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Peter Reilly
‘I was taking part in a panel discussion at a recent conference. We were talking about the highlights of the event for us and invited the audience to join in. I was then rather surprised when we were asked whether Human Resources was the right name for the function and was it really an improvement on Personnel as a description. My first reaction was surely that we are beyond this debate; HR has clearly won the argument because Personnel is associated with welfare and admin whereas HR connects to business and strategy. Moreover, organisational nomenclature has its own peculiar fads and fashions, as revealed by suggestions to change the title to 'people and development' or 'people and culture', which don't take us that far in the broader debate, however attractive some of the terms might appear at first sight.
‘Yet, as the conversation unfolded I realised that there was an important point buried here. This emerged when one of the panel described his recent dealings with HR at Amazon. Oversimplifying, he contrasted the employment deal between office-based innovators and warehouse doers. Their roles are very dissimilar; the value that they add to the organisation is not the same; and so how they connect to their employer is distinctly different.
‘In this context, what is the HR service delivery model to these groups? You could argue that the innovators are an organisational asset to be nurtured. Effort would go into their motivation and reward. Their retention would be an important business requirement. And so on. By contrast the warehouse workers are managed as a cost (whether insourced or outsourced) with the key metrics being productivity and expense per head.
‘This is not a blog about Amazon but about workforce segmentation. The more sophisticated HR teams recognise that what they do and how they do it is affected by the population concerned. Thus we may have the people function operating as Personnel - delivering a very efficient transactional service to the shop floor and not neglecting collective well-being and health and safety. For the key people who drive the business forward, the function should be operating as HR in the original conception of that the Human Resource Management term: a new philosophy of people management that tried to find ways to release the potential of the workforce and to maximise their contribution to the success of the organisation.
‘I know that from an employee engagement perspective we should not neglect the shop floor and simply favour the office. The decisive question might be, where is it possible for discretionary effort to make a difference to the value added to the business? It doesn't matter what title these employees hold or where they work, but the scope they have for business impact.
‘The point may be that for cash-strapped HR teams, being clear on where to focus one's efforts, and in what way, may help moving on from debating names to determining how choices are made in the allocation of scarce resources.’
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Research Project 4: Gender and fossil fuel subsidy reform
Gender equality is a catalyst for sustainable development, and sustainable development can promote gender equality. We are beginning to understand that insensitivity to gender differences in energy policies and programmes reinforces social and economic inequalities, compounds fiscal difficulties and tends to place a greater burden on certain groups than on others. Therefore, evaluating and documenting the extent to which women participate in and benefit from energy sector reforms is key to understanding the links between gaps in gender equality and a lack of energy access.
Victoria Ohaeri, Executive Director, Spaces for Change, Nigeria
Globally, governments spend around USD 600 billion every year subsidising fossil fuels to consumers. For some countries, this can equate to around one-third of the government’s total spending. Even with such significant government subsidies on fossil fuels and to the energy sector, levels of access to sustainable energy can remain low. Often subsidies within the energy sector are poorly targeted, benefiting richer sections of the population through cheaper petrol and diesel transport fuels, rather than being aimed at the energy needs of the poor.
This research focuses on the impacts of fossil-fuel subsidy reform on poor women in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia and Nigeria. There is a large volume of literature related to energy access and gender. The scoping report draws on this literature by first providing a global picture of energy subsidies, energy access and gender empowerment as background for the research. It also provides an overview of energy subsidies and reforms, and their implications, in the three focus countries.
There is strong evidence that, in many countries, a significant proportion of the subsidies are captured by well-off households, suggesting a general phenomenon of energy subsidy inefficiency. We hope that the results of our research will enable governments to better understand and make informed choices regarding energy sector reform policy, and its implementation, and thereby improve development outcomes for women.
Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) – Bangladesh
Integrated Research and Action for Development (IRADe) – India
Spaces for Change – Nigeria
The SMERU Research Institute – Indonesia
Universitas Gadjah Mada – Indonesia
For more information contact Laura Merrill at IISD lmerrill@iisd.org
Global Subsidies Initiative-IISD, BIDS, IRADe, Spaces for Change
Gender and fossil fuel subsidy reform: Findings from and recommendations for Bangladesh, India and Nigeria Miscellaneous
Links | BibTeX
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title = { Gender and fossil fuel subsidy reform: Findings from and recommendations for Bangladesh, India and Nigeria},
author = { Global Subsidies Initiative-IISD, BIDS, IRADe, Spaces for Change},
url = {https://www.energia.org/cm2/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/RA4_Gender-and-fossil-fuel-subsidy-reform_without-Annex-2.pdf},
tppubtype = {misc}
https://www.energia.org/cm2/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/RA4_Gender-and-fossil-fue[...]
Niken Kusumawardhani, Rafiazka Hilman, Tara Laan, Nila Warda, Rachma Nurbani
Gender andFossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: An audit of data on energy subsidies, energy use and gender in Indonesia Journal Article
Abstract | Links | BibTeX
@article{Kusumawardhani2017,
title = {Gender andFossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: An audit of data on energy subsidies, energy use and gender in Indonesia},
author = {Niken Kusumawardhani, Rafiazka Hilman, Tara Laan, Nila Warda, Rachma Nurbani},
url = {https://www.iisd.org/sites/default/files/publications/gender-fossil-fuel-subsidy-reform-indonesia.pdf},
abstract = {The Government of Indonesia is considering reform of its consumer subsidies for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) due to its rising fiscal cost: IDR 25 trillion (USD 1.9 billion) in 2016: around half of its total energy subsidy expenditure. Subsidized 3-kg LPG cylinders are currently available to all citizens. Reforms are likely to target the subsidy to the poor or replace it with cash transfers through the social assistance system. The impact of energy subsidy reform on the poor has been widely studied. Most subsidy benefits tend to be captured by the wealthy that have the most purchasing power. But poor households are most vulnerable because they can least afford higher energy prices. Gender differentiated impacts are, however, poorly understood. In the case of LPG, a household fuel used for cooking, women are likely to be more affected than men because they do most of the cooking and household management. This study provides an initial investigation into LPG subsidy reform and gender in Indonesia by examining the available data on household use of energy and relevant gender issues. The focus is on the poor and near-poor, which comprise the bottom 35 per cent of the population by income. Information is derived from five national household surveys and a review of relevant literature. The study is part of a broader project on energy and gender supported by the International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy (ENERGIA) and the U.K. Department for International Development, which includes an international literature review and scoping studies in Bangladesh, India and Nigeria. This data audit aims to do two things. First, it gathers general data on the status of women in Indonesia. This demonstrates the degree of gender equity and whether women face disadvantages. Second, the report examines energy use, particularly by poor women, to establish whether women are more likely to be affected by subsidy reform. The audit aims to establish a baseline and to identify data gaps. A later phase of work may seek to address some of these data gaps and identify policy implications and solutions.},
The Government of Indonesia is considering reform of its consumer subsidies for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) due to its rising fiscal cost: IDR 25 trillion (USD 1.9 billion) in 2016: around half of its total energy subsidy expenditure. Subsidized 3-kg LPG cylinders are currently available to all citizens. Reforms are likely to target the subsidy to the poor or replace it with cash transfers through the social assistance system. The impact of energy subsidy reform on the poor has been widely studied. Most subsidy benefits tend to be captured by the wealthy that have the most purchasing power. But poor households are most vulnerable because they can least afford higher energy prices. Gender differentiated impacts are, however, poorly understood. In the case of LPG, a household fuel used for cooking, women are likely to be more affected than men because they do most of the cooking and household management. This study provides an initial investigation into LPG subsidy reform and gender in Indonesia by examining the available data on household use of energy and relevant gender issues. The focus is on the poor and near-poor, which comprise the bottom 35 per cent of the population by income. Information is derived from five national household surveys and a review of relevant literature. The study is part of a broader project on energy and gender supported by the International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy (ENERGIA) and the U.K. Department for International Development, which includes an international literature review and scoping studies in Bangladesh, India and Nigeria. This data audit aims to do two things. First, it gathers general data on the status of women in Indonesia. This demonstrates the degree of gender equity and whether women face disadvantages. Second, the report examines energy use, particularly by poor women, to establish whether women are more likely to be affected by subsidy reform. The audit aims to establish a baseline and to identify data gaps. A later phase of work may seek to address some of these data gaps and identify policy implications and solutions.
https://www.iisd.org/sites/default/files/publications/gender-fossil-fuel-subsidy[...]
Peter Wooders; Laura Merrill; Christopher Beaton; Kieran Clarke; Lucy Kitson Shruti Sharma
Gender and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: Current Status of Research Journal Article
@article{Wooders2016,
title = {Gender and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: Current Status of Research},
author = {Peter Wooders and Laura Merrill and Christopher Beaton and Kieran Clarke and Lucy Kitson Shruti Sharma},
url = {http://www.iisd.org/sites/default/files/publications/gender-fossil-fuel-subsidy-reform-current-status-research.pdf},
abstract = {This research project aims to investigate the impacts from fossil fuel subsidy reform on poor women in Bangladesh, India and Nigeria. This initial scoping report finds no primary, quantitative research on the question of the gender-differentiated impact of fossil fuel subsidy reforms. However, there is a large body of literature linked to energy access and gender; growing research surrounding energy subsidies, access and impacts on the poor; growing research regarding solar energy and cook stoves and gender; and a body of research assessing targeted cash transfers (sometimes used as mitigation measures to energy sector reform) from a gender perspective.
The report explores the literature by first providing a global picture of energy subsidies, energy access and gender empowerment as background to the research. It then reviews the literature regarding access to energy and gender empowerment, fossil fuel subsidies and gender, subsidy reforms and gender, and mitigation measures such as cash transfers and targeted energy interventions. Finally, it provides an overview of energy subsidies and reform with implications for gender across this project’s three focus countries: Nigeria, India and Bangladesh.},
This research project aims to investigate the impacts from fossil fuel subsidy reform on poor women in Bangladesh, India and Nigeria. This initial scoping report finds no primary, quantitative research on the question of the gender-differentiated impact of fossil fuel subsidy reforms. However, there is a large body of literature linked to energy access and gender; growing research surrounding energy subsidies, access and impacts on the poor; growing research regarding solar energy and cook stoves and gender; and a body of research assessing targeted cash transfers (sometimes used as mitigation measures to energy sector reform) from a gender perspective.
The report explores the literature by first providing a global picture of energy subsidies, energy access and gender empowerment as background to the research. It then reviews the literature regarding access to energy and gender empowerment, fossil fuel subsidies and gender, subsidy reforms and gender, and mitigation measures such as cash transfers and targeted energy interventions. Finally, it provides an overview of energy subsidies and reform with implications for gender across this project’s three focus countries: Nigeria, India and Bangladesh.
http://www.iisd.org/sites/default/files/publications/gender-fossil-fuel-subsidy-[...]
Shruti Sharma, Christopher Beaton, Lucy Kitson, Laura Merrill, Philip Gass
Gender and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: Implications for India, Bangladesh and Nigeria Miscellaneous
@misc{Sharma2016,
title = {Gender and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: Implications for India, Bangladesh and Nigeria},
author = {Shruti Sharma, Christopher Beaton, Lucy Kitson, Laura Merrill, Philip Gass},
url = {https://www.energia.org/cm2/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/A4_Sharma_Gender_and_fossil_fuel_subsidy_reform.pdf},
abstract = {This paper reviews the available literature on the impacts of fossil fuel subsidies on women and gender empowerment. It is an input to a four-year research program on the issue coordinated by the Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) of IISD. The review, undertaken in 2015, attempts to assess the impacts of fossil fuel subsidies on women as well as the mitigation measures implemented during reforms.
The paper reviews literature under two categories: research that explores the gender aspects of energy use and research on the broader impacts of fossil fuel subsidy reform,including mitigation measures such as cash transfers. It finds clear linkages between energy access and gender empowerment,especially regarding access to solar energy and improved cook stoves. However, it finds that,despite much research on subsidies’ regressive nature, there is very little dedicated analysis of how subsidies and subsidy reform affect women(beneficially, detrimentally, or otherwise).
The review focuses in particular on existing subsidies and recent energy policy changes in Bangladesh, India and Nigeria, where access issues are significant and policy is highly dynamic. The review is designed to inform further field research with women in these countries that will begin in 2016. It also includes case studies on other countries through a gender lens. It concludes with suggestions for greater consideration of gender impacts within fiscal reforms.},
This paper reviews the available literature on the impacts of fossil fuel subsidies on women and gender empowerment. It is an input to a four-year research program on the issue coordinated by the Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) of IISD. The review, undertaken in 2015, attempts to assess the impacts of fossil fuel subsidies on women as well as the mitigation measures implemented during reforms.
The review focuses in particular on existing subsidies and recent energy policy changes in Bangladesh, India and Nigeria, where access issues are significant and policy is highly dynamic. The review is designed to inform further field research with women in these countries that will begin in 2016. It also includes case studies on other countries through a gender lens. It concludes with suggestions for greater consideration of gender impacts within fiscal reforms.
https://www.energia.org/cm2/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/A4_Sharma_Gender_and_foss[...]
Gender and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform - Presentation Presentation
@misc{Sharma2016b,
title = {Gender and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform - Presentation},
url = {A4_Sharma_Gender_and_fossil_fuel_subsidy_reform},
tppubtype = {presentation}
A4_Sharma_Gender_and_fossil_fuel_subsidy_reform
Spaces for Change
Policy Brief: Kerosene Subsidy Reform and the Burden of Supply Miscellaneous
@misc{forChange2016,
title = {Policy Brief: Kerosene Subsidy Reform and the Burden of Supply},
author = {Spaces for Change },
url = {https://www.energia.org/cm2/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/RA4-Policy-Brief.-Kerosene-Subsidy-Reform-and-the-Burden-of-Supply.-July-2016.pdf},
https://www.energia.org/cm2/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/RA4-Policy-Brief.-Kerosen[...]
Jyoti Parikh: Beyond shaming the shameless
Post on www.business-standard.com
How FG fuel subsidy reforms affect Nigeria’s economy
Blogpost on www.vanguardngr.com
Fossil Fuel Subsidies or $112 for Families? Let women decide
Blogpost on www.iisd.org
Financing and Accelerating Sustainable Energy Access through Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: Practitioners discuss opportunities at the SDG 7 Conference in Bangkok
Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform Research Suggests Emission Reductions Equivalent to at Least a Quarter of the Commitments Countries Made at Paris
Part of the policy solution: fossil fuel subsidy reform and taxation at the UNFCCC
Talking Gender and Energy Sector Reform at the Vienna Energy Forum
Survey results: Energy use in urban slums
Blogpost on www.spacesforchange.org
Blog posts Spaces for Change/Energy & Climate Change/Economic Governance:
Gender and fossil fuels subsidy reforms
Making subsidy reform work for women in Nigeria
How women can benefit from fuel subsidy reform
Article in Climate Home
Article on the deteriorating energy situation in Nigeria in: Premium Times, The Cable, The Punch and Sundiata Post
Beyond shaming the shameless
Article in Business Standard
Why Buhari should make subsidy reform work for women
Article in Premium Times
Analyzing the impacts of recurrent fuel scarcity in Nigeria
TV Interview
Empowering change
Article in International Innovation
Gender and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: Implications for India, Bangladesh and Nigeria
Literature review/conference paper by Shruti Sharma, Christopher Beaton, Lucy Kitson, Laura Merrill and Philip Gass
Gender and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform
Presentation by Shruti Sharma at the 2016 Global Green Knowledge Platform conference
Subsidy Reform: Expanding Opportunities for Women’s Welfare Gains
Opinion piece by Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri published in October 2016 in Premium Times
Spaces for Change Advocates for Cleaner Energy
News article published in December 2016 in Daily Times
Women-Kitchen-Energy Campaign Train Moves to Imo State
Blog post published in November 2016
Pilot survey: Understanding energy use and access in Lagos slums
Blog post and pictures
Video: Understanding Energy Use in Rural Households in Uzoagba, Ikeduru, Imo State
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Timor-Leste Lawyers Disciplinary Management Council inaugurated
Dionisio Soares
ETLJB 19 April 2013 - On Monday 11 February 2013 the Ministry of Justice inaugurated the Lawyers Disciplinary Management Council at the Legal Training Centre in Caicoli, Dili.
Seven active members were inaugurated: Nelinho Vital, as President; Antonio Goncalves; Fernando Lopes, Manuel Tilman; Pedro Aparício de Oliveira; and two other alternate members: Francisco de Araujo Almeida and Helena Pereira.
In accordance with the Minister of Justice, Dionísio Babo, ‘Timor-Leste has marked yet another milestone in the justice sector, for no Lawyers Council had been established so far. Thus, it is the intention of the Government to establish a Lawyers Disciplinary Management Council so that lawyers may legally provide legal assistance to our people who want peace so vehemently’.
Minister Dionísio Babo also stressed that ‘this Council was established with the financial support of the Government, through the Ministry of Justice, and that, in the future, there will be a Public Defense Office also financed by the State’.
Nelinho Vital, elected President of the Council, underlined that the ‘objective of the Lawyers Disciplinary Management Council is to defend the right of lawyers and to simultaneously take on the duty and responsibility in the face of the promotion of the lawyers disciplinary management. Since this is an independent profession, lawyers professional ethics needs to elevate the level of the services provided to the community, in accordance with law and public order.
After the inauguration, one of the activities of the Council will be to organize the functioning of the lawyers service through the registration and issuance of the lawyers professional cards. Source: Government of East Timor 12 February 2013 Edited by Warren L. Wright
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Director: Sir Alfred Hitchcock, Alfred Hitchcock UPC:
Set in 19th-century Cornwall, this tale of a young woman who visits her aunt, only to discover she's residing in a haven for throat-slashing pirates, is one of Hitchcock's lesser-known films. A period melodrama, the film features an excellent Maureen O'Hara in one of her earlier roles. JAMAICA INN is based on Daphne Du Maurier's famous novel of the same name.
