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Australian marine pest network analysis
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Pest animals and weed management survey
Recreational boat operators’ self-management of biofouling in Australia
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Human dimensions research is part of ABARES’ applied social research and analysis. Reports have been prepared for the Department of Agriculture, other government agencies, research and development corporations, and industry bodies.
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Who talks to whom about marine pest biosecurity? An analysis of the Australian marine pest network
Marine pests can cause significant negative social, ecological and economic impacts to infrastructure, marine habitats, water quality, marine industries and coastal amenity values. Maintaining an effective marine pest biosecurity system that minimises the risk of marine pests to Australia is a priority for the Australian Government. The Department of Agriculture commissioned ABARES to investigate the current state of Australia’s marine pest biosecurity stakeholder network by means of a social network analysis.
The findings of the study provide a broad understanding of the current marine pest stakeholder network by identifying key players in the network and relationships, and patterns of interaction, between them. The study showed that involvement and interest in marine pest biosecurity is extensive and complex. A wide range of government and non-government organisations and groups participate in the network. The analysis identified opportunities to tap into existing stakeholder networks and build on current structures to further improve network function.
ABARES Insights: Snapshot of Australia’s Agricultural Workforce
Publication date: 13 December 2018
This snapshot describes Australia’s agricultural workforce, providing key information and statistics in one place. We cover where workers live, what sub-industries and occupations they work in, and the mobility and educational attainment of the workforce.
Snapshot of Australia’s Agricultural Workforce
Diversity in Australia’s agricultural, fishing and forestry industry workforces - 2015
These three facts sheets provide statistics and trends in employment participation and workforce demographics in the agriculture, fisheries and forestry sectors.
There is no 'typical' picture of someone engaged or employed in our primary industries.
The Australian agricultural, fisheries and forestry workforce is made up of a diverse range of people of varying ages, genders, cultural backgrounds who contribute significantly to these primary industries.
In addition to being an important source of labour, women, youth, Indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse people have been fundamental to the sustainability, competiveness and productivity of primary industries in Australia over many years.
Unless otherwise specified, this facts sheets use data from the 2006 and 2011 Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Census of Population and Housing. For further information, or for assistance interpreting these statistics, please contact ABARES.
Download the fact sheets
Diversity in Australia's agricultural workforce (revised 2015-03-23) PDF 9 744 KB
Diversity in Australia's fishing industry workforce PDF 7 651 KB
Diversity in Australia's forestry industry workforce PDF 7 673 KB
Seasonal Worker Programme labour productivity study - What difference does labour choice make to farm productivity and profitability in the Australian horticulture industry?
Publication date: 6 February 2018
The productivity and cost of labour have considerable impacts on farm profitability, especially in labour intensive industries such as the horticulture industry. The analysis in this study compared the productivity and implications for farm profitability of workers employed under the Australian Government Seasonal Worker Programme (SWP) (referred to as ‘seasonal workers’ in this report) and working holiday makers.
We investigated other factors that could influence growers’ decisions about the sources of labour they employ. Data was obtained from a small sample of growers who are approved employers under the SWP.
Using a mixed-method approach we used a grower survey, growers’ records of weekly employee payments (referred to as wages in this report) and hours worked, and semi-structured interviews with growers and labour hire approved employers.
Improving engagement of culturally and linguistically diverse persons in agriculture, fisheries and forestry
There has been increasing recognition of the role that Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) persons play in Australia's primary industries, particularly:
the knowledge and innovation they have contributed to improving productivity, profitability and sustainability in the sector
their contribution to emerging and growing food markets such as Asian vegetables
their ability to assist in managing key primary production issues such as biosecurity, natural resource management and sectoral adaptation to climate change
their contribution to government initiatives in areas such as the Australian Government Social Inclusion agenda
their contribution to domestic food security, for example 80 to 90 per cent of market gardens in the Sydney basin are managed by CALD persons. Market gardens in the Sydney basin are estimated to supply the Sydney metropolitan area with 90 per cent of its perishable vegetables.
In this context the Department of Agriculture commissioned this research. The key objectives of this research were to provide a better understanding of:
the participation and distribution of CALD persons in agriculture, fisheries and forestry industries
factors relevant to and influencing CALD persons participation in agriculture, fisheries and forestry industries
•the level of representation of CALD persons in decision-making positions within agriculture, fisheries and forestry industry organisations
•barriers influencing CALD persons representation in decision-making positions within agriculture, fisheries and forestry industry organisations
•strategies for improving engagement with people from CALD backgrounds working in agriculture, fisheries and forestry industries
Improving engagement of culturally and linguistically diverse persons in agriculture, fisheries and forestry PDF 48 403 KB
Fishing for women: understanding women's roles in the fishing industry
Publication date: 1 January 2000
This study forms part of a larger research project initiated by the Women's Industry Network (WIN), a South Australian-based non-government organisation for women in the fishing industry, and the Social Sciences Centre of the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES).
The research deals with women in the commercial fishing industry (sometimes termed the “seafood industry”), covering wild catch fisheries and aquaculture.
Fishing for women: understanding women's roles in the fishing industry PDF 109 503 KB
2008 Country Matters - Social Atlas of Rural and Regional Australia series
The 2008 Country Matters - Social Atlas of Rural and Regional Australia series describes the patterns of social and economic change of people and communities in non-metropolitan Australia.
The atlas is complemented by specific thematic studies which use information from it to analyse specific issues, changes and responses in education and training, social and economic circumstances, employment, social fabric and the impact of drought in rural and regional Australian communities.
2008 Country Matters - Social Atlas of Rural and Regional Australia main report PDF 154 7.8 MB
2008 Country Matters - Social Atlas of Rural and Regional Australia - Summary PDF 8 1.5 MB
2008 Country Matters - Social Atlas of Rural and Regional Australia - Education PDF 14 527 KB
2008 Country Matters - Social Atlas of Rural and Regional Australia - Employment PDF 18 648 KB
2008 Country Matters - Social Atlas of Rural and Regional Australia - Social Fabric PDF 18 575 KB
2008 Country Matters - Social Atlas of Rural and Regional Australia - Drought PDF 18 763 KB
Social Fabric of Australian Fishing - A case study in South Australia
The case study outlined in this booklet illustrates the breadth and scope of information which social assessments can provide.
This information can assist the fishing industry and other stakeholders in decisions designed to improve the industry’s sustainability.
Social Fabric of Australian Fishing - A case study in South Australia PDF 20 835 KB
Defining social catchments in non-metropolitan Australia
Publication date: 1 July 2001
The principal aim of this discussion paper is to present a review of recent thinking and knowledge about social catchments - areas occupied by people and households who regularly interact with each other, across non-metropolitan Australia.
Defining social catchments in non-metropolitan Australia PDF 60 2.3 MB
Drivers of regional agritourism and food tourism in Australia
Agritourism and food tourism have been a part of the rural and agricultural landscape in Australia for some time. Recently there have been more coordinated regional approaches to agritourism and food tourism as a strategy for growth and improving the resilience of individual businesses or rural communities.
In this context, the Department of Agriculture requested this study to improve understanding of the drivers and barriers to regional agritourism and food tourism in Australia. ‘Regional agritourism and food tourism’ refers to the act of going to a region to visit a working farm or other, farm or food-related business (including restaurants, markets, produce outlets and natural attractions) for enjoyment, education, or active participation in activities and events.
Drivers of regional agritourism and food tourism in Australia PDF 117 1.4 MB
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AHEPA Family Celebrates Greek Independence Day at White House
WASHINGTON, DC— The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA), the leading membership-based association for the nation’s millions of American citizens of Greek heritage and Philhellenes, and its affiliated organizations, celebrated the 196th Anniversary of Greek Independence at a White House ceremony held March 24, 2017. President Donald J. Trump, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, White House Director of the Office of Public Liaison George Sifakis, and His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, provided remarks. Vice President Mike Pence also attended.
"We sincerely thank President Trump for issuing a Proclamation that calls on the people of the United States to observe Greek Independence Day with appropriate ceremonies and activities," Supreme President Andrew C. Zachariades said. "We also commend the president for recognizing Greece’s value as a NATO ally, for expressing 'deep gratitude' for Greece's 'enduring friendship,' and for acknowledging the inspiration America's patriots took from Hellenic principles and the ancient Greeks."
Watch: C-SPAN coverage of Greek Independence reception
Read: President Trump's remarks
Read: Presidential Proclamation
Supreme President Andrew Zachariades, his wife, Antoinette; Sons of Pericles Supreme President Nick Apostolou, Maids of Athena Grand President Tria Charnas, Supreme Secretary Carl Hollister, Supreme Treasurer Jimmy Kokotas, Board of Directors Vice Chairman Lee J. Millas, AHEPA Executive Director Basil Mossaidis, and Daughters of Penelope Executive Director Elena Saviolakis, represented the AHEPA family. Many other AHEPA family members were also in attendance.
“AHEPA treasures the fact that representatives of the American Hellenic community have been welcome to the White House since AHEPA’s meeting with President Calvin Coolidge in 1924," Zachariades added. "This recognition demonstrates that the Office of the Presidency has valued the American Hellenic community, its concerns, and its many contributions to the tapestry that is America since the time American Hellenes became organized and mobilized through the vision of AHEPA’s Founders.”
AHEPA is proud to count Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and Gerald R. Ford as members.
Dinner at Blair House
Supreme President Andrew C. Zachariades attended a dinner hosted by White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus at the Blair House on the occasion of Greek Independence and in honor of His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, March 23, 2017. Vice President Mike Pence stopped by to address the guests, which included Greece’s Minister of Defense Panos Kammenos and Cypriot Government Spokesman Nikos Christodoulides.
Defense Minister Made an Ahepan
AHEPA had a substantive discussion with Greece’s Minister of Defense, Panos Kammenos, March 24, ahead of his meetings in Washington, which included one with Secretary of Defense James Mattis. Minister Kammenos also became an AHEPA member, at the invitation of Supreme President Andrew Zachariades. Executive Director Basil Mossaidis presented the minister with a unique membership pin from the 1920s.
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RSFA04 Alaska by Land and Sea | Rail & Drive Tour from Fairbanks
This popular one way railroad and driving combo tour from Fairbanks via Anchorage to Skagway takes you further than most itineraries and includes the cultural and scenic attractions of Alaska and the Yukon Territory. Board in Fairbanks the last full-service railroad in North America and choose between the “Adventure Class” seating in the one-storey railway car or the “Deluxe Dome Railcar” on board the Alaska Railroad or with one of the privately operated trains. All train cars feature large panorama windows ensuring unobstructed views around every bend of the majestic beauty of the glaciers, mountains and Alaskan wildlife. Spend two days at Denali National Park which is the natural habitat for many types of wildlife including caribou, moose, wolves, Dall sheep, bald eagles, and the mighty grizzly bears. The leisure train ride to Anchorage provides many spectacular vistas of the Alaska Range. Pick up your rental car and visit the port town of Seward, where you’ll join a spectacular cruise deep into Kenai Fjords National Park with actively "calving" glaciers, abundant wildlife and magnificent scenery. The Alaska Ferry takes you across the Prince William Sound to Valdez. Admire the vast untamed wilderness and majestic mountain scenery as you travel on the Top of the World Highway to the gold-rush town Dawson City. Explore Yukon’s capital town Whitehorse, including the basalt cliffs of Miles Canyon, site of a former gold rush town. Your holiday comes to an end in Skagway. With a population of just over 1100, Skagway is located at the northernmost point of the Inside Passage in Southeast Alaska. The streets are lined with wooden boardwalks and restored buildings, looking much as they did 100 years ago. Take a ride on the wild-side with the historic White Pass & Yukon Railroad steam train along the famous Chilkoot & White Pass trail. This vacation is ideal to be combined with an Inside Passage cruise by the Alaska Ferry or cruise ship. Please read our itinerary to have more detailed day-to-day experience. On request, this trip can be customized and can be organized in reverse order.
Fairbanks ( Overnight: Fairbanks )
Welcome to Fairbanks, the "Golden Heart City" - tucked into miles of unexplored wilderness only 120 miles from the Arctic Circle and enjoying almost 24 hours of daylight during summer. You are invited to explore the local gold rush history, its vibrant traditional native cultures as well as fantastic scenery. You may visit the renown Alaska University Museum featuring Alaska's natural history best collection or take an authentic sternwheeler on a scenic cruise down the Chena and Tanana Rivers. Guided van tour along the Dalton Highway or flightseeing tour to the Arctic Circle is super popular choice for experiencing the Arctic Circle and Yukon River. Enjoy a flightseeing trip to Fort Yukon to understand as well as experience how the Gwich'in Athabascan Natives live in "Bush" Alaska.
Fairbanks – Denali National Park | Rail Tour ( Overnight: Denali Village )
Enjoy the scenic ride onboard the Alaska Railroad to Denali National Park. Choose between the standard rail car or the glass-dome compartments with large panorama windows ensuring unobstructed views of snowcapped mountain ranges, pristine scenery and abundant wildlife. The train passes through the small community of Nenana, known for the Nenana Ice Classic Lottery. Just north of the Denali park, the train winds along Healy Canyon, following the curves of the Nenana River below. Arrive at Denali Village at noon. Transfer to your hotel and check into your room. Once you settled take a stroll through Denali Village, join a flightseeing tour, wildwater rafting trip or visit Jeff King’s Husky Homestead Kennel for a personal tour with four-time Iditarod champion Jeff King and his sled dogs.
Denali National Park – Anchorage | Rail Tour ( Overnight: Anchorage )
Board the Alaska Railroad and relax in your comfortable reclining seats, have a delicious lunch onboard or listen to the commentaries from an onboard interpreter. Just south of Denali you'll enter Broad Pass, offering majestic views of the Alaska Range in all directions. Your rail tour continues via Wasilla and crosses the Knik River with the Chugach Mountains as a backdrop before arriving in Anchorage, Alaska's largest city. Nestled along the Chugach Mountains, the coastal city is brimming with activities for the outdoorsy and adventurous, as well as the more relaxed. Visit the Log Cabin Visitor Center and its Crossroad, Ship Creek Viewpoint overlooking Cook Inlet and the Resolution Park with its Captain Cook Monument. Try out one of the popular seafood restaurants this evening.
Anchorage – Seward | Start Self Drive Tour ( Driving Distance: 130 miles | Overnight: Seward )
Arrive in Anchorage during the day and pick up your rental car. The drive on the scenic Seward Highway offers incomparable vistas of fjords, glaciers and mountains as you follow the Cook Inlet and Turnagain Arm. Arrive in Seward, a small fishing town at the gateway to Kenai Fjords National Park. Kenai Fjords is named for the numerous fjords carved by glaciers moving down the mountains from the ice field. The field is the source of at least 38 glaciers, the largest of which is Bear Glacier. This afternoon you have time to visit Exit Glacier. Short trails lead to the edge of the glacier where you can get a good photo in front of glacier ice. You may spend some time at the Alaska SeaLife Center – the world’s first cold water marine search institute. Enjoy a delicious seafood dinner at the harbor.
Seward ( Overnight: Seward )
This morning board the stable catamaran for a spectacular cruise deep into Kenai Fjords National Park with actively "calving" glaciers and magnificent scenery. Covering 110-miles, the trip is narrated by a National Park Ranger, who is highly adept at spotting wildlife and pointing out the many sights. Kenai Fjords showcase the best of Alaska’s marine world in a compact package. Kittiwakes, puffins and other seabirds nest along cliff faces just above the swells. Sea otters float belly-up eating mussels while Harbor seals haul out on icebergs off Aialik and Northwestern Glacier. Look out for Steller sea lions on Chiswell Island as well as Humpback and killer whales. After reaching the tidewater glacier, guests witness "glacier calving" a process by which glaciers shed giant slabs of ancient ice.Included: Kenai Fjords Glacier & Wildlife Cruise
Seward – Alaska Ferry Whittier to Valdez ( Driving Distance: 90 miles | Overnight: Valdez )
Depart Seward and drive to Whittier via Portage Glacier. Enjoy the scenic cruise to Valdez onboard the Alaska Marine Highway Ferry. Prince William Sound encompasses 3,800 miles of coastline, bounded to the east and north by the Chugach Mountains and to the west by the Kenai Peninsula. Commercially important for the fishing and oil industries, the sound is also prized for its abundance of marine and coastal life, its rain forest of Sitka spruce and western hemlock, and its glacier-studded landscape. The sound contains 150 glaciers including 17 tidewater glaciers, known for dramatically calving huge ice chunks into the sea. The main attraction of Prince William Sound is Columbia Glacier, one of the largest and most magnificent of the tidewater glaciers along the Alaska coast.
Valdez - Tok ( Driving Distance: 250 miles | Overnight: Tok )
Valdez - also known as “the Switzerland of Alaska” - is the gateway for salmon fishing trips and narrated cruises to magnificent Columbia Glacier. Leave Valdez and drive through Keystone Canyon, taking pictures at the "Bridal Veil Falls". Stopover at Worthington Glacier and take a short walk along the interpretive boardwalk to the face of the glacier. Your journey continues on the Glen Highway, offering an impressive view of the Wrangell Mountains - Mt. Deborah, Mt. Sanford and Mt. Drum. Arrive in Tok, often referred to as the "Dog Mushing Capital of Alaska". Tok was born as a construction station on the highway. With its location at the intersection of the Alaska - and Glenn Highway, the town has built an economy of gas stations, gift stores, cafes, and hotels to serve highway travelers.
Tok – Dawson City ( Driving Distance: 190 miles | Overnight: Dawson City )
The Yukoners call it the 60 mile. To Alaskans it is the Taylor Highway, but to everyone who has driven this beautiful road, it is known as the "Top of the World Highway". The name fits as much of its route meanders along the tops of mountains and ridges with endless views of alpine valleys. During the summer months the sun sets forever and you'll have hours of light to set-up that special sunset photograph. Arrive in Dawson City: It all began with Robert Henderson, who, in 1894, found gold in Rabbit Creek (later renamed Bonanza) not far from where the Klondike River empties into the Yukon. By 1904, an estimated $100 million in gold had been shipped from the Klondike. At its height, Dawson City had a population of 35,000, but the "stampede" of `98 died out almost as quickly as it began.
Dawson City ( Overnight: Dawson City )
A full day to explore the goldrush town Dawson City and the gold fields: Visit the historical buildings, Jack London and Robert Service cabins and old stores that were the pulse of the gold rush capital in its hey-days. As you walk through the heart of Dawson City, your imagination will run to the likes of Klondike Kate, Arizona Charlie Meadows and Diamond Tooth Gertie strolling down Dawson's boardwalks. Their spirit is as alive today as it was in 1898. From the one-time capital of the Yukon you'll follow history up Bonanza Creek (pan for gold) to Discovery Claim and Grand Forks once boasted a population of 10,000 where the Eldorado Creek and Upper Bonanza come together. Take a guided tour of the Gold Dredge #4 and visit the Diamond Tooth Gertie's Gambling Hall for evening entertainment.
Dawson City - Whitehorse ( Driving Distance: 330 miles | Overnight: Whitehorse )
The Klondike Highway often parallels the Yukon River as it winds its way to Whitehorse. Water in the Yukon River travels more than 3,000 km from headwaters near the Chilkoot Pass to the mouth at the Bering Sea. Stop at the Five Finger Rapids and hike down to the shore of the Yukon River. Continue to Carmacks, home of the Little Salmon/ Carmacks First Nation at the junction of the Yukon and Nordenskiold rivers. The Tagé Cho Hudän Cultural Centre has many exhibits depicting the lifestyle of the Northern Tutchone-speaking people of this region. Stop at Montague Roadhouse, a monument to the trials of travelling in an open stage during the cold Yukon winters. There were roadhouses every 20 miles to rest the horse and refresh the passengers. Arrive in Whitehorse, Yukon's capital city.
Whitehorse - Skagway ( Driving Distance: 110 miles | Overnight: Skagway )
Time to explore the sights of Whitehorse: The McBride Museum, SS Klondike and the Yukon Beringia Center. During the last ice age, a land bridge joined Asia to Alaska and the Yukon, forming a subcontinent known as Beringia. Bordered on all sides by glaciers, Beringia was once home to woolly mammoths and other fascinating Pleistocene-era animals. This museum presents the archaeological and paleontological past of Beringia, with life-size exhibits of ice-age animals, multimedia displays and dioramas on its prehistoric ecosystems. The South Klondike Highway winds through the subalpine landscape of Tormented Valley to Tutshi Lake, Tagish Lake and the much photographed Emerald Lake. It offers some spectacular scenery as it descents by 11 percent grade from the White Pass to Skagway.
Skagway | End of Self Drive Tour
Today you have the chance to board the historic narrow-gauge White Pass and Yukon Railway and ride along the White Pass Trail to the White Pass Summit. The entire distance between the gold-rush community of Skagway to the summit was completed in only two years in 1900's. The steamer pulls the train a couple of miles, then diesels take the cars - some of them originals more than 100 years old - up steep tracks that were chipped out of the side of the mountains. In the afternoon walk around the historic townsite and check out the old buildings. You may even visit the grave of "Soapy Smith" and walk part of the famous Chilkoot Trail. Drop off your rental car in Skagway. You have the option to take the Alaska Marine Highway Ferry System to Juneau, Bellingham or Seattle.
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09 Days Compact Rental Car (For additional Upgrades and Extras Click Here)
Car Rental One Way Fee
Alaska Ferry Transfer from Whittier - Valdez / Car
Alaska Ferry Transfer from Whittier - Valdez / Passengers
Complimentary Airport & Railroad Station Transfer
Railroad Transportation Fairbanks - Denali National Park
Railroad Transportation Denali National Park – Anchorage
Comfort Hotel Category includes Reserved Seats in Standard Adventure Class Train
( upgrade to Dome Car Train is available upon request )
First Class Hotel Category includes Reserved Seats in Upper Level Panorama Dome Car Train,
Priority Check-in & Boarding, Use of Private Outdoor Viewing Platform,
Priority Dining Room Seating, Enhanced Reclining Seats
Daily from May 18th – September 13th
Fairbanks: Arctic Circle Flightseeing Tour to Fort Yukon & the Yukon River
Experience a breathtaking tour of Fort Yukon by plane. Enjoy the 50 minute flight to For Yukon. Fly north over the Yukon River, across the Arctic Circle, thru the Brooks Mountain Range, and over the Gates of the Arctic National Park. Upon landing you will meet a local host who will take you around Fort Yukon by bus and share their home with you enlighten with facts about the area. The tour does make a stop at the Yukon River for a chance to get out and take pictures. Once the tour is over, you will have a return flight to Fairbanks where you'll receive an official certificate for crossing the Arctic Circle!
Fairbanks: Riverboat Discovery Sternwheeler Cruise
If you've ever read Mark Twain you know of his days as a riverboat captain. Did you know that Jack London was a riverboat pilot as well? Here's your chance to experience the adventure these renowned writers enjoyed as you cruise aboard the authentic sternwheeler riverboat Discovery II, rated the number one boat tour in North America. Enjoy a lively narration as you view a trapper's cabin, log homes, and a bush pilot performance. Visit the home of four time Iditarod champion Susan Butcher, as you pass Trail Breaker Kennels along the Chena River. Learn first hand about kennel life and the challenges that go into making a champion dogsled team. You'll make a stop at the historic site of a Chena Indian village to see native crafters in action and to learn abut Native Alaskan hunting and fishing at an Athabascan Fish Camp.
Seward: Extend Kenai Fjords Cruise to Northwestern Fjords Cruise
The premium 8 1/2 hrs Kenai Fjords Cruise covers magnificent Northwestern Fjord - the home to three amazing tidewater glacier, hanging alpine glacier, abundant wildlife such as Orca Whales, Steller Sea Lions, playful Sea Otters, Bald Eagles, Puffins and of course the magnificent scenery. On this tour we travel futher into Kenai Fjords National Park than most other daily cruise tour operators. In addition we visit the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge and Chiswell Island's seabird rookeries within Resurrection Bay. Make sure you bring your camera to photograph the abundant marine and coastal wildlife, many types of sea birds and the untouched beauty of Alaska's shorelines. Tour includes a light breakfast and hot lunch. Total 150 miles round trip.
Seward: Extend Kenai Fjords Cruise and include a dinner on Fox Island
Spend your day aboard the most popular wildlife and glacier cruise in Alaska. Explore the wildlife and glaciers of Kenai Fjords National Park. Then, dock at the magical Fox Island for an all-you-can-eat prime rib and Alaska salmon buffet. What a day!
Customizing Tours
All of our tours are flexible and you can add, modify or exchange nights in destinations to suit your timetable and preferred routing. Thus, sometimes it will be necessary to observe ferry schedules, national park opening/closing dates etc. to match certain dates and/or departures. Please check also each itinerary online.
Please refer to the appropriate tour page for a listing of included services. Our service generally includes the rental car, accommodation, applicable local taxes, ferry trips as scheduled, sightseeing as per itinerary, a detailed tour description, highway or road logs. Not included are: Meals, tunnel tolls, gasoline, entrance fees, additional sightseeing tours. The rental of a compact car (automatic) is always included in our flexible self drive tour packages. Additional rental days or upgrade to a Mid and Full Size Car, Mini Van or Sport Utility Vehicles (4x4) are available. The displayed upgrade rental rates are always per car (not per person) - and of course for the total length of the tour package. Our advertised rates include all local taxes, licensing fee, airport fee, road tax and unlimited mileage. Rental Car insurance is not included as most US guests can use their own private insurance. A valid driver license and a valid major credit card are mandatory for all individual vehicle rentals and/or tour packages including vehicle rentals. Driving on gravel roads/highways is at own risk. The rental car insurance is void on the following highways Denali Highway, Dalton Highway, Top of the World Highway, Taylor Highway, McCarthy Road, Dempster Highway and all other gravel roads. You will be responsible for any damages. Drivers have to be more than 25 years of age. Contact us if you are below 25 years of age.
Advance Reservation
If you travel during the high season from the middle/end of June until the end of August we recommend booking as early as possible to avoid disappointments with sold out situations in highly frequented national parks and gateways - because the northern tour season is very short. The same applies in/around national holidays. Any hotel accommodation, rentals cars and ferry space must be definitely booked well in advance. Thus, tour operator such as our company may still have space on a short notice. Accordingly it is well worth to contact us.
Travel Month
The last two weeks of May, June and September are perfect months for a vacation in the Land of the Midnight Sun. The weather is usually stable and sunny with almost 24 hours of daylight. July and August are prime travel months and are obviously very busy.
You can contact us in case of an emergency. We have a dedicated 24/7 helpline available for our guests.
Available Room Occupancy / Bed Configuration
Single: A room assigned to one person. Room with one bed (double, queen, king size)
Double: A room assigned to two people. Room with two double/queen beds or a king size bed.
Triple:A room assigned to three people. Room with two double/queen beds
Quad: A room assigned to four people. Room with two double/queen beds The maximum occupancy per room is four. Please request if you require a roll-a-way bed.
We can arrange our self drive tours including 2 rooms and 1 rental car if your group is larger than 4.
Bed and Breakfast (B&B) Option
We can substitute the overnight in a hotel with the overnight in a Bed and Breakfast. In this case breakfast is included. The rate of the first class / comfort hotel class will remain the same. We can only exchange some of the hotels since B&B’s are not available in all locations.
Northern Lights Observation
Because of the long daylight hours it is uncommon to see the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) displays from mid May until mid August. The Aurora occurs mainly during the fall / winter months from September – April. Please refer also to our winter touring program.
VISA / Identification
The Visa/entry requirements do change frequently. Please check requirements on the appropriate government pages. We are unable to take any responsibility for such information however you will definitely need your passport to cross the US/Canadian Border. Please ask us if your self drive tour enters Canada.
We strongly encourage you to purchase travel insurance to cover: cancellation fees associated with an outing as well as airfare or other nonrefundable expense in the event you need to cancel a trip; medical expenses incurred on a trip; and the cost of a possible medical evacuation from a trip, canceled flights due to weather. We have made arrangements with our trusted travel insurance provider for you to purchase a comprehensive travel insurance plan. Please contact us for details
Nelson, CO: We're back from our big Alaska tour ! Everything went as we or you had planned it. Car pick-up and return without any problems as well as the Alaska train journey. The accommodations were good to very good, especially at Denali National Park. The weather was unexpectedly good. Rain jacket, anorak and jeans could stay in the suitcase, shorts and T-shirt were in demand. We had not quite two rainy days, once in Seward, where it always rains, once in Skagway. During the Prince William Sound ferry ride, it was partly sunny, partly cloudy with good visibility. I will create a review on Tripadvisor for you and will then send you the link so you can provide it to your next customers to read or add their own!
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Calendar of Inquisitions Post-mortem and Other Analogous Documents Preserved in the Public Record Office: 15-23 Richard II (1391-99) v. 17
Calendar of Inquisitions Post-mortem and Other Analogous Documents Preserved in the Public Record Office: Richard II (Years 7-15) v. 16
by M.C.B. Dawes (Volume editor)
Social Science > Death & Dying
Business & Economics > Real Estate
Inquisitiones post mortem
Great Britain. Public Record Office
This volume of the Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem covers the final troubled years of Richard II. Prominent tenants in chief who died during this period included Roger Mortimer, earl of March, named as presumptive heir to Richard and two of the king's uncles. Proofs of age provide some occasional light relief from the concern with real estate and also illustrate the events of daily life. So also does the subject index listing the many trades and occupations, valued buildings and the strange and varied rents and ... Read More
This volume of the Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem covers the final troubled years of Richard II. Prominent tenants in chief who died during this period included Roger Mortimer, earl of March, named as presumptive heir to Richard and two of the king's uncles. Proofs of age provide some occasional light relief from the concern with real estate and also illustrate the events of daily life. So also does the subject index listing the many trades and occupations, valued buildings and the strange and varied rents and services by which tenants held their lands and other premises. Read Less
1975, Stationery Office Books
Anybook Ltd.
Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM
Publisher: Stationery Office Books
Volume 16. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust Jacket in good condition.
1975, Stationery Office Books, Norwich
Books by M.C.B. Dawes
Registrum Simonis de Gandavo, Diocesis Saresbiriensis, A.D.1297-1315 (I)
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France and Brazil pledge carbon cut
Paris and Brasilia promise to reduce emissions to 50 per cent below 1990 levels by 2050.
Brazil urged the US and China to back strong measures at the Copenhagen meeting [EPA]
"We can't make these commitments while other countries say 'we'll see tomorrow,''' Sarkozy said.
Sarkozy hailed Brazil for being "the first developing country to put its proposals on the table''.
Brazil announced on Friday that it would voluntarily reduce carbon emissions by
36.1 per cent to 38.9 per cent by 2020, largely by slowing deforestation in the
vast Amazon region, while Europe is pledging a 30 per cent cut.
A day earlier, the country announced it had registered its biggest annual decline in deforestation, which scientists think is responsible for 20 per cent of the globe's carbon emissions.
Still to commit
So far, the US and China, the world's two biggest polluters, have no firm commitments on cuts to bring to the table.
"This puts the US in a completely isolated situation," Marcelo Furtado, Greenpeace Brazil's executive director, said.
He said China would present its climate target next week, leaving Barack Obama, the US president faced with "fulfilling his promises to fight climate change, or continuing the policies of (his predecessor George W.) Bush."
"We're worried Copenhagen will be a fiasco," Marco Aurelio Garcia, Lula's foreign affairs adviser, said before Lula left for Paris to meet Sarkozy.
"There are risks because the biggest country [the US] won't be arriving with an ambitious programme."
The Copenhagen conference is aimed at hammering out a successor to the
1997 Kyoto treaty, the climate change-fighting treaty that the US never ratified.
SOURCE: Agencies
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Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Birzeit student union president Omar Kiswani arrested on campus
Israeli undercover forces arrested Omar Kiswani, president of student union at Birzeit University, for second time.
by Mersiha Gadzo
08 Mar 2018 09:57 GMT
Undercover Israeli security personnel detain a Palestinian protester during a protest against US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel [File: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters]
Correction: 08/03/2018: A previous version of this article stated that since 2014, more than ten student council representatives have been arrested by Israeli forces. This is incorrect. The ten arrests were made since 2004.
Israeli forces have arrested Omar Kiswani, president of the student council at Birzeit University, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday.
Online video footage showed six men dressed in civilian clothing pinning Kiswani to the ground, kicking and beating him while a few of them fired gunshots on campus.
According to Birzeit University, the group attacked Kiswani, 24, in front of the student council building.
Another armed Israeli unit had detained the university's guards in a room and "proceeded to use their firearms against the students while providing cover for the kidnapping operation".
"They were carrying guns inside their bags, they disguised as students and started shooting in broad daylight," said Sondos Hamad, coordinator of the Right to Education campaign.
Education under apartheid.
Earlier today, undercover Israeli occupation forces infiltrated Birzeit University campus, near Ramallah in the West Bank, and brutally arrested student council head Omar Kiswani.https://t.co/chkTNe17wR pic.twitter.com/scYBlSd4nb
— Ben White (@benabyad) March 7, 2018
"They took him to the western gate of the university where Israeli military forces were waiting for him with their jeeps. We don't know where he is now."
An Israeli spokesperson did not respond to Al Jazeera's request for comment.
The abduction of Kiswani by Israeli occupation forces has been strongly condemned by @BirzeitUniv, who "call upon the academic community to support human rights and protest against these aggressions". https://t.co/chkTNe17wR pic.twitter.com/ko4s4J5ObG
This is the second time Kiswani has been arrested. Previously, he spent a year in an Israeli jail due to his participation in a Hamas-affiliated group on campus.
According to the Right to Education campaign, arrests of Palestinian students on campus in the occupied West Bank are common.
"We believe his arrest has to do with his status as student president," Hamad said. "They tried to arrest him last week as well but he ran away," he added.
Hamad explained that a similar scenario occurred at the beginning of 2017 when two students were arrested at the campus gate by Israeli soldiers disguised as civilians.
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There are currently more than 60 students from Birzeit University imprisoned in Israeli jails.
Since 2004, more than ten student council representatives have been arrested by Israeli forces, out of which seven were presidents of the student union at the time of arrest.
Since US President Donald Trump's Jerusalem declaration, Birzeit University has noted an increase in student arrests.
Students at Birzeit University told Al Jazeera that affiliation with any political bloc, whether it is Fatah or Hamas, is prohibited by Israeli military orders.
"Birzeit is like any university in the world. Students are given space to express themselves and they have the right to belong to any political bloc but unfortunately, the Israeli occupation always violates our right to education and freedom of expression," Hamad said.
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10 Days to D Day
Follow 10 characters, including Dacre Smyth, a 21-year-old Australian Gunnery Control Officer, through the dramatic 10-day countdown to D-Day and the beginning of the end of World War II.
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This observational five-part documentary follows the lives of students during their training at Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra.
While the Vietnam War raged, senior political leader Charles Tran Van Lam recorded his family's domestic life on his Super 8 camera.
Andrew Denton's Gallipoli: Brothers in Arms
This story is the result of a visit by Andrew Denton to Gallipoli in 2006 for ANZAC Day, 25 April.
Anzac Day March (Past Years)
The Anzac Day marches from past years may be ordered on DVD for each capital city upon request as 'a lasting memento' of each year's significant commemorations.
Australian Story - The Blue Beret (Matina Jewell)
Part One of this episode focuses on a young Australian Army Major, marked out for great things in the military.
Australian Story - Bomber and Roy
Brisbane grandparents Tony 'Bomber' Bower-Miles and Roy Chamberlain are not living out their golden years quietly.
Australian Story - Show of Force (Afghanistan)
Australia has a proud history of entertainers visiting war zones to lift the morale of our troops. On the face of it, a tour of Afghanistan and Iraq would not appeal to everyone.
Casualties of War follows the personal journey of 28 year-old Chris as he adjusts to civilian life after serving in the army for 11 years with the elite special forces in East Timor.
Centenary of the Australian Army Parade
Coverage from the Australian War Memorial of the celebrations held in honour of the Australian Army on the occasion of their hundred year anniversary in 2001
Compass - Embracing the Enemy
At Gallipoli the Turks shot at our diggers but today they walk side by side with Australian ex-servicemen men and women in Anzac marches around the country.
Compass - Plagued by Memories
Dementia is a sleeping giant for aged Australians. In this program we focus on a specific group of elderly people - survivors of the Holocaust living in Australia.
Compass - Story of the Salvos
This story of music, faith and heroism focuses on the Brunswick Salvation Army Band whose fate in World War II is one of the most tragic and little told episodes of Australia's wartime history.
Compass - Walking Wounded
Walking Wounded is a moving story about ageing WWII veterans who fought as very young men, only to spend the rest of their lives suffering the consequent trauma in silence.
Compass - Windows to Sandakan
For 62 years Philip Handel's stained glass windows have graced churches and cathedrals around Australia. Now he's completing the final stage of his last and most difficult commission yet.
Fall of Singapore, The
Companion piece to `The Burma Railway' from the same production team, dealing with the prior event of the fall of Singapore to the Japanese in February 1942, during WWII.
Four Corners - ANZACS
From Iraq to Solomon Islands and Afghanistan to East Timor, Australia's Army is stretched tight.
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To its backers, Woomera detention centre played a humane yet crucial role in housing the growing numbers of boat people landing on Australia's shores.
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David Wilson (2016) Left Field
Posted by celticman on Thu, 21 Jul 2016
I share the same page as Jeremy Corbyn. We supported this crowdfunded book published by Unbound and I’d guess Corbyn shares many of my interests in equality and social justice. Left Field as the name suggests is about the You and non-You as a house master described the apparent differences between houses at Canford school in Dorset, to a pubescent Wilson, at the fag end of the not-so-swinging fifties. David Wilson or Commie Wilson as he was known as teenager, in that oxymoronic term we call public school, had decided on a path that was non-You. Consider, for example, the tweed-suited seven-year olds— Andrew, Charles and John—in Michael Apted’s 7UP series. A the age of seven they already know the differences between You and Non-You, someone like wee Tony from the East End of London, who are a bit rough and smelly, are decidedly Non-You. They delight in reciting a mantra of how their lives are going to play out and be, preparatory public school, then Westminster public school, then on to Oxford. And, more or less, so it comes to pass. You always know where he and Non-You is destined to be. I’d never heard of David Wilson, but he didn’t agree. He has some rich friends and some poor friends. Through his involvement in the charity, he began, War Child, he met movers and world shakers such as Luciano Pavarotti and included a walk-on cameo of meeting Nelson Mandela. The latter asking for his advice and support. You don’t get much bigger than Pavarotti, but Mandela dwarves him. This is an autobiography worth reading not for any of these reasons, but for its humanity.
The structure of the book is quite simple. Dad, mum and family. Towards the end of the book Wilson has one of his Commie moments and rips up convention. ‘Hooptedoodle,’ he tells us was a term used by John Steinbeck in his novel Sweet Thursday, to ‘spin up some pretty words maybe or sing a little song with language’. I’d call it padding.
Wilson’s second wife Anne Aylor whom he married in 2009, for example, reproduces an unabridged ‘Behind God’s Back’ about her first trip to Mostar, which the notes tell us was first turned down by David Greenberg, Managing Editor at The New Republic in 1994, with some advice that they might consider publishing a shorter piece on the bakery. It’s interesting and insightful, but doesn’t fit into an autobiography and there is a sense of getting even. And there’s a hotchpotch and parts of a play that are not so interesting.
Yugoslavia. Remember that place, pre-Tito and post-Tito, a Communist paradise that worked and didn’t work but with sunshine and beaches somehow seemed so much better than the others. Here is where Wilson finds himself and the woman he will marry Renata Kasun from Zagreb.
‘A foxy young woman…wearing a yellow bikini. At the beach-side café I made sure to sit as close to her as I could, but we had a problem communicating because she hardly spoke any English and I didn’t speak a word of Serbo-Croat.’
That didn’t matter. ‘From 1965 until the early 1970s, I’d board the train for Dover, ferry to Belguim and then couchette trip to Cologne, Munich, Salzburg, Ljubljana and Zagreb.’ That must have been some yellow bikini. Makes me tired just thinking about it. But it reminds me of a conversation I once had with a girl that said she’d a boyfriend in Australia and they kept in touch by email, which was a new thing then. But how do you have sex? I asked, which wasn’t such a new thing.
Nada, Renata’s mum said a prayer for them: ‘Holy Mother, please look after my family and may my daughter Renata and David stay together, get married, have healthy happy children and a happy life’.
The answer to that would be no, yes, no and yes and who knows but God? Yugoslavia imploded into internecine strife, genocide and mass killings. David Wilson has done a very great thing. He has given daily bread to the Bosniacs, fed tens of thousands in Mostar, bread to the poor, the cut off and the suffering. He has given the children music. Left Field it may be, but with the right heart he has made the world a better place.
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It's a long time since I've
Permalink Submitted by Linda Wigzell Cress on Sat, 2016-07-23 09:48
It's a long time since I've heard or read the word 'couchette' and that was passing through Yugoslavia in 1965. Thanks for the memories and interesting piece
aye, Linda, we used to have
Permalink Submitted by celticman on Sat, 2016-07-23 11:05
aye, Linda, we used to have trains and everything.
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Home Jobs & Education How Much Do Electrical Engineers Make?
How Much Do Electrical Engineers Make?
Electrical engineers are vital members of the vast engineering field for developing importance electrical equipment, including electric motors, radars, navigation systems, communication devices, automobiles, aircrafts, and power generation equipment.
Electrical engineers are typically responsible for designing new methods to utilize electrical power to improve products, conduct detailed measurements for manufacturing, testing to ensure products meet regulation codes, investigating problems to find effective solutions, and collaborating with project managers on electrical production efforts.
How much does an electrical engineer make? According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics from May 2012, the 160,560 electrical engineers employed throughout the United States earn an annual average electrical engineer salary of $91,810, which is equivalent to a mean hourly wage of $44.14.
The bottom earning 10% of electrical engineers earn $56,490 or less, while the top 10% of electrical engineers earn $136,690 or more annually. Electrical engineers employed in communications equipment manufacturing earn a mean $90,870, the highest paid in the occupation are employed in oil and gas extraction for an average salary of $106,780. By far, the top-paying state for electrical engineering employment is California with an average $107,280 annually.
Alabama $43.19 $89,830 4,020
Alaska $50.17 $104,360 630
Arizona $46.83 $97,410 4,610
Arkansas $34.66 $72,090 620
California $51.57 $107,280 24,110
Colorado $44.18 $91,890 3,990
Connecticut $41.91 $87,160 1,860
Delaware – – 670
Florida $41.15 $85,590 7,270
Georgia $40.52 $84,280 3,670
Hawaii $39.88 $82,950 620
Idaho $46.02 $95,720 1,070
Illinois $42.25 $87,890 4,670
Indiana $39.11 $81,340 2,680
Iowa $37.17 $77,310 1,330
Kansas $40.13 $83,470 1,810
Kentucky $38.00 $79,040 1,130
Louisiana $45.02 $93,650 1,080
Maine $38.02 $79,090 420
Maryland $46.35 $96,410 4,060
Massachusetts $48.92 $101,750 7,520
Michigan $39.56 $82,290 5,470
Minnesota $41.78 $86,910 4,090
Mississippi $38.28 $79,630 660
Missouri $42.04 $87,440 3,280
Montana $34.84 $72,470 490
Nebraska $38.45 $79,970 790
Nevada $42.16 $87,690 480
New Hampshire $46.14 $95,960 1,180
New Jersey $43.96 $91,440 3,810
New Mexico $42.98 $89,390 780
New York $44.53 $92,620 9,120
North Carolina $41.65 $86,630 3,720
North Dakota $37.89 $78,810 250
Ohio $37.60 $78,220 5,520
Oklahoma $35.49 $73,810 940
Oregon $43.96 $91,430 1,750
Pennsylvania $41.36 $86,020 5,900
Rhode Island $47.00 $97,760 370
South Carolina $39.12 $81,370 2,240
South Dakota $35.78 $74,430 230
Tennessee $41.57 $86,470 2,400
Texas $45.48 $94,600 11,840
Utah $41.15 $85,580 1,620
Vermont $39.55 $82,270 470
Virginia $45.58 $94,810 5,960
Washington $45.17 $93,960 5,330
West Virginia $39.13 $81,390 280
Wisconsin $37.14 $77,250 3,030
Wyoming $33.19 $69,040 230
Data courtesy of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
The majority of electrical engineers, around 22 percent, are employed within engineering, architectural, and related services firms nationwide. Other electrical engineers work within electric power generation, electromedical manufacturing, control instruments manufacturing, and scientific research and development services.
Most electrical engineers work indoors within offices to conduct their research, but many will travel to various sites to observe a pieces of complex equipment firsthand. Electrical engineers often work full-time hours, though it is not uncommon for them to work long overtime hours in certain industries.
Employment for electrical engineers is predicted to grow much slower than the national average for other professions at a rate of 6 percent, which will result in the creation of just 10,700 new jobs before 2020. While slight job growth is expected because of electrical engineers’ versatility at developing the advancing technologies, growth will be slowed considerably by the decline of the manufacturing sector that they are employed in. The largest amount of growth will mostly occur in computer systems design and wireless telecommunications to keep up with the powerful trend for mobile electronic devices.
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I want to contact the one who is interest in professional Electrical Engineer and estimate their work where I have experience about 12 years in power and control systems.
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Chrome 77 now rolling out, lets you share pages across your devices
Chrome 77 for Chrome OS is slated to begin rolling out next week.
