as yourself--failed to discern the populism which began with the TEA Party rally IN MADISON (you idiot), why in Hell should anyone follow your pathetic whining pleadings now?
Further: Fitzgerald states that "Republicans" made Trump the nominee. He's wrong. Trump voters are Democrat Party members who--for some reason--dislike the TraitorQueen and the gadfly. Or--as is more likely--they are as racist and misogynist and un-informed as is Trump.
Did the NYTimes Get One Right?
Noticed by Vox Populi:
...Republican leaders have for years failed to think about much of anything beyond winning the next election. Year after year, the party’s candidates promised help for middle-class people who lost their homes, jobs and savings to recession, who lost limbs and well-being to war, and then did next to nothing. That Mr. Trump was able to enthrall voters by promising simply to “Make America Great Again” — but offering only xenophobic, isolationist or fantastical ideas — is testimony to how thoroughly they reject the politicians who betrayed them....NYT at Vox
We don't see much to argue with there. The Ruling Class Republicans have done their damndest to kill off actual Conservatism and are now suffering from "Glock Leg."
Smooth move!
(Oh, RoJo: remember all those promises to 'do whatever I can to stop ObozoCare'? Remember those? Yah, I thought so.)
Reince's Turd
Priebus bleating:
...we all need to unite...
"Unite" behind a racist misogynist pathological liar?
Imagine...
...that you are the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and you will have either Hillary or the CarnyBarker as the C-in-C.
LBGQT (Etc.) Music?
Madness is more fully upon us. A state music-educators' association has declared that grade-school music instruction must now be LBGQT-friendly.
The implication is that "music"--or art of any sort--can no longer be transcendental. Well, that is logical; it follows the derogation of God which has been in process since the Progressive Idea began the slow drawing-down of blinds in the West.
Shall we hold our breath until Obama's favorite siren-song, that of the Muslim call to worship, goes LBGQT??
The Massachusetts Music Educators Association has published an article warning school music teachers across the state that they must provide “LGBTQ-friendly” classrooms or else risk having a “hostile” climate that impairs students’ academic success and mental health. - See more at: http://moonbattery.com/#sthash.tFf3zPsa.dpuf
The Massachusetts Music Educators Association has published an article warning school music teachers across the state that they must provide “LGBTQ-friendly” classrooms or else risk having a “hostile” climate that impairs students’ academic success and mental health. - See more at: http://moonbattery.com/#sthash.T3UvdhZ0.dpuf
Trump Smashed by Hillary Vote
Fuggedabout Donald's bullshit braggadocio; Hillary has FAR more votes than he does.
12 million HRC, 10 million Trump.
Face it, Donald: you're a loser.
The Donald, Summed Up
Can't add anything to this summary:
...He gets his foreign policy ideas from Michael Moore and Code Pink (or worse yet, from Vladimir Putin); his abortion views are grounded in his sympathy with Planned Parenthood; he supports socialized medicine in the form of single-payer healthcare, higher taxes, more government spending, and Herbert Hoover’s trade policy. He’s never met a bailout or a crony-capitalist deal he didn’t like, or a Democrat he wouldn’t donate to. He’s astonishingly ignorant, emotionally unstable, and wholly incapable of saying no to Democrats. Trump is a spoiled, entitled rich kid who shows not the slightest understanding of the American way of up-by-the booststraps striving to better yourself; in Trump’s world, the rich get richer by having the right friends, and everybody else is a serf who needs the government to protect them from foreign competition....
Why #NeverTrump is the only position to hold.
Can We Afford the Regulators--and the (R) Congress...
What Happened to America? And the Catholic Church...
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CHISHTISM
GHARIB NAWAZ
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KHADIM E KHWAJA CONTACT US
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"ENDOWMENTS & FINANCES"
No property of any kind was endowed in favor of the Dargah Sharif until the reign of Mughal Emperor Akbar who, in 1567, granted it the revenue of eighteen villages, and a levy of 1 per cent on the sale of salt at Sambhar (Rajasthan), to pay for the distribution of food from the shrine. Another document (1574-5) from Akbar's reign shows that the emperor provided oil for the lamps within the mausoleum. The pargana of Sambhar was to provided 1 maun of oil annually for this purpose.
Shah Jahan issued a new farman in 1637 in place of Akbar's endowing the shrine with lands producing Rs. 15,723 per annum in rent from seventeen villages, and Rs. 10,057 in cash. The management was directed to use this to defray the cost of the 'urs, distribution of food, the lighting of the mausoleum, prayer carpets, flowers for the tomb, prayer leaders for the shrine's mosques, the muezzin, reciters of the Quran, servants for the shrine, and good works in general. In 1717 Farukh Siyar granted two more villages to the Dargah Sharif, which added Rs. 3,984 per annum to the income of the shrine.
The next bequest came in 1850 when the Nizam of Hyderabad issued an order that the entire income from certain villages in the suba of Berar should be assigned to the Ajmer Dargah Sharif. This estate was worth Rs. 6,480 per annum. When this part of the state of Hyderabad fell into British hands the Nizam issued a new sanad to give the Dargah Sharif another estate. This second grant, made on 23rd Shawwal, AH 1278/23 April 1862, was worth Rs. 18,471 per annum.
From 1893 onwards the Nizam gave Rs. 12,000 per annum from the waqf income of the Hyderabad state to the Dargah Sharif, of which one share went to the mutawalli and was used for the expenses of the langar, scents, sandal, and other requirements for the tomb; and the other to the Khuddam Hazraat. The Nizam also granted 1200 rupees a year to the Dargah Moinia Usmania School, and about 600 rupees a month for the new Naqqar-Kaana, etc. In 1948, the Nizam set up a charitable trust to benefit the Dargah Sharif.
Offereings to the Dargah Sharif
A substantial proportion of the Dargah Sharif's revenue has always come from offerings made by devotees. The visits of the Emperor Akbar were always marked by his making generous gifts, which the Akbarnama extols:
He divided a large sum of money among those who sat at the threshold of the shrine. Dirbams and dinars were showered down like rain-drops.
In AH 988/1580-1, Akbar sent his son, Prince Daniyal, with Rs. 25,000 to the Ajmer shrine.
The Tuzuk-i Jahangir records the generosity of Akbar's successor on the occasion of his visits to Ajmer:
I bestowed on the darvishes with my own hand and in my own presence 55,000 rupees and 190,000 biga of land with 14 entire villages and 26 ploughs and 11 karwar [ass-loads] of rice. On the night of Sunday (Rajab AH 1615), as it was the anniversary of the great khwaja, I went to his revered mausoleum and remained there till midnight. The attendants and Sufis exhibited ecstatic states, and I gave the faqirs and attendants money with my own hand; altogether there were expended 6,000 rupees in cash, 100 saub-kurta [ankle length robes], seventy rosaries of pearls, corals and amber.The servitors of the shrine contract to adhere to the following systems: The offerings will be divided into 5� shares of which, Shaykh Hashim, the son of the late Shaykh Fathullah would receive half of one share. In the fifteenth year of Jahangir's reign (1619) a farman was issued to modify this system. Now the offerings were to be divided into 6� parts of which Shyaykh Hashim would get half of one share. During his reign, Shah Jahan sent a gift of fifty ashrafis to the attendants of the shrine. A sanad had to be issued to ensure that a certain Shaykh Khubullah received his rightful share, and that the mutawalli followed the procedure established in Jahangir's reign.
Remuneration of Other Officials
The land was assigned from the waqf of the Dargah Sharif, and in case of special need this revenue was supplemented by an allowance of commodities from the Dargah Sharif's stores. The essence of the relevant documents is set out below:
1616-17 30 biga of land from the Dargah Sharif waqf, together with a daily allowance of 2 seers of wheat is assigned to two of the shrine's qawwals and their mother.
Four seers of wheat from the Langar Khana of the Dargah Sharif are to be given daily to the sons of Abd al-Rahman who was killed by lightning.
Shaykh Hashim and his brother, Shaykh Ibrahim, � maun of wheat from the Dargah Sharif's Langar Khana, and I seer of oil from the Dargah Sharif's waqf is to be given to them.
1617-18 A document confirming the grant of 160 biga of land from the waqf of the Dargah Sharif.