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Genre Action/Adventure
Leading Role Charles Laughton
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by musical_martin Mar 19, 2017
Good presentation of a sub-par Hitchcock film
Are you interested in the very best presentation of one of Alfred Hitchcock's worst films? For many years Jamaica Inn has been available in shoddy public domain transfers from various compilers, although the legality in the US of the practice (the films had their UK copyright status restored through various UK legislation) is shaky. Anyway, this Cohen Media Group / BFI restoration is excellent in both video and audio, and has an extra video feature done by Donald Spoto, the author of "The Dark Side of Genius." Any comparison of this gorgeous transfer with any of the public domain versions is not even close. The film, however, is not considered one of Hitchcock's best (even by him) and is only notable for Maureen O'Hara's first major film role, impressive (for the time) shipwreck scenes and, for some, the over-the-top performance by Charles Laughton, who also was one of the film's producers. For Hitchcock completists, this is the closest this film will probably get to the Criterion treatment. The only weak spot is the insert booklet, with its only text being a typo-ridden list of chapters, and the remaining pages just unmarked stills and scenes. It's surprising that a company with such attention to detail with this restoration would go amateur hour with the booklet. Otherwise this should be considered the definitive Hitchcock "Jamaica Inn."
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Siesta Key Season 3's New Trailer Is Full of Kissing, Crying and Physical Fights
by Chris Harnick | Thu., Jan. 2, 2020 11:00 AM
Siesta Key is out here with a brand-new trailer that can't possibly be filled with more drama. In the sneak peek of season three below, the original gang is back, but divided after Alex Kompo and Juliette Porter's breakup. Now, both have moved on, and with that comes drama.
The trailer features a ton of kissing, tears, and pregnancy fears.
"The guy you're with is a f—king bitch," Alex says about Siesta Key newcomer Robby Hayes.
Robby, who was runner-up in JoJo Fletcher's The Bachelorette season and went on to appear on Bachelor in Paradise, is a new cast member on the show thanks to his relationship with Juliette.
"He's scheming because he thinks he's going to get you back," Robby says.
But the scheming and kissing isn't the only drama. The trailer features a number of explosive moments with punches, slaps and allegations.
The Bachelor Season 24 Contestants
And it all ends with this: "She's pregnant."
According to MTV, the new cast members this season "invade the scene bringing conflict, heartbreak and deception to the mix." Can the new crew come out unscathed or will they discover the cost that comes with taking risks with love and friendships?
The new season picks up with Juliette already going strong with Robby. She's graduated college is looking to start fresh. Meanwhile, Alex is back on the scene to finish up law school and new girlfriend Alyssa Salerno is along for the ride.
Siesta Key season three premieres Tuesday, Jan. 7 at 8 p.m. on MTV.
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Have You Tried Looking At His Twitter?
If you're gonna bullshit people get better at it.
Pelosi gets testy with a reporter who asks her about House Dems' mixed messaging on impeachment, says the American people "understand that impeachment is a very divisive measure. But if we have to go there, we'll have to go there. But we can't go there unless we have the facts." pic.twitter.com/9JtDvqdZ7X
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Best Interests of Children Prevail in Alaska
Anti-LGBT measures passed in four states last November, including
Prop 8 in California. These measures, juxtaposed with the election
of Barack Obama, gave the impression of major setbacks in our
struggle for justice and equality. On the contrary, the struggle
for justice and equality is alive and well in the 50 states. So
much pro-equality movement has happened in the last few weeks, it’s
hard to keep up!
Just yesterday the Fairbanks, Alaska North Star Borough School
Board voted to add gender identity to its nondiscrimination and
harassment policies, which cover not only students but also staff
and outside parties with which the district conducts business.
As with the recent vote in
Wyoming not to pursue a constitutional amendment
banning same-gender marriages, the most interesting part of this
story is not the vote, itself, but the dialogue amongst school
board members before the vote.
A sample of the dialogue from the Fairbanks Daily News Miner
Grace Matthews, a student a West Valley High school who
presides over her school’s Gay-Straight Alliance club, asked the
board to consider passing the policy change.
“I know several people in my club who would appreciate having
this, knowing they are protected under rules and laws of our
school,” Matthews said.
“As to the bathroom concerns, it is a real concern, but I
would just like to say that everyone in the GSA would be more than
willing to work with the administration and other schools to come
up with solutions if that would be a problem.”
Others questioned the need to include gender identity, fearing
the policies would only become convoluted.
Col. Michael Fitzgerald, Eielson Air Force Base representative
to the school board, voted against the policy change.
“I am proud we can discuss this issue in an open forum,”
Fitzgerald said.
While Fitzgerald made it clear he was opposed discrimination of
any kind, he voted against adding additional language to the
policy, stating he had faith in the district faculty to protect all
students regardless.
Not everyone on the school board or involved in the meeting agreed
on adding gender identity to the nondiscrimination and harassment
policies, but it appears that they expressed their views
respectfully and maintained open minds. Moreover, they did all
agree that protecting students is one of the district’s number one
priorities.
There are two key morals to this story:
1. When possible, seek common ground. School board
members are charged with ensuring the health and safety, as well as
the proper education, of their district’s students. With a common
objective on the table, people can converse, negotiate, leave the
table without breaking trust, and work towards agreeable
2. Establish your principles; stand by them.
Proponents of adding gender identity to the district’s policies
sought to protect transgender and gender nonconforming students and
others from discrimination and harassment. Clearly they feel that
explicitly stating gender identity as a protected category is the
best way to do that (and research on the subject backs them up).
Proponents could have decided, however, that assurances from their
counterparts on the school board that all students would be
protected even if they didn’t spell out specific categories were
enough. In an ideal world, that might occur. Instead, it appears,
proponents of the change established as a principle that gender
identity be added as a category to ensure protection. They stuck by
their principles, explained their position, convinced enough people
and took a vote. This doesn’t always work in the favor of minority
or otherwise under-protected groups, and in most cases we shouldn’t
have to vote on rights or equal protections. In this instance,
though, principled dialogue did result in a positive outcome, and
in no small part due to the resolve of proponents of the change to
ask for exactly what they wanted to achieve the best result.
Dialogue is difficult. It doesn’t always result in progress, but
when it does the progress is arguably more lasting because all
parties have an opportunity to understand, if not necessarily to
immediately agree, on the change that has occurred.
Dialogues like this one are happening in cities and towns across
the country. Justice and equality are moving forward. Our
willingness to participate in these dialogues is critical to
ensuring equality for our families, so continue talking and
continue making change!
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Listen to the story of one Cusco family’s mission to reveal the Inca Cosmo-vision to the world
Click this icon to sign up for a Cusco vacation featuring Inca Astronomy and the Planetarium Cusco.
Enjoy a special dinner in Cusco as an added bonus when you fill out your booking registration form and include the promo code: CHAKANA.
Whether you’re coming to hike the Inca Trail or plan to take the more leisurely train to Machu Picchu, your experience will be greatly enriched if you understand the world view of the empire that built the great stone citadel.
That’s why Fertur Peru wants to introduce you to a family in Cusco that has visitors peering up nightly to the heavens to understand the ancient Andean cosmos: the vision of the Inca.
the Celestial Inca Astronomy Tour
If you’re interested in astronomy and the power of ancient myth, or simply want to learn about the constellations of the Southern Hemisphere, this 5-day Cusco vacation is for you.
Planetarium Cusco Podcast Transcript:
Each evening, just before sundown in Peru’s Southern Andes, a small group of visitors arrive at the Planetarium Cusco. If that name conjures images of a modern, giant-domed building, you might be surprised.
This is a cabin on a cleared corner of a private forest reserve, inside a protected archaeological park.
Nearby are the monumental stone ruins of Sacsayhuaman, just a few minutes’ drive from the Inca capital city of Cusco. The visitors are greeted by the planetarium’s director, Professor Erwin Salazar.
For 30 years he has studied the night sky of the Southern Hemisphere.
And since 2007, he says, the Planetarium Cusco has fulfilled an important cultural and scientific mission.
Erwin Salazar: “The principle objective of this planetarium is to show the world the astronomy of the Incas; to take advantage of the fact that here, we not only demonstrate constellations and star clusters — just like every other planetarium — besides that we have the plus of actually star gazing directly with telescopes.”
As the night air gets chilly, piping hot coca leaf tea is prepared, and warm blankets are handed out. It’s in this cozy setting that the guests are introduced, many for the first time, to the southern night sky.
Handling a powerful telescope, Professor Erwin’s enthusiasm for the stars and planets is contagious.
The Planetarium Cusco was conceived soon after Professor Erwin’s nephew Roberto, a talented musician, got married to an equally talented young poet, Ana María Milla.
Ana María’s father, Carlos, describes what happened this way:
Carlos Milla: “I would say that stars aligned.”
Carlos is a local hotel owner and an icon of Cusco’s tourism sector.
He says that in 2005, after a family party, he and Professor Erwin sat down with the newlyweds and began brain storming about possible business ventures.
Carlos says the conversation rekindled a personal dream of his that had been dormant for 25 years.
“The very first time that I attended a planetarium was in Lucerne in Switzerland and that was in 1980, and I was really, really, really amazed. And I said, ‘One day I will have that.'”
But there was a hitch. Where would they build their planetarium?
Salazar: “Originally, the planetarium was going to be something different, something very modern and built farther up from this location. But because construction was prohibited by Cusco’s National Institute of Culture, we settled on the abandoned home of a humble pottery maker. And that is why we ended up with a planetarium hidden inside a mountain cabin. And it turned out to be an idea more original than we could have conceived of. The success of this planetarium is precisely because it’s different than any other.”
The planetarium consists of two cultural interpretation rooms with photos, panels and 3D graphics. In its center is an 18-foot diameter dome with seating for 25 to 30 people.
It is here that Ana María uses a custom-made virtual star projector to demonstrate the constellations.
Ana María Milla: “Now, the highlights about the Incan astronomy and some interesting story telling…”
Emphasizing the Southern sky, she points out an ancient celestial menagerie of powerful Inca deities.
Ana María Milla: “The main one is around here, and actually has a bright eye, the star ALFA CENTAURO, a mouth, a couple of ears, long neck, body and legs… And here we have the big black llama. Do you see it?”
The Planetarium Cusco is gaining in popularity, mostly by word of mouth. It is a top-rated attraction on TripAdviser.
But Carlos says he hopes the lessons of the Inca — an Empire whose world-view was prefaced on living in balance with nature — makes this planetarium more than a mere tourist attraction.
Carlos Milla: “The world is getting smaller. The world is global, and unfortunately globalization is going one way, north to south. However, we find that the south has something to say. The ancient wisdom is something to be shared with the planet, and we believe that tourism is a great tool to open their minds to the holiness of nature.”
It’s an unseasonably overcast night, but as tonight’s visitors gather around Professor Erwin’s telescopes, the clouds disperse.
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BAT Anticipates Currency Exchange Impact On Operating Profits
Published on Jun 15 2017 1:29 PM in A-Brands tagged: Trending Posts / Tobacco / BAT / British American Tobacco / Glo
British American Tobacco has said that current currency exchange rates could influence its operating profits for the half-year and full-year.
In a trading update ahead of a closed period on 27 June, BAT said that 'if exchange rates stayed the same for the remainder of the year, there would be an adverse transactional impact on operating profit of 2% for both the first half and the full year'.
It added that 'For translation, this would be a tailwind on operating profit of approximately 13% for the half year and 7% for the full year.'
Full Year Volume
The group said that first half revenue is likely benefit from 'good pricing', but full year volume for the full year is likely to be down around 4%. However, this is 'expected to outperform the industry', it said.
It said that the trends in its key markets that were highlighted in its preliminary results in February remain largely unchanged, with 'Canada, Romania, Bangladesh and Ukraine performing well and conditions remaining challenging in Brazil, South Africa, Malaysia, France and the UK'.
It said that its 'glo' tobacco device is 'exceeding our expectations', and the business is planning a larger Japanese and international rollout in the second half of the year.
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This World-Class, Philippine-Made, Premium Craft Gin Hopes to Impress Gin-Loving Filipinos
Full Circle Craft Distillers Co. enters the local Philippine market with its multi-awarded Arc Botanical Gin.
By John Magsaysay | Jul 16, 2019
In 2018, gin posted the largest volume gain among all the alcoholic drinks categories, at 8.3 percent. You have our millions of gin drinkers to thank for that. According to a study by IWSR Drinks Market Analysis, the Philippines maintains its lead as the world’s largest gin market, responsible for 43 percent of total gin consumption in the world, or a whopping 22 million cases annually. This thirst for the clear, fragrant, and notoriously potent liquor is expected to grow another 8 percent, boosted by, as the global alcohol market research posits, a "booming cocktail scene and premiumisation," and not our kwatro-kanto inuman.
Ginebra San Miguel still holds the lion's share of the Philippines' best loved liquor, with 97 percent of total consumption. But with premium imported labels and small-batch producers flooding the market, clearly, there is more to our gin fix than pomelo-laced hangovers and the rabid fan following of the country's most popular basketball team.
Recent news of alleged methanol poisoning, however, may have hurt our local craft gin distillers—despite the global traction some have earned in the past year. But Calamba City-based Full Circle Craft Distillers Co. maintains its heady optimism, as it underscores responsible and sustainable production methods, quality ingredients, and a globally respected product line, all of which have rightfully earned its premium gin a place among the world’s top bars.
Barely a year after its August 2018 debut, the almost unheard-of craft distillery bagged back-to-back honors at the 2019 World Gin Awards as the Best Contemporary Style Gin for its 28 botanicals-infused flagship spirit, ARC (Archipelago) Botanical Gin, and the Best Matured Gin for its oak-aged ARC Barrel Reserve Gin.
GOOD MIXERS: Matthew and Laurie Westfall make up the husband and wife tandem behind the 2018 Hong Kong International Spirits Competition’s “Philippines Distillery of the Yearâ€, Full Circle Craft Distillers Co.
Its husband-and-wife founders Matthew and Laurie Westfall aren’t ready to bask in their good spirits just yet. Esquire Philippines talks to both (over copious amounts of G&T) about making their world-renowned spirits by hand, managing the triple threat of imported premium spirits, cheap local ones, and strict government regulation, and upending the country’s obsession with gin.
ESQUIRE PHILIPPINES: The Philippines gin industry has been recently rocked by issues of methanol poisoning, which is allegedly attributed to craft gin consumption. How does Full Circle ensure the consumers of the safety and quality of your small-batch spirits?
LORRIE WESTFALL: Do you know that hashtag, "Trust the process"? This is exactly where it applies. It’s an eight-hour distillation. But guess what? It is only Matthew who distills. Only him! He goes there from the very beginning and he will not leave it. He is very intense and hands-on that I cannot even pull him out for lunch.
MATTHEW WESTFALL: To ensure the highest quality and consistency of our spirits, we focus on two important elements: the quality of our extra neutral alcohol base and the distilling process. To craft our spirits, we import our premium base alcohol from Europe’s leading premium beverage alcohol supplier, Cristalco in France. This ensures that the key raw input for our artisanal spirits is of the highest quality, exceeding EU standards for beverage alcohol, while offering the smoothest and cleanest taste, aroma, and mouthfeel.
Our distilling process at Full Circle utilizes a state-of-the-art German copper pot still from Carl GmbH, which features controllable plates and a best-practice programmable logic controller. With our Carl system, managed by a knowledgeable and trained team, we achieve a perfectly consistent and clean final product, each and every time, with zero methanol or other undesirable congeners.
LW: Matthew is kind of a stickler for compliance, making sure that everything is done properly. We even had to pave the way for regulators, because they’re not too familiar with craft distilling. They’re used to the huge factories of things.
A lot of times, when people say, “It’s made in the Philippines,” they think they’re inferior. So, our idea really is to come up with something world-class. The main reason why we’re doing this is really to elevate our drinking habits. You don’t have to consume a lot, but you have to consume quality.
CLEAR WINNER: Germany’s gin authority, Ginvasion.de, ranked ARC Botanical Gin 9.9 out of 10, tagging it as ‘one of the best gins in the world’. It is distilled in a 450-liter, custom-designed CARL copper still with 28 botanicals, 22 of which are sourced f
ESQ: Despite the Filipinos being the largest gin consumers in the world, we all know that the market is dominated by cheap, mass-produced gin. How does Full Circle intend to change this rather limited engagement?
LW: We were recently in London where we met different people who are big gin enthusiasts, and they were the ones who, in fact, told us that Filipinos consume the world’s most gin. That really surprised us. We didn’t even start because of that. But what was really hard for us to accept is when they told us, “When we went to your country and we tried to buy gin, all we could find is this thing with the screw cap on.” I’m not saying that to throw shade. We are not really going against anyone. We’re just trying to make a great product. You compete with yourself, make the best that you can, and, if people love it, then they love it.
MW: The Philippines is heading into a long-overdue renaissance of sorts, and tastes and habits are rapidly changing, just as elsewhere in the world. The emergence of a Filipino food and beverage movement that embraces local is a key driver to this.
LW: But, sometimes I feel we are better known outside, so I’d always want to take care of our Philippine market. Matthew has a different take on this. He feels that sometimes we need a bit more foreign validation to be able to earn the trust of the Filipino market.
ESQ: Yet, with more and more premium gins reaching our shelves, how do you make your local gin stand out among other global gin selections?
LW: The German distillers we met once told us, “We get half of our botanicals from your part of the world. Why don’t you make your own?” So, we did, and we really wanted it to be representative of the Philippines, that when you drink it, it’s tropical and reminds you of our country. We tried to make everything local. If we couldn’t source it locally, we made sure we sourced the best. So, the recipe that we formulated took us too long. We went to different chefs and gin aficionados here in the Philippines to help us through it, even enduring their harsh criticisms.
MW: From the beginning, the idea was to use ARC Botanical Gin as a way to promote and highlight the beauty of the Philippines, and its wondrous array of botanicals, from citrus to mango to exotic flowers. Each native botanical sourced from a different province in the Philippines has a story to tell.
ESQ: In terms of flavor profile, what sort of flavors should one expect from a bottle of ARC Botanical Gin?
LW: We stick with our recipe, which is very citrus-forward. We have calamansi, dayap, dalandan, and suha. But we also add floral notes to it, like sampaguita and ylang-ylang. We have a bit of tanglad. Wait, he’d say I’m giving away all our secrets. But we made it in the way that it has its own character; it has its own flavor. Some people want to drink it neat or simply with soda water, because it’s good enough on its own. You just have to highlight a specific flavor in it, and that’s the best you can do. You don’t need to put in all these different mixers. It is, in itself, a cocktail.
DARK ARTS: The ARC Barrel Reserve lends some serious smoky undertones and a gilded hue for its flagship spirit’s clean botanical profile by ageing it in 225-liter premium oak barrels from Seguin Moreau’s Napa Cooperage. It was recently awarded a silver me
ESQ: Among your lineup of spirits, it is ARC Oak Barrel Reserve that gets plenty of global attention. How did you come up with the idea of ageing your gin in oak barrels, and what do you intend to offer the market with this bold move?