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Chrome 77 is now rolling out for Android, Mac, Windows, iOS, and Linux platforms.
The latest version of Google's Chrome browser brings the ability to share pages across multiple devices, stability improvements, and security fixes.
Chrome 77 for Android is expected to become available for everyone on Google Play over the next few weeks.
Google has started rolling out Chrome 77 for Android, Windows, Mac, Linux, and iOS platforms. According to the Chrome team, the new update will become available on all platforms over the next few weeks.
As noted by 9To5Google, Chrome 77 brings the "Send this page" cross-device sharing feature that was rolled out to some users with Chrome 76. In addition to the ability to share a page across multiple devices, the latest release for desktop also lets you "Make Chrome your own" by adding bookmarks to Google apps such as Gmail, YouTube, Google Maps, News, and Translate.
Chrome 77 for Android comes with a tweaked Downloads screen as well. The Chrome team has gotten rid of the menu in the top-left corner. Instead, Chrome 77 comes with buttons that allow users to filter between different content types. Some of the other tweaks include larger previews for saved images and a new "Articles for you" tab.
Along with 52 security fixes, the new Chrome version comes with site isolation improvements that help protect cookies, HTTP resources, and other cross-site data when visiting attacker-controlled websites. The Site isolation feature will be enabled on select Android devices for websites where users enter passwords.
Google is also beginning trial testing of a new Contact Picker API with Chrome 77 for Android, allowing users to "select entries from their contact list and share limited details of the selected entries with a website."
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Ochre Colors
Rublev Colours Rublev Colours Italian Burnt Umber 500 g - Color: Brown
SKU: NAP-461-4850
Rublev Colours
Details Our Italian Burnt Umber is a natural mineral from Tuscany, Italy that is roasted until it is a reddish-brown pigment to make a reddish-brown pigment useful in tempera, oil and watercolor mediums, and obtained from natural earths colored by the oxides of iron and manganese.
Pigment Names
Common Names: English: burnt umber
French: terre d'ombre brûlée
German: Gebrannte Umbererde
Italian: terra d'ombra bruciata
Russian: умбра жженая
Spanish: tierra de sombra tostada
Alternate Names: English: calcined umber
French: ombre calcinée
Nomenclature:
Common name | Primary mineral | Source
Umber | Calcined Goethite (Hematite) | Tuscany, Italy
Brown earths have been known since prehistoric times, and were mentioned in the earliest painting treatises. However, the name umber did not appear until the 16th century. Sixteenth century Italian painting treatises used the term terra d'ombra, which was translated as umber for a type of brown earth. The name is likely derived from ombra, Italian for "shadow," because the pigment was useful for dark or shadow areas. Writers of the 17th century mentioned calcining umber before use and the term burnt umber entered literature around this time. The term raw umber was not commonly used in English treatises before the 19th century. The name umber was frequently used for organic brown pigments in the 18th and 19th centuries, while brown iron oxides were referred to as brown ocher. Today, the name is most often associated with brown earths composed primarily of iron and manganese oxides. In the 17th century, Turquet de Mayerne made the first association of umber with manganese containing iron oxide pigments by describing the drying properties of umber and the fact the color became brown-red by burning.
Historically, European sources of brown earths (goethite) were mined throughout many regions of Europe. The dark brown umbers, containing 45% to 70% iron oxide and 5% to 20% manganese dioxide, were originally extracted from the northern Italy, but are now mined primarily in Cyprus. Other sources of umber were found in England, France, Germany and later in the United States.
Iron oxides earth pigments are an important group of inorganic pigments derived from natural minerals. Iron oxide pigments are yellow, red and brown, but artists know them as ochre, sienna, red oxide and umber. Unlike manufactured pigments, the color of natural iron oxide pigments varies with the composition of the particular segment of earth from which they come. The color of these pigments is derived from three constituents: the principal coloring ingredient, secondary coloring ingredients and a base. The combination of these ingredients produces the particular color of the earth. The innumerable forms and variations in which these ingredients can combine result in the wide range of possible yellows, reds and browns. Principal coloring ingredient: Iron oxide is the principal color producing ingredient in the earth. The properties of the particular iron oxide present in the earth determines its color. The nature of the iron oxide found in the deposit, rather than its percentage, is critical to the resulting earth color. Most rock contains some iron oxide. Those bearing the least amounts are limestone. white clay and colorless kaolin. Those containing the highest amounts are the rocks from which metallic iron is extracted. Secondary coloring ingredients: Calcite (calcium carbonate), pyrolusite (manganese oxide) and quartz (silica) are some common accessory minerals that affect the specific color of natural iron oxides. Manganese oxide, for example, enriches the brown in umbers. Base: Nearly all iron oxides have a clay base. Clay is the weathered product of silicate rocks and is extremely varied in composition. As a result, it has numerous effects on the earth's color.
Umber is a yellowish brown to greenish brown mineral pigment used in tempera, oil and watercolor, obtained from natural earths colored by the oxides of iron and manganese. Just as with sienna, the chemical composition of umber is closely related to its iron oxide content. What makes umber different is the increased content of manganese. Other substances naturally occurring in umber, include clay, talc, and calcium carbonate, do not affect its color greatly. Umbers with the highest tinting strength are those with the highest content of iron and manganese. Some of the finest umber comes from Cyprus and may contain up to 16% manganese oxide. German umber typically contains 1-2% manganese, English umber 7%, and umber from the Russian and Ukraine about 4% manganese.
Our burnt umber is made by roasting natural iron oxide earths from deposits in the Tuscany, Italy. It is finely ground and has a reddish-brown masstone and warm yellow undertone. It has excellent tinting strength and good covering power.
Tinting Strength
As demonstrated in experiments conducted by K.I. Tolstikhinoy, the chromacity of natural iron oxide and clay pigments are closely related to the iron oxide content, and from a mineralogical point of view -- the content of goethite. Thus, with the content of iron oxide less than 23%, luminosities of the tone of pigment compose 40-50%, the purity of tone 60-70%. With the content of the iron oxide from 22 to 74%, luminosities of tone varies in interval of 25-40%, the purity of tone from 70 to 85%, and with the content of the iron oxide more than 75%, luminosity is located in interval of 18-25%, the purity of tone 83-90%.
Pigment Characteristics
A characteristic of pigments containing goethite is their ability to change color when heated. Heating umber causes the hydrated iron oxide to give up water and with the resulting dehydration darken in shade while its tone intensifies. At temperatures exceeding 300° C yellow and brown pigments acquire red-brown tones. The most intensive red tones are obtained as a result of calcining goethite at a temperature between 500-600° C. The change in color is directly related to the dehydration of goethite and its transformation into hematite. Prolonged heating at high temperatures causes another change into a mineral of dark gray color -- magnetite. Roasting umber gives a pigment of black-brown color known as burnt umber.
Permanence and Compatibility
Umber does not react with other pigments and is effectively used in fresco, oil, tempera and watercolors. It is considered to be permanent with medium to excellent tinting strength and high opacity. It does not react with solvents, and is indifferent to alkalis, but is partially soluble in acids.
Oil Absorption and Grinding
Umber moderately absorbs oil when dispersing it in this medium. The oil absorption ratio is 25–35 parts by weight of linseed oil to 100 parts by weight of pigment. If the measurement were grams, umber would require 25 to 35 grams of linseed oil to grind 100 grams of pigment to form a stiff paste. Due to its manganese content, umber hastens the drying of oil, and forms a good, flexible film.
Umber is considered non-toxic, however, manganese, a constituent of umber, is considered moderately toxic, so care should be exercised when handling the dry powder pigment so as not to inhale the dust.
Rublev Colours Pigment: Italian Burnt Umber
Colour Index: Pigment Brown 6 (77492)
Chemical Name: Iron Oxide Hydroxide
Chemical Name: α-Fe2O3
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Acrylic: I
Oil: I
Watercolor: I
Density: 3.3–4.3
Hardness: 5.0–5.5
Refractive Index: nα=2.260 nβ=2.393 nγ=2.398
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The Escape from Bridport, Dorset, of Charles II after the Battle of Worcester, September 1651
Francis Henry Newbery (1855–1946)
Bridport Town Hall
Photo credit: Bridport Town Council
Charles was disguised as a servant when he travelled through Bridport in 1651. He stayed briefly at the 'George Inn' in East Street for a meal. In this painting the Parliamentarian troops and their captain are shown in the foreground, while the figures right at the back of the picture exiting on horseback are Charles and his companions. The professed subject is therefore almost invisible right at the back, while his pursuers stand centre stage.
If you look closely at the picture you can see the panic round the archway as the fugitives make their escape. It is very likely that the central figure is a self portrait by Newbery. The church to the right of the picture is supposed to be St Andrew’s Chapel, although it is not known what it actually looked like.
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Homegrown food for the Aylesbury Community Fridge
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Aylesbury Allotmenteers are working in partnership with the Vineyard Church Aylesbury Community Fridge
Aylesbury Town Council which manages seven allotment sites across Aylesbury has set aside plots on Crown Leys allotment site to grow produce for the Aylesbury Community Fridge. The plots have been dug over and prepared by the Council’s outdoor team and are now being worked on by existing allotment holders from across the seven allotment sites who prepare, sow and harvest a great variety of fresh fruit and vegetables, which is then made available to local people via the Aylesbury Community Fridge.
The Community Fridge is an initiative that is operated and managed by the Aylesbury Vineyard Church. It offers local people and businesses the opportunity to donate fresh, good quality surplus food, which may otherwise be wasted. The fresh food and produce is made freely available for all local people to come, collect and enjoy at home.
Not only will the produce from the community fridge plot be donated but also surplus fruit and vegetables which the allotment holders can’t use up themselves or distribute to their friends and family. This way it won’t end up on their compost heaps but rather on the dinner table.
Melissa Stone from the Aylesbury Vineyard Church says: “Aylesbury Community Fridge is thrilled to be collaborating with Aylesbury Town Council and the local community on the allotment project. By working together, we are stewarding the food grown effectively, distributing from local growers to people in the local area, fostering a spirit of sharing and developing community support and cohesion.”
The vision of the Community Fridge is not only to be a place of sharing and connection but it will also establish a social hub around it, promoting food education and community support and events.
Town Mayor Cllr Mike Smith says: “The allotment project in co-operation with the Community Fridge is a great opportunity for people to try new things as some of our allotment holders grow fruit and vegetables which aren’t widely available, such as Okra, Golden Raspberries, Kohlrabi or Romanesco Broccoli”
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Bühler Group, headquartered in Switzerland, and Premier Tech of Canada have announced the formation of a cooperation agreement concerning industrial flexible packaging. Both companies have agreed to build a design and manufacturing centre in China which is expected to be operational next year. “Combining the portfolio and expertise of Premier Tech and Bühler will enable future packaging solutions which are significantly more efficient, accurate and food safe by using automation technologies”, said Johannes Wick, CEO of Bühler’s grains & food business. “The two companies are complementing each other in a perfect way with Bühler’s strong footprint and market position in China and Premier Tech’s recognised know-how in the field of automated packaging technologies,” said André Noreau, CEO of Premier Tech’s Systems and Automation business.
In grain processing, packaging is the last step before transporting flour to bakeries and other food processors, rice to distributors or pellets to farms. In many cases – especially in developing countries – the bagging operation is still done manually. This is not only inefficient, costly, and slow, but also implies a certain variation of weight and therefore a higher give away of the packaged goods. Palletising solutions are increasingly important to allow for efficient warehousing.
Premier Tech and Bühler, internationally recognised as being market and technology leading companies, respectively, in packaging and in grain and food processing, are now establishing this strategic cooperation to meet these market demands and create new cost-effective packaging solutions. Bühler brings its know-how of high-quality manufacturing and supply chain management in China as well as its digital solutions, whilst Premier Tech contributes with its superior packaging expertise and technological leadership in this field.
The strategic cooperation will allow Bühler to provide better turnkey projects with competitive packaging solutions from China while continuing to deliver high-end products such as Bühler’s Maia bagging station from its own manufacturing network in Europe. At the same time, Bühler will continue to design and market its established weighing portfolio (since scales such as Tubex are not part of the agreement) and further improve its digital services allowing for full transparency and traceability. Premier Tech will gain better access to the Chinese market by using the cost-effective and modern packaging solutions arising from the strategic cooperation, or by combining them to its internationally renowned CHRONOS technology portfolio in weighing, bagging, and palletising. Both companies will continue to sell their products through existing channels. www.buhlergroup.com; www.premiertech.com
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Playing the long game: the demise of China’s ‘strategic ambiguity’ in the South China Sea
20 Aug 2014|Benjamin Schreer
China continues to play a long game in asserting its territorial claims and hegemonic ambitions in the South China Sea (SCS). After its confrontation with Vietnam over the Haiyang Shiyou 981 oil rig in May this year, Beijing has recently announced that it intends to build lighthouses on five islands in the SCS, two of which appear to be in waters also claimed by Vietnam. Indeed, China’s traditional position of ‘strategic ambiguity’ regarding its willingness to compromise on its territorial claims within what it calls the ‘nine-dash line’ looks increasingly obsolete.
Its assertiveness in the SCS needs to be seen as part of a new framework of Chinese foreign policy emerging under President Xi Xinping. China watchers point out that the new leadership appears to have conducted a reassessment of China’s security environment, its relative position and policy responses. Predecessor Hu Jintao’s description of the international environment as a ‘harmonious world’ has disappeared. So too has Deng Xiaoping’s guideline to ‘hide our capabilities and bide our time, be good at maintaining a low profile and never claim leadership.’ Instead, the security environment is assessed to be ‘under a new situation’ and according to Xi, China ‘needs to protect and make the best use of the strategic opportunity period to safeguard China’s national sovereignty, security and development interests.’
From a Chinese perspective, the ‘new situation’, characterised by the US strategic shift to Asia and growing tensions over maritime territorial disputes, requires ‘proactive assertiveness’ in the SCS. And the leadership is optimistic about winning a decade-long game for hegemony there. Bonnie Glaser and Deep Pal succinctly outline the thinking behind that approach:
Beijing’s proactive economic diplomacy [in Southeast Asia] is part of a larger strategy aimed at binding its neighbors in a web of incentives that increase their reliance on China and raise the cost to them of adopting a confrontational policy towards Beijing on territorial disputes. At the same time, China continues to engage in a steady progression of small steps, none of which by itself is a casus belli, to gradually change the status quo in its favor. In the near term, China’s leaders anticipate some resistance. Over time, however, they calculate that their growing leverage will be sufficient to persuade weaker and vulnerable neighbors to accede to Chinese territorial demands.
Can this strategy succeed? If regional and external players display a lack of political will and coordination to raise the costs for China, it well may. It’s difficult, for instance, to counter Beijing’s tactic of using swarms of fishing vessels backed by heavily-armed coast guard vessels to intimidate weaker neighbours.
But that outcome isn’t inevitable. So far, China hasn’t attempted to use military force to occupy disputed islands which would be a dramatic escalation. It’s reasonable to assume that Beijing is aware of the significant reputational damage it would incur through such a move. There’s also the risk of unwanted escalation. Contrary to conventional wisdom, states do go to war over territorial disputes which seems devoid of strategic value. The end of strategic ambiguity in the SCS provides China’s neighbours with a clear understanding about its intentions and the need to respond strategically. That response should include both investments in military capabilities (such as maritime domain awareness and asymmetric denial assets), as well as paramilitary, civilian and political tools to raise China’s reputational costs in the event of a major crisis.
It has also encouraged Southeast Asian countries to develop (or revitalise) stronger defence ties with external actors. More than ever, the region looks to the US for strategic support. Sensing the broader challenge to its leadership in the Asia-Pacific, the US has stepped up its rhetoric against China’s ‘nine dash line’ and has intensified its Southeast Asian defence engagement as part of its ‘rebalance’. China can’t exclude the possibility that attempts to settle the territorial disputes by military force could well draw in the US. Moreover, major external Asian powers such as Japan and South Korea now engage in regional defence capacity building, aware that what happens in the South China Sea will matter for maritime Northeast Asia.
Thus, China’s strategic success in the SCS is far from a done deal. Somewhat paradoxically, the end of China’s strategic ambiguity might increase regional stability by forcing all players to signal their intentions more clearly. Greater strategic competition isn’t necessarily a bad thing if it helps to define the parameters of mutual restraint in conflict situations.
What does that all mean for Australia? The Abbott government is on the same page as the US and Southeast Asian nations about the need to manage maritime disputes peacefully. Australia also has a major interest in strengthening Southeast Asia’s strategic resilience against coercion by outside powers. Whilst that doesn’t mean sending warships or fighter aircraft into the region, the ADF should, for instance, offer its expertise in maritime-domain awareness to countries such as the Philippines. Moreover, it should seek to utilise the US alliance more actively as a vehicle for multilateral regional defence engagement. Careful playing of the long game in Southeast Asia must become a priority for Australian strategic and defence policy.
Benjamin Schreer is a senior analyst at ASPI. Image courtesy of Flickr user US Navy.
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Beautiful - The Carole King Musical
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Long before she was Carole King, the chart-topping music legend, she was an ordinary girl with an extraordinary talent.
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Beautiful tells the inspiring true story of King’s remarkable rise to stardom, from being part of a hit songwriting team with her husband Gerry Goffin, to her relationship with fellow writers and best friends Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, to becoming one of the most successful solo acts in popular music history.
Along the way, she wrote the soundtrack to a generation, with countless classics such as You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman, Take Good Care of my Baby, You’ve Got a Friend, So Far Away, It Might As Well Rain Until September, Up on the Roof, and Locomotion.
One of the most amazing catalogues of pop music ever written. It was beautiful.
- Elaine Paige, BBC Radio 2
Magical. Sends shivers down the spine.
- Daily Telegraph
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Standing proudly since 1910, New Wimbledon Theatre has garnered a glittering reputation as a premier theatrical venue in South West London. The Grade II listed building has a beautiful Edwardian auditorium and, with a capacity of over 1,500 (one of the largest in London), the venue hosts touring productions as well as an annual pantomime each Christmas.
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WhoFi Windows version 5.0 is now generally available
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Windows version 5.0.5 was released last week on June 7th, 2019.
Version 5.0.5 is the first generally available version of the Windows 5 series.
With Windows Agent version 5, WhoFi has made some major changes from previous versions.
We changed the focus of the company from security to WiFi Analytics and Presence Analytics in 2015. However our free Windows version continued to be written about in consumer blogs and tech magazines as it was still useful. Although we’ve always appreciated our free user base, the needs of our free users and the needs of our customers have been in conflict for a few years now. The re-engineered release of Version 5.0 focuses completely on our WiFi Analytics customers. All future versions will focus on them as well.
We built Windows 5 and above on a new core system and started from the ground up re-engineering the agent. The software is now dependent on .NET 4.5. The agent also runs as a service by default. The windows visual interface is more of a wrapper around the underlying service. This greatly benefits customers using the agent as an always on source for visitor intelligence. We also built version 5 to natively take advantage of 64-bit systems. To do this, the agent now comes in both 64-bit and 32-bit varieties. If you’re unsure of what to use, please contact your customer service rep or go through the Setup Wizard in your online analytics account.
There are several new features we’ve added to support gathering statistics of Guest WiFi networks. We implemented using SNMP to gather information from certain Cisco Wireless controllers commonly used in City Government IT. We also implemented captive portal or splash page detection to enable better metrics when customers have Acceptable Use Policy pages, etc. And finally, there are several minor tweaks and updates that have been changed to give customers a better experience.
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Inslee: ‘It’s our state’s destiny … to fight climate change’
In his State-of-the-State address, the governor made the case for an ambitious carbon tax.
Monday, January 15, 2018 1:02pm
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Gov Jay Inslee on Tuesday delivered an impassioned plea for lawmakers to enact a tax on carbon pollution that would enable the state to step up its fight against the damaging effects of climate change.
Inslee devoted almost half of his State of the State address to arguing for action against what he described as “an existential threat” to the health of individuals, businesses and the environment.
“While this session is short, our legacy on climate change must be long and lasting,” he said. “We have just 59 days to do our part to save our children from an endless cycle of crop-killing droughts one year and rivers spilling their banks the next. To save salmon from dying in ever warming rivers and our forests from being reduced to plumes of ash.”
In his speech to a joint session of the Legislature, Inslee also called on lawmakers to finish the job on McCleary by using budget reserves to ensure the state is paying its share of basic education by the next school year as demanded by the state Supreme Court.
The court estimated the price tag of full compliance is around $950 million. Inslee has said he would replenish those reserves with money collected in the first two years of the carbon tax.
The governor also urged lawmakers to bolster funding for the state’s mental health system and its efforts to assist the homeless and those battling addiction to opiates.
He pressed for passage of a number of Democrat initiatives including a bill to increase voter participation by allowing registration on Election Day, banning of gun modification devices known as bump stocks and eliminating the death penalty.
And while the governor insisted lawmakers send a capital budget to his desk for signing, he notably made no mention of the ongoing dispute on water policy triggered by the Supreme Court’s Hirst decision. Republican lawmakers have refused to vote on the construction budget until there’s agreement on how certain private wells are permitted.
The lack of mention of Hirst, along with the carbon tax, caught the attention of Republican lawmakers.
“You know going in this governor will always call for new and higher taxes,” said Senate Minority Leader Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville. “He never mentions something that affects families in all 39 counties.”
Inslee’s speech came shortly after details of his carbon tax proposal were released.
Under bills introduced Tuesday in the Senate and House, the state would impose a tax of $20 per metric ton of pollution-causing carbon emissions starting July 1, 2019. The tax would rise by 3.5 percent plus inflation each year and there would be no cap.
It would generate an estimated $1.6 billion for the 2019-21 budget, most of which would go into reserves.
Nearly $1.8 billion would be generated in the 2021-23 cycle with half to be spent on efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, such as programs to expand opportunities for renewable energy at both homes and utilities, and research of clean energy technology. Another 35 percent would go into flood management and stormwater infrastructure, and would also be used to reduce risks of wildfires.
Consumers could feel the effect in many ways. Estimates from the governor’s office are that the carbon tax could drive gasoline prices up 18 cents a gallon and also push up the cost of natural gas and electricity.
A number of environmental organizations issued statements supporting a carbon tax proposal.
Association of Washington Business President Kris Johnson issued one, raising concerns but not outright opposition.
“The end result of the governor’s carbon tax proposal would be higher costs for energy to heat homes, fuel to drive to work and higher prices for natural gas that has helped fuel industries while lowering emissions,” he said. Those added costs would erode the state’s global competitiveness, he said.
He concluded that if a carbon tax is passed, “We believe the funds generated should go toward innovation and clean technology, building on the carbon reduction efforts already showing great success in industries across the state.”
This is the newest attempt by Inslee to get a carbon tax passed. Thus far the concept has failed to gain significant traction in either the House or Senate in his tenure.
A year ago the Democratic governor proposed a tax of $25 per metric ton of carbon emissions starting in 2018 that he estimated could bring in nearly $2 billion a year for education, transportation and clean energy projects.
But the proposal never received a vote in the Democrat-controlled House or Republican-led Senate. Nor did the carbon tax make it into the school funding proposals put forth by House Democrats or Senate Republicans.
Inslee insisted in his speech that the idea of putting a price on carbon is gaining support this year because the effects of climate change on Washington are clearly getting worse. And the rest of the world, as well as neighboring states, are pursuing the approach.
“It is our state’s destiny …to defeat climate change,” he said. “This is the year to believe in ourselves. This is the year to act with confidence. This is the year for us to do our part, for all who will walk in the path we will make, together.”
Jerry Cornfield: 360-352-8623; jcornfield@heraldnet.com. Twitter: @dospueblos.
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Recall Zero
An Agent Zero Spy Thriller, Book 6
By: Jack Mars
Narrated by: Brian Callanan
In Recall Zero (Agent Zero, Book 6), the President’s translator is the only one privy to a secret conversation that can change the world. She is targeted for assassination and hunted down, and Agent Zero, called back into the line of duty, may just be the only one who can save her. Agent Zero, trying to get his life back in order and to win back the trust of his girls, vows not to return to service. But when he is needed to save the life of this defenseless translator, he can’t say no.
Fun thriller series...
By shelley on 11-10-19
Series: An Agent Zero Spy Thriller, Book 6
File Zero
When an incident in the Strait of Hormuz threatens to mushroom into an all-out war, Agent Zero’s memory comes rushing back, and with it, a chance to uncover the plot that caused his memory loss to begin with. Discredited, with few friends left, Zero is on his own as he tries to stop the CIA while also saving his targeted family. Yet as he digs deeper, another, more nefarious, plot comes to surface, one which will require him to trust no one, and to risk it all to save the country he loves.
Jack, do you have to make Agent Zeros girls,
By Terryc on 08-10-19
Generation Z: The Queen Unthroned
By: Peter Meredith
With the threat of more assassinations on Bainbridge paralyzing the fortified island and spies in her own ranks turning her own men against her, Jillybean has to look to unlikely allies as The Black Captain brings his fury south to destroy her. He is consumed with the idea of revenge, yet he retains a cold, calculating rationality that Jillybean does not. The stress of war, as well as the deaths of her friends and the man she loves by her own hand, is eating away at what little mental stability she has left.
Book series was great time first but,,,,,,,
By MB on 09-09-19
Series: Generation Z, Book 4
The Last Watchman Still Rides
By: Jonathan Watkins
His name is Roarke. His history is a swath of blood and violence. Released from prison after another man died under his fists, he's found some semblance of peace as a private investigator. Sometimes he's hired to solve a problem. Sometimes he's hired to do something mean. He prefers the one, but he isn't above the other. When he's hired to locate a gorgeous banking executive's missing niece, Roarke suspects the case might be just another ugly custody fight between the girl's parents.
Solid action thriller
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The Innocent Dead
A Witch Cozy Mystery
By: Jill Nojack
Natalie Taylor, high priestess of the coven in quirky Giles, Massachusetts, just wants to stop seeing dead people. With all the elements needed for the spell now in place, she can finally complete the ritual to push the ghosts away. But when a body is found in Corey Woods, giving her the opportunity to prove that her long-lost love wasn't guilty of the identical murders years ago, some of the answers she needs to clear him lie on the far side of the veil. She's going to need help from both the living and the dead to catch the real killer.
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Trial ordered for 4 charged in Detroit mob attack
DETROIT – Four men accused of punching and kicking a motorist who accidentally struck a 10-year-old Detroit boy were...
Trial ordered for 4 charged in Detroit mob attack DETROIT – Four men accused of punching and kicking a motorist who accidentally struck a 10-year-old Detroit boy were... Check out this story on battlecreekenquirer.com: http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/2014/04/21/trial-ordered-for-4-charged-in-detroit-mob-attack/7967013/
Associated Press; Published 4:26 p.m. ET April 21, 2014
DETROIT – Four men accused of punching and kicking a motorist who accidentally struck a 10-year-old Detroit boy were ordered Monday to stand trial on attempted murder charges, after a judge reviewed their statements to police and witnesses testified about the chaotic mob attack.
As Steve Utash continued to recover in a hospital bed, Judge Thomas Jackson found probable cause to move the case to trial in Wayne County Circuit Court.
Prosecutor Lisa Lindsey introduced statements to police from Latrez Cummings, 19, James Davis, 24, and Wonzey Saffold, 30, all acknowledging a role in the April 2 attack. They were ordered to trial, along with Bruce Wimbush Jr., 17, who waived the hearing.
“I pray for the man every day. I hope him and the boy are going to be OK,” Cummings told police, according to Lindsey.
Witnesses to the attack described a chaotic scene.
“They were hollerin’ and screamin’, ‘Oh, my God, get him, get him,’” witness Deborah Hughes testified.
Hughes, a nurse, is credited with rushing to the boy’s side and also intervening to save Utash from further injuries. She said Cummings likely kicked the victim at least 10 times.
Another witness, Ashley Daniels, said Utash was attacked after he got out of his pickup to check on the boy. She said he was stumbling and his hat was knocked off after some early blows.
Daniels said Utash was dared to pick up his hat before he was hit again.
“He fell. He got up again,” she said. “It was like he was almost accepting it.”
Statements to police indicate that three of four men recognized the boy and had revenge on their mind.
“I saw the little boy on the ground … and I lost it,” Saffold told investigators.
Utash, 54, of Macomb County’s Clinton Township, is a tree trimmer who was familiar with the east side Detroit neighborhood where a boy darted out in front of his pickup. He spent days in a coma after the beating.
Utash’s family sat in the front row of the courtroom, while relatives of the accused men sat directly behind them in three rows. There were deep sighs, sobbing and muffled utterances of “liar” during the testimony. Some spectators were ejected by sheriff’s deputies.
Jackson noted that the legal threshold to keep the case moving at this stage is low. Defense attorneys said Utash’s injuries were awful but an attempted murder charge was too severe.
“One or two may not be enough to kill anyone,” the judge said of punches and kicks, “but a combination may be enough to cause one’s death.”
Separately, a 16-year-old boy is charged in Juvenile Court with assault and ethnic intimidation in the case. He and the other defendants are black; Utash is white.
Outside court, Utash’s brother-in-law Max Mohr said Utash is struggling and disoriented in the hospital. He said Utash tried to walk with the help of nurses but lasted only a few steps.
“He’s not the Steve I know — not even close,” Mohr said.
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PICA and the Avilla `ohana purchased two old koa canoes in an estate sale on the Big Island. They were fumigated, and arrived in San Francisco via freighter from Hawai`i in December 1997. These are considered antiques, and their history is somewhat sketchy -- but there are enough clues to provide some valuable information:
Canoe #1 is 22' 6" long and made of yellow koa harvested from either the McCandless or Greenwell Ranch. It was built in the early 1930's at Honaunau, possibly by a team of builders from that area. The design indicates it was built primarily for surfing, due to its large okole and "V" shape cross section. The canoe was purchased by George Austin in 1948 and moved to O`ahu where it was used and surfed at the Outrigger Canoe Club in Waikiki.
Canoe #2 is 16' long and made of koa harvested from the Hamakua Coast, possibly from koa stands in upper Kaiwiki Valley. It was built in 1951-52 in Honoli`i by Ken Griffin. It's design indicates that it was probably used for fishing and recreation, and it was built specifically for Hilo Bay waters.
Both canoes were eventually purchased by Big Island entrepeneur Roy Oness, who intended to restore them. He was a student of master canoe builder James Pau`aka Ka`o`ilihala Jr. of Hilo. However, due to poor health, Roy reluctantly had to offer the canoes for sale.
Knowing that these canoes were coming, and knowing full well that much labor would be required to make them seaworthy, Julian Avilla and PICA canoe builder John Scotland spent 10 days in October 1997 as students at Hawai`i Community College's Hana Pukahi canoe restoration class. The class was taught by Bobby Pukea, coach of Lanikai Outrigger Canoe Club on O`ahu, and John Kekua, coach and founder of Kamehameha Outrigger Canoe Club in Hilo. Bobby's father used to go into the Kulani area with Edith Kanaka`ole to find trees in the 1970's.
Julian and John quickly learned what they had already suspected -- repairing is difficult and much more delicate than building and shaping! It takes 100 years for koa trees to grow to 40 feet or more. Reforestation allows increased growth without effecting grain, strength, color, etc. The Campbell & Burns logging operation, along with Akana Petroleum, left the land raped. John Kekua came back through the Umikoa area with bulldozers, turned the soil, and koa seedlings sprang forth. The canoe masters believed that each log has a feeling, or spirit (mana). And each log, even as it is cut, is not dead. As one works on a canoe, the life of the log comes into the canoe as the spirit of the builder goes into the canoe. Each canoe speaks of something different as it goes through the stages of creation. Some people name a canoe as the log is felled. Some people name a canoe before it is finished, some wait until it is completed. Keep in mind that as the process evolves, so does the feeling that ultimately effects the final naming.
Julian Avilla was so moved by his experience with these canoes, he has submitted the following:
Our two koa canoes are now resting and acclimating to their next life here in the San Francisco Bay area. It is important that the right time be established as to how and when the restoration project shall proceed. The beginning of the new year -- makahiki -- should be considered. There is a lot of mana in these two ancient wooden vessels, and PICA is now empowered with giving life back to them. There have been signs of spirit within the canoes' storage area, and respect for and permission from those present is important. They are present to oversee the project, and with their guidance we can succeed with the restoration.
EDITOR'S NOTE: When Macy's in San Francisco asked PICA for assistance in organizing and selecting performers and exhibits for their 52nd Annual Flower Show, "The Spirit of Hawai`i", they asked PICA to display one of the koa canoes. Julian and John worked long hours to attempt to accomplish their goal of displaying a fully restored canoe.
The result shows the manus loosely attached; the outer hull near completion; two iako and an ama finished from hau wood. 300 hours of labor have thus far been applied to the Avilla `ohana canoe. The inside spreaders (wae) and seats must still be completed and permanently attached. PICA's own koa canoe will begin restoration as soon as donations and grant funding are made available. Anyone interested in this project may contact Julian Avilla at info@pica-org.org.
Bow and stern covers (manu ihu & manu hope), before and after restoration
Some small hull repairs and restoring of the gunnels
Some not so small hull repairs
The finished result was hung from the ceiling of the Macys Men's Store in San Francisco, April 1998.
Koa Canoe Project
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Newcastle's stadium name will revert to St James' Park after the Premier League club agreed a four-year sponsorship deal with a loan company.
Wonga will become the club's main shirt sponsor from next season, replacing Virgin Money, and will also invest £1.5m in the club's academy.
The firm also purchased the stadium naming rights and decided on a return to the traditional name.
The stadium had been called the Sports Direct Arena since November 2011.
"We listened over the last three days and we saw what really matters to the fans," a Wonga spokesman said.
"Football is an emotional sport and it is obviously really important to them.
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Philadelphia Athletics 3 0 3 0 2 1 4 3 0 16 19 0
New York Yankees 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 10 1
WP: George Earnshaw (5-8) • LP: Red Ruffing (7-9) • SV: Rube Walberg (2)
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Steve Carlton
Bats: Left • Throws: Left
Born: December 22, 1944 in Miami, FL us
High School: North Miami HS (North Miami, FL)
School: Miami-Dade College, North Campus (Miami, FL)
Debut: April 12, 1965 (Age 20-111d, 9,933rd in MLB history)
vs. CHC 0.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Last Game: April 23, 1988 (Age 43-123d)
vs. CLE 5.0 IP, 9 H, 4 SO, 3 BB, 8 ER, L
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1994. (Voted by BBWAA on 436/456 ballots)
View Steve Carlton's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1966 season
Agents: Dick Moss • Previously: David Landfield, LaRue Harcourt
Full Name: Steven Norman Carlton
Nicknames: Lefty
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Team Record in Appearances 19-16 / in Starts: 19-14
Longest Hitting Streak 4 games
Longest On Base Streak 4 games
Most Games w/o HR 12 games
Most Games w/o RBI 11 games
Grand Slams 0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits: 2
RBI Opportunities
in 79 PAs 3
Actual Runners on Base 32 (24-7-1)
Avg. MLBer w/ 79 PAs 7
Avg. Runners on Base 45 (23-14-7)
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D Simpson 1
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R Maris 1
L Brock 1
1968 Batting Game Log
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55 3 (2) Apr 13 STL @ CHC W,8-5 GS-8 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 9 .96 -0.066 -0.46 P
56 7 (3) Apr 17 STL @ CIN L,3-4 GS-9 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 9 1.26 -0.085 -0.65 P
57 12 (4) Apr 23 STL CIN W,4-2 GS-6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 9 1.79 -0.038 -0.31 P
58 16 (3) Apr 28 STL PIT W,4-2 CG 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 9 .64 -0.025 -0.43 P
59 17 Apr 29 STL @ LAD L,2-3 7-7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 9 0.000 0.00 PR
60 21 (3) May 3 STL @ SFG L,4-5 CG 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .077 .077 .077 .154 9 .59 0.003 -0.16 P
61 26 (4) May 8 STL NYM W,2-0 CG 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250 9 .89 0.036 0.10 P
62 30 (3) May 15 STL @ PIT W,1-0 CG 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150 .150 .150 .300 9 .91 -0.038 -0.37 P
63 34 (3) May 19 STL @ PHI L,3-4 GS-8 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .190 .190 .190 .381 9 1.55 0.007 0.07 P
64 39 (4) May 24 STL PHI W,5-1 CG 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333 9 .35 -0.024 -0.35 P
65 44 (4) May 30 STL SFG W,6-0 CG 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .148 .148 .148 .296 9 .10 -0.007 -0.38 P
66 50 (5) Jun 4 STL @ HOU W,3-2 GS-9 3 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .207 .207 .276 .483 9 1.05 0.131 0.93 P
67 55 (4) Jun 9 (1) STL @ CIN W,10-8 GS-4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 .233 .300 .533 9 .42 0.020 0.36 P
68 56 Jun 9 (2) STL @ CIN L,6-7 10-GF(12) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 .233 .300 .533 9 P
69 60 (3) Jun 13 STL @ ATL W,3-1 GS-9 3 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .281 .281 .438 .719 9 1.08 0.170 1.07 P
70 65 (4) Jun 19 STL CHC W,4-0 CG 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .389 .639 9 .54 -0.051 -0.75 P
71 71 (5) Jun 25 STL PIT L,2-3 GS-7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .237 .237 .368 .605 9 1.22 -0.055 -0.42 P
72 76 (4) Jun 30 STL @ CHC L,2-6 GS-7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225 .225 .350 .575 9 .60 -0.029 -0.28 P
73 81 (4) Jul 5 STL @ SFG W,4-3 GS-7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214 .214 .333 .548 9 .47 -0.022 -0.15 P
74 87 (5) Jul 13 STL HOU W,5-4 GS-8 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .311 .511 9 .57 -0.040 -0.49 P
75 91 (3) Jul 18 STL SFG L,0-3 GS-8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .191 .191 .298 .489 9 1.20 -0.052 -0.39 P
76 96 (4) Jul 22 STL PHI W,5-4 GS-6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 .188 .292 .479 9 .51 -0.012 -0.12 P
77 102 (5) Jul 27 STL @ PIT W,4-0 CG 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .196 .196 .353 .549 9 .34 0.116 -0.23 P
78 107 (4) Aug 1 STL @ PHI W,2-1 CG(8) 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .185 .185 .333 .519 9 .84 -0.058 -0.49 P
79 112 (4) Aug 6 STL CIN L,0-5 GS-8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .182 .327 .509 9 1.71 -0.057 -0.38 P
80 117 (4) Aug 11 STL @ ATL L,3-5 GS-4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .179 .179 .321 .500 9 .56 -0.013 -0.12 P
81 122 (4) Aug 16 STL ATL L,1-5 GS-6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .175 .175 .316 .491 9 .48 -0.011 -0.08 P
82 127 (4) Aug 21 STL @ PHI W,8-3 GS-4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 .190 .328 .517 9 .44 0.013 0.11 P
83 132 (4) Aug 26 STL NYM L,0-1 GS-8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .183 .183 .317 .500 9 .91 -0.041 -0.30 P
84 137 (4) Aug 31 STL @ NYM W,2-0 GS-8 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .175 .175 .302 .476 9 .75 -0.054 -0.64 P
85 143 (5) Sep 6 (2) STL SFG L,7-8 GS-6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .169 .169 .292 .462 9 .89 -0.027 -0.26 P
86 147 (3) Sep 10 STL LAD L,0-3 GS-7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .164 .164 .284 .448 9 2.03 -0.096 -0.74 P
87 151 (3) Sep 15 STL @ HOU W,7-4 CG 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .169 .169 .282 .451 9 .42 0.001 0.42 P
88 155 (3) Sep 20 STL @ LAD L,4-5 GS-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .169 .169 .282 .451 9 P
89 161 (5) Sep 28 STL HOU L,2-3 GS-6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .164 .164 .274 .438 9 .61 -0.029 -0.36 P
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Nationals ‘love’ Kris Bryant but potential holdup could stymie trade talks
With Anthony Rendon officially joining the Angels, the Nationals have a vacancy at third base.
Washington has options to replace Rendon; Josh Donaldson is still available in free agency, and Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant could potentially be had via trade.
The Nationals have reportedly inquired with the Cubs about Bryant, and while they “love” the 27-year-old, their focus is on Donaldson, according to MLB Network’s Jon Heyman. The Cubs would likely seek center fielder Victor Robles in a deal, a holdup on Washington’s end, Heyman said.
QLE Posted: December 15, 2019 at 12:33 AM | 48 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
Tags: kris bryant, nationals, trade talk, victor robles
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1. The Duke Posted: December 15, 2019 at 10:14 AM (#5908776)
It seems like Bryant would love a trade and sign deal but he has seemed focused on hitting free agency, and the Nats don’t seem to want to pay market or they would have Rendon
2. snapper (history's 42nd greatest monster) Posted: December 15, 2019 at 10:53 AM (#5908786)
MLB would love an extension that made Bryant's grievance go away.
3. puck Posted: December 15, 2019 at 12:35 PM (#5908805)
Why are the Cubs shopping Bryant? (I've not really been paying attention.)
4. Dag Nabbit at ExactlyAsOld.com Posted: December 15, 2019 at 12:56 PM (#5908808)
They've been in decline the last few years (especially 2019) and think the club needs a shake up. Also, they've traded away most of their best prospects over previous seasons, so the farm system is pretty bare right now. They're not so much set on trading Bryant, but there's been talk all off-season of shaking things up someone. There was a report a few days ago from Anthony Rizzo's camp about how they approached the Cubs for a contract extension and was esesentially blown off, which Rizzo wasn't happy about. There's been talk about how the Cubs might be able to get more in return from Contreras. There seems to be a desire on the part of the Cubs front office to trade one of their key players away, and Bryant is the former MVP.
That's the general gist. Now, if any of that is a good move is a whole other question.....
5. The Yankee Clapper Posted: December 15, 2019 at 02:09 PM (#5908822)
The Cubs would likely seek center fielder Victor Robles in a deal, a holdup on Washington’s end, Heyman said.
Earlier reports said the Nationals would not trade Robles, but perhaps that changed after Rendon left. They could slide top prospect Carter Kieboom to 3rd, so a trade or free agent signing aren’t their only options. Robles might be very good, I don’t think I’d trade him.
6. Walt Davis Posted: December 15, 2019 at 02:57 PM (#5908830)
Robles would join a long line of great Cubs CFs like ... ... ... Hack Wilson sorta.
7. JJ1986 Posted: December 15, 2019 at 03:02 PM (#5908832)
I feel like 'holdup' implies something smaller than can't-agree-on-the-players-involved.
8. Bourbon Samurai stays in the fight Posted: December 15, 2019 at 03:03 PM (#5908833)
Trading Robles for Bryant would be malpractice. Robles was better than Bryant by WAR last year and has 5 more years of control.
9. Copronymus Posted: December 15, 2019 at 03:08 PM (#5908835)
Considering what the return on Corey Kluber was, I would start my offer at Michael A. Taylor and Hunter Strickland or something. If these teams want to dump good players so they can really gear up for a good tank, they shouldn't be rewarded with anything of value.
10. Red Voodooin Posted: December 15, 2019 at 03:09 PM (#5908836)
They've been in decline the last few years (especially 2019) and think the club needs a shake up.
And for some reason they think that dumping their best player is the shake up they need.
11. The Yankee Clapper Posted: December 15, 2019 at 03:21 PM (#5908840)
I would start my offer at Michael A. Taylor . . .
If you thought you could teach Taylor some pitch recognition & plate discipline, he’d be a good acquisition. Of course, that could be said of many that never had much of a MLB career.
12. Bourbon Samurai stays in the fight Posted: December 15, 2019 at 03:23 PM (#5908842)
If you thought you could teach Taylor some pitch recognition & plate discipline, he’d be a good acquisition
All they need to do is tell him it's the playoffs all year
13. PreservedFish Posted: December 15, 2019 at 03:28 PM (#5908843)
It's worked for Theo before.
Nomar? Obviously he wasn't the best Red Sox player at that time, but damn if that wasn't the most excited I have ever been as a Cubs fan about a mid-season acquisition. I thought it was the move that was gonna push that 2004 team over the edge.
Yes, Nomar. He may not have been the very best Red Sock at the time, but he was an in-his-prime, totally beloved, homegrown Hall of Famer. I was absolutely shocked when they traded him. And absolutely shocked that it worked out so well.
Looking back, I'm amazed to see BR claim that his defense with the Sox in 2004 was so bad that he was actually replacement level despite hitting .321 as a shortstop. Wouldn't have thought that was possible. But he must have been truly brutal, as it was part of the justification of the trade, and indeed he was almost totally done at the position after that year.
16. Fernigal McGunnigle Posted: December 15, 2019 at 05:01 PM (#5908854)
Nomar had a leg injury (Wiki reminds us it was a borked Achilles) and was completely unable to play SS when he came back from it. It was horrible to watch, especially after seeing Pokey Reese be generally awesome at the position for the first half of the year. Sure, Pokey slugged .300, but at least he could get to a ball that wasn't hit directly at him.
Speaking of Pokey Reese:
With his glove and his wheels, all Pokey had to do was show he could put up a consistent 85 OPS+ with a non-horrid OBP. Alas...
17. bbmck Posted: December 15, 2019 at 06:51 PM (#5908867)
Since Hack Wilson was traded to the Cardinals all seasons with positive WAA and 100+ games in CF for the Cubs total 32.8 WAA, a combined Hall of Fame-ish career since 1932.
