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Year : 2019 | Volume : 15 | Issue : 7 | Page : 1516-1521
Cost–utility analysis of screening for colorectal precancerous lesions and cancer in Beijing: A case–control study
Hanyue Ding1, Ayan Mao2, Lian Wen3, Pei Dong2, Yujie Yang2, Xuan Cheng2, Wuqi Qiu2
1 Department of Public Health Strategy Research, Institute of Medical Information, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Chaoyang District, Beijing; JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
2 Department of Public Health Strategy Research, Institute of Medical Information, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China
3 Institute for Integrated and Intelligent Systems, School of Information and Communication Technology, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Date of Decision 17-Jul-2019
Date of Acceptance 01-Aug-2019
Assoc Prof. Ayan Mao
Department of Public Health Strategy Research, Institute of Medical Information, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 3 Yabao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100020
Dr. Wuqi Qiu
DOI: 10.4103/jcrt.JCRT_194_19
> Abstract
Objective: To provide an objective cost–utility evaluation of a colorectal cancer screening program in a hypothetical general population.
Materials and Methods: A cost–utility analysis was conducted comparing screened individuals with the general population. Patients were evaluated as part of the screening program which conducted colorectal cancer risk assessments and performed colonoscopies from October 2012 to May 2013. Data were compared to a hypothetical group of the same size, consisting of the general population in which no cancer screening had been conducted. The cost and utility data have been published previously.
Results: The average cost per quality-adjusted life year (QALY) of colorectal cancer screening population was 84,092 CNY, while the average cost per QALY of the general population was 122,530 CNY. The colorectal cancer screening program saved 43,530 CNY per additional QALY.
Conclusion: The colorectal cancer screening program could improve health-related quality of life and reduce medical expenditure.
Keywords: Colorectal cancer, colorectal precancerous lesion, cost–utility, quality-adjusted life year
Ding H, Mao A, Wen L, Dong P, Yang Y, Cheng X, Qiu W. Cost–utility analysis of screening for colorectal precancerous lesions and cancer in Beijing: A case–control study. J Can Res Ther 2019;15:1516-21
Ding H, Mao A, Wen L, Dong P, Yang Y, Cheng X, Qiu W. Cost–utility analysis of screening for colorectal precancerous lesions and cancer in Beijing: A case–control study. J Can Res Ther [serial online] 2019 [cited 2020 Jan 22];15:1516-21. Available from: http://www.cancerjournal.net/text.asp?2019/15/7/1516/275545
> Introduction
High mortality (16.0/million) due to cancer in urban China has led to a number of programs being implemented to increase prevention.[1] As an example, the Cancer Screening Program in Urban China (CanSPUC) has been implemented in 14 provinces to provide screening for lung, breast, colorectal, oesophageal, gastric, and liver cancers.[2],[3] Colorectal cancer is ranked as the 3rd most common cancer in women and 4th in men.[4] Its high incidence makes colorectal cancer prevention highly significant. Since cost–utility analysis can help governments to make decisions on providing the most cost-effective screening, we conducted a case–control study to evaluate the cost–utility of colorectal cancer screening in urban China.[5]
Cost–utility analysis is one of the most important tools in health economics. A systematic review by Aaron summarized the results of cancer-related cost–utility analyses of prevention, treatment, and control conducted from 1998 through 2013.[6] The review indicated that the median incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of colorectal cancer secondary prevention (including population screening and appropriate management) is approximately $14,000 (in 2014 USD). A large number of other cost-effectiveness analyses were conducted, such as the study by Zhai et al. which calculated the cost of screening one patient with a colorectal precancerous lesion to be 2612.88 CNY, while the cost of screening one colorectal cancer patient is 39,193.13 CNY.[7] CanSPUC also published a cost-effectiveness review of the analyses in 2013.[8] However, to date, there are no reports of cost–utility analyses of colorectal cancer in China. By conducting an assessment of quality of life in 2014, we aimed to utilize the available cost and health utility data to address the absence of colorectal cancer cost–utility analyses in China.
> Materials and Methods
Sample selection
We conducted a screening program which included colorectal cancer risk assessments and colonoscopy screening. Cancer risk assessments were based on the stratified cluster sampling method. Nineteen community-health-service centers from six urban districts in Beijing (Dongcheng, Xicheng, Chaoyang, Haidian, Fengtai, and Shijingshan) administered assessment questionnaires between October 2012 and May 2013. An individual was selected to receive the questionnaire if he/she met the following criteria: (1) a resident living in Beijing for more than 3 years and (2) age between 40 and 69 years old (based on the onset age data of cancer registration system, CanSPUC included residents in this age). Patients with cancers or serious organ dysfunction were excluded from the target population. We subsequently recommended the participants who have received positive results in colorectal cancer risk assessment to undergo colonoscopy screening, which was conducted at a 3A hospital (the highest level of the hospital hierarchy in China).
Patients included in the screening population who tested positive were designated as the screened group. In addition to the patients with confirmed cancer, and in consideration of the natural history model of colorectal cancer, we detected potential patients who had precancerous lesions at the time of testing which may become cancers in the future. We therefore divided the screened group into confirmed patients and potential patients. Furthermore, we used the Union for International Cancer Control-American Joint Committee on Cancer colorectal tumor-node-metastasis (TNM) staging system to further subdivide the patients into those with precancerous lesions and the four groups corresponding to the four stages of cancer.
We compared the screened group to the general population with the same background, but without cancer screening. This hypothetical general population group was designed to contain a similar total number of confirmed and potential patients as the screened group. Since patients in the general group have not received screening, any incidence of cancer would have been detected and diagnosed as in normal patients; therefore, the number of confirmed patients in the general group was calculated using the colorectal cancer incidence in Beijing's residents older than 40 years of age. We classified the patients' cancer stages by statistical data regarding colorectal cancer in Beijing residents.
Sample selection process and the calculations performed are depicted in [Figure 1].
Figure 1: Sample selection and calculation process
We trained investigators from community health service centers before beginning field work. Interviewees were recruited from the communities, and each individual was asked to complete the cancer risk assessments. When cancer risk assessments were completed, they were verified by investigators to prevent any blank or incomplete answers. The assessments were subsequently sent to the project office in Beijing and submitted to an additional verification of data consistency. CanSPUC verified the submitted data and sent the assessments with positive results back to the communities. Community health service staff notified interviewees of positive results and recommended colonoscopy screening appointments at 3A hospitals included in CanSPUC to patients. The colonoscopy screenings were implemented and reported by experienced specialists.
Outcome calculations and data analyses
EpiData 3.1 (Denmark), Statistical package for social science (SPSS) 19.0 (Chicago, IL, USA) were used for double data entry, quality check, calculations, and analyses. The screening cost estimation was published in the previous CanSPUC research project.[8] The cost included direct costs (the cost of cancer risk assessment questionnaire survey and cost of clinical screening), indirect costs (transportation cost of residents' participation in the screening), and treatment costs. According to the previous cost analysis of the colorectal screening program in Beijing, we analyzed the cost–utility and compared the screened group with the hypothetical general group.
We have collected health utility data from a previously completed CanSPUC research project. As continuous collection of data regarding an individual's health state is impossible, individual health utility value can only be determined at specific time points. We applied the linear method to address the discontinuous utility value and used the area under the curve to calculate the quality-adjusted life year (QALY) values.[9],[10],[11]
Cost–utility analysis research commonly uses cost–utility ratio (CUR) and incremental CUR (ICUR) to present the results. We compared the CUR of screened group with that of the hypothetical group and determined the cost to achieve gains expressed per QALY in each group. The following calculation was used to estimate which group was more effective and exhibited greater gains in QALYs:
The differences in discount rates, which are influenced by multiple factors, are very large between different countries. The characteristics of national economy and different views on short-and long-term health outcomes are factors that affect the discount rate. Developing countries may prefer a higher discount rate, resulting in health investments which are likely to deal with the current and short-term health problems.[11] Based on the NICE report, we have used 3.5% as the discount rate for cost and health outcomes.[12] The calculation approach was to multiply the cost and QALYs of the n year by to obtain the discounted cost and QALYs.[13] In addition, we performed a sensitivity analysis of ICUR by different discount rates.
The first author holds the certificate of Protecting Human Research Participants from the National Institutes of Health. We obtained informed consent forms from all interviewees.
We obtained approval for this portion of the CanSPUC from the Ethics and Confidentiality Committee of the National Cancer Center of China.
Study sample
In the cancer risk assessment, 12,953 residents joined the preliminary screening and 2487 residents were found to exhibit high risk of colorectal cancer, with the positive rate of cancer risk assessment calculated as 19.2%. Out of the patients who exhibited high risk, 1055 made appointments for colonoscopy, but only 375 completed their colonoscopy procedure. The compliance with colonoscopy was 35.5%, which was much higher than 15.3% reported within a recent population-based screening program in Mainland China.[14] A total of 71 precancerous lesions and 9 colorectal cancer patients were detected on assessment, reflecting a detection rate for colorectal precancerous lesion of 54.62/million (71/12,953) and a detection rate for colorectal cancer of 6.92/million (9/12,953).
Cost analysis of colorectal cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment
Based on the results of our previous research, the total cost of colorectal cancer screening, diagnosis, and treatment of 12,953 residents was 1.0741 million CNY, while the total cost of the same number in the general population group was 1.2028 million CNY. Since the previous cost analysis was calculated in 2012 and the quality of life assessment was implemented in 2013, we discounted the costs from 2012 to 2013. Final calculated cost in the screened group was 1.1117 million CNY, and the cost in the general group was 1.2449 million CNY.
Utility analysis of colorectal cancer screening
As shown in the previous section, screening detected 9 patients with colorectal cancer and 71 patients with colorectal precancerous lesions. Based on a systematic review of natural history models of colorectal cancer, the canceration rate from precancerous lesion to colorectal cancer was 4.4%.[15] Therefore, we estimate that 3.12 patients with precancerous lesion patients would progress to colorectal cancer if they were to receive no treatment. As reported in related studies, the rate of early, medium, and late stages detected on screening were calculated as 72%, 17%, and 11%, respectively.[16] The statistics data regarding colorectal cancer Stages I, II, III, and IV in Beijing colorectal cancer patients without screening project exhibited rates of 13%, 22%, 37%, and 28%.[17] According to Health Report of Population in Beijing, colorectal cancer incidence of Beijing's above 40 years old residents is 492.5/1million.[18]
Using Duke's stage research and the proposed transformation between Duke's stages to the TNM staging system, the expected survival times of patients in Stages I-II, III, and IV were 34.6, 20.9, and 11.3 months.[19],[20],[21] According to the previously completed health utility value study, the median health utility values of Stages I, II, III, and IV of colorectal cancer patients' quality of life were 0.7830, 0.9375, 0.8690, and 0.7830, respectively. After discounting, we calculated the QALYs for the four stages of colorectal cancer (as areas under the curves) to be 1.11, 1.33, 0.79, and 0.39, respectively, as shown in [Figure 2]. Therefore, the total QALYs of the screened group were 12.63 and that of the general group were 9.73, with the detailed calculations presented in [Table 1].
Figure 2: Quality-adjusted life years of patients with different stages of colorectal cancer
Table 1: Cost-utility analysis of the colorectal cancer screening program
Cost–utility analysis
The total cost of colorectal cancer screening program was 1.1117 million CNY, with a total of 13.22 QALYs gained from the program. Therefore, the CUR was calculated as 84,092 CNY/QALY, which corresponded to an average cost per QALY of 84,092 CNY. Without the screening, the cost of disease management in the general group was 1.2449 million CNY with 10.16 QALYs gained. Therefore, the CUR was 122,530 CNY/QALY, indicating an average cost per QALY of 122,530 CNY. Therefore, the ICUR was calculated as:
as shown in [Figure 3].
Figure 3: Increased cost–utility ratio of screened group and general group
The results of calculation were as follows: ΔCost = −133,200 CNY, ΔQALYs = 3.06, and ICUR = −43.53. Compared to the general group, the colorectal cancer screening program saved 133,200 CNY and gained 3.06 QALYs. In other words, compared to the general population group, the colorectal cancer screening program saved 43,530 CNY per additional QALY.
Based on related research, we used 5% as the discount rate to adjust the CUR and ICUR values, with the results presented in [Table 2].[22]
Table 2: Sensitive analysis of cost-utility analysis
In this sensitivity analysis, the different discount rates affected the costs and QALYs; however, the trends in CUR and ICUR values were same as in the original analysis. Therefore, the individuals in the screened group fared better than the general group.
> Discussion
Our research addresses the absence of a cost–utility evaluation of colorectal cancer screening in Beijing. Compared to the population which received no screening, the colorectal cancer screening program has saved 43,530 CNY per each additional QALY. The results of the sensitivity analysis also demonstrated that the screening program has the advantages of reducing the health expenditure and improving the quality of life. This research calculated an average cost per QALY of colorectal cancer screening program to be 84,092 CNY. Sun et al. evaluated 10 years (1991–2001) of data regarding colorectal cancer detection and found that the average cost per DALY of early diagnosis was 6,179.76 CNY.[23] The small difference in the average cost observed, in addition to the differences in calculations of QALYs and DALYs, may reflect the discount and inflation in China. Notably, this past evaluation has also demonstrated that screening for colorectal cancer was clinically effective.
The survival time data, published in 2001, may result in calculations of QALYs that do not match those found in current medical conditions. Recent publications, however, report the 5-year survival rates of Stages I, II, III, and IV of colorectal cancer to be 88.2, 64.7, 48.5, and 37.0%, demonstrating a difference in survival time for early, middle, and late stages of colorectal cancer.[24] While portions of the data used in this research have a number of limitations, future updates to the data in the future will make a significant positive impact of colorectal cancer screening more obvious. Despite significant improvements in medical technology over the past years, early colorectal cancer screening continues to have a positive effect on extending survival and improving QALYs.
In our utility analysis, we have included canceration of precancerous lesions to clinically relevant cancer but have not considered the transformation from healthy people to those harboring precancerous lesions. However, since the screening population would receive follow-up colorectal cancer screening in time, any individuals developing precancerous lesions would be detected earlier in the screened group compared to the general population.
We have used the results of a single health utility investigation in our study. Collection of serial follow-up health data ranging from diagnosis to death would allow for a more precise calculation of QALYs.
The sample size was only 12,953 in this study; a larger population would inform the decision to extend the colorectal cancer screening program to a larger scale. In such an evaluation, the advantages in cost-saving and improvements of quality of life would be more obvious, supporting the assertion that a screening program would greatly reduce the expenditure on disease management and reduce the patients' pain.
> Conclusion
The colorectal cancer screening program had a positive effect on cancer prevention, and can improve health-related quality of life and reduce medical expenditures.
Consent to publish
All authors have approved this manuscript for submission and claim that none of the material in the paper has been published or is under consideration for publication elsewhere.
Declaration of patient consent
The authors certify that they have obtained all appropriate patient consent forms. In the form the patients have given their consent for their images and other clinical information to be reported in the journal. The patients understand that their names and initials will not be published and due efforts will be made to conceal their identity, but anonymity cannot be guaranteed.
This study was funded by Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences, whose number is 2017-I2M-1-006.
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The Mesha‘ Stele
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A Roman Fenestrated Bowl
Ph.D. Jeffrey Hudon
During the final season of the Heshbon Expedition in 1976, archaeologists carefully excavated an extensive tomb (F.27) dated to the late Roman period (ca. A.D. 135-195). The tomb was part of the larger Esbus (Hisban) necropolis (Waterhouse 1998: 64-70). The excavation team wisely saved all of the material associated with the tomb, including broken pieces of pottery. Thirteen years later, Horn Museum staff member Ralph Hendrix sorted through the many potsherds from this tomb (see the Institute of Archaeology Horn Archaeological Museum Newsletter Vol. 9/3-4 [Summer/Autumn 1988], p. 7; Vol. 10/2-3 [Spring/Summer 1989], p. 3; Vol. 18/3 [Summer 1997], p. 3; and Vol. 38/2 [Spring 2017], pp. 2-3). Hendrix noticed some unique incised vertical posts among the ceramic fragments. Enamored by these pieces, he began to collect other sherds belonging to this vessel from various loci, ultimately reconstructing 95% of a rare fenestrated bowl from 64 pottery fragments (see the Institute of Archaeology Horn Archaeological Museum Newsletter Vol. 10/4 [Fall 1989], pp. 1-2; Hendrix 2009). Clearly, someone smashed this vase in antiquity since Hendrix collected fragments from five different loci or distinct areas in the tomb. Without his painstaking work, this bowl would still be an indistinguishable collection of pottery fragments in the Hisban (Heshbon) potsherd collection.
Relevance to the Biblical Account
While the tomb dates to the late second century, the bowl seems to date earlier and the deceased family probably deposited it with their departed loved one as a favored heirloom piece that may itself date around the turn of the era (Hendrix 2009: 94-95). Hendrix also suggested that this bowl exhibits both Roman and Nabataean influences and may well be a one of a kind vessel that a local potter created specifically for the owner. The turn of the era dating, a reasonably close parallel in form from Qumran and Nabataean styling are all significant and seem to point to a period when Esbus (Hisban) fell under Nabataean control after the death of Herod the Great (ca. 4 B.C.). If true, the bowl would be contemporary to the life of Jesus. Even if dated earlier in the first century B.C., the bowl was certainly in use during Christ’s life and ministry. The similarity in form with the Qumran bowl offer tantalizing possibilities as well, but any further suggestions would be merely conjectural.
The fenestrated bowl measures 27.3 cm in diameter, 80.3 cm in circumference and between 19.0 and 19.6 cm in height. The rim is everted (outward flaring) and thickens towards the top. The inner and outer surfaces have a faint red slip. The fenestrated middle section has 13 posts and windows, measuring about 7.0 cm high and 3.0 cm wide. Each post has three deep angular cuts forming four angular ridges. Remnants of red slip exist on the outer, but not inner surfaces. The elegant split ring base, measuring about 2.0 cm in height shows only slight indications of red slip (Hendrix 2009: 93).
Even when dismissing the fenestrations, the bowl’s form coupled with a split ring base is very unusual. Few parallels among Roman period bowls exist (FARLI 2017; Homès-Fredericq and Franken 1986: 217; Lapp 1961: 172-80; Loffreda 2003: 57-72). While the Roman period pottery corpus from Hisban does not reveal close parallels, the flaring ring bases of what are assumed to be small juglets share similarities (Gerber 2012: 268-70, Figure 3.23:16-21). Apparently, the closest parallel to this bowl is from Qumran, dated between 50 B.C. and A.D. 68 by Lapp (1961: 175). A very small bowl found at Sadaqa (Hendrix; Drey; and Storfjell 1996: 220-21, No. 312) shares strong similarities in form as well.
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2009 An Early Roman Fenestrated Bowl from Hesban. Pp. 91-97 in Hesban 12. Small Finds: Studies of Bone, Iron, Glass, Figurines, and Stone Objects from Tell Hesban and Vicinity, edited by Paul J. Ray, Jr. Berrien Springs: Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University.
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Booth Farms is a privately owned and operated Protea farm in North San Diego County, California. Nestled in the rolling hills of Valley Center, we are about a 30-minute drive east of Oceanside.
Grower: Our primary business as a grower is to raise and harvest cut-stem Protea for the wholesale market. From there the flowers trickle down to the retail level — to florists and designers — and ultimately end up in striking arrangements in resort hotels and high-end restaurants around the world. Or, they may end up in wreaths, bridal bouquets or even in vases on dining room tables.
Propagator: All of our Protea fields are self-sustaining as propagation of new plants is done here on the farm. While not a commercial nursery, we do sell Protea potted plants to the public in limited supply.
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early October 2010 fortnight
Oct 1, 2010 | Fortnight's favorites
Howdy, folks! We start this fortnight with a stalwart version of the classic Honky Tonk “I’m Moving On” (Decca) by the great HANK “Sugarfoot” GARLAND (1930-2004). He appeared at 19 on RED FOLEY records, and never gave up backing on thousands sides cut in Nashville. Fine Tommy Jackson fiddle backing, and a short but brilliant guitar solo.
Then I go on with JIMMY MYERS and an unissued tune for the Super label out of Georgia, “Go Cat Go” (recently published on an European anthology). I wonder if this is the same as the one JIM MYERS who cut marvelous sides for the FORTUNE label in Detroit (the frantic “Drunkman’s Wiggle” for example). Here it is raw, crude Rockabilly…
Leiber/Stoller’s “Hound Dog” (Willie “Big Mama” Thornton, 1952) was an enormous hit, and no one could know how many Country versions were made of. This time I chose the humorous version on King by CHARLIE GORE and LOUIS INNIS, “(You Ain’t Nothin’ But A Female) Hound Dog“, both artists I’d like very much set the story up in future articles.
Billboard March 11, 1950
Already a Country star, both under his own name, and as harmonica player for the DELMORE BROTHERS, WAYNE RANEY had many sides on KING. He also had sides on London under the disguise of LITTLE WILLIE EVANS, hence “Lonesome Railroad Blues“, in 1950.
One of the highlights of the regular Starday label: LONNIE SMITHSON for his double-sider “Me And The Blues“/”It Takes Time” (# 330) from 1957. Fine lead guitar and a firm vocal. Nothing is known about Smithson, who had another Starday disc, “Quarter in The Jukebox“, in 1958.
RUDY THACKER, a Kentucky guitar player, appeared on the Cincinnati, OH, Lucky label (with his String Busters). Here we have an instrumental (a rare opportunity in Bopping…), the romping “Guitar boogie Shuffle“.
Finally a Rocking Blues by ROBERT NIGHTHAW. 1964, Chicago, Chess label. Backed by Buddy Guy on guitar and Walter Horton on harmonica, he delivers a very nice “Someday“.
Hope you enjoy the selections. Comments welcome! Till then, bye-bye…
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Tommy Cross added to B’s roster
Boston, MA - Boston Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney announced today, October 13, that the club has recalled defenseman Tommy Cross from the Providence Bruins (American Hockey League) and placed defenseman Joe Morrow on IR. Cross will join the team in Denver, CO and will be eligible for Wednesday’s game against the Avalanche. This marks...
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Sweeney inks Hayes and Connolly to deals
BOSTON, MA - Boston Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney announced today, July 6, that the club has signed forward Jimmy Hayes to a three-year contract through the 2017-18 season worth a cap figure of $2,300,000, forward Brett Connolly to a one-year contract through the 2015-16 season worth a cap figure of $1,025,000 at the NHL level and forward Brandon DeFazio to a one-year, two-way contract...
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THE SPRING SLATE: Today Boston plays its 22nd spring training game against a major league opponent...32 Grape- fruit League contests were scheduled over a 31-day span from 3/5-4/4, and 1 was cancelled due to unplayable field conditions (Monday vs. STL)...The club has completed 11 home games (6-5) and 10 road games (5-4-1)...The Sox be- gan the exhibition season with a doubleheader sweep of Boston College...
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3 Must-See Documentaries at the 2019 New York Film Festival
03 outubro 11:32 2019 Imprimir
BITTER BREAD
An aerial shot contemplates the gorgeous mountainous Lebanese landscape, landing on a Syrian refugee camp where their lives are threatened by inhumane conditions, negligence and discriminatory political views. Children smile playful to the camera, hiding their hunger and sickness; women discuss their hard labor tasks and their “supervisor” manipulation; men complain about their salary and lack of food, opportunity and medical assistance; both Nature and authorities seem unfavorable to their claiming voices, living under falling-apart tents, on the side of a dangerous, desert road with open-sky sewer. French-Iraq filmmaker Abbas Fahdel, director of the hit “Homeland (Iraq Year Zero)” returns with this devastatingly moving, heartbreaking and alarming expose on this gravely ignored humanitarian issue. He deeply captures the hopelessness, despair and triumphant resilience of these people forced to fled their homes as war continues to destroy their history, registering one of the most horrifying acts of modernity. The numbers presented here are cruel: about 1.5 million refugees are living under such conditions in Lebanon, which half of it are children; the adults work on the land for about 4 dollars a day, after they pay 2 dollars to the “shawish” in order to keep employed and secure; and they must pay 500 dollars a year to Lebanese authority for their “property”. As the camera goes around the camp, capturing their daily activities and struggles, it also reveals their strength and integrity to remain truthful to their values and beliefs, despite the circumstances. An accomplished award-winning director, producer, cinematographer, and editor, Fahdel composes an urgent statement on endurance, faith and survival. (Screens 10/3.)
MY FATHER AND ME
British director Nick Broomfield, director of “Biggie and Tupac”, “Kurt & Courtney” and “Whitney”, turns the lenses to himself in this poetical, inspiring overview on his relationship to his father, the acclaimed photographer Maurice Broomfield, who turned his factory-working experiences into great compositions and angles. The director spans decades in the history of industrial Britain, using his own memories and first steps into art as a backdrop to the advances in society and decline in the industry. Throughout the narrative, he points to the divergences between them: his provocative work, in contrast to his pacifist father’s, the influence and admiration of a devoted mother, his siblings, and the arrival of his son, who also became a photographer. Sensitive and inclusive, it’s an absorbing love-letter to fatherhood, art and preserved values. (Screens 10/5 and 8.)
THE BOOKSELLERS
A heartfelt, adventurous and utterly efficient journey through the history of book selling, collecting, preserving, curating and in most cases, living for it. Director D.W. Young investigates the New York City’s literary culture and businesses, opening up insightful and accurate conversations on the subject, their pleasures and sacrifices, the game and its risks; Collecting truthful testimonies from specialists, booksellers and collectors, it presents the historical and fundamental importance of written, print material, while pointing to the inevitable transformations in society, with the use of technology as the real threat. Among the heroes introduced here, as real-savers of the rare book culture in now-a-days America, three sisters who run a major book-store struggling to keep it open as their father’s legacy, and a man who turned his apartment into a gallery/storage, are examples of determination and perseverance on the fight for the print industry’s survival. And when the film spills the numbers and statistics of a decreasing interest in reading, it shows the urgency of the issue, and their courageous actions taken to defend the cause. Brilliant! (Screens 10/7, 9 and 13.)
Senador do Iowa sugere que executem certos indocumentados
Em Newark, NJ, autor de roubo deixa policial ferido
Léa Campos: Difícil, Mas Existe
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Brazilian Girl in L.A.
The bilingual adventures of a Latina filmmaker in Movieland
lifestyle • screenwriting • filmmaking • NYFA • Los Angeles
NYFA
Gabby Egito talks about her journey to become a filmmaker (Aired on Dec. 17, 2011) Planeta Brasil is a half-hour news magazine produced by F.J. Productions and airs weekly on TV Globo International, a satellite channel that reaches over 1.2 million viewers across the world and is present in 42 countries. In the United States, it is distributed by Dish Network, Comcast and Time Warner.
I arrived in Los Angeles in 2010 with two suitcases and plans to spend my life savings studying for two months at New York Film Academy at Universal Studios. Then, I would go back to my country (Brazil). That was the schedule. And here I am, almost three years later, alive and kicking in this city that welcomed me so well.
I came here believing that just my two Bachelor’s degrees (Psychology and Journalism) plus my Master’s in Film Theory would easily make me a successful visual storyteller. “Some hands-on experience should be fun to make it happen”, I thought at that time. When I finished the short term workshop, I had never learned so much in such a short time. But I realized only an intensive training would lead me to my goal. At the same time, my bank account was getting more and more skinny. It looked like a dead end to my aspirations.
On top of that, when I showed my final project to the faculty they asked me if it was really me that had written and directed the short film. That couldn’t upset me more until a friend pointed out that it could actually be a great sign. So I decided to show my film to the direction of the school and they granted me a merit-based scholarship to pursue my hands-on learning for another year.
Exactly 12 months after my arrival in the U.S., I got my first award with that directorial debut short “Synergy”, which was screened in film festivals worldwide. Since then, I’m having the time of my life. I worked in more than 50 short films, in various positions, such as editor, script supervisor, director of photography, gaffer, grip, and production assistant. I also wrote, produced, directed and edited 14 shorts.
My thesis film from the one year course, "Stuffed" won the Best Short Award and was nominated for Best Actor Short by the Atlantic City Cinefest in past October. I’m specially proud of this achievement, since my film was competing with works of seasoned industry professionals, such as the producer of the movie “Home Alone”, Scott Rosenfelt. After that, two other awards came along: Best Foreign Short at the Las Vegas Film Festival and Best LA Short at the Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival.
This exciting journey has strengthen my desire to become a full-time director. It made me appreciate the role of each position on a crew, and an accurate pre-production. Actors call me an "actor's director", since I can speak their language and provide all there is needed for a memorable performance. My knowledge of editing allows me to plan a full coverage without wasting time and money. Despite knowing precisely what I want in my projects, I do listen to my cast and crew and I implement the excellent suggestions they give me. Filmmaking is a collaborative work. Those are the experiences I gladly share here at my bilingual blog, monthly followed by more than 2,000 cinephiles around the world.
Directing for me is a vital function as breathing. It makes me feel alive. When I’m working on a story or on set, I feel I’m exactly where I belong to. When people laugh or cry seeing my movies, feels like I’m fulfilling my life purpose. And I’m always looking forward to learn more and improve my skills. Being in LA is really a life opportunity and I'm embracing it with all my capacities to make it happen. Thank you.
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Hi! I'm Gabby, a 8-time award-winner Brazilian filmmaker based in Los Angeles. I graduated from New York Film Academy (Universal Studios) in 2011. Here I tell all about my filmmaking adventures. Enjoy!
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Quanto custa estudar na NYFA?
How to apply for NYFA (Brazilians only) | Como se matricular na NYFA
Brazil annouces anthology film "Rio, I love you" | Esse curta é só porque, Rio eu gosto de você
A Brazilian actor in Hollywood | Vida de ator brasileiro em Hollywood
Third assignment: a compliment! Yes! | Terceiro filme: um elogio! Uau!
A NYFA oferece bolsas de estudo para brasileiros?
The hottest Brazilian in Hollywood | Rodrigo Teixeira, o infiltrado em Hollywood
Scholarships to Brazilians in the U.S. | Bolsas pra brasileiros em universidades nos EUA
Actor, are you ready for success? | Ator, você está preparado para o sucesso?
How can a foreigner get a filmmaking work permit in U.S.? | Como trabalhar legalmente em cinema nos EUA
Por onde ando? | Where have I been?
- Check my crash course on Brazilian customs & etiquette
- Brazil is the largest country in SOUTH AMERICA and the 5th largest of the world
- Brazilian people speak PORTUGUESE (not Spanish)
- Brazil's capital is Brasília (not Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina - another country!)
- I'm from SÃO PAULO, the world's 7th largest metropolitan area (bigger than New York City), with near 11 million residents
- Amazon rainforest is almost 1.700 miles from my city
- I've never met an indian in my life
- I'm not a soccer fan neither Carnaval fan (but, yes, I know how to dance samba)
- Brazilian girl doesn't mean hooker! Wake up!
NYFA Blog
Acting (2) Cinematography (4) Curious (3) Director's Craft (4) Editing (1) Feature films (14) Goals (4) Hints (9) Lifestyle (10) NYFA (26) Photography (3) Production Workshop (4) Professional Gigs (9) Projects (24) Readers Ask (21) Scholarships (1) Screenwriting (2) Set (9) Stuff (3) Stuffed (6) Synergy (11) Thesis film (1) US x BR (10) Videos (9)
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F1: Button cops five-place post-qualifying grid penalty
Saturday, October 3rd, 2009
Jenson Button’s hopes of tying up the drivers’ championship this weekend lie in tatters after a misjudgement during a chaotic qualifying session left him facing a five-place grid penalty.
Button, already due to start from seventh place, will now be the net 11th car to line up on the Suzuka grid. Rubens Barrichello, his Brawn GP team-mate and main title rival, has been demoted from fourth to ninth.
Other drivers facing similar penalties include Renault’s Fernando Alonso, Force India’s Adrian Sutil and Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Buemi.
Button, Barrichello, Alonso and Sutil were penalised for failing to slow down at the end of Q2 when a yellow flag was out for a crash by Buemi.
That driver was penalised for attempting to drive his severely-damaged car back to the pits instead of allowing it to be recovered and thus killing his hopes of further running.
Meanwhile Sebastian Vettel, the only other driver mathematically in the title hunt, managed to put his Red Bull serenely on pole and is unaffected by the stewards’ decision. The same goes for third-placed Lewis Hamilton, the first KERS-equipped car in Sunday’s line-up and a sure contender for a win.
Other bystanders who won out thanks to the decision include BMW’s Nick Heidfeld, who travels from sixth to fourth, Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen, promoted from eighth to fifth, and his nervy team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella who qualified 16th and is now 12th.
Williams’ Nico Rosberg has also experienced the luck of the gods, after an unaccustomed poor qualifying left him 11th. He will start the race in sixth while Heidfeld’s team-mate Robert Kubica moves from 13th to seventh.
Elsewhere on the grid, McLaren’s Heikki Kovalainen has a separate five-place penalty after he crashed in Q2, leaving him needing to replace his gearbox. He starts in 13th place.
Mark Webber and Timo Glock will be starting from the pitlane after crashing heavily enough to require new chassis. In Webber’s case, the crash happened in final practice, and he did not take part in the qualifying session.
In Glock’s case this could be academic since he was taken to hospital with a leg wound following the session. His Toyota team is due to take the decision on Sunday as to whether he can race. If not they will ask for permission to run third driver Kamui Kobayashi in his place.
The Japanese tester already took over from Glock in Friday practice when he was feeling unwell.
The revised Suzuka grid – including fuel weights
Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull: 658.5kg
Jarno Trulli, Toyota: 655.5kg
Lewis Hamilton, McLaren: 656kg
Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber: 660kg
Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari: 661kg
Nico Rosberg, Williams: 684.5
Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber: 686kg
Adrian Sutil, Force India: 650kg
Rubens Barrichello, Brawn GP: 660.5kg
Jaime Alguersuari, Toro Rosso: 682.5kg
Jenson Button, Brawn GP: 658.5kg/li>
Giancarlo Fisichella, Ferrari: 661.5kg
Heikki Kovalainen, McLaren: 675kg
Sebastien Buemi, Toro Rosso: 665.4kg
Kazuki Nakajima, Williams: 695.7kg
Romain Grosjean, Renault: 691.8kg
Fernando Alonso, Renault: 689.5kg
Vitantonio Liuzzi, Force India: 682.5kg
Timo Glock, Toyota: N/A
Mark Webber, Red Bull: N/A
Categorised under F1, tagged under Adrian Sutil, Brawn GP, Fernando Alonso, Formula One, Heikki Kovalainen, Japanese Grand Prix, Jenson Button, Kamui Kobayashi, Lewis Hamilton, Mark Webber, McLaren, Rubens Barrichello, Sebastian Vettel, Sebastien Buemi, Suzuka Circuit, Timo Glock.
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Jason Isbell and Sturgill Simpson take home Americana Music Awards (full list of winners)
Jason Isbell @ Governors Ball (more by Dana (distortion Yavin)
Sturgill Simpson has not been shy when it comes to talking about Nashville not playing a part in his new-found success as a country singer, but Wednesday night Nashville recognized, as Simpson took home the award for best “Emerging Artist” at the 13th Annual Americana Music Honors & Awards (he beat Hurray For The Riff Raff and Valerie June). The ceremony took place at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, and the night’s big winner was ex-Drive-By-Trucker Jason Isbell who won best Album, best Artist, and best Song (Robert Ellis and Rosanne Cash were also nominated in all three categories). Check out the full list of winners, and listen to that best song, below. Catch Isbell on tour with Damien Jurado next year.
Jason Isbell – Cover Me Up
Jason Isbell on Austin City Limits “Cover Me Up”
13th Annual Americana Music Honors & Awards
Album: Southeastern, Jason Isbell; producer Dave Cobb
Artist: Jason Isbell
Duo/Group: The Milk Carton Kids
Song: Cover Me Up, Jason Isbell
Emerging Artist: Sturgill Simpson
Instrumentalist: Buddy Miller
Spirit of Americana/Free Speech in Music Award: Jackson Browne
Lifetime Achievement for Instrumentalist: Flaco Jimenez
Lifetime Achievement for Performance: Taj Mahal
Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriter: Loretta Lynn
President’s Award: Jimmie Rodgers
Filed Under: Americana Music Awards | Buddy Miller | country music | Hurray for the Riff Raff | Jackson Browne | Jason Isbell | Loretta Lynn | Nashville | Robert Ellis | Rosanne Cash | Sturgill Simpson | Taj Mahal | The Milk Carton Kids | Valerie June Category: Music News
Nap Eyes prep new LP, share “Mark Zuckerberg” single, touring w/ Destroyer & more January 21, 2020 5:17 PM
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Trump to Sign Order Targeting Anti-Semitism on College Campuses
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Wednesday targeting what he sees as anti-Semitism on college campuses by threatening to withhold federal money from educational institutions that fail to combat discrimination, three administration officials said Tuesday.
The order will effectively interpret Judaism as a race or nationality, not just a religion, to prompt a federal law penalizing colleges and universities deemed to be shirking their responsibility to foster an open climate for minority students. In recent years, the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement against Israel has roiled some campuses, leaving some Jewish students feeling unwelcome or attacked.
In signing the order, Trump will use his executive power to take action where Congress has not, essentially replicating bipartisan legislation that has stalled on Capitol Hill for several years. Prominent Democrats have joined Republicans in promoting such a policy change to combat anti-Semitism as well as the boycott-Israel movement.
But critics complained that such a policy could be used to stifle free speech and legitimate opposition to Israel's policies toward Palestinians in the name of fighting anti-Semitism. The definition of anti-Semitism to be used in the order matches the one used by the State Department and other nations, but it has been criticized as too open-ended and sweeping.
For instance, it describes as anti-Semitic "denying the Jewish people their right to self-determination" under some circumstances, and offers as an example of such behavior "claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor."
Yousef Munayyer, the executive director of the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights, said Trump's order is part of a sustained campaign "to silence Palestinian rights activism" by equating opposition to Israeli treatment of Palestinians with anti-Semitism.
"Israeli apartheid is a very hard product to sell in America, especially in progressive spaces," Munayyer said, "and realizing this, many Israeli apartheid apologists, Trump included, are looking to silence a debate they know they can't win."
Administration officials, who insisted on anonymity to discuss the order before its official announcement, said it was not intended to squelch free speech. The White House reached out to some Democrats and activist groups that have been critical of the president to build support for the move.
Among those welcoming the order Tuesday was Jonathan Greenblatt, the chief executive of the Anti-Defamation League, who said the group recorded its third-highest level of anti-Semitic episodes in the United States last year.
"Of course we hope it will be enforced in a fair manner," he said. "But the fact of the matter is we see Jewish students on college campuses and Jewish people all over being marginalized. The rise of anti-Semitic incidents is not theoretical; it's empirical."
David Krone, a former chief of staff to Harry Reid of Nevada when he was Senate Democratic leader, has lobbied for years for such a policy change and praised Trump for taking action.
"I know people are going to criticize me for saying this," Krone said, "but I have to give credit where credit is due." He added, "It's too important to let partisanship get in the way."
Reid helped push for legislation similar to the order called the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act of 2016. It passed the Senate in December 2016 unanimously but died in the House as that session of Congress ended. It had been reintroduced by Democrats and Republicans but had made little progress to Trump's desk.
Krone continued to work on the issue after Reid retired and reached out through a mutual friend last summer to Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser. The Jewish grandson of Holocaust survivors, Kushner embraced the idea, which also had been explored over the past year by the president's domestic policy aides. With Kushner's support, the White House drafted the order and Trump agreed to sign it.
Trump over the years has been accused of making anti-Semitic remarks, turning a blind eye to anti-Jewish tropes or emboldening white supremacists like those in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017. Just last weekend, he drew criticism for remarks in Florida before the Israeli American Council in which he told the Jewish audience they were "not nice people" but would support his reelection because "you're not going to vote for the wealth tax."
But he has also positioned himself as an unflinching supporter of Israel and a champion of Jewish Americans, moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, supporting settlements in the West Bank and recognizing the seizure of the Golan Heights. He also assailed Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., when she said support for Israel was "all about the Benjamins," meaning money.
Jeremy Ben-Ami, the president of J Street, a liberal Israel advocacy group, said the president's order was a cynical effort to crack down on critics, not to defend Jews from bias. "It is particularly outrageous and absurd for President Trump to pretend to care about anti-Semitism during the same week in which he once again publicly spouted anti-Semitic tropes about Jews and money," he said in a statement.
The president's action comes soon after the Education Department ordered Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to remake their joint Middle East studies program on the grounds that it featured a biased curriculum. The move was part of a broader campaign by Betsy DeVos, the education secretary, and her civil rights chief, Kenneth L. Marcus, to go after perceived anti-Israel bias in higher education.
The order to be signed by Trump would empower the Education Department in such actions. Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the department can withhold funding from any college or educational program that discriminates "on the ground of race, color, or national origin." Religion was not included among the protected categories, so Trump's order will have the effect of embracing an argument that Jews are a people or a race with a collective national origin in the Middle East, like Italian Americans or Polish Americans.
The definition of anti-Semitism to be adopted from the State Department and originally formulated by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance includes "a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews." However, it adds that "criticism of Israel similar to that leveled against any other country cannot be regarded as anti-Semitic."
The American Civil Liberties Union was among the groups that opposed using the definition in the 2016 legislation, deeming it overly broad. "It cannot and must not be that our civil rights laws are used in such a way to penalize political advocacy on the basis of viewpoint," the group said in a letter to Congress at the time. Kenneth S. Stern, the original lead author of the definition, also objected to using it, saying that "students and faculty members will be scared into silence, and administrators will err on the side of suppressing or censuring speech."
But Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Fla., who was among the sponsors of the 2016 legislation, wrote in an op-ed article in The Times of Israel last week that the definition "was drafted not to regulate free speech or punish people for expressing their beliefs." Instead, he wrote, "This definition can serve as an important tool to guide our government's response to anti-Semitism."
Last week, a group of 80 education, civil rights and religious organizations sent a letter to DeVos complaining that some Middle East studies centers on college campuses financed by the government under Title VI have sought to boycott Israel or shut down their universities' study abroad programs in Israel.
"Recent incidents have demonstrated the willingness of faculty across the country to implement the academic boycott of Israel on their campuses," the letter said.
The president is expected to be joined at the signing by several prominent Republican lawmakers, including Sens. Tim Scott of South Carolina and James Lankford of Oklahoma and Rep. Doug Collins of Georgia. But Democrats who have advocated the legislation in the past are not expected, including Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York, who on Tuesday released articles of impeachment against Trump.
While an executive order is not as permanent as legislation and can be overturned by the next president, Trump's action may have the effect of extending the policy beyond his administration anyway because his successors may find it politically unappealing to reverse.
This article originally appeared in The New York Times.
Trump impeachment trial resumes with McConnell proposing rules for debate
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Walters & Cohen: American School in London arts building
A new four-storey arts building for the school uses materials to sensitively reference nearby architecture and inspiration from adjacent listed villas
Words by Emily Martin
Images by Dennis Gilbert/Vie
Architect: Walters & Cohen
Client: American School in London
Size: 1,200 sq m
The American School in London (ASL) has opened its new arts building, as completed by architecture practice Walters & Cohen. Located in St John’s Wood, the independent school has already been subject to a much larger master plan as undertaken by ORMS, with Walters & Cohen working closely in a team to deliver the new space on a ‘land-locked’ site. It presented many challenges for the practices.
The arts building takes its visual cue from the listed, semi-detached villas on the site adjacent to the school, with the new four-storey building designed to resemble a single large property. The complexity of the project was heightened by its location on a prominent corner plot in the St John’s Wood conservation area, where proposed developments attract a lot of attention. ‘[Securing] planning permission was a challenge and, with the school already maximising the use of land, it meant we had to go up, and the design had to be sensitive to its surrounding environment,’ says Walters & Cohen associate Tim Hardy. And excavating down posed other complications, with a railway tunnel leading to London Marylebone station, running under the school.
The design allows for a large, column-free floor plate that can easily be partitioned
Liaising with the ASL’s board of governors, ward councillors and local politicians, Walters & Cohen presented its concept design at a three-day public exhibition, which was well received. The facade, one of the major concerns, features a range of materials including recycled glass, stucco flutes and marble; stone was considered the most appropriate material on account of its elegance and traditional qualities.
Light and shadow is cast on the hand-finished fluted-limestone facade, which also includes stone and bronze
It draws on the timeless quality of stone, while being expressed in a contemporary manner. Light plays on the facade and its hand-finished, fluted-limestone features that fade towards the top of the building, while bronze-framed windows give another reference to the local architecture. ‘We didn’t want a concrete bank,’ says Hardy, ‘and this offers a softness to the exterior, which is expressed in the natural sunlight. The north-west facade has a series of fins to stop being overlooked by neighbouring flats’.
Internally, the space has been designed for practical use, which could see some 1,100 students, ranging from across the school’s elementary, middle and high school levels, use the building. Walters & Cohen has ensured a large floor plate, with stairs on either side of the building, allowing for large, open floors, free from columns and flooded with natural light.
The ground floor provides exhibition space, with art, sculpture, ceramics and photography studios on the other three floors. While the upper three floors are open, the ground floor gallery space features a dry-lined wall, which can be easily removed.
‘We were delighted to win the competition five years ago to design a new art school at ASL,’ says Cindy Walters, director at Walters & Cohen. ‘The project was a brave undertaking, and throughout the project ASL demonstrated all the qualities of an exemplary client: vision, ambition and dedication to the community it serves.’
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North to Alaska, Part V
Heading southeast from Tok, he arrived at a crossroads. He could continue to Port Alcan, and return to the Yukon the same way he'd left, or he could turn left and take the Top of the World Highway to Dawson City.
Given his demons, it wasn't really much of a choice at all. Dawson City meant Jack London and Robert Service, the Klondike, the Old West, a thousand beloved tropes. He imagined swinging saloon doors and freshly-painted boardwalks, riverboats and grizzled miners, Mounties and old-fashioned general stores. It was a chance to travel back in time to an era he'd romanticized since childhood. He couldn't come this far and miss what might be a once-in-a-lifetime chance.
He turned left, and sealed his fate.
At first, he was surprised by the road's quality. Though winding in all dimensions, the asphalt was smooth and fresh, salmon-pink in sections, a colour he'd never before associated with roads. The road was well-named; it seemed to climb inexorably to the heavens, the valleys and chasms below growing ever distant. The lack of guardrails inspired intense caution; he kept his eyes on the road, though the beauty of the perpetual sunset was compelling. He would stop for pictures, he promised himself, when he crossed the border.
But after an hour or so of smooth driving, the road abruptly disintegrated, flat asphalt giving way to rough, broken gravel. The lane narrowed dangerously, the curves tightened, vision was impaired by the towering trees and sharp-angled corners.
He was high enough that even in July there still remained patches of snow, stubbornly clinging to life; even the constant sun couldn't force them to relinquish their icy grip on these lonely peaks.
Tiny communities of single-digit populations hugged the highway, offering little but gasoline and small talk, and sometimes not even that. He marvelled at the ability of these hardy souls to endure such isolation. The roads here were so rough and crumbling that he was forced to a crawl, inching forward at 20 or 30 kilometres per hour, half-expecting a head-on collision at every blind corner. It was like walking along the window ledges on the 100th floor of a metropolitan skyscraper; there was absolutely no room for error.
Fortunately, he surprised no unwary drivers around those dangerous curves. But he did startle a moose, which galloped off in high dudgeon, leaping back into the forest before he could do more than snap one blurry photo.
Finally, around 9 pm, he reached the border...only to find that it had closed for the night. He was stunned and annoyed at first, hardly believing that a border crossing could simply shut down. And he couldn't just sleep, not with the sun blazing down the whole time. He couldn't even phone Sylvia; he'd left cell phone coverage behind hours ago. He'd be stuck here for hours, with nothing to do.
And then it hit home. This was what he'd wanted all along: some peace and quiet, some solitude, an escape from phone calls and emails and news coverage. For half a day, he thought, he'd have nothing to do but watch and think and enjoy the silence at the top of the world.
He joined a small group of similarly stranded travellers, and they shared some good-natured grumbling. Some Alaskans emigrating to Kentucky brought him over a delicious heaping of ravioli, served up on a paper plate with a plastic spoon. For a while they discussed politics and popular culture, and then each moved on to his or her own corners, leaving him alone to gaze at the sky. For hours he simply stood and stared, watching birds flit back and forth, the clouds roll serenely overhead, the sun slowly graze the mountains, barely kissing them, holding back the night.
He explored a little, stumbling across a tiny creek. The only sound was the sound of water trickling over the polished stones, and suddenly he was delighted that he'd missed the crossing. This is why we're here, he thought; to enjoy the marvels of nature, to wonder at the grand machinations of nature and science, to contemplate ourselves and the beauty of our surroundings.
For a long time he was lost in thought. He wondered how, in the face of all this serenity, he allowed himself to stress himself nearly to death over politics he couldn't hope to change alone. But after a while he realized that what he did was important; his very presence here was possible only because he enjoyed sufficient prosperity to make the journey. Many, many thousands in his home province weren't so fortunate. The most vulnerable struggled to buy groceries.
Did he deserve this indulgence, he wondered? Perhaps not. But he needed it, and when the border opened up again some time later, he drove on, renewed. The sensation would be fleeting.
The road steadily improved as he made his way to Dawson City, and then he spotted it, wonder of wonders:
A two-dimensional false street - just like they sometimes used in the movies! The doors led nowhere, the balcony couldn't be climbed; it was merely a fancy road sign. He wished he owned an original Star Trek costume so that he could pose in front of the faux tableaux, pretending he was an extra in "Spectre of the Gun."
That image alone would be worth a return trip, he thought; perhaps after losing 80 pounds or so...
For a wonder, he arrived just in time to catch the ferry across the Yukon River. As soon as he stopped on the riverbank, waiting for the ferry to make landing, he turned on his cell phone to call Sylvia. He knew that she must be worried, for it had been over sixteen hours since he'd last called, back in Tok. But the phone glumly pronounced "No Service," which made no sense to him; Dawson City was pretty far north, yes, but it was one of Yukon's largest population centres. Surely they had cell phone service...? Well, no matter; he'd phone as soon as he found a hotel room. There would be land lines.
The Yukon was perhaps the most beautiful river he'd ever seen, carving its way through the mountains with tremendous power. It was a pleasure just to watch the waves roll by, heading for the Bering Strait, ancient roadway to the continent's indigenous peoples. What must it have been like, he wondered, to explore this place in the old times before modern civilization, via raft or canoe? Hard but marvellous, he decided.
The architecture was everything he'd hoped for, with a movie-western feel inside and out in practically every building. He found lodging at the Westmark Inn and asked about cellular reception, only to discover that something had severed the main connection to Whitehorse. Not only was there no celluar service, there was no communication at all: no telephone connections, no television, no debit card or credit card machines. Unless you had a satellite phone, you were out of luck.
He worried about Sylvia; she would almost certainly think that he'd crashed the car or been eaten by a bear. But what could he do? He certainly couldn't drive to Whitehorse, not after skipping a night's sleep. He could only hope that she wouldn't fret too much, and he would have to put aside his guilt and try to enjoy the town. He was too tired to explore much, so he confined himself to a quick excursion of his hotel's street, snapping an initial round of photos, promising to capture the more interesting sights the next day:
Too many hours without sleep curtailed his meanderings. Tomorrow, he thought, I'll spend most of the morning here, then drive to Whitehorse. I'll be there a couple of days - time enough to explore the Yukon capital and ride the famous train to Skagway, Alaska. And then I'll start the long drive home. Soon he'd be back in Edmonton with a fine collection of photos and fond memories.
It was the day before disaster.
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Return to the Edge of Nowhere Part VII
Return to the Edge of Nowhere Part VIII
Return to the Edge of Nowhere Part IX
Trek to Timmins Part I
Trek to Timmins Part II
Trek to Timmins Part III
North to Alaska Part I
North to Alaska Part II
North to Alaska Part III
North to Alaska Part IV
North to Alaska Part V
North to Alaska Part VI
Sunwapta Falls
Jumpin' Jasper
Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village
Mexican Sendoff Part I
Mexican Sendoff Part II
Mexican Sendoff Part III
Mexican Sendoff Part IV
Interlude in Virden
Cabin on the Lake of the Woods
Eccentric Earl Adventures #1
Panorama Mania
Soap Operetta
The Big Gulp
The High Cost of Used Cars
Lex Luthor in a Back Alley
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
The New Daily Planet
Capital Ex Parade 2011
Filling in the Blind Spots
Sean and the Flash
Postscript: Arson on the Road to the Edge of Nowhe...
Alberta Legislature Carillon
Gaming and Guiness VI
Thoughts on the John Carter Teaser Trailer
Sean and the Stinkbug
Super Hard of Hearing
Not-so-Wondrous Woman
100 Books a Year Update
Happy Birthday, Mom
North to Alaska, Part VI
North to Alaska, Part IV
North to Alaska, Part III
North to Alaska, Part II
North to Alaska, Part I
Return to the Edge of Nowhere, Epilogue
Return to the Edge of Nowhere, Part VIII
Return to the Edge of Nowhere, Part VII
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they are very unlike the parent, having a very much simpler structure and often resembling one
of the lower groups of crustaceans. The larva of the Lobster, for instance, is somewhat similar
in structure and appearance to one of the simplest groups of Shrimps, the so-called SchizojKMls.
The free-swimming habits of the young furnish some of the most serious obstacles to the
breeding of Lobsters. The embryos, after hatching, rise to the surface of the water, where they
spend much of their time, and are borne hither and thither at the mercy of the currents, being
often carried beyond the favorable influences necessary to their development. In many Lobster
regions along our coast, in calm and clear weather, large quantities of the young may be dipped
from the surface of the water, in the eddies and smooth streaks formed by the meeting of tidal
currents. In these quiet spots the varied minute animal life characterizing the upper strata of
the sea are collected together in the same manner as bits of wood and clusters of seaweed, which.
from their larger size, are more familiar to the dwellers upon our coast. In stormy weather this
surface life descends, in greater part, to lower levels. This vagrant life of the young Lobsters
exposes them to the attacks of all kinds of predaceous surface-feeding animals, which consume
them iu immense numbers. In this manner a great mortality occurs a much greater one,
undoubtedly, than would arise did the young remain upon the bottom, where they could find some
shelter and protection from their enemies. The means of caring for and protecting these waj \vaid
young should be the first consideration of the would-be Lobster-breeder, and iu this matter he will
probably encounter his greatest difficulties. The length of time required for the yoong to attain
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the adult size is another matter of prime importance, as the breeder's success must also depend on
his producing an early harvest. The age of what may be considered adult Lobsters (ten to
eleven inches) is not known, estimates by different observers placing it all the way from three
to a dozen years. If the latter estimate be correct, we would be almost forced to consider lobster-
breeding as an industry impracticable from the start, as the care, during ten or twelve years, of
the number of young necessary to produce salable Lobsters in marketable quantities would involve
an expense quite out of proportion to the prices which could be obtained for them. We very
much doubt, however, this prolonged extension of the immature stage of the Lobster, although
we have no direct proof to the contrary. Lobstermen, as a rule, consider that Lobsters grow to
be ten inches long in the course of three to five years, and they base their conclusions mainly
on the fact that the increase in size at each molt is considerable; but this question is discussed
elsewhere in this report. We do not pretend to say that, in case the slow growth of Lobsters
is proved, breeding would be without many good results; for, if the growth and habits of Lobsters
could be well understood, much care and protection might be accorded them, which would
materially increase their numbers. Any new and carefully made observations on the spawning
habits and growth of Lobsters would be gladly welcomed by all who are interested in the lobster
question, whether from a scientific or a practical standpoint.
SPAWNING SEASON. Lobsters appear to have no definite spawning season, as they are
found with eggs, in different stages of development, during the entire year. According to the
statements of lobster fishermen and others who have had abundant means of observation in this
line, spawning takes place mainly from March until September. It should be remembered,
however, that the winter lobster fishery is of very much less importance than the summer, and
that during the farmer season the number of Lobsters handled does not in any way compare with
the number taken in the latter, so that the proportion of spawning Lobsters to non-spawning
ones, in the two seasons, may not be as great as would seem to appear. Winter observations on
the nat iirnl history of the Lobster, as well as of many other of our marine food invertebrates, are
very much desired. It is said that on the northern New England coast, from Capo Cod eastward,
Lobsters with spawn about ready for extrusion from the body begin to appear abundantly in
March, and with the spawn or eggs on the outside, as well as hatching, are most abundant from
June to September. In the Bay of Fundy, Lobsters spawn principally from the last of June to
the last of August. Southward of these limits the spawning season begins earlier.
Considering, now, the fact that spawning Lobsters occur throughout the entire year, we are
left without data as to the frequency of spawning in each individual Lobster. Did a short,
definite spawning period exist for each year, we might assume that Lobsters spawned only once
a year, or at least we could assert that they spawned no oftener than once a year. The ouly way
of determining the fact positively would be to study individual Lobsters for a certain period of
time, in their natural haunts and under natural conditions, and every one knows how difficult
such an undertaking would be with most marine animals. As it is, the possibility exists of
Lobsters spawning more than once a year, and there is no evidence to prove that they spawn
with any exact regularity as to time. We have the .jtatements of several individuals, some
published and others not, to the effect that quite fully developed eggs are sometimes apparent
in the ovaries when the Lobster is carrying spawn on the outside of the body. But there is no
way of determining how long a time must elapse before the second lot of spawn might be
fertilized and made ready for extrusion. We are justified in believing, however, that, as a rule,
Lobsters spawn but once a year. In the Lobster, as in many other marine animals, only a portion
of the ova is fertilized and developed at each spawning time, often leaving the ovaries still quite
SPAWNING HABITS. 797
expanded with their contents, and therefore we must always expect to find spawn in some stage
of development within the adult female, whether she is carrying external spawn or not. This
statement will serve to explain to lobstertnen the fact, which they often regard with some
surprise, of females carrying both internal and external spawn at the same time, the former, of
course, tar less developed than the latter.
The mature ovaries form two elongate lobes of considerable size, on the upper side of the
body, just within the shell, and immediately before spawning Lobsters arc considered to be in
very good, if not the best, condition for eating; it is probable also that at about this stage the
spawn first attracts the attention of most fishermen.
HABITATS WHILE SPAWNING. Nothing definite seems to be known regarding the haunts
of spawning Lobsters, or as to whether they change their ground at such times. It is probable
that, to some extent, they do prefer certain localities for this purpose; but as Lobsters with
spawn are taken by the fishermen in their traps at all seasons of the year, and in all depths, this
rule cannot, by any means, be regarded as universal. By assuming that certain regions are more
favorable for the development and hatching of the eggs, we can readily explain the great prepon-
derance of female Lobsters with spawn on the sandy shores about Provincetown, Cape Cod,
during the summer months. Yet, in direct contrast with this region stands nearly the entire
coast of Maine, rocky in the extreme, where Lobsters are even more abundant, and where they
probably reproduce in equal proportions.
SIZE OF SPAWNING LOBSTERS. Lobsters do not generally begin to spawn until they have
attained a length of about ten and a half to eleven inches (exclusive of the claws), which is about
the legal size of marketable Lobsters. We are informed by several correspondents, however,
i hat spawning Lobsters have been taken as small as eight, nine, and ten inches; -but such as these
are very rare. It is probable that they become mature at a smaller size at the South than at
the North, as Lobsters average smaller in Southern New England than in Northern New
England, and yet the age may average the same in both cases. Mr. S. M. Johnson, of Boston,
who has handled many thousands of Lobsters, states that he has never seen from east of
Cape Cod more than two or three specimens bearing spawn under ten and a half inches. He
thinks that but few begin to spawn much under eleven inches in length, and this size, in his
opinion, would be the proper limit below which none should be sold in order to fully protect the
PAIRING. So far as we are aware, no one has ever witnessed the operation of pairing in
Lobsters, and all that we know concerning it is mere conjecture. Many of the female Lobsters
obtained from sandy bottoms, as at Provincetown, Cape Cod, are said, by observers, to have the
carapax more or less abraded along the top, and also somewhat worn over a limited area upon
the sides. This has led the fishermen to believe that, in pairing, the female Lobster lies upon her
back with the male on top, clasping her about the carapax with his claws. While in this
position any strong agitation of the water by the waves in slight depths would probably cause
I lie pairs to oscillate backward and forward, and might account for the abraded carapaces of
the female, which are said to be of common occurrence. This story has beeu told us by several
reliable parties, entirely independent of one another; but we cannot say how much reliance
should be placed upon it, and the evidence is certainly very slight
A large New York dealer in Cray-fishes, who keeps large quantities of these lobster-like
crustaceans on hand during their season, says that he has frequently witnessed them pairing, and
that the males and females come together belly to belly, with the claws of one tightly claspiug
those of the other, and spread out so as to form with the bodies a rude Y-shaped figure.
798 NATURAL HISTOKY OF AQUATIC ANIMALS.
NUMBER OP EGGS. The Lobster, like many other crustaceans, carries a very large amount
of spawn on the exterior of the body at each spawning time. The number varies with the age
and size of the Lobster, but to what extent is not known. Mr. S. M. Johnson, of Boston, states
that two and a half pound Lobsters bear externally, on an average, about twenty thousand eggs
at a time, according to several careful computations, made by comparing the weight of a certain
number of eggs with the weight of the entire mass of spawn attached to the swimmerets.
Two females which I examined at Eastport, Maine, in the summer of 1882, gave the following
results as regards the number of eggs carried on the swimmerets. The first specimen, measuring
13jj inches in length, had 875 grains of eggs, there being 20 eggs to a grain, making a total of
17,500 eggs. The second specimen measured 13 inches long and carried 480 grains of eggs, with
25 eggs to a grain, making a sum total of about 12,000 eggs. Neither of the above specimens,
however, appeared to have their full quota of eggs, as many of the bunches seemed to have been
more or less brushed away, probably by rough handling. In the last specimen, especially, had all
the bunches been of equal and full size, the number would have been increased fully one-half.
According to Mr. Frank Bucklaud, "the [English] Berried Lobster carries five bunches of
eggs on each side underneath the tail, making ten bunches in all. I have counted the eggs in
one bunch and find that there are 2,496, making the number of eggs in this one lobster 24,960.
Lobsters are found with berries all the year round; March, April, May are the mouths wheu they
are fullest"
DESIGNATIONS OF SPAWN. Lobster spawn is variously designated, on different parts of the
coast, as "spawn," "roe," "eggs," "berry," "seed," "pea," "sweetbread," "coral," etc.; but in most
places it is known simply as "spawn," "eggs," or "berry." On the Nova Scotia coast the term
"coral " is sometimes used to designate the nearly mature spawn while still within the body of the
Lobster, and after it has passed to the outside it is called " eggs.'' In the Bay of Fundy the terms
" coral, " roe," and " sweetbread " refer to the spawn before extrusion from the body, and they
may also be used in a similar way on other parts of the coast. In some portions of Long Island
Sound, Lobsters with external spawn are called " Black-egg Lobsters."
THE SPAWN AS FOOD. Before the spawn has passed from the body to the external appendages
it is very much esteemed as food, and is generally eaten whenever it can be obtained; it is also
canned. The external spawn, however, although sometimes used to garnish fish dishes and
salads, is not usually regarded as edible.
EXTRUSION OF THE EGGS, ETC. The spawning of the Lobster is accomplished in about the
same manner as with the Cray fish, regarding which many more carefully recorded observations
are extant According to Huxley, the fecundating material of the Cray-fish, which is extruded
from a small aperture on the basal joint of the hindermost pair of legs, is a "thickish fluid,
which sets into a white solid after extrusion." This substance is deposited by the male on the
thorax of the female, between the bases of the hindermost pair of thoracic limbs. The apertures
for the outward passage of the eggs are situated on the bases of the second pair of legs, back of
the large claws. The eggs, " as they leave the apertures of the oviducts, are coated with a viscid
matter, which is readily drawn out into a short thread. The end of the thread attaches itself to
one of the long hairs with which the swimmerets are fringed, and as the viscid matter rapidly
hardens, the egg thus becomes attached to the limb by a stalk. The operation is repeated until
sometimes a couple of hundred eggs are thus glued on to the swimmerets. Partaking in the move-
ments of the swimmerets, they are washed backward and forward in the water, and thus aerated
and kept free of impurities."
The process of development is slow, and the young, when first hatched, bear a general
DEVELOPMENT OF THE YOUNG. 799
resemblance to tin- pan-til. Kor sonic time at'ti-r they arc hatched they In. 1,1 on to the swimmerets
of the mother, ami are carried aliout protected by her abdomen. AH they become more active
the\ s limes leave ilie mother when she is resting quietly ami creep about a short distance off,
but quickly return to her on the first semblance of danger. A few days later they gradually
forsake her for good. The, earlier stages of tbe embryo Lobster differ considerably from those
of the Cray-fish, as described further ou. The eggs of the Lobster lire probably extruded in
a similar manner, and are attached to tbe swimmerets by the same viscid substance. Accord-
ing to s e American observers, however, the viscid substance is first extruded from the openings
of the, oviducts and appears as a thick, globular muss, which is brushed back over the swim-
merets by the movements of the posterior pair of thoracic legs. The eggs are said to follow
immediately afterwards and to be spread about in the same manner. Becoming thus securely
attached to the swimmerets, they remain well protected and are kept constantly aerated by the
movements of these posterior flaps until the young are batched. Without further observations
we cannot strongly indorse the idea of the viscid material being first excreted; but if such
occurs in the beginning, there is still no reason why the eggs may not be also covered with the
same substance as they are laid. The eggs are not attached to the smooth surface of the
s\\immerets of the Lobster, but to the long, slender hairs which project from along their sides.
In that way they hang more loosely and can be given freer motion.
SHEDDING AFTER SPAWNING. As explained under "shedding," it is probable that, as a
rule, the females shed their shells soon after their eggs are hatched, as there is no other way of
ridding themselves of the broken egg-shells adhering so firmly to the swimmerets by means of
the tough little threads. Lobsters with very ripe spawn have frequently been seen in a condition
preparatory to shedding, thus, in a measure, corroborating the above conjecture. According to
Prof. S. I. Smith this shedding after spawning is known to occur in some of the Grabs. This
peculiarity is also affirmed with regard to the European female Lobster, as described elsewhere.
DEVELOPMENT OF THE YOUNG. The earlier embryonic stages of the Lobster have been
studied by Prof. S. I. Smith, of Yale College, whose observations, however, extended over onlj- a
limited period. They were made at Wood's Holl, Massachusetts, and New Haven, Connecticut.
K-'g.i with the embryos well advanced, taken from the females May 2, had the shape of slightly
elongate spheroids, about 2.l mm long and 1.9 mni across. " One side is rendered very opaque dark
green by the unabsorbed yolk mass, while the other shows the eyes as two large black spots,
and the red pigment spots on the edge of the carapax, bases of the legs, etc., as irregular lines
of pink markings. . . . Fully one-half the embryo is still occupied by the unabsorbed port ion
of the yolk. . . . The eyes are large, nearly round, and with a central portion of black
pigment. . . . The five pairs of cephalo-thoracic legs are all similar and of about the same
si/.e, except the main branch of the first pair, which is much larger than that of the others. . . .
The subsequent development of the embryo within the egg was not observed."
In the account of his observations, Professor Smith goes on to describe such of the embryonic
stages following hatching as he was able to obtain. From his long and technical descriptions we
extract only those portions which can be best understood by the general reader, and which it will
be well for the breeder to become acquainted with to aid him in his practical labors. We would
suggest here that the breeder himself, or some intelligent man in his employ, should t'amiliari/i-
himself with the workings of an ordinary low-power microscope, in order that he may follow the
development of the young Lobsters under his care, and observe whether they are doing well or
die off soon after hatching. Unless such precautions as these are taken, he might continue to
work for a long time completely in the dork, and without knowing whether he was making
800 NATURAL HISTORY OF AQUATIC ANIMALS.
progress or not A continuous series of observations would enable him, at all times, to follow
the success of his experiments, or determine, perhaps, the causes of his failures.
The exact number of changes or moltings which take place between the last egg stage and
the first stage having the general shape and characters of the adult, is not known. Professor
Smith observed three such stages, but supposes others to be wanting. His account of these
stages is as follows :
"The following observations on the young lame, after they have left the eggs, have all been
made upon specimens obtained in Vineyard Sound, or the adjacent waters, during July. These
specimens were mostly taken at the surface in the daytime, either with the towing or hand net.
They represent three quite different stages in the true larval condition, besides a later stage
approaching closely the adult. The exact age of the larvae of the first stage was not ascertained,
but was probably only a few days, and they had, most likely, molted not more than once.
Between the third stage, here described, and the last there is probably an intermediate form
" First stage. In this stage the young are free-swimming Schizopods ' about a third of an
inch (7.8 mm to S.O"" 11 ) in length, without abdominal appendages, and with six pairs of pediform
cephalo-thoracic appendages, each with the exopodus developed into a powerful swimming organ.
The eyes are bright blue; the anterior portion and the lower margin of the carapax and the
bases of the legs are speckled with orange; the lower margin, the whole of the penultimate, and
the basal portion of the ultimate segment of the abdomen are brilliant reddish-orange. The
antenna? have large, well-developed scales, furnished along the inner margin with long, plumose
hairs. . . . The anterior cephalo-thoracic legs, which in the adult develop into the big claws,
are exactly alike and no longer than the exterior maxillipeds. The pediform (outer) branch
is, however, somewhat stouter than in the other legs, and subcheliform (bearing an imperfect
claw); the legs of the second and third pairs are similar to the first, but not as stout. The legs of
the fourth and fifth pairs are still more slender, and styliform at the extremity, as in the adult."
Very rudimentary branchiae or gills are observed on all of the legs and the external maxillipeds.
"The abdomen is slender, the second to the fifth segments each armed with a large dorsal spine,
curved backward, and with the lateral angles produced into long spines, and the sixth segment
with two dorsal spines. The posterior margin of the last segment is armed with a long and stout
central spine, and each side with fourteen or fifteen plumose spines or setae, which are articulated
to the margin.
"In this stage the young were first taken July 1, when they were seen swimming rapidly
about at the surface of the water among great numbers of Zoeae, Megalops, and Copepods. Their
motions and habits recall at once the species of Mysis and Thysanopoda, but their motions are not
quite as rapid, and are more irregular. Their bright colors render them conspicuous objects, and
they must be readily seen and captured by fishes. They were frequently taken at the surface in
different parts of Vineyard Sound from July 1 to 7, and several were taken off Newport, Rhode
Island, as late as July 15, and they would very likely be found also in June, judging from the
stage of development to which the embryos had advanced early in May in Long Island Sound.
Besides the specimens taken in the open water of the Sound, a great number were obtained July
from the well of a lobster-smack, where they were swimming in great abundance near the
surface of the water, having undoubtedly been recently hatched from the eggs carried by the
1 The Schizopods are a gronp of Shrimps, lower in organization than our common Shrimp (Orangon vulgaris), and very
abundant along the New England coast. They generally swim in large schools, either at the surface or at intermediate
depths between the surface and the bottom, oltcn at some distance from land.
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female Lobsters coiiflncd iu the well. Some of these specimens lived in vessels of fresh sea-water
for two days, but all efforts to keep them alive long enough to observe their molting failed. They
appeared, while thus in confinement, to feed principally upon very minute animals of different
kinds, but were .several times seen to devour small Zoeae, and occasionally when much crowded, so
that some of them became exhausted, they fed upon each other, the stronger ones eating the
weaker.
"Second stage. In the next stage the young Lobsters have increased somewhat in size, and
the abdominal legs of the second to the fifth segments have appeared. The rostrum is much
broader and there are several teeth along the edges. The basal segments of the antenuulae have
become defined, and the secondary flagellum has appeared, but is not subdivided into segments.
The autcnuiB and mouth organs have undergone but slight changes. The first cepbalo-thoracio
legs are proportionally larger and stouter than in the first stage, and have become truly cheli-
forrn. The succeeding legs have changed little. The epipodi of all the legs and of the external
maxilhpeds have increased in size, and the branchial processes are distinctly lobed along the
edges, and have begun to assume the form of true branchiae. The segments of the abdomen have
the same number of spines, but they are relatively somewhat smaller, and the last segment is
relatively -smaller and broader at base. The appendages of the second to the fifth segments differ
considerably in size indifferent specimens, but are nearly as long as the segments themselves;
their terminal lamella?, however, are represented only by simple, sack-like appendages, without
sign of segmentation, or clothing of hairs or set. The penultimate segment is still without
appendages. Specimens in this stage were taken only twice, July 1 and 15. They have the same
habits and general appearance as in the first stage, but are readily distinguished by the posses-
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June 27, 2012 August 1, 2012 by Edward Champion
The Adventures of Augie March (Modern Library #81)
In this latest Modern Library Reading Challenge essay, our intrepid reader is awestruck by Saul Bellow’s masterpiece and what it says about stretching the soul.