MW: Barrelling and extracting flavors from oak, both from new and previously used barrels, are some of the most interesting and fun aspects of artisanal spirits production, as they allow us to create complex, delicious spirits that are full of delicious aromas and flavors. For our ARC Barrel Reserve Gin, we worked closely with Seguin Moreau in Napa, considered as one of the top cooperages in the world, to settle on new American oak with a medium long toast, Burgundy style—which we all agreed would be gentle enough to respect the heavy Philippine citrus in our gin, yet robust enough to impart a rich medley of oak notes to make a great sipping spirit.
LW: I drink whisky, I drink scotch, and I always find that dark spirit is for colder climates, consumed by the fireplace. So, when we were coming up with the ARC Barrel Reserve, I said, this is the perfect match of a dark spirit for a tropical country. It still has that clean gin finish after that oaky flavor.
ESQ: It is quite ironic how your products are considered as the world’s best, while being largely unheard of in the Philippine market. How do you plan to change this narrative?
LW: Matthew once said before we toot our own horn, let’s see how we fare. That’s why we went for some of the awards. That’s been our journey. We hope that the products would speak for themselves. But it’s not something that comes easy, even for us. We don’t have a big craft movement here. Most people don’t know what craft is. So we really need to personally talk to people, explain to them our products, and the process that comes into making them.
MW: We aim to share all this, first-hand, when our distillery doors open for public tours and tastings, industry events, and private events in a few months’ time. Here, we will put our best-practice craft distilling processes proudly on display.
ESQ: By putting plenty of emphasis on local ingredients and perfecting the process, how do you see Full Circle positively influencing the country's craft distillery industry?
MW: One key goal we have at Full Circle is to uplift and support the local craft spirits industry, which is just getting on its feet and playing catch-up with the more established craft movements around the globe. We aim to do this through education, sharing of best practices, and supporting those who share our same passion for the craft, and who, like us, are committed to putting forward the very best the Philippines has to offer.
LW: We’ve seen it happen in other countries, wherein the distilleries grow together, not as competitors. They get to work with each other and help each other out. It’s a very cooperative industry. It’s not a small market that we have. In fact, we have plenty of room. If we can elevate people’s drinking with different flavor profiles, why not? There is enough space for other craft producers. I say there’s a gin for every occasion. Gin has so much character, especially the contemporary ones. It shouldn’t mean you should only stick to only one.
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Tags: infertility, pregnancy, pregnancy advice, pregnancy complications, preparing for pregnancy, treatment
Can’t Get Pregnant? Maybe Your Eggs Just Need to Be Recharged
by Jace Whatcott
Image via Flickr/ j2dread
Infertility is frustrating. I mean, your body was biologically built to have babies, so why on earth is it rejecting every attempt at creating new life? You're healthy, you're strong, and you're ready for children, but something just isn't quite clicking.
Melissa (who asked for her last name to be omitted) explains her conception troubles in a very real way. “You just feel like your body's letting you down. And you don't know why and you don't know what you can do to fix that. It's just devastating.”
And as you know, the devastating effects of infertility aren't unique to Melissa. Infertility is a pretty widespread problem, and women all over are looking for any way they can to help them conceive. There are tons of options that work really well. I myself am a product of fertility medications, and I turned out pretty well (for the most part). But there are also women who have bodies that just don't seem to grasp the treatments.
Melissa's body just wasn't wanting to cooperate. She and her husband had been trying to get pregnant ever since they got married, but nothing worked. From there, they tried every sort of fertility treatment they could find, but she was told that it was impossible for her to get pregnant.
I'm sure that sentiment is not all that uncommon for some women — that there is no hope for conceiving a baby.
But from our neighbors to the north comes reproductive endocrinologist Dr. Robert Casper with a new procedure that will “jumpstart” a woman's reproductive system. The new procedure is called Augment, and it replaces the “dead batteries” in the ovaries. Essentially, every cell in existence has what are called mitochondria. These little guys are the things that give cells energy, kind of like batteries would your phone, your camera, or your baby monitor.
But what happens when you pull out your baby monitor for your newborn after the monitor has been sitting in storage for two or three years? The batteries (even though they may have been new when you put them in) have been sitting for some time and are usually close to worthless, so you're going to need a new set of batteries.
Dr. Casper thinks that mitochondria are the same way — sometimes the older mitochondria need to be replaced with newly charged ones. This article has the best explanation of how it all works out when a woman goes in for this procedure:
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Workington AFC- To Football's Finest...
Started on 28 March 2013 by superallys_lovechild / First Post
Latest Reply on 12 April 2013 by superallys_lovechild / Last Post
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The phone rang half way through the maths lesson I was teaching. Thankfully for me, the phone was on silent otherwise my class, as always when I forget to knock the phone onto silent, would’ve been far too distracted to do their work! I assumed it was just the wife asking me to call at Sainbury’s on the way home or something similar and mundane. I made a mental note to check the missed call at break time.
Break time came and I strolled down to the Staff Room checking the phone on the way. The number I’d missed the call from was local; definitely not one stored in my phone book. I didn’t have time to return the call in my fifteen-minute break and vowed to check it out at lunchtime.
I totally forgot about the call, when for my lunchtime swim and gulped some lunch down before returning to class for the afternoon lessons. It was only when the phone vibrated again, I checked it, and it was the same number. I wrote the number on a post it note and stuck it to my desk. “I must ring back at end of school, don’t forget!” I reminded myself, grabbing my jacket for break duty on the cold yard.
The upper KS2 were playing football on the netball court. I had my weekly torture session, berating the serious dip in the standard of football since I first moved into teaching ten years earlier. There were a couple of reasonably talented Y4 boys but the rest was mediocre – and that was being very generous! This was my third school of my career. By far and away the best of the three was my middle school. Four or five of the lads there were with Carlisle United age-group teams and they were a really good school team! My interest in coaching had developed through both cricket and football in my dad’s schools in my college days and then carried on after a spell as a professional cricketer myself.
I started taking my football coaching badges to help my teaching career progress and found I really enjoyed the role of coach and especially organising the feeder schools’ league, which involved nine schools and over one hundred children per-year. The standards had, admittedly, diminished quite a bit but the children still enjoyed the game and the league.
I glanced at my watch. In the midst of my daydreaming I had let playtime over-run! I hastily blew the whistle and everyone disappeared back into school for the last 45mins of the day.
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wellsy1498
Good start good luck.
3.15pm came and I waited the obligatory ten minutes for classroom clearance. I dialled the number from the 'missed call'. It rang five times and then it was answered...
"Good afternoon, Workington Association Football Club." A female voice said.
"Erm, hello," I replied, confused. "I've had two missed calls from this number today and I'm just returning them." I added.
"Okay," said the female voice, "can you tell me your name please?" She added.
"Certainly, its Graeme Bright," I replied.
"Ah, Mr Bright, nice to speak to you, I know exactly who has been trying to contact you, let me put you through to Mr Dobie's mobile now, am I okay to put you on hold?" She said.
"Yes, no worries," I added, even more confused by this twist.
As the phone dialled again being patched through, I couldn't help but wonder why the Chairman of Workington AFC wanted to speak to me. Then I remembered the letter I'd sent him... Could it be about that?! My thoughts were interrupted when a gruff, West Cumbrian accent answered the phone.
"Hello, Humphrey Dobie." The voice said.
"Hi Humphrey, it's Graeme Bright here. I'm returning your missed calls from earlier today." I replied.
"Graeme, how are you? I'm glad you've rang back, its been a while since I last saw you down at Borough Park. Everything okay?" He added, making me feel a little more at ease.
"Yeah, fine thanks Humphrey. Been really busy with work and the family, you know how it is." I lied. What I really meant was I thought £12 was extortion for watching the product on offer!
"I know exactly what you mean, been there myself and done it." Humphrey added.
"Did you want anything in particular?" I enquired. "I'm assuming you didn't just want a catch up!"
I added.
"Astute as ever I see," he laughed. "Actually yes. That letter you sent regarding the future of the club, I was intrigued. I know you as a person and I know your dad well, you both know the game of football well. I'd like to chat more about it with you if that's okay?" He asked.
I was relieved, I thought he might have felt it a little cheeky my writing a letter like that.
"Yeah, that'd be fine," I replied. "Where and when would you fancy?"
"Are you busy tomorrow night, around half seven?" Humphrey asked.
"No, that would be absolutely fine for me." I replied.
"I'll book a table for dinner at the Washington Central Hotel then, don't have tea!" He said.
"No worries Humphrey," I laughed."I'll see you there tomorrow.
I hung up. "Well, at least he's going to listen to my ideas at the worst case scenario," I said aloud as I sat down to mark some books.
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Awsome start mate! Will follow with intrest
I checked over the letter I'd sent the Reds Chairman and Board prior to donning my suit and making the short, eight mile journey along the A66 to Workington. Basically, I had questioned the long-term sustainability of the club in its current format and also suggested ways in which the club could maximise its revenue streams. In short; The Reds were paying out hefty wages, relying on small gates for income and not doing anything to improve their financial situation, which was running loss upon loss.
Upon arriving, five minutes early, I found retired Pharmacist Humphrey Dobie already waiting for me at a table in the restaurant.
After exchanging formalities we ordered drinks and food and began to chat about everything Workington Reds. Humphrey was a lifelong supporter who was honoured to fulfil the role of Club Chairman, representing the Board. Eventually, the topic turned to my letter and the concerns and solutions I had thought about for my local club.
"Okay then, how do you suggest we slash the wage bill AND stay competitive?" Humphrey asked...
I put down my knife and fork and replied. "Have Workington ever held a Trial Day? Have Workington invested time in scouring the youth market where players can be picked up at a far younger age for far less money?" I asked.
The look that Humphrey gave me answered my question. The answer was clearly no.
I took the opportunity to continue. "If you can shave £500 to £1000 per week off the wage bill, that's potentially £50,000 a year less going out from the club. If you scout players properly, especially youth players, you can often find a bargain. Who knows, there's always the possibility to sell them on for profit further down the line. I've worked with senior and youth players, as you know and often the youth players show you more desire." I paused, giving Humphrey the opportunity to reply.
"It all sounds very good in theory, I agree. How do we convince the supporters that this is the right way to go?" He replied, quizzically. "Simple truth is Humphrey, the way things are going, they won't have a club a few years down the line. Reds can't keep operating with losses." I replied. "This is why I believe getting financial assistance and grants to install a synthetic surface on Borough Park is also vital. There's a huge appetite for locals to play in the evenings, the income for a club of Workington's size would be hugely beneficial and finally, Reds wouldn't have to worry about postponements quite so much, especially over Festive periods when crowds are slightly higher." Humphrey was nodding at this point. "Plans are afoot for this as we speak, in fact, we've got it sorted and the new pitch will be laid for next season. It's a new type, 5G artificial surface and, we think we'll have some money left over to move us into the black, which will be nice!" He added.
We continued to chat as we moved on to coffees. I was starting to wonder what the point of the meeting was really if I'm honest. I finished off my last mouthful and started thinking about getting home and to bed before a hard day at work the next day when Humphrey said something which would change everything...
"I've listened to everything you've said, I have to say I'm impressed by your ideas and knowledge. Not only that, your vision for the future of The Reds is sustainability. This is sadly the reason why we parted company with Darren Edmondson this morning. He wanted bigger budgets, he wanted us to gamble on winning promotion to the Blue Square Premier in order to progress. Simply put, we couldn't agree and Darren has left the club by mutual consent." Humphrey stated, folding his arms and sitting back. "Obviously now we have a managerial vacancy to fill at the club. Darren has done a great job as you know and we're very fond of him, however, as you have said, we can't gamble on the future of the club. As a result, I want to run something by you." He added, reaching for his business folder from beside the chair.
It clicked. He wanted to discuss potential candidates for the vacancy with me! I was flattered and intrigued. He opened the file. Lying there was a letter-headed piece of paper with the Workington AFC badge on it. I couldn't make out the writing so I waited for him to speak.
"We haven't invited any applications for the post made vacant this morning because we, as a board, feel as though we have already found the right man for the job." Humphrey said.
My heart sank slightly as I became unsure again of my role in all this...
WeAreFev
Good start! but add pictures and Bold titles etc to make it easier to read
Wonderful, attention-catching beginning! You must be a teacher/journalist with these writing skills
2013-04-08 13:34#90706 WeAreFev : Good start! but add pictures and Bold titles etc to make it easier to read
Thanks for the heads up! Pics will be forthcoming and I will start to add titles etc for you.
2013-04-08 19:17#90792 Justice96 : Wonderful, attention-catching beginning! You must be a teacher/journalist with these writing skills
Haha! You would be correct with the latter of your guesses mate!
He span round the piece of paper from the file and pushed it towards me. I started at the top and worked my way down to the title and highlights, which read:
CONTRACT OFFER FOR POSITION OF MANAGER, WORKINGTON ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CLUB
THIS OFFER IS MADE ON 01/07/12 TO MR. GRAHAM ANDREW BRIGHT
DURATION OF CONTRACT = 12 MONTHS (EXPIRY: 01/07/13)
FINANCIAL REMUNERATION = £500 P/W (+ TRAVELLING EXPENSES)
It took a while to sink in. I was being offered the Manager's job at my local club! I looked up at Humphrey. "Well lad, what do you think? We would love you to accept the offer and put into action the plans we have discussed." He said. "I, I, I'm honoured really but I didn't expect this! I thought you maybe, at best, wanted to discuss potential candidates with me, not offer me the job!" I replied. "If we didn't think you were up to it, we wouldn't offer you it. You've got a Continental Licence, have great connections locally etc etc, it's a no-brainer for us. You have the club's future at heart." He added, persuasively.
"There's someone I need to ask before I can give an answer, may I quickly text the wife please?" I asked. "Ha, of course you can!" Humphrey replied. Within a minute of my texting home a reply appeared on the screen, in capitals...
FOR THAT MONEY?! OF COURSE YOU CAN TAKE THE JOB!
"Okay Humphrey, where do I sign? Let's get the ball rolling and down to business!" I said, smiling and signing on the dotted line to become the Manager of Workington Association Football Club.
JamieFMS
Good luck mate.
STARTING THE WHEELS IN MOTION
As I drove home, I couldn't really believe what had happened. I knew I had to phone parents and tell them the news. My Dad, in particular, was delighted. He was a former Workington player having been semi-professional with the club in their old Football League days in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They were the club, along with Norwich City, who my dad had grown up supporting.
My text alert went off. It was Humphrey Dobie. The text read: 'great to have you on board, you've already saved us £12.5k this year as Edmo was on £750 per week! A good start, lets see the same on the pitch. Good luck.' It did make me chuckle but I wasn't motivated solely by the money.
That night I couldn't sleep for formations going round my head. I didn't really know many of the players in great detail, so it was going to take lots of discussion and first hand work identifying areas for development but I was determined to do the job properly and I knew that the Summer Holidays would be the perfect opportunity for this.
I knew attracting players was going to be tough and how could I convince the existing squad that I was the man to replace the popular figure of Darren Edmondson? I knew I could do it or I wouldn't have taken the job on. Making the players believe in me was a different matter entirely but I believed in myself. That's half the battle won there, I thought, drifting off to sleep.
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Home/FIFA NEWS/Ozil urges youngsters Willock and Nelson to keep believing at Arsenal
Ozil urges youngsters Willock and Nelson to keep believing at Arsenal
Mesut Ozil has told Arsenal’s rising stars Joe Willock and Reiss Nelson to keep believing in their own ability as Unai Emery’s squad look to maintain an impressive start to the new campaign.
Midfielder Willock, 20, and forward Nelson, 19, have started both of the Gunners’ opening Premier League matches.
Head coach Emery could opt to make changes for the trip to Liverpool on Saturday, where his side will aim to make it three straight wins.
Reiss Nelson, pictured, and Joe Willock have started both Premier League matches this season (Nick Potts/PA)
Ozil feels keeping focused on what got them into the first team will help them overcome the many personal challenges ahead.
“I just want to say that the most important thing is to believe in yourself,” Ozil told Arsenal Player.
“Of course you have some days when it doesn’t go so well, but you have to believe in yourself, keep working and the most important thing is to have fun.
“If you don’t have fun, if you are losing and you make mistakes you will be disappointed. But don’t listen to anyone, you know how good you are, believe in yourself and have fun.”
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Former Germany international Ozil has yet to feature for Arsenal this season.
Along with team-mate Sead Kolasinac, the 30-year-old was a victim of an attempted car-jacking last month and did not travel to Newcastle for the first match of the new campaign as the police investigated “further security incidents”.
Ozil then missed last weekend’s win at Burnley because of illness.
Having come through the youth ranks at Shalke to go on and play for Werder Bremen and then Real Madrid before joining Arsenal in September 2013, Ozil knows just how challenging continued progress for a talented youngster can be.
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“I was nervous (when I entered the first-team dressing room at Schalke), but also excited because it was the first time I spent time with the players,” he said.
“I was very, very quiet. I didn’t speak a lot in the dressing room, I was just looking to the left and the right and couldn’t believe I was here now playing with them. It was a great moment for me.
“I was just looking and thinking, ‘Oh my God, now I am here! Now I have to show my quality’.
“It was easier for me to show my potential on the pitch because they all helped me a lot. They stood behind me, so I was able to just enjoy playing football.”
Ozil added: “I was always giving everything to play in training, and after that if I’m not in the squad, or didn’t play those players always came to me and showed their respect.
“They spoke to me and told me I have a lot of quality, be calm, believe in yourself and your time will come.”
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Tom Wilson: Justice Scalia visits Knox College
Tom Wilson The Register-Mail
During the past week much of the national news has revolved around the unexpected death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia of the United States Supreme Court. A reminder from a former resident of Galesburg verified that Justice Scalia was a guest on the Knox College campus in late October 1996. A list of the prominent dignitaries who have appeared at Knox College would be a “Who’s Who In America and Abroad.”
Due to the efforts and contacts of Knox College Professor of Political Science and Pre-Law Adviser Lane V. Sunderland the 1986 appointee of the United States Supreme Court graced the Knox College campus. It is appropriate to mention that Associate Justice Scalia was appointed by former Galesburg resident President Ronald Reagan.
While visiting the Knox College campus Scalia not only visited with students, but also presented a public speech before 900 attendees at the T. Fleming Fieldhouse on Oct. 24, 1996. A photo kindly supplied by Peter Bailley of the Knox Media Relations staff showing Scalia visiting with Knox students in the Gizmo Snack Bar is included in this history article.
