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Annewakee
Anneewakee Road to GA Route 166
Difficulty II-III+(IV)
Gauge SWEETWATER CREEK NEAR AUSTELL, GA
Flow Rate as of: 37 minutes ago 322 [CFS]
Reach Info Last Updated 11/27/2014 3:07 am
Gauge Description
Look for Sweetwater Creek to be runing 800 cfs and rising or locally heavy rain of at least 1.25 inches.
Annewakke will drop back down to nothing in a matter of hours. The sweetwater gauge is used to show if Annewakkee has gotten enough rain to check, but sweetwater holds water for days.
River Description:
The put-in is on Annewakee Road and there's good parking on the downstream side of the bridge. There is a great but grabby playspot right at the putin. The creek picks up quickly and gets your blood pumping with a few fun class 2's. Then it's flat for a bit... then the horizon line. The first large drop is about 9 feet and reminds me of the Upper Tellico. It's a safe drop if run left of center, look out for the "Hole of Doom" on the center-right after the main drop. It probably wouldn't kill you but you'd probably swim out. It's easy to miss.
Next is a short class 2-3 section that runs through a power line cut. There are some great waves here! You used to be able to drive (4x4 only!) out the power lines to this spot but thanks to vandals the entrance has been cabled off.
Be VERY careful not to just drop over the next horizon line immediatley after the power lines, you could get REALLY hurt. The next drop is about a 12 footer and really kicks. The river left side is an almost certain pin. The water runs down a slide and hits a jagged rock and forms a kind of mini Oceana with a not-so-forgiving "Thing". The left of center line has rocks at the bottom so that's no good. The center line seems the way to go, angling to the right a bit.. Be careful not to get sucked back into the hole at the bottom or you're swimming. The right side could be OK but we didn't run it. The far right side is a plunge into the abyss and we didn't know what was down there so it's still a mystery. The portage is on river right.
After the big drop there is a 1/4 mile of class 3 water with a fun double drop that's a strong III+ at normal levels and turns into solid 4 at high flow. After this, the river takes a sharp turn to the right and slows down for a mile or so. Then it takes a hard turn to the left and cuts through another ridge, the action picks up here again and a few class 2's and 3's appear but nothing like the upper section. A bit of flat water gets you to the take out on Ga 166.
This is a great run! We were very impressed. The water quality is not great but the rapids are! As of March 2002 there were a few dead falls that needed to be carried over but no "strainers of doom".
FYI, Sweetwater reached almost 4 feet that day after rain the night before and Annewakee was at a comfortable level. It could certainly be done higher, but not much lower. Total rainfall for the previous night was about 1.2 inches and it was still raining lightly when we put on at 2pm. It will take you between 1.5 to 2.5 hours to make this run barring any epic adventures.
Put In Hole
Class - III Mile - 0
This river wide hole makes a great warm-up spot. The river left side is a cool seam. The river right side is a bigger hole/wave with great play, However... it's quite difficult to make a graceful exit from this side.
AnneWakeup!
This is the first big drop on the creek. Pull over on river left bank to scout this one. The drop is safe all the way across however... There will be an ugly hole awaiting you quickly below the drop if you go off too far to the right. Stick to the left.
Class - II+ Mile - 0.9
Powerline rapid drops over a series of rock shelves creating fun drops and good surfing waves. Eddy out at the bottom on the right before the horizon line. You'll want to scout the next drop.
PowerSLAM!
Right off the center seems to be the way to go here. Too far left is pinning potential. Left of center lands you on a rock shelf. Right of center puts you into the meat. Far right is a possibility. The bulk of the water pours over here and plunges into the abyss... I'd like to see it at lower water before running it. Paddle hard after the drop or the base of the falls will pull you in. After the big drop you still have some manuevering to do. Portage is on river right.
Billy Kuhn
Just a historical tidbit from a native. I grew up in Douglas county. Back in the late 80's I helped a friend that did custom upholstery. We did some work for the property owner on the upstream, uphill side of the bridge and delivered all of it over a period of a couple of months. After about the 3rd trip or so, I inquired about the glimpses of water through the trees. He took us back to the lake. It was gorgeous, pristine, and slap full of grown alligators. He put them in the lake 10-15 years before. He harvested them for the hide and the meat. It also had a thriving cottonmouth population that had reached an age and size most snakes don't. That spillway on the north side comes from that lake(I ca ll it that because it is fed and drained by a creek.). Back in the mid 90's, a gator turned up in that manicured pond just pass the bridge headed toward 92. It was a young adult...8 ft or so. Douglas county sheriff and the local DNR milked that gator for a week because it led all three local newscasts untill they finally hooked the poor thing on a big surf rig. Thing is, there was no shortage of locals that had the means, skills, and tools to have had that gator on the truck within 24 hrs. There was no shortage of locals that was dying for the chance to catch that gator. I'm sure the sheriff was offered some fat checks for the priviledge. However, catching the gator was a clumsy, amatuer, effort that put the gator under stress way longer than it should. It took hours after the catchee viciously set the hook with multiple, violent upswings of the tree like surf rod trying to turn the gator....by the look on his face caught on camera when the gator turned and ran, he thought he did. He dang near got drug in. It took hours to land the gator...who was pretty much dead by then. It's the only time in my life I've been embarrased by the DCSD. Really it was the DNR's guy to blame....he made the call. Being DNR...he should've known the basics behind catching a gator. Short lines tied off to something anchored to land, built to hold a thrashing bull, the gator comes up, eats the bait, then sits peacefully enjoying it's meal. Here's the trick...While the gator is eating, one must sneak up close enough to get a kill shot before the gator see you or hears you which will result in an angry gator on a short rope in shallow water close to you...thrashing so violently getting a kill shot is not an option. The window for a kill shot on a gator...just like a pig, is about the size of a LL baseball on his head. Anyway, the property owner was elderly back then. I'm sure he's gone. I bet he passed it down to relatives...the property still looks about the same. Billy
Dallas Shaw
Ran it a couple of days ago. The big rock on river left at powerslam is gone now. Left line is super fast super fun. The old bridge support that had the red line used as a gauge is gone now too because they are building a new bridge.... I'll work on getting something out there. Sweetwater went up to only 2.25 and we still had good water. Lots of new strainers!!
I would say that the red line is a little high but still runnable. Optimal would be about -2' but it's still runnable down to around -5 I think...... although that would be pretty boney.
BradR
Whats the correlation with the red line on the gauge bridge piling??
Chris Gorman
Did it today 11/28 We put on at 10. Sweetwater was 4.67 feet and rising. It was definitely low. Doable but too low to be any fun. One thing I have to add is that powerslam is definitely not 12 feet high, it is a 7-8 foot ledge. Oh and i saw the "thing" it was a large cubic piece of rock that formed a minor sieve and has huge pinning possibilities. It would be a great run with high water.
Patrick Dortch
I believe the vertical drop above the put-in is the spillway of a residential lake. I've never walked up there, it's all private property on either side above the bridge. I assume you could put in above the lake, paddle across the lake, and run the spillway but I'm not sure. If anyone finds out, let us all know.
It was too big to run after tropical storm bill dumped on us today. Whats the vertical drop upstream of the put-in?
We went to hurricane. It was awesome!!!
WOW!! Great photos and movies Chad! I'd never seen it at that level. The "mini-thing" at PowerSlam looks even nastier at high water... certain PAIN! At that level, would you rate PowerSlam and the following 1/4 mile section IV?
On 10-29 we took a look at Annewakee late in the afternoon. Sweetwater was pumping at 5.5 but the ledge above the anawakee put-in was looking really scrappy. We passed and took the 4 minute drive back to sweetwater.
Chad Spangler
At PowerSLAM we ran the far right line at lower water than in the pictures. The center was dry and just to the right of it you could see a shallow shelf right at the base of the drop. The far right line was plenty deep at the bottom. The hole was still grabby even at low water. The left side of the drop has a nasty undercut/sieve rock formation that would be super nasty. I really liked the rapid 50 yrds downstream from PowerSLAM. At lower water with only a little play it took us about 2 1/2 hours. There were about 4 or 5 deadfalls to contend with below the first mile of rapids.
Michael Stephenson
Anneewakee Creek apparently is much more flashy than Sweetwater, that is, it apparently drops pretty quickly. We paddled it today after work, and Sweetwater was close to 5.5 ft from last night's rain, having crested just a few hours before we got on Anneewakee, yet Anneewakee was much lower than on Patrick's run. For a correlation, I would guess that it's important that Sweetwater is rising or that it has rained recently. If you look at the small ledge hole just upstream of the put-in and it looks like a decent, fun hole, then the level is probably good. If it looks like a small, shallow pourover, it's going to be pretty low. It was still a fun run, some very fun little sticky holes here and there, but not nearly as exciting as it would be higher water.
Photos are from early March 2002.
Great photos Patrick!!!
There is a lot of wood in the river below PowerSlam. Some of it is passable but some of it is not. Make sure you can see the next safe eddy before you paddle around bends. And when you come to a sharp left turn after Powerslide that requires you to squeeze between a couple of trees to get into the next channel---don't, it gets worse, just start the portage.
by Chris Robinson
Claude Terry, paddler, outfitter, and conservationist, dies
There is now a gauge on Annewakee. For now i'll take a guess that 200 cfs is a minimum. Add comments for updates.
Author: Dallas
Subject: Terran
Subject: Dallas/Tonya/Terran
Author: Dallas Shaw
Subject: 1 of the many strainers
Usual scene on Annawakee
Subject: David Holcomb
There's a rock in there!!
Author: EZ
Subject: Dallas Shaw
Subject: EZ (forgot his name)
Subject: Gauge
And Rising!!!
Subject: EZ (forgot the guys name)
AnneWakeUp
Author: Chad Spangler
[0013] Level indicator at put-in
[0013] level indicator ledge/hole/wave at putin
[0013] above PowerSlam!
[0013] Exploding wave at PowerSlam!
[0013] Last Big Rapid
[0013] Below PowerSlam!
[0013] PowerSlam!
[0013] Nice wave at top of Powerline Rapids
[0013] Hole below AnneWakeUp
[0013] AnneWakeUp
[0013] Powerline Rapids
[0013] Annawakee
Author: Patrick Dortch
Subject: Mike
Mike gets PowerSLAMMED!
Subject: Mike & Dale in Powerline rapid
Powerline Rapid
Subject: 1st big drop on the creek
Subject: Patrick Dortch
You want me to go where?
Hey, where's your boat going?
He's Out!
Where'd he go??
Headed for Trouble
Mike has great form !!
Mike sets up for PowerSLAM!
Annewakee PowerSLAM!
Annewakee PowerLine Wave
Subject: Mike & Dale
Annewakee PowerLine
Subject: Me in the hole
Annewakee Putin Hole
Subject: Mike Leal
Annewakee 1st Drop
Charlie Walbridge
Claude Terry, paddler, outfitter, and conservationist, died on November 20th, 2019. He was 83. A microbiologist by training, Terry began paddling in the mid-1960's while a professor at Emory University. He took to whitewater readily, and it became an important focus of his life. In 1969 he met veteran paddler Doug Woodward, and in 1971 the two became the technical advisers for the movie “Deliverance.” Afterwards, Terry and Woodward purchased the rafts Warner Brothers used in filming and bought 19 acres near the river. This became Southeastern Expeditions, one of the Southeast’s first whitewater outposts on the Chattooga. In 1974, Terry took then-Gov. Jimmy Carter on three trips on the Chatooga River, totaling 57 miles. This inspired Carter to get the Chattooga included in the Wild & Scenic Rivers Act and influenced later decisions protecting rivers across the U.S.“Terry adopted me as one of his students,” Carter told Outside Online in a 2017 interview. “it opened my eyes to the relationship between a human being and a wild river that I never had contemplated before that. When I got to be president I vetoed 16 different dam projects all over the United States.” Terry eventually quit his Emory University job and started full time career in environmental advocacy, including founding American Rivers, a principal U.S. conservation group. For the next 30 years he specialized in environmental projects involving rivers and wetlands and later, when he became a board-certified toxicologist, he developed an expertise in hazardous waste cleanups. He was an active paddler until sidelined by Parkinson's Disease. A passionate teacher and advocate, he is sorely missed by all who knew him. Click through for an excellent obituary and a photo of Terry taking Governor Carter over Bull Sluice!
David Bazemore
1190257 05/30/08 Patrick Dortch n/a
1203846 11/27/14 David Bazemore gauge info
1203847 11/27/14 David Bazemore update gauge
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Time For Truly Good Vibrations
In 1939, it was decided that the note of “A” above Middle C on the piano, would henceforth “officially” be considered to vibrate at 440 Hz, or 440 cycles per second. This is the story of that apparent “innocent” decision, one which if seen in its larger context, may rightly be considered as one of the most momentous and possibly catastrophic decisions in world history.
As physicists have known for centuries, all creation is based upon vibration. All light, heat, sound, even solid “matter” is composed of the vibration of atoms at different frequencies. Thought, too, is said to be vibrational in nature, at a speed and frequency which may surpass the speed of light.
The Universe or One (Uni) Song (Verse) has been considered by philosophers of all ages as being in harmonic, resonant sympathetic vibration with every aspect of creation. Nothing in this Universe can exist outside of this all encompassing vibration, which might even be thought of as the true Quantum Field.
Of all man made creations, the creation of “music” comes closest to being a true, universal language. Sound, thru the vibration of specific notes arranged in certain progressions and rhythmic structures, produces what we refer to as music. Music, beyond words, has the power to move the emotions and the intellect of people of disparate cultures all over the world.
Music also has the power and capacity to affect us in hidden ways. The actual vibrations of instruments, whether massed together in harmony, or playing in discordant opposition, can stimulate altered brain wave patterns, especially thru repetition.
Scales and Standards Our traditional Western music system is based on a 12 note scale. During the middle ages, when the first “classical” music orchestras began to be assembled throughout Europe, orchestra’s tuned their instruments, especially their stringed instruments, towards certain standards that “felt” right, or which intuitively “seemed” correct.
Later, as we moved into the 20th century, the need for a musical vibrational standard for tuning became apparent. It was decided that one specific note would play the role of a standard “tuning” note, to which all other notes, both above and below it, would align in resonance.
This is the story of how -- and more importantly why -- that specific frequency of A=440Hz or cycles above Middle C, was chosen as the standard tuning frequency for all orchestras, musicians and instruments. Vibration, the Organizational Principle of Matter
Vibration throughout the frequency spectrum of sound, heat, and light, is the organizational principle of matter. Sound is the organizational principle of our Universe, of physical matter and most importantly, living matter.
The science of Cymatics illustrates that when sound waves move thru a physical medium (air, water, sand, metallic particles, etc.) the frequency of the waves has a direct effect upon the structures which are created by the sound waves as they pass thru that particular medium. YouTube videos show these fascinating patterns and arrangements here:
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Sacred Vibrational Principles
However, not all sound frequencies by themselves produce balanced, harmonious patterns as they pass thru matter. On the contrary, it can be seen that only certain sound frequencies, often called “sacred” frequencies, can create harmonically balanced eye pleasing mandala-like imagery. Other frequencies (those which appear to be transitioning both above and below these “creative” frequencies) can be seen to produce discordant, jumbled, even destructive designs as matter unsuccessfully attempts to organize around these vibrations.
Based on what we have already established and know about music, matter, vibration and energy, imagine this bizarre scenario.
You are an incredibly powerful, wealthy, influential person who secretly grows wealthier due to conflict, destruction, disease, death and war. You have discovered that certain sound frequencies (those easily divisible by two, signifying opposition) create conflict, discord and disharmony, within the minds of whoever may listen to them; while those divisible by three (signifying balance, polity, reconciliation, harmony) produce symmetry, and visually harmonic, pleasing structures.
Now imagine that you had the power to establish the tuning standard of all musical instruments throughout the Western World at the same time. Imagine that instead of choosing a specific keystone frequency for tuning all musical instruments throughout the world based upon a creative, constructive frequency, you instead choose to base the entire scale of musical artistic creation, a scale which would be used by symphony orchestras and solo artists throughout the Western World, upon a frequency which, when acting as the basis for all the other notes, would skew their vibrations towards propagating destruction rather than constructive, harmonious thought. Imagine, too, that your wealth would increase due to the subtle yet all encompassing, pernicious effect which this new, standardized tuning would inflict upon all those who heard it.
Imagine that as the music based upon this destructive keystone tuning propagated outwards through radio, film, live performance and ultimately television, what the long-term cumulative effects these destructive frequencies would reek upon the minds of humanity?
It sounds like science fiction. Yet this is exactly what transpired on September of 1939, when an international musical congress, based on research conducted by the Rockefeller (Illuminati) financial interests, decided to declare that the standard tuning for the note of “A” above middle C would henceforth be said to vibrate at precisely 440 cycles per second. This unnatural standard tuning frequency, removed from the symmetry of sacred vibrations and overtones, has produced a war on the subconscious mind of Western Man. The destruction and illness this artificial tuning has produced strongly indicates the motivation behind its promotion.
The standard tuning fork, which is set to vibrate the note “A” above middle C at 440 cycles per second, is based upon a frequency only divisible by two rather than three, which means that all of the musical notes both above and below it are affected by this particular frequency tuning standard. These vibrations contribute their own destructive energy resonance to the subconscious minds of the listeners.
Despite the apparent “sweet music” a symphony orchestra can produce, when all instruments are tuned based on the A=440Hz key frequency, then all instruments can be considered to be covert weapons of fragmentation, opposition and ultimately conflict and war, no matter what “music” they may be playing.
These destructive frequencies entrain the mind and the mind’s thoughts towards disruption, disharmony, disunity. Additionally, they also stimulate the controlling organ of the body -- the brain -- into disharmonious resonance, which ultimately impacts the body in disease, and the social organism by War, thereby opening another avenue of profit for drug companies to treat stress, anxiety and tissue-specific disease production created by this destructive resonance patterning based upon frequencies at opposition to the proper, healthful functioning of the physical organism.
Dr. Leonard G. Horowitz, in a paper entitled “Musical Cult Control” states the problem succinctly concerning the “militarization” of music based on the 440Hz = A standard tuning which was strongly influenced by the Rockefeller Foundation’s money and direction. The music industry “...features this imposed frequency that is ‘herding’ populations into greater aggression, psycho social agitation, and emotional distress predisposing people to physical illness....” while the agents of this conspiracy provide ‘therapeutic’ pacification in the form of myriad psychotropic drugs and tranquilizers for the stress they purposely create, and chemotherapy for the more serious illnesses it inspires.
Energy (vibration) impacts “life” (biology) and our bodies through the most common medium of life: water. Our body weight, which is nearly 80 percent water, vibrates and resonates to frequencies, and frequencies entrain our physical matter as well as thought processes. Light and sound have been shown as the primary drivers of intercellular communication, which indicates that our health, or lack of it, may indeed by a product of the vibrational resonance of sound and light.
There are apparently three main camps in the sacred tuning controversy, and all are rather adamant about two things: one, is that the standard instrument tuning based on A=440Hz is disruptive and dissonant, which promotes psychological and biological illness; and two, that their sacred standard tuning based on 'A' at a different frequency is mentally, physically and spiritually healthful and uplifting, and therefore correct.
Alan Howarth hosts the site of www.ramusic.com. He champions the frequency of A=424Hz, based on over a decade of research by famed mathematician and Hollywood legend (advisor to the Star Trek franchise) Wes Bateman. The late Mr. Bateman based his primary tuning frequency at 424 Hz after more than a decade of measuring sacred ruins such as the pyramids of Egypt and Mexico.
Famed author and researcher Dr. Leonard G. Horowitz bases his A=444Hz (equals C(5)=528Hz) tuning on substantial research back to the Middle Ages and the lost Selfegio scale based on Pythagorean number theory, which both Mozart and Verdi used to tune their classical orchestras. His site is www.love528.com.
Brian T. Collins is an outstanding musician and researcher who has also examined the measuring systems and units of measure of ancient peoples from around the world. He favors A=432Hz and makes a persuasive case in his favor. His site is www.omega432.com. This tuning is said to be in harmony with the creative cosmic symphony of the universe. Ancient Egyptian and Greek musical instruments have been found which were tuned to A=432 Hz, also divisible evenly by 3.
Despite their disagreements as to the actual pitch of ‘A’ as the base for tuning musical instruments, all of these researchers are adamant that the apparent ‘arbitrary’ tuning imposed on concert orchestras and musicians around the world in 1939 by the British Standards Institute was done for dark political and psychological reasons
Vibrational Tuning For illness, Chaos and War
Considering how the mass media now permeate every aspect of our cultural awareness, using music which has a foundational base of destructive, anti-biological resonance may subtly yet substantially contribute to the mass psycho-pathology rampant in our culture on display in the incessant wars and ill health which permeate our globe.
As noted in “Musical Cult Control”, scientific studies were financed by the Rothschild-Rockefeller (Illuminati) alliance to determine how musical frequencies might provide a disruptive stimulus to social agitation. This research sought “....to determine the musical factors capable of producing psycho pathology, emotional distress and ‘mass hysteria.’”
The Rockefeller Foundation provided research grants, along with the U.S. Navy and National Defense Research Council for further “acoustic energy research.” Professor James Tobias researched the Rockefeller Foundation archives and “...documented investigations leading to psychological warfare applications of acoustic vibrations...”.
At approximately the same time, the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) was formed by Dr. Abraham Flexner, using funds provided by both the Carnegie and Rockefeller Foundations. Dr. Leonard G. Horowitz states in his revelatory paper, that Dr. Flexner’s research “... exclusively benefited the Anglo-American IG Farben-Rockefeller petrochemical-pharmaceutical alliance that vilified every form of natural healing....” The upshot of this report caused the U.S. government to rely on deadly rather than curative drugs as the ongoing foundation for all medicine today. Any illness generated thru a-biologic vibrational force would increase the potential profits of investors in the petrochemical-pharmaceutical axis.
A=440Hz=Illness, Destruction, Disunity, Chaos, War? According to research and analysis done by Koehler, Walton and others cited by Dr. Horowitz, A=440Hz “...conflicts with human energy centers (chakras) from the heart to the base of the spine. Alternatively, chakras above the heart are stimulated...” specifically the ego and left-brain functions, “....suppressing the ‘heart-mind’ intuition and creative inspiration.
As quoted in Dr. Leonard Horowitz's paper, the standardization of A=440Hz coincided with a concerted effort by the Rockefeller Foundation to move music from a visual, alchemical, Pythagorean realm which could be considered bio-energetic or life enhancing, to one which was bio-informatic, or “patterning”, based on propagating an artificial matrix for a predetermined social effect, according to Dr. Tobias. As Dr. Horowitz stated further “...the Rockefeller Foundation’s careful project management and coordination contributed to the materialistic versus the metaphysical industrialization of music in the media.”
Bad versus Good Vibrations
The initial effort to make A=440 Hz as the basis of standard tuning was first attempted in 1910 when the Rockefeller Foundation issued a grant to the American Federation of Musicians to popularize the concept. The initial effort failed.
However, the BSI -- British Standards Institute -- officially adopted A=440 Hz in 1939, promoted by the strange consortium of Rockefeller Foundation influence and the Nazi government. Ironically, The British adopted a tuning standard promoted by The Third Reich, just as both were about to go to war with each other. While 440Hz had been rejected by British musicians only 3 months prior to their decision, the BSI was persuaded by Nazi propaganda minister Josef Goebbels to adapt 440Hz as being a decision of extraordinary importance.
As Dr. Leonard G. Horowitz concludes: “Music bioenergetically affects your body chemistry, psychoneuroimmunology, and health. Your body is now vibrating musically, audibly and subliminally, according to an institutionally imposed frequency in harmony with aggression and in dissonance rather than vibrating in harmony with Love.”
Musical instrument tuning using the artificially imposed standard of A=440Hz may have a direct bearing upon the promotion of physical and mental disease and distrust, while effectively suppressing spirituality, intuition and creativity. This universal tuning frequency has been empirically shown to suppress the creative, intuitive aspects of our mind, while negatively affecting our body chemistry and our immune systems. It imposes a frequency “grid” which promotes aggression and disruption rather than harmony and Love.
One may legitimately question how someone may prove that a specific frequency tuning is creating social stress, disharmony or physical violence and war. While more than a few people have made the connection between the military marching music of John Philip Sousa as a stimulus to war, that specific link is in reference to compositional skills, not frequency and vibration based on a tuning system. I do not know if anyone can prove a direct causal link between a specific frequency tuning system with aggression, disassociation, paranoia and violence simply because it was promoted by both the Rockefellers and the Third Reich.
Yet intuitively, I think my sources are correct. The simple fact that the Rockefeller interests aligned themselves with the Third Reich to push this particular tuning standard thru the British Standards Institute OVER the objection of British musicians makes it more than suspicious.
The Rockefeller--Illuminati axis may very well have used their money and research to impose this artificial tuning "standard" upon Mankind for the purpose of creating chaos. How else to explain why they should even trouble themselves with it over the direct objections of classically trained musicians?
Therefore, I feel safe in concluding, based on all available evidence, that The Rockefeller--Illuminati axis, their money and research, imposed this artificial tuning “standard” upon Mankind for the purpose of disrupting society, creating chaos, and fostering hostility, disease and war so that those who control the banking and pharmaceutical industries would reap bloody profits.
This suspect tuning standard continues to this day to entrain our minds and emotions along paths of negativity. It is high time for new, genuinely good vibrations, to become ascendant and a “new standard” of vibrational tuning to emerge. It is time for the power of Love to triumph!
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Everything You Need to Know About “CMA Country Christmas” TV Special
by Jim Casey | @TheJimCasey | December 2, 2019
Here’s everything you need to know about the CMA Country Christmas TV special.
Date: Dec. 3
Time: 8-10 p.m. CT
Television Station: ABC
Host: Trisha Yearwood
Location: Belmont University, Nashville
Performers: Trisha Yearwood, Dierks Bentley, Kristin Chenoweth, for King & Country, Chris Janson, Tori Kelly, Lady Antebellum, Rascal Flatts, Runaway June, CeCe Winans, Brett Young and Chris Young
Highlight: Trisha Yearwood, Kristin Chenoweth, Tori Kelly, Hillary Scott and CeCe Winans’ performance of “Children Go Where I Send Thee”
Trisha says: “Music, memories and enjoying the season with loved ones are what make Christmastime so special. Hosting CMA Country Christmas is an opportunity to share joy and celebrate the holidays with friends and family everywhere.”
Trisha Yearwood – “Silver Bells,” “Jingle Bell Rock” and “Winter Wonderland” medley
Lady Antebellum – “White Christmas”
Tori Kelly – “O Little Town of Bethlehem”
Chris Janson – “Run, Run Rudolph”
Rascal Flatts with CeCe Winans – “Go Tell It on The Mountain”
Kristin Chenoweth – “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”
for KING & COUNTRY – “Little Drummer Boy”
Dierks Bentley – “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”
Lady Antebellum – “On A Night Like This” and “Silent Night” medley
Chris Young – “The Christmas Song”
Runaway June – “Sleigh Ride”
Trisha Yearwood with Kristin Chenoweth, Tori Kelly, Hillary Scott and CeCe Winans – “Children Go Where I Send Thee”
Rascal Flatts – “Deck the Halls”
Kristin Chenoweth – “The Christmas Waltz”
Brett Young – “This Christmas”
Tori Kelly – “Do You Hear What I Hear”
Chris Young – “Holly Jolly Christmas”
CeCe Winans – “Hark the Herald Angels Sing”
Trisha Yearwood – “It Wasn’t His Child”
Trisha Yearwood with Kristin Chenoweth, Tori Kelly, Lady Antebellum, Rascal Flatts, CeCe Winans and Brett Young – “Feliz Navidad”
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An opposition website said on Thursday that at least 631 people had been killed in Iran during unrest that broke out in November.
The reported toll has varied between a Reuters news agency account of 1,500 dead and an Amnesty International figure of more than 300.
Both figures have been dismissed by Iranian authorities.
"According to the classified official bulletin, at least 631 people were killed during the unrest ... most of them were lower-income people," the Iranian reformist Kaleme website reported.
Hundreds of young and working-class Iranians took to the streets on November 15 to protest against fuel price rises.
The protests turned political, with demonstrators burning pictures of senior officials and calling on clerical rulers to step down.
London-based Amnesty said more than 300 people were killed and thousands were arrested following a crackdown after the unrest, for which Iranian officials have blamed foreign enemies.
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Tennessee Animation Careers: Employment & Salary Trends, Job Opportunities, & Colleges Offering Animation Programs in Tennessee
Written by Michelle Burton. Last updated February 01, 2018.
Animation Careers in Tennessee Overview
Tennessee has a lot to offer aspiring animators. The state has an active film scene, thanks to the Tennessee Film Entertainment & Music Commission, and it is home to hundreds of creative agencies and production studios. Tennessee is also home to hundreds of technology companies (one of the top five industries for animators), with more than 300 in Nashville and Memphis alone. Tennessee is also home to a large collection of schools, which is good news for animators that may be interested in teaching. The state has 109 colleges and universities to choose from as well as more than 1,800 elementary and secondary schools.
Besides job opportunities, many colleges and universities in Tennessee offer top-tier art and design programs accredited by the prestigious National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). Students can expect a variety of program levels ranging from a Certificate to a Master's degree.
Employment and Salary Trends for Tennessee Animators
Tennessee is home to 28,860 professionals working in Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media occupations. Around 200 are multimedia artists and animators earning an average salary of $51,050 per year. In 2013, the state was home to 160 multimedia artists and animators averaging $58,060 per year. Across the nation, employment for animators and multimedia artists is expected to increase six percent for the 2012-2022 decade. The states with the highest employment levels for animators and multimedia artists are California, New York, Washington, Texas and Georgia.
The highest paying states for animators and multimedia artists are:
California ($82,170)
Washington ($75,740)
Massachusetts ($73,470)
New York ($70,660)
Idaho ($69,450)
In Tennessee and across the U.S., the industries with the highest levels of employment are:
Motion Picture and Video industries
Computer Systems Design and Related Services
Software Publishers,
Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services
Other Information Services
‘Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers’ has the second highest concentration of employment for animators and multimedia artists, along with an impressive average annual salary of $75,150 per year. The top paying industries for animators and multimedia artists are:
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers ($81,760)
Other Information Services ($80,310)
Software Publishers ($76,090)
Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers ($75,150)
Motion Picture and Video Industries ($73,950)
As mentioned, Tennessee is home to hundreds of production studios, creative agencies, computer design and information technology companies, and more. Just a few employment options include:
BOHAN, Nashville
Fivestone Studios, Nashville
FMB Advertising, Knoxville
FunnyPages Productions, Franklin
Gish, Sherwood & Friends, Nashville
GS&F, Nashville
KMT Creative Group, Chattanooga
Magnetic Dreams Animation Studio, Nashville
Morris Creative Group, Knoxville
NorthStar Studios, Nashville
PK Pictures, Nashville
Scripps Networks, Knoxville
Speak Creative, Memphis
The Buntin Group, Nashville
The Tombras Group, Knoxville
While job opportunities can be found in many cities across the state, a larger number of opportunities for animators can be found in Tennessee’s largest cities, of course. They are Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Clarksville, and Murfreesboro. Although smaller, Franklin, Jackson, and Johnson City are worth exploring.
Tennessee Animation Training Programs
If you are ready to start training for a career in animation, consider enrolling in a program at one of the following schools:
O’More College of Design, Franklin - BFA Interactive Design
Southern Adventist University, Collegedale - BS Animation Emphases in Character animation or Effects Animation
The Art Institute of Tennessee, Nashville - BFA Media Arts and Animation
Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro - BS Electronic Media Communication
East Tennessee State University, Johnson City - BS Digital Media, Digital Animation Concentration
More Animation related programs to consider:
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San Francisco & Online
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Animation Career Review Rankings:
Top 50 Nationally for Animation (#21) - 2019
Top 50 Nationally for Game Design (#28) - 2019
Top 40 Nationally for Illustration (#40) - 2019
Winter Park, FL & Online
Computer Animation - Bachelor's - Online & Campus
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Mobile Development - Bachelor's - Online & Campus
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Introduction to 3D Modeling - 6 Months
Introduction to Concept Art - 6 Months
Foundations for VFX & Game Design - 10 Months
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Advanced 3D Modeling Diploma - 10 Months
Advanced Concept Art Diploma - 10 Months
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Updated : 2 days, 11 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 20 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur on Monday said that it will be a proud moment for his state when Jagat Prakash Nadda takes over as the national president of the "world's largest party", BJP.
Anurag snubs Chief Minister Jairam at BJP function in Shimla
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HP first state with LPG connection in all households: Jairam Thaku
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Dec 27 (ANI): Chief Minister Jairam Thakur on Friday congratulated the people of the state over Himachal Pradesh becoming the first state in the country to provide LPG connection to every household.
Amit Shah to address rally in Shimla today
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], Dec 27 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday will address a public rally in Shimla to commemorate BJP's second year in power in the state.
MoUs worth Rs 92,000 cr signed during Himachal Global Investors Me
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We need to raise awareness on nutrition in rural areas: Himachal
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No HPTDC hotels for sale says Himachal CM, orders probe
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Has any BJP leader ever advised PM Modi not to demonise Oppn: Kapi
New Delhi [India], Aug 24 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Saturday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party asking if any leader of the party has stood up and publicly advised the Prime Minister and his party cadres to stop demonising the Opposition and its leaders.
Removal of Art 370 a step taken in the interest of the country: Hi
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18 dead in heavy rains in past 24 hours in Himachal Pradesh: CM Th
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2 dead in Solan building collapse, 12 Armymen still trapped: Himac
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Magisterial probe ordered into Shimla school bus accident
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 1 (ANI): The state government on Monday ordered a magisterial probe into the school bus accident in Shimla, which left three people dead. The inquiry would be conducted by the Sub Divisional Magistrate of Shimla.
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Aspen Times Weekly: Life 101 — ExEd offers lessons beyond the classroom
Aspen Times Weekly | October 18, 2014
compiled by Jeanne McGovern
Urban Immersion â The Bronx, 2014. What it is: Volunteering and exploring service opportunities in the Bronx. What it is NOT: It is NOT a shopping trip.
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ASPEN SKI SWAP: THE MONEY TRAIL
What We’re About:
The Aspen Ski Swap began in 1954 with the goal of providing locals, particularly families, with a cost effective alternative to buying new equipment and clothing each year. In its earliest years, no money was exchanged. The addition of Vendors has not diminished the Community Event that the swap has always been.
We Give Back:
The real winners, in addition to those who score great deals, are the district’s students who benefit from donations made to outdoor education programs, everything from canoe purchases to individual scholarships, and wilderness first-aid and first-responder training for faculty. About $40,000 is donated to the school district annually to support these programs that would not be able to continue without it.
100% Volunteer, Community-Led:
The Aspen Ski Swap is truly a grassroots organization. the Swap is run by a committee of 15 or so parents, teachers, former students and members of the community. The Committee plans and leads swap day volunteers (over 200 each year).
Outdoor Education Programs & Experiential Education Courses:
The Aspen School District provides students one of the most extensive Outdoor Education programs in the country. Beginning in Elementary School and continuing through High School the programs foster adolescent growth through intellectual, emotional, physical challenge and reflection in order to develop respect and understanding of self, others, community, and the environment.
If you go ...
What: Aspen Ski Swap
When: Saturday, Oct. 18, 9-5
Where: Aspen Middle School
Info: www.aspenskiswap.com
From a soup kitchen in the Bronx to a surfboard in San Diego, and from the White Rim in Moab to the home of the Civil Rights movement in the South, Aspen High School students set out for some hands-on learning in September. And with three dozen ExEd courses to choose from — focused on everything from the outdoors to the arts to service learning — the week spent away from the classroom was filled with teachable moments.
“I especially love Experiential Education because it provides professionals an opportunity to bond with students in a way that is impossible in a typical classroom setting,” says AHS Principal Kim Martin. “Of course, great relationships can be made in a typical setting, but ExEd puts students and teachers in unique situations, often overcoming challenges and learning new things, and through that shared experience, authentic relationships are created.”
On the following pages are “postcards” from several ExEd trips and the course descriptions; there’s also information on the annual Aspen Ski Swap, which helps fund the district’s Outdoor Ed and ExEd programs.
We think these images and words say it all.
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Reconstructing Syria: The need to break the mould
When the time comes, new approaches to economic reconstruction are needed in Syria.
by Yezid Sayigh
17 Jun 2016 10:41 GMT
Rescuers and civilians inspect a site hit by an air strike in Idlib, Syria [Reuters]
In late May the World Bank ran a feature story on "The Importance of Planning Syria’s Eventual Reconstruction", which proposed innovative use of satellite imagery and social media analytics to assess physical damage and prepare not for "the day after", but for "the day before".
Of course, the Syrian conflict is far from over and there is little prospect yet of the kind of orderly, integrated, and timely policy interventions that the World Bank and similar agencies specialise in. The blueprints they may devise will inevitably be overtaken by events and have to be redesigned. But planning is crucial, because it compels political as well as technocratic actors to identify needs and priorities and to develop the skills and resources that will be necessary for such a momentous task.
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However, although forward-looking approaches of the kind proposed by the World Bank are absolutely necessary, they need to break out of the mould of international practice to date.
Post-conflict reconstruction evolved into a distinct field of policy praxis after the end of the Cold War, but its track record since then in bringing real "peace dividends", generating security (or preventing a renewal of armed conflict), creating jobs, and building the basis for genuine, equitable, and sustained economic growth has been very uneven.
More failures than successes
Not only have there been more failures than success stories - think Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, and Palestine - but the failures have left populations in the affected post-conflict countries worse off then before in social and economic terms.
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(For those who regard some of these instances as qualified successes, they are at best in a state of suspended conflict, characterised by intensified economic cronyism, rampant corruption, and deep state erosion.)
The complex make-up of Syrian society necessitates building any governance model around the highly localised nature of social dynamics, economic opportunity and access, and institutions that deliver services and governance.
For effective reconstruction to be even remotely possible in Syria, relevant local and international actors and agencies must think through the dynamics that will shape the actual course and outcomes of any effort they invest there.
Planners, policy and decision-makers, and activists alike must look beyond bricks and mortar and the macro-economic or sectoral level of design needs. Too often, the focus is on physical reconstruction, and the provision of associated technical and managerial skills.
But no less important are the intangibles - social, political, and institutional dynamics - that will be generated by, and shape, post-conflict reconstruction in Syria and the associated repatriation of refugees and internally displaced persons.
Numerous challenges stand in the way, but three stand out.
First is to alter how international donors and national elites conceive the task, in ways they take their perspectives and interests as the primary reference point. Despite endless talk of “lessons learned”, international donors tend to reapply the same policies and strategies as in previous post-conflict reconstruction efforts in other countries.
A principal example is their tendency - welcomed by local national elites - to focus on strengthening central state institutions in order to deliver results effectively and swiftly. But claimed gains in efficiency are rarely borne out.
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad [REUTERS]
In Syria, especially, devolving and decentralising decision-making, programme design and priority-setting, and command of resources, may be more effective.
Certainly it is more likely to reflect better the particular needs of vulnerable sectors such as women, refugees, and rural communities or clans - who risk being more marginalised by the end of reconstruction processes than at the start - and to produce better societal buy-in.
The risk that national elites or powerful networked actors will skew resource flows and use their control to increase their power reveals the second challenge: enabling local communities to exercise meaningful governance.
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Western donors tend to approach reconstruction with a basket of ready labels such as "stakeholders", "ownership", "accountability", "transparency", and "best practice", but often these are a poor guide to how governance - a much-abused term - is actually conducted.
Complex make-up of Syrian society
Devolving responsibility for choosing priorities and managing implementation to local communities across Syria may be the most effective way to achieve meaningful legitimacy and accountability, and also to mute sectarian and ethnic differences.
Whatever the precise detail, reconstruction programmes should be designed around genuine "ownership" by, and accountability to, Syrians - not by and to donors, which is by far and away the predominant pattern.
Third, as with any area of policy or programme design, a central question is who actually sets the agenda? To take a paramount example, most political actors involved in the Syrian crisis formally avow free-market economics.
But preferences and expectations differ widely among urban versus rural communities, the merchant class versus the state salariat, and established parties such as the Muslim Brotherhood versus newcomers such as the Salafists.
No less pertinently, both international and regional actors will use the offer of reconstruction aid and investments to promote their own commercial interests, generating potentially dysfunctional dynamics and counterproductive incentive structures in the post-conflict political economy of Syria.
With Bashar al-Assad looking set to remain in power for the foreseeable future, it may seem premature to think too ambitiously about reconstruction. But as and when it becomes feasible, the challenges raised above must be addressed.
Otherwise reconstruction will simply empower those who already possess key political levers and social capital, and produce skewed results in terms of reintegration of refugees and displaced persons, societal reconciliation, and sustainable, equitable economic development.
Yezid Sayigh is senior associate at the Carnegie Middle East Centre in Beirut.
The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera's editorial policy.
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Yezid Sayigh is senior associate at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut.
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Iran warns against new UN sanctions
Senior official says new measures could halt co-operation with nuclear watchdog.
30 Aug 2007 00:36 GMT
ElBaradei is to present a report on Iran's
nuclear co-operation on Thursday [AFP]
US and European diplomats have criticised Tehran for not doing enough to ease international concerns and said its recent willingness to allow a partial probe of its past nuclear activities was not enough to banish fears it wanted to make a nuclear bomb.
'Positive' report
The mounting tension comes as Mohamed ElBaradei, the IAEA chief, prepares to submit his latest report on Iran.
Soltanieh said he expected the report to reflect the "positive step taken by Iran" in co-operating over recent weeks with agency investigators.
"Therefore it is highly expected that this positive development will not be put in jeopardy by any immature and unjustified measures."
The report on Iranian nuclear developments over the past three months will be presented to the IAEA's 35-nation board on Thursday, diplomats said.
It will serve as a guide at a September 10 board meeting that will focus both on Iran's co-operation with IAEA investigators and its continued refusal to suspend uranium enrichment and heed other security council demands.
Diplomats said the report would mostly reiterate the findings contained in a joint Iranian-IAEA memorandum published on Monday on the UN nuclear watchdog's website that summarised the extent of Tehran's co-operation with the agency's nuclear probe.
Suggesting significant progress, that document said that the IAEA considered that information provided by Iran on past small-scale plutonium experiments had "resolved" agency concerns about the issue.
The memorandum also outlined a timetable for Iran to answer about programmes and activities such as the plutonium work that could be linked to a nuclear weapons programme.
But the EU and US consider the memorandum too favourable towards Iran and senior representatives of the US, Britain, France and Germany on Wednesday urged ElBaradei to introduce more critical language in his Thursday report, diplomats said.
The representatives said the suspension of uranium enrichment was ignored in the memorandum.
They also questioned the assertion that the issue of Iran's plutonium experiments - and fears that some of the fissile material had gone missing - had been resolved, urging the agency to reopen the issue by demanding new samples from the Iranians.
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Valerie Plame Wilson
Former Career Covert CIA Operations Officer; Best-Selling Author of "Fair Game"
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A former career covert CIA operations officer, Valerie Plame worked to protect America’s national security and prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, in particular, nuclear weapons. During her career with the CIA, Valerie managed top-secret covert programs designed to keep terrorists and rogue nation states from acquiring nuclear weapons. This involved decision making at senior levels, recruiting foreign assets, deploying resources around the world, managing multi-million dollar budgets, briefing US policy-makers, and demonstrating consistently solid judgment in a field where mistakes could prove disastrous. She was also involved in covert cyber operations and counterterrorism efforts.
Valerie sits on the boards of Global Data Security, a cyber security company that safeguards digital data streaming and extends that protection to email and attachments, and Starling Trust, a predictive behavioral analytics company that interprets and forecasts behavioral trends. She also serves on the nonprofit boards of The Ploughshares Fund, Global Zero, the United Way of Santa Fe County, and Postpartum Support International. Valerie is affiliated with the Santa Fe Institute, a trans-disciplinary scientific think tank created by two Nobel Prize winners to address the most compelling and complex problems in the world today.
Valerie has done extensive public speaking throughout the country and internationally on cybersecurity issues, national security, nuclear proliferation, women in intelligence, and the NSA revelations. She has written for many national publications including Time, Newsweek, CNN, The Daily Beast, and The Huffington Post.
Valerie is the author of The New York Times best-selling memoir Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House, which was released as a major motion picture of the same name starring Sean Penn and Naomi Watts. Along with Sarah Lovett, she has published the well-received fictional spy thrillers Blowback and Burned.
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If there was anything to the right-wing reports about the Bidens – former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden – being corrupt, I’d be right there with U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne demanding an investigation.
But see, there isn’t anything, because President Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and their cronies are simply repeating conspiracy theories. Any question about the Bidens was answered years ago, when Biden was still vice president.
Indeed, now it’s Giuliani and his associates being investigated. Four of them have already been arrested, two trying to flee back to Ukraine.
None of that stops Trump, though. He loves conspiracy theories, especially if they hurt one of his opponents, but he’s not fond at all of facts. To Trump and his gullible, deplorable followers, throw out a fact and they act like water being poured over the Wicked Witch of the West.
“Oh, what a world! What a world!”
Facts bounce right off Byrne as well. In a vote in Congress this week, Byrne (and Rep. Mo Brooks) were the only two Alabama Republicans who all but said they support the massacre of Kurdish women and children in Syria when they opposed a resolution aimed at Trump for withdrawing U.S. troops and leaving the Kurds, U.S. allies, exposed to Turkish attacks.
Of course, Byrne is right there proposing three congressional committees investigate the Bidens.
But has Byrne, a candidate for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Doug Jones, likewise proposed an investigation into the corrupt Trump children, especially Ivanka, Don Jr., and Eric, who are using either their positions in the White House or their dad’s name to make millions of dollars?
Byrne is only a shell of who he once was: at one time seemingly a principled politician who helped expose corruption in the Alabama community college system and a little later a viable candidate for governor.
Byrne’s Biden investigation is unlikely to get the votes needed in the House.
And, fortunately for Alabama, Byrne is likely to lose his bid for the Senate. Then maybe we’ll be rid of Byrne once and for all.
How Byrne can propose an investigation of the Bidens, but not propose one for the Trump kids isn’t really hard to understand, though.
Byrne is a complete and total hypocrite. He doesn’t think voters will notice his double and triple and quadruple standards. He thinks Alabama voters who support Trump will likely vote for the man trying as hard as he can to be Trump’s Mini Me. Byrne will sway some voters, sure, but most won’t be drawn to Byrne’sflagrant, blind toadying up to America’s worst president ever.
There are other Trump sycophants running for Senate slightly less obvious in their fawning over the Don that voters can choose. One leads voter suppression in Alabama. One is a former Auburn football coach. One was thrown out of the Alabama chief justice’s office twice and has had a well-documented thing for teeny-boppers.
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Are you playing virtual war games today?
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Tags: activision, BBC, call of duty, cod, gamer, games, gaming, infinity ward, keith vaz, modern warfare 2, mw2, Tom Watson, World Have Your Say
WARNING: This official trailer contains scenes of war
It’s the biggest video game launch ever …
The web is buzzing after the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 around the world at midnight. 10,000 stores in the US alone stayed open (see the queues here and here). London’s Leicester Square hosted the sort of premiere normally reserved for blockbuster movies – but with a camouflage carpet, not a red one.
They’re all waiting to get their hands on a game where the player takes part in a military strike on a terrorist group. The most controversial scene allows the player – having infiltrated the terrorists – to attack civilians in an airport. The developer, Activision, says that scene is “not representative of the full experience” of the game. There is a clear warning ahead of the scene too.
But this Delhi blogger thinks it’s too close to recent reality in India. This UK newspaper reports a British MP’s anger about the game’s release – although another British MP has set up this Facebook group to protest against “newspapers and politicians beating up on gaming”. Comments in this piece from the United States defend the maker’s “right to move into a taboo area for video games”.
Are you playing Modern Warfare 2 today? What do you think of some of the reaction to the game? What is the appeal of entertainment in which you kill or be killed? Should it be allowed?
22 Responses to “Are you playing virtual war games today?”
1 scmehta
Virtual war-games may be played and enjoyed, but the real war-games are generally thrust-upon and hated by the civilized world. But yes, of course, in our daily lives, we do keep playing virtual or mind games, to outwit one another in order to meet our greed or vested interests.
2 David Price. UK.
The only war game that I play is a game of chess,one of the quietest wars one could wish for.I don’t see why people should not play virtual war games,it does not suggest that the players are all manic killers.It’s more a competion and test of skill,made better by visuals and sound,and you are given seconds to make a decision.To raise the question of the game in parliament is silly.It is a game Mr.Vaz,it is not real nor compulsary.Have you nothing more important to raise in the Parliament than a game.
3 John in Salem
I don’t care what your virtual experience is or what theme it has. What you’re doing is sitting indoors, probably alone, staring at a screen and moving only your thumbs while the creative part of your brain atrophies into a lump along with the rest of your body.
Pretty cool, I suppose – if you’re living in a nursing home.
4 Will
Isn’t this discussion board a similar virtual, possibly indoor experience to take part in alone? Don’t tar all videogame enthusiasts as lonely, missing out on life types, its a negative stereotype that doesn’t always hold true.
5 Anthony
Ummmmm, yes, yes, and YES!!! Both my son and I will be playing COD: Modern Warfare 2 alllll evening. We will prob be inviting his friends over for some game play also. I hear this is the biggest entertainment money generated day EVER. That’s only because COD: MW2 is so superb is SOOOOO many ways.
-Anthony, LA, CA
PS, the few comments I’m seeing shows that people don’t understand the advanced thinking (and fun) associated with gaming, and especially online gaming.
You’re not just trying to shoot others in the game, you have a mental over head view of the map, you learn the styles of your opponents, you look for their and your weapon/ perk advantages advantage, you constantly try to trick your opponents and get in their heads, you work as a team (in clans is when you get really strategic), and it’s more like an orchestra when you are taking turns shooting from different areas, constantly communicating about where your team, and their team is going, and getting a cycle to where your team is shooting and reloads in perfect precision. It’s like chess, except quicker, faster, and instead of staying 10 linear steps ahead, you have to stay ahead in so many different aspects of the game.
6 patti in cape coral
I’m not much of a gamer, but my kids are. I have never seen them play games that depict war, especially modern war, but I have seen my daughter play a game that depicted viking raids, mythological creatures, stuff like that. I tried it out and enjoyed it and I was somewhat surprised at my own blood thirsty nature, pillaging to my heart’s content. I guess it can be a safe outlet for the dark side of my personality. I don’t think I would enjoy the Call of Duty game, though, it is too close to the reality we are living in nowadays.
p.s. I wonder why it’s easier to watch a grotesque mythological monster chomp on a viking than it is to watch somebody shooting civilians or beating up a girl like on some video games.