1623-4 Tow seers of wheat from the Langar Khana had been assigned as a daily allowance to Fatimah, daughter of Shaykh Qutub. Fatimah has died, and her sons are now to receive I seer of wheat daily.
1630-1 Two tankas are to be spent daily on flowers for the tomb of Bibi Hafiz Jamal, the dauther of Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Chishty. Saiyid Fath Muhammad, khadim of the shrine, is detailed to purchase and present the said flowers.
1646-7 Two qawwals who play in the sama on Thursdays and during the 'urs are assigned 300 biga of land and 5 seers of wheat per day from the waqf of the Dargah Sharif.
1717 One rupee is assigned to Muhammad Saleh, son of Muhammad Daulat from the Waqf of the Dargah Sharif.
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Access for All? It’s a never ending story,
Earlier this year I had the opportunity to travel to Orlando in the American state of Florida for a major assistive technology conference. The conference was a success despite the hotel catching fire and a tornado touching down in town whilst I was there: never a dull moment in the world of access technology! But access to technology conferences are not what take most people to Orlando. Most visitors travel to visit some of the world’s best theme parks and I was no exception. I visited Disney’s Magic Kingdom and left impressed with how Disney has risen to the challenge of turning a 47 square mile attraction, into a visit that anyone will remember, regardless of whether they have a disability or not.
Upon my arrival, I was greeted by key personnel working on access issues at Disney. Before taking me on a tour of the park, they gave me some of the history to Disney’s commitment to making a visit magical for any visitor. Early photos of the park show Walt Disney himself greeting children in wheelchairs as they take a tour. This established a culture of accessibility from the early days of the internationally acclaimed theme park.
The area where Disney is excelling today are:
1. Accessible Rides
Most people visit Disney World to go on the rides. They are a huge part of the experience and without them visitors might feel that they had missed out in major way. Across almost all rides, great care was taken to think about how users with disabilities would board, be seated and leave the ride. Special pods had been design on many rides which allowed wheelchairs to enter the ride directly without the need to transfer to different seating. If a transfer was needed, the employees or “cast” as Disney likes to call them, could halt the ride to allow extra time. In more recent times this had changed, by creating an additional loop on rides where pods for disabled guests could be withdrawn from the ride without the need to stop the ride, rejoining the ride as the gap in the succession of pods came around again. It was a great feature which allowed guests with a disability to take all the time they needed boarding, without disrupting the experience of others and without feeling that they were being “judged” by other guests as they got on board.
Space Mountain is one of many accessible rides at Disney World
Even with the design of pods for users, there was still a need to help people with a disability to feel confident that they could easily board and disembark without a problem. Disney had invested in a ride where people with disabilities could practice getting on and off the ride, increasing their confidence when they got to the front of the queues for real.
3. Accessible Transport
Disney World is big. There are multiple parks spread across 47 square miles, and getting from one park to another requires a huge complex public transport system which includes buses, trams, and a widely used monorail. It would have been easy for Disney to have adopted an “equal but different” approach where special transport was available separately for people with a disability, but such approaches always struggle with availability (have you ever tried to get an accessible taxi in Doha?) So instead, the public transport system at Disney World was designed to allow people with disabilities to use the same modes of transport as everyone else. Buses had low loading access, monorails had space for wheelchairs and these carriages were clearly marked so that you could find them easily. The result was that people with a disability were as mobile between parks as they were within them. And with sidewalks with multiple curb cuts, it was easy for chairs (and baby carriages) to get around the attractions.
A Braille Map at Disney Land
4. Accessible Information
Once you were in the park, it was easy to get lost – did I mention that Disney was big? A key point around Disney World was there were usefully situated maps of the park you were in. Such maps were useful to any guest, especially in the rain when your free paper copy turns into pulp very quickly. The maps were carefully designed to include key labels available in both Braille and with universally understood symbols and icons. Good designs for people with a disability helped everyone, from those standing with a sodden map, to those with limited use of English who could easily understand the icons and symbols more than words.
5. Assistive Technology
Technology is at the heart of the Disney experience, not only in the future themed Epcot Center, but as an integral part of every ride you visit. From the cute animatronics of “It’s a Small World” to the smells, sounds and images of “Pirates of the Caribbean,” technology makes these experiences more vivid and memorable.
So perhaps it is no surprise that this experience has been brought to bear on maximising the experience for people with a disability. Upon arrival at the park, a disabled guest can request a personal PDA to carry around with them. The PDA will provide the user with captions or audio descriptions for shows and rides they visit. The descriptions explain to a blind user what the sighted person can see around them, integrating with the music, smells and effects on the ride. The captions synchronise with a show to give instructions or storyline for a deaf person. It’s a great, non intrusive experience that makes rides truly accessible.
But the devices go even further than this. They also help a disabled person to locate themselves in the park by a combination of GPS, RFID, Infrared and Bluetooth technologies that trigger messages as you wander through the park. The messages explain where you are, what is around you and what routes you should take to get to other great rides. As a non disabled person I wanted one of these as well, and it was great to hear that Disney are exploring how to make this information available via a mobile phone rather than needing a specialised device.
However, maybe the most impressive part of all of this, was not the technology, the investment or the commitment, it was that every cast member I met knew about it and knew how to make it all work. Need to know how to get on a ride in a wheelchair? Just ask! Need to know about tactile maps and accessible transport? Just Ask! Need to know where to get a loaned wheelchair or way finder? Just Ask! Now that is impressive, and it demonstrates a real understanding at Disney that providing solutions is not enough if no one helps people to use them.
A Never Ending Story?
Despite all these great features at their flagship theme park in Orlando, Disney isn’t perfect. it knows that they have work to do on making web information accessible to all, to making booking systems easier to use for the blind and for people who use keyboard control only, but to their credit they don’t brush these issues under the mat, they seem to have a plan, the commitment and the investment to address them. They know that as Disney changes and evolves, so do the ways in which access for all needs is to be delivered.
So what can we learn from Disney? What I took away is that creating a truly accessible environment is a long term plan, and one which needs constant renewal as technology changes and the opportunities for access and aspirations of disabled people grow. It has taken 11 years of commitment for Disney to get where it is today, and that journey isn’t over yet. 11 years? That’s an interesting figure for us in Qatar as we lie 11 years away from 2022, when Qatar is set to host the FIFA World Cup. Is it just possible that as the country responds to the challenges of the delivering an amazing World Cup in 2022, that we might also develop a plan and an infrastructure that means that any disabled person in Qatar, citizen, resident or guest will look back and remember the magic as well? I think we can, but that journey needs to start today because 11 years is no time at all. Thanks Mickey for reminding us what is possible!
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Angrboda drank Sweet Rice Pu-erh Brick Tea by Lahaha
I made a cup of this (Western style) and while I was waiting for it to steep, I had the sudden overwhelming instinct to add a splash of milk to my cup.
But… I never use additives! I don’t know where this came from, but I couldn’t fight it, even though I felt decidedly silly even considering it for this type of tea. Not really a classic milker, is it?
It was stronger than me, though, so I added a small splash. The tea has now turned a funny colour. It’s gone pink! Not hot pink like hibiscus does, but definitely decidedly pink. Like a red berry milkshake!
It doesn’t appear to be having much of an impact on the flavour though, other than I keep expecting it to taste like fruit and sugar with this colour.
Ang lives with Husband and two kitties, Charm and Luna, in a house not too far from Århus. Apart from drinking tea, she enjoys baking, especially biscuits, reading and jigsaw puzzles. She has recently acquired an interest in cross-stitch and started a rather large project. It remains to be seen whether she has actually bitten off more than she can chew…
Ang prefers black teas and the darker sorts of oolongs. She has to be in the mood for green and white, and she enjoys, but knows little to nothing about, pu-erh.
Her preferences with black teas are the Chinese ones, particularly from Fujian, but also Keemun and just about anything smoky. She occasionally enjoys Yunnans but they’re not favourites. She has taken some time to research Ceylon teas, complete with reference map, and has recently developed some interest in teas from Africa.
She is sceptical about Indian blacks as she generally finds them too astringent and too easy to get wrong. She doesn’t really care for Darjeelings at all. Very high-grown teas are often not favoured.