Stephen Elliott reported on the public presentation for The Register-Mail, reviewing that Scalia cited his interpretation of the Constitution and belief that it should be looked at simply as it was written more than 200 years ago. Scalia further shared that the Constitution does not change with time and was important to everyone, not just lawyers and judges. Then-Knox College President Rick Nahm told the attendees the college was very pleased to have a member of the Supreme Court in Galesburg. “His philosophy is provocative and straight forward.”
Outside the fieldhouse about 30 Knox College students protested Scalia’s visit, citing their disagreement with Scalia’s stances on reproductive rights for women and gay rights. One of the protesting students shared that the gathered were exercising their Constitutional right to free assembly and peaceful protest.
Often readers of Tracking History inquire where the subject matter of columns is derived from. In the past few years the vast majority of column ideas and facts are supplied by readers. This proves my theory that basically everyone is an historian.
We are indebted to Galesburg High School graduate Nikki Hudson who now resides in the Chicago area for reminding us that Judge Scalia appeared locally 20 years ago. Nikki was then a recent graduate of the law school at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
Nikki attended the public speech by Judge Scalia at Knox College and shared that she was “so thrilled to see a Supreme Court justice, which for a law student graduate was like seeing a rock star. I sat near the front and really enjoyed It.” Nikki is the daughter of Terry and Martha Hudson of Galesburg.
Register-Mail reporter Stephen Elliott summed up Scalia’s public presentation, sharing that he answered some questions, others he did not and garnered occasional laughs.
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Drag Racing for Android Walkthrough: A Simple Way to Beat the Game!
Racing Games / By Daniel Kolobaric / Other Game Types
A New, But Different, Racing Game in the Android Market
Drag Racing is an addictive game that has gained a large base of devoted Android gamers over its short lifespan. This says something about the quality of the game and on a personal note I can vouch for the addiction factor. Although not a sparkling 3D game to show off the power of your handset, Drag Racing for Android has solid gameplay that will keep you longing for more cash to upgrade or buy a new car. Let's see how to properly progress in the game to become the ultimate drag racer!
A Short Introduction to Drag Racing
Just like most racer games the overall aim in Drag Racing is to progress through various levels, defeating competitors of various strengths, which will let you upgrade your car and increase its value. The drag races are either a quarter or half a mile in length, which both require different strategies to finish. The game also has an online option where users can compete in their own cars, equal cars, bet on a race or compete in the ‘Pro League’.
Besides cash, users can earn respect points, which will reflect their ‘street credit’. More importantly, respect points are needed when you reach the higher stages of upgrading.
Tips and Tricks for Winning in Drag Racing
Like in any other game there are a variety of strategies to win. However, there are a few ground rules, which will make your drag racing life a lot easier and will get you a jumpstart into quick progression:
Cash and respect are the key words and make sure you get a lot of both. The game is not necessarily cleverly designed, in that progressing in levels increases the cash and respect you need to invest in upgrades more than the increase in earnings. Therefore it is wise to make sure not too upgrade too much and hang on at a certain level until you build a large enough cash and respect reserve. Without this, the next level will be close to impossible to play.
Building up a garage of various cars is not an option if you want to make quick progress. If you feel your car is insufficient for competing in the level, sell it or increase the value and then sell it. This is by far the easiest strategy for getting new cars.
Focus on a particular length of track and choose/upgrade your car accordingly. The quarter mile track requires light cars with a lot of grip, while heavier and more powerful cars are most likely to win the half a mile tracks for you.
Use the ‘perfect shift’ mostly in higher gears and make sure to shift to second gear as soon as your drag racing vehicle finds good grip. This will give you a considerable advantage, one that opponents will often not overcome.
When you arrive in a new level and you are unsure which car to purchase or how far to go with upgrades, just race the boss immediately. Use his car and his race time as an indicator.
Regular offline races will only earn you so much money and hardly any respect. Go online to get more of both. If you have a particularly weak car, avoid competing in it online and opt for the ‘Drivers Battle’, which will give you and your opponent random but entirely equal cars. If you get make proper use of the ‘grip-tip’ mentioned before, you should win a considerable amount of races here. Use the cash you earn to upgrade your car and beat the bosses!
Using the ‘betting’ feature of online races you can earn a considerable amount of respect. However, you are bound to lose a lot if your car is not in the higher segment of your level. Like with any betting game, confidence is the key with a healthy dose of luck. Therefore, good luck!
These tips will get you a long way in Drag Racing but lose a considerable amount of their value if you choose the wrong car. This is the tricky part of the game as some cars are far better than others. Luckily, purchased cars retain their value and it is fairly easy to switch cars around a lot. The mobile game itself advises you to test-drive your new vehicles but my experience is that this will only get you so far. You can never test how it responds to upgrades for instance, which is pretty much the essential part in beating the game. This Drag Racing for Android walkthrough might not guarantee you will be the winner but it should get you well on your way to understanding the basic preconditions for being competitive. See you on the track!
Got more Drag Racing tips? Post them in the comment section!
Drag Racing, https://www.creative-mobile.com/
Author's own experience.
Screenshots by the author.
This post is part of the series: Drag Racing for Android
Drag Racing for Android is a challenging new game where car upgrading and strategy go hand-in-hand. Find out all about the game in our two-part series that both reviews the game as well as suggest the best tips and tricks for quick progress.
An In-Depth Review of Drag Racing for Android
A Guide to Winning in Drag Racing for Android
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Jomack Card Game Review and Rules
February 17, 2016 February 3, 2016 Eric Mortensen 0 Comments 1984, Trebor Game Company
How to Play | Review | Final Verdict | Comments
Original Jomack
In each round one player draws three cards from the face down pile of cards. The player then flips the cards over so all of the players can see them at the same time. The three letters that are shown are the letters for the current round. At the same time all of the players try to use the letters drawn to form a word that uses all of the letters. For example if the letters “NAK” are selected players could form the following words: bank, ankle, sank, etc. Any word can be used as long as it is not an abbreviation or hyphenated word.
The letters “GRS” have been drawn. Players could form words such as gross, sugar, regrets, etc in order to claim the current round.
The first person to call out a correct word scores a point for the round. The player who answered first writes down the word they used and can’t use it anymore for the rest of the game. All cards used for the round are returned to the pile and a new round begins. The next player to draw cards is the player to the left of the player who drew cards for the previous round.
Five of the cards in the deck are blank cards. Any blank card that is drawn means that players have one less letter that they have to use in their word. The number of blank cards drawn has an effect on how the round is played.
One Blank Card: All of the players try to form a word using the two letters drawn.
One of the cards is blank so the player has to form a word using B and G.
Two Blank Cards: The player who drew the cards is the only player that can form a word with the one letter card that was drawn.
Three Blank Cards: If a player draws three blank cards, that player automatically wins the game no matter what the score currently is.
The player has drawn three blank cards. This player automatically wins the game.
The first player to win eleven rounds wins the game.
Jomack Variations
Here are some of the Jomack game variations that play similar to the Original Jomack but tweak some of the rules.
Team Play: Players work together in teams and the first team to score 21 points wins the game.
Junior Jomack: If younger players are playing the game they are allowed to form a word with two of the three letters drawn instead of having to use all three letters.
Point Jomack: Point Jomack plays like the normal game but players receive points based on the number of additional letters that are in the word provided. Players receive one point for every additional letter used in the word. For example if the letters drawn were “BSK” and the player provided the word “basketball” they would receive six points since they added six additional letters to the three letters drawn for the round. The first player to 50 points or another predetermined number of points wins the game.
Alphabet Jomack: In Alphabet Jomack only two cards are drawn. Players write down all of the letters of the alphabet on a sheet of paper. In the first round all of the players need to use the two letters drawn along with the letter A. The person who wins the first round then has to use the letter B. After each successful round the player has to use the next letter on their sheet in the word they provide. The first player to use all of the letters in the alphabet wins the game.
Solitaire Jomack: In Solitaire Jomack the player writes down all of the letters in the alphabet on a sheet of paper. Each round they draw two cards and must create a word with those two letters and the next letter on their sheet. Players score points for every additional letter (other than the letters drawn and the next letter on their sheet) for each round. After all of the rounds have been played, the player tallies up how points they were able to score.
Category Jomack: Category Jomack is played liked normal Jomack except that all words provided have to fit within a specified category. In this variation only two cards are drawn per round.
At Geeky Hobbies we have looked at quite a few word games. Some of them have been good and some of them have been bad. Most of them have been very average games that fail to do anything new or original with the genre. Jomack fits squarely into the later category.
Jomack is a pretty simple little card game that relies on players spelling words with the cards that are drawn. The rules are quite straightforward and take minutes to learn. You could teach the game to a new player and be playing the game a couple minutes later. The game is simple enough that younger children could play the game as long as they have decent spelling skills.
Speaking of spelling I think Jomack, like a lot of these type of word games, could work pretty well as a game to help children with their spelling. With younger children you will have to use the Junior Jomack rules but I think younger children shouldn’t have a problem with the game and I think it could help children quite a bit with their spelling and vocabulary skills since the whole game is focused on spelling/vocabulary.
As a whole I had fun with Jomack. The game is far from original but if you like word games I think you could have fun with Jomack. The game is simple to play but also works well as a word game since it tests your vocabulary skills and players with strong vocabularies have an advantage in the game. The game also plays really quickly since you could probably finish a game in 10-15 minutes.
The biggest problem for most word games is a lack of originality. That is the case with Jomack as well. Basically Jomack is your typical spelling game. You draw cards and try to form words with the letters drawn. I have played several other word games that have played almost exactly the same with only a couple minor differences. This doesn’t mean that Jomack is a bad game but if you own one of these other games it probably doesn’t pay to pick up Jomack as well.
Other than originality, Jomack’s biggest problem is that the game rewards speed over skill. Basically the only way to win the game is to be fast. You could have a very strong vocabulary and have no chance of winning the game if you can’t quickly blurt out a word. Rounds usually take seconds to finish. While it would be nice to come up with longer words you need to just blurt out the first word that comes to your mind since the first player to come up with a word is the only player that scores points.
Playing the game with the original rules emphasizes this point. There is no difference in coming up with a four letter or ten letter word since both are worth the same number of points. This is why I would highly recommend using the point rules. Using the point rules doesn’t fix the need for speed since you still have to be the first player to answer but it rewards players that can actually come up with long words. A player that can come up with a ten letter word will gain a lot of ground on a player that only makes four and five letter words.
When playing these types of games my group likes to try and develop house rules to fix some of the problems we encounter in the game. In Jomack we tried to experiment with ways of making each round last a little longer. It is too easy to find a word that uses three letters so most rounds only last seconds. This hurts the game since you don’t even have time to really think. Since we have tried it with other games we thought we could make the game a little more difficult if we added more cards for each round. We tried playing a couple rounds with four or five cards instead of three. This did indeed make the game more challenging but actually made it too challenging since it became really hard to actually find a word that used the four random letters drawn. If you really want a challenge I might recommend it but you will have quite a few rounds where no words can be found.
Component wise the game is very basic. The game just comes with cards that have letters printed on them and some score sheet pages. You could easily make your own version of the game using flashcards or writing the letters on sheets of paper or index cards.
Jomack is not a bad game. I had some fun with the game and it is very easy to learn and quick to play. I also think the game has some value as a teaching tool to help children with their spelling and vocabulary skills. The biggest problem is that the game is just not that original. I have played other word card games that play pretty much exactly the same as Jomack. The rounds also move way too quickly to the point where speed is the most important skill in the game since it is more important to get a word out quickly than it is to find a longer word.
If you don’t like word games or already have a similar game I would recommend avoiding Jomack unless you find it for really cheap. If you like word games though and don’t have a game like Jomack in your collection, it might be worth looking into the game.
If you are interested in purchasing Jomack you can purchase it on Amazon here
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Jomack
Reviewer: Eric Mortensen
( 2.5 out of 5 0 )
Year: 1984Genres: WordPublisher: Trebor Game CompanyAge: 6+Number of Players: 1+Length of Game: 10-15 minutesContents: 54 cards, instructionsDifficulty: LowStrategy: LowLuck: LowPros:
Easy and quick to play word game.
Good resource to practice spelling/vocabulary.
Far from original.
Lacks depth and rounds are too quick rewarding speed over skill.
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Rise and rise of the private label
Consumers turn to private label products in their hunt for value. When it comes to food they are finding it increasingly in retailers’ private label products.
“There is mounting evidence which suggests national brands are losing their hold on the consumer,” says Michael van Wyk, Deloitte’s Western Cape consumer business leader.
In the private label arena most SA food retailers still lag those in developed economies. A study by research firm Planet Retail indicates private label products will generate about 11% of the SA food retail sector’s sales in 2012, which is less than half the 23% global average and far behind countries such as the UK (41%) and Germany (32%).
But most SA consumers are receptive to private label products. In a 2011 survey, research firm AC Nielsen found that 72% of SA consumers see food retailers’ own brands as a good alternative to other brands.
This was not too far behind the 78% of European consumers who felt the same way.
Private labels are a win-win option for consumers and retailers. “Our private label lines are 5%-15% cheaper than national brands,” says Pick n Pay food merchandising director Peter Arnold. While giving nothing away, he says private label products are more profitable.
According to consultancy Bain & Co, food retailers gain an extra eight to 10 percentage points of gross margin on private label products compared with similar producers’ brands. Dutch bank Rabobank draws a similar conclusion. Rabobank also found that acceptance of private label products begins to accelerate when their share of sales reaches about 10%. Pick n Pay’s experience appears to support this.
Arnold says Pick n Pay’s private label sales grew by 12,2% in 2009, 12,8% in 2010 and 13,8% in 2011. Over the period the retailer grew total sales at an average of 11%/year. So far this year he says private label sales are up by 14,4%. “In grocery lines private labels account for 15% of our sales,” says Arnold. If fresh produce such as meat, dairy, fruit and vegetables are included, the level goes to 27%, he adds.
Pick n Pay has a three-tier approach to private labels, says Arnold. At the lower end is the PnP No Name brand launched in 1976; competing with national brands is the PnP range. A third, very upmarket range, PnP Finest, was launched in October 2011.
“With PnP Finest we offer premium products at an acceptable price that offers value,” says Arnold. “There are now 121 PnP Finest lines and we are working on increasing that to between 500 and 600 by the end of 2013.”
Shoprite plays its private label strategy close to its chest but has provided glimpses of its progress. In a presentation last year Shoprite CEO Whitey Basson said some private label products have a 60% share of sales against the best-selling branded items. In a 2007 presentation he noted that in the frozen vegetable category its private label lines accounted for 88% of sales, in dishwashing liquid for 66% and in tomato sauce 34%.
Spar CEO Wayne Hook says private labels are an important element of its strategy. Spar targets the sector through two product lines. At the lower end are Savemore products, which Hook terms “our price fighters”, while Spar-branded products target brand leaders. With Spar products the aim is to offer “as good as the best for less”, he says.
The ultimate success is Woolworths, which, in keeping with its close UK ally, Marks & Spencer, generates well over 90% of sales from its private label lines. Woolworths CEO Ian Moir says the strength of its private label strategy lies in a close relationship with suppliers. “Our top 20 suppliers are responsible for 60%-70% of our sales,” says Moir…..
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Final 2017 DVOA Ratings
01 Jan 2018, 06:37pm by Aaron Schatz
We don't have to face questions about DVOA and teams sitting starters in every single season, but we face them often. As I often have to explain: no, we don't adjust either full-season DVOA or weighted DVOA for teams sitting starters in Week 17. It's hard to determine what counts as "sitting starters" when teams will sometimes pull players out halfway through a game, or sit their quarterback but not other players.
But there was nothing questionable about the way the Rams completely punted on their Week 17 game with San Francisco. The Rams sat all their star players on both sides of the ball. The result was a 34-13 shallacking by the Jimmy Garoppolo Experience, enough to knock the Rams out of the No. 1 spot in DVOA despite a lead of more than five percentage points entering Week 17.
Instead, your final No. 1 overall team for 2017 is the New Orleans Saints. This is the first time in DVOA history that the Saints finish No. 1 overall for an entire season. They were previously No. 2 in both 1987 and 2011. (In 2009, the year they won the Super Bowl, they got to be the team sitting starters, which dipped their DVOA rank to No. 6 by the end of the year.) The Saints' turnaround was almost as large as the Rams' turnaround, as the Saints go from No. 21 a year ago to No. 1 this year. The Saints ranked second in offense (behind New England), eighth in defense, and 15th in special teams.
However, sitting starters in Week 17 prevents the Rams from registering as the greatest one-year turnaround in DVOA history. We listed the greatest turnarounds in the commentary two weeks ago, but the Rams have now fallen slightly below the 2012-2013 Kansas City Chiefs. The Week 17 fall also prevents the Rams from achieving the very rare goal of ending the season ranked in the top five for all three phases of the game. However, they still managed to meet the only slightly less rare goal of finishing ranked in the top six for all three phases of the game, something that had previously been achieved by only eight teams since 1986 and only two Seattle teams since the year 2000:
Teams Ranking in DVOA Top 6 for All 3 Phases of the Game, 1986-2017
Year Team TOT DVOA Rk W-L OFF DVOA Rk DEF DVOA Rk ST DVOA Rk
1987 NO 26.9% 2 10-2 7.8% 6 -10.5% 6 8.6% 1
1991 WAS 56.9% 1 14-2 27.2% 1 -21.1% 3 8.6% 1
1992 PHI 31.7% 2 11-5 10.5% 5 -18.1% 2 3.1% 4
1996 GB 42.0% 1 13-3 15.2% 3 -19.3% 1 7.4% 2
1997 KC 29.0% 3 13-3 13.3% 5 -8.4% 6 7.3% 2
2012 SEA 38.7% 1 11-5 18.5% 4 -14.5% 2 5.7% 3
2017 LARM 27.7% 2 11-5 11.1% 6 -9.7% 6 6.8% 2
The Rams sitting starters also did wonders for the rating of the San Francisco 49ers. Yes, the Niners ended the season on a hot streak, but that wasn't five straight 34-13 victories over the best teams in football like they had this week. Thanks to the opponent adjustments based on what the Rams did the rest of the year, San Francisco gets the best single-game DVOA of the season at 120.5%. San Francisco finishes 12th in weighted DVOA almost entirely based on this win. Remove Week 17, and the Rams would go from third to first in weighted DVOA, while the 49ers would fall from 12th all the way to 21st.
Note that while we don't incorporate any adjustments for sitting starters into the raw DVOA ratings for the season, we did take this into consideration when putting together the playoff odds simulation, removing Week 17 from the weighted DVOA for the Rams and Steelers.