@ patti in cape coral
It is very realistic, but I use that to teach my son whenever we play the initial campaign mode. After he understands the story, and understands how war really is and what really people go through, and why we should thank God every day that we live in a country where we have food and freedom, then I won’t bug him anymore and we can play and play and play….
Anthony~
You can describe the experience of gaming in a thousand different ways and it doesn’t change the essence of what it is – a substitute for participation in your life, which you only get ONE shot at and does not have a save and reload feature.
10 steve
Even if you gave this to me I wouldn’t play it. If you paid me to play it, I wouldn’t. Games have gone so downhill since these consoles have gotten so high tech. I miss the low graphics games of the 1980s…
11 Joseph
This controversy is just silly. Plenty of books and movies have scenes which are much more brutal then anything in gaming today and they are considered high art but when video games do the same it becomes a great moral crisis. I think it’s high time for politicians to stop blaming their issues on video games it’s childish and stifles a creative art form. (Note: I do plan on buying this game and applaud Infinity Ward’s decision to make a game that takes a better look at the reality)
12 Paul Coletti
I was persuaded by the hype to buy my first computer game in 27 years. I’m currently sitting in front of a message saying the internet servers are too busy . . . ah well . . . could be another 27 years to go . . . should I persevere or take it back ?
13 David - US
Although there are games that portray a negative message and it might go as far as harming a young person’s point of view. However, I play a modification of Battlefield 2 called Project Reality which is a multiplayer action game. There are quite a few factions in the game but most popular one would be Iraq’s insurgents against either the British or US Marines. There’s even the map of West Fallujah and Korengal Valley which is against the Taliban. One can play on either side. This mod was made for the intention of bringing a bit of reality into the game world. With this type of game one must think hard and strategize, unlike other games where all you do is shoot and kill everything that moves.
There are games that will work your mind in a good way and others that won’t. Bottom line is that the game is there to entertain and have fun time. And the game makers are not to receive the full blame of games like the one described above, after all isn’t it a matter of “Supply and Demand”, the demand is certainly there so why not.
http://www.realitymod.com for more info.
14 Tom K in Mpls
I play games. I used to compete online playing Tribes and Tribes2 capture the flag. I have to say that people that only see a depiction of violence are clueless. IMO Tribes was the only FPS worth playing, and I have tried others like Halo, Resident Evil and Medal of Honor. Simply because they have limited replayability. The biggest thing in defining a game as great is the ability to mentally immerse yourself in the setting. A personal thing.
To anyone arguing that some people will immerse too far and potentially become dangerous, you are absolutely right. But this is the symptom and not the problem. Weak or young unguided minds will always find a focus. The subject is irrelevant.
15 claudine
I didnt know that such topics are up for discussion on woirldhaveyoursay.
I think there are more important things to discuss than gaming.
16 Will
I bought it and have completed it. Brlliant game both technically and gameplay wise. Now I agree that sitting inside all the time in front of a screen isn’t good for you. But believe it or not not all gamers live their whole lives through their thumb strokes, some us go outside a few times a week, I myself left the house today to buy the game. I could have ordered it online thus preventing my sofa ass groove from losing rigidity.
I do and love it. If we dont like the influence of it we would have to worry about many movies that screwing people minds as well. Until our governments organise our lifes in the name of freedom and democracy even this way I will enjoy it
18 Ibrahim in UK
Gaming is another form of escapism. As children, most of us played “pretend war” with our friends or had toy soldiers and recreated battles or like David Price, play chess. The thrill and satisfaction is in using your skill and guile to defeat the opponent (along with the gloating rights).
I do though understand what patti in cape coral is talking about. There is a barrier that has to be crossed between killing monsters on screen and killing humans on screen for fun. As long as the enemy is make-believe, then it’s easier to treat the combat as a game. Once the enemy is real, then the combat becomes more real and personal. Who knows, maybe we are desensitising ourselves a notch when we gleefully harm fellow humans on screen.
Another thing. It is a unapologetic waste of time. So is poetry, music and many other mental activities. Not only is it okay, but it is considered necessary to some degree by many. It is a question of the individuals ability to fit into society that matters. And most societies are very adaptable.
20 INFIDEL
John in Salem,
You’re exactly right that people get ONE shot at life – which is why I choose to do what I enjoy doing, and that includes sitting in a dark room by myself and having the time of my life playing an awesome game.
Well, what do you know, other people are DIFFERENT. You go and do whatever you want to do, reading philosophy or discussing the same politics that seem to repeat themselves over and over or praying to your god for salvation/heaven until you’re exhausted, whatever your values are, they are just that – YOUR values.
21 jens
i just don’t get the point of gamming, but then it is upto the individual to decide how they wanna spend their time.
22 Skill Games
New COD is out 🙂
Keep it up guys!
@Jens,
not everyone is the same. Some people can have a vast imagination and some dont, while reverting to play these games
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THERE are two kinds of motive for engaging in any activity: internal and instrumental. If a scientist conducts research because she wants to discover important facts about the world, that’s an internal motive, since discovering facts is inherently related to the activity of research. If she conducts research because she wants to achieve scholarly renown, that’s an instrumental motive, since the relation between fame and research is not so inherent. Often, people have both internal and instrumental motives for doing what they do.
What mix of motives — internal or instrumental or both — is most conducive to success? You might suppose that a scientist motivated by a desire to discover facts and by a desire to achieve renown will do better work than a scientist motivated by just one of those desires. Surely two motives are better than one. But as we and our colleagues argue in a paper newly published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, instrumental motives are not always an asset and can actually be counterproductive to success.
We analyzed data drawn from 11,320 cadets in nine entering classes at the United States Military Academy at West Point, all of whom rated how much each of a set of motives influenced their decision to attend the academy. The motives included things like a desire to get a good job later in life (an instrumental motive) and a desire to be trained as a leader in the United States Army (an internal motive).
How did the cadets fare, years later? And how did their progress relate to their original motives for attending West Point?
We found, unsurprisingly, that the stronger their internal reasons were to attend West Point, the more likely cadets were to graduate and become commissioned officers. Also unsurprisingly, cadets with internal motives did better in the military (as evidenced by early promotion recommendations) than did those without internal motives and were also more likely to stay in the military after their five years of mandatory service — unless (and this is the surprising part) they also had strong instrumental motives.
Remarkably, cadets with strong internal and strong instrumental motives for attending West Point performed worse on every measure than did those with strong internal motives but weak instrumental ones. They were less likely to graduate, less outstanding as military officers and less committed to staying in the military.
The implications of this finding are significant. Whenever a person performs a task well, there are typically both internal and instrumental consequences. A conscientious student learns (internal) and gets good grades (instrumental). A skilled doctor cures patients (internal) and makes a good living (instrumental). But just because activities can have both internal and instrumental consequences does not mean that the people who thrive in these activities have both internal and instrumental motives.
Our study suggests that efforts should be made to structure activities so that instrumental consequences do not become motives. Helping people focus on the meaning and impact of their work, rather than on, say, the financial returns it will bring, may be the best way to improve not only the quality of their work but also — counterintuitive though it may seem — their financial success.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/opinion/sunday/the-secret-of-effective-motivation.html?_r=0
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“Our new field has a big “Marauder” as the center logo and is lined for football and soccer. The lacrosse lines will be painted. All of our players and opposing teams love the speed of play and how the field feels underfoot. Our Varsity football team went 4-1 on the new AstroTurf surface and our players and coaching staff could not be happier with the field’s overall performance.”
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“Our initial focus is to provide our student-athletes with a consistently excellent experience on the fields of play and provide space for our growing intramural and recreation program. We are excited to be partnering with AstroTurf in this endeavor, and have the utmost confidence in their product line and people.”
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Litigation Update: Major Airline Settles FCRA Claim for $2.3 Million
Kelly Uebel
2019 is off to a red hot litigation start with the announcement that a major airline will settle FCRA claims for $2.3 million covering a class of about approximately 44,100 individuals. The settlement will now come before the court for approval in February.
Originally filed in October 2017, the plaintiff claimed the airline used disclosure forms that violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the California Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act (ICRAA) and the Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies Act (CCRAA). In particular, the plaintiff alleged the employer failed to provide job applicants with a standalone document that consists solely of the disclosure.
There are two forms used by the employer at issue in the complaint. Where did these forms go wrong in the plaintiff’s eyes? Some examples are included below:
Statement that “This authorization does not include the release of my medical information.”
Statement that “I understand, however, that giving my consent does not require [employer] to hire me nor does it create any sort of contract, obligation or duty between me and [employer].”
Requires the “reader to read the Fair Credit Reporting Act itself to understand it” by not including a definition of what a “consumer report” is.
An instructions page which stated that the employer or consumer reporting agency will contact them to obtain additional information if needed.
From the settlement amount, the plaintiff’s attorneys will receive $575,000 in fees and $10,000 in out of pocket costs incurred in litigating this matter.
Employers are strongly encouraged to review their disclosure and authorization forms, along with their adverse action processes, with qualified legal counsel.
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By Caitlin Owens
Good morning. If you're in the mood to read something heartbreaking, here you go.
Today's word count is 641, or a 2-minute read.
1 big thing: Medicare for All's missing mental health discussion
Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios
America's mental health care system is in dire need of an overhaul, but the real specifics are largely missing from the 2020 debate about health care.
Why it matters: Suicide and drug overdose rates continue to rise, and the U.S. faces a shortage of mental health providers and a lack of access to treatment.
The big picture: Private insurance is plagued with holes in mental health coverage. Even even though insurers are legally required to cover behavioral health the same way as physical health, they don't.
Yes, but: "Medicare to All" may not solve the problem, Mental Health America president and CEO Paul Gionfriddo told me.
"Medicare would need to be redesigned significantly," he said.
Medicare has its own coverage flaws. It would also be crucial to design a system that encourages preventive and early identification services rather than just post-crisis care.
There's also a shortage of mental-health providers. Paying mental health providers more could help address this, but care delivery would also need to be redesigned, Gionfriddo said.
Rural areas, for example, would likely still struggle to attract and support these providers because of their remoteness and population size.
"The big wild card is how many mental health providers would participate in a Medicare for all program or opt out of insurance entirely," said the Kaiser Family Foundation's Larry Levitt.
For Democrats who support Medicare for All, highlighting how it could help mental health care could have a political upside.
"Talking about mental health care needs humanizes the candidates, indicts the shortcomings of private insurance and provides rationale for the need for significant reforms around the current system," Democratic health consultant Chris Jennings said.
Go deeper: Mental health coverage is getting worse
2. The U.S. administrative bloat
Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios
In 2017, U.S. insurers and providers spent $2,497 per capita on administration — nearly 5 times more than the $551 spent per capita in Canada, which has a much more heavily socialized system, according to a new study in Annals of Internal Medicine.
Why it matters: We're all paying this through our premiums, out-of-pocket costs and taxes.
By the numbers: Administrative spending makes up 34.2% of national health expenditures in the U.S. and 17% in Canada.
U.S. hospitals spent $933 per capita on administration, and insurers $844.
The bottom line: Our health care system charges the highest prices in the world, and then tacks on these administrative costs before handing over the bill to patients.
3. Quote du jour
"Physicians are a giant rent-seeking conspiracy that's taking money away from the rest of us, and yet everybody loves physicians. You can't touch them."
— Angus Deaton, senior scholar at Princeton University
Deaton is an advocate of the idea that rising health care costs are a form of "poll tax." The Washington Post has more on that theory if you're interested.
4. Hospitals in hot water over referrals
New lawsuits allege that large hospital systems have illegally billed federal health care programs after making improper financial deals with doctors as a way to control where patients get care, Axios' Bob Herman reports.
Why it matters: Hospitals that own physician practices capture more referrals and therefore more money than their competitors — but potentially skirt federal law and inflate the cost of care for everyone in the process.
Driving the news: The former CFO of Community Health Network, a hospital system in Indiana, alleged the system employed physicians with "excessive" salaries well above fair market rates as a way to secure those physicians' referrals, and then bill higher rates for hospital services.
The Justice Department intervened in the case, which often means the feds believe the case has merit. CHN said in a statement that this was a "waste of the government's time and resources to pursue these meritless claims."
An orthopedic surgeon in Florida alleged in a newly unsealed whistleblower case that Orlando Health pressured doctors to conduct surgeries and imaging tests only at facilities owned by Orlando Health.
He says he was fired because he was still seeing patients at competing hospitals.
The Justice Department declined to intervene in the case for now. Orlando Health did not immediately comment.
Read the full complaint.
Go deeper: "The hidden system that explains how your doctor makes referrals," via the Wall Street Journal.
5. New study gives good news to J&J
Women who used talc or other powders aren't significantly more likely to develop ovarian cancer, according to a new JAMA study. Johnson & Johnson is facing thousands of lawsuits over these products.
Why it matters: "While the research won't eliminate the company's legal exposure, it may help bolster J&J's argument that the link between talc and ovarian cancer found in some previous studies isn't beyond dispute," Bloomberg writes.
Go deeper: Johnson & Johnson's legal bills keep mounting
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Noa Wildschut (violin)
ECHO Rising Stars
Tue 14 Apr 2020, 13:00 ,LSO St Luke's
Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky are the cornerstones of this showcase recital from the young Dutch violinist Noa Wildschut.
The Dutch violinist Noa Wildschut is only 19 years old, but she’s already one of the most distinctive violinists of her generation. Her choice of Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir and Prokofiev’s playful, elusive Second Sonata suggests that she has something wholly individual to say.
Wildschut’s musical interests range from Mozart to the 21st century, and she has a special love of chamber music. But for this showcase recital (for which she was nominated by Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, as part of the Europe-wide ECHO Rising Stars series) she’ll also perform a new commission by the gleefully eclectic young Dutch composer Joey Roukens – the Indian-inspired Sarasvati.
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The performance is expected to finish around 2pm.
nominated by Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam.
Joey Roukens Sarasvati (ECHO commission)
Tchaikovsky Souvenir d’un lieu chèr
Prokofiev Violin Sonata No 2 in D major, Op 94a
Noa Wildschut violin
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A woman for all seasons
In a Kongwak garden, Carolyn Rowson learned to understand the seasons of her own life.
By Gill Heal
IN 2002 Carolyn Rowson was a city woman running a childcare centre. On stress leave from work and holidaying in Inverloch with her mother, she saw an ad in a real estate window. The photo showed an old house in a bare paddock in a place called Kongwak, “The Valley of Peace”. It was the first house she’d seen that didn’t need a lot of work done. She took it.
For two to three years it was her holiday house, a retreat. “But ultimately,” she says, “I realised I didn’t want to go back to the city.” The twin towers had fallen not long before. “You could feel things weren’t right with the world. The systems weren’t working.” Kongwak had become a kind of sanctuary.
She’d started with ornamentals - roses, bulbs, cottage plants of all kinds, cuttings from neighbours’ gardens. “Along the way I did a lot of play. I experimented with things: landscaping, building things for my own pleasure, garden beds, paths, arbours, shaping the water run-off into the dam.” She began to understand the role of compost – she calls it “Kongwak gold” – and worms. “It’s exciting to discover how much a worm can do for you!”
There’ve been costs – selling up in Melbourne meant she had to break important ties - but it freed her of a mortgage and, paradoxically, it grounded her. “Being in touch with the elements, being out there in it, experiencing the seasons first hand, I learned to tolerate the winter seasons of my own life,” Carolyn says. She’d taken things for granted in the city. “Down here it’s so direct. The rain falls out of the sky onto my roof and into my tank. Because I’ve planted so much the water is now in the canopy, in the trees and the soil. I’ve harnessed the water that runs through the place.”
She remembers one “aha” moment along the way. “I realised what a nightmare we’d created for ourselves, trusting the powers that be to manage the world for us.” Financially free in Kongwak, she had the opportunity to take responsibility and do something. She was free to think about how she could develop the property.
She did a permaculture course, formalising her growing understanding of the way ecosystems work. Willing Workers on Organic Farms (WWOOFers) became a big part of her life. Feeling lonely and isolated and now a single mum, having other people around was a healthy distraction. She’s hosted about 30 backpackers from all over the world. “I love working and collaborating with others. The woofers are young and enthusiastic. They’ve got positive energy.”
In her youth, she’d been an exchange student in Japan so it was an opportunity to give something back, and exchange information as well. “They might have come from a farm that was growing something I was curious about. I’d say: ‘Tell me everything you know!’ You’d hear all about their hopes and fears; how they see the future of the world.” And she was glad for her young son, Lucas, to be exposed to different viewpoints and cultures.
Recycling is second nature. She’s a great hard rubbish scavenger. Her garden houses numerous old bath tubs: one, at table height, is full of potting mix; another contains a crop of spinach. An old fridge stores seed.
Fifteen years on, the bio diversity in this garden is impressive. It hosts 20 to 30 species of birds. The dam provides a micro climate for frogs and insects. Goldfish keep the mosquito larvae down. A handful of swamp gums (tiny saplings when she first arrived) shade the life beneath. And amongst it all, apple, pear, plum trees; rhubarb, raspberries, strawberries; all kinds of vegies, flourish. For the future she’s planning windbreaks and investigating vertical farming – fungi at the base, suspended garden beds above. Bee keeping is on the cards.
There’s no argument that there’s a lot of work involved, particularly since she recently re-opened her nursery at the Kongwak market. She suspects she’s creating a monster. “I want edges and neatness. I like a stretch of mown grass. I fall victim to that. I’m not a permaculture purist.”
Recently her involvement in the coal seam gas issue led her to doorknock at the home of every Kongwak resident. She likes that feeling of knowing everybody in her own community. Just a couple of weeks after she’d arrived in 2002, the only shop in Kongwak, the general store, closed and the loss was keenly felt. The Kongwak market has become a surrogate social hub but Carolyn would like something more.
She’s passionate about the community living within its resources, reducing emissions and packaging. “There’s no reason why Kongwak couldn’t have its own local food co-op,” she says.
Is she surprised to be the person she’s become? She laughs at the question. “I’m surprised to have survived motherhood,” she says ruefully. She laughs again when she recalls how little she knew when she first arrived all those years ago.
“I was so green that when a local woman told me it was calving season I thought: ‘Carving’? They have a special season to cut up the meat??”
She has changed, of course. Over the years she’s learnt heaps. She’s always been creative – in the city she did cake decorating, floristry, sewing, painting. But here, she says, “my focus is on where I live. I feel I’ve found my right livelihood, an outlet that has a light footprint. I’m creating from the centre out rather than being out there saving the world.”
Carolyn would like people to come to her garden and see its value but quails at the thought that visitors will expect perfection. She is happy for it to be called a work in progress.
Carolyn’s Open Garden: A Work in Progress, 1509 Korumburra-Wonthaggi Rd, Kongwak. The garden is open next Saturday and Sunday, November 26-27, from 10am-4pm. Inquiries: 5657 4221
Great story Gill and congratulations to Carolyn in what she is achieving on her property and in her life.
Nola Smith, Cape Paterson
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Mongol (120 minutes)
Mongol by Sergey Bodrov
Tadanabu Asano
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Khulan Chuluun
Odnyam Odsuren
Sergey Bodrov
CTB Film Company, Russia; Andreyevsky Flag Film Company, Russia; X-Filme Creative Pool, Germany; Kinofabrika GmbH
Genghis Khan is one of the most famous leaders in world history. He was the creator of a vast Mongolian Empire who conquered half of the globe.
Sergei Bodrov has fulfilled a long-time dream in bringing the heart-wrenching story of one of the great rulers of the Mongol Dynasty to the screen. The tale of how a young boy ascended to become Khan centres Bodrov's epic tale of love and betrayal. Mongol reaches Shakespearean heights in its narrative account of a family that is torn apart, cast aside, and eventually restored to power. A young boy tests his courage against forces determined to destroy him and, through sheer force of will, wins out.
Nine-year-old Temudgin sets off with his father, a khan, to search for a bride. Travelling across the region's stark and beautiful tundra, Temudgin sees a girl whom he proclaims to be his wife, though his choice runs counter to his father's wishes. But Temudgin's life instantly changes when a group of Tartars poison his father. Even though he is next in line to rule, the rest of the tribe refuses to accept leadership from a young boy. They cast out his entire family, forcing them to eke out a meagre existence.
An epic of courage and resourcefulness follows, as the boy becomes a man (Tadanobu Asano), finds the girl whom he had chosen as his bride all those years ago, and gradually reasserts his claim to the leadership of his kingdom. Temudgin's picaresque journey sees him descend to the depths of slavery before exacting his revenge and reascending to the heights of power he knew as a young boy. This saga plays out against the stunning landscapes of Central Asia, where tribal loyalties rule and violent warfare trumps other means of resolving differences.
The grand canvas of the storyline clearly stimulates Bodrov, and he relishes the visual opportunities afforded in the scenes of realistic warfare. But he also finds ample time for the quiet moments between Temudgin, his wife and his beloved mother. Family forms the bedrock of behaviour, and Bodrov constantly returns to this idea in re-imagining a vital period of Mongol history.
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Between Sea & Sky: Season 2018 By Azure Ultra’s Captain
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As we prepare to enter a new boating season, we asked Fleet Captain Dominic to give us an insight into what went on in 2018.
Wedding proposals, pacifying a drunken millionaire and having breakfast with smoking volcanoes are all in a day's work for the Azure Ultra crew. The people and situations encountered while running a yacht charter service certainly keep life interesting. But let's hear about the 2018 season highlights straight from the captain's mouth.
ABOUT THE SEASON 2018
1. What, in your opinion, has made this season unique compared to the others?
The 2018 season began 6 April and ended 2 November. A few things made this season special. It was the first full season with four boats in the fleet because Senda Dos was officially up and running for charters in August 2017. To have her for the full season was great!
With regards the crew, Gary, who had joined Azure Ultra as a seasonal captain in 2017, returned in 2018 as the same but is now a permanent member of the crew while Luc got his yachtmaster ticket and went from deckhand/steward to captaining his own charters; now Gino would like to start working towards the same goal.
2. What was the most unusual thing you’ve had to deal with this season?
There was a guest on charter who was convinced that by using a snorkel and mask, he could breathe underwater! Working at sea for all these years, you do tend to take some things for granted, but in all of my years doing this, I have never experienced anything quite like it! It took me a little while to convince him that you had to breathe through the snorkel from above the water line. When it clicked, he went a tad red to say the least.
3. What do you reckon was the main highlight of this season?
Winning the best Malta-based charter company second year in a row at the Malta International Boats & Yachting Awards was a definite highlight. We all work very hard at being the very best at what we do, so the recognition for this meant a lot.
At sea, the photo shoot with all four boats on the same video was a great start to the season. With the crew, we had a fabulous team-building trip to AutoXotica at Donington Park in England, where we all drove supercars!
ABOUT THE CHARTERS
4. Which place in the Maltese Islands has been a top choice on our yacht charters and why?
Our day charter guests all want to go to the Blue Lagoon in Comino. It’s the most famous in Malta but for that reason it can be very busy. We tend to show it to our guests and then suggest we go to a quieter spot, such as the Crystal Lagoon or Santa Marija Bay. We also like to go a bit further to the more secluded, hidden gems around the west coast of Malta, such as Fomm ir-Rih, or somewhere quiet in Gozo, like Dwerja Bay. It feels great when our guests allow us to recommend places they've never heard of or been to and they love them!
5. What is the furthest distance you’ve travelled on one of our boats this season? Which boat to where?
This year Mio Amore travelled to Cefalu, on the north coast of Sicily. That was a two-week round trip covering 520 NM (nautical miles), which is equivalent to 598 land miles or 963 km.
6. What has been the most common reason people chartered a yacht with Azure Ultra?
It’s usually a celebration of some sort - a special occasion - ranging to quality time with family or friends, a holiday or a treat. It really does vary, from couples who want some time alone to larger groups. And this year, we have had a number of marriage proposals!
ABOUT SPECIAL OCCASIONS
7. Which special occasion touched you the most and why?
A proposal on the boats is always touching. We had a few this season and to be able to share that special moment with the guests is amazing. That they would have chosen us to mark this memorable day feels very special. Having said that, it is quite endearing to watch the chap about to propose sweating and fidgeting nervously for the first half of the charter.
Actually, it can be quite amusing when a couple can't get their hands off each other. One couple didn’t stop snogging for the full eight hours. They got some action going under a blanket on the bow and even ducked into the cabin for the three minutes it took the captain to move the boat about half a nautical mile!
8. Which special occasion was the funniest and why?
We took a family out who were celebrating the son's birthday. They were great fun but possibly enjoyed the Prosecco a little too much. Towards the end of the trip, they decided to go kayaking on our clear-bottomed kayaks. It started off fine, but when they all tried to fit in one kayak, almost sinking it in the process, I had to call them back in. It was hilarious watching them paddle back without being able to see the submerged kayak, like they were sitting on water! Needless to say, they capsized before getting back to the boat and I had to tow it back in with the tender.
Another bizarre situation was when another very inebriated guests paddled over to a number of boats and started gathering up people to join us. He was in the process of offering all the equipment out as well, until we stopped him. Generally, hen parties can also be great fun.
9. Which special occasion was the strangest and why?
Having lots of different types of people and from different cultures is one of the best things about doing what we do. That being said, it was a little unusual watching a group of guests performing a happy birthday rendition by a popular Nigerian rap star and dancing around the boat in their swimwear. Interesting!
If we're to describe the strangest turnout to an occasion, it would have to be when we had to cook a very special, very expensive lunch for a lady to impress her new boyfriend. Although they had to stay in the marina because the weather was terrible, they absolutely loved it and ended up covered in sticky chilli crab sauce. They also had a rather heated row as to whether Crepe Suzette is a traditional French or Russian dish!
10. Which special occasion will you always remember and why?
Spending a birthday in Sicily with a member and his family and eating freshly baked cake for breakfast with Mount Etna smoking in the background is surely something that can never be forgotten!
An altogether different occasion that was particularly memorable was another member charter to Sicily. The crew managed to get the lady into the sea for the first time in twenty years and she loved it! (This one was an anecdote from Roger)
ABOUT THE BOATS
11. Which was the most popular charter boat?
Miss Moneypenny is the most popular charter boat we have. It is great for a smaller group and the most affordable of the fleet. She is a nice sporty boat and you really get the feeling of being close to the water in comfort and style.
12. Which was the biggest scare on one of our boats while out at sea or moored?
We had a bit of a fright whilst in berth early in the season. An unusually strong wind was blowing and one of the gusts brought the boats so close to the pontoon that we all had to push to stop them from hitting. All of the umbrellas, chairs and tables from the nearby restaurants were blown away at the same time! This was very rare for May/June!
On the other hand, while out at sea, one of the crew experienced a very sudden and hectic storm at Taormina. A big, unmanned sailing boat started dragging its anchor in the strong wind, bashing boats along the way. In panic, the nearby motor boat cut his lines before starting the engines and was washed onto the rocks, but thankfully no-one was hurt and the boat was not badly damaged. But it was awful to watch and be unable to help. (This one was an anecdote from Roger)
13. What will happen to the boats off season?
Lots of maintenance work. As the off season is inevitably quieter with regards to charters, we spend time getting the boats to be their best, from polishing and painting to more extensive servicing. Maintenance starts on Mio Amore, Don’t Ask and Senda Dos while Miss Moneypenny remains charter ready. When the other three are ready for charter, Miss Moneypenny will be blocked for maintenance. Maintenance starts with the engine and generator services. Then there's the teak caulking, outside furniture sanding and sealing, and repair of any fibreglass dings and scratches. Finally, the safety equipment is serviced.
ABOUT THE FLEET CAPTAIN
14. What do you most enjoy about the season in full swing?
It's full steam ahead during the height of the season! We are lucky to have a wonderful client base. Everyone who steps foot on the boats leaves with a smile on their face. It's a fast paced atmosphere and a fantastic crew creates a great working environment.
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Owari no Chronicle:Volume6 Chapter 17
From Baka-Tsuki
Chapter 17: Afternoon Space[edit]
Where is that which you seek?
Where is the one who you seek?
Three mountain ranges existed to the west of Tokyo.
The Okutama mountain range was the farthest north, the Akigawa valley travelled south from the Okutama hills to Akigawa, and the Hachioji and Takao mountain range was south of the Akigawa valley.
A highway travelled east to west deep in the mountains of Hachioji. A major road ran through the southern part of Hachioji to allow passage to Kanagawa, so it was a convenient area for transportation despite being mountainous.
Long ago, Hachioji had been well known for its many spinning factories. Afterwards, other industries had prospered, but the remains of the obsolete factories still existed in the mountains.
One such factory was hidden in the mountains yet was built on a large plot of land.
Despite being abandoned, both the land and the road leading to it were maintained.
At the time of day when the afternoon sun permeated the mountain with heat and the cries of cicadas filled the air, a small figure stepped onto the old factory’s land.
She was a girl wearing a short-sleeved safari dress and a straw hat.
She held a large wicker basket in her right hand as she entered the empty land in front of the factory.
As she did, she raised her left hand with a chain around the middle finger. The end of the chain fell down toward her palm and contained a blue stone.
She looked around to make sure no one else was around and stepped forward.
—Minerals are alive.
An instant later, her surroundings had completely changed.
The crying of the cicadas was gone and the air smelled faintly of oil.
Most noticeable of all, the factory before her was no longer abandoned.
It was just as well-used, but it was clearly still in use. Heat-resistant boards were laid out around the building and a large number of people in work uniforms were sitting around in the building’s shadow.
The tape in an old cassette player was playing a radio recording from the previous night.
The DJ giving his recollection of the Showa era provided background noise as the elderly work supervisor gave his own commentary to the younger workers.
The girl jogged toward the factory’s large main entrance that stood open, but she turned toward the building’s shade before entering.
“I made some snacks.”
The workers raised their hands in joy, but the elderly supervisor stood up.
“Shino-san, hot tea is best when it’s hot. Do you have any? These guys need it most. I can’t have them getting too exhausted.”
“Yes. I had a feeling you would say that.”
The younger workers gave groans of protest, but the old supervisor quieted them down with a glare.
Shino smiled at all of them.
“I also have some cold drinks.”
“Shino-san, don’t spoil them. They’re already too slow as it is.”
“Sometimes you need to relax.”
“That’s right, that’s right,” agreed the young workers with smiles.
Shino set down the basket, pulled out what she had made, and placed it on a sheet she spread out.
She set down some honey-preserved lemons and bottles of frozen sports drinks. The candy was homemade. She also had peanut butter sandwiches that were a tad small but would feel like plenty to someone with an empty stomach.
But the main attraction was the tea and the youkan. Shino sliced up the latter, but the young workers began reaching in before she was done and the old supervisor raised his voice.
“Don’t be greedy, you brats! And the bottom edge belongs to Shiho-san. Don’t you dare touch it.”
She smiled bitterly and used her daily experience to neatly divide it even for an odd number of people.
With the eagerly waiting workers behind her, she stuck a toothpick into each piece of youkan.
Something arrived on four running legs.
It was a dog.
The large white dog was as tall as her waist and it ran over impatiently.
“Shiro.”
The dog playfully rubbed up against her head. It happily pushed her around and pressed against her, but the surrounding workers all stopped moving.
She followed their gazes and looked at her feet. A shadow stretched out at her crouched feet, but only her shadow.
A closer look at Shiro showed the dog was slightly transparent.
Shino then looked toward her own chest.
The chain hanging from her neck spilled from her collar and to her chest. A blue stone was attached to the chain and it was currently giving off a blue light.
“That’s a troubling light, Shino-san,” said the old supervisor. “But he likes you, so don’t be cruel.”
Shino smiled with the ends of her eyebrows lowered.
“I can communicate with and give form to minds of various types. This is the power I inherited, so it doesn’t bother me. And Shiro will come for me even if I don’t call for him. Like he did that one time.”
Shino turned toward the entrance to the factory grounds.
Beyond the border of the concept space was a gate in the real world. The gate was opened, but a stone lay next to the road and to one side of the gate.
The oblong stone was about the size of a weight stone used for pickling and covered in moss, but a water dish and flowers were placed in front of it.
“When we first let him out of here, I was so excited to be his owner that I ran right out into the road. And then…”
“Don’t worry too much, Shino-san. Shiro is still alive. This is his home and your surroundings are his territory.”
“Yes. I still remember what Mikoku promised me back then.” She smiled toward the ground. “She promised to one day…one day create a world that can conquer death.”
She reached a hand over Shiro’s shoulder and the dog licked it.
She could feel the lick, but she knew it was nothing more than the power of her stone. The dog’s form was created by the concept power that the stone produced through her.
“Sometimes I’m afraid that I’m using this power on all of you as well.”
“Don’t worry, Shino-san. Sometimes you make food that isn’t very good, but you can tell when you see these guy’s faces, can’t you? If you were controlling us with your concept, we’d always be happy with the food.”
She and Shiro looked back and saw awkward looks on a few of the workers’ faces.
Not knowing how to react, she smiled bitterly and they did the same.
“Um… When that happens, please scold me. I’ll feel better that way.”
“But…uh… We couldn’t possibly… Oh, supervisor! You eat the food too, so you can do it!”
“Don’t be stupid. I was born during the war. It’d take a lot for me to complain about the food. Also…”
He looked to the east. The city of Takao was visible through the trees and the city of Hachioji was wrapped in a bit of heat haze even further along.
“She’s the adoptive daughter of the people who took me and this factory in after it looked like there was no hope left. If she served me poison, I’d eat it.”
“Supervisor! You say that, but you always make sure you’re first in line after Shino-san for the youkan!”
“Pay attention, you fools. My diabetes test came back positive. I’m risking my life here.”
“U-um, supervisor? That’s actually really serious.”
Shino began wondering if she could make a low-sugar youkan.
While he continued looking toward Hachioji, a smile appeared on the corner of the supervisor’s mouth.
“Well, however it happened, this is funny. This factory is almost entirely filled with people from other worlds and I’m the only one from this world. My family thinks I just like messing around with old junk,” he said. “Anyway, Shino-san, did you know that Hachioji, this city west of Tokyo, was bombed during World War Two?”
“Strange, isn’t it? With all the spinning factories, it was pouring smoke into the air as it made cloth during the war. But that must’ve made them look like military factories. In the early morning of August 2, 1945, 170 B-29s dropped 67,000 napalm bombs and killed more than 400 people. Over eighty percent of the city was burned away.”
The old supervisor reached into his pocket and pulled out a cigarette.
He lit a match despite the fuel and oil tanks around him.
“And that’s not all. On August 5 when the evacuation train was restarted after the bombing, it was hit by a Grumman air raid on the Takao tunnel. They sprayed machinegun fire on the crowded train and killed about 900.”
As he spoke calmly, he breathed in the cigarette smoke and exhaled.
“But even after all that, no real help came. Not even from that special unit in Okutama.”
“After hearing about them from Hajji, I realized they might have been able to do something with the concept powers they had. I know I’m just complaining and I have a family now, but I still think there needs to be some kind of protest.” He smiled and grabbed the cigarette. “Don’t tell Mikoku. She might not look it, but that girl can be too considerate.”
“You don’t have to worry about that as long as you don’t say anything.”
Shino stood up and stroked Shiro’s back.
“I’d like you to show me around Hachioji sometime.”
“These youngsters could introduce you to some better places. Unless you want people to think you’re looking after your grandfather or something.” The supervisor pointed toward the back of the building. “More importantly, Mikoku is over there. She’s training with Tatsumi before heading to Kurashiki tonight. Such nonsense.”
“What about Alex?”
“His weapons haven’t been attached yet, but he should be ready. He’ll make it in time to get what you’re after. If all these youngsters actually do their job, that is.”
The younger workers groaned in protest, but he spoke over them.
“At any rate, we’ve waited ten years for this. The Army is finally beginning to move.”
The green of the trees was almost blue.
The sun could be seen descending beyond the trees, but the brightness of that summer sunlight had not waned.
Two figures stood in the forest’s harsh contrast of light and shadow.
A young man in white led the way.
His long blond hair waved behind him as he walked through the forest without breaking a sweat.
A woman with semi-long black hair followed him. She frowned and had the bottom of her white clothes tied to the side.
“Hey, rich boy,” she called out to the man. “Where are you taking me?”
“Well, you see.” He stopped and did not turn toward her. “Miyako, I am letting you escape.”
Miyako stopped behind him, but he checked to either side regardless.
“This isn’t easy. The maids might be watching from somewhere.”
“And if they are?”
“They’ll scold me.”
He turned toward her and smiled, but Miyako could tell he was lying. The smile did not reach his eyes.
There had to be more to this. They had automatons who could erase memories, supply memories, and control gravity. That had to be kept a secret and that applied to their master as well.
…If I’m spotted escaping, I’d be the only one punished.
Then why was he checking their surroundings?
Realizing why he was doing it, she clicked her tongue.
“Thanks, rich boy.”
“Pease call me Apollo, Miyako. You gave the automatons names, yet you are still referring to me by a title for nobles.”
“Rich boy isn’t a title for nobles.”
“Really?” He placed a hand on his forehead. “But the common language concept is telling me it refers to the son of a wealthy family.”
“There’s sometimes a hidden nuance to words. But if you don’t get it, I suppose it doesn’t really matter.”
His eyes bent in a smile.
What a nonthreatening idiot, she thought. Well, I guess it’s better than an idiot who’s always looking around suspiciously like me.
She had a feeling Moira 1st and the others did not refer to him as “lord” simply out of obligation.
…At the very least, I don’t feel like deceiving him.
She sighed inwardly.
“So what made you feel so sorry for me that you’re letting me escape?”
“To put it simply, you’re too much trouble.”
He gave his mouth-only smile once more.
That’s a lie, she thought, but she made sure not to let her thoughts show.
“That’s not a surprise.” She shrugged. “I ignored your intentions and gave names to your maids. I can’t complain if you kick me out.”
“I’m glad you understand.”
Apollo’s face looked somehow pale.
It may have simply been the shadows of the trees. After all, they had only walked around a small mountain. It had not been enough for her to be out of breath and he was a man.
…I’m worrying too much.
“So how do I get out of here?”
“This concept space has a weakened boundary. The farther out you go, the weaker the concept gets. The life of machines should be fairly weak here. The final line is a few meters ahead.”
Apollo pulled a metal rod from his cloak. He swung it and it extended into a staff.
“To break through that line, hold this and walk straight through.”
“Oh? But, um, I left all my stuff here.”
“Don’t worry. I have your…is this a change purse?”
“Don’t be stupid. That’s every last yen I own.”
“My apologies. This world uses paper money, doesn’t it? It must not have many resources.”
“You must not have many brain cells. Watch carefully. If you take this bill and fold the part with the face like this and then like this… Look, from below he’s smiling and from above he’s crying.”
She held it out and Apollo stared intently at it.
After a while, he turned around and his shoulders shook.
That was a complete failure, she thought to herself.
“If you want to laugh at my stupidity, don’t hold back, you idiot.”
“Th-that isn’t it. I was just realizing how soft Low-Gear’s culture is.”
“If you’re trying to be tactful, try harder. And I had more possessions than just this.”
“Yes, I have the rest too. Here is your underwea- gfh!!”
Miyako stepped forward, elbowed him in the side, and swiped the two pieces of white cloth. She clenched her back teeth and spat words at the curled-up and cloaked back.
“I see Sun God Apollo is just as perverted as the myths say.”
“Is that what you say about me in this world?”
“Yeah, and that you got along a little too well with your sister. Have you never heard of morals?”
“3rd-Gear had no other choice. I was the only one left with the ability to have children, so I attempted to do so with many different women, extracted their concepts and wills into the Concept Core, and turned them into gods of war. …It was all on my father’s instructions.”
“You just do what your superiors tell you to do?” she spat back.
Miyako sighed inwardly.
…We’re a lot alike, so I’m not one to talk. In fact, I didn’t even get to the point of having superiors telling me what to do. I was rejected at the interview.
But Apollo did not protest. He only lowered the ends of his eyebrows and stood up.
“Family was not off limits, so Artemis was indeed tested at the very end.”
The phrase “at the very end” caught Miyako’s attention. She wondered why he would save his sister for last.
…Normally, wouldn’t you test someone that important before anyone else so they would not be taken from you?
…Was he afraid of finding out it wouldn’t work?
She felt bad for speculating about this.
Moira 1st had not told her what had become of Artemis.
Zeus and the others had taken back Rhea’s daughter, split the Concept Core in two, given one half to Typhon, and given one half to Typhon’s weapon named Keravnos. But Keravnos had been stolen in an attack by Low-Gear. With half the Concept Core gone, 3rd-Gear had been destroyed.
She did not know what had happened to Artemis, but she did not seem to be around anymore.
“I don’t really understand everything, but do your best for your sister’s sake too.”
A weak smile formed on only Apollo’s lips.
He’s lying, she realized again.
She did not know why he was lying, but she knew that smile indicated a lie.
She considered asking further, but he was trying to have her leave. She decided not to pursue the truth because she might be nothing more than a brief visitor here.
“But what will you do from now on?”
“I’m not sure.”
“Hold up. How can this place last with a master like that? You can use that giant white god of war, right?”
“I’m not the one piloting it.”
“Then who is? Aren’t you the only human in that base?”
“Even so, I’m not the one piloting it.”
“I see,” she said with a nod.
All of them were tightlipped about Typhon. She was not going to receive an answer by asking about it here, so she sighed.
“Well, you’ll be fighting people from my world, won’t you? And you won’t stop if I ask you to.”
“No. We have our reasons. As I’m sure you are aware.”
Hearing that, Miyako asked about something she was curious about.
“Is your opponent Rhea’s child?”
After a short pause, Apollo nodded.
There was no smile on his lips, so Miyako believed him.
Silence followed.
That quiet gave her an urge to run away. She sensed that, unlike him, she belonged to a world that knew nothing of fighting.
She opened her mouth and made a joke.
“So if you win, will you marry her?”
Miyako frowned because it sounded like he had only just realized that fact.
“You’ve never thought about it before? How can you continue on if you don’t think about things like that?”
“I’m not the one fighting. I suppose it was due to relying on someone else that I had not thought about it much. …But this is a bit of a problem. I had been thinking about moving somewhere else once we won this fight.” He looked out toward the city of Kurashiki. “There are even more cities, mountains, and oceans beyond this city, aren’t there?”
“Of course there are.”
“I see.” He looked relieved. “My grandfather told me this was a large world. I’d like to see those things first. I want to see the world with the morning sun washing over me. Having a wife by my side would make it even better.”
“Stop getting lost in fantasy. Isn’t that only if you win?”
“Yes. And our opponent is strong.”
He went on to ask a question.
“Did you see Typhon and that black god of war fight?”
A certain scene appeared from Miyako’s memories. Typhon passed by the black god of war in the sky. Typhon suddenly changed its location and launched an attack on the other machine.
In the end, the black god of war had attacked with lightning, but Typhon had endured it.
“Is that black one really that dangerous an opponent?”
“It is just as powerful as Typhon. Although from a purely mechanical perspective, Typhon is stronger.”
“Then the black one can’t win,” she said while scratching at her head.
Try to sound more disappointed, she thought to herself.
But Apollo narrowed his eyes.
“It might be able to win.”
“That’s a good question. I don’t actually know. But my grandfather told me to leave everything to Low-Gear if Typhon is ever defeated by that black god of war.”
“The old man liked riddles, didn’t he? I don’t like it. So what are you supposed to do? If that black god of war defeats Typhon and kills you, is 3rd-Gear just gonna sell itself to Low-Gear?”
…Don’t be ridiculous.
“There won’t be any 3rd-Gear people left.”
“There is still Rhea’s daughter,” he pointed out.
“Rhea defected to Low-Gear! She joined this world. To us, that black god of war is the giant hero that faces the giant mechs of an evil organization.”
“I’m not sure what that means, but it is true that she is officially known as a resident of your world. But…”
“But?”
She purposefully let her displeasure show and Apollo continued slowly.
“At the moment, that black god of war cannot possibly defeat Typhon and this will all be settled before long. I want to win if I can and we are currently in a position to win. Is there a problem with that?”
“No, you idiot. And if that’s your conclusion, why’d you even have to say the black one might win and start this whole argument in the first place? Stop confusing the issue and keep things simple. Say the other side’s strong, but it isn’t a problem.”
…Ahh, why am I lecturing this idiot?
She frowned and looked Apollo in the eye.
He looked back with a serious expression.
His eyes were the same yellow as Typhon’s eyes the other night, but the emotion there was different now.
What had that emotion been? She had a feeling Apollo knew the answer.
“Well, whatever. If I stay here arguing against your rich boy thought process, I’ll be here all day. …You want me to leave, right?”
“Yes.” The seriousness left his face and a smile formed on his lips. “I won’t force you, though. You were enjoying yourself while escaping reality with the maids, weren’t you?”
Those words triggered her rebellious side and her hand moved reflexively.
She snatched the metal staff from him and turned her back.
If she walked forward with this staff, it would all be over. Her clothes were ridiculous and she wore sandals instead of shoes, but she had underwear and her wallet. If she bought a T-shirt or something, she would look fine enough. If anyone looked at her oddly, she was used to getting people to back away with a glare.
…It’s time to leave.
She let out a snort toward the man behind her and began walking.
After the first step, her body naturally started forward.
There was no excess strength or guilt in her gait, so she gave a sigh of relief and continued forward.
She hesitated a bit when she thought about Moira 1st.
When giving the maids their names, she had been trying to make a nice change to their environment.
…But that was an unneeded bother for their master.
She decided to leave.
A strange conflict involved the master of this place and he did not seem to want her getting involved.
She recalled her continuing attempts to find a job. Right up until the last moment, she would think about the things to do if she joined that company, but she always left before it really started.
This is the same thing, she complained in her heart.
Apollo did not follow behind her. That irritated her, so she quickened her pace.
She suddenly stopped.
That thought began with her right hand holding the staff.
She felt heat in that hand.
During the day, she had repeatedly swung down the hoe. The heat in her grip was similar to pain.
She had used the hoe to dig up some dirt, placed the dirt in the pots, and planted the seeds the automatons had taken their names from.
Their pots were now lined up along the southern edge of the white building.
She had been a part of all that.
…Can I really just leave?
“Naïve”, “child’s play”, and other terms people had constantly said to her floated up in her mind.
But her focus shifted to the pain in her hand.
…I managed to accomplish something, didn’t I?
The automatons had taken their names and wanted her to use them. To record them perfectly, it was apparently best to have a trustworthy person use the name.
The approximately sixty faces she had memorized the night before had been matched to as many names.
The first automaton to be given its name, Violet, had then asked for her name.
She had once more answered “Miyako”.
Her father had given her that name so that a great many people would gather around her.[1]
She thought about her own name and the name the automatons had started calling her.
“Was I…?”
…Was I trying to escape my name?
It took her a moment to answer. Many different thoughts appeared in her mind, but she discarded them in an instant.
She was good at cutting through to a clear answer. She was also good at regretting and forgetting.
She turned her stopped feet backwards. She frowned, clenched her teeth, and likely had a terribly grim expression, but she knew that was to hide her true thoughts.
And even if she tried to hide it, she did have true thoughts behind it.
So she made a certain decision.
…I’ll stay here.
“There has to be something I’ve left undone.”
She turned around to say something to Apollo. He was trying to have her leave, so she wanted to somehow gain his permission to stay.
But she saw something unexpected.
He was sitting on the ground where he had been standing a moment before.
It looked like he had sunk down into the grass and he did not seem to be breathing.
“What are you doing, you idiot?”
She walked, ran, and hurried over while tossing aside the metal staff.
Weren’t only machines supposed to grow weak by the concept space’s boundary?
She ran over and hurriedly sat next to him. He was sweating profusely, his breathing was shallow, and his face was almost completely white.
She had not been seeing things when he had looked pale earlier.
“You idiot.”
As soon as she spoke, she felt as if all strength left her legs.
She looked down and the grassy ground was shaking.
In that instant, she noticed that she and Apollo were near the edge of a cliff in the forest.
And the ground was crumbling out from under them and toward the slope.
She fell.
A certain wooden room was about six square meters, had shelves of baskets on the wall, and had a scale and refrigerator.
The refrigerator said “Tamiya Family Property – No Modifications” on the side.
This was the changing room for the Tamiya house’s men’s bath. The clock on top of the shelves said 5:50 PM.
A figure entered through the sliding door to the right of the clock.
It was Shinjou.
She held a blue yukata and wore her school uniform.
She looked around to make sure the room was empty and then opened the frosted glass door to the bath.
She saw a tiled bath beyond the warm and humid air. The washing area was about six square meters and the fairly deep tub was just as large. The washing area had four faucets and showers, so she assumed the bath was usually used in shifts of four.
“Does your average house have a bath like this?”
She was only familiar with the large bath for UCAT employees and the even larger public bath named Eternal Sunflower, so she did not know how to judge the Tamiya family’s bathing space.
…I never expected to spend the night here.
It was due to the destruction of Hiba’s house.
Izumo and Hiba were staying in Sayama and Shinjou’s dorm room while Mikage and Kazami stayed in Izumo and Kazami’s dorm room. Someone had suggested letting Hiba and Mikage share a room, but the first term had only just ended and a lot of students had yet to return home. Izumo and Sayama had discussed it and reached the following conclusion.
“It’d start rumors if a first year and a blonde were seen entering the room of someone as well-known for his idiocy as Sayama.”
“You fool. If they were seen entering the room of a certain violent couple, people would think it was some new kind of bedroom play.”
From there, they had all settled on the current arrangement.
Mikage had looked discouraged which bothered Shinjou, but she had seemed to calm down a bit once Izumo had given her a diary from the things collected beneath the destroyed house.
When Shinjou imagined the diary as being like her binder, she felt a sense of relief.
…Everyone has something like that, don’t they?
“Yeah,” she said before closing the glass door to the deserted bath.
She went around to all the clothes baskets just in case, but they were all empty. There was truly no one in the bath.
Kouji and the others were in the kitchen preparing dinner for the night shift.
She and Sayama had eaten early and Sayama had gone to the living room to read the newspaper, but he had disappeared at some point.
If she wanted to safely take a bath, this was her chance. After all, this house was always under the influence of Sayama space. She needed to quickly finish her bath and get to sleep early in preparation for the training camp the next day.
She reached to the other side of the sliding door and placed a sign saying “in use by guest” on the outside column.
After that, she silently removed her clothes. She removed her shirt, pants, underwear, and socks to reveal her skin.
Setsu’s body appeared from below the clothing.
She reached for a towel, loosely embraced her chest, and continued on. She opened the door to the steamy space.
The steam was much thicker than in the large baths she was used to and she quickly started sweating.
The sun was still setting outside the window. She could not see that light in the usual larger baths. She checked that the window was locked to ensure no one could peep and even checked the corners of the bath for hidden cameras.
She had the place to herself.
She crouched down as if covering her body with the steam and pulled over a nearby bath bucket.
It was quite heavy because it was already filled with water.
She had not seen anyone in the bath, yet the water was warm. Wondering why, she observed more closely.