She likes flavoured teas as well, particularly fruit flavoured ones, but also had an obsession with finding the Perfect Vanilla Flavoured Black and can happily report that this reclusive beast has been spotted in a local teashop near where she works. Any and all vanilla flavoured teas are still highly attractive to her, though. Also nuts and caramel or toffee. Not so much chocolate. It’s a texture thing.
However, she thinks Earl Grey is generally kind of boring. Cinnamon and ginger are also not really a hit, and she’s not very fond of chais. Evil hibiscus is evil. Even in small amounts, and yes, Ang can usually detect hibiscus, mostly by way of the metallic flavour of blood it has.
Ang is not super impressed with rooibos or honeybush on their own. She doesn’t care for either, really, but when they are flavoured, they go usually go down a treat.
Ang used to have a Standard Panel of teas that she tried to always have on hand. She put a lot of thought into defining it and decided what should go on it. It was a great idea on paper, but in practise has been discovered to not really work as well.
Ang tries her best to make a post on Steepster several times a week. She tends to write her posts in advance in a word doc (The Queue) and posting from there. This, she feels, helps her to maintain regularity and stops her from making five posts in three days and then going three weeks without posting anything at all.
Angrboda is almost always open to swapping. Just ask her. Due to the nature of the queue, however, and the fact that it’s some 24 pages long at the moment, it may take a good while from she receives your parcel and until she actually posts about it.
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6 Steps to Prepare Your Business for GDPR
How to Prepare Your Business for GDPR
GDPR will put consumers in full control, and businesses will have to comply with the regulations from the 25th May 2018.
If your business is complying fully with the current Data Protection ACT, DPA, then you’re already along the right lines. Many of GDPR’s key principles are almost identical to our current legislation, with a few additional components. So, if you’ve been following the current regulations, as you should be, then your approach will mostly remain valid under GDPR. At least you’ve got a starting point …
But there are new principles that businesses and organisations will have to comply by. A lot may be unfamiliar territory for many businesses so it’s important to prepare now ahead of the big change.
1. Look at Your Data
Map where your consumer’s personal data comes from and what you do with it.
Look at where you keep the data, who can access it and whether there are risks to the data.
Make all employees aware the law is changing to from DPA to GDPR. If you want to prepare your business for GDPR, everybody needs to know about the changes they may need to make in their job role. For example, how will the new regulations effect how sales people contact potential clients?
It’s likely to have a big impact on your business, even more so if you’re a big organisation handling a lot of data, so you may find compliance challenging if you start preparing a few days before the regulations come in to affect.
2. Decide What Data You Need
Under GDPR, your business can’t keep or collect data that has no purpose. For example, if you’re collecting the gender of consumers, is there a reason? Are you using gender data for a specific reason? If your answer is no, you can’t store it for the sake of it.
A lot of the categories of data you may collect, could serve no purpose. If you only target your audience based on their age, for example, then you don’t need to store their gender, interests and so on. GDPR is focusing on a stricter treatment of personal data.
You need t o put the right procedures in place, so you can prevent, detect, report and investigate a personal data breach.
Every organisation has a duty to report certain data breaches to the ICO, and possibly the individuals whose data has been breached.
If you suffer a breach which is probable to risks the rights of your consumers, you must take the appropriate action.
4. Review How Consumers Consent
You might not need to make any changes here, but you should review how you gather, record and manage consent.
Consent needs to be clearly given and not presumed.
By presumed; consent can’t be taken for granted by silence, pre-ticked boxes or inactivity. Consumers need to explicitly consent to the processing of their data, so review your disclosures and privacy statements and make sure they’re clear.
5. Get Your Processes in Place
As I mentioned earlier, every consumer has quite a few rights under GDPR. In case you missed it, or you need a refresher, check out the consumer rights you HAVE to know, “Are You Ready for GDPR?”
You need to have clear procedures for handling data to prepare your business for GDPR.
– How are you going to get consumers to give consent in a legal manner?
– How are you going to delete an individual’s data, if requested?
– How are you going to be able to confirm their data has been deleted across all platforms?
– How are you going to transfer a consumer’s data, if requested?
– How are you going to confirm the identity of the person requesting a data transfer?
– How are you going to inform your consumers in the event of a data breach?
If you can’t answer all the above questions, it’s time to start acting before it’s too late.
6. Designate Data Protection Officers
It’s advisable to have someone who will take responsibility for data protection compliance. This isn’t necessary for every business, but some will be formally required if;
– You are a public authority (exempting courts with judicial capacity)
– You carry out regular monitoring on consumers on a big scale
– You carry out large processing for ‘special’ data; like health records, or criminal convictions.
If you think any of the above my apply to your business, head over to Article 29 Working Party for some guidance.
Dedicate enough time so you can become compliant BEFORE the 25th May. Create a plan, so when the 25th May arrives you’re prepared, relaxed and can easily answer consumer requests regarding your compliance.
Do you Handle Children’s Personal Data?
GDPR will introduce, for the first time, a special protection for children’s personal data. With a focus on ‘commercial internet services’, like social networking.
If you offer an online service that is accessible and used by children, which relies on consent to gather their personal data, you may need to ask for parental / guardian consent for their data to be processed lawfully.
Children can give their own consent, without parental / guardian consent being necessary, if they are 16 years old. But it is possible for the age to be lowered to at least 13 years old in the UK.
Remember, your privacy notice needs to be age appropriate. It needs to be clear, and in plain English so children will understand. Note consent needs to be verifiable, just the same as for consenting adults.
Prepare Your Business for GDPR Now!
Think of GDPR as an opportunity, rather than a challenge.
If you comply with the new regulations (they aren’t optional anyway), you’re transparent, you help your customers to seek the correct information regarding their personal data, then you will build up trust with your customers. Paint your business in the best light – it’s better to follow the rules and show your customers you respect their privacy, then to be slapped with a big fine and handling a lot of angry customers!
Marie Harwood is a Digital Marketing Assistant at Different Gravy Digital, Hale, Cheshire.
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You Can Go Q&A
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The tense, timely story of You Can Go symbolizes many anxieties prevalent in American society today. Director Christine Turner talked about her focus on mental illness and her conscientious storytelling with PBS.
PBS: How did you decide to introduce the administrator’s depression into the story rather than keeping it to the student?
Christine Turner: We wanted to show how differently individuals may cope with similar thoughts or feelings. In the film, Mrs. Bryant lets Billy know that he is not alone – that she, too, relates to his experience and in the process gives him some hope. Ultimately, her empathy for Billy and her own vulnerability is what leads him to lay down his gun.
PBS: You wait some time to let the audience know that this is a hostage situation. Why did you wait until the moment you did to reveal this?
Christine: It felt important to present Billy’s character not as a school shooter, but as a human being first and foremost. By introducing the gun later in the story, we are asking viewers to see, to listen and to be curious about Billy, rather than to dismiss him outright or focus on the impending violence. The same is true for Mrs. Bryant who we come to see as a full person, rather than simply a hostage victim.
By introducing the gun later in the story, we are asking viewers to see, to listen and to be curious about Billy, rather than to dismiss him outright or focus on the impending violence.
PBS: What is the overall message that you want viewers to take away from the film?
Christine: The film is inspired in part by true events and we hope that it keeps the issue of school gun violence and mass shootings on people’s minds. The reasons behind these shootings are varied and complicated, but we hope that the film reminds viewers of our shared humanity and our capacity to love.
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Everything about Poltava
This is a discussion on Poltava within the Anything in/about Poltava forums, part of the Main Poltava Forum category; Poltava (Ukrainian and Russian: ???????; Polish: Po?tawa) is a city in central Ukraine. It is ...
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Location: Ukraine, Poltava
Poltava (Ukrainian and Russian: ???????; Polish: Po?tawa) is a city in central Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Poltava Oblast (province), as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Poltavskyi Raion (district) within the oblast. The city itself is also designated as its own separate raion within the oblast. The current estimated population is 313,400 (as of 2004).
It is still unknown when the city was founded. Baltavar Kubrat's grave was found in its vicinity, and its name derives from the title he, his predecessors and his successors bore. Though the town was not attested before 1174, municipal authorities chose to celebrate the town's 1100th anniversary in 1999, for reasons unknown. The settlement is indeed an old one, as archeologists unearthed a Paleolithic dwelling as well as Scythian remains within the city limits.