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(This is the twentieth entry in the The Modern Library Reading Challenge, an ambitious project to read the entire Modern Library from #100 to #1. Previous entry: Angle of Repose)
In 1995, Martin Amis insisted that Saul Bellow’s The Adventures of Augie March was America’s very reflection: a literary lodestone attracting all known bits of iron and reducing all subsequent ambition to blast furnace rejects. Six years later, Christopher Hitchens was more liberal about the dilemma: “I do not set myself up as a member of the jury in the Great American Novel contest, if only because I’d prefer to see the white whale evade capture for a while longer.”*
Augie March is indeed a fearsome masterpiece, but I’m inclined to side with Hitchens on the legacy question, for I would like to believe that some as yet unwritten book will change the game in ways now unknown. For now, we have Augie, which definitely stands as one of the 20th century’s heavyweights. I can state with certitude that this book will humble you, perhaps even wreck you for a time. Because nothing you read or write will feel this perfect.
I was so in awe of this novel that I was forced to read the two apprentice novels that came before (Dangling Man and The Victim), as well as Bellow’s recently published volume of letters. I needed to know that Bellow could fail like the rest of us. I needed this great human chronicler to be made more human. Dangling Man, in particular, proved to be an unexpectedly funny chronicle of a shut-in, with such declarations as “Hemmed in all day, inactive, I lie down at night in enervation and, as a result, I sleep badly.” And I was somewhat surprised to see Bellow take this book quite seriously. “I’m speaking of wretchedness and saying that no man by his own effort finds his way out of it,” Bellow wrote to David Bazelon in 1944.
But most literary people are self-important in their twenties. I swallowed Bellow’s middle period novels (Henderson the Rain King, Herzog, Humboldt’s Gift) during those years, but I never got around to reading the 600-page redwood that made Bellow a giant. I recall a few older strangers giving me approving nods on buses and subways. At the time, Bellow was still alive, but he was one of those writers you weren’t supposed to talk about. I had no idea why. It may have had something to do with Bellow siring his fourth child at the age of 84. I read his books anyway.
When I discovered that Dave Eggers was a huge Bellow fan (Eggers called Bellow “the person who I idolized more than anybody else” in an interview) and when I saw how The Adventures of Augie March had made Eggers’s fiction writing even more insufferable (You Shall Know Our Velocity anyone?), I became gravely horrified that Augie would have the same disastrous effect on me. (Again, I was in my twenties.) I did not want to become some smug asshole swimming in a twee cesspool. So I avoided reading Augie March in the same way that I avoided born again Christians, mass murderers, and rude moviegoers who bring loud plastic bags to crinkle.
This was a severe mistake.
No book can tell you how to live, but a great novel can kick your ass in the right direction. And I memorialize my youthful follies as minor regrets and as a plea to anyone under thirty to not make the same mistake. Read this novel at once!
The American temperament once prided itself upon initiative, innovation, and a sense of duty to anyone needing help. Augie March epitomizes all three ideals, but it is thankfully not without corruption or philandering or the need to hustle. After all, this book is set partly during the Great Depression. The gripping chapter where Augie takes his neighbor Mimi Villars in for an abortion is not only exceptionally daring for a book published in 1953, but, when Augie faces reprisals for his help, it reveals the peculiarly punitive American attitude steeped in moral judgment combined with partial knowledge of the facts.
Augie’s picaresque existence of finding odd jobs and falling in with odd characters and fretting over friends and losing lovers represents the kind of well-filled life serving in sharp contrast to today’s hipsters and go nowhere types. I am no longer in my twenties, but reading Augie did find me wondering how much time I was wasting and whether my energies needed to be focused more on the joy and love which drips in droves throughout this bawdy book.
Augie March is extremely well-observed, whether capturing a salon’s “oriental rugs that swallow sounds in their nap” or describing the way that Augie returns to Chicago to see a “gray snarled city with the hard black straps of rails” after his adventures in Mexico. It is wise, adventurous, heartbreaking, rueful, exciting, inspiring, but never mawkish. It is populated by indelible side characters such as the patriarch Einhorn, an ever-resourceful operator with a “fatty, beaky, noble Bourbon face” who serves as Augie’s father figure, the querulous Grandma Lausch who tends to the March home when Augie’s mother cannot, and Mintouchian, the avuncular Armenian who doles out some rules for living. Even Trotsky makes a cameo.
And then there’s Bellow’s nimble linguistic dexterity, in which his gift for description merges seamlessly with Augie’s expansive wisdom:
But maybe that spicy, sumptuous fish-gravy odor that belonged to the past made me too much of a critic of the present moment, exaggerating Mama’s difficulties and imagining that the Gulistan and the drapes were the softenings of a cage.
This passage comes late in the book, when Augie is wondering if he has been altogether decent to his debilitated Mama and to his developmentally disabled brother Georgie, locked away and betrayed by Augie’s older brother Simon, who spends most of the book with a missing tooth. It’s especially wistful that this is the ultimate cost of Augie’s raucous adventures: that the broken family should be so physically broken and that dear relatives should be schlepped away to institutions.
Since Augie may be fated to start a family of his own, his Adventures could be read as a Rosseau-like confessional. Rosseau hoped to make his way into heaven by telling all. For Augie, perhaps family and love may be the empyrean reward. When Augie says in the final paragraph that he’s “a sort of Columbus of those near-in-hand,” we realize his terra incognita may not necessarily be of the “American, Chicago-born” category, but more concerned with stretching the soul. And if his soul has already stretched across decades, why wouldn’t it stretch further?
* — It may be worth noting that Amis, who befriended Bellow, took Hitchens to meet the great genius. But the two distinctive writers got a bit contentious. From Bellow’s August 29, 1989 letter to Cynthia Ozick:
During dinner he mentioned that he was a great friend of Edward Said. Leon Wieseltier and Noam Chomsky were also great buddies of his. At the mention of Said’s name, Janis grumbled. I doubt that this was unexpected, for Hitchens almost certainly thinks of me as a terrible reactionary — the Jewish Right. Brought up to respect and to reject politeness at the same time, the guest wrestled briefly and silently with the louche journalist and finally [the latter] spoke up. He said that Said was a great friend and that he must apologize for differing with Janis but loyalty to a friend demanded that he set the record straight. Everybody remained polite. For Amis’ sake I didn’t want a scene. Fortunately (or not) I had within reach several excerpts from Said’s Critical Inquiry piece, which I offered in evidence. Jews were (more or less) Nazis. But of course, said Hitchens, it was well known that [Yitzhak] Shamir had approached Hitler during the war to make deals. I objected that Shamir was Shamir, he wasn’t the Jews. Besides I didn’t trust the evidence. The argument seesawed. Amis took the Said selections to read for himself. He could find nothing to say at the moment but next morning he tried to bring the matter up, and to avoid further embarrassment I said it had all been much ado about nothing.
Hitchens appeals to Amis. This is a temptation I understand. But the sort of people you like to write about aren’t always fit company, especially at the dinner table.
Next Up: Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead Revisited!
October 13, 2011 June 24, 2012 by Edward Champion
Dwight Macdonald: A Case Study for Great Responsibility
This lengthy essay examines Dwight Macdonald, one of the most contentious critics of the 20th century. What can his style of attack and his viewpoints offer in the 21st century? Is his fall from grace a parable?
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“Macdonald had given the hint that the clue to discovery was not in the substance of one’s idea, but in what was learned from the style of one’s attack.” – Norman Mailer, The Armies of the Night
Forty-four years ago, on a temperate October afternoon charged by a mass temper, more than 100,000 people occupied the Lincoln Memorial to protest the Vietnam War. Among them were Norman Mailer, Robert Lowell, and Dwight Macdonald. A good third of this group, led in part by the literary trio, would soon march upon the Pentagon with the intention of levitating it. Mailer would write one of his best-known volumes from these events, earning both a National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize. But Mailer could not have done so without Macdonald, whose fiery approach had helped him “to get his guns loose.”
For the critic Macdonald, such heady protests were old hat. During World War II, he had raised hell through the antiwar Workers Party against the collective failure to condemn Soviet foreign policy. He was also involved in the March on Washington Movement, an effort to end racial discrimination in the armed forces. As the cultural critic James Wolcott has suggested, Macdonald “wrote and spoke as if fear and conformity were foreign to his nature and affronts to the spirit of liberty.” Yet he was inclusive of any emerging figure who posssessed these virtues. Of an antagonistic young man who challenged the arrogant Harvard dean McGeorge Bundy in the Atlantic‘s pages, Macdonald was to confess that he “could not help liking [William] Buckley.”
After a shaky political start as a waspy young journalist on the make, Macdonald revolted against his employer Henry Luce and began editing Partisan Review, where he raised his pugilistic fists through words. When not attacking Stalinism from the left (later in life, he would identify himself as a “conservative anarchist”) or questioning the responsibility of intellectuals, Macdonald spent time successfully persuading the likes of Edmund Wilson and George Orwell to contribute to his pages. But Macdonald’s contentious personality eventually led him to form his independent journal, Politics, which flourished from 1944 through 1949, until Macdonald’s energies and resources diminished.
Never especially good at mushrooming his ideas and views into books, Macdonald became a pen for hire, directing his attentions to perceived cultural threats: homogenization, dry academic writing, and sundry commercial forces. Many of Macdonald’s best cultural essays have been collected in a recently published volume, Masscult and Midcult: Essays Against the American Grain. These pieces permit us to see the varying fluency with which Macdonald applied the political attack dog approach so valued by Mailer.
Macdonald functioned best when he had a fixed target in his crosshairs. “By Cozzens Possessed,” a career-killing takedown of the novelist James Gould Cozzens, is a merciless exercise, attacking the then revered 1957 novel, By Love Possessed, for its prose style, its use of arcane words, the feverish and often thoughtless critical acclaim, and its inaccurate portrayal of human behavior. It is so brutal and stinging an assessment that it might almost serve as a handbook for any young critic hoping to make a big splash. But Macdonald stood for a clear set of values. He wished to protest “the general lowering of standards” and “the sober, conscious plodders…whose true worth is temporarily obscured by their modish avant-garde competitors.”
Such sectarian language sounds not unlike Macdonald’s political missives from decades before. Sure enough, it was this nexus of self-deception and ascension in status which served as the common whetstone for Macdonald to sharpen his sword. Before Macdonald begins his attack, he establishes Cozzens’s financial and critical success in the first paragraph, showing that Cozzens in a position to take it. (This is very much in the tradition of American hatchet jobs. Mark Twain’s essay, “Fenimore Cooper’s Literary Offenses,” also opens with three epigraphs attesting to the alleged worth of Cooper’s writing.)
Macdonald’s essays also inadvertently raise the question of whether a critic really deserves this much power. In his invaluable John Cheever biography, Blake Bailey made a convincing case that Macdonald’s drive-by impacted the 1958 National Book Award, pushing Cheever’s The Wapshot Chronicle into the winning slot. (Cheever thought highly of By Love Possessed, calling it “excellent” in his journals. Years later, after learning that Cozzens had revered his work, the guilt-ridden Cheever became so upset that he came close to sending Cozzens a family heirloom.) Did James Gould Cozzens sully culture as much as the Great Books (which Macdonald rightfully chided as “densely printed, poorly edited reading matter”) or the Revised Standard Version of the Bible (which Macdoanld rebuked for destroying the King James’s lexical zest)? Probably not, especially if one values the positive qualities of oddity.
Macdonald sent copies of his essays to his targets, thereby permitting them to respond, if so desired. Thus, in book form, Macdonald’s essays frequently contain appendices, such as George Plimpton lodging his objections and corrections at the end of Macdonald’s attack on Hemingway. Reading such annotations in the early 21st century, which closely resemble today’s blog and comment culture, one gets the uncanny sense that, were Dwight Macdonald around today, he would likely be some wild-eyed blogger operating out of a ramshackle Brooklyn apartment.
In an age when many online enthusiasts think nothing of embedding Amazon links into their blogs or sign away their Goodreads reviews without consideration of the “royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, list information regarding, edit, translate, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, and make derivative works of all such User Content and your name, voice, and/or likeness as contained in your User Content,” there are ineluctable connections between culture and commerce. And Macdonald’s lengthy essay condemning Masscult (“a parody of High Culture”) protests a cultural world in which “everything becomes a commodity, to be mined for $$$$, used for something it is not, from Davy Crockett to Picasso. Once a writer becomes a Name, that is, once he writes a book that for good or bad reasons catches on, the Masscult (or Midcult) mechanism begins to ‘build him up,’ to package him into something that can be sold in identical units in quantity. He can coast along the rest of his life on momentum; publishers will pay him big advances just to get his Name on their list; his charisma becomes such that people will pay him $250 and up to address them (really just to see him); editors will reward him handsomely for articles on subjects he knows nothing about.”
Macdonald’s argument may need to be revised to account for recent technological developments, but his general beef with cultural philistines still holds considerable water. This year, we have seen bestselling novelist Lev Grossman, whose books are now being developed into a FOX television series, write a review of George R.R. Martin’s Dance with Dragons, describing it as “the great fantasy epic of our era” without disclosing the fact that Grossman secured a glowing blurb from Martin for The Magicians. Another critic, Laura Miller, openly invites her readers to ban books: “As deplorable as real-life book banning may be, there’s some required reading that those of us at Salon would love to see retired from the nation’s syllabuses simply because we were tortured by it as kids.” Given these affronts to integrity and intellectualism, where is today’s Dwight Macdonald to contend with these two hydrophobic mutts in the woodshed?
It’s certainly easy for a myopic reader to interpret Macdonald’s essays as snark, for Macdonald had a clear enmity for rock music and television. Yet snark, as David Denby has remarked in a book on the subject, involves a contempt for absolutely everyone. While elitist in tone, Macdonald’s cultural essays also commended the proliferation of symphony orchestras and art house movie theaters. He did honor the artistically and intellectually ambitious, although often with brutal paradox. He recognizes Hemingway as a stylistic innovator, yet writes, “I don’t know which is the more surprising, after twenty years, the virtuosity of the style or its lack of emotional resonance today.”
At times, Macdonald’s cultural essays read as if they were more concerned with swimming in a stream of brimstone. His 1972 smackdown of Norman Cousins, editor of a now largely forgotten biweekly magazine, feels more desperate and superficial than Alan Grayson’s recent obliteration of PJ O’Rourke on a recent installment of Real Time with Bill Maher. When he lost his focus, it was easy for Macdonald to reveal hypocrisy. In his 1967 essay “Parajounalism,” Macdonald condemns Tom Wolfe for his cruel assaults on The New Yorker‘s Wallace Shawn, yet lacks the courage to acknowledge his own malicious barbs toward others in the past. And when Macdonald writes about Wolfe’s attack being “more in the kamikaze style – after all he was thirty-three when he wrote it while I was thirty-one when I wrote mine,” one wonders if Macdonald was jealous of Wolfe’s increased attention and his ability to get through to younger readers.
Despite his pugnacity, Macdonald could be kind. In his essay on James Agee not long after Agee’s death, Macdonald writes, “I had always thought of Agee as the most broadly gifted writer of my generation, the one who, if anyone, might someday do major work.” In January 1963, The New Yorker published Macdonald’s essay on Michael Harrington’s The Poverty of America. Macdonald put a considerable amount of work into the piece, which featured an impassioned demand to the upper and middle classes to reverse “mass poverty in a prosperous country.” Macdonald’s essay attracted great attention and helped reverse the book’s flagging sales.
Yet it’s possible that, for all of his righteous exactitude, Macdonald wasn’t kind or motivated enough. His clumsy and alcohol-fueled elitism (according to Michael Wreszin’s page-turner of a biography, A Rebel in Defense of Tradition, Macdonald needed a ration of twelve drinks a day) inspired Saul Bellow to savage him in Humboldt’s Gift. In Bellow’s novel, Macdonald appeared as the “lightweight” intellectual Orlando Higgins, where “his penis which lay before him on the water-smoothed wood, expressed all the fluctuations of his interest.”
To offer a Masscult metaphor that Macdonald would loathe: with great power comes great responsibility. If a critic’s responsibility involves standing against the contemptible forces transforming independent voices into soothing consumer-oriented bores who are no different from the hucksters who sell fabric softener, then nearly every working critic in America can learn a lesson from Macdonald. On the other hand, Macdonald’s lack of versatility demonstrates how a prominent tiger can be swiftly forgotten if he doesn’t change his stripes.
Postscript: The above essay was originally scheduled to run in a literary journal. What I did not anticipate was that much of the subtext concerning “style of one’s attack” would be misinterpreted by the estimable editor as a series of attacks. After some lively back-and-forth and many concessions on my part, I was forced to withdraw the piece on amicable terms and publish it on these pages. I still carry great respect for this literary journal and, as far as I’m concerned, the editor is still a sweetheart. But I relate this metafactual episode to demonstrate the distinct possibility that even a quasi-Macdonald approach, one also revealing a distinct arthritic quality in the lunge, may no longer be welcome nor encouraged in our present culture.
May 24, 2007 May 24, 2007 by Antoine Wilson
AUTHORS: Do You Have What It Takes?
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It’s the ultimate reality series, the ultimate game show and the ultimate half-hour of intriguing storylines. The Ultimate Author is an awesome television program packed with entertaining, engaging and interesting events. Each week, contestants go toe-to-toe in a writing competition that tests their ability to develop attention-grabbing content.
Casting Call: June 16, 2007. Fort Lauderdale, FL.
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January 14, 2004 March 23, 2006 by DrMabuse
American Suckers
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Close to the centenary, all is not well in Dali world. Robert Deschames, author of a Dali biography, has been fighting the Gala-Salvador Dali Foundation for some time. He claims that Dali gave him the commercial rights to his work during their friendship. The Foundation says no. The battle has waged in court for some time. Attorneys have profited. Deschames’ attorney claims that his client is ruined. This wouldn’t be the first time that money got in the way of one of Dali’s friendships, but it does mark the first time that it’s happened beyond the pale.
Putin is pissed. A history book suggested that he was a dictator running a police state. The great irony is that he’s now ordered a review of all history books.
Proving once again that Viagra conquers all, Julio Iglesias (that would be Dr. Julio, father of the Julio we know) has fathered a child at 87. This beats out Saul Bellow, who became a dad again at 84, and whose illegitimate grandson has recently taken over Playboy. Bellow responded, “That bastard! Does he know how much work it took?”
Here are several reasons why I will probably never read David Denby’s American Sucker:
1. He finds spiritual redemption in 8 Mile.
2. The Washington Post: “This warmed-over Horatio Alger rhetoric is very hard to stomach coming from a man cushioned in a handsomely paid magazine job, trying to stake himself to a stock market windfall in order to keep control of a $1.4 million apartment financed largely by his own family inheritance — someone who spent not one but two tours of duty at an Ivy League university, subsidized the second time via the good graces of a book contract. Bleary-eyed community college night classes, indeed.”
3. The Boston Globe channels John Kenneth Galbraith’s The Great Crash, noting, “When those same [economic] leaders are led off in handcuffs, it is a pretty good sign the boom has turned into a bust.” Denby, of course, stayed in after the NASDAQ dropped in March 2000.
4. The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: “At times, Denby’s obsessions become tiring – if he had a deeper navel, he would have written a longer book.”
December 13, 2003 January 20, 2006 by DrMabuse
Literary Grandson to Launch Unexpected Career
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In response to the recent news that 25 year old John Buffalo Mailer, the youngest child of Norman Mailer, will be taken over the reins of High Times, Return of the Reluctant has learned that Ishmael Harris Bellow, the illegitimate grandson of novelist Saul Bellow (and little-known son of Adam Bellow), age 2, will become editor-in-chief of Playboy Magazine.
“We needed credibility,” said original founder Hugh Hefner. “Someone in touch with the next generation’s tastes.”
The decision to hire Bellow came hot on the heels of other noted family involvements (Drew Barrymore’s mom and Michelle Pfeiffer’s sister, to name two pictorial collaborations). Magazine insiders report that the Bellow decision, not unlike the Mailer hire, is nothing less than a desperate attempt to boost sales of a magazine that has lost its cultural relevance.
“Hugh Hefner is the worst publisher of his generation,” said Dale Peck, who then declared Playboy “homophobic” because it had refused to publish his stories.
“Goo goo ga!” replied Bellow, who then demanded to be burped and had two unpaid editorial interns close the door to his spacious Manhattan office.
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amelia westlake is one of entertainment weekly’s 10 best young adult books of the year
The US edition of Amelia Westlake is one of Entertainment Weekly’s top 10 books of 2019.
Erin Gough gifts readers a social justice adventure with heart and humor in equal measure. Teacher’s pet Harriet Price and anti-establishment artist Will Everhart team up to create the fictional Amelia Westlake, a high school hoax who speaks truth to power. In a time where hope can feel in short supply, it’s a breath of fresh air to get a tale that examines privilege and how to foment meaningful change without ever losing sight of its own charms.
—Maureen Lee Lenker
amelia westlake wins ethel turner prize at nsw premier’s literary awards
Amelia Westlake has won the Ethel Turner Prize for Young People’s Literature at the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards.
Judges’ comments
Erin Gough has […] created a fiercely funny narrative that sits well in the contemporary young adult niche, raising issues of feminist intersectionality, queerness and racism, shedding timely commentary on the #MeToo movement. While the novel explores gender politics and the mechanics of power, at its heart it works well as an uplifting romance novel that is delightful to read.
One of the many strengths of this novel is the dialogue which is taut, sassy and authentic. Gough creates three-dimensional characters who are flawed, yet full of heart. Amelia Westlake goes further, encouraging dialogue and camaraderie, reiterating the importance of creating inclusive, affirming environments. While the setting is an elite Australian private school, this should serve a global readership well exploring universal issues with flair, humour and intelligence.
Ultimately, much-applauded author Erin Gough has once again created a fresh, intelligent and edgy narrative that resonates well with her readers. Erin Gough continues to be an important voice in Australian YA fiction. This is a smart and very readable rom-com… and so much more!
See the full story at the State Library of NSW website
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2019 held in the Mitchell Reading Room, honoring Australian writers
listings for amelia westlake
Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) 2019 – shortlisted
Gold Inky Award 2019 – long listed
CBCA Notable Book 2019
Queensland Literary Awards 2018 – shortlisted
Judges’ comments:
Gough deftly navigates the delicate space where comedy meets drama. Her two spirited protagonists, the naively generous Harriet, and the cynical, completely ‘woke’ Will, forge a bond as they concoct a series of pranks that challenge privilege, power, and pretence. Their subsequent developing attraction is organic and authentic.
Indie Book Awards 2019 – shortlisted
Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2019 – shortlisted
Amelia Westlake is an exceptional novel that portrays flawed and layered queer teenagers stumbling towards self-awareness and a blossoming relationship in an authentic and refreshing way. The writing is delightfully sharp, with a distinctive voice and personality that shines through on every page. The novel manages to be both weighty and thoughtful, while remaining humorous, heartfelt and hopeful.
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2019 – shortlisted
Erin Gough has…created a fiercely funny narrative that sits well in the contemporary young adult niche, raising issues of feminist intersectionality, queerness and racism, shedding timely commentary on the #MeToo movement. While the novel explores gender politics and the mechanics of power, at its heart it works well as an uplifting romance novel that is delightful to read.
One of the many strengths of this novel is the dialogue which is taut, sassy and authentic. Gough creates three-dimensional characters who are flawed, yet full of heart.
amelia westlake wins 2018 readings young adult book prize
Amelia Westlake by Erin Gough has won this year’s 2018 Readings Young Adult Book Prize.
The Prize considers first and second works of young adult fiction and memoir from Australian authors. This year’s shortlist included Between Us by Clare Atkins, Beautiful Mess by Claire Christian, Small Spaces by Sarah Epstein, Untidy Towns by Kate O’Donnell, This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada as well as Gough’s Amelia Westlake.
Amelia Westlake follows the story of Harriet Price (rule-abiding prefect) and Will Everhart (rule-breaking slacker). The two girls strike up an unlikely friendship when they decide to publish a controversial cartoon about a sexist teacher in the school newspaper under the pseudonym Amelia Westlake – an act that leads to further rebellion, and a romantic spark between Harriet and Will. Part queer rom-com, part feminist heist, Amelia Westlake is a joy to read.
amelia westlake sells into the US
Erin Gough’s new queer feminist YA novel, Amelia Westlake (Hardie Grant Egmont), has sold into the US to Little, Brown imprint Poppy.
United Talent Agency film agent Mary Pender has also signed on to represent film rights for the title ahead of its publication in the US.
‘It’s no wonder we’ve had such an immediate and excitable response to Erin’s second novel, with multiple rights deals underway after Bologna,’ said Hardie Grant Egmont publisher Marisa Pintado. ‘Amelia Westlake is highly political, bitingly funny, and in the wake of the #MeToo movement, deeply relevant and empowering; as one of the only authors writing queer, own-voice YA in Australia, Erin is a force to be reckoned with.’
More at Books+Publishing
amelia westlake launch
Please join us for the launch of Amelia Westlake!
‘After her Ampersand Prize-winning debut The Flywheel, Erin Gough’s second novel has been eagerly anticipated. Amelia Westlake has been worth the wait. This is a brilliant social satire with a feminist vibe and two strong main characters whose voices alternate telling the story … Gough has created a clever, engaging feminist romp for readers aged 12 and up that is utterly unputdownable.’ Angela Crocombe, Australian Books and Publishing
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amelia westlake – coming in april 2018
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PLAY THE POWER, NOT THE GAME.
Coming in April 2018 from Ampersand Prize-winning author, Erin Gough, Amelia Westlake is a ferociously funny romantic comedy about power, politics and an epic private-school hoax that brings two very different girls together.
Harriet Price is the perfect Rosemead Grammar student, and Will Everhart is a social-justice warrior with a chip on her shoulder. When a worrying incident with their swimming coach goes unnoticed, the unlikely duo embark on a grand feminist hoax to expose him.
Dazzling and triumphant, Amelia Westlake is the second novel from the award-winning author of The Flywheel, and a timely call to arms for every young woman who’s been faced with inappropriate comments or harassment from an authority figure.
sydney writers’ festival: spotlight on diversity
What’s the deal with diversity? It’s a hot topic in YA literature, but why is it important? Journalist and author Sarah Ayoub is joined by writers Randa Abdel-Fatteh, Erin Gough and Will Kostakis to discuss why portrayals of Australian teenagers in books should be real rather than random. How can writers use more than just culture to create characters we can relate to? Find out what roles family, class, gender and sexuality can play in the books we read.
When: Saturday 27 May
Where: Riverside Theatre, Parramatta, 1.30pm
get it together, delilah! out now in the usa
‘It doesn’t matter if you’re gay or straight, it’s got what I love in novels; great characters, relationships, a strong funny voice and a great sense of place.’ Melina Marchetta
‘Eminently readable prose; a relatable narrator; and a realistic, grounded lesbian romance will leave readers cheering for Delilah to find her way.’ Booklist
‘Delilah’s interactions and conflicts with her family and friends feel deeply real.’ Publishers Weekly
‘Romance fans will find the up and down relationship of Rosa and Delilah dreamy.’ Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
Posted on December 2, 2016 March 13, 2017
coming out in the usa – april 2017
The Flywheel is being released in the States in April under a new title (with a new cover) – Get it Together, Delilah!
Barnes and Noble has listed it as one of their most anticipated LGBT releases for 2017. Read the full list.
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Cities: Skylines Review - The Best City Builder in a Decade
Jonathan Bolding | 10 Mar 2015 09:00
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Developed by Colossal Order. Published by Paradox Interactive. Released March 10, 2015. Available on PC. Review copy provided by Publisher.
City Building is a favorite genre of mine. I love to lay out careful patterns of roads, provide lovely public transit, walkable routes, and generally create the kind of gorgeous, convenient places I'd love to live in as an alternative to asphalt-sprawl-choked, highway obsessed modern urban development. Cities: Skylines speaks to this very fundamental part of my nature.
Oh, and, I guess, it's simple and lovely enough that if you're not obsessed with the same things I am you'll do really well at it too.
It's a nice little game from developer Colossal Order, worthy of hours of your time. It has lovely little graphics, available in map flavors from northern european to tropical island, and allows you to live out your dreams of a hyper-taxed socialist utopia with legal drugs and free public transit, or a highly regulated free market hellscape where pets and smoking are banned and everyone only goes anywhere by car. Either way, you'll have fun planning out a city and executing your dreams. If you've felt neglected by the insufficiently complicated city builders of recent years, or felt that older city builders were simply too complex and obtuse for you, then Cities: Skylines is a game worth your time and attention.
In Cities: Skylines you do a lot throwing things at the wall and seeing what sticks. You guide yourself through the interface, laying out roads, optimizing your flow of traffic, zoning new areas, and placing specialist buildings from aquariums to fire stations and universities. The basics of city sims still apply, though. You expand your city by laying out roads of various sizes, from two to six lane, in various varieties - like one way, or with pretty barrier trees and decorations. As your lay road, the game shows gridded areas where buildings can be placed on them. You zone that area as residential, commercial, industrial, or office, with residential and commercial coming in high and low density varieties - think downtown or suburb size. When the simulation is running at one of its three speeds, little people move into your town and build buildings appropriate to the plan you've given them. Meanwhile, you hand-place buildings like government services and power plants, tending to the needs of your populace for things like water, power, sewage, and garbage pickup. Later in the game, you optimize a rail system, create routes for your bus system, and construct an underground metro for true convenience. You even build cargo and passenger ports for crate and cruise ships.
Truthfully, the most important thing in your city is traffic management, and those who fail to plan for a modern city with a well designed transit system are in for a world of pain. It's hilarious, if unfortunate, to watch a line of ambulances held up by a few huge trucks delivering lumber while a bunch of people die at their homes a few streets over. Be aware that if you don't like managing and optimizing your traffic flow, you're probably not going to have much fun in this game. The good news? Modern city planning actually works wonders, and finding the right balance of public transit, walkability, and car deliveries is a treat. It's a soothing experience, not only to see your plans come to fruition but also to laugh as your offhand solutions become traffic-clogged hellscapes requiring the use of ever more elaborate interchanges. The game's interfaces are all well designed, showing both raw numbers and graphical representations of your city's need for things like water flow when you bring up the relevant tools. Likewise, there's a variety of map modes for everything from traffic flow problems to presence of natural resources.
The game's agent system is lovely, letting you follow a person through the course of their workday, shopping, and trips to and from home. It's also a great way of following problems to their sources. Got someone complaining about noise pollution? Click on them and figure out where they live and work to find the source - both of which are little hotlinks in the bubble above their head that take you to their home and workplace (as well as their current destination, if you're so inclined.)
Despite the ease of use, it can be frustrating to find the numbers you're looking for, and sometimes tracing the root of a problem in your city can be a little obtuse. Want to know why you get so few tourists? Good luck with that. Why's crime so low? Probably because you have well educated citizens, but the game's not going to explain it. The game's system of bubbles and popups above individual houses and citizens lets you know what's going wrong, but occasionally a problem can get quite out of control before you notice. You have to learn to roll with the punches, and realize that the challenge of the game is recovering from situations you've created and sticking with your plan to grow your city - not never losing a citizen to sickness or a building to fire. Those seeking a big challenge will find it behooves them to turn on the game's included hard mode mod before forging forward, because otherwise the real challenge isn't in economics, but in optimization - how well can you build and how can you get it working well once you've built it? Can you fill up the map, using the total of 9 2 kilometer by 2 kilometer tiles and reaching the cap of one million citizens? Can you meet the challenges to unlock all the unique buildings and thereby build every single wonder? You probably can, if you're good and have the hundred hours I'd expect it to take for that kind of expansion.
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Cities: Skylines The gaming community has been disappointed and burned by city builders in recent years. Can Colossal Order and Paradox Interactive win them back with Cities: Skylines? 5
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Chad Qualls
Birth DateAugust 17, 1978
BirthplaceLomita, CA
Experience14 years
CollegeNevada
PositionRelief Pitcher
3.89 74 624
Chad Qualls Game-by-Game Stats
Select20172016201520142013201220112010200920082007200620052004
Batting:
Regular Season Games through April 3, 2017 Year to Date
DATE OPPONENT RESULT IP H R ER HR BB SO GB FB Pit BF GSc Dec. Rel. ERA
Jun 27 @ SF L 4-3 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 13 4 - L(1-1) - 5.40
Jun 26 @ SF L 9-2 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 10 3 - - - 5.06
Jun 15 vs SF W 10-9 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 - - - 4.60
Jun 11 @ CHC L 7-5 1.1 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 20 5 - - - 4.11
Jun 10 @ CHC W 9-1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 - - H(1) 3.86
Jun 7 vs CLE W 8-1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 18 4 - - - 3.95
Jun 2 @ SD L 8-5 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 14 4 - - - 4.26
Monthly Totals 5.0 7 4 4 1 1 6 11 5 79 23 -- 0-1 0 sv 7.20
May 30 vs SEA L 10-4 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 17 5 - - - 4.63
May 27 vs STL L 3-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 13 3 - - - 5.06
May 23 @ PHI W 8-2 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 17 4 - - - 5.59
May 20 @ CIN L 12-8 0.1 2 3 3 1 1 0 1 2 11 4 - - - 5.19
May 18 @ MIN L 2-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15 3 - - - 2.16
May 13 vs LAD L 4-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 3 - - - 2.45
May 12 vs LAD L 6-2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11 3 - - - 2.84
May 9 vs CHC W 10-4 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 20 5 - - - 3.38
May 4 @ SD W 3-2 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 14 5 - W(1-0) - 2.08
May 3 @ SD W 11-3 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 15 3 - - - 2.70
Monthly Totals 9.1 8 5 5 2 3 4 18 13 141 38 -- 1-0 0 sv 4.82
Apr 29 @ ARI W 7-6 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 10 3 - - - 3.86
Apr 26 vs WSH L 11-4 1.1 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 5 22 8 - - - 6.75
Monthly Totals 2.1 2 2 1 0 1 1 4 5 32 11 -- 0-0 0 sv 3.86
IP H R ER HR BB SO GB FB Pit BF AGS W-L S-BS-H ERA
Totals 16.2 17 11 10 3 5 11 33 23 252 72 0 1-1 0-0-1 5.40
*Monthly totals updated nightly.
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Funeral Preparations: Embalming
Many funeral homes require embalming if you are planning a viewing or visitation. But embalming generally is not necessary or legally required if the body is buried or cremated shortly after death. Eliminating this service can save you hundreds of dollars. Under the FTC Funeral Rule, a funeral provider:
may not provide embalming services without permission.
may not falsely state that embalming is required by law.
must disclose in writing that embalming is not required by law, except in certain special cases.
may not charge a fee for unauthorized embalming unless embalming is required by state law.
must disclose in writing that you usually have the right to choose a disposition such as direct cremation or immediate burial, that does not require embalming if you do not want this service.
must disclose in writing that some funeral arrangements, such as a funeral with viewing, may make embalming a practical necessity and, if so, a required purchase.
Funeral Preparations: Caskets
For a traditional funeral service, the casket is often the single most expensive item you will purchase. Caskets vary widely in style and price and are sold primarily for their visual appeal. Typically, they are constructed of metal, wood, fiberboard, fiberglass or plastic. Although an average casket costs slightly more than $2,000, some mahogany, bronze or copper caskets sell for as much as $10,000. When you visit a funeral home or showroom to shop for a casket, the FTC Funeral Rule requires the funeral director to show you a list of caskets the company sells, with descriptions and prices, before showing you the caskets. Industry studies show that the average casket shopper buys one of the first three models shown, generally the middle-priced of the three.
Note: It is generally in the seller's best interest to begin the process of casket showing by showing the higher-end models. If you haven't seen some of the lower-priced models on the price list, ask to see them - but don't be surprised if they're not prominently displayed, or not on display at all.
Historically, funeral caskets were sold only by funeral homes. But with increasing frequency, showrooms and "third-party" dealers are selling caskets. You can buy a casket from one of these dealers and have it shipped directly to the funeral home. The Funeral Rule requires funeral homes to agree to use a casket you bought elsewhere, and doesn't allow them to charge you a fee for using it.
No matter where or when you're buying a casket, it's important to remember that its purpose is to provide a dignified way to move the body before burial or cremation. No casket, regardless of its qualities or cost, will preserve a body forever. Metal caskets frequently are described as "gasketed," "protective" or "sealer" caskets. These terms mean that the casket has a rubber gasket or some other feature that is designed to delay the penetration of water into the casket and prevent rust. The Funeral Rule forbids claims that these features help preserve the remains indefinitely because they don't. They just add to the cost of the casket.
Most metal caskets are made from rolled steel of varying gauges - the lower the gauge, the thicker the steel. Some metal caskets come with a warranty for longevity. Wooden caskets generally are not gasketed and don't have a warranty for longevity. They can be hardwood like mahogany, walnut, cherry or oak, or softwood like pine. Pine caskets are a less expensive option, but funeral homes rarely display them. Manufacturers of both wooden and metal caskets usually warrant workmanship and materials.
Funeral Preparations: Casket Rentals for Funeral Cremations
Many families that choose to have their loved ones cremated rent a casket from the funeral home for the visitation and funeral, eliminating the cost of buying a casket. If you opt for visitation and cremation, ask about the rental option. For those who choose a direct cremation without a viewing or other ceremony where the body is present, the funeral provider must offer an inexpensive unfinished wood box or alternative container, a non-metal enclosure - pressboard, cardboard or canvas - that is cremated with the body. Under the FTC Funeral Rule, funeral directors who offer Direct Cremations:
may not tell you that state or local law requires a casket for direct cremations, because none do;
must disclose in writing your right to buy an unfinished wood box or an alternative container for a direct cremation;
must make an unfinished wood box or other alternative container available for direct cremations.
Funeral Preparations: Burial Vaults or Grave Liners
Burial vaults or grave liners, also known as burial containers, are commonly used in traditional funeral services. The vault or liner is placed in the ground before burial, and the casket is lowered into it at burial. This is to prevent the ground from caving in as the casket deteriorates over time. A grave liner is made of reinforced concrete and will satisfy any cemetery requirement. Grave liners cover only the top and sides of the casket. A burial vault, on the other hand, is more substantial and expensive than a grave liner. It surrounds the casket in concrete or another material and may be sold with a warranty of protective strength.
State laws do not require a vault or liner, and funeral providers may not tell you otherwise. However, keep in mind that many cemeteries require some type of outer burial container to prevent the grave from sinking in the future. Neither grave liners nor burial vaults are designed to prevent the eventual decomposition of human remains. It is illegal for funeral providers to claim that a vault will keep water, dirt or other debris from penetrating into the casket if that's not true.
Before presenting you with any outer burial containers, a funeral service providers are required to provide a list of prices and descriptions. It may be less expensive to buy an outer burial container from a third-party dealer than from a funeral home or cemetery. Compare prices from several sources before you select a model.
Funeral Preparations: Burial Plots
When looking to purchase a burial plot, consider the location of the cemetery and whether it meets the requirements of your family's customs or religion. Other things to look at may be any restrictions the cemetery places on burial vaults not purchased directly through them, the type of monuments or memorials it allows, and whether flowers or other remembrances may be placed on the site.
Cost is another consideration when reviewing burial plots. Plots can be expensive, especially in metropolitan areas. Many cemeteries may also require you to purchase a grave liner, resulting in an additional expense of several hundred dollars. There are also charges associated with opening the grave for interment as well as charges to fill it in. While perpetual care on a cemetery plot is sometimes included in the purchase price, it is important to find out this information before purchasing the site or service. If it is not included, look for a separate endowment care fee for maintenance and grounds keeping.
Note: All veterans are entitled to a free burial in a national cemetery and a grave marker. This eligibility also extends to some civilians who have provided military-related service and some Public Health Service personnel. Get more information about funeral preparations for military personnel here.
If you plan to bury your loved one's cremated remains in a mausoleum or columbarium, you can expect to purchase a crypt and pay opening and closing fees, as well as charges for endowment care and other services. The FTC Funeral Rule does not cover cemeteries and mausoleums unless they sell both funeral goods and funeral services, so be cautious in making your purchase to ensure that you receive all pertinent price and other information, and that you're being dealt with fairly. The Funeral Planner Checklist, (Step 7) is designed for you with this in mind.
Use the Funeral Planner Checklist as a guide to help you help you in the funeral preparations process. Learn how to resist the pressure to buy goods and services you don't really want or need and to avoid emotional overspending during your time of need.
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How can you be sure of the authenticity of the Meier case?
Revision as of 05:39, 20 August 2011 by RemRobinson (talk | contribs) (minor grammatical corrections)
For those who have very recently come across the information presented by “Billy” Eduard Albert Meier, an interesting journey lies ahead from just gathering the information on all aspects of the case to finally coming to a conclusion about the authenticity of the case. The goal of this article is to make the journey simpler – by putting forward three questions to the readers, which when answered AFTER reading about all the aspects of the case, and answered honestly, should give a nearly fair evaluation of authenticity of the case.
So, those who have never ever met Billy Meier let alone any Plejaren – how it is possible to come to the eventual conclusion that the Billy Meier case is authentic?
Let us assume for a moment that Billy Meier is an expert hoaxer and like a professional fiction-writer he has built an entire fictional world for his story; and that Billy Meier’s fictional world is inhabited by the Plejaren and Baawi, Lyran and Vegan characters, and accompanied with cooked up historical tales, and spiritual teaching meant to sell books, just like J.R.R. Tolkien’s imaginary world for the Lord of the Rings trilogy, inhabited by hobbits and men, elves and dwarves and fascinating tales of imaginary Middle Earth. The difference between an author creating characters and making up stories and Billy Meier telling us about other civilisations is three-fold:
A. The circumstantial and physical evidences.
B. The prophetic information, or the prophecies and predictions.
C. The spiritual information.
1 The Evidences
1.1 Photographs
1.3 Sound Recordings
1.4 The Metal Samples
1.5 Eyewitness Testimonies
1.6 Prophecies
1.7 The Spiritual Information
2 Calculate the mathematical probability of hoax or truth
The Evidences
Could the photographs[1] present in copyrighted books published before the age of personal computers be made in such a way, that even today, they cannot be duplicated (at least without computers), and then compared head to head?
What is the probability that favourable photo analyses by people like Jim Dilettoso, Neil Davies, Jun-Ichi Yaoi (Nippon TV) and Design Technology (contractor for NASA) was due to them been fooled by Billy Meier’s photo simultaneously?
What fraction of alleged UFO-contactees has provided pictures for similar scientific analysis?
Could the videos[2][3] made before the age of personal computers be faked in a manner such that there is not even 1 accomplice?
What is the probability that favorable video analyses by people like Jun-Ichi Yaoi (Nipon TV), Volker Engel and Marc Weigert (the latter two from Uncharted Territory, and won Academy Awards for special effects in “Independence Day”) was because Billy Meier being able to fool all of them?
What fraction of alleged UFO-contactees has provided videos for similar scientific analysis?
Most, if not all of those who investigated Billy Meier’s photos and videos were either made to sign their report, or have given their account in front of video camera, or have had their analysis published in copyrighted book(s).
Sound analyses[4] was done by sound engineers from Excalibur Studio, Peter Gimer and Rick Coupland of Micor, undersea sound technician Robin L. Shellman and at Naval Undersea Sound Center at Connecticut revealed that the sound samples were a) not synthesized and b) not matching any known source on earth. Is it possible for someone without access to either a) classified military technology, or, b) real extraterrestrial craft sound, to fool the above experts?
What fraction of alleged UFO-contactees has provided sounds for similar scientific analysis?
The Metal Samples
Marcel Vogel, an eminent, multi-patent holder scientist from IBM, famous for his work in the areas of crystals, electroluminescence and computer magnetic disks, examined the metal samples provided by Billy Meier and concluded that those could not be made by technologies available to earth[5]. He had gone on record in video, in radio interviews and in his report declaring the result of his analysis. Is it possible for someone without access to either a) classified military technology, or, b) real extraterrestrial source to fool someone like Marcel Vogel?
What fraction of alleged UFO-contactees has provided other-worldly samples for similar scientific analysis?
Eyewitness Testimonies
Between 1962 and 2010 there were over 120 known witnesses to various types of events that corroborate, verify, enforce and prove the authenticity of Billy Meier's experiences[6]. 15 of those witnesses were subjected to lie detector tests, and all of them passed. Was it possible for multiple witnesses to fool the lie detector test at the same time?
What chance did Billy Meier and Phobol Cheng (a retired U.N. diplomat from Cambodia) had in successfully fooling an expert from the U.S. Army, who has been trained to pick up lies by observing body language?
What fraction of alleged so-called UFO-contactees could muster eyewitness testimonies that were examined through a lie detector machine?
Even Billy Meier’s ex-wife, Kalliope Meier passed a lie detector test. Now, away from lie detector machines after a divorce she claims that Billy Meier has been a hoaxer! Which of her accounts is to be taken as truthful? There are other evidences presented by Meier, like the landing tacks and impression of a 6-fingered ET on a car bonnet: evidences that were seen and verified by investigators, but scientific analysis were not extensively documented.
Q1) Considering the above answers, are you convinced that Billy Meier is really having contact with beings from another planet, or at least beings from a technically advanced civilization?
Not re-winding back too far down the memory lane, just in the last 3 years, there have been at least 3 predictions/prophecies[7][8] previously made by Billy Meier or his alleged extraterrestrial friend(s) that have come true:
From 59th contact: talk of existence of water on Mars.
Date of contact: 8th July 1976
First translated in English: unknown
First published: 1993 in Message from Pleiades Vol. 3 (ISBN: 978-0934269285)
Confirmed: 31st July 2008 by NASA[9]
From 469th contact: talk of petroleum companies, including those of Saudi Arabia, concealing exceeding capacity (peak oil theory)
Date of contact: 11th August 2008
First translated in English: 8th February 2009
First published: 22nd February 2009 in The Future Of Mankind website.
Confirmed: Two of US Embassy cable sent on 7th May 2006 and 10th December 2007, published by Wikileaks on 8th February 2010, titled “US concern over Saudi Arabia oil production” and “Saudi oil company oversold ability to increase production, embassy told” respectively.
From 220th contact: talk of how earth’s gravitational pull distorted moon.
Date of contact: 2nd December 1987
First translated into English: 31st May 2010
First published: November 2004 in German (latest version of Plejadisch-plejarische Kontakberichte, Gespräche, Block 5) and 31st May 2010 in English in The Future Of Mankind website.
Confirmed: 12th November 2010 by NASA[10]
In an ongoing development, scientists and researcher from Arizona State University concluded in March 2011, that chemicals from meteorite “seeded” earth with elements necessary for life. Until now, it has only been a theory. Watch out for further scientific support from other Universities and the scientific community in support of this theory being fact, i.e. meteors seeding planets with micro-organism as declared in Contact Report 224 and first published November 2004 in German in the latest version of Plejadisch-plejarische Kontakberichte, Gespräche, Block 5 and in English in December 2005 in the now defunct site gaiaguys.net.
What is the probability of picking up the above 3 random subjects and making random prophecies/predictions, only for those to come true?
If one considers the quantum of all the prophetic information published in copyrighted books which have fulfilled AFTER the publication of those books, then what is the probability of picking up a multitude of subjects and making random prophecies/predictions, only for those to come true?
Q2) Considering the above answers, are you convinced of the truthfulness of Billy Meier as a prophet?
The Spiritual Information
Billy Meier has not been in a position to benefit from the spirit teaching[11]. He has been repeatedly attacked for his stance on religion. An expert hoaxer would have simply fed public the comfort food and become acceptable to a large majority of the target audience. Billy Meier did the opposite – he published deeply controversial information. What could have been the motive of a person who spoke against the madness of religion since his early days of alleged contacts, and continue to do so?
He continues to be an outcast in the UFO community and his case is least heard. The UFO community fears Billy Meier because he and his extraterrestrial friends rubbish all other claims of contacts, ET-American Government joint bases, channeling, ascended masters, 5th dimension, light-shower, light-workers, Sananda, Maitrayee, 2012 end of the world, Reptilians, alien abduction and subsequent bizarre sexual experiments, Chakras, etc. Accepting Billy Meier would mean abandoning 99.99% of materials that lurch in a standard New Age/pseudo-spiritual/UFO website. What would a hoaxer looking to sell his material have done?
His stance on the overpopulation issue – a taboo subject, has brought him no fame or favor. It especially offends the off-the-shelve religious hardliner who consider reproducing a God-given right and a gift from God, and know-it-all human rights activists who consider reproducing a human right, a.k.a. no strings attached. What would a super intelligent hoaxer have done?
He published the deeply heretical Talmud Jmmanuel (ISBN 978-0971152335). Prof. James Deardorff, after 20 years of research came to the conclusion Talmud Jmmanuel was the source for the Gospel of Matthew and also published a book: “Celestial Teachings: The Emergence of the True Testament of Jmmanuel (Jesus)” (ISBN 978-0926524118). He based his conclusion[12] after comparing passage to passage and provided compelling evidences. There is no available research done by any Biblical scholar to prove the contrary, but only baseless statements. How could Billy Meier have doctored such a document which could present over 100 instances where, in the words of Prof. Deardorff, “the arguments pointing to Matthean dependence upon the TJ are seen to be difficult to reverse”, and that too, without any conflicts and inconsistencies?
Last, but not the least, Billy Meier teaches about Creation. The below quotes about Creation are from Stimme der Wassermannzeit, No. 89 December 1993
"3. The Universe is Creation's internal and external body."
"5. Creation pervades everything and everything pervades Creation, therefore forming oneness within itself. Within this oneness occur all life and all of the evolution allotted to it."
In other words, everything that exists is a part of Creation and is encapsulated by it – for e.g. your body, people around you, your thoughts, thoughts of other people around you, things that you can perceive, things that you cannot perceive, the sun, the planets, other sun, other planets, the computer or the iPhone you are using to access this article, the building blocks of life, energy, radiation, the human spirit, spirit of other life forms, and so on. Is not Creation one big, fat, self-evident, on-the face truth that proves itself to us 24x7x365? Can Creation be a hoax?
Q3) Considering the above answers, are you convinced of the truthfulness of the spiritual teaching?
Calculate the mathematical probability of hoax or truth
Here is a little exercise for those inclined to mathematics and statistics[13]:
fQN = (fQ1*fQ2*…fQN ) / ((fQ1*fQ2*…fQN)+( (1-fQ1)+(1-fQ2)+… (1-fQN)) (1)
fhoax= (fQ1*fQ2*fQ3 ) / ((fQ1*fQ2*fQ3)+( (1-fQ1)+(1-fQ2)+ (1-fQ3)) (2)
fauthentic = 1 -fhoax (3)
Pauthentic% = fauthentic x 100% (4)
Against, each of the sub-questions, write down the approximate probability of an answer that would imply Billy Meier to be a hoaxer (in fraction…0 for 100% authentic, .5 for unsure, maximum value 1 for 100% hoax, etc.); put those values in formula (1) and calculate fQ1, fQ2, and fQ3 for the first, second and third question respectively. Again apply fQ1, fQ2, and fQ3 to formula (2) to get fhoax. Then subtract the resultant value from 1, as in formula (3) and multiply by 100, as in formula (4) to get the authenticity probability of the Billy Meier case …Presto!
It is important not to just blindly believe a theory or a story claimed to be real. A theory put forward by someone can be confirmed by virtue of its evidence - then it becomes knowledge[14]. Investigation, analysis, and subsequent putting of those evidences into perspective always help to graduate oneself from the shadow of belief to the light of knowledge. I urge the reader to do the same.
Peace in wisdom
Subhabrata Mukhuti
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Mozilla might be working on an Android Browser and developed a New Browser for VR and AR
by dushyant94
Mozilla, the maker of open source browser Firefox, is reportedly working on a new Internet browser codenamed ‘Fenix’ for the Android operating system (OS).
The new app is expected to target a younger, tech-savvy audience.
The new project is believed to be in the extremely early stages of development, and it isn’t entirely clear whether it will eventually be released as a new app or a new version of Firefox, which is already one of the more popular third-party web-browsers on most platforms, including Android.
It’s worth noting here that apart from Firefox, Mozilla has a number of other browsers on Android, including the privacy-focused Focus and the lightweight data-saving Rocket meant for the Indonesian market.
Firefox Focus
Take private browsing to the next level. Firefox Focus gives you a dedicated privacy browser with tracking protection and content blocking. You can use Firefox Focus as a standalone browser or as content blocker for Safari on supported iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices.
Firefox Rocket
Firefox Rocket is a light but feature-packed browser that lets you save data and phone storage, capture and share content, and browse quickly even on slow connections except it’s specifically built for Indonesia.
Firefox Reality
The non-profit company is also building a Mixed Reality browser called Firefox Reality, which is being designed specifically for the next generation of VR and AR headsets.
According to Mozilla, one of the biggest such things is the fact that no good, cross-platform web browser exists for AR, VR, and MR experiences.
Now, the company has announced that it is building a browser that is exactly that — compatible across multiple headsets and allowing users easy and intuitive access to the treasure trove that is the internet — all without gathering user data the way major tech giants like Google and Facebook do.
For the most part, according to Mozilla’s statement, it looks like the company knows it can build a web-browser that can handle the weird task of browsing through (mostly) 2D content inside a VR, AR, or MR headset.
“Mixed reality is the wild west. How do you type? How do you express emotion? How do you view the billions of existing 2D web pages as well as new 3D content? How do you communicate? Who maps the world and who controls what you see? Can we build on our work with voice recognition and connected devices to create a better browsing experience? We love tackling these questions. Everything is new again, and we are constantly building and experimenting to find the right answers,” said the company in its blog post about Firefox Reality.
Firefox Android browser ‘Fenix’
There’s not a lot known about the upcoming browser, but as pointed out by Redditor hamsterkill, the name itself may be a bit of an homage to Firefox’s original codename, Fenix, which in turn, was a reference to how the project evolved from the remnants of the defunct Mozilla Suite, just like the Phoenix rose from the ashes.
Among other things, the initial commit message on Github also includes a famous quote from the late Stephen Hawking – “Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet”. It also contains a few lines from Ylvis’s 2014 single, ‘The Fox’, as well as a l
ink to a YouTube video of ‘Rize of the Fenix’ from American comedy rockers, Tenacious D.
As things stand now, details about the new project are hard to come by, with Mozilla yet to say anything about it officially, so it will be interesting to see what exactly the Firefox-maker has in store for Android users going forward.
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The Hard Drive Of The Future: DNA
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Q: Was He a Member? A: Never My Love
An obituary appeared in the New York Times last spring for Richard Blue.
BLUE--Richard, September 18, 1946 - May 16, 2009. Beloved husband to Amanda and wonderful father to Kathleen, Rich was a remarkable human being, loved by all. A great contributor to the music world, Rich had early success as a member of the Association (as Ted Bluechel Jr.) and progressed to write many great songs. [Link]
This came as a great surprise to Ted Bluechel, Jr., formerly of The Association.
Earlier this week, it was reported that [Ted Bluechel, Jr.] had died — but, according to the daughter of [Association] member Larry Ramos, he’s still very much alive; she just talked with him over the past day or so! [Link]
Filed under MSM mistakes, musicians, obituaries
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Maybe He's Just Impersonating Elvis's DNA
Eliza Presley claims that she is the half-sister of Elvis. Oh, and that Elvis is still alive.
Eliza Presley, born Alice Elizabeth Tiffin, grew up in an adoptive family. When as an adult she sought out her birth mother, she found that her mother had lived near Graceland in Memphis, and had at times been a part of Elvis' coterie. For a time, Presley, 47, believed she was Elvis' daughter. But according to DNA tests -- she claims to have tested her DNA with both sides of Elvis' family -- the true match for her father was not Elvis himself but his father, Vernon.
Presley is suing Elvis Presley Enterprises Inc. to try to establish her genetic link to the family. And it was through this struggle that she came to be in contact with "Jesse," whom she now refers to as "my brother," who claims to be Elvis himself, living in secret. [Link]
The incontrovertible proof is presented on Eliza's website. I eagerly await the comeback tour.
Filed under contested claims, DNA, Elvis Presley
How I Have Longed for the Hills of Longoria Parker
What an incredible coincidence that Eva Longoria Parker's ancestral village in Spain bears both her maiden name and married name.
More than 400 years after her ancestors left for the Americas, "Desperate Housewives" star Eva Longoria Parker can expect a joyous welcome when she visits the remote northern Spain village that bears her name.
The village of Longoria Parker, home to around 60 people whose average age is 70, lies in the green hills of the Asturias region. [Link]
Filed under actors, MSM mistakes, Spain
Now That Takes Some Chutzpah
A grandson of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess has offered to sell some of the murderer's personal effects to Yad Vashem.
The letter to the museum, which was sent several months ago and entitled “Rare objects, Auschwitz, Commander Hoess,” was short and succinct, saying: “These are several objects from the estate of Rudolf Hoess, the commander of Auschwitz: A massive, fireproof box with official insignia – a gift from Henrich Himmler, the commander of the SS, weighing 50 kilograms, a letter opener and folders, slides from Auschwitz that have never been seen publicly, letters from his period of imprisonment in Krakow. I would be very grateful for a brief answer. Sincerely, Reiner Hoess.”
The management of Yad Vashem responded with shock to the proposal and rejected it out of hand. The management of the museum expressed disgust over the desire of the criminal’s relative to profit from Holocaust memorabilia. [Link, via JewishGen Blog]
Filed under Jews, Nazis
Inscriptions or Prescriptions?
Mark Aubrey at My Good Life posted photos of two gravestones he spotted at Greenwood Cemetery in Greenwood, Johnson Co., Indiana. Each bears a reference to a chemical compound that can leave people with smiles on their faces.
Filed under gravestones, Indiana
I Suspect Nepotism
A seventh-grader in California and her grandfather have created the "first known Family Tree chart in history" showing that almost all of the US presidents are related.
BridgeAnne d'Avignon, who attends Monte Vista Christian School in Watsonville, traced that Obama, and all other U.S. presidents except Martin Van Buren, are related to John "Lackland" Plantagenet, a king of England and signer of the Magna Carta. [Link, via geneally's Twitter feed]
In BridgeAnne's defense, she failed to find a link between Van Buren and his colleagues only because the Dutch are lousy at concocting dubious royal lineages.
Filed under presidents, royalty
Even Scarier Than the One Demi Moore Kissed in That Movie
I don't want to freak anybody out, but I spotted something frightening in one of the gravestone pictures I took today. It wasn't until I downloaded the images to my laptop that I discovered I had not been alone in the cemetery.
I swear on my mother's yet-empty grave that this is not photoshopped.
Filed under cemeteries, ghosts, Halloween
Lying Around Underground
Most residents of Stockbridge Cemetery in Massachusetts were buried with their feet pointing east.
Not so the Sedgwick family — patriarch Theodore Sedgwick ordered that his family’s graves form a circle with their feet toward the center. This way, on Judgment Day, Sedgwicks will see only other Sedgwicks. [Link]
I'm beginning to think someone should start a blog devoted entirely to families buried in circles.
Filed under gravestones, Massachusetts
'I am erected'
Caitlin at Vast Public Indifference found a First Person Gravestone.
No, I don't mean that the epitaph speaks in the voice of the deceased. In this case, the gravestone itself speaks in the first person.
Filed under epitaphs, gravestones
As a Genealogist He's Comically Bad
Josh Sundling knows little about his family's history, but much about the genealogy of superheroes.
Sundling, who cannot identify his ancestral homeland or the meaning of his surname, possesses extensive knowledge of the creation of superhero teams, the history of imaginary alien races, and the special powers of countless characters.
"We're from Sweden or Norway or somewhere around there," said Sundling, who when prompted can accurately detail the origins of each cartoon member of the X-Men, the Avengers, the Defenders, and the Squadron Supreme. "I don't know for sure. I never really asked about it." [Link]
(Please notice that this item is from The Onion, and not a reputable news source like The Washington Post or Lindsay Lohan's Twitter feed.)
Filed under comic books, genealogical ignorance
It's Illegal There to Have Died in a Foreign Language
Slovakia has passed a law imposing fines "for incorrectly using Slovak and for unauthorized use of minority languages." Punishable offenses could include:
a conductor addressing a passenger in Hungarian on a train from Slovakia to Hungary
a radio station broadcasting in English without Slovak translation
failure to re-carve a 50 year-old grave marker
[Link, via NYRBlog (emphasis mine)]
Filed under gravestones, language, legal matters, Slovakia
He Can't Be Formally Known as Prince
Todd Juchau thinks he's heir to the non-existent French throne, and wants to change his first name to "Prince."
But the Administrative Decisions Tribunal knocked back his appeal and said the name "Prince" might lead people to believe Mr Juchau was genuine royalty.
Mr Juchau yesterday labelled the ruling "discrimination" and said it was unfair that the singer Prince was allowed the name but he was not.
"It's disgraceful," said Mr Juchau - who gives his full name as His Royal Highness Prince Todd Charles Juchau, Protector of the Faithful, Defender of the Kingdom. [Link]
Lacking a legal leg to stand on, Juchau is currently assembling an army on Facebook.
Filed under contested claims, royalty
Megan Smolenyak Masters the Media
I missed Megan on CBS, but just watched her on PBS talking about her Michelle Obama discoveries, published yesterday in the New York Times. I'm a bit of a media snob, so I won't believe her conclusions until I hear them repeated on The Colbert Report and Family Guy.
Filed under Michelle Obama, television
Mormons Unfamiliar With Suspicious White Powders
A "suspicious white powdery substance" found at the LDS vault in Utah turned out to be ground-up fiberglass.
Two employees discovered the substance about noon at the Granite Mountain Storage Vault, located near the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon. Unified Fire Authority Capt. Clint Smith said the pair were unloading a shipment of film used in genealogy work when they discovered a white powder they were unfamiliar with. [Link, via Twitter]
Filed under Mormons, Utah
But I Do Enjoy the Commissions
Craig writes that "Genea-bloggers who say anything positive about genealogical products from now on may [be] required to disclose any 'material connection' between themselves and the distributor of the product."
I intend to skirt these regulations by saying nothing positive about genealogical products. They all suck.
Filed under advertisements, blogs
Not a Self-Hating Jew, Just a Jew-Hating Fool
The Daily Telegraph said last week that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has Jewish roots. The Guardian says today that he has no Jewish roots.
According to both Naji and Tait, Ahmadinejad's father Ahmad was in fact a religious Shia, who taught the Quran before and after Ahmadinejad's birth and their move to Tehran. So religious was Ahmad Sabourjian that he bought a house near a Hosseinieh, a religious club that he frequented during the holy month of Moharram to mourn the martyrdom of Imam Hossein.
Moreover, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's mother is a Seyyede. This is a title given to women whose family are believed to be direct bloodline descendants of Prophet Muhammad.
Filed under Iran, Jewish
His Captain Was a Real Character
I was watching my niece perform in a production of Carousel this afternoon, and the name of one character—Enoch Snow—sounded awfully familiar. It turns out Enoch Snow was a real guy who lived in Scarborough, Maine.
After moving his family to Wells and later, Scarborough, in the 1840s, Enoch began harvesting clams to use as bait for commercial cod fishing. At that time, locals enjoyed the white-shelled clams cooked on the shore over seaweed on heated rocks, as the Indians had taught them in the 1600s.
After the Civil War, the Boston and Maine Railroad came to Pine Point. As a result, clambakes became a tourist attraction. The railroad also enabled clammers to easily distribute their products outside of Pine Point, leading Enoch to become a clammer instead of a sea captain.
But his real nice clambakes aren't the reason Enoch's name sounded familiar. My great-great-grandfather Lemuel Dunham wrote of going to sea in 1856 "on the Newfoundland Banks, hauling in the cod and halibut." The master of his vessel was ... Captain Enoch Snow.
Filed under Maine, theater
The Wing Ring
Little did I know when I wrote this that someone had actually designed a cemetery with genealogy in mind. And it's in Wayne, Maine—less than ten miles from where I was sitting when I wrote it.
The concentric circle design of the cemetery was an engineering feat, Ault said. Those working on the cemetery, for example, had to temporarily move at least 39 graves while the redesign took place. Then they had to carry out a sophisticated plan for the property, cutting arcs from granite and shaping grave plots around them.
The concentric circles turned out to be a carefully conceived plan to reflect Wing family genealogy. The eight-sided obelisk at the center carries the names of all seven original Wing brothers. Descendants are buried in rows emanating out from the inscribed name of their Wing brother ancestor. [Link]
Filed under cemeteries, Maine
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Univ. of Cumberlands 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 4 7 3
Cumberland Univ. at #5 Univ. of Cumberlands | April 26, 2019
Win: Portela (6-1) 7.0 6 3 2 2 9
Loss: Hurley (2-1) 6.0 8 2 2 3 7
McDaniels (CU) 4 2 4 1 2 0
Stroub (UC) 5 1 3 1 0 1
BoxscorePlay-by-Play
Cumberland Univ. 9
#5 Univ. of Cumberlands 4
W: Portela (6-1) L: Hurley (2-1) S: Galart (2)
Doyle Buhl Stadium , Williamsburg, Ky.
Umpires: HP-Dean Hardin; 1B-Kris Cook; 3B-Carson Dozier
Attendance: 0 Duration: 3:10 Weather: 67, mostly sunny, wnw @ 14 mph
Recap Boxscore
Five-run ninth inning carries Phoenix past No. 5 Cumberlands
Jacob Herrera collected three hits with a solo homer in CU's 9-4 win Friday at the Cumberlands. (Credit Steve Wampler)
LEBANON, Tenn. – Jacob Herrera posted three hits with a solo homer, Eddie McDaniels collected four hits and scored twice and Cumberland scored five runs in the ninth to break open a close game in a 9-4 victory over fifth-ranked University of the Cumberlands in baseball action Friday in Williamsburg, Ky.
Polo Portela gave the Phoenix (28-21, 9-7 Mid-South) a quality start the Thomas Galart got the last six outs for a save. Cumberland pounded out 15 hits against five Patriots (41-6, 10-3) hurlers, stranding 15 runners in the game, including the bases loaded in the eighth and ninth innings and at least one runner in 8-of-9 frames.
Portela (6-1) gave up two earned runs on six hits with two walks and nine strikeouts in seven-plus innings, inducing nine fly ball outs from the Cumberlands. He allowed more than one baserunner in an inning just twice before departing after a solo homer by Bryan Leef to leadoff the eighth inning that cut the CU lead to 4-3.
Bentley Jones plated the first Cumberland run in the fifth and Pablo Custodio grounded into a doubleplay with the bases loaded later in the frame for a 2-1 CU edge, but the Patriots knotted the contest with an unearned run in the sixth.
Peyton Wheatley was hit by the pitch with the bases loaded in the eighth and McDaniels followed with an RBI single for a 4-2 Phoenix advantage.
Herrera homered with one out in the ninth, a much-needed insurance run, and the floodgates opened after that for Cumberland. Wheatley posted an RBI single and Reid Bass delivered a two-run double before an RBI groundout from LaDarius Williams concluded the scoring.
Zach Hurley (7-2) gave up two runs on eight hits with three walks and seven strikeouts in six innings for the Cumberlands. Moise Carrasco (2-1) suffered the loss, allowing two runs on one hit with one-plus inning of work.
Cumberland stranded two runners in the first inning after McDaniels singled and Williams was hit.
The Patriots got on the board first with a run in the third when Robbie Stroub doubled with two outs and Orley Arellano walked. Raudy Martinez then singled to left for a 1-0 UC edge.
Tyler Jones singled and Daulton Smith walked with two outs in the Cumberland fourth but both were stranded.
The Phoenix broke through in the fifth after McDaniels led off with a walk and stole second. He scored on Bentley Jones’ single to center and Williams and Jose Vera followed with singles, loading the bases. Custodio grounded into a 6-4-3 doubleplay, but pinch-runner Bass scored on the play for a 2-1 CU lead.
The Cumberlands tied the game in the sixth, with the rally starting on a two-out double by Jose Rojas. Bryan Benz then walked and J.C. Santos reached on a fielding error by Vera, allowing the run to come across for a 2-2 contest.
Herrera singled to leadoff the eighth for CU and Carrasco made bad throws on consecutive sacrifice bunt attempts by Bo Saunders and Smith, loading the bases. Wheatley was hit, scoring pinch-runner Kaleb Qualls, and McDaniels reached on an infield single, plating another run. Cumberland missed a chance to add to the lead with two strikeouts and a foul out to end the inning.
Leef’s homer to left to start the eighth for the Patriots ended the day for Portela and Galart gave up a walk before getting two strikeouts and a foul out.
Herrera’s homer to left started the big inning in the ninth for CU, with Saunders following with a single before a walk to Smith. Wheatley singled to left, scoring Saunders, and a McDaniels single loaded the bases.
Bass, who entered in the eighth as a defensive replacement, doubled down the leftfield line, plating two runs, and Williams grounded out to push across another.
Stroub’s one-out homer in the ninth accounted for the final run of the game.
Cumberland opens play in the Mid-South Conference Championships on Thursday in Bowling Green, Ky., against a yet-to-be-determined opponent.
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Better Word
By: Leeland
Integrity Music 2019 Compact Disc
Author BioListen
Contemporary/Pop Praise - Contemporary
HalleluYah Way Christian Store
Leeland came to the forefront of the worship music world in 2004 and debuted their first project, the revolutionary Sound of Melodies, in 2006. Fast forward to now with four GRAMMY nominations and eight GMA Dove Award nominations under their belts, Leeland have become one of the most important voices in a new generation of worship music. Their lives, ministry and music are a true extension of their passion to simply worship God personally and in the context of their community and friends.
Publisher: Integrity Music
Format: Compact Disc
Binding: Compact Disc
Leeland is a Christian rock band from Baytown, Texas that came to the forefront of the worship music world in 2004 and debuted their first project, the revolutionary Sound of Melodies, in 2006. Now, with multiple GRAMMY and GMA Dove Award nominations under their belts, Leeland has become one of the most important voices in a new generation of worship music. Their lives, ministry, and music are a true extension of their passion to simply worship God personally and in community. Leeland is composed of Leeland Mooring (lead vocals, guitar), and Casey Moore (guitar, background vocals). The band's original line-up included Jeremiah Wood (guitar), who left the band in late 2006 and was replaced by guitarist Matt Campbell in late spring of 2007, Jack Mooring (piano), Mike Smith (drums) and Jake Holtz (bass).
Yes, You Have
Look Up Child
Daigle, Lauren
How Can It Be
Chain Breaker
Williams, Zach
Hills and Valleys
Wells, Tauren
The Very Next Thing
Story, Laura
Mercy Me
Beautiful Offerings Deluxe Edition
Chris Tomlin 3CD Collection
Love Has A Name
Sing Over Me: Worship Songs and
Resurrection Letters: Volume 1
Peterson, Andrew
Grant, Natalie
Redman, Matt
Jobe, Kari
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From the Congo to Paris
Submitted by Annie Waterman on Wed, 2011-11-23 01:00
Emmanuel Kasongo’s art jewelry
[Editor’s Note: We recently were contacted by HAND/EYE subscriber Abbey Chase who was very impressed by Emmanuel Kasongo’s jewelry. As a result of this article by Annie Waterman, Abbey contacted Emmanuel and invited him to work with friends at the Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance. The introduction proved to be successful: Emmanuel’s stunning jewelry will be on display at the HCAA Gallery during Art Basel week. The gallery is hosting a meet and greet with Emmanuel on Friday, December 2nd at 10:00 am at The Haitian Cultural Arts Alliance, 225 NE 59th Street, Miami. For more information, please call 305.756.3037 or visit www.haitianarsalliance.org. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of these works will support the Haitian Arts Relief Fund.]
Meeting Emmanuel Kasongo this past August was a highlight as he is humble, sweet and talented beyond words. The first time I met him, I couldn’t help but stare at his beautiful beaded necklaces that he wore casually draped around his neck in a multitude of layers and vibrant colors. I’d never seen anything like it…tubular beaded necklaces made with the finest Italian mesh filled with tiny glass beads in a palette of bold colors that take your eyes for a ride. The outer layer of mesh, which is a network of tightly woven wire in colors of black, brown, and taupe is filled with vibrant glass beads in shades of gold, yellow, bright orange, blue and red. His collection resembles sculptural pieces, completely hand crafted and one-of-a-kind. The character of this work striking and it is clear that he is one who is not afraid to push the boundaries of fashion. Emmanuel says, “To be in fashion is not to be fashionable.”