Something familiar was floating in the bucket: Baku.
The small animal was practicing its flutter kick with its front paws on the edge of the bucket.
Shinjou frowned at the quiet splashing sounds. She looked around and even up at the ceiling, but…
“His owner isn’t here.”
Is Baku playing here on his own? she wondered.
Whatever the case, Sayama was definitely not here and she did not have time to hesitate.
“I need to finish my bath.”
She spoke aloud to herself, grabbed a different bath bucket, and leaned out over the tub.
She looked down and her eyes met with Sayama’s as he lay face up at the bottom of the tub.
Noticing her from the light blue tiles below the water, he raised a hand.
She even saw his mouth move as if giving a casual greeting.
“W-waaah!!”
Sayama responded to her shout by swiftly rising up and out of the water. Steam and water shot into the air and he brushed up his hair with his left hand.
“Phew. Why did you shout, Shinjou-kun? Did you see something strange?”
“Look in a mirror before asking that!”
Sayama turned toward the mirror on the bath’s side wall and then frowned.
“I see. So that is the problem.”
After his nonsensical comment, he fixed his wet bangs. He posed in front of the mirror, fixed his hair further, and then checked the shape of his face from an angle.
“That should be back to normal. You are surprisingly picky about appearances, Shinjou-kun.”
“Sure.” She nodded and smiled. “Um, Sayama-kun? I’ve discovered a fascinating new fact: you are insane!”
“This certainly is sudden. Calm down, Shinjou-kun. We can work out this misunderstanding. Do you have a question about something?”
“I’d rather not mention it for my sanity’s sake, but…why were you submerged at the bottom of the bath?”
“Oh, that.” He raised his right arm to show off the UCAT watch on his wrist. “I have been training my lung capacity since I was quite young. I am still a long ways off from my best time.”
“Since you were quite young?”
“Yes. I used to compete with my grandfather. He would say I could not come out until I had counted to one hundred and then that horrible old man would hold my head under the water until I almost died. Later when he was submerged, I dumped in a bunch of detergent to sterilize him. The scene of him rampaging around in the bubbles was straight out of a monster movie. …Old people these days are all so horrible. Fortunately, their numbers were recently reduced by one.”
“I think someone is quickly growing into a decent replacement for him.”
“Ha ha ha. Do not worry. I am from a much higher caste than him.”
Shinjou felt that was reason enough to worry, but then he asked another question.
“Is there anything else you wish me to explain?”
“Um… Well, your clothes weren’t in the changing room.
“How very strange. I put them in the refrigerator like always.”
“What do you mean ‘like always’!?”
“It says ‘Tamiya Family Property’, doesn’t it? It actually functions as a safe. It used to be in the kitchen, but the key was lost for half a year. The contents were a sight to behold after that, let me tell you.”
“Okay, I think I understand the situation. …I was wrong to expect common sense from you inside the Sayama space.”
She turned her back, realizing it was all over. She could not take a bath now. She also decided to be cautious around the refrigerators in the house. With that decided, her smile began to look forced.
But then a figure appeared through the glass door leading into the bath. Shinjou only saw the color of flesh with a pink towel wrapped around it.
“Yahoo, Setsu-chan? I’m here to wash your back.”
“Eh? Ryouko-san?”
As Shinjou spoke up in confusion, a small wind suddenly wrapped around her.
In no time, her body changed into Sadame.
She gasped just as the door began to open.
She frantically grabbed the frosted glass door to prevent Ryouko from opening it.
“Huh? Does this door not fit the frame right?”
“Th-that isn’t the problem! U-um, Sayama-kun!! Sayama-kun, um…!”
“What is it, Shinjou-kun. It is only Ryouko. There is no need to put up such a struggle.”
“No need? B-but we can’t let her see us!”
Ryouko reacted to that shout.
“Setsu-chan? What do you mean you can’t let me see you? Are the two of you doing something amazing?”
…A misunderstanding! How am I supposed to explain this? No, I have to avoid explaining it.
She had difficulty determining her priorities for various things and grew indecisive.
“Eh? Um, that isn’t it. You see… Why are you just watching, Sayama-kun!?”
“Lately, I have been wondering if I am being unintentionally rude to you, Shinjou-kun.”
“Th-this is no time to suddenly become considerate. Stop watching and get over here!”
“Ooh! I want to see, too! Let me in!!”
Ryouko began shaking the door like a monkey, but Shinjou endured.
“Ahh, Sayama-kun! Please grab on! Grab on and help me!”
“If you wish,” she heard him say.
A moment later, his hands firmly grabbed on…to her butt.
He firmly gripped her with fingers warmed from soaking in the bath and he spoke calmly.
“Shinjou-kun, I have grabbed on, but what should I do now? You asked me to help, but there is not much I can do from this position.”
“Sayama-kun, this is one of those unintentional things you were just mentioning. …Ahh! Stop it, Ryouko-san!”
As she shouted, new footsteps approached the changing room and the door leading into it slid open.
“Sister! What are you doing in the men’s bath!?”
“Hm? You have to ask, Kouji? I want to wash Setsu-chan’s back.”
“You do know Setsu-kun is a boy, right? And he is not a part of our family.”
“Don’t be silly, Kouji you little scamp. If he’s in our house, he’s part of our family.”
“Listen carefully. Different families have their own rules, so please try to abide by them when they are here. You can’t suddenly throw our way of doing things at them. Setsu-kun might never come back again.”
“Don’t worry. I have a waterproof camera to help convince him to come back. …Ahh! Why would you take it away!?”
“To keep you from committing a crime!!”
Ryouko could be heard groaning in thought, but she quickly spoke up cheerfully.
“Listen, Kouji, listen. Um, I think Setsu-chan is actually a lot like us.”
…She’s surprisingly perceptive.
But Shinjou’s thoughts did not reach Kouji. She heard him sigh.
“Sister, have you ever heard of common sense?”
“Of course. I got a 5 in Japanese language class.”
“As a percentage score I assume? Also, this is the men’s bath. As your aide, I cannot allow the president to corrupt the company’s morals.”
“Eh? You sure are strict, Kouji. I’m not doing work now, so I’m an individual instead of a president.”
“Fine, fine. Then I say the same thing as your brother. Leave, sister.”
“No fair!! Are you saying you’ll let the young master and Setsu-chan in the men’s bath but not me?”
“Yes, because those two are boys! Even if Setsu-kun would probably become a victim of something or other before making it five meters in the Bronx!”
Oh, so that’s how they see me, thought Shinjou with an odd sense of understanding. And Kouji is relatively normal, so it’s pretty convincing.
The strength on the other side of the door vanished and she could hear receding sounds of the elder sister struggling.
“Ah! Wait, Kouji! Are you really going to throw me out in nothing but a towel!? You can’t do this just because mom and dad are away bear-hunting in Karuizawa. Oh, c’mon!! I’m gonna give you tons of curses!!”
…I can’t believe she would say that.
Shinjou’s shoulders relaxed, she swept aside the hands admiring her butt from behind, and she grabbed a bath bucket.
“Um, Sayama-kun? Is it always like this?”
“Lively, isn’t it?”
She felt no reason to say otherwise, so she sighed and nodded.
After pouring water over herself and entering the tub, her entire body relaxed.
She took a breath and Sayama sat next to her. She felt the hot water soaking into her body, but she shrank back a bit once he sat there.
She wondered why and quickly found the answer.
…Come to think of it…
“U-um, this is the first time we’ve bathed together with Sadame’s body, isn’t it?”
Shinjou used her hands to hide her body in the water and Sayama smiled bitterly next to her.
“Relax. I will not do anything you do not want.”
She felt like expressing her doubt, but decided against it.
There were times when that was true.
“Yeah, I know. I always resist and almost cry, but you stop.”
“About two months have passed while doing that, but has anything changed with your body?”
She had made a promise on that night two months before when she had first revealed her identity.
She had him occasionally check on her body, but she still did not have her period.
“There hasn’t been a change in my male body either.”
She felt like that wording was blaming him, so she wanted to say something more. She looked toward him in preparation and he tilted his head.
“Oh, uh…”
She did not like these direct questions, but there were some things she could only say at times like this.
“U-um, I am happy with what you’re doing for me, so don’t worry. Even if I don’t act like it.”
She had wanted to say this for a while, but putting it in words made her blush.
She could not stand his gaze on her, so she looked away. While trying to convince herself she was flushed due to the heat of the bath, Sayama nodded and gave a small smile.
She looked away from that smile by lowering her head.
She reached forward, grabbed her knees, and pulled them toward her. While embracing her knees below the water, the tops of the knees rose above the surface. She placed her cheek on them and changed the subject.
“U-um, I think it might be hopeless.”
“What might?”
That response seemed to cool off the heat in her body.
She took in a breath and spoke the thoughts she had had when the night of nothing but a stomachache had arrived as always at the end of the previous month.
“My body might never develop properly. I might always have nothing but pain.”
She looked down at the bottom of the tub that wavered through the water.
But then something warm touched her right cheek. The damp and solid object was Sayama’s finger.
She looked up in surprise and heard a voice from the right.
“Do you remember when Kazami slapped you?”
“I do not want that to happen again. And to make sure it does not, I will help you with a different method. After all, this is what I want as well.” A smile filled his voice. “And if having nothing but pain means you cannot develop into an adult, I am the same.”
She quickly looked over her soaking shoulder.
She saw him looking at her with his expressionless face, but there was strength and harshness in that face.
Seeing that, she leaned up against him. She grabbed his left arm with her hands, bent her elbow to pull herself toward him, and placed her lowered forehead on his shoulder. When she opened her mouth to speak, it was no longer an apology that came out.
She nodded. As she lowered her head further, her mouth sank into the water and then rose once more. She decided to think more positively from now on and she spoke.
“U-um, we were switched out today, weren’t we?”
“Yes. In that concept space, you were me and I was you.”
They had not discussed it yet, but she felt relieved hearing that. That meant their thoughts were reaching each other and it meant she was human.
“Um, Sayama-kun? …How was my body?”
Sayama nodded with a serious expression and looked her in the eye.
“It was very, very delewdcate.”
“Yes. I know what I want to say, but I’m having trouble expressing it. It’s really irritating.”
“I see. Truly good words are hard to come by.”
Sayama leaned against the inner wall of the tub and folded his arms in thought.
Shinjou wondered what was on his mind, but then she remembered that morning.
Sayama’s body had been different from hers. She had initially been surprised by how much higher his vision was. And she had realized something else while looking down on her own body.
…He’s always looking at me properly.
Instead of looking down at her with his gaze, he would turn his face toward her, so she had done the same.
She belatedly wondered if she had been giving him upturned looks all this time.
When she had been handed Ex-St, her surprise had changed to complete astonishment. Ex-St had been so much lighter than when she moved it around. She had been able to run without losing her balance and without needing to catch her breath.
…And he’s always matching his pace to mine.
When she had run at her usual pace in the concept space, she had noticed her own body falling behind.
I’m no match for him, she thought while lowering her head even further.
“Borrowing your body today got me thinking.”
“Did you want to use my body to experience various things with a male body?”
“Y-yes. How did you know?”
“Ha ha ha. I had wanted to try that out as well. I thought it might help learn what is troubling you. If you are being held back by a mental issue, then what would happen with my mind?”
“Would it be wrong of me to borrow your body?”
“If it would help give you a sense of relief about your body changing, I see no problem with it.”
She anxiously held her own body, clenched her teeth, and gulped.
But she soon opened her mouth again.
“It’s too late to try it out now, though. Too bad.”
“A normal person would not have the chance in the first place. Even if we could not make use of that opportunity, we still have the same possibilities as anyone else.”
“You’re a persuasive talker…”
She smiled bitterly while feeling thankful for him. She made up her mind and steadied her breathing.
“Do you remember what I said before?”
“It was a while back, but I said I would…return the favor. I know you’ll tell me not to force myself, but I managed to feel your body up close today. I’d like to use it as a reference point for my own. And if it makes you happy, it would make me happy. So…um…well…”
“I see. Then let us both do our very best.”
“Sure. …No, wait! Your idea of ‘our very best’ is on a completely different level than mine!”
“Ha ha ha. In other words, yours is on a much higher level?”
Before she could deny it, he embraced her with a smile.
That smile caused her to relax and she spoke quietly as they pressed their bodies together.
“Let’s work together to do our very best in everything we do from now on.”
↑ Miyako means “capital city”.
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Spanish atheist march banned in Easter Week
Image caption Catholics, like these at St Peter's in Rome, are celebrating Maundy Thursday
A Spanish court has banned an atheists' group from marching through the capital Madrid as the city's Catholics celebrate Easter Week.
The Madrid superior court of justice upheld a ban imposed last week by the Madrid region authorities, who had argued the march could provoke clashes.
One of the march's organisers said the ban showed there was no separation of Church and state in Spain.
The march would have coincided with Maundy Thursday religious processions.
Imposing the original ban, the Madrid region interior ministry noted the route of the proposed march through the capital's Lavapies district would pass by several Catholic churches.
It argued that clashes might break out with conservative Catholics.
Another reason given for banning the march was the appearance of lewd promotional posters for the event that bore slogans such as the "fraternity of saint paedophilia", the Spanish newspaper El Pais reports.
However, organisers of the march repeatedly disassociated themselves from the posters.
Luis Vega, president of the Madrileno Association of Atheists and Freethinkers, called the ban "worrying" and "a step back to the beginning of the transition [to democracy from the Franco years] for the country".
Barcelona: Sagrada Familia church hit by 'arson attack'
Madrid region government
Madrileno Association of Atheists and Freethinkers (in Spanish)
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Gillian Clarke: Dylan Thomas play changed my life
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-29777603
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Image caption The life of poet Dylan Thomas is being celebrated around the world
As the world celebrates the centenary of the birth of Dylan Thomas, the National Poet of Wales has hailed him as one of the all-time literary greats.
Gillian Clarke has spent the past 12 months re-reading the works of Swansea-born Thomas.
She said: "Under Milk Wood changed my life. I think Dylan Thomas, Auden and TS Eliot changed everything."
Thomas' granddaughter Hannah Ellis said the centenary celebrations across the globe had exceeded her expectations.
Media captionGillian Clarke says Under Milk Wood changed her life
She said: "I think Wales and the world as a whole have celebrated the centenary more than I could have hoped.
"My aim was to revitalise my grandfather's work and bring the focus back to his writing and celebrate his achievements.
"People like the myths about my grandfather, but it's the writing that is the legacy."
A poet's life
Dylan was born on 27 October, 1914 at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea
In 1931, at the age of 16, Thomas left school to become a junior reporter at the South Wales Daily Post
Thomas married Caitlin Macnamara in 1937, and the couple went on to have two sons and a daughter
His most famous poem, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, was written in 1951
Thomas's celebrated prose includes Under Milk Wood and A Child's Christmas in Wales
He died aged 39 on 9 November 1953 in St Vincent's Hospital, New York
Source: Dylanthomas.com
Thomas was born in Swansea 100 years ago and there are events in his home city and across the globe to remember both the man and his work.
Media captionRev Dr Vernon Davies was a friend in the sixth form in Swansea
On Sunday Michael Sheen's production of Under Milk Wood was staged in New York - where the writer died on 9 November, 1953.
The performance was broadcast live on BBC Wales on Sunday and can be heard for the next 30 days.
There is also a free interactive BBC e-book, Dylan Thomas - The Road to Milk Wood, which includes video and audio of performances from the likes of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.
In Swansea, every word Thomas wrote is being read aloud on stage at the Grand Theatre as part of the Dylathon.
Media captionThe life of poet Dylan Thomas is being celebrated around the world
And the annual Dylan Thomas festival is also beginning to coincide with other events around the world.
They are the latest in a year-long programme of celebrations remembering one of the 20th Century's greatest writers.
Gillian Clarke said hearing Under Milk Wood set her on the path to becoming a poet.
She said: "I heard Under Milk Wood and it was so funny, so touching, so human, so like the things that go on in a real human's head.
Media captionMichael Bogdanov, director of The Dylathon said it had been a busy three months planning it
"It was just amazing. It changed my life. I thought this is literature. I think of it as a marvellous poem.
"It broke new ground in poetry. It broke every taboo that stopped me writing.
"Suddenly I began to believe it was possible [to be a poet] because of Under Milk Wood.
"I've even read every word by Dylan Thomas in preparation for this year and it excites me even more."
Up coming Dylan Thomas events around the world
26-27 Oct: The Dylathon, Swansea
26 Oct - 4 Dec: Dylan Thomas Centennial Exhibition at the 92Y, New York
29 Oct-1 Nov: Bedazzled, Cardiff
27 Oct: Love the Words exhibition opens at Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea
27 Oct-9 Nov: The Dylan Thomas Festival, Swansea
27 Oct: Cerys Matthews' new recording A Child's Christmas, Poems and Tiger Eggs is released
30 Oct: Dylan Thomas a Literary Life, Sydney University
30 Oct- 8 Nov: A Child's Christmas in Wales, Grand Theatre, Swansea
Oct - 4 Dec: Dylan exhibition continues at National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
Source: The Dylan Thomas Centenary
Sheen's Under Milk Wood in New York for Dylan Thomas centenary
Prince Charles and actors join Dylan Thomas marathon
Dylan Thomas 100: Centenary festival in 2014 revealed
BBC Radio 4 - Great Lives, Series 27, Dylan Thomas
BBC One - Dylan Thomas
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« “Music of BG” July H.O.B. Concerts: Tix Now Available!
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6/13/09 CA Plaza Concert Highlights
A big thanks to all the fans who turned up at the California Plaza in Downtown Los Angeles, last Saturday! The evening was a complete success. BrEndAn’s Band opened first, finishing their set with Brendan McCreary’s original song “When Will the Work Be Done,” that was featured in the “Battlestar Galactica” finale. As the sun set, the Battlestar Galactica Orchestra took the stage…
For the last song, Kara Thrace herself, Katee Sackhoff, joined me on stage at the grand piano to play “Kara Remembers” (from the forthcoming Season 4 Soundtrack Album). I played the left hand part, and she plucked out the Final Four Theme, just as she did in the climax of Someone to Watch Over Me. Once we had the Final Four Theme going on the piano, the band snuck in, building to “Heeding the Call” and finally “All Along the Watchtower.” The writers and director of Someone To Watch Over Me were in the audience, so this was a very special moment for Katee and me.
This is apparently what I look like when I’m conducting.
The lovely Raya Yarbrough joined us for “A Distant Sadness” and “Lords of Kobol.”
Katee at the piano
Brendan McCreary performing “All Along the Watchtower.”
Violin virtuouso Paul Cartwright
Woodwind specialist Chris Bleth brought his entire arsenal of bansuris, duduks, flutes and zurnas for the show.
Bassist Mike Valerio solos during “Dirty Hands.”
Cellist Tina Guo brought the rock.
Brendan McCreary in the opening act, BrEndAn’s Band. Nice jacket!
This concert was the world premiere performance of “Dreilide Thrace Sonata No. 1,” that will be featured on the forthcoming Season 4 Soundtrack Album. As I told the audience that night, the compositions Slick plays during that episode were my sketches, composed on set during the filming. Just as the character Slick searched for the soul of his music, so I toiled and searched, sketching various musical themes and motives. At the end of the episode, Kara plays the recording of her father performing his “Sonata,” but we only hear about a minute of it. The audience at California Plaza last Saturday became the first in the world to hear the complete “Sonata.”
Ira Ingber (L), whose slide guitar has graced countless film scores including Midnight Run, played an intense solo during “Dirty Hands.” Steve Bartek (R) has played on all my projects since the beginning and, of course, was the lead guitarist of Oingo Boingo for nearly 20 years.
Speaking of Boingo, drummer Johnny “Vatos” Hernandez held down the line of percussion in the back.
CA PLAZA 6/13/09
A Distant Sadness
Precipice
Fight Night
Gina Escapes
Gaeta’s Lament
Roslin and Adama
Wander My Friends
Dreilide Thrace Sonata No. 1
Baltar’s Dream
Dirty Hands
Lords of Kobol
Prelude to War
Kara Remembers / Heeding the Call
Taiko maestro M.B. Gordy in action.
Remember Nigel Tufnel’s solo in Spinal Tap, when he made THIS EXACT FACE? Pretty awesome.
Brendan sang the lead vocal on “Gaeta’s Lament,” a unique arrangement of it I made specifically for the concert.
The front line of guitars, Paul in the background.
I’m playing a particularly brutal keyboard part in “Prelude to War.”
Steve Bartek solos on “Black Market.”
Percussionist Jonathan Ortega plays Nagado Daiko.
Violinist Robbie Anderson
Richard Cook played with us for the first time, lending his Irish Whistles and Uilleann Pipes to “Wander My Friends.”
Percussionist Bruce Carver brought his entire array of gongs, visible behind him.
Violist Tom “Dirty Brahms” Lea makes his Metal Face.
(Thanks to PopCultureGeek for the pic!)
After the concert, the entire band and I signed Battlestar Galactica and Caprica CDs, as well as limited edition “Music of Battlestar Galactica” posters that are only available at our live events. I’m hopeful that we’ll sell these online soon as well, so those of you who can’t make it out have a chance to get these two beautiful designs by artist Andrew Craig (who also took all these amazing photographs!).
During the signing, I met fans from all over the country who had flown or driven in to see this event, including a girl from NEW ZEALAND, who was here just to see us!
A thunderous performance beneath the stormy skies.
Even though the venue said it wasn’t allowed, many fans got video footage (thanks!) :) Here’s the ENTIRE concert, courtesy of Erik at FilmsInFocus. If you guys have more, post links either in the comments below or in this entry.
“When Will the Work Be Done”
BrEndAn’s Band, Opening Act
“Dreilide Thrace Sonata No. 1″
“Kara Remembers,” “Heeding the Call” and “All Along the Watchtower”
If you missed this incredible show, you can still catch us at the House of Blues in San Diego on July 23, 24 or 25th! Tickets are now available, but they will sell quickly. The July concerts will feature surprise guests as well as an expanded set list with even more new material from Season 4. And the HOB shows will be your first chance to pick up the highly-anticipated Battlestar Galactica: Season 4 soundtrack album! I will make more announcements about the July concerts in the coming weeks because there are exciting developments that are just a bit too early to share with you yet. So keep checking back here frequently.
Related show
Artist: Bear McCreary
Date: Saturday, June 13th 2009
City: Bear McCreary in Los Angeles
Venue: The Battlestar Galactica Orchestra (California Plaza); Grand Performances
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Sissel Kärneskog • 25 januari 2018 mode, fashion collaboration
The definition of timeless can be described as something independent of time and space, something infinite and forever young… timeless is immortal. This concept has enchanted the humanity, which motivated a pursuit of perfection. A perfection that not only affects the individual and the society in which it lives, but also parts beyond one’s own perception. It became a wish… a goal… an obsession that the single individual strives to
experience, believing that in one’s own lifetime you will get to know a life with substance, happiness and meaning. Mesmerized by this idea humanity lost its focus, and now have to realise that this comes with
consequences. Today we live in a time when we have information that concerns places beyond our own life, within an arm’s length away. Yet, have one important part of our society moved one step back in history.
But one more important part has moved one step forward.
The one who is aware that the idea of perfection is false, that value what often is described as the oposite.
The one who see that timeless is a term that cannot be true, when timeless is something that doesn’t evolve.
The one who value the fact that information exists around us constantly, and take part of it.
The one who knows that the humanity is the key to our evolution, and that this is not possible alone.
The one who knows that we cannot change our history, and that it goes through a constant movement forward, every day turns to night and leave a mark of time behind us…
The one who is aware of this, and knows that only together can we influence its direction.
Photo: Mathias Nordgren
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4,000 Jobs will be Created Under the #MakeInIndia initiative.
Posted by Bharat Manghnani | Mar 7, 2016 | Make in India, News | 0 |
India will outsource components for France Based DCNS . Over 4000 jobs will be created under the Make In India theme if the plan materializes.
DCNS, which claims to be the European leader in naval defence and an innovative player in energy, attended the International Fleet Review (IFR) and Make in India week. The two events, which were held in February 2016, witnessed DCNS’ willingness to contribute to India’s Make in India initiative.
The Economic Times reports that the company is currently completing work on the Scorpene submarine contract and is “focusing” on India for its future Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) projects.
“Building up our defence ecosystem, a future OTEC project could have local content of more than 60 percent of order values—key systems like platform, heat exchangers and pumps being manufactured by Indian MSMEs. This will possibly create as many as 4,000 jobs locally over a span of 4-5 years under Make in India,” the daily quoted Bernard Buisson, Managing Director, DCNS India, as saying.
On the other hand, the Indian Navy is planning to set up an OTEC plant in the Andaman Islands off Port Blair.
“A pilot project for the plant which generates clean energy to take off the dependence on diesel generators currently being used is under progress,” Navy Chief RK Dhowan was quoted as saying by the publication.
The Indian Naval project, along with other global projects to be carried out by DCNS, could put Indian companies on the global supply chain. DCNS is reportedly in talks with companies such as Kirloskar and Godrej to manufacture critical parts of the project in India.
These parts could be made in India through technology transfer or via a joint design project, ET added.
Source : http://www.ibtimes.co.in/
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Issue 1388 - Christmas Cover By Kaoriko Tamura
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Hundreds and hundreds of colourful covers have been flooding the editorial office as kids across the land entered our now traditional Christmas competition! As ever, choosing a winner was a difficult process, but emerging triumphant was 12-year-old Kaoriko Tamura whose heart-warming creation really captures the spirit of the times.
We have words from our winner, words from guest judge Julian Clary and notable runners-up including kids staying at Nightingale House, a homeless hostel in Cardiff.
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- Ever wondered if the kids who sang in choirs featured on classic Christmas hits get any of the royalties? Maybe not, but we meet the lawyer who’s settling the score for those angelic voices.
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Henry Cejudo rooting for Jose Aldo to set up fight in Rio but believes Moraes wins by KO
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If Henry Cejudo has his way, he hopes Jose Aldo gets past Marlon Moraes at UFC 245.
Cejudo hopes that it will set up a fight with Aldo in his home city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the bantamweight title.
“If he wins, I’d like to fight him in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I love Brazil, I want him to win, really. I really want this fight,’ Cejudo said in an interview to Combate. “He will fight the “Triple C”. And you’ll feel a pressure you’ve never felt in your life. I am ready to show that I am the King of Rio.”
The flyweight and bantamweight champion took a shot at Jose Aldo saying he is the real king of Rio. So, the rivalry is there. It would also be a big fight for the bantamweight division. But, Cejudo doesn’t believe that will happen as he predicts Moraes will emerge victorious by way of knockout.
“Aldo will lose a lot of weight, this is a problem he will have. I think Marlon will knock him out. Marlon is a very strong guy at 61kg [135 pounds], very dangerous,” he explained. “Aldo will drop a lot of weight, and it will hurt him. I think Marlon will knock out José Aldo in the first or second round. Marlon is a different kind of animal.”
Henry Cejudo has not fought since beating Moraes in the main event of UFC 238 to win the vacant bantamweight title. Although he is eyeing a scrap against Aldo, he recently came out and said he will retire if his pay does not increase.
There is no question this is a very important weekend for Henry Cejudo as Aldo battles Moraes and Urijah Faber takes on Petr Yan.
What do you make of Henry Cejudo saying he wants to fight Jose Aldo in Rio but believe Marlon Moraes wins by knockout? Sound off in the comment section, PENN Nation!
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Intel, Mobileye to Test 100 Fully Autonomous Cars
August 9, 2017 • by Staff
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Intel-owned Mobileye will start building a fleet of 100 fully autonomous vehicles with a Level 4 of autonomy requiring driver interaction only to prevent an accident that the company will test in the U.S., Europe, and Israel, Intel has announced.
The first vehicles will begin testing later this year, Intel announced the day after closing its acquistion of Mobileye.
"Building cars and testing them in real-world conditions provides immediate feedback and will accelerate delivery of technologies and solutions for highly and fully autonomous vehicles," said Amnon Shashua, soon-to-be senior vice president of Intel Corporation and future CEO/CTO of Mobileye. "Geographic diversity is very important as different regions have very diverse driving styles as well as different road conditions and signage. Our goal is to develop autonomous vehicle technology that can be deployed anywhere, which means we need to test and train the vehicles in varying locations."
Rather than building a vehicle from the ground up like Google, Intel and Mobileye will convert existing vehicles that will incorporate Mobileye's computer vision, sensing, fusion, mapping and driving policy as well as Intel's open compute platforms, data center expertise, and 5G communication technologies to deliver a car-to-cloud system.
The fleet will include multiple car brands and vehicle types to demonstrate the technology’s agnostic nature.
"Our customers will benefit from our ability to use this fleet to accelerate our technology development," said Shashua. "We want to enable automakers to deliver driverless cars faster while reducing costs — data we collect will save our customers significant costs."
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YouTube's new policy 2019 will go into effect stating 10 December 2019
Prabhjote GillDec 3, 2019, 16:31 IST
YouTube changed its terms of service to terminate accounts if they are 'no longer commercially viable'Unsplash
YouTube’s new terms of services allow the video sharing platform to terminate creator accounts if they are ‘no longer commercially viable’.
Creators are not YouTube employees so the company is not obligated to pay them any kind of salary.
Theories on why YouTube has implemented the new rule range from FTC compliance to removing commercial accounts exploiting the system.
YouTube’s new terms and conditions will go into effect stating 10 December 2019, and a lot of creators aren’t too happy.
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Everyone who uploads a YouTube video is not immediately popular. It normally takes time and consistent content in order to build an audience. The outrage from creators is over the fact that the new regulations are ‘discouraging’ and will take away from creators’ livelihood.
Wow, didn't think I'd be trending from this. https://t.co/YNChy1S3BG
— Christian Maracle (@MaracleMan) 1573362181000
online content creators need to unionize or this will continue to happen https://t.co/IfrJIsJ6qa
— Liz Ryerson (@ellaguro) 1573410056000
We love ambiguous terms of service that can literally terminate a channel because YouTube can decide it can’t make… https://t.co/UuXgeI8XDj
— Pup Amp (@Pup_Amp) 1573424373000
Creators are not YouTube employees
Creators are not YouTube employees. There is no contract obligating YouTube or Google to covering a creator’s living expenses, resources, health care or any kind of salary.
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Google, Youtube’s parent company, subsidised the cost of servers and bandwidth but that doesn’t account for the cost of engineers, product development and various other aspects.
While YouTube may be making it harder for to for creators to breach the barriers of entry, it’s also giving them resources for free.
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note that if you have 100,000 subscribers, youtube will let you use their studios in LA. it's a completely differen… https://t.co/tqX967YgUN
Change in policies is hardly surprising
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In February 2018, the ‘adpocalypse’ came. The company changed its policy to say, “YouTube currently requires YouTube Creators to earn 1,000 subscribers and 4000 Hours of Watch Time across their channel in a 12 month period,” in order to become a monetised creator.
A thread on Reddit claims that YouTube had to change its terms of service in order to comply with new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulations.
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Even though YouTube hasn’t defined what ‘no longer commercially viable’ means, most interpretations conclude that it means cutting off creators if it starts to hurt the business in any way.
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monos movie review
by carson timar
Earlier in the year, a film called Climax released which many lost their minds over. Filled with bizarre and unsettling visuals it felt like a bad drug trip and descended into a chaos that many found something deeper in. Sadly I was not one of those people, where the atmosphere of Climax was incredible the story was really lacking for me. I didn't know what to expect from Monos, the film got on my radar from its debut back at the Sundance Film Festival and since then all I had seen or heard about the film was its posters which easily are some of my favorites of the year. What I got was a descent into madness that spoke to me, I can only assume that my feelings watching this film were the feelings others felt while watching Climax earlier this year. Monos follows a group of young teenage guerillas who have been assigned to watch over a prisoner and a milk cow on a remote mountaintop. Things seem to be going good but chaos is quick to follow as the isolation and teenage stupidity start to grow on them and the prisoner plans an escape.
As I mentioned the one thing I saw regarding this film before seeing was the posters which were absolutely stunning. With dynamic colors and shot compositions showing off some of the most spectacular displays of beauty by nature the visuals in this movie easily are some of my favorite of the entire year. There is real power and rawness in the environment this film showcases that feel like they almost have their own soul to them. From the rocky mountaintops to the dense jungle, this movie fully embraces and uses the land that they are on and just create spectacular looking scenes. Because of this, I beg for you to see this film if you have the chance in a theatre, the experience of being sucked into this world is something that you won't be able to replicate at home and adds so much to the experience of watching this film. With the beauty of the visuals, I must mention the original score from Mica Levi. Again like the cinematography, there is a beating heart to the score of this film and when combined these elements create what can only be described as poetry. It's raw, harsh, beautiful, heavy. It's hard to explain in words the power that these elements bring but it undoubtedly does bring something strong.
The characters in this movie are also all really interesting and powerful in their own ways. I love their decision to focus on teenage guerillas simply due to the fact that they are teenagers. They are angry and dumb, they like causing chaos and running around shooting guns in the air not worrying about what they could shoot. In films like this you rarely see characters like this, sure they are dangerous but they are also still teenagers at heart and this dynamic really added something to this film. They also desperately want control and power which is the leading force to plenty of the conflict in this film. It is because of these characters and how they handle themselves that so much of the chaos of this plot comes from. These kids are in so over their heads and they try to make sense of their situation through just crazy acts of unity and power. They almost feel like a cult with some of the rituals they hold, there is so much screaming, anger, relief, and pain all at once. Similar to Midsommar also from earlier this year you can't help but get sucked into these actions despite being disturbed and unsettled from them. Even more than with Midsommar, it feels like at any second everything in this film could go to shit and the house of cards built will fall over which also creates so much tension. You have no faith that anything is going to end well in this situation and is always on edge because of that.
This also just makes the film more interesting, I mentioned how my issue with Climax was that the story felt weaker and where this film doesn't necessarily have the most deep or interesting plot it is overall interesting as you see the power dynamics between these teenagers grow and adjust as the situation gets more out of control and I found myself being generally invested in the situation and how it would pay off much more than I was with Climax. You can feel the pressure grow and become invested to see the balloon finally burst. I do feel the need to mention the acting in this film as it is because of their chaos that the film really works. All the teenagers brought a really wonderful intensity to the film that brought a presence to their characters that could be felt in every scene especially when in a group. Wilson Salazar plays a smaller roll in the film simply known as The Messanger but I also thought he brought a really great physicality to him and his performance and was a clear standout when he was on screen. Julianne Nicholson plays their prisoner Doctora and is also really incredible in the role. She is one of the emotional backbones of the film as she fears for her life but also sees how her captives are simply kids. This creates a pretty interesting relationship as she has pity on them and feels bad for the situations they have found themselves in but also has to worry about her survival even if that means hurting the children.
If you couldn't tell from the review up to this point I loved Monos. This is one of those films that had that unexplainable it factor that made it stand out and connect with me greatly. I got absorbed into this bizarre and beautiful world filled with chaos, beauty, and anger. If you want to take a wild and unsettling ride then I would absolutely recommend you check this film out for yourself and plead with you that you go to see it in the theatre if possible. Where I am sure on future rewatches my relationship with this film will go as of right now I can tell it is something special and cannot wait to explore it deeper in the future.
Overall Grade-A
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Ashley Darby: "Would the real Kurun Huger please stand up?!”
July 9, 2018, 6:09 PM ET
"I expected Karen to get defensive about asking her to tell the truth."
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Canon offers exclusive CPS membership discounts launching at Imaging USA Expo 2018
Canon press release:
Canon Professional Services and Professional Photographers of America Collaborate to Offer Exclusive CPS Membership Discounts Launching at Imaging USA Expo 2018
The Company Will Showcase Its Latest Digital Imaging Solutions for Professional Photographers and Feature Educational Presentations by Canon Explorers of Light
MELVILLE, N.Y., January 12, 2018 – Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, is excited to announce that the company will launch a special pricing promotion for new and existing Canon Professional Service (CPS) members at the Imaging USA EXPO 2018 hosted by Professional Photographers of America (PPA). This exclusive promotion, offers 20 percent off new, renewed or upgraded CPS gold or platinum memberships for active PPA members. Imaging USA EXPO 2018 will take place through January 16th at theGaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, TN.
“CPS members are among the most loyal and dedicated customers of Canon. Their passion, experience and knowledge are invaluable assets to the photo and video imaging community,” Yuichi Ishizuka, president and COO, Canon U.S.A., Inc. “Offering this special promotion to both new and existing CPS members is an exciting initiative for us. We want these photographers to continue to grow and succeed with Canon’s world-class service and support right alongside them.”
Beginning at Imaging USA and effective throughout 2018, active PPA members will have the opportunity to renew or upgrade their current CPS membership, while non-CPS members can open a new membership – both at a 20 percent discount off current prices. Attendees who sign up for a CPS membership at the show will also qualify for a free gift. PPA members who do not sign up at Imaging USA can call 1-844-58-CANON to also receive the 20 percent exclusive offer.
“PPA is always looking to provide our members with savings on their essential needs,” says Kristen Hartman, PPA’s Director of Member Value & Experience. “We are excited that Canon is offering this exclusive discount to our members and we look forward to working with Canon in the future.”
Canon Professional Services will also host the CPS Lounge where Gold, Platinum, Enterprise and Cinema CPS members can have their Canon equipment (up-to-two current Professional DSLR bodies or lenses) cleaned and checked. CPS members can also enter the CPS member photo contest for a chance to win a PIXMA PRO-10 printer. Restrictions apply. Stop by the lounge for more information.
The hours of operation for the CPS Lounge are:
Saturday, Jan 13: 12:00pm – 5:00pm (Pre-show day)
Sunday, Jan. 14: 10:30am – 5:00 pm
Monday, Jan. 15: 10:30am – 5:00 pm
Tuesday, Jan. 16: 11:00am – 1:30pm (Equipment pickup only)
At the booth, Canon will also showcase its latest digital imaging solutions for professional photographers, including its full line of cameras and lenses.
The Canon Imaging USA Live Stage in the booth will feature presentations from several Canon Explorers of Light (schedule subject to change without notice), including Lindsay Adler, Peter Hurley and Michele Celentano. For the complete speaking schedule, please see below.
Lindsay Adler
Shooting for Success!
David Bergman
Rock & Roll Portraits
LIVE SHOOT
Creative Portraits with Projectors
Michele Celentano
Posing Family Groups
Rick Sammon
Make Great People Pictures: At Home, In Studio, & On Location
Posing Pitfalls And How To Avoid Them
Clay Blackmore
Pushing The EOS 5D Mark IV Beyond The Limits
On-Location Senior Portraits Simplified
Flattering Posing for “Any”body
20 Two-minutes Tips & Tricks
Peter Hurley
“Shebanging Lenses For Headshots”
Joel Grimes
Tilt-Shift Portraits
Country Music Artist Portraits
Stylized Portraiture
“The Need For Speed…lights”
How Joel Gets “The Most Beautiful Light On The Planet” With Speedlites
Each day of the show, join Canon Live Learning for exciting Photo Walks. Participants will learn about portrait lighting with Speedlites, working with natural light and how to get the best results for nighttime portraits. Photo Walks are free and are available on a first come, first served basis. Each walk is limited to 25 Imaging USA attendees per walk. Pick your walk and register now: canon.us/imaging2018photowalks.
Follow Canon throughout the 2018 Imaging USA Expo @CanonUSApro. To see the full details of Canon’s presence at the Expo and details about the promotion, please visit: https://www.ppa.com/membership/
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions to the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean markets. With approximately $29 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranks third overall in U.S. patents granted in 2017.† Canon U.S.A. is committed to the highest level of customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing 100 percent U.S.-based service and support for all of the products it distributes in the United States. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility. In 2014, the Canon Americas Headquarters secured LEED® Gold certification, a recognition for the design, construction, operations and maintenance of high-performance green buildings. To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., sign up for the Company’s RSS news feed by visiting www.usa.canon.com/rss and follow us on Twitter @CanonUSA. For media inquiries, please contact pr@cusa.canon.com.
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Harvard Study: Bullying Political Contributors?
Exploiting the “public” requirement for political donations, the Left has seized with zeal on the opportunity to destroy those who donate money to support conservative politicians and causes.
In July, a media firestorm erupted over the publication of political donations by Chik-Fil-A to traditional marriage advocacy groups, followed a few weeks later by an angry “gay rights” activist targeting one of those groups and shooting up the Family Research Institute headquarters in D.C., with a bloodbath averted only by the heroic actions of the wounded security guard.
In 2008, leftwing groups launched an attack campaign against donors to Prop 8, the traditional marriage initiative passed by California voters, publicizing their names, home addresses and employers, and subjecting those donors to personal attacks, harassment, and for many the loss of their jobs and livelihoods.
Last April, the Wall Street Journal exposed the White House’s own “enemies list” vilifying political donors to Romney. More recent revelations show attacks and even DOJ “investigations” of high-profile Romney donors such as Sheldon Adelson.
But under the radar – until now – is a controversial, ongoing “research study” through Harvard University that deliberately – and without consent – outs individual donors for the claimed goal of assessing whether such unsolicited publicity affects their future donation behavior. The timing and personalities behind this “study” raise even more red flags.
In May, just weeks after the WSJ revelations of an Obama “enemies list”, a friend received an unsolicited letter from anonymous researchers at Harvard University identifying his recent personal political contributions and prominently stating that such contributions might be disclosed to his neighbors without his consent. The study’s website candidly expresses the desire to manipulate the perceived privacy of unwilling test subjects so as to measure the impact on future donation behavior. Put another way, the study measures whether and how individual citizens exercise their First Amendment right to make political contributions.
Is this a Harvard-sanctioned How-To-Bully-Donors study? The study coincides in time and ideology with efforts by Democrats, liberal activists and the Media that specifically target this correlation between political contributions and persecuting big donors like the Koch brothers by “outing” them publically for those contributions.
Equally provocative as the content of this study are the personalities connected with it. The researchers listed on the website, Argentine nationals Ricardo Perez-Trugli and Dr. Guillermo Cruces, previously teamed on a study on redistributive tax policy essentially explaining how to use class warfare to promote socialism – tell people who believe they are middle class that they in fact poor and they will change their vote in favor of higher taxes on the so-called rich.
Also connected with the study is Belynda Bady, originally listed on the website as the thesis project supervisor contact. It turns out Bady is a politically liberal, well connected widow of a black power activist, a former regional director of the Clinton Foundation, with apparently no more than a high school degree, who nonetheless holds the prestigious position as Director of Administration of the Harvard Economics Department. Naturally, this raises the question why the Harvard Economics Department conducts research on highly volatile political issues, and lists as the contact for such a study a faculty member with a long pedigree of liberal activism. Strangely, over the summer, the study’s website scrubbed the name of Belynda Bady and now lists Harvard Professor Nadarajan “Raj” Chetty as the “primary thesis advisor”.
Another name deleted from the original website is Jane Calhoun, the listed contact for the Committee on the Use of Human Subjects in Research which approved the study. Ironically, Harvard’s guidelines prohibit any research “that exposes human subjects to the unreasonable risk of harm.” In light of the criminal violence, threats and harassment connected with the outing of political donors, this raises the profound question whether a study precisely intending to out political donors does in fact “expose” the “human subjects to the unreasonable risk of harm” from leftwing zealots bent on violence and harassment against conservative donors.
Did complaints from unwillingly outed study victims about Ms. Bady’s background or Ms. Calhoun’s risk-assessment prompt Harvard to shield their personal privacy? No small irony given the nature of the study.
Questions about this disturbing study, its true supervisors, the researchers, their methods, motives and conclusions, its legal ramifications, and most importantly, and its impact on campaign contributions will remain unanswered until 2013, as the study intends to monitor donations through the November election. Ms. Bady, Ms. Calhoun, the researchers themselves and the Harvard News Office have all ignored or deflected repeated requests for information.
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Plans to limit reconstructive surgery to breast cancer survivors scrapped
The proposal was described as unfairly targeting women
Esme Ashcroft
The NHS has scrapped plans to limit reconstructive surgery to women who have survived breast cancer.
The Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) – the body which decides which services are available to patients on the NHS – had looked to tighten its rules on reconstructive surgery provision for breast cancer sufferers.
But public objection has prompted health bosses to reverse the proposal, which many described as unfairly targeting women.
It is now considering an improvement to its services by offering women the option of surgery on the breast unaffected by cancer as standard.
It comes after the CCG decided against plans to limit IVF provision to women between the ages of 30 and 35.
The news has been praised by politicians in Bristol including the Labour group, which campaigned against the measures.
Plans to limit reconstructive surgery to breast cancer survivors scrapped (Image: Getty)
“We welcome revised plans on breast cancer reconstruction surgery announced this week, as we did last month when other previous proposals to cut access to IVF treatment were dropped,” cabinet member for women, children and families, Helen Godwin, said.
“The Clinical Commissioning Group has seen sense once again.”
The CCG currently offers women reconstructive surgery on the breast affected by cancer, but not on the unaffected one, as this is deemed to be ‘cosmetic surgery’.
However, women are often able to successfully argue that a lack of symmetry will cause psychological harm and are granted surgery to ensure both breasts are made to look alike.
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The CCG regularly spends more than its allotted £1.5billion budget, and bosses had looked to ban all instances of reconstructive surgery for breasts unaffected by cancer regardless of the potential psychological implications it may have on patients.
NHS breast surgery costs between £1,957 and £9,954 depending on the extent of the procedures.
The CCG had not set a specific sum on how much money it would save by taking a hard line on reconstruction rules, but it predicted the measure would reduce treatment waiting times for breast cancer patients and speed up cancer diagnosis – all of which would deliver patient savings.
Plans to limit reconstructive surgery to breast cancer survivors scrapped (Image: PA Photo/generic)
The public consultation was launched in August and provoked a strong response from respondents.
Some 92 per cent of people who took part opposed the measure and two-thirds said they were ‘concerned about the severe psychological impacts and emotional impacts on women and their families’.
As a result of the consultation the CCG has said it will not implement the measures and is even considering improving breast cancer services.
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It will launch a second consultation in January to see if the public think reconstructive surgery on both breasts should be offered as standard to women affected by breast cancer.
If approved, it would bring the CCG in line with national best practice standards.
A CCG spokesperson said: "A revised policy will be going out for consultation from the middle of January for 12 weeks and then the governing bodies will make a decision on the revised policy once the results are in."
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Eating Out in Bristol
A new Dutch-style chip shop has opened in Bristol city centre
And it's trying to push the humble chip to 'another level'
Grace Earl
Thick-cut, triple-cooked, French fries or wedges - it doesn't matter how you like your chips, we can all agree they're a comforting staple of the British diet.
Many people would feel there are few greater pleasures in life than popping along to your local chippy and picking up a bag of fresh, piping hot chips on a Friday night. And thankfully for the chip-worshippers among us, it would appear the owners of Bristol's newest takeaway agree.
As you might have guessed from its name, Just Chips specialises in freshly-cooked cones of chips for you to take away and enjoy.
Just Chips sells Dutch-style chips, served in cones (Image: BristolLive)
However, these chips are a far cry from your usual 'chippy' chips, as they're cooked in the traditional Dutch style and are to be enjoyed as a main meal, rather than a side dish.
What are 'Dutch chips'?
Commonly referred to as 'friet and mayo', Dutch-style chips are traditionally served in a cone and are smothered in sauces, typically mayonnaise or curry ketchup.
Just Chips opened last week and serves up its fries in a traditional cone, complete with a wide variety of sauces to choose from, many of which are vegan and are made in the Netherlands.
Inside Just Chips on St Augustine's Parade (Image: BristolLive)
Some of the choices on offer at the new takeaway on St Augustine's Parade include satay sauce, vegan mayonnaise and an intriguing whisky cocktail sauce.
Why is Just Chips doing things differently?
Opening a chips-only takeaway in a country obsessed with fish and chips is a bold move - but with the likes of The Hippy Chippy already making a huge success of things here in Bristol, the team behind Just Chips are confident their idea will be popular.
Just Chips opened its doors earlier in July (Image: BristolLive)
Heading up the new venture is George Stavrou - who came up with the idea - Harry Pavlou and Chris Onisforou.
Harry has spent his career working in fish and chip shops and felt the Dutch-style concept of serving chips and sauces would be a hit here in Bristol.
He said: "My business partners and I went over to Amsterdam in 2016 and saw how popular these chips were over there, and we decided to bring it back to England.
"We were a bit sceptical at first because obviously people associate fish and chips together, but we had a great reception to the idea.
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"We're trying to push the humble chip to another level so it becomes a standalone meal, not just a side dish."
Just Chips is open until 11pm daily.
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Analysis: Football defeats Holy Cross in season’s best showing
Despite petty penalties, Bruno maintains tough offense and defense in second-straight win
By Andrew Flax
The football team crawled back to an even record Saturday, defeating the College of the Holy Cross 27-24 at home in double overtime. Kicker Grant Senne ’16 proved to be the hero, drilling a chip-shot 23-yard field goal to hand Bruno (2-2) the victory. But it was another strong all-around effort from an improving team. Here’s a breakdown of the Bears’ effort in week four:
What’s strong
As always, the Bruno run defense was stifling. Four different Crusaders carried the ball five or more times, and none was able to average three yards per attempt. The achievement is all the more impressive given that Bruno was without star inside linebacker and captain Dan Giovacchini ’15, who missed the contest with a high ankle sprain.
Zach Gillen ’16 was a big reason for the Bears’ success. Gillen played sparingly in the season’s first three games, totaling just four tackles, but he busted out in a big way against Holy Cross. He broke up a pass and tallied 12 total tackles and eight solos.
Marcus Fuller ’15 had another career game. He doubled his season touchdown total with a pair of tosses and completed 20 of 37 passes for 240 yards. Perhaps most importantly, Fuller and the Bears as a team did not turn the ball over once, throwing no interceptions and never fumbling the ball despite cold and rain.
In lockstep with their quarterback, wide receivers Alex Jette ’17 and Brian Strachan ’15 continued their great performances. Jette, who last year became the first first-year in team history to earn first-team All-Ivy honors, continued his breakout campaign with three catches for 53 yards. Strachan, nominally a running back entering the season, has played almost exclusively out wide since the season opener and had his best game of the year against the Crusaders. He caught eight balls for 98 yards and all three of Bruno’s touchdowns, including a spectacular reception from fellow receiver Troy Doles ’16 on a trick play.
The Bears also finally found some success pounding the rock, despite the absence of last week’s running weapon Seth Rosenbauer ’16 due to a head injury. Unlike the Crusaders, four Bears had two or more carries, and each broke the three yards per carry mark. Andrew Coke ’16 led the way, posting a season-high 89 yards on 18 carries, including a season-topping 31-yard gain.
What’s wrong
The Bears hurt themselves badly with penalties. A whopping nine flags cost them 68 yards. Many of the penalties were small, easily fixable transgressions that indicated a certain sloppiness: four false starts, an offsides and an illegal formation. But most backbreaking were two personal fouls on consecutive drives in the final five minutes of regulation.