The present name of the city is traditionally connected to the settlement Ltava which is mentioned in the Hypatian Chronicle in 1174. The region belonged to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the 14th century. The Polish administration took over in 1569. In 1648 Poltava was captured by the Ruthenian-Polish magnate Jeremi Wi?niowiecki (1612-51). Poltava was the base of a distinguished regiment of the Ukrainian Cossacks. In 1667 the town passed to the Russian Empire.
In the Battle of Poltava on June 27, 1709 (Old Style), or 8 July (New Style), tsar Peter the Great, commanding 45,000 troops, defeated at Poltava a Swedish army of 29,000 troops led by Field Marshal Carl Gustaf Rehnski?ld (who had received the command of the army after the wounding of the Swedish king Charles XII on June 17). "Like a Swede at Poltava" remains a simile for "totally helpless" in Russian and Ukrainian idiom. The battle marked the end of Sweden as a great power and the rise of Russia as one.
Rabbi Yitzchok Isaac Krasilschikov served as the city's rabbi for many years both before the Russian Revolution and after. The city played host to the Mir Yeshiva during World War I and until 1921.
The centre of the old city is a semicircular Neoclassical square with the Tuscan column of cast iron (1805-11), commemorating the centenary of the Battle of Poltava and featuring 18 Swedish cannons captured in that battle. As Peter the Great celebrated his victory in the Saviour church, this 17th-century wooden shrine was carefully preserved to this day. The five-domed city cathedral, dedicated to the Exaltation of the Cross, is a superb monument of Cossack Baroque, built between 1699 and 1709. As a whole, the cathedral presents a unity which even the Neoclassical belltower has failed to mar. Another frothy Baroque church, dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos, was destroyed in 1934 and rebuilt in the 1990s.
Famous people from Poltava
Marie Bashkirtseff — 19th c. Parisian painter, memoirist[/*:m:1jdyyo27]
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi — a historian, Labor Zionist leader, and the second and longest serving Israeli president.[/*:m:1jdyyo27]
Hanka Bielicka - Polish actress[/*:m:1jdyyo27]
Andriy Danylko — Ukrainian singer[/*:m:1jdyyo27]
Nikolai Gogol — writer and playwright[/*:m:1jdyyo27]
Alexander Gavrilovitch Gurvitch — Russian physician and biologist[/*:m:1jdyyo27]
Ivan Kotlyarevsky — Ukrainian writer, poet and playwright[/*:m:1jdyyo27]
Anatoliy Vasilievich Lunacharsky — Russian Marxist revolutionary and the first Soviet People's Commissar of Enlightenment responsible for culture and education[/*:m:1jdyyo27]
Ivan Paskevich — Ukrainian military leader in the Russian service[/*:m:1jdyyo27]
David Peikoff — Canadian-U.S. Deaf Rights advocate, born on March 21, 1900, in Yanoschina, Poltava Province — former Russia.[/*:m:1jdyyo27]
Symon Petlura — Ukrainian socialist politician and statesman[/*:m:1jdyyo27]
Zhanna Prokhorenko — Ukrainian actress[/*:m:1jdyyo27]
Sasha Putrya — Ukrainian artist[/*:m:1jdyyo27]
Nikolai Yaroshenko — Russian painter[/*:m:1jdyyo27]
Postal Code 36000—36499
Dialing Code +380 532
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Coat of arms:
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Poor ventilation in public transport responsible for transmission of airborne tuberculosis (TB) infection in South Africa, says study.
South Africa is one of the countries with the highest burden of tuberculosis (TB). According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) statistics, 322,000 TB cases reported in South Africa in 2017. The highest
Addressing poverty in India’s Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme: are we failing to harness the opportunities?
<p>The bi-directional relationship between poverty and tuberculosis (TB) is well established. Poverty aggravates material disadvantage, social exclusion, discrimination in participation across a wide range
Tuberculosis and social networks: a narrative review on how social network data and metrics help explain tuberculosis transmission
<p>Social network data of tuberculosis (TB) patients could explain the source and pattern of disease spread. A review of the published literature highlights that social network data could identify hidden
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Keeping phase III tuberculosis trials relevant: Adapting to a rapidly changing landscape
<p>One of the first multicenter randomized trials was the British Medical Research Council (MRC) streptomycin trial. From the first meeting of the special committee to “plan trials of streptomycin
Use of verbal autopsy to determine underlying cause of death during treatment of multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis, India
<p>Of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB), <50% complete treatment. Most treatment failures for patients with MDR TB are due to death during TB treatment. We sought to determine
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National policies on the management of latent tuberculosis infection: review of 98 countries
<p>The objective of the study was to review policies on management of latent tuberculosis infection in countries with low and high burdens of tuberculosis.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/96/3/17-199414-ab/en/"
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An allosteric inhibitor of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ArgJ: Implications to a novel combinatorial therapy
<p>The existing treatment regime against tuberculosis is not adequate, and novel therapeutic interventions are required to target Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) pathogenesis. We report Pranlukast (PRK)
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A cluster of multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis among patients arriving in Europe from the Horn of Africa: a molecular epidemiological study
<p>The risk of tuberculosis outbreaks among people fleeing hardship for refuge in Europe is heightened. We describe the cross-border European response to an outbreak of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Lancet Infectious Diseases
The global burden of tuberculosis: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
<p>An understanding of the trends in tuberculosis incidence, prevalence, and mortality is crucial to tracking of the success of tuberculosis control programmes and identification of remaining challenges.
Improved diagnostics fail to halt the rise of tuberculosis
<p>TB remains a big killer despite the development of a better test for detecting the disease.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.nature.com/news/improved-diagnostics-fail-to-halt-the-rise-of-tuberculosis-1.23000"
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Over the years, technology has advanced to become a vital part of people's everyday lives. People use technology to communicate with friends and family regardless of their location, get information from the stock market, check the latest news, and much more. Podcasts as a media have enabled people to follow the latest news and trends in technology, while commuting, working out, walking in the park, etc. What is more, they can be followed even without Internet connection, in any part of the day. The podcasts offered in this catalog discuss about important topics in technology. Some of them discuss about the operating systems, software and game development and development techniques and trends. Other podcasts discuss about tech startups, SEO, SMM and digital marketing. There are podcasts where game fans can get the latest news on DotA, LoL and other games. Also, some hosts invite leading names in technology to discuss about the impact of technology on society as well as about big ideas that could change the way society functions.
Tech Tent
How the technology business is transforming the way we live and work.
Sleepwalkers
With secret labs and expert guests, Sleepwalkers explores the thrill of the AI revolution hands-on, to see how we can stay in control of our future.
This Week in Tech (MP3)
Your first podcast of the week is the last word in tech. Join the top tech pundits in a roundtable discussion of the latest trends in high tech.Records live every Sunday at 5:15pm Eastern / 2:15pm Pacific / 22:15 UTC.
A round up of the top tech news of the day from TechCrunch.
Hackaday Podcast
Podcast by Hackaday
A critical look at new technologies, new approaches and new ways of thinking, from politics to media to environmental sustainability.
Command Line Heroes
Stories about the people transforming technology from the command line up.
StartUp Podcast
A series about what it's really like to start a business.
Software Engineering Daily
Technical interviews about software topics.
Darknet Diaries
Explore the dark side of the Internet with host Jack Rhysider as he takes you on a journey through the chilling world of privacy hacks, data breaches, and cyber crime. The masterful criminal hackers who dwell on the dark side show us just how vulnerable we all are.
Explore provocative ideas with the potential to radically improve the world. Vox’s Dylan Matthews tackles big questions about the most effective ways to save lives, fight global warming, and end world poverty to create a more perfect future. Produced by Vox and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
Every Tuesday and Friday, Recode’s Kara Swisher and NYU Professor Scott Galloway offer sharp, unfiltered insights into the biggest stories in tech, business, and politics. They make bold predictions, pick winners and losers, and bicker and banter like no one else. After all, with great power comes great scrutiny. Produced by Recode and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
Let's Talk About Tech
BBC Radio 5 live’s award winning gaming podcast, discussing the world of video games and games culture.
Become the best software developer you can be
Recode Decode
Kara Swisher, Silicon Valley’s most revered journalist, hosts candid interviews with tech execs, politicians, celebrities and more about their big ideas and how they’re changing our world. Produced by Recode and the Vox Media Podcast Network.