18. Walt Davis Posted: December 15, 2019 at 09:45 PM (#5908891)
Don't look at our post-Banks SS whatever you do.
As to Bryant-Robles ... obviously the different years of control is key to the trade. It's true that, by bWAR, Robles was quite valuable last year. However, by fWAR, it was just 2.5 as all of his value was tied up in defense (getting a +24 from DRS but only a +8.5 from UZR). Statcast also loves him (+23 outs vs average OF, led the league by a lot) while Inside Edge (at first glance) seems to like him a little less than UZR. I assume Steamer relies mainly on UZR and currently projects him to be an average CF overall next year. In short, if Robles can be counted on for 15-20 extra runs on defense or to improve substantially as a hitter over the next few years, then he'll be a very nice player to have; otherwise he's a pretty standard CF.
19. Darren Posted: December 15, 2019 at 11:12 PM (#5908898)
Ha ha, yeah, me too. I would love to buy a mansion except for this one minor holdup that came up.
20. Swoboda is freedom Posted: December 16, 2019 at 09:08 AM (#5908910)
What's up with Bryant's defense? Why has it gotten so bad in last couple of years?
21. Andere Richtingen Posted: December 16, 2019 at 09:14 AM (#5908911)
He's also 22.
22. Nasty Nate Posted: December 16, 2019 at 09:23 AM (#5908912)
He'd love to be the best fielding 3B but there was a holdup.
23. PreservedFish Posted: December 16, 2019 at 09:26 AM (#5908913)
I guess those extra two weeks didn't quite take. Shame.
Sure, which is why he might improve substantially as a hitter over the next few years. Just pointing out that believing he's a 4-WAR player right now requires believing he's a true +20 CF -- which he might be -- or hoping he's about to take a big step forward as a hitter -- which he might be.
On Bryant's defense ... it's a muddle. First, TZ likes him more than DRS with UZR sorta in the middle. A fair chunk of his good defense has been in the OF, never much more than an average-ish 3B. I'm not sure I can really justify this but he seems to have lost a smidgen of speed -- his steals, triples and OF defensive ratings are all down the last couple of years. There was also the shoudler injury which I think was his non-throwing shoulder but might still impact him on willingness to dive/reach at 3B I suppose.
It's certainly a possible reason the Cubs would make him available. If he's declining at 3B then he's a nice-hitting corner OF/1B -- nothing wrong with that but not a guy you offer a 8/$250+ contract.
25. Sunday silence Posted: December 16, 2019 at 05:13 PM (#5909098)
. Just pointing out that believing he's a 4-WAR player right now requires believing he's a true +20 CF -- which he might be...
You always seem to take an agnostic stance w/ respect to these differning defensive numbers, such as last year with Harper.
BUt I would like to ask you: Do you think one system is better than the other?
Moreover: Dont you find it all curious that TZ almost never (from what Ive seen) has ANYONE at +20 runs? I mean at any position. Do you think that's defensible?
ANd it is reasonable/defensible then doesnt it call into question the ways teams make their lineups in regard to central defensive positions?
26. Tom Nawrocki Posted: December 16, 2019 at 05:21 PM (#5909106)
I would like to tell you that a guy's never going to maximize his defensive abilities at third base if you keep sending him to the outfield every couple of weeks, rather than just telling him to focus on playing third base. But I'm not a genius like Joe Maddon.
Its a chicken or the egg problem right? Crappy 3b play OF cause they cant field; or they cant field cause they play the OF?
If I had a decent-fielding third baseman, I would tell him to focus on his defensive skills and try to get better at playing third base.
If I had a bad-fielding third baseman, I would tell him to stop playing third base and go play an outfield corner.
29. Moses Taylor, glorified meat shield Posted: December 16, 2019 at 05:56 PM (#5909115)
How did playing in the OF make him a worse defender at 3b?
There were concerns about Bryant's defense and ability to stick at 3b going all the way back to the draft, mainly because of his height. He actually improved over time, but then wasn't as good the last couple of years. Could it be because he's had injuries, and perhaps the concerns were justified? Isn't that much more logical than the fact he played other positions? Whether or not that was a good idea is a different discussion*. Oddly enough, I believe Bryant's OF defensive numbers are still fine.
*And one that I think Maddon was justified in making more often than not; usually Bryant would be pushed to the OF for a guy who was better at 3b (be it Javy** or Bote) and he would also be playing ahead of a worse OF defender (be it Schwarber, well, mainly him, or RF with Heyward moving to CF because the Cubs can't keep a CF who can hit***). Of course, none of these decisions are made in a vacuum, and there are always different and conflicting priorities. I agree Joe would go overboard, but I also don't think a blanket dismissal of using his players' positional versatility is a bad thing.
**Somehow he didn't get worse defensively at his main position of SS by playing at 2b and 3b.
***This includes Heyward.
Not to go all SBB here, but this sort of statement with such absolute confidence maybe makes me think things have gone too far. For one, why just bring up last year? Two, and as others have noted, over half of Robles WAR last year was defense so I for one am not totally convinced that's an infallible number; if you go by fWAR, Robles was only 2.5WAR last year while Bryant was 4.8; STEAMER projects Bryant at 4.8 again next year and Robles only at 2.0. I think it'd be a pretty safe bet to say Bryant will be worth more than Robles - and perhaps significantly more - the next couple of years. So that gets us to the "years of control" part, which absolutely matters. But at the same time, as a Cubs fan, I would be absolutely pissed if the Cubs dealt Bryant straight up for Robles.
if you go with fWAR then no one in the league can field more than 10 runs above average, correct?
32. What did Billy Ripken have against ElRoy Face? Posted: December 16, 2019 at 06:27 PM (#5909124)
I assume he had to put the improvements he made in Iowa in some sort of escrow account pending disposition of his grievance. If he wins, he would at least have to return the benefit he got from being there.
Skills erode, and there's evidence that defensive skills erode faster than any other type. Whatever time Bryant had to put in practicing for a corner outfield spot was time (and mental energy) he couldn't spend working on his defense at third.
If the only defensive position Bryant ever had to worry about playing was third base, he'd be better at it, wouldn't he? There's a reason even veteran players take 100 ground balls a day.
Skills erode, and there's evidence that defensive skills erode faster than any other type.
what evidence would this be?
Not that I can tell. I assume eventually the precision of statcast (or its successor) will win out.
TZ handed out numbers well above 20 to Andruw all the time in his prime. It gave Buxton +29 in 2017; Inciarte +23 in 2016.
36. Bote Man Posted: December 16, 2019 at 11:02 PM (#5909167)
usually Bryant would be pushed to the OF for a guy who was better at 3b (be it Javy** or Bote)
Hey, fellas, leave me out of this, OK?
Purely by the fallible eye test, Robles' defense improved noticeably as 2019 wore on. It seems that a flat number from DRS or UZR hides that improvement; trends are informative.
He's not the strikeout machine at the plate that M.A.T. is, but he was rarely the guy you'd want up there in a late-and-close situation. It's possible he could improve at the plate with Kevin Long and his pal Juan Soto giving him pointers.
37. Walt Davis Posted: December 17, 2019 at 01:11 AM (#5909177)
trends are informative.
Well, that's sorta tautological. If a change over time is informative (i.e. predictive of the future or at least consistently explainable by other factors) then it's a "trend"; if it's not informative, then it's random noise or a one-time spike. Within-season changes (in either direction) tend to be the latter. But sometimes, especially for very young players (or if in response to injury, say), short-term changes are indeed trends.
There have been studies -- not than I can find them and I vouch for none of them. I believe however it would be more accurate to say that they start to decline sooner (i.e. at very young ages) rather than decline "faster" (i.e. at a greater rate of decline).
This one at BtBS was the best I found in a quick search. Runs through 2010. Defense is at a relatively constant peak from 22-27/28 then steadily declines. So defensively, an average player is basically at his peak on the day of his arrival. But it's not that dissimilar from the batting runs curve. But we also need to bring in position which starting a very slight decline around 25. It's trivially small but once position is included, the typical player seems to drop to 0 dWAR (really dWAA) around age 29-30 ... but was never a very good defender.
It's also trivially small but the decline in fielding runs for 1981-2010 is slightly lower than during 1950-79 but the decline in positional value is slightly larger in the more recent period. They basically work out the same such that an earlier player at 36 would have declined to about -4 on runs but only -2 on position while the more modern player would be -3 on both -- i.e. teams today do a slightly better job on finding the right position for older players -- that could be entirely a DH effect.
Back to defensive stats and which I prefer ... I was in a hurry so just gave the quick answer. The slow answer is pretty much the same though. I don't know what to trust. Nearly everything except Inside Edge can produce some numbers I think are probably too big ... but IE seems like it's probably too conservative. I would have thought that TZ would always give us DRS numbers attenuated towards zero but that's not the case. Statcast is probably the most reliable but they haven't figured anything out yet for IFs and I'm not thrilled that they compare with average OF while the others go by average position -- just makes it hard to compare.
But Statcast is pretty stingy with the +20s too. In 2019, the only one was Robles at +23. But again that's compared with average OF and given nearly everybody with 8+ outs above-average is a CF, I assume that comparing with CF average would bring Robles below 20. Last year Cain and Inciarte barely topped 20 with the same issue. Buxton's +26 in 2017 might keep him above 20 (although my rough guesstimate comes out around 17). So my guess is that a +20 CF (relative to other CF) is the max sustainable (i.e. true talent) level and I wouldn't be surprised if it was 15. Maybe that can be pushed to 20 runs saved. And I'd guess that does usually start to fade in the late 20s.
The main thing that IE and Statcast have taught me is that the largest portion of FBs are dead routine plays that basically only drop in on true random errors like dropping it or losing it in the sun. In 2017, Buxton made 389 catches on about 411 non-impossible balls, and only 25-30% of those had any risk attached. So I think it probably is pretty rare for an OF to make 20 extra plays on about 120 non-routine FBs especially when 75% of those are still reasonably routine. Buxton might well have had only about 25 balls all year that aren't caught at least 1/3 of the time of which he caught 7 or 8 while the typical guy probably caught one and the typical CF 2-3. On the one hand, that could add up to 1 win a year; on the other hand, it's a an extra play every 3-4 weeks.
39. Bote Man Posted: December 17, 2019 at 08:29 AM (#5909186)
Well, that's sorta tautological. If a change over time is informative (i.e. predictive of the future or at least consistently explainable by other factors) then it's a "trend"; if it's not informative, then it's random noise or a one-time spike. Within-season changes (in either direction) tend to be the latter.
I recall someone on this very site a few years back pointing out that UZR does not provide useful results with less than 3 years of input data. Is this true?
If so, then comparing one season's worth of UZR results would not provide meaningful data. Does that make it noise?
40. Adam Starblind Posted: December 17, 2019 at 09:42 AM (#5909207)
Yeah, "we're not trading you our excellent 22-year-old starting CF" isn't a "holdup." It's a "go pound sand."
41. Bourbon Samurai stays in the fight Posted: December 17, 2019 at 09:57 AM (#5909213)
Not to go all SBB here, but this sort of statement with such absolute confidence maybe makes me think things have gone too far.
yeah, I didn't meant to imply that Robles was definitively better than Bryant, but that he is already good enough it doesn't make sense to trade him for Bryant, given the economic issues.
I don't know if Robles will post the same defensive WAR every year, but by the eye test he certainly looks elite, and there's reason to hope his bat will continue to improve.
I believe however it would be more accurate to say that they start to decline sooner (i.e. at very young ages) rather than decline "faster" (i.e. at a greater rate of decline).
That's what I meant. Defense peaks earlier and begins to erode earlier than other other baseball skills.
But Statcast is pretty stingy with the +20s too. In 2019, the only one was Robles at +23.
OK but this is on catches alone? Right? There is also value to be found in "kills" as well as holding the runner. Im guessing that an outstanding assist guy could add 10 runs above average and outstanding holds, 5 more. Not a lot. And not sure any one player can maximize his value in all three parameters, but still theres potential there for an elite OFer to be 30 runs above average. Or no?
On the one hand, that could add up to 1 win a year; on the other hand, it's a an extra play every 3-4 weeks.
Dont you think its more than that? (for an elite defender) I watched two weeks of the playoffs at least some of it. I think Robles made what 4 somewhat difficult catches? If say those are 50-50 balls, that's 1 run/week. (maybe more). Same with Rendon at third, I think making 2 fairy difficult plays a week is do-able.
We talk alot about how its well nigh impossible to rate these players by the eye test; memory being what it is. Thats why we have stats, so we can say Gehrig hit 24 grand slams or Parket had 2700 hits.
BUt you'd think if we watched enough playoffs, we could start to put rough numbers on these things and we (primates in general) wouldnt have such disparate views. Like discretionary fly balls, that's a pretty important factor in how we evaluate Undruh Jones. Cant we all agree on about how many of those we see per week? Using playoffs as a proxy for entire seasons/careers makes sense because we have footage and we have millions of eyes watching this.
You make it sound like a 20 catch above avg. guy is some sort of statistical aberration. Lets look at this again:
In 2016 we had 2 guys w/ 20 OAAs. Plus Marisnick would have made it if he played a whole season (311 AB). Heyward would have 17 if he could make one more catch in 10 games and still take off 12 games.
In 2017 we have 3 guys w/ 20, plus Kiermaier if we extrapolate (he played 1/2 season). Plus there's 2 guys w/ 18 OAA and JBJ would have made 18 too if he played full season.
In 2018 we have 2, plus Bader w/ 19 and he missed 24 games so its reasonable to think he could make one more catch in 15 games say. Engel probably gets 17 or 18 in a full season.
In 2019, theres one, plus Kiermaier prolly gets 19 or 20 w/ 25 more games.
So if we extrapolate to full season, every year there's on average 3 elite OFs who can save us 20 runs/season on catches. And there's at least one guy who's close at 18.
So on average, there's 4 guys in MLB who can save us 20 runs a season on catches. That seems perfectly reasonble in terms of a bell curve of abilities out of 30 CFers. Its also verified by stat cast and it seems to coincide with what me eyes are seeing.
Agreed? Now what is TZ giving us for these guys? Im too lazy to check since I just got done doing the stat cast stuff manually.
Isnt there an obvious discrepancy here? ANd arent GMs and managers playing guys as if they believe the stat cast stuff and not the TZ stuff?
45. Lance Reddick! Lance him! Posted: December 17, 2019 at 03:11 PM (#5909347)
The main thing that IE and Statcast have taught me is that the largest portion of FBs are dead routine plays that basically only drop in on true random errors like dropping it or losing it in the sun.
I learned this looking at STATS zone data, where it turned out impossibly bad late-career Bernie Williams was converting something like 90% of all his chances, making any standout number like Erstad's 2002 facially absurd.
A good point and thanks for the reminder. It all comes down to what accuracy level you like. But the basiccs are right there in the numbers I cited for Buxton. When we look at a hitter, we talk about needing 3 fullish years to come up with a "good" projection for year 4 -- say 1800 PAs. BIP are similar to PAs which means we need 4 full years to get to about 1600 opportunities for Buxton. Given something like 1100-1200 of those would be dead routine balls that every OF catches, we might need even more than that.
But like I said that's a question of how accurate you want your projection to be. In projections, that's basically handled via how heavily a projection is regressed towards the mean. Somebody like Robles would still get heavily regressed whereas Kiermaier would be regressed only a bit. But I'm not sure the projection systems are doing it in this manner.
You make it sound like a 20 catch above avg. guy is some sort of statistical aberration.
Again, compared with an average OF, not an average CF. And yes, 1-2 guys a year saving +20 is ... what term do you want, uncommon? And while the top 10 is reasonably stable, the +20 guys are usually not the same names from year to year, suggesting that is not their true talent level. So yes, I'm guessing that the max sustainable level for a CF compared with other CFs is around 20 runs and that's probably something we've rarely seen. But maybe it's +22 -- so what?
Yes, statcast is doing just range and there may be some CFs adding assists and that might push them above 20.
As to TZ -- I am not defending it or deriding it. You seem to think that not producing numbers of 20+ is problematic and I showed that it has often produced numbers above 20. In 2017, statcast rated Buxton 26 catches above the average OF; in 2017 TZ rated him 29 runs better than the average CF. If you want to work through the numbers (converting outs to runs, adjusting for throws, adjusting for average CF vs average OF) to see if there's some substantial difference there, be my guest. Looks close enough to me to say they came out the same for that player-season.
But I dunno. Maybe TZ gives out fewer +20s even after you adjust for the average OF vs average CF thing. I have no idea, if you've done the grunt work then please share. The quick and dirty estimate for the difference between average CF vs. average OF is to use Rpos from bWAR. Robles got +3, Soto -6 and Harper (152 starts in RF) -6. That puts the average OF around -3 runs and the difference between the average CF and the average OF around 6 runs, probably 5-6 catches. So take statcast and deduct 5-6 catches from the CFs and the best guys are usually under 20 catches compared with the average CF. (FWIW, in the past I've eyeballed the CFs in statcast and +5 seemed about right.)
I don't mind comparing with average OF rather than average position, there's an argument in favor of that, but it's important to make sure different stats are being compared on the same basis. By going out on its own (using outs not runs, using average OF not average position), statcast has made it difficult to compare its results with others. (Note IE is even worse.) Anyway, TZ (and DRS and UZR) is measuring runs relative to average CF (and includes throws); statcast is measuring outs relative to average OF. Their (raw) magnitudes shouldn't match and by comparing to a higher average (for CF), we'd expect TZ to be closer to zero after adjusting runs/outs.
Anyway, did Robles in 2019 make a play a week that an average OF (or CF?) would not have made. Maybe so, it's certainly not impossible and maybe not even rare. Will Robles do that for the next 5 years? That's very, very unlikely. In general but especially in the context of this thread, I don't particularly care how outstanding Robles' defense was in 2019, I'm interested in how outstanding it's going to be for 2020-2024. I would bet the under on +20.
Nobody's even mentioned yet that Robles is surely one of the all-time great disagreements. Statcast at +23 outs, DRS at +22 runs, UZR at about +9 ... TZ at -3. And that's giving him +3 for his arm. Note that DRS gives him +9 for his arm and just +11 on plays made in CF so it doesn't agree nearly as much with statcast as it appears. UZR gives him 5 for range and 2 for arm (and I guess about 2 for position). By RF9, he made about 20 more plays than the average CF (plus another 6 or so in RF) so that seems in rough agreement with statcast.
So ... which to choose? They don't agree on arm, they don't agree on range, they don't agree on total, I don't have a clue how TZ gets to negative range for Robles. FWIW, TZ was also negative on Cain for 2018 and 2019. Meanwhile TZ swooned over Keon Broxton at +19 in just 450 innings (statcast +9); also big on Mallex Smith, usual big love for Marisnick and, among full-time CF, puts Trout at the top with +12. It really disliked JBJ this year (-11).
I have no particular love for TZ. Prior to statcast, DRS critics of the "there's no way he saved 40 runs" variety would often point to TZ since it was easily available. So if other folks want to believe TZ over DRS, who am I to argue, I might as well put it out there. I'm happy to go with an average of all of them as long as somebody else is willing to go to the trouble of putting them all on the same scale, averaging them and making that info easily available. As I said, if any of thme is correct, I assume statcast is -- objective and hopefully precise measurement is a pretty strong argument over the others. It also seems to me to be reasonably conservative -- most everybody seems to be in the +5 to -5 range (esp relative to position) and, over a few seasons, I'm not sure there are more than a couple of people who are consistently +15 or better (though there will be more by rate). So if we want to declare statcast the winner, that's fine with me too.
But what I see is numbers bouncing around across statistics, numbers that even when they are close at the total often don't agree very well in the components. If there's consistency of one always being lower than the other, I haven't noticed it -- again, if somebody has done this work, please share. For TZ and Statcast, they disagree a lot on Robles (TZ much lower), Bradley (TZ much lower), Broxton (TZ much higher) and Trout (TZ much higher). DRS and Statcast sorta agree on Robles but not really, differ not hugely on Broxton and Bradley, agree on Trout. UZR and statcast differ pretty substantially on Robles, differ not hugely on Broxton, differ not hugely on Bradley, agree on Trout.
So 3 of 4 agree Trout was nothing special defensively in 2019 but TZ puts him among the best. All agree that Broxton was above-average but everywhere from a little bit to a good bit to a best-in-league bit to an astronomical bit. Statcast puts Bradley above-average, UZR and DRS about average, TZ well below -- maybe the first differences are the average OF vs average CF thing. They don't really agree at all on Robles who is anything from average to best-in-league (among fullish-time CF) but even if he is best in league that's either outstanding range (statcast) or very good range and outstanding arm (DRS). So ... rankings by TZ, DRS, Statcast, UZR for these 4 (ratings include arm for all but statcast, no adjustment for average OF)
TZ: Broxton (by a mile), Trout, Robles, Bradley (30 run spread top to bottom)
DRS: Robles (by a mile among these 4), Broxton, Bradley, Trout (tied ... 23 run spread)
SC: Robles, Broxton (prob #1 by rate), Bradley, Trout (25 out spread)
UZR: Robles, Broxton, Bradley, Trout (9 run spread)
For this "random" sample of 4, UZR is the one limiting the range/variance. But reasonable agreement on Robles #1 but, again, that's not as agreeable as it appears. SC gives him credit for big range (and unmeasured arm); DRS gives him credit for good range and big arm (+9); UZR gives him above-average range and arm, putting his total 13 runs below DRS, probably at least that below SC. So, by range, we still have Robles below-average (TZ), above-average (UZR), very good (DRS) and best-in-league (SC) ... and an arm ranging from +2 to +9. Neither DRS nor UZR was all that impressed with Broxton. SC was really the only one impressed at all by Bradley but again that might be the average OF vs CF thing.
So my best guess -- you want a guy who can really run and catch fly balls like nobody's business, you probably want Broxton. You want a guy who can run and catch fly balls really well and hit well enough to justify starting, you want Robles. You want a guy who's probably still above-average defensively and hits a bit, you want Bradley. If you're lucky, maybe Trout will hit enough to make up for his defense. :-)
thanks for this in depth analysis, Walt. I will have to look at all this that you said and continue to study this. you've given a lot to go on here. Thanks again.
48. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad) Posted: December 18, 2019 at 03:40 PM (#5909678)
My recollection is that you can extract useful-but-noisy results at ~1,500 innings (i.e. about one full season's playing time), and that they get progressively less noisy after that.
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Has the festive season gifted you indigestion? Here's how to feel better
Heartburn, gas and an unhappy gut are common after the excesses of Christmas. Abi Jackson seeks expert advice for soothing those aches
Seasonal discomfort: festive over-eating can have a lasting effect but, right, talking to your pharmacist can help
By Abi Jackson
With all that wine, chocolate and cheese, it's no surprise our systems might be feeling a little worse for wear by the end of the festive season. This might mean painful trapped wind, burning acid reflux and a less-than-happy gut for some of us.
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"Indigestion symptoms can include fullness, bloating, nausea, belching, or pain in the upper abdomen," explains Phil Day, superintendent pharmacist at Pharmacy2U (pharmacy2u.co.uk).
"Heartburn can also be a symptom of indigestion - this is when stomach acid passes up into the oesophagus (gullet) and causes a burning sensation in the chest, hence the name. This process is also called 'acid reflux'."
So, what can you do about it?
Think about how you're sitting and lying down
Make sure you keep a good upright posture while eating and drinking - you want to help your food and stomach acids move downwards. If heartburn is playing up, pay attention to your body positioning between mealtimes too.
"Relaxation can help reduce heartburn but slumping on the sofa in a horizontal position isn't great," says Day. "Sit up, or at least try and raise your head and upper body, so it will be harder for stomach acid to travel upwards. If it's an ongoing problem, you can buy wedge-shaped pillows for your bed."
Rob Hobson, head of nutrition at Healthspan (healthspan.co.uk), says sleeping position can make a difference too.
"If you do go to bed suffering with heartburn, try sleeping on your left-hand side, as this works with gravity to move reflux back down into the gut," Hobson advises.
Over-the-counter formulas can bring relief
Most of the time, a pharmacist is an ideal first port of call if you want advice on easing symptoms.
"There are several medicines you can buy without prescription that will help," says Day. "The most common are antacids, which neutralise excess stomach acid to stop it irritating the oesophagus.
"There are also medicines such as Gaviscon that form a raft on top of the stomach contents, which then lines the oesophagus to protect it."
If you're interested in herbal remedies and supplements, Hobson says: "Supplements such as Healthspan GastriSoothe (above, £12.95 for 24 sachets, Healthspan.co.uk) offer a natural remedy for heartburn, using ingredients such as aloe vera and bicarbonate of soda. Also, artichoke extract has been shown to help ease indigestion and bloating."
Fresh mint tea, he adds, can be helpful for easing bloating and gas - but avoid this if you've got heartburn or acid reflux.
Tweak your habits
"Heartburn can be minimised by limiting your alcohol intake, avoiding food within three to four hours of bedtime, eating smaller meals but more frequently, and keeping away from foods or drinks that you know will trigger you," says Day.
Hobson agrees it's a good idea to consider what's on your plate.
"Very rich and heavy foods contain high amounts of saturated fat, which take a long time to digest in the stomach. This can cause an excess of stomach acids which can exacerbate heartburn," he says.
"Try opting for lighter dishes as well as chewing your food more slowly, which can help. Certain foods can also help with digestion, such as eating papaya (above) after a meal rich in protein, as the enzyme papain helps to break it down."
Never ignore worrying chest pains
Indigestion can sometimes be very sore and alarming, especially if you're experiencing pain in the chest area, and it's not unheard of for people to mistake a severe case of indigestion for a heart problem. But that said, the best advice is always to err on the side of caution and let the professionals check you over. If you're concerned about unusual, severe or worsening chest pains, don't take chances.
And of course, if pain is spreading to other areas (arms, neck, jaw, back) and there's also breathlessness, cold sweat or dizziness, call 999 just in case.
"If you experience abdominal or upper chest pain, it might be indigestion, but it might not be. If you have been eating rich food and drinking alcohol, there's a good chance it could be indigestion or heartburn," says Day.
"But if you experience symptoms such as difficulty swallowing, feeling like you have food stuck in your throat, being sick, or if non-prescription medicines are not working, consider contacting your GP or calling 111 (the NHS 24-hour helpline) for more advice. The advisers at 111 can help you decide if you should visit your local A&E department."
See your GP if symptoms persist well into January or beyond.
Indigestion and heartburn may take a few days or weeks to settle and it can be a chronic problem for some people. This doesn't automatically mean there's anything serious going on but as a general rule, you should see your GP if symptoms persist.
"Indigestion and heartburn are usually temporary problems. However, if you experience them regularly - that is, on most days, for a period of three weeks or more - you should talk to your GP to rule out any other possible underlying causes," says Day.
"If it is indigestion or heartburn, GPs can prescribe stronger medicines to control the excess acid. If not, or if the medicines don't help, the GP will recommend further tests to work out how best to help you."
Think about giving your gut a reset
If your gut and digestive system are feeling out of whack, there may be a few things you can do to help restore balance. Generally speaking, our guts tend to be happiest with a varied, balanced diet with plenty of fibre and veg. Remember to drink plenty of water as well to keep well hydrated.
A high-quality pre and probiotic supplement could help top up and rebalance your gut bacteria as an additional supportive measure, and getting outdoors for a good walk can help things along.
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An illustrated palm-leaf manuscript of the Devī Māhātmya, a devotional text in praise of Durgā. Made in Bhaktapur, Nepal...
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This early 17th-century manuscript contains unique coloured drawings of the funeral procession of Queen Elizabeth I, who...
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These are illustrations from the friendship album of the student Gervasius Fabricius zu Klesheim of Salzburg, and others...
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The Golf Book is a Book of Hours, made in Bruges during the early 1540s. The book’s calendar gives the manuscript its re...
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Sustainability as BlackRock’s New Standard for Investing
Since BlackRock’s founding in 1988, we have worked to anticipate our clients’ needs to help you manage risk and achieve your investment goals. As those needs have evolved, so too has our approach, but it has always been grounded in our fiduciary commitment to you.
Over the past few years, more and more of our clients have focused on the impact of sustainability on their portfolios. This shift has been driven by an increased understanding of how sustainability-related factors can affect economic growth, asset values, and financial markets as a whole.
The most significant of these factors today relates to climate change, not only in terms of the physical risk associated with rising global temperatures, but also transition risk – namely, how the global transition to a low-carbon economy could affect a company’s long-term profitability. As Larry Fink writes in his 2020 letter to CEOs, the investment risks presented by climate change are set to accelerate a significant reallocation of capital, which will in turn have a profound impact on the pricing of risk and assets around the world.
As your fiduciary, BlackRock is committed to helping you navigate this transition and build more resilient portfolios, including striving for more stable and higher long-term returns. Because sustainable investment options have the potential to offer clients better outcomes, we are making sustainability integral to the way BlackRock manages risk, constructs portfolios, designs products, and engages with companies. We believe that sustainability should be our new standard for investing.
Over the past several years, we have been deepening the integration of sustainability into technology, risk management, and product choice across BlackRock. We are now accelerating those efforts in the following ways.
Sustainable, Resilient, and Transparent Portfolios
Resilient and well-constructed portfolios are essential to achieving long-term investment goals. Our investment conviction is that sustainability-integrated portfolios can provide better risk-adjusted returns to investors. And with the impact of sustainability on investment returns increasing, we believe that sustainable investment will be a critical foundation for client portfolios going forward.
Sustainability as Our Standard Offering in Solutions – BlackRock manages a wide variety of investment solutions that combine different funds to help investors achieve their investment objectives. We intend to make sustainable funds the standard building blocks in these solutions wherever possible, consistent with client preferences and any applicable regulations such as ERISA. All aspects of this approach will be executed over time and in consultation with our clients, and we are committed to offering these sustainable solutions at fees comparable to traditional solutions.
This year we will begin to offer sustainable versions of our flagship model portfolios, including our Target Allocation range of models. These models will use environmental, social, and governance (ESG)-optimized index exposures in place of traditional market cap-weighted index exposures. Over time, we expect these sustainability-focused models to become the flagships themselves.
We also plan to launch sustainable versions of our asset allocation iShares this year, in order to provide investors with a simple, transparent way to access a sustainable portfolio at good value in a single ETF.
Many more steps will follow to make sustainable investments the standard. For example, we are working to develop a sustainable LifePath target date strategy, which would provide investors with an all-in-one, low-fee, sustainable retirement solution, and we are working to expand our sustainable cash offerings as well.
Strengthening Sustainability Integration into the Active Investment Processes – Currently, every active investment team at BlackRock considers ESG factors in its investment process and has articulated how it integrates ESG in its investment processes. By the end of 2020, all active portfolios and advisory strategies will be fully ESG integrated – meaning that, at the portfolio level, our portfolio managers will be accountable for appropriately managing exposure to ESG risks and documenting how those considerations have affected investment decisions. BlackRock’s Risk and Quantitative Analysis Group (RQA), which is responsible for evaluating all investment, counterparty, and operational risk at the firm, will be evaluating ESG risk during its regular monthly reviews with portfolio managers to provide oversight of portfolio managers’ consideration of ESG risk in their investment processes. This integration will mean that RQA – and BlackRock as a whole – considers ESG risk with the same rigor that it analyzes traditional measures such as credit and liquidity risk.
Reducing ESG Risk in Active Strategies – In heightening our scrutiny on ESG issues, we are continuously evaluating the risk-return profile and negative externalities posed by specific sectors as we seek to minimize risk and maximize long-term return for our clients. Today, we have no exposure through our $1.8 trillion in active AUM to public debt or equity in certain sectors with heightened ESG risk, such as controversial weapons systems manufacturers. We continue to evaluate, in both our public and private investment portfolios, high-risk sectors that are exposed to a reallocation of capital, and we will take action to reduce exposures where doing so can enhance the risk-return profile of portfolios.
Exiting Thermal Coal Producers - Thermal coal production is one such sector. Thermal coal is significantly carbon intensive, becoming less and less economically viable, and highly exposed to regulation because of its environmental impacts. With the acceleration of the global energy transition, we do not believe that the long-term economic or investment rationale justifies continued investment in this sector. As a result, we are in the process of removing from our discretionary active investment portfolios the public securities (both debt and equity) of companies that generate more than 25% of their revenues from thermal coal production, which we aim to accomplish by the middle of 2020. As part of our process of evaluating sectors with high ESG risk, we will also closely scrutinize other businesses that are heavily reliant on thermal coal as an input, in order to understand whether they are effectively transitioning away from this reliance. In addition, BlackRock’s alternatives business will make no future direct investments in companies that generate more than 25% of their revenues from thermal coal production.
Putting ESG Analysis at the Heart of Aladdin – We have developed proprietary measurement tools to deepen our understanding of material ESG risks. For example, our Carbon Beta tool allows us to stress-test issuers and portfolios for different carbon pricing scenarios. In 2020 we will continue to build additional tools, including one to analyze physical climate risks and one that produces material investment signals by analyzing the sustainability-related characteristics of companies. We are integrating these measurements into Aladdin, our risk management and investment technology platform.
Enhancing Transparency of Sustainable Characteristics for All Products – We want investors to be able to clearly see the sustainability risks of their investments. We already provide data on our website for iShares that display an ESG score and the carbon footprint of each fund, among other measurements. By the end of 2020, we intend to provide transparent, publicly available data on sustainability characteristics – including data on controversial holdings and carbon footprint – for BlackRock mutual funds. We will seek to make this information available to all of our clients, including those in separate accounts.
Increasing Access to Sustainable Investing
We want to make sustainable investing more accessible to all investors and lower the hurdles for those who want to act. We have advocated for clear and consistent naming conventions for ESG products across the industry, so that investors can make informed decisions when they invest in a sustainably labeled fund. We have been working to improve access for several years – for example, by building the industry’s largest suite of ESG ETFs, which has allowed many more individuals to more easily invest sustainably. And we are committed to doing even more:
Doubling Our Offerings of ESG ETFs – We intend to double our offerings of ESG ETFs over the next few years (to 150), including sustainable versions of flagship index products, so that clients have more choice for how to invest their money.
Simplifying and Expanding ESG iShares, Including ETFs with a Fossil Fuel Screen– In addition to more choice, clients have asked for a simpler way to integrate ESG in their existing portfolios. To meet that need, we will have three ESG ETF suites in the US and EMEA: one that enables clients to screen out certain sectors or companies that they do not want to invest in; one that enables clients to improve ESG scores meaningfully while still optimizing their ability to closely track market-cap weighted indexes; and one that enables clients to invest in companies with the highest ESG ratings and features our most extensive screens including one for fossil fuels. We will be providing additional information on these product lines later this quarter.
Working with Index Providers to Expand and Improve the Universe of Sustainable Indexes– To provide more sustainable investment options for our clients – and all investors – we are engaging with major index providers to provide sustainable versions of their flagship indexes. We also will continue to work with them to promote greater standardization and transparency of sustainability benchmark methodology. We believe that ESG benchmarks should exclude businesses with high ESG risk such as thermal coal and we are engaging with index providers on this topic.
Expanding Sustainable Active Investment Strategies – BlackRock will be expanding our range of active strategies focused on sustainability as an investment outcome, including funds focused on the global energy transition, and impact investing funds that seek to promote positive externalities or limit negative ones.
Global Energy Transition – BlackRock currently manages $50 billion in solutions that support the transition to a low-carbon economy, including an industry-leading renewable power infrastructure business, which invests in the private markets in wind and solar power; green bond funds; LEAF, the industry’s first environmental sustainability-focused cash management strategy; and circular economy active strategies, which invest in businesses focused on minimizing waste and leveraging the full life cycle of materials. We will be expanding dedicated low-carbon transition-readiness strategies, offering investors exposure to the companies that are most effectively managing transition risk.
Impact Investing – BlackRock recently brought on board a leading impact investing team that offers clients alpha through a portfolio of companies chosen on their measurable, positive impact to society. We are committing to launching dedicated impact investing solutions, beginning with the launch of our Global Impact Equity fund this quarter. Our impact investing solutions will be aligned with the World Bank’s IFC Operating Principles for Impact Management.
Enhancing Engagement, Voting, and Transparency in Stewardship
Investment stewardship is an essential component of our fiduciary responsibility. This is particularly important for our index holdings on behalf of clients, in which we are essentially permanent shareholders. We have a responsibility to engage with companies to understand if they are adequately disclosing and managing sustainability-related risks, and to hold them to account through proxy voting if they are not. We have been engaging with companies for some time on these issues, as reflected in our engagement priorities. As in other areas of our investment functions, our investment stewardship team is intensifying its focus and engagement with companies on sustainability-related risks.
Joining Climate Action 100+ – BlackRock believes that collaboration between investors, companies, regulators, and others is essential to improving the management of sustainability questions. We are a founding member of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), and a signatory to the UN’s Principles for Responsible Investment. BlackRock recently joined Climate Action 100+, and prior to joining, BlackRock was a member of the group’s five sponsoring organizations. Climate Action 100+ is a group of investors that engages with companies to improve climate disclosure and align business strategy with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Engagement Priorities and Voting Guidelines – Each year we refresh our engagement priorities and voting guidelines. This year, we will be mapping our engagement priorities to specific UN Sustainable Development Goals, such as Gender Equality and Affordable and Clean Energy. We will also be incorporating key performance indicators in our engagement policies, providing clarity on our expectations for companies.
Transparency – We are committed to enhancing the transparency of our stewardship practices, which we believe we owe to our clients and the broader set of stakeholders in these companies.
Starting this quarter, we will be moving from annual to quarterly voting disclosure.
On key high-profile votes, we will disclose our vote promptly, along with an explanation of our decision.
Finally, we will enhance the disclosure of our company engagements by including in our stewardship annual report the topics we discussed during each engagement with a company.
Voting on Sustainability Proposals – We have engaged with companies on sustainability-related questions for several years, urging management teams to make progress while also deliberately giving companies time to build the foundations for disclosure consistent with the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and TCFD. We are asking companies to publish SASB- and TCFD-aligned disclosures, and as expressed by the TCFD guidelines, this should include the company’s plan for operating under a scenario where the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to less than two degrees is fully realized. Given the groundwork we have already laid and the growing investment risks surrounding sustainability, we will be increasingly disposed to vote against management when companies have not made sufficient progress.
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Climate change is driving a profound reassessment of risk and we anticipate a significant reallocation of capital.
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Our role as a fiduciary is the foundation of BlackRock’s culture. The commitments we are making today reflect our conviction that all investors – and particularly the millions of our clients who are saving for long-term goals like retirement – must seriously consider sustainability in their investments.
We invest on your behalf, not our own, and the investments we make will always represent your preferences, timelines, and objectives. We recognize that many clients will continue to prefer traditional strategies, particularly in market-cap weighted indexes. We will manage this money consistent with your preferences, as we always have. The choice remains with you.
As we move to a low-carbon world, investment exposure to the global economy will mean exposure to hydrocarbons for some time. While the low-carbon transition is well underway, the technological and economic realities mean that the transition will take decades. Global economic development, particularly in emerging markets, will continue to rely on hydrocarbons for a number of years. As a result, the portfolios we manage will continue to hold exposures to the hydrocarbon economy as the transition advances.
A successful low-carbon transition will require a coordinated, international response from governments aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement, including the adoption of carbon pricing globally, which we continue to endorse. Companies and investors have a meaningful role to play in accelerating the low-carbon transition. BlackRock does not see itself as a passive observer in the low-carbon transition. We believe we have a significant responsibility – as a provider of index funds, as a fiduciary, and as a member of society – to play a constructive role in the transition.
Where we have the greatest discretion – in portfolio construction, our active and alternatives platforms, and our approach to risk management – we will employ sustainability across our investment process. Where we serve index clients, we are improving access to sustainable investment options, and we are enhancing our stewardship to make sure that companies in which our clients are invested are managing these risks effectively. We will also work with a broad range of parties – including asset owners, index providers, and regulatory and multilateral institutions – to advance sustainability in finance.
The steps we are taking today will help strengthen our ability to serve you as a fiduciary. Sustainability is becoming increasingly material to investment outcomes, and as the global leader in investment management, our goal is to be the global leader in sustainable investing. If you have questions about these actions, or if you would like to arrange a portfolio review to understand any potential implications for the assets we manage on your behalf, our relationship managers and product strategists are at your disposal. We are grateful for the trust you place in us.
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So there was a Mexican, a Cuban, a Polish and a Jew together in a . . . Don't wait for a punch line -- this is the story of Manuel Wernicky. Manuel grew up inside a family full of stories and enough cultural backgrounds to write a whole encyclopedia. That must be why Manuel has never been short on words, or ideas; and in most cases, both.
Manuel received a Bachelors of Journalism in Public Relations in the Honors Program, from The University of Texas at Austin. Early in his professional life Manuel joined top-ranked Hispanic marketing agency Sosa, Bromley, Aguilar and Associates (now Bromley Communications, part of Publicis), working with client partners that pioneered Hispanic marketing like The Coca-Cola Company. There, he led the soft drink company's agency business with direct responsibility for event marketing, media and community relations at Coca-Cola HQ in Atlanta. That was a sweet beginning indeed.
Right after, Manuel switched to the client side, working at MCI where he led the company's global communications. Some of his award-winning work include accolades such as the 'Excellence in Multicultural Communications Award' from PRSA, a Silver Anvil and a Creative Inside PR Award (CIPRA).
Seeking the Florida sun, Manuel served as Market Leader/Managing Director at Burson-Marsteller Miami, the largest communications firm in Florida and Latin America. There he led the firm's strategic brand planning, corporate positioning, crisis and issues management, marketing, media practice and served as a worldwide-certified media trainer for brands like Accenture, The Coca-Cola Company, 3Com, Qualcomm, Ford, Phillip Morris, Bell South, Pharmacia and AT&T Latin America. Manuel also pioneered Hispanic marketing services at Market Vision Co-Active for the Miller Brewing Company, AOL Latino and orchestrated national promotions for The Coca-Cola Company. During his tenure, he built the promotional marketing agency's client portfolio growing revenues by 214 percent.
Manuel barely took time to sleep, so it was a no brainer that the next city for him to move in was the city that never does, New York. As a Managing Director at Bravo, he built a start-up experiential marketing business unit dealing with retail promotional and grassroots that generated explosive business growth approaching 500 percent in the first 12 months. He provided strategic leadership for AstraZeneca, Cingular, Citibank, Kraft, Lifetime, Mazda, MTV, Oscar Mayer, Oxford Health, Pfizer, USPS and Wyeth.
Then, Manuel outdid himself, entering the pitch for one of the most coveted accounts in the industry, a multi-million dollar piece of business that everyone thought bigger, more established agencies would get. But Manuel, armed with just a partner, a lot of determination and a pair of . . . well, let's say a pair of Power Point presentations, nailed the Tecate/Heineken account. This marked the birth of a multicultural agency Manuel called after a substance he has been exposed to his entire professional life, adrenalina. Now that Adrenalina is an award-winning ad shop, he is on to his next frontier to inspire a global consumer culture revolution.
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Walls of sound: Coney Art Walls host concerts, food, and art
It’s back!: The Coney Art Walls, which feature street art, food and drink options, and music, are now open for the summer.
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It is more than a show!
Visitors to Coney Island can get an eyeful of colorful street murals while they settle down for food, drinks, and music this summer. The Coney Art Walls showcase graffiti’s transition from being a target of law enforcement to a renowned attraction, said the display’s events director.
“They used to be doing it illegally,” said Antonio Fuccio, who lives in Bath Beach. “Now it’s in the middle of the day and people come from all over the world to see.”
Artsy: The series of murals located on Stillwell Avenue between the Boardwalk Bowery Street feature the work of several renowned street artists, including this piece by Daze and the Thrive Collective.
The Coney Art Walls, each about 10 feet high and 20 feet long, feature work by veterans of the New York City subway graffiti scene, including Lee Quinones, Buff Monster, and Lady Pink.
The open-air exhibit first opened in 2015, but this summer the location has added a series of Sunday afternoon dance parties, called “Magic Carousel Sundays.” This weekend, on June 24, will feature the biggest name in the music series, “Jersey Shore” reality star Pauly D. Fuccio expects his set to be a big hit because the reality show recently released a new season — its first in six years.
“The combination of the show being on and him rarely playing in Brooklyn will make it a really cool show,” he said.
More than a painting: On Sundays, different DJs will spin records in the open-air setting.
Tickets to those shows costs $20, but admission is free during the rest of the week, and it’s open from noon to 8 pm. And on weekends, local eateries and bars, including taco spot Coney Shack and the Caribbean restaurant Picky Eaters, serve their food from converted shipping containers scattered between the art walls. Using shipping containers is both hip and environmentally friendly, said Fuccio.
“Little pop up restaurants and bars are a big trend now,” he said. “It’s a super green thing to do, and it’s sustainable.”
The iconic Coney Island neighborhood is a good host for the graffiti art exhibit because it has stayed true to its beginnings even as it grows, said Fuccio.
Street art: French artist Kashink travelled from Paris to paint this mural.
“Coney Island is where the old New York meets the new New York,” he said. “It holds its roots in place, cherishes the past, and looks to a brighter future.”
“Coney Art Walls” [3050 Stillwell Ave. between Bowery Street and the Boardwalk in Coney Island, (212) 529–5055, www.coneyartwalls.com]. Daily through September, noon–8 pm. Free. “Magic Carousel Sundays” on Sundays at noon. $20.
Art all over: This giant image is an homage to the annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade.