The most impressive part of the Rams turnaround is that they went from dead last, one of the worst offenses ever measured by DVOA, to sixth in offense this year. The Rams also had excellent special teams, but they had that in the past as well: the Rams were third in special teams DVOA in 2016, then ranked second this past year. What's interesting is that this dichotomy -- inconsistent offense, consistent special teams -- matches the entire NFL in 2017.
If you've been reading Football Outsiders for a long time, you know one of our main axioms is that offense is more consistent than defense, while both are more consistent than special teams. In 2017, the exact opposite was true.
Only five of the top dozen offenses in 2017 were also ranked among the top dozen offenses in 2016. There was a bit more consistency at the bottom, where four of the bottom 10 offenses also ranked in the bottom dozen in 2016. But the year-to-year correlation coefficient for offensive DVOA in 2016-2017 was .33. It's usually around .50.
On the other hand, nine of the top dozen defenses in 2017 were also ranked among the top dozen defenses in 2016. The exceptions were the Rams (15), the huge turnaround for the Saints (31), and a very quiet defensive turnaround for Washington (25). Things were less consistent at the bottom, where only two of the bottom ten defenses in 2016 were also bottom ten defenses in 2017. However, the year-to-year correlation coefficient for defensive DVOA in 2016-2017 was .41. This is only slightly higher than the usual correlation for defense, which is about .38.
Special teams is kind of nuts. Three of the top four teams were also top four teams a year ago. The exception, New England, was eighth a year ago. Seven of the bottom ten special teams units in 2017 were also bottom ten special teams units in 2016. Some of this might be related to a change in the value of kickoffs because of moving the touchback to the 25, but remember, that's only one of the five special teams plays we measure to create special teams DVOA. The year-to-year correlation coefficient for special teams DVOA in 2016-2017 was an absurdly high .63. It's usually around .30.
Like 2016, 2017 ends up as a year of parity, with very few teams or units ranking among either the best or worst in DVOA history. The biggest exception is our No. 1 special teams unit, the Baltimore Ravens, who end up as one of the 10 best special teams units of the last 30 years:
Best Special Teams DVOA, 1986-2017
Year Team DVOA
2002 NO 12.2%
2007 CHI 11.2%
1994 CLE1 10.1%
1986 NYJ 9.9%
1996 CAR 9.8%
2009 CLE 9.7%
1986 NO 9.3%
2017 BAL 9.2%
1998 DAL 9.2%
2001 PHI 8.9%
Only 42 different teams since 1986 have managed a special teams DVOA above 7.0%, and four of those teams are recent Baltimore squads with Justin Tucker at kicker, Sam Koch at punter, and Jerry Rosburg as coordinator: 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2017. It doesn't even include 2016, when Justin Tucker had the best placekicking year in NFL history but the Baltimore return game had an off year. This rating is subject to change once I finally build a new special teams kickoff method that fully accounts for all the pooch kicks teams have been using since the touchback move, but it likely won't change the Ravens much. Most of their special teams value came from placekicking and kickoff returns.
More than anywhere else, the parity of the 2017 season is seen in the defenses, with the smallest-ever gap between the best defense (Jacksonville at -16.1%) and the worst defense (Tampa Bay at -11.7%). Only two defenses have ever led the league with a worse defensive DVOA than the Jaguars: the 2007 Titans and the 2001 Eagles. And no team has ever been in last place with a rating anywhere close to being as good as what Tampa Bay ends up with. I can also note here that the New England Patriots escaped the possibility of being the first team to ever rank No. 1 on offense but dead last on defense, moving up to No. 31 after a great performance against the Jets in Week 17.
For a long time, we were talking about the Jaguars ranking among the greatest pass defenses we had ever measured. They end up falling far short of the all-time greats, but their -27.5% DVOA against the pass led the league by a gigantic margin. The gap between Jacksonville and No. 2 Baltimore at -15.3% is larger than the gap between No. 2 Baltimore and No. 11 Arizona.
It was only a few weeks ago we were talking about the Dolphins and Raiders ranking among the worst pass defenses we had ever measured. By the end of the season, neither one came close. Indianapolis actually finishes as the worst pass defense in the league, allowing 27.9% DVOA.
In fact, there's only one unit in 2017 which ends up ranking among the dozen worst units of DVOA history, and it's the Arizona running game:
Worst Run Offense DVOA, 1986-2017
1991 IND -30.2%
2005 ARI -29.1%
2002 HOU -27.4%
2013 BAL -27.2%
2013 JAC -27.1%
2016 LARM -26.6%
1986 NE -26.5%
2015 WAS -23.5%
2016 MIN -23.3%
1991 PHI -23.0%
So, you may wonder, where are the 0-16 Cleveland Browns in the lists of all-time worst teams? According to DVOA, they don't even come close. The Cleveland Browns instead make the list of unluckiest teams in DVOA history, not the list of worst teams. With a DVOA of -27.2%, the Browns are the best-rated team to finish in last place since the 1988 Detroit Lions finished 28th in a 28-team league at -26.6%. By comparison, the winless Detroit Lions of 2008 had a last-place DVOA of -48.4%. The Browns lost four games by three points or less, compared to just one for the 2008 Lions. Check the points scored and allowed, and our Pythagaport equation suggests the Browns should have won 3.3 games, not zero. That ties them with the 2001 San Diego Chargers (5-11, projection of 8.3 wins) as the most unlucky team ever to play a 16-game schedule.
All player/team DVOA stats pages are now updated through the end of the regular season. Playoff odds, snap counts, and the premium DVOA database should be updated by the end of tonight. Drive stats and pace stats will be updated by the end of Tuesday, as will the Matchup View in FO Standard Premium for the four wild-card games.
Vincent Verhei will discuss which players had the best and worst seasons by FO stats in tomorrow's Quick Reads Year in Review. Loser League results will be announced in Scramble for the Ball Wednesday, and our Playoff Challenge game will go up on the site sometime tomorrow.
Please note that while this article is called "Final 2017 DVOA Ratings," we will continue with our unofficial postseason weighted DVOA ratings each Monday through the playoffs. Our December players for Madden 18 on consoles will be announced next Monday in the DVOA ratings that go up after the wild-card round. Our weekly Powerline players for Madden mobile will be announced on Tuesday from our Twitter account, @fboutsiders.
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These are the Football Outsiders team efficiency ratings through the entire 2017 regular season, measured by our proprietary Defense-adjusted Value Over Average (DVOA) system that breaks down every single play and compares a team's performance to the league average based on situation in order to determine value over average. (Explained further here.)
OFFENSE and DEFENSE DVOA are adjusted to consider all fumbles, kept or lost, as equal value. SPECIAL TEAMS DVOA is adjusted for type of stadium (warm, cold, dome, Denver) and week of season. WEIGHTED DVOA represents an attempt to figure out how a team is playing right now, as opposed to over the season as a whole, by making recent games more important than earlier games. As always, positive numbers represent more points so DEFENSE is better when it is NEGATIVE.
LAST WEEK represents rank after Week 17, while LAST YEAR represents rank in 2016.
TEAM TOTAL
DVOA LAST
YEAR LAST
WEEK WEI.
DVOA RANK W-L OFFENSE
DVOA OFF.
RANK DEFENSE
DVOA DEF.
RANK S.T.
DVOA S.T.
1 NO 30.7% 21 2 32.9% 2 11-5 21.6% 2 -7.9% 8 1.2% 15
2 LARM 27.7% 30 1 30.3% 3 11-5 11.1% 6 -9.7% 6 6.8% 2
3 PIT 27.1% 4 3 27.5% 5 13-3 17.6% 3 -6.4% 9 3.1% 9
4 MIN 25.1% 20 5 28.8% 4 13-3 12.0% 5 -13.9% 2 -0.9% 18
5 PHI 23.5% 5 4 23.6% 7 13-3 10.0% 8 -12.6% 5 0.9% 16
6 NE 22.6% 1 6 33.6% 1 13-3 27.3% 1 10.9% 31 6.3% 3
7 BAL 18.5% 12 7 24.7% 6 9-7 -4.5% 21 -13.8% 3 9.2% 1
8 JAC 13.1% 26 9 9.2% 10 10-6 -0.2% 16 -16.1% 1 -2.8% 24
9 CAR 13.0% 24 8 15.0% 9 11-5 -0.5% 17 -8.8% 7 4.7% 6
10 KC 10.5% 6 10 0.0% 16 10-6 15.7% 4 10.6% 30 5.3% 4
11 LACH 7.9% 19 11 18.6% 8 9-7 10.7% 7 -4.7% 12 -7.5% 31
12 DET 5.6% 27 16 1.1% 15 9-7 4.5% 12 4.0% 19 5.1% 5
13 DAL 5.4% 2 12 8.7% 11 9-7 6.7% 10 5.9% 25 4.6% 7
14 SEA 3.2% 11 14 2.8% 13 9-7 1.3% 14 -3.8% 13 -2.0% 20
15 ATL 1.5% 3 17 2.3% 14 10-6 8.2% 9 5.6% 22 -1.2% 19
16 WAS -0.5% 9 13 -7.9% 20 7-9 -3.0% 20 -4.9% 11 -2.4% 22
17 GB -3.3% 7 15 -9.5% 21 7-9 0.4% 15 4.9% 20 1.3% 14
18 TEN -5.6% 15 19 -7.0% 19 9-7 -2.1% 18 5.1% 21 1.6% 13
19 OAK -6.6% 10 18 -5.7% 18 6-10 3.9% 13 10.3% 29 -0.2% 17
20 SF -8.3% 28 23 2.9% 12 6-10 -2.8% 19 8.3% 26 2.9% 11
21 BUF -9.8% 17 20 -18.1% 28 9-7 -11.1% 26 1.7% 15 2.9% 10
22 ARI -11.2% 16 21 -3.8% 17 8-8 -18.4% 30 -12.6% 4 -5.5% 28
23 TB -11.9% 22 22 -14.3% 25 5-11 5.3% 11 11.7% 32 -5.5% 29
24 CIN -12.5% 13 24 -12.4% 24 7-9 -6.4% 22 3.7% 17 -2.4% 21
25 CHI -15.9% 25 25 -11.2% 22 5-11 -14.9% 28 -1.5% 14 -2.4% 23
26 NYJ -17.3% 32 26 -15.2% 26 5-11 -10.2% 24 4.0% 18 -3.2% 25
27 MIA -19.8% 18 28 -17.4% 27 6-10 -13.0% 27 9.4% 28 2.6% 12
28 HOU -20.3% 29 27 -37.1% 32 4-12 -10.2% 25 5.6% 23 -4.5% 26
29 DEN -20.9% 14 29 -29.3% 31 5-11 -18.9% 31 -5.5% 10 -7.4% 30
30 NYG -22.2% 8 30 -21.2% 30 3-13 -9.0% 23 5.7% 24 -7.5% 32
31 IND -22.4% 23 31 -12.1% 23 4-12 -17.7% 29 8.4% 27 3.7% 8
32 CLE -27.2% 31 32 -19.0% 29 0-16 -20.1% 32 2.0% 16 -5.1% 27
ESTIMATED WINS uses a statistic known as "Forest Index" that emphasizes consistency as well as DVOA in the most important specific situations: red zone defense, first quarter offense, and performance in the second half when the score is close. It then projects a number of wins adjusted to a league-average schedule and a league-average rate of recovering fumbles.
WEIGHTED DVOA is adjusted so that earlier games in the season become gradually less important. It better reflects how the team was playing at the end of the season.
2017 SCHEDULE lists average DVOA of opponents played this season, ranked from hardest schedule (#1, most positive) to easiest schedule (#32, most negative).
PYTHAGOREAN WINS represent a projection of the team's expected wins based solely on points scored and allowed.
DVOA W-L NON-ADJ
TOT VOA ESTIM.
WINS RANK
SCHED RANK PYTH
WINS RANK VAR. RANK
1 NO 30.7% 11-5 26.5% 13.4 1 -0.3% 17 11.1 6 6.9% 4
2 LARM 27.7% 11-5 25.7% 11.3 4 -0.4% 18 11.6 5 26.8% 32
3 PIT 27.1% 13-3 29.1% 11.3 3 -2.1% 23 10.6 7 14.3% 19
4 MIN 25.1% 13-3 24.0% 12.0 2 2.4% 8 11.7 4 5.8% 2
5 PHI 23.5% 13-3 24.9% 11.2 5 -2.2% 24 12.0 1 13.3% 18
6 NE 22.6% 13-3 24.8% 11.0 6 -3.9% 28 12.0 2 9.8% 12
7 BAL 18.5% 9-7 24.9% 10.4 7 -4.7% 31 10.5 8 17.1% 25
8 JAC 13.1% 10-6 20.6% 9.0 10 -5.6% 32 11.9 3 23.7% 31
9 CAR 13.0% 11-5 11.7% 10.3 8 2.7% 7 9.0 12 9.2% 7
10 KC 10.5% 10-6 13.2% 10.0 9 -3.2% 27 10.0 10 15.2% 21
11 LACH 7.9% 9-7 16.7% 8.4 14 -4.1% 29 10.5 9 8.8% 6
12 DET 5.6% 9-7 5.3% 8.5 13 1.1% 12 8.9 14 6.6% 3
13 DAL 5.4% 9-7 4.9% 8.9 11 0.1% 15 8.6 15 19.8% 27
14 SEA 3.2% 9-7 5.0% 8.4 15 -0.9% 20 9.0 13 10.7% 13
15 ATL 1.5% 10-6 1.8% 8.5 12 3.7% 4 9.1 11 5.3% 1
16 WAS -0.5% 7-9 -7.1% 7.2 19 4.5% 3 6.8 17 17.1% 24
17 GB -3.3% 7-9 -9.0% 7.7 16 4.8% 2 6.2 22 10.8% 15
18 TEN -5.6% 9-7 -3.6% 7.6 18 -4.3% 30 7.4 16 16.5% 23
19 OAK -6.6% 6-10 -6.3% 7.6 17 -0.6% 19 6.0 25 9.8% 11
20 SF -8.3% 6-10 -10.4% 6.7 22 0.5% 14 6.6 19 18.8% 26
21 BUF -9.8% 9-7 -8.6% 6.8 20 -2.5% 26 6.3 20 15.7% 22
22 ARI -11.2% 8-8 -12.2% 5.5 27 0.6% 13 6.1 24 9.3% 8
23 TB -11.9% 5-11 -15.9% 6.2 23 2.8% 6 6.7 18 7.6% 5
24 CIN -12.5% 7-9 -11.9% 6.7 21 -1.1% 21 6.2 21 19.9% 28
25 CHI -15.9% 5-11 -18.3% 5.9 24 6.8% 1 6.2 23 14.4% 20
26 NYJ -17.3% 5-11 -16.9% 5.2 28 -0.2% 16 5.6 26 9.5% 10
27 MIA -19.8% 6-10 -17.8% 5.6 26 1.7% 10 4.9 29 13.1% 17
28 HOU -20.3% 4-12 -21.8% 5.1 29 1.3% 11 5.5 27 22.1% 30
29 DEN -20.9% 5-11 -15.2% 5.6 25 -1.9% 22 5.4 28 20.3% 29
30 NYG -22.2% 3-13 -24.4% 4.4 31 3.3% 5 4.0 31 10.7% 14
31 IND -22.4% 4-12 -20.9% 4.4 30 -2.4% 25 4.2 30 9.4% 9
32 CLE -27.2% 0-16 -32.5% 3.3 32 2.1% 9 3.3 32 10.9% 16
101 comments, Last at 07 Jan 2018, 10:44am
1 Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings
by Otis Taylor89 // Jan 01, 2018 - 7:24pm
NE have the top QB, RB and TE DYAR - has that ever happen before or one team with 3 of the 4 offensive positions?
11 Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings
by Anon Ymous // Jan 01, 2018 - 11:09pm
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by Otis Taylor89
I was sure you had meant DVOA instead of DYAR, but no. Color me surprised that Lewis somehow got enough carries to take the top spot in the counting measure as well.
by Dr. Bill // Jan 02, 2018 - 8:24am
Interesting to see NE ranked #1 in weighted DVOA, topping DYAR at multiple positions, and yet all the "analyst" talk is about how bad Brady and the NE offense look right now.
by aces4me // Jan 02, 2018 - 9:00am
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by Dr. Bill
Brady's December numbers this year are off from his usual pace. Nagging injuries and lack of receivers he is really comfortable with (edleman, hogan, mitchel) are what the local media are putting it down to. If White and Hogan are back on the field for the playoffs and the offense doesn't look better we might start hearing more age related talk from the local media (ESPN has kind of already put him in the retirement home).
by Aaron Brooks G… // Jan 02, 2018 - 9:04am
Everyone who believes Dion Lewis is the best back in the league, raise your hand.
That's what I thought.
by Hoodie_Sleeves // Jan 02, 2018 - 9:21am
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by Aaron Brooks G…
Do we need to repeat the whole 'DVOA isn't measuring an offensive player's skill, but the value of the plays the player is involved in within the context of the rest of the offense, including the offensive line, quarterback, etc"?
Lewis probably isn't the best back in the league - but he's absolutely one of the top 10. He's really quite good.
by Aaron Brooks G… // Jan 02, 2018 - 2:36pm
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by Hoodie_Sleeves
When we do historical recaps of old seasons, do we tout players by their DYAR ranking? Why yes, yes we do.
Oh look, here's one that came up today.
http://www.footballoutsiders.com/quick-reads/2018/quick-reads-2017-review
Refers to him as the "best back".
by Hoodie_Sleeves // Jan 02, 2018 - 3:40pm
The fact that people often do things that are incorrect isn't a justification for doing them.
DVOA/DYAR doesn't measure player skill - it measures the value of the plays the player was targeted in, or carried the ball.
by Mountain Time … // Jan 02, 2018 - 6:52pm
Yes, and does anyone really believe that Dion Lewis in the NE offense is the most productive back this year?
by RickD // Jan 02, 2018 - 6:00pm
I don't remember anybody referring to Thomas Rawls as the best back in 2015.
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by RickD
They didn't, directly.
Rawls got this:
"And finally there's Thomas Rawls, who did little as a receiver and only started seven games, but he was dominant when he ran the ball, gaining 830 yards (16th-most in the league) on only 147 carries (33rd). He led all running backs in rushing DVOA and success rate, and was second in DVOA. It was the first time a runner finished first or second in all three categories since Clinton Portis did it in 2002; the only others to do so are Marshall Faulk (in 1999, 2000, and 2001), Stephen Davis (1999), and Emmitt Smith (1993)."