At the age of four, Emmanuel Kasongo moved from the Congo to Paris where he began his career in fashion. He worked in this field for more than a decade, living in Paris and Milan, assisting some of top designers including well-known French labels such as Jean Paul Gaultier, Marithe Francois Girbaud, and Charles De Castelbajac. Over time, he found the world of fashion to be a bit “too uniform” and missed working with his hands and creating art. He knew it was time to experiment and take some risks, leading him to start something of his own.
Since 2000, Emmanuel has been selling a unique collection, which he finds around the globe, including jewelry, palm fiber handbags, ancient antiques, textiles, and other raw objects. These items are a culmination of his travels to over 80 countries around the world. His line of jewelry was developed just five years ago when he was asked to put a unique spin on a traditional African bag for a Japanese company. As he was looking for new materials to work with, he discovered his new mediums: Italian mesh and glass beads from the Czech Republic. This merge of materials transformed into his own new line of earrings, necklaces, and bracelets, which have received an impressive response. Emmanuel stands out due to his sense of experimentation and fearless risk taking. He says that “Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t,” but he certainly isn’t afraid to try.
Emmanuel looks toward Africa and the other countries where he has lived for his inspiration. He says, “My work is a combination of so many different things.” It’s a fusion of Africa, Europe, experiences, sights, sounds, and feelings from around the world. Emmanuel is extremely gifted and has been sought after for the way he works with color. This new beaded collection has been a platform for creative expression, soft and harmonious yet vivacious and bold.
To purchase please inquire at the Seattle Art Museum as well as Treasure & Bond in SOHO, NY. You can also contact Emmanuel at ethnokase@hotmail.com or visit www.cemakcollection.com
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Rotech to emerge from bankruptcy: 'Here we go'
ORLANDO, Fla. - Rotech Medical prepared to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in late March as a separate company from its troubled parent, Integrated Health Services.
"It will be wonderful to be out," said Rebecca Meyers, Rotech's chief legal officer. "It's kind of fun. Here we go."
Here we go is right, say industry watchers.
By several accounts, Rotech emerges from Chapter 11 not only with a new name, Rotech Healthcare, but with a solid balance sheet, a good business model and a strong entrepreneurial spirit that could portend some significant growth and additional competition for Lincare and Apria. While in bankruptcy, Rotech President Steve Linehan laid the groundwork for just that, working to boost the national's respiratory business and shore up underperforming branches.
"You turn these guys (branch managers) loose with a little back up and the knowledge that from day to day they are going to still be in business, and I think they could wake up," said homecare consultant Arnold McMann of the Corridor Group.
Integrated acquired Rotech in 1997 for $915 million dollars, expecting synergies between Rotech and Integrated's home health and nursing home components. Those synergies never materialized, and when Integrated filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Feb. 2000, it dragged Rotech in with it, even though by all accounts the national HME was profitable.
Coming out of bankruptcy, Rotech will be owned by its creditors and must pay Integrated's creditors $500 million. (Integrated remains in bankruptcy.) But because Rotech no longer has to clear every decision through bankruptcy officials, the administrative savings should be significant.
Rotech's emergence from Chapter 11 could also pay dividends for other HMEs.
"When they come out of bankruptcy, it is a great thing for mergers and acquisitions," said M&A expert Dexter Braff. "I would not be surprised if they are interested in acquisitions. You take someone who was out of the market for a while and put them back in and that can't be bad."
There's already been talk that Rotech has contacted potential acquisition targets.
While Apria and Lincare have adopted a focused integrated approach, Rotech is a comparatively loose network of locations, often doing business under names other than Rotech.
Rotech operates primarily in second tier markets, and because of that referral sources and patients have fewer HMEs to chose from. Consequently, Rotech has not jettisoned supplies and other unprofitable/low margin products lines as have Apria and Lincare. This diversity of product leads at least one industry watcher to bet that in the long run Rotech has greater growth potential than Lincare or Apria.
"Rotech is going after the respiratory business and they've got more at bats," said Jack Eskenazi, senior vice president of American Capital. "They can get respiratory business from their wheelchair, their rehab, from their ostomy business, from all their other modalities that Apria and Lincare don't participate in. I'd bet on Rotech." HME
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The 50 Best Places to Travel in 2019
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Ask the Travel + Leisure staff where we want to travel in 2019, and most of us will answer, honestly, where don’t we?
When it comes to compiling our annual year-end list of the places we’re most excited about in the coming months, narrowing down the field is easier said than done. We pore over press releases, tourism statistics, and our overflowing spreadsheets of hotel openings, restaurant debuts, and new flight routes. We consider the anecdotal evidence: Where are our friends and families going? What destinations are we seeing on Instagram? Which places seem to be part of today’s travel zeitgeist? And, as always, we turn to our network of travel experts — trusted writers, hospitality professionals, the travel advisors that make up T+L’s A-List — to see where people are actually going, and which places are the ones to watch in the coming year.
This year’s list spans the globe, from exciting southern hemisphere cities like Santiago, Chile, and Brisbane, Australia, to harder-to-reach regions like Langkawi, Malaysia and the Danish Riviera. There are the new capitals of culture — Nairobi, Kenya, home to a emergent design scene, or Panama City, with a deluge of forward-thinking restaurants and bars — and the tourism destinations that are back in fighting form after natural disasters or human conflict, including Puerto Rico, the Turquoise Coast of Turkey, Egypt, and Montecito, California. And, of course, there are the destinations that we haven’t heard much about, but certainly will soon — places like India’s remote Andaman Islands, or the art and history-filled emirate of Sharjah, in the U.A.E., or the under-the-radar wine scene in Etyek, Hungary.
After all, isn’t dreaming about places totally new to us — and seeing old favorites in a new light — why we travel in the first place?
Here are Travel + Leisure’s 50 best places to travel in 2019. If you already know where you're going in the year ahead, share your travel destination picks with us on social media with #TLBestPlaces.
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The Adirondacks, New York
One of America’s first vacation destinations, New York’s Adirondack Mountain region has been luring travelers since the late 19th century with clear lakes, pure air, and 46 high peaks to climb. You can still visit in classic style. Built in 1927, the Hotel Saranacreopened last year after a respectful renovation that brings a touch of urban grandeur to the charming town of Saranac Lake. Hidden in the woods outside of town, The Point is a sumptuous lakeside resort that occupies what was once a “great camp” belonging to members of the Rockefeller family. A change of ownership has brought a welcome refresh to the elevated woodsy décor. —Peter Terzian
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Jasper and Banff’s rugged, powdery trails should be enough reason to add Alberta to your winter travel wish list. But this year, happenings off the ski runs have made the Canadian province more exciting than ever. If you’re flying into Calgary, make a detour before hitting the slopes to see the month-old Snøhetta- and DIALOG-designed Calgary Central Library. Covered with 460 white hexagonal panels, it’s set to become an architectural icon. Culture hounds should visit Edmonton’s new Royal Alberta Museum, a $375-million, 419,000-square-foot institution featuring collections on indigenous cultures, a gallery dedicated to insects, and more. Away from the cities, Kananaskis Nordic Spa, the first of its kind in the province, just unveiled a collection of hydrotherapy pools — as well salt exfoliation cabins and eucalyptus steam rooms — right in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies. And if you’re in Banff National Park, keep an eye out for bison. Due to overhunting, the animals haven’t been spotted in the area for over a century, but in June 2018, a herd of 31 was released on Banff’s eastern slopes. —Chadner Navarro
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Alsace, France
This region in the foothills of the Vosges Mountains produces some of the finest wines on the globe. The stunning Villa René Lalique, whose restaurant has two Michelin stars, is the ideal place to start a sojourn. Visit top wineries like Domaine Weinbach and Maison Trimbach for world-class Gewürztraminers and Rieslings. At Au Trotthus, in Riquewihr, chef Philippe Aubron melds ingredients from France and Japan, where he spent 17 years — chanterelle soup with enoki and truffles, for example. Luxury travelers can even see Alsace by boat: a new barge, the Belmond Lilas, offers private cruises. —Ray Isle
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The Andaman Islands
For anyone who’s ever fantasized about running away to a remote island, the Andaman Islands are the stuff of dreams. A chain of more than 300 islands (some sources cite as many as 572) strung between India and Thailand, they seem almost too perfect to be real, with unspoiled beaches, clear water, coconut trees, and tropical mangroves. Many of the archipelago’s islands are uninhabited or off-limits in order to protect the tribes who live there. But one, Havelock Island, became more accessible this March, when Taj Exotica Resort & Spa — the Andamans’ first five-star resort — opened on Radhanagar Beach. Spread out over 30 acres, the property comprises 75 luxurious villas inspired by the huts of the indigenous Jarawa tribe, three restaurants serving local specialties and global cuisine, and the tranquil Jiva spa. It joins Havelock’s other main draw, the charming boutique hotel Jalakara, which opened in late 2015 with just three rooms, three suites, and a private villa on an old banana and betel nut plantation. Days here are spent swimming and diving amid the coral, kayaking in the mangroves, hiking in the forest, and relaxing on the beach. For now, the Andamans remain far less developed than the Maldives, Thailand, and Sri Lanka. Go before that changes. —Laura Itzkowitz
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This past spring Armenians voted in a new, more liberal government. The resulting energy has made the country all the more inviting to travelers. The Alexander, part of Marriott’s Luxury Collection, recently opened in Yerevan, giving the capital its first world-class hotel. And a number of new restaurants in the city, including Sherep, are breathing new life into Armenia’s ancient cuisine. Armenia has a famously beautiful countryside landscape, and there’s no better way to see it than on foot. The Transcaucasian Trail passes the spa town of Dilijan, the bucolic Dilijan National Park, and a pair of 10th-century Christian monasteries. —Peter Terzian
The coming year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and city's jam-packed cultural calendar reflects its post-reunification renaissance. Exhibits and performances celebrating 100 years of the city's pioneering Bauhaus architectural movement will roll out all year, starting in January with a ramped-up opening festival at the Akademie der Kunste, which will include lectures, dance and theatrical performances, and concerts — and, this being one of Europe's capitals of nightlife, a pop-up nightclub featuring DJ sets and the presentation of a Bauhaus manifesto for the 21st century. The party will be bookended by the debut later in the year of the Humboldt Forum in the Berlin Palace. The sprawling complex will include the Ethnological and Asian Art museums, as well as a Berlin Exhibition that explores how the city, now a hub of diversity, interacts with the rest of the world and grapples with issues of cultural appropriation. The year's biggest surprise, though, may be the emergence of Berlin — a meat and potatoes epicenter, and the only city in the world boasting a museum devoted to the currywurst — as a veg-friendly culinary mecca. The city is now home to more vegetarian restaurants than any other European capital, and Vevolution, a celebration focused on vegan and vegetarian cuisine, will be part of the city's eat! Berlin festival in February, a culinary blowout slated to draw world-renowned chefs like Slovenia’s Ana Roš and Austria’s Heinz Reitbauer. —Raphael Kadushin
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Teasingly nicknamed Brisvegas for its sleepy mien, Brisbane has long been regarded as an outsize country town, a cultural vacuum overshadowed by Sydney and Melbourne. But that’s changing. The shift began with the mid-2018 opening of the W Brisbane, the first luxury property to launch in the central business district in two decades. Now, the city is unveiling the $140 million Howard Smith Wharves development, which brings a hotel and restaurants to an abandoned dockyard under the Story Bridge. But even before the project is complete, this city, which hugs the Brisbane River, has plenty to offer. There are fine arts institutions like the Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, or QAGOMA,where the vast Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art is on view through April. The Fortitude Valley neighborhood continues to evolve, with the recent opening of the contemporary, white-brick Calile Hotel and the relaunch of the Emporium Hotel as the whimsical Ovolo the Valley following a $39 million upgrade. One thing remains unchanged: the Brisbane River is still the heart of it all, both a thoroughfare and a destination unto itself. The CityHopper ferry is a tranquil vantage point from which to see Brisbane’s parks, the cliffs of Kangaroo Point, and the ever-evolving skyline of this underrated city. —Sanjay Surana
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Most visits to Cambodia are centered around exploring Siem Reap and the temples of Angkor Wat — but now there’s a reason to head much further south, to an area that more accessible than ever thanks to the December 21 opening of Shinta Mani Wild. Set inside the remote South Cardamom National Park (a three-hour drive from Phnom Penh), this all-inclusive luxury camp with 15 tented suites is the brainchild of hotel designer Bill Bensley, who made it a priority to protect hundreds of acres of surrounding land and the wild elephants, gibbons, and other wildlife that call it home. Guests will be able to join experts on guided hikes, explore Southeast Asia’s last wild estuarine ecosystem on custom expedition boats, and relax in a spa that uses natural, chemical-free products. Feeling extra adventurous? Instead of driving, you can opt to enter the property via a 1,247-foot-long zipline. —Brooke Porter Katz
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Cambridge, England
One of England’s two great university cities, Cambridge doesn’t wear its history lightly. It’s impossible to visit and not feel catapulted back in time, from the medieval maze of streets to the dazzling Gothic buildings of its colleges. Yet the city is also looking to the future: more than 4,500 science and technology firms have opened in the region over the past two decades. Cambridge now has a superb hotel to match. The University Arms, which opened last summer, is both an elegant homage to neoclassical style and a whole lot of fun, with book-filled suites that use famous Cambridge graduates like Charles Darwin and Stephen Hawkins as decorating motifs. The city’s food scene is keeping apace, thanks to Parker’s Tavern, the hotel’s jovial, haute-British restaurant, and, across town, the subdued and sublime Restaurant 22. —Peter Terzian
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News of Kenneth Branagh’s upcoming movie adaptation of the Agatha Christie classic "Death on the Nile" comes just as Egypt prepares to welcome the luxe St. Regis Cairo. When it opens this spring, the 36-floor tower, overlooking Old Cairo and the Nile, will pamper guests with round-the-clock butler service. Luxury tour operators are responding to a strong uptick in visitor interest with new itineraries that cater to families. Heritage Tours designs bespoke trips, while Abercrombie & Kent can combine a river cruise, camel rides, and hands-on crafts. Tourism will only grow once Giza’s $1.1 billion Grand Egyptian Museum makes its long-awaited debut in 2020. —Sarah Bruning
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Elqui Valley, Chile
Eclipse chasers should book a trip to Chile’s Elqui Valley for the total solar eclipse this July 2. The remote region, whose lack of artificial light earned it a designation as the world’s first International Dark Sky Sanctuary, is home to over a dozen observatories, making it a magnet for both scientists and stargazers. The lush valley is also hailed for its Andes-flanked nature trails, world-class wines, and distilleries where travelers can sample the country’s celebrated national spirit, pisco. Intrepid Travel is offering 6- and 11-day tours to the Path of Totality with award-winning English astronomer, Dr. John Mason. Guests will visit famous observatories like ALMA and Pangue, as well as prominent vineyards and top distilleries. Travel outfitter Red Savannah is also offering bespoke journeys to experience this rare celestial event, with overnight stays in Elqui Domos’ geodesic glamping domes and observatory-style cabins. And Upscape’s new Outpost pop-up camp will open in Elqui Valley starting June 29, just in time for guests to get a front row seat to one of nature’s most spectacular shows. —Nora Walsh
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Etyek, Hungary
In the last two decades, Hungary has quietly been reclaiming its place as one of Europe’s most important wine producers. By now, wine connoisseurs are familiar with the most prominent of Hungary’s 22 wine regions: Tokaj, Eger, and Lake Batalon. But lately, the unassuming little town of Etyek — just 18 miles outside the capital — has emerged as a go-to destination for oenophiles and gourmands. Recognized in the 18th century as “the vineyards of Budapest,” Etyek has been gaining acclaim in recent years for its Champagne-like terroir that yields fine Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot (noir et blanc), and sparkling wines. While still under-the-radar among foreigners, Budapestians have been descending in droves onto the town’s “Gastro Walkway” (a cobblestone street in the older part of Etyek lined with restaurants and limestone cellars). Take a day to explore the town’s wineries on foot. Rókusfalvy Birtok, owned by a Hungarian radio celebrity, is revered by locals for having put Etyek on the oenological map — and Rókusfalvy also owns a restaurant and charming inn just a short walk away. A few doors down from those, Halmi Pince serves wine in an enchanting country setting complete with Tyrol-style furnishings and embroidered doilies, but it is their fruit and botanical syrups in dozens of intoxicating flavors (blackberry, pine needle, acacia) that will leave you swooning. One of the newest wineries in town, Anonym Pince, has a state-of-the-art concrete and glass tasting room, completed in 2015, offering sweeping views of the countryside. In 2019, the town will play host to four major gastronomic weekends (January 19, April 6-7, June 1-2, and September 7-8), organized by Etyek Piknik, with live music and public events highlighting local wines, cheeses, and other regional delicacies. —Elizabeth Warkentin
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A year after Hurricane Irma, the Florida Keys are bouncing back, with a slew of hotel openings that prove the region’s enduring appeal. In Key Largo, there’s the 200-room Baker’s Cay Resort, which reopened this fall following a major rebrand and reno, and the all-inclusive 135-room Bungalows Key Largo, which finally made its debut in December. The property is tailor-made for couples, with coastal cottages starting at 900 square feet, complete with bicycles, Adirondack chairs, and enormous soaking tubs. Over in Marathon, the 24-acre Isla Bella Beach Resort is set to open in March 2019 with 199 rooms, all with ocean views. And there’s yet another new place to bunk in the American literary capital of Key West: the Marquesa Hotel’s 414 annex, a cluster of rooms in a historic home across from the main property. While you’re there, book a sightseeing excursion with the Old Town Literary Walking Tour, which takes visitors to the former stomping grounds of Elizabeth Bishop and Ernest Hemingway, as well as local lit-scene favorites such as Books & Books. The Florida Keys is always good for a surprise or two, and this is no exception: Swing by the shop on the right day and you may get rung up by none other than proprietor Judy Blume. —Tom Austin
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With so much happening in the Peach State, Georgia should be on the mind of any savvy traveler these days. Atlanta continues its rise as a culinary capital: Notable recent openings include the Local Pizzaiolo, a downtown pizza spot, and Masterpiece, helmed by James Beard-nominated Rui Liu, while food halls like Ponce City Market and Krog Street Market are constantly adding new vendors. Meanwhile, the remarkable transformation of Hotel Clermont from a seedy motel into a dapper boutique property — complete with a superb French-leaning bistro and rooftop bar — has both locals and visitors buzzing. And the city famous for its gridlock is increasingly bike-friendly, thanks to the ongoing growth of the Beltline, a mixed-used trail that will span 33 miles when it’s completed in 2030. Over on the coast, Savannah is hopping with a flurry of hotel openings, including newcomers The Alida, a luxe riverfront property, and the upscale Perry Lane in the Historic District; 2019 openings include the Liberty and the Lark. On the food front, the Grey Market, a hybrid of New York-style bodega and Southern lunch counter, opened in late 2018 under Johno Morisano and Mashama Bailey, Savannah’s most celebrated restaurant team. It was inspired by their beloved restaurant, the Grey, which dishes up Southern-inspired cuisine in a refurbished Greyhound bus depot and has racked up a slew of accolades since its 2014 opening. —Blane Bachelor
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In 2019, the park dedicated to America’s most famous geologic marvel will celebrate its 100-year anniversary with a series of talks, concerts, and special exhibitions throughout the year. And while you can certainly have an awe-inspiring experience without venturing far from the designated lookout points, new tours make 2019 the ideal time to explore the Canyon’s less-traveled corners. Operator Austin Adventures has added more dates for its family-friendly Grand Canyon tour, as well as a brand-new itinerary that includes Bryce Canyon and Zion National Parks, while Tauck’s 8-day Sacred Lands: National Parks of the Southwest itinerary, created with help from documentarian Ken Burns, includes lunch on the canyon’s rim and two nights in an oft-overlooked section of the park. If you’d prefer a DIY adventure, plan a trip between May and October and head to the North Rim: less than 10 percent of the canyon’s 6.2 million annual visitors see this side of the park. With wild places both at home and abroad increasingly under threat, bearing witness to these natural wonders feels more urgent than ever. —Lila Harron Battis
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As the Caribbean continues to rebound from last year’s devastating hurricane season, now is the time to explore the depth and breadth of experiences available in this diverse region. The Grenadines, a chain of dozens of islands south of St. Vincent, were spared by the 2017 storms (in fact, the last time they experienced a direct hit from a hurricane was over 60 years ago). But only recently has the tourism infrastructure and local economy come to match the archipelago’s raw natural beauty. This year, one island in particular — Bequia — will be in focus thanks to the highly anticipated opening of the Liming, a sleek resort that comprises nine clean-lined private villas and a luxe manor home. But other islands are also on the up and up. Mandarin Oriental recently purchased and rebranded a luxe property on the island of Canouan, which officially opened in July with just 26 suites and 13 exclusive villas on a prime section of Godahl Beach. Canouan has also built a runway to allow private and charter jet access. And Cotton House, on the famed private island of Mustique, continues to draw visitors two years after an extensive renovation. Thanks to a new airport on St. Vincent, which provides a hub for new direct flights from New York on Caribbean Airlines and Miami on American Airlines, these secluded island retreats are just a short ferry ride away. —Hannah Walhout
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Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
With its beach-meets-jungle coastline, splendid array of biodiversity, and climate as warm as the locals, it's no wonder Costa Rica's northwestern corner became an early paragon of ecotourism. That's a lot of paradise to protect. Now, Guanacaste is ripening into a sanctuary for overtired humans, too. Liberia’s airport is fresh off a multimillion-dollar expansion while the luxury playground at Peninsula Papagayo is in the midst of its own $100-million refresh. Miami-based Gencom is bringing fresh dining concepts, an electric bike-share program, and thoughtful updates to both the Andaz and Four Seasons resorts (the latter’s reimagined spa is a destination in its own right). If the road less paved is more your brand of adventure, a stylish new boutique property, the 45-room Santarena Hotel, will open in February in car-free Las Catalinas, and small surf towns like Nosara and their year-round, world-class swells are as welcoming as ever, whether you're a beginner or a pro on the board. —Richelle Szypulski
Guatemala is Central America distilled: its mix of mountain and jungle landscapes, haunting Mayan ruins and vibrant Indian culture has been luring English-speaking travelers since the writer Aldous Huxley was hypnotized back in the 1930s. Its modest travel industry was put on hold after the eruption of the aptly named Fuego volcano last June, but today, the Land of Eternal Spring is bouncing back. Perched on the rim of the jewel-like Lake Atitlán, Guatemala's finest boutique hotel, Casa Polopó, has expanded its rustic-chic rooms, which are decorated with indigenous and colonial artifacts, from nine to 15, and signed on Guatemala's top celebrity chef and TV star to oversee its menu specializing in indigenous cuisine. 2019 will also see the opening of two glamorous new properties in alluring settings. In Antigua, the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Spanish-era capital, you'll be able to sleep like a conquistador in the 11-room Las Cruces, a former mansion decorated with 17th-century silver relics. And in the tropical forests by the Rio Dulce, the seven-room Los Rios Boutique Hotel will revive a beautifully situated lodge from the 1960s; only accessible by boat, it's a sumptuous base for exploring one of the region's most isolated nature reserves. —Tony Perrottet
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The capital of Finland continues to build on its reputation as an art and design mecca. Last spring, the Hotel St. George opened in a handsome 19th century building in the Kampii district, once the center of the city’s printing industry. The property features more than 400 pieces of art, culminating in an installation by Ai Weiwei. Oodi, Helsinki’s new central library, is a sweeping cloudlike structure that includes not only sun-infused reading rooms but a cinema, recording studios, and crafting rooms. And the latest addition to the gallery scene is Amos Rex, an underground museum of contemporary art, with domed exhibition spaces that bulge upwards into an urban plaza. —Peter Terzian
Hoi An is one of Vietnam’s most historically significant (and beautiful) port cities — and now, a luxe beachfront resort and an influx of creatives are bringing new life to its UNESCO-protected “Ancient Town.” Key to this resurgence is the Four Seasons Resort the Nam Hai, a recently renovated property on one of Asia’s most picturesque beaches. Like Hoi An itself, the Nam Hai is an intriguing blend of old and new, reinterpreting the garden courtyard house typical of this part of Vietnam. New shops and restaurants are also bringing a contemporary eye to the city’s layered culture. At Cô Mai, enjoy dishes that explore the Hoi An’s spice trade history inside a repurposed 200-year-old merchant’s house. Tadioto Hoi An, owned by artist Nguyen Qui Duc, serves Japanese fare and shots of rare sake and whisky, while the menu at T-Room Gin Bar includes gins infused with native vanilla, cardamom, and black pepper. After cocktails, head to the French-Vietnamese atelier Metiseko, with its understated prints and smart silhouettes, or Lam, which reimagines the traditions of Ancient Town with embroidered velvet slippers and silk slip dresses. Tapping into the town’s leisurely vibe, Sunday in Hoi An has an atmospheric white-and-blue atelier filled with ceramics, bedding, and linens. This colorful port city has matured gracefully — but a new golden era is just beginning. —Rachna Sachasinh
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Hudson Yards, New York City
Despite its proximity to Times Square and Chelsea, Manhattan’s far west side remained undeveloped for decades, the subject of countless competing visions of its future. In 2019, that future will arrive: the vast industrial parcel is poised to become a supersize neighborhood known as Hudson Yards. The $25 billion undertaking, whose first shops, restaurants, and cultural attractions open this March, will by 2024 encompass 16 residential and commercial buildings — most of them built on a giant platform over an active railyard — with more skyscrapers rising on the periphery. Hudson Yards’ Jetsonian vision is perhaps best exemplified by "Vessel," a $150 million climbable sculpture conceived by British designer Thomas Heatherwick. Around it is the Public Square & Gardens, a five-acre park, which will house 28,000 plants in an environment that’s temperature-controlled to offset the heat of the railyard below. The Shed, an eight-story performance and exhibition space, has a one-of-a-kind feature: a telescoping shell that allows the building to expand and contract to accommodate a variety of events and crowd sizes. The inaugural season is set to include a new play by poet Anne Carson that draws from Euripides’ “Helen” and a concert series curated by musician Quincy Jones and filmmaker Steve McQueen. Nearby, a seven-story building will house the city’s first Neiman Marcus and restaurants by such big-name chefs as Thomas Keller, David Chang, and José Andrés. Visitors can check in to the Equinox Hotel, slated to open this summer — the first property from the upscale fitness brand. —Siobhan Reid
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Nearly two years after its star turn as Super Bowl host and one year since Hurricane Harvey inflicted $125 billion worth of damage, Houston has made major strides toward recovery and cemented its reputation as a lively, diverse city with a restaurant landscape that can hold its own against any coastal capital. There are plenty of standalone spots that have earned well-deserved praise, like Theodore Rex, Xochi, and UB Preserv, and you'd be remiss to skip places like Mala Sichuan, Pho Binh, and Crawfish & Noodles for a snapshot of the myriad cultural influences at play. But now, with a handful of new food halls in the works, visitors can sample a cross-section of the city’s food scene without spending hours traversing the urban sprawl: Finn Hall opened in December, with Bravery Chef Hall, Lyric Market Hall, and Understory still on the horizon for 2019. There’s a new luxury hotel, the 10-acre, 250-room Post Oak, which opened near the Galleria this March. And art lovers will find plenty to see thanks to recent overhauls and openings. The Museum of Fine Arts Houston completed the first phase of a $450 million expansion in May, and the Menil Collection unveiled the brand-new Menil Drawing Institute in November. —Lila Harron Battis
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Ischia, Italy
Devoted readers of Elena Ferrante’s novels about two women from a tough Naplesneighborhood rejoiced over the November HBO premiere of “My Brilliant Friend.” The next step for superfans? Beat the inevitable rush to visit the series’s stunning Mediterranean locations, especially the lush volcanic island of Ischia. Just an hour from Naples by hydrofoil and a favorite of Europeans seeking thermal spas, umbrella-studded beaches, and pleasant resort towns, the refuge abounds with old-school charm. Check in to the elegant and tranquil Hotel Regina Isabella, which offers a three-night Elena Ferrante package that includes a private guided tour and creative writing class. Then spend lazy hours sunbathing on Maronti Beach, just like Ferrante’s narrator does. But be sure to rouse yourself to visit the hulking medieval Castello Aragonese and the pastel-colored fishing village of Sant’Angelo. —Maggie Shipstead
Shiny new trains, airports, and hotels are all coming to Israel in 2019, catapulting the ancient land into the modern age as the rest of the country catches up with vibrant Tel Aviv. Israel’s much-anticipated high-speed train began operating in September linking Jerusalem to Ben Gurion Airport; by early 2019 the train will connect Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in under 30 minutes. Ben Gurion itself is undergoing a major overhaul in 2019 — with new daily direct flights on United and Delta in the works, the airport is gearing up to welcome more visitors than ever. Tel Aviv is still growing, of course. Last year saw the arrival of game-changing luxury hotels Setai Tel Aviv, The Jaffa, and The Drisco, with three more new properties — the budget-friendly-but-chic Dave Levinsky; a boutique hotel in a Bauhaus building at Herzl 10; and the Menorah, Brown Hotel’s new 200-room flagship — still to come in 2019. In celebration of Bauhaus’ 100th anniversary, the formerly residential Liebling House will be reborn as the White City Center, a foundation which aims to protect and promote the architecturally significant White City area of Tel Aviv. Down south, Ashdod will get the beachfront property Brown Méditerranée Ashdod in May 2019, and near the Dead Sea, construction of a desert park and promenade is underway to connect area beaches. In late 2019, the Negev Desert gets the country’s biggest opening of the year: the 46-acre Six Senses Shaharut, which will have 58 ultra-luxe suites and villas, a desert activities center, and a massive Six Senses Spa. —Devorah Lev-Tov
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This rural region — which includes the town of Jackson and the ski resort of Teton Village — makes headlines thanks to its residents, who happen to be among the top earners in the country. But Jackson Hole is changing fast. A burgeoning tech scene has drawn the median age down to 33, and new hotel-motel hybrids like the cool and affordable Anvildraw a younger crowd. Four Seasons Jackson Hole and Amangani, longtime favorites, were recently joined by the super-luxe Caldera House. Painstakingly built over six years by design darlings Commune, the eight-suite, $100 million creates once-in-a-lifetime experiences. Guests can take close-up shots of elk with a National Geographic photographer or schuss down Corbet's Couloir with a gold-winning Olympic skier as your guide. For now, Jackson remains highly walkable and relatively easy to access for such a remote and bucolic destination. But as snow-covered peaks are increasingly difficult to locate elsewhere in these United States, expect Jackson Hole, which reliably opens around Thanksgiving, to grow ever more popular. —Heidi Mitchell
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Langkawi, an archipelago of 99 islands, is poised to make Malaysia the next beach-lover’s paradise. While much of the eponymous main island still feels vast and ageless — water buffalo graze in rice paddies, and street vendors sell flaky roti canai and curry for pennies — world-class resorts have arrived. The island’s only overwater spa is at the oceanfront Ritz-Carlton, Langkawi, where the 90 rooms and 29 villas are styled after a traditional village. The Datai Langkawi, situated on a peaceful half-moon cove, has undergone a $60 million, yearlong renovation that breathed new life into its guest rooms and villas. A canopy walk was built almost 50 feet in the air, to let guests better appreciate the surrounding rain forest. Thanks to a 2018 renovation, capacity at Langkawi International Airport has tripled, making the island more accessible than ever. —Carey Jones
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Los Cabos has a reputation as a place full of wealthy Angelenos and college kids, less a Mexican destination than an Americanized resort getaway. And in parts of Cabo San Lucas, the party rages on. But new hotels are setting themselves apart with upscale amenities, a deeper appreciation of local culture, and unexpected locations. In May, Viceroy relaunched a design darling: Mar Adentro, built in 2015, was famous for its striking white buildings and central bar, a nestlike ovoid structure. Viceroy overhauled the dining and interiors, but kept those beloved elements intact. Solaz, a Luxury Collection Resort opened its doors in September, all clean lines and high drama, with Danish-meets-Mexican furnishings. Chief among the 2018 additions is the 122-room Montage, which curves around secluded Santa Maria Bay and has a 40,000-square-foot spa — the largest in Baja. Still more properties are coming in 2019: the 115-room Zadún, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, opens in March, followed by the 200-room Nobu Hotel Los Cabosand the 115-room 1 Hotel. The next frontier is the East Cape along the Sea of Cortés, where a long-awaited Four Seasons will debut in mid 2019, with 145 rooms, four pools, five restaurants, and an on-site slip so you can dock your yacht and check right in; Amanvari will open within the same complex in 2020. All these new hotels highlight what regular visitors have long known: if you look in the right places, Los Cabos has exactly what you’re after. —Lila Harron Battis
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Madeira, a Portuguese archipelago famous for the fortified wine that bears its name, will celebrate the 600th anniversary of its discovery this year. Its terraced vineyards, atmospheric fishing villages, pretty pebble beaches, and the culturally-rich capital of Funchal have attracted the likes of Winston Churchill and George Bernard Shaw. Today, the “Island of Flowers” is luring a fresh set of adventure seekers with its warm year-round climes, dramatic landscapes (from dizzying peaks and black lava pools to laurel cloud forests) and a 500-mile network of unesco-listed levadas, or irrigation channels, that serve as scenic hiking and mountain biking trails. Come spring, a bevy of new and updated hotels will bloom, including Funchal’s new seafront Savoy Palace, featuring gardens, a spa and rooftop pool, and the sleek Les Suites at The Cliff Bay. The charming Pestana Churchill Bay Hotel will open in Câmara de Lobos, and Belmond Reid's Palace will debut refreshed rooms and a glitzy new bar. —Nora Walsh
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Matera, Italy
Set on the instep of Italy’s boot, Matera is best known for the white Sassi structures carved into its limestone hills, which earned the town a UNESCO designation. The announcement four years ago that Matera would be a 2019 European Capital of Culture signaled a new era, spurring hotel and restaurant openings and culminating in this year’s festivities. Don’t miss the museum Casa Noha, where a multimedia exhibit gives a glimpse of the city’s past. Spend an afternoon with Cook’n Fun at Mary’s, whipping up traditional dishes centered around Materan staples like fresh ricotta and the region’s thickly crusted, conical bread. Later, descend into the pristinely white, high-design caves of Enoteca Dai Tosi for piatti and rosé, followed by an evening passeggiata to the hilltop new town, stunningly modern with its shops, grand churches, and piazzi. The tour operator Divertimento Group can arrange an experience in Murgia National Park, where you’ll go on a foraging trek with a local farmer, then share a gourmet meal in a cave next to an ancient rupestrian church. Bed down at the Aquatio Cave Luxury Hotel & Spa, which opened last summer with 35 guest rooms, each in a restored Sassi cave, plus a spa and pool built in a ninth-century subterranean chamber. —Nina Hahn
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Montecito, California
Want to feel a sense of renewal in 2019? Visit Montecito. Last December, the Thomas Fireripped through this celebrity enclave — followed by devastating mudslides, forcing further evacuation of the area’s historic estates and multimillion-dollar homes. But, next year, this resilient Santa Barbara County town will be better than ever at delivering its métier: laidback Southern California luxury. Relax on the secluded sands at the 161-key Rosewood Miramar Beach when it launches in February. If the foothills are more your jam, the elegant San Ysidro Ranch reopens in March. Top Chef contender Phillip Frankland Lee brings the best of his wood-fired scratch cooking to the new Silver Bough, an 8-seat chef’s table inside his restaurant the Monarch at the Montecito Inn. The boutiques along Coast Village Road are as stylish as ever, and a new exhibition at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art will focus exclusively on sculpture, with works spanning six millennia on display. You might also indulge in a local pastime: hiking. Mudslide scars, creek crossings, and all, Romero Canyon Trail remains popular with day-packers for cool forest stretches and panoramic views. For an easier walk, stroll the length of Butterfly Beach at low tide, ending with a glamorous sunset cocktail at the newly reopened Four Seasons Resort The Biltmore. —Betsy Andrews
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In October, Kenya Airways launched its first direct flight from New York City to Nairobi, making travel to East Africa a much easier proposition. Even if you plan to go on safari, it’s worth spending time in Nairobi to explore the creative scene. Check in to the intimate hotel OneFortyEight Giraffe Sanctuary, set in a former artist’s home and studio, where original art hangs on the walls and owner Elizabeth Fusco runs an on-site boutique. A few miles away, the bead workshop Kazuri employs more than 340 women who craft colorful beads, jewelry, and ceramics by hand. Watch artists at work at the GoDown Arts Centre, and visit Designing Africa Collective for apparel by makers from across the continent. —Mary Holland
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The astonishing beauty of the Namib Desert has long had its admirers, but until recently most visitors have been happy campers in battered 4x4s from neighboring South Africa, Botswana, or Zimbabwe. Simple guest houses have served their purpose well, but now a flurry of upscale new lodges has signaled a far more sophisticated future for tourism in this sensational southwest African nation. First on the list for most travelers will undoubtedly be Omaanda, outside the capital of Windhoek, with its heated infinity pool and boutique spa. In summer 2019, the lodge will be joined by a glamorous sister property, Sonop, a Namib Desert tented camp that will channel a 1920s vibe. Also new on the desert scene is Sossus Under Canvas, a handsome, exclusive-use tented camp near the iconic red-sand dunes of Sossusvlei, and nearby Nest, an astonishing private house built to resemble a weaver bird’s nest. Up in the remote far-northern reaches of the country, the ingenious wooden cabins of Shipwreck Lodge are the only permanent structures in the Skeleton Coast National Park and, a full day’s drive away, there’s intimate Hoanib Valley Camp, where you can track desert adapted elephant, lion and giraffe. Even further afield, Serra Cafina, Namibia’s most remote (and sought after) luxury camp has just reopened after a major refurbishment and is looking more beautiful than ever. Namibia is on a roll, and the only way is up. —Peter Browne
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Northern Territory, Australia
The remote region is pouring millions into tourism initiatives, including a National Aboriginal Art Gallery and new hiking and biking trails. But even before all that takes shape, it’s worth a visit. At Uluru, the sandstone monolith revered by the area’s Aboriginal people, the massive — and massively popular — Field of Light installation by artist Bruce Munro has extended its run through December 2020. And in the Top End, the northernmost part of the territory, the 12-room Bullo River Station recently got a crisp new look courtesy of Sydney designer Sibella Court, with jewel-colored tiles and Aboriginal artwork. On the half-million-acre grounds, you can view rock paintings dating back thousands of years, stroll past baobab trees, and spot the area’s huge saltwater crocodiles. —Carrie Hutchinson
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A crop of stylish hotels underlines the diversity of experiences available in Oman, one of the most beautiful countries on the Arabian Peninsula. On the southern coast, the Al Baleed Resort Salalah by Anantara is a gateway to banana forests, dolphin-filled waters, and the unesco-listed Frankincense Trail. In Muscat, the beachside Kempinski Hotel Muscat debuted last April with a grand lobby inspired by the country’s Persian architectural heritage. The Al Bustan Palace, a Ritz-Carlton Hotel, one of Oman’s most iconic resorts, unveiled a redesign incorporating traditional Omani prints. And now that Muscat International Airport has wrapped the first phase of a $1.8 billion expansion, airlines are launching new flights to the country. —Hannah Walhout
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When Panama City’s Colonial quarter, or Casco Viejo, was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site back in 1997, what was then a crime-ridden barrio began the slow process of regeneration. Investment trickled in, expats started buying up the Spanish-style houses and, cobblestone street by cobblestone street, the area was slowly restored. Now, more than two decades on, the work is finally done — and the quarter is ready for prime-time. Now, you’ll find a new boutique, bar or restaurant popping up on every block. The team behind New York City’s iconic Employees Only cocktail bar recently opened the Strangers Club, which serves site-specific drinks like the diablico sucio: mezcal and mint shaken with puréed mango, lime juice, and agave nectar. A new project from Michelin-starred Spanish chef Andres Madrigal, Laboratorio Madrigal, serves a seven-course tasting menu from the chic interior of an updated colonial building, while Panamanian culinary talent José Carles’s 16-seat Casco Veijo restaurant, Don Jose, is one of the city’s hottest tables. You’ll find well-heeled locals rubbing shoulders with bearded millennials at the American Trade Hotel, which since opening in 2013 has become a center of gravity for the new-look neighborhood, and the city as a whole. But above all, you’ll love just taking in the buzzing plazas and pastel-colored, bougainvillea-laced villas of what has become one of Central America’s safest, and most scenic, urban areas. —Flora Stubbs
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Not long ago, goulash and strudel dominated nearly every menu in Prague. But lately, a dynamic dining landscape has taken shape, with spots like the 17-seat chef’s-table restaurant Taro, where Vietnamese dishes like pho are treated with reverence. Ambiente, the group behind many of the city’s most innovative kitchens, recently launched Kuchyň. There, diners order after taking a whiff from the pots on the stove, and what lands on the plate are riffs on Czech classics, such as beef braised in red wine. Sister spot Grilsspecializes in spit-roasted chicken, unadorned yet perfect. And another Ambiente joint, the all-day bakery and bistro Eska, is a must: a slice of wood-fired sourdough, a bowl of leek soup, and a parsnip bathed in brown butter are proof that Prague is now a legitimate destination for serious eaters. —Raphael Kadushin
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A year after Hurricane Maria devastated the island, Puerto Rico is still on the mend — yet in the areas most popular among travelers, new and refreshed hotels show little sign of last year’s damage. In and around San Juan, many resorts used their months of closure not just to repair, but to undertake major refreshes of rooms and public spaces. Such is the case at Dorado Beach, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve, which reopened in October, and the storied El San Juan Hotel, which — after a $65 million renovation — will open its doors again on December 14, 60 years after first arriving on the scene. Serafina Beach Hotel, the island’s first brand-new opening since the hurricanes, debuted in the spring, and in late 2018, the stylish O:LV Fifty Five will bring its modern grandeur to the waterfront by the Condado Lagoon. If you’ve been delaying a trip, 2019 is the time to go: San Juan is more dynamic than ever, with a vibrant food scene anchored by stalwarts like José Enrique and newcomers such as Vianda. And this January, the smash-hit Broadway musical Hamilton will play a limited run at Teatro UPR, with creator Lin-Manuel Miranda reprising his role as Alexander Hamilton. All proceeds will go to the Flamboyan Arts Fund, a nonprofit founded by Miranda to promote arts initiatives in PR. —Lila Harron Battis
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Tourism in Rwanda is booming, in large part due to the surge in visitors to Volcanoes National Park, one of the last remaining places on earth where travelers can glimpse the endangered mountain gorilla. Most travelers make a beeline to the wildlife-rich park, but Rwanda’s capital, Kigali, has emerged as the epicenter of progressive sustainability in East Africa — and one of the coolest, most under-the-radar cities on the continent. Last year saw the opening of The Retreat, an upscale, eco-friendly boutique hotel that’s exclusively powered by solar energy. The 11-room property celebrates Rwanda’s rich cultural and natural heritage, with local art and photography, handcrafted furniture, and a lush garden with indigenous plants and flowers. While you’re in town, be sure to stop by the Women’s Bakery, the lively, female-owned café where the pastry to order is the sticky honey tresse, and Question Coffee, a local chain that works with rural Rwandan female farmers to grow the best coffee in the country. —Michaela Trimble
San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico
Set high in a mountain valley in the state of Chiapas, San Cristóbal de las Casas is not the easiest destination to get to — it’s a 90-minute flight from Mexico City followed by an hour-long drive — but the reward is a getaway in one of the country’s most picturesque colonial-era cities. One more reason to visit? Hotel Sombra del Agua, a stylish new property set inside a 1907 hotel (the first in all of Chiapas) and perfectly located just steps from the vibrant main square. The 70 minimalist, neutral-hued rooms were outfitted by buzzy Mexico City-based design firm La Metropolitana, and there’s a peaceful, plant-filled courtyard for sipping your morning coffee before meandering the city’s cobblestoned streets. The surrounding region is known for its rich culture and epic nature — and San Cristóbal is the ideal base from which to explore it all, with easy access to villages known for indigenous crafts like pottery and weaving, the lake-filled Lagunas de Montebello National Park, and the Mayan ruins of Palenque (not to mention countless waterfalls). —Brooke Porter Katz
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The Chilean capital has emerged as a playground for the food-obsessed, as pioneering restaurants like Boragó and Restaurante 040 have been joined by a new wave of boundary-pushing spots. Ambrosía Bistro serves internationally influenced dishes such as kimchi bao and short-rib tortellini. Find delicate plates — like a flower-blanketed nettle meringue in a pool of almond milk — at Sierra Restaurante, and haute cuisine with a sense of humor at De Patio. Even global stars have arrived: chef Mitsuharu Tsumura of Maido in Lima, Peru, opened Karai, a Nikkei (Japanese-Peruvian) restaurant in the W Hotel. —Lila Harron Battis
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While Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie are the stars of the recent film "Mary Queen of Scots," Scotland’s scenery steals the show. Want to walk in Ronan’s footsteps? The cozy seven-room lodge at Glenfeshie Estate, where scenes from Mary were filmed, is available for exclusive rental. In the Highlands village of Braemar, renowned gallery owners Iwan and Manuela Wirth have turned a coaching inn into the luxurious Fife Arms. Between visits to castles and glens, stop in the up-and-coming city of Dundee to check out the new V&A Dundee. The museum’s shiplike building, by architect Kengo Kuma, houses more than 300 exhibits devoted to Scottish design, from a re-created Mackintosh tearoom to video games. —Lisa Grainger
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Located just under a thousand miles off the coast of East Africa, this remote Indian Ocean archipelago has long lured travelers with the promise of life-renewing beach lounging and unparalleled coral reef diving. But in 2019, with new direct flights from London on British Airways, it’s easier than ever to get to those idyllic white sands and pristine aquamarine waters (side note: the government recently designated a third of the Seychelles’ marine area as protected territory). And whether you’d rather island-hop or settle into your own plot of paradise, there are plenty of new luxurious options to explore. In March, Four Seasons opened its second Seychelles outpost on the private Desroches Island, giving guests unlimited access to its 8.7 miles of beaches and 933 acres of lush jungle. With 14 world-class dive sites ringing the island, an animal sanctuary that houses rare Aldabra giant tortoises, and cycling, kayaking, paddleboarding, and fishing available for every guest...the only hard part will be finding time to lounge by the private pool in your breezy, rustic-chic villa. On the main island of Mahé, the serene Banyan Tree Seychelles recently refurbished a number of its private villas and added several new bars and restaurants. Prefer to see this destination by sea? Reserve a spot on Ponant’s new expedition itinerary, which covers eight islands at once. See the red granite of Curieuse Island, discover the unspoiled nature preserve of Aride Island, and bathe in the crystal-clear pools of La Digue’s famous Anse Source d’Argent beach. —Karen I. Chen
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi and Dubai are two of the most dynamic cultural hubs in the Gulf — but this year, it’s worth exploring another part of the country that’s quietly becoming an international arts destination. Sharjah, a small emirate whose urban center is just a 20-minute drive from Dubai, is home to some of the best-preserved heritage buildings in the U.A.E., plus a number of world-class museums, like the modern Sharjah Art Foundation. 2019 sees the 14th iteration of the Sharjah Biennial, as well as the first-ever Sharjah Architecture Triennial, the only event of its kind in the MENASA region. New hotels give visitors a refreshing alternative to the gilded glamour of the emirate next door. The 53-room Al Bait, in Sharjah’s old town center, was built from four historic residences. The hotel draws on the aesthetics of a traditional Emirati home and offers local culinary specialties like Arabic coffee and booza ice cream. In the Khor Kalba nature reserve, you’ll find the new Kingfisher Lodge desert camp, the first from new hotel group Sharjah Collection — it’s unique in the U.A.E., with direct access to Gulf of Oman beaches and a menu focusing on fresh seafood. —Hannah Walhout
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Singapore Airlines reclaimed the title of world’s longest flight with nonstop service between Newark and Singapore aboard brand-new aircraft in October. This time around, instead of the business-class-only cabins of 2013, SQ added 94 premium economy seats. Fitting, as hit rom-com "Crazy Rich Asians" sparked a renewed fascination with Singapore that spread far beyond the suit-and-tie set. The historic Raffles hotel — the supposed birthplace of the Singapore Sling — will reopen in 2019 after an extensive renovation, but in the meantime, a handful of stylish new arrivals have made a mark on the hotel scene. Six Senses Maxwell opened in two artfully restored heritage buildings among colorful Chinatown shophouses in December, following sister property Six Senses Duxton; together, the two form Six Senses Singapore. The Capitol Kempinski Hotel debuted in downtown Civic District in the fall, a sanctuary of suites with deep soaking tubs and a saltwater relaxation pool surrounded by greenery. And enduring favorites are still going strong, from the live-music-filled bars of Arab Street to the eclectic, hometown-inspired prints of Little India design studio Onlewo to the busy-all-night tables of Makansutra Glutton’s Bay — the hawker center by Singaporean food legend and Anthony Bourdain confidante KF Seetoh. The city once known as just a global business center truly comes alive outside the 9-to-5, and whether you’re a backpacker or among the “crazy rich,” there’s something just right for you in Singapore. —Nina Ruggiero
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South Island, New Zealand
Though some might think of it as Australia’s little sister, New Zealand has always been a sensational destination in its own right — and 2019 is set to be a banner year. Air New Zealand recently launched a non-stop flight between Chicago O’Hare and Auckland, the first and only direct route to the wild islands from the midwest of North America. Take this as your excuse to head down under and visit the country’s lush South Island, which is less developed than its neighbor to the north. Dramatic topographical features dominate the landscape, from snow-capped mountain peaks to whimsical, Seussian flora. An adventure seeker’s nirvana, the South Island is known for its bungee jumping, skydiving, and six of the country’s ten Great Walks, a network of backcountry trekking tracks, with a new route in the Paparoa Range set to open in 2019. For a tranquil retreat from the action, consider the Lindis, a new luxury lodge built into a dramatic dip in the Ahuriri Valley, its low slung silhouette blending seamlessly into its surroundings. Or head up to wine country, where the year-old Marlborough Lodge just debuted its new spa — the perfect place to unwind after touring vineyards and exploring the property’s 16 acres of private parkland. —Morgan Goldberg
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Tisvildeleje and the Danish Riviera
The Danish seaside village of Tisvildeleje has always had a cult following. In ancient times, it was a sacred site dedicated to the god Tyr; its spring drew pilgrims who believed its waters had healing properties. More recently, Tisvildeleje and the surrounding Danish Riviera have attracted urbanites who embrace the area’s rustic, unpretentious charms. The town is little more than a main road, lined with intimate restaurants such as the buzzy new Tisvilde Kro; a bakery, Brød & Vin; and tiny boutiques. The choicest stays are two reimagined 19th-century properties: the boho Tisvildeleje Strandhotel and Helenekilde Badehotel, a grand beach house with Midcentury Modern Danish furnishings and front-row views of the Kattegat Sea. —Gisela Williams
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Toronto has long been a center of Canada's cultural production, but this year, the city is raising its art game: the Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto Canada has reopened after a three-year, $13 million relocation and expansion, and 2019 will see the launch of the Toronto Biennial of Art. You can also plan a visit around Winter Stations, which brings public art to Lake Ontario’s beaches, or Nuit Blanche Toronto, a massive dusk-til-dawn arts festival where exhibitions take over the city's public spaces for one night only. Check in to one of the many new properties that are pieces of art in themselves: the Kimpton Saint George displays over 700 works by Canadian artists, the Anndore House has in-room record players, and the luxe St. Regis Toronto brings old-school opulence to the city. —Hannah Walhout
A 2015 terrorist attack dealt a serious blow to Tunisia’s tourism industry, but with the recent arrival of luxury hotel brands, visitors are slowly but surely coming back to this alluring North African country. Last year saw the opening of the Four Seasons Hotel Tunis, a 200-key resort with fortress-like white walls and direct access to 1,600 feet of pristine beachfront. The guestrooms are the largest in the city, with many offering outdoor terraces overlooking the Mediterranean, but the highlight here is undoubtedly the sprawling, Roman-inspired spa, whose tranquil pools and fragrant gardens are meant to evoke the city’s historic medina. Smaller but no less luxurious is the forthcoming Anantara Tozeur Resort, an intimate desert retreat in the country’s remote southwest corridor. Here, guests will be able to explore the Sahara on camelback and dine in a tented camp (kitted out with poufs and threadbare rugs, no less!) under the stars. Also on the horizon for 2019: the Six Senses Gammarth, a futuristic, all-suite resort on the Mediterranean Coast near Tunis. —Siobhan Reid
Turquoise Coast, Turkey
This year, the Turquoise Coast — Turkey’s serene Mediterranean and Aegean riviera — is poised to attract new travelers with a spate of upmarket openings, as the coastline’s cache of luxury hotel brands (including Aman, Mandarin Oriental, and Nikki Beach) is expanding. The new Bodrum EDITION is peppered with olive trees and plunge pools along a marble-sand beach, with rooms overlooking the Aegean Sea. Hit the beach club, with its cabana-lined jetty, before heading to the property’s own traditional hammam. An hour north of Bodrum, the sparkling new Six Senses Kaplankaya is tucked into an inlet framed by cypress trees and bursts of bougainvillea. The property’s 141 rooms are outfitted with Turkish carpets, soothing white marble, and blonde wood, while the Mediterranean-leaning restaurants source produce from the hotel’s own garden. More urban destinations like Fethiye, a maritime city on the site of ancient Telmessos, and Antalya, the largest city on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, are quickly gaining both popularity and new flight routes. But don’t spend all your time in the city; the Turquoise Coast is still sprinkled with relatively unspoiled beach towns like Datça, Kaş, and Çıralı. For now, at least. —Jenna Scatena
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Often called the Land of Gods, India’s northern state of Uttarakhand is dotted with ancient temples, hill stations, and snowcapped peaks. It’s home to some of Hinduism’s holiest cities, one of which, Rishikesh, is considered the yoga capital of the world. And now, in addition to no-fuss accommodations catering to die-hard yogis, there are new upmarket lodgings, including the Taj Rishikesh Resort & Spa, Uttarakhand and the Roseate Ganges Rishikesh, both ultra-luxe, nature-filled retreats along the Ganges. Near the Tibetan border, the 10-suite Kumaon blends tropical modernism with stark Himalayan contours. Book a trek with Village Ways and you can meander through terraced valleys and pristine wilderness, bed down in village guesthouses, or camp on a bugyal, an alpine meadow. —Rachna Sachasinh
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1873: Slavery is abolished in Puerto Rico by the Spanish National Assembly.
1894: The very first Stanley Cup playoff game begins on this date in 1894.
1933: The Cullen-Harrison Act is signed by U.S President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This amendment to the Volstead Act allows the legal sale and manufacture of beer and light wines with 4% ABV (alcohol by volume).
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1943: Everyone in the village of Khatyn is burned alive by the Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118 during WWII.
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A Response to the Commentary Entitled: “Addressing the Shortage of Health Professionals in Rural China: Issues and Progress”
Document Type: Correspondence
Qian Yang
Hengjin Dong
Center for Health Policy Studies, Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Rural Area
The principal problems of healthcare services in China are “difficulty in seeing a doctor”and “high expense of getting medical service” (commonly known in Chinese as “kan bing nan, kan bing gui”). The central Chinese government has already launched the bottom-up cascading medical system and two-way referral system recently in order to solve these problems (1). Only when patients go to medical institutions in an orderly fashion, can we see the hope of breaking the kan bing nan, kan bing gui (2). However, we face a number of obstacles when implementing the referral policies. The biggest obstacle is the lack of Human Resource (HR) for primary care both in capacity and volume (3). The central Chinese government has launched a series of policies to deal with the shortage of HRs in rural areas. Profound measurements involve postgraduate training for General Practitioner (GP) (a three-year plan beginning in 2010 for producing health professionals for rural areas and improving rural retention), “3+2” medical education model (3-year diploma education and 2-year postgraduate GP training), and in-service training for physicians in rural areas (4). It is not the time to assess their effectiveness, however, these measurements are certain to improve the capacity of Community Health Service (CHS) institutions.
But, the above measurements mainly focus on the capacity building, not on the quantity of HRs in rural areas. In addition, CHS institutions still face many problems to attract the welltrained GPs. These problems will damage the effects of the above policies, and even aggravate the mal-distribution gap in HRs between urban and rural areas. The willingness of physicians to flow from urban to rural areas are affected by lots of factors including financial incentives, career development, and living conditions (5–8). The reality is that GP residency training programs cannot attract enough students due to GP’s low salary, social status and limited career opportunities (9).
In terms of the financial incentives, the salary of a GP in a rural area is half of a physician in secondary hospitals, or even less (10). Moreover, the new polices have paid little attention to determinants of career development and living conditions. To make the policy more attractive by economic stimuli, the central government issued a compensation policy that each student will get 6,000 Yuan (about 950 US dollars) a year for choosing the GP education for rural area. However, the central government only offered this financial aids in Western and Central China (11,12). As we know, most of the inequality accounted for by within-province rather than betweenprovince inequalities (13). So, the rural areas in eastern provinces of China also need such financial incentives.
As far as career development is concerned, the career development system is independent of each other between CHS institutions and Big Hospitals. This system design has eliminated the possibility of transfer through development for all GPs. If a medical student decided to go to the CHS center or village health station after the GP education, there is little chance for him/her to transfer to a hospital in the city.
Moreover, “3+2” medical education model has faced the poor execution that all students who have finished the 2-year GP education to work in rural areas. Although there is a request for them to work for CHS entities for six years (11,12), there appears a lack of compulsory guaranteesfor their retention. Students take free education for GP training, and they are also free to leave the CHS Institution. Most of the students could choose secondary or tertiary hospitals where they are accepting the GP education freely instead of returning to the CHS center or village health stationas they promised. Even though the CHS institution paid their salaries for years, it is hard for the institution to retrieve these investments. Some students have breached the contract and awarded damages to the government, others have chosen additional two-year education to become a physician.
These will lead to failure of the policy. The most significant personnel status in rural areas is still the temporary shortage, not just the quantity of the GPs. The shortage exists before and also after the implementation of the policies. There are not enough trained younger men and women ready to take over from older GPs (14). The severe lack of HRs in rural areas results in the breakup of village health stations. Because in many areas, there is only one GP in the village health station. After he or she dies, there will be no successor to continue his or her business.
In these grim situations, Chinese government should take measurements to attract more well-trained GPs to work in CHS institutions, and to retain students who completed the 2-year postgraduate GP training to return to rural areas as they promised. For instance, we can enhance the salary level of GPs in financial incentive aspect, or include the CHS institutions under the umbrella of secondary hospitals to make more career promotion opportunities for the GP, or set up GP associations to provide social and technique support to GPs, and improve their social status. Corresponding policy suggestions also involve taking short-term measurements of the shortage of GPs in rural areas. On the one side, the local medical school should get the permission to train some GPs who can assume the necessary medical work in village stations, more importantly, who are willing to stay in rural areas; on the other side, the in-service training in local areas should be enhanced.
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Yang, Q., Dong, H. A Response to the Commentary Entitled: “Addressing the Shortage of Health Professionals in Rural China: Issues and Progress”. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2015; 4(5): 329-330. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.83
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There comes a time when you have to choose sides - siding, that is. Are you a traditionalist? Or do you lean toward modern, synthetic products? Check out the advantages and disadvantages of these common siding materials, before you commit to install the first panel.
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Advantages and disadvantages of aluminum siding: At an average $2.50 to $3.50 per square foot, it's less expensive than most siding, and more durable. Aluminum siding resists rot and requires little maintenance. On the downside, it chalks, fades and dents over time; aluminum also conducts electricty, so keeping it out of contact with electrical wiring is important.
Advantages and disadvantages of steel siding: "Strong as steel" says it all. Steel resists pests and most types of weather, although high winds can cause problems by enlarging fastening holes, which lets moisture seep underneath siding. Expect to spend about $7 to $8 per square foot.
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Advantages: Fiber cement siding is made from a composite of cement and cellulose fibers. It is often made to mimic wood; it does a good job achieving the look--and a better job resisting the elements. Termites, fire and water can't stop fiber cement siding from looking good for its estimated lifespan of 50 years.
Disadvantages: It is heavy and more difficult to install than cedar or vinyl siding, so you'll definitely need a professional. Proper installation and maintenance are essential to protecting fiber cement boards from water damage.
Cost: The sticker price can start at $4.50 and reach $11 per square foot, depending on the quality of materials and size of the job.
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Advantages and disadvantages of brick and stone veneer siding: Calfinder estimates these sidings run $11 to $15 per square foot, making them more expensive than other sidings, but about half the price of natural stone. Stone veneer can lean toward looking "faux"; but durability, fire-resistance and energy-efficiency may add up to being more important in the long run.
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Advantages: Now the most common siding material, early vinyl siding would fade and split, but technology has improved durability. Today's vinyl colors can hold up for years, and vinyl siding is virtually maintenance-free. It can also be made to mimic any look, including clapboard, shake, brick or stucco.
Disadvantages: It traps moisture, lending itself to mold and mildew. Strong wind may cause the siding to rattle or even may dislodge it.
Cost: For the accomplished DIYer, vinyl siding can be installed for about $1 per square foot. For professional installation, you're looking at $2 to $7.
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Advantages of cedar siding: Cedar--and its close brethren redwood--have long been an aesthetic favorite of homeowners. The wonderful aromas and distinctive natural beauty of the red and yellow grains lend these woods timeless appeal. Cedar can be milled to almost any siding shape, the most common being bevel and lap planks. Properly maintained, cedar siding should last several decades.
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Birds perish as scorching weather dries out Hunter Wetlands
Grim: Hunter Wetlands Centre CEO Dr Stuart Blanch said an estimated 100 egrets died in the recent hot weather. Picture: Jonathan CarrollEgrets are to wetlands what canaries are to mines, a Hunter wildlife expert says –if the egrets are fine, then so are the wetlands.
That’s why Dr Stuart Blanch, the CEO of Hunter Wetlands Centre, was so dismayed to find about 100 dead egret chicks at the Sandgate conservation area last week, as hot weatherdried-outthe ecosystem.
“When the egrets are in trouble, the wetlands are in trouble,” he said.
“These are high level predators. They eat fish, snakes, aquatic insects, frogs –that’s the top of the food chain, almost.
“They need everything else in the wetland to be going right. The flooding, the water quality, not too many weeds, the rest of the food chain. We love them and we love seeing them around. They are evidence that the ecosystem is working well.”
Dire: Hunter Wetlands Centre CEO Dr Stuart Blanch says the egret is an important part of the wetland ecosystem. Picture: Jonathan Carroll
Dr Blanch estimated there were about 200 nests on the property, each containing one or two chicks, which meant between a quarter and half of the young birds were lost in the heat wave. While the weather was also a challenge this time last year, DrBlanch said last week’s harsh conditions were worse.
Blistering temperatures reachedthe mid 40s on the worst day, January 6.
“Birds can’t handle that, particularly young chicks,” he said. “We had dozens leaving our property. It was stinking hot and there was no water. A lot of the chicks that died were two, three, four weeks old.”
When Hunter Water heard of the wetlands’ plight, the utility donated three million litres of water to soak part of the dry wetlands and provide relief for the birds. Hunter Water saidit was possible because of conservation steps that had helped save water.
“Just like at the wetlands, the warm and dry summer conditions have also taken their toll on Hunter Water’s dams, which are at their lowest summer levels in more than a decade,” Hunter Water’s managing director Jim Bentley said.
“Hunter Water has made significant inroads to reduce our own leakage, including by using new tools to manage our water network better.”
Hunter Wetlands was established in 1985 and was added to the list ofWetlands of International Importance in 2002, according to the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage.
There is an estimated 200 plant and bird species at the site.
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Cambodian court delays bail decision on Ricketson
Phnom Penh: Declaring that journalism is not a crime, accused Australian spy James Ricketson was ordered returned to one of Cambodia’s harshest prisons on Wednesday after judges delayed announcing whether he could be released on bail.
“I have a right to free speech under the Cambodian constitution,” 68-year-old Ricketson said as guards led him from the country’s Supreme Court.
“I would like to think the Australian government would defend my right to free speech,” he said.
Ricketson arrived at the court almost an hour after the delay was announced in an apparent jail transfer mix-up.
“I’d love to know what country I am supposed to be spying for,” Ricketson told Fairfax Media while handcuffed to another prisoner.
Court officials said the case was delayed until January 31 because authorities were late bringing Ricketson from jail for Wednesday’s hearing.
Ricketson said he was not confident of being released on bail because it would be a “loss of face” for those building a case against him.
Authorities are investigating Ricketson over his alleged links to a now-disbanded opposition party, which has been accused of attempting to overthrow strongman Hun Sen in a purported United States-backed conspiracy.
He was arrested after flying a drone over a rally on Phnom Penh’s riverfront staged by the opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party in June and accused of spying against the government.
The opposition party’s leaders have been jailed, are in hiding or have fled the country in a sweeping crackdown on opponents of Hun Sen ahead of elections scheduled for mid-year.
Analysts say the supposed conspiracy has provided Hun Sen, one of the world’s most notorious autocrats, with an excuse to target his political opponents, as he shrugs off any pretence of democracy in the country where Australia has a deal to send refugees from Nauru.
Opposition figures and the US have strongly denied involvement in any conspiracy.
Ricketson, a prolific letter writer and blogger and award-winning documentary maker from Sydney, was a familiar figure over years at opposition and protest rallies in Phnom Penh, where he has been filming a documentary on a former street beggar he has supported for decades.
Ricketson told an earlier court hearing he came to Cambodia “to help poor people and make films, not to be a spy”.
For years he has supported scavengers at a rubbish dump on the outskirts of Phnom Penh while writing critical blogs about some non-government-organisations in Phnom Penh and campaigning against the conviction of a convicted British child sex offender, who he says is innocent.
Ricketson has been held in pre-trial detention since June in Prey Sar, one of Cambodia’s notoriously harsh jails, as he protests his innocence.
“I am still confused as to what I have done other than flying a drone without a permit to deserve such punishment,” Ricketson wrote from a cell he is sharing with 27 other prisoners.
The circumstances of his arrest and detention have been murky.
Officials said he has been accused of spying “for a foreign state or agents” but provided no further details.
Fresh News, a pro-government news site, accused Ricketson of being an “important spy” and linked him to the supposed plot to overthrow Hun Sen that allegedly involved opposition leaders, staff of NGOs, US embassy officials and journalists.
Support for Ricketson is growing in Australia where thousands of people have signed a petition calling for his release and criticising the Turnbull government for failing to intervene in his case.
Australian journalist Peter Greste, a press freedom advocate who was jailed along with two other Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt, has thrown his support behind the campaign.
Greste tweeted to his 50,000 followers: “Help free another journalist in prison on national security charges. No evidence that James Ricketson in Cambodia is guilty of anything other than caring.”
People who know Ricketson say any suggestion he is was spying is ludicrous.
Ricketson is suffering un-medicated high blood pressure and other ailments and his family fear he may die in jail.
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said the “Australian Government is continuing to provide consular support, while ensuring we do not prejudice in any way his current situation.”
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‘Simply outrageous’: Train strike could cost economy $100m
Commuters wait for the train at Strathfield station as timetable changes and shortage of train drivers has forced some services to be cut. Strathfield, Sydney. 15th January, 2018. Photo: Kate Geraghty NSW Premier Mike Baird, Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian and Sydney Business Chamber Executive Director Patricia Forsythe make a business tax announcement.Photo Nick Moir 13 June 2016
NSW Minister for Transport Andrew Constance (left) & Sydney Trains CEO Howard Collins (right) at Martin Place train station. Sydney CBD. 15th January, 2018. Photo: Kate Geraghty
A planned 24-hour train strike later this month could cost the local economy more than $100 million, the Sydney Business Chamber says, labelling the strike “simply outrageous”.
Patricia Forsythe, executive director of the Chamber, also said the rail union’s call for people to stay home on the day of the planned strike on January 29 was irresponsible.
“It’s one of the busiest days of the work year: the Monday after the Australia Day holiday is traditionally one when basically all of the workforce is back from summer holidays, schools are returning. It is a significant day in our economy,” she said.
“If they were going to pick a day for maximum disruption they’ve certainly done that.”
Ms Forsythe said the Business Chamber’s estimate was based on the fact about 10 per cent of the workforce in greater Sydney use the rail system to get to work, and Sydney had a “billion dollar economy”.
“Our estimate – and it depends on how many people can’t get other means of transport – is that it could effectively cost the Sydney economy more than $100 million,” she said.
“Without a doubt it represents millions and millions of dollars to our economy.”
On Wednesday, the Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) announced the details of their planned strike, saying NSW train workers will stop work at 12.01am on Monday, January 29 and start work again at 12.01am on Tuesday.
The union’s NSW secretary Alex Claassens??? said Transport Minister Andrew Constance and the state government “[hasn’t] left us with any other choice” after pay negotiations stalled.
“There’s never an ideal time to take this kind of action, but the reality is, we have to,” he said.
Mr Constance told Network Seven on Wednesday that the proposed strike is a “silly stunt”.
“The rail union don’t want to meet with me,” he said.
The RBTU is asking for a pay rise of 6 per cent per year, while the government is sticking to their proposed 2.5 per cent increase.
Opposition Leader Luke Foley said he thought the union was asking for too much, and while he was not a fan of the planned stop-work he thought rail workers deserved better conditions.
“Workers deserve to be treated with respect, people who work for a living delivering vital public services deserve to be well treated with fair pay and good conditions,” he said.
“They deserve a pay rise, but 6 per cent is too much.”
Mr Foley said Mr Constance needed to sit down with the union and work the problem out, otherwise one million commuters will be affected by the strike action.
“This requires both sides sitting down in good faith, negotiating a common-sense solution – there’s plenty of middle ground here,” he said.
The Opposition Leader said Mr Constance had “inflamed” the situation with the union.
“His premier needs to sideline him so that this matter can be resolved,” he said.
Ms Forsythe said the Business Chamber has spoken previously to Mr Constance’s office, but on Wednesday they were calling on the union to halt their industrial action.
“It’s the wrong call, it’s the wrong message,” she said.
The planned strike comes after a horror week on Sydney’s train network, with staff shortages and network damage leaving thousands of commuters stranded.
Why Woolies boss is looking at start-ups to never run low on bread again
Technology is revolutionising the way supermarkets do business but Australian shoppers aren’t yet ready to embrace some of the futuristic innovations retailers are trialling, Woolworths chief executive Brad Banducci says.
“Technology has become crucial to the future of retail – this is the key for us,” Mr Banducci told Fairfax Media on the sidelines of the National Retailers Federation’s annual expo in New York City.
Mr Banducci was scouring the expo on Tuesday looking for the latest innovations from tech giants and start-ups that could be used in Woolworths’ almost 1000 stores.
Among those that caught his eye was a new barcode scanning technology from software company Digimarc which embeds a code that is imperceptible to the human eye into a product’s packaging design, meaning any part of the item can be scanned at checkout.
The technology has been used by US supermarket Wegmans on its entire range of home-brand products, and Digimarc says it speeds up checkout scanning times by 30 per cent.
“We know our shoppers will let us use their data to help them have a better shopping experience, but we’ve got to be very cautious,” Mr Banducci said.
Several exhibitors at the conference are pitching software that uses cameras and image recognition software to monitor product levels on shelves.
“If you want to upset a customer, don’t have bread,” Mr Banducci said, adding that technology that alerts store managers whenever stock was low was a “fantastic” tool.
Similar technology was being used to check the accuracy of online orders before they are collected or shipped, and to monitor supply chains.
Mr Banducci said he spotted a couple of other attractive technologies that “we’d rather keep to ourselves”.
Some of the most significant advances in the way supermarkets operate have happened recently in China, where some shoppers do not ever encounter a staff member or checkout.
Some Suning and Alibaba stores use facial recognition software to identify customers and automatically charge their bank accounts for the products, which are tagged with sensors, they walk out with.
Mr Banducci said Woolworths could be doing similar things if it wanted to, but had to tread carefully around customers’ privacy concerns and privacy laws.
“I don’t know if the Australian consumer is ready for it. Maybe the next generation will be,” he said.
“We know our shoppers will let us use their data to help them have a better shopping experience, but we’ve got to be very cautious.”
Woolworths recently introduced a suite of digital innovations at its Marrickville Metro store, including installing touch screens to tell bakery staff what they needed to bake and when, and enabling an in-store product finder in its app.
“We’re doing a lot of learning and proof of concepts in that store before we take it to further roll-out or further enhancements,” said Fay Ilhan, Woolworths’ head of e-commerce sales and digital innovations.
Those changes were driven by the company’s new division WooliesX, which was formed last year and brought together its digital, e-commerce, customer loyalty and customer services teams in an effort to drive innovation at the 93-year-old supermarket.
“There is as much opportunity to digitise the back of house as the front of the shop: how you sign in contractors, how you figure out how many chickens to cook – there’s amazing opportunities,” Mr Banducci said.