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As part of a new series on the popular Bondora blog, here is our first guest post from an expert in the world of Peer-to-Peer lending – Ryan Weeks.
Ryan is the editor of AltFi News, the go-to news and analysis service for alternative finance. He is also the founder and host of the Millennial Money Matters podcast, and author of the book Pimple.
In the coming months, we’ll be working with more industry experts across Europe who’ll share their insights.
Recent developments suggest that app-banks will lend out their own money, rather than partnering with P2P platforms
For some time, the ‘marketplace’ model – employed by digital banks like Monzo and N26 – has been the source of some excitement in pockets of the peer-to-peer lending sector.
The idea is straightforward enough.
Digital banks have already proven themselves adept at attracting customers in droves, usually through the use of a free-to-use current account, foreign exchange tool or some other loss-leading feature.
Then, whether to launch additional products expediently or to get around the absence of a banking licence, app banks have often turned to partners to expand their services.
Like their incumbent rivals, digital banks were soon offering access to various types of insurance, credit, mortgages and wealth management products. But unlike the incumbents, digital banks began offering these services via tight integrations with a range of other specialists – usually fintechs.
In credit, an obvious beneficiary of this approach was the peer-to-peer and online lending sector.
Both P2P firms and digital banks boast cutting edge technology, allowing for seamless integrations via API to be formed between them. Meanwhile, prevailing wisdom suggests there is more than enough investor money sloshing around in the P2P sector; the limiting factor on the sector’s growth is and always has been quality origination. Where better to find it than the customer bases of digital banks? Not only are these pools of possible borrowers swelling by the thousand each and every day, they leave a rich digital footprint on their banking app of choice, helping lending platforms to ascertain whether or not they can afford a loan. For P2P platforms, this is doubly good news: good for the platform, and good for its investors.
Partnerships between app banks and P2P lenders were quick to appear.
In the UK, peer-to-peer platform Lending Works appeared to have struck gold when it announced a partnership with money app Revolut in March 2017. Revolut today boasts around 2.5 million customers globally.
Under this partnership, loans of between £500 and £5,000 were to be offered through Revolut’s marketplace, carrying a representative APR of 9.9 per cent. The application process was light touch and, if approved, the idea was to pay out loans instantly.
Today, Lending Works has lent a little over £125m, according to AltFi Data. At the time of its deal with Revolut, it had lent around £50m.
Similarly, in 2017, a pair of leading European peer-to-peer lenders hitched their wagons to the German digital bank N26. Auxmoney integrated with the app bank in July, followed by Younited Credit in December. The idea seemed to be to expand the range of loan options available to N26 users, since the bank also launched its own loan offering in February of 2017.
But while these partnerships made a great deal of sense on paper, recent moves in the digital banking sector would suggest they may soon become an afterthought.
It’s something that certain industry observers have long predicted. Behavioural economist Brendan Meehan, for example, told AltFi in December of last year that the disaggregation of financial services – a scenario in which many specialist fintech firms may flourish in partner roles – is merely ‘a temporary state’. The basic thrust of his argument was that digital banks can make more money by building these products internally.
Gradually, Meehan is being proven right.
Warning signs first came in March, when Tandem boss Ricky Knox addressed the question ‘How does a good bank make money?’ at the AltFi London Summit. His answer was that digital banks should make money the old-fashioned way: by taking in deposits and lending them out. Marketplaces, he argued, are there to drive ‘lifetime consumer benefit’.
That theory is now becoming reality. In announcing the launch of its business-focused marketplace in March, Revolut confirmed that it would seek to underwrite loans to businesses using its own money, just as soon as it had a banking licence, which it is currently applying for. A few months later it said that it would also look to bring consumer loans in-house.
That is not to say that Revolut’s partnership with Lending Works will be coming to an abrupt end, but it is a clear sign that the firm’s lending plans go far beyond integrations with peer-to-peer lenders.
Perhaps digital banks are not the silver bullet to peer-to-peer platforms’ origination challenges after all.
A few weeks ago, Starling Bank beat Revolut to the punch. Unlike Revolut and others, Starling had its banking licence in place prior to launching. Its founder and CEO Anne Boden has previously told AltFi that to justify the expense and regulatory burden of having a banking licence, ‘you have to do a lot of banking’. That includes lending money.
In mid-August, Starling announced its first loan product: an unsecured consumer loan up to £5,000, with annual interest rates of between 11 and 15 per cent. It already offers overdrafts, and the loans and overdrafts are interconnected.
Customers with an existing Starling overdraft will be able to apply to borrow the amount left in that overdraft. For example, a customer with £2,000 still to spend of a £4,000 overdraft could convert that £2,000, or part of it, into a loan – which would ultimately save them money.
Starling has plans to expand its marketplace significantly and it’s not unfeasible that a number of peer-to-peer lenders and other types of fintech lender could appear in the app in the future. But it’s hard to see how they’ll stack up alongside Starling’s own credit options – especially given the tight connection between those two products.
This is the basic point, in fact. There is still an opportunity for peer-to-peer lenders to plug into digital banks’ rapidly expanding customer bases, but that opportunity is unquestionably diminished by the fact that digital banks are more or less universally launching their own credit products.
The glimmer of hope, for peer-to-peer lenders and their investors, might lie in the mantra of digital banks. The marketplace model exists, in my opinion, as a means to create a clear point of difference between digital banks and their aged rivals, the high street banks.
The mantra of digital banks, as described across countless interviews and keynotes, is to push products according to customer need, rather than simply as a means of making money. Most people will be familiar with the torrent of loan and overdraft offers that mainstream banks rain upon their customers, via post, app and website. These offers may be bespoke in terms of how much money the bank is willing to offer – but they are anything but bespoke in terms of their timing and appropriateness.
This is a problem that digital banks are supposed to solve. Through a recalibrated ethos that revolves around customer centricity, but also through the use of cutting edge personal finance management (PFM) technology, digital banks are supposed to be able to identify exactly what product a customer needs and when.
But that’s only useful if the bank has a diverse pool of products to recommend from. No firm can be master of all things. Sometimes a peer-to-peer lender might be better-placed to offer credit than a digital bank. In the short term, perhaps the bank will make less money, but the long-term brand benefit seems clear.
That’s why richer marketplaces, featuring both a digital bank’s own products but also those of a range of other fintech specialists, could be a competitive edge for the likes of Starling, Monzo and Revolut going forwards. And that would be good news for peer-to-peer lenders.
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Home Trending Hakim Ziyech’s transfer hint which gives Arsenal hope of sealing £43m deal...
Hakim Ziyech’s transfer hint which gives Arsenal hope of sealing £43m deal ahead of Tottenham
… Arsenal receive message from Bayern Munich over Jerome Boateng transfer
The Ajax playmaker has been linked with a move to Arsenal and Tottenham in the January transfer window, with the Dutch champions reportedly ready to cash in on the talented star.
Hakim Ziyech has been told he can leave Ajax this month, according to reports.
The playmaker has repeatedly been linked with a move to the Premier League after his impressive performances helped Ajax reach last season’s Champions League semi-final.
The Moroccan international scored three goals and provided three assists during the competition, including netting in the eventual last four defeat against Tottenham.
The 26-year-old also stood out in the 4-4 draw against Chelsea in November, which has put him firmly on the radar of clubs across Europe – including Arsenal and Spurs.
And according to Italian outlet CalcioMercato, Ziyech has been told he can leave the Amsterdam club in the current transfer window, but only if his asking price is met.
The report claims Ajax have slapped a £43 million price tag on the midfielder, which has alerted Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta.
But despite the likely fierce competition for his signature, the Gunners may have been handed an avenue to securing his services.
In an old video on Twitter, Ziyech took part in a Q&A with former Ajax teammate Justin Kluivert, now at Italian side Roma, where he revealed that it was his ‘dream’ to play for Arsenal.
Asked which club he’d like to play for in the future, he responded: “Well, I have two clubs. They are Arsenal and Barcelona. That is my ultimate dream.”
In the same sequence of questions, Ziyech was also asked who his football idol is and revealed it is none other than Arsenal’s very own Mesut Ozil.
Bayern Munich boss Hansi Flick responds after Arsenal launch Jerome Boateng transfer move
Bayern Munich boss Hansi Flick insists he ‘cannot imagine’ Jerome Boateng leaving the club despite Arsenal plotting a January move for the defender.
New Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is keen to sign a centre-back this month after Calum Chambers was ruled out of the rest of the 2019-20 campaign through injury.
The Gunners have reportedly opened talks with Bayern over a January deal for Boateng, who has won seven Bundesliga titles and the Champions League during his nine-year spell in Munich.
Responding to Arsenal’s interest in Boateng, Bayern boss Flick said: ‘Jerome is a Bayern player. He has trained well during the winter break.
‘I can’t wait to see what the next few weeks will be like. I’m not worrying if he’ll leave the club or not. I can’t imagine that at the moment.’
Boateng has developed into a Bayern Munich legend since joining the club from Premier League giants Manchester City almost a decade ago.
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To Protect Personal Computers, Cybersecurity Startup Gets Under the Operating System
On Thursday, Tel Aviv-based Hysolate announced it raised $8 million in funding
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Hysolate Ltd., an Israel-based cybersecurity startup, announced Thursday it has raised $8 million from former Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s venture firm Innovation Endeavors, and Team8, a cybersecurity-focused startup foundry.
Hysolate’s technology protects computer networks against cyber attacks by running all activity on a user’s computer through two separate operating systems, one for regular internet use, and one for sensitive operations. A user can access the internet freely without providing would-be attacks a route into the company’s network. Switching between operating systems happens automatically and behind the scenes without the user ever noticing.
Hysolate's Dan Dinnar and Tal Zamir. Photo: Sivan Farage
Calling this concept a “virtual air gap,” Hysolate draws inspiration from military and government agencies that keep sensitive networks physically disconnected from the internet.
Many cybersecurity solutions are based on protecting against attacks that exploit weaknesses in operating systems. Hysolate says that instead of plugging holes in Windows, it keeps cyber attackers confined to the one, unlocked operating system.
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“40 million lines of code on Windows create endless vulnerabilities. We want to take the operating system out of the equation,” said Hysolate CEO Tal Zamir in a phone interview with Calcalist Wednesday.
Founded by Mr. Zamir and Dan Dinnar, Hysolate employs 25 people in its offices in Tel Aviv and New York. Mr. Dinnar served as CEO of HexaTier, which was acquired by Huawei for $42 million in 2016. Mr. Zamir was the head of research and development at Wanova, which was acquired by VMware in 2012 in a deal worth $100 million.
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California Auto Products Liability Lawyers File Wrongful Death Action Against Toyota
The California auto product liability lawyers of Bisnar Chase Personal Injury Attorneys have filed a product liability wrongful death lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Motor Sales, USA. The case stems from the death of Jeffrey Bachman in a rollover accident in April last year. The lawsuit alleges that Bachman’s 1998 Toyota 4Runner SUV was improperly designed and failed to protect the young father during the car accident. Bachman left behind a loving wife and four children.
Bachman was driving his Toyota 4Runner on Interstate 95 when, attempting to simply change lanes, the SUV over-steered and caused the vehicle to rollover. This also led to a SUV roof crush which partially ejected Bachman. Bachman suffered open skull fractures, fractured vertebrae, multiple facial fractures and other injuries. He died just hours after the car accident.
“It’s our position that the lateral instability of the 4Runner made it highly unlikely that anyone but a professional driver would have been able to regain control of this SUV,” said Brian Chase of the Bisnar Chase Personal Injury Attorneys Auto Defects Law Firm.
Toyota Knew of SUV Defects
Sadly, Toyota had information that could have prevented the car crash. Even before its manufacture, Toyota knew that its 4Runner had failed stability tests and ranked second in a Federal Registry study of the most likely vehicles in its class to rollover.
“During Toyota’s own in-house test, the 4Runner rolled over and/or obtained two wheel tip-up, occurring at speeds as low as 32 miles per hour,” Chase said. “We’re alleging that Toyota failed to disclose these tests and the likelihood of rollovers to consumers as well as specifically to Mr. Bachman,” Chase added.
Toyota 4Runner Had Several Defects
Aside from its high center of gravity and narrow track width, the SUV also had a host of other defects. Its pillars, windshield headers and roof rails were too weak to withstand a roof crush and its side and rear windows did not meet Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. In addition, the SUV lacked side curtain airbags which could have restrained Bachman and prevented his partial ejection. Meantime, despite its propensity to roll over, readily available technology such as Vehicle Stability Control (VCS) was only offered as an option and not as standard equipment.
While Toyota was aware of these defects and had the technology to provide a safer product to its consumers, the car manufacturer opted to maximize on its profits by scrimping on safety features. Through its marketing and advertising, Toyota also misled consumers into thinking that the car they were buying was safe and sturdy.
The wrongful death products liability lawsuit (number YC060386) was filed in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles. For further information read the full press release, “California Auto Products Liability Lawyers File Wrongful Death Action Against Toyota.”
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Ontario Collision Repair Standards Act passes
December 16, 2002 by Canadian Underwriter
The act to place Ontario’s bodyshops under industry self-regulation was passed on the last night of the Ontario legislature’s sitting before Christmas break. The Collision Repair Standards Act of 2002 puts the collision, auto body and auto refinishing industries under the authority of a 10-member board which will institute industry standards. The board is made up of four industry representatives, four members of the public and two government officials.
Its main function will be to approve or deny the accreditation of shops based on standards to be introduced. Failure to become accredited before doing work could result in a fine up to $5,000 or six months imprisonment.
The Collision Industry Standards Council of Ontario (CISCO) is expected to be the basis for standards, based on a brief it submitted to the government in February of 2000. “Those standards largely reflect standards already in use in western Canada,” states a CISCO press release.
Other provisions include a “consumer bill of rights” that gives ability of consumers to have their vehicles repaired at a shop of their own choosing, as well as a required declaration of whether parts are OEM (original equipment manufacturer) or aftermarket.
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© Barbara Tucker. Courtesy of Barbara Tucker.
Australian Galleries, Melbourne (26744), until; Dr. and Mrs. Allen C. Kelley, until; gifted by Dr. and Mrs. Kelley to the Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America, until; purchased 21 August 2000 by Cbus from Classics of Australian Art and 19th and 20th Century Australian and International Fine Art, Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne, lot 64.
Gavin Fry, Albert Tucker, Beagle Press, Roseville, New South Wales, 2005.
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Email has become an integrated part of our personal and business lives but often times its role in establishing a professional perception is overlooked. While email enables users to be brief, friendlier and more responsive, the approach to writing an email should be similar to that of writing a professional letter. The following email etiquette rules, as pulled from career coach Barbara Pachter’s book The Essentials of Business Etiquette, help serve as a framework we all should follow:
1. Utilize a clear, direct subject line.
“People often decide whether to open an email based on the subject line,” Pachter says. “Choose one that lets readers know you are addressing their concerns or business issues.” Keep it brief. Examples of a good subject line include “Meeting date changed,” “Quick question about your presentation,” or “Suggestions for the proposal.”
2. Use a professional email address.
This may seem obvious, but when reviewing emails on your phone it is all too easy to send a professional email from your personal email account. Always double-check your sending email address before hitting send.
3. Think twice before hitting “reply all.”
Does everyone on the email really need to see your reply of “Thank you?” Refrain from hitting “reply all” unless you really think everyone on the list needs to receive the email, Pachter says.
4. Use professional salutations.
While email allows you to write in a more conversational tone, don’t use everyday expressions like “Hey,” “Hi folks,” or “Yo.” Use “Hi” or “Hello” instead. Pachter also advises against shortening anyone’s name. Say “Hi Michael,” unless you’re certain he prefers to be called “Mike.”
5. Use exclamation points sparingly.
If you choose to use an exclamation point, use only one to convey excitement, Pachter says. “People sometimes get carried away and put a number of exclamation points at the end of their sentences. The result can appear too emotional or immature,” she writes.
6. Be cautious with humor.
The tone or facial expression that helps to sell a humorous phrase is not available in an email. In the professional setting, it is better to leave humor out of emails unless you know the recipient well. Pachter says: “Something perceived as funny when spoken may come across very differently when written. When in doubt, leave it out.”
7. Know that people from different cultures speak and write differently.
As noted above with humor, written form does not allow for clear expression, and miscommunication can easily occur because of cultural differences. Pachter suggests as a good reference that high-context cultures (Japanese, Arab or Chinese) want to get to know you before doing business with you. Therefore, it may be common for community members from these countries to be more personal in their writings. On the other hand, people from low-context cultures (German, American or Scandinavian) prefer to get to the point very quickly.
8. Reply to your emails – even if the email wasn’t intended for you.
It’s difficult to reply to every email message ever sent to you, but you should try to, Pachter says. You may need time to collect information for a full response, but just letting the sender know that you received the message and will be working to gather the information will put the sender at ease and will position you as very responsive. This pertains as well to emails accidentally sent to you, especially if the sender is expecting a reply.
9. Proofread every message.
Mistakes can be easily made, especially when we’re rushed or typing a response on our smartphones, but those mistakes won’t go unnoticed by the recipients of your email. “And, depending on the recipient, you may be judged for making them,” Pachter says. Don’t rely on spell-check and be sure to read and re-read your email a few times, preferably aloud, before sending it off.
10. Take some time before responding to an emotionally-charged email.
It can be all too easy to get wrapped up in the emotions created by certain emails, but as previously noted tone and intent can be lost in translation in a written communication. Take time to really read the email and try and understand the sender’s perspective. It is always best to reply in a more professional tone, recognizing the sender’s potential emotions and indicating a desire to come to a mutual agreement. In some cases, it may be best to skip email and just pick up the phone. Many angry email chains could have been resolved with just a quick phone call where each party’s perspective is more easily heard and understood.
11. Add the email address last.
“You don’t want to send an email accidentally before you have finished writing and proofing the message,” Pachter says. “Even when you are replying to a message, it’s a good precaution to delete the recipient’s address and insert it only when you are sure the message is ready to be sent.”
12. Double-check that you’ve selected the correct recipient.
Pachter says to pay careful attention when typing a name from your address book on the email’s “To” line. “It’s easy to select the wrong name, which can be embarrassing to you and to the person who receives the email by mistake.”
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The Central West will become the focus of wind and solar energy generation in NSW under a state government plan that would see 450 construction jobs created and household electricity bills cut by $40 a year. Energy Minister Matt Kean said Australia's first Renewable Energy Zone would be developed in the Central West over the next few years. Mr Kean said the 3000 megawatt pilot program was aimed at attracting up to $4.4 billion in private sector investment into the region for clean energy generation. He said it would provide extra capacity to power about 1.3 million homes a year and ensure reliable energy supply, particularly in peak summer periods. "We want to create a competitive, low-cost market that delivers resilient energy supply while putting downward pressure on electricity prices," he said. The Central West project is the first of three planned for NSW as part of the NSW Electricity Strategy which was unveiled by Mr Kean. It said the Central West was chosen for the pilot because it has "significant existing investment and investor interest." The plan said the region already had 4500 megawatts of projects either approved or in planning. Closest to Orange are the approved Flyers Creek wind farm and Molong solar farm, a planned solar farm at Mumbil plus the the wind farm near Blayney and solar farm at Manildra. The Electricity Strategy is aimed at encouraging energy-efficient technologies and smart appliances that use electricity when it is cheap and off-peak. There would also be an Energy Security Target to ensure there was sufficient supply in the electricity grid on the hottest days when demand was at its highest. "By focusing on reliability we can ensure that we can get the benefits of renewables without the reliability problems we have seen in other states," Mr Kean said. A dedicated REZ committee will be set up to talk with potential investors and local communities about the program. Apart from the 450 construction jobs it is envisaged there would also be opportunities for related industries including minerals processing, IT and data centres, agriculture and manufacturing.
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Power bills to fall by $40 as Central West becomes wind and solar power hub
David Fitzsimons
BLOWING IN THE WIND: Central West to become clean energy generation hub.
The Central West will become the focus of wind and solar energy generation in NSW under a state government plan that would see 450 construction jobs created and household electricity bills cut by $40 a year.
Energy Minister Matt Kean said Australia's first Renewable Energy Zone would be developed in the Central West over the next few years.
Mr Kean said the 3000 megawatt pilot program was aimed at attracting up to $4.4 billion in private sector investment into the region for clean energy generation.
He said it would provide extra capacity to power about 1.3 million homes a year and ensure reliable energy supply, particularly in peak summer periods.
"We want to create a competitive, low-cost market that delivers resilient energy supply while putting downward pressure on electricity prices," he said.
The Central West project is the first of three planned for NSW as part of the NSW Electricity Strategy which was unveiled by Mr Kean.
It said the Central West was chosen for the pilot because it has "significant existing investment and investor interest."
PLUG IN: A government map of the proposed zone and wind and solar farms in the region. Photo: Supplied
The plan said the region already had 4500 megawatts of projects either approved or in planning.
Closest to Orange are the approved Flyers Creek wind farm and Molong solar farm, a planned solar farm at Mumbil plus the the wind farm near Blayney and solar farm at Manildra.
The Electricity Strategy is aimed at encouraging energy-efficient technologies and smart appliances that use electricity when it is cheap and off-peak.
SUNSEEKER: A plan for the Molong solar farm.
There would also be an Energy Security Target to ensure there was sufficient supply in the electricity grid on the hottest days when demand was at its highest.
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"By focusing on reliability we can ensure that we can get the benefits of renewables without the reliability problems we have seen in other states," Mr Kean said.
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A dedicated REZ committee will be set up to talk with potential investors and local communities about the program.
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Apart from the 450 construction jobs it is envisaged there would also be opportunities for related industries including minerals processing, IT and data centres, agriculture and manufacturing.
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Report: Remote Access Is No. 1 Healthcare Tech Hazard
ECRI Institute Calls Attention to Cyber Risks for Second Consecutive Year Marianne Kolbasuk McGee (HealthInfoSec) • October 11, 2018
Hackers remotely accessing medical devices and systems - potentially disrupting care and putting patients at risk - is the No. 1 technology hazard facing healthcare entities in the year ahead, according to a new report from the ECRI Institute, a patient safety research organization.
ECRI's annual list defines the top health technology hazards that warrant "priority attention" by healthcare leaders, the organization says.
"The list does not enumerate the most frequently reported problems or the ones associated with the most severe consequences - although we do consider such information in our analysis," ECRI's 2019 Top 10 Health Technology Hazards report notes. "Rather, the list reflects our judgment about which risks should receive priority now."
ECRI is recognizing that cyber threats are a growing concern that needs to be addressed, says Mark Johnson, healthcare security practice lead at consultancy LBMC Information Systems.
"Healthcare needs a quantum leap forward in its resilience to cyberattacks. However, we won't get there unless we change the attitude of what healthcare cybersecurity is all about. It's about cyber not compliance," says Johnson, former CISO at Vanderbilt University and Medical Center.
Among the other top tech hazards on the ECRI list are infusion pump programming mistakes, improper customization of alarms on patient physiologic monitoring systems and flawed battery charging systems and practices.
This is the second time that ECRI has named a cybersecurity threat as its top tech hazard in its annual report. The institute's 2018 list named ransomware and other cyberattacks at the top tech hazard.
"Ransomware specifically still continues to disrupt healthcare operations in various ways around the globe," Juuso Leinonen, ECRI senior project engineer, tells ISMG. "This year, however, we decided to focus on a specific technology-related concern and provide practical recommendations on how to address it."
"Cybersecurity in a healthcare facility is a multifaceted problem, and it is paramount that we focus on identifying areas where steps can be taken to make a significant impact."
—Juuso Leinonen, ECRI
Remote access to systems and devices is becoming more prevalent in healthcare because it eases clinical workflow and streamlines manufacturer system maintenance, Leinonen says. But such access can be an avenue for compromise if appropriate protections are not in place for the remote access, he notes.
"Cybersecurity in a healthcare facility is a multifaceted problem, and it is paramount that we focus on identifying areas where steps can be taken to make a significant impact," he says.
Remote access increasingly is the vector of choice for cyberattackers, says Chad Waters, ECRI senior cybersecurity engineer "This means of getting into networks has resulted in the many recent SamSam ransomware infections that have paralyzed healthcare facilities and even government entities," Waters tells ISMG.
Remote Access Risks
The ECRI report notes that potential attackers can take advantage of unmaintained and vulnerable remote access systems to infiltrate an organization's network. "Once they gain access - whether through medical or nonmedical assets - attackers can move to other connected devices or systems, installing ransomware or other malware, stealing data or rendering it unusable, or hijacking computing resources for other purposes, such as to generate cryptocurrency," the report states.
ECRI notes that "safeguarding assets requires identifying, protecting and monitoring all remote access points, as well as adhering to recommended cybersecurity practices, such as instituting a strong password policy, maintaining and patching systems and logging system access."
Phil Curran, chief information assurance officer and chief privacy officer of Cooper University Health Care, an academic care delivery system based in Camden, N.J., advises organizations to avoid allowing continuous remote access by vendors.
If a vendor that works with Cooper Health requires remote access, "they have to contact their business contact and that business contact must request to have the vendor account unlocked," he explains. "We automatically lock the vendor account at midnight in case the business owner 'forgets' to tell us the vendor is done."
In addition, he advises organizations to carefully monitor remote access activity. "Have contract language stating the vendor will use the same remote access process you use," Curran suggests.
Other Worries
Some security experts, including Curran, argue that although remote access is a concern, other cyber risks are even more worrisome.
"The ability to exploit remote access systems has been around for years," he says. "I believe the No. 1 hazard to healthcare is social engineering attacks, for example, phishing attacks. A single successful attack is the start of a broader attack that could potentially bring down an entity."
Another area of concern, Curran says, is distributed-denial-of-service attacks. "We continue to see these attacks grow in size and length as well as becoming more frequent," he says. "The inability to get data in or out does affect patient care."
Vulnerabilities in mobile devices and the internet of things are also a serious issue, Curran adds.
Vulnerable Devices
But Keith Fricke, principal consultant at tw-Security, says attacks targeting medical devices are becoming a bigger worry.
"It is reasonable to think that network-attached devices can be compromised," he says. "It is likely that many small to medium-sized organizations have not created network segments for biomedical devices. Instead, the network is 'flat,' meaning the biomed devices are comingled on the same network as computer workstations."
Fricke says that biomedical devices can be difficult to keep up to date with patches "because it usually requires a biomed technician to physically interact with each device and manually apply patches and updates. I believe that biomed devices are likely to be targets of opportunity - someone seeking unauthorized access to an organization's network via compromising the device."
Medical devices most at risk for compromise are legacy devices that run old operating systems and have weak or no access controls, "such as devices not enforcing a password of a certain length or complexity," Fricke says.
Network segmentation can help address risks to devices, he adds. "Newer technologies are available that can passively inventory all devices on networks and baseline network traffic behavior. Getting supply chain/purchasing departments involved is important too," he says. "They should be asking vendors to provide Manufacturer Disclosure Statement for Medical Device Security [MDS2] forms. These identify the security controls in place for a specific make and model of biomed equipment."
FDA Attention
The Food and Drug Administration has been steadily ramping up its medical device cybersecurity efforts, and public-private health sector advisory groups have also been issuing warnings regarding the potential risks posed to patient safety by possible cyberattacks targeting medical devices and other related systems.
Among steps being taken by the FDA in an effort to bolster medical device cybersecurity is the release of a new "playbook" for healthcare delivery organizations, which is focused on promoting cybersecurity readiness.
Any medical device that has network connectivity is a "high-risk device," says Johnson, the consultant. "All the efforts that the FDA has been making in this arena are welcome and needed. However, with supply chain lead time, it might take years to get more cyber resilient medical devices into the environments at scale. In the meantime, we have potentially vulnerable devices across the networks for which we must come up with new ways to protect."
Erik Decker, CISO at the University of Chicago Medicine, says the healthcare sector needs to continue upping its cybersecurity ante to prevent potentially catastrophic "doomsday" events that could involve attacks on medical devices and other health IT systems.
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Marianne Kolbasuk McGee
Executive Editor, HealthcareInfoSecurity
McGee is executive editor of Information Security Media Group's HealthcareInfoSecurity.com media site. She has about 30 years of IT journalism experience, with a focus on healthcare information technology issues for more than 15 years. Before joining ISMG in 2012, she was a reporter at InformationWeek magazine and news site, and played a lead role in the launch of InformationWeek's healthcare IT media site.
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2015 Land Rover Discovery to be produced in Halewood
The current generation Land Rover Freelander is at the end of its career. The compact SUV will be out of production at the end of this year, leaving room for its succesor, the 2015 Land Rover Discovery, already anticipated by a series of teasers.
As you would expect, the new Discovery Sport production will be managed by the same Halewood facility in England. Land Rover already announced it will invest 200 million pounds in the factory, modifying the assembly line and creating an additional 250 jobs.
In the official press release, Jaguar Land Rover Halewood Operations Director Richard Else said “I am delighted to be welcoming the new Land Rover Discovery Sport to Halewood. Its arrival has been a further boost to the region and to our committed and loyal workforce who are all passionate ambassadors for this great company."
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Opel Adam S sporty version introduced in Paris Motor Show
To offer a sporty feeling to the current Adam, Opel introduced the Adam S version. To inspire performance, the car features a front lip spoiler, side sill moldings and an extended rear bumper cutout with a visible, bold exhaust tailpipe.
The interior features Recaro Performance seats in Morrocana or Nappa leather, leather package including black and red steering wheel, gear knob and handbrake in leather or the red and white lighting for the instrument panels and doors. There are also floor mats and a key in the grey-black-red.
Under the hood, we have a 1.4 liter Turbo engine, fitted with Start/Stop technology. The engine already meets the future Euro 6 emission standards. It delivers 150 hp and 220 Nm of torque on tap, which is 50 percent more horsepower and 70 percent more torque than its naturally aspirated 1.4-liter.
The resources help the car accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mi) in only 8.5 seconds. Top speeds of well over 200 km/h (124 mph) can be achieved.
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Set in Motion Camille Utterback and Art That Moves
September 14–December 8, 2019
This exhibition pairs an interactive installation by new-media artist Camille Utterback with a century of art depicting motion from the Carter’s collection. In Utterback’s Untitled 5 (2004), visitors’ movements in the gallery space are run through computer software written by the artist that translates them into an animated digital painting that constantly evolves. Although thoroughly contemporary, Untitled 5 builds on a rich lineage of artwork that records or transforms human movement, including the abstract expressionists Utterback considers her creative forbears. Set in Motion includes a selection of work by women who experimented to pursue this difficult goal, from well-known masters like Georgia O’Keeffe and Helen Frankenthaler to underappreciated artists like Barbara Morgan and Anne Ryan.
Exhibition Preview
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Luchita Hurtado 1970
Luchita Hurtado (b. 1920)
Artwork Credit
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Camille Utterback 2004
Interactive installation: custom software (color, silent), video camera, computer, projector, lighting
Camille Utterback (b. 1970)
Collection of the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation
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Georgia O'Keeffe 1919
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Ellen Carey 2016
Dye coupler print
Ellen Carey (b. 1952)
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Ellen Carey © Ellen Carey
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Barbara Morgan 1940
Gelatin silver print, 1972
Martha Graham — Letter to the World (Swirl)
Barbara Morgan (1900–1992)
Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas © Barbara Brooks Morgan
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Homeschool at the Carter: Get Moving!
Support for Set in Motion: Camille Utterback and Art That Moves is generously provided by The Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation and The Donny Wiley Memorial Fund at the North Texas Community Foundation.
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The Drug War in Mexico
Overview The drug war in Mexico has caused some U.S. analysts to view Mexico as a failed or failing state. While these fears are exaggerated, the problems of widespread crime and violence, governm…
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Challenges for a Postelection Mexico
Overview The contentious July 2006 Mexican presidential election has placed Mexico squarely back on the U.S. foreign policy agenda. Following months of unrest in which supporters of Manuel Lópe…
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Countering Criminal Violence in Central America
Overview Violent crime in Central America—particularly in the "northern triangle" of Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala—is reaching breathtaking levels. Murder rates in the region are among the …
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UN Security Council Enlargement and U.S. Interests
Overview The UN Security Council remains an important source of legitimacy for international action. Yet despite dramatic changes in the international system over the past forty-five years, the co…
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The Economic Logic of Illegal Immigration
Overview Immigration reform is one of the most divisive issues confronting U.S. policymakers. The rise in the number of illegal immigrants in the United States over the past ten years—from five…
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Joint statement from Cheltenham Borough Council and Sandford Lido Ltd
Heads of Terms agreement reached for new 35-year Sandford Parks Lido lease.
We are delighted to announce that the Heads of Terms have been agreed for a new 35-year lease agreed from Cheltenham Borough Council and Sandford Lido Ltd, the charity who are in charge of the facility.
The Lido trust will continue to pay the council a peppercorn rent of £5 per year and retain the majority of the car park income.
Council cabinet member for finance, Councillor Rowena Hay, said: “I’m delighted to offer the Lido trust a nominal rent and agreement for them to retain the car parking income they need for the future.
“We value the heritage of our town and know that Cheltenham people do too, so we work hard to preserve our local heritage assets like the Lido.”
The trustees of the Sandford Lido Ltd said: “We are pleased that the council have recognised the importance of the Lido within the community. We look forward to working with them as the Lido continues to develop.
‘’On behalf of our Trustees and staff thank you to all our Lido community who have supported us over the last 24 years and during the lease renewal process.”
For press enquiries contact communications team: communications@cheltenham.gov.uk or 01242 264332
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Home > Tag > based on short film
Movies and TV Shows about based on short film
Adventure, Animation, Action, Comedy,
Saw (2004)
Horror, Crime, Mystery,
Obsessed with teaching his victims the value of life, a deranged, sadistic serial killer abducts the morally wayward. Once captured, they must face impossible choices in a horrific game of survival. The victims must fight to win their lives back, or die trying...
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Share (2019)
Drama, Thriller,
After discovering a disturbing video from a night she doesn’t remember, sixteen-year-old Mandy must try to figure out what happened and how to navigate the escalating fallout.
Cargo (2017)
Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller,
After being infected in the wake of a violent pandemic and with only 48 hours to live, a father struggles to find a new home for his baby daughter.
Short Term 12 (2013)
A 20-something supervising staff member of a residential treatment facility navigates the troubled waters of that world alongside her co-worker and longtime boyfriend.
Short Term 12
Cashback (2006)
Animation, Drama, Comedy, Romance,
After a painful breakup, Ben develops insomnia. To kill time, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket, where his artistic imagination runs wild.
D.E.B.S. (2004)
Action, Comedy,
The star of a team of teenage crime fighters falls for the alluring villainess she must bring to justice.
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D.E.B.S.
Kill Switch (2017)
A pilot battles to save his family and the planet after an experiment for unlimited energy goes wrong.
Baskın: Karabasan (2015)
Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction,
Feature length version of the 2013 Turkish short film about police making a horrifying discovery in an apartment building.
Baskın: Karabasan
Before I Disappear (2014)
Based on the 2013 Academy Award® winning short film Curfew. At the lowest point of his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister, asking him to look after his eleven-year-old niece, Sophia, for a few hours.
Keep the Change (2018)
Comedy, Romance,
When aspiring filmmaker David is mandated by a judge to attend a social program at the Jewish Community Center, he is sure of one thing: he doesn't belong there. But when he's assigned to visit the Brooklyn Bridge with the vivacious Sarah, sparks fly and his convictions are tested. Their budding relationship must weather Sarah's romantic past, David's judgmental mother, and their own pre-conceptions of what love is supposed to look like.
Western, Science Fiction,
A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. They've secured a contract to harvest a large deposit of the elusive gems hidden in the depths of the moon's toxic forest. But there are others roving the wilderness and the job quickly devolves into a fight to survive. Not to be confused with the 2014 short film with the same name by the same directors.
Our New President (2018)
Documentary,
The story of Donald Trump's election told entirely through Russian propaganda. By turns horrifying and hilarious, the film is a satirical portrait of Russian meddling in the 2016 election that reveals an empire of fake news and the tactics of modern day information warfare.
Our New President
Periods. (2014)
Featurung Zachary Quinto (Star Trek 2, Margin Call), Penn Badgley (Easy A, Gossip Girl), Willie Garson (White Collar), and youtube star Grace Helbig, this raucous comedy chronicles the historical journey from the big bang to the end of humanity.
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Concert will donate to eleven different charities
Community Fundraiser draws American Idol contestant and local music acts
Concert will donate to eleven different charities Community Fundraiser draws American Idol contestant and local music acts Check out this story on chillicothegazette.com: http://ohne.ws/1S4rpLd
Sara Nealeigh, Reporter Published 11:23 a.m. ET June 10, 2015
Members of the Marty Ford Experience will be featured Friday in the Community Fundraiser concert in Kingston.(Photo: Submitted photo)
KINGSTON – Not liking to be recognized for things can make organizing and advertising a benefit concert all on your own somewhat challenging. But Amber Ginter knew what she was getting into when she organized this concert.
“We wanted to make sure that she knew how much work it was going to be, but she’s jumped in with both feet,” Ginter’s father, George said.
The Community Fundraiser concert Amber Ginter has organized is aimed to benefit 11 local charities with all of the proceeds going directly toward those charities.
Everything from the entertainment to the venue has been donated through sponsors. Featured artists are donating their time to perform, and local businesses have donated prizes, coupons, hotel rooms and money.
Even past American Idol contestant Trevor Douglas, of Texas, is volunteering to perform for free.
“I wanted to do something to help the community,” Ginter said. “I was watching American Idol and thought that it would be cool if we could get someone like that to come.”
Douglas will be joined by local artists Jerrod Bevan, Colt Harrington and the Marty Ford Experience.
With the concert coinciding with the Kingston Yard Sale, Ginter and her father hope the gym will be filled with at least 200 people. Her goal is to raise $3,000. Ginter says she tried to pick a variety of charities so concert-goers would be able to identify with at least one of the causes.
Inside the gate, there will be a station where attendees can drop their ticket into a designated slot for every charity. The admission cost of every ticket in the slot will go toward that organization. This way, Ginter says, those who bought the ticket can designate exactly where they want their dollars to go.
“God wanted me to do something like this,” Ginter said. “It’s taken four months but we’ve been really blessed with it.”
When: Friday, June 12, 6 p.m.
Where: Rent a Gym, 39 N. Main St. Kingston
Tickets: $12 in advance (online Ebay, or Facebook “Kingston Community Festival Fundraiser”) or $15 at the door
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Ross County Commissioners discuss road resurfacing, Re-entry coalition
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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Expands Community Asthma Prevention Program in Partnership with Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation
Published on Dec 17, 2018 in CHOP News
Community Asthma Prevention Program (CAPP)
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), in partnership with the Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation (PHDC), today announced a new Community Asthma Prevention Program Plus (CAPP+) Home Repairs Program, developed to address the impact of unhealthy housing on pediatric asthma outcomes in West Philadelphia neighborhoods. CAPP+ is the pilot initiative of Healthier Together, CHOP’s new umbrella initiative that focuses on some of the most pressing health and economic needs in neighborhoods surrounding the hospital’s campus.
The announcement was made at a press conference attended by President and CEO of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Madeline Bell, Philadelphia Mayor James Kenney, PHDC Executive Director David Thomas, Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell and other hospital and civic leaders, as well as families participating in the program.
“Healthier Together has a simple vision: to give every child a fair chance at a healthy future,” said Madeline Bell. “We are fortunate to live in a city that has many private and public sector change agents who have tremendous expertise. These partners share our commitment to doing the right thing for our most vulnerable children.”
Asthma — which affects approximately 1 out of 4 children in West Philadelphia — is the primary focus of CAPP+. Through a grant to PHDC, CHOP aims to further reduce asthma-related emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations by expanding the focus of its award-winning CAPP program to home repairs. CAPP’s community health workers will continue providing home asthma education and environmental intervention as they have since the program began in 1997, while PHDC will concentrate on remediating asthma triggers in the home, such as moisture and mold caused by plumbing leaks, carpet removal and pest infestations to improve air quality. Air quality monitors will be installed in every home, as will dehumidifiers when needed. CAPP+ participants may also be eligible for PHDC’s Basic System Repair Program, which provides repairs to correct electrical, plumbing, heating, structural and roofing emergencies.
Focusing on the actual homes patients are living in, CAPP+ has identified 10 homes to be part of the pilot initiative. Selected patients must be enrolled in the CAPP program, have three or more ED visits in a year, live in the targeted geographic area, and be a homeowner. Currently, remediation is underway on two of the homes; one is near completion. After repairs are finalized, patients and asthma ED visits will continue to be monitored for a year.
“After 20 years of working with families in West Philadelphia, I am convinced that the increased prevalence of asthma and poor housing are closely related,” said Tyra Bryant-Stephens, MD, Founder and Medical Director of CAPP at CHOP. “This innovative and exciting initiative allows us to focus on ensuring that homes in this community are ‘asthma friendly’ and improving child asthma outcomes for underserved populations.”
Besides fewer ED visits and hospital stays, benchmarks of CAPP+ include fewer missed school days for kids and work for families, and lower healthcare costs. Another priority for this program is a mutual agreement that PHDC will use minority- and women-owned business enterprises for home repairs and supplies whenever possible.
“The City is proud to partner with CHOP to launch CAPP+, a vital tool to address unhealthy housing and help our most vulnerable homeowners and their families improve their quality of living,” said Mayor James Kenney. “We see it as a win-win to be able to support households in need while also providing contractors the opportunity to work on these homes and sustain their businesses.”
Contact: Joey McCool Ryan, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 267-426-6070 or mccool@email.chop.edu
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Andrew Weaver speaks to his supporters at the B.C. Green Party Headquarters at the Delta Ocean Pointe Resort. (Arnold Lim/News staff) VICTORIA, B.C. May 9, 2017.
Weaver says he will step down as Green leader in January, stay on as MLA
He says an interim leader could be someone who does not have a seat in the legislature
Green Leader Andrew Weaver says he’ll step down as party leader in January but will stay on as the member of the legislature for the Victoria-area riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head.
Weaver, whose party recorded a historic election breakthrough in May 2017 by winning three seats, announced in October he would not seek re-election in the next British Columbia election.
Weaver says he expects an interim leader will be selected to replace him as the leadership contest gets underway in mid-January.
READ MORE: Andrew Weaver retiring, B.C. Green Party to have new leader next fall
He says an interim leader could be someone who does not have a seat in the legislature.
Green MLAs Sonia Furstenau and Adam Olsen have not said whether they will seek the leadership.
B.C.’s minority New Democrat government remains in power with the support of the Greens, but Weaver’s decision will not affect the NDP’s hold on power because he will remain on the opposition benches of legislature.
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Alternative Health/ Strange & Unexplained
Date Wednesday - September 28, 2016
Host George Noory
Guests Benjamin Fuchs, Jim Harold
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In the first half, registered pharmacist, and nutritionist Benjamin Fuchs, who has been compounding custom medication, formulating nutritional and skin care products and consulting with doctors and patients for decades, offered suggestions on supplements, and making healthy changes to one's diet. Aside from trauma and mechanical damage, the body, he believes, is a self-contained healing system from a biochemical standpoint. By eliminating bad dietary choices, and bringing in a good diet and supplementation, "we can go so far towards healing ourselves that doctors, pharmacies, and insurance companies in a large measure can become irrelevant" in terms of treating long-term progressive, degenerative diseases, he remarked.
Natural remedies for neuropathy, such as nerve pain in the foot, as experienced by diabetics and others, include cetyl myristoleate, an anti-inflammatory fatty acid, and cayenne cream for symptomatic relief, he said. A longer term approach to nerve pain would be to deal with blood sugar issues, by keeping your sugar intake down, and taking such nutrients as B vitamins, vitamin A, chromium, vanadium, selenium, zinc, taurine, and magnesium, which help to process sugar, he outlined. For digestive health, Fuchs recommended glutamine, and muscilaginous substances such as aloe vera, noni, and hyaluronic acid which are beneficial to the digestive track.
In the latter half, author and paranormal aficionado Jim Harold shared his latest stories from the world of the strange and unexplained. He detailed the phenomenon known as the 'Mandela Effect' in which numerous people have a shared memory of something that is actually not true, such as that Nelson Mandela died while imprisoned in South Africa. "Are we seeing blips from a parallel universe...and somehow we jumped the tracks?" he pondered. On the subject of doppelgangers, he offered a curious case study, in which a mother encountered a nasty version of her daughter who cursed her out, and then slammed her bedroom door, at the exact time as the same daughter was arriving home at the front door. When the mother and daughter went to check the bedroom, no one was there.
Harold also recounted the tale of the 'Snuggling Ghost' in which a woman named Kim in Arizona moved into a small house, and started noticing strange things such as the smell of roses, and cigarettes in very localized areas, and items in the kitchen pantry mysteriously moved. She woke up one morning in her bedroom, startled to find an elderly woman with stringy gray hair staring at her. The woman said 'I'm really cold, and I don't feel good. Can I come into bed with you?' Though she appeared solid, Kim deduced that the woman was the ghost that had been haunting them, and (as she'd seen on TV) she told her to 'go into the light, as it's warm there, and your family and friends are waiting for you.' The ghost-woman looked into the corner of the room, and vanished into thin air, Kim said, and the haunting stopped after that.