Lew Later
Lew Later is a show discussing technology, the internet and the future.
Artificial Intelligence (AI Podcast) with Lex Fridman
Conversations about technology, science, and the human condition.
Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast
A tech podcast for the gadget lovers and tech heads among us from the mind of Marques Brownlee, better known as MKBHD. MKBHD has made a name for himself on YouTube reviewing everything from the newest smartphones to cameras to electric cars. Pulling from over 10 years of experience covering the tech industry, MKBHD will keep you informed and entertained as he takes a deep dive into the latest and greatest in tech and what deserves your hard earned cash. New episodes every other week. Link to ...
Axios Pro Rata
Get smarter, faster on the most talked-about topics in tech, business and politics in just 10 minutes. Hosted by Axios' business editor, Dan Primack.
Techmeme Ride Home
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm. From Techmeme.com, Silicon Valley's most-read news source. 15 minutes and you're up to date.
Full Stack Radio
A podcast for developers interested in building great software products. Every episode, Adam Wathan is joined by a guest to talk about everything from product design and user experience to unit testing and system administration.
WSJ’s The Future of Everything
Discover what comes next with this in-depth look at how science and technology are revolutionizing the way we live, work and play. Join our award-winning team of journalists as we crisscross the country to interview the leaders and luminaries reshaping our world.
A podcast about tech and society, hosted by Ben Thompson and James Allworth
Explore the world's biggest ideas and the people making them happen. Are you ready for self-driving cars, jetpacks, 3D printed food, or a trip to Mars? Moonshot talks to the people who are at the forefront of all this rapid change to find out what the future of humanity might actually look like. Hosted by Kristofor Lawson and Andrew Moon.
The WAN Show Podcast
Every week Linus and Luke discuss the most current happenings in the technology universe.
Secrets of Technology
Tech news from a uniquely Catholic perspective
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The podcast about Python and the people who make it great
Welcome to The Garyvee Audio Experience, hosted by entrepreneur, CEO, investor, vlogger, and public speaker Gary Vaynerchuk. On this podcast you'll find a mix of my #AskGaryVee show episodes, keynote speeches on marketing and business, segments from my DAILYVEE video series, interviews and fireside chats I've given, as well as new and current thoughts I record originally for this audio experience!
The CyberWire
More signal, less noise—we distill the day’s critical cyber security news into a concise daily briefing.
ColdFusion aims to reveal the bigger picture of our world by making complicated topics easy to understand, often through a narrative lens. Interested in the stretching of minds, ColdFusion is here to educate and inspire the thinkers in us.
This is Only a Test
This is the official podcast of Tested.com. Tested brings you the week's technology and science news, with hosts Will Smith, Norman Chan, and Jeremy Williams. There's no jargon here, just solid explanations of the week's news--and plenty of wacky tangents. Make sure you stick around after the outro for fake outtakes!
The Tech Guy (MP3)
No one does a better job of explaining technology, computers, and the Internet than Leo Laporte. This feed contains the full audio of his twice weekly radio talk show as heard on stations all over the US on the Premiere Radio Networks. For show notes and more visit techguylabs.com.Records live weekends at 2:06pm Eastern / 11:06am Pacific / 19:06 UTC.
Daily Tech Headlines
The essential tech news you need every day in 10 minutes or less.
Future Tech: Almost Here, Round-the-Corner Future Technology Podcast
Future Technologies Poised to Transform Our Lives For The Better are the focus of this podcast. Almost here means these technologies are Now Here, or Just Around The Corner. Listen to the latest future tech news & interviews, featuring Artificial Intelligence, 3D printing, stem cells, regenerative medicine, Bitcoin, Blockchain & other cutting-edge stuff.
Complexions of Facial Recognition - DTNS 370132:27
We discuss the civil liberty issues and actual effectiveness of facial recognition based surveillance tools. Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacyBy Tom Merritt
Report: Apple Scrapped Encrypted iCloud Plans to Appease FBI - DTH4:17
Sonos drops software updates on older products, Disney+ moves up launch date in Europe, Uber lets some drivers set their own fares. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacyBy Tom Merritt
Less, please! Google responds to pressure to eliminate cookies collecting our data8:15
Google recently announced some big privacy changes for its internet browser Chrome. It’s planning to make obsolete what are known as third-party cookies. Cookies are the trackers that advertisers plant so when you shop for shoes one time, you’ll then see ads for them … forever. It’ll also put a limit on the amount of data websites can collect. Othe…
Improving Early Detection and Treatment of GI Cancers—Sharmila Anandasabapathy, M.D.—Baylor Global Innovation Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX28:25
Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers such as esophageal and stomach cancer are on the rise worldwide, with under-resourced populations being particularly affected. Early detection of GI changes that can lead to cancer requires endoscopy, a procedure that involves the insertion of a thin tube into the body to image the tissues, identify signs of disease, a…
Is Peloton a Fitness Fad or a Tech Company?13:50
It seems like every company is trying to brand itself as a tech company. Including: the stationary bike company Peloton. Columnist John Stoll joins us to talk about how the expanded definition of "tech company" is changing the fitness sector. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
Game On - Edge first24:05
Zachary Smith is the CEO of Packet and he wants to change the way we use The Cloud. This is no longer about the centre; it's about The Edge.By BBC Radio 5 live
Leo Laporte - The Tech Guy: 16622:16:23
Connecting your iPad to an external monitor, bad cell reception, router suggestions and troubleshooting, pairing bluetooth devices to your phone, computer troubleshooting, and more of your calls! Host: Leo Laporte Guests: Sam Abuelsamid and Chris Marquardt Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/the-tech-guy. For detailed show n…
TWiT 754: I Dream of Wiki2:13:55
This Week's Stories: Mojo Vision: Augmented Reality contact lenses The face recognition company that will end privacy FBI vs Apple 2: Pensacola Boogaloo NOBUS: why the NSA's "NObody But US" theory of exploits fail Cable Haunt: critical vulnerability in many cable modems Apple and Google are cracking down on location privacy, and ad tech companies a…
(Bonus) Sports Tech With Will Martin30:18
As I said on Friday, we’re going to delve into Sports Tech in a meaningful way for the first time. This will cover the streaming wars from a new angle because, where is sports in all that? This will be esports, the streaming wars surrounding game streaming, the new betting economy, this will be wearables and actual sports tech products. My guest is…
Microsoft's Carbon Pledge – Most Interesting Thing in Tech3:16
4d ago 3:16
Microsoft pledges that their carbon emissions will be net zero by 2030, and that, by 2050, they will have pulled as much carbon out of the air as they have emitted since their founding. This is hugely ambitious! And good! And other companies should follow their lead.
Microsoft vows to go 'carbon negative'23:01
The tech giant behind Windows and Office promises to remove all the carbon it has emitted since it was founded in 1975. Plus, is tracking for digital ads out of control? And we hear about a new BBC podcast in which teenagers interview technology pioneers. Presented by Jane Wakefield, with BBC tech reporter Chris Fox, and special guest Catherine Sti…
One Wheel, Zero Buttons36:38
There’s an old joke about Steve Jobs, that he never wore a suit because he hated buttons. There’s some truth to that old trope about designers always trying to refine their creations to their absolute core. Minimize the clutter, clear the mind, purify the experience. That’s what consumer electronics manufacturers are still doing, and we explore thi…
Myself: It's not weird at all53:06
This episode wasn't supposed to be an episode! I was invited by Jeff Fritz of Twitch fame to talk to his community team of Live Coders on Discord. They recorded it, and mentioned several times that it was useful content! So, why not try something new and make this an episode! Let me know on Twitter if you find my views on community, productivity, a…
Tech tracking Australian fires43:09
An app is helping Australian’s stay safe during the Bush fires. Fires Near Me was created by the New South Wales Rural Fire Service and we hear how it works from journalist Corinne Podger. Also the WICEN HAM Radio operators who are providing emergency communications when mobile masts and internet connections are disrupted and measuring air quality …
The Tech of 2014 to 201854:03
10d ago 54:03
This is part two of a retrospect on the last decade in tech. Jonathan looks at Apple in the post Steve Jobs era, protests at Google and Uber's worst year ever. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisersBy iHeartRadio & HowStuffWorks
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2019 Charlie's Winners
The menu at the iconic French brasserie and oyster bar, Meritage (a union of merit and heritage) is crafted by Chef Russell Klein. The space captures the essence of a Paris street café, and the staff, thanks to Desta Klein, has that level of service expected at a crown jewel.