The Bears had a 17-10 lead and the ball with 4:08 left on the clock, giving them a chance to ice the game with a few first downs. But after a first-down completion on third down, a flag brought the play back and put Bruno in a third-and-long it could not convert, forcing a three-and-out. On the ensuing Crusader drive, the Bears gave up a long completion and then were called for a facemask that gave Holy Cross the ball on the Brown 11-yard line, enabling the team to tie the game three plays later. The quarter was not quite as bad as Bruno’s fourth-quarter effort against Harvard, but it was a clear sign that the team is not yet at its best in crunch time.
Echoing their game against the University of Rhode Island, the Bears had trouble hanging on to Fuller’s passes in the rain. The conditions can be blamed, and they didn’t help the receiving corps, but the wideouts must soften up their hands if the offense is to reach its full potential.
It seems harsh to say the pass defense was a problem, but Holy Cross was able to move the ball much more effectively through the air than on the ground. Dynamic Crusaders quarterback Peter Pujals completed over two-thirds of his passes, 30 of 44, for 252 yards. The Bruno secondary ceded yardage in chunks at times, allowing six completions of over 15 yards. But it did force Pujals into throwing two interceptions, and the Crusaders only managed 5.7 yards per pass play, falling well short of Bruno’s 6.6-yard mark.
Gillen was the game’s most effective fresh face. His 12 tackles were the most any Bruno player has registered in a game this season. If Giovacchini misses another week with his sprained ankle, the team can rest easy knowing its front seven is in good hands. And even if the captain can return, Gillen has certainly shown enough to merit much more playing time.
The Bears played their best game of the season for the fourth straight week. Fuller has grown over the course of the season, improving markedly each week and leading the offense to top its own point totals each successive game. The Bears certainly have a ways to go, with penalties, drops and inconsistency still rearing their ugly heads at inopportune times, but their ability is evident.
The Bears will pick their Ivy League schedule back up Saturday on the road against Princeton with a two-game winning streak and the accompanying momentum behind them. The Tigers are considered by some to be the conference favorites this season, and playing them on the road may present an even tougher challenge than facing Harvard at home did. But if Bruno can continue to improve at its current pace, it should give Princeton all it can handle.
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After uneven start, volleyball heads west
Bears top Hartford, Sacred Heart in Fairfield, fall to Bucknell before loss to rival Friars
By Taneil Ruffin
Arjun Narayen / Herald
Emma Thygesen ’17 prepares to block an opponent’s hit. The six-foot junior recorded five block assists in the games last weekend.
While many students made their return trips to College Hill, the volleyball team was en route to Fairfield, Connecticut to participate in the Sacred Heart University Hampton Inn Invitational. With the return of many of the squad’s key players and the addition of five impressive first-years, the Bears (2-2) hope to continue their trend of improvement.
Last season, Bruno garnered a 12-14 overall record after facing several tough opponents throughout the year. In Ivy League play, Bruno broke even and finished with a 7-7 record, putting the team in fourth place in the conference. Bruno will hope to remain in the top half of the Ancient Eight this season, but before it commences conference play, it will participate in three invitationals across the country.
The Bears found success at their first tournament of the season. On the first day of play, Bruno split its matches. While the Bears swept Hartford (0-7), they ultimately fell to Bucknell (4-1) despite an impressive rally in the third and fourth sets after dropping the first two.
The following day, the team faced off against the hosting Pioneers (2-3). While the home team took an early 13-8 lead, the Bears were eventually able to rally and claim the first set en route to a 3-0 match win. The recovery was supported largely in part by the efforts of Sabrina Stillwell ’19. The rookie recorded four kills in the first set alone and added another eight in the remaining sets for a match-high 12 kills. Stillwell was one of Bruno’s two All-Tournament Team selections. Solid performances from Payton Smith ’17 earned the middle blocker an All-Tournament team selection as well.
After returning to the Ocean State, the Bears squeezed in another game before the start of the semester against Providence (4-4) Tuesday night. Bruno put up a fight against its crosstown rival, forcing two sets to be decided by extra points. But the Bears were unable to claim a single set and dropped the contest against the host.
This weekend, the Bears will head to Las Cruces, New Mexico to attend the NMSU-UTEP Borderland Classic. Games against hosting University of Texas El Paso (2-3) and New Mexico State (5-2) are scheduled for Friday, while matches against Robert Morris (5-2) and the University of Denver (6-1) will take place Saturday.
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Catalyst Game Labs bring Classic BattleTech, Shadowrun, and MechWarrior novels back to bookstores
Posted on June 27, 2008 by Catalyst Administration
Lake Stevens, Washington (June 24, 2008) – Catalyst Game Labs (An InMediaRes Productions, LLC company) announces the return of novels for Classic BattleTech, MechWarrior, and Shadowrun. The re-launch of these perennial lines will include an amazing selection of authors—including New York Times’ Bestselling Author Michael A. Stackpole.
"The triumphant return of three of the most seminal adventure gaming book lines heralds a great next step for all the brands," David M. Stansel-Garner, Operations Manager for Catalyst Game Labs said. "We're really excited to bring these novels back to thousands of eager fans who have been waiting patiently for their return."
"An estimated 25 million people having played a game or read a novel set in the BattleTech Universe since its inception almost 25 years ago," Stansel-Garner continued. "Throughout that time BattleTech alone has inspired over a dozen video games, a cartoon, a collectible card game, a collectible miniatures game and several toy lines. Additionally, it has amassed one of the largest fictional universes in the sci-fi genre, with over 170 gaming products and almost 100 full-length novels (with much of that translated into over a dozen languages world-wide). Tie that together with the hundreds of thousands of copies of Shadowrun's 120 game sourcebooks, video games, and 50 novels (also translated into numerous foreign markets)… we have a lot of eager fans chomping at the bit for these new books."
Bestselling author and owner of InMediaRes Loren Coleman will return to pen more novels in the Classic BattleTech line. "In 1994 I read through the Warrior trilogy in a single weekend. I've been a devoted fan ever since. I expect to feel much the same way as I pick up the new storyline installments. Working with top writers on a compelling storyline is one of my greatest joys as a writer. Coming back to it now—and with Mike back on board as well—it's like our favorite park has just been reopened. I'll bring the green army men. He'll supply the fireworks."
Look for the first MechWarrior novel, A Bonfire of Worlds by Steven Mohan, Jr. in November 2008, followed by the first Classic BattleTech novel, Shadows of Faith by Loren L. Coleman in December. The first of the all-new Shadowrun novels will appear in January, 2009.
About Catalyst Game Labs Catalyst Game Labs is dedicated to producing high quality gaming products that mesh sophisticated game mechanics with dynamic universes, presented in a form that allows both beginning players and long-time veterans to easily pick up our games. Catalyst Game Labs is an imprint of InMediaRes Productions, LLC, which specializes in electronic publishing of professional fiction. This allows Catalyst to participate in a synergy that melds printed gaming product with all the benefits of an electronic interface and community, creating a whole-package experience for any type of player. For additional information, visit www.catalystgamelabs.com.
About WizKids, Inc. A wholly owned subsidiary of the Topps Company, WizKids is a Seattle-based game developer and publisher dedicated to creating tabletop games driven by imagination. Its HeroClix® and Pirates brands are among the most successful games on the market today, with over one hundred million miniature game figures sold worldwide. For additional information, visit www.wizkidsgames.com.
36 thoughts on “Catalyst Game Labs bring Classic BattleTech, Shadowrun, and MechWarrior novels back to bookstores”
Spencer Chew on July 7, 2008 at 4:36 am said:
Are the new MechWarrior book mentioned in this article part of the “Dark Age” series?
Is the switch in publishers due to the Topps buyout of WizKids?
Adam Jury on August 6, 2008 at 9:30 am said:
Hi Spencer,
We will be publishing MechWarrior books that are in the Dark Age/Age of Destruction timeline, yes.
This switch in publishers has nothing to do with Topps. ROC and WizKids did not renew their novel publishing agreement, and we absolutely wanted to do it!
Dennis McNulty on August 7, 2008 at 12:31 am said:
Will the new stories continue to follow the same basic story line of “Fortress Republic” and keep the same characters? I was happy to locate this web site to find out the news regarding new release dates. I confess that I am completely hooked on these novels and I am looking forward to reading more of this well made sci-fi universe. Can I get on a mailing list or will this web site provide updated information?
Thanks for any information you can share.
Dennis McNulty
George Field on August 10, 2008 at 4:21 am said:
It is great that Catalyst Game Labs are taking over the Mechwarrior and Battletech novel’s future. I have been reading and loving the novels since the beginning and now really look forward to the stories to come. Thank you for picking up the flag and leading this universe forward the way it deserves to be.
George Butler on August 19, 2008 at 4:12 pm said:
Glad to see the series, esp the Dark Age novels, continue. I was rather disgruntled that they were starting to progress through the series, then all the sudden, nothing on radar. Thank you Catalyst, and I’m buying every book (from both MW and BT) that comes out!
Adam Jury on August 21, 2008 at 6:03 pm said:
Sorry for the late reply to this, but your comment arrived right during the pre-Gen Con frenzy. Randall Bills has the following answer for your question:
Yes. Just as most MechWarrior Dark Age novels built upon previous storylines and characters, the MechWarrior Dark Age novels published by Catalyst Game Labs will follow suit, further developing the stories and characters of this setting. We’ll keep catalystgamelabs.com updates with release dates and information concerning the novels as it becomes available.
chris hogshead on September 17, 2008 at 1:03 pm said:
Its good to see that the classic line is coming back.. i have them including ideal war which i thought was the worst one lol…
Dennis McNulty on October 17, 2008 at 12:26 am said:
Can you share any information regarding other authors for the new Dark Age novels? Will Michale Stackpole or Blaine Lee Pardoe be approached to contribute new stories in the future?
Jere on November 6, 2008 at 5:02 am said:
yes its great to hear that MW and the original BT storyline will be continued. I’ve been a fan since ’94 and have every single canon novel. Was really worried when nothing came out after To Ride a Chimera
George Field on November 6, 2008 at 4:44 pm said:
Is there a firm release date for Catalyst Labs first new Battletech novel ” A Bonfire of Worlds ” ? I am watching all of the retailers but none of them offer a solid lead. I am off on vacation soon and nothing would be better for a little reading on the beach.
vince david julien on November 8, 2008 at 9:38 am said:
with regards to reading the latest technical which i found absouluteley brilliant,i wish to
know if there will be a release date the next tech readout called the experimentals,i have
been looking up brent evans website and found there is nothing at the moment.can you tell
us when will we be see the first pictures of the experimental battlemechs in the not too
Dennis McNulty on November 8, 2008 at 10:27 pm said:
Can you tell me when this month the new novel “A Bonfire of Worlds” will be released? I have checked with Borders Books and Amazon.com and cannot find out any information.
Adam Jury on November 8, 2008 at 10:45 pm said:
Bonfire of Worlds won’t be launching in November like we initially planned; the novel lines will be launching in early 2009, instead. We needed some more time to make sure we would be properly positioned by the major chains.
David R. on November 20, 2008 at 7:06 am said:
I am so glad to hear that the Classic Battletech line of books will be relaunched. With the switch to Dark Age, I got away from the book series, and will definately be going back for the Classics! I always enjoyed the books and would buy them the day they came out! Thank you very much for picking them up!!!
Ron M on December 23, 2008 at 8:57 pm said:
will this help in the 80 year time line between end game and ghost war? I been a fan since 1994 and love the seris of clasic battletech
Dennis McNulty on December 23, 2008 at 9:13 pm said:
I was just able to pre-order “A Bondfire of Worlds” through Borders Boorks on line store.
Kevin A on December 25, 2008 at 5:24 pm said:
I am estatic to hear of the return of the Classic Battletech line. When Dark Age came out I stopped buying due to the steer away from mech and mechwarriors to just ordinary adventure stories with little tech involved. One thing I would LOVE to see is more stories about Solaris. The old Jim Long(and his various pseuodnyms) books were amoung my favorites! Any news on new games? I’ve been dying for a Mechwarrior 5!!!! Can’t wait to start snatching the classic books up!
Ricardo Nuno on December 31, 2008 at 1:52 am said:
Just found this press release after finding out that there were no more BTech Novels (To Ride a Chimera) during my Amazon.co.uk ordering :(
I’ve been hooked on the BTech Universe since my Army times (i had 12h train travel to and 16h travel from) and got ALL novels since those times long past, it would be a shame to stop now…
Personally i prefer the Classic eras (specialy the LosTech times) but i won’t mind at all Dark Age novels… sooooo keep the BTech stuff moving ;)
PS: Reading (and re-reading) these novels had a huge impact in my English learning (since they were not published in my native language, Portuguese)
Adam Jury on February 14, 2009 at 6:39 pm said:
We’ve been getting comments and emails lately about the release date of the novels: we’re hard at work on the novel line, but the logistics of selling novels are different from selling gaming books, so we’re putting in extra effort to make sure we do them the right way, which is why they aren’t out yet. When we have new street dates for the books, we’ll be announcing them.
Andrew Phillips on February 25, 2009 at 12:53 am said:
have these books even been written?
are more books being actively written now or is there a wait and see attitude?
Adam Jury on February 25, 2009 at 12:55 am said:
The novels — and other fiction, like the Shadowrun anthology we’ll be publishing — are in various stages of progress, Andrew. Several are in the writing stages, some are beyond that.
Jon-Michael Miyakawa on February 26, 2009 at 8:35 pm said:
Just stumbled upon this as I was perusing the web to see if there was any news on what happened to the BT universe. I’ve been a long time reader and my sadness about the lack of new books was growing with each passing month. Stumbled across this article through a desperate google search. I see that it’s February, and I can’t wait for the series to continue.
Christopher delaMaison on March 10, 2009 at 8:07 pm said:
Looking forward to seeing the Mechwarrior novels.
Loved reading The Corps – BattleCorps Anthology Vol 1. Are there plans for doing a Mechwarrior: Dark Age anthology? There is a lot of talent out there – in the BattleTech/Mechwarrior universe. Would be nice to tap it, and get it into print.
Steve Tatum on March 17, 2009 at 12:57 am said:
Wait you’re keeping the the MW:DA storyline garbage? Go back to the end of the FedCom civil war and start over. At least there won’t be any more of those figures produced. I cant believe I wasted money on 2 of the MW:DA novels.(Ended up burning them so they wouldn’t poison anyone else to thinking that was Battletech.)
jeremy on April 20, 2009 at 9:11 pm said:
I have played “classic” BT since it was battledroids in ’84 ish. PLEASE dont let it die the sad death of short attention span children …
Oliver on May 7, 2009 at 10:02 pm said:
sorry Steve but I don’t think the writers would toss away their hard work just cause you don’t agree w/ the MW:DA storyline. Besides, Catalyst is headed that way since the latest TROs sort of set them in stone.
we need those books! battlecorps rocks!
@Jeremy
perhaps when the economy bounces back, our games will too :-)
Dennis McNulty on May 8, 2009 at 2:57 pm said:
Can you give us any kind of update as to a possible release date for the first book?
Adam Jury on May 14, 2009 at 10:08 pm said:
Dennis, when we have street dates for the novels, we’ll be announcing them. We won’t engage in any speculation about when they “might” be released.
George Field on June 18, 2009 at 3:56 am said:
Come on Adam, throw us a bone here, it’s the middle of June, I have whiled away the past few years immersed in every novel created for this universe. But now I have read them all (some several times), every story that I had been hiding for a rainy day, done, there are no more left. I am now reading medieval murder mysteries. There isn’t a Mech, not a PPC, no space travel and not a clan member hatched from a steel cocoon in any direction. When will we have a story containing a 60 foot tall, composite armoured, fusion powered, Mech that will carry a story, dip us in intrigue and eject us on our command couches into a new novel , When ?
George Field on July 3, 2009 at 3:17 am said:
Adam, now it’s the beginning of July, well?
Adam Jury on July 3, 2009 at 10:47 pm said:
George, the answer doesn’t change: when we have street dates, we’ll announce them. We won’t further speculate about them.
Dennis McNulty on October 4, 2009 at 11:56 pm said:
according to Amazon Books, both “Shadows of Faith” and “A Bondfire of Worlds” will be released for sale on 12-31-09. CAN YOU PEOPLE ANNOUNCE A STREET DATE NOW???
George Field on October 10, 2009 at 12:22 am said:
Hello Again Adam,
It has been over three months since we last chatted, is there any hard information on the release date of “A bonfire of worlds” as of yet ? I am concerned that you may have forgotten us.
George Field on December 24, 2009 at 2:10 am said:
Adam, now it is just days before Christmas and as of yet it looks like there won’t be the first new Mechwarrior novel from Catalyst under my tree, nor under anyone else’s for that matter. Adam you do realise that we are all visiting this site and asking these questions because we are Battletech/Mechwarrior supporters. Please consider treating us more like family and give us a call, a little info, a tid bit to give us hope that we arent just being jirked around. I am getting to the point as I am sure that many other followers will that we will just stop looking for this novel. If you don’t know the answer than just ask someone who does, please.
Adam Jury on December 24, 2009 at 3:22 am said:
George — of course we know that you are big supporters of the BattleTech franchise, and we’d love to have released new novels for BattleTech [and Shadowrun, too!] this year. But, we haven’t, and until we have a solid release date for them, time spent promoting titles needs to be spent promoting titles that are actually available: we did release a whole bunch of other BattleTech books this year, including the 25 Years of Art and Fiction oversized hardcover! (And, of course, the 20th Anniversary Edition of Shadowrun and the brand new RPG Eclipse Phase … we’ve been busy this year!)
As soon as we have street dates for the novels, they’ll be posted, and previews made available. But we’re not going to engage in a game of “They’ll be available in January .. no, wait, February, sorry.. oops, March! March is it!” — that’s a waste of everyone’s time and energy. The next time we mention a date for the novels, there will be no need to get your hopes up: it will be correct. :-)
George Field on January 7, 2010 at 5:13 am said:
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Former civilian employee denounces response to bullying allegations within Edmonton police
A former civilian employee with the Edmonton Police Service called on the city’s Police Commission to address bullying within the organization during a public meeting Thursday.
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Josee St-Onge · CBC News · Posted: Jan 18, 2019 8:00 AM MT | Last Updated: January 18, 2019
Don Goss addressed the Edmonton Police Commission Thursday to share his story of being bullied within the Edmonton Police Service. (Peter Evans/CBC)
A former civilian employee with the Edmonton Police Service called on the city's Police Commission to address bullying within the organization during a public meeting on Thursday.
Don Goss told CBC that he wanted to share his story to help other members of EPS who are also being harassed on the job.
Edmonton police work was jeopardized by harassment on the job, says former civilian employee
"They deserve better than what happened to me," Goss said.
"Until that environment and culture is addressed, there are many others who will unfortunately, probably have to go through what I went through."
He hopes the Police Commission will encourage EPS to improve the way it deals with complaints of harassment on the job.
"It's very troubling," said commission member and city councillor Scott McKeen, after hearing Goss's story.
"We need to have the processes and procedures in place so somebody who feels they are being harassed or bullied has the opportunity to have it dealt with fairly and promptly."
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The arrival of a new police chief in February will be an opportunity to review those procedures, said McKeen.
Acting Chief Greg Preston told CBC that he couldn't comment on Goss's case and encouraged him to raise his concerns through official channels.
But Goss isn't sure that he can afford to continue with the Statement of Claim that he filed against EPS in Court of Queen's Bench last January.
"I'm going up against a system that has endless money of taxpayer dollars to continue with the defence of these actions," Goss said.
"It's not right."
Don Goss and Bob Stenhouse addressed the Edmonton Police Commission during a public meeting. (Peter Evans/CBC)
Allegations of bullying
Goss alleges that he was bullied by another civilian employee while he was employed by EPS from 2006 to 2016.
Both men worked in the electronic surveillance detail and assisted police officers in their investigations.
The co-worker belittled Goss and undermined his work on sensitive files, according to the Statement of Claim.
An internal investigation conducted in 2013 found evidence of bullying, but the co-worker was allowed to return to his job.
The investigation was flawed, Goss said, partly because his supervisor, who was being investigated, continued to oversee his work.
"If a guy is being investigated for serious stuff, you don't leave him as my superior. He could control the flow of information that went up," Goss said.
"It was easy to pick on me and paint me as the problem."
Goss eventually quit his job in 2016. His co-worker has since retired.
Changing culture
Former RCMP officer Bob Stenhouse now works as a workplace consultant and anti-bullying advocate. (Peter Evans/CBC)
Improving the culture within EPS will take commitment from its leaders, said former RCMP officer turned workplace consultant Bob Stenhouse.
The hierarchical nature of paramilitary organizations can make it difficult to push for change, he said.
"People that either have seniority or rank have opportunity to abuse that level of power."
Stenhouse addressed the commission in support of Goss, advocating for more transparency within EPS when it comes to addressing bullying.
Retired police officer who complained of harassment urges commission to speed up complaint process
"The process needs to eliminate any optics of bias," Stenhouse said, of how Goss's complaint was investigated.
"The people that got involved in the process had links and ties to his abuser, and links and ties to those who supervised the abuser. It became the optics of coverup."
Expensive problem
Policies also need to be applied consistently, said social worker and founder of Alberta Bullying Resources Centre Linda Crockett.
"Consistency builds trust, respect, and integrity and this becomes the workplace culture," said Crockett.
Ignoring bullying can take an emotional toll on the victim, and have financial impacts for the organization, she added.
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"Many suffer from anxiety, panic attacks, and depression," Crockett said.
"For organizations, their costs for medical, insurance, and litigation is substantial. It's costing millions each year."
Crockett urges anyone who is facing harassment or bullying at work to seek out supports as soon as possible.
"I can't emphasize enough the importance of getting some help, and not letting it sit."
Josee St-Onge
Josee St-Onge is a journalist with CBC Edmonton. She has also reported in French for Radio-Canada in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Reach her at josee.st-onge@cbc.ca
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Cameraman recalls "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin's last words
Steve Irwin, known around the world as the crocodile hunter, was killed by a stingray more than seven years ago, off the Northeastern coast of Australia while diving with cameraman Justin Lyons.
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"I had the camera on. I thought, 'This is going to be a great shot. It's going to be in the documentary for sure - fantastic.' And all of sudden (the stingray) propped on its front and started stabbing wildly with its tail," Lyons told Network 10's Daniel Sutton.
Irwin had made a career out of close encounters with dangerous animals and when he died, he was filming a documentary called "Oceans' Deadliest."
"It was only when I panned the camera back that I saw Steve standing in a huge pool of blood," said Lyons.
They got back in the boat and that's when Lyons saw the two inch wide gash over his friend's heart.
"They've got a venom on their barb, so I'm sure it was excruciatingly painful," he said. "He had an extraordinary threshold for pain, so I knew that when he was in pain it must have been painful."
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Irwin was having trouble breathing. Lyons says even if they'd gotten to a hospital immediately, he believes it would have been too late.
"I was saying to him things like 'Think of your kids Steve. Hang on. Hang on. Hang on,'" said Lyons. "And he just sort of calmly looked up at me and said 'I'm dying.' And that was the last thing he said."
Irwin grew up on his parents' wildlife park and spent his life surrounded by animals. Since his death, his wife and children have carried on his work in wildlife conservation.
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Poll: 50 percent think "fiscal cliff" deal possible by year's end
December 18, 2012 / 6:58 AM / CBS News
By Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Anthony Salvanto and Fred Backus
With the so called "fiscal cliff" deadline looming, only half of Americans think a deal on taxes and spending cuts will be made before the end of the year. Forty-four percent expect time will run out. Democrats (58 percent) are much more optimistic about a deal than Republicans (38 percent).
Right now all parties involved - President Obama and Democrats and Republicans in Congress -- receive negative marks for how they are handling the negotiations over taxes and spending cuts.
The public is more critical of the Republicans in Congress on this matter - 69 percent disapprove of the Republicans in Congress compared to 50 percent disapproving of the president and congressional Democrats. Meantime, 38 percent approve of how the president and Democrats are handling these negotiations compared to 17 percent approving of congressional Republicans.
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As the current debate in Washington demonstrates, there are political differences when it comes to raising taxes and reducing government programs. 84 percent of Democrats and 66 percent of independents favor raising taxes on higher income households. Even a slim 51 percent majority of Republicans support this measure for reducing the deficit.
There are large partisan differences on cutting government spending; 58 percent of Republicans favor this, while 60 percent of Democrats oppose it.
For full poll results, see next page.
This poll was conducted by telephone from December 12-16, 2012 among 1,179 adults nationwide. Phone numbers were dialed from samples of both standard land-line and cell phones. The error due to sampling for results based on the entire sample could be plus or minus three percentage points. The error for subgroups may be higher. This poll release conforms to the Standards of Disclosure of the National Council on Public Polls.
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First published on December 18, 2012 / 6:58 AM
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Instead of presidents or admirals, an African American enlisted sailor – a hero during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor – will be honored when the USS Doris Miller is christened. David Martin talks with Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly, who broke with tradition to name the next Navy aircraft carrier after an enlisted man, and with relatives of Doris "Dorie" Miller, who was not initially recognized for his valor on that "Day of Infamy."
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Mumford & Sons are one of music's most unlikely success stories. The British group broke through with a banjo-driven folk/rock sound that, Rolling Stone called, "like a horse and buggy designed in a Tesla factory." With the recent release of "Delta," their third straight #1 album, they are indisputably among the biggest bands of the past decade. Anthony Mason reports.
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Alleged cadre deployment at Collins Chabane
By Titus Tshungu
Allegations have emerged that officials at the Collins Chabane Local Municipality in Malamulele have hired ANC members to work on a project to renovate the traffic department and install pavements in Malamulele.
The Democratic Alliance in that municipality has written to the mayor Moses Maluleke, requesting that the project be put on hold, to allow them to investigate allegations of cadre deployment.
The municipality, through its spokesperson Ike Nukeri has dismissed the allegations, saying contractors and workers were appointed according to skills requirements, and not according to their political affiliation.
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Michael J. Rosen, MD, MSCI
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Michael J. Rosen, MD, MSCI, focuses his career on the clinical care of children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and to research aimed at better understanding the causes of chronic inflammation in childhood IBD. Studies from Dr. Rosen’s laboratory have elucidated the role of the type 2 (Th2) immune responses in regulating the intestinal inflammation and predicting response to therapy in pediatric ulcerative colitis. Dr. Rosen also leads an ongoing multi-center study to identify determinants of response to anti-TNF therapy in children hospitalized with acute severe ulcerative colitis.
Dr. Rosen's research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation, the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN), and the American College of Gastroenterology. Dr. Rosen serves on the editorial board of the journal Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. He is co-chair of the the Pediatric Affairs Committee for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation and serves on its National Scientific Advisory Committee. His a past recipient of the NASPGHAN Fellow to Faculty Transition Award in IBD and the George Ferry Young Investigator Award.
Pediatric gastroenterology; pediatric inflammatory bowel disease
Mucosal immunology; epithelial biology; clinical pharmacology
Gastroenterology GI, Inflammatory Bowel Disease IBD, Autoimmune Liver Disease, Gastroenterology
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MD: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2003.
Residency: Boston Combined Residency Program in Pediatrics (Boston Children's Hospital and Boston Medical Center), Boston, MA, 2003-2006.
Fellowship: Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Monroe Carell, Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville, TN, 2006-2009.
Masters of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI): Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 2009.
Certification: Pediatrics, 2007; Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, 2009.
Development of Infliximab Target Concentrations during Induction in Pediatric Crohn Disease Patients. Clarkston, K; Tsai, YT; Jackson, K; Rosen, MJ; Denson, LA; Minar, P. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2019; 69:68-74.
Development of Infliximab Target Concentrations During Induction in Pediatric Crohn Disease Patients. Clarkston, K; Tsai, Y; Jackson, K; Rosen, MJ; Denson, LA; Minar, P. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 2019; 69:68-74.
Challenges in IBD Research: Preclinical Human IBD Mechanisms. Pizarro, TT; Stappenbeck, TS; Rieder, F; Rosen, MJ; Colombel, J; Donowitz, M; Towne, J; Mazmanian, SK; Faith, JJ; Hodin, RA; et al. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 2019; 25:S5-S12.
IL-33 Induces Murine Intestinal Goblet Cell Differentiation Indirectly via Innate Lymphoid Cell IL-13 Secretion. Waddell, A; Vallance, JE; Hummel, A; Alenghat, T; Rosen, MJ. Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950). 2019; 202:598-607.
Contemporary Medical Management of Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis. Whaley, KG; Rosen, MJ. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 2019; 25:56-66.
Microbiota-sensitive epigenetic signature predicts inflammation in Crohn's disease. Kelly, D; Kotliar, M; Woo, V; Jagannathan, S; Whitt, J; Moncivaiz, J; Aronow, BJ; Dubinsky, MC; Hyams, JS; Markowitz, JF; et al. JCI insight. 2018; 3.
Validation of Neutrophil CD64 Blood Biomarkers to Detect Mucosal Inflammation in Pediatric Crohn's Disease. Minar, P; Jackson, K; Tsai, Y; Sucharew, H; Rosen, MJ; Denson, LA. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 2018; 24:198-208.
MTG16 is a tumor suppressor in colitis-associated carcinoma. McDonough, EM; Barrett, CW; Parang, B; Mittal, MK; Smith, JJ; Bradley, AM; Choksi, YA; Coburn, LA; Short, SP; Thompson, JJ; et al. JCI insight. 2017; 2.
Mucosal Expression of Type 2 and Type 17 Immune Response Genes Distinguishes Ulcerative Colitis From Colon-Only Crohn's Disease in Treatment-Naive Pediatric Patients. Rosen, MJ; Karns, R; Vallance, JE; Bezold, R; Waddell, A; Collins, MH; Haberman, Y; Minar, P; Baldassano, RN; Hyams, JS; et al. Gastroenterology. 2017; 152:1345-1357.e7.
Activation of TGF-β activated kinase 1 promotes colon mucosal pathogenesis in inflammatory bowel disease. Liu, Z; Kong, F; Vallance, JE; Harmel-Laws, E; Amarachintha, S; Steinbrecher, KA; Rosen, MJ; Bhattacharyya, S. Physiological Reports. 2017; 5:e13181-e13181.
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Jurassic Park 3 Honest Trailer Rips Into The Movie's Use Of Dinosaurs
Jun. 19. 2018 9:47 PM
The Jurassic Park franchise has seen a series of ups and downs over the years. The first film is clearly iconic and The Lost World: Jurassic Park has its own fair share of fans, but then there's Jurassic Park III, which has become widely regarded as the weakest of the franchise by many viewers. For some, the film is better left swept under the rug, but now an Honest Trailer has debuted that points out just how absurd the film's use of dinosaurs truly is. Check it out, below.
That video really serves as a reminder of genuinely bad Jurassic Park III is, doesn't it? From the decision to kill the T-Rex within the first few minutes of the movie to the overemphasis on the way the raptors speak, Jurassic Park III just gets so much wrong about the mythology behind the dinosaurs. Beyond that, however, this Honest Trailer also repeatedly highlights one of the worst moments of the entire Jurassic franchise: the scene in the plane where Alan Grant (Sam Neill) dreams of a raptor saying "Alan" to him.
One thing worth noting about this trailer is that it also highlights just how unintentionally meta Jurassic Park III feels in hindsight. The entire arc of Alan Grant arguably seems to echo Sam Neil's own post-Jurassic Park career, with him only returning to the fold to collect a paycheck. Beyond that, the film brings Laura Dern back as Ellie Sattler, but she quite literally phones her performance in, never actually leaving her home to go to the island and see the dinosaurs for herself. In the grand scheme of the film, she only serves to call in the military and provide Jurassic Park III with its incredibly truncated ending that seemingly comes out of nowhere after an encounter with the Spinosaurus.
Weirdly enough, despite how bad Jurassic Park III is, this video does bring up one interesting element that would've been worth exploring back when the film was in development. Specifically, it suggests that the character with the most exciting story in the movie is none other than William H. Macy's Paul Kirby, a man who cons everyone to get to the island and rescue his son, while also proving his worth to his estranged wife. We have no way of knowing if that would've made a better film, but Jurassic Park III is far from a masterpiece, so it would've been worth a shot.
With Jurassic Park III firmly in the past, the Jurassic series has now moved into the future with the Jurassic World era. That saga will continue with Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, which will hit theaters this weekend on June 22. If you want to learn more about the film, then make sure to check out our full review of the latest Jurassic blockbuster, and check out our review roundup to see what the overall critical consensus is!
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The Blacklist Season 7 Star Reveals The Triplets Who Play Liz's Daughter Agnes
Aug. 24. 2019 8:59 PM
The Blacklist Season 7 star Amir Arison has revealed the triplets who play Liz’s daughter, Agnes. Yes, triplets! It turns out that it takes three actresses to bring Liz Keen’s (Megan Boone) daughter to life on the drama. Arison, who plays Aram on The Blacklist, revealed the trio in a behind-the-scenes picture from the set.
Using multiples is a move commonly used by TV shows to play a single child character. Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen were not the first on Full House, and they will not be the last. The Blacklist’s Agnes Keen joins the list! Check out all three Agnes actresses in the picture from Amir Arison’s Instagram:
Aram Agnes Agnes Agnes starring @nbcblacklist #Triplets #AgnesKeen #Acting
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The triplets were not named in the photo, but Emily and Sarah Kell are credited with playing Agnes in The Blacklist Season 6 finale that aired in May 2019. What makes this reveal all the more interesting (not that it needed any help) is that The Blacklist did a storyline about multiples last season. What does this latest behind-the-scenes picture mean for Agnes Keen in Season 7?
Having the triplets present on set indicates Agnes could continue to have a presence after sparingly getting seen last season on The Blacklist. Agnes was never far from her mother’s thoughts or actions. However, it was not until the end of the season that Liz decided to bring her daughter home.
Back in Season 5, Liz had decided to put Agnes in the care of her mother-in-law/Tom’s mom, Scottie. That way, she would know her daughter was safe as she pursued revenge for her husband’s murder. Learning the truth behind Tom’s death did not hasten Agnes’ return. Instead, Liz discovered that Red was an imposter.
After that, all bets about bringing home Agnes were off yet again. Following a season of twist, turns, and Red’s near-execution, Liz thought she learned his “true identity” from her grandfather. She still had her doubts about Red being Ilya Koslov (she is not alone). However, she also felt confident enough about Red being a good guy to reunite with Agnes.
Liz continued to worry about her daughter’s safety after learning her mother was out there. Red indicated everything was okay on that front and Liz brought her daughter home at long last in The Blacklist’s Season 6 finale. The thing is, Red went to meet up with Katarina and she ended up kidnapping him. That opens the door to Liz’s worst fears about her mother coming true.
Will Liz send Agnes into hiding again? I hope not. It was so sweet to have Liz and her daughter reunited after having to spend so long apart. Of course, Liz has to think about Agnes’ safety, and with her mom willing to drug and kidnap her old friend, all bets are off.
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CJ Baseball Field Renovations
While Cincinnati Reds fans are looking forward to the upcoming All-Star Game being played at Great American Ball Park, CJ baseball players and fans are excited to play ball again, thanks to major renovations at Howell Field.
The ball park had a significant facelift, with new fencing, infield dirt, dugouts and more, thanks in part to a $5 million commitment from the Reds and Major League Baseball to upgrade nine Greater Cincinnati ball fields.
"Dayton is in the heart of Reds' country and this project was one on the map," said Phil Castellini, COO of the Cincinnati Reds, during a dedication ceremony of Howell Field.
The field's press box also received significant upgrades and was re-named in honor of Dayton sports writer Hal McCoy, who attended the ceremony.
CJ baseball was well represented at the event, with players expressing their excitement about the renovations.
"Everything has really changed," said Stephen Hoendorf '16. "The dugouts, the press box, honestly the whole field is a lot better."
Shawn Steffan '16 agreed, "when you're playing on a big field and everything looks so amazing, it really inspires you to play more baseball."
Coach Mike Barhorst said the team takes pride in calling Howell Field home.
"We feel confident here. Now with the upgrades, we feel like we're playing in a really special place."
You can watch WRGT's coverage of the dedication ceremony below.
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What’s happening Tuesday in the north valley
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Gridley Community Blood Drive: 7:30-10:30 a.m. Participants receive free T-shirt and are entered in a drawing for various items. Must be in good health, weigh 110 pounds or more, be 18 (or have permission slip from Blood Source signed by appropriate adult) and bring photo I.D. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Children’s Hope, Cultural Hall, 400 spruce St., Gridley. BloodSource, (866) 822-5663.
Tales of Early California: 7 p.m. Re-enactors from the California Living History Program will present first-person narratives from the perspective of some of early California’s most memorable characters, William B. Ide and friends, at the Gold Nugget Museum, 502 Pearson Road in Paradise. Refreshments provided and free admission, but donations are appreciated. Information, goldnuggetmuseum.com or 872-8722.
Gray Lodge Wildlife Area: Sunrise to sunset. 9,100 acres of fields, riparian areas, ponds, waterways; shelter for 300+ species of resident and migrant birds and mammals. Self-guided trail, fishing, exhibits. 3207 Rutherford Road, Gridley. 846-7500.
SCORE: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.. Free face-to-face counseling for startup and existing businesses. Service Corps of Retired Executives, 1324 Mangrove Ave., Suite 114. Chico Chamber, 891-5556, to schedule appointments. www.greaterchicoarea.score.org. Monday-Saturday.
Preschool story time: 10 and 11 a.m. Stories, songs, crafts. Chico library, 1108 Sherman Ave. 891-2762. Weekly.
Blood drive: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Also plasma donations, 11:45 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; platelet donations, 10:45 a.m.-4:45 p.m. BloodSource, 555 Rio Lindo Ave. 893-5433. Weekly.
Valene L. Smith Anthropology Museum: 11 a.m.-3 p.m. “Imprisoned at Home,” documents Tule Lake Incarceration Camp of WWII. Reflections: Stories of Our Own.” Meriam Library, Chico State University. Free, donations welcome. 898-5397. Tuesday-Friday.
Paradise restraining order clinic: 11:15 a.m. 6249 Skyway; 343-7711. Victims of domestic violence. RSVP. Free. Sponsor, Catalyst Domestic Violence Services. 1-800-895-8476. Weekly.
Temporary restraining order help: Daily by appointment. 330 Wall St. Suite 50. 343-7711. For victims of domestic violence. Free. Sponsor, Catalyst Domestic Violence Services. 1-800-895-8476. Weekdays.
Free lunch: Noon-1:30 p.m. St. Nicholas Episcopal Church, 5872 Oliver Road, Paradise. Donations appreciated. 877-5989. Weekly.
Chico Heritage Association: Noon-3 p.m. Volunteers help on history of area, businesses, homes, individuals; research library. Donations appreciated. Garden Walk, 225 Main St. 345-7522. www.chicoheritage.net. Weekly.
Lunch With Us: Noon-1:30 p.m. Free, St. Nicholas’ Episcopal Church, 5872 Oliver Road, Paradise. Sponsored with partner churches. Application only. 877-7006. Weekly.
Graphic Design: 1-5 p.m. Free help with design projects; logos, digitizing images, social media images, posters, business cards, etc. Ask for Max. Sign-up or drop-in. Chico library, 1108 Sherman Ave. chicobclibrary@buttecounty.net, tiny.cc/freedesign or 891-2736.
Domestic violence support group: 1-2 p.m. RSVP. Chico Drop-In Center, 330 Wall St. Suite 50. RSVP. Paradise Ridge Family Resource Center, 7649 Skyway; 343-7711. Catalyst Domestic Violence Services, 1-800-895-8476; catalystdvservices.org. Weekly.
Refresher/Beginning Band Class, Chico Community Concert Band: 5:15-6:30 p.m. Chico Junior High School band room. Refresh skills or for those who never played an instrument. Must provide instruments, purchase instruction book. 520-5461. Weekly.
Chico Peace & Justice Center: 5:30 p.m. Beginning Spanish class. 526 Broadway. Free. RSVP not required. 893-9078. Weekly.
Tai Chi: 6-7 p.m. Free to Guild members. 588-0522. Norton Buffalo Hall, 6704 Chapel Drive, Paradise. Weekly.
Chico Community Concert Band: 7-9 p.m. No auditions. Wind and percussion ensemble. Band formed before World War II. Ages 13+. Chico Junior High School band room. No. 503. 342-6873. Performance schedule: www.chicorec.com. Weekly.
Drop-in chess: 7-11 p.m. Naked Lounge, 118 W. Second St. 895-0676. Weekly.
LeTip of Chico: 7:01-8:31 a.m. Beatniks Coffee House, 1387 E. Eighth St. Professional networking. 891-7900. Weekly.
Chico Breakfast Lions: 7-8 a.m. IHOP restaurant, 2040 Business Lane. Linda Dunning, 570-7888. Weekly.
Line Dancing classes: 10 a.m. 872-4563; 6:30 p.m. 717-3102. Paradise Elks Lodge, 1100 Elk Lane, Paradise. Weekly.
Chico Noon Exchange Club: 12:15 p.m. Canyon Oaks Country Club, 999 Yosemite Drive. www.chicoexchange.com. Weekly.
Duplicate Bridge: 12:30 p.m. One limited game, one regular game open to all. Bidwell Bridge Studio, Native Daughters of the Golden West Hall, 965 Salem St. 966-4096. Weekly.
Chico Table Tennis Club: 6-10 p.m. Free first-time; then $5 per night or $35 for 10. Tables, balls, loaner paddles provided; all ages, skills. Durham Veterans Memorial Hall, 9319 Midway. 354-8285. Weekly.
High Sierra Model Railroad Club: 6:30-10 p.m. 3650 Morrow Lane, Chico. Joe Clark, 342-4305. Weekly. Also Thursdays.
Butte Rose Society: 7 p.m. Chico Veteran’s Memorial Hall, 554 Rio Lindo Ave. Cindy Rogers, 342-5247. Last Tuesday.
Health, emotional support
Alcoholics Anonymous: 893-3336. Times, locations or to talk to a recovering alcoholic, 342-5756. www.aabutte-glenn.org.
Iversen Wellness & Recovery Center and Med Clinic: 9:15 a.m. 12-Step; 11 a.m. Grief & Loss and Free Dance; Noon Stress Awareness; 1 p.m. Meditation, 1:30 p.m. Arts & Crafts; 2 p.m. Music Group) Computer lab open 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. 492 Rio Lindo Ave. Wellness, 879-3311; Med Clinic, 879-3974. nvcss.org/programs/iversen. Weekly.
Widowed Friends: 10 a.m. Breakfast. Cornucopia, 515 Montgomery St., Oroville. Sponsor, Scheer Memorial Chapel. Weekly.
Narcotics Anonymous: Noon, Chico NA at 255 E. 20th St., Unit C: 6 p.m. Bidwell Group at 1095 East Ave.; 7 p.m. Chico NA Speaker Meeting at 255 E. 20th St.
Chico Bidwell Group, 1184 East Ave.; 7 p.m. Open, speaker, 2234 Park Ave. Information, 24-hour hotline, 1-877-669-1669. Weekly.
Victims of Domestic Violence Support Group: 1 p.m. 330 Wall St. Suite 50, Chico; also 3:30 p.m. Family Resource Center, 6249 Skyway, Paradise. 343-7711. Sponsor, Catalyst Domestic Violence Services. 876-0397. 24-hour crisis line 1-800-895-8476. Weekly.
Pills Anonymous “Chico’s Got Hope”: 5:30-6:30 p.m. Big Book study/speaker. Discussions based on 12-step recovery program, prescription drug addiction. Newcomers, loved ones and those addicted to other substances also. Meets at 2341 Floral Ave. Call/text 624-0094. Weekly.
Bariatric Buddies: 6-7:30 p.m. Information, support for those considering or who have had gastric bypass surgery; friends, family, support people. Enloe Conference Center, 1528 The Esplanade. 332-5122. Last Tuesday.
Overeaters Anonymous: 7-8 p.m. St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church, 2341 Floral Ave. 343-1029 or Walter, 949-5914. Weekly.
Disease Society of America’s Northern California Narcotics Anonymous: 7 p.m. Life on Life’s Terms of NA. 1341 W. Fourth St. 1-877-669-1669. Weekly. Also Thursdays.
Codependents Anonymous: 7-8:30 p.m. 12-step fellowship; develop healthy, fulfilling relationships. Free. Youth hall, Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship, 1289 Filbert Ave., Chico. 893-4940, 228-5481. Weekly.
ACA: 7-8:15 p.m. Adult Children of Alcoholics or Dysfunctional Families. The Alano Club, 7786 Skyway, Paradise. 877-6355. www.adultchildren.org.
Al-Anon: 7:15-8:15 p.m. Together We Can Make It; Alateen. 2341 Floral Ave., Teen Room, St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church. Weekly.
Submit calendar listings, corrections or updates by email calendar@chicoer.com, fax 342-3617 or mail Enterprise-Record, P.O. Box 9, Chico, CA, 95927.
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Find English Teacher Jobs
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You’re keen-eyed. You’re creative. You’re capable. You’re an English teacher
At Celsian, we’ve got access to a world of outstanding opportunities for talented English teachers of all levels in secondary schools across the country. So whether you’re just starting out or you’re an experienced educator looking for secondary English teacher jobs in the UK, Celsian’s got the final word.
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English Teacher - Manchester
Celsian Education are working with a Secondary School in the Manchester area, who are looking to recruit an enthusiastic English Teacher to work on a...
£120 - £160 per Day Long-Term
English Teacher - Trafford
Celsian Education are working with a Secondary School in the Trafford area, who are looking to recruit an enthusiastic English Teacher to work on a...
Trafford, Greater Manchester, England
English NQTEnglish NQT Ofsted Outstanding school Amber Valley BasedAre you a hardworking, engaging and enthusiastic Newly Qualified English Teacher seeking a friendly and creative secondary...
Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England
English Teacher - Oldham
Celsian Education are working with a Secondary School in the Oldham area, who are looking to recruit an enthusiastic English Teacher to work on a...
Oldham, Greater Manchester, England
Celsian Education is currently working in partnership with a large secondary school in Rotherham to recruit an engaging English Teacher to join them immediately on...
Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England
Celsian are looking for a Teacher of English, to start at a school in Kirklees. This starts ASAP, and will be on a long term...
Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England
Celsian Education is working with a Good secondary school in Sheffield to recruit a full-time English Teacher to cover a maternity leave. You will plan...
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a qualified English teacher to work within an Outstanding Ofsted rated School based in Birmingham. From January 2020, we...
Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Celsian Education is currently working in partnership with a large secondary school in Chesterfield to recruit an inspiring English Teacher to work on a full-time...
Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England
English Teacher - Salford
Celsian Education are working with a Secondary School in the Salford area, who are looking to recruit an enthusiastic English Teacher to work on a...
Salford, Greater Manchester, England
£120 - £150 per Day Permanent
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U.S. Economic Growth Slows to 1.9% in Q3
“There is something of a tug-of-war going on between consumers, who continue to spend, and businesses, which have sharply pulled back on investment.”
Matthew Heller
U.S. economic growth slowed slightly in the third quarter but beat economists’ expectations as continued consumer spending helped offset another decline in business investment.
In its initial estimate of third-quarter growth, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday that gross domestic product grew at an annualized rate of 1.9% in the third quarter, down from 2% in the second quarter. Economists had expected growth of 1.6%.
Consumption, which accounts for more than two-thirds of economic activity, continued to show resilience as spending rose 2.9%. But business investment fell 3%, with spending on factories and offices down by 15.3%.
“If I saw cracks in the consumer sector, I would be worried, but I don’t see that yet,” Ben Herzon, executive director of United States economics at Macroeconomic Advisers, told The New York Times. “The economy is not slowing into a recession.”
According to the Times, “There is something of a tug-of-war going on between consumers, who continue to spend, and businesses, which have sharply pulled back on investment.”
Businesses have shied away from investing amid trade tensions and a slowing worldwide growth that have hit the manufacturing sector particularly hard. The pace of spending on equipment sank 3.8% in the third quarter.
“There’s been a big drop in business confidence, across the board,” said Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.
Consumer spending has decelerated from the second quarter, when it increased 4.6%. The Commerce Department said earlier this month that retail sales dropped 0.3% in September as households slashed spending on building materials, online purchases, and, especially, automobiles. The decline was the first since February.
“Fears of a global slump weighing on the American economy, coupled with the deceleration in manufacturing, appeared to hit recent retail sales in September, suggesting that American households could be starting to curb their spending habits,” CNBC said.
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday lowered its benchmark interest rate again as a preventive measure to keep the economic slowdown from turning into a recesssion. “The biggest risks to the economy today are uncertainty and complacency,” Cris deRitis, deputy chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, said.
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Global Debt-to-GDP Hits Record 322% in Q3
The Institute of International Finance sees debt growth accelerating this year due to low interest rates and "loose financial conditions."
U.S. Job Growth Slows Unexpectedly to 145,000
“We had relatively strong and steady job growth over the year despite a number of headwinds," an economist says.
World Bank Cuts 2020 Growth Forecast to 2.5%
“While growth could be stronger if reduced trade tensions lead to a sustained reduction in uncertainty, the balance of risks is to the downside."
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Remove Felony-Theft
Remove Supervision
Remove Article 12.2
Misrepresentation (50)
Professional Discipline (83)
Borrowing from Client (11)
Client's Best Interest (23)
Commission/Compensation (12)
Customer Complaints (23)
Diligence (48)
Disclosure to CFP Board (24)
Disclosure to Clients (29)
Failure to Notify CFP Board (20)
Failure to Respond to CFP Board (24)
Felony-Theft (2)
Forgery (19)
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Article 12.2 (1)
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Decision: Revocation by DEC
Keyword(s): Diligence; Professionalism; Disclosure to CFP Board; Employer Policy Violation; Professional Discipline; Supervision; Arbitration; Customer Complaints
Standard(s) Violated: Article 406; 606(a); 606(b); Article 3(a); Article 3(d); 607; Article 3(e); 201
Matter Type(s): Client Dissatisfaction; FINRA Discipline; FINRA Arbitration
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional (“Respondent”) violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) allowed a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) member firm (“Firm”), of which he was the Chief Compliance Officer, to participate in securities offerings during its suspension without satisfying the requirements of the suspension; 2) allowed a representative of the Firm (“Representative”) to act as a principal when the Representative had been suspended by the National Association of Securities Dealers (“NASD,” now known as FINRA) from acting in any principal capacity; 3) processed commissions from securities offerings through a non-member company; and 4) was subject to three FINRA arbitrations and one state securities division investigation.