He gets thrown into good company, with Portis, Faulk, Davis, and Smiff.
Rawls, like Lewis, finished #1 in rushing DYAR but well down the pack in total DYAR. In 2015, backs were described in order of total DYAR (which is why Danny Woodhead and his 238 receiving DYAR got the 4th description -- does anyone think he was the best RB in 2015?)
In 2017, Lewis is 1st in rushing DYAR (by 4, while Gurley sat out week 17) and 3rd in total DYAR (by 171 to Kamara, and 139 to Gurley). But Lewis gets the first mention.
"Dion Lewis had eight carries for 28 yards and negative DYAR after the first three weeks of the season. Since then he has 172 carries for 868 yards (5.0 yards per carry), and he surprisingly finished first in the league in rushing DYAR. He was fourth in the league in success rate, and didn't fumble on a single carry."
When in doubt, QR will describe the Patriot first. The 2015 article talks mostly about Gronkowski when Eifert squeaked him at the line for top TE DYAR. The 2017 article talks mostly about Lewis despite being far back in total DYAR. It's understandable; this place started as a Pats fan site.
by ncuba // Jan 02, 2018 - 11:29am
FYI Lewis is top RB for rushing DYAR but not for receiving or total DYAR.
He is really good and I'm interested to see what next contract will be.
by Bright Blue Shorts // Jan 02, 2018 - 12:10pm
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by ncuba
Let us not forget that for a year or so, Dion Lewis was a Cleveland Brown. If he's got sense he'll take Belichick's lowball offer :-D
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by Bright Blue Shorts
He's got a ring. Chase the money. RBs have short careers.
by RBroPF // Jan 02, 2018 - 2:20pm
Agreed. He's 27, has an extensive injury history, and has only made $5 million so far. He should absolutely grab as much guaranteed money as he can. I don't think he's going to getting a lot of high offers though. Maybe a few $million guaranteed.
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by RBroPF
Before 2017, Lewis's highs were 64 carries for 283 yards and 36 receptions for 388 yards. Not in the same season.
More than half of his career production came in 2017.
If anybody offers him a wheelbarrow of money, he should take it. Given the Gillislee and Burkhead contracts, I wouldn't expect Belichick to get into a bidding war for Lewis.
Hmm. LACH + BAL >> TEN + BUF
Looks like the top four seeds caught a break with how the AFC wildcard race turned out.
by JoeyHarringtonsPiano // Jan 01, 2018 - 7:44pm
Can't understate how big a role luck plays. In the NFC, SEA and DET were better teams than ATL, yet the Falcons got the final seed because they barely won close games against the other two.
by dank067 // Jan 01, 2018 - 7:47pm
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by JoeyHarringtonsPiano
In the AFC I would have guessed that schedule strength played a role but looks like those four wild card contenders all played schedules ranked 26th or easier. Luck and even randomness will always loom large in a 16 game sample
by arandom // Jan 01, 2018 - 7:41pm
Is the Chargers' -22.2 for FG/XP the all-time worst? A quick skim through makes it look like it might be.
by TimK // Jan 02, 2018 - 5:54am
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by arandom
I’m astounded that neither the Chargers nor the Broncos finished last in Special Teams DVOA. The Giants must have been exceptionally special to be worse than both overall.
by Bright Blue Shorts // Jan 02, 2018 - 6:40am
DVOA question ... has anything been done to adjust for the new XP?
(Presume the obvious thing would be to treat them the same as a FG of same length).
by Aaron Schatz // Jan 02, 2018 - 8:50am
Isn't Cleveland's -3.3 wins vs expected on Hue Jackson?
Right? Isn't that the hidden coaching component?
by RobotBoy // Jan 01, 2018 - 8:35pm
Luck must also play a role but if there were one place I'd look for coaching contribution, that would be it.
by andrew // Jan 02, 2018 - 9:27am
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by RobotBoy
Luck had nothing to do with it. He didn't even play this year, if he had then well, they would have lost that game anyway, but likely by more points.
by OldFox // Jan 01, 2018 - 9:26pm
Absolutely. The Browns are idiots for retaining him. But then, they've proven a thousand times over that they're idiots, so what's new?
When you win or lose a game by 3 points or less, I look at that as a tie decided by a coin flip. I don't believe there is any attribute that makes a team consistently win or lose significantly more than 50% of those.
by bravehoptoad // Jan 01, 2018 - 10:03pm
The 49ers are the only team ever to start 0-9 and end 5-0. This seems like a great opportunity to study an extreme case of the effects of one man on a football team. How important is it to have a good QB? Here's one answer.
It's such a frustrating experience to wish, just once, that the season were 30 games long. The 49ers would make the playoffs for sure. Well. I've lived through a lot of offseasons of 6-10 teams (and the vicinity), but this will be the one with the most supressed excitement.
by Will Allen // Jan 01, 2018 - 10:39pm
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by bravehoptoad
Well, look at the bright side. The qb problem is solved, the 1st round draft pick is retained, and there is a coach in place to pick the right offensive player to make the most out of that qb.
by theslothook // Jan 02, 2018 - 12:36am
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by Will Allen
Yeah I think this season end for the 49ers brings tremendous optimism. The defense has a couple big time playmakers and the qb situation looks incredibly bright. Free agency can round out some of the weaker parts of the roster(wide receiver, offensive line, defensive back) and of course the first round pick should net another very high prospect.
It would seem to me - the real question is just how good can Jimmy G be. As good as he as looked, I think I need to wait till midway next season just to be sure. I've seen too many Josh McCown, Rob Johnson, hell even Colin Kaepernick's fool me with a 10 game sample. Plus figuring out where he ultimately lands is tough because there is such a wide gap even with good qbs. There's a sizeable difference between Tom Brady and Big Ben and Big Ben to Stafford.
by billprudden // Jan 02, 2018 - 7:11am
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by theslothook
Hello -
The real question is whether ownership will now begin to spend up to the cap.
Jimmy G and optimism are great, but if you down 40m in payroll vs. the opponent, those missing quality players are hard to overcome week in and week out.
I'm hearing a lot of this sort of thing - "I've seen too many Josh McCown, Rob Johnson, hell even Colin Kaepernick's fool me with a 10 game sample" - but I think it underestimates how good Garappalo has actually been, especially considering how bad the 49ers roster is.
2017 (5 games) - 39.2%
2016 (1.5 games) - 44.4%
2013 - 16.6%
The sample is still small, but the performance has been elite. Most of these flash-in-the-pan guys aren't anywhere near this good. Matt Flynn is probably the best exception at this point.
Frankly, with Brady's age, I think the Patriots are going to regret trading JG for a long time.
by coremill // Jan 02, 2018 - 11:59am
As Aaron discusses, Garoppolo's DVOA is boosted by the Rams' opponent adjustment, and should be taken with a grain of salt.
Kaepernick's small sample size year was 2012, where he had 25.8% passing DVOA in seven regular season starts, plus three very good playoff games, in one of which he set the single-game QB rushing record.
by Hoodie_Sleeves // Jan 02, 2018 - 12:58pm
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by coremill
"As Aaron discusses, Garoppolo's DVOA is boosted by the Rams' opponent adjustment, and should be taken with a grain of salt."
Garopollo put up 107 DYAR against the Rams, good for 5th this week.
He put up 178 DYAR (1st) the week before.
He put up 85 DYAR (9th) the week before that.
He put up 78 DYAR (11th) the week before that.
Week 1: 37 DYAR (16th)
Week 2: 144 DYAR (4th) (In one half).
Its not the Rams game buoying his dvoa/dyar - he's been consistently good as a starter, and has been getting better.
He'd be 13th overall in DYAR for the season if he qualified with enough pass attempts (right ahead of Russel Wilson, Cousins, Prescott, and Aaron Rodgers).
There's still a chance that he's got some fatal flaw in his game that teams haven't figured out - but his play has been absolutely elite to this point.
by bravehoptoad // Jan 02, 2018 - 2:09pm
He has flaws that are pretty well known. The most obvious is that he has poor footwork, so his long passes (over 20 yards) are pretty inaccurate. He relies on upper body strength and doesn't step into his throws. Theoretically, this is a simple, fixable mechanical problem, but shoot, he was with the Patriots for three years and didn't fix that problem, so it may not be so simple.
I'd seen in print several times that he reacts worse than the average QB to getting hit. I haven't seen evidence of that. He was playing behind a pretty piss-poor O-line this year. He took some good shots and it didn't seemed to affect him. Also his release is so quick that he doesn't take that many shots.
You're absolutely correct that his footwork is lacking - and he sometimes doesn't step into throws - but frankly, Cam Newton won an MVP with much worse footwork.
He does a couple of things really well though - and IMO those things are more important than footwork - and honestly, aside from the fact that he's a way faster runner, he reminds me a lot of Brady when he was young.
He gets rid of the ball quickly, he makes his reads quickly, he makes decisions quickly, and he's relatively accurate. That's pretty much Tom Brady before Tom Brady started grinding his skills and showing up every training camp having mastered some new thing (like drastically improving his pocket mobility at about 35).
You can do a lot with just that - and the floor is relatively high for guys who can do those things. And he can run a bootleg without looking like a slow motion trainwreck.
I really think the Patriots are going to regret trading him.
by duh // Jan 02, 2018 - 4:30pm
I understand your point about Jimmy, the thing is though, I don't see a lot of options for keeping him short of moving on from Brady after last year. It seems plain they couldn't reach a contract agreement with him (else why trade him when they did) and franchising him wasn't really a realistic option given the team building implications of having 30 some odd million bucks tied up at QB between the two of them. Maybe I'm missing some other choice?
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by duh
My understanding is the money wasn't the issue - the issue was they weren't willing to promise he'd start next year.
Frankly, I'd have rather seen them trade Brady. Yeah, he's the GOAT and all that, but I'd rather have what I think is a 26 year old franchise quarterback than a 40 year old GOAT.
Brady still looks pretty good, but there are cracks appearing, and I'd be very surprised if he's a better quarterback than JG in 2019, and frankly I wouldn't be all that surprised to see JG put up a higher full season DVOA than Brady next year.
I think JG is going to be a top 5-10 QB in the league from 2019-2024, and maybe longer, and I think that's significantly more valuable than the upgrade that Brady presents over the next year or two.
I think that trade (Brady) would have had to be done prior to the start of the season. It is hard to find home for that kind of cap number right before the trading deadline. (Especially given that if you were going to trade Brady you have to think you'd want to send him to the NFC) You may well be right that that they 'should have' done that and moved on from Brady after last year and given Belichick's history of dealing with older players it does seem odd that he didn't.
It would be strange indeed if the guy who has the reputation for keeping his team competitive by being a stone cold 'move a guy a year early and not a year late' guy ends up having his run of excellence end because he wouldn't / couldn't make that choice with Brady.
Is somebody suggesting the Patriots trade Brady right after he led the greatest Super Bowl comeback in history?
People are talking about Brady as if he's not the frontrunner for the MVP.
Montana, Manning, and Favre all got disposed of after seasons where they went a combined 37-10, with 1 MVP, 3 Pro Bowls, and 2 conference finals.
They played a combined 9 more seasons, made four conference title games, two super bowls, won a super bowl, an MVP, two all-Pros, and 6 pro bowls.
Montana and Favre were replaced by SB-winning HOF QBs. Indy almost had that, if they hadn't murdered him behind Irsay's coke habit.
The Raiders sat LaMonica for Stabler and then Stabler for Plunkett. (Oddly, New England dumped Plunkett for Grogan before this, but that's a different situation)
The 49ers flipped Tittle for Brody. (Tittle then replaced Conerly in NY)
The Rams flipped Waterfield for Van Brocklin.
The Bengals flipped Anderson for Esiason.
The Giants dumped Warner for Manning (the lesser). This one comes with an asterisk.
The Cowboys went from Meredith to Morton to Staubach to White. Some of those were retirements, but some were dumps.
The Giants had a brief interregnum in 1960 when Conerly was either injured or they were trying to replace him with Shaw (didn't work out) before Tittle rode to the rescue in 1961.
This is ignoring the Brady-Bledsoe and Rivers-Brees replacements.
Is Brady too good for that company?
Pretty much every team that had an old all-pro and thought they had a future all-pro switched to the new guy before the old guy was completely worn out.
by Hoodie_Sleeves // Jan 03, 2018 - 11:32am
Yup - I think this is going to be looked at long term as a huge mistake for the Patriots.
Brady being the Superbowl MVP, and the comeback is completely irrelevant - franchises should be making decisions based on future projections, not past performance.
Brady IS going to turn into a pumpkin sometime in the next couple of years - and its probably going to be earlier than he thinks (he says 45). And he's not the sort of guy to just hang up the cleats because he's declining - he'll dig in, and work harder, and press, and it will be ugly unless the franchise puts an end to it - because he won't. He'll always think he can work harder, or watch more film, or study more - because that's the core of what has made him so great.
Its almost always better to move on a year early than a year late.
by Steve in WI // Jan 03, 2018 - 2:12pm
Trading the Super Bowl MVP does not sound so crazy when he's going to turn 40 before the start of next season and you might have your next franchise QB sitting on the bench behind him. Based on Brady's age, I think it was more probable than not that he'd experience a big dropoff this season. Kudos to him for not falling off a cliff just yet, but it's even less likely that he'll be just as good at 41. The idea of him being an elite QB at age 45 is so ridiculous I wouldn't believe that he honestly believed it, if it wasn't for his apparent belief in that snake-oil salesman Alex Guerrero.
I really think that Belichick is planning on retiring the same time as Brady, and thus he just wants one more Super Bowl and is willing to make suboptimal decisions for the franchise to do it. (And if the Patriots win the Super Bowl this year with Brady, there's an argument to be made that it might not have been that bad of a decision. If they don't win it, and this is Brady's last great season as it almost certainly will be, then it looks awful.)
by PatsFan // Jan 03, 2018 - 2:48pm
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by Steve in WI
I really think that Belichick is planning on retiring the same time as Brady, and thus he just wants one more Super Bowl and is willing to make suboptimal decisions for the franchise to do it.
I don't believe sticking with Brady was Belichick's decision.
by aces4me // Jan 03, 2018 - 3:00pm
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by PatsFan
I too think the Krafts overrode Bill in a rare display of ownership intervention. I read a piece somewhere this season about the difference between an owner's legacy and a coach's legacy. I think Bob Kraft decided to make a choice to enhance his legacy over Bill's. Sheer speculation on my part.
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by aces4me
How would keeping Brady (against Belichick's wishes no less) enhance Kraft's legacy? He is presumably more interested in the Patriots having continued success post-Brady than anyone else. And if Belichick wanted Garoppolo over Brady, that tells me that Belichick felt he was at least as good an option in the short term too because Belichick does not seem poised to preside over a rebuild, even a short one.
If anything, wouldn't a potential future where Brady retires, Belichick follows him out the door, and Garoppolo has an Aaron Rodgers-esque career following Brady enhance Kraft's legacy, because the franchise's success under his ownership wouldn't be 100% tied to Brady/Belichick like it is today?
Or does it come down to self-preservation, because very few people would criticize him for letting Brady play until he's no longer elite but everyone would criticize him if he traded Brady away and Garoppolo was a disappointment?
If I can remember the points made. Bill's legacy is about win and loses, nothing else. No one will care how he treated any of his players when they measure his legacy. Bob Kraft on the other hand will have his legacy impacted by how he treats the face of the franchise. There are other factors involved in an owners legacy (including ringz) as well but how he manages Brady's transition can tarnish or enhance his legacy.
by PatsFan // Jan 03, 2018 - 10:15pm
Yeah well, Celtics ownership wanted to treat the face(s) of the franchise nicely by letting them hang on way too long and that ended up doing the opposite of enhancing ownership legacy.
Sounds like the journalist really hadn't got much experience.
- Some people think badly of Eddie DeB but it's not for trading Joe Montana to the Chiefs.
- If Green Bay had a single owner, I don't think anyone would hold it against them for trading Brett Favre.
In both cases the team had a successful understudy in the wings. And the Pats are in the same situation.
(Will add that the way this has played out, I'm increasingly edging towards BB retiring at season's end).
by duh // Jan 04, 2018 - 5:04am
I would say if he does retire at the end of the year it would lend credence, to me at least, of the rumblings of Kraft overruling / interfering.
Belichick was asked about trading Brady and he rejected the idea out of hand. "You want me to trade the greatest QB of all time?" is what I believe he said.
Garoppolo might play at a Brady level at some point. He might not. Regardless I don't think Belichick's horizon is stretching out that far into the future.
by Richie // Jan 04, 2018 - 7:36pm
Do you expect him to publicly say that he wanted to trade Brady, and then have to go back to work with Brady tomorrow?
by PatsFan // Jan 05, 2018 - 12:40am
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by Richie
Be interesting to see what ESPN has to say tomorrow...
If they hadn't traded him, he would have walked away as a free agent.
He wasn't going to sign a long-term contract unless he was starting Week 1 in 2018. And Belichick wasn't going to do that.
(And the craziest idea going around would be to use a franchise tag on a backup QB.)
The Patriots didn't exactly have any leverage. They got a pick that at the time looked like it would be #2 in the second round. That was before Jimmy started getting starts....
by ncuba // Jan 02, 2018 - 7:42pm
I don't want to challenge any of these points but rather highlight the short term calculations, ie this season.
Belichick figured that a likely 2round+1year jump in the "compensatory" pick he'd get for JG was more valuable than having JG as Brady's backup for the rest of the season. I wouldn't criticize him for making that call at that time, but right now it's interesting that since JG started he's put up 100/150 more DYAR than Brady has (depending on if wk 17 is counted)-all without Gronk et al. and while Brady's been sitting out practices.
Patriots are like 2-1 to win SB but if MVP Brady goes down they're done. Whereas in alt universe where Bill keeps JG a Brady injury could well result in better QB play. That's wild.
by DezBailey // Jan 02, 2018 - 11:42pm
"Patriots are like 2-1 to win SB but if MVP Brady goes down they're done. Whereas in alt universe where Bill keeps JG a Brady injury could well result in better QB play. "
Hard to say that though given JG is in a different offense. I'd be curious as to what his DYAR was in New England compared to Brady in those two games he started during Brady's suspension.
Edit: Nevermind...saw somebody had done that above
Not quite the same, but look at the 1991 49ers
They started the season 4-6, but then finished 6-0, missing playoffs but were arguably one of the best teams in the league (not the best, which we know was the DVOA champ Redskins). They finished with a 52-14 demolition of the Ditka Bears who needed that game for the division (knocked them into a wild card). They haThey had the second best point differential (behidn the Redskins).