News segment guests: Jerome Corsi, Dr. Peter Breggin
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The True Ghost Story Adult Coloring Book
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Midnight Express (The Chase)
New World Man
Blackalicious
The Lonely Bull
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
It Don't Come Easy
Rhythm Of The Wilderness
Inca Dance
Midweek Open Lines
Dark Galaxy, Animal Mutilations, & ET Encounter
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Interventions for ketosis during labour
Physical stress compounded by reduced food intake during labour can lead to raised levels of ketones in the blood and urine (ketosis). Ketone bodies transport fat-derived energy from the liver to other organs to provide an alternative source of energy. They also cross the placenta and the effect of ketosis on mother and baby is not clear. It is not clear whether ketosis during labour is a normal physiological response, or if women with ketosis in labour require intervention (such as intravenous and oral fluids). This uncertainty has resulted in differences in opinion and practice. Adverse effects of ketosis for the mother include increased likelihood of augmentation of labour, forceps-assisted delivery and postpartum blood loss.
Yet intravenous therapies can have adverse effects, either by interfering with glucose and insulin levels for the mother and infant (causing neonatal hypoglycaemia) or lowering sodium level, for example. Other reported adverse effects include headache, nausea, maternal fluid overload, slowing of labour and difficulty in establishment of breastfeeding, as well as local pain and discomfort and interference with the woman's freedom of movement in labour. The newborn may have acidic blood and increased lactate levels.
This review found no information on which to base practice in the treatment of women with ketosis during labour. The authors looked for studies comparing oral intake or intravenous fluids with no intervention (defined as no oral intake, ice chips only or oral intake on demand) and pregnancy outcomes.
The only six studies identified focussed on maternal biochemical measures during or shortly after labour and could not be included in the review. The studies were conducted in the late 1970s to mid-1980s. Future trials should examine the use of different types of intravenous and oral fluids on clinically important outcomes and include women's perception and satisfaction with care during labour and birth.
There is no information on which to base practice in the treatment of women with ketosis during labour. Further research is required to identify more clearly the association between ketosis in labour and pregnancy outcome. Future trials should examine the effects of no interventions and different types of intravenous and oral fluids on these clinically important outcomes, and include women's perception and satisfaction with care during labour and birth.
In labour, ketosis (the elevation of ketone bodies in the blood) is a common occurrence, due to increased physical stress, which is often compounded by reduced oral intake. The effect of ketosis on the mother and baby during labour is not clear, therefore, there is uncertainty as to whether ketosis is a normal physiological response or whether women with ketosis in labour require intervention (such as intravenous fluids or increased oral intake) for maternal and infant wellbeing. This uncertainty has resulted in differences in opinion and practice by those providing care for women in labour.
To assess the effects on maternal, fetal and neonatal outcomes of intravenous fluids or increased oral intake administered to women in labour for the treatment of ketosis compared with no intervention (defined as no oral intake, ice chips only, or oral intake on demand) and to also assess the effects of different types of intravenous fluids administered.
We searched the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group's Trials Register (January 2008), CENTRAL (The Cochrane Library 2007, Issue 2), MEDLINE (1950 to January 2007), EMBASE (1988 to January 2007) and CINAHL (1982 to 2007).
All published and unpublished randomised trials in which additional oral intake or intravenous fluids, or both, were used for the treatment of women with ketosis in labour.
Two authors independently assessed potentially eligible trials. The authors sought additional information on trial methods and outcome data to enable consideration of eligibility of studies. However, at the time of the review, no information was received.
We identified six trials as potentially eligible for inclusion in this review. All six studies were excluded. Therefore no trials are included in this review.
Caesarean section for non-medical reasons at term
Antenatal education for self-diagnosis of the onset of active labour at term
Eating and drinking in labour
Effect of partograph use on outcomes for women in spontaneous labour at term
Enemas during labour
Pregnancy & childbirth > Care during childbirth > Routine intrapartum care
Toohill J, Soong B, Flenady V
Pregnancy and Childbirth Group
Toohill J, Soong B, Flenady V. Interventions for ketosis during labour. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2008, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD004230. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004230.pub2
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By Zazie Todd, PhD. Happy cats. Happy dogs. Thanks to science.
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Even Shy Shelter Cats Can Learn Tricks
Researchers show that even old or shy cats can learn new tricks like high five or sit.
By Zazie Todd, PhD
If you think training cats is all the rage lately, you might be right. Recently I wrote about a study that found the best way to train cats was with food (rather than click-then-food or just click). Now another study, by Dr. Lori Kogan (Colorado State University) et al, investigates training shelter cats to do four different behaviours.
Not only did most of the cats learn the tricks, but it shows this is possible even in a shelter setting which is inevitably stressful for the cats.
100 shelter cats were taught to nose-target either a chopstick or the trainer’s finger, to spin, to sit, and to high-five (touch the trainer’s hand with one of their front paws). The trainers took the traditional clicker training approach, in which the click is a bridge that marks the behaviour and predicts a food reward.
Fifteen 5-minute training sessions took place over a 2 week period, at the end of w…
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Some of my favourite posts from around the web this month
"When you have a frenzied dog barking, growling, screeching, and lunging at the end of a lead, the idea that the dog is simply frustrated by an inability to investigate that other dog is not the first thing that comes to mind." Dog play and cognitive biases by Lisa Skavienski at Your Pit Bull and You.
Puppy-farmed dogs show worse behaviour, suffer ill health and die young – so adopt don’t shop by Catherine Douglas.
“Ever heard the phrase “you get the dog you need”? Or even the thought that some dogs are “special” or universally arranged to land in our lives at the right time? The idea that some of our dogs will be game-changers over the course of our career.” Game changers by the Cognitive Canine.
What it’s like to be a dog. Marc Bekoff interviews Gregory Berns about his new book.
Resources at Companion Animal Psychology
From the people and blogs to follow to dog training research, there are lots of resources for dog and cat people here at Companion Animal Psychology.
In the five and a half years that I’ve been writing Companion Animal Psychology, I’ve built up a sizeable back catalogue of blog posts about science and our pets. I’ve also made a number of resources for readers who want to know more. Since there are many new readers lately, I thought I’d make a list so you can find everything.
Dog Training Research Resources
The science of dog training is a source of fascination for many dog trainers, and it makes an important contribution to animal welfare too. Research in this field looks at topics such as the methods ordinary people use to train their dogs (and how obedient they think their dog is as a result), the potential effects of different dog training methods on fear, anxiety, stress and aggression in dogs, as well as fascinating topics such as how dogs respond to praise, pet…
Shortlisted for Canada's Favourite Science Blog
Companion Animal Psychology is shortlisted for the People's Choice Award: Canada's Favourite Science Blog. Vote for your favourites!
I am thrilled to have been short-listed for the People's Choice Award: Canada's Favourite Science Blog.
You can see the shortlist and vote here on the Science Borealis website. Voters can select their three favourite blogs and three favourite science websites (so you have six votes in total). It's a great way to show support for your favourite science sites and blogs and find new ones to follow too.
You can follow the contest on social media via the hashtag #CdnSciFav. Every day from now until the close of voting on 14th October, Science Borealis and SWCC will be promoting the short-listed blogs and websites on social media. The contest is part of Science Literacy Week (#scilit17) here in Canada which celebrates science with events across the country.
Three finalists in each category will be announced during the we…
Do Dogs Use Body Language to Calm Us Down?
Are lip licking and looking away signals of discomfort and expressions of peace in the domestic dog?
Guest post by Georgina (Gina) Bishopp (Hartpury College, UK)
A study by Dr. Angelika Firnkes (Ludwig Maximilians University Munich) et al., 2017 has found that the domestic dog uses appeasement gestures both when feeling threatened and during greetings with humans. For the first time it has now been shown that dogs will use at least two of these signals, the lip lick and look away, to appease their human social companions. Turid Rugaas (2005) had previously described a set of behaviours in dogs, including the lip lick and looking away, through years of working as a behavioural consultant, that she described as ‘Calming Signals’. Rugaas (2005) explained that the dogs would use these ‘Calming Signals’ when feeling uncomfortable and attempting to prevent aggressive responses from their conspecifics and humans. For the first time scientific research has supported this theory in relation to …
The Best Way to Train Cats is With Food
Using food alone is the quickest way to train cats to touch a target, according to this pilot study.
You can train cats to go up to a target and touch it with their nose. This in itself will be news to many people, but researchers at Massey University have investigated the best way to train cats to do this. It involves food.
There’s a lot of interest in training cats at the moment, not necessarily to perform obedience behaviours like sit and stay, but to help them in their daily lives. You can teach your cat to like going in their cat carrier so trips to the vet don’t have to begin with you getting scratched-up arms. And you can use positive reinforcement to help teach your cat where they are allowed to scratch (along with provision of the right scratching post, of course).
Erin Willson et al picked the behaviour of touching a red wand target with the nose, and set about training 9 cats to do this. They divided them into three groups: one that was rewarded with food…
Companion Animal Psychology Book Club September 2017
The book of the month is Pets on the Couch by Nicholas Dodman.
The Companion Animal Psychology Book Club choice for September 2017 is Pets on the Couch: Neurotic Dogs, Compulsive Cats, Anxious Birds, and the New Science of Animal Psychiatry by Nicholas Dodman.
"Racehorses with Tourette's syndrome, spinning dogs with epilepsy, cats with compulsive disorders, feather-plucking parrots with anxiety, and a diffident bull terrier with autism - these astonishing and difficult cases were all helped by what pioneering veterinarian Dr. Nicholas Dodman calls One Medicine, the profound recognition that humans and other animals share the same basic neurochemistry, and that our minds and emotions work in similar ways. Traditional veterinary treatments did not cure these behaviors because they treated the symptoms as disorders of the body, rather than problems of the mind. Dr. Dodman, the Oliver Sacks of animal brains, d…
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You are here: Home / Vegetables / Squash / Pumpkins / Ornamental Pumpkins / Atlantic Giant Pumpkins
Atlantic Giant Pumpkins
This page first published: Mar 13, 2005 · Modified: Jul 10, 2018 · by CooksInfo. Copyright © 2020
Atlantic Giant Pumpkins are enormous, pumpkin-size competition pumpkins.
They can grow up to 400 pounds (180 kg) or more in the right conditions, but 50 to 100 pounds (22 ½ to 45 kg) is more common.
To get larger sizes, you prune blossoms off the plant’s vines, leaving just 1 blossom per plant.
Occasionally, these pumpkins have bright orange rind if they get a great deal of sun, but more usually the rind is pale orange or cream.
The pumpkin has thick flesh walls.
Some say Atlantic Giant are also good for pies. Others say that if by “good” people mean “edible”, it is, but that it doesn’t have much flavour at all.
Vine-type plant; 120 days from seed.
Atlantic Giant Pumpkins were developed by Howard Dill Enterprises in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.
They were developed specially for pumpkin size competitions, from a cross between Goderich Giant, Genuine Mammoth Pumpkins and Mammoth Tours. Development took place from 1973 to 1979.
The pumpkin was introduced in 1978; it allowed Howard Gill to hold the world record for pumpkin size from 1979 to 1982.
Almost all world champion big pumpkins since the 1980s have been Atlantic Giant ones.
The record size for an Atlantic Giant Pumpkin as of 2005 is 1,446 pounds (656 kg), grown by an Alan Eaton of Richmond, Ontario, Canada.
AKA: Dill's Atlantic Giant
Scientific Name: Cucurbita maxima Atlantic Giant
‘A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch.’ — James Beard (5 May 1903 – 21 January 1985)
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You are here: Home / Fish / Tuna Fish
This page first published: Oct 9, 2002 · Modified: Jun 20, 2018 · by CooksInfo. Copyright © 2020
© Denzil Green
1 Albacore Tuna
2 Bluefin Tuna
3 Skipjack Tuna
4 Yellowfin Tuna
5 Equivalents
6 Storage Hints
7 History Notes
8 Literature & Lore
9 Language Notes
Canned Tuna accounts for about 99% of Tuna eaten; only about 1% is sold fresh. Tuna is a fish that even people who don’t generally like fish will eat, owing to its not tasting fishy.
In 2001, the top 3 tinned-Tuna consuming countries in Europe were the UK, France and Germany, in that order.
Tuna sold in France comes from Africa and the Indian ocean. France has traditionally imported the Tuna and canned it in France, but at the end of the 1900s a trend began to can it closer to where the fish is being caught to take advantage of lower production costs outside the EU. Germany imports most of its tinned Tuna from France.
Whether fresh, or frozen then thawed, raw Tuna turns a brown colour that is not appealing to consumers. The brown colour — called “chocolate” in the Tuna industry — does not mean that the Tuna is not fresh, but just as for beef, consumers look in raw Tuna for a red colour to indicate freshness. They don’t want to buy browned raw tuna. Consequently, much fresh Tuna today is sprayed with carbon monoxide to stop the tuna from browning. The carbon monoxide does nothing to preserve quality of the fish, just the colour. The spray can even make Tuna that has gone brown go back to red. Treated fish will stay reddish for a few days, then fade to a pink, but it won’t ever brown after that, even when the fish has gone bad. Consequently, though the process is safe and carbon monoxide is harmless (unless breathed, of course), the process is banned in Canada, Japan and the EU because it could be used to disguise fish that has gone off. It is still legal in America.
As carbon dioxide is sometimes derived from wood smoke, on the packaging of treated frozen Tuna you may see “treated with wood smoke” or just “wood smoke” as an ingredient.
When buying fresh Tuna, avoid Tuna that is displayed on ice as the ice draws out the flavour of the fish.
Albacore Tuna, which is white Tuna, is considered more desirable owing to its milder taste and is consequently more expensive.
Bluefin Tuna is said to be better for barbequing, as it has more fat, and so stays moister on the grill.
Bluefin flesh is dark red, almost like meat, and is very popular in Japan.
The fish grows to about 10 feet long (3 metres) and can live up to 7 years.
Skipjack is the Tuna that you usually find canned.
People who like fish often prefer Yellowfin, whose flesh is a pale pink with a stronger taste.
Yellowfin tuna live in the Pacific and can grow up to 300 pounds (135 kg.)
1 x 170g / 6 oz tin = 120 g / 4 oz, drained.
Storage Hints
Tinned Tuna has a shelf life of four years (unopened, of course.) Pouched Tuna has a shelf life of two years.
After opening tinned or pouched Tuna, store any remainders in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 4 days, or freeze it.
Tuna has been fished by Pacific peoples for millennia. In the Mediterranean, Tuna has been a part of their diet since the Greeks and Romans.
Not much Tuna was eaten by the English-speaking world, however, prior to the 1910s. Fishing for albacore Tuna to be sold fresh began off the coast of southern California in the late 1800s.
Tuna really only became available, however, with the advent of canned Tuna. Canning turned out to be an ideal way of preserving Tuna and to reach inland markets. A Tuna canning factory was established in Olhão, Portugal in 1882. By the 1880s, the US was importing canned Tuna from France. In 1903, a trial of canned albacore in California proved successful and the American canned Tuna industry took off. Demand led to the canning of skipjack, bluefin and yellowfin in America by the 1920s.
In America, in the 1920s, tinned Tuna was considerably more expensive than salmon:
“SALMON – Extra fancy light red meat, 1 lb. cans, each 19 C.
TUNA FISH – “Chicken of the Sea.” The very finest white meat. 1 lb cans, in olive oil, per can 79 C.” [1]
Literature & Lore
Tuna is the god of eels in Polynesian mythology.
“You can tune a piano, but you can’t Tuna fish.”
Language Notes
The word “Tuna”, it’s thought, was coined by Spanish Americans, with its origins in the Latin word for Tuna, “thunnus”. How is not exactly sure, given that the Spanish in Central America use the word “Tuna” to mean cactus fruit, and “atún” for the fish. The English word for Tuna had been “tunny” (sic). “Tuna” begins appearing in print in English around about the early 1880s, and twenty years later, by the early 1900s, seems to have replaced the word “tunny” altogether.
Tuna is called “maguro” in Japanese.
Albacore Tuna is called “Liche” in French.
[1] Ad placed by the Brady Street Basket grocery store. Davenport Democrat and Leader. Davenport, Indiana. 17 July 1925. Page 15.
FAO. Canned Tuna: “Canned tuna imports up in key European markets in 2002” in “FISH INFOnetwork Market Report”, March 2003. Published by Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, Eurofish Division, Copenhagen.
Moskin, Julia. Tuna’s Red Glare? It Could Be Carbon Monoxide. New York Times. 6 October 2004.
Rose, Michel. French fishermen fear end of sushi bonanza: France hesitates to support bluefin tuna trade ban as fishermen’s jobs depend on outcome. London: Daily Telegraph. 28 January 2010.
AKA: Maguro
Scientific Name: Thunnus sp
Italian: Tonno
French: Liche, Thon
German: Thunfisch (der)
Dutch: Tonijn
Spanish: Atún
Portuguese: Atum
‘I regard garlic presses as both ridiculous and pathetic.’ — Elizabeth David (English food writer. 26 December 1913 – 22 May 1992)
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UK Shoppers Crave Personalization in Retail
By Stephan Maldonado January 05, 2018
We may be in an era of unprecedented personalization in retail, but many brands in the U.K. are struggling to learn about their consumers. In fact, 65% of UK shoppers feel that retailers “don’t really know who they are,” according to the 2017 Connected Shopping Report from Salesforce.
A majority of U.K. shoppers (61%) feel there is a disconnect between digital channels. A brand’s mobile app, website, social media channels, and even their brick-and-mortar stores can — at any step of the customer journey — become the point where the customer makes their decision to buy. Or be the time when they abandon their purchase. So keeping the message consistent and engaging is a must.
The study also shows:
77% of U.K. shoppers research products before purchasing from a physical shop
84% research products before buying online
23% of millennial shoppers actually buy online while they’re in the store.
If a customer sees a Facebook ad for a jacket, they may — instead of following the ad to the site — pull up the jacket on the retailer’s mobile app, only to find the right size sold out. Perhaps they’re able to track the jacket to a physical store, but if the staff has no idea what product they’re talking about, or old inventory has already been cleared, then the customer’s frustration would be justified.
To bridge the gap, retailers need a cross-channel strategy that, in some way, touches upon every channel where shoppers interact with the brand. As evidenced by the study, brick-and-mortar stores still retain their importance in the U.K., even as customers arrive at these stores informed by research and emboldened by experiences they’ve already had online.
Cross-Channel Shopping and Personalization
An effective cross-channel shopping strategy therefore becomes a way to make the experience personal for the customer. Personalization enables customers to have a cohesive experience that makes shopping easy and engaging, no matter where they ultimately make their purchase. Frank Lombos, Curalate’s Director of Sales for EMEA, says that “understanding the consumer on a one-on-one basis is really important. Getting a 360-degree view of that individual from all commerce touchpoints is a major game-changer.”
With reports indicating such frustration among U.K. shoppers, it may seem that retailers have yet to catch up to the ever-evolving demands of their shoppers. However, a recent study by VoucherCodes found that retailers in the U.K. are beginning to adopt an approach that bridges the gap between digital channels and in-store shopping. Of the 100 senior retail executives surveyed:
50% said they are moving towards cross-channel strategies
48% said their brands are investing in mobile apps, and
35% are bringing tablets into their stores.
How can brands UK brands learn more about their customers and make them feel empowered? User-generated content. By repurposing customer imagery from social, brands can gain followers and ultimately sell more products. Learn more with our guide 35 Ways to Turn User-Generated Content into Real Revenue.
On average, our clients achieve: 79% increases in time-on-site, 16% jumps in average order value and 31% increases in conversion rate. What can Curalate do for your business? Contact us to find out.
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Stephan Maldonado
Stephan Maldonado is a New York based writer and digital marketer.
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City of Carlsbad, OXY agree on economic development land transfer
The Carlsbad City Council approved an ordinance that transfers 17 acres of land in the Carlsbad Airport Industrial Park to Occidental Petroleum.
City of Carlsbad, OXY agree on economic development land transfer The Carlsbad City Council approved an ordinance that transfers 17 acres of land in the Carlsbad Airport Industrial Park to Occidental Petroleum. Check out this story on CurrentArgus.com: https://www.currentargus.com/story/news/2019/01/09/carlsbad-oxy-agree-land-transfer/2528895002/
Michael Smith, Carlsbad Current-Argus Published 2:48 p.m. MT Jan. 9, 2019
Michael Hilfinger, real estate manager for Occidental Petroleum, presents building plans Tuesday night to the Carlsbad City Council.(Photo: Mike Smith-Current-Argus)
The Carlsbad City Council Tuesday night approved an ordinance that transferred nearly 17 acres in the Carlsbad Airport Industrial Park to Occidental (OXY) Petroleum as part of an economic development project.
Michael Hilfinger, OXY’s real estate manager, said the company plans to build a field office, fabrication facility and storage yard along Commerce Boulevard.
“We’re very excited about this project and working with the City,” he said.
“The plan is to build a state of the art, engineering building. It looks like it’s going to be approximately 60,000 square feet.”
More: OXY looking to hire workers in Carlsbad, Hobbs
Originally the building measured 40,000 square feet, Hilfinger told councilors Tuesday, but was expanded to make room for new hires.
Hilfinger said OXY would hire 100 people and with an estimated annual payroll of $7.5 million.
“HR (Human Resources) keeps coming and telling us that the building needs to be bigger and make sure that we don’t under build," he said.
Ward 1 City Councilor Edward Rodriguez asked about the permanency of the estimated 100 new employees.
“I would say 70 percent of the jobs will be moving here, or they’re already here,” Hilfinger said.
“These aren’t people that are coming from Houston or Midland and officing here. They would be living in the community. These would be permanent jobs.”
Hilfinger said ground is scheduled to be broken next month for the new facility.
“This is on a fast track and we’re going to try and get it completed by December of this year or maybe first quarter of 2020," he said.
Michael Hilfinger, real estate manager for Occidental Petroleum speaks before the Carlsbad City Council Tuesday night. (Photo: Mike Smith-Current-Argus)
City Attorney Eileen Riordan said the total estimated construction cost is more than $12 million.
More: OXY transloading facility opens in Carlsbad, marks regional expansion
More: Marathon Oil will drill near Carlsbad airport
Rodriguez made a motion to pass the ordinance, seconded by Ward 3 Councilor Judy Waters. The measure passed 7-0 with Ward 4 Councilor Mark Walterscheid absent.
“I’m excited about OXY's commitment to our community and expanding with more permanent jobs in Carlsbad,” said Ward 3 Councilor Jason Shirley.
“This is a great way that we as the city can continue to spur economic development.”
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British student fighting for life in coma after being 'thrown 100 metres' from car in horror crash
Michael Sullivan broke both arms, both legs, numerous ribs and suffered a ruptured spleen in the smash in Ukraine.
Jack Longstaff
(Image: SWNS)
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A British man is fighting for his life abroad after he was "thrown 100 metres" from his car after a horror crash which has left him locked in a coma.
Michael Sullivan, 21, is "lucky to be alive" after breaking both arms, both legs and numerous ribs, and suffering a ruptured spleen in the devastating smash.
The horrific accident happened when he was waiting to merge onto a motorway in the capital of Ukraine, where student Michael is living currently living.
He was driving to the shop on October 20 when another car smashed into him from behind.
Michael Sullivan has been locked in a coma in a Ukrainian hospital (Image: Sullivan family / SWNS.com)
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At this stage it is unclear if Michael was wearing a seat belt when the crash happened, but his family said he was "flung 100 metres" across the road from his vehicle.
He suffered devastating injuries and is in critical condition in a coma in intensive care at the Boris Hospital, Kiev.
It's been described as a "miracle" that Michael is still alive by his family, who are "praying" that Michael makes a full recovery and wakes up from a coma soon.
Michael, from London, was placed in an induced coma by doctors but has been taken off medication that kept him asleep and still hasn't woken up.
Michael Sullivan (left) who is fighting for his life - pictured with brother Jamie (Image: Sullivan family / SWNS.com)
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His brother, Jamie, 29, finance broker from London, said: "I had been to watch Chelsea vs Manchester United on the night it happened when I got the phone call.
"I was told it was touch and go and that he could die. We weren't sure if he would be strong enough to survive.
"He was placed in an induced coma and has had an operation to put pins in his arms and legs.
"At the minute we aren't sure if he will have brain damage. We've got to wait until he wakes up so they can do more tests."
He has been living in Kiev with his parents Gala and Cornelius Sullivan while applying for jobs in the film and TV industry in London when the accident happened on October 20.
Michael Sullivan broke both arms, both legs and numerous ribs in the horror crash (Image: Sullivan family / SWNS.com)
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Doctors have told his family he will require extensive reconstruction work to repair his broken bones and may have long-lasting brain damage.
The life-threatening crash happened just a month after Michael had moved back to Ukraine to live with his parents, Gala and Cornelius Sullivan.
Doctors have suggested that Michael faces months of hospital treatment on life-threatening injuries.
His desperate family have spent £15,000 on medical bills so far and have launched a fundraising campaign to help with medical costs.
Jamie, who is fronting a campaign to raise £75,000.
More than £20,000 has been raised so far by friends and family and Michael's relatives are frantically trying to raise yet more cash.
Michael Sullivan's family say he is 'lucky to be alive' after the devastating crash (Image: Sullivan family / SWNS.com)
Jamie said his younger brother was a "fighter" and added: "He's done amazingly well. He is getting better each day. The family have been so worried.
"It's very scary to think that one phone call can change your life. He's young so he's able to fight on. We are just praying he pulls through."
Michael is still on life support machines but could wake up from his coma any day now.
Jamie added: "This money has given Michael a chance to fight for his life. We want to give him the best chance to live and we couldn't be more grateful.
"He is a real fighter. He's a smiley, kind and really helpful young guy who wants to be an actor one day.
"We are all still really hopeful."
More information on the fundraising campaign and details of how to donate can be found here.
Police ScotlandCop's bridge death is second tragedy for new fiancée who lost previous partnerJamie Lynch died after plunging into the River Forth having just got engaged to Laura McRonald whose previous partner Andrew Gallacher died suddenly in 2014.
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NOW LIVE: The Ben Shapiro Show Ep. 936 - Hillary vs. Bernie: The Revenge Hours 2 & 3 Watch now
GONE IN 30 SECONDS: GOP Rep Takes Down Dem Witness In Record Time
By Joseph Curl
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Rep. Chris Stewart was skeptical as former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testified before the House Intelligence Committee on Friday.
Then the Utah Republican got his own chance to question her.
“I would now feel compelled to ask you, Madam Ambassador, as you sit here before us, very simply and directly, do you have any information regarding the president of the United States accepting any bribes?” Stewart asked, according to Fox News.
“No,” Yovanovitch said.
“Do you have any information regarding any criminal activity that the president of the United States has been involved with at all?” Stewart asked.
Then Stewart summed up the Democrats’ effort to impeach President Trump.
“The American people know this is nonsense,” he said. “The American people know this is unfair.”
The White House highlighted the exchange, noting that Stewart had cut to the chase in record time.
“In 30 seconds,” a White House message on Twitter read, “@RepChrisStewart got the answers that House democrats have spent 7 hours trying to avoid.
“7 hours that Congress could’ve spent working for you–on drug price legislation, USMCA, immigration reform, or infrastructure–instead of for their own political careers.”
In 30 seconds, @RepChrisStewart got the answers that House Democrats have spent 7 hours trying to avoid.
7 hours that Congress could’ve spent working for you—on drug price legislation, USMCA, immigration reform, or infrastructure—instead of for their own political careers. https://t.co/dRhvjp7NWq pic.twitter.com/PkuyG8m4H0
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) November 15, 2019
White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said in a statement that Democrats had presented “zero evidence.”
“The second public hearing of Speaker [Nancy] Pelosi and Congressman [Adam] Schiff’s impeachment charade was as useless and inconsequential as the first. Zero evidence of any wrongdoing by the President was presented,” she wrote in a statement. “In fact, Ambassador Yovanovitch testified under oath that she was unaware of any criminal activity involving President Trump.”
Yovanovitch testified before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, but had no firsthand knowledge of Trump. In A July 25 phone call, Trump asked the president of Ukraine for a “favor” by looking into the the origins of the Russia collusion narrative. He also discussed the activities of former vice president Joe Biden and his son, Hunter.
“She was not on the July 25 phone call and had no knowledge about the pause on aid to Ukraine. It is difficult to imagine a greater waste of time than today’s hearing, and yet unfortunately, we expect more of the same partisan political theater next week from House Democrats,” Grisham said.
Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) agreed, saying Democrats have “no case.”
“The Democrats’ second day impeachment witness, Ambassador Yovanovitch, has no information on any of the relevant questions,” Meadows wrote on Twitter. “They have no case. This is not serious.”
He also said Stewart had “summarized this whole hearing.”
Bravo from @RepChrisStewart, who just summarized this whole hearing:
Q: “Do you have any information regarding POTUS accepting bribes?”
Yovanovitch: “No”
Q: Do you have any evidence of any criminal activity from POTUS?”
That, there, should be the ballgame
— Mark Meadows (@RepMarkMeadows) November 15, 2019
Stewart said Americans have little faith in the process.
“I think that public support for impeachment is actually going to be less when these hearings are over than it is when the hearings began, because finally the American people are going to be able to see the evidence and they’re going to be able to make their own determination regarding that,” Stewart said, according to the Salt Lake Tribune.
“For three years, we’ve heard these outrageous and frankly unbelievable accusations regarding Russian collusion, accusations that we now know are absolute nonsense,” Stewart said.
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Child custody and in vitro fertilization
On behalf of Laura Dale of Laura Dale & Associates, P.C. posted in Child Custody on Monday, October 1, 2012.
A case is scheduled to be heard in Texas concerning mothers delivering children through the process of in vitro fertilization. It appears to be the first case of its kind in that it will involve a child custody dispute between the woman that delivered a pair of twins through this process, and the man that was the donor and thus might be considered the father of the child.
Generally such cases are governed by a surrogate contract that has been signed by both parties. However, in this circumstance no formal written agreement between the parties was ever created.
The donor in this case in challenging that the woman that delivered the child could even legally be considered a mother. Though maternity is something seldom questioned, the circumstances here are somewhat unique.
Generally, a mother will have the same DNA as the child, or an agreement or court order acknowledges that the woman should be considered the mother. Here, the woman delivering the twins does not share the child's DNA, and there was no legal document mandating that she was the mother.
The donor as it turns out is an unmarried gay man. In Texas, surrogacy can only be considered part of a valid agreement if the individual seeking custody also turns out to be a married individual. The woman that delivered the twins is also unmarried.
This case demonstrates how family law will continually become increasingly complex in future years. These cases are challenging for family law attorneys because it requires knowledge regarding many different areas. But it will also concern the usual requirements of every family law case involving children in making sure that the children's needs are met.
Source: Houston Chronicle, "Court case may define what a 'mother' is," by Brian Rogers, Sep. 20, 2012
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Food & Wine anointed the country's 50 best bars in its latest issue. The list, featuring swanky cocktail dens that pour upscale drinks, leans heavily on New York City, San Francisco, Chicago and Washington D.C.. Texas received mention for only one bar, the Anvil Bar & Refuge in Houston. Dallas didn't make the list.
Why was Dallas snubbed? Perhaps Food & Wine doesn't have much presence in this corner of Texas. National glossies frequently rely on freelance writers in various locations to keep the publication up to speed on what's happening. These stringers often feed these large, nationally driven lists.
Jonathon's Oak Cliff was recently mentioned for its beer-and-cheddar soup, though we found out that the restaurant was discovered through Yelp. But Bubba's Cooks Country was also mentioned in a national fried chicken list. And Fearing's, Local, and Arcodora & Pomodoro have been mentioned in the magazine in the past. Clearly Dallas is on the Food and Wine radar -- even if it's just a tiny green blip in the southwest corner of the scope.
The other possible explanation is that Dallas doesn't have any bars that are good enough to make a national top 50 list. Considering some of our most locally celebrated bars, that's a bitter drink to choke down.
So why weren't they included?
The Black Swan is a fine bar, with good, consistent mixology. But the space is quirky compared to others in the top 50. Most of the bars in the list have a real presence about them; the space is as polished as the drinks. While I'm almost certain Gabe Sanchez could hang on a national scale measured on his bar skills alone, the Black Swan as a bar would likely come up short. The Windmill Lounge seems it would be precluded for the same reason: great drinks, divey space.
The Marquee Grill and Cedars Social measure up when it comes to interior design. Both offer large, clean, interesting drinking spaces that grab your attention when you walk through the door. Here, though, consistency is an issue. When the Bar manager is shaking your shaker (Jason Kosmas at Marquee and Trina Nishimura at Cedars) the drinks are top-notch. Supporting bartenders, however, need to hone their consistency.
Private Social is another bar that strikes me as a national contender. Rocco Milano has the chops, and the Social side of the restaurant is plenty impressive. Glossies tend to write with a significant lead time, though, and Private Social only recently opened. It's likely the restaurant lacked enough of a presence when the story was written.
Best Of lists often receive scorn from readers. They validate the people who are included as our finest and leave those left out grumbling like the kid picked last for the kickball team. With Food & Wine's 50 Best Bars in America, though, we're all in the same boat as Dallasites. Seems like a good excuse to go get tanked.
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The Future of U.S. Shale Gas Hinges on Our Southern Border
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There’s no denying that the United States is currently experiencing a shale gas glut.
Gas fields – such as the Marcellus – are the gifts that keep on giving. Last year, overall U.S. production levels hit 74 billion cubic feet per day.
On top of that, the warm U.S. winter created a dynamic that’s left 2.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas sitting in storage facilities. That’s the largest amount ever left over at the end of the heating season. It’s even prompted talk about a serious lack of storage capacity by the start of the next heating season.
Between the shale surplus and limited storage, the scenario seems bleak. And the single glimmer of hope for the U.S. gas industry is quickly being snuffed out.
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The demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Asia has taken a dramatic swan-dive off a cliff. With its descent has come an equally shocking decline in value, as well. Prices for LNG in Asia have fallen more than 35% since the start of 2016 – even as prices reached $4.40 per million British thermal units (BTUs), which is a record low for this time of year.
And, as I revealed in an earlier article, Russia’s natural gas giant Gazprom (OGZPY) is prepared to launch an all-out war on U.S. LNG in Europe to defend its territory. And, just like Saudi Arabia before them, the Russians are prepared to jack up supplies and lower prices to ensure continued sales in Europe.
Demand Soars South of the Border
There is, however, one remaining viable option to bail out the U.S. natural gas industry – the demand for our natural gas is soaring just south of our borders, in Mexico.
Mexico is transforming itself into a global manufacturing powerhouse. Many electronics, including aerospace parts and flat screen TVs, are produced there.
However, Mexico’s auto manufacturing industry is leading the way.
In 2013, Mexico surpassed China as No. 1 in foreign direct investment by global automakers.
An estimated five million cars will be built in Mexico within the next five years!
The one item that was holding back Mexican manufacturing was high energy costs. Electricity costs were 47% higher in Mexico than the U.S. in 2014.
Last year, that gap closed to 29% thanks to the ongoing move away from fuel oil and other sources, to the use of U.S. natural gas.
Goldman Sachs reports that natural gas now accounts for 60% of Mexico’s electric power generation.
In 2015, Mexico imported 2.9 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day. This number will only continue to climb in the years ahead.
According to consultants at IHS Energy, that natural gas import figure will rise to 4.4 billion cubic feet per day by 2020. Other estimates are even more optimistic than the IHS forecast.
The Pipeline Boom
Of course, the gas doesn’t make its way to Mexico on its own – it must be transported via pipelines.
The increased need for the transportation of natural gas has led to a boom in the building of pipelines connecting Texas and Mexico. According to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, there are now 14 pipeline projects – costing $7.4 billion and running 2,360 miles – that are either already underway or in the planning stages.
But that’s just the start, says Cenagas, the agency that runs the Mexican gas transmission system. A five-year plan by the Mexican government calls for the addition of more than 3,000 miles of natural gas pipelines connecting the U.S. and Mexico.
A forecast from Platts says pipeline capacity between the two countries will more than double to 14.7 billion cubic feet by 2019. That will leave plenty of spare space for those steadily increasing exports of U.S. natural gas making its way to Mexico.
A number of companies are already seeing major benefits from this boom in pipeline building.
Some of the players involved in the Mexican gas pipeline build-out are Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI), Energy Transfer Partners L.P. (ETP), Oneok Partners L.P. (OKS), and TransCanada Corp. (TRP). NuStar Energy L.P. (NS) also has vast storage facilities in Mexico.
Will Economics Trump Politics?
This natural gas boom in Mexico is a win-win situation for both Mexico and the U.S.
But politics is sure to enter the equation.
One major potential road block would be Donald Trump’s vow to build a wall on the Mexican border. If he becomes president, there is a chance he would stop this synergistic energy relationship dead in its tracks.
However, as Mexico is fast becoming an extremely important life preserver for the U.S. shale gas industry, it’s doubtful that Trump would be able to push forward with his efforts to sever ties with our southern neighbors. Ending our relationship with Mexico may well send the industry over the waterfall without a life preserver.
Hopefully, pragmatism would rule if this debate ever comes to the table. As Mark Florian of First Reserve – an investor in the Los Ramones II pipeline – told the Financial Times, “As long as the wall doesn’t go below ground, I think we’ll be OK.
Good investing,
Tim Maverick
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What's next for GE appliances?
Takeaways from the announcement that General Electric has cut bait on selling its appliance division to Electrolux.
What's next for GE appliances? Takeaways from the announcement that General Electric has cut bait on selling its appliance division to Electrolux. Check out this story on courier-journal.com: https://cjky.it/1XWnUYn
Grace Schneider, Louisville Courier Journal Published 12:57 p.m. ET Dec. 7, 2015 | Updated 6:18 a.m. ET Dec. 8, 2015
GE workers on the assembly line of the new washing machine models at GE's Appliance Park. The new products feature "high-performance settings" and specialty cycles on its topload machines. The 4.2 Cu. Ft. machines start at $599 each, with the 4.6 Cu. Ft. machine at $699. More than 1,000 people work at the GE plant in Louisville. The manufacturing plant operates a 970,000-sq. foot facility. Aug. 18, 2014(Photo: Matt Stone/The C-J)Buy Photo
Here are some takeaways from the announcement Monday that General Electric has pulled out the deal to sell its appliances division to Sweden's Electrolux.
1. Uncertainties for workers will continue at Louisville's Appliance Park and at other GE manufacturing sites.
Union chief Dana Crittenden said that some workers, concerned about what's ahead, have begun to check in to jobs at Ford Motor.
The starting wage for an assembly technicians at GE is $15.51 an hour. At Ford, the new UAW contract with Ford calls for wages of more than $17 an hour, as well as profit sharing checks, a boost recently in health benefits and other extras.
Crittenden said some skilled trades workers already have left GE or plan to. The recent call by Ford for electricians with industrial experience doesn't bode well either.
"People look for other jobs where there is more stability," Crittenden said in an interview, adding that he's urging his members to focus on doing a good job so that there's no question any future buyer will maintain the large footprint in Louisville.
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2. The delay in Electrolux's attempt to purchase GE will cost the Swedes a bundle.
GE and Electrolux spent more than a year working on the Electrolux acquisition after GE corporate executives accepted the $3.3 billion offer. GE exercised its option to pull out the deal on Dec. 7, which under terms of terms of the sale agreement means Electrolux must pay GE a $175 million termination fee.
Electrolux indicated during an investor call early Monday that they spent about $44 million on costs to start integrating the two companies.
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Production of packaged terminal air conditioners used mainly by hotels will return to Louisville's Appliance Park early next year. Production will be in the same building with water heaters. (Photo: Courtesy of GE Appliances)
3. Local GE officials are focusing on new products and other positives in 2015.
GE has made good on its pledge to keep turning out new products.
In the last year, it's launched app-controlled appliances, a refrigerator with a Keurig coffee maker, a new counter top crushed ice maker and new laundry products.
GE also announced this fall plans to return the manufacturing of in-room air-conditioning and heating units - often used in hotels - to the Appliance Park in Louisville.
The fact that GE invested $1 billion in the park during the last year means the company is keeping its eye on remaining competitive, spokeswoman Kim Freeman said Monday.
She said that GE is poised to record its most successful year since the economic downturn in 2007, and projections also are strong for 2016.
"We are not taking our foot off the gas," she said.
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A GE worker assembles a wash tub that's part of the assembly line of the new washing machine models at GE's Appliance Park. The new products feature "high-performance settings" and specialty cycles on its topload machines. The 4.2 Cu. Ft. machines start at $599 each, with the 4.6 Cu. Ft. machine at $699. More than 1,000 people work at the GE plant in Louisville. The manufacturing plant operates a 970,000-sq. foot facility. Aug. 18, 2014 (Photo: Matt Stone/The C-J)
4. Local officials seem concerned, but they're putting the best face on what's happened and what's ahead.
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said in a statement that as GE explores its next moves, "the city of Louisville will do its part to help grow the workforce and maintain the GE Appliances headquarters here."
Kent Oyler of Greater Louisville Inc. praised the hard work put in on making the transaction between GE and Electrolux a reality, but he expressed confidence GE will remain attractive.
"When you look at the revenue and share growth," he said, "as well as the success of new products introductions, it is clear that GE Appliances remains strong and will continue to be an important factor in their industry.”
Reporter Grace Schneider can be reached at 502-582-4082 or by email at gschneider@courier-journal.com.
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Bracketology | Louisville Cardinals state case to land NCAA No. 2 seed
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Louisville made a strong argument in the days leading up to the national college basketball holiday...
Bracketology | Louisville Cardinals state case to land NCAA No. 2 seed MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Louisville made a strong argument in the days leading up to the national college basketball holiday... Check out this story on courier-journal.com: http://cjky.it/1iRgkzm
Jeff Greer, @jeffgreer_cj Published 1:08 a.m. ET March 16, 2014 | Updated 9:25 a.m. ET March 16, 2014
U of L head coach Rick Pitino instructs his players during the AAC Tournament Championship at the FedExForum in Memphis on Saturday. (Photo: Sam Upshaw Jr./The Courier-Journal )Buy Photo
MEMPHIS, Tenn. –
Louisville made a strong argument in the days leading up to the national college basketball holiday known as Selection Sunday, when the NCAA Tournament field is revealed.
The Cardinals have won 12 of 13 games by an average of 22.5 points. More important in terms of seeding and the tournament selection committee's interests: Louisville beat three RPI Top 50 opponents in the past six weeks, including dominant wins over Connecticut in the American Athletic Conference Tournament championship and in the last game of the regular season.
U of L (29-5) has a strong argument now for a No. 2 seed, but it seems more likely they'll be slotted as a dangerous No. 3 seed.
Kentucky, with its fifth-ranked strength of schedule, has helped its cause this week, reversing late-season struggles to advance to the SEC Tournament final. Beating Florida today would likely improve the Wildcats' standing, but not by much.
Eastern Kentucky should expect a seed in the 13-14 range.
By the time the committee meets this morning, the field has almost entirely been set.
Picking the bracket: The committee strongly considers strength of schedule, record vs. RPI top-50 and top-100 foes, road and neutral-court records, and record vs. tournament teams.
Factors that are not considered in any fashion: The national media or coaches' polls (also known as the Top 25), head-to-head results, conference affiliation, or a team's record in its final 10, 12 or 15 games.
The final projected field entering today:
1 seeds: Florida, Wichita State, Arizona, Michigan
2 seeds: Wisconsin, Villanova, Kansas, Virginia
3 seeds: Iowa State, Creighton, Louisville, Duke
4 seeds: Syracuse, Cincinnati, Michigan State, UCLA
5 seeds: Connecticut, Ohio State, San Diego State, Texas
6 seeds: North Carolina, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Virginia Commonwealth
7 seeds:Kentucky, Baylor, Massachusetts, Oregon
8 seeds: Saint Louis, Oklahoma State, Xavier, George Washington
9 seeds: Memphis, Iowa, Kansas State, Arizona State
10 seeds: Saint Joseph's, Stanford, Southern Methodist, Tennessee
11 seeds: Gonzaga, Providence, Pittsburgh, Colorado/Nebraska
12 seeds: Dayton/BYU, North Dakota State, Harvard, New Mexico State* (played late Saturday)
13 seeds: Western Michigan, Manhattan, Delaware, Tulsa
14 seeds: Stephen F. Austin, Mercer, Georgia State, Eastern Kentucky
15 seeds: Wisconsin-Milwaukee, North Carolina Central, American, Wofford
16 seeds: Mount St. Mary's, Weber State, Albany/Coastal Carolina, Northridge or Cal Poly/Texas Southern
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The Cretan Tradition of
The arrival of St. John the Hermit in Crete of the Early Christian Times was the beginning of a great ascetic tradition that continues to the present day. Hundreds of hermits secluded in the most remote parts of the island, forming ascetic communities that later evolved to thriving monasteries. Hundreds of countryside monasteries, most of which don't operate today, are dispersed throughout the island.
A special sample of hermitage is the Monastery Katholiko at Akrotiri Cape in the caves of which hermits lived their monastic life away, from worldly pleasures. Equally important were the religious sites of the secluded peninsulas Gramvousa and Rodopos, where several small monasteries developed.
The greatest hermitage of all was the naturally isolated, and impassable range of Asterousia in southern Heraklion. Hundreds of caves from Saint Nikitas to Cape Lithino still host hermits. Relations between them were so limited that in Agiofarago and Martsalo they gathered only once a year, in cave Goumenospilio and counted how many of them survived each year.
In eastern Crete, the north province of Mirabello is the largest field of asceticism with dozens of small monastic establishments. Here hermits built small monasteries, where they usually lived alone.