Keyword(s): Professional Discipline; Felony-Theft; Embezzlement or Other Financial; Securities Laws Violation; Competency; Fitness; Misrepresentation; Fraud Related to Professional Activity; Interim Suspension
Standard(s) Violated: Article 201; 607; Article 3(c); 606(b); 606(a); 102; 406; 302; Article 3(a)
Matter Type(s): Professionalism
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) sold securities to clients while not licensed to do so; 2) promised investors large returns and guaranteed their principal on fraudulent investments; and 3) pleaded guilty to a felony investment fraud charge.
Keyword(s): Misdemeanor; Felony-Theft; Embezzlement or Other Financial
Standard(s) Violated: Article Article 3(c); 607
Matter Type(s): Criminal Court
Summary: Whether a candidate for CFP® certification violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when he was involved in a petty larceny offense during college.
Keyword(s): Diligence; Professional Discipline; Supervision; Securities Laws Violation; Fitness; Failure to Notify CFP Board
Standard(s) Violated: Article 606(b); 607; 701; 606(a); 201; Article 3(a)
Matter Type(s): SEC Discipline
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional (“Respondent”) violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) failed to conduct adequate due diligence of investments that he recommended to clients; and 2) entered into a settlement agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in which he agreed to a one-year bar from associating with any investment adviser.
Keyword(s): Commission/Compensation; Supervision; Professional Discipline; Fitness; Employer Policy Violation
Standard(s) Violated: Article 406; Article 3(a); 607; 606(b); 201
Matter Type(s): Other Professional Discipline
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional (“Respondent”) violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) persistently failed to properly document customer transactions and was subsequently terminated by his firm and investigated by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”, formerly known as the National Association of Securities Dealers, or “NASD”); and 2) continued to act as a compliance officer in some capacity, despite entering into a Letter of Understanding wherein he agreed to no longer act as a compliance officer.
Keyword(s): Previous Discipline; Disclosure to CFP Board; Securities Laws Violation; Supervision
Standard(s) Violated: Article Article 12.2; Article 3(e); 406; 606(b); 607; 606(a); Article 3(a)
Matter Type(s): FINRA Discipline; Professionalism
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional (“Respondent”) violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when he performed supervisory functions without proper registration and received a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA” formerly known as National Association of Securities Dealers or “NASD”) suspension and fine as a result.
Keyword(s): Suitability; Professional Discipline; Professionalism; Supervision
Standard(s) Violated: Article 607; 701; Article 3(a); 705; 606(a)
Matter Type(s): FINRA Arbitration
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional (“Respondent”) violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) failed to reasonably supervise a registered representative (“Representative”); and 2) did not respond adequately to red flags that should have alerted him that the Representative’s transactions were unsuitable for her customers.
Keyword(s): Client's Best Interest; Supervision; Fitness; Employer Policy Violation; Forgery
Standard(s) Violated: Article 606(b); Article 3(a); 705; 606(a); 201; 607
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional (“Respondent”) violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) fostered a sales culture that encouraged the utilization of proprietary products to enhance revenue; 2) recommended proprietary products that were not in the best interest of the clients; 3) allowed advisors under his supervision to engage in forgery and false record-keeping; 4) permitted the forging of signatures on documentation submitted to the corporate office to release compensation; and 5) directed his staff person to affix his name on an internal broker-dealer exception request form.
Keyword(s): Employer Policy Violation; Supervision; Diligence
Standard(s) Violated: Article 201; 406; 606(b); 606(a); 6.5; 705
Matter Type(s): Client Dissatisfaction; Professionalism
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional ("Respondent") violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when she 1) failed to adequately supervise Subordinate's professional services; 2) made a guest appearance on a television show and authored a newsletter column ("Media Appearances") without prior approval by her Firm: 3) violated National Association of Securities Dealers ("NASD", now know as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or "FINRA") Conduct Rule 2210(b)(1) because she failed to obtain prior approval from her registered principal before making Media Appearances; and 4) defaulted on her credit card payment obligations.
Keyword(s): Professional Discipline; Supervision; Failure to Notify CFP Board
Standard(s) Violated: Article 607; 606(a)
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional (“Respondent”) violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) failed to adequately supervise a registered representative’s (“Representative”) conduct in a private placement offering managed by the Representative; 2) entered into a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA,” f/k/a National Association of Securities Dealers or “NASD”) Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent (“AWC”) wherein he consented to a 15-day suspension and a $10,000 fine; and 3) failed to disclose the 15-day suspension to CFP Board within 10 calendar days of receiving notification of the suspension.
Keyword(s): Disclosure to CFP Board; Professionalism; Professional Discipline; Supervision
Standard(s) Violated: Article 606(a); 607; Article 3(a); Article 3(e); 201; Article 3(d); 606(b); 701
Matter Type(s): FINRA Discipline
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional (“Respondent”) violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) failed to ensure that a registered representative under his supervision disclosed his participation in a Stock to Cash program after learning that the representative had ignored his prior instruction to make such disclosure; 2) failed to supervise a registered representative’s performance of the representative’s suitability and due diligence obligations when recommending Stock to Cash to customers; and 3) violated NASD Conduct Rules 3010 and 2110 and was suspended by FINRA from acting in a principal capacity for 15 business days.
Keyword(s): Diligence; Failure to Respond to CFP Board; Professionalism; Professional Discipline; Supervision
Standard(s) Violated: Article Article 3(a); 701; 201; 606(a); 607; 606(b); 406
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional (“Respondent”) violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when he did not respond to a Complaint issued to him by CFP Board.
Keyword(s): Professional Discipline; Outside Business Activity; Fraud Related to Professional Activity; Employer Policy Violation; Supervision; Securities Laws Violation; Misrepresentation
Standard(s) Violated: Article 606(a); 607; 201; 606(b); 102; 408
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional ("Respondent") violated CFP Board's Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) falsely denied that he acted in a fiduciary capacity for firm customers and had a financial interest in any customer accounts on his firm's compliance questionnaies on seven occasions; and 2) entered into a settlement with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. ("FINRA," formerly know as the National Association of Securities Dealers or "NASD") in which he consented to the entry of findings that he violated NASD Conduct Rule 2110, a one-year suspension from association with any FINRA member in any capacity, and a $10,000 fine.
Keyword(s): Client's Best Interest; Supervision; Fraud Related to Professional Activity; Professionalism; Suitability
Standard(s) Violated: Article 201; 407(a); 705; 401(a); 703; 202; 607
Summary: Whether a CFP® professional (“Respondent”) violated CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct when he: 1) recommended the Biotech Company stock to Client without giving the client the prospectuses or PPMs for the penny stock investments: 2) sold the Biotech Company stock to Client without the knowledge or approval of Firm; 3) discouraged the Clients from selling the penny stocks, while he sold his own Biotech Company shares; 4) recommended to Client the loan to Biotech Company, a company in which he had a personal stake, without disclosing the inherent conflict of interest; and 5) personally reimbursed Client $30,000 as compensation for a loan recommendation he made to Client.
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5 Channel Partner Updates: Thursday 20 June 2018
Today's channel partner news involves Acronis, AHEAD, Aruba, Aryaka, AXIS Guardian, BVoIP, ConnectWise Automation Nation, Datto DattoCon, Delphix, HP Enterprise, Mindmatrix, Oracle Cloud & more.
by Joe Panettieri • Jun 20, 2018
Good morning, channel partners. Here are five technology news updates, insights, chatter, and plenty more to start your day for Wednesday, June 20, 2018.
Actually, there are 15 timely updates designed for VARs, managed services providers (MSPs), cloud services providers (CSPs), independent software vendors (ISVs), telco master agents and telco agents to sip on. Take a look:
15. Oracle Cloud: Oracle projected profit in the current quarter that fell short of Wall Street’s estimates, signaling it still may be struggling to pivot to the cloud, Bloomberg notes. Some Wall Street pundits also questioned Oracle’s decision to stop disclosing specific revenues for IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.
14. M&A – Software Testing: Tricentis and QASymphony are merging, the software testing companies confirmed this morning. QASymphony’s 100+ employees will be joining Tricentis’ 450+ employees. Sandeep Johri will lead the organization as CEO and Dave Keil will assume the role of COO. The deal is expected to close within 90 days. Financial terms were not disclosed.
13. R&D – Intelligent Edge: HP Enterprise plans to invest $4 billion in Intelligent Edge technologies and services over the next four years. Existing products in the portfolio include wireless LAN, campus switching, security, location-based services, edge computing, and analytics and assurance technologies, HPE says. The organic investment will “helping customers turn all of their data – from every edge to any cloud – into intelligence that drives seamless interactions between people and things, delivers personalized user experiences, and employs AI and machine learning to continuously adapt to changes in real time,” HPE asserts.
12. SD-WANs: Aruba, an HPE company, has unveiled a Software-Defined Branch (SD-Branch) solution — which is designed to help customers “modernize branch networks for evolving cloud, IoT and mobility requirements,” the company says.
11. SD-WAN Market Share: Aryaka claims to be the largest pure play SD-WAN provider, and is now within 1 percent of surpassing VMware for overall leadership in terms of market share and revenues, according to IHS Markit. Aryaka also is 6 percent ahead of Cisco (post-Viptela acquisition) in the SD-WAN space.
10. VoIP Services: BVoIP, which provides voice and unified communications services to MSPs, is partnering with Datto Networking — including the Datto Networking Appliance (DNA), Datto Standard & PoE Switches, and Datto Access Points as approved devices.
9. AWS Partner: Delphix has achieved Advanced Technology Partner (ATP) status in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN). Delphix helps customers to deliver fast, secure data across the enterprise, the company says.
8. AWS Managed Services: The market for AWS Managed Services is expected to reach US$1,8 billion by 2026, generating a 13.9 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2018 to 2026, according to Transparency Market Research.
7. Cloud Managed Services: AXIS Guardian has launched a new remote monitoring service for security service providers, alarm central stations and their dealers.
6. Business Continuity: Acronis Data Cloud has unveiled new integrations for ConnectWise. Also, Charles Ryan, chairman and CEO of United Financial Group (UFG) Asset Management and a senior advisor to Deutsche Bank AG, has joined the Acronis board of directors.
5. MSP Marketing Services: Mindmatrix, a channel and sales enablement software provider, is launching four new marketing concierge service packages for Datto partners.
4. Enterprise MSP: IT and cloud consulting form AHEAD has launched an Enterprise Monitoring and Analytics practice. The effort focuses initially on Application Performance Management and the Cisco AppDynamics product line, but will quickly expand into measuring and optimizing all facets of enterprise cloud performance, the company says. Joe Wrzosek will oversee the new practice. We’ll share more details soon.
3. DattoCon18: Our ongoing updates continue to surface here.
2. Innovations: MySlice has won a Tech Tank startup contest at the ConnectWise Automation Nation conference in Orlando. MySlice has developed a “proof of concept” designed to automate the calculation and reporting of bonuses and commissions. MySlice will receive a first-place cash award of up to $100,000 to transform its idea into a working integration with ConnectWise Manage.
1. ConnectWise Automation Nation: We’re on hand today for ConnectWise Automation Nation 2018 in Orlando. Stay tuned for updates here — including forthcoming interviews with Chief Product Officer Craig Fulton, CEO Arnie Bellini and technology industry executives.
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Prophetic Prayer: 'This Is a Season of Divine Breakthrough'
⇑ back to "Marketplace"
How People Who Follow Astrology Are Finding the Gospel in the Stars
11:30AM EDT 5/23/2019 Shawn A. Akers
The gospel can be found in the stars. (Trifonov Evgeniy via Getty Images)
"The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament shows His handiwork" (Ps. 19:1).
That's one of the Scriptures Pastor Joe Amaral shares when he travels to speak at churches and conferences around the world. The renowned Bible teacher and pastor uses signs of the zodiac, or the constellations, for visual aids. And his unorthodox presentation draws a huge crowd, including atheists and astrologists.
Not that he believes in astrology, far from it. But Amaral has long believed that the gospel is written in the stars.
"When I put stuff like [the zodiac and constellations] up on the screen, people begin to ask, 'Who is this guy? What is he doing here?' Amaral told Dr. Steve Greene on a recent episode of "Greenelines" on the Charisma Podcast Network. "But I always tell people to stay with me. When I start naming constellations from the Bible, they're like, 'Well, I knew it was there, but I never made the connection.'
"It's a shock to them when they see that the oldest book in the Bible actually mentions constellations and planets by name. Jesus talks about the stars. By the end of the day, they're like, 'God really did put His story in the stars.'
Can the Stars Tell Us When Exactly Jesus Was Born?
Dreaming About Space and Stars? Here's What God May Be Telling You
"Many people don't see it. And when they do see it, the story has been so tainted by the enemy in taking the focus off the constellations as they point to Christ. What the enemy does is he's taken the constellations and points them back to us. Somehow, we look for the meaning and direction for our own lives. That's why we have these horoscopes. But, that's not what God designed them [the constellations] for. That was never his intent. The enemy will quickly distort things because he doesn't want the focus to be on the Savior."
For more about how the gospel is written in the stars, listen to the podcast below.
Related topics: Books | Faith | Gospel | Interview | Podcast
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Sydney rallies before abortion bill debate
By AAP Newswire
Pro-choice advocates outside the NSW Parliament - AAP
Protesters supporting a bill to decriminalise abortion in NSW have urged politicians to forgo a proposed list of amendments, saying many could "make things worse for women than they currently are".
Hundreds of supporters of the private members bill descended on Hyde Park on Saturday chanting "no amendments" and "trust women support the bill" ahead of the debate on the draft legislation resuming in the NSW upper house on Tuesday.
Upper house MPs will next week consider a raft of proposed amendments on the bill to take abortion out of the criminal code, more than a month after it passed the lower house 59-31.
"Amendments are being brought in that have the power to make things worse for women than they currently are," rally MC Dee Madigan told the crowd.
A cross-party group of MPs is pushing the number of proposed amendments in the upper house.
Under their amendments, medical practitioners wouldn't perform terminations believed to be for sex selection, and they would take all reasonable steps to ensure neo-natal care for babies born alive from an attempted termination.
On Saturday, social commentator Jane Caro said many of the proposed amendments were illogical and were being pushed for one reason.
"To continue them having some control over us and what we do with our lives," she told the crowd.
"I hope that common sense prevails and that the women of NSW can join with their sisters across Australia in being allowed to be fully adult, fully free and in control of their own bodies and reproductive systems.
"Anything else is not acceptable."
Meanwhile, opponents of the draft legislation will hold a "Stand For Life" rally in the same park on Sunday afternoon.
"This will be the last chance that the public will be able to express its concerns about this bill on a weekend before it is debated and voted on in the upper house," Christian Democrat Fred Nile said.
Vic welcomes rain before long weekend
A cool change that swept across the state on Wednesday will bring rain across Victoria on Thursday before settling down ahead of Australia Day.
McKenzie facing probe into sport grants
Cabinet minister Bridget McKenzie is under intense pressure to quit, with Australia’s top public servant investigating a sports grants scandal.
NSW fire danger to rise with high temps
NSW fire crews are bracing for the return of severe fire conditions with hot and windy weather forecast across much of the state.
Business rallies for Vic fire-hit regions
Businesses and sporting bodies will pay employees to stay in Victoria’s bushfire-affected regions to boost local economies that have taken a hit.
Victoria gets $75m fire clean-up package
The federal and Victorian governments are contributing $75 million to a clean-up package for properties left damaged in the wake of destructive bushfires.
Bushfires start of climate crisis: expert
A former firefighting boss says he is frightened of bushfires made increasingly severe by global temperature rises, warning they will continue to get worse .
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Leeds Masonic Lodge - Cockburn Lodge 5362
Cockburn Lodge
Worshipful Master & Wardens 2019/20
Provincial Grand Masters Blog
So where have you been?
Ladies Night 2019 ~ Howley Golf Club
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Worshipful Master Steve Naylor & Provincial Grand Master
Cockburn Junior Brethren
Worshipful Master 2019 Meets the Provincial Grand Master
Masonic News & Links
So What Do Our Families think
Master & Wardens 2017/18
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LATEST NEWS UPDATE for 2019 The end of another year is fast approaching and the nights are becoming very cold. Traditions across many cultures include festivities to feast and to look forward to the New Year with lighter and warmer days to generate growth. So it will be for Freemasonry, and our Province in 2020 through energy and focus to celebrate and to grow our wonderful Order. A New Arrival - Our colleague in the Provincial Office, Connie Greenwood, has given birth to a baby boy, Jack, 9lb 8oz. and we are told that both are doing well. A hearty welcome to the new arrival and very best wishes to Connie, Jack and family. Ruler Change - As advised to all Lodges, WBro. Alan Elstone, PJGD, has resigned from the Office of Assistant Provincial Grand Master. W Bro. Elstone has certainly not enjoyed the best of health recently and circumstances have led to me accepting his resignation. My thanks to W Bro. Elstone for all his efforts and the valuable contribution made to our Province. I have been pleased to appoint W Bro. Robert Cole, PAGReg, PPSGW to succeed as Assistant Provincial Grand Master. The Installation ceremony, as advised, will take place on Wednesday the 19th of February 2020 at a meeting of Mexborough Lodge No: 6117 at the Masonic Hall, Willow Royd, West Vale, Halifax. INCREASING MEMBERSHP - It really is all about: Attraction, Retention and Retrieval Members’ Pathway - It works! We must consider ourselves very fortunate in that when we became Freemasons, we joined a Lodge that has been established and grown with love and care by previous generations. Our temporary custodianship of a Lodge means that we all have a responsibility regarding the future. It is such a pleasure to see some Lodges thrive and for new Lodges to be Consecrated. Equally, there is no shame when members decide that their Lodge has served its useful purpose and the time has come to return the Warrant. Ultimately, it is all a matter of choice and then action. The Provincial Membership Team stands ready to support any Lodge who wishes to grow by attracting, retaining and retrieving members. Reconfirming my absolute requirement - Candidates must be of the appropriate calibre to add lustre and dignity to our ancient Institution comprising men of integrity and who live their lives by the noble principles of Freemasonry. “by refraining from recommending anyone to a participation of our secrets unless you have strong grounds to believe that by a similar fidelity he will ultimately reflect honour on your choice”. RAISING OUR CIVIC PROFILE - Looking to Make a Difference! Remembrance Day Events - Our Gratitude to those who fell on the field of battle .– A sacrifice never to be forgotten and a “tie” of respect and gratitude that binds us all together: In my travels I have seen our special tie being worn with a quiet, discreet and dignified distinction. My thanks to all who have purchased a tie. The sale of ties has again resulted in a donation to the Royal British Legion. It will be the same again please in 2020. Ties will be made available for sale mid-way in the year. Sikh War Memorial, Greenhead Park, Huddersfield Sikh War Memorial - A Tribute to the Fallen: I was pleased and proud that our Masonic family was suitably represented at the unveiling of a s tunning £65,000 bronze statue of a Sikh soldier to commemorate the thousands of Sikhs who fought and died in two World Wars. The ceremony, conducted by Lord Lieutenant of West Yorkshire Ed Anderson in Huddersfield’s Greenhead Park, celebrated almost a decade of planning and fundraising by Sikh organisations, the Army, Royal British Legion, Kirklees Council and public support. The Provincial Grand Master’s Fund made a donation and one of the day’s organisers was Bro. Jaswant Singh Chata, of Mexborough Lodge No: 6117. W Bro. Manjit Singh, of Salarden Lodge No: 3971 took part in a wreath-laying ceremony. Mirfield Mayor; Cllr. W Bro. Martyn Bolt, W Bro. John Gledhill, PSGD, PAsstProvGM and his wife Sylvia and W Bro. Ken Davy of Concord Lodge No: 4126, were among invited guests who braved the bitterly cold weather for a hugely heart-warming ceremony watched by several hundred people. Those Floods! My thanks to all who have contributed both money and also man- power to assist our Brethren and other fellow creatures in distress in South Yorkshire. We have made a difference and have shown that if we can help - we will! West Riding Masonic Charities Ltd/Provincial Grand Master’s Fund - The final 2019 list of small grants makes for splendid reading! The generosity of Freemasons is a powerful example of our principles in action in our Communities. Harrogate Mayor’s Visit to Spa Lodge - This looks like becoming a well-established event. Well Done! I do encourage all Lodges to think about inviting local Civic Leaders to visit Masonic Halls and Lodges. It is a great opportunity to entertain, educate and to demonstrate support for our communities. I will add that the same applies for any other significant groups in communities such as Religious Leaders, Youth Organisations, Historical Societies, Social Clubs, Professional Organisations, etc., etc., etc. ENHANCING MEMBER EXPERIENCES - A Treasure Chest of Gifts! Grand Lodge Quarterly Communication - Another splendid day in London in a packed Grand Temple with many overseas visitors from our own and other Constitutions. A very colourful occasion seeing different, in some cases very different, regalia from all parts of the Globe! Do please see the UGLE Website to read the words of our Pro Grand Master: https://www.freemasonrytoday.com/ugle-sgc/ugle/speeches/pro-grand-master-s-addr ess-december-2019 Not visited Freemasons’ Hall in London? My recommendation is to go and take your family. The organised tours are a delight and a visit to the Grand Lodge Museum makes for a memorable and great experience. Education for Freemasons - If the activities of the Festive Season become overwhelming Why not dip into “Solomon” for some relaxation? The “Nuggets” are there to be enjoyed and the list keeps on growing! Looking Ahead: 2020 looks like being really busy with Centenary Celebrations, a Bicentenary Celebration, Initiates’ Evenings, the Consecration of a new Lodge etc. These are signific ant or new activities. However, the most important thing is to not only enjoy ourselves but to keep practising the principles and traditions of Freemasonry in our own Lodges. Lodges and members are the power houses and engines of Freemasonry. Think about the future, respect the past and keep evolving to ensure that we grow to hand over to future generations! We are only limited by our own imaginations and sometimes shackled by non-existent chains. A New Year Resolution? Strive to improve anything that we touch in our lives! A Thought to Close the Year for New Year’s Eve (2020 is a Leap Year!): “Tomorrow is the first blank page of a 366 page book. Write a good one”. Brad Paisley My Fraternal and Festive Greetings and Regards to you and all your loved ones! May the Great Architect of the Universe bless and protect us. David RW Bro. David S. Pratt - Provincial Grand Master “2019 Was Great. 2020 Will Be Even Better!
RW Bro. David S. Pratt - Provincial Grand Master
“It must be October; the trees are falling away and showing their true colours.” - Charmaine J Forde NEWS FROM THE PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER In a brief respite from all the rain, I ventured forth in the sunshine yesterday to cut the grass! It had to be done and could not be left any longer. Cutting wet and heavy grass is no fun but certainly helped me to burn off some calories. I can report that my planned weight loss continues and I do thank the Brethren who have suggested that this could be sponsored for Charity. I am still looking for that 73kgs man inside me! (According to my GP, that’s what it says in “The Book”!). Masonic October? A strange for month for me with far more “behind the scenes” activities than events in regalia and meetings. Still if you fail to plan then…….. (You know the rest Brethren!) Let me start by thanking WBro. Ronald Crabtree, PAGDC, who has tendered his resignation from the Office of Provincial Grand Almoner. My thanks to you WBro. Ronald for your hard work and efforts. Now it’s time for you to enjoy life with your extended family. I attended the Provincial and District Grand Masters’ Rulers’ Forum at Freemasons’ Hall in London. The items on the agenda on the future of Freemasonry were stimulating and provoked vigorous and impassioned debate. The wind of change continues to blow through Grand Lodge and we can expect even more direction and support from London to ensure that Freemasonry continues to survive and thrive. Key message: the past was interesting but we cannot live there. My thanks to the Past Provincial Rulers who joined me at a meeting at Castle Grove Masonic Hall to be briefed on the successes of Province during 2019 and plans for 2020. New Temporary Staff Member. A big welcome to Charlotte Waythe who has joined the Team in the Provincial Office to provide Maternity Cover. My thanks to the Lodge of Harmony No: 275, Huddersfield for inviting me and my wife to attend their Ladies Luncheon. We were graced with the presence of the Mayor of Kirklees, Clr Mumtaz Hussain and the Lady Mayoress. INCREASING MEMBERSHP – Attraction, Retention and Retrieval More great news from Lodges who are adopting the Members’ Pathway. Attraction? I was very pleased to hear that Ripon Lodges have four Candidates and this is happening all over the Province. Do please remember Brethren, it is quality as well as quantity that matters. Our hard-working Membership Team stand ready to assist any Lodge. Following a number of requests, I have asked our Provincial Grand Secretary to publish some suggested questions for use during Candidate Interviews to supplement those shown in the Members’ Pathway. Please note – these will be recommendations and Lodges may well have a bank of their own questions to assess the suitability of Candidates. A personal request to Interviewers from me please. We have all heard the words from the Preliminary Declaration in the Book of Constitutions concerning the indissoluble link with Royal Arch Masonry. Please would you make reference to the Royal Arch as part of the selection process? I do believe that an explanation of the complete journey in Freemasonry should be included at the earliest stage. On the theme of “Quality as well as Quantity” - I would also like to take this opportunity to confirm that Candidates who have come via the Internet are not on any “fast track”. Proposers and Seconders must be fully satisfied regarding the suitability of the prospective Candidate. I do expect that all Candidates receive a home visit so that the views of the spouse/partner can also be assessed. Retention? We are still losing Brethren after a short period of membership. This is puzzling. I am curious to know why this happens. There is some evidence that Candidates who have been fully prepared are more likely to retain membership. This leads me on to Retrieval. . . Retrieval? We appear to have a few hundred “Unattached” Brethren on the books of the Province. These are Brothers who have resigned and no longer belong to a Lodge. I have asked our Provincial Grand Secretary to research this and to establish that most delicate matter of whether the Brother is still alive. When we have the details, we shall be asking Lodges to make contact with our Brethren who are currently “lost” but must not be forgotten. We also have a number of Brethren who pay subscriptions but do not attend their Lodges. Again, I do ask Lodges, especially our already hard-working Almoner, to make contact to show that we do care. All the evidence shows that if a Brother starts not to attend and no-one makes contact then they just fade away and resign. I often use the phrase – We are a Fraternal Organisation! We do need to care about our absent Brethren and must do everything possible to bring them back into the fold. RAISING OUR CIVIC PROFILE - Be There and Be Involved! Charity matters - My continued thanks to my Brethren and families for such generosity. I am deeply conscious that it is “family money”. Yorkshire Air Ambulance Award! We received a special recognition award at the Annual YAA Dinner held at the Oulton Hall Hotel. The Certificate is now in the Provincial Office. Once again. My thanks to West Riding Masonic Charities Ltd who provided me with a cheque for £4000 to present to the Mayor of Kirklees in support of his Charities of the year – The Samaritans and Diabetes UK. Really Big News to be Announced Soon! We have been working with the Lord Lieutenant and his Team in South Yorkshire on a Community initiative. Watch this space! Remembrance Ties – The additional ties bought for sale this year have nearly all gone! That is magnificent Brethren! You have my permission to wear the tie during the month of November as a fitting and discreet tribute to Freemasons and others who have fallen during times of conflict serving King/Queen and Country. “For our tomorrow they gave their today”. Remembrance Day – I do encourage Brethren to support their local events. I am aware of Brethren who prefer to participate privately in silent memory and tribute. There is my standing Dispensation for regalia to be worn in public and the weather on the day and local traditions should determine what, if any should be worn - Full regalia, collars and jewels only or even none at all if raining. ENHANCING MEMBER EXPERIENCES LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT MATTERS! Yes it really does matter Brethren. Potential Candidates want to know more before committing to membership and Members of all ages are curious to know more. I encourage all to make use of our Provincial “Masonic Light” Programme and also the Solomon Learning Platform. The new Modules on Solomon are terrific and the “Professional Voice Over” versions of some of the key Modules are about to be released. 2019 Initiates’ Evenings – All have now been booked for February and March 2020. I do encourage Lodge members and their families to attend to support their new Brethren. NOVEMBER – The end of 2019 is in sight! A great month ahead! • Remembrance Day Parade with Provincial Team - Leeds • White Rose of York Lodge No: 2491, Tapton – Installation Meeting • Lodge of Peace No: 3988, Baildon – Centenary Meeting • Shakespeare & Equity Lodge No: 1018 – Final Meeting/Return of Warrant • Annual Meeting of Provincial Grand Chapter – Token to be transferred • Provincial Executive and Rulers’ Meeting • Opening of Rotherham Golf Club as a Masonic Meeting Place • Linton Lodge No: 9444, Harrogate – Installation Meeting A THOUGHT TO FINISH...… "Those who resist being part of the solution could be part of the problem” “Who wants to be anything other than part of the solution?” - After Eldridge Cleaver My continued very best wishes to you and yours David Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master
David Pratt: Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master
“A September to remember. An October full of splendor. A November to treasure.” Unknown NEWS FROM THE PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER I must start by mentioning the terrible floods that have hit the South of our Province. Our thoughts are with all affected as we approach Christmas. I am not going to repeat my appeal and comments as shown on the Provincial Website other than to applaud the £60,000+ that Freemasons have donated from all over England to relieve the distress caused by the flooding. “Worthy Masons All!” I am pleased that in addition to the monies donated, we are helping Communities with Manpower support in clean-up operations. Rotherham Golf Club – A New Masonic Meeting Place. What a revelation! It was a pleasure to chair an informal meeting to declare the facility open for Masonic meetings. As I drove up the long drive and approached the building I was impressed. The interior was also very impressive. Yes! I said to myself – this is the impact that we wish to make in our Communities and with candidates and with their friends and families. My congratulations to all who have negotiated the move from the former Rotherham Masonic Hall in the centre of the town. This is a case study for many to emulate and augers well for the future of Freemasonry in Rotherham. Why not go and see for yourself? Yorkshire Air Ambulance – Our Annual visit to see the helicopter at the Nostell Priory base was very enjoyable. West Riding Masonic Charities Limited (WRMCL) match-funded the donation from the Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF). The YAA work continues to impress and amaze. The provision of the £20,000 night vision goggles by WRMCL has already enabled YAA to save additional lives. Remembrance Day – I have been pleased to read the reports of Masonic participation at many events throughout the Province and long may this continue, please. The Leeds Parade that I attended was conducted with quiet distinction. Our participation was well received and culminated in the laying of wreaths at the cenotaph. Thought for 2020 – I would like to see a greater number of Members joining me in the Parade and Service of Remembrance at Leeds. My thanks to all who have purchased the distinctive Masonic tie. This enables us to make a donation to the Royal British Legion. Radio Leeds – Well done to WBro. Cannon Keith Madeley, PJGD, who delivered a splendid message in his interview. Ever the consummate professional and a superb ambassador for Freemasonry. The interview centred on the Centenary of the Lodge of Peace No: 3988, Baildon. It was a pleasure to attend the Centenary Meeting in a packed Temple. Shakespeare and Equity Lodge No: 1018, Baildon - I received the Lodge Warrants and Certificate of Amalgamation at the final meeting of the Lodge. Nothing lasts for ever and the combined histories of both Lodges indicate the significance of the impact made in the City of Bradford. A proud and distinguished history that will not be forgotten. I was very pleased to learn that the Members have joined Acacia Lodge No: 2321, Baildon and I wish them every happiness in their new Lodge. Provincial Grand Chapter – What a lovely day at the Cedar Court Hotel in Bradford. My thanks to the Most Excellent Grand Superintendent, his Co-Principals and all the Companions for the courtesies extended and the warmth of the welcome. The traditional “Token of the Indissoluble Link” was returned into my safe keeping for the next six months. Installation Meeting of Linton Lodge No: 9444, Harrogate – A soon as I have finished this Blog, I shall be on my way to Harrogate to attend Linton lodge Now it’s time to look at the recipe for success – The Three Provincial Objectives INCREASING MEMBERSHP –Attraction, Retention and Retrieval The good news keeps coming in. The Membership Pathway – A Gift to All! I continue to urge every Lodge and every Brother to play their part. Very encouraging reports from the Castle Grove Masonic hall, Leeds Open Day with a joint event held by Lodges that meet in the building. This emphasises and supports the absolute essential – “The Right Man for the Right Lodge”. Yes, I continue to look to increase our Membership but only with men of the right character and calibre. ££££££ - Provincial Funds and resources are available for Lodges and Masonic meeting establishments who wish to hold Open Days or similar Events. RAISING OUR CIVIC PROFILE - Be There and Be Involved! Flood Support, Open Days, Media Coverage, Remembrance Day Events, Grants from the Provincial Grand Master’s Fund, etc., etc., etc. Please keep up the great work Brethren. ENHANCING MEMBER EXPERIENCES White Rose Magazine – Autumn 2019 Edition Another magnificent edition of a publication that is enjoyed and highly respected all over the Masonic World. Well done to WBro. Peter Doherty, PPSGW, and Team – A real credit to the Province! Can you help? I know that WBro. Peter would be delighted to hear from you if you would like to become involved. Linking with the Inspectorates of Malta and also of Portugal The final arrangements are now being prepared. I shall look forward to taking Rita to the Algarve and to Malta. Initiates’ Evenings – 2020 My thanks to all concerned. The schedule is now published. Please do try to attend to support your 2019 Initiates and their families. Incorporated into the schedule is the Annual Especial Meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge to be held at Castle Grove Masonic Hall, Leeds where I shall invest certain Brethren with the rank of Past Provincial Grand Steward. These Brethren automatically become members for three years of the acclaimed “Provincial Company of Stewards”. I am very pleased with the progress of “The Company” and their involvement in a number of important development projects and activities. A Thought to end from Brother Winston Churchill: “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often” My Fraternal Greetings and Regards to you and yours! David RWBro. David S. Pratt – Provincial Grand Master
RWBro. David S. Pratt – Provincial Grand Master: Provincial Grand Master
NEWS FROM THE PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER My thanks to all who have enquired after my health. Yes! I am losing weight - it's under Doctor's orders. I do need to lose a lot of weight. I'm not yet sure that there is a 73kg man inside me trying to get out; however, that's what it says I should be in the book! The last time I was anywhere near this target was when I was a teenager! Watch this space as I watch the scales. . . Unconnected with this weight loss is a strange virus that has knocked me sideways. I feel just fine after a long wakeup phase and then good as the day progresses. I do get tired as the evening advances but I am pleased to report that I am definitely getting better. Viruses! September has been a splendid Masonic month with everyone getting into the saddle for another wonderful year ahead. This is our moment in history to savour as Freemasonry evolves to meet the challenges and opportunities ahead. We will be ready! TEAM VISITS AND CENTENARIES, ETC. A series of wonderful evenings at Fidelity Lodge No; 289, Leeds and also Alfred Lodge No: 306, Otley with the 2019/2020 Team of Acting Provincial Officers. Then! A great cause for celebration at the Centenary Meeting of Victory Lodge No: 3922, Hipperholme. The Installation Meeting of Harewood Lodge No: 5667, Otley was a superb occasion enjoyed by all! THE PRESTONIAN LECTURE – An Official Presentation at Leeds What an honour for the Leeds and District Lodge of Installed Masters No: 7918, Leeds to be one of the very, very few Lodges to be selected receive the Prestonian Lecture for 2019. Yet another incredible and historic night for the Province. We were treated to a fascinating lecture on "Freemasonry and the Great War". INCREASING MEMBERSHIP (1) - Focusing on Candidates – They are “Out There”! The Members' Pathway continues to reap rewards for Lodges that are implementing all or even only some of the recommended approaches and activities. My thanks to Lodge Membership Officers and to the Area Teams for all their hard work. Candidates are the lifeblood of any Lodge and they are out there in our Communities. INCREASING MEMBERSHIP (2) – Retrieval – Lost but: Where Are They Now? Why do we lose so many members so soon after joining our Lodges and soon after the Chair? Not just our Province but everywhere! The records show that there are hundreds of former members now designated "unattached" in our Province having resigned from their Lodges. Where are they? I ask every Lodge Secretary to look at their own records to identify Brethren who have resigned and then to make every attempt to bring them back into the fold. We are a Fraternal Order and this is a golden opportunity to demonstrate those characteristics that we all profess to admire GARFORTH LODGE - Approved! A new Lodge in the Province. This is great news! There is always room for new Lodges if the business case is strong. The Consecration is scheduled for February 2020. RAISING OUR CIVIC PROFILE - Be There and Be Involved! Charity matters - My continued thanks to my Brethren and families for such generosity. The Provincial Grand Master's Fund through West Riding Masonic Charities Ltd. has again made a number of quarterly minor grants and this means that a number of worthy causes in our Communities will benefit. Each satisfies the essential criterion of a grant award of “making a difference” Yorkshire Air Ambulance will again be receiving an annual combined grant from the Masonic Charitable Foundation and WRMCL. Brethren, please continue to look wide for worthy causes to support and think about the 2020 “Major Grants” for Projects that will make a significant difference in our Communities. ENHANCING MEMBER EXPERIENCES PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE MEETING - Harrogate - May 2020 This is coming together beautifully. It will be a great "Member Experience"! Please do spread the word. EDUCATION “NUGGETS” – Enjoyable Masonic Learning for Everyone I am so pleased to hear that some Lodges are using Nuggets at Meetings. Nuggets are only one aspect of the Solomon Learning & Development System. There are also many other excellent in-depth Modules to be enjoyed. Watch out for the new Voice modules. ALMONER'S & CHARITY STEWARD'S REPORTS It is really pleasing to note an increasing number of Lodges circulating these important reports to all Members in advance. Not only does this save time at the Lodge Meeting but it keeps all Members aware of Private Lodge business - especially those who cannot attend. I commend this approach to every Lodge for consideration. OCTOBER BECKONS – The Year moves on apace! • The Britannic Lodge of Madeira is calling me! The Most Worshipful Grand Master of Portugal is visiting the Lodges in Funchal in early October. In that Constitution the Grand Master himself installs the Master of each Lodge. I'll be taking Rita away for a short break • Our own Grand Lodge is also calling me - A number of meetings in London • The Regional Communication Group for Northern Provinces that I Chair will be meeting at Wetherby • The Mayor of Kirklees will be attending lunch at the Lodge of Harmony, Huddersfield • The usual number of provincial Meetings and associated activities that fill any Provincial Grand Master’s diary! Now Then! This could be a “Moment in Time” Meeting? I also have a meeting with the Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire. Nothing more can be said at the moment other than "Watch this Space"! A THOUGHT TO FINISH...... "Don't be afraid to give up the good and go for the great!" J. D. Rockefeller My very best wishes to you and yours David Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master
RWBro David A Pratt: Provincial Grand Master
RW Bro. John Kendall Clayton, PProvGM, PProvMEGSupt. Called to Peace and Rest by the Great Architect of the Universe Dear Brethren, I could not possibly start without paying tribute to a great man and a great Freemason who has been called to higher service by the Great Architect of the Universe. RW Bro. John had been suffering from severe progressive ill-health for several years and has now passed away peacefully. The annals of this Province will show the name of RW Bro. John Kendall Clayton as one of the finest Provincial Grand Masters and Most Excellent Grand Superintendents that we have ever had in this wonderful Province. He was the epitome of professionalism as a leading and highly respected Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and an exemplar of all our Masonic virtues: “What you observe praiseworthy in others you should carefully imitate.” The family have requested all to note that the funeral will be a celebration of RW Bro. John’s life and achievements. I regret deeply not being able to attend the funeral myself as I will be overseas with no available flights to bring me home earlier than scheduled. Our thoughts and prayers are with Sue, John’s widow and all of the family. Appropriate floral tributes will be sent by the Province. Updates on Objectives: The Membership Pathway – Let’s Make it Happen! “Now – if I could show you a way to increase Membership in your Lodge – Would you be interested?” Membership Pathway – Enquire within, and all will be found! I am delighted to learn that many Lodges have already appointed Membership Officers. This is a bold initiative; however, the work cannot be left to just one Brother - We are all “Membership Officers”. My thanks to our Provincial Membership Team for providing support and encouragement to Lodges and Membership Officers New Lodge at Garforth? I mentioned last month that there is a project looking at the potential of how to grow Freemasonry in developing areas of population. Garforth is in the East of Leeds, and a new Lodge would be a strategic initiative in a growing part of the Province. Watch out for more about this on the Provincial Website and in Monthly Mailings to Lodges. Raising our Civic Profile – Making a Difference! Civic Engagement I am always looking for ideas Brethren – not just profile in Town Halls and the like but anywhere where we can be seen to raise our profile and to raise awareness about Freemasonry in our Communities. Provincial Grand Master’s Fund (PGM’s Fund) & West Riding Masonic Charities Ltd. (WRMCL) “Will This Grant Make A Difference?” This is a crucial question that the members of the PGM’s Fund Committee always have in their minds when considering any grant application. Here is a “Making a Difference” Story: The PGM’s Fund has provided many defibrillators to Communities across the Province. Last year such a piece of life- saving equipment was used 15 times! Yes! 15 times! How do we know? The Ambulance Service keeps a log of the usage of defibrillators in public places. That certainly made a difference x 15, and the generosity of the Brethren donations has led to lives being saved. Minor Grants – Is There Anybody There? Another plea! I am still at a loss to understand why some Lodges (and Chapters) rarely make or have never made an application to the PGM’s Fund for local worthy causes? The recipients tell us that they are so appreciative of the grants that are awarded – small or large. Defibrillators to Desktops - Kettles to Kitchens – Bikes to Boats – Catteries to Computers! An impressive and eclectic array of items that have been paid for by the grants awarded and all have made a vital difference in our Communities. Major Grants - 2019 The closing date for the submission of applications is fast approaching. A grant of anything up to £30,000 makes an enormous difference to worthy causes with high impact in a local Community. The additional scrutiny applied to such applications is the reason why more supporting information is required. The PGM’s Fund is money is from Brethren and their families, so the stringent due diligence process is designed to ensure that grants go to the right places. Enough is Enough! An online article in the Dewsbury Publication included a nasty and incorrect comment on Freemasonry. Apparently, the Reporter is well-known for his provocative style. My response was instantaneous including an invitation to meet me for an informative session on the reality of Freemasonry in the 21st Century. No reply has been received, so I am not holding my breath! As Freemasons, we will not allow such articles to appear unchallenged. I do encourage every Brother to be vigilant. We have good relationships with the local media generally. We must all be ever watchful should anything unfair or untrue appear. Appropriate action will be taken to correct myths, challenge inaccuracies and to protect the reputation of Freemasonry and of Freemasons. Enhancing Member Experiences Installation of New Assistant Provincial Grand Masters Two wonderful Installation Meetings were held at Otley and at Castle Grove, Leeds. W Bro. Dr Andrew Wright and W Bro. Ian Lewis has now both been Installed as Assistant Provincial Grand Masters to lead their respective Areas in the Province. My thanks go to Chevin Lodge No: 6848 and Legiolium Lodge No: 1542 for playing their full part in the organisation of the respective historical events. Investiture of W Bro. Anthony Llewellyn as Past Assistant Provincial Grand Master A Past Assistant Provincial Grand Master is entitled to wear a distinctive collarette and jewel. It has been my custom to ask recipients how they would like to receive their collarette and jewel. Some like the regalia handed to them, others prefer to be invested at the Annual Meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge, and others ask for the presentation to be made in their own Lodge. So it was that I attended the Installation Meeting of St. Michael’s Lodge No: 4353 at Castle Grove Masonic Hall in Headingley, Leeds where I presented the distinctive regalia to W Bro. Llewellyn with my thanks for a job well done. This was only one aspect of a tremendous and busy evening in the presence of a goodly number of Brethren. My thanks to the Lodge for allowing me to conduct the Provincial Business during their Meeting. 2018 Initiates’ Evenings Following the outstanding success of the 2017 Initiates’ Evenings then held to celebrate the admission of new Members during our Tercentenary Year, I have decided to repeat the events. We had nearly 200 Initiates in 2018 and Events are being arranged at many venues across the Province. I intend to attend all Events with other Rulers to meet and greet our new Members and their families and friends. Details of the Events with dates and venues are about to be published. I do encourage Lodge members to support their own Brethren by also attending the Events. SOLOMON – The Masonic Learning System The number of registered users is growing every day throughout our Masonic World. The usage data shows an interesting fact that as many, if not more, older Freemasons are looking to make a daily advancement in their Masonic Knowledge. I can only continue to sing the praises of this new Member benefit. The content is well presented, easy to use, easy to read, informative and stimulating. My own Life-long Learning Journey continues as I have indeed found out about aspects of Freemasonry that I had not even considered before. I can only continue to encourage all to register and sample this truly excellent member benefit. The Provincial Learning & Development Team has now determined an approach to include SOLOMON as a resource within our own Province to complement our well respected existing Provincial Programme of “Masonic Light”. Team Visit to Forest of Knaresborough Lodge No: 7452 An additional Team visit by the 2018/19 Acting Officers was enjoyed by all. We saw the Making of a Mason, and it was a delight to be present in such excellent company. I was so pleased that I was able to discharge the promise that I made to visit the Lodge and equally grateful to my Team for their ongoing enthusiastic support by accompanying me on yet another evening away from their homes. This was an outstanding experience and has shown a way to enable me to take the Team to our smaller Masonic Halls. I have asked my Assistant Provincial Grand Masters to recommend where to visit with my Team of 2019/20 Acting Officers. And Finally: My Plans for February Area 4 Gala Dinner and Dance Really looking forward to attending this event where the Mayor of Barnsley will be in attendance. I will undoubtedly be taking the opportunity to Raise our Civic Profile! (I heard that somewhere?) 50th Jubilee Certificate Presentation – Welcome Lodge No: 3779, Sheffield VW Bro. Jack Pigott, PDepProvGM, PGSwdB, will be celebrating this significant milestone in Masonic service. I am really looking forward to presenting the Certificate myself. I am particularly pleased that ladies of the Lodge and other guests will be invited to witness such a special moment as the Lodge will be “Called off” for that purpose. Closure Meeting, Temple Lodge No: 4963, Howarth Another “Sad/Happy” occasion however all things have a natural cycle of existence. When a Lodge does close for the last time, we must always celebrate the vital part that the Lodge and the Members have played in building the Masonic Edifice to the Glory of the Great Architect of the Universe. And Finally, Finally: Britannic Lodge of Madeira I shall be conducting a Passing Ceremony – Just in case you happen to be in Funchal! My very best wishes to all my Brethren and to their loved ones for a truly splendid 2019. RW Bro. David S. Pratt – Provincial Grand Master
RWBro. David S. Pratt: Province of Yorskshire West Riding
FESTIVE AND FRATERNAL GREETINGS FROM THE PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER It’s the end of the year and the time for reflection, celebration and anticipation. My wish is for all my Brethren and their loved ones to enjoy a happy and peaceful Festive Season. May great joy be with you all as we enjoy the Festive Season and consider the year ahead. 2018 Was A Very Good Year – 2019 Will Be Even Better! Updates on Objectives: Increasing Membership The Membership Pathway – Early Successes Reported Following the delivery of the Workshops, I am now being told of some great work being undertaken by Lodges! Yes, we all know that ultimately each Lodge must take action as appropriate to their own circumstances and that there is no magic solution other than planned and applied effort. Last month I mentioned that I am seeking to target the untapped potential of new population growth areas in the Province. I am ever the optimist and I am delighted to have been informed that one or even two new Lodges may be established in these new areas. That will be wonderful! So there can be no doubt, I am always pleased to consider a Petition for a new Lodge providing that there is a sound business case and that Candidates have been identified. New Lodges? Old Lodges? It is always a shame for a Lodge to close and to return its Warrant however, these things happen for many reasons. History has shown that enterprises come and go and there is always room for the new at the same time acknowledging the superb work undertaken by Lodges that have decided to close. Raising our Civic Profile – Making a Difference! Provincial Grand Master’s Fund (PGM’s Fund) & West Riding Masonic Charities Ltd. (WRMCL) Two splendid additional donations and “Business as Usual” demonstrating that generosity is at the core of Freemasonry: Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) WRMCL have agreed a donation of £20,000 for a pair of night vision goggles for YAA. This will enable the helicopters to operate during the hours of darkness. How Much! Yes Brethren that’s what it costs and I am always struck when I see the cost of even the smallest part of a helicopter. Still it’s a price well worth paying to keep this wonderful voluntary service to the Community operational. Bradford University The University received a major grant in 2018 for equipment for cancer research. WRMCL has now approved a supplementary grant to provide an accessory to upgrade the equipment to perform even quicker. Minor Grants – Business as Usual The details of the latest round of minor grants from the PGM’s Fund have been published showing a healthy and eclectic mix of worthy causes supported in our own local Communities. These grants make such a difference and I appeal to all Lodges (and Chapters) to look hard locally to seek out worthy causes for consideration of a grant from the PGM’s Fund. Enhancing Member Experiences Provincial Office – Great Work! I am placing on record my appreciation of our Team in the Provincial Office for all their hard work during 2018. It has not been an easy year with personnel changes and also internal promotions. Well Done Team! You have kept the ship steady and your efforts are appreciated by all of us! SOLOMON – The Masonic Learning System I do hope that Brethren have registered on the SOLOMON System? There are so many stimulating packages. You may have already read the really good introductory article in the recent edition of “Freemasonry Today”? The Provincial Learning & Development Team is now considering how best to include SOLOMON into our well respected Provincial Programme of “Masonic Light”. Defibrillators – Vigilance Please! It is just great to have defibrillators in Masonic Buildings however such equipment must be maintained. My appeal to every Brother is to just take a look at the maintenance record when you pass any defibrillator and to report any issues to the local management. Raffles – Clarification of Proceeds Recipient I have noted an increasing trend to introduce raffles at Festive Boards with the phrase: “For Masonic Charity”. This description alone is not sufficient to identify the intended recipient. The details of the intended recipient must be made perfectly clear as it is the prerogative of any Brother not to participate in a raffle and this information a will ensure that a personal informed decision can be made to purchase tickets or otherwise. Grand Secretary/CEO’s Address at the December Communication of Grand Lodge This was truly inspirational demonstrating the clear vision of Grand Lodge in respect of the future of Freemasonry and especially the enhanced use of technology to make things simpler regarding administration. And Finally: Reflections on my December Diary Installation Meeting, St. Laurence Lodge, Pudsey No: 2330 Yet another wonderful occasion in good company. My congratulations to all concerned. Closure Meeting, Lodge of Thanksgiving, Leeds No: 6212 A “Sad/Happy” occasion as always when a Lodge closures and returns the Warrant. The productive work undertaken by the Lodge that was founded by Brethren in thanks to God for the end of the terrible Word War 2 was celebrated in style. My Fraternal & Festive Greetings and Regards to you and all your loved ones! “2018 – Best Year Ever – 2019 Will Be Even Better! …………And God bless you and send you a Happy New Year And God send you a Happy New Year!