The reporter attended NRF as a guest of Microsoft.
Fifteen-year-old storms past Rogowska
It took until the post-match interview on court before many in the crowd appeared to realise that teenage sensation Marta Kostyuk was just 15 years old.
The audible murmur that hummed around Margaret Court Arena was one of surprise, as the exhausted Kostyuk, born in June 2002, found the right words to describe her elation at making the third round of a grand slam for the first time.
Her feat is not to be underplayed, as she is the youngest female player to reach such a stage in a grand slam since Mirjana Lucic-Baroni in the 1997 US Open, and the youngest to do so in Australia since Martina Hingis in 1996.
After watching her demolish her opponent 6-3, 7-5, the crowd’s reaction was understandable, as even her vanquished opponent, Australian Olivia Rogowska, was taken aback by the power of Kostyuk’s shots.
The 26-year-old said post-match she did not feel as though it was a 15-year-old on the other side of the net.
“She’s going to be a dangerous player when she grows up,” Rogowska said.
Kostyuk’s threat level, already high enough to dispose of the Australian wildcard and the 25th seed Shuai Peng in the first two rounds, is only going to grow.
The only pointer to her tender age on the tennis court was the inconsistency in her play.
Eleven double faults and 22 winners give an indication of the 89 minutes of ups and downs, but those slingshot returns from the back of the court that did hit the mark were unstoppable.
Already it’s easier to catch a hungry lizard’s tongue than return Kostyuk’s forehand when she hits one with force.
At times she took both feet off the ground and pirouetted like an Olympic ice skater, twirling through the air to put her full weight behind the balls she fired past a hapless Rogowska.
It was a shot combining the grace and power of an acrobat, a skill Kostyuk has practised for seven years, or nearly half her life.
She knows her fame is growing, admitting after the win that she sensed something had shifted, and it wasn’t just the size of her bank balance.
The first words she uttered as she entered the packed media conference were: “This is scary.”
It was a quote befitting someone her age, but she showed great maturity in dealing with the focus.
“It’s actually the first win when I feel like something is going on, something different,” Kostyuk said.
She said the experience she gained the previous year, when winning the Australian Open junior final, stood her in good stead and the only nerves came when she served.
She also admitted the code violation paid against her for coaching from the sidelines left her fuming, as the incident threatened to upset her equilibrium and momentum early in the second set.
“I was so mad. I wasn’t upset. I was so mad, because I didn’t see what mum was showing me,” Kostyuk said. “Then when the referee said code violation, I was, like, what? I didn’t even see her, like – like, I swear, I didn’t see what she was showing me.”
It was, it seemed, the sort of interaction mums have with their teenagers every day, with her mother also telling her post-game to stay away from her phone until she had eaten properly.
The sparkly teenager was compliant, as she knows what needs to be done to succeed in her chosen profession.
“I know that only talent will not help me to play good,” Kostyuk said. “I’m working pretty hard.”
Now she faces her Ukrainian compatriot Elina Svitolina in the third round, and will go into the game with some expectation to perform. Not that it concerns her too much.
“I will just enjoy it. I think I’m going to play on big court again, but I will just try to show my best tennis,” Kostyuk said.
Meanwhile, title favourite Svitolina celebrated like she’d won the Australian Open after surviving a stern test against rising Czech Katerina Siniakova to reach the third round.
Fourth-seeded Svitolina exploded with an animated double fist pump after battling back from a set down to progress 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.
She conceded it was tough going in her first appearance of the tournament at Rod Laver Arena.
“I thought I’m going to melt today. It was not easy and I was struggling a bit,” she said after the 2??-hour workout.
“Hopefully I can recover. I can’t wait for an ice bath.”
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First-home buyers shine in new ABS data
First-home buyers have again lifted their claim on new mortgage lending in Australia, according to official data, with experts calling 2018 the year of the first-home buyer comeback.
The number of loans written to first-home buyers, as a percentage of total owner-occupied loans, rose to 18 per cent in November 2017 from 17.6 per cent in the previous month, ABS housing finance data show.
The last time the figures were at 18 per cent or above was 2012 – although that figure was still a long way off May 2009 when first-home buyers made up 31.4 per cent of all new mortgages.
The figures also show policy measures aimed at dissuading property investors continued to bite in November, with a seasonally adjusted 1.5 per cent gain in finance to investors in the month but an 8.3 per cent fall year-on-year.
Overall housing finance commitments were up 2.1 per cent in November and average loan sizes for both owner occupiers and first-home buyers rose – $11,000 and $3000, respectively.
Chief economist at Market Economics Stephen Koukoulas said a softer national market, low interest rates and better buying conditions were coming together to help many young buyers into the market.
“Opportunities for first-home buyers are certainly improving,” he said, but warned the figures may not continue to rise, but rather track sideways from current highs.
“Once you’ve already had a decent pick-up it’s hard for it to keep growing.”
“Maybe there will be more of a consolidation of these higher levels rather than extra growth.” Aust Nov housing finance: investors +1.5%mom, owner occupiers +2.7%. Stronger than expected but investor share continuing to fall. First home buyer share rose to 18% as decline in investors provides space and improved stamp duty duty concessions in NSW and Victoria help. pic.twitter苏州美甲学校/1T4R0sMElL??? Shane Oliver (@ShaneOliverAMP) January 17, 2018This story Administrator ready to work first appeared on 苏州美甲学校.
Sorry, no one wants your used clothes anymore
For decades, the donation bin has offered consumers in rich countries a guilt-free way to unload their old clothing.
In a virtuous and profitable cycle, a global network of traders would collect these garments, grade them, and transport them around the world to be recycled, worn again, or turned into rags and stuffing.
Now that cycle is breaking down. Fashion trends are accelerating, new clothes are becoming as cheap as used ones, and poor countries are turning their backs on the second-hand trade. Without significant changes in the way that clothes are made and marketed, this could add up to an environmental disaster in the making.
Nobody is more alert to this shift than the roughly 200 businesses devoted to recycling clothes into yarn and blankets in Panipat, India. Located 55 miles north of Delhi, the dusty city of 450,000 has served as the world’s largest recycler of woollen garments for at least two decades, becoming a crucial outlet for the $US4 billion ($5 billion) used-clothing trade.
Panipat’s mills specialise in a cloth known as shoddy, which is made from low-quality yarn recycled from woollen garments. Much of what they produce is used to make cheap blankets for disaster-relief operations. It’s been a good business: At its peak in the early 2010s, Panipat’s shoddy manufacturers could make 100,000 blankets a day, accounting for 90 per cent of the relief-blanket market.
In the early 2000s, though, cash-flush Chinese manufacturers began using modern mills that could produce many times more blankets per day than Panipat’s, and in a wider variety of colours.
Ramesh Goyal, the general manager of Ramesh Woollen Mills, told me that Chinese manufacturing has become so efficient that a new polar fleece blanket costs a mere $US2.50 retail — compared to $US2.00 for a recycled blanket. This has made China the preferred manufacturer of relief blankets worldwide, costing Panipat most of its export market.
So Panipat is changing. Five years ago, nobody in town made new fleece blankets. Today, about 50 mills do. Ramesh Woollen Mills added a Chinese-built line in 2016, and thereby boosted its production from 7,000 kilograms a day to 12,000, two-thirds of which is polar fleece. Consumers appreciate the quality, variety and fast production times.
But what’s good for Panipat and its customers is bad news for donors and the environment. Even if Panipat were producing shoddy at its peak, it probably couldn’t manage the growing flood of used clothing entering the market in search of a second life.
Between 2000 and 2015, global clothing production doubled, while the average number of times that a garment was worn before disposal declined by 36 per cent. In China, it declined by 70 per cent. Fast fashion fiasco
The rise of “fast fashion” is thus creating a bleak scenario: The tide of second-hand clothes keeps growing even as the markets to reuse them are disappearing. From an environmental standpoint, that’s a big problem. Already, the apparel industry accounts for 10 per cent of global carbon emissions; as recycling markets break down, its contribution could soar.
The good news is that nobody has a bigger incentive to address this problem than the industry itself. By raising temperatures and intensifying droughts, climate change could substantially reduce cotton yields and thus make garment production less predictable and far more expensive. Industry executives are clearly concerned.
The question is what to do about it. Some brands, such as H&M and Patagonia, are experimenting with new fibres made from recycled material, which could help. But longer-term, the industry will have to try to refocus consumers on durability and quality — and charge accordingly. Era coming to an end
Ways to do this include offering warranties on clothing and making tags that inform consumers of a product’s expected lifespan. To satiate the hunger for fast fashion, meanwhile, brands might also explore subscription-based fashion rental businesses — such as China’s YCloset — or other more sustainable models.
None of these options can replace Panipat and the other mill towns that once transformed rich people’s rags into cheap clothes for the poor.
But, like it or not, that era is coming to end. Now the challenge is to stitch together a new set of solutions.
Adam Minter is the author of “Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade.”
Hidden Perth: The story behind Australia’s first free colony
There’s no plaque outside 57 Murray Street in Perth’s CBD, nothing to record the significant role it played in Australian history.
Yet had you visited this same building anytime between 1915 and 1940, you’d have witnessed a steady stream of Indigenous Australians queuing up – for permission to marry, the correct form to move to another town, or just to collect a bar of soap.
The imposing, heritage-listed building was once the headquarters of possibly the most infamous public servant this country has ever produced.
Auber Octavius (AO) Neville – sometimes known as Neville the Devil – was appointed Chief Protector of Aborigines by the Western Australian government in 1915, with his title changing to Commissioner for Native Affairs in 1936 until his retirement four years later.
Played by Kenneth Branagh in the movie Rabbit Proof Fence, Neville was the architect of the policy of assimilation we now call “the Stolen Generations”.
As Chief Protector of Aborigines, Neville ironically believed “the Native race” should be genetically absorbed.
As he put it: “Are we going to have one million blacks in the Commonwealth? Or are we going to merge them into our white community and eventually forget that there were any Aborigines in Australia?”
But enough of Neville and the past. I’m here on a two-hour walking tour with Ryan Zaknich, co-founder of the award-winning Two Feet & a Heartbeat company, which offers bespoke walking tours of the city, depending on your interests. And my request had been simple: “Show me what’s new.”
For those of you who haven’t been to the WA capital in the past few years, much has changed. James Packer’s new five-star $650 million hotel Crown Towers, Perth (which opened in December 2016 and is linked to the neighbouring Crown Metropole and Crown Casino) offers superb views of the changing Perth skyline from its top floor club lounge (crownhotels苏州美甲学校419论坛/crown-towers-perth/en).
Look, there’s the 60,000-seater, $1.6 billion Perth Stadium (perthstadium苏州美甲学校419论坛/), due to open in 2018 in time for next year’s AFL season (both West Coast Eagles and Fremantle Dockers will play there), with Test matches to follow.
So what else is new? I meet Zaknich at the Atlas Building, a former assurance headquarters that opened in 1931 on The Esplanade.
If that hardly seems new, we’re here for two reasons. Firstly, it is the home of the Museum of Perth (museumofperth苏州美甲学校419论坛/), a not-for-profit organisation which opened in 2016 to chronicle the city’s social, cultural, political and architectural history.
The exhibition today is Demolished Icons of Perth – a photographic display showing buildings that were bulldozed alongside photos of what replaced them. “Perth could have been the most beautiful city in Australia,” Zaknich says. “But we destroyed it.”
Secondly, Zaknich knows the Atlas Building has arguably the best view (for the time being) of Elizabeth Quay, the multi-billion dollar renovation of the Esplanade Reserve and the “Perth waterfront” (the WA government has spent $440 million developing the site which will eventually feature the future Ritz-Carlton hotel – some 2800 new hotel rooms are due to open in Perth before the end of 2019).
This foreshore was the birthplace of the Swan River Colony. It’s often forgotten Perth is the third oldest capital city in Australia (after Sydney and Hobart). Initially – and isn’t this the story of European settlement of Australia? – it was a debacle.
Captain James Stirling, the city’s founder and WA’s first governor, arrived in 1829 to form the first free colony in Australia (though the Dutch explorer Willem de Vlamingh had named the Swan River after the black swans he saw there in 1697). Of course, the local Nyoongar people had been there for 40,000 years or more. Quite naturally, they took exception when their traditional food supplies were consumed by the newcomers.
As Zaknich points out, the Swan River at this point is a misnomer: it’s actually an easily defended part of the tidal estuary. But although it will be several years before Elizabeth Quay is completed, it has already become a focal point of the city.
A 20-metre high, double-arched suspension bridge for pedestrians and cyclists now crosses to the Isle of Voyage, containing the rebuilt Florence Hummerston Kiosk (isleofvoyage苏州美甲学校419论坛/home).
Then there are the seasonal pop-up festivals, the futuristic Bell Tower on Barrack Street Jetty, and signature $1.3 million, eight-storey steel and carbon fibre installation designed by local artist Christian de Vietri, unveiled in 2016 (apparently it represents water ripples reflecting the Swan River, the land and the sky).
As we walk northwards from Elizabeth Quay, Zaknich points out back lane bars and restaurants that will be thriving come Friday evening, a legacy of the WA government’s 2007 licensing reform designed to encourage a more vibrant streetscape (including the street art prompted by the not-for-profit organisation FORM – form.net419论坛/).
We also venture into COMO The Treasury – the 48-room luxury hotel recast from what used to be the 19th-century State Buildings (comohotels苏州美甲学校/thetreasury). Then we take the lift up to Perth’s most celebrated rooftop restaurant, Wildflower (wildflowerperth苏州美甲学校419论坛/). Sadly, there’s no time to sample the $145 five course tasting plate determined by whichever of the six Indigenous seasons we happen to be visiting in (example: “Slow-cooked Doodlakine pork with sweet potato, sour radish, candied mustard, Davidson and powdered Kakadu plum” – a winner at any corroboree).
Throughout our walk, Zaknich fills me in on the tragedies of Midgegooroo and his son, Yagan.
Midgegooroo was a tribal elder of the Nyungar nation who fell foul of white man’s law. This was (a) because white man’s law had never been explained to him and/or (b) because he was obeying his traditional laws – which meant if someone arrived unannounced and stole your fish, you were fully entitled to pluck his goose.
What is undeniable is that Midgegooroo was captured, imprisoned, then condemned to death without a trial, tied to the gates of the city gaol and executed by firing squad.
The main reason Zaknich is telling me this is because our tour is due to end at Yagan Square.
Since the railway arrived in 1881, Perth has been a divided city. Sandwiched between the Swan and the trains, the city centre has stretched out in a narrow east-west corridor.
Northbridge was home to Chinese market gardeners, opium dens, mahjong rooms, whore houses, nightclubs.
Of course, it had to reinvent itself once that custom (minus the market gardening) was transferred to the newly opened Burswood Island Casino in 1985.
Northbridge is now undergoing another revival, as demonstrated by trendy hotels such as the Alex Hotel (alexhotel苏州美甲学校419论坛/), funky restaurants like Sauma, Meat Candy and Lucky Chan’s Laundry + Noodle Bar, and Northbridge Piazza with its free outdoor movies.
This year, Northbridge is being connected to the Perth CBD for the first time in 137 years. According to its official website, Yagan Square will be “the city’s new heart … a hub of activity both during the day and at night with cafes, restaurants, pop-up shops and kiosks”.
Essentially it is a new public meeting space (similar to Melbourne’s Federation Square) created by enclosing and building over the railway tracks.
“This will be where Eagles fans gather when they win the Grand Final,” Zaknich says. “It can cater for up to 8500 people.”
Of course, the main significance of Yagan Square is its name.
Yagan is one of the few Aborigines to have made it into the Australian Dictionary of Biography. A resistance leader and defender of his people, Yagan was shot dead on July 11,1833, by a young shepherd boy eager to claim the ??30 bounty for capturing him “dead or alive”.
The story of Yagan’s subsequent decapitation, the skinning of his tribal tattoos, the return of his severed head from the UK in 1997, and its final burial in 2010 is too tortuous to repeat (no one emerges with glory).
Yet the naming of Perth’s new civic corroboree space after him – at the same time the revitalised quay is rebadged after the reigning monarch – marks a reconciliation of sorts. Doesn’t it? TRIP NOTESMORE
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Wallarah 2 coal mine approved despite risk to Central Coast water supply
Wallarah 2 coal mine approved despite risk to Central Coast water supply Decision: NSW Planning Assessment Commission members (from left) Andrew Hutton, David Johnson and Dr Peter Williams at a November Wallarah 2 hearing.
Protest: Central Coast residents protest outside the Wallarah 2 Planning Assessment Commission hearing in November.
Concerns: Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council chief executive Sean Gordon outside the PAC hearing. An earlier Wallarah 2 proposal proposed mine infrastructure over Darkinjung land without consent.
TweetFacebookWallarah 2 coal project is completely unacceptable and completely unwanted.
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Mr Phillips said the mine was risky because of its threat to the safe drinking water supply of more than 300,000 people, and “has been knocked back by a previous state government for that very reason”.
“The Coalition came to power promising to end mining in sensitive drinking water catchments. They promised to stop this very coal mine – Wallarah 2 – but now they’ve given it the green light,” Mr Phillips said.
The Planning Assessment Commission approved the underground mine to produce up to five million tonnes of coal for 25 years. The coal would be exported to Korea and used in “local domestic power stations”, it said.
It noted that demand for coal for 25 years and the acceptability of greenhouse gas emissions associated with the end use of coal remained “significant uncertainties for the project”.
The commission acknowledged subsidence of up to 2.6 metres beneath a state forest area;increased flooding impacts for more than 170 property owners that could require lifting or relocating homes andincreased flooding impacts affecting 15 bridges and roads.
It also acknowledged that “economic costs and benefits of the project are finely balanced, with inevitable uncertainties about demand for thermal coal 20 years in to the future”, after Kores’ economic benefit estimate of $1.56 billion to the state was reduced to $32 million in a report commissioned by the Department of Planning.
The commission said it was satisfied impacts on surface and groundwater, and the Central Coast water supply, could be “acceptably managed”.
“The commission has found there is a small risk of impacts including to the drinking water catchment, and a small level of scientific uncertainty to these. On that basis the commission is satisfied the threat of serious or irreversible damage is very low”.
“Any potential loss to the water availability from the aquifer of the Central Coast water supply would be compensated by the applicant providing 300 megalitres a year of treated water to the catchment,” the commissionsaid.
The underground mine would provide 450 jobs during construction and 300 once operating, and any risks could be “appropriately managed and contained” by a “rigorous framework of conditions,management plans, monotiring programs and independent audits”.
Jaliens back for challenge
PLAYING for Westonis a long way from keeping Lionel Messi goalless in a World Cup match.
MARQUEE MAN: Kew Jaliens tries out a Bears playing shirt at Weston Park on Wednesday after the Northern NSW NPL club announced his recruitment. Picture: Craig Kerry
But at 39 and after almost three years out of the game, Kew Jaliens admits competing in the Northern NSW NPL this year will be a mentaland physical challenge.
“For me, the main thing is my conditioning,” Jaliens said.“I never had any injuries, so the body feels good.I think it’s more of my own mental challenge – accepting that I’m not as fit or as strong as I used to be, and can I still do the things that I have in my head?I think it’s more of a personal challenge than being able to play.”
The Bears announced on Wednesday the signing ofthe former Newcastle Jets captain, who will be among the best credentialed players ever inthe top NNSW league.
The centre-back last played in May 2015 after 11 games forMelbourne City and36 with Newcastle. Those stints came aftermore than 400 matches across stays attop Dutch andPolish clubs. Hisinternational career included the2008 Olympics and 2006 World Cup, where he helped the Netherlands contain Argentina’s Messi in a 0-0 draw.
Since retiring, Jaliens’ football focus has been oncreating a youth academy, which the Bears will provide crucial space for at Weston Park.
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— Craig Kerry (@craigkerry77) January 16, 2018
Jaliens will join a long listof former A-League stars, including Jets great Joel Griffiths, who have played on in theNNSW NPL. He said the advice from Griffiths was: “Just go in blank because it’s totally different and just enjoy it rather than getting all the frustrations about professional stuff that we were used to …you can crush your head if you get a bad pass or things are not working, but these things will happen and to just enjoy it.”
The Bears have finished last the past two seasons and Jaliens said the goal this year was “just to compete”.
“If you come last two years in a row, you want to leave that behind and just compete,” he said. “I’ve seen some games and in some we weren’t the lesser team, but sometimes inexperience can kill you.”
He hoped to provide crucial leadership and experience alongsidereturning stalwart Nathan Morris and veteran midfielder Josh Maguire at the Bears.
“For me, I just want to be there for the boys,” Jaliens said.
“I just want to make the ones around me better than they are now and contribute to what they want to do.
“I’ve done it all before, so it’s easy for me, but there are a lot of young boys here who might have a passion to play at a higher level or even bring this club to a higher level, and I think that’s where I come in.”
Off the field, he hoped to provide that guidance to juniors in Weston and the surrounding suburbs.
“Where my passion lies is to work with youth, to develop youth and give them a football education like I had when I was back in Holland,” he said.
“The plan still is to have an academy, so my priority and energy was in setting that up and that’s coming off the ground now.
“That’s one less worry for me, so now I can focus on other things.”
Jaliens was technical director at Weston in 2016 and part of last season but now felt the time was right to return to the field.
“I’ve been around Weston for a bit, most of the time working with the kids, but lately also running with the first team,” he said.
“The body feels good, I don’t have any complaints and even when I trained with the boys, I enjoyed it.
“Especially this year, I think we’ve got a good mix of talented boys and some experience and I think that’s a good mix to start with.
“Last year we had a lot of talent but not so much experience and I think that’s what cost them a bit. I think this year there’s a very good mix and I enjoy being with the boys.
“Even though it’s a lower level, it’s still up to you to challenge yourself every game or every training session to be the best you can,” he added about his return.
“In that sense, I think it’s enjoyable to do the thing that you love.”
Jaliens, now a permanent resident in Australia, said he had enjoyed spending extra time in recent years with his young family, who have stayed in Newcastle since he joined the Jets in 2013.
Bears president Rod Henderson said the influence of Jaliens and Morris “will be sensational in guiding the young players through to the next level”.
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ORIGINAL FRENCH ARTICLE: Argent, boue et sang
by Patrick Apel-Muller
Money, filth and blood
Translated Friday 25 March 2011, by David Preece and reviewed by David Preece
Francophone Africa has doubtless known more lucrative schemes. The incident certainly seems negligible in the long series of collusions between politicians, notably on the right, and the world of business. But the trip made by Michèle Alliot-Marie and Patrick Ollier, two high-ranking ministers who mix shady investments and friendship with the Ben Ali clan on a bed of lies, is the final straw. Wealth should be encouraged, proclaimed Nicolas Sarkozy, setting an example by flashing Rolex watches on a yacht cruise with a CAC 40 billionaire, then by relaxing at the Mexican hacienda of a wheeler-dealer suspected of involvement in the drug trade. These days it seems that almost anything can turn the latest unhealthy connection between money and power into dynamite.
The crisis threw a glaring light on the frenzied rush for wealth among shareholders in the big corporations, the pillaging of the economy by capital and the carve-up of public life in the interests of the rich. During the retirement age reform debacle, the majority of the public became aware of who was hiding behind our government officials. The strangling of entire countries by the financial markets and the bloodletting inflicted by the Diafoirus of the IMF and the World Bank made this vision of public officials bogged down in murky affairs even more intolerable. Let’s not dwell on the Woerth affair, where successive lines of defence gave way one after another among revelations of the favours
granted to the First Circle of donors to the UMP. Or the solid friendship between Nicolas Sarkozy and Jacques Servier, the man behind Isomeride and Mediator. But we understand that the French government found the dictator Ben Ali virtuous to the point of offering him, during his final days, the comfort of French savoir-faire in the matter of repression. This is the same world where money has no smell, and where blood dries quickly when the coffers are being filled. Isn’t it said that during her working holiday in North Africa the French minister personally consulted by phone with her dear friend Ben Ali?
To quote Marx’s description of XIXth century France: ’Since the finance aristocracy made the laws, was at the head of the administration of the State, had command of all the organised public authorities, dominated public opinion through the actual state of affairs and through the press, the same prostitution, the same shameless cheating, the same mania to get rich was repeated in every sphere, from the court to the Café Borgne, to get rich not by production, but by pocketing the already available wealth of others, clashing every moment with the bourgeois laws themselves, an unbridled assertion of unhealthy and dissolute appetites manifested itself, particularly at the top of bourgeois society – lusts wherein wealth derived from gambling naturally seeks its satisfaction, where pleasure becomes debauched, where money, filth, and blood commingle
.’ Who would claim that we are speaking about the past here? There is very much something rotten in Sarkozy’s kingdom, just like in that of his neighbour Berlusconi. In a survey carried out by Harris Interactive for l’Humanité Dimanche, 58 % of respondents expressed the wish for a ’revolt’ in France. The need for a fairer economic system has become inseparable from the demand for restored public morality in a republic founded on the public interest and the rejection of presidentialism, which is an open to door to all sorts of abuse.
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Big Hit denies speculation of Pledis M&A
K-pop boy band BTS. Korea Times file
By Dong Sun-hwa
Big Hit Entertainment, home to K-pop titan BTS, denied Monday that it would acquire Pledis Entertainment representing boy bands Seventeen and NU'EST.
"We are open to diverse opportunities, but nothing has been decided (on the merger and acquisition with Pledis,)" a Big Hit spokesperson said about the speculation raised earlier Monday.
A local media outlet reported that Big Hit recently decided on the takeover. It added that Pledis would become Big Hit's new label, with existing company officials running it. It also speculated Pledis would relocate its office to Big Hit's new 19-story building in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, in May.
In July 2018, Big Hit took over Source Music, which represents girl band GFriend, in what is believed to be a move to diversify the company's business portfolio.
Meanwhile, BTS is poised to release new music on Feb. 21.
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Taiwan cherry (English), Glocken-Kirsche (German), tui tree (English, New Zealand), Formosan cherry (English), bell-flowered cherry (English), Taiwan-Kirsche (English, Taiwan), bell-flower cherry (English)
Cerasus campanulata , (Maxim.) A. N. Vassiljeva
Prunus cerasoides , var. campanulata (Maxim.) Koidz.
Prunus campanulata is a flowering cherry that is native to China, Taiwan and Vietnam. It is a popular ornamental tree for both private gardens and public areas. One of the earliest of the flowering cherries, P. campanulata flowers in early spring. Inflorescences are attractive, deep red and bell-shaped. Like most cherry trees, it prefers to grow in part-shade or sun, and prefers rich, well-drained soil. However, P. campanulata has become a pest plant in some areas of New Zealand, most notably Northland and Taranaki.
Prunus campanulata is a small, deciduous tree that grows up to 10m high. It has characteristic deep red, bell shaped clusters of flowers (up to 2.2cm diameter), which appear in late winter to early spring. Flowers often appear on the bare branches before the leave emerge. Leaves are serrated, typically cherry-like and are up to 4-7cm long and 2-3.5cm wide. These are a bright green colour when they emerge in spring, changing to dark green in summer and finally turning bronze during autumn. The fruit of P. campanulata is small (10 x 6mm), shiny and scarlet and are very popular with birds. (Crawford 1997; Environment Waikato 2010; Fleming's Nurseries undated; Harris & Skilton 2007; HEAR 2005; Hosking et al. 2007; TERRAIN 2010; Flora of China, Undated).
Prunus campanulata is a popular ornamental tree for both private gardens and public areas.
Prunus campanulata is native to China (temperate), Taiwan (temperate) and Vietnam (tropical), so consequently does well in milder conditions. It is hardy to -12°C. Like most cherry trees, P. campanulata prefers fertile, light, well-drained soil and full sun or part-shade. (Crawford 1997; USDA, ARS 2010).
Prunus campanulata is one of the earliest of the cherry trees to flower, with flowers beginning in early spring or as early as late winter. P. campanulata is insect-pollinated and is able to flower and seed within 1-2 years. Seeds exhibit physiological and morphological dormancy, which must be broken by exposure to both warm and cold conditions before germination. (Crawford 1997; DOC 2007; Lee et al. 2006; Lincoln University undated).
Seeds for sale on classified/auction websites, e.g. TradeMe.co.nz (TradeMe 2010)
Review: Dr. Uwe Starfinger, Julius Kuehn Institute, Braunschweig, Germany.
Recommended citation: Global Invasive Species Database (2020) Species profile: Prunus campanulata. Downloaded from http://www.iucngisd.org/gisd/species.php?sc=1666 on 22-01-2020.
In New Zealand, Prunus campanulata is reported as invading the understory of relatively intact indigenous forests. It also competes with regenerating native species in native forests. (ARPS 2007-2012; Owen 1997, in Wiser & Allen 2006).
Management techniques generally recommended for control of P. campanulata include physical and chemical methods. Mature trees should be removed by felling, while seedlings can be dug out. Stumps should then be treated with herbicide. Follow up measures are important, to target any subsequent sprouting or seedlings. (ARC 2007; Harris & Skilton 2007).
Countries (or multi-country features) with distribution records for Prunus campanulata
[1] japan
[1] united kingdom
Informations on Prunus campanulata has been recorded for the following locations. Click on the name for additional informations.
Details of Prunus campanulata in information
36 references found for Prunus campanulata
Department of Conservation (DOC) 2007. Kerikeri Basin Weedbusters stage a Taiwan Cherry control day.
Summary: Available from: http://www.doc.govt.nz/about-doc/news/media-releases/2007/kerikeri-basin-weedbusters-stage-a-taiwan-cherry-control-day/ [Accessed July 15 2010]
Department of Conservation (DOC), New Zealand, undated. Taiwan Cherry assault in Kerikeri.
Summary: Available from: http://www.doc.govt.nz/about-doc/news/media-releases/2008/taiwan-cherry-assault/ [Accessed July 15 2010]
Environment Waikato 2010. Taiwan cherry (Prunus campanulata) and Rum cherry (P. serotina).
Summary: Available from: http://www.ew.govt.nz/Policy-and-plans/Regional-Pest-Management-Strategy/Regional-Pest-Management-Strategy-2008-2013/Part-2/5-Pest-plants/53-Containment-occupier-control-pest-plants/5318-Taiwan-cherry-Prunus-campanulata-and-Rum-cherry-P-serotina/ [Accessed July 15 2010]
Harris S., Skilton D. 2007. Cost benefit analysis of selected pest organisms. A report prepared for Environment Waikato.
Summary: Available from: http://www.ew.govt.nz/PageFiles/12275/S72FinalReport19June07.PDF [Accessed July 15 2010]
Horizons Regional Council (HRC) 2007. Regional Pest Plant Management Strategy.
Summary: Available from: http://www.horizons.govt.nz/assets/publications/managing-our-environment/publications-plans-and-strategies/OPERATIVE-RPPMS-September-2007.pdf [Accessed July 15 2010]
Northland Regional Council (NRC) 2010. Northland Regional Pest Management Strategies.
Summary: Available from: http://www.nrc.govt.nz/upload/7414/Agenda%20Item%209%20-%20Attachment%201_RPS.pdf [Accessed July 15 2010]
Northland Regional Council (NRC) undated. Community Pest Control Areas.
Summary: Available from: http://www.nrc.govt.nz/upload/1814/Community%20Pest%20Control%20Areas.pdf [Accessed July 15 2010]
Weedbusters 2007a. Plant Me Instead! Waikato.
Summary: Available from: http://weedbusters.co.nz/downloads/PlantMeInstead/Plant%20me%20instead%20Waikato.pdf [Accessed July 15 2010]
Weedbusters 2007b. Plant Me Instead! West Coast - Nelson - Marlborough.
Summary: Available from: http://www.marlborough.govt.nz/Environment/Biosecurity/~/media/Files/MDC/Home/Environment/Biosecurity/Plant%20Me%20Instead/PlantMeInstead.ashx [Accessed July 15 2010]
Weedbusters 2009. Plant Me Instead! Bay of Plenty.
Summary: Available from: http://weedbusters.co.nz/downloads/PlantMeInstead/Plant%20me%20instead%20bop.pdf [Accessed July 15 2010]
Whangarei District Council (WDC) 2009. Pukenui Forest � Ngahere o Pukenui Management Plan.
Summary: Available from: http://www.wdc.govt.nz/resources/13253/Pukenui-o-Ngahere-Management-Plan-2009.pdf [Accessed July 15 2010]
Boffa Miskell Ltd 2001. Queen Elizabeth Park Coastal Dunes Management.
Summary: Available from: http://www.gw.govt.nz/assets/council-publications/Regional%20Parks_20020215_160951.pdf [Accessed July 15 2010]
Butler J.D. undated. Citizen�s Guide To Protecting Wilmington�s Waterways.
Summary: Available from: http://www.wilmingtonnc.gov/home/search_results/command/core_download/entryid/6109.aspx [Accessed July 15 2010]
Catalogue of Life 2010. Prunus campanulata Maxim. Catalogue of Life: 2010 Annual Checklist.
Summary: Available from: http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2010/details/species/id/7167271 [Accessed July 15 2010]
Crawford M. 1997. True cherries: description of species. In: Yearbook 21: West Australian Nut and Tree Crops Association. Pp 27-42.
Summary: Available from: http://wayback.archive-it.org/1941/20100524190246/http://www.wanatca.org.au/Q-Yearbook/Y21all.pdf [Accessed July 15 2010]
Fleming s Nurseries undated. Ornamental cultivar details: Prunus campanulata.
Summary: Available from: http://www.flemings.com.au/ornamental_details.asp?CULT_ID=CAMP [Accessed July 15 2010]
Flora of China. Undated. Cerasus campanulata
Summary: Available from: http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200010641 [Accessed 19 January, 2011]
Forestry Commission Great Britain (Forestry Commission GB) undated. Condition survey of non-woodland amenity trees.
Summary: Available from: http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/species-list.pdf/$FILE/species-list.pdf [Accessed July 15 2010]
Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW) 2007. Prunus campanulata (Rosaceae).
Summary: Available from: http://www.hear.org/gcw/species/prunus_campanulata/ [Accessed July 15 2010]
Google 2010. Prunus campanulata New Zealand nurseries - Google search.
Summary: Available from: http://www.google.co.nz/webhp?hl=en#hl=en&q=%22Prunus+campanulata%22+New+Zealand+nurseries&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&fp=b360a9373c9e0f9 [Accessed July 15 2010]
Greensboro Planning Department (GPD) 2008. Tree preservation and landscape manual.
Summary: Available from: http://www.greensboro-nc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/C5E9D62D-F12E-4295-9849 51469FBCF936/0/TreePreservationandLandscapeManualV3.pdf [Accessed July 15 2010]
Hayward City Council undated. What trees can I plant under overhead power lines? Hayward City Council Development Services
Summary: Available from: http://www.hayward-ca.gov/departments/ced/documents/planning/Trees%20and%20overhead%20power%20lines.pdf [Accessed July 15 2010]
Hosking J.R., Conn B.J., Lepschi B.J., Barker C.H. 2007. Plant species first recognised as naturalised for New South Wales in 2002 and 2003, with additional comments on species recognised as naturalised in 2000�2001. Cunninghamia 10: 139�166.
Summary: Available from: http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/85068/Cun101139Hos.pdf [Accessed July 15 2010]
Knox G.W. 2007. Checklist of new, improved and underutilized trees for North and Central Florida. University of Florida. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
Summary: Available from: http://if-srvv-edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/EP/EP33100.pdf [Accessed July 15 2010]
Lee C.S., Chien C.T., Lin C.H., Chiu Y.Y., Yang Y.S. 2006. Protein changes between dormant and dormancy broken seeds of Prunus campanulata Maxim. Proteomics 6: 4147�4154.
Ma H., Olsen R., Pooler M. 2009. Evaluation of flowering cherry species, hybrids, and cultivars using simple sequence repeat markers. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 134:435 444.
Summary: Available from: http://ddr.nal.usda.gov/dspace/bitstream/10113/37581/1/IND44288116.pdf [Accessed July 15 2010]
Meyer P.W., Lewandowski R. 1985. The Okame Cherry. The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Arnoldia 45.
Summary: Available from: http://arnoldia.arboretum.harvard.edu/pdf/articles/1181.pdf [Accessed July 15 2010]
Mito, T. & Uesugi, T. 2004. Invasive alien species in Japan: the status quo and the new regulation for prevention of their adverse effects. Global Environmental Research 8(4): 171-191.
Summary: Available from: http://www.airies.or.jp/publication/ger/pdf/08-02-08.pdf [Accessed 26 February, 2010]
Pooler M.R. 2007. Dream Catcher and First Lady flowering cherry. HortScience 42: 174-175.
Summary: Available from: http://etmd.nal.usda.gov/bitstream/10113/17760/1/IND43891546.pdf [Accessed July 15 2010]
Rana J.C., Pradheep K., Verma V.D. 2007. Naturally occurring wild relatives of temperate fruits in Western Himalayan region of India: an analysis. Biodiversity and Conservation 16: 3963-3991.
Solid Energy undated. Stockton Plateau Species List.
Summary: Available from: http://www.wcrc.govt.nz/SolidEnergyStockton/Application/Appendicies/4%20Stockton%20Plateau%20Species%20List.pdf [Accessed July 15 2010]
Starr F., Starr K. 2010. Plants of Hawaii: Prunus campanulata (Taiwan cherry).
Summary: Available from: http://www.hear.org/starr/images/species/?q=prunus+campanulata&o=plants [Accessed July 15 2010]
Taranaki Educational Resource: Research, Analysis and Information Network (TERRAIN) 2010. Flowering cherry.
Summary: Available from: http://www.terrain.net.nz/friends-of-te-henui-group/photo-trees/flowering-cheery.html [Accessed July 15 2010]
TradeMe 2010. Flowering cherry deep pink tubular flowers seeds.
Summary: Available from: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Outdoor-garden-conservatory/Seeds/Other/auction-305119261.htm [Accessed July 15 2010]
USDA, ARS, 2010. Taxon: Prunus campanulata Maxim. National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
Summary: Available from: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?29854 [Accessed July 15 2010]
The following 1 contacts offer information an advice on Prunus campanulata
Starfinger,
Dr. Uwe
Julius Kuehn Institute, Braunschweig, Germany
uwe.starfinger@jki.bund.de
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Outstanding Achievement Award Retrospective
Publish Date: May 4, 2009
Reviewed at the 2009 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival
Revisiting lessons learned: or have they been?
Because of Alanis Obomsawin’s selection as the 2009 recipient of the Hot Docs’ Outstanding Achievement Retrospective Award, there’s a wonderful opportunity of looking back over her four-decade career and discover anew both the power of her filmmaking and its effectiveness in bringing change for Canada’s indigenous peoples.
If the opening pair of films are any indication, her message is as potent as ever, but a few of the lessons require some much-needed relearning by today’s policymakers.
Broken family ping pong
Richard Cardinal: Cry From the Diary of a Métis Child
1986, 29 min.
Obomsawin’s searing indictment of “State Knows Best” for the children of failed homes (in this instance, the Cardinal family of Fort Chippewa) is as moving now as the day over two decades ago that 17-year-old Richard Cardinal finally (at least two other attempts ended in failure) managed to rid himself of his systemic hell-on-earth, hanging himself in a stand of birch which stood nearby to his 28th “home” managed by largely white Albertan social workers whose time-honoured solution to chronic bed wetting was moving the despondent child to his next loving family.
Fortunately/incredibly/sadly, Richard’s gift to abused/abandoned/ignored children everywhere was to chronicle his steady downward slide in a diary that demonstrates more maturity and understanding than all of those professionals entrusted with his care. (Still, none of those who earned fees or stipends “caring” for the misunderstood boy were forced to return any cash as a result of their inability to hear or heed his obvious cries for help.)
Central to the telling is elder brother, Charlie, who admits early on (after one of the politician-moving-to-action slides of the lifeless body swaying ever-so-dead in the tranquil forest) that “I can’t feel anymore.”
A pivotal moment comes when (through his own words) Richard realizes that as soon as his eldest brother turns eighteen, he will be abandoned by the state—obviously, having reached the age of majority, he’s ready to face life on his own. Just days ago, JWR reviewed a twenty-first century “fictional” account of what that ‘freedom” currently means (cross-reference below), proving once again, there’s nothing new under the sun.
Do as I say …
Incident at Restigouche
“Do as I say not as I do” comes immediately to mind in this David vs. Goliath chronicle of the Québec separatist government (replete with “Prime Minister René Levesque” ganging up on the Mi’kmaq of Restigouche (now Listuguj) over a paltry six tonnes of salmon (compared to hundreds more “harvested” before the remainder ventures into the St. Lawrence River). But make no mistake. It’s not about the fish. Brilliantly interrogated by the trilingual Obomsawin (to their employment peril, few Mi’kmaq speak French) then Fisheries Minister Lucien Lessard depletes his and his government’s stock in mutual trust by insisting that with an overwhelming statistical majority, the rights and aspirations of French Québecers trump those of the minorities whose only fault was to live in the same postal code long before their religious and political saviours set foot in their New World.
The mockery of a just trial (following the reams of archival footage stemming from the twin raids in June 1981) and the subsequent dismissal of the guilty verdicts by the Québec Superior Court, only reinforces the duplicity of those seeking sovereignty at the expense of those less numerous within their realm. Thank goodness that could never happen again … JWR
Director - Alanis Obomsawin
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Daxing airport will have Spring Festival for the first time the flight navigation company put on extra
On January 9, according to civil aviation administration aspects, during the Spring Festival in 2020, Beijing daxing international airport is expected to protect passengers 1.9 million person-time, roads on a 1.25 vehicles;Average daily flights to 312 sorties, increases by about 15% than usual.
Has been in daxing airport flight are open.
China Eastern and its China united airlines is the main capacity, daxing airport in daxing airport share of 53.6%, as of January 7, 2020, the cumulative execution on a 14300 classes, running ZhengChangLv reach an average of 94.78%.
During the Spring Festival, China Eastern and its China united airlines will open 92 routes, flight plan execution of more than 6600 flights, prudent in Shanghai, guangzhou, shenzhen, haikou, sanya, hangzhou, Qingdao, Harbin, such as several major cities in China, da nang and fukuoka, Japan, Vietnam and other international popular tourist destination.
China Eastern said, adding the Beijing daxing international airport to chengdu, wenzhou, guangzhou, xian, chongqing, ningbo flights to a total of 364 class.
The Spring Festival this year, China Eastern airlines will also be in Beijing for the first time two operations.
The capital airport, China Eastern airlines will increase during the Spring Festival in Beijing capital international airport to Bangkok, krabi international flights, a total of 74 classes, the new Beijing capital international airport to Harbin, wuhan, xishuangbanna, wenzhou, nanchang domestic flights, a total of 98 class.
According to China Eastern aspect, after two operations, the Spring Festival in Beijing capacity was increased by 21% over the same period last year.
And united as one of the first fully transitions in daxing airlines, since the rotation field of sailing, have been in Beijing daxing international airport on route 69, ensure flight 12751 class, run ZhengChangLv amounted to 94.32%.
During the Spring Festival, united will enable the newly introduced four aircraft capacity, the company fleet size reach 53, in daxing airport flight 5417, year-on-year increase of 6.51%;Project total investment of about 1.699 billion km, up 7% from a year earlier.
United are expected, in the Spring Festival period in daxing, or the carrier will be more than 830000 passengers, the first peak for January 18 - January 24, average daily passenger flow is expected to more than 22000 people;After peak for January 29 - February 3, average daily passenger flow is expected to about 23000 people.So far, united in daxing, or has already sold 400000 ticket.
Another base of daxing airport, China southern airlines said plan extra flights at the airport in the capital airport and building a total of 650, up 235% from a year earlier.
In addition to the increase in daxing airport hot airline flight, China southern airlines will also be in the capital airport expansion from haikou, sanya, baishan, changde and other airlines flight 144.
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01/21/2020 [-] U.S. calls Iran's reward to kill Trump 'ridiculous'
01/21/2020 [-] Trump says U.S. to join one trillion trees initiative
01/21/2020 [-] Trump at Davos Boasts U.S. Economy ‘Nothing Short of Spectacular’ as Senate Trial Resumes
01/21/2020 [-] Panama Begins Exhuming Victims From the 1989 U.S. Invasion in Hopes of Identifying Missing
01/21/2020 [-] The Titanic Wreck Will Now Be Protected Under a ‘Momentous Agreement’ With the U.S.
01/21/2020 [-] The U.S.S. Miller Will Be the Navy’s First Aircraft Carrier Named for an African-American
01/20/2020 [-] Kim Kardashian West wants U.S. justice reform in new documentary
01/20/2020 [-] BAE Systems spends bln on U.S. electronic systems units
01/20/2020 [-] U.S. advertising and marketing spend to grow to billion in 2020
01/20/2020 [-] Rep. Adam Schiff Accuses U.S. Intelligence of Withholding Documents From Congress on Ukraine
01/20/2020 [-] Illegal Crossings Plunge as U.S. Extends Policy Across Border
01/19/2020 [-] Former White House Chief Economic Advisor to Trump Says Tariffs ‘Hurt the U.S.’
01/19/2020 [-] Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ‘Expressed Outrage’ Over U.S. Citizen’s Death in Egyptian Prison
01/18/2020 [-] U.S. sanctions Iranian commander over Mahshahr killings
01/18/2020 [-] Thousands Gather for Women’s March Rallies Across the U.S.
01/18/2020 [-] U.S. Allows Chevron to Keep Drilling in Venezuela for 3 Months
01/18/2020 [-] U.S. census to kick off in remote Alaska Native village
01/17/2020 [-] U.S. eases firearms export rules, officials say
01/17/2020 [-] CORRECTED-PayPal teams up with U.S. group to combat human trafficking
01/17/2020 [-] Travelers at U.S. airports to be screened for new, potentially deadly Chinese virus...
01/17/2020 [-] Toyota to move Tacoma truck production to Mexico from U.S.
01/17/2020 [-] Shares set fresh records, lifted by U.S. housing data
01/17/2020 [-] U.S. manufacturing output rises unexpectedly
01/17/2020 [-] U.S. says 11 troops were treated after Iran missile strike
01/17/2020 [-] Majority of U.S. advertisers using Advanced TV solutions
01/17/2020 [-] Column There's enormous waste in U.S. healthcar
01/17/2020 [-] How Political Divides Shape U.S. History Lessons
01/17/2020 [-] U.S. presidential
01/17/2020 [-] Who is U.S. neo-Nazi group 'The Base'?
01/16/2020 [-] Senate Passes New Trump-Backed U.S.-Canada-Mexico Trade Deal
01/16/2020 [-] U.S. Senate passes new North American trade deal
01/16/2020 [-] U.S. Senate approves U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal
01/16/2020 [-] U.S. Senate approves new NAFTA deal, handing Trump a major political win
01/16/2020 [-] U.S. retail sales rise steadily; labor market tightening
01/16/2020 [-] Ukraine opens criminal investigation into possible surveillance of U.S. ambassador...
01/16/2020 [-] U.S. and China tiptoe around holes in new trade agreement...
01/16/2020 [-] Global stocks bask in U.S.-China trade-deal afterglow
01/16/2020 [-] Stocks bask in U.S.-China trade-deal afterglow
01/16/2020 [-] U.S. House sends Trump impeachment case to Senate
01/16/2020 [-] Lawsuit Alleges Jeffrey Epstein Abused and Trafficked Girls in the U.S. Virgin Islands
01/16/2020 [-] A Record Number of Guns Were Discovered at U.S. Airports in 2019, TSA Says
01/16/2020 [-] 'Phase 2' U.S.-China trade talks have already begun Pence
01/16/2020 [-] Analysis Technology, not tariffs, could determine the U.S.
01/16/2020 [-] Trump administration says it will approve largest U.S. solar farm/titl
01/16/2020 [-] U.S. energy exports to climb as China pledges ramp-up in purchases
01/16/2020 [-] U.S. Military Resumes Counter-Islamic State Operations in Iraq After Airstrike
01/16/2020 [-] China to buy rare earths from U.S. as part of trade pact
01/16/2020 [-] Emphasis on U.S. Exports, Trade Secrets in China Trade Deal
01/16/2020 [-] U.S. and China tiptoe around holes in new trade agreement
01/15/2020 [-] U.S. House votes to send impeachment charges to Senate
01/15/2020 [-] Fed sees U.S. economy on track, Trump renews Fed gripes
01/15/2020 [-] U.S. Virgin Islands
01/15/2020 [-] U.S. producer prices nudge up as inflation remains benign
01/15/2020 [-] Trump U.S. will lift tariffs on China after Phase 2 deal finished
01/15/2020 [-] What's in the U.S.-China Phase 1 trade deal
01/15/2020 [-] Factbox What's in the U.S.-China Phase 1 trade deal
01/15/2020 [-] U.S. warns citizens in China about pneumonia outbreak
01/15/2020 [-] U.S. digital media entertainment spending up 8.4% in 2019
01/15/2020 [-] FTSE 100 inches up ahead of Sino-U.S. trade deal
01/15/2020 [-] FTSE 100 inches higher ahead of Sino-U.S. trade deal
01/15/2020 [-] European shares flat ahead of U.S.-China trade pact
01/15/2020 [-] U.S. warns citizens in China against pneumonia outbreak
01/15/2020 [-] U.S. lawmakers urge Trump to press China on detainees
01/15/2020 [-] Indian shares slip on U.S.-China trade deal worries
01/15/2020 [-] How 24 Tons of Chicken Feet Could Herald a New Era for U.S.-China Trade
01/15/2020 [-] Stocks slip ahead of U.S.-China trade deal signing
01/15/2020 [-] Media gets it wrong in speculating Iran purposely missed U.S. military in Iraq
01/15/2020 [-] Oil prices slip on concerns U.S.-China trade deal may not boost demand
01/15/2020 [-] U.S. crude stocks rise in latest week API
01/15/2020 [-] 'Broken Arrow' When the First U.S. Atomic Bomb Went Missing
01/15/2020 [-] Invaders, allies, occupiers, guests A brief history of U.S. military involvement in Iraq
01/14/2020 [-] Philanthropist fund backs women to run in U.S. elections
01/14/2020 [-] Record stocks stall ahead of U.S.-China trade deal
01/14/2020 [-] U.S. venture capital funding drops in last quarter of 2019
01/14/2020 [-] Rally hits the buffers ahead of U.S.-China trade deal
01/14/2020 [-] European shares flat ahead of U.S.-China trade deal
01/14/2020 [-] U.S. Drops Designation of China as Currency Manipulator
01/14/2020 [-] U.S. government posts billion deficit in December
01/14/2020 [-] U.S. to withdraw designation of China as currency manipulator source
01/13/2020 [-] NEW DAWN MURDOCH LAUNCHES U.S. SUN!
01/13/2020 [-] U.S. government posts billion deficit in
01/13/2020 [-] U.S. Senate leader expects Iran war powers debate soon
01/13/2020 [-] Oil falls 1% as focus shifts to high U.S. fuel stocks
01/13/2020 [-] Stocks, dollar gain ahead of U.S.-China trade deal
01/13/2020 [-] Tehran students refuse to walk on U.S., Israeli flags
01/13/2020 [-] Activists Demand U.S. Close Guantánamo and End 18 Years of Torture
01/13/2020 [-] Former U.S. hostages in Iran say Trump's
01/12/2020 [-] The U.S. Public Doesn’t Want War With Iran. The Senate Must Reaffirm That.
01/12/2020 [-] Pentagon chief 'didn't see' evidence showing threat to 4 U.S. embassies...
01/12/2020 [-] U.S. and China Agree to Resume Economic and Trade Talks Report
01/12/2020 [-] Latest hostage in escalating U.S.-Iran tensions Cultural monuments
01/12/2020 [-] California is poised to extend healthcare coverage to seniors living in the U.S. illegally
01/12/2020 [-] U.S. Alcohol Related Deaths Doubled Over 20 Years
01/12/2020 [-] At Least 7 Dead as Severe Storm Plows Through Southern U.S.
01/12/2020 [-] President Trump Accuses Iran of Targeting Attacks on 4 U.S. Embassies
01/12/2020 [-] U.S. Drinking Deaths Double in 2 Decades With Faster Rate for Women Study
01/12/2020 [-] New U.S. law requires probe of
01/12/2020 [-] U.S. rebuffs Britain's
01/11/2020 [-] U.S. applauds Taiwan president re-election Pompeo
01/11/2020 [-] U.S. sends more than 100 firefighters to help Austra
01/11/2020 [-] 3 Dead in Louisiana as Severe Storms Sweep Southern U.S.
01/11/2020 [-] Protesters attack U.S. Embassy
01/11/2020 [-] U.S. official calls Iran jet downing 'reckless'
01/11/2020 [-] U.S. regulat
01/11/2020 [-] Trump Ups Iran Accusations Four U.S. Embassies Targeted
01/11/2020 [-] U.S. House pa
01/11/2020 [-] U.S. employment in the 2010s in five charts
01/11/2020 [-] U.S. Bans Charter Flights to Cuban Cities Outside Havana
01/10/2020 [-] U.S. Adds 145,000 Jobs; Unemployment Holds at 3.5%
01/10/2020 [-] U.S. Dismisses Iraq Request to Work on a Troop Withdrawal Plan
01/10/2020 [-] U.S. Blames Iran for Ukrainian Jetliner Downing, Pledges Probe
01/10/2020 [-] U.S. Warship ‘Aggressively Approached’ By Russian Ship in North Arabian Sea
01/10/2020 [-] U.S. vaping-related de
01/10/2020 [-] Iraq's top cleric condemns U.S., I
01/10/2020 [-] U.S. limits public charter flights to Cuba statement
01/10/2020 [-] U.S. imposes more sanctions on Iran for missile attacks
01/10/2020 [-] Iraq asks U.S. for mechanism on troop withdrawal report
01/10/2020 [-] WRAPUP 2-Iraqi cleric condemns U.S. and Iran as fears of wider conflict persist
01/10/2020 [-] Iraqi Prime Minister Asks U.S. to Prepare Plan For Troop Withdrawal
01/10/2020 [-] European shares get cold feet ahead of U.S. jobs data
01/10/2020 [-] U.S. December payrolls up less than expected
01/10/2020 [-] Armenia lauds signs of de-escalation amid Iran-U.S. crisis
01/10/2020 [-] Should you go to Australia during the fires? In some areas, no, U.S. says
01/10/2020 [-] U.S. to join probe of jet disaster, no missile link Iran official
01/10/2020 [-] Canadian, U.S. Officials Agree That Iran Likely Shot Down Jet
01/10/2020 [-] U.S. arrests two in Mexico massacre probe victim's father
01/09/2020 [-] Survey sees streaming subscription fatigue among U.S. consumers
01/09/2020 [-] McConnell says U.S. Sena
01/09/2020 [-] Airbus boosts output at U.S. plant amid tariff dispute
01/09/2020 [-] FTSE cheers easing U.S.-Iran worries; midcaps miss out
01/09/2020 [-] Iran 'Gave Advance Notice' Of Missile Attacks On U.S.
01/09/2020 [-] Denied U.S. entry, Mexican cuts own throat on bridge over Rio Grande...
01/09/2020 [-] British shares cheer easing U.S.-Iran worries
01/09/2020 [-] U.S. Military Contractor Whose Death Could Spark WW3 Id'ed As 33yo Iraqi Migrant
01/09/2020 [-] U.S. Army Issues Warning About Fake Texts Calling People to Report for a Draft
01/09/2020 [-] Did Iran deliberately avoid U.S. casualties?
01/09/2020 [-] After Retaliation, Iran’s 40-Year Conflict With U.S. Likely to Return to the Shadows
01/09/2020 [-] Iran intended to kill U.S. personnel in missile attack U.S. general
01/09/2020 [-] U.S. legislation on spread
01/09/2020 [-] Factbox U.S. forces in Gulf region and Iraq
01/08/2020 [-] No set schedule yet for U.S. vote on war powers resolution on Iran Democrats
01/08/2020 [-] U.S. imposes sanctions on South Sudanese vice president
01/08/2020 [-] U.S. private payrolls accelerate in December
01/08/2020 [-] Turkey, Russia call on U.S., Iran to prioritize diplomacy
01/08/2020 [-] Mexico's president asks U.S.-Iran to say 'no to war'
01/08/2020 [-] U.S. Embassy in Armenia announces visa application changes
01/08/2020 [-] U.S. company shows off plant-based pork
01/08/2020 [-] U.S. committed to Kuwait's security U.S. embassy statement
01/08/2020 [-] Saudi Aramco hits new low on U.S.-Iran tensions
01/08/2020 [-] U.S. contractor killed in Iraq is buried in Sacramento
01/08/2020 [-] Iran launches ballistic missile attacks on two U.S. bases in Iraq
01/08/2020 [-] Iran's army renews demand for U.S. to withdraw troops from region state TV
01/08/2020 [-] IRAN TARGETS U.S. TROOPS
01/08/2020 [-] Soleimani Assassination Marks 'Peak Hatred' In History Of U.S.-Iran Animosity
01/08/2020 [-] Iraq’s Outgoing Prime Minister Says U.S. Troops Must Leave
01/08/2020 [-] Iran Strikes Back at U.S. With Missile Attack on Iraqi Air Bases
01/08/2020 [-] U.S. crude stocks drop in latest week API
01/08/2020 [-] Iran Strikes Back at U.S. With Missile Attack at Bases in Iraq
01/08/2020 [-] U.S. House committee sets Iran hearing, invites Pompeo
01/07/2020 [-] U.S. trade deficit at three-year low as imports tumble
01/07/2020 [-] No Iraqi request to withdraw U.S. forces, Pentagon says
01/07/2020 [-] Israel tries to stand aside from U.S.-Iranian conflict
01/07/2020 [-] U.S. trade deficit drops to more than three-year low
01/07/2020 [-] Iran designates all U.S. forces, Pentagon as 'terrorists'
01/07/2020 [-] Iran considering 13 'revenge scenarios' after U.S. strike
01/07/2020 [-] French wine exports squeezed by U.S. tariffs minister
01/07/2020 [-] Stocks steady, oil cools as U.S.-Iran tensions ease
01/07/2020 [-] Boy Killed After U.S. Family Attacked on a Notorious Stretch of Mexican Highway
01/07/2020 [-] China won't hike grain import quotas for U.S. trade deal Caixin
01/07/2020 [-] Despite U.S.-Iraq Feud, Iraqi Prime Minister Privately Mulls Delay of U.S. Troop Departure
01/07/2020 [-] Is This the End of U.S. Interference in West Asia?
01/07/2020 [-] U.S. to start collecting DNA from people detained at border
01/07/2020 [-] Iranian Americans describe ordeal of detention at U.S.-Canada border
01/07/2020 [-] NBC News exposes media hypocrisy on U.S. airstrike in Iraq that killed Iranian general
01/07/2020 [-] The U.S. Alone Is to Blame for a War With Iran
01/07/2020 [-] U.S. implements plan to send Mexic
01/06/2020 [-] Iran Supreme Leader Weeps for General Killed by U.S. Airstrike
01/06/2020 [-] In letter, U.S. military tells Iraq it will withdraw
01/06/2020 [-] U.S. oil major Chevron pulls staff from northern Iraq
01/06/2020 [-] U.S. warns citizens in Israel of rocket fire risk
01/06/2020 [-] Ford U.S. sales fall 1.3% in fourth quarter
01/06/2020 [-] U.S. consumer technology sales to hit billion in 2020
01/06/2020 [-] Turkey in touch with Iran, U.S. and aims to cool tensions
01/06/2020 [-] Report '400k Anchor Babies Born in 2019, Exceeding U.S. Births in 48 States'
01/06/2020 [-] Iraqi parliament votes to expel U.S. troops
01/06/2020 [-] UPDATE 1-France warns U.S. against digital tax retaliation
01/06/2020 [-] France warns U.S. against digital tax retaliation
01/06/2020 [-] Saudi credit default swaps soar on U.S.-Iran crisis
01/06/2020 [-] The U.S. Is Restricting Exports of AI for Analyzing Satellite Images
01/06/2020 [-] Gold, oil surge in Asia as U.S., Iran exchange threats
01/06/2020 [-] Gold, oil jump in Asia as U.S. and Iran trade threats
01/05/2020 [-] Iraq’s Vote to Kick Out U.S. Troops Reflects Growing Anti-Imperialist Movement
01/05/2020 [-] Hezbollah Vows to End U.S. Military Presence in Middle East
01/05/2020 [-] Iraqis Push for U.S. Troop Withdrawal in Symbolic Vote
01/05/2020 [-] Iran Abandons 2015 Nuclear Deal Over U.S. Killing Gen. Soleimani
01/05/2020 [-] Iraq’s Parliament Calls for Expulsion of U.S. Troops
01/05/2020 [-] U.S. says Guaido remains Venezuela's interim president
01/05/2020 [-] Iran Abandons Nuclear Deal Over U.S. Killing of General
01/05/2020 [-] Iraq Parliament Votes to Expel U.S. Military
01/05/2020 [-] Al-Shabab Attacks Military Base Used by U.S. Forces in Kenya
01/05/2020 [-] Iraq complains to UN over U.S. attacks foreign ministry
01/05/2020 [-] Iraq's parliament votes to expel U.S. military from the country
01/05/2020 [-] Escalating U.S.-Iran tensions scramble politics of impeachment...
01/05/2020 [-] Oman urges U.S. and Iran to seek dialogue
01/05/2020 [-] More U.S. Troops Deploy to Mideast Amid Tensions With Iran
01/04/2020 [-] Will Iran Launch a Cyberattack Against the U.S.?
01/04/2020 [-] U.S. Men’s Soccer Team Cancels Plan to Train in Qatar Amid Mideast Tensions
01/04/2020 [-] Thousands in Iraq March in Funeral Procession for Iranian General Killed by U.S.
01/04/2020 [-] They came here after the U.S. irrad
01/04/2020 [-] U.S. says 'terminated' top Iran gener
01/04/2020 [-] Iran Vows ‘Harsh’ Response to U.S. Killing of Top General
01/04/2020 [-] U.S. Sending 3,000 More Troops to Mideast as Reinforcements
01/04/2020 [-] Defense stocks jump after U.S. kills Iranian general
01/04/2020 [-] U.S. and allies suspend training of Iraqi
01/04/2020 [-] Attack on U.S. Embassy in Baghdad underscores
01/04/2020 [-] Who was Qassem Suleimani, and what does his death mean for the U.S.?
01/04/2020 [-] U.S. and allies suspend training of Iraqi forces Germany
01/03/2020 [-] Iran promises to avenge U.S. killing of top commander
01/03/2020 [-] Democrats ask U.S. Supreme Court to save Obamacare
01/03/2020 [-] Soleimani strike lifts safe-haven yen; grim U.S. data hits dollar
01/03/2020 [-] U.S. deportations of Guatemalans doubled over past decade
01/03/2020 [-] NowThis News ignores real issues behind U.S. military’s ban on using TikTok
01/03/2020 [-] U.S. defense secretary cancels vacation amid Iran crisis
01/03/2020 [-] No current, credible threats against U.S. homeland DHS
01/03/2020 [-] Saudi urges self-restraint over U.S. strike in Iraq TV
01/03/2020 [-] Sum it up! U.S. linguists to pick 'Word of the Decade'
01/03/2020 [-] Trump rattles Mideast and U.S. politics with risky Iran strike
01/03/2020 [-] Discounts drive pick-up truck sales at U.S. automakers
01/03/2020 [-] Soleimani was plotting coup in Iraq U.S. Senator Rubio
01/03/2020 [-] Iran promises to avenge U.S. killing of top commander Qassem Soleimani
01/03/2020 [-] Fiat Chrysler U.S. auto sales fall 2% in fourth quarter
01/03/2020 [-] ‘Depart Iraq Immediately.’ U.S. Embassy Advises Americans to Leave After Qasem Soleimani Assassination
01/03/2020 [-] UK tobacco shares rise on U.S. e-cigarette ban exemptions
01/03/2020 [-] Iran Vows ‘Harsh Retaliation’ After U.S. Killing of Top General Qasem Soleimani
01/03/2020 [-] Dozens of U.S. oil workers leaving Iraq after air strike
01/03/2020 [-] Brent jumps after U.S. kills Iran's Soleimani
01/03/2020 [-] WW3 Top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani Assassinated In U.S. Airstrike In Baghdad
01/03/2020 [-] Brent jumps almost after U.S. kills Iran's Soleimani
01/03/2020 [-] Iraq president condemns U.S. strike, urges restraint
01/03/2020 [-] European shares slide after U.S. air strike in Iraq
01/03/2020 [-] Here’s How 2020 Democrats Are Reacting to the U.S. Assassination of Iran’s Qasem Soleimani
01/03/2020 [-] U.S. kills top Iranian commander Soleimani in air strike
01/03/2020 [-] Pentagon U.S. Airstrike Kills Powerful Iranian General
01/03/2020 [-] U.S. sends more than 100 firefighters to help Australia battle flames
01/02/2020 [-] How a Chase Bank Chairman Helped the Deposed Shah of Iran Enter the U.S.
01/02/2020 [-] Saudi Arabia condemns attacks on U.S. embassy in Baghdad
01/02/2020 [-] U.S. consulate warns employees as gun battles rock Mexican border city...
01/02/2020 [-] Castro drops out of 2020 U.S. presidential race
01/02/2020 [-] Florida, Trump’s new home, leads U.S. in the migration of money
01/02/2020 [-] Attack on U.S. Embassy in Baghdad underscores America's polarization — and peril
01/02/2020 [-] U.S. combat deaths in Afghanistan highest in years...
01/02/2020 [-] Iran-Backed Militiamen Withdraw From U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, But Tensions Remain High
01/01/2020 [-] U.S. Stocks Rally to Cap Best Year Since 2013
01/01/2020 [-] Trump administration says it will approve largest U.S. solar farm
01/01/2020 [-] U.S. embassy suspends consular operations
01/01/2020 [-] More drugmakers hike U.S. prices as new year begins
01/01/2020 [-] Iraqi militias start withdrawing from U.S. embassy
01/01/2020 [-] U.S. Troops Fire Tear Gas at Pro-Iran Protesters Outside the Embassy Compound in Baghdad
01/01/2020 [-] U.S. alarmed by China's trial and sentencing of pastor
12/31/2019 [-] U.S. holiday returns surge with booming e-commerce
12/31/2019 [-] Attack on U.S. Embassy in Baghdad Demonstrates Tough Choices for President Trump
12/31/2019 [-] U.S. Sending Troops to Protect Iraqi Embassy Following Protests in Baghdad
12/31/2019 [-] Militiamen Breach U.S. Embassy in Baghdad; Trump Blames Iran
12/31/2019 [-] Huawei announces record revenue despite U.S. efforts to undermine it
12/31/2019 [-] Protestors Breach U.S. Embassy Compound in Baghdad
12/31/2019 [-] Huawei's Revenue Hits Record in 2019 Despite U.S. Sanctions
12/31/2019 [-] Fewer Births, More Deaths Lead to Slowest U.S. Growth Rate in 100 Years
12/31/2019 [-] With Births Down, the U.S. Sees the Slowest Population Growth Rate in a Century
12/31/2019 [-] Pompeo to reaffirm U.S. support on visit to Ukraine
12/31/2019 [-] U.S. sec
12/30/2019 [-] Iran Denounces Deadly U.S. Bombings as Act of ‘Terrorism’
12/30/2019 [-] U.S. pending home sales climb for a third time in four months
12/30/2019 [-] U.S. stocks decline; treasuries, dollar drop
12/30/2019 [-] U.S. hospitals less capab
12/30/2019 [-] U.S. pending home sales rise in November
12/30/2019 [-] Eye injuries from laundry pods rising in U.S.
12/30/2019 [-] Lebanon's Hezbollah condemns U.S. air strikes in Ira
12/30/2019 [-] Iraq's Sistani condemns U.S. air strikes on militia
12/30/2019 [-] U.S. Airstrikes in Syria and Iraq Target Militia Blamed for American Contractor’s Death
12/30/2019 [-] U.S. strikes facilities in Iraq and Syria linked to Iranian-backed militia
12/29/2019 [-] When Iran blocked the internet, tech experts in the U.S. tri
12/29/2019 [-] U.S. Strikes Militia Targets in Iraq and Syria
12/29/2019 [-] Record online sales give U.S. h
12/28/2019 [-] U.S. Contractor Killed, Military Personnel Injured in Rocket Attack on Iraqi Military Base
12/28/2019 [-] Philippines president bans two U.S. senators from entering the country
12/28/2019 [-] U.N. rebuffs Russia accusation that U.S.
12/27/2019 [-] U.S. Soldier Killed in Afghanistan Was Seizing Taliban Weapons Cache, Military Says
12/27/2019 [-] U.S. Govt Sets Record for Debt
12/27/2019 [-] By 2030, nearly half of all U.S. adults will be
12/26/2019 [-] U.S. aviation regulator proposes tracking most drones
12/26/2019 [-] Ukraine to buy more U.S. Javelin anti-tank missile systems...
12/26/2019 [-] U.S. stock futures inch higher as treasuries slip
12/26/2019 [-] Burning Man Organizers Sue U.S. Government to Recover Millions in Permit Fees
12/25/2019 [-] U.S. calls on Georgia to reinforce democracy, rule of law
12/25/2019 [-] Putin Says Russia Has Surpassed the U.S. in Hypersonic Weapons
12/25/2019 [-] U.S. diplomat's wife
12/24/2019 [-] U.S. Army Is Concerned by Cyborg Soldiers Due to Terminator Movies
12/24/2019 [-] U.S. urges Georgia to reinforce democracy, rule of law
12/24/2019 [-] BMW says being investigated by U.S. SEC
12/23/2019 [-] U.S. new-home sales rise to cap best three months since 2007
12/23/2019 [-] U.S. COMMANDOS PRACTICE RAID...
12/23/2019 [-] Oil eases as U.S. drilling activity picks up
12/23/2019 [-] Taliban kill U.S. force member in northern Afghanistan
12/23/2019 [-] U.S. service member killed in Afghanistan U.S. military
12/23/2019 [-] Eisai Inc announces U.S. approval for insomnia drug
12/22/2019 [-] Most U.S. Workers Still Lack Paid Parental Leave
12/22/2019 [-] The U.S. Navy Bans TikTok from Government-Issued Mobile Devices
12/21/2019 [-] U.S. accuses Venezuela’s president of rigging coming vote
12/21/2019 [-] China criticizes U.S. defence bill as interference
12/21/2019 [-] China criticizes U.S. defense bill as interference
12/21/2019 [-] Johnson says he will keep pressing U.S. over fatal crash
12/21/2019 [-] Amazon to raise U.S. fulfillment fees
12/21/2019 [-] Nearly all U.S. kids eating added sugars before age two
12/20/2019 [-] As U.S. vaping injuries taper off, new evi
12/20/2019 [-] U.S. rolls back standards on energy saving light bulbs
12/20/2019 [-] U.S. Steel says to lay off 1,545 workers in Michigan
12/20/2019 [-] U.S. consumer spending rises; inflation tame
12/20/2019 [-] U.S. vaping-related deaths rise to
12/20/2019 [-] U.S. third-quarter growth unrevised at 2.1%
12/20/2019 [-] U.S. added, then removed Wakanda from trading partners list
12/20/2019 [-] U.S. renews
12/20/2019 [-] U.S. stock funds shed billion in week Lipper
12/20/2019 [-] Boeing's Historic Starliner Launch May Be Visible from the U.S. East Coast Friday
12/20/2019 [-] BBVA books impairment of bln in the U.S.