Outstanding Restaurateur
Luke Shimp kindRED Hospitality
Luke Shimp and wife Tracy Bachul created this “modern tavern” concept, with exceptional burgers. Red Cow has grown to four locations, joined by a new sister restaurant serving elevated Italian dishes, Red Rabbit. A percentage of sales is dedicated to supporting nonprofits in the community.
Outstanding Restaurant
Christina Nguyen and Birk Grudem’s Hai Hai focuses on Southeast Asian street food and cocktails. Hai Hai has received recognition from national press including Eater’s 18 Best New Restaurants in America, Thrillist’s 13 Best New Restaurants in America, and Esquire Magazine’s 20 Best New Restaurants. Christina was also named Esquire’s Rising Star Chef of the Year in 2018.
Outstanding Baker/Pastry Chef
Christina Kaelberer
Christina has worked as executive pastry chef at New York’s famed Rainbow Room and competed on “Iron Chef America.” Patrons at Edwards Dessert Kitchen are privy to Christina’s modern twists on classic desserts, such as Curried Scotcheroos, Miso Caramel Pudding and Mango Coconut Crème Pie Puffs.
Outstanding Chef
Justin Sutherland
A graduate of the Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Atlanta, Justin is currently managing partner of Madison Restaurant Group’s eight restaurants in St. Paul and co-owner and executive chef of Pearl and the Thief. He recently won “Iron Chef America,” and is competing on “Top Chef.”
Beverage Innovator
Marco Zappia
Marco is a nefarious drink slinger. After stint at Stanford in the west and Bard in the east he returned to Minneapolis to become a dishwasher and fell in love with the restaurant industry. He’s trained hundreds of bartenders, and designed award-winning programs. He runs Martina and Colita’s drink program in Minneapolis. Recent public lauding include Forbes 30 under 30, Eater Young Gun Semi-Finalist, the cover of MSP magazine and Esquire’s MPLS Preview.
Outstanding Bartender
Sean currently runs the beverage program at Fhima’s MPLS as well as operating Drop & Dram, a beverage-consulting firm based in the Twin Cities. He moved to Minneapolis in 2001, where he’s been mentored by the likes of Jesse Held (Parlour) and Toby Maloney (Bradstreet Craftshouse), and worked as part of the incredible hive mind that is Bittercube.
Best Brewery
Lift Bridge Brewing Co.
Lift Bridge, located in Stillwater, is Minnesota’s seventh largest craft brewery, known for its flagship beers Farm Girl Saison and Hop Dish IPA. It was founded in 2008 by homebrewers: Brad Glynn (now COO), Dan Schwarz (CEO), Trevor Cronk (VP) and Jim Pierson (CFO). In 2010 they moved into their current brewery space, eventually opening a taproom in 2011, the oldest operating taproom in Minnesota.
Outstanding Entertainment Restaurant
Can Can Wonderland
The four owners, Christi Atkinson, Rob Clapp, Chris Pennington and Jennifer Pennington, formed Can Can Wonderland as the first arts-based public benefit corporation in Minnesota. That means with every boozy milkshake, ping pong battle and mini donut devoured, Can Can Wonderland helps support the Minneapolis-St. Paul artist community. Their building in St. Paul was once home to the American Can Company, thus the name.
Outstanding Caterer
Chowgirls Killer Catering
Heidi Andermack and Amy Lynn Brown founded Chowgirls Killer Catering nearly 15 years ago as the gold standard for organic, sustainable fare and top-shelf events. In 2014, the year of Chowgirls’ 10-year anniversary, they were named two of MSP Business Journal’s Top 50 Women in Business and in 2016 published a cookbook, “Chowgirls Killer Party Food.”
Birch’s on the Lake
Birches on the Lake, owned by Burton Joseph, has the ambiance of a Wisconsin-style supper club meets an experimental American brewery. Part of its popularity comes from the fact that it’s both an adult hangout and kid friendly.
Nathan Sartain
Nathan has been faculty and program director of culinary arts at Saint Paul College since 2005, one of the last culinary training programs in the Twin Cities. He believes chefs have the ability to affect change in the conventional food system by being a conscious consumer. He has worked with food-specific community-based organizations such as Appetite for Change, Youth Farm, Urban Roots, Frogtown Farm, Community Homestead, Cookie Cart and Roots for the Home Team.
Joshua Walbolt
While still in high school, Joshua became a two-time state champion in the ProStart culinary competitions. He was named Top Chef at Walt Disney World’s flagship restaurant, California Grill, in a series of mystery basket challenges in 2015, and has worked in New York City for Iron Chef Morimoto where he trained in the art of sushi and opened Morimoto Asia in Disney Springs. In 2016, Joshua was chosen as Top 10 Young Chefs in the U.S. by San Pellegrino to compete in its global talent search.
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The Heritage Village in Woodville is one of those gems you just stumble across, the village is a collection of buildings arranged as a pioneer town dated between the 1840s through 1920s. In addition, there is the Pickett House that serves boarding house style all you can eat fried chicken, chicken & dumplings, country vegetables, cobbler, biscuits, and cornbread.
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Huntsville is home to the Sam Houston Memorial Museum, and we made it a Texas History Day by starting at the Cafe Texan. Then it was off to the Sam Houston State campus where the museum is located.
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Schulenburg TX tours: St. Mary Catholic Church and the Stanzel Model Aircraft Museum
The Stanzel Model Aircraft Museum and the painted churches were closed when we were in Hallettsville last Memorial Day, so we had those on our bucket list for when we came back through. We weren’t disappointed.
Stanzel Model Aircraft Museum
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Camp Verde and the Frontier Times Museum in Bandera
When we went on the Shop Hop at the RV Quilters Retreat, we liked Bandera and wanted to go back.
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Vernon TX – Two Great Museums!
There were two great museums in Vernon, the Red River Valley Museum on the Vernon College Campus, and the Wilbarger County Historical Museum.
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Universities in New Mexico (with pictures from a side trip to the University of Dayton)
I have worked in facilities management for higher education my entire life. In fact, my father was the Director of Physical Plant at Texas Christian University for 17 years and I grew up in a house where the trials and tribulations of a university chief facilities officer were discussed nightly.
NMSU’s Hadley Hall pictured from the west end of the horseshoe
(Photo by Darren Phillips 07/17/02:)
I was born in 1954, and for those who remember their history, the “baby boomers” as we were nick-named constituted a very large student population. Indeed, as we progressed from kindergarten to college, we were often housed in temporary buildings in the parking lot all the way through school. Right behind us, however, there was a very large decrease in this demographic, and many of the colleges converted older dormitories to offices. Interestingly, the staff grew while the population was declining, a trend that never really reversed.
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Albuquerque NM Telecommunications Museum
We’re always up for a good, out-of-the-way museum. As usual, there was a docent who was very knowledgeable.
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The Lusk Stagecoach Museum
We got interested in the Quilt Trail and walked around most of Lusk, further stumbling upon the Stagecoach Museum. The Stagecoach Museum is in a former Wyoming National Guard Armory and houses relics from the 19th-and 20th-centuries when Lusk was a notorious cow town and busy homesteader area.
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The Clark Hotel and Museum
We spent most of one morning touring the Clark Hotel. I took a tour of the old kitchen while ElizaBeth visited with the curator.
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Pamela Uschuk (Poetry) | Tuscon, AZ
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Pamela Uschuk, a political activist and wilderness advocate, has howled out six books of poems, including Crazy Love, winner of a 2010 American Book Award, Finding Peaches in the Desert (Tucson/Pima Literaature Award), and Wild in the Plaza of Memory (2012). A new collection of poems, Blood Flower, appeared in 2015. Translated into more than a dozen languages, her work appears in over three hundred journals and anthologies worldwide, including Poetry, Ploughshares, Agni Review, Parnassus Review, etc. Uschuk has been awarded the 2011 War Poetry Prize from Winning Writers, 2010 New Millenium Poetry Prize, 2010 Best of the Web, the Struga International Poetry Prize (for a theme poem), the Dorothy Daniels Writing Award from the National League of American PEN Women, the King’s English Poetry Prize and prizes from Ascent, Iris, and Amnesty International. Editor-In-Chief of Cutthroat, A Journal of the Arts, Uschuk lives in Bayfield, Colorado and in Tucson, Arizona. Uschuk is often a featured writer at the Prague Summer Programs, teaches workshops at the University of Arizona Poetry Center and was the 2011 John C. Hodges Visiting Writer at University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She’s working on a multi-genre book called The Book of Healers Healing; An Odyssey through Ovarian Cancer.