RWBro. David S. Pratt: Provincial Grand Master
What a Busy and Enjoyable Month! Let me start with our Annual Meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge Well! The Month of May started with a “Big Bang” at Harrogate at our Annual Provincial Meeting. There were loads of smiling faces; however perhaps it was too much of a good thing? I believe that we have now arrived at a critical point in the evolution of the content of our Annual Meeting. Over recent years, agenda items have been added and this year there was too much to digest. In evaluating this, while there has been much positive comment about the Meeting content, there have been requests to consider reducing the time taken up. The experience at the Majestic Hotel was much improved generally. Changes already planned for 2020: • The primary focus will be on the dispatch of essential Provincial Masonic Business including First Appointments and Promotions within Provincial Grand Lodge • Processions will be quicker without losing any dignity and we shall start promptly • Details of our distinguished guests, the “High Spots of 2019” together with the customary thanks extended to all who have made significant contributions during the year will be shown on a rolling display as the Brethren take their seats • The time allocated for my Address will be reduced significantly. (Alas! That will make it very difficult for me to sing to you!) Any additional content will reflect consultation with Brethren over the coming months. One of the key questions to be considered will concern the presentation of the Major Grants from the Provincial Grand Master’s Fund. Flying the West Riding Flag at other Provincial Meetings Visits to the Annual Meetings of other Provinces are always joyous occasions and an opportunity to renew old friendships from many parts of the Constitution. In May, the Province of Nottinghamshire and our Sister Province of Yorkshire, North & East Ridings welcomed deputations from our Province. The consistent theme of the need for managed change to survive and thrive was heard. Lodge Centenaries At the end of World War One – the “War to End All Wars”, it is little wonder that those gallant men returning from the horrors of the trenches sought the refuge of a safe haven of peace and camaraderie in Freemasonry. Many new Lodges were consecrated to accommodate an ever increasing membership and as a result we are now in a period when 17 Lodges will celebrate their Centenary. Their first hundred years of existence! It is a unique celebratory meeting for each Lodge and it is ever my endeavour to make every meeting special for the current Members. In May, I attended the Centenary Meetings of Don Valley Lodge No: 3890, Doncaster and Unity Lodge No: 3930, Huddersfield. A really good time was had by all at memorable and most enjoyable occasions of great celebration. To remind us that we are guided by, and under the watchful gaze of the Great Architect of the Universe, the Orations delivered by WBro. Peter Holt, PJGD, ProvGChaplain at Doncaster and WBro. The Rev. Frank Chappell, PJGD, PProvJGW at Huddersfield were both inspirational and delivered with great passion. With so many Centenary celebrations being held, the extended Oration delivery Team also includes WBros. Brian Inston, ProvDepGChaplain and Roger Quick, PProvGChaplain. We are so very fortunate to have such a depth of talent in our Provincial Chaplaincy. The late VWBro. Stuart Charles Grantham, PGSwdB, PDepProvGM We were all so very touched to read the tributes recorded on our Provincial Website confirming the high esteem in which our late Brother was held. A large number of Brethren joined the congregation at the packed Funeral Service. It was indeed a celebration of the life of a wonderful Father, Grandfather and a true Friend and Brother to all. The anecdotes taken from VWBro. Stuart’s life, delivered by his children and our own WBro. Ian Smith, PGStB, ProvGDC, provided vivid and amusing illustrations of a caring and fun-seeking gentleman who saw the good in everyone and everything. He will be sorely missed; however the memories of his achievements will last until time shall be no more. Assistant Provincial Grand Master - Installation Assisted by my Senior Team, I Installed WBro. Brian Duncan Littlejohn as Assistant Provincial Grand Master with leadership responsibility for Area 4 at a meeting of Royal Brunswick Lodge No: 296. Another splendid occasion in the history of our Province. Sometimes We Get Things Wrong So We Put it Right! If an error is made then it is important to acknowledge the situation, apologise and correct matters as soon as possible. It has been the custom in the Province to promote certain Provincial Executive Officers on their retirement from Office. Something went wrong! WBro. Brian Priestley, PJGD, PProvJGW stood down this year as our long-serving Provincial Grand Treasurer and this should have been acknowledged at the Meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge at Harrogate by a promotion to Past Provincial Senior Grand Warden. Somehow this was inadvertently overlooked and I have apologised to WBro. Brian. After such long and distinguished service I was personally under the impression that a promotion in Provincial rank had already been conferred. The situation was further exacerbated by the fact that we also have a Brother in the Province with exactly the same name who holds the rank of Past Provincial Senior Grand Warden. So! I am taking Harrogate to WBro. Brian! On Wednesday, 26th June the Provincial Team supported by a number of Past Rulers will attend to Moreland Lodge No: 6591 where I shall promote WBro. Brian on the Floor of his own Lodge. Updates on Objectives: Increasing Membership – Survive to Thrive! The Members’ Pathway – Keep Going! It Works! “If at first you don’t succeed; try, try again!” (Attrib: Robert the Bruce – 1314) I am delighted to hear that we have Lodges that are thriving with an abundance of new Members. Alas! There are still a number who have not had a Candidate for a considerable time. What to do? There are so many ideas in the “Members’ Pathway”; however as I said in my Address at Provincial Grand Lodge – Participation in any of the UGLE initiatives is entirely voluntary. We do have resources available to assist within the Province but the first move must be from Private Lodges through their Liaison Officer. UGLE Members’ Pathway Conference – London – 21st May 2019 An outstanding success! There are hundreds if not thousands of suitable Candidates out there! We need to make the first move! Open Days - Well Done Huddersfield! The joint effort of Huddersfield Lodges with Open Days is to be admired. Success through synergetic co-operation will always produce greater results! Grand Officers The Assistant Provincial Grand Masters are meeting with Grand Officers in the respective Areas to formulate plans for local assistance and support. New Lodge at Garforth – Petition Signed – Grand Lodge Response Awaited! Well, the deed has been done! With nearly 50 Petitioners for the new Lodge, I have signed the formal Petition document and it is now winging its way to London for verification. The target date for the Consecration, subject to approval, is February 2020 at Castle Grove Masonic Hall, Headingley, Leeds. The Lodge will be welcomed into the Area 5 Family of Lodges. Raising our Civic Profile – Being Seen to Make a Difference! Civic Engagement The Province will again be participating in the Yorkshire Day celebrations on the 1st of August. This year it is a trip to Whitby and I would welcome any Brother who would like to be part of the joint West Riding/North & East Ridings Delegation Charity Matters Provincial Grand Master’s Fund (PGM’s Fund) & West Riding Masonic Charities Ltd. (WRMCL) 2019 Major Grant Recipients My Goodness! All those happy faces at Harrogate.(Just see the centre pages of the current “White Rose” Magazine). All the recipients were very grateful, amazed at the spectacle and delighted by the generosity of West Riding Freemasons. The Major Grants awarded all satisfy the fundamental requirement of making a significant difference in our communities. My thanks to WBro. Tony Brailsford, PSGD, PProvAsstGM, who acted as Compère to introduce the recipients. Remember! It’s never too early to start planning for 2020 – Please look wide for worthy causes in your localities Brethren. Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA) – Night Vision Goggles A visit to the YAA at their Nostell Priory Base in Wakefield is always a pleasure. This time it was to present a set of the special Night Vision Goggles that are essential to allow YAA to save more lives by flying during the hours of darkness. A donation of £20,000 was necessary to make the purchase (These things do not come cheaply Brethren!) and generously provided by our own West Riding Masonic Charities Ltd. It was a delight and most fitting to have been accompanied by WBro. Stuart Cadman, PAGDC, PProvSGW, Chairman of WRMCL. Wakefield Hospice - Charity Donation from the Masonic Charity Foundation (MCF) I can recommend a visit to this Hospice where we were greeted by the staff who all exuded positivity! The major donation from MCF will allow the Hospice to engage with the local Business and Education Community to raise awareness to end of life support. Lifelites – A Charity for Children’s Hospices What now seems to be an annual occurrence , we welcomed Lifelites on their South to North 2019 flying visits through Provinces. WRML made a generous donation of £1000 to mark the visit. As Freemasons we are taught to prepare for our inevitable destiny. Hospices provide such practical comfort and support to the dying and their relatives. A really worthy cause to support! Enhancing Member Experiences 2018 Initiates’ Evenings After I have written this month’s Blog, I will be leaving for Baildon for the Area 1 Initiates’ Evening attended by Brethren, Families and Friends. I am told that there will be a goodly number of around 100 in attendance. Next year, I would like to invite the 2018 Initiates, Lodge Mentors and Lodge Members to accompany and support the 2019 intake. White Rose Magazine – 59th Edition – Spring 2019 WOW! What a winner! It is little wonder that our Provincial Magazine is so well received in all parts of the Masonic World. It is brilliant! May I ask all Members to promote our own “White Rose” Magazine by advertising and by sharing the publication with family and friends. It is always pleasing to see copies in local Surgeries, Libraries and other Public Places to show what we are as Freemasons and what we do in our Communities. My ongoing thanks to the Editor, WBro. Peter Doherty, PProvJGW and his Team of really hard working Freemasons – Much appreciated! UGLE Learning & Development Conference – London – 20th May 2019 The first Annual Conference was held at Freemasons Hall, London to further embed a Culture of L&D throughout UGLE. Why? The membership responded to the Grand Lodge survey by saying that this is what is required to attract and retain Members. The Solomon suite of Learning solutions is ever-growing and I am looking forward to listening to the soon to be released Modules which will be enhanced by the “voice-overs” of professional actors. “Nuggets” from Solomon? A series of short papers to be read to Lodges/LOI’s/Young Masons’ Clubs to stimulate thinking, discussion and further research. Looking for a starter? Why not look at “Ya-buts” https://solomon.ugle.org.uk/course/view.php?id=85 UGLE Masonic Meeting Plans Conference – Wise Words for local consideration What are the contingency plans for emergency situations at Masonic Halls? Not just fire or flood but what would happen if the building became unusable for meetings? Support for Masonic Organists Music! One of the Liberal Arts and Sciences! We all know the positive difference Organ music makes to our Meetings! The Company of Provincial Grand Stewards is collating requests for support from Organists. We need them Brethren! My thanks to WBro. Dr Simon Lindley, PJGD, ProvGOrg who will be conducting “Master Classes” for all. Young Masons/Light Blue’s Clubs Keep it up! Breakfast Meetings are innovative and clearly successful. It is really pleasing to see the creation of more such Clubs in the Province. Why not deliver a “Solomon Nugget” (see above) to stimulate a discussion? International Twinning (or is it Tripling?) Members of the Company of Provincial Stewards are facilitating discussions with the UGLE Inspectorates of both Portugal and also of Malta. The concept is to create Twinning/Tripling relationships. Watch this space! There are plenty of flights from Leeds/Bradford and Manchester to enjoy the sunshine and Masonic Fellowship! Provincial Quiz – 2019 Thinking caps on! Watch out for the booking forms and be part of this highly competitive and fun event. A look at UGLE Solomon Modules will be excellent preparation (so I am told!). And Finally: Plans for June I will be attending a meeting of supporters at Bradford University – a 2018 Major Grant recipient, a celebratory lunch for Past Assistant Provincial Grand Masters, a Jubilee Certificate presentation to WBro. Brian W. Price at Harrogate, the first visit of 2019/20 Acting Provincial Officers to the Lodge of Amity No: 4148, Baildon and the promotion of WBro. Brian Priestley to PProvSGW at Moorland Lodge No: 6591, Baildon. Plus! The usual and unseen loads and loads of meetings, administration and paperwork! (I’m grabbing a 4- day break in Lisbon with my wife as we’ve never been there before – I do hope that my Tourist level Madeiran Portuguese will be understood!) A Thought to Finish: The Grand Secretary commissioned an extensive public survey across England & Wales earlier this year regarding attitudes towards Freemasonry. The results included the following: 1. Only 11% had a positive view of Freemasonry 2. The word “masonic” is considered negative 3. The word “Freemasonry” is considered positive 4. The public have no problem with “single-sex” organisations What are your thoughts on these findings Brethren? My Fraternal best wishes to you and yours as always. David RWBro. David S. Pratt Provincial Grand Master
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17 January 2018Leigh Gammons
What does it take to be Adobe's Solution Partner of the year? Our Director of Business Development, Leigh Gammons tell us what goes on behind the scenes.
At the end of 2017, WPP was announced as the Adobe Experience Cloud Solution Partner of the Year. This hugely coveted award recognises the partner that has delivered the greatest value and impact to Adobe’s business throughout the year and as WPP’s official press release stated,
...reflects the success of the WPP Adobe Alliance, which was formed in 2015 to expand the strategic relationship between the two firms, and to make available to clients the unrivalled collective expertise of WPP’s agencies in implementing Adobe Experience Cloud.
But what does it really take to win this award?
Cognifide and WPP have always been at the forefront of Adobe’s innovation. While Cognifide are specialists across the Experience Cloud, having delivered numerous world firsts with Adobe technology; there are over 20,000 Creative Cloud users across the WPP Group.
We invest a huge amount of time working with individual Adobe product teams, from a marketing, engineering and sales perspective, to get ahead of the curve on new features and the benefits that they provide our clients. We are active members of the various advisory boards, Beta programmes and communities that Adobe has to offer, feeding real life problems and genuine thought leadership into their roadmaps.
Exceptional delivery track record
Although it’s easy to get excited about new technologies, if existing investments don’t deliver against business objectives, future funding just won’t be available. Failure to deliver is not an option and a failed implementation can set a business back years. Over the years we have reassured Adobe that our clients have a trusted partner to help them navigate the inevitable ups and downs of technology implementation, whilst achieving the business goals on which the original investment was made.
Bringing together different tools across the Experience Cloud is when organisations will really start to see the value. We’ve been working recently with an automotive client to bring 5 Adobe Experience Cloud products (AEM, Target, Analytics, Audience Manager and Campaign) together, with external and internal data sources, to provide truly personalised digital experiences that deliver against Adobe’s promises. This was a pioneering team effort between client, Cognifide, WPP sister agencies and Adobe, and has set a new world first.
The sum of the parts
Adobe is the clear leader in digital experience focused Forrester and Gartner Magic Quadrants. WPP is the reigning Cannes Lions Network of the Year - and has been for the last six years. Our partnership is a compelling story for marketing and technology executives. What makes the sum of the parts so strong is the depth of expertise that lies in each specialist WPP agency.
Our Experience Cloud competence is underpinned by 6 key agencies - Cognifide, Wunderman, VML, Mirum, Ogilvy and Group M - providing localised in-depth expertise across the full product suite. A huge amount of time is spent together with Adobe, getting cross-functional teams just right for our clients. It’s this investment in teams that Adobe has recognised in giving us this award.
We’re chuffed to bits with this award. But the reality is that the success of the partnership lies in the strength of the relationships that we have with our Adobe peers. The technology is second to none but the team is where the magic lies.
Thanks Adobe! And thanks to all our WPP partners for the role they’ve played in this success story. 2017 was a great year but 2018 is set to really rock!
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Does being a “legacy” increase your admission odds?
by Dave Bergman January 7, 2020
Application Strategies, Navigating the Admissions Process
Colleges love to throw around high-minded words like meritocracy, access, and egalitarianism when discussing admissions policies. Yet proclamations of a focus on social justice and opportunity ring a bit hollow when you consider that so-called legacy applicants, those who have familial ties to an institution, are still given a sizable edge in the admissions process at the vast majority of elite U.S. colleges and universities.
Here is a stat that may (or may not) shock you: 36% of Harvard’s Class of 2022 can claim a relative that previously attended the university. The Class of 2021 figure was 29%.
If you happen to be interested in attending your parent’s alma mater, you will likely find this news encouraging. If not, it’s still important to be aware as you enter the admissions process that not every decision to accept or reject is driven solely by merit.
Primary vs. secondary legacy
The difference between applying to a university that your Great Aunt Merle graduated from in 1912 versus a school attend by one or both of your parents is substantial in terms of the potential impact on your admissions prospects. Having a loose connection such as great aunt Merle, a grandparent, or a sibling qualifies you as being a “secondary legacy” and can be slightly helpful in the admissions process. A direct parental connection means that you are designated as a “primary legacy” which can be a major boost to your admissions prospects.
Stats on legacy admissions
Colleges like to state publicly that legacy status is nothing more than a tiebreaker between equally strong applicants, a “thumb on the scale” is an oft-used phrase. Yet a quick glance at the statistics on legacy admissions suggests that the proverbial thumb in question must belong to Andre the Giant.
A study of thirty elite colleges, found that primary legacy students are an astonishing 45% more likely to get into a highly selective college or university than a non-legacy. Secondary legacies receive a lesser pick-me-up of 13%. One study revealed that being a legacy was equivalent in admissions value to a 160 point gain on the SATs (on a 1600 point scale).
The end result of the legacy advantage can be seen on elite college campuses across the country. At Harvard, one-third of students offered admission have Crimson lineage. Fellow Ivies, The University of Pennsylvania and Brown also admit upwards of 33% of legacies, more than double their overall admit rate. Princeton, with its minuscule 5.8% admissions rate (Class of 2023), has been known to admit over 30% of legacy candidates.
Even elite public universities such as the University of Michigan and the University of Virginia grant favor to legacy applicants. However, these two schools differ in how openly they advertise their legacy policies. UVA created its own Admission Liaison Program where children of alumni can attend special events, webinars, and even schedule a one-on-one transcript consultation with the director of the organization at any point throughout high school. In contrast, the University of Michigan’s admissions website does not make any reference to legacy status—the only statement about legacy admissions in buried in an FAQ.
Do all schools promote this practice?
It is estimated that three-quarters of the top 100 research institutions and liberal arts colleges in the United States factor legacy status into their admissions decisions. This includes all of the Ivies and many other ultra-elite private schools such as Georgetown, Duke, Swarthmore, Middlebury, Amherst, Tufts, and countless others.
A much smaller number of highly-selective schools openly oppose granting favor to legacy status. MIT, CalTech, and Cooper Union are all on record as openly opposing hereditary privilege in the admissions process.
Other schools, such as Stanford University and UNC, only take primary legacy into consideration. Interestingly, most elite schools also grant much heavier consideration to parent who attended their undergraduate school versus a graduate program.
Legacy for Early Decision/Action only
Some top universities, Penn and Cornell being two examples, only consider legacy status in the early admission rounds. These two Ivies require your binding pledge to attend if accepted, before they will take your lineage into consideration.
Why do schools do this?
One may ask, why do schools care if your mom or dad graced their campus decades ago? Publicly, institutions typically defend legacy admissions as a way to respect tradition and acknowledge those who helped to lay the foundation on which the university is built. “Intergenerational continuity” is a term that has been thrown around by defenders of the practice.
If your reaction is a skeptical raise of the eyebrow, join the club.
There is little question that legacy schools expect that they will receive greater financial contributions in exchange for keeping things in the family. However, it is interesting to note that one major study found that schools who grant legacy status actually had no fundraising advantage over schools who do not. In fact, two of the top eight U.S. schools with the largest endowments are MIT (#6 overall with 16.5 billion) and Texas A&M (13.5 billion) which banned legacy-based admission over a decade ago.
How to take advantage
No matter you feelings on the fairness of legacy admissions, if you choose to take advantage, the simplest way to disclose your legacy status is straightforward. Simply list your alumni connections on the application. On most school’s application forms, including the common app, there is a place to list your parents’ educational background. If you are claiming a secondary legacy, you’ll have to do so on the individual institution’s supplemental forms.
For parents, the more involved with your alma mater you have been since graduation, the more likely your child’s legacy is to provide an admissions boost. Admissions offices will look at the alums history of financial contributions, service on boards, alumni interviewer. While admissions decisions are not made in smoke-filled backrooms, “who you know” can certainly aide your son or daughter’s chances of receiving a bulky envelope come spring.
Yet parents need to be careful that they are tactful throughout this process. Pushy emails and phone calls to admissions reps will come across poorly. An abrasive and overbearing approach will be off-putting to a school and can actually end up hurting an applicant’s chances. Keep things positive and know that your student is definitely going to get special consideration at your alma mater.
In the worst case scenario, a thin envelope will arrive and, after the disappointments wanes, your child select another phenomenal institution to attend, starting a legacy of their very own.
Dave Bergman
Dave has over a decade of professional experience that includes work as a teacher, high school administrator, college professor, and independent education consultant. He is a co-author of the book The Enlightened College Applicant: A New Approach to the Search and Admissions Process (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016).
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Thank you for the many wonderful, inspiring and heartfelt moments in 2019! Thank you for every reason that brought you to us. Together we will continue building a sustainable future, step-by-step. Because when you shop with us, that means we can invest in reusable bags, youth training projects, local organic products and other good causes. The video shows some of the fantastic work we’ve done over the past year. Thanks to you, 2020 will see us continuing to innovate. Daring to do things together is what makes our dreams come true. Therefore, from all of us, a big thank you!
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Scientific advance delves deeper into cancer than ever before
Researchers can now read the genomes of single cells within a tumour
Nov. 18, 2019 6:23 p.m.
Dr. Samuel Aparicio, BC Cancer distinguished scientist and co-lead author on the study. Photo by BC Cancer Foundation.
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VANCOUVER, B.C. – BC Cancer scientists, in partnership with the University of British Columbia, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and Microsoft have developed a new method for analyzing cancer tissue, allowing them to learn more about cancer than previously possible. Researchers can now read the genomes of single cells within a tumour, opening up a new wave of understanding of how and why cancer develops and changes over time.
This new method is so sensitive that researchers will now be able to analyze single cells from a tissue, and decode their genomes individually. This is a key element to understanding cell evolution – including how normal, seemingly healthy cells become cancerous and why cancerous cells spread and become resistant to treatment over time. The method will unlock the answers to crucial questions like: the origins of cancer, why cancers evolve, why they become resistant to drugs and why they metastasize. This research will also be a key pathway to cancer prevention, understanding the root environmental causes of the disease.
“The ways in which the cells differ from each other turns out to be important for understanding why they stop responding to treatments,” says Dr. Samuel Aparicio, BC Cancer distinguished scientist and co-lead author on the study with Dr. Sohrab Shah, BC Cancer scientist and current chief of computational oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering. “It also tells us something about the history of the cancer; how it developed, how long it’s been inside healthy tissue, and how long it’s been growing. In some cases, a pattern of mutation in the genome might tell us that that person has been exposed to a carcinogen or some other thing in the environment which predisposes to that cancer. That’s what the methodology brings – the ability to address all of those questions.”
The new approach brings together leading-edge methods in genomics and computer science from the laboratories of Dr. Aparicio and Dr. Shah.
This advance comes nearly a decade after Dr. Aparicio and Dr. Shah and their team’s first foundational shift in decoding cancer: the ability to sequence human cancer genomes, which opened up a new era in understanding cancer and has since been transformational in the field.
The team began with two genomes, in a 2009 landmark study of cancer metastasis in a breast cancer and today has decoded more than 500,000 single cell cancer genomes, 50,000 of which are released into the public domain through this study. In the last ten years, cancer genomics findings have sparked new drug treatments, new ways of diagnosing cancer and new ways of monitoring cancer.
“Basic and translational research is essential to advancing medical discoveries that will have a profound impact on patient care,” says Dr. François Bénard, vice president, research, BC Cancer. “We are proud of the work our researchers do and the collaboration between partners including the University of British Columbia and Memorial Sloan Kettering.”
“A new era of breakthrough cancer research and treatment is here, thanks in large part to our donors who have supported Dr. Aparicio and his team at BC Cancer for the past decade, bringing hope and promise to patients in B.C.,” says Sarah Roth, president & CEO, BC Cancer Foundation.
“Sometimes obtaining the knowledge takes a bit of time and persistence, but there’s a message of hope in here,” says Dr. Aparicio. “Over the next ten years, we anticipate this technology will enable a fundamentally improved understanding of cancer biology leading to better ways to target cancers, predict response to therapy and combine interventions to improve the lives of patients.”
“We’re excited to be able to present this technology to other scientists, both at MSK and beyond,” adds Dr. Shah.
Research teams in the United Kingdom and United States have already begun to adopt the methodology developed at BC Cancer in Vancouver.
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Cinderella By Any Name…
by Mark DeVoto
February 13, 2017 February 13, 2017 by Mark DeVoto
(Andrew Brilliant photo)
Jules Massenet was the dominant composer of opera in France for nearly two generations, and half a dozen of his 30-plus works for the stage are still widely performed in Europe. The best of these, such as Thaïs, Manon and Werther, evidence impeccable musical technique, expert stagecraft, noteworthy vehicles for prominent singers, and, most important, a durable quality of musical gracefulness— better call it charm — that is always winning. Claude Debussy, 20 years younger, throughout his career was ambivalent about the composer to whom he knew he owed a good deal in his youth; he wrote after Massenet’s death in 1912: “Massenet was the most genuinely loved of all our contemporary musicians. … His colleagues never forgave him for having such a power to please; it was really a gift.” (More on the subject is highlighted here by Cashman Kerr Prince.)
Boston can now [also revived by BU in 2015] enjoy a vivid example of Massenet’s charm in the New England Conservatory’s production of Cendrillon, first produced in 1899, at the height of Massenet’s career. This comic adaptation by Henri Cain of Perrault’s Cinderella story, with subtle additions from the Sleeping Beauty legend, makes for a well-paced evening that sparkles with droll humor, fairy dust, and, above all, effortlessly clever and often lovely music.
The NEC production is double-cast with graduate singers in the voice program. There was a cautionary announcement at the beginning by Joshua Major, stage director, that Sooyeon Kang, soprano in the title role and substituting for an ailing Erica Petrocelli, was herself vocally under-the-weather and wouldn’t be singing in full voice; but we wouldn’t have known this from the performance, because Kang gave us a vocally rich and well-acted Cendrillon. Her stage opposite, Prince Charming, is a Hosenrolle in this opera, and Margaret Bridge, soprano, shares equal honors for fine singing and able characterization. The Fairy Godmother/Queen, a coloratura role, was fearlessly handled by Helen Zhibing Huang; her music even offered a backward glance at the Bell Song (with glockenspiel) from Delibes’s Lakmé, composed 15 years earlier. The evil stepmother, Madame de la Haltière (Brindley McWhorter), and her grabby daughters, Dorothée (Morgan Middleton) and Noémi (Chang Liu), all executed their roles with professional nastiness and good sound. The dramatic weakness of the opera, namely that Pandolfe’s is the only important male role, was amply compensated by Josh Quinn’s outstanding performance.
Andrew Brilliant photo
I had not been in the Cutler Majestic since the Boston Lyric Opera did Beatrice et Benedict some years back, and it was gratifying to realize once more that the jewelbox theater is well proportioned to give a good sense of intimacy with a relatively large stage space. With a cast of this size, and only a dozen servants and courtiers, there was ample room for moving around effectively. The set for the domestic and ballroom scenes was dominated by a semicircular clockface at the rear, to emphasize the midnight cutoff, while the chorus of fairies in Act III brought in their own forest of white feathers on six-foot sticks; these were ranged as a line down the center of the stage, so that Cendrillon and Prince Charming could speak to each other across them in their dream sequence. Costumes were well ordered, from Cendrillon’s plain gray house uniform (magically transformed into a bright white ball gown) to the bright green fluffy foliage of the fairies.
The orchestra is small-full, with paired woodwinds (including two piccolos), normal brass, and strings 8-6-4-3-2. Hugh Wolff conducted the whole ensemble ably and comfortably, and even took part in some of the byplay. From where I was seated, I could watch him in a prompter’s television screen, not far from where the translations were projected.
Massenet paid homage to his own contemporaries throughout his career. His operatic craft was forged in the shadow of Gounod, whose Faust appeared when Massenet was 17 years old, and he carried on a tradition that would have been led by Bizet had the latter not died so young. The C major march that opens Cendrillon would have been admired by Meyerbeer (died 1864). Prince Charming’s sighs of sadness in Act II are wrought in Wagnerian chromaticism, but the waltz that accompanies the wearisome presentation of “desirable princesses” is like the later Weber. There was a hilarious choreographic moment after this when one of the desirables forces the Prince to dance a tango — probably not called for in the
score, but an inspired stroke of staging. Another episode of comic genius in Act III results when Pandolfe, the exasperated paterfamilias, shouts “Le diable vous emporte!” at his wife and stepdaughters, and they shriek in diminished-seventh dismay. But a moment of telling poignancy in Act I, during Cendrillon’s solitary rumination, is addressed to the cricket on the hearth, “Reste au foyer, petit grillon,” in 6/8 A minor, like Schubert’s Gretchen at her spinning wheel. This music returns with beautiful effect in Act III, after Cendrillon returns alone from the ball. Elsewhere, one can find dominant-seventh chords moving in chromatic-scale succession; this is also one of Debussy’s trademarks, but Fauré and Chabrier took advantage of them too, in a distinctively Gallic manner.
In Cendrillon one can especially admire Massenet for his amiable smoothness of dramatic thought. The music is confident, and appropriate to the task, and contains a popular touch that is neither pretentious nor excessively sentimental — qualities that I often find lacking in the best Italian opera and even more in German opera. Think of this opera as a romantic tribute on St. Valentine’s Day, and bring your friends. Repeats tonight and tomorrow.
Mark DeVoto, musicologist and composer, is an expert in Alban Berg, also Ravel and Debussy. A graduate of Harvard College (1961) and Princeton (PhD, 1967), he has published extensively on these composers and many music subjects, most notably, harmony.
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I went to the very enjoyable performance on Monday night. I wonder if Mr. DeVoto could comment on Massenet’s decision to cast a soprano as Prince Charming. Was it simply a fashionable thing to do at that time? To my ears, a tenor would have worked better by providing a contrast in pitch and timbre, and using a male lead also would have made more sense dramatically.
Comment by Bob D. — February 13, 2017 at 11:05 pm
A friend of mine did a master’s thesis on trouser roles and wound up getting very familiar with Massenet. I never did quite find out why, however. :(
Comment by Camilli — February 14, 2017 at 8:19 am
I’m no expert on trouser roles, but there are a number that are well known: Cherubino, Octavian, Prince Orlovsky, who else? I’m not thinking of children’s roles like Hansel or the Tsarevich.
Comment by Mark DeVoto — February 14, 2017 at 3:36 pm
Then there is Leonore in Fidelio…
Comment by Lee Eiseman — February 14, 2017 at 5:35 pm
The Prince is a trouser role for soprano falcon (French voice type a bit darker and lower than regular soprano) “of the right size,” and the same composer also cast women in male roles for Jean in his Jongleur de Notre Dame and for the title role of his opera Chérubin. The original singer for the Prince was Marie-Louise van Émelen, and the original singer for Chérubin was Mary Garden. It was a common approach in fairy tale operas of the time (maybe sounded more childlike and family friendly?).
For those who would like to explore further, there is a readable, short thesis from Georgia State (2012) reviewing the history of trouser roles in opera:
http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=music_theses
Comment by Laura Prichard — February 15, 2017 at 12:10 am
Leonore in Fidelio is a special case, so I wouldn’t call hers actually a trouser role. The audience is aware almost from the beginning that Leonore is a woman disguised as a young man, even if the characters on stage don’t know this until the opera is almost over (poor Marzelline is the last one to find out: “Oh, weh mir, weh mir, was vernimmt mein Ohr!”). In the traditional trouser role such as in Figaro and Rosenkavalier the audience is supposed to accept that Cherubino and Octavian are actually young men.
Comment by Mark DeVoto — February 17, 2017 at 8:42 am
Sorry, this comment forum is now closed.
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The Rieger Graham Prize
For a Three-month Classical Design Fellowship at The American Academy in Rome
The purpose of the Rieger Graham Prize is to advance the career and professional skills of a recent graduate or practitioner of architecture. Applicants must demonstrate interest and training in the classical design tradition and the continuity of knowledge it embodies. The prize will be awarded once every two years by a jury appointed by the ICAA.
The centerpiece of the prize is a three-month Classical Design Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome, the premier American overseas center for independent study and research in the fine arts and humanities. The total award will include Academy fees, travel allotment and award stipend. The proposed three-month stay must occur between September of the prize year and May of the following year.
The prize is open to United States citizens with a Bachelor of Architecture degree, Master of Architecture degree, or Master of Fine Arts degree prior to the start of the fellowship.
The Charles Rieger and John D. Graham Architectural Art Prize results from a bequest by the late Charles Rieger, Professor of Architecture at Columbia University.
Rieger bequeathed to the Institute a painting by a friend and mentor, artist John D. Graham (female portrait, Aurea Mediocritas, 1952) and stipulated that the painting be sold to endow a prize in the field of classical architecture.
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The applicant must submit a proposal for a project involving research, documentation and design, showing how the applicant sees fit to explore Rome in the best way possible for his/her career development. The foremost priority in choosing the Prize recipient will be the project’s link to the opportunity to learn from Rome and its environs in situ.
Application documents must include:
Current resume or CV describing educational credentials and related professional experience
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All submission materials should be submitted by email to [email protected] Hard copy applications will not be accepted.
In addition to the merits of the project proposal and personal credentials, the jury will look for exceptional and demonstrable skill as measured by samples submitted from past work.
The jury will judge such talent against the complementary Vitruvian ideals of strength, function and beauty as revealed by both the conception of the design samples and their manual execution.
Theoretical as well as practical merit will thus determine the selected fellow.
After completing study in Rome, the Prize winner will be required to submit some tangible or publishable result from his/her experience, which will be the property of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art and which can be featured in Institute publications and/or exhibitions as applicable.
The winner’s encounter with the classical past must be documented through finished drawings or through other presentation media of designs or documentation which explore the lessons learned from Rome.
All work from the Prize must be completed within six months of the end of the residency in Rome.
Candidates must have received a four or five year Bachelor of Architecture degree, Master of Architecture degree, or Master of Fine Arts degree prior to the fellowship. The prize will be limited to United States citizens.
The proposed three-month stay must begin between September of the prize year and May of the following year.
Contact Julie Benton ([email protected]) or call 212-730-9646, ext. 112 with questions.
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Case Name Smith v. Maschner PC-KS-0003
Docket / Court 3:84-cv-03283-DES ( D. Kan. )
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Case Type(s) Prison Conditions
Inmates at "A" cellhouse at the Kansas State Penitentiary filed a civil rights lawsuit in state court against officials at the Kansas State penitentiary, complaining of a denial of adequate access to the prison law library. The parties entered into a consent decree on August 19, 1985, granting the ... read more >
Inmates at "A" cellhouse at the Kansas State Penitentiary filed a civil rights lawsuit in state court against officials at the Kansas State penitentiary, complaining of a denial of adequate access to the prison law library. The parties entered into a consent decree on August 19, 1985, granting the plaintiffs more access to the law library and supplementing the materials of the law library. The trial court's order specifically allowed the plaintiff inmates to use the prison law library on Saturday mornings and gaining access to hardbound volumes of federal cases.
On November 21, 1985, the plaintiff inmates filed a motion to reopen the case, citing various allegations against the State concerning access to legal materials. The parties agreed on all disputed issues except which inmates should be allowed to use the law library on Saturday mornings. The trial court (Judge Maurice P. O'Keefe, Jr.) issued a ruling on March 25, 1986, holding that Saturday morning library privileges were reserved for general population inmates, and since the inmates in cellhouse "A" were part of the general population, they were entitled to use the library on Saturday mornings, but only for one hour (with "working inmates" being granted two hours).
The defendants appealed, and the Kansas Court of Appeals reversed and remanded, holding that the consent decree was in effect a contract, and the decree contained no provisions about Saturday morning library privileges. Petition for review by the Kansas Supreme Court was denied on December 19, 1986.
The inmates then sought to have the entire consent decree set aside based on fraud, and Judge O'Keefe denied this motion, holding that there was no evidence of fraud. Judge O'Keefe also found that the consent decree was ambiguous on the question of Saturday morning access to libraries and what volumes of the federal series were to be hardbound. Based on these findings, the trial court ordered on April 23, 1987, that the cellhouse "A" inmates to have Saturday privileges and the federal series was to be kept in hardbound volumes.
On appeal, the Kansas Court of Appeals on August 19, 1988, again reversed, holding that its previous decision made clear that the questions of Saturday morning library privileges and hardbound federal volumes were at the discretion of the prison officials, according to the consent decree. Smith v. Maschner, 760 P.2d 49 (Kan. Ct. App. 1988) (per curiam).
All of the information we have on the state court portion of the case comes from the August 19, 1988 Court of Appeals opinion.
In 1984, the case was removed to the District Court for the District of Kansas. Amended complaints were filed in April 1985 and August 1986. On Sept. 30, 1988, the court (Judge Dale E. Saffels) denied plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment. An appeal was taken. On March 29, 1990, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals (Judge Seymour) affirmed in part and reversed in part. Smith v. Maschner, 899 F.2d 940 (10th Cir. 1990). The court held that: (1) the inmate had adequate state postdeprivation remedies for his claims that he was deprived of property without due process; (2) the prison regulation of incoming correspondence did not violate any protected rights; (3) the inmate received adequate notice of charges, opportunity to respond, and written findings; (4) factual issues existed on the inmate's claim that he was deprived of procedural due process by virtue of the denial of a request to call a witness; and (5) factual issues existed on the inmate's claim that officials retaliated against him for exercising his right of access to court. The case was remanded back to the District Court.
In 1991, the case was referred to Magistrate Judge John C. Tillotson. In 1994 the court appointed counsel for the plaintiff. On Jan. 11, 1996, the court (Judge Dale E. Saffels) denied motions by both parties for summary judgment. A stipulation of dismissal was filed on August 23, 1996 and was entered by the court (Judge Saffels) on September 5, dismissing the case wtih prejudice.
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Civil Rights Injunctions Over Time: A Case Study of Jail and Prison Court Orders
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Summary Care Records to go ahead, says Department of Health review
A review of the controversial NHS Summary Care Records programme has concluded that centralised electronic patient records are a valuable tool, but...
Bryan Glick, Editor in chief
A review of the controversial NHS Summary Care Records (SCR) programme has concluded that centralised electronic patient records are a valuable tool, but the amount of information they include will be restricted, says the Department of Health.
SCR has been one of the most widely disputed aspects of the £12bn NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) with critics highlighting the privacy and security issues of allowing widespread access to patients' medical history.
But a review by NHS medical director Bruce Keogh says a record containing only critical information will be good for emergency or unplanned care, when clinicians would not otherwise be able to find out about medical conditions.
Previous plans could have seen more of a patient's medical history stored in the SCR, but now it will only contain a patient's demographic details, medications, allergies and adverse reactions, to ensure safe treatment. Any additional information will need explicit consent from the patient, who will also have the right to view the record at the point of care.
"In an advanced national health care system it is reasonable for citizens to expect that when they arrive in Accident and Emergency or require treatment out of hours that clinicians treating them have access to enough basic medical information to prevent anyone making wrong or even dangerous decisions," said Keogh.
A separate review by NHS director of patient and public affairs Joan Saddler said patient communication about the SCR needed to be improved.
Controversially, SCR has been made an opt-in service, which assumes all patients want an SCR record created unless they tell their GP otherwise. More than 30 million people have been written to already, and opt-out rates have so far been negligible, but critics have said the letters did not adequately explain the process.
Sadler recommended awareness-raising campaigns at local, regional and national levels to ensure people realise that a Summary Care Record is being created for them, unless they choose to opt out. In future, all patients contacted by letter informing them that a record will be created, will have an opt-out form and pre-paid envelope included.
"If we really want patients at the heart of care, the availability of core, personal and medical information when patients need care is essential," said Sadler.
"They must also be given clear and simple information about the Summary Care Record and the choices available to them. Patients must be the ones who decide if any additional information should be included in their SCR, supported by appropriate professionals. This is the only way we will build trust in the SCR and its use."
So far, three million SCRs have been created, according to the Department of Health. The SCR is one of the few central NHS IT programmes retained by the coalition government, after a decision to scrap the NPfIT and decentralise IT purchasing to individual NHS trusts.
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June 05, 2019 News & Opinion » Politics
Georgia HB 83: The Politics of Recess
By Kristy Edenfield
MANY THINK that recess for children K-5 would be a fairly benign and bipartisan issue. Unfortunately for our kids, it has become way too political.
There is an abundance of scientific research that unequivocally proves that daily recess is essential for children. Unfortunately, with an overabundance of state standardized testing requirements, recess has become the tragic victim of a pressure cooker-like environment where school districts across the state are choosing to scrap recess for additional time in the classroom—leaving many young children sitting at their desks for entire days with no breaks, except for a 30-minute silent lunch.
Any reasonable person can easily see how this is asinine and counterproductive.
State Representative Demetrius Douglas has been fighting this battle for three years, trying to pass legislation that would encourage school districts to schedule 30 minutes of recess per school day.
As a former linebacker for the Georgia Bulldogs, not to mention his NFL career with the New York Jets and the Washington Redskins, Representative Douglas knows a thing or two about the essential need for recess.
That is why he has sponsored the “recess bill” for three years in a row. Unfortunately his attempts did not pass during the 2017 and 2018 sessions, but HB 83, “Quality Basic Education Act; recess for students in kindergarten and grades one through five” passed during the 2019 Georgia legislative session with an overwhelming bipartisan majority.
In the House, the vote was 160 yea and 11 nay; in the Senate, 48 yea and 4 nay.
Unfortunately, Governor Kemp vetoed the bill. When asked about his veto of the recess bill, Kemp replied, “I don’t support mandating recess. If you want recess, lobby your local (school) boards.”
The veto caught Rep. Douglas by surprise.
“I have worked on this bipartisan legislation for three years. It passed both chambers overwhelmingly,” said Douglas.
“During the legislative process there was no indication that the Governor’s office did not support the legislation. We worked very hard during the committee process, in the House and the Senate, with both Democrats and Republicans, and with the Georgia Department of Education to ensure success.”
In Chatham County, constituents have been lobbying their School Board for more than four years, and while a policy finally passed in December, it is still not perfect.
According to Carey Schwartzburt, mother of three, “During the fall testing of this past school year, my son’s PreK class, 22 students, at Heard Elementary weren’t permitted to go outside for recess because of the risk of them making noise in the hallways and disturbing the test-takers. I assume this was also the case with Heard’s other PreK class of 22 students. And yes, this was during the entire time of testing.”
Schwartzburt says she believes they also had to eat lunch in their classrooms on these testing days and not the cafeteria.
“It was roughly two weeks straight that they did not have any outdoor time. After the recess policy passed this past winter, they did go out for recess during the next set of testing days, but once the Superintendent changed the mandated verbiage of the policy, it was, once again, hit or miss that his class would have outdoor time,” she says.
Toward the end of this school year, she says, “It was approximately two days a week that they wouldn’t have recess. The excuse usually was they were worried it might rain, which, on those days that I heard that excuse from my son, it did not rain during their 9:30 am allotted recess time. And the gym was not available to them at that time as an alternative—so they just had in-classroom center time.”
Paula Kreissler, director of Healthy Savannah, said, “We are very disappointed that the Governor vetoed the recess bill. The research is clear: behavior and academic performance improve with kids who have recess.”
Michael Johnson, District 7 School Board Representative, said, “Governor Kemp’s veto of the Recess Bill is a travesty. His reasoning behind the veto is that he wants more local control over education. Well Governor, I’m calling BS! If you really wanted more local control over education you would repeal the 5 millage hold back on public education funds immediately. You would repeal State mandated testing immediately. You would repeal state maximum class sizes immediately, along with a host of other issues!”
If Governor Kemp wants to be intellectually honest, Johnson said, “He would repeal everything that affects Local Boards of Education and let us run our districts as we deem without the overreaching hand from Atlanta.”
The veto of the wildly popular recess bill leaves many people to wonder: who was in the Governor’s ear? With an overwhelming majority support from both Republicans and Democrats, who was encouraging the Governor to veto such an immensely popular bill?
Many fingers have been pointing toward the Georgia School Board Association (GSBA).
Former Savannah-Chatham School Board President Jolene Byrne explains:
“Over the past few years, GSBA has spent thousands of taxpayer dollars fighting a bill that would protect the basic human rights of children. Yes, the State did pass a law in 2004 requiring districts to have a policy regarding ‘unstructured breaks.’ However, this law allows districts to eliminate recess, if they so choose,” Byrne says.
“GSBA hates the term ‘recess’ so much that when I was Board President they went so far as to notify the district that we were prohibited by State law from having a recess policy. That is the position of GSBA, one they are willing to fight tooth and nail to maintain,” she says.
How many tax dollars are being spent by Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools to pay the Georgia School Board Association? $25,775. There are 180 locally elected boards across the state of Georgia, and while membership is voluntary, all 180 are members. Dues are based on student population size and paid by taxpayers.
Justin Pauly, Director of Communications, Georgia School Boards Association said, “Local boards of education are already required by state statute to have a policy on unstructured breaks. This code section 20-2-323 was passed in 2004. It allows for these decisions to be made at the school level. Therefore HB 83 falls under our position of supporting local control.”
“Most of the School Board Members I have spoken to from all corners of Georgia were hoping this would become law,” said Michael Johnson. “It can be problematic interpreting board policy to make into a regulation to be enforced at a school level. There are also districts that don’t even have a recess policy because GSBA recommended not having recess language in policy. So for anyone to say School Boards don’t want this doesn’t understand the background of recess, school boards, and GSBA.”
The state legislature can override the Governor’s veto. But, there doesn’t seem to be much of an appetite in the majority held Republican caucus to do so.
At the Republican State Convention held on Hutchinson Island, Majority Whip, Senator Steve Gooch, said that while he voted for the recess bill, “a veto override would embarrass the Governor in his first year,” and therefore he would not support it.
Representative Ed Setzler, who was a cosponsor of the recess bill, said there was, “zero chance of a veto override.”
Representative Ron Stephens (R-164) said he expects a new bill early in the next session.
“It’s one of those things that should be a statewide mandate,” said Stephens. “We need to put something that local school boards want—like putting sugar in medicine that tastes pretty bad, so that the local school boards won’t go against the bill. We can take away some mandates on testing, and bring it along with recess requirements.”
Locally, all members of the Chatham Delegation voted for the recess bill, with Representative Carl Gilliard (D-162) being a strong cosponsor.
Representative Jesse Petrea (R-166) said, “I understand the Governor’s rationale for his veto, standing on local control—school boards lobbied against it. It doesn’t rise to the level to try to fight the Governor over a veto.”
Petrea hopes that the bill will send a message and raise awareness of the issue - “perhaps you will see change anyway.”
Senator Ben Watson (R-1) would give no comment about overriding the veto, but said, “It is best not to have a power struggle between the legislature and the Governor. I feel that recess is important - but we don’t want to draw a line in the sand.”
Senator Lester Jackson (D-2), said, “I think we are going to look at the bill next session and we should vote to override the Governor’s veto,” noting that with over 72% of lawmakers voting in favor of the recess bill, the required two-thirds vote would be there to support an override. “It’s the right thing to do, we need to promote healthy attitudes for our young people that will shape and mold their lives.”
Rep. Douglas concludes, “Our state is a national embarrassment as it relates to childhood obesity. According to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Georgia ranks 8th in childhood obesity. Our kids are our future and they deserve better!”
As a former college and NFL linebacker, Douglas spent his career avoiding being blocked, but now he is trying to avoid a block from fellow Bulldog, Governor Brian Kemp. There are no signs of Douglas giving up on this issue.
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Integrating Technology with Stakeholder Support
RON SINOPOLI
CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER, MCHUGH CONSTRUCTION
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Historically, the construction industry has been labeled as resistant to change. Relative to other sectors, many have argued that the acceptance of technology and innovation into the construction workflow has been notably slower. But rarely is the rationale behind that concept explored.
Within the scope of traditional research and development processes, manufacturers and product developers are given space, freedom and resources – both human and capital – toward identifying the opportunities that disruptive technologies may hold without the expectation of production or productive results. General contractors trusted with the fulfillment their clients’ architectural and creative visions – on time and on budget – do not share the same luxury.
However, there’s no denying we are in the midst of a global digital revolution, and the architecture, construction and engineering communities are not immune. The challenge lies not in understanding the promise of technology, but rather harnessing it and integrating it into our projects in meaningful, productive ways. And doing so involves the support and buy-in from all stakeholders.
Consider the foundation of the construction worksite. It used to be that preparing a site for operations was as simple as pulling in the trailer and securing power and water sources. The advent of cloud technology has altered that reality, added several new layers to what was once a fast, simple process.
Today, for example, securing a reliable Wi-Fi connection and firewall protection are among the fundamental components to establishing any jobsite and are key to facilitating basic communication and collaboration among stakeholders. It is no longer viable for a project team – regardless how skilled – to initiate operations without these systems in place. It’s important to recognize this basic shift in workflow as source of resistance so it can be addressed proactively.
This cloud migration, driven by both clients and the younger generation of skilled workers, has created a new class of teamwork altogether. Technology integrators, those individuals charged with expediting technology services – from internet connections to cable services – to the jobsites, have become critical to the success of a construction project, both at the outset and over the long term. Developing a comprehensive network of preferred technology integration vendors and maintaining good relationships with them is foundational to success.
It’s also important to explore the implications of cloud technology on individuals working throughout the company’s network, whether in the home office or on the worksite. This includes leadership, clients, information technology teams, human resources professionals, project managers and subcontractors. With connected systems increasingly at play, new technology in one division is likely to impact workflow in another, a fact that cannot be overlooked.
For that reason, the first step toward selecting – and garnering support for – a new technology application is to ensure company workflow supports it. When applying a new software as a service platform, whether Procore, eBuilder, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, or another, leadership must ensure it both meets specific project needs and, simultaneously, minimizes disruption to work, not just on site, but that which is conducted across the company.
This begins with a review and definition of company workflows prior to selecting a SaaS. Tracking internal processes, including how cost, equipment, activities and people are managed in the day-to-day, will illustrate the impact technology may have on team members and facilitate selection of the right tools at the right time. For example, if left unexplored, a new digital timekeeping system may result in immediate time-saving on the jobsite, but on the back end create additional work for project managers and human resources professionals, resulting in resistance or, at worst, disengagement.
Next, you have to build support. When it comes to client-facing technology, such as new equipment or processes implemented on the jobsite, leadership must first assess the client’s appetite for involvement. Whenever possible, the builder’s vision for how technology can enhance the construction process should be presented to the client as early as the initial bidding and proposal phases. These presentations are an optimal time to educate the client on the technology’s benefits and ROI while remaining transparent about cost and risk. It never hurts to start with clients with whom a trusting, longstanding relationship is already established.
Internal support for technology integration can be built and maintained by first developing a keen awareness of the benefits, impacts and challenges it poses for team members, and then by deploying a solid plan for how it will be introduced. A strategic approach to both beta testing and rollout is key.
Jobsite innovations, such as state-of-the-art surveying systems and new-era building equipment, can cause variable responses from project team members and are best rolled out incrementally. While it can be tempting to lean on innovation champions – those who are open to and excited about change – it’s important to get feedback and buy-in from individuals who are more resistant to evolving workflows. Beta testing of any new software or technology should occur within a representative sample that includes all core conditions: company employees, tradespeople, subcontractors and administration. New mobile applications, for example, should be tested among teams who aren’t as savvy with computers and mobile devices.