Religious Monuments of Asterousia Mountains
The greatest hermitage in Crete was the naturally isolated, and impassable range of Asterousia in current southern Heraklion prefecture, where Saint Paul is said to have stayed for two years. Many caves from Saint Nikitas to Cape Lithino still host hermits. Relations between them were so limited that in Agiofarago and Martsalo they gathered only once a year, in cave Goumenospilio and counted how many of them survived each year.
Religious Monuments of Mirabello
The province of Mirabello hosted small monasteries with the greatest density than any other region of Crete. It is characteristic that in the small area of Upper (Ano) Mirabello, i.e. the mountainous area north of Neapolis, over 20 small monasteries were developed. Unlike other areas of Crete, where asceticism was developed in caves, here we meet mostly small monasteries where 2-3 monks lived together. Indeed, many current settlements in Upper Mirabello were originally developed...
Religious Monuments of Pediada
The province of Pediada hosts one of the most important religious parks in Crete, with numerous painted temples and deserted monasteries scattered all around. Prominent in number and aesthetic value of monuments is the area around today's Episkopi, which was the seat of the Diocese.
Religious Monuments of Kydonia
The province of Kydonia, i.e. the wider area of current Chania city, hosted a large number of monasteries and hermitages. Especially the isolated and inhospitable Cape Akrotiri was home to dozen monks and hermits who lived a strict monastic life in caves and small convents, following the footsteps of Saint John the Hermit. Unlike Akrotiri, the fertile plane around Chania hosted many monasterial dependencies owing very large areas of olive groves and vineyards.
Religious Monuments at Malevizi
The province of Malevizi at the eastern foothills of Psiloritis Range still impresses with its religious monuments and the deserted countryside monasteries. The rugged mountainous terrain has formed a special cultural center.
Religious Monuments of Messara Plane
Apart from the ascetic Centre of Asterousia Massif, the plane of Messara and the south outskirts of the Ida Range hosted numerous small monasteries, which are today deserted. Here we do not meet many cavernous hermitages, in contrast to Asterousia, but mainly organized small communities.
Religious Monuments of Kissamos
The religious tradition at the province of Kissamos, at the westermost part of Crete, is still deeply ingrained in the daily habits of its inhabitants. Dozens of countryside monasteries and isolated hermitages, deserted today, recount the distant past. The wild and remote peninsulas of Rodopou and Gramvousa hosted many such relegious centers.
Religious Monuments of Selino
Saint John the Hermit and the 98 Holy Fathers settled at Selino Province, setting the basis for an exceptional ascetic tradition. Today, the wider area of Selino and Kissamos forms an extended Byzantine Park with several painted temples.
Religious Monuments of Temenos
The area of Paracandia, as the Venetians called the area around Candia, current town of Heraklion, hosted some important monasteries and hermitages, some of which were built around the small range of Jiouktas.
Religious Monuments of Rethymnon
The province of Rethymnon still hosts a large number of monasteries and inactive convents that mostly flourished during the Venetian Era, i.e. before the Fall of Rethymnon in 1646 by the Ottomans. The area around the current city was a very important religious center.
Religious Monuments of Milopotamos
The province of Milopotamos hosted many small monasteries and hermitages. The rugged coastline hosted many ascetic centers, which were later moved to the innerland due to the threat of the pirate raids.
Religious Monuments of Agios Vasilios
At the province of Agios Vasilios we meet mostly small inactive monasteries that today retain only their temples.
Religious Monuments of Amari
The province of Amari at the foothills of Psiloritis Range and Mount Kentros was a great monastic center, with many countryside monasteries throughout its territory.
Religious Monuments at Monofatsi
The province Monofatsi is one of the most important religious centers of Crete, as it hosted many flourishing monasteries and hermitages. Apart from the isolated religious centre of Asterousia Mountains, which we study separately, small monasteries were also scattered throughout the province.
Religious Monuments of Viannos
The shorelines of province Viannos hosted several small monasteries in the medieval times, most of which were abandoned and destroyed by pirate raids. They then moved to more protected and mountainous positions and the churches of most of them are still in place, yet the monasteries do not operate.
Religious Monuments of Sfakia
The monasteries that operated in Sfakia province from the First Byzantine Period till the end of the Ottoman Rule, are not entirely known, as there are no many documents surviving commemorating the monasterial map of the heroic province. The evidence to date are limited to monasteries that flourished mainly during the Turkish occupation, which were relatively small. The...
Religious Monuments of Apokoronas
The province Apokoronas is dispersed with several painted temples, imposing churches and abandoned countryside monasteries. The most popular monastery, restored lately, is dedicated to Saint George and is located at Karydi.
Religious Monuments of Sitia
The remote province of Sitia hosted several monasteries and convents, most of which followed the decline of the settlements and are now abandoned, retaining only their temples.
Religious Monuments of Ierapetra province
The province of Ierapetra has hosted a large number of monasteries that do not operate today, mainly in the mountainous regions of Dikti near the borders with the province of Viannos and in the mountain range of Thripti.
Religious Monuments of Lassithi Province
The province of Lassithi and mainly the Plateau of Lassithi did not follow the rapid development of monastic monuments that the rest of Crete faced during the Venetian period. This was mainly due to the evacuation and prohibition of living in the plateau in the early centuries of Venetian rule (1293-1463). Later, a few monasteries were developed, the temples of most are preserved until today.
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Further drop-in sessions to be held for communities affected by flooding
Recovery works following last month’s flash floods are continuing across the north of Cheshire East – as further drop-in sessions are to be held for the communities affected.
Heavy and prolonged rainfall at the end of last month caused severe flooding in areas including Poynton, Bollington, Kettleshulme, Handforth, Wilmslow, Adlington and Rainow, with 150mm of rain falling over five days. Between 60-90mm of this fell in just 24 hours.
Cheshire East Council continues to lead the extensive recovery alongside partner agencies, with a thorough investigation into the flooding, major highways repairs and clean-up operations all ongoing – including gully emptying, whole scale reconstruction of parts of the highways network and removal of fallen trees.
To provide information and advice to those affected by the localised flooding and support them to become more flood resilient in the future, a multi-agency drop-in event was held in Poynton earlier this month and further sessions have now been organised.
For residents in the Bollington and Kettleshulme areas, a drop-in event will take place at Bollington Civic Hall on Wednesday 4 September between 3-7pm. A further event will take place at Wilmslow Library between 3-7pm on Thursday 12 September, for those in the Handforth and Wilmslow areas.
Both events are being hosted by the Environment Agency and will be attended by officers from Cheshire East Council and other partner agencies including United Utilities.
A spokesperson for Cheshire East Council said: “The council is committed to keeping our communities safe and supporting people to protect themselves, their properties and businesses, as much as they possibly can, from flooding.
“We encourage anyone with concerns or questions about the recent floods to attend these drop-in events. The feedback we receive will help us to shape a longer-term strategy for the area.”
As lead local flood authority, and under Section 19 of the Flood and Water Management Act, the council has initiated a multi-agency investigation into the flooding incidents. A Section 19 report will be produced and its findings made publicly available.
This will take some time to complete to ensure that the investigation is carried out thoroughly, in accordance with the Act and in partnership with agencies such as the Environment Agency.
It is anticipated that the report will be completed in around 12 months’ time, with its findings and recommendations made public following an internal and external approval process.
During the severe weather period between 27 July and 2 August, the council’s highways team received almost 1,140 requests of service across Cheshire East – 380 of those required an emergency response.
Working on a priority basis, additional resources are assisting with the repairs and clear up operation. All gullies in the north of the borough are being emptied, assessed and any further work required will be programmed.
A number of larger repair and reconstruction schemes have also been identified and due to the complexity of the work, will take some time to complete.
More information about the highways flood recovery works and the road closures still in place can be found at: www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/highways_and_roads/roadworks/flood-recovery-damaged-roads.aspx
The council thanks residents and motorists for their patience while these works take place.
The flooding also had a large impact on Cheshire East’s Public Rights of Way network and dozens of reports of damage were received.
Issues included sink holes; fallen trees, surface damage and bridges which had been destroyed, swept down stream or undercut by rivers.
The council’s Public Rights of Way team has been arranging for repairs and the replacement of structures where needed and informing landowners of any trees that need to be removed. This will take some time given the scale and complexity of the work.
While some paths are closed, the council is grateful for the public’s understanding in using alternative routes – which are shown on site notices.
Damage was also caused to some of Cheshire East Council’s country parks and trails. In some areas, footpaths, fencing and riverbanks were washed away, while many areas were covered with debris.
The countryside rangers team has been working hard to make the areas safe, clear debris and reopen them to the public.
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Cheshire East Council with Your Housing Group and Avantage
Cheshire East Council, Your Housing and Avantage continue to closely together to support residents who lost their homes as a result of the fire that destroyed the Beechmere Extra Care Village on the 8 August 2019.
The council’s main focus continues to be to secure long-term homes for residents and ensuring that any care needs are reviewed and are met in their temporary and future accommodation.
As a result of the fire, 150 residents lost their homes. The council’s social care teams have contacted and undertaken assessments with all the residents to fully understand their needs and preferences. Everyone has been accommodated and over 30 residents are now in permanent homes. The council, Your Housing and Avantage are working together to find suitable permanent homes for all residents.
Councillor Laura Jeuda, cabinet member with responsibility for adult social care and health, said: “Our social care and housing teams continue to work tirelessly to find permanent homes for Beechmere’s residents. Clearly, the fire has caused significant pressure on the availability of care and accommodation in the borough, but we will do everything we can to ensure that people move into safe, permanent homes as soon as possible.
“Many of the residents were evacuated from the site with little more than the clothes they were wearing – some lost everything.
“I have heard many heart-breaking stories of residents who have lost their beloved pets, memories and treasured items. To support residents to come to terms with these losses, our social work team and Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Trust have provided emotional and psychological support for those affected.
“I would like to add my voice to those who have already spoken about the overwhelming outpouring of generosity and community spirit shown by the people and businesses of Crewe (and beyond). They have made donations of money, time, clothing, furniture, toiletries and many other essentials and little luxuries that will make this very difficult time more bearable.
“In the hours following the fire, people from all walks of life came to offer all kinds of support. For example, a family had drawn pictures and put them in frames with a note saying ‘We are sorry about what you are going through. Please enjoy this picture until you can fill this frame with your own again.’ A lady brought knitting sets for residents, as she was in a fire many years ago and found that in the following days/weeks, she wanted something to do, that would take her mind off the situation.
“Our communities team saw very many acts of selfless generosity as they coordinated the mountain of donations and more than 400 volunteers at the Crewe Lifestyle Centre and then at the collection centres at St Peters Church, Crewe and the old Crewe library building.
“As the recovery continues, residents and their relatives have contacted us with a range of concerns including enquiries around prescriptions, direct debits, benefits, insurance, redirection of mail, passports, ID and bus passes, which we are helping to get arranged. Direct debits for council tax and other housing costs have been stopped.
“Residents and relatives who have any concerns about social care and accommodation, with regards to the fire at Beechmere in Crewe, can call our 24-hour helpline on 0300 123 5025.”
Your Housing Group CEO Brian Cronin, commented: “Our staff have been working tirelessly since the fire started to help our residents. We are putting every resource available into responding to the crisis and supporting residents with a team of resident liaison officers.
“We’re working closely with Cheshire East Council to source and allocate suitable accommodation. This is a devastating situation involving vulnerable people and we are working round the clock to find permanent accommodation that is appropriate for each individual’s needs.
“We have had overwhelming support from the residents and the wider community and they remain our number one priority. We are committed to rebuild Beechmere on this site but this will take several years. We have allocated a multi-million fund to support residents as they transition into long term new homes including buying suitable properties where possible, furniture and clothing.”
Ultra 90's
Reporter Jonathan White, Wistaston
Ultra 90's - http://www.ultra90s.com/ - returned by popular demand to the Crosville Club on Chester Street in Crewe on Friday 30th August 2019.
Ultra 90’s are the UK's first and only 90's dance tribute show. The band featured vocalists, a keyboardist, a guitarist, and a drummer. Musical genres covered during their two-hour set were dance anthems, club classics, old skool garage, house, happy hardcore, drum & bass and hip hop.
Their set recreated songs by artists including Snap!, Technotronic, Beats International, Faithless, Robert Miles, 2 Unlimited, Vanilla Ice, MC Hammer, Daniel Bedingfield, Livin' Joy, Ultrabeat, Urban Cookie Collective, Baby D and The Prodigy.
The show was accompanied by video projections and a light & laser display.
There was also a DJ set preceding and following the show.
This is Ultra 90’s eleventh year of touring and they have performed alongside Chesney Hawkes, D:Ream, Damage, 911, East 17, Kelly Llorena, Livin’ Joy, N-Trance, Snap! and So Solid Crew.
Ultra 90’s will return to the Crosville Club on Friday 8th November 2019.
For further information relating to Crosville Club, please search Crewe Crosville on Facebook.
Queens Park Crewe August 2019
Cheshire East pupils achieve excellent GCSE results again
Cheshire East has continued to buck the national trend with an excellent set of GCSE results.
Provisional GCSE figures released today show that 71 per cent of Cheshire East pupils achieved a ‘standard pass’ or better in combined English and maths with 50 per cent achieving the ‘strong pass’. These results show improvements on last year and are well above expected national rates.
In the core subjects of English and maths, outstanding achievements have been seen. In English, more than 81 per cent of pupils gained the standard pass or better, with 67 per cent achieving a stronger pass.
In maths, 76 per cent of pupils gained the standard pass or better (compared with the national rate of 72 per cent) with 55 per cent achieving a stronger pass.
Other key national indicators have improved on last year including success in wider academic subjects that keep options open for young people and are preferred for entry to degree courses.
Councillor Dorothy Flude, Cheshire East Council cabinet member for children and families, said: “Today is about celebrating all the efforts of young people from across Cheshire East. I have seen first hand the hard work and commitment from both students and teachers and I am delighted that, yet again, Cheshire East is well above national trends. To continue to perform at the highest level, year after year, is a testament to the quality of teaching and learning in our schools.
“I am especially pleased to see the achievements of our most disadvantaged young people, with a six per cent improvement in those who achieved a strong pass in English and maths. This reflects our continued commitment across the borough to improve outcomes for our more vulnerable children.
“I’d like to thank all parents, carers, teachers and all those who have supported our students - right from their early years, through primary and into secondary school - on their education journey.
“I recognise that the last month has been a worrying time for young people, waiting for their results and now they are in, I would encourage them to explore the many opportunities across Cheshire East for continuing their education, apprenticeships, training or employment and I wish them all the very best for the future.”
Money lender and tobacco cheat jailed after joint council investigation
Cheshire East Council’s trading standards team, working in partnership, has helped to secure another successful prosecution against an illegal money lender who was also trading in illicit tobacco products.
Working with the England Illegal Money Lending Team and Cheshire police, trading standards officers have halted the black market operations of Vincent Hamilton who was given a jail sentence when he appeared at Chester Crown Court for sentencing on Friday (23 August).
Hamilton (56), of Badger Avenue, Crewe, pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to several offences, including illegal money lending, money laundering and selling illegal tobacco products he had purchased abroad and which did not carry obligatory government health warnings.
He received a 30 months prison sentence for illegal money lending and fraudulent trading.
Councillor Mick Warren, Cheshire East Council cabinet member for communities, said: “I would like to thank our trading standards team for their hard work with the illegal money lending team and Cheshire police, in bringing about this successful prosecution.
“Loan sharks cause misery in our communities and their actions must be stamped out. They prey on the vulnerable who then accumulate large debts which they cannot repay. This can result in devastating consequences for the individual and their family.
“Peddling illicit, cheap tobacco products, a practice often linked to organised crime can also have a serious emotional and health impact on the lives of those people who may be trying to give up smoking altogether. It is also a fraud on the taxpayer.
“Cheshire East Council is an enforcing authority and we will continue to work hard to crack down on these unlawful practices.”
Tony Quigley, head of the England Illegal Money Lending Team, said: “Loan sharks will not be tolerated. They cause nothing but misery for their victims, leaving borrowers trapped in spiralling debt.
“We would urge anyone who has been a victim of this crime, or who may know someone who has, to speak out so that we can take action.”
During a search of Hamilton’s home in November 2018, officers found illicit cigarettes and tobacco with a retail value of £8,116 and cash totalling £7,580. Hamilton, who had been lending money illegally since 2012, had built up a network of 31 clients, with debts totalling £38,000 for which he charged 30 per cent interest.
He was told by the judge that he had been motivated by greed.
If you know of an illegal money lending activity then call the 24-hour confidential helpline on 0300 555 2222 or send a text to 07860 022116. You can also visit: www.stoploansharks.co.uk
Continued A-level success for Cheshire East students
A-level students in Cheshire East have once again achieved impressive results that are above the national average.
The borough’s 1,667 sixth-form students received their results today (Thursday, 15 August), achieving an overall provisional pass rate of 98 per cent, which is above the current national rate.
Councillor Craig Browne, deputy leader of Cheshire East Council, said: “This year’s results are yet again extremely impressive and I’d like to congratulate all students on their achievements.
“I am especially pleased to hear about the successes of our cared for children. Altogether, we have eight young people who have completed their post-16 studies this year and six have secured a place at university. We are so proud of them and all our students for their sustained hard work and commitment adding to the record we have in Cheshire East for excellent results year after year.
“To continue to perform above the national average is a credit to our schools and colleges and I’d like to thank parents, teachers and governors and all those who support our young people for their hard work and dedication.
“Our vision is that all children and young people leave school with the best skills and qualifications they can achieve and the life skills they need to thrive into adulthood. I wish all the young people the very best in the future, whether that is into further or higher education, apprenticeships or taking their first steps into employment.”
A further breakdown of grades shows that the proportion of students achieving grades A* to A is 24 per cent, with 78 per cent achieving an A* to C grade. Whilst the national figure for A* to C has gone down, this has increased for Cheshire East schools this year.
This is the third year of the new A-level and AS-level qualifications being taken following the phasing in of revised syllabuses.
Cheshire East consults public on next phase of Local Plan
People are being invited to comment on the next phase of Cheshire East’s development plan.
The draft site allocations and development policies document (SADPD), which forms the second part of the council’s Local Plan, once finalised, will complete the approved framework for housing, employment and other key infrastructure up to 2030.
The document sets out detailed planning policies to guide decisions on planning applications as well as identifying new sites for small-scale developments. The majority of development needs have already been provided for through the Local Plan Strategy.
Councillor Toni Fox, Cheshire East Council cabinet member for planning, said: “The current version of the SADPD document follows two previous rounds of public consultation and extensive engagement with town and parish councils during 2017 and 2018.
“We want to ensure that everyone who wants to comment on this plan is able to do so as simply and easily as possible. For that reason we have a range of ways available for people to view the document and to submit their comments as part of the consultation process.”
The document is available online and residents can comment directly via an online consultation portal on the council’s website, via this link: https://bit.ly/33w2D2E or simply type ‘Cheshire East site allocations plan’ into a search engine and follow the links.
Hard copies of the consultation documents and supporting reports will be available at the council’s offices at Macclesfield Town Hall, Westfields in Sandbach and Delamere House in Crewe. The main consultation documents are also available at local libraries during their normal opening hours.
Response forms will be available at all of these venues which can be posted back to:
1st Floor Westfields
C/O Municipal Buildings
Earle Street
Crewe CW1 2BJ
Alternatively, responses will also be accepted by email to localplan@cheshireeast.gov.uk
These should include attachments of completed consultation forms. The deadline for receipt of comments by the council is 5pm on 30 September.
The council’s strategic planning team is available to answer any questions about the consultation and provide assistance to anyone wishing to comment on the SADPD document via the above email address or by phoning 01270 685893.
Country life at its best at Tatton Park’s Farm this bank holiday weekend!
Tatton Park hosts a terrific celebration of country life this Bank Holiday weekend, as traditional fun and games, crafts, activities, food and drink take over at the Farm!
The Farm is set in a corner of the Park know as Tatton Dale and was, in its heyday, at the heart of the vast Egerton estate, feeding family, guests and staff at the mansion. Visitors will be able to take a step back in time to meet some of the characters who lived and worked there, including Aunt Mary making butter in her Cottage, as well as the recently restored Mill and machinery in action.
There are favourite childhood games such as egg-and-spoon races, and the chance to show your strength in a tug-of-war! Farmyard friends will be getting involved too with sheep racing throughout the weekend and sheepdog demonstrations on Sunday. Don’t miss the Morris dancers!
Visitors can also learn about traditional country crafts with dry stone walling demonstrations, and the Cheshire Guild of Spinners on hand to show how fleece is spun into yarn.
There’s also a chance to discover where your food comes from as part of our ongoing ‘Field to Fork’ activities with cookery demonstrations as well as traditional stalls offering a range of local ice-cream and cheeses, old-fashioned sweets and Tatton’s own produce.
Jayne Chapman, Farm Manager said, “This weekend is packed full of fun for all the family. If you’ve never been to the Farm before, come along and experience all there is to offer on this 40 acre site – you won’t be disappointed!”
The ‘Traditional Country Weekend at the Farm’ takes place this Bank Holiday at Tatton Park, from noon to 5pm on Saturday 24th, Sunday 25th and Monday 26th August, with last admission at 4pm. The daily programme varies, so look out for details on the day.
Find all the information at tattonpark.org.uk/events
Community Praised As Firefighters Continue To Tackle Blaze At Residential Complex In Crewe
Thank You - Community Praised As Firefighters Continue To Tackle Blaze At Residential Complex In Crewe
The people of Crewe have been praised for their goodwill, generosity and kindness following a substantial fire in the town.
Within minutes of the blaze being reported at a supported living complex in Rolls Avenue on the afternoon of Thursday 8 August, local residents had turned up to offer support, donate items and provide lifts for some of those affected by the incident.
Superintendent Pete Crowcroft, who oversees policing in the area, commended locals for the way they rallied round to help others.
He said: “This is a very large fire in a building that is at the heart of the community. Naturally, this will have a significant impact on those living close by and they will clearly be concerned for all those affected.
But the response shown last night within minutes of the incident being reported was nothing short of remarkable and I want to thank every single person who has helped or offered help in some way.
“Your kind hearted gesture will have been very much appreciated by everyone involved and I’m sure will have brought some comfort to the residents affected by the fire.”
Throughout the night 16 fire engines from Cheshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire and Merseyside were in attendance to get the blaze under control.
This morning, more than 12 hours after the fire started, firefighters remain at the scene and are likely to remain there today and into the weekend.
Crews, wearing breathing apparatus, have used a variety of equipment to fight the fire from the ground including hose reel jets, main jets and high volume pumps. They have also used two aerial platforms to tackle the blaze from height.
The building has sustained significant damage and has partially collapsed.
A small number of residents living in two streets next to the building were evacuated overnight as a precaution.
Residents living nearby are continuing to be advised to keeping their windows and doors closed as there is a lot of smoke in the area.
Neil Griffiths, who is the fire commander in charge of the incident, said: “This is a substantial fire in a very large and complex building. More than 70 firefighters have been at the scene overnight tackling the blaze – the response effort has been immense and I want to thank each and every one of them.
“Our efforts have been hampered by the weather, the layout of the site and the access to it but I want to reassure everyone that we are doing all that we can to bring the fire under control as quickly as possible. The response from the local community has been amazing and we are very appreciative of their support.”
Residents were evacuated following the incident and initially taken to nearby rest centres – arrangements for alternative accommodation is being made for them. A small number of people were taken to hospital to be checked over.
A number of different agencies – including Cheshire Police, Cheshire Fire and Rescue, Cheshire East Council, North West Ambulance Service, NHS England, Public Health England and the Environment Agency – are working together as part of a multi-agency response to the incident and everything is being done to support any residents affected through this difficult time.
Mark Palethorpe, acting executive director people, Cheshire East Council, said: “I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the Crewe community for rallying around to support those affected by the terrible fire at Beechmere. The community spirit shown has been overwhelming.
“We have seen very many people offering help, donations and other support both at the rest centre at Crewe Lifestyle Centre and, earlier in the evening, at the site itself.
“We are also aware of the following collection points that have been set up for donations of clothes, towels, bedding and toiletries - Eight Farmers, Crewe, Albert's Corner, Four Eagles, Mecca Bingo, Rainbow Day Nursery, Haslington, Crewe Town FC (5pm - 6.30pm on Friday 9 August), Cumberland Arena, VWJ Earthmoving Ltd (from 7am on Friday 9 August).
“I’d also like to thank our staff who worked so hard through the night, with our partners, to support the residents into alternative accommodation.”
The Salvation Army and British Red Cross has also provided support at the site throughout the night into the morning – for both residents affected by the incident and firefighters who remain at the scene.
A number of road closures remain in place and are likely to stay throughout the day. They include:
> Minshull New Road at the junction with Rolls Avenue.
> Badger Avenue at the junction with Minshull New Road.
> Frank Butt Avenue at the junction with Badger Avenue.
> Underwood Lane at the junction with Windsor Avenue.
Anyone living in the local area who has any concerns is urged to call 101. Any relatives with any concerns can call 101 quoting IML 480541.
Dan Hind (Cheshire Police / Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service, Media Officer, Corporate Communications)
Massive Fire In Crewe residential home
ONGOING: Fire at retirement apartment complex in Crewe
Time of Incident:
placeLocation:
Rolls Avenue, Crewe
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A number of fire engines from across the county are in attendance along with two aerial platforms.
ONGOING: Shortly after 4.30pm firefighters were called to reports of a fire at a retirement apartment complex in Rolls Avenue, Crewe.
On arrival crews discovered that the fire is in the roof space.
It is affecting an area of the building measuring approximately 15 metres by 20 metres.
A full evacuation of the three-floor complex is taking place and firefighters are devising a plan of action in terms of the best way to fight the fire.
Update at 5.30pm
The fire has breached the roof space.
Safe evacuation of the building is taking place.
Two external jets and two sets of breathing apparatus are currently in use.
A 360-degree survey of the site is being conducted.
This incident will be updated as more information becomes available.
Update 6.30pm
Crews are continuing to fight the fire which now involves approximately 20 per cent of the building.
Twelve fire engines are in attendance and firefighters are using main jets and hose reel jets to fight the fire from a ground level.
Crews are also fighting from above using a hose reel jets and an aerial appliance.
Police are also in attendance and assisting with the transportation of residents to an emergency refuge centre.
A number of road closures are in place and members of the public are asked to avoid the area at the current time to enable emergency services to deal with the incident
Firefighters are continuing to fight the fire.
Crews are using hose reel jets and main jets as well an aerial appliance.
Road closures remain in place and residents nearby are urged to keep their windows and doors closed at this time.
Any relatives with any concerns can call Cheshire Police on 101 quoting IML 480541
Update 10pm
Firefighters remain at the scene of the blaze in Rolls Avenue, Crewe.
There are currently 16 fire engines in attendance and crews are using hose reel jets, main jets and high volume pumps to tackle the blaze. Two aerial platforms are also being used.
The building, which has been split into several operational sectors, has sustained significant damage and has partially collapsed.
Road closures remain in place in the local area. Residents living nearby are urged to keep their windows and doors closed as a precaution..
Any relatives with any concerns can call Cheshire Police on 101 quoting IML 480541.
Its understood there are 150 residents who all escaped ok a live video feed is at
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WILL WISHES COME TRUE AT TATTON’S TANABATA FESTIVAL?
The ancient Japanese festival of Tanabata tells a charming legend about the lovers Orihime and Hikoboshi, represented by the stars Vega and Altair, who live and work on opposite sides of the Amanogawa, or Milky Way. When they meet and fall in love, both begin to neglect their work, and Orihime’s father, the Sky King, will only allow them to meet on one day of the year.
The first time they try to meet they cannot cross the Amanogawa, which is symbolised by a river, because there is no bridge. Saddened by Orihime’s tears, a flock of magpies make a bridge with their wings, so the lovers can meet. If it rains on Tanabata the magpies cannot come because the river waters are too high, and the lovers must wait another year.
Knutsford’s Tatton Park is holding a Tanabata Festival on Saturday 17 August from 10:30am – 4pm this year. The perfect setting for the celebration will be overlooking the estate’s beautiful Japanese Garden, described by TV gardener Monty Don as one of the finest in Europe.
One of the many colourful traditions associated with Tanabata is writing wishes on strips of coloured paper, called tanzaku, which are then hung from bamboo. Traditionally young children wished for better skills at sewing and crafts or for better handwriting. Nowadays “I wish to travel in space” or “I wish to climb Everest” might be seen more often.
Tatton Park’s many Tanabata activities will include the chance to have your name written in Japanese, try some origami and watch traditional storytelling with pictures, called Kamishibai. It promises to be a charming and unusual day out, in the perfect setting.
Find all the details in the Events listings at www.tattonpark.org
Landmark Neighbourhood Watch Cybercrime Survey Launched
Help us understand the impact of cybercrime and be in with a chance to win £50 worth of M&S vouchers
Neighbourhood Watch has today launched a landmark new survey to understand the impact of cybercrime on communities across England and Wales.
Traditionally Neighbourhood Watch has been focused on keeping people safe in the places they live but with the advent of new technology, it’s clear people can be at their most vulnerable when they occupy online spaces.
Action Fraud, the national fraud and cybercrime reporting centre run by the City of London Police, revealed that last year cybercrime victims lost £28m to online criminals. It reports more than 12,000 cases of cybercrime every six months.
With the threat from online criminals only ever increasing, it is essential we understand the impact this type of crime has on members as well as their understanding and perception of cybercrime.
The survey, designed in conjunction with cybersecurity company Avast, takes just 10 minutes to complete and one lucky responder will be in with a chance to win £50 worth of Marks and Spencer vouchers.
The survey can be completed via the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/nw_cybercrime
It would be great if you could share the survey with other Neighbourhood Watch members particularly those who have been victims of cybercrime.
This news story on our website can be shared with friends, family and neighbours or on your social media profiles: https://www.ourwatch.org.uk/landmark-cybercrime-survey-launched/
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Charity champion calls on local businesses to support festive fundraiser
With only 4 months until his big “switch on” Charity Champion Graham Witter has already started to plan this year’s Weston Christmas Light Display.
For the seventh year, Graham plans to transform his family home and garden into a Winter Wonderland to raise vital funds for The Donna Louise Hospice in Trentham, Staffordshire, which provided respite care to his late sister, Jessica, and gave many hours of support to Graham and his family.
Over the last six years Graham has raised a phenomenal £92,310 for The Donna Louise, and this year he hopes to top the £100,000 fundraising mark.
Now Graham is calling on local businesses to help him reach this milestone. He said, “Each year the Light Display costs thousands of pounds to organise and without the support and help of the local businesses who sponsor and support the event, it simply wouldn’t be possible.
“By sponsoring the Weston Christmas Light Display local businesses will not only be creating a magical event for our local community, they’ll be continuing my sister’s legacy and helping me raise much needed funds for The Donna Louise which supports many local families like mine across Staffordshire and Cheshire.”
Last year more than 15,000 people visited the Weston Christmas Light Display throughout December, raising an incredible £26,760 which helped fund a learning disability nurse for 12 months and provide two sign and symbol communication workshops for hospice staff. This year Graham is hoping the local community will come together once again and help him beat the remarkable total which was raised in 2018. However, without the support from local businesses, the event simply can’t happen or take place.
He added, “There is a variety of exciting sponsorship opportunities available and with so many people visiting the display throughout December, as well as following us on social media, it’s a chance to grab some excellent brand exposure at a much-loved and liked, community event. I’d love to hear from any new businesses who would like to get involved to help make this year’s Weston Christmas Light Display bigger and brighter than ever before.”
For more information about the Weston Christmas Light Display, and to hear about the sponsorship opportunities available to help support this community event, please contact Graham at graham@westonlightdisplay.co.uk
New visually-impaired football team seeks players
Reporter Jonathan White
‘Nantwich Town Wolves VIFC’, a newly formed partially sighted football team, are holding training sessions.
The sessions are open to anyone aged 16 and over with a recognised eye condition with some usable vision.
Training sessions are free and held every Monday (4-5pm) at Nantwich Town FC’s 3G pitch at the Weaver Stadium, Waterlode, Nantwich.
Craig Acton from Nantwich Town Wolves VIFC said, “I hope the sessions take off and we can help build confidence of the local visually impaired community and have fun doing it.”
For further information relating to Nantwich Town Wolves VIFC please contact Craig Acton on 07791214269.
MID CHESHIRE HOSPITALS CHARITY HOSTS BIG TEA PARTY TO CELEBRATE NHS BIRTHDAY
Last week the team at Mid Cheshire Hospitals Charity hosted a tea party at Leighton Hospital as part of the national NHS Big Tea campaign. Live music, refreshments and games were enjoyed by Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust staff and invited guests.
The NHS Big Tea is an annual fundraising and awareness campaign with the aims of celebrating the NHS Birthday on 5th July and recognising the vital work NHS charities do to support our health service.
The charity also received a great response from the local community after asking groups and businesses to host their own tea party to mark the occasion. Crewe Alexandra FC, Northwich Radio, Herbalife and Richmond Village (both in Nantwich) and many more held their own events to ‘raise a cuppa’ to the NHS, whilst raising funds for MCH Charity’s ‘Everybody Knows Somebody’ dementia appeal.
Emma Robertson, MCH Charity Manager said: “Once again we were delighted to be part of this annual nationwide campaign to involve local communities in supporting their NHS Charities. We believe charity plays an important role within the NHS, not only do we fund state-of-the-art equipment, comforts and all the added extras which help make our hospitals better, but we also provide a vital service to the thousands of people who want to say thank you to the staff, wards, departments and community services which care for them and their loved ones every day.”
There are more than 250 NHS charities across the UK. Most of them focus on helping our hospitals do more, whilst others support mental health trusts, community health trusts and ambulance trusts. In recent years NHS charities have funded major capital projects, pioneering research and medical equipment in hospitals, helping patients access the best possible care when they need it most. They also play a key role in mobilising volunteers to support NHS staff, brightening wards and waiting areas with colourful and engaging art and building an important link between our hospitals and our communities.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals charity are keen to support more local groups and businesses with their fundraising. Whatever you choose to do, they can support you through your fundraising journey and can offer lots of resources and support to help make whatever you do a huge success.
For more information contact Carole Salmon, Community Fundraiser on 01270 273248 or email carole.salmon@mcht.nhs.uk.
Cheshire East Council acts to strengthen its planning framework
Cheshire East Council is to move forward on the next phase of Cheshire East’s development plan.
The site allocations and development policies document (SADPD), which forms the second part of the council’s Local Plan, was considered by members of the authority’s cabinet today.
Members agreed to move towards the next round of public consultation on the draft document which, once finalised, will provide the approved framework for housing, employment, and other key infrastructure sites up to 2030.
Following directly on from the Local Plan Strategy adopted in 2017, the SADPD provides detailed policies to guide new development, including housing – and also allocates a limited amount of new development, mainly within the smaller towns and larger villages.
The majority of development needs have already been provided for through the Local Plan Strategy.
The sites in the SADPD will be non-strategic – generally sites of fewer than 60 homes or two hectares (five acres) in size. Some will be focused in key employment areas in principal towns or in smaller key centres.
When adopted, the SADPD will replace the old policies of the three former borough local plans, covering Macclesfield, Congleton and Crewe and Nantwich, dating back to 2004, and address current planning issues – such as climate change mitigation, housing for older people and improving the quality and variety of new homes.
Councillor Toni Fox, Cheshire East Council cabinet member for planning, said: “This plan takes account of consultation responses to the draft document published last September and I’m gratified that extra effort has been made in recent months to engage with town and parish councils about the proposals.
“Having reviewed the options, we recognised the need to have a robust and up-to-date planning framework to avoid further unplanned and speculative developments that took place in our borough in recent years. To reflect the changed planning guidance from Whitehall, we are putting in place a raft of refreshed planning policies that will better equip us to shape and manage sustainable development in Cheshire East.
“As well as updating our planning policies, the SADPD identifies new development areas to meet the needs of some settlements and particular sections of our communities. Among these are plans for fresh residential sites for Gypsies and Travellers and a new transit site to provide safe and regulated accommodation for those passing through the borough.
“In some locations, small allocations are proposed in the greenbelt. This is necessary to meet localised needs in those villages and to ensure no further greenbelt changes are made until at least the 2040s.
“Completion of the site allocations plan is an important step towards securing a strong and resilient basis for planning in Cheshire East, including maintaining a five-year supply of housing land. We want to be able to review our Local Plan in future from a position of strength – without risking a planning free-for all.”
In 2018/19 a record 3,062 new homes were completed in Cheshire East. As well as providing accommodation for families and individuals, this total reduces past housing backlogs and helps the council demonstrate a five-year supply of housing.
Cllr Fox added: “Despite increased home building, our five-year supply continues to be challenged by sections of the development industry, determined to promote sites outside the Local Plan. The current Local Plan target of 1,800 homes per year is reflective of past economic ambitions and is almost 50 per cent higher than the government’s own calculation of housing need for the borough using their new methodology.
“We want to move promptly to a position where our five-year supply targets properly reflect the revised approach towards identifying housing requirements using the national methodology – and so we will be looking to assess which parts of Local Plan Strategy need to be reviewed and updated.
“To do this, we need to move on with the rest of the Local Plan and so publish the SADPD for formal consultation. This will allow the plan to progress to external examination, where all parties can seek independent scrutiny.”
All change for Nantwich Market Café
On Saturday Sue Goodwin, owner of the Tea Chest Café in Nantwich Market hung up her apron for the last time.
Sue has been running the café for in excess of 12 years, establishing many regular customers as well as providing buffets to many organisations in the town.
Passing over the keys to new owners she commented: “I have had some great years and I wish to thank all my customers and fellow market traders.”
There will be no break in service for the café as new owners Ady Rathbone, Geraldine Wallace and Lucy McCambridge are powering ahead to have the Tea Chest back up and running for business as usual on Tuesday.
The new team will be quite at home in their new surroundings having previously run cafes at Beeston and Chelford Cattle Markets over the past 15 years.
They plan to keep a similar menu, but keep an eye out for some of their delicious home-made pies!
Council and partner agencies continue to respond to emergency flooding incidents
Cheshire East Council and partner agencies continue to work closely together to respond to yesterday’s emergency flooding incidents in the north of the borough.
Since the weekend, Cheshire East has experienced prolonged periods of persistent and heavy rain, resulting in standing water and flooding at hot spots on the network.
Yesterday, flash flooding caused major issues in the Poynton, Bollington and Wilmslow areas yesterday evening, affecting around 60 properties and resulted in a number of road closures. Between 60-90mm of rain fell in 24 hours
Cheshire Police coordinated the multi-agency response throughout the night for the emergency services and Cheshire East Council.
Once the major incident response was stood down, Cheshire East Council took responsibility for leading the recovery phase.
Cheshire East Council is committed to keeping residents safe and continues to provide ongoing support, including the delivery of sandbags, flood boards and implementing road closures where necessary.
The council’s adverse weather desk was also mobilised yesterday morning and continues to be in operation today, with the authority’s Highways team so far responding to more than 150 weather-related calls.
As water levels recede, the authority will focus on inspecting the highways network, clearing away any debris, assessing the requirement for repair work and continue to respond to any requests for assistance from members of the public.
Additional resources have been deployed to respond to the issues on the highways network and a number of gully emptiers and jetters are working to remove any hazards and to keep the network safe.
The council – along with partner agencies – has also identified those most vulnerable and have been in direct contact with those affected to ensure their safety.
As part of the recovery process, Highways teams are also we are working in partnership with the council’s environmental service company ANSA to restore the carriageway to its original condition. It includes the deployment of road sweepers to the Poynton, Bollington and Wilmslow areas.
While the majority of roads have now reopened, motorists are advised to drive with care as there is still a large amount of surface water in the area. Members of the public are also reminded to abide by all road closure signs and advised to not walk through flood water as there may be hidden hazards.
Road closures are still in place in the following areas:
● Moggie Lane, Higher Poynton – closed in both directions due to collapse of the bridge at the junction with Narrow Lane. The council is working closely with partner organisations to make safe and repair the bridge and the road will remain closed for the foreseeable future.
● Styal Road, Wilmslow – closed in both directions;
● Fol Hollow, Congleton – closed in both directions
● Mill Lane, Adlington - closed in both directions; and
● Skellorn Green Lane, Adlington – closed due to flooding at the junction with Street Lane and Cawley Lane.0
Two-way temporary traffic lights are also in place along Mudhurst Lane/Higher Lane, Disley as the edge of the carriageway has been affected by flood water.
While rain has eased this morning, a further Met Office weather warning for the North West has been received for heavy rain and thunderstorms between midday and 8pm.
The public are warned that flood alerts are in place for the following areas in Cheshire East:
● Poynton Brook at Poynton and Midway;
● Poynton Brook at Wigwam Wood and parts of Armcon Business Park;
● River Bollin and Agden Brook at Little Bollington; and
● River Bollin at Heatley.
More information can be found at:
https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/warnings
To prepare for the possibility of further floods, residents are urged to sign up for free flood warnings on the Environment Agency's website, follow them on Twitter @EnvAgencyNW for the latest information or call the Flood Line on 0345 988 1188.
There is also further help and advice available from Public Health England regarding how to prepare for a flood and what to do if you are affected by floodwater – visit: www.gov.uk/prepare-for-a-flood
· Members of the public are advised to contact the council on 0300 123 5020 with any highways issues, or 0300 123 5025 out of hours.
· Updates will be given via the council’s social media pages (@CheshireEast and Cheshire East Council on Facebook) and via the @CECHighways Twitter account.
· Residents can also follow #CheshireEastFloods for the latest.
Fraudsters Targeting Social Media Influencers
The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau has received intelligence to suggest that fraudsters are contacting social media influencers, based in the UK and abroad, offering them the opportunity to market a bogus product, service or investment opportunity.
Fraudsters will present professional and credible pitches to the social media influencers and try to convince them to feature the opportunity for a fee on their social media profiles in order to entice unsuspecting followers of the influencer to sign up or make a purchase.
Additionally, fraudsters are using the names of well-known public figures, implying that their opportunity or product is endorsed by the figure when it is not.
The public should be aware that any apparent endorsement by celebrities, influencers or personalities does not necessarily mean that an investment, product or service is genuine. The public is urged to exercise a cautious approach to any such offer of investment, product or service with the same caution they would at any other time.
If you are purchasing goods from a company you don’t know and trust, carry out some research first, or ask friends or family for advice before completing a purchase.
Professional-looking websites, adverts or social media posts do not guarantee that an investment opportunity or product is genuine. Criminals can exploit the names of well-known brands or individuals to make them appear legitimate.
Avoid paying for goods or services by bank transfer unless you know and trust the person or company. Payments via bank transfer offer you no protection if you become a victim of fraud. Instead, use your credit card or payment services such as PayPal as they offer you greater protection if you become a victim of fraud.
Action Fraud (Action Fraud, Administrator, National)
Would you like to advise on councillors’ allowances?
Cheshire East Council is looking to recruit four people to sit on an independent remuneration panel that advises the authority on appropriate payments for the work carried out by members of the council.
The Independent Remuneration Panel advises the authority on the way in which elected members are reimbursed for their public service.
The panel usually meets two to three times a year but may meet more frequently, depending on the panel’s work programme.
Candidates will be expected to serve for four years and, in recognition of the claim on their time, successful candidates will receive a small allowance of £30 per meeting, plus travel expenses. The chair, who would preferably have experience of chairing an independent remuneration panel, will receive an additional allowance.
Those interested in applying should contact CECIRP@cheshireeast.gov.uk
Councillor Jill Rhodes, Cheshire East Council cabinet member for public health and corporate services said: “We are looking for four people with a keen interest in local government.
“Applications are particularly sought from people with specific experience of the workings of local government, or people involved in the private or voluntary sector within the borough.
“The way our members are reimbursed for public service is of interest to many. We want this process to be transparent and, therefore, any advisory role must be independent of the council. I look forward to the formation of this important panel in the coming months.”
Candidates interested in joining the panel should be completely independent, should not be politically active or have a relationship with a councillor or a member of the authority’s staff.
The closing date is 16 August 2019 and further information can be found on the council’s website at: www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/council_and_democracy/your_council/councillor_expenses.aspx
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Paighton Houston: Alabama woman who texted she ‘felt in trouble’ is still missing after leaving with two strangers
by Leigh Egan
An Alabama woman who vanished after visiting a Birmingham bar last week is still missing, according to police.
As CrimeOnline previously reported, Paighton Houston, 29, left the Tin Roof bar on 7th Avenue South at around 10:45 p.m on December 20. According to Sgt. Johnny Williams with the Birmingham Police Department, she may have left the bar willingly with two men.
“Paighton Houston was last seen at approximately 10:45 p.m. at the Tin Roof located in the 2700 block of 7th Avenue South,” Williams said. “She was last seen leaving the location with two heavy set black males. It was reported that Paighton appeared to have left the location willingly with the two males.”
Friends posted on social media that Paighton didn’t know the men she left with. She reportedly sent a text message to a friend indicating that she could be in trouble.
“idk who im with so if I call please answer. I feel in trouble,” the text message said, according to Trussville Tribune.
ABC News reports that Paighton’s brother said that although it was common for her to check in with friends and family, the text she sent was unusual, since she can “handle her own self.”
“At about 12:14 p.m. that night, she sent a text to one of the friends she was at the bar with, stating that she didn’t know who she was with, and that she felt like she was in trouble,” Evan Houston said.