12/19/2019 [-] U.S. driver
12/19/2019 [-] Markets sleepy, dollar on hold ahead of U.S. GDP data
12/19/2019 [-] U.S. says imposes sanctions on two Iranian judges
12/19/2019 [-] U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows and Ally of President Trump Won’t Seek Reelection
12/19/2019 [-] UK-U.S. treaty bans extradition of Assange, lawyer says
12/19/2019 [-] U.S. House of Representatives votes to impeach Trump
12/19/2019 [-] Half of U.S. visa applicants from Armenia were denied in 2019
12/19/2019 [-] U.S. dollar ticks up in step with Treasury yields
12/19/2019 [-] U.S. House votes to impeach Trump for obstruction of Congress
12/19/2019 [-] U.S. House votes to impeach Trump for abuse of power
12/19/2019 [-] Divided U.S. House nears historic vote to impeach Trump
12/19/2019 [-] BuzzFeed Gives Platform to Climate Change Activists to Criticize U.S. Withdrawal from Paris Accord
12/19/2019 [-] U.S. removes sanctions on Latvia's second-largest port
12/19/2019 [-] Half of the U.S. Population Will Be Obese by 2030
12/18/2019 [-] Democrats set to vote on whether to impeach U.S. President Donald Trump
12/18/2019 [-] U.S. appeals court sidesteps major Obamacare ruling
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12/17/2019 [-] After years of delays, NATO receives U.S.-made spy drones
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12/14/2019 [-] Turkey summons U.S. envoy over Armenian Genocide recognition
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12/13/2019 [-] U.S. and China agree to partial trade deal, but few details are released
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12/13/2019 [-] U.S. FDA approves Sarepta's newest DMD treatment
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12/13/2019 [-] U.S. retail sales rise less than expected in November
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12/13/2019 [-] China to brief media on U.S. trade talks shortly
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12/13/2019 [-] Turkey attacks U.S. Senate's Armenian Genocide vote
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12/12/2019 [-] U.S. imposes sanctions on son of Nicaragua's president
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12/12/2019 [-] China's WeWork equivalent Ucommune files for U.S. IPO
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12/12/2019 [-] U.S. Official North Korea Missile Tests Are ‘Deeply Counterproductive’
12/11/2019 [-] U.S. House passes massive defense bill, heads to Senate
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12/11/2019 [-] Rouhani says Iran will overcome U.S. sanctions
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12/10/2019 [-] HK stocks end weaker as U.S. tariff deadline looms
12/10/2019 [-] U.S. Democrats unveil impeachment charges against Trump
12/10/2019 [-] U.S. Democrats announce impeachment charges against Trump
12/10/2019 [-] U.S. military aircraft spotted near Russian base in Syria – report
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12/10/2019 [-] Choppy markets leave U.S. bank bonus decisions in limbo
12/10/2019 [-] World Trade Without Rules? U.S. Shuts Down WTO Appeals Court
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12/10/2019 [-] U.S. Backs Out of U.N. Meeting on Human Rights Situation in North Korea
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12/10/2019 [-] U.S. sanctions Latvian oligarch charged with corruption
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12/08/2019 [-] Mexico, U.S. draw closer to finalising USMCA source
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12/07/2019 [-] Factbox Reactions to Iran-U.S. prisoner swap
12/07/2019 [-] JBS plan for U.S. IPO includes redomiciling source
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12/06/2019 [-] Strong U.S. job growth showcases economy's resilience
12/06/2019 [-] U.S. recorded 15 cases of measles over the past month
12/06/2019 [-] Russia says will respond to U.S. on missile deployment
12/06/2019 [-] Stocks rally, dollar gains on robust U.S. jobs data
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12/06/2019 [-] France rejects U.S. proposal on international tax reform
12/06/2019 [-] Armenian Genocide resolution blocked in U.S. Senate again
12/06/2019 [-] Japan stocks end higher ahead of U.S. payrolls data
12/06/2019 [-] Unknown rockets target Iraqi base that hosts U.S. troops report
12/06/2019 [-] China to waive tariffs for some U.S. soybeans, pork
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12/05/2019 [-] Iconix Brands ex-CEO charged by U.S. in accounting fraud
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Victor Susman pictures a very orderly future
Victor Susman: Putting a lid on crooked scan jobs.
By GREGORY ZELLER // Victor Susman wants to set a few billion things straight.
That’s his estimate for the number of old family photos out there – actual printed photographs, existing not on a screen but in hard copy, stuffed into shoeboxes and albums. Before they disintegrate into dust or are otherwise lost to history, Susman wants to see them scanned into digital format.
But like anyone who’s ever tried to scan a photo or document with a conventional scanner, he knows this is more science than art – and until now, the science has been lacking.
The problem, as Susman sees it, is that photos placed on a scanner bed don’t stay straight when the scanner lid closes. Even if it’s just a fraction of an inch, the act of closing the lid tends to shift the thing being scanned.
That’s hassle enough for amateurs trying to preserve personal pics, but for a professional like Susman, who runs West Babylon print shop I.L.S. Offset Printing with his brother, Harvey, it’s an ongoing nightmare, haunting him a quarter-inch at a time.
The problem was bad enough at I.L.S., which handles personal and commercial accounts but mostly subcontracts work for other commercial printers, including posters, calendars, envelopes and business cards. In 2013, when Susman officially launched his startup Have Scanner Will Travel – designed specifically to help folks digitally preserve those shoeboxes filled with photos – the inability to keep scanning targets straight became paramount.
“I had a lot of customers with old 3-by-5 and 4-by-6 photos,” Susman recalled. “I’d scan one or two or three at a time, and found that when I put the scanner lid down, even if I was very gentle with it, the photos would become crooked. I’d have to go into Photoshop and straighten them out – another operation, another step, something else to do.”
Frustrated, Susman searched for a scanner frame that would hold photos in place, similar to the one he used to hold slides still on the scanner bed: a thin frame that secured up to 15 standard slides. But his search for a photo-friendly frame – he visited websites of photography giants like Minolta and prime printers like Epson, he scoured Amazon, he even attended photography trade shows in New York City – drew blanks.
Susman had never attempted to design or build anything, but when his search came up empty, necessity mothered his invention. What would eventually become his proprietary Scanstraight device started as a small cardboard cutout, but “cardboard doesn’t last too long,” he noted, “especially if you use it on a daily basis.”
So the inventor turned to something more durable, using the plastic slides frame as a model. Measuring 8 5/8-by-11 5/8 inches, his final product is only one-eighth of an inch thick, meaning “the lid closes without a problem” when the frame rests on the scanner bed, according to Susman.
The Scanstraight fits most scanner beds and can hold up to three 4-by-6 photos securely in place.
Susman landed a design patent in April 2014 and has had about 200 Scanstraight devices produced by a Chinese manufacturer. These are “not prototypes,” he noted, but “the actual product,” and he’s trying to move them through word-of-mouth and the Have Scanner Will Travel website.
But for Susman – a big thinker whose parents launched I.L.S. Offset Printing in 1965 – Scanstraight ambitions don’t stop at 200 units.
“I’d eventually like to mass-produce them,” he said. “I’m trying to get a scanning company interested, like Konica or HP, someone who could bundle this with their scanners.”
Susman has already attended craft shows and is planning to hit more this fall; he may also look to place the Scanstraight on Amazon’s virtual shelves and is “looking at other types of advertising.” He cited considerable marketing guidance from Brian Fried, founder of the Suffolk County Inventors and Entrepreneurs Club, which Susman joined in 2012.
“I’ve learned from Brian and from other members where to market it and how to market it, and I’m trying to determine how to best use the information I’ve gathered,” Susman noted. “The Inventors Club has been a very useful resource.”
In addition to helping him develop a marketing strategy, the club has helped Susman focus his Scanstraight intentions. The device has obvious commercial applications, and his work at I.L.S. and Have Scanner Will Travel is what actually pushed him to create it, but Scanstraight’s bread will be buttered, the inventor knows, by personal users.
“It can be used for commercial needs, obviously, but with the digital revolution growing faster and faster, most commercial shops really rely on digital and stock photography,” he said. “The Scanstraight will mainly be used to make scanning easier for personal users.
“There are a literally billions of photos out there that will fade and turn to dust and be lost,” Susman added. “This frame makes it easier and faster to save them for posterity.”
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Closing the NAFTA Gap: Applying EU Integration to US Immigration
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The European Experience with Single Markets and Solidarity
“NAFTA was Mexico’s first bloodless revolution”
US Immigration History and Current Debates
Piecing the Lessons Together…
Keywords:Immigration NAFTA Migrant Workers Regional Cooperation Economic Policy
The accession of Ireland, Greece, Spain and Portugal into the European Community was a significant move towards manifesting everlasting peace by means of a single market. The incorporation of these four weaker countries into the European Union (EU) marked a break from the EU’s traditional purview. The paradigm shift of the EU’s approach to enlargement placed Member States onto a path that would harness the full capabilities of a common market in improving civilians quality of life while simultaneously achieving individual Member States’ objectives including growth, employment, and trade.
The regional effects of the EU’s single market are drastically different from the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). A much newer trading bloc (NAFTA came into effect on January 1, 1994), it lacks the wisdom and fine tuning of the EU. The governments of the United States, Mexico, and Canada signed the treaty1 while hailing how it would “fuel economic growth and dynamic trade, stimulate investment while creating productive partnerships, work for small and medium sized businesses and provide fairness and certainty. NAFTA partners promote environmental protection, and provide greater job opportunities in North America.”2 Yet the effects seem to be the exact opposite. NAFTA has been called “one of the most innovative, astounding documents of the 20th century by the stoic…”3, but this so-called “innovative depth” has reduced barriers to trade and investment, without the necessary checks and balances. For Mexico, NAFTA merely expedited and formalized “the silent integration” that had been occurring since the Border Industrialization Project of 1965— without adding anything new to the table.4 Unlike the EU, NAFTA is a rigid document that has not reformed itself as needed to address issues of border control, immigration policies, and uneven socioeconomic development.
In spite of sincere hopes for free trade and economic integration to raise living standards across the continent, the reality is that the unfettered markets have permitted NAFTA to persistently ignore the uneven economic development, and vulnerabilities each country faces. In so doing, the United States has been a quiet bystander to the inequalities proliferating from unchecked free trade. Both countries have been left vulnerable to NAFTA backlash.
Mexico’s vulnerability stems from unsound economic development policies and overall slow growth. These factors have increased the US’ vulnerability, to migration. Fed up with uneven development, lack of job opportunities, poor working conditions, and low wages, many Mexicans are taking matters into their own hands and crossing the border, often illegally. Militaristic efforts to “defend” the border have done nothing but increase political tensions and migrant death tolls. NAFTA does not address the immigration problem and its root cause of unequal development.
This paper begins with the European Union’s initial experience with enlargements and the experimentation process it underwent to reduce economic and social disparities between regions to further facilitate their single market objectives. After considering how the EU’s cohesion policy strengthened its own single market while simultaneously curbing migration, we present the NAFTA scenario, specifically against the backdrop of Mexico and the United States, in order to highlight the impotent mechanisms the United States relies upon to quiet the waves of economic migrants.
The Schuman Declaration of 1950 proclaimed integration would not occur overnight with the stroke of a broad brush; rather, it would occur by means of an incremental process, each step leaving behind a concrete achievement for posterity.5 This concept has been realized in exact form as the European Community swelled into today’s colossal trading bloc with shared values and goals. The cautious and inclusive approach of the Community’s evolution over the past 50 years has striven for deep-seated solidarity that is embodied in the successive mounting ambitions of each treaty. The amorphous single market has coalesced under nine treaties- notably The Treaty of Paris, The Single European Act, The Treaty of Maastricht, The Treaty of Amsterdam, and The Reform Treaty.6 The aim of integration had once revolved around diminishing channels for the nationalistic rifts that sparked and resulted from World War I and II. As peace became ensured, pushes for deeper integration arose and the original justification for the formation of the EU slowly became anachronistic. It was gradually supplanted by the need for cohesion.7
The preamble to the Treaty of Rome calls on Member States to minimize regional disparities, but provided toothless mechanisms. The European Social Fund (ESF) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) were incapable of facilitating cohesion. Beginning in 1975, The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) began to assist poorer pockets in each Member State to redress the Treaty of Rome’s shortcomings. This structural fund helped impoverished areas suffering from various afflictions, such as a decline in local industry or falling commodity prices in an agricultural zone. The downside of the ERDF was that major net contributors were also the major net recipients.
The expanding wealth gap which arose from market liberalization became most apparent in the 1980s. The regional imbalances were made starker still with the accession of the Mediterranean countries. Ireland had been on board since 1971, but Greece joined in 1981, and Spain along with Portugal joined in 1986. All are south of what economists have dubbed the “north/south divide” in term of economic disparity.8 Although these enlargements were enacted to further postwar goals and strengthen trade, they held the potential to destabilize the delicate single market. Each inductee was balancing on toothpicks domestically and lacked democratic histories. Greece had just been destabilized by a military coup, Spain and Portugal had just ended dictatorial rule, and Ireland was still afflicted by sporadic violence. They all shared the unfavourable characteristics of low human capital levels, poor physical infrastructure, and low research and development as a percentage of domestic product industry. The health of the single market would be harmed on an economic and political level if Member States failed to bridge the north/south divide.
Jacques Delors, the visionary whose name is associated with monumental steps towards European integration9, was a key figure in shaping the cohesion policy in the EU. He imparted a new dynamism into the integration debates when he warned the European Parliament that enlargement negotiations “revealed a tension in Europe which is, let’s face it, a tension between north and south. It stems not only from a lack of understanding, [but] from a clash of culture, which seems to promote certain countries to turn their backs on the solidarity pact that should be one of the cornerstones of the Community, solidarity being conceived as an expression of the common wealth, contributing to the vigour of the European entity.”10 Delors vocalized how disparities limit competitiveness and prevent worthy contributions towards sustainable economic growth for the EU entity. He explained how striving for a “solidarity principle” need not involve a redistribution of resources but rather, a convergence of incomes, employment rates and competitiveness.11 Closing the north/south divide by removing structural weaknesses would strengthen the internal market by creating new markets and consumers.
The Padoa-Schioppa Report provided a compelling case for reforming the cohesion policy.12 Its principal conclusions bolstered Delors’ arguments concerning the threats that disparities presented to the single market and money integration13 The report also evinced the political consequences inherent in weak integration. Thus, the Padoa-Schioppa Report was also used by the European Council and the European Parliament to combat the freehand of neo-liberal market principles advocated by Thatcherist economics.
A radical revision of the cohesion policy emerged from the bitter debates at the 1988 European Council Summit in Brussels. The European Council adopted new policies, known as the Delors I package, to tackle the integration challenges. These policies created a change in the single market concept, a change that Article 23 of the Single European Act (SEA) reflects. The new title, “Economic and Social Cohesion,” forges an indelible link between internal development, EC policy and economic growth. However, this new direction for the EU also negated the primary attraction of its access to the single market: the relative lack of costs.14,15
The reforms of 1988 transformed the structural funds into effective instruments of development that would aid underdeveloped areas throughout the EU towards sincere convergence. The main three structural funds are the Guidance Section of Common Agricultural Policy’s European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF), the European Social Fund (ESF), and the European Regional Development Fund(ERDF)- the ERDF being the largest. These funds had budgets doubled in real terms to a total of 60 billion euros by 1993.16 The Delors I package resulted in a transition from short term, project related aid to continual program assistance with decentralized management.17 It introduced new principles, such as the non-substitutability of structural funds in place of state funded public expenditures.
This ensures that Member States remain obligated to engage in state-directed public activity alongside of cohesion needs.18 In order to tap into the structural funds, Member States must prepare a clear, concise plan delineating need and the subsequent management actions that will be taken to manage the funds. The final plan is called the Single Programming document; it is the outcome of a negotiation process that tailors Member States’ management of the funds in line with EU goals by outlining actions, objectives, targets, financial resources, monitoring, evaluation and control systems.19 A critical change that the Delors I package instituted was strengthening the existing principles of structural funds. This reform fortified the funds’ ability to work in tandem with one another to achieve five objectives.
Objective 1 regions are areas that had lagging development and a per capita GDP of less than 75% of the EU average. Objective 1 provisions were for basic infrastructure and to encourage investment in basic business economic activity. This objective comprised 80% of overall Community assistance and accounted for 20% of the Community’s population. Objective 2 regions received assistance to promote economic conversion and modernization of declining industrial regions. Objective 3 regions were designed to combat unemployment through policies and systems of education, training and employment. All Member States received Objective 3 assistance except for the Objective 1 regions because measures for training and employment were already included in the catching-up programs. Objective 4 regions were targeted at helping younger people in declining industrial sectors integrate into the workforce. Objective 5 regions adjusted and modernized agricultural processes.20
The synergy of market access, democracy and comprehensive development plans resulted in substantial gains for higher growth, job creation, and competitiveness. The structural funds strove to help countries help themselves. Economic growth due to concentrated benefits, coupled with declining prosperity elsewhere, was considered a failure from the standpoint of cohesional success.21 The structural funds were designed to dilute territorial imbalances and as such, structural effects were assessed in areas beyond economic growth such literacy and quality of life.
The Aggregate and Regional Impact Study conducted by the EU in 1996 reveals the importance of developing a competitive base and a productive base.22 The findings present internal market studies that analyse trade and factors flows resulting from an Objective 1 dimension. Its quantitative analyses reveal both the triumphs and missteps of the Delors I package- and the positive effects outweigh the negative. The studies reveal a diversification in employment and investment, increases in trade and, more significantly, intra-industry trade. Intra-industry trade growth draws attention to the scale effects resulting from structural policy, which remain hidden when looking at direct growth measurements. The spread in technology transfer escaped GDP measurements. The studies reveal increases in foreign direct investment which translate into technology transfer and “know how” for lagging regions. Attracting FDI was important for cohesion policy esteem because it signifies dissipating infrastructural deficiencies and weak labour, since business normally does not invest in areas of great need.23
Large scale FDI increases are signals of developments in human and physical capital. Another obvious benefit from FDI is that is provides a natural means of economic development from employment opportunities, taxes and a circulation of wealth. Tellingly, the main conclusions drawn from the regression analyses of the internal market studies reflect a strong correlation between growth and human capital development. The data shows that increases in convergences due to structural development are generally brought out by positive changes in human capital.24
One notable trajectory was Ireland, which serves as a pivot point to observe the difference in a well-structured cohesion policy’s ability to spur key developmental changes for integration. After joining the EC in 1972 and receiving its first dose of structural funds in 1983, the progress of Ireland has been astonishing. The structural funds provided for the unemployed youth and transportation infrastructure. Between 1986 and 1989, Ireland received 287 million Irish pounds specifically for road investment, since the spurt in vehicle numbers was congesting the commute.25 By 1985, training agencies processed 44,651 trainees in contrast to 13,832 in 1976.
Direct job creation schemes rose from 3,100 in 1976 to 28,400 in 1986.26 The potential and opportunity abounding in Irish firms was recognized by multinational corporations, who flocked to Ireland and transformed the traditional labour intensive industry to one of high tech, capital-intensive industries.27 The individualized programs of the structural funds made their mark; Ireland’s EC Evaluation ascertains how “Irish agencies could not have benefited [as] much from the fund unless its priories were congruent with the labour market situation in Ireland.”28 However, real growth for Ireland did not take off until the 1990s, when it experienced growth rates parallel to the Asian Tigers.29 From 1994 to 2003, the Celtic Tiger Era, Ireland’s per capita income was 3,200 euros ahead of the United Kingdom.30
The evidence is unambiguous that a combination of the free market principles from a single market combined with managed development aid has raised the living standards and economic competitiveness of the European Union.31 The sustainability and stability of the countries above is represented by the success of the Economic and Monetary Union. Money integration puts countries with differing growth rates under the same currency.
A pervasive fear for the EU since the 1980s had been the destabilizing effect that harmonizing budgetary policies would wreak on the EU’s foundation. A single currency put a halt to individual countries’ ability to devalue their currency. From an integrationist perspective, the benefit of a single currency is that weaker countries must expand beyond competing on cheap labour or goods. The danger is that poorer countries are no longer able to cushion destabilization through exchange rate flexibility.32 Therefore, in order to participate, a country must exhibit a low inflation rate, sound public finances, stable currency and low long-term interest rates. Portugal, Spain and Greece met these requirements by 2002 while Ireland had already met them by the early 1990s.33
A pervasive fear for the more prosperous nations was the possible exodus of underemployed people seeking better lives. This fear was heightened by the signing of the Schengen aquis in 1985. Though still in its incubating phases, the Schengen area would ultimately drop EU internal border controls and allow free movement of persons.34 The cohesion policy exemplifies how regional integration attenuates socioeconomic disparities that necessitate migration. The internal migrating trends in the EU show a net increase in inter-country migration from 1985 to 1992 but a net decrease from 1993 to 1997.35 The total EU15 citizenry living in their country of birth stabilized by 2000.36 Spain, Portugal, and Ireland are no longer emigrant countries, but fall under the category of host countries; magnets for foreign and internal immigrants due to economic and domestic pull factors.37
Despite these accounts of miraculous improvement and integration for the EU15, it cannot be assumed that the structural funds alone uncovered blossoming economies and domestic stability. Greece only raised its per capita income by 2.4% and remained at 64.3 % of the EU per capita average.38 To this day, it remains at the bottom of the rung. Time has shown that the reality of convergence can only be attained by a combination of factors. Sound macroeconomic policy, market liberalization, foreign direct investment, a favorable external environment, public willingness, low levels of corruption and a strong rule of law are necessary components to release the full potency of cohesion.39 Structural funds are often thought of as the base point for sturdy and sustainable growth; an integral piece of the virtuous economic circles liberal markets can bestow.
The influence of globalisation on regional development and transformation has been accompanied by continuing integration policies. The beauty of the European Union is that it is based on living documents that promptly respond to changes in demographics, markets, public opinion, and high profile events. Though the purpose remains constant, the face of the structural funds has changed dramatically. Large strides have been made in the reduction of physical infrastructure disparities; thus the future of the funds is being shaped by the Innovative Actions Programme, an experimental initiative that aims to find new, [novel and] profitable venues of development in the relatively untouched areas of innovation, research and technology.40 This program will be based on 15 years of EU experience and strive to develop areas that are risky and require testing before official implementation.41
The OECD’s position that “Catch-up is not… a spontaneous process, but depends very much on the degree of development of market mechanisms and the quality of social and economic infrastructures” aptly applies to the underlying logic behind the long-term processes of the cohesion policy.42 In the case of the EU’s enlargement process, single markets have been the bones, while development aid has been the nourishment. The largest trading bloc worldwide has benefited most from human capital and infrastructure development- two programs out of the smorgasbord of projects ranging from tourism to research and development to food product marketing to equality in labour markets. Razing socioeconomic disparities abated the pull factors for economic migration. As evidenced, the effects of managed capitalism go beyond the conventional notions of equitable wealth distribution. Liberalized markets cannot provide blanket public goods because it’s not profitable for individual investors. From the development angle, the cloned solutions that the “Washington Consensus” prescribes cannot provide individualized attention that a struggling economy needs. To Jacques Delors, the medium for cohesion was synchronized development aid, sustainable self-help, not simply throwing money at the problem.43 The European Union allocated a total of 195 billion euros for the Structural Funds from 2000 to 2006, which accounted for roughly one third of the Community budget in 1999 prices and is 0.4 % of the EU GDP.44 Humanizing rabid market growth is clearly attainable. Why then does NAFTA show such a drastically different results?
America sold the idea of a single market to the public, saying that it would be the fulcrum for economic and wage convergence, a shining star for the world to emulate as living standards across the continent would rise due to increased growth. NAFTA’s true ambition could never have been a single market – the written agreement does not even make mention of Mexico as a consumer market.45 Rather, the agreement was designed to support a crude form of free trade so that investment could expand with minimal constraints, with Mexico being an appendage for corporate needs. NAFTA’s misaligned priorities flung an ill-equipped Mexico into an arena of unrestrained market liberalization, unarmed with the resources necessary to compete against global multinationals. The dexterity of change from the “bloodless revolution” that NAFTA spurred, has hurt the embryonic stages of Mexican democracy by concentrating economic wealth in the hands of a few and disenfranchising the “have-nots.” The ramifications of marrying democratic voice to economic prosperity further masks the harsh suffering of affected Mexicans.46 Moreover, by choosing to ignore the deep rifts between Mexico and the United States, NAFTA architects have created a situation in which many Mexican citizens have no better options. Only leaving their homeland portends a better future.
The trade agreement dropped agricultural barriers to increase the free flow of farm goods. What was detrimental was how the U.S continued to over-subsidize crops and protect its domestic agriculture, while the Mexican government withdrew historic protections such as tariffs and subsidies to be in step with neoliberal standards. These agrarian reforms rendered Mexico’s traditional farming methods useless against American mass production techniques.47 Mexico’s already fragile market riskily opened itself, while the already over-protected American market remained closed, leaving Mexico at an even greater disadvantage.
The border industrialization region is fair evidence of NAFTA’s failed promises. The peppering of maquiladoras are a cursed blessing, where desperately needed work is adjoined with harmful living conditions. “The lack of health and safety standards, pollution in surrounding areas, low wages, and tedious work are parts of the destitute whole that is life working in the maquiladoras. Only poverty stricken human beings accept these inhumane conditions and only because they have no power to better their lot.”48 In these maquiladora border regions NAFTA requirements prevent Mexico from taxing anything except for value-added taxes, yet tax revenue is essential to fuel a development agenda. Residents are powerless against the multinationals and their desperation for work unwillingly renders them more subservient.
Deregulation can be highly beneficial as it trims the fat from bureaucratically burdened markets. However, when it goes past a certain threshold, deregulation becomes nothing more than a cost shifting measure.49 For instance, allowing industries to deposit toxic waste with minimal costs subsequently causes a rise in costs for the city. Indirect results are further costs to health and quality of life. Transnational companies do not pay taxes, so who will cover these mounting public costs? The Mexican workers living hand to mouth simply cannot.
NAFTA has failed to curb illegal immigration because negotiations were not crafted to promote a rise in living standards, health care, environmental cleanup, and worker rights in Mexico. It has not had a neutral impact, but has destroyed sectors of the economy and undermined public welfare policies.
Thus, the synergized forces of an abrupt introduction to the neoliberal economic model, the Peso Crises of 1994, and trade liberalization have pushed migrationary flows to new levels. Desperate Mexicans are lured to the border area and are willing to risk their lives to cross into America. There were 2.5 million illegal Mexican immigrants in 1995; 8 million have crossed the border since then.50 The greater visibility of illegal immigrants combined with capital flight from America to the Mexican border region has created a compelling scapegoat for Americans to press for aggressive border protection as opposed to dealing with the crux of NAFTA’s. The price of inaction is flagrant human rights abuses as hostility on both sides of the border spirals upward.Continued on Next Page »
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Data visualisations telling complex stories and making numbers visual, more accessible to a wider audience and reveal patterns which would be difficult to discern when just looking at raw data.
This example visualises…120,000 numbers 200 countries and 200 years worth of data telling the story of health and wealth and the trends in global development. This is the work led by Professor Hans Rosling who is a co-founder of the Gapminder Institute, an organisation dedicated to promoting a fact-based world view.
The link takes you to a 4 minute video courtesy of the Open University’s Open Learn Programme and strand called “The Joy of Statistics. Click and play the video,
Data visualisation is anything but new,
take a look at the work of Florence Nightingale and her graphical representation of patient mortality and causes of death which convinced the authorities to back her planned changes in nursing care. She did this unaided by computer…
Dr John Snow and clusters of cholera cases in London in the 1854 Broad Street outbreak: another early experiment without technology in spatial history and data visualisation. Click for article on Intriguing History re John Snow
So the use of mapping with other data and media provides a great opportunity for those of us interested in our own specific family, social, local or special interest history projects.
IFH (Intriguing Family History) is researching resources, tools and techniques to find better ways of mapping detailed data and using visualisation to not only for better presentation but als0 to actually improve and enhance the process of research, documenting, sharing and collaboating with others with complimentary interests and data.
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Defining 'Autonomous Machine Vision' - the future of inspection
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Harel Boren, CEO of Autonomous Machine Vision specialist Inspekto, explains how Autonomous Machine Vision promises to be the future of quality assurance (QA), and the benefits for end users.
"You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete." These are the words of Buckminster Fuller, an architect, engineer and thinker who was passionate about inventing the future.
Fuller was not interested in challenging existing models, nor improving them by bringing incremental change, only in directly building new ones that rendered old ones obsolete. The introduction of Autonomous Machine Vision to manufacturing will do just that - render traditional machine vision, and all that comes with it, obsolete.
Why the need for change?
It goes without saying that QA machine vision has traditionally been a deeply flawed industry. For manufacturers to reduce the risk of defective products, they must invest in an expensive, cumbersome, complex and time-consuming system. To make matters worse, the manufacturer cannot independently install it without a systems integrator delivering a project tailored to the product and location at hand. This means the manufacturer loses control of its own QA, becoming a slave to the system integrator. If anything on the production line changes, the manufacturer must call the integrator back for ongoing support, increasing the cost and time requirements.
As the integrator is the linchpin in the process, machine vision suppliers are not customer–centric but integrator-centric. So long as machine vision suppliers deliver components for the integrator to deliver a solution rather than for the manufacturer to install a QA system, the manufacturer will never be in control.
This entire ecosystem was created to compensate for the non-existence of autonomous machine vision. Previously, the technology was not available to challenge the current status quo. So it remained the same. However, in the past 20 years electro-optics, computer vision and artificial intelligence technologies have advanced in leaps and bounds. This technology, in the hands of an aggressive technology team, means that now is the right time for the change that the machine vision market has long awaited.
Introducing Autonomous Machine Vision
By definition, Autonomous Machine Vision requires little cost, effort and time to install and run. More importantly, by sheer simplicity and immediacy, it requires no system integrator. Using disruptive 'Plug and Inspect' technology, an Inspekto Autonomous Machine Vision system is potent enough to give the QA manager complete independence in setting and controlling QA in the facility. This means they can accurately, affordably and immediately inspect products at every point on the production line.
Because Plug and Inspect systems are so easy to install and set up, straight out of the box, the system integrator no longer has a role to play, and the manufacturer finally takes centre stage – exactly where it should be. Furthermore, Autonomous Machine Vision enables Total QA, meaning that QA can be incorporated at every stage of the production line, using the very same QA system, with no need to tailor a new project for each location, using new lenses, lighting or cameras. Simply set the QA system in place, mark your areas of interest and go. This way, a production line enjoying Total QA can be set up in a few hours, at a fraction of the cost and effort of Machine Vision systems. Another bonus is that the manufacturer can identify defective products much earlier in a process, so a faulty part can be scrapped before resources are wasted completing it.
Behind the scenes, Autonomous Machine Vision is already revolutionising the QA industry. Across Europe, leading industrial firms like Mahle, commanding many hundreds of industrial plants in a variety of industries, are installing Plug and Inspect QA systems to address many hundreds of types of products, materials, handling-methods and check millions of products every day. Autonomous Machine Vision is already here and proving its worth - Inspekto is not delivering empty promises.
So, will you sit around and wait for change, accepting a slow, expensive and inflexible QA process at the peril of your system integrator? Why would you? We suggest you embrace Autonomous Machine Vision, make traditional machine vision obsolete and invent your own future.
For more information go to www.inspekto.com.
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Kevin is the younger brother of comic Chris Farley, who died of an overdose at age 33. He also has 3 other brothers and sisters--Barb, a nursery school teacher; Tom Jr., who works for a marketing firm; and John Farley, who is also trying his hand at acting. His parents are Tom and Mary Anne. He majored in business at Marquette University in Milwaukee. After graduation, for six years he sold asphalt for his father's company, Scotch Oil. However, Chris soon convinced him to try show business.
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The Waterboy - Jim Simonds $23M 1998 $39.4M $161M
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star - Valet (as Kevin Farley) $17M 2003 $6.66M $22.7M
Joe Dirt - Cop at Clem's (as Kevin Farley) $16M 2001 $8.02M $27.1M
Dirty Work - Theater Worker (as Kevin Farley) $13M 1998 $3.63M $9.98M
An American Carol - Michael Malone (as Kevin Farley) $12M 2008 $3.66M $7M
Johnson Family Vacation - Stall Guy (as Kevin Farley) $12M 2004 $9.38M $31.2M
The Straight Story - Harald (as Kevin Farley) $10M 1999 $92.3K $6.2M
Blonde and Blonder - Leo (as Kevin Farley) $8M 2007 $26.8K $42.2K
Hollywood & Wine - Bruno, Director, Writer (written by) $5M 2010
Love Stinks - Sheriff (as Kevin Farley) $4M 1999 $1.34M $2.8M
Big Wind on Campus - Kevin "Bear" Cutterback (as Kevin Farley) $1M 2000
LA Blues - Cop #2 $625K 2007
Callback - Moe Jones $75K 2005
The Basement (short) - Stu $14K 2005
Eight Crazy Nights - Panda Express Panda (voice) (as Kevin Farley) 2002 $9.43M $23.4M
Tommy Boy - Guy at Dad's Party (uncredited) 1995 $32.7M
Garage: A Rock Saga - Cult Leader Phil (as Kevin Farley) 2000
Black Sheep - Bouncer 1996 $32.4M
Beverly Hills Ninja - Policeman (as Kevin Farley) 1997 $19M $31.2M
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Dollar Trying to Stabilize Ahead of the Weekend
March 23, 2017 $EUR, $GBP, $JPY, $USD
The US dollar has been stabilizing over the past couple of sessions. This broad stability of the dollar is impressive because of the questions of the prospects of US President Trump's economic agenda. Expectations for tax reform and infrastructure spending have bolstered investor confidence and helped boost equity prices despite what appears to be stretched valuation.
The wrangling over US healthcare is not simply a domestic concern. In addition to US households, healthcare is an essential element of the broader tax reform. The funds freed up by the projected cuts in some people being covered and the extent of the insurance will provide half the funds that will use to finance tax reform and tax cuts. Roughly the other half comes from the border adjustment, which is proving to be as controversial as replacing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
This is important because without being able to fund the tax reform, it may require the cooperation of Democrats to pass the legislation, which will be exceedingly difficult. Also, without the tax reform, the economic agenda unravels. The US President and the Speaker of the House Ryan allowed some changes in the original proposal to appeal to more of the Freedom Caucus, but in so doing risk losing some moderate. A defeat of the bill before the weekend will deal a potentially significant blow to the magnitude of the tax reform that will be possible. The White House tried to play down the implications and said it would simply turn to its next priority, tax reform. File it under bluster.
On the other hand, if we are right, the Trump Administration recognizes the significance too and will do whatever it takes to win its first legislative battle. Its (temporary) ban on immigrants is meeting judicial constraints. This will ease of creeping doubts. At the same time, other developments may push in the same direction. Here we are thinking about a likely tick lower in the preliminary eurozone CPI due next week. The core rate, which bottomed at 0.6%, may ease from 0.9% back to 0.8%. It would add support to ideas that it is still premature to think about an ECB exit. Also, the participation in the ECB's last long-term long (TLTOII) was larger at 233.5 bln euro, which is ore than twice median guesstimates.
The US reports personal consumption expenditure. There is scope for an upside surprise. Although retail sales were soft, the January figure was revised higher, which means that PCE can pick it up February or in the revision. In either case, it should help lift Q1 GDP estimates toward 1.25%-1.50%.
OPEC's five-nation monitoring committee meets over the weekend. OPEC compliance with the output agreement has been regarded as fairly high. Non-OPEC countries' compliance is about half of OPEC's. This meeting will not determine if the current agreement is extended. With global stocks still above the five-year average, OPEC will most likely feel compelled to extend the cut for another six months. However, many suspect that the new agreement will be a little softer or more flexible than the current one.
In Japan, the BOJ appears quite content with its current stance. The yen trade continues to appear to be more a function of external factors, like the US 10-year yield and equities than domestic developments in Japan. That could change. Japanese institutions were buyers of foreign bonds last week, snapping a three-week sell-off. In fact, since the middle of January, it was only the second week of next purchases.
The market's reaction function may also change it the scandal over a contribution to and seemingly favorable government treatment of a, particularly nationalistic school. There are accusations against the Prime Minister and his wife. The support for the Abe Cabinet has fallen as a result, but few here seem to think it will have the last impact. There is not an obvious successor to Abe, who recently was given the authority to remain head of the LDP (which also means Prime Minister) for a third term.
After posting an outside up day on Tuesday, the euro has drifted lower Wednesday and Thursday. It is trading softer Asia. The downtrend line on the hourly charts comes in around $1.0775 in early Europe. We still think a close below $1.0740 lend credence to ideas that a near-term high is in place.
The dollar has fallen in eight consecutive sessions against the yen coming into today. It is trading with a firmer bias in Tokyo. The dollar had not closed above its five-day moving average against the yen since the day before the Fed hiked. It is found today near JPY111.55. Still, it takes a move back above JPY112.00 to begin healing the technical damage.
Strong UK retail sales helped extend sterling's recovery. It is up in six of the past seven sessions coming into today. It a bit heavier in Asia and has been pushed back below $1.25. It too had not closed below its five-day average since the day before the Fed raised rates. It is found just bel02 $1.2320 today.
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Which Moto Z should I buy?
Droydlynn Mann May 13, 2018 Moto Z, Motorola, News
Every 2 years, many smartphone users are faced with an important decision. Which phone should be your next one? Should it be iPhone? Samsung? Pixel? How about Motorola? If you are following our blog here at Motorola Fans, you are probably aware that Motorola invented the cell phone and they also make the most unique of phones. Motorola also has durable phones with great quality.
Durability has always been a priority for Motorola. Many manufacturers make so many different devices from the same brand, that it can be overwhelming to choose the phone that fits your needs. If you're looking for a unique Motorola phone, here are your options for the Moto Z brand of smartphones:
What is Moto Z?
Moto Z is the most unique series of phones available on the market today. This is due to Moto Mods, which are case-like accessories that attach magnetically to any Moto Z series smartphone. Moto Z's are the most expensive phones, not just because of the purchase price, but also, the Moto Mods can be a bit pricey, depending on which Mod you purchase.
They are very useful, though, and some provide a sense of style for your Moto Z, to match your outfit and personality. Some Style Mods also allow for wireless charging. Currently, both the Moto Z series and Z2 series feature a large 5.5" screen. When the Z2 series was built, they kept the screen size the same as their predecessor to continue accommodating the Moto Mods system.
The Moto Mods system is said to be supported for at least 3 generations. All Moto Z's have a special connector on the back of them that makes the Moto Mods communicate with the phone to make them work with it. Most Moto Mods have a matching connector that lines up with the one on the phone.
The Moto Mods are held in place with strong, smartphone-safe magnets. There are different kinds of Moto Mods from cameras and loudspeakers, to a gamepad to a pico projector.
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Moto Z /Z Force/Z2 Force
There are several different versions of Moto Z. The original Moto Z is almost identical to the Moto Z Force Droid Edition, except it has slightly fewer features and a screen that is not shatterproof. Moto Z has a 13 MP camera, whereas Moto Z Force has a 21MP camera. Both have flashes on the front and back cameras and a 5MP front-facing camera.
The Moto Z2 Force has dual 12MP cameras on its rear, with one camera that has Depth Of Field. Moto Z2 Force's front-facing camera also has a wide angle lens.
Moto Z, and Moto Z Force both feature 5.5" Quad HD AMOLED displays, whereas the Moto Z2 Force features a 5.5 Quad HD POLED display. The difference between the original Moto Z's and Moto Z2's displays are the intensity of color resolution. Moto Z has a Corning Gorilla Glass screen, which is scratch resistant, but not shatterproof.
Moto Z Force/ Moto Z2 Force feature Moto Shattershield, which is a layered screen made of hard plastic that looks like glass, that is shatterproof. It is advertised as being guaranteed not to crack or shatter for at least 4 years from the time of purchase. We at Motorola Fans do not encourage consumers to be careless with their phones, regardless if the phone is shatterproof or not.
The Moto Z Force phones are shatterproof, but they are not shockproof, so for consumers working or living in situations that are risky for their cellphones, it is still recommended to use a case. Moto Shattershield is not scratch resistant, so we recommend a screen protector. There are different options, including flexible glass which works similar to Moto Shattershield, as both flex upon impact, rather than cracking or shattering.
The Moto Z2 Force features "One Button Nav", which allows you to turn off the on-screen navigation keys to allow more room on your screen when doing things that might require more screen, such as playing games or watching videos. The original Moto Z series does not feature this.
The Moto Z, Moto Z Force, and Moto Z2 Force are advertised as having over 24 hours of battery, depending on usage. They also feature Turbo Power, which allows for faster charging than older smartphones. The Moto Z features a 2,600 mAh battery, Moto Z Force has a 3,500 mAh battery, and the Moto Z2 Force has a 2730 mAh battery. The Moto Z2 Force has a smaller battery than the Moto Z Force, but the battery in it is said to be better optimized, like the Moto Z2 Play's battery.
Moto Z is a great option for anyone who wants a phone with lesser features, but also the Moto Mods experience. Moto Z Force/Moto Z2 Force are great options for anyone who wants a shatterproof screen, and the extra features it offers, especially the camera.
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Moto Z Play is the most affordable of all the Moto Z series, and they do not have as many features as the Moto Z Force. They are great for anyone who wants a modular phone, but with minimal features, and a phone that is affordable, even on a payment plan.
Moto Z Play has a 16MP rear camera, whereas the Moto Z2 Play has a 12MP rear camera with Autofocus Pixels, which is an improved type of Autofocus in smartphones. It uses more pixels than previous smartphone cameras to accurately focus on the subject.
Unlike the Moto Z Force series Moto Z2 Play, doesn't have a shatterproof screen, instead, it has a beautiful 5.5" POLED display with Gorilla Glass, which is a scratch-resistant glass commonly used on phone screens across nearly all phone manufacturers, including Motorola. Moto Z Play has a 5.5" AMOLED display, which has a slightly lower resolution than Moto Z2 Play.
Moto Z2 Play also features "On Button Nav", like Moto Z2 Force has. Moto Z Play doesn't feature this either. Both Moto Z Play and Moto Z2 Play include 32GB of internal storage. They can be upgraded to 2TB of external storage, via MicroSD, but currently, only 200GB is the highest capacity MicroSD card available. The Moto Z Force series can also be upgraded up to 2TB on a MicroSD card.
Moto Z2 Play has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 octa-core processor, whereas the Moto Z Play has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 quad-core processor. The Moto Z2 Play has a much faster processor than the Moto Z Play, but the battery is smaller and better optimized than the Moto Z Play. Moto Z2 Play has a 3,000 mAh battery, whereas Moto Z Play has a 3,510 mAh battery, but bigger batteries don't always mean better battery life.
Moto Z Play/Moto Z2 are great options for anyone who wants a mid-range phone with fewer features than the Moto Z Force series but longer battery life, but also want the Moto Mods experience.
Which Moto Z is the best for me?
All Moto Z's have their strengths and weaknesses just like we do. The Moto Z that you choose is a matter of personal preference and what features you are looking for in your next smartphone. Do you want something ultra-durable that won't crack or shatter? Do you want longer battery life? A better smartphone camera? Are you planning on purchasing and using Moto Mods?
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I’m busy, won’t reply Vector anymore – MI
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Popular rapper and record label executive, MI Abaga, has said that he will no longer speak about his running battle with his colleague, Vector.
Both artistes had been at each other’s jugulars for some time, releasing ‘diss tracks’ to drive their respective messages home.
However, when Saturday Beats contacted MI, he insisted that he would no longer speak on the issue. He stated, “I have said all I have to say on this matter on Instagram and I wouldn’t be making any statement again. I am busy with other things. For the next couple of days, I would be shooting music videos and travelling.”
Calls and messages put through to Vector were not answered, but his publicist, Tunde Badmus, told one of our correspondents, “It is not a publicity stunt. We are not fake people. We only go for genuine things. This issue started with the recording they (MI) did, in which they were throwing shades at us. But, we did not say anything. They then did another one, and that was like dragging our name in the mud, so we had to respond. Meanwhile, Vector is still working on replying MI. He asked for it, and he is going to get it.”
On if there could be a reconciliation between both artistes in the near future, Badmus stated, “I doubt if MI is going to apologise. This is hip hop and it has always been like that from the inception. If there is going to be an apology, it might be through a song; I don’t think it would be direct as such.”
Meanwhile, a PR executive with Chocolate City, Aisosa Okundaye, maintained that the inscription, ‘No Snakes’ on MI’s shirt to the BBNaija finale was a message. He said, “It is primarily what it is— a shirt. As for the message on it, if anybody believes the message is for them, they should catch their ‘sub’. People walk around with shirts that have different inscriptions every day.”
Okundaye also stated that neither the fans nor the media could bring an end to the ‘beef’. He added, “I don’t think the fans, media, or anybody else can make that decision. It is clearly an MI and Vector conversation to have. We are always just going to be spectators from the outside. On the ‘Viper’ track, MI said Vector could go ahead to do whatever he wanted, but he has addressed the issue as best as he can. Whatever Vector says now is up to him, MI has left the conversation.”
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Microsoft warns users to update their PCs as millions could be hit by cyber-attack TODAY
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Microsoft has warned the users to update their computers after the giant cyber-attack occurred on Friday which hit more than 200,000 computers in the world and could make a return today across the world thought to be vulnerable.
The Friday attack was the largest cyber-attack in the world as this attack not only hit small region but brought the NHS system of the government to its knees and hit the computers in more than 150 countries of the world.
The latest virus occurred due to the error in the Microsoft Windows first identified by the US intelligence but Microsoft stuck blame on the US government for not revealed the software vulnerabilities after this cyber-attack hit millions of people computer.
Threats of cyber-attack on Monday:
The security experts and the Microsoft added that the threats of further ransomware attacks are at extreme as people returned to work on Monday as the virus is pretty fast that deletes all the data from the computer and demands $300 bitcoin payment to restore access.
The process of spreading the virus is slowed down over the weekend but the fact is that the threats are high on a working day as more than 200,000 computers are affected by this virus on Friday.
The reports added that the nine cases have been seen in South Korea on Monday where the virus has found but the further details of the case are not received yet.
The officials of Australia also reported that the virus attacked to the small-to-medium almost three businesses where New Zealand report added that the small number of unconfirmed virus attack were found in the region and the investigations are under process.
Microsoft statement towards the matter:
The Microsoft added that the hackers and the criminals are pretty advance with the technology and getting more sophisticated, there is no simple way to secure the computer of the people and software until they update their systems.
The Microsoft boss criticized the government and the agency for the way store the information about the vulnerability in the software and added that we have seen the error in our software stored and identified by the CIA show up on the WikiLeaks and this vulnerability has been stolen from the NSA and this vulnerability affected the millions of the people in the world.
They added that government should need to aware the people towards updating their software and made this information as the wake-up call in the world to secure the people.
They added that the solution towards the vulnerability of the software has been released in March and notify all the users in the world including the reason towards the cyber-attack but the people doesn’t update their system and affected by the virus.
The Europol’s director added that we are at the critical stage of the virus continue to spread where the number of the people towards the virus growing up and this attack hit both the public and private sector and we need to tackle the situation.
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We're all being played by Deathwing!
(Part 3 of 4 of a series of lore-related posts inspired by the Cataclysm trailer)
With all the fuss lately about Deathwing rising from the cavernous deeps and wrecking Azeroth, we've all been thinking about his titanic, adamantine-plated form and how he towers above the majestic buildings of Stormwind. And we're right to be concerned - as one of the five Dragon Aspects, he's basically a god on Azeroth, and is much, much more than "just" a dragon. The cinematic trailer clearly demonstrates that he is more than capable of shredding Azeroth's mightiest strongholds with his bare claws.
However, we should also remember that he isn't just a big mean dragon. A long time ago, during the Second War, he was more commonly known as Lord Daval Prestor, a highly influential noble in King Terenas' court. More than merely a simple diplomat, Prestor represented the nation of Alterac in Terenas' inner circle of leaders, which included important dignitaries such as Daelin Proudmoore, Thoras Trollbane, and one Genn Greymane, who you may have heard of lately. Terenas trusted Prestor deeply, so much so that he named him ruler of Alterac, and promised him the hand of his daughter in marriage. Prestor eventually disappeared "mysteriously," when Deathwing was forced to flee from the other Dragon Aspects, who had been freed from the curse of the Dragon Soul by Rhonin.
Think about this a bit. Deathwing spent YEARS on this disguise, infiltrating the upper echelon of the Alliance and slowly earning the trust of its most powerful, influential leaders. He is very capable of subterfuge, smooth-talking, and intricate manipulations, something I think we are all overlooking in the wake of his I'M A BIG SCARY INTERNET DRAGON RAWRRR display of power.
In fact, if we look at "Lord Prestor's" actions during the Second War, we can see that he had his claws in every pot - he was involved with the Alliance leadership, he partnered with the Dragonmaw Orcs (the orcs who held his fellow Dragon Aspect Alexstrasza prisoner), manipulated Rhonin into furthering his goals, and attempted to turn the Alliance nations against the Kirin Tor. Deathwing wasn't just playing both sides against each other - he was exploiting everyone. This is an Internet Dragon that knows his trickery.
I think all the bravado and fury we saw from him in the trailer, while genuine, is an act of misdirection, a ruse to make us underestimate him. The Grumpy Elf mentioned how the trailer left a distinct Godzilla or "raging beast" impression. I think this is exactly Deathwing's goal - to make us forget how devious and intelligent he actually is, so we don't discover what he's really up to until it's too late. He's spent years hiding in Deepholm, licking his wounds and plotting...I doubt his master plan is to just rampage across Azeroth like a brainless Gronn. He's got some tricks up his metal-plated, magmatic sleeves, mark my words.
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Office of Adult Career and Continuing Education Services
Adult Basic Education (Welfare Education Program – WEP)
Adult Literacy Education (ALE) Program
Bureau of Proprietary School Supervision (BPSS)
Case Services
College Readers Aid Program
Employment Preparation Education (EPE) State Aid
High School Equivalency (HSE)
Independent Living Centers (ILCs)
Integrated Employment
Social Security Reimbursement Account
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Workforce Investment Act (WIA) - Title II - Section 225 Programs for Incarcerated and Institutionalized Individuals
Educational Television and Public Broadcasting
State Archives - Archival Services
State Library – Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Program
State Archives - Government Records Services
Albert Shanker Grant Program in Support of National Certification of New York State Teachers by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP)
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (CTEA/Perkins IV, Title I Basic Formula Grant)
Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP)
Foster Youth College Success Initiative (FYCSI)
High Needs Nursing Programs
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My Brother’s Keeper Challenge Incentive Grant
My Brother’s Keeper – Exemplary School Models and Practices
My Brother’s Keeper – Family and Community Engagement Program
My Brother’s Keeper – Teacher Opportunity Corps II (TOC II)
Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-Tech)
Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP)
Smart Scholars Early College High School (SSECHS)
Smart Transfer Early College High School (ST-ECHS)
Teacher Diversity Pipeline
Unrestricted Aid to Independent Colleges and Universities (Bundy Aid)
Office of P-12 Education
Academic Intervention Services
Advanced Courses Access
Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Exam Fees for Low-Income Students
Allowances to State-Supported Schools for the Blind, Deaf, Severely Physically Disabled and Severely Emotionally Disturbed
Breakfast After the Bell
Career and Technical Education Improvement Act (CTEIA) Criminal Offender
Career and Technical Education Improvement Act (CTEIA) Services for Nontraditional Activities
Career and Technical Education Improvement Act (Perkins IV) Title I Basic Grants for Secondary and Adult Career and Technical Education Programs
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Education of Children with Disabilities
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Expand Mental Health Services and Capacity of Community School Programs
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National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs
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Nonpublic School STEM Programs
Persistently Struggling Schools Grants
Postsecondary Education Aid for Native Americans
Removing Barriers to CTE Programs for ELL’s and SWD Grant
Say Yes to Education
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Summer Food Services Program (SFSP)
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Title I, Part G Advance Placement Test Fee Program
Title I, Section 1003(g)
Title II, Part A - Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund (Formula)
Title II, Part B - Mathematics and Science Partnerships
Title III Language Instruction for English Language Learners Students
Title VI, Part B, Subpart 2 - Rural and Low-Income School Program
Title X, Part C - Homeless Education
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The State Library administers State local assistance grants-in-aid, capital funds and state operations funds that benefit New York State’s 73 library systems and 7,000 libraries. Each of these programs has specific purposes and requirements as described in Education Law and Commissioner’s regulations. The funding amounts listed are in statute.
Aid for Public Library Systems and Public Libraries
General formula aid for public library systems and public libraries is appropriated for the 23 public library systems, their central libraries, and all of their 755 member public libraries with some 330 neighborhood branches. Formula factors authorized in Education Law §272 and §273 on which library aid is allocated, take into account the population, geographic area of service, local support, expenditures for library materials, and other characteristics and needs of the regions served. Also included in General Library Aid are the Central Library Aid Programs, the Coordinated Outreach Services Program, and the Local Services Aid programs (Local Library Services Aid, Local Services Support Aid and Local Consolidated Services Aid).
Adult Literacy Library Services Program
Education Law §273 provides $200,000 in State funds to public library systems for establishing or increasing library services to illiterate adults. To be eligible, library systems and libraries must cooperate directly with schools, colleges, or other community agencies or organizations operating similar adult literacy programs.
Family Literary Library Services Program
Education Law §273 authorizes $300,000 in State funds to public library systems to enrich family literary programs conducted at public libraries and neighborhood branches.
Inter-Institutional Library Services – Public Library System Services to County Jails
Education Law §285 provides $175,000 in formula aid to 23 public library systems to improve library services to inmates of correctional institutions maintained by counties throughout the State and the City of New York.
Indian Libraries
Education Law §271 provides formula aid for public libraries on the St. Regis Mohawk, Tonawanda Senecas, and the Seneca Nation of Indian reservations based on reservation population and other factors. The official populations are certified annually by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services.
Education Law §273 provides formula aid to The New York Public Library ($6.4 million) for books and other research resources, and to support four special programs: The New York Public Library’s Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library ($984,000) to provide service to blind and physically disabled persons in seven downstate counties including New York City and Long Island; the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture ($734,000), the nation’s largest, most comprehensive and heavily used repository of records documenting the history and culture of people of African descent; The New York Public Library Program of services to the students of the City University of New York ($2 million); and The New York Public Library Science, Industry and Business Library ($1 million).
Public Library System Services to State Correctional Facility Libraries
Education Law §285 provides a formula allocation of $9.25 per inmate to public library systems to develop and extend public library services to State correctional facilities within their service areas.
Public Library Systems and Statewide Summer Reading Program
Education Law §273 provides an unspecified amount of funding from the “Love Your Library” fund established in §99.1 of the State Finance Law to support formula aid to public library systems for participation in the statewide Summer Reading program. The Legislature has not appropriated funding for this program since its inception.
State Aid for Library Construction
Education Law §273-a provides State Aid for Library Construction for a statutory formula program that provides matching funds for the construction, rehabilitation or renovation of public library and public library system buildings, including broadband installation and infrastructure projects. State funds are allocated by formula to each of the 23 public library systems. Local libraries submit applications for funding through their local library system to the State Library. Applications are reviewed for eligibility and completeness by the State Library and the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York.
Aid for Reference and Research Library Resources Systems
General Formula Aid for Reference and Research Library Resources Systems
Education Law §273 provides formula aid to promote and facilitate resource-sharing activities among academic and special libraries and public and school library systems. These nine regional systems coordinate the hospital library services program, the medical information services program, the coordinated collection development program for academic libraries, and the regional databases program for libraries and library systems of all types in their service area. State Aid supports digitization, interlibrary loan, delivery, professional development, automation and other coordinated activities that promote resource sharing and access to information.
Coordinated Collection Development Aid for Academic Libraries
Education Law §273 provides formula aid to libraries of public and nonprofit independent colleges and universities for coordinated collection development. Libraries must meet certain criteria, including membership in a reference and research library resources system and full participation in interlibrary loan and other resource sharing programs. The nine Reference and Research Library Resources Systems, working with the academic libraries in their regions, have formulated collection development plans for their regions.
Hospital Library Services Program
Education Law §273 provides formula aid to the nine Reference and Research Library Resources Systems for strengthening hospital library services.
Medical Information Services Program
Education Law §273 provides formula aid to the nine Reference and Research Library Resources Systems for supporting delivery of consumer health and medical information services to users of academic, public, school and special libraries.
Regional Bibliographic Databases and Interlibrary Resources Sharing
Education Law §273 provides formula aid for the efficient and coordinated development of computer technologies to support bibliographic control and interlibrary sharing of information within and among the service areas of each of the nine Reference and Research Library Resources Systems and its member academic and special libraries and public and school library systems.
Aid for School Library Systems
Formula aid is provided under Education Law, §§282-284 to 41 school library systems based in the BOCES and the Big Five Cities to facilitate sharing of library resources for more than 4,400 public and nonpublic school libraries. State Aid supports interlibrary loan, delivery, professional development, coordination of collection development, automation and database building activities, and service to clients with special needs for some three million students P-12 statewide.
Center for Jewish History, Inc.
Education Law §273 provides $200,000 in formula aid to the Center for Jewish History, Inc., to increase public access to the library collections and services of the member institutions.
Conservation and Preservation of Library Research Materials
Education Law §273 provides funding for libraries and other organizations engaged in efforts to preserve deteriorating library research materials. There are two parts: formula funds ($158,000) for each of the 11 comprehensive research libraries in New York State; and competitive grant funds ($500,000) for some 7,000 other institutions such as public libraries, museums, and historical societies possessing unique and rare research materials that warrant preservation for public access to and use by future generations of New Yorkers.
Education Law §273 provides $250,000 in formula aid to the New-York Historical Society, a major resource library with collections relevant to the study of United States, New York State and New York City. The funds are used to increase public access to library collections and services.
New York State Library -The Talking Book and Braille Library
Education Law §273 provides formula aid of $19 per reader to the New York State Library Talking Book and Braille Library (TBBL) for its statewide program that serves eligible visually impaired, physically disabled, and learning disabled readers in 55 upstate counties. There are some 31,750 New Yorkers who receive TBBL services.
Federal Statute:
Federal Regulation:
State Statute: Education Law Title I, Sections 271-273, 273-a, 282-285
State Regulation: 8NYCRR Part 90
FUNDING SOURCE(S):
State- $125.6m (includes $30M in capital funds for Library Construction)
Federal-
Special Revenue-
Total- $125.6m
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Interstate 90 is the longest interstate in the country. It travels across the northern part of the country, through Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Massachusetts. Along the way, Interstate 90 travels through Seattle, Spokane, Butte, Billings, Rapid City, Sioux Falls, La Crosse, Madison, Chicago, South Bend, Toledo, Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany, Springfield, and Boston.
It is this road scholar's dream to one day drive all of Interstate 90. After the Summer 2005 Roadtrip, I have driven 1,034 miles of Interstate 90. On most interstates, this would be pretty good. On Interstate 90, however, this is barely over 1/3 of the interstate's 3,000-plus miles. We have never even been to four of the states that Interstate 90 goes through, but we hope to take care of that during the Summer 2006 Roadtrip.
From Chicago eastward to Boston, almost all of Interstate 90 is tolled. It follows the Indiana Toll Road through the Hoosier State, the Ohio Turnpike through much of Ohio, then the New York Thruway across almost all of the Empire State, and the Massachusetts Turnpike across the entire commonwealth. From the Illinois-Indiana state line eastward, the only non-turnpike stretches are as follows:
From Interstate 80 west of Cleveland, Ohio, to the New York-Pennsylvania state line
From Interstate 87 in Albany, New York, through Albany, to the Berkshire Spur of the New York Thruway
The section of Interstate 90 through Buffalo is toll-free, but is part of the New York Thruway system.
States Traveled Through
(Mileage in state) Washington (296.92)
Idaho (73.55)
Montana (551.68)
Wyoming (208.8)
South Dakota (412.76)
Minnesota (275.7)
Wisconsin (108.61)
Illinois (123.89)
Indiana (156.28)
Ohio (244.75)
Pennsylvania (46.4)
New York (385.48)
Massachusetts (135.72)
Total Mileage 3,020.54
Cities Washington:
Seattle, Bellevue,
Ellensburg, Moses Lake,
Coeur D'Alene, Kellogg,
Missoula, Deer Lodge,
Butte, Bozeman,
Livingston, Laurel,
Billings, Hardin
Sheridan, Buffalo,
South Dakota:
Spearfish, Sturgis,
Rapid City, Chamberlain,
Mitchell, Sioux Falls
Worthington, Fairmont,
Albert Lea, Austin,
Wisconsin:
La Crosse, Onalaska,
Tomah, Madison,
Janesville, Beloit
Rockford, Elgin,
Hammond, Gary,
South Bend, Elkhart
Toledo, Elyria,
Cleveland, Ashtabula,
Conneaut
Dunkirk, Buffalo,
Batavia, Rochester,
Syracuse, Oneida,
Utica, Amsterdam,
Schenectady, Albany
Springfield, Holyoke,
Worcester, Framingham,
Source 10/31/02 Interstate
Route Log & Finder List
(Percentage) 1,034 (34%)
Interstate Driven
(Section 1) Interstate 29
(Madison, WI)
(Section 3) Interstate 290
(Portage, IN)
Selected Pictures
For more pictures of Interstate 90 from a particular state, click on the state below.
Interstate 90 West at Exit 396B - Interstate 29 North - Fargo. The North Dakota city is mentioned on the advance signage but not at the actual exit. Fargo is 237 miles to the north of this cloverleaf interchange. (Photo taken 7/13/05)
Interstate 90 West at Exit 400 - Interstate 229 South. Interstate 229 provides a connection between Interstate 29 in south Sioux Falls and Interstate 90 in northeast Sioux Falls. (Photo taken 7/13/05)
Interstate 90 West at Exit 43 - U.S. 59 - Worthington/Slayton. U.S. 59 travels through the western part of Minnesota. This is the main exit for Worthington traffic. (Photo taken 7/13/05)
Interstate 90 West at Exit 73 - U.S. 71 - Jackson/Windom. (Photo taken 7/13/05)
Interstate 90 West at Exit 159B - Interstate 35 North - Twin Cities. The southbound exit was closed due to reconstruction on Interstate 35 in the Albert Lea area. (Photo taken 7/13/05)
Interstate 90 West at Exit 218 - U.S. 52 - Rochester. U.S. 52 is a freeway from Interstate 90 north through Rochester. (Photo taken 7/12/05)
Interstate 90 and U.S. 14 West and U.S. 61 North at Exit 269 - U.S. 14 West/U.S. 61 North - Winona. The three highways share the road between exits 269 and 275 near the Mississippi River. (Photo taken 7/12/05)
Interstate 90 West at Exit 4 - U.S. 53 North/Wisconsin 157 - La Crosse/Onalaska. U.S. 53 will duplex with Interstate 90 for the next mile. (Photo taken 7/12/05)
Interstate 90 and Interstate 94 West at Exit 45 - Interstate 94 West - Eau Claire/St. Paul. The gore point signage indicates that Interstate 90 is actually Exit 45, but since the Interstate 90-94 duplex uses Interstate 90's exit numbers, we will say that Interstate 94 is Exit 45. (Photo taken 7/12/05)
Interstate 39 North, Interstate 90 West, and Interstate 94 West at Exit 108A - Wisconsin 78 South - Merrimac, and Exit 108B - Interstate 39 North to U.S. 51 - Portage/Wausau. (Photo taken 7/12/05)
Interstate 39 North and Interstate 90 West at Exit 185B - Interstate 43 North - Milwaukee. A 72 mile drive awaits those headed to downtown Milwaukee. (Photo taken 7/12/05)
Interstate 39 North and Interstate 90 West at Exit 1 - U.S. 51 North/Illinois 75 West - South Beloit. The Wisconsin welcome center is 1 1/4 miles ahead. (Photo taken 7/12/05)
Interstate 90 and Interstate 94 East at Exit 53 - Interstate 55 - Stevenson Expressway/St. Louis/Lake Shore Dr. (Photo taken 5/21/03)
Interstate 90 and Interstate 94 East at Exit 59A - Interstate 90 East - Skyway/To Indiana Toll Road. (Photo taken 5/21/03)
Interstate 90 East at Exit 17 - Interstate 65/U.S. 12/U.S. 20 - Indianapolis/Dunes Hwy. This marks the northern terminus of Interstate 65, which meets its other end at Interstate 10 in Mobile, Alabama, 887 miles to the south. (Photo taken 5/21/03)
Interstate 90 East at Exit 21 - Interstate 94/U.S. 6/Indiana 51 - Detroit/Lake Station. Interstate 80 should also be mentioned here, as it goes west on Interstate 94 and goes east
from here on Interstate 90. Interstate 80 and Interstate 90 duplex until Elyria, Ohio. (Photo taken 5/21/03)
Interstate 90 West at Exit 170B - Interstate 71 South - Columbus. The capital city of Ohio is 141 miles to the southwest. (Photo taken 7/10/05)
Interstate 90 West at Exit 172A - Interstate 77 South - Akron. Jacobs Field, home of baseball's Cleveland Indians, is just off to the right. Interstate 71 begins in 1 1/2 miles. (Photo taken 7/10/05)
Interstate 90 and Ohio 2 West at Exit 174B - Ohio 2 West - Downtown Cleveland. This is the site of the infamous "Dead Man's Curve," where Interstate 90 makes a sharp turn. (Photo taken 7/10/05)
Interstate 90 West at Exit 188 - Interstate 271 South. Interstate 271 provides an eastern bypass of Cleveland. (Photo taken 7/10/05)
Interstate 90 West at Exit 22B - Interstate 79 North - Erie. Interstate 79 is the main north-south interstate through western Pennsylvania, connecting Washington, Pittsburgh, Mercer, Meadville, and Erie. (Photo taken 7/10/05)
Interstate 90 East at Exit 37 - Interstate 86 East - Jamestown. Motorists will reach the southwest New York city in 37 miles. Interstate 86 was in the midst of a resurfacing project for all seven of its miles in Pennsylvania during 2005. (Photo taken 7/8/05)
Interstate 90 West at unmarked Exit 53 - Interstate 190 North - Downtown Buffalo/Canada. Interstate 190 is also the interstate to Niagara Falls. (Photo taken 7/10/05)
Interstate 90 West at Exit 50 - Interstate 290 West - Niagara Falls. Interstate 290 connects Interstate 190 to Interstate 90 just west of the Buffalo toll plaza. (Photo taken 7/10/05)
Interstate 90 West at Exit 46 - Interstate 390 - Rochester/Corning. Interstate 390 connects Rochester to the Southern Tier Expressway (Interstate 86) near Bath. (Photo taken 7/10/05)
Interstate 90 West at Exit 36 - Interstate 81 - Watertown/Binghamton. Interstate 81 is the main north-south route through central New York and connects Binghamton, Cortland, Syracuse, and Watertown. (Photo taken 7/10/05)
Interstate 90 West at Exit 25A - Interstate 88/New York 7 - Schenectady/Binghamton. Interstate 88 connects Interstate 81 in Binghamton to Interstate 90. (Photo taken 7/10/05)
Interstate 90 West at Interstate 787 - Albany/Troy. The interchange is located just west of the Hudson River near downtown Albany. (Photo taken 7/10/05)
Interstate 90 West at Exit 2 - U.S. 20 - Lee/Pittsfield. Pittsfield (pop. 45,793) is 14 miles to the north. (Photo taken 7/9/05)
Interstate 90 West at Exit 3 - U.S. 202/Massachusetts 10 - Westfield/Northampton. The city of Westfield is home to 40,072 residents and is home to Westfield State College. (Photo taken 7/9/05)
Highway Links
Interstate 90 Washington (Paul Henry)
Interstate 90 Montana Exit Guide (C.C. Slater)
Interstate 90 Wyoming @ RockyMountainRoads.com (Andy Field/Alex Nitzman)
Interstate 90 South Dakota Exit Guide (C.C. Slater)
Interstate 90 South Dakota @ RockyMountainRoads.com (Andy Field/Alex Nitzman)
Interstate 90 Ohio Exit Guide (Jeff Kitsko)
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Dover Castle - Kent
Dover Castle is a medieval castle in Dover, Kent. It was founded in the 11th century and has been described as the "Key to England" due to its defensive significance throughout history. It is the largest castle in England.
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The Broome Park Estate was established during the reign of Charles I and has, as its centrepiece, a magnificent Mansion House;Grade 1 listed building. The house was completed around 1638 and is one of the finest examples of Carolean architecture in England. The House has been refurbished to its former glory and boasts as one of its many previous owners - Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum.
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Assessment of workplace hazards in mortuaries in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Kingsley E Douglas1, SS Peterside2
1 Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
2 Rivers State Ministry of Health, Rivers State, Nigeria
Kingsley E Douglas
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State
Background: Mortuary workers face various hazards in course of carrying out their duties. These hazards may be ignored by employers and employees alike. Identifying these hazards in time before they become risks that cause accidents and even death is recognized mode of prevention and control. This study was to assess the workplace hazards in mortuaries located in Port Harcourt City Area. Methods: Following ethical approval, this descriptive cross-sectional study recruited 100 eligible respondents from private and public mortuaries, respectively, balloted for from six known and registered mortuaries in Port Harcourt city. Respondents answered pre-tested, close-ended, structured, self-administered questionnaires which probed sociodemographics, occupational history, knowledge and behaviour towards hazards encountered while at the workplace. There was also an adapted checklist used for the walk-through survey of the study sites' identification and quantification of hazards. Data obtained were analysed and presented using descriptive and analytical statistical tools. Results: The study had mostly male (95%) respondents with only 15% having acquired tertiary education. The majority (94%) of the hazards respondents were exposed to were mechanical slips, trips and falls. The majority (93%) of respondents had safety training on the hazards associated with the mortuary, while 11% used personal protective equipment (PPE) always. Conclusion: Hazards abound in mortuaries in Port Harcourt City even though most workers had received training on hazards and hazards prevention. There was also a poor use of PPE. It is recommended that health education, provision, enforcement and monitoring of the use of PPE be intensified among this group of workers.
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Can Burton Be Original Again?
11:07 PM News , Pinocchio , Robert Downey Jr , Tim Burton , Warner Brothers No comments
News recently broke that Tim Burton is in talks with Warner Brothers to direct a new live-action Pinocchio with Robert Downey Jr. possibly set to star. This feels like the umpteenth time the children's book has been adapted in some form, however the ever so popular trend these days is a new twist, and here we will see the story of Pinocchio told from Geppetto's perspective. Despite of my lack of enthusiasm for this "new" version of Pinocchio, the news reminded me how badly I long for another original Tim Burton story. It seems like it has been forever, has it?
Over the last decade Tim Burton has directed eight movies (counting the stuff he's still currently in some form of production on), out of those eight movies, three have been original (one is actually a remake to Burton's own short Frankenweenie). So technically, only two movies have been original content, "Corpse Bride" and "Big Fish." The latter is last film of Burton's I not only enjoyed but loved and that was eight years ago! Most of Burton's best work has been from his own creations, not his twisted interpretation of some pre-established property. Outside of Batman and Pee-wee, every property he has taken on has ended up underwhelming. Titles like Planet of the Apes, Alice in Wonderland, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory all do nothing but leave me with a bad memory, meanwhile titles like Edward Scissorhands, Mars Attacks!, and Beetlejuice leave me with a whopping smile on my face. I crave those original stories. Even though Burton did not direct, The Nightmare Before Christmas is another perfect example of how powerful Burton's originality can be.
Back in October, on Halloween to be specific, my family and I went to see the Tim Burton exhibit at LACMA. This was a collection over his lifetime, from drawings to actually props from movies. Walking through this exhibit was extremely bitter-sweet. You saw just how many great ideas this visionary has had over the years. The art show was set up much like a timeline of Burton's life and there was this point when the exhibit lost its luster. Oddly enough that was right around the turn of the century when Burton got lost in remakes and adaptations. The collection gets real thin at this point too, no more elaborate and imaginative drawings just uninspired movie props like the straight-razors from 'Sweeney Todd' or the helmets from Planet of the Apes. It made me question if Burton's creative juices are dwindling. Has he lost his bone-daddy mojo? Where are the original stories like 'Scissorhands' and The Nightmare Before Christmas that awed us?
It seems we have entered a phase in Burton's career where he's happy just adapting the things he's always liked and not creating anything original. He just finished up shooting "Dark Shadows" an adaptation of a old Gothic TV show, prior to that was 'Sweeney Todd' and 'Wonderland,' both of which I'd rather forget. Alice in Wonderland made Disney enough cash that they agreed to let Burton develop a full-length version of Frankenweenie, which should please the Burton die-hard, but truthfully it works fantastically in short format and I'm not so sure we need 90 minutes of it. What we do need is Burton to dream up something new and original again. Hell I'd be interested in seeing him do another biography-style movie like Ed Wood. 'Wood' still happens to be my favorite movie Burton and Depp collaborated on.
Sadly it has become clear over the last decade that Tim Burton is in the business of making movies not making really good stories and this realization hurts. It is like losing a good friend. Since I was eight years old I followed Burton's every development. I remember begging my mom to take me to see Beetlejuice, the new movie from the director of Pee-wee's Big Adventure, and I want that feeling again. I loved Burton, now I just reminisce about the good old days. What makes this hurt even more is to know that Burton has enough pull and clout to challenge the studio system with some original content again. He doesn't have to continually regurgitate older stories with Burton's style. He could make actual new Burton material but does he want to? I'm starting to believe that Burton is just fine being a cog in the studio wheel continually turning out re-imaged property after re-imaged property.
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Xeelee vs The Following Alliance
Discussion in 'SciFi & Fantasy' started by ricrery, May 1, 2010.