An incremental approach to testing within a smaller sample may help build demand for new technology. Inherently, the presence of something new and exciting on the worksite can create a sense of intrigue, generating interest and questions from crewmembers, which may help pave the way for more streamlined integration and acceptance.
Finally, a strategic approach to training is key to garnering support. Platform-designed training is important but should not become a substitute for company-driven training that accounts for how the platform interacts with the contractor’s existing workflow. Further, just-in-time training that occurs in the days or weeks, as opposed to months or years, before technology is formally introduced or becomes integrated into a project, will preserve company resources and eliminate the need for retraining.
Among the biggest challenges facing general contractors is how they can most effectively align their technology objectives with those of their subcontractors. While it may seem logical to mandate participation and specify technology and software expectations into subcontracting agreements, this approach can be ineffective and formulate anxiety, which is unproductive in today’s competitive market. A flexible, more nimble approach that considers the importance of subcontractor participation within a specific SaaS based on their individual roles and responsibilities will help attract talent and ensure the GC remains a partner of choice.
The fact that technology is disrupting the construction industry is no longer in question, but how firms navigate its integration with the support of their team members remains a core concern. With an acute understanding of how company workflows function and interact with technology, combined with a sustained awareness of the impact it has on people throughout the system, this disruption can be harnessed, and everyone can benefit.
Ron Sinopoli is the chief information officer at McHugh Construction, a Chicagoland member. Sinopoli is responsible for directing McHugh’s information technology teams and facilitating the integration of current and emerging technology into McHugh’s workflow, creating efficiency and value while achieving company and client objectives.
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JOHNSON CHARLES IS READY FOR #CPL17
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The St Lucia Stars had the most successfully season last year, and much of that was as a result of Johnson Charles’s impressive season with the bat.
“2016 was a big year and 2017 is definitely going to have more hype and I am looking forward to doing my thing. I am definitely excited and you know the excitement is immeasurable.” Johnson said as we count down the days to the opening match at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground,” Charles said.
When asked about what is required for the Stars to go all the way this year Charles was confident. “All we have to do now is maintain and improve on our performances. It is going to take a lot of work because all teams are coming after us. It is a hard competition. So, we just have to maintain and give our all.”
Charles is full of belief in his team and his own abilities. “Last year I was number two in the run scoring charts. So, this year I am just looking to start at number two and get up there to number one. It will take a lot of hard work because every batsman is coming out there to perform and get the most runs.”
Speaking about the development Hero CPL and the changes players faced in the opening years, Charles said: “When we started in the first year you could have seen that guys were not really into T20 and did not really know much about the game, but as it progressed you could see everybody getting a lot better in their games and game planning.
“Hero CPL has pushed my T20 career forward in that it has exposed me to more of the world stage and it has definitely marketed my name. It has helped me a lot and I am hoping to use this as far as possible.”
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December 3, 2019 By sarah shelters
Joanne Nelson and the Girl Scouts of WNY
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The first time Joanne Nelson recited the Girl Scout Law, she pledged to do her best to be friendly and caring, courageous and strong, to make the world a better place, and to be a sister to every Girl Scout.
More than 50 years later, Nelson is still making good on that pledge.
Starting as a Brownie Scout, Nelson stayed involved with the organization, becoming a program aide at a local day camp as a teenager and then as a counselor at Camp Woodelohi in Cassadaga.
In 1967, Nelson was hired as the Assistant Camp Director at the newly opened residence camp, Camp Timbercrest, in Randolph. She was promoted in 1969 and served for 10 years as the Camp Director. In the 1990s, she served as president of the Girl Scout Council and led the dedication of the Girl Scout Program and Service Center on Horton Road in Jamestown.
Joanne Nelson is pictured trimming brush along the hiking trails at Camp Timbercrest in Randolph.
Of the thousands of scouts who have visited the outdoor centers, Nelson noted that many of them have grown into community leaders who remain involved in giving back locally.
“I loved my time at Camp Timbercrest,” Nelson said. “I saw so many good things happen there, including watching our counselors grow into doing amazing things.”
Recently, Nelson created a designated fund at the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation to ensure that future generations of Girl Scouts will be able to enjoy similar experiences.
The Girl Scouts of Western New York Maintenance Fund provides annual support for the outdoor maintenance and future enhancements at the Jamestown Service Center and Camp Timbercrest.
“These two properties provide our girls with views and vistas, room to hike and explore, a wide variety of flora and fauna, and so much more,” Nelson stated. “It is imperative that both properties be maintained so they can continue to be accessed, used and enjoyed by our girls.”
According to Nelson, working with the Community Foundation to create this fund just made sense.
“I really believe in the Community Foundation,” she said. “It is one of the best assets in our community and helps hundreds of people do good things every year.”
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Choose your programme
Southern Africa: travel to the ends of the earth with extended stay at the Cape of Good Hope (port-to-port cruise)
13 Days - 14Z_PP
SOUTH AFRICA - BOTSWANA - NAMIBIA - ZIMBABWE
Extend your stay in Southern Africa with a tour of the Cape Peninsula. You'll discover Robben Island, a place that needs no introduction with regards to its significance in South Africa’s and indeed the world’s history, but also stunning panoramas from Table Bay or along the legendary Chapman's Peak Drive.
Croisi +
All inclusive on board
THE CROISIEUROPE DIFFERENCE
All meals included - DRINKS INCLUDED with meals and at the bar
Refined local cuisine
Official welcome from the captain and crew
Tour leader or cruise director on board
Onboard activities and/or lectures
Travel assistance and repatriation insurance
All port fees included
Luxurious and comfortable lodge and ship
Unique cruise on Lake Kariba through emblematic and mysterious landscapes
Land and water safaris in Chobé and Matusadona National Parks
The grandness of Victoria Falls is waiting for you, on foot or on board a helicopter (optional)
EXTENSION INCLUDED:
Ascent of Table Mountain to take in the views from Table Bay
Discovery of the legendary Cape of Good Hope
Guided tour of Robben Island
Meet-up with the penguin colony near Simon's Town
Tasting of South-African wines* at a reputable estate
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Passengers are welcome to check in to their 4-star hotel LS starting from 3:00 p.m. (please make sure your travel agency is aware of the arrival times of your flight). After settling into your room, enjoy dinner on your own before spending the night at the hotel.
We’ll have a panoramic tour of the city. Afterwards, we’ll take the Table mountain Cableway and admire the magnificent panoramic view of the surrounding mountains (if the weather allows it). Dinner and overnight at a 4-star hotel LS.
Robben Island - Groot Constantia Wine Estate
We'll first visit famous Robben Island and its cells (if weather allows it). We’ll return to Cape Town for lunch on the waterfront. Afterwards, we’ll visit the cellar of the Groot Constantia estate followed by a tasting*. We’ll have dinner and spend the night at the hotel.
The Cape Peninsula
Today, we’ll set out for the legendary Cape of Good Hope. We’ll ride along Chapman’s Peak Drive and take the famous Flying Dutchman funicular to the summit. Enjoy lunch before discovering the penguin colony near Simon’s Town. We’ll have dinner and spend the night at the hotel.
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Cape Town - Johannesburg (South Africa)
Flight to Johannesburg. We’ll have lunch before visiting the Apartheid Museum, the first museum centering on South African history in the 20th century. Afterwards, we’ll set off for a panoramic tour of Johannesburg, the city of superlatives. We’ll arrive at our five-star hotel LS. You’ll enjoy dinner and spend the night at the hotel.
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Johannesburg - Kasane - Arrival at KAZA LODGE (South Africa-Botswana-Namibia)
We’ll take a regular flight from Johannesburg to Kasane, Botswana. You’ll be transferred from the airport to your CroisiEurope lodge on board small private boats. You’ll settle into your comfortable lodge ideally located at the heart of the wilderness. We’ll have dinner and spend the night at the lodge.
LODGE: Chobe National Park (Namibia-Botswana)
Enjoy a full-day safari in Jeeps to explore the Chobe National Park and its majestic fauna. Lunch in a “floating restaurant” with incredible views of the surrounding nature. Afterwards, we’ll board small private boats and sail off on Chobe River all the way to Sedudu Island and its marshes. We’ll have dinner and spend the night at the lodge.
LODGE: Impalila Island (Namibia)
Discover traditional villages on Impalila Island. We’ll return to our lodge for lunch. This afternoon, you can enjoy time at leisure at the lodge or join us for a discovery of the Zambezi River on small private boats. We’ll have dinner at the lodge. Tonight, let a local tell you all about the traditions of this particular island. Night spent at the lodge.
Lodge - Kasane - Lake Kariba - BOARDING THE ZIMBABWEAN DREAM (Namibia-Botswana-Zimbabwe)
Enjoy one last water safari in the Chobe National Park area. After lunch, we'll set out for the Kasane airport. On board small private planes, you’ll discover the stunning panoramas over Lake Kariba during your flight from Kasane to Kariba. You’ll be transferred to board the ship and comfortably settle into your cabins. We’ll start sailing across the lake. We’ll have dinner and spend the night on board.
SHIP: LAKE KARIBA - SAILING ON THE GACHE-GACHE RIVER (Zimbabwe)
At sunrise, we’ll set sail through Lake Kariba. We’ll set out on small private boats to discover the Gache Gache River and its unique wildlife. We’ll return on board for lunch. This afternoon, we’ll sail towards Changa. Later, we'll set out on small private boats to admire the sunset. We’ll have dinner and spend the night on board.
SHIP: LAKE KARIBA - MATUSADONA NATIONAL PARK (Zimbabwe)
We’ll journey out this morning on a safari to discover the area around Matusadona National Park and its numerous wild animals. We’ll enjoy lunch on board and start sailing again. During this time, a round table will be the opportunity to learn more about the creation of the Lake, its inhabitants as well as its ecosystem. We’ll have dinner and spend the night on board.
SHIP: KARIBA - Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe)
At sunrise, we’ll set sail towards Kariba to disembark and journey out to the airport. We’ll discover the gigantic Kariba Dam which was created to form Lake Kariba before flying out to Victoria Falls on board private planes. Lunch cruise on the Zambezi River. This afternoon, enjoy a tour on foot of the falls. Tonight, enjoy dinner and spend the night at a four-star hotel LS.
Breakfast.
Optional early morning excursion: Soar over Victoria Falls in a helicopter (must be booked before departure). End of our services at the hotel.
Zimbabwean Dream
Ship : Zimbabwean Dream Ship category : PREMIUM
15% discount for 1 child from 7 to under 15 years old, sharing 1 cabin/room/bungalow with 1 or 2 adult(s) client(s) (excluding international flights and their taxes). Discount valid for the safari-cruise and the Cape of Good Hope pre-cruise program and limited to 1 child per room. Only 2 double rooms equipped with a spare bed are available for each departure.
Under 7 years old, children aren't allowed for security reasons.
>> CORE PROGRAM
The domestic flights and their taxes (120€ - 2019 rates) - your cruise with double-occupancy cabin in your choice of category - double-occupancy accomodations at a first-class CroisiEurope lodge and at 4-and-5-star hotels LS - all meals - drinks served by CroisiEurope at all meals and drinks served at the bar on the ship and at the CroisiEurope lodge - in Johannesburg and Victoria falls, drinks include: 1 water, 1 glass of local wine* or 1 soft drink or 1 local beer*, 1 tea or coffee per person and per meal - the excursions mentioned in the program - travel assistance and repatriation insurance - tips (excluding tips for crew members on board the ship and at the lodge).
Tips : To make your vacation worry-free, the equivalent of €20 per passenger will be given to service providers in your destination countries (excluding tips for crew members on board the ship and at the lodge) as tips. We feel this amount is appropriate in consideration of local customs and practice.
>> EXTENDED STAY
The domestic flight and its taxes (90€ - 2019 rates) - the coach transfer from the hotel to the airport - accomodation at a 4-star hotel - all meals - drinks include: 1 glass of wine* or 1 beer* or 1 soft drink + 1 water + 1 tea or coffee per person and per meal - the excursions mentioned in the program - the services of a local guide - tips.
Tips : To make your vacation worry-free, the equivalent of €40 per passenger will be given to service providers in your destination countries as tips. We feel this amount is appropriate in consideration of local customs and practice.
*Alcohol can be harmful to your health. Please drink in moderation.
international flights and their taxes - flight between Victoria Falls and Johannesburg - other transfers - dinner on D1 - cancellation and baggage insurance - Zimbabwean visa (US$30 to this day, to be paid for on site in US$) - cancellation/baggage insurance - optional excursion - tips for crew members on board the ship and at the lodge (for informational purposes, daily tips per passenger amount to US$5) - the Botswana Tourism levy (US$30 to be paid for on site in US$, and likely to be applicable in the year) - the Namibian visa (also likely to be applicable in the year) - personal expenses.
Water safari on the Gache-Gache River
We’ll set out on small private boats to discover the Gache Gache River and its unique wildlife. Gliding along its meanders, large bends and small, unspoiled inlets, you’ll be amazed by the magical atmosphere all around. Our safari will al...
Duration 2h00 Classic
Land and water safari in Matusadona National Park
We’ll journey out on a safari to discover the area around Matusadona National Park. Bordered by the Sanyati and Ume Rivers, this 1,400km²/540 sq mi-large untouched area is home to numerous animal species such as elephants, hippos, crocodil...
© Pipop Boosarakunwadi
Tour on foot of Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls were discovered by David Livingstone in 1855 and named in honor of Queen Victoria of Britain, but the indigenous Tonga name--"The Smoke That Thunders"--continues in common usage and suits the falls well: we’ll leave for...
Visit Lake Kariba's "Dam Wall"
We’ll set out to discover the gigantic Kariba Dam which was created in 1955 to form Lake Kariba. Today, the dam serves as a source of electric power for 70% of Zimbabwe. You’ll get to discover the story and legends surrounding the creatio...
Soar over Victoria Falls in a helicopter (optional excursion)
Soar over Victoria Falls in a helicopter for spectacular views over this true wonder of nature known as the "Smoke That Thunders". You'll also get to see from above where the Zambezi River plunges over the cliff to become the widest wat...
Price per pers. 225.00 € Before departure
Fly to Lake Kariba on board small private planes
We've specially booked small private planes to access Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe where you'll be boarding the African Dream. Each flight lasts for about 1 hour and 40 minutes and is a true opportunity to admire stunning panoramas over the lake and...
The Cape of Good Hope
We’ll set out for the legendary Cape of Good Hope riding along Chapman’s Peak Drive, a panoramic road located on the Atlantic coast of the southwestern tip of South Africa. Listed as a national monument, this is one of the most spectacula...
Full-day's excursion to discover Robben Island and the Groot Constantia wine estate
We'll leave for our visit of a South African National Heritage Site as well as a UNESCO World Heritage Site: Robben Island. Used for the isolation of political prisoners during Apartheid, this infamous island was where three former inmates served...
Impalila Island
Impalila Island is a small Namibian island on the Caprivi Strip protruding into the northern territory of Botswana, Southern territory of Zambia and Western territory of Zimbabwe and surrounded by the Chobe River. Our walk will be guided by locals wh...
Full-day land and water safaris in Chobe National Park
Join us for a full-day's adventure exploring Chobé National Park. We'll journey out on a safari in Jeeps through what is known as the most biologically diverse national park in Botswana. Stretching over 11,000 km² (4,500 sq mi), i...
Water safari on the Zambezi River
The Zambezi is a legendary 2,574-km-long river which rises in Zambia and flows through Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique where it crosses the country to empty into the Indian Ocean. We'll board small private boats for our safari along the...
We’ll visit the Apartheid Museum which opened in 2001. It is famous the world over for being the first museum centering on South African history in the 20th century, and more particularly on Apartheid. Afterwards, we’ll set off for a pano...
We’ll leave for a panoramic tour of the city. Cape Town is a meticulously preserved city with modern towers in the center, cobblestone roads and a bounty of historical monuments in Edwardian and Victorian architecture. We'll visit the Castl...
Several ships available for this cruise
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PREMIUM - 2 Decks
Included lodge
KAZA LODGE
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Some administrative formalities to take into account in order to prepare your trip
Depending on nationality. Each nationality is requested to consult their embassy or consulate.
What you need to know before your departure
These cruises and tours are not recommended for persons with reduced mobility as we will walk along stony paths and slopes. There are no elevators on the ships.
Your cruise as well as your stay at the lodge are fully dedicated to the protected areas of Lake Kariba and Chobé National Park. Life on board and at the lodge revolves around the discovery and observation of the local fauna and flora, providing constant enchantment. Strict safety rules and guidelines will be given on site, such as staying close to the lodge and ship at all times outside of the context of excursions because of the ever-present wilderness and fauna around you.
Please be aware that most of your stay will take place at the border with three different countries, meaning mandatory and frequent border crossings. Our teams on site are doing everything in their power to make the process quicker.
The domestic flight from Cape Town to Johannesburg will be provided by South African Airways or another airline serving Southern Africa.
The domestic flight from Johannesburg to Kasane will be provided by South African Airways or another airline serving Southern Africa.
Domestic flights for Lake Kariba will be provided by Central Air Transport Service, Safari Logistics or another airline serving Southern Africa.
Please note: international flights are not included, our services start from the hotel in Johannesburg and end at the hotel in Victoria Falls.
The following information is given for guidance only and may be modified at any time. This information cannot anticipate the sovereign application thereof made by the authorities of the countries to be visited nor by the airlines.
There are no compulsory vaccinations for your destinations except for guests arriving from countries with risk of yellow fever; these guests may be required to produce proof of vaccination at the airport or at the border post.
However, it is strongly recommended you ensure your vaccines for the following diseases are up-to-date: tetanus, polio, hepatitis A and B, diphtheria and typhoid. We also recommend consulting with your general practitioner regarding an antimalarial treatment and a yellow fever vaccine.
Vaccines for tetanus, diphtheria, polio, rubella, mumps, measles, and tuberculosis are recommended for minors. As a general rule, we strongly recommend consulting with your general practitioner about any health concerns before your departure.
Onboard the ships and at the lodges, payments can be made with a major bank card. We recommend bringing US dollars with you as they will be accepted in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe. For your information*:
South Africa: the rand (ZAR) €1 = ZAR 15 / $1 = ZAR 13
Botswana: the pula (BWP) €1 = BWP 12 / $1 = BWP 10
Namibia: the Namibian dollar (NAD) €1 = NAD 15 / $1 = NAD 13
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwean dollar, pegged against the US dollar €1 = USD 1.16
*Exchange rates of February 2019.
In Johannesburg, temperatures are never excessive due to its altitude (1,752m./5,751 ft.). Winters (May to September) are dry and sunny with cold nights, but the days are usually very pleasant. Summers (October to April) are hot during the day with thunderstorms in the afternoon or evening, and nights are cool. In the Kasane, Lake Kariba and Victoria Falls areas, the climate is semi-arid. Winters (May to October) are the dry season; days are hot and sunny, and nights are cool or even cold. Summers (November to April) can be rainy and temperatures are hot.
You can consult www.worldtimezone.com to see the time difference between your home and your destination.
/!\ ATTENTION - BAGGAGE REGULATIONS TO FOLLOW /!\
On this trip we plan to use private planes to get you between Kasane (lodge) and Kariba (ship).
The airline company operating these flights are imposing many restrictions regarding the bags being transported due to the capacity of the planes and for safety reasons.
You’ll find the list of regulations below:
Your checked baggage (1 per person maximum) MUST NOT EXCEED 20KG/44lbs.
It MUST COMPLY WITH THE FOLLOWING DIMENSIONS 60cm/23,60in. in length x 40cm/15,70in. in height x 30cm/11,80in. in width.
It must be made from SOFT FABRIC. Hard-shell suitcases are not accepted.
Luggage with wheels is accepted (a maximum of 2 wheels per bag).
Your carry-on baggage and personal items MUST NOT EXCEED 3KG/6.6lbs.
If your baggage does not comply with the above rules, THE AIRLINE WILL REFUSE TO TRANSPORT IT. Your stay aboard the ship would take place without your personal belongings. At the end of your cruise and before taking your international flight, you will be forced to return to the lodge at your own expense to collect your suitcase.
For your comfort, a laundry service is available during your stay at the lodge.
CABIN FOR TRIPLE USE ON BOARD THE SHIP
If two adults and one child are sharing one cabin, the spare bed will measure 150cm x 80cm (59 in. x 31 in.).
The tour itinerary can change depending on the weather.
The observation of wildlife can't be guaranteed.
The helicopter ride, the ascent of Table Bay by the Cableway and the visit of Robben Island depend on suitable weather conditions.
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Chicago Teachers’ New Political Awakening by Michelle Gunderson
by Albert Delgado
By Michelle Gunderson. First Published in Living in Dialogue August 4th, 2014
What would our city look like if it were run by Chicago teachers alongside other labor and community groups? This was the thought that kept running through my head as we gathered to support the launch of the new United Working Families political organization in Chicago.
I have strong hope that Chicago would look much different than it does now. It has to.
Mayor Emanuel states over and over again that Chicago is a world class city. Yet this is a place where we do not have resources for our schools to educate our children, where we do not have wages and jobs so we can afford our own city, and where we do not have affordable, safe housing for our families.
Mayor Emanuel, we are far from being a world class city.
The mission of the United Working Families (UWF) states that we will “organize families, strengthen their voices on issues of racial, social and economic justice, and challenge the corporate dominance of a two-party system by lifting up our issues and our champions.”
What does this mean? We will no longer blindly open up our checkbooks to the Democratic Party.
That was the old way of doing business.
According to Matt Luskin, a Chicago Teachers Union organizer, “We are looking for immediate campaigns that address our struggle.” UWF was not formed to take over the roles and leadership of groups that are already doing social justice work in Chicago. Its goal is to identify and back political power that will support our work.
“Imagine a campaign of face to face organizing in as many wards as possible”, says Bob Simpson in his Daily Kos blog, “supporting independent City Council candidates with a vision for a city where public resources are allocated by need rather than by race and income. Karen Lewis would be at the top of the ticket as the mayoral candidate, drawing on her popularity in African American and Latino neighborhoods. This could help bring out more voters to support the independent City Council candidates.”
Brandon Johnson. Photo by Bob Simpson
What the UWF stands for:
Equitable public education with a demand for expansion and support of neighborhood schools
Good jobs and fair working conditions
Public services and assets remaining in public control
Safe and strong communities with a commitment to public investment in institutions that promote public safety
Finding fair revenue resources to support this work
When you look at all of the above planks to the UWF platform you see the necessary elements of sustaining a good life – the purpose of a community.
Why are the Chicago Teachers joining forces with others and entering into the increasingly messy politics of Chicago?
We have witnessed and lived through devastating school closings, foreclosures, unemployment and violence that destroy the lives of our students, families, and fellow workers.
Throughout the last 5 years of CORE (Caucus of Rank and File Educators) leadership at the Chicago Teachers Union we have grown in our understanding of political power and our need to fight for the children we serve. Our work as unionists goes far beyond bread and butter contract issues. We do not approach change individualistically; rather Chicago’s teachers are connected to each other and to our communities. We accept our collective responsibility.
We also accept our place in history.
At the launch of the United Working Families organization Brandon Johnson, Chicago Teachers Union organizer said, “This is not a launch on bare ground. We launch off the shoulders of those who are black and white, old and young, who saw the hope and possibility generations before us.”
Michelle Gunderson is a 27 year teaching veteran who teaches first grade in the Chicago Public Schools. She is a doctoral student at Loyola University in Curriculum and Instruction.
Photo of demonstration by Fred Klonsky.
Photo of Brandon Johnson by Bob Simpson.
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The Best Rooftop Bars In London
Best Rooftop Bars in London | Bird of Smithfield © Bird of Smithfield
Beat the summer heat and sip your drink in the sky at one of these London rooftop bars
London does drinking holes better than most, and come summer, when competition is fierce for a coveted spot outside, those in the know head upwards to the city’s ever-growing repertoire of sky-high bars. The most happening hubs often make the most of the ever-changing face of the capital, perching themselves on everything from the sleek lines of the City to the Victorian architecture of Smithfield’s. Some of the best are strictly pop-up, so make the most of the inventive spaces while you can.
Pergola On The Roof
Dotted in a few locations around the city, Pergola on the Roof know how to do a rooftop bar. There are cocktails aplenty, pop-up food stalls and, of course, incredible views. Time it right and there may also be DJs to provide a soundtrack to proceedings.
Piazza Terrace Bar At The Royal Opera House
One of Covent Garden’s best kept secrets, The Royal Opera House is home to an array of eateries and bars. Adorned with bright and beautiful hanging baskets, it’s Piazza Terrace Bar is the ideal spot for a pre-show tipple. But even if you’ve not got tickets, head up to their incredible bar for a drink with a view.
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When cocktail hour comes calling, here is where you'll find the best alfresco spots.
"When competition is fierce for a coveted spot outside, those in the know head upwards to the city’s ever-growing repertoire of sky-high bars"
What the Bird lacks in size, it more than makes up for in colour. Complete with a living wall, lots of shrubbery and a grass-like floor, the overall theme is a healthy green. And, overlooking the emerald skyline of Smithfield’s, there’s plenty to admire from the barstools. Visit this clubby Georgian townhouse for the best combination of formality and fun.
Renowned for its buzzing atmosphere and killer cocktails, Madison’s Terrace Bar has the best views of St Paul’s cathedral in the capital. It also hosts some of the bigger names on the DJ circuit, as well as live acoustic acts, so try to keep abreast of its events calendar. Partygoers chat deep into the night here thanks to heaters that keep temperatures summery, even when the sun’s gone down.
Put your sunglasses on because few London venues have quite the colourful, reggae vibe that spills out of the Magic Roundabout. Selling artisanal coffee, craft beer and street food, Old Street’s best-kept secret makes its guests feel especially in-the-know, as the space can only be accessed via a staircase in the local tube station, which only the well-briefed know about.
Sky Garden is Instagram-famous thanks mainly to its sunrise yoga sessions and spectacular views. Sitting right at the centre of it all, with a panorama that includes the Cheese Grater, Gherkin and Shard, punters adore its dining options and evergreen surroundings. From the Skypod bar with its extensive cocktail list, to the Darwin Brasserie and its seasonal menu, visitors will never go hungry in this minimalist masterpiece.
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Cancel your appointments for one more day. Stretch out on your Corinthia bed, content, knowing your return to the pace of real life is postponed a little while longer
Inside The London Art Fair With Sarah Monk
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They're his cheerleaders! Elizabeth Hurley and Shane Warne's daughter head to Perth to support the cricketer in next match
By Hanna Flint
Published: 10:17 EST, 14 January 2013 | Updated: 11:22 EST, 14 January 2013
He was banned from his last match, but now that Shane Warne is back in action he made sure to take his two biggest fans along with him to his next cricket game.
So on Monday, fiance Elizabeth Hurley and his daughter joined the cricketer at Melbourne airport to fly out to Perth together for the meet.
Dressed in his Melbourne Stars kit, Shane looked ready for action.
Getting the tour: Shane Warne takes fiance Liz Hurley and daughter Summer on trip to Perth
Liz dressed casually too - as casual as one would expect from the 45-year old.
She wore a black and white striped jumper, jeans and wedge sandals, which may not have been the best choice because of hot temperature expected on arrival in Perth.
And Elizabeth soon realised her mistake, tweeting, 'rather warm in Perth' upon arrival.
Got a game? Shane wore his Melbourne stars kit to the airport whilst Liz opted for a black and white jumper and jeans
His daughter Summer wore a pretty pink summer dress, and together they walked through the airport towards the departure lounge.
Shane will be itching to get on the field after an altercation with Marlon Samuels left him paying a huge fine and missing last week's Australia's Big Bash quarter-final against Sydney Thunder.
Luckily the Stars won without their captain, meaning Warney gets to finish off the tournament on the pitch. but it could be the last time fans get the chance to see him in action.
Big match: Shane's team has a game on Wednesday against the Perth Scorchers
Shane will be playing against Perth Scorchers on Wednesday at 5pm in a semi finals match.
But according to his British wife-to-be, 'rain [is] predicted for Wednesday's game......horror.'
However the cricketer seemed to have much more pressing issues to deal with:
#Done at the WACA, now back to team hotel to chill & contemplate where to take@ElizabethHurley & my beautiful daughter Summer for dinner !!!'
Cheerleader: The actress turned designer has been supporting her partner ever since her arrival in Australia last week
Elizabeth Hurley and Shane Warne's daughter head to Perth to support the cricketer in next match
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48 HOURS IN NICARAGUA
WITH JIMMY CHIN AND JEFF JOHNSON
Photography by J I M M Y C H I N & J E F F J O H N S O N
Jeff Johnson, a writer and Patagonia’s first staff photographer, met director Jimmy Chin in 2007
when the two extreme sportsmen were caught in a snowstorm. They were climbing El Capitan in
Yosemite Valley 10 years before Chin would return to film his Academy Award-winning documentary
Free Solo on the mountain.“We were on the radio, bantering back and forth,” recalls Johnson.
Jeff was scaling one of El Cap’s sheer granite walls—which can reach up to 3,000 feet, 2.5
times the height of the Empire State Building. Around the corner was Chin and another mountaineer,
Conrad Anker, both of whom had conquered one of the world’s most dangerous stretches
of ice and rock in Chin’s 2015 film Meru.
Jeff Johnson, a writer and Patagonia’s first staff
photographer, met director Jimmy Chin in
2007 when the two extreme sportsmen were
caught in a snowstorm. They were climbing El
Capitan in Yosemite Valley 10 years before Chin
would return to film his Academy Award-
winning documentary Free Solo on the mountain.
“We were on the radio, bantering back and forth,”
recalls Johnson. Jeff was scaling one of El
Cap’s sheer granite walls—which can reach up
to 3,000 feet, 2.5 times the height of the Empire
State Building. Around the corner was Chin
and another mountaineer, Conrad Anker, both
of whom had conquered one of the world’s
most dangerous stretches of ice and rock
in Chin’s 2015 film Meru.
In 2008, four months after that first conversation, Johnson and Chin found themselves in Chile together.
They were both working on the adventure documentary 180° South, which retraced the legendary trip to Patagonia
taken by Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins—the men behind Patagonia and North Face respectively.
Inspired by the movie’s focus on kindred renegade spirits, Johnson and Chin bonded over their love of
climbing mountains, riding waves, photography and travel.
For David and Evan Yurman, the outdoors and adventure are both constant sources of inspiration, especially
Chouinard’s book Let My People Surf. So it was only natural for Johnson and Chin to road-test a selection of
our men’s jewelry while on a recent surf trip to Nicaragua.
In 2008, four months after that first conversation,
Johnson and Chin found themselves in Chile
together. They were both working on the adventure
documentary 180° South, which retraced the
legendary trip to Patagonia taken by Yvon Chouinard
and Doug Tompkins—the men behind Patagonia and
North Face respectively. Inspired by the movie’s focus
on kindred renegade spirits, Johnson and Chin
bonded over their love of climbing mountains, riding
waves, photography and travel.
For David and Evan Yurman, the outdoors and
adventure are both constant sources of inspiration,
especially Chouinard’s book Let My People Surf. So it
was only natural for Johnson and Chin to road-test a
selection of our men’s jewelry while on a recent surf
trip to Nicaragua.
Q: WHY NICARAGUA? WHAT WAS IT LIKE TRAVELING TOGETHER?
We went to film the second part of 180° South, which was a six-month trip to South America
exploring the origins of Patagonia with Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins.
For the last 10 to 15 years, I've probably climbed more than surfed. So, I've gotten really into the
climbing world, and it was fun to bring Jimmy on this trip to Nicaragua and share
some of my thoughts on surfing.
Jimmy:
Jeff’s spent much more time in the water than I have, and he loves to climb. I've obviously spent a
lot more time climbing than he has, so we have a lot to talk about and a lot to learn from each other.
These interactions and exchanges are gold. Life is very simple on the road when you're on a surf
trip. It's creative, it's being out.
Simple living. That's our roots. You don't need much. And that's such a nice reminder in this day and age.
We stayed inthis palapa on the beach, going with fishermen out to the breaks. A lot of boat rides, or just driving
along the coast looking for good breaks. You're surfing five to six hours a day, eating and then
passing out at like 8:00pm. It was a dream trip—just perfect.
We went to film the second part of 180° South, which
was a six-month trip to South America exploring the
origins of Patagonia with Yvon Chouinard and Doug
For the last 10 to 15 years, I've probably climbed more
than surfed. So, I've gotten really into the climbing
world, and it was fun to bring Jimmy on this trip to
Nicaragua and share some of my thoughts on surfing.
Jeff’s spent much more time in the water than I have,
and he loves to climb. I've obviously spent a lot
more time climbing than he has, so we have a lot
to talk about and a lot to learn from each other.
These interactions and exchanges are gold. Life
is very simple on the road when you're on a surf
Simple living. That's our roots. You don't need much.
And that's such a nice reminder in this day and
age. We stayed in this palapa on the beach, going
with fishermen out to the breaks. A lot of boat rides,
or just driving along the coast looking for good
breaks. You're surfing five to six hours a day,
eating and then passing out at like 8:00pm. It
was a dream trip—just perfect.
Q: SURFING VERSUS MOUNTAIN CLIMBING?
It's tough. Ask anybody—Jimmy or any great athlete. Hands down, they will say surfing's the hardest thing
they've ever done.
I think my addiction to surfing comes about partly because it's not always available to you. So, you're
always just barely getting your fix because it's so elusive. Whereas, a mountain, rock or even a skateboard
ramp doesn't move. But with surfing, you're dealing with Mother Nature and you are at her whim.
Surfing has drawn me in over the years. It moves me in the same way that climbing, skiing and being in the
mountains has moved me. There are so many parallels between the two—being in the elements, feeling the power of
Mother Nature. In surfing, you track the swells from storms. As a skier, you're tracking storms for snow too, the bigger
the better. There are so many parallels between the two— the physicality, the mental aspects, the amount of
commitment it takes to get good.
In skiing, the feeling of carving, and driving your skis and the G-forces you feel when you
make a really good turn are so similar to a bottom turn when the rail of the surfboard's in the water.
I started surfing probably 20 years ago, but I'm a mountain guy.
It's tough. Ask anybody—Jimmy or any great
athlete. Hands down, they will say surfing's the
hardest thing they've ever done.
I think my addiction to surfing comes about partly
because it's not always available to you. So, you're
always just barely getting your fix because it's so
elusive. Whereas, a mountain, rock or even a
skateboard ramp doesn't move. But with surfing,
you're dealing with Mother Nature and you are at
her whim.
Surfing has drawn me in over the years. It
moves me in the same way that climbing,
skiing and being in the mountains has moved
me. There are so many parallels between the
two—being in the elements, feeling the power
of Mother Nature. In surfing, you track the
swells from storms. As a skier, you're tracking
storms for snow too, the bigger the better. There
are so many parallels between the two—the
physicality, the mental aspects, the amount
of commitment it takes to get good.
In skiing, the feeling of carving, and driving
your skis and the G-forces you feel when
you make a really good turn are so similar
to a bottom turn when the rail of the surfboard's
in the water. I started surfing probably 20
years ago, but I'm a mountain guy
Jeff Johnson began surfing at the age of 16. When he turned 18, he moved from California to Oahu’s North Shore to be in the heart of surf culture.
Jeff Johnson began surfing at the age of 16. When he
turned 18, he moved from California to Oahu’s North
Shore to be in the heart of surf culture.
Q: JEFF, YOU ONCE SAID THAT ORGANIZED SPORT IS NOT CREATIVE AND IT
WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOU GRAVITATED TOWARD THE FREEDOM
OF SKATEBOARDING. IS SURFING AN EXTENSION OF THAT FREEDOM?
Yeah. There was a point in my life when I was 12 years old and playing soccer, football, baseball. One
day I just quit all organized sports, cut my hair and got a skateboard. And from there on out it was just
punk rock and skateboards.
I didn't care about winning or losing as much. I got into surfing because I looked at surfing as this
subculture. You have these guys where you're not sure what they're doing and they kind of have their
own thing. Of course, there's a side of surfing that's super competitive, but I wasn't interested in that. I
was more interested in the subculture and the mystique around it. It was just a lifestyle choice. Even
photography is a lifestyle choice, you know? So, I could travel the world and surf my brains out.
Q: JEFF, YOU ONCE SAID THAT ORGANIZED
SPORT IS NOT CREATIVE AND IT WAS ONE
OF THE REASONS WHY YOU GRAVITATED
TOWARD THE FREEDOM OF SKATEBOARDING.
IS SURFING AN EXTENSION OF THAT FREEDOM?
Yeah. There was a point in my life when I was 12
years old and playing soccer, football, baseball. One
day I just quit all organized sports, cut my hair and
got a skateboard. And from there on out it was just
I didn't care about winning or losing as much. I got
into surfing because I looked at surfing as this
subculture. You have these guys where you're not
sure what they're doing and they kind of have their
own thing. Of course, there's a side of surfing that's
super competitive, but I wasn't interested in that. I
was more interested in the subculture and the
mystique around it. It was just a lifestyle choice.
Even photography is a lifestyle choice, you know? So,
I could travel the world and surf my brains out.
Q: MAYBE IT’S BECAUSE YOU BOTH STARE DEATH IN THE FACE SO MUCH
THAT IT’S A WHOLE DIFFERENT WAY OF LIVING YOUR LIFE?
It really humbles you. And Jimmy can be a testament to that. I've seen a little bit of it, but
the stuff that he's seen is just crazy.
I’ve learned that time is the only true currency and this isn’t a dress rehearsal. And I agree with Jeff.
Ultimately it really humbles you. That’s a good thing to help you keep your feet on the ground. Contemplating
your mortality gives you a good perspective on life. You learn it’s about the friendships, and the adventure...
you know, pushing the edge of human potential. And what comes with that. You make sacrifices, but you also have
incredible shared experiences and create incredible bonds. These are all things that I think everybody
can relate to, even though these experiences come from a world that you might not be familiar with.
I've had some of my most powerful experiences in the mountains, in the ocean and out in the
elements where everything's stripped away and raw.
Q: MAYBE IT’S BECAUSE YOU BOTH
STARE DEATH IN THE FACE SO MUCH
THAT IT’S A WHOLE DIFFERENT WAY OF
LIVING YOUR LIFE?
It really humbles you. And Jimmy can
be a testament to that. I've seen a little bit of it, but
I’ve learned that time is the only true currency
and this isn’t a dress rehearsal. And I agree
with Jeff. Ultimately it really humbles you. That’s
a good thing to help you keep your feet on the
ground. Contemplating your mortality gives you
a good perspective on life. You learn it’s about the
friendships, and the adventure... you know, pushing
the edge of human potential. And what comes with
that. You make sacrifices, but you also have incredible
shared experiences and create incredible bonds.
These are all things that I think everybody can relate
to, even though these experiences come from a
world that you might not be familiar with. I've had
some of my most powerful experiences in the
mountains, in the ocean and out in the elements
where everything's stripped away and raw.
Q: HOW DO YOU OVERCOME FEAR?
I don’t think you ever overcome fear, you just learn to deal with it in a different way. It takes time
like anything else.
You have to pay your dues, examine fear and live with it until you can move past it. You can also help
manage fear by being objective about it. Often people become paralyzed by fear when they don’t
distinguish between real risk and perceived risk. It can seem overwhelming if you don’t separate the two
Fear also comes in many forms. It’s not only the physical risks, but emotional risks and making hard choices in life.
I don’t think you ever overcome fear, you just learn
to deal with it in a different way. It takes time like
anything else.
You have to pay your dues, examine fear and
live with it until you can move past it. You
can also help managefear by being objective
about it. Often people become paralyzed by
fear when they don’t distinguish between real
risk and perceived risk.It can seem overwhelming
if you don’t separate the two
Fear also comes in many forms. It’s not only
the physical risks, but emotional risks and
making hard choices in life.
Q: GEAR IS IMPORTANT IN YOUR WORLD, ESPECIALLY FUNCTION
BEFORE FORM. BUT WHAT ABOUT FASHION AND JEWELRY?
We found out that we actually are kind of gear nerds, but in the way that we like less gear. We're trying
to do more with less, whether it's surfing or climbing, and the whole less is more thing is definitely
Yvon's ethos. Especially in climbing—climbers just live that way. They have to have literally less weight
on them to do better. So they're always trying to figure out how to do more with less. It's when you
can't take anything else away and it's in its most pure form.
We actually started geeking out about the jewelry because we saw how well made it was—even the
clasps. The clasps are seamless, and there's so much thought put into every little detail. It’s really
impressive. It was totally eye opening for us.
And that appreciation for elegant design has to do with our aesthetics as visual story tellers, but also having
used a lot of different tools. It's always the simplest, most elegant design that stands the test of time. You
know something's well designed when it hasn't changed in 50 years. So both Jeff
and I were drawn to the pieces that were very simple and beautiful and elegant, yet timeless.
For me, seeing the choices that Evan [Yurman] made in these pieces was something I also really
appreciated because when you choose a piece, you're also choosing the choices that the designer made. I
feel a certain connection to that process.
Q: GEAR IS IMPORTANT IN YOUR
WORLD, ESPECIALLY FUNCTION BEFORE
FORM. BUT WHAT ABOUT FASHION AND JEWELRY?
We found out that we actually are kind of gear
nerds, but in the way that we like less gear. We're
trying to do more with less, whether it's surfing or
climbing, and the whole less is more thing is
definitely Yvon's ethos. Especially in
climbing—climbers just live that way. They have to
have literally less weight on them to do better. So
they're always trying to figure out how to do more
with less. It's when you can't take anything else away
and it's in its most pure form.
We actually started geeking out about the jewelry
because we saw how well made it was—even the
clasps. The clasps are seamless, and there's so much
thought put into every little detail. It’s really
And that appreciation for elegant design has
to do with our aesthetics as visual story tellers,
but also having used a lot of different tools. It's
always the simplest, most elegant design that
stands the test of time. You know something's
well designed when it hasn't changed in 50
years. So both Jeff and I were drawn to
the pieces that were very simple and
beautiful and elegant, yet timeless.
For me, seeing the choices that Evan
[Yurman] made in these pieces was something
I also really appreciated because when you choose
a piece, you're also choosing the choices that
the designer made. I feel a certain connection
to that process.
Jeff Johnson and Jimmy Chin met while working together on the documentary 180° South. In the film, Johnson follows the 1968
journey of Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins, driving from California to South America while surfing along the way. Like the
legendary pair, he eventually attempts to climb a mountain in Chile’s Patagonia region where Chouinard and Tompkins have
spent their fortunes trying to conserve the pristine wilderness.
Jeff Johnson and Jimmy Chin met while working together on the documentary 180° South. In the film, Johnson follows the 1968 journey of Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins, driving from California to South America while surfing along the way. Like the legendary pair, he eventually at-tempts to climb a mountain in Chile’s Patagonia region where Chouinard and Tompkins have spent their fortunes trying to conserve the pristine wilderness.
Cable Classic Cuff Bracelet
with 18K Gold
Chevron Woven Cuff
Bracelet, 9mm
Chevron Triple-Wrap
Bracelet in Brown Leather
Southwest Feather Wrap
Bracelet with Turquoise
Southwest Bead Bracelet
with Turquoise
Southwest Cigar Band
Feather Ring with Turquoise
Shipwreck Coin Band Ring
in Sterling Silver, 12mm
Chevron Woven Band
Ring, 6mm
Heirloom Exotic Stone
Signet Ring with Tiger's Eye
Cable Classics Skull
Pendant in 18K Gold
Petrvs Lion Amulet with
Streamline® Tag with
Turquoise, 35mm
Spiritual Beads Necklace
with Howlite
Spiritual Bead Necklace
with Tiger's Eye, 5mm
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Derbyshire murderer killed this pensioner then smeared his blood on car, court told
Gavin Collins denies murdering elderly Terry Radford
Rod Malcolm
Updated 09:17, 4 DEC 2019
Terry Radford, inset, died after being hit by a car at a bus stop (Image: Nottinghamshire Live)
A Derbyshire man is on trial accused of the murder of an 87-year-old pensioner who was hit by a car at a bus stop.
Gavin Collins, 39, of Tibshelf, has denied the murder of Terry Radford, who was waiting for a bus in Skegby, near Mansfield, on Good Friday.
He died soon after.
Nottinghamshire Live reports a man's car journey was caught on film and played to a jury who heard him shout religious remarks.
The clip consisted of dashcam footage taken from two cars, cameras worn by police officers and mobile phone videos taken by shocked witnesses.
The words "oh no" can be heard on a brief clip which shows a car reversing into Mr Radford, of Mansfield Woodhouse.
Nottingham Crown Court heard the car was being driven by Collins who had taken it earlier after crashing another vehicle.
During a ten-minute journey, he suggested he was Jesus Christ and is recorded shouting: "Good Friday, let's go, let's go."
After sounding his hooter at other motorists, he yells: "Good Friday, the real day. Just watch me go. I am getting stronger and stronger."
That clip ends with the sound of a crash, but the prosecution alleges Collins then took a second car after forcing out the driver.
He makes crosses on it using his own blood and then drives off before mentioning the Angel Gabriel and saying: "Go bro. Just seen me crash 100 miles an hour."
Soon after a car reverses into Mr Radford, who died. Collins denies murder.
The court heard Collins had recently been freed from Ranby Prison, in Nottinghamshire, after serving a term for burglary.
He went to the home of his mother in Addison Street, Tibshelf, where he threw her pills on the floor and said "they were trying to kill his mum".
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Lindsay Watson, the prison's head of healthcare, said he had spent some time under extra cover because of concerns he might harm himself on March 30.
Mr House said Collins "felt frustrated" over the death of his father and his mother's illness.
He also felt "let down" by the prison service. Ms Watson agreed those were Collins' views.
She said he had been offered support, including talking to prisoners who had coped with similar problems.
Collins of Addison Street also denies two burglaries burglary and the theft of car keys; two counts of aggravated vehicle-taking; kidnap; attempted robbery on April 19.
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miami art week 2019: your definitive guide
design miami/ 2019 (10 articles)
design miami/ 2019 is a global forum that brings together collectors, gallerists, designers, curators and critics. the program sees the world's top galleries display museum-quality exhibitions of twentieth and twenty-first century furniture, lighting and objets d'art. balancing commercial opportunities with cultural programming, each show presents collaborations with design institutions, panels and lectures with influencers from the creative sector, and commissions from emerging and established designers and architects. occurring alongside the art basel fairs in miami, USA each december, and in basel, switzerland each june, design miami/ has become a premier venue for exhibiting, discussing and creating collectible design.
virgil abloh-designed glass evian bottle hydrates design miami/
les ateliers courbet capsule installation at design miami/ displays jacques tati's 'completely impractical' seats
daniel arsham adapts his long island home into an immersive installation
FENDI's roman molds collection by kueng caputo references its rome HQ at design miami/
metamorphosis: andrea mancuso creates cavernous, ceramic-clad installation for perrier-jouët
popular now design!
prada's 'hyper leaves' take over galeries lafayette's flagship store in paris
aleia murawski and sam copeland create miniature worlds for their pet snails
ames brings colombian traditional craftsmanship to MAISON&OBJET 2020
virgil abloh brings an urban language to galerie kreo with graffiti-sprayed, concrete furniture
aldo deli's 'vanishing tray' works like a scale to make objects disappear
miami art week 2019 (27 articles)
miami art week 2019 brings together a range of prestigious design fairs and events that take place simultaneously in the miami region during the first week of december.
peter marino-designed raleigh gardens host immersive les lalanne's sculpture exhibit in miami
sasha bikoff celebrates versace's history in neon-hued installation during art basel miami
alec monopoly spray paints an exotic mclaren 720S during art basel miami beach
moniomi crafts ping pong table + basketball hoop from marble at CASACOR
design-lovers everywhere will soon journey to miami, where — over the next week — art basel miami beach and design miami/ will open their doors to collectors, curators and enthusiasts alike. the two events — together with a packed program of offsite installations, exhibitions, workshops, talks and creative programming — form miami art week, which takes over the coastal city in full floridian fashion.
stay tuned as we bring you the latest must-see exhibitions and events, and discover designboom’s definitive guide of recommendations for the week ahead.
the fairs
image © art basel
december 5 – 8 @ miami beach convention center; visitor information here
art basel stages the world’s premier modern and contemporary art fairs annually in basel, miami beach, and hong kong. for its eighteenth edition, art basel miami beach will showcase more U.S. and latin american exhibitors than ever before — with 20 galleries joining the fair for the first time. paintings, sculptures, installations, photographs, films, and editioned works of the highest quality are on display in the main exhibition hall. meanwhile, ambitious large‐scale artworks, films and performances become part of the city’s outdoor landscape at nearby collins park and soundscape park.
DESIGN MIAMI/
at design miami/, louis vuitton will exclusively present the ‘swell wave shelf’ by andrew kudless, the designer’s debut for the louis vuitton objets nomades collection
december 3 – 8 @ meridian avenue & 19th street; visitor information here
design miami/ is the global forum for design. each fair brings together the most influential collectors, gallerists, designers, curators and critics from around the world in celebration of design culture and commerce. occurring alongside the art basel fairs in miami (each december), and basel, switzerland (each june), design miami/ has become a premier venue for collecting, exhibiting, discussing and creating collectible design.
december 5 – 8 @ indian beach park, 4601 collins avenue
founded in 2005, PULSE art fair is an established part of the annual art calendar and is recognized for providing its international community of emerging and established galleries with a dynamic platform for connecting with a global audience. in celebration of its 15th anniversary, the fair is dedicating this edition to ‘creating an atmosphere that will have you lingering for hours and leaving with artwork to add to your collection.’
december 2 – 8 @ alfred I. dupont building, 179 east flagler street
PRIZM is the producer of a cutting-edge platform that is multidisciplinary in scope. its goal is to expand the spectrum of exhibiting international artists from africa, the african diaspora and emerging markets, who reflect global trends in contemporary art. PRIZM exhibits a dynamic group of contemporary artists during miami art week and beyond.
december 5 – 8 @ ice palace studios, 1400 N miami ave
the 17th edition of NADA miami is dedicated to showcasing new art and to celebrating the rising talents from around the globe. NADA miami is the one of the only major american art fairs to be produced by a non-profit organization, and is recognized as a much needed alternative assembly of the world’s youngest and strongest art galleries dealing with contemporary art.
december 3 – 8 @ 801 ocean drive
celebrating its 19th edition, SCOPE miami beach returns to its bespoke pavilion on the sands of ocean drive and 8th street. honoring its perpetual mission to provide a platform for discovery, SCOPE will welcome 134 diverse contemporary exhibitors featuring the new contemporary, a genre that stands as a critical contribution to both global politics and local community engagement.
what not-to-miss
SOHO HOUSE & BMW i ART TALK: ‘STARGAZING’
ZAC LANGDON-POLE AT THE BMW AT BASEL LOUNGE
the BMW art journey, a joint initiative between art basel and BMW, will present new work from last year’s award winner zac langdon-pole at the BMW lounge, located in the collectors lounge area. langdon-pole’s publication documenting his journey will be launched during an exclusive soho house & BMW i art talk on december 3. meanwhile, street artist spencer mar guilburt, joined by visual artist alexandre arrechea, will embark on the BMW 8 series mural tour throughout the city of miami, documented digitally on instagram via @bmwgroupculture.
on december 3, artist zac langdon-pole, NASA astronaut and photographer terry virts, and visual artist sanford biggers will be in conversation with art consultant andrás szántó.
december 3, 7:30 pm @ soho beach house, 4385 collins avenue
PINK BEASTS BY FERNANDO LAPOSSE
miami design district has chosen mexican designer fernando laposse for the 2019 neighborhood commission. the installation comprises strands of pink sisal tassels suspended through the trees guiding visitors to discover a collection of pink hairy sloths hanging from ropes, trees and arches. in collaboration with designer angela damman, the installation will also incorporate ten sculptural hammocks which will hang on metal structures and directly on palm trees for public use. the mesmerizing pink landscape of pink beasts is achieved by dying the sisal fibers with natural dyes made from cochineals, tiny parasitic insects native to central mexico which grow on the opuntia cactus.