Blood Flower (Wings Press, 2015). Poetry.
Wild In The Plaza of Memory (Wings Press, 2012). Poetry.
Crazy Love (Wings Press, 2010). American Book Award. Poetry.
Scattered Risks (Wings Press, 2005). Poetry.
One-legged Dancer (Wings Press, 2002). Poetry.
Finding Peaches in the Desert (Wings Press, 2000). Poetry.
Blurbs, Press & Reviews
“Every syllable of Blood Flower’s warm and revelatory tapestry pulses with discovery—the unearthing of familial ties, the realization of strengths and frailties, the speaking of secrets out loud. The life story that springs from these lines is ultimately undaunted—but the real lessons lie in the journey.”
—Patricia Smith, author, Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah
“Dense with the colors of ancestral Russia and the American Southwest, the passionate, mindful poems in Blood Flower oppose to loss and sorrow and the multitudinous depredations of history their meticulous tribute to the tangible world of nature and human love. To the unspeakable wreckage of war and the irreparable harm it visits upon father, brother, husband, these poems oppose a hard-won vision of healing and renewal. Even Chernobyl, abandoned by the species that poisoned it, has spawned new herds of buffalo. Divested of illusion and euphemism, these poems have no time for easy pessimism either. They are tribute to the world we must refuse to abandon.”
—Linda Gregerson, author, The Selvage
“Pamela Uschuk charges into our lives in a variety of forms that explore her background and its larger cultural implications for our world. If on the one hand she can find hope and solace in that past, however mysterious and half hidden, she is also aware of ‘what breathes between the dawn death of stars’ and leads us ‘into black holes of longing.’ Most poets would stop there, but Uschuk charges against that bleakness the way ‘Defying extinction, cranes snap up blue crabs / in their anthracite beaks, then / roost in branches heaving reflected light.’ It is that reflected light in this, her best book, that gives us faith to charge along with her.”
—Richard Jackson, author, Heartwall and Out of Place
“American Book Award–winner Uschuk’s (Crazy Love, 2009) new collection of meditative, delectably powerful poems offers a steady and generous solace that serves as a platform for thought-provoking glimpses into spirit, family, and feeling. She has written of a tethered reality, commonplace secrets, and emotional rescue. And she is political. Among the more than 40 poems, “Red Menace” (“After all of these years / it’s clear what it was / those teachers couldn’t name— / not just the consonants but the roots, / the skin drums”) and “Black Swan” (“Grandfather, what purpose can you discern / now your entitled eyes are soil,/ your heart going to anthracite?”) are standouts. In the same vein as her contemporaries Patricia Smith and Joy Harjo, Uschuk is strong in metaphor, urgent in language, and powerful in vivisection.”
—Mark Eleveld, Book List Online Exclusive: Starred Review
“Like Lorca, Uschuk is a poet of the duende, that mystical Spanish conception; she views the poem as a vehicle for fierce engagement with the body and its social realities, often with a metaphysical awareness that transcends and extends the corporeal into the natural world. Working a poetics rare for a North American writer, Uschuk has crafted a poetry equally steeped in nature and political resistance. This is an ecological poetics of engagement, a mythic poetry—part Lorca, part Rachel Carson.”
—Sean Thomas Dougherty, Rain Taxi, 2012
Pam Uschuk’s is an imagination incarnated…everywhere at once, hence, “there is no place on this planet or in space that is far removed.” The passionate engagement she has with family members is extended by analogy to the human family at large, and to the earth itself. Wild nature is rendered here in a panguage photographic, figurative, and celebratory. Yet, because of her alert human sympathies, nature doesn’t finally shelter her from an awareness of injustice or suffering at home or abroad. Unexpected connections between disparate things emerge through metaphor, whose abundance and variety recall the Spanish-language Moderinsts, Lorca, Neruda and Vallejo. Accurately envisioned, strongly felt, intricately expressed, these poems establish Pam Uschuk as a powerful and essential author, one of the few able to confront the uninterrupted crisis of our era with tragic joy and an unshaken faith in the instrumental efficacy of art.”
—Albert Corn, author of Contradictions.
Pamela Uschuk
Category: Arizona, Authors, Poetry Tags: American Book Award, Arizona, Bayfield, Colorado, poetry, Tucson, Tucson/Pima Literature Award, Wings Press
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Father Gabriel Tooma
Preserving the Christian legacy by disguising it.
What he is doing, he says, is even more important to the Christian minority's fate in northern Iraq: He is rounding up ancient manuscripts and relics and hiding them in secure locations around Kurdistan, hoping to save them from the iconoclastic fury of the terror insurgency.
"If Daesh burns down a church we can rebuild it, but the manuscripts are our history. They trace back our roots, they are part of our civilization," he said, using the Arabic acronym for the group. "If they get destroyed, then we are lost, and our culture will be forgotten."
Not forgotten from the mind of God. Nevertheless, it is good work that he is doing.
By Grim on Sunday, January 24, 2016
Ymar Sakar said...
It's like the Dead Sea scrolls.
Amazing how much Islam tends to burn up and destroy, such as the Library of Alexandria.
What little is left of Christianity that escaped the ME, what little is left of Western philosophy and documents, were "preserved" by Islam. Preserved in the sense that they just didn't get around to wiping it out of existence, that is.
They made some improvements, at least Avicenna did. It was all based on a mistake, though. He was given a "Theology of Aristotle" that actually turned out to have been written by Plotinus. Still, his attempt to make the two cohere turned out to represent a real improvement in the metaphysics. It became quite important in Christian theology, later, when early Christian saints who were influenced by neoplatonism needed to be brought into coherence with Aristotle. Avicenna shows the way to make that work (with the neoplatonic works continuing to have value, metaphysically, even though Aristotle's physics and metaphysics are not thought to be accurate now).
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10-2-19 Education in the News
NJ Spotlight--The Case for Screening Students for Addiction, Mental Health Issues
A school-based program of early intervention has worked in other states. Health advocates and others argue for its widespread adoption in New Jersey
To tamp down the epidemic of behavioral problems among young people, New Jersey should ensure schools systematically screen all students for mental health and drug use issues. That�s the recommendation of a group of lawmakers, health advocates and educators in a report released Tuesday, which also urged intervention before these problems emerge publicly or escalate, and connecting those who need more help with appropriate treatment.
https://www.njspotlight.com/2019/10/the-case-for-screening-students-for-addiction-mental-health-issues/
Lilo H. Stainton | October 2, 2019 | Health Care
Chalkbeat (via NJ Spotlight)--Nearly Two-Thirds of Newark Voters Approve of Charter Schools, Poll Shows
Most Newark voters agreed that charter schools are �an important part of the public school landscape in Newark.�
On the national stage, charter schools remain deeply divisive. But in Newark, where more than one in three students attend charters, a majority of voters support the schools, according to a new poll.
https://www.njspotlight.com/2019/10/nearly-two-thirds-of-newark-voters-approve-of-charter-schools-poll-shows/
Patrick Wall, Chalkbeat | October 2, 2019 | Education
Education Week�Opinion: It's Time to End Timed Tests
Why do we believe that speed reflects intelligence?
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Beta 10 (13.09.21.1)
By Ash Qin, Saturday, September 21, 2013 Beta, Release
Today I am releasing a new version of Exodus Viewer and unfortunately, this version will not contain an OS X release. The new version contains materials (specular and normal maps) as well as continued support for our specialized shaders. There have been numerous fixes to the CHUI interface as well as fixes over many issues reported in the previous version of Exodus.
By Katharine Berry, Tuesday, July 09, 2013 Beta, Release
We have (finally!) a new release for you today. Despite the long delay, not an awful lot has happened; this release is primarily about bringing us up to par with Linden Lab's official viewer.