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Xeelee have to waste their time on these fools:
Federation of Planets
Cardassians
Isaac Asimov's Galactic Empire
Dune Imperium
How fast do you think they stomp? 0.32 nanoseconds?
ricrery, May 1, 2010
Shogun Bleed White and Blue! Valued Senior Member
No Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Shogun, May 1, 2010
Shogun said: ↑
What the hell is that? Looking it up, I doubt they could beat the Xeelee.
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An awesome Sci-Fi anime that is really ownage.
So, still weaker than the Xeelee?
Having GIANT armadas ( I MEAN IT! ), mechs the size of galaxies ( and universes apparently )...... it is really awesome.
Xeelee live in a giant time loop, are indestructible to all but gravitational singularities and magnetic monopoles, can time travel nanoseconds after the Big Bang, change laws of physics, and hurl galaxies as bullets. Did I mention they are space-time defects?
What sci-fi it is from again?
I never said where it is from. It is from the Xeelee Sequence.
Oh, humans getting enslaved by the Qax, who find a Xeelee ship with a 3m gun that can do weird stuff. A human on it, figures out the purpose of the full power level, and shoots it at the Qax home star, and the star turns supernova, then the Qax lose control.
Humanity starts scavenging for more of this Xeelee tech, and they capture enough to push the Xeelee out of the galaxy, even though the Xeelee weren't attempting to fight back.
Later, they want to conquer more, so they leave the galaxy, but they can't conquer other galaxies controlled by Xeelee, so they withdraw.
Afterwords, the humans discover a Xeelee device the size of the universe's Great Attractor, and figure the Xeelee are planning on destroying the universe, so they fight back as hard as they can. They still get nowhere, but now, many millenniums later, the Xeelee are trapping human stars in virtually indestructible materials, so the humans fight back one more time, they lose everything and fall back to Earth, where the Xeelee contain them in a cube sized object many light years across from the inside. The remaining humans discover that they were just fighting these Dark Matter creatures called the "Photino Birds" who accelerate the aging of stars, and that humans were never a threat, but an annoyance at the best. They discover that the Xeelee were losing the war, and built the Ring to escape to a different universe, but the Xeelee also give all civilizations escape boats to the Ring, where they can choose which universe they want to go to. In the end, the narrator watches as the stars all die, and history ends. THE END.
End of the universe...sounds peachy ( sarcastic ). It sounds not bad.
They'd still win.
I think mechs the size of universes can easily destroy universes. I haven't watched much of Lagann, but I think the point of it was to stop the mech to fall into the wrong hands.
Irrelevant. Xeelee have galactic clusters as supercomputers, and that means they can hide in them, as well as the fact they come from a time loop meaning if the mech destroys them, then the future and past Xeelee will be unaffected. Then they can create a box smaller than the eye can see, but still being universe sized, teleport the mech into it, trap it by destroying the box, and victory. Mechs lose, deal with it.
It is not really a mech, seeing it is not mechanical, it is more of a spirit plus mech. The mech and disappear and appear somewhere else. It is summoned I think.
Still loses. Everything loses to the Xeelee, except the Sublime, Excession, and Downstreamers!
Not when the Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann have a super awesome drill
Except Xeelee erase that and trap the entire universe in a pocket dimension.
I know the obvious weakness of the Lagann but I am not telling you. Like I said, it is a spirit plus mech. I would love to see Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann drill massive holes in the universe.
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At-bats
Title: At-bats
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Not to be confused with Plate appearance.
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In baseball, an at bat (AB) or time at bat is used to calculate certain statistics, including batting average, on base percentage, and slugging percentage. It is a more restricted definition of a plate appearance. A batter starts with an at bat every time he faces a pitcher; however, the batter doesn't get an "at bat" in the following circumstances:
He receives a base on balls (BB).[1]
He is hit by a pitch (HBP).
He hits a sacrifice fly or a sacrifice hit (also known as sacrifice bunt).
He is awarded first base due to interference or obstruction, usually by the catcher.
The inning ends while he is still at bat (due to the third out being made by a runner caught stealing, for example). In this case, the batter will come to bat again in the next inning, though he now has no balls or strikes on him.
He is replaced by another hitter before his at bat is completed (unless he is replaced with two strikes and his replacement completes a strikeout).
Section 10.02.a.1 of the official rules of Major League Baseball defines an at bat as: "Number of times batted, except that no time at bat shall be charged when a player: (1) hits a sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly; (2) is awarded first base on four called balls; (3) is hit by a pitched ball; or (4) is awarded first base because of interference or obstruction..."[2]
2 At bat as a phrase
An at bat is counted when:
The batter reaches first base on a hit
The batter reaches first base on an error
The batter is called out for any reason other than as part of a sacrifice
There is a fielder's choice
At bat as a phrase
"At bat", "up", "up at bat", and "at the plate" are all phrases describing a batter who is facing the pitcher. Note that just because a player is described as being "at bat" in this sense, he will not necessarily be given an at bat in his statistics; the phrase actually signifies a plate appearance (assuming it is eventually completed). This ambiguous terminology is usually clarified by context. To refer explicitly to the technical meaning of "at bat" described above, the term "official at bat" is sometimes used.
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She didn't, strictly speaking, lie to her friends about her plans for Halloween night.
Her mermaid costume had its work out already, with a party she forced on the family earlier in the month, and her night was going to be spent doing 'family' stuff.
Which just so happened to mean patrol.
But Steph loved patrol on Halloween.
You'd think the rogues would be worse, but she always found them to lay low, probably because the Bat had gotten a little more… aggressive? with the kiddlywinks out and about. More protective.
Steph got that. She did too. Which is partially why she loved patrol so much on spook night.
She may or may not have blown money she didn't exactly have on a bunch of candy, but by God, Batgirl was gonna be a candy fairy tonight.
But first, she had to make sure the Brown house left the offerings for the neighborhood kids while the house was empty.
On the stoop, next to the Jack-o-lantern she found time to carve, a plastic bowl, with a note taped to it: 'Have a good night!'
No 'Take one', no 'please share', Steph knew kids well enough to know that they should. And if they didn't, well. Not much she could do about it.
Batgirl couldn't be everywhere.
The energy in Gotham on Halloween was always something that had to be felt for oneself. People were usually tense about something. The next 'big thing', when something crazy would happen, but on this night, they were the 'crazy ones' in masks, the nervous energy turned to excitement, a buzz that filled the air, and Steph lived for it.
Sure, she could just not patrol, and go off, join the parties, enjoy the relatively maintained chaos, but, well, she enjoyed what she did. Being there, just in case, traveling across the city and seeing all the costumes, all the setups, and being the candy fairy.
Group of kids not getting a response at a door or a building she was on? Batgirl would drop them some candy.
Guy crying on a stoop about his stupid boyfriend in the party? Have some candy, and a cape to cry into for a few minutes. (It wasn't like patrol was busy, after all)
Girl throwing up in an alley from partying a little too hard? Maybe some of this candy was mint? Let me hold your hair, you're gonna be sick again, I can see it, it's gonna be ok. Let it out. Watch your shoes.
The music from the different parties was always great, saved O, Proxy and anyone else that would have been on comms from dealing with Radio Batgirl, she may or may not have been spotted dancing on rooftops throughout the night.
By the time the sun was rising, and Gotham was winding down, settling into November first, Batgirl sat and watched the parade of people returning home, sipping her coffee exchanged for the last of her candy bars in her belt in the Starbucks (not that Bats needed to pay for coffee, but she wanted to give the poor doll with the cute pumpkin headband missing out on the festivities something for the night) taking in the last few moments of peace before the insanity that Thanksgiving and Christmas season brought Gotham.
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Hilton Head Island, SC — The Tennis Industry Association (TIA) is set to release its second annual “State of the Industry” report, which compiles key research from the trade association’s dozens of in-depth annual research studies and surveys into a top-line document that helps to “narrate the story of the tennis industry” for the past year. Key findings include data on the value of the overall tennis economy, participation and play frequency trends, equipment sales, and pro events.
Among the findings is the overall value of the total tennis economy in 2011, estimated to be $5.4 billion, down slightly from $5.6 billion in 2010. Components that help make up the total tennis economy figure include player participation data, equipment sales, facility revenue, lesson revenue, media revenue and TV coverage, and pro tour sponsor and spectator revenue.
“Like every other industry, the tennis industry has faced a series of challenges over the past few years due to the overall economy and consumers continuing to evaluate their discretionary spending,” says TIA President Jon Muir. “While these challenges continued through 2011, we are seeing signs that change and growth are ahead. Wholesale tennis equipment shipments increased significantly in the first quarter of 2012 compared to Q1 last year in several categories, combined with positive anecdotal evidence of an increase in frequent play and total play occasions so far in 2012.
“The number of frequent players declined in 2009 and 2010, but in 2011, that slide stopped,” adds Muir. “Frequent players account for more than 70% of tennis expenditures. Our goal as an industry is to increase the number of frequent players to 10 million by 2020, which would add about $3.9 billion to the tennis economy.”
In 2010 and 2011, says Muir, the TIA has been very focused on establishing clearer strategic platforms and increasing support and focus in several areas to achieve future growth and to help plug the “leaky bucket”—while the industry brought in nearly 6.9 million new players in 2011, that increase was offset by players leaving the game.
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#40531 - 07/20/10 01:28 AM Anton Lavey - Do you try to be like him?
Meatl Gear Meatl Gear
I think Anton LaVey had a lot of good ideas, but I do not try to match him step for step philosophically. What do you do? I view Lavey the same way I view Plato or Socrates. A philosopher, but not some sort of model to which I must conform perfectly. How do you view him? As a guidebook on how to live life, or as a man who had some ideas you agree with, others you disagree with.
#40532 - 07/20/10 01:36 AM Re: Anton Lavey - Do you try to be like him? [Re: Meatl Gear]
Morbid Rex Morbid Rex
I see him as a man who had interesting ideas which influenced me just as other thinkers and writers have. Lavey was my first introduction to the "Left Hand Path" and one of the first persons to really cause me to question the status quo, without reading his work I would probably be a different person today. So in short you can say Lavey changed my life just as anyone else with ideas I find or worthwhile may do so, but I do not try to live as him. I think anyone who tries to make themselves a caricature of Lavey would be regarded as a faker. As the saying goes Satanist are born not made.
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I am in agreement with Dr. LaVey, rather than being a follower of Dr. LaVey.
I don’t really follow The Satanic Bible, nor the conclusions reached in the other works of LaVey. I read those works and found that LaVey and I shared a similar perspective on the world, or picture of reality and human nature, and as a result I adopted a name which I feel defines me.
I did not know Dr. LaVey, he lives for me through his works, and through the stories and works of others who knew him.
I have been very interested in trying to draw the deepest possible meaning I could from those works, and I have also been interested in looking at as many of the influences and sources for LaVey’s work as I could.
Satanist’s aren’t really followers I think, but they may carefully choose teachers or advisers to assist them on their way towards real self awareness and clarity. LaVey is the teacher, the adviser.
Dr. LaVey was a very powerful magician and one can end up just being under the Lesser Magical power and influence of the man, rather than being an independently minded student.
#40548 - 07/20/10 03:14 PM Re: Anton Lavey - Do you try to be like him? [Re: Meatl Gear]
XiaoGui17 XiaoGui17
Loc: Austin, TX
I'll add my voice to this sentiment. I think it's downright creepy when people find some figure and fawn over that figure to the point where they imitate them in every respect and try to embody every nuance of what they say. Always think for yourself. The most dangerous thing is that figures who tell others to think for themselves are likely to become "surrogate thinkers" for those who like such an idea. Think of Ayn Rand and the creeptastic Objectivist cult, or the Church of Satan and "Sycophants Unite!" sentiment. Ironically, telling other people to be independent thinkers is a very effective manner for an individual to get others to think just like them.
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#40560 - 07/20/10 05:09 PM Re: Anton Lavey - Do you try to be like him? [Re: XiaoGui17]
Dan_Dread Dan_Dread
Loc: Vancouver, Canada
I am like LaVey in the sense that I agree with his philosophical grounding, and resonate with his description of what it means to be a Satanist.
With that said, to parrot someone else and accept ideas on faith rather than research things myself and come to my own conclusions would be very much at odds with that description.
I know there are many CoS types that see LaVey as some sort of infallible black jesus and hold every last opinion he had on ANYTHING to be Satanic cannon, but I am not one of those. I do think he would have looked down on those sorts anyway
#40570 - 07/20/10 07:32 PM Re: Anton Lavey - Do you try to be like him? [Re: Dan_Dread]
6Satan6Archist6 6Satan6Archist6
I am going to have to agree with Dan here. To be a Satanist is to be your own god, the master of your own universe; if you think that entails following someone else then you are missing the point.
There may be those whom you admire or would like to be like in certain ways but there is a line between admiration and imitation.
No gods. No masters.
#40584 - 07/20/10 11:03 PM Re: Anton Lavey - Do you try to be like him? [Re: 6Satan6Archist6]
Gods-6-elements Gods-6-elements
I would slap the shine off his head, he don't know shit about no real devils and lucifer.
#40605 - 07/21/10 05:31 AM Re: Anton Lavey - Do you try to be like him? [Re: Gods-6-elements]
Dimitri Dimitri
Originally Posted By: Gods-6-elements
The shine of his head.. didn't know LaVey gave light in the dark.
What makes you think there is a real devil?
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#40634 - 07/21/10 11:33 PM Re: Anton Lavey - Do you try to be like him? [Re: Gods-6-elements]
Clicks Clicks
Loc: New Orleans
Great application of English. In your other thread it was pointed out that you need to exercise an understanding of proper english here, whether it be a literature forum or not, as you made point of mentioning in your thread. Your wording here makes you seem sarcastic, even though it should be clear that you are not, still by reference of your thread.
Now, there is a common understanding here that there are no real devils, or a Luficer. You are free to express your opinions and ideas, but please do it in a more civilized and thoughtful manner.
Also, watch the one-liners.
Edited by Clicks (07/21/10 11:34 PM)
Edit Reason: Mention of one-liner.
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#40644 - 07/22/10 02:43 AM Re: Anton Lavey - Do you try to be like him? [Re: Clicks]
straif straif
I think it's useful to take bits and pieces of all types of thinkers, regardless of what religious or political affiliation they may have as nearly everyone has at least one thought that can benefit you. Of course it's up to us to pick and choose who we decide to listen to, but to completely follow one person is to stifle your own creativity. To completely follow anyone but yourself is death, really.
The Dalai Lama once said "be the change you wish to see in the world". Be who you want to be, mold yourself into the being you want.
It's ok to use the tools of Lavey, Plato, Freud, Nietzsche, Tzu, etc. to create who you want to be. I think the issue is that a lot of people use the tools to re-create the thinker within themselves, and that is were they get stuck.
#40651 - 07/22/10 04:27 PM Re: Anton Lavey - Do you try to be like him? [Re: straif]
TheInsane TheInsane
Originally Posted By: straif
This is a very good point and also the reason why I generally shun all labels. Even if I may move pretty freely within whatever I label myself as I always end up feeling stuck somewhat. Sometimes in what I may try to be and sometimes in what others expect me to be.
My way of learning new things often involves a kind of faked support for whatever it is I read about. If I am studying Plato I try to be Plato and if I study anarchism I try to be an anarchist. Not in action necessarily but in though. Its a great method but sometimes I have to watch myself to not get stuck i previously traveled tracks and realize I have to find my own way. This all happens automatically for me - its the way I work.
In general I shun people who pick one philosopher or one book and try to justify their claim by quoting or referring to them. This to me is the first sign of close-mindedness. What impresses me is a broad knowledge and also signs that the subject in question has draw his or her own conclusions from the source material so it is not about just parroting someone else.
#40653 - 07/22/10 05:29 PM Re: Anton Lavey - Do you try to be like him? [Re: TheInsane]
Well put about drawing your own conclusions. I remember that when I first heard that Dalai Lama quote it was in class. The teacher wanted us to write about it, I wrote about how the world needs more people who are strong willed and say what they really feel and less people who advocate complete political correctness as this simply bring about weakening the general populous into complacency. I wrote about how it is ok to fix a wrong when someone has wronged you, and how this is the only true justice there is, when you look at the non-human world only the strong survive, by incorporating a "justice" system that does not work you harm the human's nature and since we can't "legally" do anything about it, you have more people who are unhappy with their lives, their jobs, which leads to compulsive behavior.
this teacher asked me to read the paper to the class as i was the only person who went off in a tangent in the complete opposite direction as everyone else.
Most students felt that since it was the Dalai Lama then he certainly meant something peaceful, while my general stance was to actually interpret rather than spew it back.
jesusbeater jesusbeater
Loc: Ireland
I think La vey was more about following ones own individuality rather than mimicking him, so in that way,I would be similar, but thats the point of Satanism, individuality over conformity.
In the late 60s and 70s communication was nothing like it was today so it was great to read a book(rather than a blog) where some one shared similar opposing ideas to the norm.It made you feel part of a community or a group. I think alot of people that call them Satanists don't even understand this very basic concept and try and emulate other senior Satanists and the message falls on deaf ears.
crabpeople...crabpeople
I remember a similar scenario. It must have been the first or second day of University for me several years back. I was studying religion and the very first thing we did was to have a discussion about "the core of religion". As usual, I sat silent and listened to what everyone had to say and the theories were many. Most common where the opinions that the actual core or religion was "God" or "love". And some tried to define these concepts as well.
And then after about an hour I decided to state my opinion after having listened to everyone. I basically said one sentence and it turned everything on its head. It might not be strange at a board like this but here it was. I said "who said there is a core at all?" or something along those lines.
My, then soon-to-be, professor smiled and said that this is what the lecture was all about - thinking outside of the box - and that I was the first one to do so. Everyone else that spoke their mind seemed bound by their own religious faith or the popular image of religion in general. SInce then I was the teachers pet because I never said what they expected me to say
Knievel74 Knievel74
Loc: NY
It's never a good idea to "follow" someone else's beliefs or philosophy. Either you naturally think like them or you don't. If you decide to change your ideals and live to be like them then you're denying who you really are and what you can accomplish.
A friend of mine is going through some hard times, emotionally. He asked if I could lend him the Satanic Bible. He read it years ago and although he agrees with some of it's content, he doesn't naturally live his life as a Satanist. At first, I was going to lend him the book but then I had to change my mind when I realized that he would only use the book as a temporary bandage for his wounds. Since he's in such bad shape it might do him harm since he'll be reading it from an emotionally charged state. He might try to change the person he is and make things worse for himself.
Also, I know someone who's busy trying to "be" someone else. It's no coincidence that he's an alcoholic and pothead. He's so busy trying to escape from who he really is and have people perceive him as something he's not, he doesn't know how lost he truly is.
Instead of trying emulate someone else, you should accomplish so much for yourself and become so powerful in the world that other suckers..um..I mean people, will try to emulate you
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A Real Miracle in a B-17
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Navigator- Harry C. Nuessle
Bombardier- Ralph Burbridge
Engineer- Joe C. James
Radio Operator – Paul A. Galloway
Ball Turret Gunner- Elton Conda
Waist Gunner- Michael Zuk
Tail Gunner- Sam T. Sarpolus
Ground Crew Chief- Hank Hyland
In 1943 a mid-air collision on February 1, 1943,
Between a B-17 and a German fighter over the Tunis dock area became the subject of one of the most famous photographs of WW II.
An enemy fighter attacking a 97th Bomb Group formation went out of control, probably with a wounded pilot, then continued its crashing descent
Into the rear of the fuselage of a Flying Fortress named “All American “, piloted by Lt. Kendrick R. Bragg, of the 414th Bomb Squadron.
When it struck, the fighter broke apart, but left some pieces in the B-17. The left horizontal stabilizer of the Fortress and left elevator were completely torn away; the two right engines were out and one on the left had a serious oil pump leak. The vertical fin and the rudder had been damaged. The fuselage had been cut almost completely through connected only at two small parts of the frame.
And the radios, electrical and oxygen systems were damaged, there was also a hole in the top that was over 16-feet long and 4 feet wide at its widest;
The split in the fuselage went all the way to the top gunner’s turret.
Although the tail actually bounced and swayed in the wind and twisted when the plane turned and all the control cables were severed, except one single elevator cable still worked, and the aircraft miraculously still flew!
The tail gunner was trapped because there was no floor connecting the tail to the rest of the plane.
The waist and tail gunners used parts of the German fighter and their own parachute harnesses in an attempt to keep the tail from ripping off and the two sides of the fuselage from splitting apart.
While the crew was trying to keep the bomber from coming apart, the pilot continued on his bomb run and released his bombs over the target.
When the bomb bay doors were opened, the wind turbulence was so great that it blew one of the waist gunners into the broken tail section
It took several minutes and four crew members to pass him ropes from parachute and haul him back into the forward part of the plane.
When they tried to do the same for the tail gunner, the tail began flapping so hard that it began to break off. The weight of the gunner was adding some stability to the tail section, so he went back to his position.
The turn back toward England had to be very slow to keep the tail from twisting off.
They actually covered almost 70 miles to make the turn home.
The bomber was so badly damaged that it was losing altitude and speed and was soon alone in the sky.
For a brief time, two more Me-109 German fighters attacked the All American .
Despite the extensive damage, all of the machine gunners were able to respond to these attacks and soon drove off the fighters.
The two waist gunners stood up with their heads sticking out through the hole in the top of the fuselage to aim and fire their machine guns. The tail gunner had to shoot in short bursts because the recoil was actually causing the plane to turn.
Allied P-51 fighters intercepted the All American as it crossed over the Channel
And took one of the pictures shown.
They also radioed to the base describing that the appendage was waving like a fish tail.
And that the plane would not make it and to send out boats to rescue the crew when they bailed out.
The fighters stayed with the Fortress, taking hand signals from Lt. Bragg and relaying them to the base.
Lt. Bragg signaled that 5 parachutes and the spare had been “used”, so five of the crew could not bail out.
He made the decision that if they could not bail out safely, then he would stay with the plane to land it.
Two and a half hours after being hit, the aircraft made its final turn
To line up with the runway while it was still over 40 miles away.
It descended into an emergency landing and a normal roll-out on its landing gear
When the ambulance pulled alongside, it was waved off because not a single member of the crew had been injured.
No one could believe that the aircraft could still fly in such a condition.
The Fortress sat placidly until the crew all exited through the door in the fuselage and the tail gunner had climbed down a ladder, at which time the entire rear section of the aircraft collapsed.
This old bird had done its job and brought the entire crew home uninjured.
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I had a few reasons for doing this. There were the usual "because it's there" and "why not?" reasons, plus it was close, just down the road in Preston so the logistics were easy. But the main reason was to see if under near-perfect conditions I could improve significantly on my last two 100 mile performances.
The short answer is, I couldn't.
Before the midday start on Saturday it was all pretty exciting. I knew loads of people there, and Gill, David, Michael, Matt and Gina were all racing so there was a really good buzz early on as we all got set up. The first few hours passed pretty quickly as we all trotted around happily enough in the sunshine. One guy Nick was hammering it a bit early on, but other than that we were all just coming off the track at various points and chatting with each other as we went along. David's wife Jan turned up in the afternoon (and again later on) with Callipos which was awesome, and we all ordered pizza from Dominos at about 8pm which was neat.
My goal had involved running 1 hour 10ks pretty much until I fell apart, and rely on having a strong walk to get me through the last few hours, but I was behind that by quite a bit after 8 hours, and by midnight I was following the same pattern as my last two 100s, slowing down, and with the growing sense that I had a lot of walking and pain ahead of me.
By 2am a few of the runners had gone to sleep in their tents - I hadn't brought one, and nor had Nick, who at this point was bloody miles ahead of me, so we just kept going. We didn't really chat much though, as he was stopping, resting, and then running a fast lap in the time it was taking me to run 2 slowly without stopping. Despite the fact he was suffering from his quick start, there was no way I was catching him. My legs were fine, but I was just knackered and struggling to stay awake, or eat anything. If I'd had any sense (or crew) this is the point I'd have switched from drinking water to drinking the high-5 carb drink I brought with me for exactly that situation, but I'd run about 120km at that point and wasn't especially sharp.
So I just kept trudging, shuffling, trudging and shuffling, and edging my way closer to my main target of 100 miles.
At about 8am Sunday morning I perked up a bit, had a bacon and egg roll and a caffeine gel, and felt a whole lot better. I started running again, and was soon knocking off laps in groups of five with short walking breaks in between. All of a sudden I hit 100 miles with an hour and twenty minutes to go (a PB by 35 minutes) and all was looking ok. A bit more running and shuffling along and I eventually hit 104.5 miles when the horn sounded for us to stop.
I was happy enough with that, and pleased that I'd made my main goals of still being on the track at the end, and hitting 100 miles. I came second too which was kind of neat, although the gaps between us all were so big in the last few hours there wasn't much drama on that score. Me and David won the team competition too, by about 70km in the end I think!
At the end of the race everyone was buzzing, and pretty much everyone had met or smashed the target they came with, and it was great to properly be able to thank the amazing volunteers from the local Scout group who had been looking after and encouraging us for the whole race. There was a bit of wait afterwards while they got our certificates ready, and we all hobbled around to one of the sports halls for the presentation where I picked up a certificate, whisky and glass set and £10 Waterstones voucher for 2nd place, and another certificate and a bottle of wine for mine and David's team win.
On reflection I'm a bit disappointed that the night stage whacked me out so badly again. It'll be a while before I go for anything that long again, but when I do I think I'm going to try and get some help crewing or pacing. I had everything there to get me out of the doldrums during the night (caffeine gels, carb drink for when I didn't feel like eating etc.), I was just too knackered to realise and use it.
windermere marathon
Third time at Windermere, just a steady one before the Foxton 24. Ran with Gill and Adam for the first hour or so which was cool, and then just plodded on at 4 hour pace. Stopped for an ice-cream at 20 miles which was nice, and then finished in 4:00:16, no drama.
stroud trails marathon
Awesome race, had a great time, despite it nearly killing me. Only 2,500ft of ascent, but most of it's at the end in a hilarious "bet you thought that was the last hill didn't you?" finish. Route was sparsely marked and the maps they gave out were shit - not surprised a lot of people got lost, I only survived by following people who knew the route from last year. There was sod all to eat at the CPs too, just jelly babies at some of them which wasn't great.
milton keynes marathon
Really good fun, nice sunny day, top marshals all the way round and a stadium finish, top race!
blackpool marathon
Good bits: Lovely weather, ran well, nice even splits and a strong finish for 3:27, and a nice medal.
Bad bits: Another shockingly organised event from Fylde Coast Running. Loads of people's chips didn't work, and as I was about to turn onto the prom for the last km a marshal shouted me up onto the main road and directed me the wrong way. Checked with the next two marshals who all said it was the right way , and then another marshal who said it wasn't and directed me back, and up the finish chute the wrong way. Loads of people were told the same, and even after I'd finished, told them what had happened and had a chat with a few of the finishers people were still being sent the wrong way. There's only three things you need to not screw up in a race like that, water, route and times, and apparently people towards the back were missing water as some of the aid stations had packed up. Not doing any of their races again, way too expensive for the fun-run organisation.
Calderdale hike
Hilly as a bastard. Came fourth in like 5:25 or something.
round reservoir marathon
Was a lovely day, should've worn road shoes tho. No drama, 3:40 or something.
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CHAPTER 25*
Against Ammon. 1The word of the LORD came to me: 2Son of man, turn toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them.a 3Say to the Ammonites: Hear the word of the LORD! Thus says the Lord GOD: Because you jeered at my sanctuary when it was desecrated, at the land of Israel when it was destroyed, and at the house of Judah when they went into exile, 4therefore I am giving you to people from the east* as a possession. They shall set up their encampments among you and pitch their tents in your midst; they shall eat your produce and drink your milk.b 5And I will turn Rabbah into a pasture for camels and all of Ammon into a grazing place for flocks. Then you shall know that I am the LORD.
6For thus says the Lord GOD: Because you rejoiced over the land of Israel with scorn in your heart, clapping your hands and stamping your feet, 7therefore, see, I am stretching out my hand against you and giving you up as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and wipe you out of the lands. I will destroy you, and you shall know that I am the LORD.c
Against Moab. 8d Thus says the Lord GOD: Because Moab said, “See! the house of Judah is like all the other nations,” 9therefore, I am exposing the whole flank of Moab* with its cities, the jewels of its land: Beth-jesimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim. 10I will hand it over, along with the Ammonites, to the people from the east that it may not be remembered among the nations. 11I will execute judgment upon Moab that they may know that I am the LORD.e
Against Edom. 12f Thus says the Lord GOD: Because Edom took vengeance on the house of Judah and incurred terrible guilt by taking vengeance on them, 13therefore thus says the Lord GOD: I will stretch out my hand against Edom and cut off from it human being and beast alike. I will turn it into ruins from Teman to Dedan; they shall fall by the sword.g 14I will put my vengeance against Edom into the hands of my people Israel; they will deal with Edom in accord with my furious anger. Thus they shall know my vengeance!—oracle of the Lord GOD.h
Against the Philistines. 15Thus says the Lord GOD: Because the Philistines acted vengefully and exacted vengeance with intentional malice, destroying with undying hostility,i 16therefore thus says the Lord GOD: See! I am stretching out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites* and wipe out the remnant on the seacoast. 17Thus I will execute great acts of vengeance on them, punishing them furiously. Then they shall know that I am the LORD, when I wreak my vengeance on them.
* [25:1–32:32] These chapters form a body of oracles directed against foreign nations. They follow the prophet’s condemnation of Judah and oracles announcing its destruction. The unit precedes the announcement of Judah’s salvation in chaps. 33–48.
* [25:1–17] Ezekiel condemns four nations for their reactions to Judah’s destruction and exile: Ammon to the east (vv. 2–7); Moab to the southeast (vv. 8–11); Edom to the south (vv. 12–14); Philistia to the west (vv. 15–17). Their hostility was not unprovoked; at one time or another, each one either lost territory to Israel or had been under Israelite control.
* [25:4] People from the east: nomadic tribes from the desert east of Ammon and Moab (cf. Is 11:14; Jer 49:28), often a threat to outlying towns and villages.
* [25:9] The whole flank of Moab: the eastern edge of the Moabite plateau, perhaps lightly fortified because the vast desert to the east provided a natural barrier to invasion.
* [25:16] Cherethites: people from the island of Crete in the Aegean, the Philistines’ point of origin. In Zep 2:5, the terms “Philistines,” “Cherethites,” and “seacoast people” describe the same group of people.
a. [25:2] Jer 49:1–6; Am 1:13–15; Zep 2:8–11.
b. [25:4] Dt 28:33, 51.
c. [25:7] Am 1:14–15.
d. [25:8] Sir 50:26; Is 15–16; Jer 48; Am 2:1–3.
e. [25:11] Am 2:1–3.
f. [25:12] 2 Sm 8:13–14; 2 Chr 28:17; Ob 11–14.
g. [25:13] cf. Ez 35; Is 34:5–17; 63:1–6; Jer 49:7–11.
h. [25:14] cf. Ez 35:11.
i. [25:15] Is 14:29–31; Jer 47:1–7; Am 1:6–8; Zep 2:4–7.
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Frozen Skies Session 4: Unexpected Allies And Likely Foes
Go Forth With Session Four!
A full house again as Tag's player joined us after having to miss the last session, thus enabling much advancement and development of plot. These past couple of sessions have proven that great flexibility as a GM is required as what I had planned to happen and what ended up happening because of circumstance were two different things. Though managed to get things pretty close to being back on track in this last session, so feeling a little bit of a sense of achievement with that.
Meanwhile...
Last session saw most of the crew fall down a hole and enjoy an adventure of their own, Tag (mainly because his player wasn't there) didn't fall down the hole and so the start of the session was going through what he got up to. Seeing that he wasn't able to help the others, Tag opted to go and hire a new crew. He visited one of the nearby taverns, after spotting the female sky pirates from earlier enter it, and he spoke to the bartender about where to look for a new crew. Bartender informed him that most folk tended to gravitate towards one of the big established outfits, though there are still plenty of loners down by the air-docks who could be convinced to join.
Tag headed back to where the Waylander was berthed, found a crate to stand on and started a showman routine to attract potential recruits. Though he didn't have the Persuasion skill and thus had to roll it unskilled, I let him have a +2 bonus as he role-played his recruitment pitch. I then said a success on the roll would give him two new recruits and each raise would give him another recruit; he managed to get a couple of raises on the roll and so gained four new recruits. He got the new recruits billeted away on the airship and then set about drawing up plans for tackling the poachers.
One of the female sky pirates from earlier was spotted loitering around outside the airship, so Tag went over and spoke to her. The sky pirate informed Tag that her 'boss' would like very much to speak to him and asked him to follow her back to their own airship. Enroute, the sky pirate pointed out the skyship the crew had spotted when they first arrived in Broken Spires. She then pointed out an airship near to it as belonging to her outfit, then said that the skyship belonged to one of the local crime lords who've dubbed themselves 'Sky Captains'. She also told Tag that the Sky Captains were not people to be messed with and it was generally a good idea to steer clear of them.
Eventually Tag was led to the Banshees' own airship, the Raven, and taken aboard. Among the things Tag noticed were; a hanger fitted with 12 fighters that seemed to have some sort of box underneath their noses, the airship seemed to be maintained to near enough military standards and the crew appeared to be well disciplined in addition to wearing roughly the same basic uniform. He was finally taken to the quarters of the Banshees' leader who identified herself as 'Captain Rogan'. Having introduced herself, Captain Rogan said she'd heard about the misfortune of Tag's crew and that she had a proposition for Tag; She would help Tag in exchange for an undisclosed favour to be called in at a later date.
But first she wanted to know why Tag and his crew were in Broken Spires to begin with, which Tag told her was to do with a gang of poachers led by a certain Travis Perkins. Rogan admitted that she was aware of the gang, that they were independent and that she was more than happy to help take the poachers down. With support from the Banshees agreed, Tag was escorted out but he took the opportunity to take in as much details as he could about the Banshees' airship. Tag then did a recce on the poachers' compound and began hatching a plan.
An Unexpected Rescue
Out in the wilderness, the rest of the gang spotted a pair of aircraft that turned out to belong to the Banshees. The pilots informed the gang that they'd been ordered to look for them, this was part of the 'help' that Rogan offered. The gang were given a lift back to Broken Spires, though cramped and uncomfortable which required Vigor roll to avoid a level of Fatigue from Bumps and Bruises.
Tag and the gang were reunited, though the meeting was tinged with a pinch of awkwardness as Tag was prepping the new crew for the upcoming attack on the compound. Tag quickly filled them in on the plan, though it was clear that Herbert had a head injury (from the previous session) and so had to sit this one out (his player played one of the new NPC crewmembers).
The first part of the attack on the poacher's compound was the Banshees' airship conducting a bombing run against three of the four guardtowers of the compound. The first tower was damaged and its occupants killed, the second tower was completely obliterated whilst the third tower was largely unaffected as the bombs went wide and hit the building Sebastian and a crewman were sniping from. Sebastian and the crewman sniped the fourth guard tower, managing to down one of the two guys within it and resulted in a drawn-out sniper duel for the rest of the battle.
The rest of the gang commandeered a truck and crash their way in through the gates of the compound, George manned a heavy machine gun fitted to the back of the truck and mowed down everyone in the courtyard. The others dismount and take cover by the trucks parked in the compound, all took potshots as Tag's other crew and a squad of the Banshees charged in behind the gang. George raked the loading bay of the sole building within the compound, gradually counting for a good number of the poachers. Tag's other crew supported the gang as they moved up to the center of the loading bay, the Banshees flanked round to either end of the building. Alex attempted an Intimidation roll which seemed to have marginal effects.
By this point Alex had taken a wound (guts on the Injury Table), plus Sebastian and his crewman companion were in a sniper duel with the survivors of the third tower. It was the Banshees who stormed the building and mowed down the surviving poachers, thus allowing for the gang to move in and help secure the building. When he entered the building, Tag called out for Travis to show himself and got a hail of bullets as a reply which did two wounds (again, guts result on the table). Tag then ordered everyone to open fire on Travis, it was the crewman controlled by Herbert's player who managed the 'killing blow' by acing his damage roll and brought the poacher low.
Travis managed to pass a Vigor and though he took an injury to the guts, it was only temporary. Tag ordered the crew to load what they could onto the trucks, which included five dragonhawk eggs. Travis' fate was to be brought before Captain Rogan who had him thrown into the brig to stew until she decides what to do with him.
The crew of the Waylander then made preparations to leave Broken Spires, though they were already forming plans to sell one of the eggs....
As I said earlier, things happened differently to what I had planned. Ultimately things got back onto track and the adventure is pretty close to being wrapped up as planned.
I had expected the group to seek to sell some of the eggs, especially when they learnt the value of the eggs on the black market. It looks like they'll try to sell at least one of the eggs and hand the others to the windryders. Least it seems that they'll get some interaction with the windryders.
Tag's player wishes to acquire a bigger airship and go more independent (they're currently working for a logging company), though the legality of his and the groups' future adventures remain to be seen. They do have a job from Ardan Gowan waiting for them.
Herbert 9 July 2018 at 22:40
TRAAVIIIIIIIS
https://i.makeagif.com/media/7-27-2014/LPnRUg.gif
(also I'm calling railroading on this 'get things pretty close to being back on track' lark. Terrible GMing 0/10; reporting to the authorities)
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There are many problems in our modern world which could have been prevented or reduced if we had used the law of Moses to regulate our world. When we look at the principles, we can see just how wise the law was.
a) Equal division of wealth
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Land was wealth in Moses’ time. When the land of Israel was to be divided, Moses was told:
And you shall divide the land by lot as an inheritance among your families; to the larger you shall give a larger inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give a smaller inheritance. Numbers 33 v 54
The wealth of the nation was to be shared out equally. But that did not prevent individual families from becoming poor when, for various reasons, they got into debt. They would then have to borrow money or sell parts of their land to keep going.
The law of the Year of Jubilee (every fiftieth year) ensured that eventually they got their land back again:
In this Year of Jubilee, each of you shall return to his possession. Leviticus 25 v 13
This law very wisely prevented families from permanently losing their land.
The amount of money they could raise by selling their land was controlled by the number of years to the next Jubilee, when they would get their land back again and have a fresh start:
According to the number of years after the Jubilee you shall buy from your neighbour, and according to the number of years of crops he shall sell to you. According to the multitude of years you shall increase its price, and according to the fewer number of years you shall diminish its price; for he sells to you according to the number of the years of the crops. Leviticus 25 v 15 and 16
We can see the wisdom of this law, which would prevent rich fortunate families having large estates and poor unfortunate families having no land and so no means of getting out of debt.
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The Law of Moses ensured:
Wealth was equally distributed
Transfer of land ownership was restricted
Extremes of wealth and poverty prevented
b) A day of rest
The law of Moses introduced a compulsory day of rest once a week:
Six days you shall labour and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the
Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your
male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your
gates. Exodus 20 v 9 and 10
We now know that a regular day of rest is beneficial to both people and animals. When this idea is ignored, people cannot work efficiently.
The Law of Moses wisely recommended that work was to be restricted to six days a week
c) Treatment of criminals
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The law of Moses was radically different from modern ideas of treating criminals, in that there were no prisons. Criminals were responsible for their actions.
If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and slaughters it or sells it, he shall restore five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep. Exodus 22 v 1
The thief had to recompense his victim. Provision was made for the case when he could not repay:
…if he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. Exodus 22 v 3
The thief was sold as a servant so that the victim could be repaid. The thief would have to work to pay back what he had stolen. This is much wiser than locking the thief up in prison where he is a burden on society and the poor victim has to suffer the loss!
Criminals were to responsible for their deeds
The victim must be recompensed
Criminals were not a burden on society
d) Consideration for others
If the ideas in Exodus 23 verses 1 to 9 were followed, our world would be a much more pleasant place:
Exodus 23 v 1 You shall not circulate a false report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Slander and perjury would be things of the past.
2 You shall not follow a crowd to do evil
Mob violence would not occur. Trouble often arises when lots of people get together in gangs.
3 You shall not show partiality to a poor man in his dispute.
6 You shall not pervert the judgment of your poor in his dispute.
Everyone would be treated equally. Many modern laws tend to favour the rich who can afford expensive “legal action”.
4 If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.
People would help those they disliked.
5 If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying under its burden, and you would refrain from helping it, you shall surely help him with it.
8 And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the discerning and perverts the words of the righteous.
Bribery would not be allowed. A lot of wrong can be covered up by bribery.
9 Also you shall not oppress a stranger, for you know the heart of a stranger, because you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Oppression of people of other nations would stop. Much trouble in our world is a result of racial hatred.
Under the Law of Moses:
Deceit and lying were forbidden
Mob violence was prohibited
There was equal justice for poor and rich
Consideration for others to be shown at all times
Bribery was not allowed
Racial hatred was not allowed
How did Moses come up with such a remarkable civil law that is ahead of our time in some respects.
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Board index » PJ Harvey Forums » On the Run Again
Reading Festival 1992
Moderator: mart
Post subject: Reading Festival 1992
Can anyone confirm the setlist from this gig? I can remember her playing more than what was broadcast and there was an audience recording circulating for a while but I never managed get hold of a copy. I do remember she was a bit grumpy with one song and stopped playing and restarted from the beginning; I think it was Highway but it might have been something else...
Anyway, any info would be much appreciated!
Kuk91
Post subject: Re: Reading Festival 1992
"Ecstasy / O Stella / Dress / Highway '61 Revisited / Sheela-Na-Gig / Man-Size". There's a soundboard recording that is featured on "Build Me A Woman" and "The Secret Solo Show" bootlegs, I've listened to it many times, but there's no "false starts" - maybe it got cut out.
These are 128kbps mp3s, but IMO they sound better: http://www.mediafire.com/download/nkt1qqagtfdttt1/0000000-r29.rar.
DrDark
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Just adding some background to kuk91's info for 1992-08-28 (Reading):
(Semi-authoritative) list of all PJH setlists is here:
http://pjharveyshows.thegardenforum.org/
The James Blandford (2004) PJH biography has a very good bootlegography as Appendix 2 detailing which Reading tracks are on "Build me a Woman" and "The Secret Solo show"
dbEtree shows 1992-08-28 as audio only:
http://db.etree.org/lookup_show.php?shows_key=195021
but video from this gig does exist for Dress and Sheela-na-gig.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JelqPcoaAB8"
I think she played for nearly an hour, most of the radio sets that have been broadcast were edited down quite a bit. I've still got the programme somewhere - it might have the timetable in which should give some clues for how long she played (but would mean me having to go into the loft).
I wish I'd bought the audience recording when I had the chance - back in those days you could buy them at the market about an hour after the set for about £3..
OK, I managed to find my programme;
Even allowing 20 minutes for the handover between acts, she would have been on for approximately 50-55 mins - I reckon she played at least another 4, maybe 5 songs (not including Highway again). Someone must still have a copy of the tape - I'd be surprised if there wasn't an audience vhs at the time too; there certainly was for P.I.L. who were on next.
Do you remember if "Ecstasy" actually was the first track? And have they played "Rid of Me"?
As far as her setlists from 1992 go, I think it's pretty safe to say what other songs she could have played: "Dry", "Hair", "Joe", "Me-Jane", "Victory" and "Water" at the encore (if there was one).
On the similar note:
1992-08-12 - CBGB's - NEW YORK, NY, USA:
Set List - Rid Of Me / Sheela-Na-Gig / Dress / Hair / Dry / Joe / Victory / O Stella / Highway 61 Revisited / Me-Jane / Man-size / Water.
Does somebody knows from where this setlist came from? It's pretty unusual - i thought they never broke this album chain of "O Stella" and "Dress".
I don't think she played an encore but it was so long ago I can't remember any details apart from her restarting the song. She must have played Rid Of Me but even that is a guess - it was the first time I saw her and not knowing the actual set drives me crazy!!!
Location: The Shire
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/pj-harvey ... 0cc51.html
http://www.last.fm/user/dickie034
http://www.setlist.fm/user/dickie034
dickie wrote:
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/pj-harvey/1992/little-johns-farm-reading-england-33d0cc51.html
Yeah, I saw that - its not a bad pointer, don't know how much I trust it though!
I found a couple of blogs about the festival but neither is great..
The first thinks Dress was her second song:
http://gigbook.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/2 ... l.html?m=1
The second reckons Sheela Na Gig was the last song
http://corben-dallas.blogspot.co.uk/201 ... l.html?m=1
..but neither adds anything useful or definitive.
The weirdest thing is Wikipedia says "the band also received significant coverage at the Reading Festival in 1992" - there's the Radio 1 broadcast, the 2 songs shown on ITV (on The Beat) and a Melody Maker review. I can't find any other detail at all!
czuczu wrote:
"the band also received significant coverage at the Reading Festival in 1992"
Maybe Wikipedia confused them with "Nirvana"? )))
...there's the Radio 1 broadcast, the 2 songs shown on ITV (on The Beat) and a Melody Maker review. <...>
For the beginners as they were, I guess, it is a "significant coverage".
Kuk91 wrote:
The original gigography was put together by Gerri Sferrazza, and we subsequently worked on it together for a couple of years. She was very meticulous, and I've tried to be the same. We considered the best setlists to be actual recordings of course, although even then, some bootlegs are of mixed shows. Then after that, people who had attended the shows came forward with setlists, hopefully the actual stage list or sometimes from memory. After that, it just gets too sketchy.
Click to see the PJ Harvey Gigography
This is the NME's review (5th Sept 1992 issue); they confirm one song was restarted but think it was a new one not Highway. No idea what the 'new' ones were, they had already been playing quite a few from Rid Of Me for a while...
Annoyingly, the small ads bit at the back of the paper offers recordings of all Reading 92 sets - I guess 25 years later is a bit too late to send a SAE
jph
I had a tape of this gig my friend recorded (we used to record every show) but no idea if I still have it. The re-started song was the three piece band rendition of "M-Bike". Hilarious it was too. They got through first verse or so before one of them went out of rhythm (I think it was Rob, the song has a strange time signature) and Polly stopped it. All in good humour mind... As far as I remember this was the only time they played M-Bike as a band but I could be wrong... I remember loving that version immensely.
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Surge in calls after Medomsley Detention Centre abuse probe re-opens
By Rachel Wearmouth
Surge in calls comes after Medomsley Detention Centre sex abuse investigation appears on the BBC's Inside Out programme
Neville Husband
More than 100 people have contacted police this week as claims that a sex abuse scandal at a North East detention centre was covered up are investigated.
Durham Police re-opened a probe into Medomsley Detention Centre, near Consett, County Durham, last autumn after revelations of abuse in the late 1970s and early 1980s came to light in 2003.
It is thought hundreds of boys were targeted by sexual predators at the facility, which has since closed, and detectives have now said they are probing whether a cover up masked the full extent of the scandal.
Following a BBC Inside Out programme on Monday night which included a police appeal for witnesses or victims to get in touch, 108 people contacted police.
It is not yet clear how many of the people who responded are victims, witnesses or people with information about the case.
Medomsley Detention Centre made headlines in 2003 when two men who once worked there were prosecuted.
Predatory prison guard Neville Husband, a serial abuser of young boys who has since died, was convicted for sex attacks on nine youngsters while working at the centre.
Husband, from Shotley Bridge, County Durham , became a minister of Brighton Road and Cromer Avenue URC churches in Gateshead after 27 years in the prison service.
He was jailed for 12 years, and store man Leslie Johnson for six. Both men are now dead but the fight for justice goes on.
Solicitor David Greenwood, who is now representing 53 alleged victims, is calling for an independent inquiry into the facility.
He said: “There is clear evidence of prison officers turning a blind eye to serious and systematic abuse at Medomsley.
“I have also spoken to men who suffered serious and systematic physical abuse at other detention centres throughout the country.
“Future generations need to understand how and why state officials colluded in this way and to learn how to prevent it in the future.
“The intensity of the horrific abuse meted out at Medomsley has meant that many men have felt embarrassed or ashamed at coming forward previously.
“Now that they know that the police are taking the case seriously and are actively pursuing the perpetrators, many survivors of Medomsley feel able to come forward. They can do so anonymously.
“I would like to add that the brave men who have come forward to the police will be dealt with by skilled and sympathetic officers. Counselling will be offered. If justice is not achieved through prosecutions I am ready to help survivors achieve justice through the civil compensation process. My ultimate aim is to improve the quality of life for these men.” Det Supt Paul Goundry said police are now working with all of the individuals who have been in touch following the programme.
He said: “While we expect the vast majority of these will be victims who have not previously come forward, we can’t give an exact figure until the callers have been spoken to formally by the detectives working on the investigation.
“Some might be witnesses, for example or people who were not inmates at Medomsley but may have information.”
“As we have always said, we cannot be happy that so many people suffered abuse while inmates at Medomsley but we are pleased they have had the courage and the confidence in us to make contact. This also allows us to offer practical help and support to those who want it.”
If you were a victim of abuse at the centre or if you have any information relating to Medomsley Detention Centre, police can be contacted on 101.
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Catastrophist Geology
Historic planetary instability and catastrophe. Evidence for electrical scarring on planets and moons. Electrical events in today's solar system. Electric Earth.
webolife
Re: Catastrophist Geology
Unread post by webolife » Fri Jun 02, 2017 11:14 pm
Johnm33,
Where is your reference to "scalding" water. Are you referring to streams/mists coming up from the ground? Is your assumption that these are geysers? That refers to the period of earth history prior to the deluge, before seasonal rainfall....?
Truth extends beyond the border of self-limiting science. Free discourse among opposing viewpoints draws the open-minded away from the darkness of inevitable bias and nearer to the light of universal reality.
johnm33
Unread post by johnm33 » Sat Jun 03, 2017 5:59 am
Thats just a bible story which I assumed everyone was familiar with. If you search 'hot water floods in myth' there's plenty out there from around the world. f you have a copy of 'When the earth nearly died' skip to page 186 where numerous others are mentioned. So this is a recollection of human memory, not some distant geological era. As far as I'm aware no one has done the math on the implications of the amount of kinetic energy expressed as the earth slowed, and then sped up again. I'll open a thread in NIAMI if no one runs with it here.
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Location: Liverpool, UK
Unread post by Robertus Maximus » Sun Jun 04, 2017 12:49 pm
Lloyd wrote: EDM EROSION?
Dendritic Patterns
I see the erosion of uplifted planation surfaces more in the way of a spark erosion but I would certainly not rule out dust devils in a highly electrified atmosphere.
http://c8.alamy.com/comp/D0P07B/inverte ... D0P07B.jpg
From the image in the above link, are we really seeing an “inverted dendritic stream channel”? I would suggest not. The pattern arose as a result of an electrical discharge the same process that carved dendritic patterns in newly formed mountain ranges on Earth.
Lloyd wrote: GRANITE OCCURRENCE
The section quoted from Wikipedia simply states the popular simplistic view of the nature of granite, geologists know this is not the case, this is why it is promoted, it is harder to say “we don’t know”.
Granite is associated with orogenic belts as we can see in these two maps: first rock distributions
https://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl= ... mrc&uact=8
Click ‘view image’ for map.
Next, recognised orogenic belts assigned to imaginary time periods by geologists.
http://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1- ... 16-gr1.jpg
“I have implied that granite is in effect defined by its geological relations, yet no rock is perhaps so varied in its geology. The thread which unifies the varied occurrences of granite is this: With trivial exceptions, granite is closely associated in time and space to mountain building and regional metamorphism in the so-called geosynclinals belts, where great thicknesses of sedimentary rock accumulate.” (Walton, Matt: Granite Problems, Science, 131:635, 1960)
But what of granite itself? “Rocks that were originally sandstones, limestones and slates have been found mysteriously changed by nature into granite. This is a most surprising phenomenon, since geologists heretofore have classed granite as a type of igneous rock that developed from a molten mass of material formed at considerable distances below the earth’s surface.
“Just how granite forms constitutes a major problem for geology. Three principle types of processes appear to be operative: magmatic, metamorphic, and metasomatic: these may act independently or in various combinations…A wide variety of sedimentary or igneous rocks may be changed into granite, in essentially the solid state, by the introduction of certain elements, such as alkalies and silica, and the removal of others, such as iron, magnesium, and calcium. This process of replacement or metasomatism is involved in granitization.” (Wyllie, Peter J.: Granite, McGraw-Hill Encyclopaedia of Science and Technology, 1977)
Granite is the name given to a family of rock assemblages formed by modification of existing igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks by processes not completely understood, sometimes the modification can happen with the parent rock(s) in the ‘solid state’.
“Various lines of evidence were put forward in favour of in-situ granitization. Those listed by Walton include lack of dislocation of enclosing rocks to make room for the new granite; the presence of relics of pre-existing rocks with structure in alignment with that of the surrounding terrane; substitution of granite for a rock unit in a known sequence; and gradation of pre-existing rock into granite (Walton, 1960, p. 639).”
This observation casts doubt on the existence of ‘Precambrian’ granite- wherever it is found on the globe- how do we know ‘Precambrian’ granite did not form ‘recently’ through granitization?
Similarly an electrical origin of granite and tectonic uplift cannot be ruled out, indeed I consider this more likely as generally geologists do not consider electricity to be a rock forming/ altering agent.
Here is an image of electrically formed granite:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-GyNP ... qdUL&hl=en
(Taken from: Steinbacher, Michael M.: A New Approach to Mountain Formation, Proceedings of the NPA, 2011)
Robert Johnson has calculated the energy required to uplift the Andes mountain range some 3km:
“The Andes cover an area of approximately 3 x 106 km2; they have been uplifted by between 2 and 4 km, say 3 km on average. The uplift has occurred in the form of a horst, i.e. as a block bounded by vertical faults. We may therefore consider that the uplift was due to thermal expansion of the crust directly under the uplifted area.
“One model assumes that uplift could be due to the 8% expansion of basalt on partial melting. To generate an uplift of 3 km over the Andes would require 37.5 km depth of basaltic crust to be partially melted under the entire range. Assuming, conservatively, that there was no initial heating from magma at depth and that the crust was initially at 20 degrees Celsius throughout, and taking the density of basalt as 2.7 x 103 kg/m3 and the specific heat as 0.84 kJ/kg (Engineering Toolbox, 2014), the eutectic temperature of a typical basalt as 1,270 degrees Celsius and the latent heat of fusion as 506 kJ/kg (Kojitani and Akaogi, 1995), then the energy required to fully melt 37.5 km of basalt under the entire Andes is approximately 5 x 1026 Joules or 5 x 1033 erg.
“Based on this calculation, it is feasible that the postulated discharge currents could have contributed to tectonic uplift by thermal expansion.”
Partial melting of one percent of the parent rock can produce increases in electrical conductivity of up to two orders of magnitude, furthermore: “Electromigration may underlie the formation of new minerals and the change in element composition observed in fulgurite formation: lightning strikes commonly form fulgurites “through very rapid selective melting and fusion of pre-existing minerals within host rocks, or formation of new minerals …”
To conclude an electrical discharge could not only provide a mechanism to uplift large areas of the Earth’s surface but: “Granite could be formed by partial melting of existing strata along the line of discharge currents.”
Lloyd wrote: LOESS ORIGIN
“One of the main problems for the origin of loess is that quartz in igneous and metamorphic rocks has a mean grain size of approximately 700 μm, while the main size of detrital quartz in 60 μm. The cut-off between sand and silt is 63 μm and most loess is in the range of 20 to 50 μm.
“So, the size of the quartz has to be reduced 90% from its source to account for the formation of loess. How does this happen?
“Four sources of loess have been proposed: (1) hot deserts, (2) cold deserts, (3) drowned sources covered by late-glacial sea level rise and (4) glacial grinding. All these sources raise questions. Hot and cold deserts do not produce significant quantities of loess. There are problems associated with the origin of loess from continental shelves, now underwater, since many loess belts are far inland from the sea.
“It had been assumed that the formation of loess was only by subglacial grinding. However, loess has been discovered in areas far from present or past glaciers or ice sheets, such as in northern Tunisia, northern Nigeria, Israel and Saudi Arabia. Minor amounts of loess have even been found in the Sahara Desert. Furthermore, experiments have shown that glacial grinding does not produce much silt. This deduction is reinforced by the observation that hardly any loess is produced by or deposited in front of present-day glaciers.
“So, there does not appear to be a viable source for the immense volume of loess.”
I am not suggesting that loess was not distributed by winds during a cataclysm, I believe it was. Windblown loess (dust) entombed many unsuspecting mammals during the latter stage of the cataclysm (http://creation.com/woolly-mammoths-choked-by-dust).
“So, there does not appear to be a viable source for the immense volume of loess.” I propose that we do when we consider the graphic you supplied, we see that the vast deposits of loess are very closely associated with mountain ranges or areas of uplift. Eroded uplifted planation surfaces provided a source of quartz. The planation surfaces themselves had previously been inundated by immense tides and covered by freshly eroded sediment. This already abraded sediment was further abraded by electrical forces during the period of uplift supplying plenty of loess to be whipped up by winds.
Lloyd wrote: WORZEL ASH
Worzel Deep Sea Ash
https://thunderbolts.info/tpod/2008/arc ... seaash.htm
Compare the composition of the ash layer given in the link above with the worldwide average chemical composition of granite, by weight percent: SiO2 — 72.04% (silica) Al2O3 — 14.42% (alumina) K2O— 4.12% Na2O — 3.69% CaO — 1.82% FeO — 1.68% Fe2O3 — 1.22% MgO — 0.71% TiO2 — 0.30% P2O5 — 0.12% MnO — 0.05%. Based on 2485 analyses.
The Worzel Deep Sea Ash could very well be eroded granite- given that we have previously seen the vague definition of just what makes granite.
zackandmack
Unread post by zackandmack » Sun Jun 04, 2017 3:14 pm
New here to the forum. I am writing a fiction novel, the third in a series and this takes place pre-flood, that is from around the Toba Event to the beginning of the Holocene.
I have already written how the end of the Ice Age was due to a cosmic event: Comet or bolide. I had not considered EU until two days ago when I listened to a Grimerica Podcast featuring Wal Thornhill. I find the EU theory interesting and and have no bias one way or another regarding Venus as the Comet or the EU Theory as it does fit into the paradigm of the end of the Younger Dryas.
Here's where I am having a problem understanding and maybe someone can help me out...that Earth was a moon of Saturn and furthermore that Saturn/Earth made its way here from another constellation.
I just don't see how that fits in with even "alternative archeology/geology" Gunung Padang is being dated to 25Kya. Austral-Asians (aboriginals) settled Australia at least 50Kya. Flores Island was settled maybe one million years ago with humans crossing the Wallace Line by boat from Sundaland.
How does all of this fit into the recent theories by Bruce Fenton showing how migration was Into Africa, not from...
If Earth just reached it present orbit 12kya then some of this is a bit off...
I could wrap my head around the idea that such a thing happened say 250 mya or something along those lines.
I appreciate the knowledge that will be provided here.
Zack and Mack the Two Headed Turtle
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Unread post by moses » Sun Jun 04, 2017 9:04 pm
Hello Zack and Mack the Two Headed Turtle,
that faith you have in the datings you provide is the real issue. Generally we here believe that things were a lot more electrical ending about 5,000 years ago. Heightened electricity can produce transmutations and speed up rates of radioactive decay. So that the isotope ratios are a result of electricity and not time.
Until you can free yourself from the dates EU will be untenable. So you would probably need to invent another stellar system where electrical effects abound. Certainly would be spectacular! And plenty of scope for imagination.
Unread post by zackandmack » Sun Jun 04, 2017 10:41 pm
Thank you Mo for your reply...I will have to research this more. Let me ask if I may regarding Dr. John Brandenburg's theory regarding nuclear explosion/s of some sort 200mya based upon isotope decay rates. Would the electrical universe theory somehow play a role in this?
Unread post by moses » Mon Jun 05, 2017 3:27 am
Such theories have many assumptions which are likely to be incorrect. The isotope ratios seem to be different on Mars even compared with Martian meteorites. Mars was likely scourged by discharge between Mars and some other body, such that the other body was in line with the then axis of Mars. This is because a lot more material was removed from one hemisphere of Mars.
One could also theorise that a super large explosion blew the material away, but that is not for me at the moment. Most likely is that the Martian material was removed in an orbit similar to how the same face of the Moon always faces Earth, or the way Io discharges.
Unread post by Lloyd » Mon Jun 05, 2017 8:55 am
DATING METHODS WRONG
Z&M, the first few pages of my thread, Evidence of Ancient Global Cataclysms, at
http://www.thunderbolts.info/forum/phpB ... 10&t=16025
has lots of evidence that the cataclysm/s occurred somewhat more than 4,000 years ago. The entire surface of the continents was covered with an average of 2 km or so of sediment, so nothing can be dated accurately from before the cataclysms.
Later, in a post about "BROWN'S ELECTRIC THEORY" at http://www.thunderbolts.info/forum/phpB ... 50#p113860
I quoted Brown who referenced a German study in the 1990s that showed that ionization of radioactive elements causes them to decay billions of times faster than normal. So Brown explained that electric forces would have produced radioactive elements by fusion during the cataclysm/s and then caused many of them to decay rapidly.
In the post at http://www.thunderbolts.info/forum/phpB ... 20#p119437
I explained how Sedimentary Rock Strata Prove Catastrophism.
Robert, very interesting info. I'll get back to this later today or this week.
Unread post by Lloyd » Wed Jun 07, 2017 10:19 pm
1. Robert, I'd like you to explain what you think the rock type was that became granite in the mountain belts. I know from living in New Hampshire a few years ago that the rock there is granite that appears to have been previously sedimentary rock, as the layers are usually easy to observe.
2. Do you acknowledge that the continents consist of less dense rock than the seafloors, about 2.7g/cc?
3. Do you agree that seismic waves show the densities of rock under the continents and the seafloors?
4. Here are densities of sedimentary & some igneous/metamorphic rock and main constituents are:
Limestone -- 2.3-2.7; av 2.5 g/cc -- Calcite -- 2.71 g/cc
Sandstone -- 2.2-2.8; av 2.5 g/cc -- Quartz -- 2.65 g/cc
Shale -- 2.4-2.8; av 2.6 g/cc ------- Kaolinite -- 2.6 g/cc
Granite --- 2.6-2.7; av 2.65 g/cc -- feldspar, quartz, mica, amphibole
Basalt ---- 2.8-3.0; av 2.9 g/cc ---- plagioclase feldspar, silica
Gabbro ---- 2.7-3.3; av 3.0 g/cc -- pyroxene, plagioclase
The main element components are Al, Si, O, OH, sometimes with Ca, K, Fe, Mg and/or Na, especially for the last four. It looks like most rocks are very close to the density of granite. What would electric currents transform into granite? What mineral type did Michael Steinbacher turn into granite?
Unread post by johnm33 » Thu Jun 08, 2017 4:23 am
Looking at the uplift of the Andes if the earth stopped spinning almost all the seawater would rush to the poles carrying huge amounts of sediment with it, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJfOWfaP6RI&t=390s around 5:00 and 6:30 "up to 20 kilometers of sediment" . Kinetic energy would heat and loosen things up more near the equator too making uplift easier. Not to mention all the ores which would be dissolved in supercritical water filling the voids. Look at the bathymetry of the arctic and that huge mass that could have overwhelmed Beringia. http://geology.com/world/arctic-ocean-b ... ry-map.jpg At the resumption of spin the water would follow very different paths south, scouring the landscape again, some of it above 100c[?] . Then the further south the water went the more energy would be sucked out of it by the same kinetic energy, until it freezes? with all it's sediment in place? to slowly consolidate as it thaws.
Unread post by Lloyd » Thu Jun 08, 2017 6:09 pm
COMETARY ELECTRICAL EROSION
Comet mesa and crater erosion by electrical surface erosion.
See electrical erosion of Comet Temple I in the 47 to 50 minute segment of this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34wtt2EUToo
A mesa on Temple I shows electrical[?] erosion over a short period of time in 2005, shortening the mesa by 50 meters after sunspot and solar wind activity had increased significantly.
Unread post by Robertus Maximus » Tue Jun 13, 2017 11:14 am
Lloyd wrote: DATING METHODS WRONG
The problems with radiometric dating are well documented.
“Evolutionists have maintained than all naturally occurring radioactive nuclides having half-lives less than 400 million years are not found naturally. This fact, they say, is an iron-clad "proof" that the age of the earth must be over 4 billion years old. This argument can be easily refuted by presenting the fact that man-made long-lived radionuclides are increasing almost every year. From the Mallinckrodt Nuclear Trilinear Chart (Marshall Bruce, 1979), the number of stable nuclides has increased from 236 in 1968 to 252 in 1979. (A stable isotope can be defined as one having a half-life greater than 10 years.) During this same period, the number of megayear isotopes has decreased from 68 to 55. The sum of those stable nuclides and the megayear nuclides in 1968 does not equal to that of 1979. The former is 304 and the latter is 307 while the total number of all nuclides has increased from 1447 to 2131, an increase of 684 nuclides in eleven years, giving an average increase of over 60 man-made radioisotopes every year. In fact, most of these so-called "megayear isotopes" were manufactured in the laboratory. Does it mean that they exist in the laboratory for millions of years? Certainly not, because they were all freshly manufactured. For example, Ba-201 was created in the 1940s with a half-life of 1018 years. In 1977, Ba-201 was classified as a stable nuclide. Other man-made long-live isotopes include Nb-92 which has a half-life of 1.2 x 108 years; Sm-146 has a half-life of 1.03 x 108 years, Pb-205 has a half-life of 1.43 x 107 years, Pu-244 has a half-life of 8.16 x 107 years and Cm-147 has a half-life of 1.56 x 107 years. Therefore, when these long-lived radioactive isotopes were first created in the first day, they already have the appearance of having been there for "millions" to “billions" of years.” (Christopher Chui, Pick Your Age For The Earth, 1991)
From the above paragraph we see that radioactive isotopes present the appearance of being there for millions to billions of years- the moment the first appear.
Juergens asked “… Might we not imagine that new polonium (and uranium, too, for that matter) was created on Earth, and in place, by powerful thunderbolts?” (Juergens, R.E; Radiohalos And Earth History, Kronos Vol. III No. 1, Fall 1977)
‘New’ polonium and uranium were created in situ by powerful thunderbolts, these freshly created elements already carried the signature of being there for ‘millions’ and ‘billions’ of years.
“From its inception, radiometric dating has been too heavily influenced by expectations derived from Lyellian geology and Darwinian evolution. There is now sufficient evidence to dispute claims that almost all radiometric dates for Earth’s rocks are consistent with each other and with uniformitarian predictions.” (Salkeld, D; Scientific Dating Problems, The Radiometric Dating of Earth’s Rocks, C&C Review, 2003)
The weakness in radiometric dating is made obvious by geologists themselves, in strata where the ‘age’ is ‘known’, say Triassic for example, and we find discordant radiometric dates associated with that strata, geologist always defer to the evolutionary timescale- the timescale always wins over the data; yet geologists tell us: “The chronostratigraphic scale is an agreed convention, whereas its calibration to linear time is a matter for discovery or estimation.” (Gradstein, F.M; A Geologic Time Scale, CUP, 2004)The timescale is an ‘agreed convention’!
When radiometric dates do not agree with the ‘agreed convention’ geologists turn to biostratigraphy, biostratigraphy in turn depends on the reality of evolution by natural selection- the rocks should contain a full representative record of evolutionary progress- but they do not. The whole geologic timescale is a house of cards with no foundation regardless of the problems with radiometric dating.
Lloyd wrote: GRANITE
1. The original source rocks in many areas that have undergone uplift are usually described as metamorphic and sedimentary- we can assume that a wide variety of rocks can contribute to the formation of granite given where granite is found and its broad definition.
3. No.
4. Here is part 4 of the aforementioned Michael Steinbacher paper covering electrical granite and basalt:
“Can an electric current lithify loose sediment? A few years ago, I met a prospector who had been experimenting with running electrical current from a welder through stream sediment. He was surprised to find that when the material in his crucibles cooled, it was indistinguishable from rocks that he saw while prospecting.
“Granite, basalt, and schist, often appeared in layers that mimicked the strata in the mountains. It occurred to him that strata, perhaps even whole mountains, could be caused electrically.
“He immediately dismissed the idea: Where would the welder be, the source of the current?
“When I told him about plasma and the space currents that surrounded and likely penetrated the Earth, his idea regained plausibility. If a surge in space currents should generate something like an “enhanced aurora” that swept across and into the surface, there could be more than enough power to “weld” “superposed strata form[ed] simultaneously” into rocks—not gradually over millions of years but in hours.
“Under the right conditions, the plasma pinch can sort material according to various properties. Space plasmas appear to form cylinders of similar elements, sorted by ionization potential, around the filamentary currents (Birkeland currents) coursing through them. Experimenters need to investigate the effects of this process in dusty plasmas and in slurries mixed with an electrolyte.”
Others may wish to contribute if they have first-hand knowledge of Michael Steinbacher’s work.
Unread post by Lloyd » Sat Jun 17, 2017 9:03 pm
_Robert, I asked: Do you acknowledge that the continents consist of less dense rock than the seafloors, about 2.7g/cc?
_You replied: Yes
_Questions: Do you agree that granite has the same density and element abundances as granite?
_And do you agree that granite comes from rock of the same element abundances and density as granite?
_Or do you contend that granite mostly comes from basalt, which is more mafic, I think?
_If so, do you know of evidence that electric currents can form granite from basalt? And what then would become of the mafic content?
_I asked: Do you agree that seismic waves show the densities of rock under the continents and the seafloors?
_You replied: No
_Question: Aren't geologists able to determine in the lab what the seismic wave velocities are for rocks of all densities?
Composition of Granite (G) & Worzel Ash (W):
Source (G): https://nature.berkeley.edu/classes/eps ... anite.html
Source (W): https://thunderbolts.info/tpod/2008/arc ... seaash.htm
... SiO2 ----- Al2O3 --- K2O --- Na2O - CaO -- FeO --- MgO --- TiO2
G: 70-77%; 11-13%; 3-5% ; 3-5% ; 1% ..; 2-3% ; <1% .; <1%
W: 75%...; 13.9% ; .....; 3.9% ; 0.88%; 0.66%; 0.03%; 0.20%
_Question: Why would Potassium (K) be missing in Worzel Ash if it came from granite?
_I asked: What mineral type would electric currents transform into granite?
_You replied: a wide variety of rocks can contribute to the formation of granite given where granite is found and its broad definition.
_... a prospector ... had been experimenting with running electrical current from a welder through stream sediment.
_when the material in his crucibles cooled, it was indistinguishable from ...
_“Granite, basalt, and schist, often appeared in layers that mimicked the strata in the mountains.
_“enhanced aurora” [could have] swept across and into the surface,
_there could be more than enough power to “weld” “superposed strata formed simultaneously” into rocks — not gradually over millions of years but in hours.
_Questions: Do you know of anyone doing or having done experiments on electrical formation of granite, basalt, schist etc?
_Do you agree that sedimentary rock was not formed electrically, but by megatsunami deposition?
_You added:Space plasmas appear to form cylinders of similar elements, sorted by ionization potential, around the filamentary currents
_Question: But is there any evidence it can do this in solid material?
The best evidence I've seen is Comet Electrical Erosion at:
http://funday.createaforum.com/1-15/com ... 10/#msg210
http://i573.photobucket.com/albums/ss18 ... 1497550434
_That appears to be possible electrical erosion on a comet, which apparently occurred during increased solar wind activity in 2005 or so.
_Questions: But I don't know of any evidence that electric currents can expand rock. Do you? I mean in order to form the mountain ranges?
_Is anyone doing experiments to test if electricity can expand rock? If not, why not?
Here's a West Coast Batholiths map:
https://petragogy.files.wordpress.com/2 ... holith.png
_Questions: Doesn't the separation between batholiths suggest there was no continuous electric current from southern South American Andes to the northern end of the North American Rockies, or vice versa, assuming batholiths were formed electrically?
_Did you know that Dwardu Cardona concluded that continental drift is real?
_Which of Mike Fischer's evidence at http://NewGeology.us do you dispute?
_If the east coasts of the Americas fit the west coasts of Europe and Africa very well and even have the same rock and fossil types, as they do where the coasts would have originally been adjacent, and if the Moho is a frictionless plasma layer over which the continents could slide easily after an impact, and if the impact evidence is available, as it is, what would make (rapid) continental drift impossible?
Unread post by Lloyd » Wed Jun 28, 2017 7:24 pm
I meant to say for the first set of questions:
_Questions: Do you agree that the Earth's crust has the same density and element abundances as granite?
_And do you agree that granite comes from rock of the same element abundances and density as the crust?
Unread post by kodybatill » Thu Jun 29, 2017 12:11 am
Underground functions are complex. A lot of the work comes from 5 specific elements, and then electron neutrinos passing through earth moving slower than them and their isotopes.