Ironically that hot streak coincided with Steve Young getting hurt and Steve Bono taking over (though Young came back for the final game).
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by andrew
The 91 Niners were not a team that suddenly got good in the second half of the season, they were just pretty clearly the second best team in the league. Their six losses were by 2, 3, 6, 5, 3 (losing on a Hail Mary), and 5 points, while their average MOV in their 10 wins was 18. The Hail Mary loss to the Falcons cost them the tiebreaker and ultimately the last playoff spot.
If there's one knock on the 1991 Skins, it's that they got a little lucky with opponents. They drew Atlanta and Detroit, who finished 11th and 17th in DVOA. They then blew them both out, but it would have been nice to see them tested by SF, NO, or Philly again (who had beaten them in a meaningless-for-WAS Week 17 game where Washington rested starters in the second half).
While I do think some NFL tiebreaker rules are arbitrary and stupid, it should be mentioned that the 1991 49ers also lost to the Falcons in their own building...which then allowed the hail mary loss to complete the sweep. Can't really argue that the Atlanta didn't deserve the 6th seed over them.
Also, the Niners have only themselves to blame for scoring 14, 14, and 6 points in losses against the abjectly mediocre Giants, Vikings, and Raiders early in the season. They dug themselves too big of a hole to crawl out of in time (kind of like this year's Chargers).
by Ben // Jan 03, 2018 - 11:33am
To me, it is a clear sign of something I've felt for a while. The NFL has become way too QB dependent. There aren't even 32 people on the planet who can play QB at a high level. When you start dealing with backups playing due to injury, it's even worse.
I think it's bad for the league when a team is doomed from the get go because of their QB isn't good. Same with teams whose seasons are ruined when the starters miss more then a game or two. Obviously just a single data point, but as a Colts fan, I was certainly less interested in the season since they didn't have a quality QB this year.
I have no idea how to fix that though. "Protecting the QB" just leads to even more of a discrepancy between the haves and haves-not.
by rj1 // Jan 03, 2018 - 3:24pm
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by Ben
Packers fans have a better case for that than Colts fans.
I wouldn't say I 100% buy into the conspiracy that the Colts lied about Luck's injury preseason to sell tickets, but I wouldn't say I buy into it 0% either. Preseason Colts synopsis on the radio consistently turned on "Luck is coming back in 4 weeks, all the Colts have to do is get through their ridiculously soft starting schedule 3-1 and the playoffs are a possibility". If everyone is saying Luck was going to be back in 4 weeks, that means 99% hunch "an unidentified team source" told them that was the case. Colts' early season turned into a disaster, and magically Luck's injury news became vague. An October 16th post at ESPN says "the end was in sight". http://www.espn.com/blog/indianapolis-colts/post/_/id/21743/andrew-lucks-injury-how-we-got-here-and-when-he-will-return
So here we are we have a league where performance is so dependent on one player that teams at the very least if not lying are not telling the whole truth to their fanbases. Then you have Green Bay where "there is no plan B if Aaron Rodgers gets hurt". Any general manager that ever says that for any player should be fired on the spot for not understanding that part of their job is contingency planning. Imagine if you walked into any business in the real world of America and the guy in charge said "we had no hope of succeeding once X occurred".
by theslothook // Jan 03, 2018 - 11:57pm
I argued back with and forth with Chase Stuart on twitter about this. He took the view(which he ultimately convinced me on ) that nothing had really changed in terms of qb importance. Sure, passing is easier than ever, but that just means the worst qbs of yesteryear are throwing better than their forefathers. Relative performance matters and over history, the teams that made the playoffs were hugely helmed by good qbs.
It took some thought before I realized the main point he was making. Its why I keep being adamant about this. I truly believe building a competitive team with an average qb is harder to build and lasts far less than the inverse.
by rj1 // Jan 04, 2018 - 12:18pm
I'm not so certain the worst QBs of today throw better than their forefathers so much as the worst QBs of yesteryear didn't throw a screen pass on 3rd and 13, meaning they failed more spectacularly. Can we compare today's QBs to 1990 QBs for say passes 10 yards and longer? I don't think we have that level of detail data on this site.
by Mike B. In Va // Jan 02, 2018 - 8:36am
I'm curious - how much does Buffalo's DVOA change if you remove The Peterman Debacle?
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by Mike B. In Va
Good question. I'd be interested in that as well. I have the Bills at No. 15 in my latest report where the Peterman game has less impact on their numbers than it probably does in DVOA: http://besreport.com/week-17-bes-rankings-final-issue-2017/
So, I'd imagine the impact of that game falling off the Bills books in DVOA would be quite significant, likely propelling them into the top 15.
by Aaron Schatz // Jan 03, 2018 - 12:00pm
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by DezBailey
Actually, the difference is small. Less than 2%.
by brenthutto // Jan 02, 2018 - 9:21am
RE: "The Cleveland Browns instead make the list of unluckiest teams in DVOA history, not the list of worst teams."
It's a totally untestable notion but isn't it possible the difference between their DVOA and their record is less about "luck" than about "tanking"?
There's an assumption baked into projecting DVOA into Wins, something to the effect that all teams (from front offices right down to the players on the field) are trying their very best to eke out as many wins as possible given their quality. The 2017 Browns may be the rare case where that good-faith, best-effort assumption is violated severely enough to make them look like an "unluckiest" team.
by BJR // Jan 02, 2018 - 10:29am
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by brenthutto
You could probably construct a case that Hue Jackson & co., knowing their jobs were safe next year, produced some deliberately sub-optimal play-calling and game strategy along the way. But that's a serious stretch IMO. Many of these players/coaches will not be around on the Browns' roster to reap any benefit from tanking, should they arrive. Deliberately conspiring to lose is in very few of their individual interests.
And if the objective was to tank, why not just lose out of sight rather than making games close and risk winning by accident?
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by BJR
Playing well is a primary objective. Simply sending scrubs onto the field to lose helps the team a lot less than having players trying to win. And then if they are playing well and "happen to lose", so much the better. That is, if tanking is also a goal.
They had six losses by four points or less or in overtime.
Curiously, they were 4-0 in the preseason.
When the 49ers were in the process of losing 5 in a row by 2-3 points, fans were calling it the "elegant tank."
Well. That went right out the window at the end of the season. Strangely, it's hard to find someone who'd rather be 1-15 right now than 6-10.
If the idea was to tank for a QB, their trade accomplished that. That's worth a couple of draft slots, especially when you can just take best-player-available now.
When a QB or even RB is out, you adjust win percentages going forward based on that player being out (Arod, Zeke, etc).
Do you do the same for Special Teams with a kicker? i.e., with Greg Zeurlein being out? I know finding a replacement kicker is a lot easier than a replacement QB or even RB, but he had to count for some of the Rams' terrific special teams ranking, right?
by Aaron Schatz // Jan 02, 2018 - 11:06am
You mean that we adjust the rating we use in the playoff odds, not the actual ratings. But you make a good point. Let's see what the Rams do this week, then perhaps I'll adjust for Zeurlein if they move on to the next round.
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by andrew // Jan 07, 2018 - 10:44am
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by Aaron Schatz
Well the Rams playoff projections are now moot... but special teams did seem to regress sharply to mean, though it had nothing to do with Zeurlein missing or Ficken.
by Will Allen // Jan 02, 2018 - 9:33am
The only real surprise of any of the top 6 teams winning in February would be if the Eagles did so without Wentz. Keeping with that theme, I expect several playoff games, including the last one, will have their outcomes in large measure dictated by injuries that occur in the playoffs. It's the largest random factor in the NFL.
The Browns lost four games by three points or less, compared to just one for the 2008 Lions.
And that one loss, by two points.... came in a game where Dan Orlovsky ran out of the back of the end zone on his own, oblivious to where he was.... heck, one of the FO writers even made a nice hand drawn diagram of the play...
That happened in the first quarter. The Lions blew a 10-2 lead.
by andrew // Jan 02, 2018 - 6:12pm
Hey, don't ruin the narrative with facts...
they also blew it aided by a very questionable DPI call.
Of course there was a blown DPI call. It's the Lions. They don't get calls, or replay reversals, or rule changes in their favor. If something hinkey occurs and the Lions are involved, there's a 100% probability the Lions will be on the bad side of the decision.
No one steals the Lions franchise in the middle of the night (looking at you, Cleveland, Baltimore, Oakland, San Diego, and St. Louis) because no one wants it.
by johonny // Jan 02, 2018 - 10:10am
Miami slipped in year two of Gase in offense (perhaps Tannehill injury) and defense while holding on special teams. It sure feels like a bad sign in terms of things to come in year 3. While they have almost no place to go but up, up could still mean 6-10 again without much of a shock in 2018.
With the Chargers and Ravens sitting so high on the list and sitting at home for the playoffs it really does feel like the AFC is the hopelessly weaker conference this year. In terms of the Superbowl, though, it really doesn't matter if 6 out of the 7 worse teams were AFC teams. Either the Steelers or Pats should give a good show. Of there could always be an upset...I'm assuming the dreadful showing of the bottom of the AFC is more a fluke than anything else?
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by johonny
"Either the Steelers or Pats should give a good show"
Yup - its important to remember that most of the teams don't really matter at this point. Buffalo and Tennessee are trash, but the rest of the teams are dangerous.
The Patriots beat the NFC 4, and 6 seeds (pretty handily), and lost to the 5 seed by 3 points.
The Steelers beat up the NFC 2 seed.
The Chiefs beat the NFC 1 seed.
Jacksonville is the only one who fell on their face against the NFC. (1-3, beat Seahawks, lost to Rams, Cardinals, JG 49ers).
So, at this level, I don't think there's much advantage either way.
by MJK // Jan 02, 2018 - 11:07am
The bottom defensive teams this year have defensive DVOA of ~ +10-11%. Whereas the top offensive teams have DVOA of ~ +20-25%.
Is it normal for good offenses to be so much better than bad defenses, or are the "bad" defenses this year simply not all that terrible compared to previous years?
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by MJK
Its a bit of both. Everything is a bit compressed this year (well, the last couple years), but defense generally has less magnitude.
O : -20 -> +27
D : +10 -> -16
2015 was a bit of an outlier:
Here's a big one
2007 (2010 is almost exactly the same)
O: -32 -> +44
D: +14 -> -15
by Hextall_27 // Jan 02, 2018 - 2:49pm
The Saints were humiliated on both sides of the ball in Tampa (a kick return and a +2 in turnovers kept the game close). This was against a pathetic Tampa D (31st in DVOA) and the Saints offensive DVOA went up by 0.1.
They put up 323 yards on a team that was giving up 380+ per game.
They scored 17 on offense against a team that gives up around 24 per game.
How did the Saints offense improve off of that game?
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by Hextall_27
I wonder if all of the Saints, Rams, and Panthers were trying to avoid the #3 seed. Not to avoid Atlanta, but to avoid Minnesota. Certainly the Rams sat their stars, lost, and still ended up with the #3 seed. New Orleans is arguably better off, playing a Panthers team they've beaten twice and likely going to Philly instead of Minnesota.
(I don't really think the Panthers were trying to avoid the #3 seed. Cam just had a horrible day.)
Since you can't control who your second round matchup would be if you earn the #4 seed, I don't know if it helps to try to actively avoid the #3 seed in this instance. Even if you particularly fear the #2 seed, you have to figure that you may still face them in the conference championship game. Would have to think other considerations like rest, injuries, or first round matchup would take precedence.
Now if Philly had been locked into the #2 seed—I think that would have provided quite a bit of incentive for the Rams/Saints/Panthers to play for the #3 seed.
by AudacityOfHoops // Jan 05, 2018 - 7:23pm
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by dank067
"Since you can't control who your second round matchup would be if you earn the #4 seed, I don't know if it helps to try to actively avoid the #3 seed in this instance."
You can't control who your second round matchup would be if you earn the #4 seed, but you have a sub-50% chance that it will be the #2 seed. Whereas if you earn the #3 seed, your second round opponent is guaranteed to be the #2 seed. That's a pretty big difference.
"Even if you particularly fear the #2 seed, you have to figure that you may still face them in the conference championship game."
Sure, but again it's "may" instead of "will". It's always better to give the feared team a chance to lay an egg before you play them, thereby giving you an easier matchup.
"Now if Philly had been locked into the #2 seed—I think that would have provided quite a bit of incentive for the Rams/Saints/Panthers to play for the #3 seed."
In that case the difference between the #3 and #4 seeds, in terms of likelihood to face the Eagles in the second round, would be roughly 70% (100% chance as the #3 seed, roughly 30% chance as the #4 seed [you need the #6 seed to win]).
In real life, where the Eagles are the #1 seed, the difference is the same! As the #4 seed, you have roughly a 70% chance of facing the Eagles (need the #3 seed to win). As the #3 seed, you have a 0% chance. For a difference of 70%.
by Gamblou // Jan 02, 2018 - 3:33pm
I will utilize the week 16 DVOA until we get to the Divisional round. week 17 data is polluted IMO
by Mountain Time … // Jan 03, 2018 - 3:02am
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by Gamblou
It's ALWAYS "polluted," if you're going with that term, every single year. There's always something funky to be accounted for in your headcanon-DVOA. That's why the FO guys don't even try making "eco-DVOA." Nothing exists outside of context and everything needs interpretation.
I kind of think their refusal to adjust it for any of the "obvious reasons to" is central to everything DVOA is about.
by renangms // Jan 02, 2018 - 5:53pm
"This rating is subject to change once I finally build a new special teams kickoff method that fully accounts for all the pooch kicks teams have been using since the touchback move."
Could you elaborate more on this?
by milo // Jan 03, 2018 - 11:55am
Updating the Premium database would be appreciated.
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by milo
Sorry, it should be coming soon.
by Hextall_27 // Jan 03, 2018 - 11:15pm
So the logic here is not that you underestimate Nick Foles and fear Case Keenum, but that the Saints do too.
The Saints don't care about a 2006 Colts situation where beatable Keenum and Foles both lose and they threw away a home NFCCG as the 3 seed because Foles and his 100+ playoff QB rating is so much weaker then Keenum.
You further have to believe that the Saints would much rather play in below freezing temps with wind and freezing rain than in the dome in Minnesota which would then be the same stadium they would play in 3 weeks later if they win out.
On top of that, they risk injuries to Kamara, Ingram, Brees, and others by playing a secret fake lets try to lose game in Tampa instead of playing backups.
The payoff to all of this fear and terror could just be facing the mighty Case Keenum the next week in the NFCCG anyway.
I have to ask if you actually think Sean Payton is this stupid?
Occam's Razor says the Saints are a flawed team that played to win and lost anyway and that the Rams were OK with 1 home game and resting healthy players rather than risking injury.
Have fun with projecting your worship of Case Keenum on others though.
by Alternator // Jan 04, 2018 - 1:32am
[Case Keenum] is clearly ranked [too high] because [he lacks winner sauce]. [Nick Foles] is way better than this. [All hail at the altar of Nick Foles, who is drenched in winner sauce and bathes in victory!]
In reply to Re: Final 2017 DVOA Ratings by Alternator
The funny bit here is that Minnesota and Philly are very close in DVOA but people's strong feelings for Keenum and against Foles are why they fill out the form letter above to rank Philly far lower and Minnesota stays at 4. The playoff odds of winning the divisional round are 54.4% for Philly and 54.0% for Minnesota. These odds favor Minnesota in a Super Bowl match up; but I doubt the Saints, Rams, or Panthers care about that if Philly is in the Super Bowl (hard to tell with the flawed logic though, maybe that is significant to you)
They both have strong defenses, good O-lines, weapons at WR and TE, and a strong running game. The Vikings have a slight edge in offensive and defensive DVOA where Philly has a slight edge in special teams (2.0, 1.3, 1.8)
Sarcasm fails when you are too ignorant to realize that your jab actually applies to the opposite side of your argument.
I am always amused when people form a half-wit opinion and go the next step to declare it as a likely motivation of experts and then get offended when you disagree with their delusion.
by thewhitesnake8 // Jan 04, 2018 - 4:31pm
Who are you arguing with, here?
by Alternator // Jan 04, 2018 - 7:34pm
Tip: I'm not a staff writer. Relax, and learn to meme.
This is what I was disagreeing with to use your form of dull and lazy communication:
[The Eagles] are clearly ranked [too high] because [they lack winner sauce]. [Nick Foles] is way worse than this. [All hail at the altar of Case Keenum, who is drenched in winner sauce and bathes in victory!]
by Cheesehead_Canuck // Jan 04, 2018 - 10:30pm
I wish i could post GIFs here because the above posts are just begging for some good WTF gifs.
by stevo // Jan 05, 2018 - 12:41am
I'll make my complaint in a different format.
I wonder how much Special Teams DVOA is weighted in terms of total team DVOA. Isn't it one part in 6? It definitely bolstered the LA Rams over the Vikings in team DVOA. I'm not convinced this actually makes the Rams better than the Vikings. In the Vikings - Rams game, the Rams were in the game and did threaten because of good field position, but the Vikings drives didn't stall because of self inflicted wounds in the second half and the defense pressured Goff constantly because they knew Gurley wasn't a threat. The Vikings-Rams offensive and defensive efficiency gap became clear.
It seems Special teams did keep the game close, but offensive and defensive efficiency won out.
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Sacramento ( SAK-rə-MEN-toh; Spanish: [sakɾaˈmento]; Spanish for "sacrament") is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County. Located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in Northern California's Sacramento Valley, Sacramento's estimated 2018 population of 501,334 makes it the sixth-largest city in California and the ninth largest capital in the United States. Sacramento is the seat of the California Legislature and the Governor of California, making it the state's political center and a hub for lobbying and think tanks. Sacramento is also the cultural and economic core of the Sacramento metropolitan area, which had a 2010 population of 2,414,783, making it the fifth largest in California.
Before the arrival of the Spanish, the area was inhabited by the Nisenan, indigenous peoples of California. Spanish cavalryman Gabriel Moraga surveyed and named the Rio del Santísimo Sacramento (Sacramento River) in 1808, after the Blessed Sacrament, referring to the Eucharist in the Catholic Church. In 1839, Juan Bautista Alvarado, Mexican governor of Alta California, granted the responsibility of colonizing the Sacramento Valley to Swiss-born Mexican citizen John Augustus Sutter, who subsequently established Sutter's Fort and the settlement at the Rancho Nueva Helvetia. Following the American Conquest of California and the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, the waterfront developed by Sutter began to be developed, and incorporated in 1850 as the City of Sacramento. As a result of the California Gold Rush, Sacramento became a major commercial center and distribution point for Northern California, serving as the terminus for the Pony Express and the First Transcontinental Railroad.