In particular, this build includes support for the new Server Side Appearance, and you should therefore update immediately; baking is going to stop working very soon if you don't.
Additionally, a note on RLV. Unfortunately, we have had to take the decision to remove RLVa support. By its nature and by necessity, RLVa is an extremely invasive patch. We do not have the resources to maintain this code, and it is the primary reason for our lack of updates recently. We hope that this removal enables us to produce more frequent updates going forward and apologise for the inconvenience.
Beta 8.1 (12.08.14b) - Hotfix
By Geenz Spad, Thursday, August 16, 2012 Beta, Release
We have a new release for you all today, and it’s almost all about bug fixes! If you’ve been experiencing white or black screens in the viewer since our last release, this release is just the update for you!
Due to a few critical bugs found post-release in 12.08.09.1, today we’re issuing a patch that should fix the AMD and Intel GMA bugs that were encountered with the previous release as well as resolving some installation issues some users were also having. We are also adding a new feature this release, as detailed below.
Upcoming Pathfinding Release
By Geenz Spad, Friday, August 10, 2012 Beta, General, Other, Teaser
Hey all you pathfinding deviants!
Today we’re announcing our pathfinding roadmap for the viewer. Currently, we are scheduling a release for later this month.
Beta 8 (12.08.09b) - We're Back!
By Geenz Spad, Friday, August 10, 2012 Beta, Release
Hello everyone! We know you’ve all missed us, but after a bit of a break we’re back in action! Today we have a new Exodus for all of you to enjoy! We have plenty of changes since our last release in January, so sit back in your favorite comfy chair by the fireplace, relax, and check out what’s changed in this version.
Beta 7 (12.01.03b)
By Ayamo Nozaki, Wednesday, January 04, 2012 Beta, Release
We’ve fixed the graphics bugs in our previous release, added a few more features and a exposed a bunch settings in our visuals window.
See below for the change log.
By Clix Diesel, Monday, January 02, 2012 Beta, Release
Hey guys and gals!
Its been a little while but we are sure you will find that the wait was worth it. We have cool new visual settings and options from Ayamo and Geenz as well as a whole bunch of new features outline in our last blog post.
Hello everyone, happy holidays!
By Clix Diesel, Sunday, December 25, 2011 Beta, Teaser
Sorry about it being such a long time since our last blog update.
I would like to extend a very warm thank you to everyone who made a donation to get Ayamo back on his feet. He has managed to get a replacement card and has been hard at work to show you what it means to him in this update!
We just want to let you all know that hopefully the next release is coming before the end of 2011 and will be packed full of new features!
Now, lets talk about the upcoming update...
By Ayamo Nozaki, Tuesday, November 01, 2011 Beta, Release
Today we have decided to release a update to our client, it's a little late (was meant to release this yesterday, whoops!)
Anyway, whats new?
By Ayamo Nozaki, Wednesday, October 12, 2011 Beta, Release
Okay, this is just a quick fix sort of release!
We've fixed the problems with the advanced graphics preset feature, and added a new feature, check out the change log below!
By Ayamo Nozaki, Tuesday, October 11, 2011 Beta, Release
Wow, so we've added a fairly major feature in this release, some may not see the potential in this, but just trust me, it'll be very useful for some.
We've added the ability to export or import the Raid Advisor or Advanced Graphics presets to your inventory was added in this release, allowing you to keep a backup or send your friends your settings/presets for these two features. We will be expanding on this feature in future, allowing you to trade or backup even more settings, presets and other bits and bobs to your inventory, so keep an eye out for that!
Exodus Mac Release
By Ayamo Nozaki, Saturday, October 01, 2011 Beta
Today we’re releasing the Mac version of Exodus.
Beta 2 (11.09.28.2b)
By Ayamo Nozaki, Thursday, September 29, 2011 Beta, Release
We ran into a little issue today with the viewer loading the wrong settings file, this only affected new users though, so we didn't realise till after the release that we made a minor mistake. Anyway, that's fixed now, and there's now a update available on the download page.
Yup, that's a public release!
By Ayamo Nozaki, Thursday, September 29, 2011 Beta
Alright, we're up and running, there are downloads for Windows and Linux up in the downloads section, but first, please read this:
If you have found a bug, having issues running or installing the viewer, or if you have a feature request, please contact us at the forums!
That's all, thank you for reading! Now, go ahead and download it!
By Ayamo Nozaki, Wednesday, September 28, 2011 Beta, Release
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Ivy Alvarez
CODA #2: The future of Aotearoa New Zealand poetry?
As a brief coda to last year's series of commentary posts regarding Aotearoa New Zealand poetics and poetry, I am privileged to be able to feature three fine women poets: Ivy Alvarez; Reihana Robinson; Grace Taylor. All three fit, if you will, the parameters I claimed would establish the future direction of an increasingly multicultural country. None of them could be classified as pākehā middle-class poets and all tend towards the experimental and/or performance and/or indigenous striates of poetry. Significantly and obviously, all three are women. Theirs is the future of poetry in the skinny country of Aotearoa — inevitably, for as I have stressed several times previously — the demographic of Aotearoa is rapidly and rather radically on the move into major diversity. More, these three writers involve themselves in shared self-reflections about their own layered identities — ethnic, linguistic, cultural — in this zone of change, that is Aotearoa. Just like the inevitable future national flag transformation here, away from union jacks and governor-generals, poetics here will inevitably reflect more and more female, multiethnic poets of spirit; who swerve off in directions from so-called mainstream verse, while writing and performing in forms of English far from so-called standardized English, if indeed they even write in that language at all.
Kia ora.
He hokinga ki tēnei whare o ngā whiti! [A return to this poetry house!]
As a further brief coda to last year's series of commentary posts regarding Aotearoa New Zealand poetics and poetry, I am privileged to be able to feature three fine women poets: Ivy Alvarez; Reihana Robinson; Grace Taylor.
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Effect of Ti-microalloy Addition on the Formability and Mechanical Properties of a Low Carbon (ST14) Steel
M. Toroghinejad
G. Dini
Department of Materials Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, 8415683111, Iran
A low carbon Al-killed Ti-added steel was produced in Mobarakeh Steel Complex in Iran. Mechanical properties and microstructural characterizations of steel in the as-cast, hot-rolled, cold-rolled and annealed conditions are presented. Dilatometery tests were carried out to measure the finishing and annealing temperatures of steel. It was found that the addition of small amounts of Ti increased the transformation temperatures. In addition, microalloying with titanium improved the ductility of the produced slabs and hot rolled steel sheet. However, low temperature annealing of Ti-added cold-rolled steel sheets led to a decrease in ductility. The results indicate that the full softening of the Ti-added cold-rolled steel is completed for an annealing time of 2hr at 800°C.
Ti-microalloyed steel
Formability
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OJK's Strategic Policy to Support Infrastructure Priorities
by Sebastianus Epifany Monday, August 14, 2017 - 15:21
JAKARTA - The Financial Services Authority (OJK) seeks to encourage the utilization of the Indonesia capital market to mobilize investment funds from within and abroad for infrastructure projects. This was revealed by the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of OJK, Wimboh Santoso.
Wimboh Santoso explained to support it OJK has launched various strategic policies in the field of capital market.
OJK from the regulatory side has launched POJK No. 4 of 2017 concerning Multi Asset Investment Fund in the form of Collective Investment Contract, issued in order to support the implementation of Law Number 11 of 2016 on Tax Remission.
OJK has also issued POJK No. 53 and 54 of 2017 which issued to provide an opportunity for issuers with small and medium scale assets to obtain funding through the Capital Market. Recently OJK has also issued POJK No. 52 on Infrastructure Investment Funds in the form of Collective Investment Contracts (POJK DINFRA), issued to provide collective investment schemes for various infrastructure projects.
Not only that, OJK also established a policy that allows infrastructure financing to be optimized through the utilization of several existing instruments, such as collective investment contracts, as well as the launching of new instruments such as perpetual securities and project bonds.
Wimboh explained as reported from tempo.co (14/8/2017),"We also continue to encourage the increasing number of domestic investors, both retail and institutional, especially non-bank financial industries such as insurance and pension funds. In addition to encouraging them to increase their investment portfolio, we also encourage them to Go-Public to utilize long-term funding sources from the capital market."
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