These would be mainly, Bismuth/Arsenic/Nitrogen type elements, with two other elements that were not rediscovered until fairly recent times. All of these elements replace the neutron of not being able to touch something physically, with the proton of causing oxygen type elements to propel into magnesium type elements.
These elements work in layers I believe, where each element mentioned has 4 other atomically related elements.
Bismuth - Magma pushing oxygen elements into magnesium elements/Alberton strong wind pushing oxygen type elements into magnesium type elements : ground surface.
Arsenic - material pressure pushing oxygen into magnesium/Tracion - plasma pushing oxygen into magnesium : under ground surface.
Nitrogen/Nitrogen - Electric charge pushing oxygen into magnesium : center of every pressure point of the layers of the ground.
And then it repeats as moving down closer to the center of the Earth:
Arsenic - material pressure pushing oxygen into magnesium/Tracion - plasma pushing oxygen into magnesium : Below every Nitrogen pressure point in the layer of the ground.
Bismuth - Magma pushing oxygen elements into magnesium elements/Alberton strong wind pushing oxygen type elements into magnesium type elements : Very Center of the Earth united with the central Nitrogen electrical charge component of pushing oxygen/selenium type elements into magnesium/radium type elements - AND also united with these, is the natural magnesium/radium centered Fiber Optics complex of triangulation - or in other-words, the creation and mitigation of unbreakable complexes of information, which are free to roam the Universe searching for supplemental information, like comets and even microscopic elements.
These 3 components of Bismuth-Alberton / Nitrogen-Nitrogen / and Fiber Optic center - creates a space where wind blows the heaviest recycling elements through the smallest differences, and turning them into complexes of unbreakable information.
As the oxygen moves towards the magnesium and slows down, it's link in the Nitrogen-Nitrogen Electric charge component slows down, in which case the electrical energy slows down, in which case it unites with water - since decelerating electrical charges unite with water - and accelerating electric charges create a greater number of water repelling moments than attracting moments.
Electron neutrinos moving slower than Alberton creates strong winds.
Electron neutrinos moving slower than Tracion creates plasma.
Electron neutrinos moving slower than Nitrogen causes Lightning.
Electron neutrinos moving slower than Arsenic causes earth quakes.
Electron neutrinos moving slower than Bismuth causes Magma to be created.
Electron neutrinos as a component are almost identical in a majority of ways, to first generation non-isotopic silicon - which is one of the main components of all water.
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Worms is a turn-based strategy game. It features up to 4 teams of 4 worms, aiming to destroy the others on a generated terrain. Each worm has 100 hit points, and dies when his hit points fall to 0. Upon death, a worm explodes, causing damage to everyone around. Gameplay is turn-based. Each turn, the player can control one specific worm from his team. The worm can crawl left and right or jump. However, there is a time limit to make a move; also, if the worm falls from a great height, it loses health and the turn ends immediately; and if a worm falls into water or offscreen, it dies. Each turn, a worm can also make a single attack: the player can aim up and down, choose a weapon and then fire it. After attacking, the turn ends. There's a lot of weapons available - the standard ones as bazookas (which is affected by the (random) wind settings and gravity) and grenades. The others include a Fire Punch, dynamite, air strikes, and utilities such as ropes and girders. There are 10 styles of terrain, ranging from forests and deserts to Candy land and the moon (complete with affected gravity). Shots leave craters in the ground, and complex tunnels can be formed. Learn More
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A young man named Eddie has been apparently trapped in the basement of the old apartment complex Edward Arms. The player character must venture into the complex and find out what is really happening there, at first avoiding various traps and hazards, and later learning to set them against those who harbor evil plans. Double Switch is a "trap-'em-up" game very similar to Night Trap in gameplay and visual presentation. The player has to manipulate cameras to avoid or set traps, affecting the course of the storyline which is represented by live action movie sequences. Learn More
Battle Monsters ( Saturn )
Try to gain control of the underworld in Battle Monsters. You must choose from a variety of monsters, and then enter one-on-one combat. Twelve characters are available (from a human/bird hybrid to a headless creature) with each having its own set of special moves, like juggling opponents in the air, and pit monster against monster. Fight through several different places where each level's background is made up of multiple levels, allowing combatants to jump from one platform to another with two attack buttons and two jump buttons controlling the action. Learn More
Earthworm Jim 2 ( Mega Drive )
An ordinary average earthworm named Jim goes about his normal daily life, cruising around avoiding crows and doing other general worm-like things. Jim is suddenly struck by a very large ultra- high- tech- indestructible- super- space- cyber- suit. Through sheer luck, Jim rests safely in the neck ring of the suit. Suddenly, the ultra-high-tech space particles of the suit begin interacting with Jim's soft wormy flesh. A radical light-speed evolution takes place. Jim soon realizes he is in control of the suit. Gameplay is similar to the first game, with Jim jumping and running through the levels. There are 5 weapons more than the original game to collect. Characters like Princess Whats-Her-Name and Psy-Crow appear. Learn More
Sega Worldwide Soccer '98 ( Saturn )
Well, it's a soccer game made by Sega but with an arcade-like style of gameplay. So the handling is kept pretty straight-forward: one button for a shot towards the enemy goal (from any position on the field), one for passing to teammates and one for lobbing. But simple doesn't mean limited since a couple of things are not explained in the manual and you'll have to figure them out yourself, which can take some time. You can choose between dozens of national teams from all over the world. Player names are made up since there's no Fifa license or anything but they're editable if you feel like correcting that. Game modes include Exhibition, Tournament, League or World Cup. You can play either versus the CPU, vs. up to 2 human players or even coop (2 humans vs. the CPU or other 2 humans). Learn More
Die Hard Trilogy ( Saturn )
Description Die Hard Trilogy lets players guide New York cop John McClane through three arcade-style games based on each of the three Die Hard movies. Each movie is represented through a totally different style, making this a "3 games in 1" style package. Die Hard is a third person action/adventure through thirty floors of the Nakatomi Tower high-rise. Terrorists have interrupted the company's Christmas party and taken hostages. As McClane, the player must search for hostages through computer, construction, maintenance, and executive levels. McClane's default pistol holds infinite ammo, and the player can collect limited-ammo machine guns and grenades inside the levels. Walls turn transparent when they intersect the camera, allowing players to follow McClane through hallways and rooms with ease. After all the hostages on a level have been rescued, the player has 30 seconds to locate a bomb sent down by elevator, then use that elevator to move to the next level. Die Hard 2: Die Harder is a first-person arcade gun game, nearly identical to Virtua Cop. Terrorists have attacked Washington/Dulles Airport. The player automatically moves through the airport and surrounding areas "on rails," shooting bad guys that appear from behind the scenery. Weapon upgrade icons can be shot to be collected, and either use limited ammo, or are retained until the player is hit (identical to Lethal Enforcers). Players can also destroy parts of the environment by shooting it, which can be used to take out nearby terrorists (with explosions, or by shooting overhead items to drop on them). This game supports pad controls, or any of the PlayStation's gun controllers. Die Hard With A Vengeance has players racing through New York City streets in a variety of vehicles, trying to locate bombs before they explode. A strict timer ticks off the next explosion, and the player is guided only by a direction arrow and the vocal suggestions of their co-driver. Bombs are hidden inside everyday objects (like phone booths and benches) and are defused by ramming them, which activates the timer on the next bomb. Occasional "bomb cars" must be chased and rammed until their life bar is depleted. Powerups can be collected by running over icons in the streets, and include extra time, turbo boosts, and jumps to rocket over obstacles. All three games are exaggeratedly bloody (players can run over pedestrians in Die Hard 3 and wipe the blood away with windshield wipers). Each of the three games also uses a combination of textured polygons and sprites to generate their worlds, resulting in warping textures and some quirky "paper doll" effects. SLIGHT DAMAGE TO COVER Learn More
Virtua Fighter 2 ( Saturn )
One year after after the first tournament Akira, Wolf, Pai, Jeffry, Kage, Jacky, Sarah and defending champion Lau are invited to the World Fighting Tournament, and are joined by the master of drunken Kung-Fu Shun-di, who wants to prove he's more than an old geezer and Lion Rafale, who's fighting for his freedom. Each fighter has his own style, from the lightning fast attacks of Pai to the powerful slams of Jeffry. Home port of Sega's popular Model 2A arcade vs. fighter released in 1995. Game modes include classic arcade mode, 2P vs mode, Expert mode (where the computer character progressively learns and counters players' technique), Ranking Mode (similar to Arcade, but at the end, a fighting style analysis is shown based on number of specials and time to knock down an opponent), Team Battle Mode (two teams composed of five fighters go against each other, the first to beat five characters being the winner) and Watch mode (allows choosing two fighters and then see them fighting). Both VF2 and VF2.1 (a tweaked version available only in Japan) modes are included. Gameplay keeps the same style from the first game, adding more moves to each fighters' roll. Using a three-key layout (block, kick and punch, being possible to assign button combinations to the extra keys) the player is able to control their fighter, aiming to knock or push the opponent outside the rink inside the time limit. Combo moves range from the quickest, which require the player to push up to five buttons quickly, to strong moves that require more button presses along d-pad nudges to be successful. As with the previous game, fighting is realistic (except the physics-defying leaps), and each fighter has nothing but their body to harm the opponent. While in comparison with the arcade version some parts took a hit on graphical quality (such as the texture details and backgrounds), the game uses the Saturn High-Resolution mode and flowing 60-fps to bring the arcade experience home. Learn More
Tunnel B1 ( Saturn )
You are on a mission to destroy the ultimate weapon of your enemy. This involves travelling through a set of precarious tunnels in your high-tech hover-craft. The tunnels are filled with enemy vehicles, choppers and sentry guns which you have to take out or avoid. To make life even worse, a lot of sections require you to clear them in a given time limit. The only good thing is that you'll be able to upgrade your weaponry often. COVER HAS STICKER DAMAGE, SCUFFED SPINE Learn More
Road Rash ( Saturn )
This is a remake of the original Road Rash from the early nineties. For those who have not played the original, you are competing against thirteen other "Road Rashers" who will stop at nothing to win 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place. During the race, you have two options available to you: you can either do your best to cross the finish line, or use your weapon to bring the Rashers to the ground if they are giving you trouble. If you do the latter, your opponents will do the same to you during the next race that takes place. There are five circuits to race: The City, The Peninsula, Pacific Highway, Sierra Nevada, and Napa Valley. Some of these circuits are dangerous. As well as the obstacles and traffic that you encounter along the way, there are also cops driving on bikes who will arrest you if you happen to crash or stop your bike near them, and you have to pay a fine in order to get in any more races. Your bike will be wrecked if you crash too many times, and you have to pay for damages, but the amount you have to pay depends on the bike that you are riding. Once you have completed the first five circuits, you have to race them again another four times - but at a much more difficult level. Manage to win all five circuits on all levels, and you win the Road Rash cup. There are about five bikes to choose from, which are divided into three groups. Rat, Sport, and Super. You start the first level with a Rat bike, but as you proceed through the levels, it is important to pick bikes from a different bike class. If you have no plans to win the Road Rash cup, you can choose the game's Thrash mode. The difference between this and the other mode is that there is no money involved (ie: you are not allowed to buy bikes), and you are competing against fourteen opponents. And if you wreck your bike or you get busted, you have to start all over again. Regardless of the mode you pick, you will always start in the last place. The remake also contains FMV movies that usually depict the outcome of the races, as well as limited songs performed by various recording artists, including Soundgarden, Therapy?, Monster Magnet, and Swervedriver. These songs can be changed on-the-fly via the game's options menu. MANUAL IS CREASED Learn More
Sewer Shark ( Saturn )
In the future, maybe in the year 2000, people will be forced to move underground and live in tunnels. Unfortunately, these tunnels are infested with mutated rat / alligator creatures known as "ratigators." You are pilot of a Sewer Shark, a craft designed to navigate the Sewers and rid them of ratigators. It's a dangerous job, but if you clear out enough vermin you can win a one-way trip to Solar City and sunny beaches. Sewer Shark is an FMV-based shooter, and one of the first games released for the Sega CD. You move a crosshair around the screen and shoot targets. Occasionally, you can also choose to change directions at fixed points. Learn More
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St Enoch Subway station modernisation works ramp up
Posted 26 August 2014
Passengers have told us they love the new look following the completion of the first phase of its £5.3 million renovation. The major makeover to our flagship city centre station is part of a £288 million modernisation programme across the network.
St Enoch’s, one of the biggest and busiest of our 15 stations, serves almost two million passengers per year. It has a brand new station office combined with a travel centre now in operation.
Complex construction work to install a lift and stunning new glass canopy work is underway. For the next few months there are hoardings in place around the station exterior but don’t let that put you off. St Enoch Subway will remain operational and SPT is working with contractors to minimise disruption for passengers. Staff are also on hand to help.
Modernisation work updates will be posted on our website and passengers can also keep up to date with travel news @GLASubwayTravel and via notices in station.
Thank you for your patience during these works.
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Medical examiner: Justine Damond died from gunshot wound to abdomen
Justine Damond, 40, who called 911 to report a possible assault behind her south Minneapolis home Saturday night, was fatally shot by a police officer. No body cams were running at the time.
By Andy Mannix Star Tribune
July 18, 2017 — 4:05pm
Video (02:54) : Justine Damond's fiancé: "Our hearts are broken... she touched so many people with her loving, generous heart."
The death of Justine Damond, who called 911 to report a possible crime only to be killed by a responding Minneapolis police officer, has left her grieving family, neighborhood and nation demanding answers in the latest police-involved shooting to thrust Minnesota into the international spotlight.
While many of the details about what happened Saturday night in the city’s southwest corner have not been disclosed, this much was: She called to report a possible assault in the alley behind her house in one of the city’s safest neighborhoods and was unarmed when officer Mohamed Noor shot her.
Amid a public outpouring of grief and outrage, Chief Janeé Harteau issued her first comments on the shooting, saying she too wanted an explanation, and called on the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to perform a speedy investigation.
The Hennepin County medical examiner said Monday evening that Damond, also known as Justine Ruszczyk, died from a gunshot wound to the abdomen.
Noor, a second-year officer whose identity became public Monday, has retained a lawyer. Attorney Thomas Plunkett said in a statement that Noor “takes these events very seriously.”
“He joined the police force to serve the community and to protect the people he serves,” Plunkett said. “Officer Noor is a caring person with a family he loves, and he empathizes with the loss others are experiencing.”
Star Tribune staff
Gallery: Photos: Woman fatally shot by Minneapolis police officer
Sources identified Noor’s partner on the scene, who did not fire any shots, as officer Matthew Harrity, 25, who earned his peace officer’s license last year. A spokeswoman for the BCA confirmed there was no weapon found at the scene, creating even more mystery about how Damond’s call to police ended in one of the responding officers fatally shooting her.
A source said Damond’s cellphone was found near her body.
“We lost the dearest of people and are desperate for information,” Damond’s fiancé, Don Damond, said Monday afternoon in his first public comments. “Piecing together Justine’s last moments before the homicide would provide small comfort as we grieve this tragedy.”
Just before 11:30 p.m. Saturday, Damond, 40, called 911 to report a possible assault occurring in an alley near her home between Washburn and Xerxes avenues S., in the Fulton neighborhood.
Damond, in her pajamas, went to the driver’s side door of the responding squad and was talking to the officer, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the case.
Moments later, Noor shot across his partner from the passenger’s seat, killing Damond.
The incident comes just weeks after the acquittal of then-St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez, who fatally shot Philando Castile in a high-profile incident whose aftermath was broadcast live on Facebook, and less than two years after the Minneapolis police shooting of Jamar Clark, an unarmed black man.
The Damond shooting is front-page news across her native Australia, and correspondents from major news outlets in the country flew to Minneapolis on Monday to cover it.
The Sydney Morning Herald’s headline in Monday’s newspaper was “American Nightmare.”
“The Australian public and media go nuts for anything involving Australians overseas,” said Andy Ruzgar of 5AA Radio in Adelaide, South Australia. “This particular case is so bizarre. People are gripped by the story.”
Ruzgar said for two fairly similar countries culturally, the gun culture in the United States fascinates Australians.
“No one can have a gun in Australia,” he said. “And you would barely hear of a police shooting all over the country once a year. We just don’t have that culture.”
In the Twin Cities, the shooting exacerbated already-strained tensions between police and community members calling for more accountability within the department.
“I have many of the same questions and it is why we immediately asked for an external and independent investigation into the officer-involved shooting death,” said Harteau, who was out of state “on a personal commitment” but was receiving regular briefings and would return soon, according to a police spokesperson. “I also want to assure you that I understand why so many people have so many questions at this point. I’ve asked for the investigation to be expedited to provide transparency and to answer as many questions as quickly as we can.”
Harteau offered no further details and no explanation as to why the two officers were not recording on body cameras when Noor shot Damond.
The sequence of events was captured in part by police radio, published by website Minnesota PoliceClips, which records police-related media.
Stephen Govel, via Associated Press
Justine Damond, of Sydney, Australia, was fatally shot by police in Minneapolis on Saturday, July 15, 2017.
Officers responded to a report of a “female screaming behind the building.” Moments later, an officer reported “shots fired … one down at Washburn,” and an officer says he was performing CPR. About a minute after the shooting, an officer says there are “no suspects at large.”
On Monday, the BCA said in a news release that officers were responding to a 911 call of a possible assault, and “at one point an officer fired their weapon, fatally striking a woman.”
After confirming Sunday that there was no body camera or dashcam footage of the incident, the agency said the investigation “does not determine whether a law enforcement agency policy was violated. That would be reviewed through the agency’s internal affairs process.”
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said his office is monitoring the case, and he would decide himself whether to charge Noor with the shooting, rather than a grand jury — echoing the Clark case, in which he decided not to charge the officers and released evidence from the investigation.
Freeman said he believes Noor’s body camera should have been running at the time of the shooting.
“I do understand this, they were driving down an alley, the victim approached the car. That’s not necessarily a time you must [be taping], but frankly I think it’s a time you should,” he said.
Gov. Mark Dayton had no comment Monday on the shooting.
Law enforcement had previously criticized Dayton for comments he made after Castile was killed by Yanez.
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Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor
Meanwhile, amid more questions than answers, the family and neighborhood mourned.
Flanked by his family in front of his home, Don Damond read a brief statement saying his fiancée called 911 to report “what she believed was an active sexual assault occurring nearby. … Sadly, her family and I have been provided with almost no information from law enforcement regarding what happened after police arrived.”
Over the past two days, friends, neighbors and strangers gathered to memorialize Damond. Some left heartfelt messages in chalk on the sidewalk near the scene, others laid flowers and paused in silent meditation.
“This is about Justine; it’s about Don.
“A horrific thing has happened in their lives, but it reverberates through the community,” said neighbor Richard Burbach, looking on as Australian news crews gathered around the home.
“I hope that the global media can continue to put enough focus on this that there is a kind of pressure that will … change policing, not just in Minneapolis but the country as well.”
Staff writers David Chanen, Stephen Montemayor, Libor Jany, Pat Pheifer and Paul Walsh contributed to this report.
Andy Mannix covers federal courts and law enforcement for the Star Tribune. He joined the paper in January 2016 and previously covered Minneapolis City Hall and statewide criminal justice/Department of Corrections.
andy.mannix@startribune.com 612-673-4036 AndrewMannix
Vikings Grading the Vikings: Offensive line improved, but talent gap still clear
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Hearing may set order of R. Kelly's Chicago sex abuse trials
Prosecutors in Chicago were expected to announce on Wednesday which of the sex charges against R&B singer R. Kelly they want to take to trial first.
Australia grieves loss of one of its own in Minneapolis police shooting
Failure to turn on body cameras flouted policy
What we know about Mohamed Noor
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Irish Water announces the ‘Preferred Scheme’ to provide essential new water source for 40% of the population
Irish Water has today published the ‘Final Options Appraisal Report’ which identifies the Preferred Scheme for a new source of water supply for its Eastern and Midlands Region. The Water Supply Project will deliver secure and sustainable water for over 40% of the country’s population up to 2050. This will stimulate and facilitate new home developments and new job creation enabling construction and investment across the Eastern and Midlands Region. The focus of the studies and investigations over the past number of years was to identify the most sustainable option that would benefit the maximum population while minimising the environmental impact.
Irish Water is holding public consultations over the next fourteen weeks to seek feedback on the proposed development of the Preferred Scheme and to seek views on what should be considered in the Environment Impact Statement (EIS) which will accompany a planning application to An Bord Pleanála in late 2017.
The Water Supply Project comprises the sustainable abstraction of water on the eastern shore of Parteen Basin in Co. Tipperary, with water treatment nearby at Birdhill. Treated water would then be piped 170km to a termination point reservoir at Peamount in South County Dublin. Supplies of treated water would be made available to Midland communities along the route from Parteen Basin to Dublin.
The Preferred Scheme is the first major new water source upgrade for the Eastern and Midlands Region in over 60 years.
While significant progress has been made in relation to water savings from leakage reductions and water conservation initiatives, these savings alone will not meet the long term needs of the Region which will require an additional 330 million litres of water per day by 2050, the equivalent of 125 Olympic sized swimming pools per day. The maximum sustainable production of treated water from existing water sources and infrastructure within the Region do not have the capacity, resilience or connectivity to meet future demand.
During the third phase of public consultation in November 2015 Irish Water examined a number of options before proposing the current Preferred Scheme including desalination of seawater from the Irish Sea in Fingal. Desalination was rejected as it is one and a half times more expensive, would require very high energy use and would have potentially significant negative environmental impacts. In addition desalination in Dublin would not provide any benefit to towns and communities throughout the Eastern and Midlands Region. Parteen Basin, on the Lower River Shannon, was identified as the ‘emerging’ preferred abstraction option with a 2km wide least constrained pipeline corridor between Parteen Basin in Co. Tipperary and Peamount in South County Dublin.
The Preferred Option, confirmed in the ‘Final Options Appraisal Report’ is the abstraction from the Shannon at Parteen Basin with a 200m wide “Preferred Pipeline Corridor” positioned within an amended 2km “Least Constrained Route Corridor”. Within the 200m wide “Preferred Pipeline Corridor” an indicative 50m temporary pipeline corridor has also been identified.
Full details of the process by which the Preferred Scheme was identified are set out in the Final Options Appraisal Report published today (www.watersupplyproject.ie/publications/).
Irish Water has also published an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Scoping Report. The EIS Scoping Report considers the nature and likely scale of potential environmental impacts that may arise from the Preferred Scheme.
The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will present the final scheme and pipeline corridor and will accompany Irish Water‘s planning application to An Bord Pleanála in late 2017. At that stage An Bord Pleanála will commence its statutory public consultation.
Irish Water is now holding public consultation over the next fourteen weeks to seek feedback on the development of the Preferred Scheme and the scope of what’s being proposed for consideration in the EIS. Members of the public are welcome to attend any of the scheduled Open Days in order to meet the Project Team, find out more about how the project will serve your area, ask questions and share your views. Details of all scheduled Open Days are available on www.watersupplyproject.ie and will be advertised in local and national media.
In order to ensure stakeholder feedback is considered in advance of the project progressing further, all feedback for this consultation should be sent by 5pm on 14th February 2014, by email to watersupply@water.ie or by post to Water Supply Project, Merrion House, Merrion Road, Dublin 4.
For further project information and copies of the Final Options Appraisal Report and EIS Scoping Report please visit the project website www.watersupplyproject.ie.
Water Supply Project, Merrion House, Merrion Road, Dublin 4
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Please contact us should you have any questions or queries about the Water Supply Project, Eastern and Midlands Region.
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Howling at the moon. Crime Wave 1954
This rapid dog of a B Noir movie directed by one eyed Andre De Toth and released by Warner Brothers in 1954 follows a familiar story line common to Nor B flicks. A trio of newly escaped cons pull small heists jobs in southern cal just to get by, a hamburger joint here, a gas station there, but meanwhile they’re working on a plan to pull off a big bank heist. The film opens with a beautifully shot sequence with the camera in the back of the thieves car as it roams the dark L.A. streets of 1954 and pulls into a gas station run by that runny cheese of a character actor Dub Taylor who is all cheerful and up because the radio is playing a request of his, sung by the magnificent Doris Day. Already I know I’m in for something special because of this on location shot, and the actual voice of Ms.Day on the soundtrack singing. S Wonderful. The three hoods are played by Ted De Corsia, Charles Buchinsky ( who down the road will change his name to Bronson and become a super duper super star) but for now he is Buchinsky, with that sexy ugly chiseled face of his and Nedrick Young all proper and dandy in a a suit and tie. Young who was also a screenwriter won the Oscar for best screenplay for The Defiant Ones under the pseudonymous Nathan E. Douglas after being blacklisted for invoking his Fifth Amendment rights while testifying before the 1953 House Committee on Un-American Activities. We are soon introduced to an ex con on probation unexpectedly played by the very good dancer Gene Nelson who was one year away from making his mark in the film version of Oklahoma. But for now he is an ex-con trying to go straight pulling his very pretty wife played by the lovely Phyllis Kirk, who supports her man no matter what along with him. Gene his dancer’s body taunt, tense and wiry spent time in the big house with the three cons and they want him to take part in their big heist, and of course he wants no part of it. There is a strong hard turn by the terrific Sterling Hayden as a ramrod of a detective who does the whole film with a toothpick stuck between his lips, you see Hayden is trying to give up smoking and since Nicorette was not yet invented his oral fix of choice is a toothpick. A nice eccentric touch, and Hayden does more with a toothpick than anyone I’ve ever seen. The film is thrilling and exciting in its narrative flow, and also in its beautiful visuals with real exterior and interior locations shot with mostly available light and hand held cameras, (the cinematographer was the great Bert Glennon).
De Toth uses lots of extreme close ups and one memorable and beautiful shot is of two hands reaching for a late night ringing phone .that is as breathtaking as any shot I’ve ever seen in a film. There is also a small but pivotal and moving performance by the great Jay Novello as a once proud alcoholic doctor who also spent time in the cooler with the boys and because of this can no longer practice medicine and instead turns to the healing of animals and criminals on the run, and a scary small bit by the always compelling and freaky Timothy Carey as a minor accomplice on the heist. One of the ten best films of 1954.
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enfield north
enfield north Constituency Details
CONTROLLING PARTYLabour
ELECTORATE76,502 voters
Enfield North is a UK parliament constituency that is represented in the House of Commons by Joan Ryan of the Labour party.
The Enfield North constituency has a total population of 104,024, of which 76,502 are eligible (18+) to vote (73.5%).
Enfield North ranks 453th in a list of the largest constituencies in the UK (geographical size), and 172th in a list of the largest constituencies by population size.
Joan Ryan
Sorry, a bio for Joan Ryan has not yet been produced.
Address Joan Ryan MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Political Party Labour
Email Address joanryan.labour@gmail.com
Constituency Enfield North
Facebook Page Facebook
Election turnout for the Enfield North constituency in 2015 was 67.70%, higher than the average UK turnout at 66.1%.
Cara Jenkinson Liberal Democrat Female - - http://www.enfieldlibdems.org.uk/
David Flint Green Male 03 June 1947 (73) https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidcflint http://vote-for-david.blogspot.co.uk/
Deborah Cairns UK Independence Party Female 28 May 1971 (49) - -
Joan Ryan Labour Female 08 September 1955 (65) - http://www.joanryan.org.uk/
Joe Simpson Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Male - - -
Nick de Bois Conservative Male 23 February 1959 (61) - http://www.nickdebois.com/
Yemi Awolola Christian Peoples Alliance Male - - http://www.yemiawolola.com/
BNP 1,228 2.8%
ChP 161 0.4%
Conservative 18,804 42.3%
ED 131 0.3%
Green 489 1.1%
Ind1 91 0.2%
Labour 17,112 38.5%
Liberal-Democrat 5,403 12.2%
UK-Independence-Party 938 2.1%
WRP 96 0.2%
Electorate 66,261
Votes 44,453
Conservative de Bois, Nick
Labour Ryan, Joan
Liberal Democrat Smith, Paul
Green Linton, Bill
BNP Avery, Tony
UKIP Jones, Madge
Election turnout for the Enfield North constituency in 2010 was 67.1%, higher than the average UK turnout at 65.1%.
This graph shows the results from 60 people in the Enfield North constituency who have taken our quiz, displaying which party best matches their opinions of the series of questions we ask.
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ZX Spectrum Games - Codename MAT - Classic ZX Spectrum Game
Codename MAT ZX Spectrum
Codename MAT was a space based arcade strategy game that was released for the Speccy back in 1984 by Micromega.
It was programmed by non other than Crash Magazine's adventure reviewer Derek Brewster, and received the coveted 'Crash Smash' award in the May 1984 edition of the same publication. Was it a case of Crash being generous to one of their own? Well, no actually.
Codename MAT was an excellent game and deserved every accolade awarded to it.
Daunting at first, this game was an ambitious piece and proved that a lot of depth could be crammed into only 48KB of RAM.
Codename MAT loads up on the ZX Spectrum
The cassette inlay card did a great job of setting the scene with the following paragraph:
‘Mission: Alien termination — the desperate plan to place in the mind of a teenager the combined tactical skills of all the planetary leaders in the solar system. MAT is mankind’s last hope... Now your mind is MAT’s mind. Take control of the Centurion and blast off on the greatest adventure of all...'
Your task was to defend Earth and the rest of the solar system against the Myons, a race of aliens hell-bent on the destruction of the human race. A great bunch of lads.
These alien pests are planning on attacking lonely outer planet Pluto first and then working their way inwards towards Earth.
This allowed the game to be divided into 'sectors' comprising of Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars and Earth.
The Myons would attack a planet and attempt to reduce it to mere remnants, with the planets remains used to increase the numbers of their attacking fleet. Pretty dastardly eh?
In some cases it was actually better to destroy a planet yourself than to let it fall into Myon claws. The solar system could be viewed via the in game Solar Chart.
Viewing Earth in Codename MAT on the ZX Spectrum
Once you were in a sector you could bring up a local scan of the area (unsurprisingly called the Sector scan) which gave you the position of the main planet, any satellite bodies (such as moons), positions of Myon shitps, your own defence units and positions of stargates.
Stargates were colour coded as red for outer system and cyan for inner system. Travel between sectors within a planetary system was accomplished by means of a warp gate.
Moving the cursor to the desired sector and then the piloting your groovily name ship (The Centurion) through the gate which appeared in front of the craft.
Failure to achieve the transition resulted in the Centurion ending up in some other random sector.
Travel between planetary systems was accomplished by navigating through one of the two stargates in much the same way.
The Codename MAT sector scan
If all of this wasn't enough you were also equipped with a long-range scan. It must be said that the long range scan was mighty impressive at the time because it represented space in a 3D global view. It was quite hard to get your head around it but it was damn futuristic.
In fact, the game really opened up once you had mastered the many scanners and instruments in the game.
There was a lot to learn and even the instructions themselves were pretty daunting, but once you had mastered object range, forward and reverse view, tracking computer and the variety of enemy ships you could really start playing the game properly.
The Myon attack commenced as soon as the game had started. Combat with the enemy was quite realistic for the time too; Your craft's instrumentation was vulnerable to damage, which could leave you blind or with limited engine functionality.
If you were badly damaged you could initiate repairs by moving into a stationary orbit around a planet, which would then result in a drone coming up to meet you to refuel and repair all damage to your craft.
Again, to add further depth to the game you could choose to play it with full strategy options (Commander mode) which also put you in control of Planetary Defence Fleets.
These fleets could be moved around and used to help in the battle to great effect, opening up a whole tactical battle mixed with arcade action. I suppose in a way it was a precursor to the likes of the PC Classic Homeworld.
As previously mentioned this game was met with high acclaim. To be fair you did have to invest a lot of time into it before being fully rewarded but once you got the hang of the many controls it was a very enjoyable and quite original gaming experience. It was a big hit for Micromega and went on to spawn a sequel later the same year.
For me this is a real classic retro game from 1984. The level of involvement you could feel was quite special back then and in many ways it was a bit of a ground-breaker. Of course by today's standards it is quite simple and limited but there is till some fun to be had. Especially if you line yourself up in front of a planet and blow it away for no good reason!
We recommend getting hold of the real hardware - but if not then download a ZX Spectrum emulator and download Codename MAT for the ZX Spectrum. Alternatively you could try and play it online.
GENRE: Arcade Strategy Game
RELEASED BY: Micromega
DEVELOPER(S): Derek Brewster
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{{sources}} {{maiar infobox | name=Saruman | image=[[File:John Howe - Saruman.jpg|250px]] | caption="Saruman" by [[John Howe]] | pronun= | othernames=Curumo, Curunír, the White, Ring-maker, Of many colours, [[Sharkey]] | titles= | position=Head of the [[White Council]] | location=[[Orthanc]] | affiliation=[[Istari]] (Wizards)<br/>[[White Council]]<br/>[[Sauron]] | language= | birth= | birthlocation= | rule= | death=[[3 November]] {{TA|3019}} | deathlocation=[[Hobbiton]] | age= | notablefor= | house= | parentage= | siblings= | spouse= | children= | gender=Male | height=Tall | hair=White with strands of black<ref name="Voice">{{TT|Voice}}</ref> | eyes= | clothing=White robes, shimmering with many colours | weapons=Staff<br/>Knife | steed= }} {{pronounce|Quenya - Curumo.mp3|Gilgamesh}} {{quote|[Saruman] is great among the Wise. He is the chief of my order and the head of the Council. His knowledge is deep, but his pride has grown with it, and he takes ill any meddling. The lore of the Elven-rings, great and small, is his province. He has long studied it, seeking the lost secrets of their making (....)|[[Gandalf]], ''[[The Shadow of the Past]]''}} '''Saruman the White''' ([[Third Age]] c. 1000 – 3019, existed in [[Middle-earth]] for 2019 years) was the first of the order of [[Wizards]] (or ''Istari'') who came to Middle-earth as Emissaries of the [[Valar]] in the [[Third Age]]. He was the leader of the [[White Council]]. In [[Sindarin]] his name was '''Curunír''', which meant "Man of Skill". ==History== ===Origins=== The [[Ainur]] existed before [[Arda]] was created. [[Maiar]] were angelic creatures of lower order than the [[Valar]]. [[Curumo]] and [[Mairon]] were powerful Maiar of [[Aulë]], until the latter fell and became [[Sauron]].<ref>{{S|Vala}}</ref> In [[Valinor]], a council was called by [[Manwë]]. This was likely in the middle of the Second Age, shortly after the creation of the [[Rings of Power]]. It was decided to send five [[Wizards|emissaries]] to Middle-earth. These should be "mighty, peers of Sauron, yet forgo might, and clothe themselves in flesh" — Istari, or Wizards. One of those who went was '''''[[Curumo]]''''' (later in [[Sindarin]] ''[[Curunír]]'', or in [[Westron]] ''Saruman'').<ref name=Istari>{{UT|Istari}}</ref> Saruman was one of those who volunteered, whereas the last one, ''[[Gandalf|Olórin]]'', (later Gandalf) was commanded by Manwë to go. Saruman's jealousy of Gandalf began even here, when [[Varda]] said of Gandalf, who went as the third Istar that he was "not the third". Saruman was charged to take [[Aiwendil]] with him to please [[Yavanna]], which he did not wish to do, and this led to contempt for the latter Wizard.<ref name=Istari/> ===Arrival in Middle-earth=== Saruman arrived alone in a ship at [[Mithlond]] (the [[Grey Havens]]) in [[Lindon]] around the year 1000 of the [[Third Age]]<ref name="AppTA"/>, and only [[Círdan]] knew his identity and his origin. He went into the [[East]] of Middle-earth, as did the two [[Blue Wizards]]. After one and a half millennia he returned to the West, just as Sauron's power was growing again in [[Dol Guldur]]. When the [[White Council]] was formed around {{TA|2463}}<ref name="AppTA"/>, Saruman was appointed its leader. Even then, he had begun to sense the resurgence of Sauron and to envy and desire his power, and especially his [[The One Ring|One Ring]]. Coincidentally, in that same year the One Ring was found by the creature [[Gollum]]<ref name="AppTA"/>, drawing the [[Dark Lord]] closer to the conflict that would eventually prove Saruman's undoing. ===Chief of the White Council=== [[File:Angus McBride - Saruman.gif|thumb|[[Angus McBride]] - ''Saruman'']] When [[Saruman]] returned from his travels into the east of [[Middle-earth]], he spent years in [[Minas Tirith]] examining its archives. It is possible that there he surmised that a [[Palantíri|''palantír'']] would still be located in [[Orthanc]].<ref>{{UT|Palantiri}}</ref> He offered to make Isengard his home and to command the defences of the West. This was welcomed by King [[Fréaláf]] of [[Rohan]] and [[Ruling Steward|Steward]] [[Beren (Steward of Gondor)|Beren]] of [[Gondor]] alike. In {{TA|2759}}, Saruman was given the [[Key of Orthanc]] in the ring of [[Isengard]] his abode, hoping that he would prove an important ally.<ref name="SV">{{S|V}}</ref> There he became important in the defence of the free lands of the West. In Orthanc he came upon the [[Orthanc-stone]], one of the seven seeing stones, but kept it secret and hidden, particularly from the White Council. He would later betray the Council by concealing his use of it. In {{TA|2851}}, the White Council met and Gandalf revealed that the evil presence in Dol Guldur was indeed Sauron and that he had returned, and urged an attack there. Saruman however believed that Sauron would be useful in his quest: allowing Sauron to build up his strength, the One Ring would reveal itself, and Saruman hoped to have sufficient strength to seize it first himself until that event. With this strategy in mind, Saruman overruled Gandalf. It soon became clear that Saruman desired to possess [[the One Ring]] himself.<ref name="AppTA">{{App|TA}}</ref> He soon found that Sauron had more knowledge of the possible location of the One Ring than he expected, and in {{TA|2941}} he finally consented to an [[Attack on Dol Guldur]] against Sauron at which point Sauron retreated to [[Mordor]]. [[File:Angus McBride - Dol Guldur.jpg|thumb|left|Angus McBride - ''Dol Guldur'']] In {{TA|2953}}, the [[Wise]] gathered once more to debate about the [[Rings of Power]]. Saruman quieted the Council claiming to have the knowledge that the One Ring was lost forever in the [[Belegaer]]. Following their final meeting, Saruman took Isengard for his own and fortified it. Saruman, jealous and afraid of Gandalf, set spies to watch all his movements; thus he discovered the existence of the [[Shire]] and noted Gandalf's interest in it, and started sending agents in [[Bree]] and the [[Southfarthing]].<ref name="AppTA"/> As [[Lord of Isengard]], Saruman began to bring trouble to Rohan by aiding its enemies.<ref name="AppMark">{{App|Mark}}</ref> Saruman's corruption was complete when, in ''circa'' {{TA|3000}}, he used the [[Orthanc-stone|''palantír'' of Orthanc]] and was enticed by [[Sauron]].<ref name="AppTA"/ Sauron declared himself openly. In Mordor, he established contact with Saruman through the [[Ithil-stone]] his minions had captured from [[Minas Ithil]]. Through his jealousy towards Gandalf and his ever-growing pride and arrogance, and through the use of the '' palantír'', wrestling in thought with the Enemy, Saruman became a servant of Sauron's will (although unintentionally, as his hopes were to gain the One Ring for himself). ===War of the Ring=== At about this time, in an attempt to control [[Rohan]], Saruman bought the allegiance of King [[Théoden]]'s chief advisor, [[Gríma]], who then counselled the ailing king to do nothing about the steady resurgence of Sauron's armies. Saruman and Gríma's treachery would have crippled Rohan's military might, had not [[Gandalf]] interfered a year later and revealed to Théoden his right-hand man's true designs, healing the old king and revitalizing his political and military rule. He had sent spies to negotiate the purchase of "[[pipe-weed|leaf]]" from [[the Shire]], in preparation for the war, and also learn of any [[Hobbits]] who had departed recently in hopes of finding out who possessed [[the One Ring]].<ref name="UT10">{{UT|10}}, "Concerning Gandalf, Saruman, and the Shire"</ref> Saruman did not reveal his true intentions until Gandalf presented him with the discovery and location of the One Ring. On [[10 July]], {{TA|3018}}, Gandalf arrived at Isengard.<ref name="AppGreat">{{App|Great}}</ref> Saruman demanded that Gandalf submit to him and Sauron or fail. Saruman then stood forth as '''Saruman of Many Colours''', and when Gandalf refused to join with him, he held him captive in Isengard. [[File:The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers - Gríma and Saruman.jpg|thumb|left|Saruman commanding his forces from Orthanc]] It must have been during Gandalf's captivity in Orthanc that Saruman began to build his army of [[Orcs]], [[Dunlendings]], and [[Uruk-hai]], since Gandalf came to an as yet undestroyed Isengard. From the pinnacle of the tower Gandalf could see that Saruman was gathering an army of [[orcs]] and [[wolves]] in his pits and forges.<ref name="FRCouncil">{{FR|Council}}</ref> One can speculate that if matters had developed a little more slowly, his puppet Gríma would have gained full control over Rohan, and the [[Rohirrim]] would have been enslaved or destroyed. Saruman's plans likely failed because he, like Sauron, was forced to reveal his hand early by Gandalf's subsequent escape, and therefore he had little time to perfect his plans. As Saruman considered himself "unfallen", he honestly believed he had a chance of converting Gandalf to his side, and felt honestly betrayed by Gandalf when he was refused. Gandalf later escaped, and so Saruman's treachery became known to the rest of the White Council when Gandalf reported it during the subsequent [[Council of Elrond]]. Saruman soon also betrayed his new master Sauron by lying to the [[Witch-king]] when he arrived at Isengard. Sauron had sent the [[Nazgûl]] searching for [[Bilbo Baggins|Baggins]], who had found the One Ring years before, and the Shire, his home. Saruman pretended to know nothing about the Shire. But the Lord of Morgul and his company did not have the strength to assault the Ring of Isengard. Saruman told them that he believed Gandalf knew the whereabouts of the Ring and the Riders departed. In September of {{TA|3018}} the Nazgûl captured one of his [[the Shire|Shire]] [[Squint-eyed Southerner|spies]] who told the [[Witch-king]] everything, betraying Saruman, and exposing Saruman's double treachery. They also seized some maps and information about the Shire and [[Baggins]].<ref name="UT10"/> Caught now between both sides as a known traitor to both, Saruman put all efforts into obtaining [[the One Ring]] for himself.<ref name="UTHunt">{{UT|Hunt}}</ref> The failure to capture the Ring at [[Emyn Muil]] further ruined Saruman's plans, as he was revealed as a traitor to Mordor now as well. [[File:Ted Nasmith - The Wrath of the Ents.jpg|thumb|[[Ted Nasmith]] - ''The Wrath of the Ents'']] Saruman implemented a strategy of attacking [[Rohan]], endeavouring to kill the King's son [[Théodred]], sending spies to waylay [[Frodo Baggins]] on his flight from the Shire, and dispatching raiding parties on likely routes a company of the Ring might take to Gondor. Ironically, one of these parties captured [[Peregrin Took]] and [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]] and transported them to [[Fangorn Forest]] in time to mobilize the [[Ents]]. Gandalf also suspected Saruman had found (and destroyed) the remains of [[Isildur]], who had worn the Ring before it had been lost. Saruman's Shire network failed to capture Frodo Baggins, Gandalf rallied Rohan to victory, [[Éomer]] stopped his only partially successful raiding party, and control of Isengard was lost to the [[Ents]]. Aware he was utterly defeated, Saruman briefly considered repenting for his deeds, but at the last moment could not go through with it. Whether he had hope he could escape, whether he was too proud to surrender to Gandalf, or whether he simply feared Sauron's retribution for his treachery, Saruman refused to leave the confines of his fortress. Saruman made a final attempt to woo Théoden and Gandalf to his cause but failed: his staff was broken and he was dismissed from the order of the Istari. Left out of the final stages of the War of the Ring, he eventually managed to convince his captors, the Ents, into letting him leave Isengard, as apparently the magic of his voice still remained. [[File:Ted Nasmith - Saruman is Overtaken.jpg|thumb|[[Ted Nasmith]] - ''Saruman is Overtaken'']]On their way, they were confronted by Gandalf, [[Celeborn]], [[Galadriel]] and the Hobbits on their way to northern [[Dunland]]. They found them as traveling beggars and Saruman kicked Gríma to move on, as he exclaimed how he hated his master. Gandalf told Gríma that he was free to leave him but he did not reply. As Saruman was considered powerless, there was little concern for his escape.<ref>{{RK|Partings}}</ref> He then went to the Shire, which his agent [[Lotho Sackville-Baggins]] (undisturbed by events elsewhere) had brought under control. He established himself in [[Hobbiton]] and spent his final days as a small-time thug lord whom his [[ruffians]] called '''''Sharkey'''''. But even this operation fell apart after Frodo and [[Samwise Gamgee]] returned; he was eventually betrayed and killed by his own servant Gríma on [[3 November]], {{TA|3019}}. Saruman, who was a Maia, had lost his shape with his "death". As a discorporated spirit, he should have been called to [[Mandos]], but a wind came from the [[West]] and pushed it away. Apparently his spirit was left naked, powerless and wandering in Middle-earth; perhaps not unlike Sauron after the One Ring was destroyed. ==Characteristics== In appearance, Saruman was as an old man with black hair. At the end of the Third Age, his hair and beard had turned mostly white — he had only black hairs about his lips and ears. He was tall, his face was long, and his eyes were deep and dark. He would appear in a white cloak, a habit he later changed into a cloak that changed colours as he moved. He was not actually a [[Men|Man]], or even an [[Elves|Elf]] (as Men often suspected), but a [[Maiar|Maia]] clothed in flesh — an [[Istari|Istar]] ((see ''Origins'' below). As such, he was immortal and extremely powerful, yet had limits on how far these powers could be used. His two most salient powers were his knowledge and his voice. === Powers === Knowledge of the "deep arts" (or magic, such as it is in Middle-earth) was of particular interest to Saruman, especially when relating to power—such as the [[Rings of Power]] and the far seeing ''[[palantíri]]''. He was also deeply learned in ancient lore regarding powerful kingdoms such as [[Númenor]], [[Gondor]], and [[Moria]]. His voice and speech were extremely convincing, more powerful than mere rhetoric. When he focused this power on a person or a group of people, he could sway their hearts, plant fears and sow lies as he pleased. According to the stature of the listener, this spell could last as long as the speech did, or it could take root in them and last forever. Saruman's voice was so powerful that he was able to convince the [[Witch-king]] that he knew nothing of the One-Ring or the Shire. His voice was not hypnotic, however, rather it was persuasive; and the real danger the voice posed to the listener was not them falling into a trance, but agreeing with it. Aside from his voice, Saruman has other subtle abilities such as giving great speed and motivation to his orcs at a distance and setting his will against all those in his dominion that might oppose him. Aragorn takes note of this ability while tracking the party of orcs holding Merry and Pippin hostage. Saruman also seems to be able to move around totally unheard by others, as there are numerous examples of him using this ability. Several examples include his sneaking up on [[Aragorn]], [[Gimli]] and [[Legolas]]'s camp in [[The Riders of Rohan]], his wholly unheard entrance in [[The Voice of Saruman]] and his quiet but sudden appearance to the hobbits in [[The Scouring of the Shire]]. Other powers include knowledge of machinery and chemistry, probably separable from explicit magic (for instance, the "blasting fire" employed by his [[Uruk-hai]] army in the battle of [[Helm's Deep]], was probably some kind of explosive). Machinery and engines characterized both his fortified [[Isengard]] and his altered [[the Shire|Shire]]. In this, he probably sought to emulate [[Sauron]]. His science also extended to biological areas. He is believed to have crossbred Men and Orcs, creating a new race of Orcs unafraid of daylight. His mannish spies in [[Bree]] were said to have Orc blood. He also employed birds in his service, although this might also be attributed to [[Radagast]] the Brown, ordering them to report to [[Orthanc]], Saruman's stronghold. Being regarded as more powerful than [[Gandalf]] (at least before Gandalf's "rebirth"), it's fair to assume he would also wield explicit magic similar to Gandalf, such as artificial light, locking spells, creating fire, etc. Saruman, in his desire to imitate Sauron, attemped to forge for himself a Ring of Power. This he wore during the War of the Ring which he revealed when he called himself "Saruman the Ring-maker". He had great knowledge and lore of the magic rings created by Sauron and by the Elven-smiths, though at this time the full art of ring-making was lost and known only to Sauron and so Saruman's knowledge of the craft was incomplete. It is assumed that Saruman's Ring was the equivalent of one of the lesser rings in power and the any details of this power is not mentioned. It is also assumed that it too lost its power, if it had any, when the One Ring was destroyed, since Saruman's craft of ring-making was still based on Sauron's. When Gandalf was given Narya, the Ring of Fire, Saruman learned of the gift and resented it. This may be another reason why Saruman desired to have a ring of his own. ===Personality=== Saruman resembled Gandalf not only in appearance, but originally also somewhat in character, but unlike Gandalf, Saruman was proud. He saw himself as the most powerful of the Istari, expressing clear contempt for Radagast the Brown. Saruman was no fool (though he saw Radagast as one); he realized Gandalf's power, and eventually came to see him as an equal, and later as a superior, much to his distress. He became jealous of Gandalf, eventually convincing himself that Gandalf was scheming against him, which justified his own scheming against Gandalf and the rest of the White Council. Saruman likely was true to his mission in the beginning, and actually believed in working to stop Sauron, but his pride and later arrogance (as well as his jealousy towards Gandalf) turned him into a traitor to the cause he had once served. Saruman's betrayal was not sudden, but slowly grew over time, until at last he had convinced himself that he could not have taken any other path, and that it was too late now to repent. This false belief kept him from taking his last chance at redemption, and because he must have realized this he only became more bitter, blaming Gandalf more than anyone else for his own downfall. ==Politics== ===Men=== Saruman "went mostly among men". He always sought power, and it lay in the hands of the kingdoms of Men. No records speak of his earliest journeys into the east; after his return he became a servant of [[Gondor]], receiving the keys to Orthanc from Beren as its warden. When Gondor weakened, he claimed Orthanc for his own without any formal declaration (or objection from Gondor), yet remained nominally an ally of Gondor and of Rohan. When he turned to treachery, Saruman employed men mainly from [[Dunland]], and agents from other lands, turning old grudges into fuel for new hatred. The Dunlendings were enticed with the old stories that they had once lived in [[Calenardhon]] before the ''Strawheads''. The Dunlendings became his soldiers and it also seems probable that he used some of them to create [[Half-orcs]]. Gríma Wormtongue played a vital role in Saruman's plans: with Saruman's council Gríma began to weaken the king, estranging him from his other councilors and even his own kin, until Gríma had in effect become the leader of Rohan. ===Elves=== Saruman was once on good terms with the Elves, and was voted in as the leader of the White Council, a group of Elves and Istari united against Sauron. Saruman knew that Gandalf had been given the third Elvish ring [[Narya]] by [[Círdan]] the Shipwright. This nurtured his jealousy of Gandalf and his resentment towards the Elves. Saruman had little use for, or interest in, the Elves, who were declining and their lands were few and secretive; although they wielded marvellous powers and two Rings of Power, they were not useful nor accessible for Saruman's ambitions. Also, they succumbed less easily than other races to manipulation. Even though Isengard lay very close to [[Lothlórien]], Saruman had very little or no contact with it. Saruman never trusted [[Galadriel]] and he accused her of scheming for Gandalf at his expense.<ref>{{RK|Partings}}</ref> ===Orcs=== Saruman probably drew his original strength of Orcs from tribes in the [[Misty Mountains]], and perhaps from Moria Orcs. He made use of [[Wargs|Warg]]-mounted Orcs. He also bred Orcs in Isengard, eventually creating crossbreeds of Orcs and Men (probably [[Dunlendings]]). This programme apparently also involved feeding these Orcs Man-flesh. His [[Uruk-hai]] army displayed great discipline and fierce loyalty, in addition to the other improvements such as height, strength, endurance and resistance to sunlight. There also appears to have been middle stages between Men and the Uruk-hai, Men with varying degrees of Orkish appearance. These were reported by Pippin and Merry to have been part of Saruman's regular army, but were not Uruk-hai, since the hobbits would have recognized these from their earlier capture. Saruman's servants called him "[[Sharkey]]" both in Isengard and later in the Shire. ===Ents/Trees=== Saruman made contact with the Ents in [[Fangorn Forest]] shortly after he settled in [[Isengard]]. The oldest of the Ents, [[Treebeard]] received him and gave him free access to the forest. Saruman also consulted with Treebeard, learning much old lore that the Ents would have remembered from ancient times. Saruman did not return this favour, but only listened. The Ents saw Saruman's treachery early, and became very concerned, primarily with Saruman's Orcs felling trees on the edge of Fangorn for use in the furnaces of Isengard—or sometimes for no reason at all. The Ents also appear to have had a sense of order, how things should be, that Saruman encroached upon. The crossbreeding of Men and Orcs particularly alarmed them, out of proportion to other concerns enemies of Saruman might have had. Also alarming was the pure fact of his treachery — the Istari were supposed to have a special responsibility. Saruman used the Ents and the Fangorn forest without concern for the consequences. He clearly misjudged the Ents' abilities and will to act. This might not have been as incautious as it seemed, since major contributing factors to the Ent's actions were advice and requests from Gandalf, and concern about the rising power of Sauron (and their wish to support the front-line troops of the war, Rohan and Gondor). Saruman clearly had the ability to understand the minds of the Ents when he found it useful. He managed to talk Treebeard into setting him free from Orthanc by pushing just the right buttons — Ents dislike the concept of caging up any creature. ===Hobbits=== The race of [[Hobbits]] and their lands seemed too insignificant to interest Saruman: until he took notice of Gandalf's special concern for them. Studying Gandalf made him focus gradually more and more on the Hobbits and The Shire. For a period he actually travelled there in secret, mapping out the lands. Gandalf was aware of this, but at this point only amused. He began smoking pipe-weed (a habit of the Hobbits that Gandalf had picked up), also in secret. His demand for tobacco opened up trading between The Shire and Isengard, and the power his money could wield there and the corruption it could cause began to fascinate him. Some of his agents went in secret, and some were known to Gandalf and the [[Rangers of the North|Rangers]]. His anger towards the Hobbits may possibly stem from the attention Gandalf showed them. It certainly strengthened immensely when he discovered that the Hobbits had "conspired" with Gandalf to keep [[the One Ring]] from him. This, and the sudden urgency caused by the [[Nazgûl|Ringwraiths]]' hunt for the Ring-bearer from The Shire to Rivendell, made him increase his activity in the area, leading to a build-up of power that would lead to virtual conquest of The Shire. He might also later have blamed the ruin of Isengard by the Ents on [[Peregrin Took]] and [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]], who clearly catalysed events. This all came together when Saruman escaped from the Ents and retired to The Shire and his thug regime in place there. It appears he immediately switched the focus of this operation to wanton destruction: pollution, murder, fire, chopping down trees for no reason, a last blow against Hobbits and Gandalf. At his final utter defeat by [[Battle of Bywater|a Hobbit uprising]], his life was spared even when he tried to assassinate [[Frodo Baggins]]. At this moment he actually conceded a short-lived respect to Frodo. ===Valar/Maiar/Wizards=== Saruman was supposedly eager to go to Middle-earth, against Manwë's counsel. After his 'death' he was apparently barred from returning to Valinor, and therefore was denied reincarnation and condemned to waft away and disappear like so much smoke. Sauron, in origin a Maia of Aulë like Saruman, amazed and frightened him. During the height of his arrogance Saruman thought to supplant Sauron as the Dark Lord, but in the end he found himself meddling with a spirit of far greater power than himself. Saruman grudgingly brought with him Radagast as a companion from Valinor, at the request of [[Yavanna]], yet still managed to arrive alone, and first. Shortly after, he went into the East with the two [[Blue Wizards]], and later returned alone. There he may have wrought many great works to diminish the influence of the Enemy. Radagast, even though Saruman scorned him, served Saruman very usefully (and wholly unintentionally, as he admitted "he had just the wit to play the part I set him"—that of persuading Gandalf to come to Isengard). Radagast also sent birds to Saruman and Gandalf to report the different happenings in Middle-earth. Saruman had always been jealous of Gandalf, and knew that he was keeping secrets from him, such as his suspicion about [[The One Ring|Bilbo's Ring]] and [[Narya]], secret. Gandalf also suspected Saruman of plotting to gain the One Ring for himself, and hinted at this at a meeting of the White Council. Gandalf blew nine small smoke rings and one great one that wavered a bit, seeming almost palpable, and yet blew away, symbolizing (almost prophetic of) Saruman's failure in achieving the One for himself. In general, Saruman must have viewed Gandalf as his only peer, and as such to be feared and treated with (although not necessarily shown) respect. He always kept a watchful eye open for Gandalf's doings, and actually picked up the habit of smoking pipe-weed by sending out spies tailing Gandalf to the Shire. When matters came to a head, Saruman sought to make Gandalf an ally in his plans. This was probably not just out of practical politics, but also of respect and a sense of companionship and shared destiny. And possibly out of hope, being daunted by the proposition of becoming Sauron's servant alone. Nevertheless, Saruman exercised more power than Gandalf, even with the ring Narya, as became clear when he placed Gandalf under arrest at the pinnacle of Orthanc. The text does not make it clear whether Saruman lost power or whether Gandalf gained power, but when Gandalf returned as "Gandalf the White", he could summon Saruman at his will, forcibly keep him in his presence, and finally break Saruman's staff (with whatever implications that might have had for Saruman's powers). Saruman several times came very close to setting aside his pride and to asking Gandalf for pity and help. The closest call came when the [[Nazgûl|Ringwraiths]] (on their way to the Shire) arrived at Isengard while Gandalf still remained in captivity there. Saruman, realizing his predicament, actually went to seek Gandalf's pardon, only to find his erstwhile captive missing from the top of Orthanc. ===Animals=== Saruman had control over many birds, probably through Radagast. These spied for him and brought him news. In addition, the Orcs Saruman took in his armies had amongst them [[Wargs]], a sort of intelligent demon-wolf. ==Etymology== ''Saruman'' is a [[Mannish]] translation of [[Quenya]] ''[[Curumo]]'', his original name in [[Valinor]] as a Maia; and [[Sindarin]] ''[[Curunír]]'' which is supposedly the same name (with the ending ''[[dîr|-ndîr]]'' "man"). All names mean "Skilled Man" or "Cunning One" (root ''[[curu]]'' "skill").<ref name=RC81>{{HM|RC}}, p. 81</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=[[Helge Fauskanger]]|articleurl=http://folk.uib.no/hnohf/quen-eng.htm|articlename=Quettaparma Quenyallo|website=Arda}}</ref><ref>{{webcite|author=[[Didier Willis]], ed.|articleurl=http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/sindar/online/sindar/dict-sd-en.html|articlename=Hiswelókë's Sindarin dictionary|website=[http://www.jrrvf.com/hisweloke/ Hiswelókë]}}</ref> ''Saruman'' is derived from [[Old English]]: the root word ''searu'' means "device, design, contrivance, art" and the whole name means "man of skill".<ref name=RC81/> His name in [[Sindarin]] was ''Curunír 'Lân''.<ref>{{UT|Istari}}</ref> ==Inspiration== As a scholar, Tolkien would also have been well aware of the name of a similarly-named historic 'head of his order', Jaruman. ==Portrayal in adaptations== [[File:The Lord of the Rings (1978 film) - Saruman.jpg|thumb|right|Saruman in [[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1978 film)]]]] '''1955: [[The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1955 radio series)]]:''' :The voice of Saruman is provided by [[Robert Farquharson]]. '''1978: [[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1978 film)]]:''' :[[Fraser Kerr]] provided the voice of Saruman. From early on in the production, it was decided that "Saruman" and "Sauron" sounded too much alike, and might confuse viewers. On concept art, Saruman is called "Ruman",<ref>[http://www.ralphbakshi.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=5&pos=69 1978 - The Lord of the Rings Gallery] at [http://www.ralphbakshi.com Ralphbakshi.com] (accessed 26 March 2011)</ref> but prior to recording, this was changed to "Aruman". However, during recording, it was again changed, to "Saruman". Because of this late change, several instances of "Aruman" remain in the finished film. '''1979: [[The Lord of the Rings (1979 radio series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1979 radio series)]]:''' :The voice of Saruman is provided by [[James Arrington]]. '''1981: [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1981 radio series)]]:''' :[[Peter Howell]] played Saruman. Because the series follows a chronological timeline rather than the flashbacks of the books, Saruman's betrayal is brought out much sooner than in the book. Excerpts from [[The Hunt for the Ring]] are dramatised to flesh out Gandalf's escape from Isengard, and the Nazgul's pursuit. In the final episode Saruman's death at the hands of Wormtongue at Bag End is included. [[File:The Lord of the Rings (film series) - Saruman using Palantír.jpg|thumb|[[Christopher Lee]] as Saruman in [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]]]] '''2001-03: [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]]:''' :Saruman was played by [[Christopher Lee]]. The film did not depict Saruman's adoption of the title "Saruman of Many Colours". The film also did not include the [[Scouring of the Shire]], but Saruman's last appearance was in Isengard, showing his encounter with Gandalf and Théoden. In the [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (extended edition)|extended edition of ''The Return of the King'']], Gríma stabs Saruman in the back, causing him to fall on a spiked wheel below the tower of Orthanc. '''2003: [[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (video game)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (video game)]]:''' :Though Christopher Lee provided the voice of Saruman for many scenes, the only visual appearance of the Wizard of from re-used movie clips, his voice is played over several Gandalf's actions though. '''2003: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring]]'':''' :Saruman is one of the "Hero" units of the Servants of Sauron, the game also depicts his creation of the Uruk-hai. '''2004: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth]]'':''' :Saruman is the main "Hero" unit of Isengard faction, the evil campaign follows his despoilment of both Isengard and the Fangorn Forest, war on Rohan and later conquest of the outlying lands. '''2006: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II]]'':''' :Saruman is still the main "Hero" unit of Isengard faction, but plays no role in the storyline. '''2011: ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online: Rise of Isengard]]'':''' [[File:LOTRO-Rise of Isengard-Saruman-1.png|thumb|200px|Saruman in ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'']] : Through frequently referred to in-game since 2007, Saruman made no visual appearance until 2011 and the ''Rise of Isengard'' expansion. Many quests in the game display the stretch of the White Hand - Saruman's minions are present in Shire as early as {{TA|3018}}, as well as [[Bree-land]], [[Lone-lands]], [[Eregion]], [[Enedwaith]], [[Dunland]], [[Gap of Rohan]], outskirts of the [[Fangorn Forest]] and even [[Moria]]. :In the storyline of ''Rise of Isengard'' Saruman first appears buying the loyalties of the Dunlending clans, bringing with him riches and maintaining a friendly appearance. He also still keeps his affairs in Rohan private, to the point that when a Rohirrim questions the desolation of [[Nan Curunír]] and the presence of Trolls in Isengard, the Wizard manages to use his voice to convince him that it was all for the good cause. At one point, traitorous Dunlendings capture the player and send him to Saruman as a gift - once again the Wizard maintains a friendly and noble appearance, trying to discern the location of The Ring, before the player escapes. :A major storyline is derived from a single line in ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', where Saruman calls himself "Ring-forger". Long having researched the Rings of Power, Saruman sends his minions to pillage what remains of Ring-Forges of Eregion, looking for any knowledge of ancient Elven smiths that have remained here. Using that lore, he constructs a massive Ring-Forge under Isengard, where he creates five lesser rings and a master one to command them. He keeps the master ring to himself and gives the other to his most trusted lieutenants, though none of the mortals are prepared for it and are turned into monstrosities. A large forces of players defeats them one by one, reclaiming lesser rings and later uses those rings to turn upon the master one. In the ensuing fight Saruman's ring is destroyed shortly before the Battle of Hornburg, and with it the lesser ones lose their power. '''2012-14: [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]:''' :[[Christopher Lee]] reprised his role as Saruman,although the character does not appear in the novel.<ref name="TelegraphCasting">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/8311016/Christopher-Lee-will-star-in-the-Hobbit-prequel.html|articlename=Christopher Lee will star in the Hobbit prequel|dated=08-Feb-2011|website=[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ The Telegraph]|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref> He appears as part of the [[White Council]] alongside [[Gandalf]], [[Galadriel]] and [[Elrond]]. He is skeptical about the appearance of a [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]] in [[Dol Guldur]]. However, when he participates in the [[attack on Dol Guldur]], he sees for himself that Sauron has returned, and says he will take it upon himself to keep an eye on the Dark Lord. '''2014: [[Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor]]:''' :Saruman apppears in this game,although the character is not playable, with [[Roger Jackson]] provided the voice for the character.In the game the protagonist, Talion, finds various artifacts that reveal that Saruman's spies are active within the borders of Mordor in the years between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. It is later revealed that Saruman was controlling Queen Marwen of the [[Nurnen]] in order to hinder Sauron while also bringing about the destruction of the men of [[Nurn]]. ==See also== * [[:Category:Images of Saruman|Images of Saruman]] {{References}} {{Ainur}} [[Category:Characters in The Lord of the Rings]] [[Category:Characters in The Silmarillion]] [[Category:Maiar]] [[Category:Masculine names]] [[Category:Old English names]] [[Category:Third Age characters]] [[Category:Wizards]] [[de:Saruman]] [[fa:سارومان]] [[fr:/encyclo/personnages/ainur/maiar/istari/saruman]] [[fi:Saruman]]
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House of Hair w/ Dee Snider
Wamego woman involved in rollover car crash
A woman from Wamego was taken to Wamego Health Center yesterday after icy roads caused her vehicle to roll over Monday morning. Beth M. Brunkow, 69, was heading east on Oregon Trail Rd. near Onaga Rd. in a 1999 GMC Jimmy when icy conditions caused her to lose control of the vehicle. The vehicle then [...]
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By Derek Simmons|2020-01-21T10:37:48-06:00January 21st, 2020|Local News, Pottawatomie County, Top Story|Comments Off on Wamego woman involved in rollover car crash
Tuttle Creek State Park recovering from flood damage; will host holiday activities
It was just earlier this year that Tuttle Creek State Park was closed to the public because of concerns about rising water levels in Tuttle Creek Reservoir. Since then, the park has come a long way towards recovering and several features, such as trails and a boat ramp in the Cedar Ridge area, 12 utility-electric [...]
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By Derek Simmons|2019-12-19T21:16:34-06:00December 19th, 2019|Local News, Pottawatomie County, Riley County, Top Story|Comments Off on Tuttle Creek State Park recovering from flood damage; will host holiday activities
Cops N’ Kids program brings early Christmas to local children
Area police departments brought Christmas a little early to about 85 kids this year for the 30th annual Cops N’ Kids program. Law-enforcement officers and staff from the Pottawatomie County Sheriff’s Office, Riley County Police Department, St. Mary’s Police Department, Wamego Police Department and K-State Police Department partnered up to take kids on shopping sprees [...]
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By Derek Simmons|2019-12-14T15:41:48-06:00December 14th, 2019|Local News, Pottawatomie County, Riley County, Top Story|Comments Off on Cops N’ Kids program brings early Christmas to local children
What is life really like for LGBT-community members in Manhattan?
Through their Municipality Equality Index, the Human Rights Campaign recently ranked Manhattan as the second most LGBT-inclusive city in Kansas with a score of 83 out of 100. A quick look at past MEI scores also indicates that Manhattan has become a more inclusive city over the past few years, as it has increased from [...]
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By Derek Simmons|2019-12-06T22:50:57-06:00December 6th, 2019|Local News, Manhattan, Top Story|Comments Off on What is life really like for LGBT-community members in Manhattan?
109-year-old WWII veteran receives award for a lifetime of military service and volunteer work
A 109-year-old World War Two veteran has accepted Polly Ogden Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution’s most distinguished award. Julia Kabance, the eldest member the Prairie Band Pottawatomie Nation and currently the oldest Native American WWII veteran, received the DAR Distinguished Citizen Medal at the Good Samaritan Society – [...]
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By Derek Simmons|2019-11-12T09:52:13-06:00November 12th, 2019|Local News, Pottawatomie County, Top Story|Comments Off on 109-year-old WWII veteran receives award for a lifetime of military service and volunteer work
Serious injuries from I-70 roll-over crash
A rollover accident involving one vehicle on I-70 near exit 313 shortly after 5 p.m. resulted in injuries to two people. One person was life-flighted and another was taken away in an ambulance. Both westbound lanes were temporarily closed and have since been reopened. The nature of the injuries is unknown at this time. UPDATE: [...]
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By KMAN Staff|2019-10-25T22:05:01-05:00October 25th, 2019|Geary County, Local News, Manhattan, Riley County, Top Story|Comments Off on Serious injuries from I-70 roll-over crash
Tips for staying safe during and after a motor-vehicle crash with a deer
This time of year can be particularly dangerous on the roads as we enter peak-mating season for deer. The number of motor-vehicle wrecks involving deer goes from 200 to 400 per day before October to around 1000 by early to mid November, according to a study by the Kansas Department of Wildlife Parks and Tourism [...]
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By Derek Simmons|2019-10-11T17:54:18-05:00October 11th, 2019|Fort Riley, Local News, Top Story|Comments Off on Tips for staying safe during and after a motor-vehicle crash with a deer
Fort Riley to host Retiree Appreciation Day Saturday
An opportunity for military retirees from all branches and their spouses to listen to speakers and learn about topics relevant to them is coming up soon. Fort Riley’s annual Retiree Appreciation Day will be at Riley’s Community Center this Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.. Doors will open at 7:30 a.m.. “Elements of the [...]
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By Derek Simmons|2019-10-10T17:48:20-05:00October 10th, 2019|Fort Riley, Local News, Top Story|Comments Off on Fort Riley to host Retiree Appreciation Day Saturday
Flu clinics set up in Pottawatomie County; county commissioners discuss various public works projects
With the flu season coming up, Pottawatomie County Health Department director Lisa Kenworthy’s update to the county commission could not have come at a better time. Kenworthy gave an update on area flu clinics to Pottawatomie County commissioners at their weekly meeting Monday morning. 20 clinics, four being new, have been established through October. Here [...]
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By Derek Simmons|2019-10-01T18:59:42-05:00October 1st, 2019|Local News, Pottawatomie County, Top Story|Comments Off on Flu clinics set up in Pottawatomie County; county commissioners discuss various public works projects
The Latest: Prosecutor: ‘Satanist’ Fort Riley soldier sought overthrow
TOPEKA, Kan. — The Latest on the criminal case involving an Army solider charged with distributing explosives information online (all times local): 4:25 p.m. A prosecutor says an Army soldier charged with distributing information about making explosives online is a Satanist who wanted to overthrow the U.S. government. Assistant U.S. Attorney Anthony Mattivi said during [...]
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Greta Van Fleet Unveil New Song ‘Lover, Leaver’ from ‘Anthem of the Peaceful Army’
Greta Van Fleet have revealed their new song "Lover, Leaver" from the upcoming Anthem of the Peaceful Army album and you can hear it in the player above.
While the track is new and will be released on their upcoming album, the band has played it live frequently over the past year-plus and "Lover, Leaver" has generally received a positive response within their sets. The song is available via the platform of your choosing here.
Greta Van Fleet say that the new album is a conceptual one, and offer a description of "The Peaceful Army." They explain in a statement:
Music, a dialect that enables us to communicate with no cultural or linguistic boundaries, that enriches and binds a human community emotionally and spiritually. It is a tool of peace and a revolution of the soul where freedom and harmony preside.
The world is a place of beauty… full of color, full of luster, diversity and synergy, where we can freely agree to disagree without acrimony. There is no darkness without light, each sunrise brings a new day; we grow, we learn, and we love. Then it is our turn to share our tales of wisdom, of love and loss, light and darkness, life and death, before we ourselves move on from this life.
We are searchers of truth as were our greatest ancestors. We are drifters, we wander lands of snow and sand in an age-old quest for answers that lie beyond this material plane. And in our search, we can encounter alluring deceptions that we mistakenly embrace as truths…sorcery.
Today… a time where innocence still survives, wonder abounds and hope resides. Before us, an assembly of love, peace, and unity, a journey for wisdom, a renaissance. We are on the precipice of adventure… a fresh chapter… a new age…
This is a call to arms… let us sing the Anthems of the Peaceful Army.
The Anthem of the Peaceful Army album is due Oct. 19 and pre-orders for are underway here. The record was produced by Marlon Young, Al Sutton and Herschel Boone; collectively known as The Rust Brothers. The group recently released another new song titled "Watching Over" that you can check out here.
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The Big Stage
Variety show featuring talented acts from around the world displaying their mastery of performance, with disciplines ranging from singing and stand-up routines to acrobatics and aerial dance, along with everything in between.