Evan added that “the fact that she was reaching out for help and saying she was in trouble was a big red flag.”
The reward for information in the disappearance of #PaightonHouston is now $10,000 https://t.co/zsORYnv1aQ pic.twitter.com/qzWDDHINL1
— Missing Pieces Network (@Network4Missing) December 28, 2019
Paighton’s mother, Charlaine Houston, said her daughter’s bank account hasn’t been accessed since the night she vanished and her phone is going straight to voicemail.
Paighton stands 5-feet-2-inches tall and weighs around 123 pounds. She was last seen wearing a coral-colored T-shirt, blue Converse shoes and ripped blue jeans. She has a tattoo on her lower right arm that says “faith,” and a tattoo on her left arm that says “stren;th” (the g is replaced with a semicolon), on top of an arrow.
Anyone with any information is urged to contact the Birmingham Police Department at 205-297–8413 or Crime Stoppers at 205-254-7777.
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[Feature Photo: Paighton Houston/Handout]
*Editor’s Note*: Report has been corrected to reflect that Paighton Houston was last seen on December 20.
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Olympus DM-720 - Plug directly into a laptop (laptop not included)
Olympus DM-720 - With USB connector extended
Olympus DM-720 - Side view
Olympus DM-720 - Records to microSD cards (not included)
About the Olympus DM-720
Written by Crutchfield's Ralph G.
I've tried using my smartphone for on-the-go voice recording. Sound quality was always poor, and often I couldn't make out a word. That's why it's smart to go with a dedicated digital voice recorder like the Olympus DM-720 if you need clear, clean voice recording for business or pleasure. The recorder's built-in triple mic array captures audio accurately. And you can either record in MP3 format for long sessions, or make better-than-CD quality 24-bit/96kHz recordings.
Retractable USB connector plugs directly into laptop for fast data transfer (laptop not included).
Monitor your recordings on the go
The recorder features a compact, built-in speaker so you can replay recordings. And it has a standard stereo minijack so you can use your favorite pair of headphones to monitor your recordings or listen back later.
Compact for travel
The DM-720 features a retractable USB connector for fast data transfer to a computer. No need to fiddle with connector cables. The recorder has a lightweight metal body that can withstand rough treatment, making it ideal for travel. And its detachable clip serves both as a pocket clip for portability and a stand for conference and meeting recordings.
Memory and battery life
The DM-720 has 4GB of built-in memory. But if that's not enough, you can supplement it with an optional mini SD memory card and add up to 32GB more. The recorder gets up to 52 hours of recording or 35 hours of playback from its included “AAA” battery.
battery-powered digital audio recorder with expandable memory
3-microphone array
4GB embedded memory
records in MP3 or 24-bit/96kHz PCM (WAV)
microSD card slot for expandable storage (memory card not included)
lightweight metal body
high-speed USB interface for data transfer
minijack headphone output
up to 52 hours of operation with included "AAA" battery
4-3/16"W x 1-7/16"H x 7/16"D
MFR # V414111SU000
Olympus DM-720 owner's manual
One "AAA" Ni-MH rechargeable battery (1.2V 750mAh)
Clip Stand
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Recording Features
Edit and Playback Functions
Overview: The Olympus DM-720 is a compact, hand-held portable digital voice recorder. The device records MP3 and PCM voice files onto the built-in 4 GB flash memory or optional microSD memory cards (up to 32 GB). The recorder has three built-in microphones (TresMic System), an 18mm diameter dynamic speaker, and jacks for an external microphone and headphones. The DM-720 operates on one "AAA" NiMH rechargeable battery (supplied) or a "AAA" alkaline battery (optional).
LCD Display: The DM-720 features a 1-3/8" (diagonal) backlit, monochrome LCD display which indicates recording and playback information. The recorder will display the elapsed or remaining recording time in hours, minutes, and seconds. The backlighting duration can be set in the menu to 5 sec, 10 sec, 30 sec, 1 minute, or Off. You can set the display contrast to one of 12 levels.
Date and Time: The recorder features a built-in clock. If you have set the time and date, information as to when a sound file was recorded is stored automatically with that file.
TresMic Microphone System: The unit features three built-in microphones on the top of the recorder. The outer microphones are angled at 90 degrees for a wide stereo pickup pattern. The center microphone is omnidirectional. You can choose to turn the center microphone on or off while recording. The recording level can be set to Low, Middle, High, Manual, or Auto. The internal microphones, with the center mic on, have a frequency response of 20Hz-20kHz. In addition to the built-in microphones, the recorder also has a 3.5mm external microphone input.
Zoom Microphone: The Zoom Microphone feature allows you to electronically expand and contract the microphone range using the "+" and "-" buttons on the unit. If recording from a distant position, this feature can help you make clearer recordings.
Headphone Jack: A 3.5mm headphone jack is provided to allow you to listen to recorded files, or monitor the audio during recording. No headphones are included with the recorder.
Recording Memory: The DM-720 features a 4 GB internal memory for recording and storing files. In addition, the recorder has a slot for microSD memory cards with capacities ranging from 2 to 32 GB.
USB Plug: The DM-720 has a retractable Type A USB plug at the bottom to let you plug the unit directly into your computer for transferring files, and charging the included rechargeable battery. The unit is Hi-speed USB 2.0-compatible, and can work with the following Operating Systems: Windows 10, 8/8.1, Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Mac OS X (v10.5-v10.10).
Clip Stand: The recorder comes with a clip stand that screws into the back panel. The clip stand raises the recorder off the surface so the microphone doesn't pick up surface vibrations, or can be clipped onto clothing or inside a bag.
Power Requirements: The recorder is powered by a single "AAA" rechargeable NiMH battery (included). When the rechargeable battery is exhausted, you can use a "AAA" alkaline battery to continue recording. In the menu, you can indicate the type of batteries being used, Ni-MH or Alkaline, for best performance. When Alkaline has been selected, the recorder will not attempt to charge the batteries when it is plugged into your computer via USB. A fully-charged battery provides approximately 52 hours of recording time and 35 hours of playback time (with headphones).
Power Save: The Power Save function turns off the display and switches the unit to Standby after the recorder has been stopped for a selected amount of time: 5 min, 10 min, 30 min, or 1 hour. You can also turn off the Power Save function, if desired.
Recording Format: The DM-720 records audio files in MP3 or PCM format. If MP3 is selected, you can 320 kbps, 128 kbps, 64 kbps mono, or 8 kbps mono. PCM recordings can be made at 16-bit 44.1kHz or 16-bit 48kHz. The lower bit rates provide longer recording times while higher bit rates offer better quality recordings.
Low Cut Filter: The DM-720 has a Low Cut Filter to minimize low frequency sounds below 300Hz while recording. This helps make voice recording clearer, especially in windy conditions.
Recording Scenes: A recording setting can be set to one of seven templates to suit the recording scene or situation. Each Recording Scene designates specific settings to suit the scene, including Recording Level, Recording Mode, Low Cut Filter, VCVA, and V-Sync Rec. The available Recording Scenes include:
Lecture: For recording a single speaker at the front of a large space
Conference: Suitable for recording conferences in a large space
Meeting: Suitable for recording a meeting held in a small space.
Dictation: For recording your own voice and other sounds that are extremely close.
DNS: Suitable for Speech Recognition software
VCVA / Voice-Sync: You can set the DM-720 to automatically start recording when it picks up sound and shut off when the sound stops. The Variable Control Voice Actuator (VCVA) lets you adjust the volume level threshold for starting and stopping recording. The Voice-Sync level can be set to different values. You can set a detection time of 1, 2, 3, or 5 seconds. The recorder enters standby mode when the sound goes below the preset level for the set number of seconds.
Voice Guidance: The DM-720 offers Voice Guidance which provides audio announcements of the recorder's operations, and confirms setting changes in an easy-to-understand voice. Voice Guidance can be turned on or off in the menu.
Hold Function: The recorder has a sliding On/Off switch. While recording or playing back a file, moving the switch to the Off position puts the recorder in the Hold mode. The recording or playback continues, but no other operations can be performed. This prevents any accidental operations during recording or playback.
Playback Volume: The Olympus DM-720 lets you adjust the playback volume between 00 and 30.
File Storage: The recorded files are separated into five folders--A, B, C, D, and E. Each folder can store up to 200 files. You can search within each folder to find the desired file to play back, or use the Calendar Search function to search for files by their recording date.
Playback Speed: You can adjust the playback speed as you desire; slowing it down to review spots you couldn't understand, or speeding it up to listen to meeting content at a faster speed. You can vary the playback speed by 0.1x increments from 0.5x (half speed) to 3.5x normal speed. When playing back at a different speed, the DM-720 automatically adjusts the pitch to make the audio sound close to normal. You cannot manually adjust the pitch of the playback audio.
Voice Balancer: The Voice Balancer function adjusts the volume levels of all speakers to roughly the same level for clearer playback. This compensates for uneven voice recordings when persons are varying distances away from the microphone.
A-B Repeat: The A-B Repeat function lets you repeat a portion of a file over and over. This is helpful if you're transcribing a recording and need to listen to a segment repeatedly.
Index Marks: Setting an index mark lets you quickly find a location you want to listen to while fast forwarding or fast rewinding. Up to 99 index marks can be placed on a single file.
File Divide: Large files, or files with long recording times, can be divided for easier management or editing.
Erase: You can erase your recorded messages one by one, or all messages in a folder at one time.
File Lock: To prevent a file from being accidentally erased or edited, you can lock it. When a file is locked, it is regarded as a read-only file. It can later be unlocked, if desired.
how many feet can it pick up and how far can it pick up a person voice?
[ Grady May 30, 2019 ]
We do not have any distance information on how far away it can work. It does have technology to help it focus on voices from a distance to help with clearly recording them; just no mention of maximum range My Bio: https://www.crutchfield.com/bio/Paul
[ Paul Jun 05, 2019 ] Staff
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Athlon ranks Dan Mullen as top 20 coach
The publication ranked Mullen as the 20th best coach in college football and fourth in the SEC.
Athlon ranks Dan Mullen as top 20 coach The publication ranked Mullen as the 20th best coach in college football and fourth in the SEC. Check out this story on clarionledger.com: http://on.thec-l.com/28L5VUA
Michael Bonner, The Clarion-Ledger Published 10:19 a.m. CT June 21, 2016 | Updated 10:20 a.m. CT June 21, 2016
Mississippi State's Dan Mullen ranked as the 20th best coach in the country on Tuesday.(Photo: Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports)
STARKVILLE – Athlon Sports ranked the head coaches of all 128 FBS programs on Tuesday. Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen ranked 20th overall. His spot was also fourth overall in the SEC.
Mullen ranked among a cluster of SEC coaches including Arkansas Bret Bielema at No. 18 and Ole Miss' Hugh Freeze at No. 17. Iowa's Kirk Ferentz ranked No. 19. Alabama coach Nick Saban ranked No. 1 overall.
Athlon described Mississippi State as, "the toughest job in the SEC West, but the program has made steady progress under Dan Mullen’s watch."
Mullen has guided Mississippi State to a school-record six consecutive bowl games. The 19 wins during the last two seasons is also a school record. In 2014, he helped MSU reach No. 1 in the country for the first time. He coached Dak Prescott into a national name.
"Despite losing quarterback Dak Prescott and a couple of other key contributors in 2016, Mullen won’t let Mississippi State slide too far in the SEC West," Athlon wrote.
Mississippi State is 3-0 against Arkansas since Bielema took over, yet still ranked him higher than Mullen. Athlon pointed out Bielema's 8-5 record last year, one win fewer than MSU, but stated, "Entering 2016, it’s clear Bielema has this program trending up and on stable ground."
The publication pointed to national prominence and recruiting as why Freeze ranked ahead of Mullen, "Over the last few seasons, no team in the SEC West has improved its standing nationally more than Ole Miss. Freeze is a big reason for the improvement...While three NFL first-round picks must be replaced in 2016, Ole Miss is equipped to handle the transition with four straight top-20 recruiting classes."
Mike Leach is getting close to rounding out his MSU staff
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Steam Power: Still Moving Us, Even in the 21st Century
It's in our power plants, underneath New York City and in our buffets. In our modern world, steam is still very much relevant.
By Tim FolgerJune 26, 2019 4:00 PM
An explosion in New York City in July 2007 sent a plume of steam into the air. Such steam accidents are rare, but can cause massive destruction. (Credit: Reuters/Chip East)
We live in a civilization powered by steam. Most of us don’t notice its role in keeping the lights on, but steam power is practically ubiquitous. No matter what fuel a power plant uses — coal, natural gas, oil, uranium — it serves a single purpose: boil water to make high-pressure steam that spins turbine blades, which generate electricity. Even the most advanced power plant ever conceived — a massive experimental nuclear fusion project now under construction in France — is essentially just an exceedingly complex boiler.
Nowhere else is our modern dependence on (and possible uses of) the hot stuff better exemplified than New York, a city literally built on steam.
New York: The Steam City
In New York and other large cities around the world, steam does more than just generate electricity in power plants: It’s also piped directly into buildings for heating, cooling and other uses. Manhattan’s steam service started in 1881, when the 225-foot-tall chimney of the NY Steam Corporation’s single power plant was the second-tallest structure in Manhattan, after the spire of Trinity Church. Now, more than 100 miles of steam pipes lie 5 to 8 feet beneath the pavement in New York, just above the subway tunnels, embedded in concrete to protect them from accidental construction damage.
“We estimate between 2.5 and 3 million people are affected by the steam system,” says Frank Cuomo, the general manager for steam distribution at Con Edison in New York — that’s about a third of the city’s official population. He reels off the names of some of Con Ed’s steam-heating customers, a list that includes many of the most storied pieces of real estate in the world: Grand Central Station, the Empire State Building, the new World Trade Center complex and the 9/11 memorial’s twin reflecting pools. “The pools are also heated by steam to make sure they run throughout the winter without freezing up,” says Cuomo.
Con Edison currently has five power plants in the city that use natural gas to boil more than a million gallons of water every hour at peak times. Without steam power, the city’s iconic skyline would look very different. “Every building would have a chimney stack because they would need their own internal combustion-type boiler,” says Michael Brown, the plant manager at Con Edison’s East River Generating Station. “You’d have smokestacks like the industrial revolution in London.”
NYC Fast Facts
Steam heats the reflecting pools of the 9/11 memorial.
Beecher’s Handmade Cheese in the Flat Iron district of Manhattan uses steam to heat its curds.
Just one power plant in Manhattan’s East Village provides about half of the city’s steam. Four of the nine boilers in the plant are enormous — about 10 stories tall. The facility is in a flood zone, and it was badly damaged during Superstorm Sandy, so critical equipment has since been elevated.
The strikingly slender footprint of 432 Park Avenue is possible because it doesn’t need its own bulky heating system on its lower level.
Steam sterilizes hundreds of surgical trays every day at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
The Guggenheim Museum and the American Museum of Natural History use steam heat to regulate the humidity in their many spacious galleries.
How Steam Powers a City
(Credit: Chuckstock/Shutterstock; Jay Smith)
In every power plant, the generation of electricity begins in a boiler, which heats water into steam (1). The water must be purified before it can be used in most boilers, to prevent the buildup of deposits. Pipes then funnel the pressurized steam toward the blades of a turbine (2). The impact of the steam spins the turbine’s blades, which are connected by a shaft to a generator (3). Inside the generator, attached to the spinning shaft, are coils of copper wire positioned between magnets. The electromagnetic interaction between the spinning coils and the magnets generates an electric current (4), which can then be sent to consumers (5).
The steam pipes beneath a city street operate under high pressures. Explosions don’t happen often, but when they do, they can be devastating. In July 2018, for example, a steam pipe burst in New York’s Flatiron District, showering several blocks with asbestos and other debris, and forcing the evacuation of 49 buildings. A year earlier, an underground steam pipe had exploded in Baltimore’s Camden Yards neighborhood, spreading debris across an entire block and injuring five people. And a steam pipe explosion near Grand Central Station in 2007 shot a geyser of 400-degree steam and mud as high as the top of the nearby 77-story Chrysler Building.
Surprisingly, those structural failures usually aren’t caused by old, worn-out pipes. “It doesn’t have anything to do with the age of the system,” says Con Edison manager Cuomo. The pipe that ruptured last July was put into service in 1924, but when it was pulled it out, it was in “pretty good condition.”
So what causes the explosions? They’re all centered around one thing: a water hammer.
Water Hammer Time
(Credit: Jay Smith)
When heavy rain or leaks from water mains accumulate around steam pipes, the steam inside cools and rapidly condenses, creating a column of water. Pressure from surrounding steam can accelerate the water column, creating a liquid battering ram — a water hammer — that ruptures the pipe. Unlike steam, liquid water is essentially incompressible, meaning it doesn't absorb any power from an impact, so a water hammer can batter pipes with devastating force. Miniature versions of the phenomenon create the knocks you hear in steam radiators.
Engineers in New York and other cities have deployed monitoring systems to keep tabs on the “traps” designed to prevent water from accumulating around steam pipes.
Iceland, which sits atop the geologically active Mid-Atlantic ridge between tectonic plates, generates about 27 percent of its electricity from geothermal energy. Deep wells tap underground reservoirs of pressurized water, providing steam to power turbines at Iceland’s six geothermal plants.
(Credit: Dmitry Naumov/Shutterstock)
Heron of Alexandria is thought to have invented the first steam engine in the first century A.D. His aeolipile, or “wind ball,” consisted of a sealed spherical container filled with water and heated over an open flame. Steam jetting from two pipes on the sphere’s surface made it spin. Heron saw the device as a toy without any practical applications.
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If you’ve ever grabbed a self-service meal or eaten at a buffet, you’ve seen a steam table, which keeps prepared food warm on the bottom and four sides of a food pan. Steam transfers heat five times more efficiently than water and 12 percent better than air.
(Credit: Vitaliy Purtov/Shutterstock)
Calliopes — also known as steam organs — produce sounds by forcing steam through whistle pipes. A keyboard controls the flow of hot gas into the pipes.
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Beyond Steam
The “age of steam” began more than 200 years ago, with James Watt’s invention of the first efficient steam engine. But if a new technology now being tested pans out, steam’s monopoly on our power grids might be over. NET Power, a company based in Durham, North Carolina, has built a fundamentally new type of power plant, one that runs on carbon dioxide rather than steam. Remarkably, it can burn fossil fuels without emitting any greenhouse gases.
Carbon dioxide takes on different forms based on temperature and pressure, as shown in this phase diagram. In the right conditions, the substance can act like both liquids and gases in its supercritical state. (Credit: Alison Mackey/Discover)
The demonstration plant in La Porte, Texas, was completed last year. It burns natural gas in pure oxygen rather than normal air, producing heated and pressurized “supercritical” carbon dioxide to spin turbine blades. Supercritical materials combine the properties of a gas and a liquid: They flow like liquids or fill an empty volume like a gas. Since supercritical carbon dioxide is denser than steam, it packs a greater punch per volume, transferring more energy to the blades. And after spinning those blades, the supercritical gas can be piped into underground storage, capturing all of the greenhouse gas without any special equipment. With water as the only emission, these plants might play a key role in a low-carbon future.
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Home Rum Review: Captain Morgan 1671 Spiced Rum
Review: Captain Morgan 1671 Spiced Rum
Captain Morgan 1671 Commemorative Blend Spiced Rum
When you look at the major spirits brands out there, few are as expertly managed as Captain Morgan. With American whiskey taking share away from the spiced rum category, you’d expect the leading spiced rum brand to be freaking out. Instead, Captain Morgan has been nimble, creative, and innovative – something we don’t expect from such a major brand. This year Captain Morgan tipped its hat to what we believe is the future for the brand with Captain Morgan White. Diageo has supported this release with great gusto with a strong saturation of print and television ads.
As Diageo and Captain Morgan continue to navigate the rough seas for spiced rum, they clearly aren’t abandoning ship. Over the past few years Captain Morgan has gone after whiskey drinkers with special editions of Captain Morgans that bridge the gaps between spiced rum and whiskey, including Captain Morgan Black and Captain Morgan Limited Edition Sherry Oak Finish Spiced Rum. Both of these products have been well crafted and intelligently designed to provide a richer flavor experience for the Captain Morgan brand and have established a range of Captain Morgan products that drinkers might sip, rather than tossing into a Coke.
Captain Morgan continues their charge in this space with another special edition of their spiced rum, Captain Morgan 1671 Commemorative Blend Spiced Rum. While the previous limited edition releases were packaged in bottles that, while slightly different, were still in line with Captain Morgan’s traditional bottle, this new commemorative blend is packaged in a bottle that more closely resembles a jug. While we are sure that this jug is meant to commemorate the kind of vessel from which the original Captain James Morgan may have knocked back his rum, it’s also strikingly similar to the style of packaging from one of Captain Morgan’s key competitors in the spiced rum space, The Kraken Rum. No matter what the inspiration, Captain Morgan has done a fantastic job of creating a package that fits the brand perfectly while also looking premium. The gold embossed Captain Morgan 1671 label reminds us a lot of the Caol Ila Distiller’s Edition label, which is unsurprisingly also owned by Diageo.
Captain Morgan 1671 Commemorative Blend Spiced Rum (35% ABV / 70 Proof, $19.99) – stunning packaging aside, it’s really what’s inside that counts. Captain Morgan 1671 is a spiced rum made in St. Croix (where Diageo relocated its rum making facility). Captain Morgan 1671 uses a blend of spices that is unique to this release and is finished “through Spanish Oak”. The key word here is “through” and not “in”, which is something we’ve seen from another Diageo product, Crown Royal Maple Finished Canadian Whisky. There are a lot of ways to introduce wood characteristics into a spirit, and we’re glad to see that Captain Morgan has priced this rum to reflect the fact that it’s finished with oak and not extra aged in it.
The nose on Captain Morgan 1671 is sweet with vanilla extract, cherry cola, clove, ginger bread, almond, molasses, chocolate, nutmeg, black pepper, and oak. It’s a nice collection of aromas that reminds us of a spirited Dr. Pepper. The entry for Captain Morgan 1671 is sweet but not singular, and it manages to capture a lot of the aromas from the nose and present them on the palate with vanilla, ginger, dark cherry, cinnamon, black pepper, and oak. As you’d expect, the spice ramps up in the midpalate with clove, black pepper, ginger, and oak coming together with the support of vanilla extract and chocolate. The finish is medium length and starts out nicely combining the sweet and spicy notes from the midpalate, but then falls apart with a little bit of edge from the rum. The lingering aftertaste is slightly bitter and tastes like vanilla extract, which without the other flavor notes is slightly unpleasant.
Diageo has released Captain Morgan 1671 at 70 proof, which is lower than the traditional Captain Morgan Spiced Rum. We’ve seen Diageo drop proof on some of their flavored Smirnoff offerings as well as the previous Captain Morgan limited edition, Sherry Oak Finish Spiced Rum. This drop in proof makes 1671 softer and easier to sip neat or with a touch of ice, a space where Captain Morgan seems to be targeting with this rum. With 1671, Captain Morgan has done a solid job of capturing a wide range of spices and balancing them out well. The only real misstep is the finish, which doesn’t match the integration or balance of the rest of the spirit.
Captain Morgan 1671 Commemorative Blend Spiced Rum tries to kill many birds with one stone: it’s another stab at luring whiskey drinkers over to the spiced rum category, another attempt to place Captain Morgan aside the growing space of sipping rums, and a fire across the bow of The Kraken. We would never argue that Captain Morgan 1671 is an amazing rum, because it isn’t. At $19 a bottle, it’s not aspiring to be. Captain Morgan 1671 does provide an upgraded flavor experience for Captain Morgan fans, and a sweet and flavorful option for people who are drinking American whiskey because it’s fashionable, not because they enjoy it.
Captain Morgan 1671
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Chrysler Airflow Vision concept debuts at CES 2020
Chrysler has resurrected the Airflow name
Chrysler has resurrected its Airflow name with a new concept car, the Chrysler Airflow Vision, making its debut this week at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The original Airflow was an aerodynamic sedan introduced to the US market in the 1930s, but the 2020 take is an athletic, sculptural premium crossover vehicle with distinctive looks and a strong focus on user experience.
Borrowing the dimensions and flat load floor of Chrysler's Pacifica PHEV, the Airflow Vision's focus is on technology and user experience, with a strong emphasis on comfort.
There are multiple customisable screens in its interior (which can be grouped based on individual needs) plus luxury touches like leather and suede upholstery, crystallised textures throughout and copper accents on the interior and exterior.
The Airflow's headlights and taillights are slender and sleek, while LED lighting on the interior serves to highlight the somewhat minimalist, tonal design inside.
The car also has an unusual wraparound wheel design apparently intended to "give the sense of motion similar to the internal mechanisms of a watch".
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles says the envisioned Airflow owner has an "on-the-go lifestyle and a desire for a first-class travel experience while balancing their technology needs within a serene environment".
While it's unlikely the concept will ever enter production, Chrysler has said the car "hints at the future of premium design", so we may yet see some elements of its design enter into Chrysler's future offerings.
Additionally, with the merger between Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and PSA Group (the parent company of Peugeot, Citroen, DS and Opel, among others) confirmed in late 2019, the Airflow concept may be the first sign of things to come from that partnership.
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Derek Thomas MP
St Ives, West Cornwall and The Isles of Scilly
Derek's pledges
PM and Health Secretary join Derek in West Cornwall
Monday, 2 December, 2019
Derek Thomas took time off from his street campaigning to welcome both the Prime Minister and Health Secretary to West Cornwall last week.
Boris Johnson was a morning visitor to Penzance where he was given a tour of West Cornwall Hospital by hospital manager Paul Sylvester, meeting patients and then making tea for staff.
Derek said: “The staff at West Cornwall do a fantastic job and it was great that the Prime Minister was able to show his appreciation for what they do.
“We were able to raise with him our concerns around the requirement to sell part of the site once the new Outpatients Department is built and also discussed the need to develop the empty houses for nursing accommodation.
“He accepted the case for both these issues and said he would do what he could to help.”
The Prime Minister and Mr Thomas then travelled to Avanti Communications at Goonhilly Downs where Mr Johnson announced plans to fast track agreements for mast sharing between networks in the first 100 days of a Conservative majority government, alongside new investment in mobile infrastructure to tackle rural not-spots by 2025 and make poor mobile signals a thing of the past.
Mr Thomas, a long-time campaigner for improved mobile and broadband services in rural areas, said: “Mobile phones are revolutionising our lives and are absolutely vital for businesses as they compete and grow.
“These agreements will be the first of their kind around the world and will mean customers can connect to 4G coverage, wherever they live, travel or work - regardless of their network provider.”
Later in the day, Derek met Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock at Helston Community Hospital where they were given a tour by Matron Lynda McHale.
Mr Hancock thanked staff for their efforts while listening to a number of issues including the need for greater integration of services, more investment in the hospital and local community and the difficulty of ensuring the hospital was properly maintained.
Mr Hancock said he was ‘a massive believer in community hospitals’ and that he was backing Helston Community Hospital.
“If you can be treated closer to home, then you should be treated closer to home,” he said, adding that there as “no greater voice for Cornish health services in Westminster than Mr Thomas.
“A lot of the support and investment going into health services in West Cornwall and on Scilly is down to him.”
Health and Social Care Integration
NHS England have asked local areas to draw up plans (Sustainability and Transformation Plans – STP) to integrate health and care services in order to treat people closer to home, better manage demand on NHS services and keep better controls on health budgets.
Better health and social care
I want to continue with the close integration of health and care services as well as pressing for more NHS dentists and better diagnostic services closer to home.
MP's Column
There is no reason or evidence to believe that the UK will suddenly turn its back on unaccompanied children when we leave the EU.
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Derek Thomas St Ives, West Cornwall and The Isles of Scilly
Promoted by Eleanor Batley on behalf of Derek Thomas both of Campaign Office, Wharfside Shopping Centre, Wharf Road, Penzance, TR18 2GB
Copyright 2020 Derek Thomas St Ives, West Cornwall and The Isles of Scilly. All rights reserved.
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The LC690132A, which incorporates Hantro’s MPEG4 hardware acceleration for encode and decode up to CIF resolution at 30fps has been commercially available since October 2004. By adding the new software 6100 decoder and playback engine from Hantro, SANYO is able to provide an immediate upgrade of H.264 capability to existing customers.
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By System Administrator October 19, 2006 12:00 am January 30, 2015 12:42 pm
The Thomas Deacon Academy, which claims to be the UK’s largest academy school, is poised to launch a brand identity designed by Adrenaline Creative next month, ahead of its official opening in September 2007.
The £45m academy, located in Peterborough, encompasses six colleges and will specialise in maths and science. The visual identity reflects this and is designed to have an ‘atomic’ look, says Matthew Rigby-Burr, creative director at Adrenaline Creative. The identity will be applied to the academy’s wayfinding, website, prospectuses, school uniforms and related marketing materials.
Cambridge-based Adrenaline Creative was appointed to the branding project in January after a four-way pitch. The identity has been designed in consultation with the academy sponsors Perkins Engines Company, the academy’s architect, Foster & Partners and The Deacon’s School Trust.
The logo is drawn up in an ‘organic’ style to reflect the fluid design of Foster’s building. It features a series of primary colour rings, which are designed to represent each of the colleges. The varying colour palette will be used to colour-code signage throughout the academy’s vast grounds. The font used in the logo is Myriad Bold.
‘The six elements represent the six different colleges, which although independent, link together to form one unique being. We wanted to give the identity a graphic and scientific look. The design is not too structured and has a random element built into it. It also has a flexible design so it can be applied across a range of media,’ says Rigby-Burr.
The consultancy is also designing concepts for the website, which is due to launch next year.
The Thomas Deacon Academy is being built in Queen’s Gardens in Peterborough. It will replace John Mansfield School, Hereward Community College and Deacon’s School. The chief executive and principal is Dr Alan McMurdo.
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Wheatley: De'Veon Smith still No. 1 RB for Michigan
De'Veon Smith remains Michigan's lead running back even though his production slipped last week.
Wheatley: De'Veon Smith still No. 1 RB for Michigan De'Veon Smith remains Michigan's lead running back even though his production slipped last week. Check out this story on detroitnews.com: http://detne.ws/1KvfJ0Z
Angelique S. Chengelis, The Detroit News Published 2:15 p.m. ET Sept. 23, 2015 | Updated 6:07 a.m. ET Sept. 24, 2015
Against UNLV, Michigan running back De’Veon Smith had 33 yards on 13 carries.(Photo: John T. Greilick, Detroit News)
Ann Arbor — De'Veon Smith remains Michigan's lead running back even though his production slipped last week.
Running backs coach Tyrone Wheatley said practice and flow of the game dictate who he inserts into games. Last weekend against UNLV, Ty Isaac was the big gainer with 114 yards and a 76-yard touchdown.
Wheatley said Wednesday that Smith hasn't lost his spot for this week's game against BYU.
"I would say as of now, yes," Wheatley said when asked if Smith remains the lead back. "He's the guy who's going to go in and crack the cement, so to speak."
Smith leads the team in carries with 53, and is averaging 3.9 yards a carry with three touchdowns. He had 33 yards on 13 carries against UNLV.
Isaac, a transfer from USC, has 18 carries for 161 yards, with a big bulk coming on the touchdown run last weekend. And junior Derrick Green has 13 carries for 46 yards and a touchdown.
Drake Johnson is easing his way back into the rotation after rehabbing a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.
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"De'Veon wasn't having troubles (against UNLV), it was just the type of defense they were playing, and (it) just called for a little different runner style-wise," Wheatley said. "De'Veon was getting the tough yards, running hard."
Wheatley said that during Isaac's touchdown run, Smith nearly ran over Wheatley and a few others as he enthusiastically chased his teammate down the field.
"He's very caring of his running backs, he's very supportive," Wheatley said. "He understands this is team. Our ultimate goal is Big Ten championship, national title, those type of things."
Johnson, meanwhile, has done everything the coaches have asked, and Wheatley said there has been nothing tentative about how he has approached his return. The coaches have described his recovery as accelerated and ahead of schedule, but have not tried to rush him.
"Not saying his body can't hold up, but that's a little different than being able to come in and withstand the pressure of being an every-down back," Wheatley said. "As a term I use with him, he's been sick for a little bit, so he's not on solid foods yet. He's on a liquid diet. We'll try to introduce solid foods as we go."
Green arrived at Michigan as a highly recruited running back, but hasn't been the go-to back. Wheatley insisted he will make moves based on the flow of the game, as he did against UNLV.
He is not being slighted.
"Things stand really good with Green," Wheatley said. "There's nothing he's not doing, it's just the flow of the game. If the game was great and we had a four-hour game, all the guys would play. I wish I could get all the guys carries."
Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh said after the victory over UNLV the backs have not fumbled this season.
When asked about that Wednesday, Wheatley laughed and walked away shaking his head, and found some wood to knock a few times.
Wheatley said he tells his backs the two ways to get benched are to let the quarterback get hit and to fumble. He said the players go through drills to help them protect the ball, and he described wearing boxing gloves at practice and working to knock the ball out of their hands.
"You can't fumble it," Wheatley said. "You stress it in that way. You put one stigma in their mind about them sitting on the bench, and that kind of hits home with them."
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Google has released a beta version of Android Studio 2.0, the latest update to its integrated development environment (IDE) for Android. Key features in the new release include Instant Run, which allows developers to see the impact of code changes immediately; a new user interface for the Android emulator; app indexing; improvements to the Android Debug Bridge; an improved GPU profiler preview; and integration with IntelliJ IDEA 15.
“Android Studio 2.0 is a big release, and now is a good time to check out the beta release to incorporate the new features into your workflow,” blogged Jamal Eason, product manager for Android “The beta release is near stable release quality, and should be relatively bug free. But as with any beta release, bugs may still exist, so, if you do find an issue, let us know so we can work to fix it.”
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Iain Dale says "all your business are belong to the state"
Iain Dale is complaining about Chris Grayling's contention that B&B owners—though not hotel owners—should be free to reject gay couples (even though Grayling voted for the legislation that prohibits this. A Tory MP who is a massive hypocrite—who'da thunk it?).
Now, Iain can fight the corner of his own little vested interest all he likes—and, let's face it, he's never pretended to be a libertarian—but he calls this so wrong that it's worth giving his wee face a little slapping.
I fundamentally disagree with him on the main issue. This is not about property rights. If you open your house to paying guests, it is no longer just your house.
BOOM! Wrong! This is why libertarians fundamentally disagree with the smoking ban, whether they be smokers or not: because a pub is, in fact, a private business.
You are running a business, just the same as anyone else, and you should be subject to the same laws as anyone else.
Sure. But maybe—just maybe—businesses should not be bound by these laws either. Ever considered that, Iain?
If you do not wish gay people, black people, Jews or anyone else in your house, don't open it to the public. Simple as that. No one would accept a shopowner refusing to serve a particular type of person, would they?
No, Iain. And that's why public opinion is rather more important than the law. These days, a shop that displayed a sign saying "no blacks, no poofs and no Etonians" would be boycotted by anyone who isn't a colossal bigot. Now, it might be that a large proportion of the British public are bigots, but...
... perhaps you should leave the decision to individuals, rather than slapping blanket laws of people to force them to live by your personal morals.
Now, to a dedicated statist like Iain Dale this is, of course, unconscionable. The state should force private businesses to behave like Iain wants them to—in short, that private businesses should belong to the state (as long, of course, as that state is run by the party that Iain hero-worships).
Get a grip, Iain: businesses are private entities, just as individuals are. In fact, they are recognised as private individuals in the law that you are suddenly so fond of.
And so, once again, Iain Dale shows himself to be an oppressor of individuals' rights, and a statist of the most disgusting type—a man who claims that he believes in personal freedom, except when your morals are opposed to his. In which case, of course, he will use violence to ensure that—at least outwardly—you agree with him.
Wake up! Freedom means tolerating those things that you dislike, as well as those things that you do like.
Iain Dale has failed that test—and not for the first time.
UPDATE: for the benefit of commenter Phil Dickens, here is a brief 101 on how libertarianism applies to this case.
The central tenet of libertarianism is the non-aggression axiom: that is "you shall not initiate force or fraud against someone's life, liberty or property".
Inherent in this is a strong belief in property rights—your body is considered to be your property and, thus, so is your liberty and the property that you have justly acquired through the application of your life and liberty.
The shop that you run is your property. Anyone who tells you how your shop should be run is infringing on your property rights, thus violating the non-aggression axiom.
Blacks, gays and Etonians do not have a right to buy stuff from your shop—you do have the right to refuse to serve them. It would make you a bit of a shit, but that is, nonetheless, the case.
The disgusted community do not have the right, for instance, to show its displeasure by throwing bricks through your window. It does have the right to boycott your shop because of your unpleasant ideas; nothing says that anyone must buy from you, or give you their money, and they can refuse to buy from you and thus make your business fail.
Of course, someone might set up a rival shop, selling anything to anyone—they will not be closing off a large section of the market as the bigot is. That person might be, for instance, an Asian who also happens to work harder than the bigot; the Asian thus not only serves the whole market, but also prices his goods more cheaply—money talks and people go to his shop and realise that maybe these Asian fellows are not the demons that they've been painted as.
The Asian's shop thrives, whilst the bigot's becomes less and less frequented. Indeed, as the Asian community grows bigger and the surrounding community less fearful of the interlopers—realising that Asian people are, in fact, humans just like them—the Asian shopkeeper starts to branch out. Instead of stocking only traditional corner-shop goods, the Asian shopkeeper starts to import the exotic fruits and vegetables that he is used to in his land of origin.
The Asian community start to flock to his shop and the indigenous community start, slowly but with increasing momentum, to discover the diversity of foods out there. Instead of buying the usual carrots, potatoes and other earthy vegetables, the wider community starts being introduced to mangoes, okra, sweet pumpkin, taro and other assorted delicacies.
People also start being introduced to new ways to cook things—the concept of "curry", for instance, might become so ubiquitous that it's almost seen as something indigenous. Further people who might never have become curious about far away places are, as travel becomes cheaper (partly as a result of enterprising Asians taking holidays back to their countries of origin), able to visit these places and further appreciate the culture that the Asian shopkeeper has come from.
And so on and so forth...
At the end of all this, the community has become enriched, by trade and the interaction of human beings—not by laws handed down from on high and enforced by violence. In the meantime, of course, the bigot's shop has long gone bust, and the bitter old cunt has joined the BNP.
UPDATE 2: more on this by the Libertarian Party's Head of Policy.
By Devil's Kitchen at April 04, 2010
Labels: blogging, business, freedom (the on-going death of...), homosexuality, stinking hypocrisy, stupidity, totalitarianism
MatGB said...
My take: either there should be a complete free for all, but this must be expressed at time of booking, or everyone gets protection, including gay couples, groups, etc.
I reckon you're right that a hotel with such a sign wouldn't get too much business in a larger town, but a lot of guest houses are older retired people, frequently being the only ones in a smaller town or village.
No competition nearby, etc.
Don't like that law is needed, but if you protect one group you have to protect all groups.
Whining fucking faggots.
John Cleland had it right in 'Fanny Hill' when he described them as being a combination of the worst character traits of both sexes.
Get back in the fucking closet and shut the fuck up.
Phil Dickens said...
"These days, a shop that displayed a sign saying "no blacks, no poofs and no Etonians" would be boycotted by anyone who isn't a colossal bigot."
Maybe so. But that would be thanks to concerted campaigning and direct action over several decades to challenge bigotry in perceptions and laws alike.
Without that, any business putting up such a sign would do rather well. As ever, beyond right-"libertarian" dogma, the market can take credit for absolutely fuck-all.
"And so, once again, Iain Dale shows himself to be an oppressor of individuals' rights"
I'm neutral on Iain Dale, since I don't read his blog.
However, I must ask why the "libertarian" right only opposes oppression when it's done by the state. When it's committed by private capital, oppression suddenly becomes a "right."
Statism's apparently okay when it's privatised.
Krishna said...
"But maybe—just maybe—businesses should not be bound by these laws either. "
You're missing the point - which is, that whatever your personal view on what other people do, race/sexuality/gender/disability should not be a variable that affects your obtaining a service on the market.
Actually, yes it is (ignoring your confused use of “Statism” for the sake of argument).
If I want to discriminate against black people or junkies or white Christian old ladies on my property (which might be quite extensive, say a housing estate or several city blocks) I should be free to do so. The point is I can't compel you to come on to my property nor do I compel you to stay. If you don't like the regime on my property, go somewhere else. If I do try and compel you, call your private defence agency or shoot me yourself and take a day in an arbitration services court.
The state imposes coercively a set of rules across all the streets in an insane attempt to create a monoculture of morality (it's morality).
Libertarians say your free to impose whatever rules you want on the property and streets that you own but you can't make me come and live their.
Old Holborn said...
Brocolli might be nice. It might even be good for you. But I won't eat it and nothing you can do will make me like it.
Ian E said...
Surely transparency is better than regulations - yet again. One blanket regulation : any terma and conditions that might restrict particular users of a service should have to be spelt out at the time of service booking and provision.
"The point is I can't compel you to come on to my property nor do I compel you to stay. If you don't like the regime on my property, go somewhere else."
Ah, so now we have propertarian nationalism, eh?
And my definition of statism isn't "confused" - you've basically admitted that you support the same kind of authoritarian structures inherent in the state if encapsulated in private property.
Oppression, privatised, becomes a "right." If you want to justify that, fine, but be honest and scrap the term "libertarian" in favour of propertarian.
Phil, I realise that arguing with you is pointless this is really aimed at the gallery:
“Oppression” is something tyrants do to people who cannot leave their zone of influence or realistically fight back.
I cannot oppress you by choosing to deny you access to my land or sell you a service, just as you cannot oppress me by choosing not to buy my services or goods or work for me. These are entirely non aggressive acts.
Simon Jester said...
Since you seem to still be a bit confused about Statism, I suggest you try the following:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/statism
Note the use of the word "state" throughout.
Tim Carpenter said...
@krishna 03:11am "You're missing the point - which is, that whatever your personal view on what other people do, race/sexuality/gender/disability should not be a variable that affects your obtaining a service on the market. "
I think you are. While you are free to seek goods and services, there are TWO entities involved in trade, the buyer and the seller.
Both sides need to be voluntary.
The legislation concerning equal opportunities have traditionally provided exemptions for private homes. Thus if you advertised for a domestic worker for your own home, you would have the right to discriminate on any grounds, rational or not. As a minimum, that situation should enable anyone who takes in lodgers or house guests to do likewise.
And I tend to agree with our host, that the entire private sector should be free of the blight of this legislation. We have not abolished discrimination, we have just erected facades to keep it out of sight. As a result, we have destroyed any basis for trust and fellowship between individuals. Anything that is compelled, by the law, isn't worth having.
John Demetriou said...
Excellent piece, needed to be said.
I am a libertarian who also opposes the crushing of liberties when done by private power brokers. But liberty doesn't come into this equation. This is about the offering of goods and services in a free market.
Why would a gay person want to stay at a grudging bigot's B&B who only let him in because the law made him?
Wouldn't we rather all knew where we stood?
Prostitution isn't illegal in this country. So is a hooker under a legal obligation to provide sexual services to any punter with the money to pay?
Give me an example of the opposes the crushing of liberties when by private power brokers.
grr ... when done by ...
As a gay man I really don't understand the problem, as long as people are perfectly clear that because of their religion or beliefs they do not allow gay couples to share a room then you are able to book elsewhere if you wish to.
F***W*T TW****R said...
I stopped reading it at 'any right thinking person'. I don't think I need to explain why. What a bottom he is.
Joe Litobarski said...
Devil,
I could be wrong, but it seems to me that the picture you paint about how the bigot's shop will fade into obscurity whilst the Asian's shop thrives might be a wee bit simplistic.
What's to stop the bigot and his mates simply kicking the Asian's teeth in and burning his shop to the ground?
"What's to stop the bigot and his mates simply kicking the Asian's teeth in and burning his shop to the ground?"
The law. Currently, the law prosecutes force and fraud.
The same would apply in a libertarian state: the non-aggression axiom states it is wrong to initiate force or fraud against someone's life, liberty or property—as such, these actions would remain illegal.
So, the bigot and his mates would be prosecuted—just as they would be now.
It is instructive to note that, whilst my illustration may be a wee bit simplistic, it has, nevertheless, happened...
Idle Pen Pusher said...
Great post, Mr Kitchen
I've said similar stuff at my place about this, though focussed on Grayling.
Roger Thornhill said...
I always find it odd that when the case for freedom is put forward, people keep bringing up an example of when this is supposed to trigger coercion or violence.
Odd, as the only coercion being suggested is by those wishing to force the B&B owner to work against their will.
Why is it so difficult for people to not conflate freedom, as in self responsibility, with violent disorder?
Because people have gotten used to received statist wisdom. It is very depressing. Even the Mail uses it in their pieces on the Grayling B&B row. Terms like being 'allowed' to accept gay people.
What is this nonsense?! 'Allowed'! Who is to say 'allowed' or not? The state?
Christ on a bike, this country is fucked up.
Antipholus Papps said...
All this rigmarole has inspired me to open a B&B&B (Bed & Bong & Breakfast) in Amsterdam! Gay, straight, bi, tran-whatever, couples, threesomes, Mormons, all are welcome! Breakfast is served with a choice of Continental, Full English, or Maryland Cookies.
Wat Dabney said...