@ the miami design district
“DOLLAR A GALLON” BY VIRGIL ABLOH
“dollar a gallon” is a sculpture by virgil abloh presenting a window into the artist’s study and research of the effect of advertising on the impressionable. the work serves as a comprehensive lighthouse of mixed media. the framework is reminiscent of a gasoline sign relaying information about various types of gasoline and the respective pricing, while also being the commodity of an advertised sponsor. the series of global occurrences of this work was considered specifically for the miami design district, where its final positioning implies the concept of commerce and necessity re-packaged as a brand — while underscoring the relevancy via location.
@ paseo ponti, between NE 40th & 41st streets
NEW YORK SUNSHINE X UNKNWN
new york sunshine, the multidisciplinary creative studio and fashion brand led by artist john margaritis, has designed UNKNWN’s wynwood flagship to include a full-scale basketball court. UNKNWN is the designer, street, and lifestyle retail destination co-founded by lebron james.
@ UNKNWN, 261 NW 26th street
CASACOR MIAMI
earth lounge by fanny haim & associates
CASACOR miami — the architecture, interior and landscaping design exhibition in north america — returns for its third year at miami’s $1.05 billion landmark, brickell city centre. in partnership with swire properties, presented by cosentino and with the global sponsorship of deca, the interior design exhibition will feature an international mix of 20 established and emerging interior designers, inspired by sustainability and the urban infrastructure of the city. visitors will move from micro-environments to vignettes within a 25,000 square foot residential sales gallery. visionaries, such as moniomi design, allan malouf, pininfarina, jesus pacheco studio, edge collections, alberto salaberri, and léo shehtman return to CASACOR miami. this year, the three-week exhibition continues to add new top-tier designers to its impressive roster, such as ukraine’s rising design firm yodezeen, and sig bergamin and michelle haim from design firm fanny haim & associates.
december 2 – 21 @ 700 brickell avenue
BRICKELL CITY CENTRE: CONVERSATIONS WITH NATURE
‘conversations with nature’, an introspective art exhibition presented in partnership with swire properties, is aimed at inspiring environmental action. curated by albie alexander, former creative director of 29Rooms, the interactive exhibition pays homage to mother nature through multiple art installations taking over brickell city centre, the open-air shopping center, during miami art week.
free and open to the public, ’conversations with nature’ invites visitors to step into a wonderland of installation art, soundscapes, meditation and even poetry — all aimed at prompting guests to explore their connection with the natural world. highlights include the work of basia goszczynska, who will present a life-sized sand pit contaminated with microplastics, and a forest of towering plinths that will resemble human figures and trees; brittany asch of BRRCH + yrsa daley-ward who will team up to transform an ethically sourced fallen tree into a surreal ‘fantasy tree’ adorned with varying flora and fauna; and sarah meyohas, who presents a meditative film of 100,000 unique rose petals shifting from states of absence to presence as a commentary on the fragility of nature.
@ brickell city centre, 701 south miami avenue
INSTAGRAM X STUDIO SWINE
instagram’s @design will extend beyond its social platform to engage with the public in real life for the first time at design miami/. with a ‘leave no trace’ approach, studio swine has designed an inflatable bubble-shaped booth, made out of 100% recyclable PVC that is easily transportable, lightweight and compactable for efficient shipping, and versatile for multiple displays.
december 3 – 8 @ design miami/
VB88, VANESSA BEECROFT PERFORMANCE
2019, kappa logo, original picture by photographer sergio druetto used to design the kappa logo in 1969
limited edition print of the work | serial no: 091/100
curated by neville wakefield, the performance by vanessa beecroft will be an exploration and interpretation of the kappa ‘omini’ logo in celebration of its 50th anniversary.
december 5 from 5:30pm to 8:00pm (by invitation only)
@ lot 11 skate park, 348 NW 2nd street
VERSACE’S SOUTH BEACH STORIES
a new exhibition by versace and friend of the house, interior designer, sasha bikoff will debut. drawing inspiration from the brand’s rich heritage, one-of-a-kind furniture pieces designed by bikoff will be displayed together with the archive looks they reference. versace’s miami design district boutique will also showcase three settings designed by sasha, first presented during milan design week 2019.
@ palm court event space, 140 NE 39th street, 3rd floor
december 6 – 7, from 11am – 8pm; december 8, from 12pm – 6pm
WYNWOOD WALLS 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY
dasic fernández at wynwood walls 2016 — see more here
image © designboom
wynwood walls, the famed epicenter of the wynwood arts district known worldwide for its groundbreaking, ever-changing collection of curated art, will celebrate its 10-year anniversary this year. goldman properties CEO jessica goldman srebnick has selected a roster of global artists, both up-and-coming and established, to create new murals at the wynwood walls in time for the international art community to descend on miami. this year’s artist line-up will feature tats crew, hush, mina hamada, kelsey montague, michael vasquez, dan kitchener, faile, futura, kenny scarf, ernesto marange, martha cooper, dasic fernandez.
@ wynwood walls, 2520 NW 2nd avenue
BERLUTI AND LAFFANOUR GALERIE DOWNTOWN:
UPHOLSTERED PIERRE JEANNERET LIMITED EDITION PIECES
berluti together with laffanour galerie downtown present a small exclusive series of 17 original pierre jeanneret pieces. created by the swiss architect in the 1950s, to furnish chandigarh’s capitol complex in india, these original pieces have been restored to conservation standards and upholstered with berluti’s emblematic venezia leather. berluti’s creative director kris van assche has developed an entirely new palette of patinas for the series. based partly on the two-colour collections le corbusier created in 1931 and 1959, as well the rich colours he found in the natural light, architecture, landscape, and foliage on a recent trip to chandigarh. this hand-applied patina enhances the gentle curves of the soft padding.
december 2 – 8 @ paradise plaza, 151 NE 41st street
FAENA FESTIVAL:
THE LAST SUPPER, AN EXPLORATION OF SPIRITUALITY AND FOOD IN CONTEMPORARY ART
zhang huan, miami buddha, 2009
the second annual faena festival will present artworks that engage with the complexities of spirituality and food. the last supper will include commissions by myrlande constant, gabriel chaile, and emeka ogboh as well as works by yael bartana, camille henrot, zhang huan, and the propeller group. organized by faena art chief curator zoe lukov, the festival will occupy and engage the entire faena district, including the faena hotel’s theater and screening room and the faena forum, and extend into miami beach’s public spaces, waterways, and beaches.
december 2 – 8 @ faena forum, 3300 collins avenue
EL ESPACIO 23
billionaire philanthropist, entrepreneur and contemporary art collector jorge m. pérez will unveil his highly anticipated experimental arts center, el espacio 23, on december 2. located in miami’s emerging allapattah neighborhood, el espacio 23 will serve artists, curators, and the general public, with regular exhibitions, residencies and a variety of special projects. the space will house the jorge m. pérez collection, which is regarded as one of the world’s most extensive private holdings of contemporary art. el espacio 23’s opening show, ‘time for change: art and social unrest in the jorge m. pérez collection’ features close to 100 works by over 80 global artists, and explores questions of identity, public unrest and marginalized peoples.
inaugural exhibition, december 4 @ 2270 NW 23rd street
‘ORDER OF IMPORTANCE’ BY LEANDRO ERLICH
commissioned by the city of miami beach, the monumental public installation by argentinian artist leandro erlich ‘order of importance’ will be on view at lincoln road beachfront through december 15. it will be the largest public work by the artist to date.
december 3 – 15 @ lincoln road beachfront
LES LALANNE AT THE RALEIGH GARDENS
installation image, les lalanne at the raleigh gardens
courtesy SHVO © douglas friedman
to inaugurate the opening of the newly-designed raleigh gardens, michael shvo and his partners today present an outdoor public exhibition of the work of the late claude lalanne (1924-2019) and françois-xavier lalanne (1927-2008) — the artistic duo known together as les lalanne. the exhibition will be on public display in a new, immersive, lush, beach-side tropical garden designed by architect peter marino, and miami landscape architect raymond jungles.
november 22, 2019 – february 29, 2020, 12pm to 8pm @ 1775 collins avenue
THOM BROWNE INSTALLATION / PALM TREE I
thom browne will unveil his first large-scale public artwork on thursday, december 5th, at the moore building in the miami design district. palm tree I (2019) is a twenty-one-foot tall palm tree constructed from yellow, green, and pink seersucker, pincord, and gingham oxford that evokes the iconic and unmistakable palette of an american summer. the installation conjures the american dream as a primarily aesthetic idea in the cultural psyche, questioning the value of success as it relates to rest and leisure.
@ the moore building, 91 NE 40th street
during art week, PAMM presents ‘teresita fernández: elemental’, which tells the story of a creator who reflects and challenges perceptions of the natural world and the U.S. social order, and asks viewers to contemplate their roles with those spaces.
PAMM @ 1103 biscayne boulevard
october 18, 2019 – february 9, 2020
RUBELL MUSEUM
the rubell museum will open in its new home in allapattah with a museum-wide installation of more than 300 works by 100 artists, providing one of the most far-ranging museum exhibitions of contemporary art ever presented, drawn entirely from the rubells’ collection. the former industrial building was transformed by selldorf architects.
rubell museum @ 1100 NW 23rd street
LARRY GAGOSIAN AND JEFFREY DEITCH
larry gagosian and jeffrey deitch present ‘the extreme present’, the fifth in their series of thematic exhibitions presented at the moore building in the miami design district during art week.
moore building @ 191 NE 40th street
december 3 from 5pm – 8pm; december 4 – 7 from 11am – 8pm; december 8 from 12pm – 6pm
THE BASS PRESENTS LARA FAVARETTO
‘blind spot’ at the bass represents a new phase of evolution lara favaretto’s body of work itself. the exhibition unveils the contents of the artist’s previously locked collection of suitcases, revisiting and restocking her interactive installation momentary monument—the library (2012-2019), and installing a suite of site-specific car wash brushes to emblematize the change her longstanding creative motifs have fixated upon.
the bass @ 2100 collins avenue
december 1, 2019 – april 19, 2020
YAYOI KUSAMA: ALL THE ETERNAL LOVE I HAVE FOR THE PUMPKINS AT ICA
ICA miami presents a special off-site exhibition by artist yayoi kusama. on view from october 12 through january 31, 2019 in the miami design district, kusama’s ‘all the eternal love I have for the pumpkins’ (2016) marks the first time that one of kusama’s signature ‘infinity mirror rooms’ will be on view in miami.
ICA miami @ 112 NE 41st street, suite 106
october 12, 2019 – january 31, 2020 from 11am – 5pm
WHITE CUBE PRESENTS CERITH WYN EVANS
white cube presents an off-site exhibition by cerith wyn evans featuring sculpture and installation, highlights include the seminal neon work ‘the illuminating gas… (after oculist witnesses)’.
white cube @ city view garage, unit 109
december 3 from 5pm – 8pm; december 4 – 8 from 10am – 8pm
the legendary EAST — a brand boasting lauded locales in hong kong and beijing — recently opened a miami outpost that promises the amenities and aesthetic appeal that has distinguished the hospitality giant since its inception. EAST, miami offers a supremely stylish and sumptuous stay in the heart of the city’s brickell district, forming part of the monumental, 4.9 million square-foot arquitectonica-designed development, brickell city centre. destination dining, personalized service, four pristine pools and an award-winning rooftop bar all contribute to creating a cultural haven of high-hospitality.
EAST, miami features four swimming pools surrounded by lush greenery
nina azzarello I designboom
balenciaga made a see-through couch and stuffed it with old clothes
two interior installations are joined by 15 original window displays as part of a special set-up inspired by the theme: 'wild nature'.
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shiro kuramata's 'how high the moon' armchair is reissued by tokyo based gallery tamura joe
the reissues are true to kuramata's original design and use of materials made by japanese ironwork craftsmen.
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NH VILLAGE ARCHITECTS designs a ship that provides the cultural experience of vietnam
the shape of the boat takes form of a leaf and is intended to blend in with the surrounding landscape.
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Top Running Races Turn Daytona Beach into a ‘Race-cation’ Destination
By Daytona Beach Area CVB on Nov. 22, 2019
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - (November 22, 2019) - Daytona Beach, a destination known for its family-friendly fun – from paddle boarding through quiet inlets to parasailing through the skies to biking and running along miles of pristine trails – is quickly becoming one of Florida’s top ‘race-cation’ destinations. These six top winter season races include two Boston Marathon qualifiers, one-of-a-kind routes and unique experiences offering families a way to combine their love for running and travel with a Florida beach vacation:
Central Florida Legends Marathon, Half Marathon and 5K – Nov. 24, 2019
All three of these new races begin and end at Gemini Springs Park, just 30 minutes west of Daytona Beach. Serving as a Boston Marathon qualifier, the routes traverse through pristine Florida wilderness along sections of the scenic Spring-to-Spring and East Coast Regional paved trails (that are flat and fast!) and will include, on the outbound, a scenic two-mile notch overlooking Lake Monroe.
Challenge DAYTONA Triathlon Festival – Dec. 13-15, 2019
Named the “Best New Race of 2018” by Triathlete Magazine, top triathletes will swim, bike and run at the “World Center of Racing” during the CHALLENGE DAYTONA Triathlon Festival. All the action takes place at the iconic Daytona International Speedway. The Middle Distance Triathlon main event features a 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike ride and 13.1-mile run. VIP opportunities include exclusive “Hot Laps” for athletes to ride shot gun in a pace car and experience high-speed laps on the Speedway’s 31-degree high banks. Triathlon fans and spectators alike will enjoy this three day festival that includes a Junior Challenge kids’ race, relay categories, duathlon and Aquabike events, and 5K/10K run/walk events that provide fun for all ages and skill levels.
Moonlight Beach Run Half Marathon, 15K, 10K, 5K – Jan. 4, 2020
Runners can kick off their healthiest year yet at Moonlight Beach Run! All courses are out and back on the hard-packed, expansive beaches of Daytona Beach. Finishers receive a long-sleeve T-shirt, a funky, glow-in-the-dark finisher medal and, everyone enjoys a post-race celebration at historic Daytona Beach Bandshell.
Daytona Beach Half Marathon and 5K – Feb. 8-9, 2020
Back for its 11th year, the Daytona Beach Half Marathon draws runners from across the nation who come to race, celebrate and spend time soaking in the Florida sun. Named one of seven “Scenic Half Marathons in America” by Active.com, runners will start on the famed tri-oval track of Daytona International Speedway, run to the “World’s Most Famous Beach” and return to ONE DAYTONA for a photo finish. Other race options include the Lap The Track 5K on Sunday and a Saturday afternoon out and back Beachin’ It 5K followed by a beach party to round out this one-of-a-kind weekend.
Tomoka Marathon, Half Marathon and 5k – Mar. 21, 2020
A Boston Marathon Qualifier, the Tomoka Marathon is a beautiful and unique multi-distance running event that begins and ends at the historic Casements. Its one-of-a-kind route takes runners through an area affectionately known as “The Tomoka Loop,” a flat Florida Scenic Highway with diverse natural “Old Florida” scenery. Tomoka Marathon was selected by runners as one of the "Top 20 Marathons in the US" according to BibRave100 and was featured in Runner's World as one of "70 American Road Races Every Runner Should Finish."
Easter Beach Run – April 4, 2020
This festive, Easter-themed beach run is the oldest consecutive footrace in the State of Florida. For over 50 years, participants have enjoyed a scenic run on the hard-packed sands of the World’s Most Famous Beach while traveling out and back for a 4-mile race, 2-mile fun run or health walk. Kids are also welcome to participate in the 1/4-mile race, 100 and 50-yard dash. Follow on Facebook for updates.
Whether a runner lives for the adrenaline of a bucket-list race or simply loves the fun and friendship that takes place at events like these, Daytona Beach has the answer. So pack your running shoes and start your engines! More information is available at DaytonaBeach.com.
About the Daytona Beach Area
Experience endless adventures in Daytona Beach. Located on 23 miles of white sand Atlantic beaches, centered between Saint Augustine and Kennedy Space Center, an hour east of Orlando. Choose thrilling activities or embrace the tranquility of days spent on 23 miles of world-famous white-sand beaches. Recognized worldwide for a few annual events including Bike Week, Biketoberfest®, the Rolex 24 At DAYTONA and the DAYTONA 500, Daytona Beach’s famed heritage also claims the headquarters of LPGA and NASCAR -- and is home to Daytona International Speedway, the ‘World Center of Racing.’ With more than 12,000 beds, the destination boasts accommodations for all lifestyles and budgets from 4-star resorts to hotels, B&Bs and everything in between. Ranked #1 in Travel Channel’s “Top 10 Attractions in Florida, and named a TripAdvisor Best Weekend Getaway in Northeast Florida, TripAdvisor also named Daytona Beach to its “10 Most Affordable Beach Vacations on Florida’s East Coast” and “25 Most Popular Summer Vacation Rental Spots in the US.” Visitors can enjoy experiences beyond the beach by choosing from a surprising list of outdoor adventures, family-friendly attractions, arts and cultural venues and an eclectic culinary scene. With expansive beaches ideal for strolling, swimming and surfing, it is no surprise Daytona Beach was chosen as a Best Florida Attraction and Best Spring Family Beach Break Destination in the Top 10 Best Readers’ Choice travel award contests sponsored by USA TODAY. To receive a complimentary Visitors Guide, find a place to stay, or book your next adventure, visit DaytonaBeach.com. #LoveDaytonaBeach
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9-TRACK MAGNETIC TAPE DRIVE
Videos featuring my HP 7970E tape drive
My HP 7970E magnetic tape drive shows up in several videos, including my 9-track tape demo video, my ASCII art video, and my HP 7970 repair video.
HP 7970 A/B/C/E Overview
The HP7970 A/B/C/E are a series of 9-track, 1/2" wide magnetic tape digital reel drives. The 7970A, first released in 1970, has a density of 800 Characters Per Inch (CPI) and a tape speed of 37.5 inch-per-second (IPS). In 1971, the 7970B upped the speed to 45 IPS. The 7970C revision is an updated version the B with the same specs - as far as I can tell. The 7970E introduced in 1971 uses phase encoding, doubling the density to 1600 CPI. There are some rare 7970E units that can run at both at 800 and 1600 CPI, and some even rarer models that have the dual 7 track and 9 track heads, so they can read some of the very early IBM 7-track tapes. Finally, some 7970E are equipped with the optional HP-IB interface.
These tape drive units were originally meant to connect to the HP 2116, HP 2100 and HP 1000 M/E/F computer systems, but were also used in the HP 3000 computers. There are two types of units, Master and Slave. One master unit can be wired in a chain to 3 other slave units. The computer connects to the master unit. The slave units were cheaper, because they had less electronics in them. Instead they relied on the boards residing in the master.
The tape drives use a wide parallel interface, similar to Pertec. The interconnect cable hooks to three board edge connectors inside, namely to the write, read and control boards. On the computer side, two large edge connectors attach to a pair of interface cards. The interface cards are the HP 13181 for the 800 CPI HP 7970A/B and the 13183 for the 1600 CPI HP 7970E. The cable part number is 13181-60030.
The 7970E can be equipped with an optional HP-IB interface. It consists of an added HP-IB card is installed inside the unit, which connects internally to the original 3 board edge connectors. An HP-IB connector is the external interface. This kit had to be installed at the factory, as it requires a modification on the boards of the original tape drive (I am not sure what it is).
My 7970E has the HP-IB option, which allowed me to connect it to an HP-IB equipped PC and my HP-85, as explained below.
HP 7970 Documentation
Interfacing the HP 7970E
Unless you have an original HP 2116, HP 2100 or HP 1000 M/E/F system with the appropriate interface boards pairs (the HP 13181 or HP 13183), interfacing to an HP 7970 tape drive is a challenge. There are no interface boards that plug into a PC that allows you to connect to them. But you might be able to design your own interface with a microcontroller or an FPGA as described below. Also, I was able to connect an HP 7970E equipped with a HP-IB interface to a PC and to my HP-85.
Connecting the HP 7970 A/B/C/E to an HP 1000 computer
The 3-connectors native interface (controller, read, write) is relatively straightforward, although it uses many pins. The protocol is described in this document:
HP 7970 Interface Guide
At the other end of the cable, the tape drive connects to a pair of interface boards (pictured below) inside the HP 1000. The board pair product number is HP 13181 for the 7970 A/B/C drives at 800 CPI, and HP 13183 for the HP 7970E at 1600 CPI. One board is labeled MAG TAPE 1, the other MAG TAPE 2, and need to be installed consecutive IO slots. You'll also need the large 13181-60030 interface cable. It has two connectors on one side to hook to the board pair and three on the other to connect inside the tape drive.
HP 13181 Interface Board 1
Connecting the HP 7970 A/B/C/E to a PC using the native interface
I don't know of any interface boards that can be used to connect the HP 7970 to a PC using the native parallel interface (however, see below for doing it with the optional HP-IB interface). That said, it should be possible to implement the parallel interface protocol with a microcontroller or an FPGA. For the FPGA, you can inspire yourself of the HP 13181 and HP 13183 interface cards TTL implementation, sunce the schematics are available in the service manuals:
HP 13181 Service Manual
Connecting the HP 7970E to a PC via the HP-IB optional interface
The 7970E has an optional HP-IB interface, and my tape unit came with it. I was able to connect the drive with an old PC equipped with an National Instrument GPIB interface, and use Ansgar Kueckes HPDIR program to talk to it. In fact, this was the first time Ansgar's program was ever tested on a real HP 7970E, and we had to make quite a few tweaks to the program to get it to work properly.
To read the tape, the syntax from a DOS command window is:
hpdir -dup 701: file.tap
This will dump the content of the entire tape in a SIMH-formatted file.tap.
There are quite a few restrictions though: it works only under Windows 98. We were unable to get the timing tight enough under Windows XP. It also only works with one of the older PCI or ISA GPIB cards supported by HPDIR - in particular, it will not work with newer USB based GPIB interfaces.
For the PC running Win98, I used one of my DolchPAC 65 luggable PC for the setup. You can see the working result in the video above starting around 7:08.
Connecting the HP 7970E to an HP-85 via the HP-IB interface
Since my 7970E had the optional HP-IB interface, it seemed natural to interface it to my HP-85. But this turned out to be more challenging than I anticipated :
The HP-85 mass storage ROM do not support the HP 7970E
The HP-85 is too slow to keep up with the HP 7970E data rate
The HP-85 HP-IB implementation differs fundamentally from that of the HP 7970E in its treatment of parity
The HP 7970E HP-IB protocol quite is quite complicated and not very clearly documented.
Nevertheless I was able to surmount all four problems. This led to my ASCII art demo setup, where an ASCII art picture is read from a tape on the HP 7970E and printed on a HP 2631G matrix printer, both dwarfing the little HP-85.
The program and details to make this all work are complicated and are described on this page:
Connecting to the HP-85
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Skills Watch is a rolling review of the key opinions, practices and policy decisions shaping cybersecurity skills training in Europe and worldwide. Grounded in a careful selection from the best sources, and regularly updated.
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Key findings from the 2019 (ISC)2 Workforce Study
(ISC)2 has recently published the 2019 edition of its annual Workforce Study.
The report indicates that the cybersecurity skills gap remains one of the main threats worldwide, with its size now expanded to 4.07 million professionals needed.
Cyber Ranges and the European Cybersecurity Competence Network
What role will cyber ranges play in the European Cybersecurity Competence Network? Excerpts from the latest Cyberwatching.eu white paper describe the cyber range-related activities of four competence pilot projects launched in February and tasked with developing the network.
European Index of Online Cybersecurity Training
CONCORDIA (Cybersecurity Competence for Research and Innovation) has launched an interactive, online, cross-Europe guide to training opportunities for cyberprofessionals.
SMEs and the Challenges of Cybersecurity
A significant majority - 69% - of European countries have either no or only a basic understanding of their exposure to cyber risks. There is also a low uptake of cybersecurity insurance, notable under-reporting of cyber incidents, and a lack of the skills and training required to implement cybersecurity measures.
These are just four of the cybersecurity threats faced by small businesses in Europe. A total of seven are identified in the recently published Cybersecurity & Privacy Interim Roadmap, a deliverable from the EU-funded coordination and support action Cyberwatching.eu.
Cybersecurity Education Key Priority for EU-US Collaboration
Cybersecurity education is one of the top three cybersecurity research priorities for EU-US collaboration, alongside Data Security and Privacy, and Security Management and Governance. This finding appears in the White Paper on Research and Innovation in Cybersecurity published last year by the EU Horizon 2020 AEGIS project (Accelerating EU-US Dialogue in Cyberwatching and Privacy) and updated to a policy brief in May 2019.
The European Cybersecurity Act and Skills Training in Europe
The promulgation on 27 June 2019 of the European Cybersecurity Act effectively reinforces the mandate of ENISA, enabling the agency to take on increased responsibilities and resources, and offer better support to Member States as regards tackling cybersecurity threats and attacks. The Act also establishes an EU framework for cybersecurity certification across the full gamut of ICT products, processes and services throughout the EU, and also for skills training for cybersecurity professionals.
The 5 types of insider threats and how to deal with them
The new Insider Threat Report from Verizon gives companies of all sizes a better understanding on how to deal with insider threats.
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News: NEW single, Fall Into the Light, official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFxH4kky6z4
What kind of album would you like DT14 to be?
Progressive (IAW, Awake, SDOIT, SFAM)
Heavy (TOT, SC)
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TheLordOfTheStrings
I make music. I also do other stuff sometimes.
RIP Edward Bozoian, my best friend. 1989 - 2009
Re: What kind of album would you like DT14 to be?
I want it to be whatever kind of album DT wants it to be.
« Last Edit: October 27, 2017, 12:07:11 PM by TheLordOfTheStrings »
Listen to my band's album: https://bloodhoundbandcamp.bandcamp.com/album/caution-k9-2017 (I’m currently remixing this album and it should be rereleased by the end of 2019)
Listen to my concept album: https://codymckenna.bandcamp.com/album/volume-ii-tribes-oddities
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1qdKQWf9mgPRibZCCl50Lw
A slow fast album
A hard soft album
A progressive catchy album
A technical melodic album
A diversive cohesive album
An album
Quote from: genome on December 11, 2018, 12:43:27 PM
You're hearing the flange on Jordan's dirty organ.
JayOctavarium
I used to be a whorejerk
DTF.org Alumni
But then I took a Hef to the knee...
Quote from: Evai on October 27, 2017, 02:48:30 AM
I just don't understand what they were trying to achieve with any part of the song, either individually or as a whole. You know what? It's the Platypus of Dream Theater songs. That bill doesn't go with that tail, or that strange little furry body, or those webbed feet, and oh god why does it have venomous spurs!? And then you find out it lays eggs too. The difference is that the Platypus is somehow functional despite being a crazy mishmash or leftover animal pieces
-BlobVanDam on "Scarred"
rumborak
DT.net Veteran
Quote from: JayOctavarium on November 08, 2017, 02:29:20 PM
mbop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHozn0YXAeE
"I liked when Myung looked like a women's figure skating champion."
Quote from: rumborak on November 08, 2017, 02:58:59 PM
Daryus
Quote from: JayOctavarium on November 09, 2017, 10:06:55 AM
Since these last posts were random, I officially declare this thread to be the " here we post all the fake tracklists/artworks" thread until we wait for any update on DT14
Sycsa
The Strong, Silent Type
Damn, how old were those kids when they wrote that mega-hit?
Edit: found this, pretty cool - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCLRvC3l_aU
« Last Edit: November 13, 2017, 06:15:56 AM by Sycsa »
Quote from: bosk1 on November 15, 2013, 08:46:21 AM
Sycsa is perhaps the most brilliant and insightful man I have ever encountered.
ToT-147
Living out this Utopian Dream..
Quote from: TheLordOfTheStrings on October 27, 2017, 01:59:41 AM
I openned this thread to type exactly this..
They already give me much more than I could've expected from a band or an artist in general.. Also, three years ago all I wanted was a conceptual album that I -just and merely- like, and, once again, they gave me actually more than I wanted (I like it A LOT).. So yeah, do anything you want.. And I mean literally, ANYTHING... I won't care..
UTÓPICA 'Symphonic Progressive Metal' band - First album's now out
Google Play goo.gl/AjKEWm iTunes goo.gl/z5kl9d Amazon goo.gl/bWTwMF
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3p2WSYL5tQ (Lyric video)
gzarruk
Quote from: ToT-147 on November 13, 2017, 09:27:41 AM
What if they come up with a canadian rap album
Quote from: Podaar on November 09, 2017, 03:45:23 PM
It sounds like, "ruk, ruk, ruk, ruk, ruk." Instead of the more pleasing kick drum sound of, "gzarruk, gzarruk, gzarruk, gzarruk."
Quote from: gzarruk on November 13, 2017, 11:27:04 AM
I'll buy it just the same..
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/dream-theater-keyboardist-discusses-mike-portnoys-departure-says-he-has-incredible-relationship-with-mike-mangini/
Jordan states DT will enter in the studio around May 2018, so if the release date is in 2019 I strongly believe it will be out by January, like TA.
Lethean
Those headlines crack me up. I enjoyed watching that interview even though the interviewer looked like it was his first time doing one.
Where is Jordan, in the Matrix?..
Apparently the best username
Less=Moore, Even Less=Wilson
My blog (RIP)
Quote from: ? on December 05, 2017, 08:40:53 AM
Ninjabait
PR permission
Confirmed: Dream Theater set to release two albums, a Red one and a Blue one. You only get a chance to buy one. Choose carefully, there's no going back. If you get the blue one, the story ends. You wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You get the red one - you stay in the Great Northern Empire, and they show you how much time you really have for music.
Quote from: Ninjabait on December 05, 2017, 03:59:22 PM
And so the blue one has 0 songs in it? But seriously though, well thought!
MirrorMask
I use my sig to pimp some bands from Italy! Check out Elvenking (Power / Folk metal), Folkstone (Rock / Medieval metal), Arcana Opera (Gothic/Noir/Heavy metal) and the beautiful voice of Elisa!
7enderbender
I'm sure everything that can be said has been said already here. Been diving yet again into the entire catalog recently - partially because I finally bought a JP 7-string guitar (that wasn't the reason, but hey, why not). Been a fan since the early days.
So what do I want to see on the next album? Something in the vain of Images and Words/Awake and Falling Into Infinity - but more modern and a tad heavier. No concept album, no lyrics that are too literal/juvenile, NO symphonics, keyboards that sound like keyboards (and maybe a bit less of that).
Modern sounding influences similar to the last La Brie solo albums. Maybe some outside writers and producers since the balance seems off with JP runinng the show single handedly, perhaps? How about Misha Mansoor producing this?
Quote from: 7enderbender on December 12, 2017, 05:00:44 PM
Maybe some outside writers
I dunno, it should be all about DT, not some outside writer. I dunno what you're expecting them to be?
Quote from: Evai on December 12, 2017, 05:12:44 PM
I'd want them to be still one of my all time favorite bands? I think outside writers and producers can be a good thing. Has worked for a lot of artists and bands. Something to be said about the distinction between outstanding players and outstanding writers and and lyricists.
I always feel like I'm in the minority on this, or maybe it's just that those who want an outside producer/writer are more vocal, but I don't want an outside producer and certainly not an outside song writer. I love JLB's solo albums up to and including Elements of Persuasion, but for the most part, that's stuff (to me) doesn't compare to DT. And for his most recent two solo albums - no thank you to those outside song writers; I'm not really a fan of the Soilwork formula. Give me JP and JR any day. With input or not from the others - I like the material when they contribute, I like it when they don't, so whatever works for this next album is fine by me. If JP decides he could really use an outside producer, so be it, but I like the job he's been doing.
commanderbob
I really want a messy, loud, heavy and unrefined, almost garage-like album that they write and record in like three weeks. I'd love to see what they did with that. I want loud, angry drums too!
Quote from: Lethean on December 12, 2017, 05:55:18 PM
Give me JP and JR any day. With input or not from the others - I like the material when they contribute, I like it when they don't, so whatever works for this next album is fine by me. If JP decides he could really use an outside producer, so be it, but I like the job he's been doing.
Nail on the head dude.
I'm against outside writers, but I welcome an outside producer.
The whole situation with an external producer was tangled into the FII mess. The input from Kevin Shirley was directed from the label, and I understand them being "traumatized" by the whole thing and then wanting to do exactly what they wanted to do with the next album, but it's been 20 years. So many albums sold and two grammy nominations later, and them being absolutely the biggest act on the new label, there's no way that an outside producer translates into "Lol cut this song's solo and write a radio hit plz". I understand them being settled in with this way of working, but an outside producer who understands and respects their music could really help them and offer a fresh view on things.
Quote from: MirrorMask on December 13, 2017, 01:11:36 AM
Fritzinger
I agree, Roger Waters took that step and Is This The Life We Really Want? turned out to be an amazing album by a guy you'd never expect to be in his 70s.
me desperté en un mundo con dos tipos de gente: la mas y la menos extrema
What works for one band/artist might not work for another. Right now, I don't think DT needs it. If things get to a point where they feel like they want a change, that's fine. But I wouldn't want anyone messing with the last 3 albums, and I don't have any reason to believe the next won't be great as well. It could be that it doesn't turn out to be to my taste, but that doesn't have much to do with whether there's an outside producer or not.
I'm certain that they could get a producer who would work with them on their terms at this point in their career - but they probably just don't want to.
Quote from: Lethean on December 13, 2017, 09:54:35 AM
See, and I vaguely suggested it because I think - certainly after the last two albums - it's desperately needed. Hall of the material should've been scrapped by someone, especially with one internal force countering some of this gone. And I find it telling that the "Astonishing" tour apparently didn't sell well - and quickly turned into a Images-and-words-anniversary tour.
SwedishGoose
That is far from the truth... the Astonishing tour went well except for the second leg in the US. They toured The Astonishing for about a year.
That they continued to tour for another year with Images & Words anniverasry is not a reaction to poor sales....
To me and many others it is actually an Astonishing album. I am soo glad that JP followed through with his vision. They did not need an outside producer, even less now with MP gone in my humble opinion.....
It may not be the best album... But it certainly is the most astonishing one.
Just a decent, normal metal-head fellow
Quote from: SwedishGoose on December 13, 2017, 03:04:05 PM
Right. I don't think a full on I&W 25 tour was the plan. It was really a touring opportunity that feel in their laps.
Quote from: wkiml on June 08, 2012, 10:06:35 AM
would have thought the same thing but seeing the OP was TAC i immediately thought Maiden or DT related
Quote from: bl5150 on August 18, 2015, 06:28:52 AM
Winger Theater Forums................or WTF.
Quote from: TAC on December 13, 2017, 03:59:51 PM
Indeed, they're on record stating that they wanted it to be a short tour, but promoters all around the world wanted it and so they dedicated this year to it.
Quote from: Fritzinger on December 13, 2017, 08:20:03 AM
Speaking of Pink Floyd:that's a great example where a band remained in charge artistically but utilized the right people at the right time often. When you listen to various demos and pre-production takes you see what Alan Parsons brought to the table for instance. Or even using Roy Harper for vocals instead of Roger Waters, etc etc - it's the difference between good and great when the the right people are open to it and things line up. Obviously, it can go horribly wrong also.
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The crisis of innovation
Edward Andersson considers why it takes a crisis for us to think innovatively about democracy.
With parts of London going up in flame and the Prime Minister cutting his holiday short it seems appropriate to write a blog about crisis and its role in democratic innovation. I wasn’t planning to write about the riots. Instead I wanted to reflect on the Icelandic Constitutional Assembly, a group of 25 elected citizens who have been busy over the past few months drafting what the media is calling ‘the world’s first crowd sourced constitution’.
The Assembly has now handed in their recommended constitution to the Althingi (Icelandic parliament). This has rightly been hailed as a major democratic innovation; Iceland is rapidly establishing itself as a world leader in Open Government and e-Participation. Unlike examples of crowd sourcing we’ve seen elsewhere which have used a simplistic approach (akin to throwing something online, calling for anonymous comments and hoping for the best) the Icelandic Constitutional Assembly has avoided the risk of flame wars and interest group capture by complementing online engagement with face to face deliberation and in depth discussion. Writing a new constitution is serious business and the Icelandic organizers have risen to the challenge admirably.
I would love to see a similar level of inventiveness and boldness from UK policy makers. A similar approach to that taken in Iceland could have made the referendum on electoral reform more meaningful for example. Annie Quick wrote a good piece on why deliberation was vital back then.
The thing is democratic innovation at the moment seems to be largely driven by crisis; game changing innovations follow system shattering events. In Iceland the galvanizing crisis was the financial meltdown in 2008. Known locally as ‘Hrun’ (Icelandic for ‘downfall’) the country found itself owning over ten times its annual GDP, with an almost worthless currency and at the mercy of the IMF. This led to unprecedented uproar in the otherwise stable small nation of 320,000 inhabitants. Protests and demonstrations led to the fall of the government followed by soul searching and a growing realization that something had been systematically wrong in society. This is the background which helps explain Iceland’s efforts to involve citizens in rewriting its constitution. Without the crisis Iceland would probably have muddled through with the constitution they had before.
It is a similar story with many other democratic innovations across the world.
Participatory Budgeting in Porto Alegre (PDF document), (PDF document) possibly the most quoted (some would argue over quoted) example of democratic innovation in the world. In the celebration over the past decades we easily forget that the innovation only happened in 1989 when city was on verge of bankruptcy. In hindsight politicians are quick to claim that Participatory Budgeting was the result of foresight and genius, whereas at the time it was an act of desperation.
Another rightly celebrated innovation is the 2004 British Columbia Citizens’ Assembly on electoral reform. This great example of far reaching deliberation around voting systems only occurred after the 1996 election where the party which won the largest percentage of votes got fewer seats than its main rival and was unable to form a government.
There are also good examples from the UK where long needed innovation only happened after things went badly wrong; for example in 2001 riots in Bradford, Oldham and Burnley led to much needed investment in community cohesion and engagement (hopefully we can expect to see the same thing happen in London post riots). In the same year the general election had a record low turnout which prompted politicians and policy makers to take action on citizenship and democracy. This was an area which had needed attention and investment for a long time, but only received after things clearly went wrong.
So we clearly don’t innovate just because something is important; it has to be urgent as well. Is this a problem? After all, most of us probably procrastinated at school – delaying essays until the night before – and we survived. There’s even a school of thought which celebrates crisis as a driver for change. Rham Emmanuel (Obama’s former chief of staff) famously said “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste”.
I think that relying on crisis to provide the impetus for innovation is dangerous and the Obama administration shows why. Buffeted by too many crises that have been allowed to grow too big (including the political gridlock, the downgrade of credit rating and discord around health care reform) the administration is overstretched, underfunded and understaffed. Innovations driven by crisis can be tokenistic, ill conceived and demoralizing.
The wide range of project ideas submitted to NESTA for the Creative Councils programme (PDF document)shows that democratic innovation is alive and well in local government. However, many of these ideas have only become politically possible in the context of the economic crisis, which ironically means that it is hard to fund them. How much more effective could these innovations have been if they had been implemented in a time of economic wealth?
Surely it shouldn’t need to be like this? How do we innovate and democratize without having to see things taken to a crisis point beforehand? There must be a way to pick up on the signals that change is needed before the economy tanks, public trust nosedives or storefronts erupt in flames. Something for me to ponder as I carefully cycle home on streets strewn with crushed glass and shattered trust…
This blog is a repository for posts I have made over the years at Involve as well as more personal reflections.
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Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD– Following the world wide release of Marvel Comics “The Avengers”, the US Army has decided they need to make film special effects into a battlefield reality. A high-ranking individual in the Army’s “Think Tank” has gone on record as saying that “it seems doable.”
The film, which is based on a comic book by Marvel, features a group of individuals that come together to fight the battles that are too big for others. The line up of the team is Captain America — a regular soldier given a “super soldier” serum and becoming our best, Thor — the Thunder God from Norse mythology, Iron Man — A billionaire genius in a high-tech suit of armor, The Hulk — a science experiment gone wrong where the madder he gets, the stronger he gets, Black Widow — a sexy super spy, and Hawkeye — a master marksman that prefers a bow and arrow.
We recently sat down with a source at U.S. Army Public Affairs who agreed to an interview. The Army Captain, who wished to remain anonymous, tried to show us how this was so simple even the Army couldn’t screw up this recipe for awesomeness and destructive capability.
Duffel Blog: First off, thank you for your time and for speaking with us about this.
Army Public Affairs Officer: No problem. We’re excited about this project. And I couldn’t help but give away some spoilers.
TDB: Indeed. So shall we just go through them one by one and you can tell me the Army’s plan to make it happen?
PAO: Sounds great.
TDB: Captain America
PAO: We give some steroids to an officer. Seems simple enough.
TDB: The Hulk
PAO: Same steroids, we just give them to a Marine… and rabies. Steroids and rabies. Again, seems simple enough.
TDB: Iron Man
PAO: Really the only thing impressive with this guy was the suit. And I mean, we’ve been working on a mech type thing since “Aliens”. You really think we haven’t made any headway on that front? We’ve just been looking for a good time to field it. Now we just need to find someone with a smartass attitude. And we know those aren’t in short supply anywhere in the Army. This whole thing isn’t too far off from the “Land Warrior” system we’ve been throwing around for a long time now.
TDB: You got me there. Moving on. Black Widow.
PAO: You are gonna give us the chance to make public something we already have? Great. Plus we’re gonna use this one for recruiting. Do you know how much our forces, and other things… are going to swell because of this one? Eh? EH?
TDB: Uhh…. Ok. Hawkeye
PAO: We’ve got marksmen all over the place. Don’t we have some Special Forces bow and arrow course or something? We have a course for everything else. Falling out of the sky. Sliding down a rope. Eating bugs while playing hide and seek. We’ll just make the course and see who is the best at it. Then boom, we have an archer.
Then we hit the snag in the interview. What is holding the Army back from making and fielding this unit that it seems would gain us the ultimate advantage in the field?
TDB: Thor?
PAO: This is the one that is kinda hanging us up right now. The whole “lightning power of a God” thing is tricky. Plus the invulnerability and a few other things. The main problem though? The hair. It’s WAY out of regs. We’re concerned that if we say cut it, it’s like Samson and we lose his power. But we can’t just let him run around like that either. We’re currently trying to figure out a way to float over the female standard from AR670-1 and make that apply just to him. Plus come up with something for the beard. We figure though, when is this guy ever gonna have to put on a Pro-Mask? So we’ll let that part slide or just make up a special reg for him lumping him in with Special Forces. And really, the Special Forces thing, it kinda fits. But after we get that through, we should be good to go.
At this point, we were awestruck. The casual manner that this gentleman had just blown through how they could field an elite fighting unit composed of the stuff of legends had us impressed. I think my source may have expected this though because he continued on to fill in where I was left without words.
PAO: I know it’s all a little mindblowing. But after seeing the movie, we thought to ourselves, why can’t we do this? It seems do-able. Hell, when we went out into the rank and file to get some opinions — as soon as we said “super soldier program” we had a line formed that we hadn’t even asked for yet. Granted, now that we have lifted the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, we also had an unexpected line form for the Black Widow role on the team. But we are all about equal opportunity in the military now so everyone is welcome to apply for all positions.
We’re going to work through the bugs and get this thing going. Maybe accepting the lowest bidder for the Iron Man suit wasn’t the best idea, but we are confident the soldiers can make it work once they get it in the field. Maybe we shouldn’t have already been trying out different “super soldier serums” on soldiers in all those “vaccinations” you get before deployment. And maybe we shouldn’t have given rabies and steroids to a guy that had a LOT of anger issues and TBI. But we’re gonna work through it all and who knows where it will lead? Me personally? I’m thinking about getting an eye patch. Ooh! And becoming black!
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The Enterprise Contract
September 7, 2015 / Winter Report 2015
An AWA by another name
The Productivity Commission (PC) released its long awaited draft report in relation to the Australian workplace relations framework on 4 August 2015.[1]
In brief, the PC has concluded that the workplace relations framework is “not dysfunctional” but there are reforms that can be made to improve the framework.
Interestingly, a reform that has been “floated” by the PC is the idea of a possible new type of individual statutory agreement to be known as the “enterprise contract” to meet the needs of small and medium sized businesses[2] (see chart as extracted from the PC’s draft report).
An enterprise contract would, subject to a no disadvantage test, enable employers to vary a term(s) of a Modern Award for an entire class or group of employees without the need to either negotiate with each employee on an individual basis or form an enterprise agreement.
Making an enterprise contract
The PC, recognising the high costs associated with current statutory options (including enterprise agreements), proposes measures to minimise the costs associated with the adoption of the enterprise contract that are accompanied by a range of safeguards as follows:
An existing employee would be able to choose whether to sign an enterprise contract or stay with their existing employment contract.
The employer would be required to provide employees with a written form of the enterprise contract, so they were aware of its entitlements and obligations, which would then be lodged with the FWC.
In contrast to an enterprise agreement no prior approval would be required of an enterprise contract before it is lodged with the FWC.
The FWC would test compliance using the no disadvantage test following a complaint by an employee covered by the enterprise contract.
A failure of the enterprise contract to pass the no disadvantage test would empower the Fair Work Ombudsman to vary the contract (which would include all other relevant employees covered by the same enterprise contract).
The lodgement of the enterprise contract would also allow the FWC (or the Fair Work Ombudsman) to analyse the nature and trends in such contracts, and to provide a basis for industry templates that would enable any business to adopt a contract with certainty that it would pass a no disadvantage test.
An employee could exit the enterprise contract after one year and return to the award (or any other agreed contract).
The PC proposes that the enterprise contract would also have an expiry date, at which time the employer and employee would have to select among various options including:
The continuation of the current enterprise contract;
An adapted version of the current enterprise agreement;
A separate individual arrangements; or
An enterprise agreement.
In relation to the last option the PC’s view was that enterprise contracts might provide a natural vehicle for progression to standard enterprise agreements as employees could, after one year, elect through a majority vote to commence enterprise bargaining.
To test the PC’s “floated” idea of an enterprise contract further, it seeks information on the costs (including compliance costs) and benefits of an enterprise contract from employers and other stake holders.
The PC has identified particular areas of interest as follows:
Additional evidence on the potential gap in contract arrangements between individual arrangements (broadly defined) and enterprise agreements;
The extent to which the enterprise contract would be a suitable addition to the current suite of employment arrangements, how it could fill the gap identified, and specific examples of where and how it could be utilised;
Clauses that could be included in the template arrangement;
Possible periods of operation and termination; and
The advantages and disadvantages of the proposed opt in and opt out arrangements.
The PC has invited submissions from employers and other stakeholders that are to be made by no later than Friday, 18 September 2015.
The PC’s idea for an enterprise contract in its draft report recognises the practical difficulties, including high cost of negotiating individual arrangements and enterprise agreements under the current workplace relations framework.
Cleary the PC’s enterprise contract idea is targeted to small and medium businesses who have not traditionally engaged in enterprise bargaining because “the procedural aspects of such bargaining can be daunting…”[3].
In South Australia, the option of an enterprise contract could provide a cost effective and flexible work arrangement for its high proportion of small and medium businesses.
The ability to utilise template enterprise contacts which could provide for industry tailored flexibilities not available under applicable Modern Awards, coupled with the avoidance of compliance costs associated with formal approval of such contracts, are likely to be attractive to this group of employers.
A largely negative response to the idea for an enterprise contract with comparisons to “AWAs” (which became associated with the former WorkChoices framework) can be expected from the trade union movement in its submissions to the PC.
Employers will await with interest as to whether the Coalition Government will adopt any of the PC’s recommendations (including the possible idea for an enterprise contract) as contained in its final report in the lead up to the next Federal election.
[1] Workplace Relations Framework, Productivity Commission Draft Report, August 2015.
[2] See chart as extracted from the Workplace Relations Framework Draft Report.
[3] Page 37 of the Workplace Relations Framework Draft Report.
This communication provides general information which is current as at the time of production. The information contained in this communication does not constitute advice and should not be relied upon as such. Professional advice should be sought prior to any action being taken in reliance on any of the information. Should you wish to discuss any matter raised in this report, or what it means for you, your business or your clients' businesses, please feel free to contact us.
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Water ER
About Water ER
Savannah Schroll Guz
Savannah Schroll Guz was born in York, Pennsylvania, in the mid-1970s. Her work has illustrated many books and literary journals, including Folio, Box Car Poetry Review, the Boiler, Your Impossible Voice, Wild Woman Rising, Meat for Tea, and Gravel Magazine. Her work is in private collections from NYC to San Diego and has been shown (or is slated to appear) in wonderful places, like Weirton’s Summit Art Gallery; York, Pennsylvania’s HIVE artspace, Creative York, and The Parliament Arts Organization; Pittsburgh’s Future Tenant,and Pittsburgh Glass Center; Minneapolis’ Light Grey Art Lab; Rochester’s RoCo; and Hudson, New York’s Limner Gallery. In August 2018, her solo exhibition, Oracles, Criminals, Mythical Beasts, opened at the Foundry Art Centre in St. Charles, Missouri. Also a metalsmith and artisan jeweler, Guz offers her wearable creations at York’s HIVE artspace; Lancaster, Pennsylvania’s Black Sheep Everything; East Berlin, Pennsylvania’s Wisteria Ridge; and at the Hanover Area Arts Guild, where she is a member. While Savannah currently lives in Weirton, West Virginia, with her husband Michael Guz (who is also her collaborator, sounding board, and general logistics man) and their two dogs, Freddy and Otto, she and her family are planning to return to the York area in the near future. See what’s happening in her studio at: www.instagram.com/savannahschrollguz/.
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