Season 1 - The Big Stage
1 "Incredible Moves, Spins and Balance"
"The series premiere. Talented acts from around the world display their mastery of performance, with disciplines ranging from singing and stand-up routines to impressive acrobatics and aerial dance. Acts include VMO; Lina Liu; Sara & Hero; Myra Kramer; Elizabeth Fraley; and W.O.W. Las Vegas."
2 "Aerial Feats, Laser Dance, and Terry Fator"
"Talented acts from around the world display their mastery of performance, with disciplines ranging from singing and stand-up routines to impressive acrobatics and aerial dance. Acts include Omri and Paulina; Charity and Andres; Lady Light Laser Girl; Josh Horton; and Terry Fator."
3 "Music, Moves, and Laughs"
"Talented acts from around the world display their mastery of performance, with disciplines ranging from singing and stand-up routines to impressive acrobatics and aerial dance. Acts include Sergey and Sasha; Poreotics; WOW Las Vegas; Diana DeGarmo; Adam Bell; and Gary Mule Deer."
4 "A Twist on the Classics"
"Talented acts from around the world display their mastery of performance, with disciplines ranging from singing and stand-up routines to impressive acrobatics and aerial dance. Acts include 34th and Phunk, Junru Wang, Blake Lewis, Ron Pearson, Lina Liu, and Janice Martin."
House of Saud: A Family at War
All or Nothing: A Season with the Arizona Cardinals
Rachel Dratch's Late Night Snack
Last Laugh in Vegas
James Patterson's Murder Is Forever
Jail: Las Vegas
Aaron Needs a Job
Trailer: The Big Stage
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Ariana Grande Finds Her Head in the Clouds in ‘breathin” (VIDEO)
Ariana Grande via YouTube
Ariana Grande won't let us breathe.
The singer surprised fans (again!) this afternoon with the sudden release of the music video for her new Sweetener single, "breathin'."
Directed by Hannah Lux Davis, who Grande worked together with on the videos for "Side to Side," "Into You" and "Focus," among others, the gorgeous clip finds the singer navigating a busy train station, wandering in slow motion as the frantic pace of life around her rushes by.
At one point, she swings from the clouds, while another stunning moment finds her sitting wistfully atop a pile of luggage.
Watch, below:
This isn't the first music video treatment the fan favorite Sweetener track-turned-single has received.
In early October, Grande uploaded a playful joke video for the track starring her and ex-fiancé Pete Davidson's pet pig, Piggy Smalls.
However, it seems like "breathin'," despite the positive fan reaction it's received since Sweetener was released in August, wasn't Grande's first choice for her next single off the album.
Last month, the pop star responded to a fan on Twitter who said they would "much rather have a R.E.M. video than breathing." Grande agreed, writing in a since-deleted tweet, "Me too but the ppl spoke."
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Susceptibility
Comparative Evaluation of the VITEK 2, Disk Diffusion, Etest, Broth Microdilution, and Agar Dilution Susceptibility Testing Methods for Colistin in Clinical Isolates, Including Heteroresistant Enterobacter cloacae and Acinetobacter baumannii Strains
Jerome R. Lo-Ten-Foe, Anne Marie G. A. de Smet, Bram M. W. Diederen, Jan A. J. W. Kluytmans, Peter H. J. van Keulen
Jerome R. Lo-Ten-Foe
Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands
Anne Marie G. A. de Smet
Perioperative and Emergency Care, Utrecht Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Bram M. W. Diederen
Jan A. J. W. Kluytmans
Laboratory for Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The NetherlandsMedical Microbiology and Infection Control, VUmc Medical University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Peter H. J. van Keulen
For correspondence: pvkeulen@amphia.nl
Increasing antibiotic resistance in gram-negative bacteria has recently renewed interest in colistin as a therapeutic option. The increasing use of colistin necessitates the availability of rapid and reliable methods for colistin susceptibility testing. We compared seven methods of colistin susceptibility testing (disk diffusion, agar dilution on Mueller-Hinton [MH] and Isosensitest agar, Etest on MH and Isosensitest agar, broth microdilution, and VITEK 2) on 102 clinical isolates collected from patient materials during a selective digestive decontamination or selective oral decontamination trial in an intensive-care unit. Disk diffusion is an unreliable method to measure susceptibility to colistin. High error rates and low levels of reproducibility were observed in the disk diffusion test. The colistin Etest, agar dilution, and the VITEK 2 showed a high level of agreement with the broth microdilution reference method. Heteroresistance for colistin was observed in six Enterobacter cloacae isolates and in one Acinetobacter baumannii isolate. This is the first report of heteroresistance to colistin in E. cloacae isolates. Resistance to colistin in these isolates seemed to be induced upon exposure to colistin rather than being caused by stable mutations. Heteroresistant isolates could be detected in the broth microdilution, agar dilution, Etest, or disk diffusion test. The VITEK 2 displayed low sensitivity in the detection of heteroresistant subpopulations of E. cloacae. The VITEK 2 colistin susceptibility test can therefore be considered to be a reliable tool to determine susceptibility to colistin in isolates of genera that are known not to exhibit resistant subpopulations. In isolates of genera known to (occasionally) exhibit heteroresistance, an alternative susceptibility testing method capable of detecting heteroresistance should be used.
The polymyxins are a group of polypeptide antibiotics that were first isolated in 1947 from a spore-bearing soil bacillus (Bacillus polymyxa). Several chemically different polymyxins (A to E) could be isolated from different strains of this bacillus (19). Only polymyxin B and polymyxin E (colistin) have been used clinically. Systemic use of colistin was restricted, mainly because of reports of serious nephrotoxicity and the emergence of alternative, less toxic antibiotics. Polymyxin B use has continued in the topical treatment of skin, ear, and ocular diseases. Increasing antibiotic resistance in gram-negative bacteria has recently renewed interest in colistin as an intravenous therapeutic option. Colistin is now increasingly being used for life-threatening infections with multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria (6, 7, 13, 14). The increasing use of colistin necessitates the availability of rapid and reliable methods for colistin susceptibility testing.
Disk diffusion is a commonly used method for measuring colistin susceptibility. However, evaluation of in vitro susceptibility testing methods for colistin has shown testing errors with various disk diffusion methods compared to MIC-based methods (8, 10, 16, 20). Excellent correlations between the Etest and the broth microdilution and agar dilution tests were demonstrated, suggesting that methods based on MICs, rather than disk diffusion methods, should be used to determine susceptibility to colistin (4, 8, 9, 16, 21). Automated systems performing rapid identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing are increasingly being used. A recent validation study by Tan and Ng evaluated the performance of the colistin susceptibility test contained in the VITEK 2 automated system compared to agar dilution (22). Based on their data, the VITEK 2 colistin test was considered to be an unreliable method for colistin susceptibility testing (22).
In susceptibility testing methods using an agar-based medium, the sizes of the zones of inhibition depend on many variables (e.g., the antimicrobial agent, disk content, and inoculum). One of the most critical variables is the culture medium. From early experiences with the CLSI method, it was clear that different batches of Mueller-Hinton (MH) agar affected the interpretation of susceptibility (17). Significant differences in medium performance were noted for the aminoglycosides, imipenem, and colistin (1). To circumvent this problem, the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) published a standardized method of disk susceptibility testing using a medium (Isosensitest agar) with a semidefined composition (2, 15). However, Isosensitest agar from different manufacturers has also been shown to vary considerably (1, 11).
In the present study, we compared seven methods of colistin/polymyxin B susceptibility testing of clinical isolates from intensive-care units where colistin was routinely administered as part of an ongoing trial using selective decontamination of the gastrointestinal tract.
Bacterial strains.Gram-negative bacteria were isolated from throat swab, sputum, or rectal-swab cultures from patients in an intensive-care unit during a selective digestive decontamination (SDD) or selective oral decontamination (SOD) trial. In brief, patients receiving SDD were treated with intravenous cefotaxime for 4 days. Colistin, tobramycin, and amphotericin B were applied as a daily suspension via a nasogastric tube and applied oropharyngeally using an oral paste. Patients receiving SOD were oropharyngeally treated only with the daily oral paste. A total of 80 bacterial isolates were included: Escherichia coli (9 isolates), Enterobacter cloacae (10 isolates), Enterobacter aerogenes (3 isolates), Enterobacter asburiae (1 isolate), Enterobacter amnigenus (1 isolate), Klebsiella pneumoniae (10 isolates), Klebsiella oxytoca (4 isolates), Citrobacter freundii (10 isolates), Pseudomonas fluorescens (3 isolates), Acinetobacter baumannii (7 isolates), Acinetobacter spp. (2 isolates), Acinetobacter lwoffii (1 isolate), Stenotrophomonas maltophilia (9 isolates), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (10 isolates). We also tested 22 gram-negative bacterial strains isolated at a later time in the same intensive-care unit from patients not receiving SDD or SOD. These isolates were Klebsiella spp. (10 isolates), Enterobacter spp. (9 isolates), and C. freundii (3 isolates). The reference strains E. coli ATCC 25922 (colistin MIC, 0.25 to 1 μg/ml) and P. aeruginosa ATCC 27853 (colistin MIC, 0.25 to 2 μg/ml) were included as quality controls (8).
Disk diffusion.Disk diffusion testing was performed according to the manufacturer's procedures using both polymyxin B disks (Rosco, Taastrup, Denmark) containing 150 μg polymyxin B and colistin disks (Rosco, Taastrup, Denmark) containing 10 μg colistin. Inocula were prepared by suspending colonies from overnight blood agar plates in sterile saline to the turbidity of a 0.5 McFarland standard. Polymyxin B- or colistin-containing disks were dispensed onto the surfaces of inoculated agar plates and incubated at 35°C for 16 to 18 h. We performed the disk diffusion test using both MH agar (Oxoid, Basingstoke, United Kingdom) and Isosensitest agar (Oxoid, Basingstoke, United Kingdom). Interpretation according to the manufacturer's instructions was possible only for the disk diffusion test on MH agar, since zone diameters were available for this medium only. For polymyxin B, the following zone diameters were used for interpretation (Rosco Diagnostica user's guide for Neo-Sensitabs, 2005/2006): rapidly growing bacteria, ≥20 mm, susceptible, 17 to 19 mm, intermediate, and ≤16 mm, resistant; Acinetobacter spp. and S. maltophilia, ≥22 mm, susceptible, and ≤21 mm, resistant. The following interpretive criteria were used for colistin (Rosco Diagnostica user's guide for Neo-Sensitabs, 2005/2006): rapidly growing bacteria, ≥13 mm, susceptible, 11 to 12 mm, intermediate, and ≤10 mm, resistant; Acinetobacter spp. and S. maltophilia, ≥13 mm, susceptible, 11 to 12 mm, intermediate, and ≤10 mm, resistant.
Broth microdilution.Broth microdilution testing was carried out according to CLSI procedures using cation-adjusted Mueller-Hinton broth (BBL-Becton Dickinson, Sparks, MD) (4). Colistin sulfate was obtained from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO).
Agar dilution.The agar dilution test was performed on MH agar (Oxoid, Basingstoke, United Kingdom) according to the CLSI procedures (4). Performance on Isosensitest agar (Oxoid, Basingstoke, United Kingdom) was according to the BSAC procedures (2). Colistin sulfate was obtained from Sigma-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO).
Etest.The colistin Etest (AB Biodisk, Solna, Sweden) was performed and interpreted according to the manufacturer's procedures. Both MH agar (Oxoid, Basingstoke, United Kingdom) and Isosensitest agar (Oxoid, Basingstoke, United Kingdom) were used in the testing procedure.
VITEK 2.The VITEK 2 susceptibility card AST-N038 (bioMérieux, Marcy l'Etoile, France) containing a colistin susceptibility test was used according to the manufacturer's instructions. Interpretive breakpoints (MIC ≤ 2 μg/ml, susceptible, and MIC ≥ 4 μg/ml, resistant) were used for the VITEK 2.
All isolates were tested using the above-mentioned methods, and the results were compared to those of broth microdilution, as this was considered the reference method. The colistin MIC measurements for the tested ATCC reference strains were within the published quality control ranges. Table 1 shows the MIC distribution of the tested isolates using the reference broth microdilution test.
Distribution of MIC ranges of isolates in the reference broth microdilution test
In Table 2, the results of the various colistin susceptibility testing methods are compared to those of the broth microdilution reference method. Performing the analysis separately for Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas species did not reveal significant differences. Table 3 shows a comparison between the broth microdilution reference method and the disk diffusion methods for colistin and polymyxin B.
Percentages of isolates (excluding heteroresistant E. cloacae isolates) tested with various susceptibility testing methods showing a difference in log2 dilutions compared to results of the reference broth microdilution method
Comparison of disk diffusion testing with the broth microdilution reference method
Comparison of agar dilution and broth microdilution.A major difference was found for one E. cloacae isolate (MIC of <0.5 μg/ml on MH agar; MIC of >64 μg/ml on Isosensitest agar). This difference was caused by the presence of a relatively resistant subpopulation consisting of 2 to 10 CFU (depending on the colistin concentration in the agar plate) growing on Isosensitest agar and not on MH agar. Minor differences due to relatively resistant subpopulations were also observed for five E. cloacae isolates and one A. baumannii isolate. However, these resistant subpopulations were observed growing on both MH and Isosensitest agar plates that contained higher concentrations of colistin. Prior passaging of these resistant colonies on sheep blood agar, followed by repetition of the agar dilution test, yielded an identical result. Directly repeating the agar dilution test with these resistant colonies without prior passaging on sheep blood agar demonstrated a completely resistant phenotype (MIC > 64 μg/ml). Comparison of the results of agar dilution testing to those of the broth microdilution method showed high levels of agreement. Differences were found mainly for the heteroresistant E. cloacae isolates. MICs measured for the heteroresistant A. baumannii isolate agreed completely.
Comparison of VITEK 2 and broth microdilution.Comparison of the VITEK 2 colistin susceptibility test to the broth microdilution reference test showed a high level of agreement, with the exception of the heteroresistant E. cloacae isolates, which the VITEK 2 failed to detect. S. maltophilia isolates were excluded from the analysis, since the VITEK 2 Advanced Expert System does not interpret the measurements for S. maltophilia.
Comparison of Etest and broth microdilution.Comparing the Etest method to the reference broth microdilution method showed relatively high levels of agreement. The Etest on MH agar failed to detect relatively resistant subpopulations of four E. cloacae isolates. The resistant subpopulations of the E. cloacae isolates that were missed in the Etest on MH agar were detected in the Etest on Isosensitest agar. Here, 2 to 10 colonies were found to grow within the inhibition zone. The Etest on Isosensitest agar seems to be a more sensitive method to detect resistant subpopulations.
Comparison of disk diffusion and broth microdilution methods.Interpretation of the disk diffusion zone diameters according to the manufacturer's procedures was possible only for measurements on MH agar. The results showed a low level of reproducibility. For polymyxin B, an agreement of only 58% was observed between first and second measurements. On MH agar, resistant colonies growing within the polymyxin B inhibition zone were observed for four E. cloacae isolates and one A. baumannii isolate. Prior passaging of these resistant colonies on sheep blood agar, followed by repetition of the disk diffusion test, showed an identical result. Directly repeating the disk diffusion test with these resistant colonies without prior passaging on sheep blood agar demonstrated complete resistance. For five E. cloacae isolates and one A. baumannii isolate, resistant colonies growing within the polymyxin B inhibition zone were observed on Isosensitest agar, reflecting the tendency of Isosensitest agar to be a better medium for detecting heteroresistance.
Testing on MH agar showed resistant colonies within the colistin inhibition zone in two E. cloacae isolates and one A. baumannii isolate. Resistant colonies growing within the colistin inhibition zone were found for six E. cloacae isolates and one A. baumannii isolate using disk diffusion testing on Isosensitest agar, again reflecting the tendency of Isosensitest agar to be a better medium for detecting heteroresistance.
To compare the disk diffusion test results with those of the broth microdilution reference test, the MICs obtained with the broth microdilution reference test were divided into two categories (≤2 μg/ml and ≥8 μg/ml). If MICs of ≤2 μg/ml are considered sensitive and MICs of ≥8 μg/ml resistant, low levels of agreement were found (Table 2).
Infections caused by multi drug-resistant gram-negative bacteria are increasing worldwide. The increasing resistance to many antibiotics limits a lot of therapeutic options and has led to an increase in the use of intravenous colistin (6, 7, 13, 14). Therefore, reliable methods to test susceptibility to colistin are needed in order to predict the clinical response adequately. Breakpoints for colistin resistance are available for the BSAC testing procedures (MIC ≤ 4 μg/ml, susceptible, and MIC ≥ 8 μg/ml, resistant). Other interpretive breakpoints exist. The Société Française de Microbiologie provides different breakpoints (MIC ≤ 2 μg/ml, susceptible, and MIC ≥ 4 μg/ml, resistant) (18). The U.S. CLSI provides interpretive breakpoints for P. aeruginosa (5) and Acinetobacter spp. (MIC ≤ 2 μg/ml, susceptible, and MIC ≥ 4 μg/ml, resistant) (4). At present, it is still unclear which breakpoints are most appropriate. The currently available breakpoints for colistin are based on colistin sulfate. However, for clinical intravenous applications, colistin methanesulfonate is used.
The objective of our study was to evaluate seven methods of colistin susceptibility testing. We considered the broth microdilution method to be the reference method, as was done previously (3). The CLSI standard testing procedures are firmly established and have been used in many studies. The broth microdilution test was able to detect the heteroresistant isolates. Agar dilution testing using either MH agar or Isosensitest agar was performed. We have also used BSAC testing procedures with semidefined Isosensitest agar, as this has been advocated by some authors (1, 2). Agar dilution methods using either MH agar or Isosensitest agar showed highly concordant results. We found no significant differences in the performance of either of these test media. Easier detection of resistant subpopulations of E. cloacae isolates in our study was an advantage of using the Isosensitest agar. For one E. cloacae isolate, the resistant colonies found on Isosensitest agar were not detected using agar dilution testing on MH agar. This reflects the seemingly inherent quality of Isosensitest agar to be more sensitive in the detection of resistant subpopulations.
Polymyxins diffuse poorly in agar, resulting in relatively small zones of inhibition. This complicates the differentiation between susceptible and resistant isolates. Several studies have found disk diffusion to be an unreliable method to measure susceptibility to colistin (8, 16, 20). We have also found high error rates, as well as a low level of reproducibility between subsequent measurements for the same isolate. Both polymyxin B- and colistin-containing disks were used in our study. Since there is complete cross-resistance between colistin and polymyxin B, testing either colistin or polymyxin B is not expected to make a difference. Polymyxin B was used in this study, as well, because we routinely test for polymyxin B sensitivity in our laboratory in clinical situations possibly requiring topical application of polymyxin B. Comparison to the reference broth microdilution method was omitted because it was not clear which breakpoints would be appropriate to use.
In previous studies, the Etest showed excellent agreement with agar dilution (16) and broth microdilution (3) methods. Comparing the colistin Etest method to broth microdilution methods showed concordant results. The Etest on MH agar showed somewhat better results than the Etest on Isosensitest agar. Resistant subpopulations of four E. cloacae isolates were missed using MH agar, again reflecting the higher sensitivity of Isosensitest agar to detect resistant subpopulations.
So far, there has been only one report in the literature about the performance of automated systems, such as the VITEK 2, for colistin susceptibility testing (22). Tan and Ng considered the VITEK 2 colistin susceptibility test to be an unreliable method (22). In contrast, the VITEK 2 colistin susceptibility test performed well in our study. We found a high level of agreement with the reference broth microdilution method. The main disadvantage of the VITEK 2 is its low sensitivity to detect resistant subpopulations of E. cloacae isolates. However, the resistant subpopulations of the A. baumannii isolates were detected in the VITEK 2, as well as in the other methods for colistin susceptibility testing. The VITEK 2 colistin susceptibility test can therefore be considered to be a reliable tool to determine susceptibility to colistin in isolates that do not exhibit resistant subpopulations. Although the VITEK 2 is an easy-to-use susceptibility testing method in the setting of a routine diagnostic microbiology laboratory, care should be taken in the interpretation of the results for genera in which heteroresistance has been described. For genera in which occasional heteroresistance has been described, an alternative testing method capable of detecting resistant subpopulations should be used.
Resistant colonies, representing a colistin-resistant subpopulation, were observed for six E. cloacae isolates and for one A. baumannii isolate. Assaying these resistant colonies directly for colistin susceptibility showed them to be completely resistant. Prior passaging of these resistant colonies on sheep blood agar, followed by retesting, showed an identical result, indicating the resistance to be induced upon exposure to colistin rather than being caused by stable mutations. Heteroresistance to colistin in clinical isolates of A. baumannii has been described previously (12). The authors suggested that monotherapy with colistin for treatment of infections caused by heteroresistant A. baumannii may be problematic. The achieved concentrations of colistin in plasma may be substantially lower than those required to eradicate the more resistant subpopulations of A. baumannii. Therefore, care is required in the use of colistin as monotherapy in infections with A. baumannii. Our study is the first to report on heteroresistance in E. cloacae isolates. We propose to extend the suggestion of Li et al. to heteroresistant variants of E. cloacae isolates, as well. As yet, it is not clear whether these colistin-resistant subpopulations are truly clinically significant or merely represent in vitro artifacts. It remains to be investigated whether colistin-resistant subpopulations exist among other bacteria, as well.
We tested bacterial isolates collected from patient materials during an SDD or SOD trial in an intensive-care unit. The results showed relatively high levels of resistance to colistin. This is probably caused by selection of colistin-resistant bacterial isolates. We have also tested isolates from the same intensive-care unit when no SDD or SOD was applied. In these isolates, no colistin resistance was found, indicating a higher level of resistance during the SDD or SOD trial. Whether previous exposure to colistin in the SDD or SOD trial affected the selection of heteroresistant isolates remains to be elucidated.
In conclusion, the disk diffusion method is an unreliable method to measure susceptibility to colistin. The VITEK 2 colistin susceptibility test is a reliable and easy-to-use tool to determine susceptibility to colistin in isolates of genera that are known not to exhibit heteroresistance. For isolates of genera that are known to (occasionally) exhibit heteroresistance, a testing method that is able to detect heteroresistance should be used. The Etest and agar dilution test are also reliable methods to measure colistin susceptibility and have the advantage that they can detect heteroresistant isolates. Heteroresistance was observed in several E. cloacae and A. baumannii isolates. Isosensitest agar was a better medium to detect heteroresistance than MH agar. Further investigation is needed to determine the clinical significance of these heteroresistant isolates.
We acknowledge the financial support of the Amphia Hospital (Breda, The Netherlands).
We thank Inge van Duijn for excellent technical assistance.
Received 10 November 2006.
Returned for modification 9 January 2007.
Accepted 17 July 2007.
↵▿ Published ahead of print on 23 July 2007.
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Sclerosing treatment of lymphangiomas with OK-432
C Luzzatto,
P Midrio,
Z Tchaprassian,
M Guglielmi
Divisione di Chirurgia Pediatrica, Via Giustiniani 3, 35128 Padova, Italy
Dr Luzzatto
Over a period of seven years, 15 patients (aged from birth to 15 years; median 22 months) with lymphangioma were treated with OK-432; they received a mean of three injections each. Ten received OK-432 as first line treatment; five were treated after surgery (three had a residual lymphangioma after incomplete removal and two had a late recurrence). OK-432 proved to be effective for primitive as well as for residual and recurrent lymphangioma. Seven cases were macrocystic; complete regression was obtained in all. Five cases were microcystic: two had more than 50% regression, and three less than 50%. Three cases were mixed, with both large and microscopic cysts: one had more than 50% regression, and two less than 50%. These last two cases underwent surgery after the sclerosing treatment. The results obtained were excellent in 100% of macrocystic cases; a shrinkage in size was obtained in all microcystic cases. OK-432 is therefore proposed as a first line option for treatment of lymphangiomas.
OK-432
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/adc.82.4.316
Surgical treatment of lymphangiomas is complicated by a high incidence of recurrence and local nerve damage; alternative modes of treatment are therefore under investigation.
Intralesional sclerosis of lymphangiomas with OK-432, a streptococcal derivative (Chugai Pharmaceutical Co, Tokyo, Japan), was introduced by Ogita, initially for unresectable cases.1 He subsequently extended his indications and proposed OK-432 as first line treatment in all cases.2 Apart from his series, only a few children have received this treatment because the drug is not easily available outside Japan.3-7 We therefore believe it of value to report our own experience with this therapy.
From 1992 to 1998 we treated 15 patients with OK-432. Age at treatment ranged from birth to 15 years (median 22 months). Seven lesions involved the neck, two the cheek, two the face–mouth–neck, two the trunk, and two were localised in the mediastinum. All patients were investigated by ultrasound; some with deep extension of the tumour also underwent computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging. The lesions were classified according to the diameter of the majority of cysts as macrocystic (greater than 1 cm), microcystic (less than 1 cm), or mixed, when both large and microscopic cysts were present. OK-432 was injected according to the method of Ogita8: 0.1–0.2 mg/dose every two months. The injections were performed under sedation, with ultrasound guidance in some cases to localise the larger cysts in which to inject the drug.
Results were considered excellent when there was complete regression of the lymphangioma, good when the regression was estimated to be more than 50% of the initial volume, and poor when it was less than 50%.
Ten children received OK-432 as first line treatment. Four cases were macrocystic and had excellent results after one to three injections. Three cases were microcystic: two regressed well after four injections, and one, which was unresectable, had a poor regression after three injections. Three cases were mixed: one child had a good result after two injections, the other two (cases 9 and 10) had a poor result even after multiple injections, as only the large cysts disappeared, while the microcystic component remained unchanged. These two children underwent surgical resection after failure of sclerosing treatment; no adhesions were found around the tumour, and a thick capsule surrounding the lesion made the resection easier to perform then expected.
Five children had already had surgery as first line treatment: three had a residual lymphangioma after incomplete removal and two had a late recurrence. Three of these five cases were macrocystic and had excellent results after one or two injections. The other two cases were microcystic; they had poor results after one to nine injections and refused further treatment (table 1).
Patient data and response to treatment
Almost all children had fever and signs of local inflammation for one to four days following the injections; in one patient a feeding tube was needed for a couple of days because of cervical swelling. There have been no serious complications to date. Only one child has had a recurrence of the lymphangioma one year after treatment; this resolved spontaneously.
Resection of a benign tumour, such as a lymphangioma, is justified because of the complications related to its presence, some of which are extremely serious. Besides the fact that it rarely regresses spontaneously, causing aesthetic concern, it can become infected; this may be life threatening and it can cause airway and feeding problems. Cases have recently been reported of severe osteolysis caused by a lymphangioma.9
In the past lymphangiomas were always treated surgically, and even today, with the many treatment options available, most surgeons believe surgery to be the first choice. Sparing of neural and vascular structures is one of the goals of surgery, but no specific surgical technique has been developed. Therefore, even in the most expert hands, surgery still carries a complication rate as high as 12–33%, and a recurrence rate of 15–53%.10-13 Moreover, it is almost never radical at the first attempt and, hence, needs to be staged.
Throughout the years multiple non-surgical strategies have been attempted in order to cure the lesion with as few complications as possible. Radiotherapy was used in the early 1920s and 1930s, but owing to complications such as oesophagitis, tracheitis, and malignancy, it was soon abandoned. In the 1990s a combined radiochemotherapeutic approach was proposed, with good results for selected cases of life threatening haemolymphangiomas. Chemotherapy, besides the protocol described above, has been reported in a few patients with mixed results and should be reserved only for those not otherwise treatable cases.
CO2 and Nd-Yag lasers are more extensively used for localised laryngeal lymphangiomas.14 Use of an argon beam coagulator has been reported in a 13 year old girl with life threatening total abdominal lymphangiomatosis.15
The idea of treating lymphangiomas with sclerosing agents is an old one. At the beginning of the century it was noted that after spontaneous infection, lymphangiomas could shrink or even completely regress. The mechanism involves destruction of the epithelium lining the cystic spaces, with subsequent decrease in lymph fluid production and collapse of the cysts. Many different drugs were used to mimic what may occur spontaneously, but none worked as expected. One of the main problems with sclerosing drugs is their tendency to spread outside the lesion once injected. This can cause unpredictable damage to surrounding structures and make subsequent surgery more difficult. Hence surgical treatment remained the first option.
In 1977 bleomycin,16 17 an antibiotic known to have some antitumoral activity, was proposed as a new sclerosing agent for cystic hygroma. Good or excellent results have been shown in up to 88% of cases.18 However, bleomycin can rarely cause pulmonary fibrosis.
Recently, an alcoholic solution of zein (Ethibloc) has been proposed as a sclerosing agent for lymphangioma.19 20 After its successful utilisation in venous malformations this solution was injected into the lymphatic lesions in more than 80 patients. Overall the results were good or excellent in almost 60% of cases. Unfortunately it was also noted that Ethibloc can be expelled through the skin for weeks or months after injection, affecting the final aesthetic result.
In 1987 Ogita published his results from a trial using OK-432 in children,8 reporting total regression of the lesion in eight of the nine cases treated. He did not encounter any major complications nor late recurrence, and no surgery was needed. The preliminary positive results have been confirmed recently.2 The author reported 64 patients with an excellent outcome in 44% and a good outcome in 15.6%. If the cases presenting with the macrocystic type, which is known be more favourable, are examined separately, 92% of the patients showed complete and stable regression.
Encouraged by these promising results, in 1992 we began to treat our patients with OK-432. Since then, we have treated 15 patients, of whom 10 had an excellent or good result. If the macrocystic types were considered separately, all were completely cured using OK-432 alone. Microcystic and mixed type lesions responded less favourably, but some shrinkage could be appreciated in all patients. Therefore we suggest OK-432 is considered as the first option in all lymphangiomas, regardless of the age of the patient, and the size and type of the lesion. We disagree with the proposal by Smith,6 based on only six cases, that suggests limiting sclerosing treatment to macrocystic forms.
In our experience OK-432 proved to be effective for primitive as well as for residual and recurrent lymphangiomas. It is an undoubtedly useful procedure both when radical excision is surgically challenging and when it is technically feasible, as it is much less invasive and avoids skin scarring. Long term results are not yet available, but there is no evidence of late adverse effects so far; our first case is now seven years post-treatment and no complication has been encountered.
Surgical excision, once considered the treatment of choice, should be reserved for those cases in which the sclerosing agent is insufficient. It is better to postpone it until after the injection of OK-432, in light of the fact that pretreatment does not adversely affect the subsequent surgical procedure.
In conclusion, we consider OK-432 safe and easy for the treatment of lymphangiomas, with the obvious exception of those cases in which the airway is involved and for which a multidisciplinary approach should be considered.
We are most grateful to Dr S Ogita for advice on the patients.
Ogita S
(1991) OK-432 therapy for unresectable lymphangiomas in children. J Pediatr Surg 26:263–270.
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PELEKANOS, MICHALIS
Olympiacos Piraeus 11 Guard
Height: 1.98 Born: 25 May, 1981 Nationality: Greece
Totals 11 1 128:11 31 6/16 5/19 4/5 6 14 20 3 5 4 2 0 17 5 20
Averages 11 1 11:39 2.8 37.5% 26.3% 80% 0.5 1.3 1.8 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.2 0 1.5 0.5 1.8
11 vs CSKA Moscow 17:39 3 0/2 1/3 1 1 1 2 -1
12 at Galatasaray Medical Park 13:06 0/1 0/2 5 5 1 1
13 vs Anadolu Efes Istanbul 5:23 0/3 -3
15 at CSKA Moscow 17:02 7 3/4 0/3 1/1 2 2 1 2 8
16 vs Galatasaray Medical Park 0:54
5 Totals 54:04 10 3/10 1/8 1/1 0 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 3 2 5
Average 10:48 2 30% 12.5% 100% 0 1.6 1.6 0.2 0.2 0 0 0 0.6 0.4 1
4 at Bennet Cantu 3:49 1 1 2 -1
5 vs SLUC Nancy 23:15 11 0/1 3/5 2/2 3 2 5 1 2 1 4 1 10
6 vs Gescrap Bilbao Basket 10:31 0/1 1 1 1 -1
7 at Fenerbahce Ulker 11:15 2 1/1 0/1 1 1 1 1 2
8 * vs Caja Laboral 11:11 3 0/1 1/2 1 1 1
10 at SLUC Nancy 14:06 5 2/2 0/3 1/2 2 2 4 2 2 1 4 2 6
6 Totals 74:07 21 3/6 4/11 3/4 6 6 12 2 4 4 2 0 14 3 15
Average 12:21 3.5 50% 36.4% 75% 1 1 2 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.3 0 2.29 0.5 2.5
Index rating 38 AEK Athens vs. Fortitudo Bologna 1/5/2006
Points 19 Partizan NIS Belgrade vs. Maroussi 2/25/2010
Offensive rebounds 3 Olympiacos Piraeus vs. SLUC Nancy 11/16/2011
Defensive rebounds 8 Maroussi vs. Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 1/14/2010
Total rebounds 9 Maroussi vs. Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv 1/14/2010
Assists 5 AEK Athens vs. Cedevita Olimpija Ljubljana 1/26/2006
Steals 7 AEK Athens vs. Fortitudo Bologna 1/5/2006
Blocks 2 Maroussi vs. Partizan NIS Belgrade 2/11/2010
Minutes 38 Virtus Bologna vs. Peristeri 1/17/2002
Grew up with BC Peristeri (Greece) juniors.
Made his debut with BC Peristeri during the 1999-00 season.
Signed for the 2006-07 season by Panellinios Athens.
Moved to Spain for the 2007-08 season, signed by Real Madrid CF.
Back to Greece for the 2008-09 season, signed by Olympiacos Piraeus.
Signed for the 2009-10 season by Maroussi.
Signed for the 2010-11 season by Olympiacos Piraues.
Signed for the 2012-13 season by Aris Thessaloniki.
Moved to Romania for the 2014-15 season, signed by CSU Ploiesti.
Moved to Greece for the 2015-16 season, signed by Aris Thessaloniki.
Won the 2012 Euroleague with Olympiacos Piraues.
Won the 2011-12 Greek National Championship with Olympiacos Piraeus.
Won the 2014-15 Romanian National Championship with CSU Ploiesti.
Won the 2011 Greek National Cup with Olympiacos Piraeus.
Won the 2014 Romanian Super Cup with CSU Ploiesti.
Played the 2001, 2003 and 2010 All Star Game.
Has been member of the Greek U-20 National Team.
Member of the Greek National Team.
Played at the 2008 Olympic Games.
2000-01 Peristeri 12 69 5.8 12/20 60 11/33 33.3 12/15 80 29 16 4 6
2001-02 Peristeri 14 65 4.6 15/27 55.6 6/25 24 17/25 68 44 13 10 3
2004-05 AEK Athens 8 27 3.4 6/12 50 4/9 44.4 3/4 75 7 3 4 4
2005-06 AEK Athens 11 87 7.9 23/44 52.3 11/28 39.3 8/13 61.5 36 25 19 3
2007-08 Real Madrid 17 51 3 15/33 45.5 4/19 21.1 9/12 75 25 16 8 3
2008-09 Olympiacos 12 18 1.5 4/10 40 2/11 18.2 4/7 57.1 17 6 2 3
2009-10 Maroussi 14 116 8.3 18/37 48.6 21/43 48.8 17/21 81 42 16 14 9
2010-11 Olympiacos Piraeus 6 4 0.7 1/5 20 0/7 0 2/2 100 7 2 2 0
2011-12 Olympiacos Piraeus 11 31 2.8 6/16 37.5 5/19 26.3 4/5 80 20 5 3 2
Totals 105 468 4.5 100/204 49 64/194 33 76/104 73.1 227 102 66 33
Averages 105 468 4.5 100/204 49 64/194 33 76/104 73.1 2.2 1 0.6 0.3
2014-15 CSU Asesoft Ploiesti 16 65 4.1 17/38 44.7 7/20 35 10/13 76.9 37 7 14 2
2015-16 Aris Thessaloniki 14 36 2.6 7/16 43.8 6/29 20.7 4/4 100 21 9 7 3
Averages 30 101 3.4 24/54 44.4 13/49 26.5 14/17 82.4 1.9 0.5 0.7 0.2
1999/00 Peristeri 9 32 3.6 7/18 38.9 4/14 28.6 6/11 54.5 16 22 3 1
2000/01 Peristeri 27 149 5.5 28/48 58.3 22/67 32.8 27/41 65.9 89 24 26 20
2001/02 Peristeri 29 128 4.4 33/70 47.1 14/58 24.1 20/33 60.6 67 10 12 7
2002/03 Peristeri 36 398 11.1 116/181 64.1 31/93 33.3 73/116 62.9 171 54 47 39
2003/04 Peristeri 28 265 9.5 82/161 50.9 18/69 26.1 47/80 58.8 119 29 44 17
2004/05 AEK 23 96 4.2 25/47 53.2 9/21 42.9 19/34 55.9 49 15 12 11
2005/06 AEK 26 268 10.3 71/128 55.5 26/87 29.9 48/65 73.8 94 36 44 10
2006/07 Panellinios 28 340 12.1 81/169 47.9 32/85 37.6 82/109 75.2 122 53 50 22
2007/08 Real Madrid 32 92 2.9 19/37 51.4 15/48 31.3 9/15 60 48 23 8 8
2008/09 Olympiacos 29 84 2.9 22/34 64.7 11/32 34.4 7/18 38.9 58 16 17 12
2009/10 Maroussi 34 305 9 57/117 48.7 45/133 33.8 56/71 78.9 108 34 36 15
2010/11 Olympiacos 19 84 4.4 17/36 47.2 14/33 42.4 8/10 80 39 20 17 1
2011/12 Olympiacos 18 51 2.8 15/31 48.4 4/37 10.8 9/13 69.2 40 15 15 1
2012/13 Aris 27 318 11.8 84/165 50.9 29/99 29.3 63/90 70.0 119 37 52 13
2013/14 Aris 27 330 12.2 88/158 55.7 31/115 27.0 61/84 72.6 102 36 41 8
2014/15 Ploiesti 32 272 8.5 63/132 47.7 32/103 31.1 50/60 83.3 112 25 41 6
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2013-14Last 32Round 2
Local time: 19:30 GOLDBERG ARENA
Hapoel uses big team effort to down Banvit
Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem became the Group M leader by downing Banvit Bandirma 92-73 in the Holy City on Wednesday. Hapoel improved to 2-0 in Group M while Banvit dropped to 1-1. Josh Duncan and Bracey Wright paced the winners with 17 points apiece. Duncan added 12 rebounds for a double-double. Yotam Halperin added 16 points - all in the second half -, Derwin Kitchen got 14, Lior Eliyahu had 12 while Art Parakhuoski contributed 11 for Hapoel. E.J. Rowland led Banvit with 22 points. Sammy Mejia added 17 while Chuck Davis had 16 for Banvit, which use a strong start to keep a 21-26 margin after 10 minutes. Wright and Duncan took over in the second quarter to make Hapoel get a 48-44 edge at halftime. Halperin and Eliyahu combined for all points in a 12-0 run that broke the game open, 60-44. Nothing changed from that moment, as Hapoel kept a 70-59 lead after 30 minutes and extended it to 87-66 to seal the outcome long before the final buzzer.
Davis got Banvit going with a jumper that Parakhouski bettered with a layup-plus-foul. Ermal Kuqo and Mejia fueled a 0-6 run that gave Banvit a 3-8 lead. Parakhouski scored again but Mejia and Rowland boosted the guests' lead to 5-12. Kitchen and Parakhouski made free throws but Mejia and Davis made it a double-digit game, 9-20. Duncan hit a jumper off a Hapoel timeout and bettered Mejia's basket with a triple. He got help from Kitchen to get the hosts within 17-22. Davis dunked, Ronald Dupree found his first points but Rowland and Yaniv Green traded baskets to fix the score at 21-26 after 10 minutes. Kitchen and Duncan allowed Hapoel to get its first lead, 27-26, early in the second quarter. Alade Aminu rescued Banvit and Rowland scored again but Wright restored a 31-30 Hapoel edge. Wright struck from downtown and a dunk by Duncan ignited the crowd at 36-32. Mejia stepped up with back-to-back baskets but Eliyahu and Duncan put the hosts back ahead, 40-38. Parakhouski and Wright shined late in the first half but Dusan Cantekin and Rowland kept Banvit within 48-44 at halftime. Eliyahu scored after the break and back-to-back triples by Halperin in a 12-0 run in which both players combined for all points, 60-44. Mejia and Keith Simmons stepped up with respective triples but Eliyahu kept Hapoel way ahead, 64-52. Davis and Mejia kept pacing Banvit and Rowland struck from downtown but an outstanding Wright gave the hosts a 70-59 margin after 30 minutes. Simmons and Wright traded baskets and another triple by Halperin boosted Hapoel's lead to 75-61. Davis shined with 5 unanswered points but Kitchen and an unstoppable Halperin struck from downtown in a 12-0 run that Duncan capped with a slam to seal the outcome, 87-66, as Banvit never recovered.
Referees: KOROMILAS, ELIAS; JAVOR, DAMIR; OBRKNEZEVIC, UROS
Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem 21 27 22 22
Banvit Bandirma 26 18 15 14
Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem
4 ELIYAHU, LIOR 28:53 12 6/11 2 2 1 2 1 2 5
6 ARIEL, ADAM 1:14 0/1 1 -2
7 KITCHEN, DERWIN 24:47 14 3/5 2/5 2/2 2 1 3 3 1 4 1 13
8 DUPREE, RONALD 28:06 3 1/4 0/1 1/2 2 2 1 1 3 2 1 -2
9 PARAKHOUSKI, ARTSIOM 21:00 11 4/8 3/3 2 6 8 2 3 1 2 3 16
10 HALPERIN, YOTAM 33:30 16 2/4 4/4 3 3 6 1 3 4 25
11 WRIGHT, BRACEY 30:55 17 5/7 1/2 4/4 1 1 2 5 2 3 26
12 MENCO, RAFI 1:28 0/1 0/1 1 -3
13 COLMAN, CHANAN DNP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
14 GREEN, YANIV 4:05 2 1/1 1 1 1 1 3
15 DUNCAN, JOSH 25:23 17 4/6 2/2 3/4 3 9 12 1 2 3 6 28
21 BRUESEWITZ, MICHAEL 0:39 0/1 1 -2
Totals 200:00 92 26/48 9/16 13/15 11 25 36 17 5 9 3 2 20 19 110
Head coach: GREENBERG, BRAD
Banvit Bandirma
4 ROWLAND, EARL 33:33 22 7/11 1/5 5/7 2 2 2 3 1 2 5 15
7 EDGE, SAFAK 3:32 2 -2
8 DAVIS, CHUCK 36:07 16 6/12 1/2 1/2 3 4 7 5 1 1 1 4 23
9 MEJIA, SAMMY 33:01 17 7/11 1/2 3 3 6 3 1 3 2 4 21
10 MARKOVIC, STEFAN 2:45 1 1 -2
11 CANTEKIN, DUSAN 7:59 2 1/2 1 1 1 1 3
12 AMINU, ALADE 8:53 2 1/1 0/1 1 1 1 2 4
13 SIMMONS, KEITH 32:19 6 1/2 1/3 1/2 2 5 7 4 2 7
23 KUQO, ERMAL 7:24 4 1/3 0/1 2/2 1 1 1 3 1 -1
24 PREPELIC, KLEMEN 10:35 0/1 0/3 1 1 1 1 3 1 -5
41 OZER, CEVHER 9:04 2 1/1 0/1 1
44 VEYSELOGLU, ERKAN 14:48 2 1/3
Totals 200:00 73 26/47 4/17 9/14 10 17 27 13 2 9 2 3 19 20 67
Head coach: ITOUDIS, DIMITRIS
GREENBERG, BRAD
"We played against a team at a high level and tonight we played a special game, particularly in the third quarter, when we played at a very high level and very team-oriented. I hope we’ll be able to maintain this level. We have a wonderful team and I enjoy watching it play. We had six scorers in double figures. Bracey fit in well to the team, Yotam played a great third quarter and Josh and Art played great."
ITOUDIS, DIMITRIS
"We started the game well, but we did not play well after that. Congratulations to Hapoel for the win. They controlled the game for three quarters. They controlled every aspect of the game, rebounds, three-point shooting. In the third quarter they played great and we could not stop them. We can’t allow teams to score 92 points against us. "
Pinar Karsiyaka 79
FoxTown Cantu 97
Ratiopharm Ulm 106
Aykon TED Ankara 71
Brose Baskets 83
Banco di Sardegna 72
Group K
Khimki Moscow Region 87
Maccabi Haifa 48
Group L
Bilbao Basket 93
Panionios Athens 62
Crvena Zvezda Telekom 75
Group M
Budivelnik Kiev 88
Hapoel Jerusalem 92
Group N
Radnicki Kragujevac 75
Khimik Yuzhne 78
Group O
Telenet Ostend 76
Stelmet Zielona Gora 74
Group P
Besiktas Integral Forex 70
Cedevita Zagreb 83
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Here’s our Adventure Game - Nobody’s Home
Poll: After playing Nobody’s Home, would you pay to play a full version of this game?
Yes, this game changed my life
Yes, Catch Huntermann is the hero we need
Yes, I want to live in Ron Gilbrush’s house
No, I enjoy watching your hopes and dreams die
Kindermann Corp Member
We made a micro adventure game in the style of Maniac Mansion and Zak McKracken! You can play for free here:
https://kindermanncorp.itch.io/nobodys-home
(you can play it in-browser or download the game file, it’s up to you!)
We’re testing the waters to see if there’s interest in a full game in this style, with proper puzzles, dialogues and characters to interact with.
If you like it let us know! If there’s enough interest we’ll probably start a IndieGoGo campaign to fund it.
Did I mention the game is free? Because it IS free and you can play it right now on your browser without downloading or installing anything!
It is so free, that you’ll feel like you have more money after playing it!
We contacted some of the staff that worked on Maniac Mansion, Zak McKracken and Monkey Island, and here’s what they had to say about our game:
Dave Grossman (Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max) said about Nobody’s Home:
”...There is a charming moment if you play to the end, which doesn’t take all that long. Also, it’s free…”
And here’s what David Fox (Zak McKracken, Indy 3, Thimbleweed Park) said about Nobody’s Home:
“I’ll let you know what I think (if I play it)”
And Ron Gilbert (Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island) Said:
“Your message wasn’t delivered because the address couldn’t be found, or is unable to receive mail.”
Quantumleaper
have any of you ever heard of a game called metaphobia
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Police probe sexual assault of special needs camper
071016-cnn-sexual-assault-camp-vid (KTRK)
YOUNGTOWN, OH (KTRK) -- The mother of an autistic boy says her son was sexually assaulted this week at a summer day camp.
The family, who has not been identified, told police in Youngstown Ohio the boy was at a camp run by the city's parks department when another child took him into a bathroom and assaulted him, WKBN reports.
Chief Robin Lees of the Youngtown Police Department says an investigation in ongoing, but the mother has expressed concern over her son's special need.
"We're using all the resources available to us to overcome those hurdles and we hope that we can get all the information we need," Lees says.
The child's mother says he told her about the assault and took him to the hospital.
Parks officials have not commented on the case.
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Toddler found dead in bag at Mexico border was drowned
Johnny Lewis Hartley, 39, and Mercy Mary Becerra, 43, both of Whittier, are seen in this Facebook photo. (Facebook)
SAN DIEGO, CA -- A 2-year-old girl was drowned in Whittier, California before her body was found in a duffel bag as a man and woman tried to cross into Mexico at the border, a San Diego prosecutor said Friday.
John Lewis Hartley, 38, and Mercy Mary Becerra, 43, were being held on $2 million bail after pleading not guilty to a murder charge.
During the arraignment hearing, a prosecutor revealed that the child's cause of death was residential drowning and malnutrition.
The suspects knew the child and the child's parents, the prosecutor said, but would not say whether the couple was taking care of the child or were caretakers.
It remains unclear when the death occurred, although investigators said it happened recently.
A preliminary investigation revealed Hartley tried to enter Mexico with Becerra when they were stopped by Mexican customs agents. Becerra fled the scene, and Hartley was detained with the duffel bag.
Authorities did an X-ray of the bag and found the child's body inside. Not long after the discovery, authorities took Becerra into custody and turned her over to U.S. authorities.
Social media accounts linked to Hartley and Becerra described them as married, and said Becerra was the mother of nine children.
City News Service contributed to this report.
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This zero-emission air conditioner chills your house with water
The device can cool your whole house with a little bit of water and natural gas.
Jenny McGrath | DIGITAL TRENDS
Zero-emission air conditioner chills using waterThe OxiCool uses water as a refrigerant, instead of liquid and gas.Jenny McGrath/Digital Trends
This is a Digital Trends story.
It was hard not to notice the giant, reflective cube at CES 2020. The OxiCool looks like a Martian playhouse, but its unique technology can actually cool your whole house with a little bit of water and natural gas.
A traditional air conditioner uses a refrigerant that transitions between liquid and gas, absorbing and releasing heat over and over again. The cold air gets pumped into the house, while the excess heat is routed outdoors. Refrigerants aren’t great for the environment and air conditioners release carbon dioxide.
MORE: Weird smart home gadgets of CES 2020: Toilet paper robots and more
The OxiCool uses water as a refrigerant, instead. While the OxiCool works similar to a vapor compression system, it doesn’t use a compressor. It’s a closed-loop system, meaning the cube should have just as much water on day 500 as on day one.
The Oxicool zero-emissions air conditioner was unveiled at CES 2020.
The Oxicool zero-emissions air conditioner was unveiled at CES 2020.Jenny McGrath/Digital Trends
If you boil a pot of water but leave the top off, you’ll release steam into the air. Putting the lid on increases the pressure inside, because the steam can’t escape. With the OxiCool, an open flame heats natural gas to boil the water in a vacuum chamber, and molecular sieves capture the excess H2O vapor, reducing the pressure inside. Fans and condensers cool the vapor to return it to its liquid form, starting the cycle over again.
From the large, outdoor cube, coolant is pumped into the module and distributed to wall units throughout the home. These “Home Cool” devices have touchscreens and can control other units spread through the house.
MORE: Ivanka Trump spoke at CES, but she didn’t say very much
The system uses about 10% of the electricity a vapor compression air conditioner of the same size uses. Because it’s also using natural gas, there will be an added cost, but the company said its operating cost should be around half of similarly sized units. It can be retrofitted into existing ductwork as well. OxiCool is looking into other sources of heat to vaporize the water, including hydrogen and solar thermal energy.
The outdoor unit is large, around 5 feet tall. It’s not a system for city dwellers at the moment. Pricing also won’t be available until the system is available for pre-order on Jan. 10.
Those who have space and want to go a bit more off-grid may get the benefit of emission-free AC, though the mirrored cube and Home Cools will definitely signal a departure from ordinary air conditioning. Eventually, along with introducing alternative fuel sources, OxiCool might reduce the footprint.
Digital Trends is a technology news website that publishes reviews and guides about technology and consumer electronics.
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Video: Journalists taken by Gadhafi's forces
Related: Freed New York Times journalists thought they would die in Libya
Filed under: 360° Radar • 360º Follow
Video: Reporter recounts al-Obeidy's outburst
KTH: Libyan govt equivocates on al-Obeidy
Post by: AC360 Anchor Anderson Cooper
Filed under: 360° Radar • 360º Follow • Keeping Them Honest
Video: Gadhafi's inner circle crumbling?
KTH: Gadhafi downplays top aide's departure
Gadhafi Looking for a Way Out?: Join the Live Chat
There are new signs tonight that Mommar Gadhafi's inner circle is shrinking and, perhaps, even splitting. There are reports that Colonel Gadhafi might, might be looking for a way out. We'll also have tonight's other headlines.
Scroll down to join the live chat during the program. It's your chance to share your thoughts on tonight's headlines. Keep in mind, you have a better chance of having your comment get past our moderators if you follow our rules.
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AC360 Preview: Bound and beaten in Libya
Editor's note: Tune in to AC360° Thursday night beginning at 10pm ET to see more of Anderson's interview with the four New York Times journalists.
Once prosperous, Libyan city now bears many scars of war
Frederik Pleitgen and Jonathan Wald
Misrata, Libya (CNN) - Five weeks of battle and Misrata looks grim. Bullets have made Swiss cheese of buildings. Wreckage litters streets that are empty save opposition fighters desperately defending their city against Moammar Gadhafi's heavy armor.
The Libyan leader laid siege to the nation's third largest and most prosperous city after opposition fighters took control here. Just two hours east of Tripoli, it was the final rebel stronghold in the West.
Now it is a city of fear, uncertainty and human suffering.
International reporters had not been able to access central Misrata and many of CNN's reports were cobbled together from interviews with witnesses and doctors. That was until Wednesday, when CNN journalists were able to reach the city by boat.
The fishing trawler was commissioned by two wealthy Libyan businessman from England to carry 150 tons of food, medicine and other basic supplies. A heart surgeon on board said he wants to do everything he can to help: Libya is in "mortal danger" and he could not stand by without doing his share.
Gadhafi's tank-supported forces lob shells into Misrata from their encampments. Rooftop snipers take aim at civilians from the Libyan Insurance Company building, Misrata's tallest, on Tripoli Street in the heart of the city. A green flag flutters atop, signifying support for Gadhafi.
One Misrata resident says Gadhafi's men are going door-to-door evicting and terrorizing people. It's "utter madness," he said Thursday, fearing a massacre.
Bullets zing through the air. Tension hangs thick and heavy.
Beat 360° 3/31/11
Ready for today's Beat 360°? Everyday we post a picture you provide the caption and our staff will join in too. Tune in tonight at 10pm to see if you are our favorite! Here is the 'Beat 360°' pic:
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Georgia, speaks at an event on health care in the U.S. Capitol on March 31, 2011 in Washington, D.C. Gingrich is the founder of the Center for Health Transformation, which is dedicated to fundamentally transforming the health system. Gingrich met with about 20 freshman Republican members of Congress and discussed ways to repeal the health care reform law, which he calls "Obamacare." (Photo credit: Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)
Update: Beat 360° Winners:
“My rule is one question at a time. Although, I may give several answers. Just saying.”
"Obamacare...a nationwide prostate exam."
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Alleged rape victim to meet with journalists, Libyan government says
CNN Wire Staff
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) - A woman who was dragged away by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's officials after telling journalists that some of his troops had raped her will finally be seen by journalists in the coming days, a government spokesman said Thursday.
Eman al-Obeidy will "hopefully" be visited by two or three female journalists by Saturday, Mousa Ibrahim said.
He added that he did not know where she was Thursday.
"The only place she will be other than her family house" is a shelter for women who have been raped, kidnapped, or otherwise victimized, he said. "Maybe she is there."
But al-Obeidy's mother, Aisha Ahmad, told CNN Thursday that she still has not heard from her. Ahmad said she is concerned the government will portray her daughter in a negative light.
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Beneath the Incense Tree, Music for Advent, Christmas & Epiphany
The Choir of Trinity College, Melbourne
Christopher Watson, director
Beneath the Incense Tree
1. A Babe is Born (William Mathias)
2. Gabriel’s Message (arr Lachlan McDonald)
3. In Advent Heat (Peter Campbell)
4. Jesus Christ the Apple Tree (Anthony Piccolo)
5. A Lady that was so Fair and Bright (Owen Elsley)
6. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Johannes Brahms)
7. Behold a Simple Tender Babe (June Nixon)
8. Away in a Manger (arr Michael Leighton Jones)
9. Nativitie (Daniel Riley)
10. Softly (Will Todd)
11. Silent Night (arr Daniel Brinsmead)
12. In dulci jubilo BWV 729 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
13. Ding Dong Merrily on High (arr Malcolm Williamson)
14. Balulalow (Francis Pott)
15. The Magi’s Gifts (Richard Allain)
16. Coventry Carol (arr Daniel Riley)
17. Wie schon leuchtet der Morgenstern (Johann Pachelbel)
18. Angel Song (Dan Locklair)
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“Buy this. Download this. Stream this. Get this. …I can’t remember being this zealous about recommending a recording to AAM colleagues. And who would have guessed it would be Christmas music?
The author of this recording’s liner notes is composer Peter Campbell, and he clearly read the bubble over most church musicians’ heads, opening his musings with, “The thought of yet another album of Christmas carols must fill even an avid Noelophile with as much dread as it does many choristers.” But this CD is different, as it assembles fifteen contemporary choral works along with three familiar organ pieces associated with the fused seasons of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany. In these choral settings, there are new ideas adeptly layered onto familiar carols, with innovative, fresh takes on ancient and traditional texts. There is this marvelous choir of students and recent graduates of the University of Melbourne, prepared by Christopher Watson, who had only been in his position as Director of Music at Trinity College, Melbourne, for about a year-and-a-half when the CD was released. His is a familiar name for good reason: he is a revered tenor soloist and church musician, a consort singer with the Tallis Scholars, and he was the founding director of the acclaimed chamber choir, Sospiri.”
MARJORIE JOHNSTON, The Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians, Volume 29, Number 1, January 2020
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Displaying items by tag: Protect Dublin Bay,Dalkey Island and Killiney Bay from Large Oil Dril 2012
Dalkey Meeting to Discuss Proposed Oil Drilling
#'DALKEY ISLAND' PROSPECT – In response to a proposed exploratory search for oil and gas operation by Providence Resources off Dalkey Island, Co. Dublin, as previously reported on Afloat.ie, a public meeting is to be held by Dalkey Community Council next week, writes Jehan Ashmore.
The meeting to be held next Tuesday in Dalkey Town Hall (at 7.30 p.m.) is to discuss the Providence venture, named 'Dalkey Island' prospect, in reference to the island off the south-side suburb. The island and the coast along Dalkey is geographically the nearest landfall to where the proposed 'jack-up' drill rig would operate in block (33/21) in the Kish Bank Basin.
An online petition (see www.protectourcoast.net) by campaigners, entitled 'Protect Dublin Bay, Dalkey Island and Killiney Bay from Large Oil Drill 2012', has already gained large support, including signatures from overseas. They are in protest over Providence Resources application for a foreshore license which has been lodged with the Department of Environment.
Providence Resources propose to drill a single borehole for the exploratory well which is likely to be in an area only 6kms offshore of the Dalkey coastline. The island is designated a Special Protection Area (SPA) and notably where there have been sightings of bottlenose dolphins in neighbouring Killiney Bay.
Should the oil be commercially viable, the benefits of becoming self-sufficient and security of supply would be of significant economic benefit to Ireland. To date 100% of the country's oil and 95% of its gas is currently imported, and yet most of Ireland's natural resources are unexplored, according to Providence Resources.
Exploration is an expensive exercise and has no guarantee of discovery while the timeframe from discovery to production can typically take five to seven years.
"Yet," say Providence Resources, "the implications of discovering and utilising such a natural resource, and potentially becoming self-sufficient in energy terms, would be of significant economic benefit for Ireland Inc. in terms of taxation, employment, security of supply and skills development."
To read more information about Dalkey Island Prospect from Providence Resources, with maps, montages (including views from White Rock Beach) newsletters and video presentation visit www.providenceresources.com/dalkeyisland.aspx
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Providing Gender-Specific Translations in Google Translate
Over the past few years, Google Translate has made significant improvements to translation quality by switching to an end-to-end neural network-based system. At the same time, we realized that translations from our models can reflect societal biases, such as gender bias. Specifically, languages differ a lot in how they represent gender, and when there are ambiguities during translation, the systems tend to pick gender choices that reflect societal asymmetries, resulting in biased translations. For instance, Google Translate historically translated the Turkish equivalent of “He/she is a doctor” into the masculine form, and the Turkish equivalent of “He/she is a nurse” into the feminine form.
Recently, we announced that we’re taking the first step at reducing gender bias in our translations. We now provide both feminine and masculine translations when translating single-word queries from English to four different languages (French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), and when translating phrases and sentences from Turkish to English.
Gender-specific translations on the Google Translate website.
Supporting gender-specific translations for single-word queries involved enriching our underlying dictionary with gender attributes. Supporting gender-specific translations for longer queries (phrases and sentences) was particularly challenging and involved making significant changes to our translation framework. For these longer queries, we focused initially on Turkish-to-English translation. We developed a three-step approach to solve the problem of providing a masculine and feminine translation in English for a gender-neutral query in Turkish.
Detecting Gender-Neutral Queries
Many Turkish sentences that refer to people are gender-neutral, but not all are. Detecting which queries are eligible for gender-specific translations is a hard problem because Turkish is morphologically complex, meaning that reference to a person can either be explicit with a gender-neutral pronoun (e.g. O, Ona) or implicitly encoded. For example, the sentence “Biliyor mu?” has no explicit gender-neutral pronoun but can be translated as either “Does she know?” or “Does he know?”. This complexity means that we cannot use a simple list of gender-neutral pronouns to detect gender-neutral Turkish queries and need a machine-learned system. We estimate that approximately 10% of Turkish Translate queries are ambiguous, and eligible for both feminine and masculine translations.
To detect these queries, we use state-of-the-art text classification algorithms (same as those used in our Cloud Natural Language API) to build a system that is able to detect when a given Turkish query is gender-neutral. Since this introduces an additional step before obtaining the translations, we had to carefully balance model complexity with latency. We trained our system on thousands of human-rated Turkish examples, where raters were asked to judge whether a given example is gender-neutral or not. Our final classification system is a convolutional neural network that can accurately detect queries which require gender-specific translations.
Generating Gender-Specific Translations
Next, we enhanced our underlying Neural Machine Translation (NMT) system to produce feminine and masculine translations when requested. When no gender is requested, we trained the model to produce the default translation. This involved:
Identifying and dividing our parallel training data into those with feminine words, those with masculine and those with ungendered words.
Adding an additional input token to the beginning of the sentence to specify the required gender to translate to, similar to how we build multilingual NMT systems:
<2MALE> O bir doktor → He is a doctor
<2FEMALE> O bir doktor → She is a doctor
Training our enhanced NMT model on the feminine, masculine and ungendered data sources. We experimented with various mixing ratios for these sources to enable the model to perform equally well on the three tasks.
If a user's query is determined to be gender-neutral, we add a gender prefix to the translation request. For these requests, our final NMT model can reliably produce feminine and masculine translations 99% of the time. Additionally, the system maintains translation quality on queries without the gender prefix.
Checking for Accuracy
Finally, we have a step that decides whether to display the gender-specific translations. Since the training data that produces the masculine translation is different from the training data that produces the feminine translation, there may be differences between the two translations unrelated to gender. If the gender-specific translations are determined to be low quality, we show only the single default translation. To determine the quality of the gender-specific translations, we verify:
If the requested feminine translation is feminine.
If the requested masculine translation is masculine.
If the feminine and masculine translations are exactly equivalent with the exception of gender-related changes. Even minor changes in the wording between the translations will result in being filtered.
Top: The masculine and feminine translations differ only with respect to gender i.e. “he” and “his” vs “she” and “her”. Hence, we will show gender-specific translations. Bottom: The masculine and feminine translations differ correctly with respect to gender i.e. “he” vs “she”. However, the change from “really” to “actually” is not related to gender. Hence, we will filter gender-specific translations and display the default translation.
Putting it all together, input sentences first go through the classifier, which detects whether they’re eligible for gender-specific translations. If the classifier says “yes”, we send three requests to our enhanced NMT model—a feminine request, a masculine request and an ungendered request. Our final step takes into account all three responses and decides whether to display gender-specific translations or a single default translation. This step is still quite conservative in order to maximize the quality of gender-specific translations shown; hence our overall recall is only around 60%. We plan to increase our coverage and add support for more complex sentences in future iterations.
This is just the first step toward addressing gender bias in machine-translation systems and reiterates Google’s commitment to fairness in machine learning. In the future, we plan to extend gender-specific translations to more languages and to address non-binary gender in translations.
This effort has been successful thanks to the hard work of a lot of people including, but not limited to, the following (in alphabetical order of last name): Lindsey Boran, HyunJeong Choe, Héctor Fernández Alcalde, Orhan Firat, Qin Gao, Rick Genter, Macduff Hughes, Tolga Kayadelen, James Kuczmarski, Tatiana Lando, Liu Liu, Michael Mandl, Nihal Meriç Atilla, Mengmeng Niu, Adnan Ozturel, Emily Pitler, Kathy Ray, John Richardson, Larissa Rinaldi, Alex Rudnick, Apu Shah, Jason Smith, Antonio Stella, Romina Stella, Jana Strnadova, Katrin Tomanek, Barak Turovsky, Dan Schwarz, Shilp Vaishnav, Clayton Watts, Kellie Webster, Colin Young, Pendar Yousefi, Candice Zhang and Min Zhao.
Posted by Melvin Johnson, Senior Software Engineer, Google Translate
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South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), 4 results 4
Rivonia Trial South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) Johannesburg
Top-level description Rivonia Trial
Mandela: An Audio History
ZA SABC SA MR-RT-011
Part of Rivonia Trial
SAFM documentary in two parts for The Inner Ear Programme. Details the role played by Nelson Mandela and the ANC in the struggle for freedom in South Africa. Compiled by Joe Richardson and Sue Johnson and presented by Will Bernard. Dated 9 May 2004.
Part 1 deals with the call for armed struggle, the creation of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the arrests at Rivonia. Mandela as the first witness in the Trial, four hour statement from the dock made at the Trial, sentencing to life imprisonment, meaning of Rivonia Trial.
South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)
Rivonia Trial: Sentencing
SABC English Service broadcast. A short summary of the Rivonia Trial case, the verdict and the passing of sentence by Judge President Quartus De Wet. Dated 11 June 1963.
Rivonia Trial: Quartus De Wet/Bram Fischer/Dr Percy Yutar
SABC English Service broadcast. Recordings of the proceedings during the Rivonia Trial. Includes recordings of Judge President Quartus De Wet, the prosecutor Dr Percy Yutar and counsel for the defence Bram Fischer. Mandela appears as Accused number 1. Dated 3 December 1963.
The Voice of Nelson Mandela
Extracts from his famous Statement from the Dock. Produced in 2001.
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Delarosa's Brocco-Bruschetta
Though Adriano Paganini's restaurant specializes in Roman-style wood-fired pizzas, you'd be remiss to skip out on its appetizers, in particular the broccolini bruschetta, a dish that may very well become your new favorite way to eat these tiny trees of the produce world.
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Film Society Awards Night @ Bimbo's
San Francisco Film Society held their Film Society Awards Night at Bimbo's on Tuesday, May 7th. Harrison Ford was in attendance accepting the 2013 Peter J. Owens Award. Photographs by Josh Edelson for SF Weekly.
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July 26, 2006 Film » Reps Etc.
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Repertory Film
Commentary by Gregg Rickman (greggr2006@yahoo.com). Times compiled from information available Tuesday; it's always advisable to call for confirmation. Price given is standard adult admission; discounts often apply for students, seniors, and members.
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111 MINNA GALLERY
111 Minna (between New Montgomery and Second streets), 447-9750 and www.microcinema.com for information on this program. $6.
MONDAY (July 31): The "Independent Exposure Touring Festival" screens 15 short films and videos, including Siobhan Bowers' Instructional Guide to Dating, Signe Baumane's Five Infomercials for Dentists, and Steffen Frech's Dunkelheit, about the consequences of turning the light switch to "Off" 8 p.m.
ARTISTS' TELEVISION ACCESS
992 Valencia (at 21st Street), 824-3890, www.atasite.org. $5 save as noted. This venue offers all manner of strange and unusual video and film.
THURSDAY (July 27): ATA's monthly "Open Screening" of your film epics, with advance submissions recommended. E-mail openscreening@atasite.org for submission info. $4 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY (July 29): Rhythm from Wreckage!, a program of "Adventures in Vidsonic Art" includes work by Sue Costabile, Wago Krieder, Joey Bargsten, Carl Diehl, and Mack Mcfarland 8 p.m.
3630 Balboa (at 38th Avenue), 221-8484, www.balboamovies.com. $8.50 save as noted. This great neighborhood house shows films of all sorts.
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY: A double-bill of Robert Altman's last (?) feature, A Prairie Home Companion (2006; 1:25, 5:10, 8:55 p.m. ) and Thank You for Smoking (Jason Reitman, 2006; 3:25, 7:10 p.m. ). In Theatre 2, a double bill of Water (Deepa Mehta, India, 2005; 12:30, 4:50, 9:10 p.m. ) and Cars (John Lasseter and Joe Ranft, 2006; 2:40, 7 p.m. ).
STARTS FRIDAY: Call for program.
3010 Geary (at Blake), 751-3213, www.peacheschrist.com for this series. This popular little theater offers, in addition to its regular screenings, a "Midnight Mass" every Saturday this summer, hosted by Peaches Christ. $12.
SATURDAY (July 29): Midnight Mass — John Waters' mock melodrama Polyester (1981) screens in Odorama with a Scratch-and-Sniff card with every admission. A Project Polyester Runway Show and Baltimore fashion contest accompanies the festivities midnight.
429 Castro (near Market), 621-6120 and www.thecastrotheatre.com for venue; (925) 275-9490 and www.sfjff.org for the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. $10 save as noted for regular programs, $11 save as noted for the Jewish Film Festival. Short-run rep in a spectacular 1922 Greco-Roman-themed palace designed by Timothy L. Pflueger. Evening intermissions feature David Hegarty on the Mighty Wurlitzer.
WEDNESDAY: The 26th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival continues here. Two Yiddish-language films, The Living Orphan (Jospeh Seiden, 1939) and A Cantor on Trial (Sidney Goldin, 1931) 1:45 p.m. From Shtetl to Swing (Rousso-Lenoir, France) 4 p.m. Sisai (Gavro, Israel), followed by panel discussion on Jews of color 6:30 p.m. An interesting look at modern multi-culti Israel, What a Wonderful Place (Halfon, Israel) 9 p.m.
THURSDAY: Jewish Film Festival — Hineini: Coming Out in a Jewish High School (Fayngold) 1:30 p.m. Be Fruitful and Multiply (Shalm, Israel) 2:15 p.m. 5 Days (Shamir, Israel) 5 p.m. The Closing Night feature, Live and Become (Radu Mihaileanu, Belgium, 2005), a drama of the 1984 rescue of Ethiopian Jews, is followed by a Dessert Reception. $20 7:45 p.m.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY: A John Kricfalusi Retrospective offers the wild cartoonist in person, introducing some of his favorite Ren and Stimpy and other shorts. The Saturday matinee is aimed toward kids, the evening shows to adults. $10 Fri 8 p.m.; Sat 2, 7 p.m.
SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY (July 30-Aug. 3): Gee, Officer Krupke! Sing-A-Long West Side Story offers you a chance to warble "Maria" and make like a Jet in this super-titled screening of the 1960 Robert Wise-Jerome Robbins musical 7 p.m.; also Sun 2 p.m.
Dolores at 19th Street, 465-3456, www.sfntf.org. The San Francisco Neighborhood Theater Foundation presents Film Night in this park on a giant outdoor screen. Free.
SATURDAY (July 29): Giant boulders will chase either you or Harrison Ford if you attend Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981). BYO pillows and blankets; chairs discouraged 8 p.m.
EL RIO
3158 Mission (at Precita near Cesar Chavez), 282-3325, www.elriosf.com. This neighborhood bar often screens programs on its outdoor patio (or indoors if it rains).
THURSDAY (July 27): A Movie Night on the Patio offering of the original Freaky Friday (Gary Nelson, 1977), with teen Jodie Foster and mom Barbara Harris switching bodies. $2 9 p.m.
2534 Mission (between 21st and 22nd streets), 648-7600), www.foreigncinema.com. Free with meal. This restaurant screens foreign films, usually in 35mm, on the back wall of its outdoor patio, with drive-in speakers available for the tables of those who want to watch while they dine.
WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY: Banish all thought of Richard Gere, all ye who enter here, for the Japanese original version of Shall We Dance (Masayuki Suo, 1995) "Starts at dusk."
STARTS MONDAY: Any year, we have since discovered, living with Mel Gibson is a Year of Living Dangerously (Peter Weir, Australia, 1982). Through Aug. 27 "Starts at dusk."
LA PEÑA CULTURAL CENTER
3105 Shattuck (at Prince), Berkeley, (510) 849-2568, www.lapena.org. This cafe for activists offers occasional film and video screenings, shown on a 10 x 12-foot screen. $6.
WEDNESDAY (July 26): A doctor falls for an indigenous woman in remote Guatemala in Where All Roads End (Carlos Garca, Mexico/Guatemala, 2003) 7 p.m.
1572 California (at Polk), 352-0810, www.landmarktheatres.com. This multiplex is only partly a "calendar house" rep theater; for the rest of the Lumiere schedule, see our Showtimes page. $9.50.
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY: Changing Times (André Téchiné, France, 2004) 4:30, 7, 9:25 p.m.
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