I wonder if breeders will be allowed to join Dale's Gays For Fascism organisation, or whether they will face discrimination? (I understand that to weed-out infiltrators, some of the more extreme gangs in the States insist that a new recruit kill someone before they are allowed to join. I dread to think what initiation test would be set by an extreme gay organisation...)
Dale maintains that when private property is used in a commercial venture it somehow magically stops being private. Of course it is an entirely spurious distinction invented solely to justify state violence. Everything outside of the state is private property to the same extent that your own house is private: hotels and shops included.
The (increasing) exception to this simple state/private dichotomy is when state money corrupts private companies and organisations.
He's arguing for a situation in which whoever controls the state gets to enforce its prejudices on the entire citizenry. After the apocolyptic statist 20th century it never ceases to amaze when minority groups lobby for still more state-control of all our lives.
@Demetriou "Allowed"
Indeed. "Permission", "let", "allowed" - these words I try and jump on much as I did over at ID's place when someone suggested the State be tolerant of such Christian foibles.
This kind of thing is a Fabian wet dream.
Quite true. Though nor is my illustration made up.
Perhaps I just don't trust the law much. The environment people grow up in shapes their character, and judges and police officers (who draft and enforce "the law") are just people like you and me.
If discrimination is common within a given society, then isn't the law itself is at risk? After all, historically this has happened time after time.
Make the ground rules of society very clear: equality before the law. It is from that basis that you can begin withdrawing the elements of the state that shouldn't be interfering in the private sphere. However, if you start with an unequal law, when you remove the state you will find you've still got an unequal law.
Thanks for the update, although the issue I had was never comprehension. I don't doubt that such a situation would work that way ... now.
My point was that the changing of attitude on this has nothing to do with the market (or with government legislation, before anybody else bleats) but with a long, hard battle to raise peoples' consciousness.
In the past, such a scenario would not have occurred. Indeed, it didn't, as we saw in the civil rights movement. People had to stage things like the sit-ins.
They were non-violent, didn't violate anybody's life or liberty ... but they were acts of trespass upon private property.
I'm okay with that, as violating property rights has been as integral to winning freedom as defying the state has. But most people here would support those racist business owners' "right" to get a private security force to take over the role of the police and force people out.
Which returns me to my point about absolute private property rights being analogous (emphasis for the benefit the literalists linking to dictionaries) to autocratic statism. It would be wrong for the state to do that, so why is it okay for the proprietor?
A good point well put.
"But most people here would support those racist business owners' "right" to get a private security force to take over the role of the police and force people out."
You presume alot.
Who has a "right" to protest in that way? It is little better than the bullying of the State today.
If you disagree, boycott, but to invade someone's home is just replacing the Tyranny of the property owner over their own possessions to the tyranny of the mob over something that does not belong to them.
Just because sit-ins worked does not make them right and does not make them the only available option.
the Alabama Bus boycott worked by withdrawing custom. It worked.
"Who has a "right" to protest in that way? It is little better than the bullying of the State today."
Not really. Especially since the origin of private property rights and their continued protection lies with the coerciveforce of the state.
And the bus boycott worked because although they had to sit at the back blacks were allowed to get on the buses. How, exactly, do you boycott something you're not allowed to partake in?
I'm afraid that you just do not understand any of this Phil.
The reason why 'blacks' invaded the property of others (lunch counters) to have milkshakes poured over their heads and the shit beaten out of them is because they had no property rights. They were not allowed to own businesses where the scenario outlined in the update could come to pass. If they had equal property rights, then they would have been running their own businesses, and the custom of the 'blacks' would have been something to fight for. The state denied them property rights thus creating a racial business monopoly, with the explicit approval and cooperation of the tax paying citizens and businesses the protestors were invading. These 'black businesses' would be very popular with the majority black population, crowding out the 'white' owned businesses; a very real threat to the established order. They would probably, as in the scenario, be popular with the young 'white' people, which during the era of state enforced segregation, would have been seen as a threat of an altogether different order.
All of this is about property rights. I imagine that you and the other trollish commenters who come up with convoluted reasons why people should not be 'allowed' to run their businesses as they see fit is that you have not read 'The Book', and by that, I mean Rothbard's 'For a New Liberty'. If you read that book and still hold on to these irrational beliefs about pubs being different to homes, B&Bs being different to private houses, then you really are beyond our ability to make you see sense.
Crikey, Anonymous!
I'm not sure you're right when you say Phil doesn't understand "any of this." I thought his comments weren't too shabby at all. Even if you disagree with him, these aren't points you can just ignore. Nothing Phil wrote seems to demonstrate his ignorance of the issues - far from it, in fact.
You seem to be saying that the problem in the US was the state - and that if it had just given blacks equal property rights with whites then the civil rights movement (including non-violent sit-ins) would not have been necessary. This is true... but this was rather the point of the sit-ins - to force a change of the law.
I'm also not really sure the comments on here have been "trollish." They were all on-topic and polite (more or less). Seems like a healthy debate to me.
Richard Gadsden said...
I thought libertarians believed in the sanctity of contract.
Once a booking has been taken, that B&B owner has a contract with the customers, and refusing them entry is in breach of contract.
At the very least, the B&B owner should have to make clear at the point of booking (which is often online) that s/he is a bigot and doesn't want gay people. Even in a libertarian context, the customer would have a tort against the B&B owner for breach of contract if the booking had been accepted without any deception.
Grayling, AIUI, was commenting on a case where a booking had been accepted. Is that not a distinction that DK would accept?
@Phil Dickens "Not really. Especially since the origin of private property rights and their continued protection lies with the coerciveforce of the state."
The State has sovereignty delegated to it these days so that individual property owners do not have to take matters into their own hands.
However you cut it, the sit-ins violated superior freedoms, i.e. coercion and slavery. But for you it appears to be "sod the means".
@Richard Gadsden
The contract issue is separate and not to be conflated with this issue. Many commenters and other posters elsewhere have made it clear.
If it were a contractual thing, which in this specific case I think it was, it is not under equality law, just contract law or trades descriptions.
The civil rights movement can't be boiled down to "property rights" when, in the first instance, there was a black middle class who owned small business anyway. True, there were greater restrictions upon them than whites, but this was part of a greater issue of racism, violence, and inequality.
It's not that I don't "understand," it's that I don't accept your dogma. I've read For a New Liberty, and even he acknowledges that property relations as they exist today are illegitimate, being mandated and upheld by the state. In his words, "it is surely odd to find a group eternally suspicious of virtually any and all functions of government suddenly leaving it to government to define and apply the precious concept of property, the base and groundwork of the entire social order."
Before you take the work of anyone as gospel, I suggest you read it first. Too many people get Rothbard entirely wrong, and I say that as somebody who has looked in-depth at the vast holes in his "anarcho"-capitalist arguments.
"However you cut it, the sit-ins violated superior freedoms, i.e. coercion and slavery."
I have no issue with "coercing" those who falsely claim property rights based upon the force and enforcement of the state.
Somehow I doubt many of you would be bleating about the right to discriminate on the basis of race, sexuality or religion if you faced any real risk of that discrimination yourself. So if we repealed all anti-discrimination legislation then the market would just compensate and bigots and nutters would be driven out of business? Any actual examples of this happening or is this just a utopian leap of faith? Or perhaps you are completely indifferent to bigots and nutters thriving and couldn't care less if racial minorities are inconvenienced and are much less able to participate in civil society? Again, I doubt you would be so sanguine about this possibility if there were a significant risk that you'd be on the receiving end.
Why do people like you have such a problem with the idea that people actually try and live their lives according to what they believe in?
Now, if the only thing can stops you from discriminating against minorities is government force, then I feel very sorry for you—you are a lesser human for it.
But though you may be an unprincipled charlatan, I implore you not to judge everyone else by your lack of standards.
P.S. I did actually give an example of people—not the fucking market*—enabling minorities to thrive. Or did you think that I was writing a fantasy at random?
* Markets are just places where people go to exchange goods. Markets do not have morals, nor do they discriminate.
People have morals and people discriminate.
The "market"—as used in your comment—has absolutely no place in this except in as much as you would like to absolve people from any blame for their own shameful actions.
DK - Where did you get the idea that Stephen wants to discriminate against minorities?
Surely his use of the words 'bigots and nutters' in his comment would indicate otherwise?
And the market... what is that, other than the result of individual decisions and actions?
I, too, wonder whether the market/people would be enough to stop reversion to something like the previous 'No blacks' situation. The fact that discrimination resulted in commercial failure in the one case you cite is hardly proof.
And to make it quite clear, I have no wish to discriminate or to see any discrimination against any minorities.
"DK - Where did you get the idea that Stephen wants to discriminate against minorities?"
If Stephen believes that it is only the law that stops people discriminating against minorities, then I can only conclude that he fears that, without the tender ministrations of the law, he himself would slide into bigotry.
I concede that it is possible that he thinks that—though he would remain tolerant—everybody else would slide into bigotry, but that seems to me to be a somewhat dim view of humanity...
... that is probably fuelled by his own secret fear and hatred of minorities.
It's cod-psychology, if you like...
Excellent comment there, DK, agree entirely.
There are two shops in town. They both have a sign in the window that says "no Libertarians". There aren't enough customers to justify a third shop. Business is booming for the shops (Libertarians are, you must admit, a small minority). The healthy competition between the shops means that both already offer a good service at low prices. What do you do? I'm guessing you'd move?
'And my definition of statism isn't "confused"'
"my point about absolute private property rights being analogous (emphasis for the benefit the literalists linking to dictionaries)"
lol. Obvious weasel is obvious.
"Obvious weasel is obvious."
Right-wing libertarians often support exactly the kind of authoritarian power structures within private property that they (rightly) decry in the state.
I make no apologies for calling this private statism. It is statism precisely because it's anaogous to the political state.
If you can't argue the actual point (i.e. that right-libertarianism isn't libertarian at all but simply privatises authoritarianism), fair enough. But at least be honest about it rather than using semantics to try and avoid the fact.
I am trying to understand the premises from which you are arguing. So, a couple of questions (and let's leave the state out of this for the first two questions)...
1) Do you believe in property rights at all?
2) Do you believe that an individual has a right to do what they like with their own property?
Now, the state...
3) Do you believe that property rights can only exist where there is a state to protect such rights?
4) Do you believe that a state is the only entity that can protect property rights?
(These are not leading questions: I'm just trying to understand where you are coming from.)
DK, I'm not sure, but isn't Phill essentially restating the argument Chris made about property here:
Philosophy, et cetera: Why I'm not a classical liberal
It's one of the issues that divides me from your perspective; I don't accept that the established propery paradigm was established in a manner that's acceptable, I support the idea behind property as a principle, but not as its currently established.
Proprietarian Libertarians are primarily concerned with the initiation of force or fraud against person or property. This is what constitutes authoritarianism, not "power structures".
Phil has consistently been dishonest in his postings here - both in his misuse of the word statism, his initial insistence that he was using it literally (followed by weaseling when it was pointed out that he wasn't) and in his characterisation of property as being defined by the state, even mischaracterising Rothbard as sharing that definition by out-of-context quotation.
Further, if one accepts that class and race are both purely social constructs with no objective existence, his advocacy of class war makes him directly equivalent to a racist. For this, and his advocacy of authoritarianism towards anyone who doesn't share his views, I make no apologies for calling him a fascist.
Oh, and he misuses the word "semantics", too.
1) No, I don't. I'm an anarcho-syndicalist.
2) Following on from 1, no.
3) I believe there must be a state or similar coercive force in order to maintain property rights, yes. That's part of my opposition to them.
4) The state, or private bodies performing equivalent functions.
MatGB is part right. I was using the Rothbardian argument that property, as presently established, is illegitimate. I do agree with that premise.
I wouldn't follow that with a support for property in principle, being an anarcho-syndicalist. However, as we're talking about the reality of the present rather than some hypothetical other system, that's not at issue here.
Simon Jester,
"Proprietarian Libertarians are primarily concerned with the initiation of force or fraud against person or property. This is what constitutes authoritarianism, not "power structures"."
I'm not a Propertarian libertarian, as I consider that concept to be an oxymoron. :)
"if one accepts that class and race are both purely social constructs with no objective existence, his advocacy of class war makes him directly equivalent to a racist"
Except that class isn't a social construct in the sense I use it, it's an economic one defined by your relation to capital.
"his advocacy of authoritarianism towards anyone who doesn't share his views"
Where have I done this?
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BTRC shuts down Citycell
Ishtiaq Husain , Arifur Rahman Rabbi
Published at 07:17 pm October 20th, 2016
Last updated at 02:51 am October 21st, 2016
Earlier, the spectrum allotted to mobile phone operator Citycell was suspended due to failure of paying dues, as ordered by the High Court. BTRC on August 17 issued a notice to Citycell asking to explain by 30 days why its licence for the operation would not be cancelled for its failure to pay dues. Meanwhile, the raid comes in the wake of BTRC suspending Citycell’s spectrum when it failed to pay outstanding payments. BTRC officials entered the Citycell headquarters at 5pm yesterday. Banani police Inspector Wahiduzzaman confirmed the operation to Dhaka Tribune. But he could not provide any details. He said that the operation was being carried out to follow court orders. No payments, no operations State Minister for Posts and Telecommunication Tarana Halim said the regulator suspended Citycell’s operations as it had failed to pay government dues. She announced: “BTRC has shut down Citycell’s operations and suspended the spectrum since it failed to pay the dues.” “Citycell was supposed to pay the two third of the outstanding amount within four weeks, but it failed to pay the money. That is why we took the decision to implement the judgment of the court,” she said. The announcement came at press conference held at Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) office while the drive was being carried out in Citycell offices. A BTRC official confirmed that the regulator suspended Citycell’s spectrum at 5pm yesterday. Tk 477crore overdue in fines, fees Citycell has owed to the government of Tk 477.51 crore since long as spectrum and license renewal fees and other charges. On August 29, a five-member bench of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha gave a verdict where Citycell was allowed to continue its operation if it paid all its dues within three months. On August 17, the BTRC issued a notice to Citycell asking to explain within 30 days why its license for the operation should not be cancelled for its failure to pay dues. The telecom regulator also ordered the company to create an alternative arrangement for providing the service to its subscribers even after shutdown. On July 31, BTRC asked Citycell again to pay its all dues, including regulatory fee and fine worth Tk477 crore by August 16. Out of the total outstanding payment, two-thirds must be paid in a month while the rest of the amount must be paid within the next two months. As per the judgment of the AD, Citycell had to pay Tk318 crore to the BTRC by October 19. But, it couldn’t do it. Besides, the AD had also given them (citycell) another one month for the remaining one third outstanding amount. “But, as the operator didn’t fulfill the first part of the judgment of AD, so there is no option for another part of the judgment,” said State Minister Tarana Halim. Bangladesh Telecom Limited received the license for telecom services in 1989. It is the only CDMA network operator in the country. It is currently owned by Singtel with 45% stake and the remaining 55% is owned by the Pacific Group and Far East Telecom.
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Almost $1M settlement in Wyoming police…
Almost $1M settlement in Wyoming police shooting of Fort Collins man
Attorneys for estate of John Randall Veach said suit was settled for $925,000 in damages
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by Eileen Yu on 18th Oct 2019 in News
In this edition of Weekly Focus APAC: Shoppers Okay with AI Use If Beneficial; Tokopedia Touted to Contribute 1.5% of Indonesian Economy; Alibaba Finalises Russian E-commerce JV; Singapore to Ban Ads for Drinks with Very High Sugar Content; Essence Brings Data-Driven Media Services to China; and Gojek Snags Former NASA Engineer as Security Head.
APAC Shoppers Okay with AI Use If Beneficial
Some 44% of consumers in Asia-Pacific are more likely to purchase from retailers that use artificial intelligence (AI) tools, as long as these businesses offer low prices, quality customer service, and good online experience.
Another 27% were okay with a website’s AI algorithms if the retailer used their profile data such as gender and location as well as other information, such as purchase and transaction history, to recommend products they might like.
Across the region, in fact, 60% were comfortable with retailers adopting new technologies including AI and automation, according to a study released by Adobe. Conducted by YouGov, the study polled more than 7,000 respondents in seven Asia-Pacific markets including Singapore, China, Australia, India, and Thailand.
Price, however, was a key motivator behind the consumers’ purchasing decision, with 55% citing this as an important factor when comparing brands. Another 55% said they would buy again from retailers that continued to offer lower prices than their competitors.
What would drive them away, though, were poor payments experience and irrelevant communication.
Some 39% of respondents said they would avoid shopping with online retailers that rejected their credit cards, while 25% would not purchase from businesses that did not offer cash-on-delivery as a payment option.
Another 28% said they were less likely to buy from online retailers that sent unrelated marketing content, and 20% would likely abandon their shopping cart if free returns were not available.
Asian shoppers also expected seamless online experience, with 39% noting it was important for retail sites to work well on smartphones and 23% underscored the need for a dedicated app.
Adobe’s Asia-Pacific head of commerce marketing, Nicholas Kontopoulos, said: “As customers in Asia-PAcific expect more personalised engagements, brands need to craft strategies with customer experience at the heart. There is a growing need to focus on multi-channel, focused engagement opportunities that cater to the customers’ need for seamless and exceptional experiences across the board.
“There is also a requirement for online retailers to demonstrate clear brand utility for customers in return for their information, create more engagement and engender closer, more meaningful and lasting relationships with customers,” Kontopoulos said.
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Indonesian e-commerce operator Tokopedia will contribute an estimated 170tn rupiah (£9.5bn) to the local economy this year, compared to 58tn rupiah (£3.24bn) in 2018.
It also was expected to clock 222tn rupiah (£12.41bn) in gross merchandise volume this year, or the equivalent to 1.5% of the Indonesia economy, according to a study conducted by the University of Indonesia’s Institute for Economic and Social Research. This figure was 73tn rupiah (£4.08bn) in 2018.
In addition, Tokopedia created 857,000 new part-time and full-time jobs last year, where 309,000 (or more than a third) of new sellers depended on the e-commerce site as their main source of income.
The study further projected that the Indonesian company would create 1.14 million jobs this year. Its total seller population was further expected to hit 6.4 million, up from 5 million in 2018.
The research institute’s deputy director Kiki Verico noted that a large number of housewives, in particular, had become sellers in the country–thanks to the online retail platform.
Apart from creating jobs, Tokopedia customers said the site helped bring down prices by 21% and assisted 79% of buyers in becoming more aware of digital investment products, Verico said.
The company’s co-founder and CEO William Tanuwijaya said expanding locally and reaching more local businesses across Indonesia, would remain a key focus for Tokopedia, rather than expansion overseas.
Tanuwijaya said: “For us, Makassar [located in Sulawesi] is more important than Manila, Sukanagara [in West Java] is more important than Singapore, so Tokopedia as an Indonesian technology company will continue to be committed to becoming more relevant and beneficial for Indonesia.”
Alibaba Finalises Russian E-commerce JV
The Chinese e-commerce giant has announced the completion of a joint venture in Russia, which it says will integrate e-commerce, social media, and games platforms to provide Russian small and midsize businesses greater access to local and global markets.
Alibaba’s international retail site, AliExpress, had partnered Russia’s internet company Mail.ru Group, mobile operator MegaFon, and sovereign wealth fund Russian Direct Investment Fund, to create a “one-stop destination” for merchants and consumers to communicate, socialise, shop, and play games within a single online ecosystem.
Launched in Russiah in 2010, AliExpress was introduced as a platform that offered consumers imports from China and later included access to business-to-consumer (B2C) marketplace Tmall.
Alibaba Group’s executive chairman and CEO Daniel Zhang said: “Alibaba remains focused on fulfilling our mission ‘to make it easy to do business anywhere’. The AliExpress Russia joint venture is an important part of Alibaba’s globalisation strategy and a key step towards our long-term goal to help 10 million small businesses reach profitability, and serve 2 billion customers worldwide.”
As part of the partnership agreement, Alibaba would invest US$100m (£79.03m) and bring AliExpress Russia into the joint venture, comprising the company’s current Russia-based domestic and cross-border operations.
MegaFon would sell its 9.97% stake in Mail.ru to Alibaba in return for a 24.3% stake in the joint venture, while Mail.ru would bring its e-cmmerce business Pandao into the fold, along with a US$182m (£143.83m) cash investment for a 15% stake in the joint venture.
The Russian Direct Investment Fund would invest US$100m (£79.03m) and might acquire additional shares in the joint venture from Alibaba for US$194m (£153.31m).
Singapore to Ban Ads for Drinks with Very High Sugar Content
The Asian country plans to introduce a ban of advertisements for beverages with “the least healthy” level of sugar content across all mass media platforms, including online and out-of-home.
This move was part of the city-state’s efforts to “reduce the influence” of such ads on consumer preferences, said Singapore’s Healthy Ministry. This would impact sugar sweetened beverages that had the poorest front-of-pack label grade.
In addition, the ministry said it would introduce a graded, colour-coded front-of-pack nutrient-summary label and make this mandatory for manufacturers of less healthy sugar sweetened beverages.
These labels aimed to help consumers identify less healthy beverages and make “more informed, healthier choices”. It also would motivate manufacturers to reformulate their sugar-sweetened beverages, the Healthy Ministry said.
It noted these beverage makers would be assigned a summary grade based on the drink’s nutritional quality, which would be assessed with sugar as a main, but not only consideration.
The ministry hoped the introduction of these two measures would offer consumers with nutrition information, specifically, on sugar content so they could make informed choices and limit influence from advertising.
It added that the decision was made after a review of international and local markets and in consideration of 4,000 responses and feedback received from the public consultation earlier this year.
These had included calls for mandatory front-of-pack nutrition label, regulation of advertising, and a ban on the sale of beverages with higher-sugar content level.
Some 71% of these responses supported regulation on advertising to reduce the influence of ads on purchase and consumption choices of less healthy sugar-sweetened beverages, the healthy ministry said.
Sugar-sweetened beverages are defined as drinks containing added sugar and juices with naturally occurring sugars and the range of products covered under the new measures included Asian drinks, soft drinks, malted drinks, juices and 3-in-1 instant beverages.
The ministry added that it would seek feedback from the advertising and sugar-sweetened beverage industries regarding the implementation details of the two measures, the details of which would be shared next year.
Essence Brings Data-Driven Media Services to China
The media agency has expanded its service offerings to China, where it hopes to tap analytics and technology to help local companies “transform their approach to marketing”.
Part of GroupM, Essence in China will be led by country managing director Benjamin Wei, who will oversee operations in the agency’s Beijing and Shanghai offices.
He previously GroupM China’s’s mobile managing director, where he led the relaunch of the group’s mobile unit.
Wei said: “With more and more companies in China embracing data-driven approaches to grow their businesses, Essence’s expertise and digital heritage are exactly what marketers here are looking for.”
GroupM and WPP CEO in China, Patrick Xu, added that the role of data and technology were becoming more critical in an “increasingly fragmented, complex, and algorithm-driven ecosystem”.
Xu said: “With a DNA that unites both data science and creativity in enabling business growth, we are very excited about the future Essence will build for brands in China.”
Gojek Snags Former NASA Engineer as Security Head
The ride-sharing operator has appointed former NASA engineer, George Do, as its chief information security officer.
Based in Singapore, Do oversees the company’s security posture including its portfolio of apps, products, and services, and lead its information security strategy and management of governance, risk, and compliance.
The security veteran has more than 20 years of industry experience, which included roles at US space agency NASA, CenturyLink, and most recently Equinix, where he was also its chief information security officer.
Reporting to Gojek’s group CTO Ajey Gore, Do said: “I look forward to working with my new colleagues to transform, scale, and future-proof Gojek’s global information security programme. Key to that is building and maintaining security trust with all of our stakeholders, and managing our cybersecurity risks within acceptable tolerance levels.”
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin performance at Civic Theatre, Chelmsford
LOVE and war make for a wonderful evening s entertainment as Louis de Bernieres epic Captain Corelli s Mandolin plays at the Civic Theatre in Chelmsford on Tuesday October 13. Mike Maran returns to the Civic with Alison Stephens on mandolin (who a
LOVE and war make for a wonderful evening's entertainment as Louis de Bernieres' epic Captain Corelli's Mandolin plays at the Civic Theatre in Chelmsford on Tuesday October 13.
Mike Maran returns to the Civic with Alison Stephens on mandolin (who also played the mandolin in the Hollywood film adaptation) and Anne Evans on flute and piano, to recreate for the stage this captivating operetta.
Set during the Second World War on the Greek island of Cephalonia, the romantic tale introduces us to two storytellers, two musicians, two chickens, two aubergines, three puppets, two buckets, a tuba, a motorbike and a goat.
Captain Corelli's Mandolin tells the story of Dr Iannis, his daughter Pelagia, the heroic Italian soldier, Carlo Guercio, Captain Corelli, and the love they all share.
Full of laughter and tears, the joy of love, and ultimately, the triumph of life over death, it is a passionate story that sweeps you up with joy one minute then makes the fright and rage of war boil in the stomach the next.
This adaptation has completed over 600 performances worldwide and is back at the Civic by popular demand, so do not miss your chance to see this wonderful show in Chelmsford.
Tickets cost £14 (full-price) and £12 (concessions). To book your tickets call the box office on 01245 606505 or visit www.chelmsford.gov.uk/theatre
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It’s Torres vs Vidic once again
Defeat would leave Chelsea 18 points behind United and, significantly, still outside the Champions League places having fallen below Tottenham Hotspur. (GETTY/AFP)
Published Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Fernando Torres has enjoyed rich pickings against Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic and the Spanish striker will hope the sight of the Serb will help kickstart his Chelsea career on Tuesday.
United travel to west London knowing victory will give them a seven-point lead in the Premier League and extinguish Chelsea's slim hopes of retaining the title.
Torres is yet to score for Chelsea since his 50 million- pound ($81.25 million) deadline day move from Liverpool for whom he often tormented Vidic in a way few other players have managed.
Vidic will have particularly bitter memories of a 4-1 home defeat by Liverpool in 2009 in which Torres hounded him into a first-half mistake to score the equaliser and the Serb was later sent off.
"They have brilliant centre backs and always the motivation is high when you play against them," Torres, who will not have to face the injured Rio Ferdinand, told Chelsea's website.
"You want to play well against these players to show you can do it, and Vidic and Ferdinand were always a big challenge for me. Some people prefer big players not to be playing but I prefer to play against these kinds of players."
Defeat would leave Chelsea 18 points behind United and, significantly, still outside the Champions League places having fallen below Tottenham Hotspur.
However, Torres believes facing United could provide the spark that he and Chelsea have been missing.
"This will be an interesting game because it can make us come back to fight for the title, it is one of the most important games of the season right now," he said.
"If we win this one we are closer to them and we have will still have one more game against them."
Both sides have had distractions leading into the game.
Cole faces action, Rooney escapes
Chelsea's Ashley Cole faces action after accidentally shooting an intern with an air gun and United's Wayne Rooney appeared fortunate to escape FA disciplinary measures after an elbowing incident in the 4-0 win at Wigan Athletic.
Rooney is likely to start alongside Dimitar Berbatov for United while Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti must work out how to combine Torres, Didier Drogba and the in-form Nicolas Anelka in attack.
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Jan. 15, 2019 11:07AM EST
Broadway Star Carol Channing Has Died at 97
Carol Channing in the original 1964 production of Hello, Dolly! Photo by Eileen Darby, courtesy of DM Archives
The inimitable Carol Channing, best known for her role as the titular Hello, Dolly!, passed away today at 97.
Though she became a three-time Tony winner, Channing was born in Seattle, far from the Great White Way, in 1921. After growing up in San Francisco, she attended the famed Bennington College, studying dance and drama. She later told the university, "What Bennington allows you to do is develop the thing you're going to do anyway, over everybody's dead body." For Channing, that meant decades of fiery, comical performances, bursting with energy.
Aside from Dolly, her signature roles included Lorelei Lee in Broadway's Gentleman Prefer Blondes (1949)—several years before Marilyn Monroe took on the role in the later film version—and Muzzy Van Hossmere in the 1967 film Thoroughly Modern Millie. For Millie, she was in excellent company, acting opposite Julie Andrews and Mary Tyler Moore, and Channing's performance won her a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress.
Age wasn't just a number for Channing—it meant even less than that. At 74, she reprised her role of Dolly for the third time on Broadway, and through the years, she performed it thousands of times, even on international tours to Britain, Australia, Japan and China.
An anecdote in The New York Times asserts that birthdays simply weren't on Channing's radar:
She said she did not observe her birthday until Jan. 31, 1993, her 72nd, when she was a guest at a White House dinner and, to her amazement, President Bill Clinton noted the occasion in his remarks. When she replied that she had never celebrated her birthday, the president responded, "Well, then this is your first birthday."
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"Music is magical," says Black. "It just transforms kids." Photo courtesy of Black
After 31 years of teaching, Kim Black has mastered how to reach young dancers. Between a studio and private school, she teaches 34 classes per week in Burlington, North Carolina: That's 238 kids from ages 2 to 6 years old. "You have to make them fall in love with dance," says Black. The music, she says, cues this engagement.
Photo by Lindsay Thomas, courtesy of PNB School
Naomi Glass, teacher at Pacific Northwest Ballet School, knows firsthand the advantages and challenges of hypermobility. As a young dancer, she was told to keep her hyperextended knees in a straight position far from her full range of motion. "It felt too bent to me," she says. "But once I was able to access my inner thighs and rotators, I found strength and stability and could still use the line that I wanted."
Hypermobility occurs when joints exceed the normal range of motion. Dancers can have hypermobility in specific joints, like their knees, or they can have generalized laxity throughout their bodies (which is often measured using the Beighton system—see below). While this condition may enable students to create beautiful aesthetic lines, it can also increase risk for injury. Help dancers gain the strength they need to stay healthy while making the most of their hypermobility.
I love this level. I see it as the true origin of a student's dance journey. Intermediate students have bought in, caught the fever, chosen to move beyond inquiry about dance to investment in dance. They are yearning to advance past their beginner training and label.
As teachers, we begin to set more stringent expectations for them to commit to class, take ownership of their learning, and comprehend more terminology and skills. Yet, they are still a bit disheveled in their movement and engagement. They still sometimes forget their dance pants and confuse upstage with downstage. Some of them are still, well, terrified.
2019's movies featured some truly fantastic dancing, thanks to the hard work of many talented choreographers. But you won't see any of those brilliant artists recognized at the Academy Awards. And we're (still) not OK with that.
So we're taking matters into our own jazz hands.
On February 7—just before the Oscars ceremony—we'll present a Dance Spirit award for the best movie choreography of 2019. With your help, we've narrowed the field to seven choreographers, artists whose moves electrified some of the most critically-acclaimed films of the year.
Rachel Rizzuto
Kathryn Alter: How I Teach Limón
Kathryn Alter (left). Photo by Alexis Ziemski
In every class Kathryn Alter teaches, two things are immediately evident: how thoughtfully she chooses her words, and how much glee she gets from dancing the movement and style of modern choreographer José Limón. At the 2019 Limón summer workshop at Kent State University, Alter demonstrated a turning triplet with her arms fully outstretched, a smile stretching easily across her face. "It should be as if…" She paused to think of the perfect analogy that would help the dancers find the necessary circularity of the movement. "As if you live in a doughnut!" she finished, grinning broadly. The dancers gathered around her laughed—her smile and love for something as foundational as a triplet was contagious.
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Expand Your Students' Musical Literacy and They'll Grow as Dancers
Melanie George (right). Photo by Grace Corapi, courtesy of George
Teachers from coast to coast are pushing students to move outside the constraints of popular music. There is a consensus that the earlier you introduce varied musical forms, the more adept and adaptable a dancer's musicality will be.
New York–based jazz scholar and teacher Melanie George notices that many students' relationships to music can be reductive: They may think exclusively about lyrics or accents. But jazz, for example, is about swinging: an embodied comprehension of instrumentation that only comes with musical acuity. "Students are ready for this specificity, even if we aren't giving it to them," she says. When her students understand that there is a technique to listening, it becomes less about going forward, and more about going deeper into the sound and into their bodies.
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Jan. 08, 2020 03:30PM EST
Gene Kelly Classic 'An American in Paris' Is Coming to Movie Theaters for 2 Days Only
Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron in a scene from An American in Paris. Courtesy Fathom Events.
If you loved Christopher Wheeldon's An American in Paris on Broadway, you can now see the 1951 Oscar-winning movie it's based on in all its Technicolor glory. Fathom Events will present MGM's An American in Paris, starring Gene Kelly and French ballerina Leslie Caron, and with music by George and Ira Gershwin, in select theaters nationwide January 19 and 22.
<p>The story follows former WWII GI Jerry Mulligan (Kelly), an American expatriate in Paris trying to make a living as an artist. Along the way he falls in love with a shop girl, Lise (a then-19-year-old Caron), who unbeknownst to him is his friend's fiancée. Naturally, a love triangle ensues.</p><p>While Kelly was already an established star, the movie marked Caron's film debut. Kelly, who was also the film's choreographer, had spotted her onstage in France while she was dancing with Roland Petit's Ballets de Champ de Elysées, and asked her to do a screen test for the role. She went on to star in <em>Gigi</em>, <em>Daddy Long Legs</em> and other musicals.<span></span></p>
<span style="display:block;position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="RAOF231579691644"><iframe lazy-loadable="true" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Gdvufh3MCug?list=RDQMXw7728_M2ZI&rel=0" width="100%" height="auto" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;"></iframe></span><p><em>An American in Paris </em>is packed with singing, dancing and Hollywood glamour. But Kelly's 17-minute dream ballet finale is what really sets the musical apart. (The ballet alone, with its elaborate sets and cast of thousands, cost $450,000 to produce. And that was almost 70 years ago!) It's what made me rent this movie over and over again as a young dancer. And, fun fact: former New York City Ballet principal Robbie Fairchild, who played the original Jerry Mulligan on Broadway, <a href="https://www.pointemagazine.com/good-morning-america-apology-2640038948.html" target="_blank">has said</a> that Gene Kelly was his biggest role model growing up. To see if <em>An American in Paris </em>is coming to a cinema near you, <a href="https://www.fathomevents.com/events/tcm2020-an-american-in-paris-1951" target="_blank">click here</a> and enter your zip code.</p>
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A Day in the Life of Alicia Graf Mack, Head of Juilliard's Dance Division
Photo by Rachel Papo
Alicia Graf Mack's journey to become director of The Juilliard School's Dance Division—the youngest person to hold the position, and the first woman of color—was anything but a straight line. Yes, she's danced with prestigious companies: Dance Theatre of Harlem, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Complexions Contemporary Ballet and Alonzo King LINES Ballet. But Mack also has a BA in history from Columbia University and an MA in nonprofit management from Washington University in St. Louis; she pursued both degrees during breaks in her performing career, taken to recover from injuries and autoimmune disease flare-ups.
As an undergrad, she briefly interned at JPMorgan Chase in marketing and philanthropic giving, and she later made arts administration central to her graduate work, assuming that she'd eventually take an administrative role with a dance organization.
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<p>Speaking to Dance History class: The goal is for students to understand their place in the lineage. "You are now a part of this amazing family tree." </p>
Monica Stephenson
Joseph Morrissey Has Revitalized the Dance Program at Interlochen Center for the Arts
Morrissey (left). Photo courtesy of Interlochen Center for the Arts
When Joseph Morrissey first took the helm of the dance division at Interlochen Center for the Arts, a boarding high school in Interlochen, Michigan, he found a fully established pre-professional program with space to grow. And his vision was big, with plans to stage the kind of ambitious repertory he'd experienced during his dance career. But the realities quickly set in. During his first year in 2015, the department was denied by the George Balanchine Trust to license any Balanchine ballets—the dancers were not quite ready.
This early disappointment didn't derail Morrissey. In just four years, he has not only raised Interlochen's training standards, he's staged ambitious full-length ballets and been granted the rights to works by Merce Cunningham, Agnes de Mille and, yes, Balanchine. Guest artists regularly visit, and he's initiated major plans to expand the dance department building. Morrissey is only 37, but it should come as no surprise that he's done so much so fast—his entire life's journey has prepared him to be an artistic leader.
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<p>"I saw an opportunity to build something—and I love teaching." —Joseph Morrissey<span></span></p>
<p><br/></p><p><strong>Leading the Way</strong></p><p>Morrissey's first step as dance director was to beef up artistic programming. His first year, he choreographed a new production of <em>The Nutcracker,</em> staged a suite from <em>La Bayadère</em>, and brought in Paul Taylor's <em>Company B</em> and Mark Morris' <em>Polka</em>. <em>The Nutcracker</em> featured a live orchestra from the Interlochen School of Music, and other productions have had the institution's full design and production support—which included building a life-size elephant for <em>La Bayadère</em>. "That's the moment where people were like, 'He's not playing games,'" Morrissey says, joking. </p><p>Trey Devey, Interlochen's president, says he sees the difference not only in the students' performance but in everything that supports the artistic product, including marketing. "Because of Joseph's professional experience, he has held us to an appropriately high standard," Devey says. </p><p>Another priority for Morrissey was developing the men's program and maintaining enough male enrollment to support the artistic programming. "It's like not having enough violinists for the orchestra," he says. He has steadily maintained male enrollment at 25 percent of the student body by fostering a nurturing environment for all levels, as well as foundational training that can take a male dancer from the absolute base to a pre-professional level.</p><p>Lastly, Morrissey felt that it was imperative to invite guest artists in to teach, stage master works or choreograph. "It is very important when you are trying to build something that while you are building it, you're exposing it," he says. "You don't want to wait." Recent visitors have included Wendy Whelan, Craig Hall, Carlos Lopez, Leslie Browne, Herman Cornejo, Claudio Muñoz, Amanda McKerrow, John Gardner, Karine Plantadit, Deborah Wingert, Diana White and Paul Sutherland. </p><p>Then there were goals that would take much longer to achieve. Now within his fifth school year, Morrissey finally has the opportunity to add two full-time faculty members. And the entire institution is backing his desire for a complete renovation and annex of the existing dance building. "We knew that if we were going to take the program to the next level, we needed to invest in the infrastructure of the building," says Devey. "When we understood Joseph's vision, the physical manifestation became more visible to us." The slated 22,000-square-foot, $6.8 million facility broke ground in October.</p><p><strong>The Outcomes</strong></p><p>There are clear signs that Morrissey's efforts to build a premier pre-professional dance program are working. His early disappointment with the Balanchine Trust fueled him and his faculty to strengthen the dancers' training, emphasizing simple, skill-oriented combinations, shifts of weight, and speed and clarity of footwork. The curriculum is rooted in Russian methodologies, providing a pure classical base to enable students to take on numerous styles and varied repertory. </p><p>Deborah Wingert, a répétiteur for the George Balanchine Trust, has witnessed the students' progression and says the program now merits licensing the choreographer's works. "Getting to dance these ballets means you have enough of a classical base to warrant bringing in the artists who will come in and teach it, stage it or coach it," she says. Thus far, the school has gotten to perform excerpts of Balanchine's <em>Serenade </em>and <em>The Four Temperaments</em>. The program now also receives the rights to masterworks such as Agnes de Mille's <em>Rodeo,</em> Antony Tudor's <em>Little Improvisations</em> and Merce Cunningham's <em>Changing Steps</em>. And Morrissey has staged full-length productions of <em>The Sleeping Beauty</em> and <em>Swan Lake,</em> as well as fully produced suites from <em>Don Quixote</em> and <em>Le Corsaire</em>—a<em> </em>level of repertory typically reserved for professional companies. </p><p>Additionally, over the past four years the dance program has been invited to perform at The Joyce Theater and Carnegie Hall in New York City, and to tour its full-length productions throughout Michigan. And students have received professional and university placements with the Alvin Ailey/Fordham BFA Program, Boston Conservatory, Indiana University, Butler University, Hubbard Street Professional Program, Nederlands Dans Theater, Oklahoma City Ballet and Boston Ballet II.</p><p>Morrissey's leadership is taking Interlochen's program to its fullest capability. With a new, larger facility, he hopes to eventually establish ballet, contemporary and commercial tracks, "where students can study the dance genre that they really want, with ballet as a through line," he says. "We need to keep the curriculum current and fresh to keep evolving to the needs of the dance world." His passion for ballet is contagious, and is clearly yielding beautiful results. </p>
How the Right Word Choice Can Reinforce Learning
Valerie Amiss with students. Photo by Tracie Van Auken, courtesy of Pennsylvania Ballet
Jared Nelson, artistic director of California Ballet, demonstrates a tight fifth position as he talks to his class about the importance of rotating from the hips. "Having a visual image helped me as a dancer, so I try to demonstrate as much as possible," he says. "But I am also very conscious of word choice. Every dancer is different, and you have to phrase things in a language they will understand."
Teachers should always be aware of how they communicate with their students, including how they choose language for different individuals, classes or situations. Using the right terminology in early stages of training will ensure that students learn the proper names of steps. This foundation is crucial, particularly when so much of the classical vocabulary has been substituted by nicknames and phrases. (Think "lame duck" or "step-up turn" in place of piqué en dehors.) But good use of language also means using imagery and positive reinforcement to ensure the right kind of messaging. What teachers say in the studio could make the difference between dancers who listen—and ones who really hear.
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Lorin Mathis. Photo by Autumn Eckman, courtesy of Lorin Mathis
<p><br/></p><p><strong>Be Positive</strong></p><p>Creating a space where students feel they can express themselves fully is crucial to the dancer's development. For the youngest classes, Amiss finds greater success when she talks less and watches more. "Allowing very young students to explore their own feelings and creative thinking is amazing to see," she says. With intermediate and advanced students, Amiss encourages them to start a dialogue, ask questions and not be afraid of being criticized by their peers. When working with children with special needs, she takes the same approach. "I might focus more on body language and staying engaged, but like all children, they just need a classroom where they feel loved and respected."</p><p>Mathis takes the same positive approach and feels that students are much more receptive to corrections when they don't feel threatened or belittled. Instead, they have the confidence to try new approaches, make mistakes and try again. "Insults and shame do not help a dancer improve," he says. "When there is mutual trust, everyone comes out better, happier and healthier." </p>
What to Watch: This New PBS Doc Tracks the Creation of DTH's Work Honoring the Arrival of Africans in North America
Dance Theatre of Harlem's Derek Brockington and Da'Von Doane in Claudia Schreier's Passage. Photo by Brian Callan, courtesy of DTH
Back to your routine after the holidays, but still looking for something to watch? Then this new PBS documentary titled Dancing on the Shoulders of Giants is for you. The hour-long film tracks the creation of two dance pieces: Claudia Schreier's Passage for Dance Theatre of Harlem, and Sir Richard Alston's Arrived featuring students of Norfolk's Governor's School for the Arts. Both works were co-commissioned by the American Evolution 2019 Commemoration and the Virginia Arts Festival last May, in recognition of the 400th anniversary of the first arrival of Africans to English North America and the history of slavery that followed.
<p>The second half of the film is about the creation of Claudia Schreier's <em>Passage </em>for DTH. Artistic director Virginia Johnson stresses what she saw as the importance of bringing in collaborators who are women of color <strong></strong>for this project, and the documentary features interviews with Schreier and composer Jessie Montgomery. After seeing them work separately at their crafts, it's exciting to see both artists come together with the dancers in the studio. <a href="https://www.pointemagazine.com/claudia-schreier-passage-dth-2637913341.html" target="_blank">This creative process went on</a> just after DTH co-founder Arthur Mitchell passed away in September of 2018, and the documentary ends with Johnson, Schreier and company dancer Christopher Charles McDaniel talking about the importance of carrying on Mitchell's legacy. </p><p><a href="https://www.pbs.org/video/dancing-on-the-shoulders-of-giants-frhqxu/?mc_cid=8ef595f007&mc_eid=f248e71d1e" target="_blank">Click here</a> to watch <em>Dancing on the Shoulders of Giants </em><em></em>on PBS.org for free.</p>
Jenny Ouellette
Help! I'm a Dance Parent
Q: My tween is begging me to go to a faraway summer intensive, claiming "all my friends are going." How do I know if she's ready?
A: It can feel like a rite of passage for serious dancers to attend an intensive at a major ballet school. They dance all day and often explore the area's surroundings or attend performances on weekends. But living away from home, having a roommate and living the "dorm life" can be a challenge.
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A Fourth “BioShock” In The Works
Monday, December 9th 2019 2:38 pm
The future of the “BioShock” franchise seemed bleak after creator Ken Levine and Irrational Games closed down in 2014. That company rebranded as Ghost Story Games but still had no interest in going back to the series.
Now publisher 2K Games has revealed a fourth title is in the works with a new team from their in-house studio Cloud Chamber. Cloud Chamber has already begun development on a fourth “BioShock” and that it will work on the next installment for several years. Gaming veteran Kelley Gilmore, who previously worked on the “XCOM” and “Sid Meier’s Civilization” franchises, will serve as Cloud Chamber’s Global Studio Head.
David Ismailer, President of 2K, says in a statement: “As we continue growing our product portfolio, we remain inspired by opportunities to invest further in our valuable IP, great people and their collective, long-term potential. BioShock is one of the most beloved, critically praised and highest-rated franchises of the last console generation. We can’t wait to see where its powerful narrative and iconic, first-person shooter gameplay head in the future with our new studio team at Cloud Chamber leading the charge.”
The new in-house studio is said to be a collective of storytellers who will push the frontline of interactive entertainment with “unique, entertaining and thoughtful experiences that engage the world.” Teams will be built in San Francisco and around Quebec.
Source: 2K Games
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