Sacramento is the fastest-growing major city in California, owing to its status as a notable financial center on the West Coast and as a major educational hub, home of California State University, Sacramento and University of California, Davis. Similarly, Sacramento is a major center for the California healthcare industry, as the seat of Sutter Health, the world-renowned UC Davis Medical Center, and the UC Davis School of Medicine, and notable tourist destination in California, as the site of The California Museum, the Crocker Art Museum, the California State Railroad Museum, the California Hall of Fame, the California State Capitol Museum, and the Old Sacramento State Historic Park. Sacramento International Airport, located northwest of the city, is the city's major airport.
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Police: Woman charged in death of puppy found inside weighted cage in NJ pond
WEST MILFORD, N.J. (FOX 29) - A woman has been charged with the death of a 10-week-old puppy, who was discovered inside a weighted cage submerged in a New Jersey pond, police announced Tuesday.
Tonya Fea, 47, of Jefferson Township, has been charged with two counts of animal cruelty, both third-degree offenses, as well as defiant trespassing.
A rescue officer at The Last Resort Rescue, a Passaic County nonprofit, reportedly discovered the crate at Greenwood Pond off Bonter Road on Tuesday, April 30. The puppy was "ice cold," soaked inside the crate, according to the rescue.
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Lakebed vegetarion was reportedly hanging on the crate, with a crystal vase and puppy training pads stuck to the side of the puppy's head with a small amount of blood on them. A $22 price tag could be seen on the bottom of the vase.
"The official autospy report confirm[s] that drowning was the cause of death," the rescue wrote on Facebook. "Jenny was ALIVE and was intentionally drowned by this monster."
The rescue says it is working with investigators to ensure the two people responsible for the tip that led to Fea's arrest receive the $12,000 reward offered by the nonprofit.
Fea faces a maximum of five years in state prison for each animal cruelty charge, plus a maximum of 30 days in county jail for defiant trespassing. She has been released pending a May 22 court date.
Anyone with additional information regarding this case is urged to contact the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office tip line by calling 1-877-370-PCPO or emailing. Tips can also be sent to West Milford Det. Eric Darnsteadt by calling 973-728-2801.
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Dating App Bumble Wants to be the Next LinkedIn
By Sophie Kleeman on at
When I’m trying to get laid, the last thing on my mind is whether or not I should be looking for another job. But Bumble, the dating app founded by ex-Tinder co-founder Whitney Wolfe, seeks to address this issue with a new feature that essentially amounts to a gamified version LinkedIn.
BumbleBizz, as it’s so named, will match Bumble users by industry and location. It’s a spin on the app’s existing functionalities (Bumble and BumbleBFF, which match people with paramours and friends, respectively) only this time, the dream match is a new job or mentor. It will work a lot like the other two features, with a requisite mutual “yes” swipe and ladies-first message for opposite-sex interactions.
“As the first to bring the ‘swiping’ experience to professional networking, BumbleBizz is powered by the notion that a connection or simple exchange of information can lead to the opportunity of a lifetime,” the company touts in a description.
The desire to combine every part of a user’s life (romantic, professional, and platonic) into one neat little package makes some sense from the app’s perspective. But when it comes down to it, the only response I can muster to this feature is GODDAMMIT.
It’s unnecessary and dumb to gamify every conceivable aspect of a human’s life. But more to the point: why must I worry about finding a cool new job while I’m also out hunting for some action. Can’t you people let me find a sex friend in peace?
Imagine, if you will, the conversation after “matching” with a prospective professional connection. “Hey, uh, so I know this is a dating app and all, and now you know I’m definitely on here to find a sex friend, but, uh, wanna grab some coffee and talk about working together?” It’s kind of like hitting on someone using a LinkedIn message, only in reverse.
According to the company, the feature is still in development, and likely won’t be available until autumn, which means your networking and bone-zone lives can stay separate for now. But come back-to-school season, beware: you may just find your boss on a dating app. Have fun at work the next day!
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Global Energy Metals Advances Infill and Extension Drilling at the Millennium Cobalt Project in Australia
Vancouver, BC / TheNewswire / February 21, 2018 / Global Energy Metals Corp. TSXV:GEMC | OTCQB:GBLEF | FSE:5GE1 (“Global Energy Metals”, the “Company” and/or “GEMC”) is pleased to announce that drilling is again underway at the Millennium Cobalt Project in Mt. Isa, Queensland Australia (“Millennium”). Partner Hammer Metals is overseeing drill operations.
Paul Sarjeant, VP Projects was on site for the resumption of drilling this week as part of the first phase exploration program that continues to focus on infill drilling of existing mineralized zones and exploring potentially new discoveries and extensions in the immediate area of Millennium. Drilling completed in December intersected very wide and significant cobalt and copper grades potentially expanding the existing JORC resource area.
Mr. Sarjeant had the following to say from site, “We are excited to be back drilling under blue skies at the Millennium Cobalt Project and look forward to sharing the findings as we continue to grow the resource area and understanding. We expect to extend this campaign, subject to results.”
Figure 1. Drilling in Progress at the Millennium Cobalt Project
Figure 2. Infill Drilling Mineralized Zones at the Millennium Cobalt Project
Figure 3. Loading Core Rods into Drill Rig at the Millennium Cobalt Project
The Company has an option to earn a 75% interest in Millennium by spending exploration expenditures totaling $2,500,000 over the next three years. At the conclusion of this Phase 1 drill program, the Company will have spent the required $500,000 on the project to earn an initial 25% interest in the project.
For additional details on the program, please refer to the Company’s news release dated February 1, 2018.
Millennium is an advanced staged cobalt project with a large defined zone of cobalt-copper mineralisation which remains open at depth and along strike. Hammer Metals completed a JORC 2012 Resource estimate in late 2016 and reported 3.1 million tonnes of Inferred Resources* grading 0.14% Co, 0.34% Cu and 0.12 g/t Au (using a CuEq cut-off of 1.0%). Under Canadian reporting standards this resource is considered a “historic estimate”. The 2016 JORC resource estimate completed by Hammer Metals Ltd. outlined a mineralised zone over a strike length of approximately 1.5 km.
To date the project area has been tested by only 63 drill holes (percussion, RC and diamond) for a total of 7,891 metres. Most holes have been drilled within 200 metres of surface, with few holes reaching to depths greater than 250 metres below surface. At present mineralisation remains open at depth along the strike extent of the JORC resource area.
For additional information on the Millennium project option please refer to press release dated September 25, 2017 and/or refer to Global Energy Metals’ website www.globalenergymetals.com.
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Salvation Army serves up Thanksgiving lunch
Salvation Army serves its belated Thanksgiving feast on Sunday
Salvation Army serves up Thanksgiving lunch Salvation Army serves its belated Thanksgiving feast on Sunday Check out this story on guampdn.com: https://www.guampdn.com/story/news/2018/11/25/salvation-army-serves-up-thanksgiving-lunch/2105744002/
Anumita Kaur, Pacific Daily News Published 3:54 p.m. ChT Nov. 25, 2018 | Updated 4:37 p.m. ChT Nov. 25, 2018
Volunteers serve meals to event attendees during The Salvation Army's 22nd annual Thanksgiving Feast at their Tiyan headquarters, Nov. 25, 2018.(Photo: Frank San Nicolas/PDN)
More than 100 volunteers sliced turkey, poured drinks and welcomed hungry attendees at the Salvation Army's Thanksgiving Feast Sunday.
The feast, originally planned for Thanksgiving Thursday at Chamorro Village, was postponed due to Typhoon Man-Yi. Despite this stumble, the Salvation Army Headquarters in Tiyan was buzzing with celebration.
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"It turned out good for a last minute change," said Lou Hongyee, program coordinator with the Guam Salvation Army.
Buses, provided by Kloppenburg Enterprises, aided this last minute change and transported attendees from Chamorro Village to the event.
Edna Arellano, who arrived with her friend Debra Ungacta, claimed a table early.
"We're excited to have this turkey," Arellano said. "It's good to have this for the holidays, seeing all the people and having fun."
The feast quickly became a tradition
This is the Salvation Army's 22nd year hosting the feast, according Salvation Army Major Tom Stambaugh, who estimates anywhere from 1,200 to 1,500 meals are served each year. The tradition began after a series of typhoons hit the island.
"We wanted to do a community outreach meal," Stambaugh said. "The community needed meals and we wanted to meet that need."
The feast quickly became tradition, and a spirit of giving carried this tradition to its 22nd year.
'It's important to give back'
This is why Valerie Cepeda volunteered at the event alongside her 10-year-old son.
"I wanted him to be exposed to what the island provides for individuals who need," Cepeda said.
Event volunteer Evan Cavenall, a Guam High School student, felt similarly.
"I've been volunteering since I was five," Cavenall said. "It's important to give back."
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The Salvation Army's 22nd Annual Thanksgiving Feast
Sissy Bamba, right, serves Ilysca Cisn, 70, a Thanksgiving meal during The Salvation Army's 22nd annual Thanksgiving Feast at their Tiyan headquarters on Nov. 25, 2018. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
The Salvation Army hosts its 22nd annual Thanksgiving Feast at their Tiyan headquarters on Nov. 25, 2018. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
Volunteers serve meals to event attendees during The Salvation Army's 22nd annual Thanksgiving Feast at their Tiyan headquarters, Nov. 25, 2018. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
The Salvation Army hosts its 22nd annual Thanksgiving Feast at their Tiyan headquarters on Nov. 25, 2018. From left: Nicole Ongrung, Joenekia Roberson, Bailey Cruz, 9, Little Miss Guam 2018, and Jhoanna Antonio. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
Volunteers prepare turkeys for serving during The Salvation Army's 22nd annual Thanksgiving Feast at their Tiyan headquarters on Nov. 25, 2018. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
Arlene Pangelinan Duncan, 50, during The Salvation Army's 22nd annual Thanksgiving Feast at their Tiyan headquarters on Nov. 25, 2018. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
Five-year-old Malakai Flores carries beverages during The Salvation Army's 22nd annual Thanksgiving Feast at their Tiyan headquarters on Nov. 25, 2018. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
Members of the Prince Hall Masons gather for a group photo during The Salvation Army's 22nd annual Thanksgiving Feast at their Tiyan headquarters on Nov. 25, 2018. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
The Salvation Army hosts its 22nd annual Thanksgiving Feast at their Tiyan headquarters on Nov. 25, 2018. From left: Joni Kelm, Arlene Pangelinana Duncan, Vic Alik, and Tony Iriarte. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
Capt. Kim Stambaugh of The Salvation Army Guam Corps, helps serve food during The Salvation Army's 22nd annual Thanksgiving Feast at their Tiyan headquarters on Nov. 25, 2018. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
Volunteers unload Thanksgiving food from a truck during The Salvation Army's 22nd annual Thanksgiving Feast at their Tiyan headquarters on Nov. 25, 2018. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
Volunteers open the table during The Salvation Army's 22nd annual Thanksgiving Feast at their Tiyan headquarters on Nov. 25, 2018. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
Arlene Pangelinan Duncan with Frederick Leon Guerrero, right, and Robert Pocaigue during The Salvation Army's 22nd annual Thanksgiving Feast at their Tiyan headquarters on Nov. 25, 2018. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
Andersen Middle School student volunteers Ryann Ramage, 13, left, and Casey Salinas, 13, during The Salvation Army's 22nd annual Thanksgiving Feast at their Tiyan headquarters on Nov. 25, 2018. Frank San Nicolas/PDN
Krestal Johnson, from the Prince Hall Masons of Guam, also consistently volunteers in the community with his organization. This year, his organization volunteered with the Salvation Army to help serve residents a Thanksgiving meal.
"It's hard work, but it's worth it," Johnson said. "There's nothing like giving time."
Stambaugh credits the success of this annual event to this sense of giving.
"The community comes together. It's a community thing," Stombaugh said, gesturing to the dozens of volunteers running around the tents.
Sustainability kept in mind
The event also kept sustainability in mind.
"We're going to end up creating very little waste from this event," said Nancy Weare, a Salvation Army advisory member.
The event designated bins for recyclable plastic, aluminum and biodegradable waste and utilized primarily recyclable or biodegradable plates and utensils. Volunteers oversaw the bins, ensuring trash was placed into the correct bins. The food waste from the event will go to pigs, according to Weare.
Weare has been with the Salvation Army advisory board for twenty years.
"I always make two big trays of stuffing for the event," Weare said. "I love the music, I love that people can come and have a good meal."
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1954 volkswagen transporter (van) deluxe
4dr Microbus, 15-Window 4-cyl. 1192cc/30hp 1bbl
History of the 1950-1967 Volkswagen Type 2 Transporter
Like the Beetle, the Volkswagen Type 2 Transporter is a true “world car,” as likely to be found in Katmandu, as in Valparaiso, Chile, or Pebble Beach. The Transporter shared the Type 1 Beetle’s running gear, which provided it with excellent ground clearance and an ability to run economically and indefinitely on near-kerosene. These adaptable attributes more than made up for the Transporter’s modest power output and low top speed, and helped spread it worldwide. Today the Volkswagen Type 2 is an iconic vehicle for nearly every generation of enthusiast.
Dutch importer Ben Pon's original 1947 notebook sketch for a factory runabout led to over 6.5 million "bullis" (as they were called in Germany) being produced in air-cooled and later water-cooled “wasserbus” variations, before the arrival of the front-engine Eurovan in 1993.
The first generation, or "split-window," Transporter, named for its two-piece windshield, was made from 1950 to 1967. Americans most typically associate the VW Type 2 with the popular Kombi and Samba people-movers which have come to embody 1960s counter culture. In reality, however, there were a dizzying selection of commercial and more utilitarian variations. Volkswagen “buses,” served as ambulances, police cars, hearses, crane trucks, fire trucks, campers, and even railroad speeders. Doors could be ordered on either or both sides.
The Volkswagen pickup arrived in 1952 and, while only about one third as many trucks were sold as buses, they proved enormously versatile. The 18-inch space between the original bus floor and the pickup bed proved to be an excellent lockable storage place for equipment. Crew-cab pickups appeared in 1957 accompanied by a shorter five-foot bed, and full synchromesh transmission was fitted from 1959. The one-millionth Transporter was sold in 1962.
The Type 2’s original 1,131-cc, 25-hp power unit was enlarged to 1,192 cc in 1953, and power was upped to 40 hp in 1959. The 1,493-cc, 50-hp engine was optional from 1962 and the final 1585-cc engine arrived in 1966. In 1968, the Transporter received a refresh, with more modern conveniences being added to the model.
Americans tend to refer to the different models of the collectible split-window buses by the number of their windows. The basic Kombi (popularly referred to as “T1,” “bus,” or “microbus”) is the 11-window version with a split windshield, two front cabin windows, six rear side windows and one in the rear. The sunroof deluxe version has eight side windows and two in the rear. In addition it has eight small skylight windows, thus the 23-window designation. In 1964, Volkswagen incorporated a wider rear door on the bus and the rear corner windows were deleted and this model gained the 21-window moniker. Both the 23- and later 21-Window versions are nicknamed “Samba,” and typically are the most expensive Type 2 today. A “Westfalia” camper series, which could include a sink, refrigerator, stove and a pop-up roof for a bedroom, also have an enthusiastic and supportive following.
Parts are no problem for Transporters and many upgrades are easy to execute. High production numbers mean it is easy to find a microbus, though most have been lovingly used for so long that condition can be a common concern. Prices for solid examples are still mostly within reach for most enthusiasts—provided the model doesn’t tick all of the right boxes in terms of window count, colors, and period accessories.
1954 volkswagen transporter (van) deluxe Info
4dr Microbus, 15-Window
4dr Microbus
4-cyl. 1192cc/30hp 1bbl
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Boundaries and Easements
Presenter: Wendy Lathrop, PLS, CFM
Recording Date: April 4, 2019
Recording Location: State College, PA
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Registration: 8:00 - 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 - 11:45 am
Lunch (On your own): 11:45 am - 12:45 pm
Afternoon Session: 12:45 - 4:40 pm
Locating Land Boundaries on Paper (And on the Ground)
What a deed tells us about real property interests and their locations – or doesn’t
Common kinds of land descriptions in Pennsylvania:
• Metes and bounds
• Reference to a subdivision
• Reference to a tax parcel
• “Strip” descriptions
• 3-D descriptions (condominiums, split estates)
• Blanket easements
Reading a description to find evidence of location
The work involved in writing a description
Tying the paper deed to the ground: what is evidence of a boundary?
Why paper and ground may not match
When the paper and the ground don’t match: the hierarchy of evidence in descriptions
Summary: elements of a good description
Easements: Understanding Possessive Rights in Lands of Others
Distinctions between ownership and possession
Easements distinguished from other possessory rights
Types of easements and distinctions between them: appurtenant,
in gross, affirmative, negative and others
Methods of easement creation
Clues in documents to determine if interests are fee or easement
The effect of the Statute of Frauds on possessory rights
Methods of easement termination
What happens after termination?
Defining Trespass and Adverse Possession
Defining trespass
Distinctions between trespass, adverse possession, and prescriptive rights
Maintaining adverse claims
• Statute of limitations
• Elements of a claim
• “Lost grant” claims
• Quiet title actions
Understanding Riparian and Water Rights
The Public Trust Doctrine and riparian rights
Locating land boundaries near the water line
Determining access rights to surface waters
Determining rights to groundwater
Water-related regulations affecting land use and land ownership in Pennsylvania
Disputes: Boundaries, Shared Spaces, and Split Estates
An overview of methods to resolve disputes
Acquiescence, laches, estoppel, and equity
Less litigious approaches to settling land interest disputes
• Practical location and boundary line agreements
• Boundary line commissions
Split estates: surface versus subsurface rights
Examples of real-life disputes: causes and outcomes
Wendy Lathrop, PLS, CFM
President and Owner of Cadastral Consulting, LLC
Ms. Lathrop is licensed as a professional land surveyor in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, and as a professional planner in New Jersey. She holds a master’s degree in Environmental Policy, and has been involved in surveying since 1974 in projects ranging from construction to boundary to environmental land use disputes. Ms. Lathrop is also a certified floodplain manager through the Association of State Flood Plain Managers (ASFPM). A former adjunct instructor at Mercer County College in New Jersey, she has also taught as part of the team for the licensing exam review course at Drexel University in Pennsylvania. Ms. Lathrop has been teaching seminars for surveyors since 1986 and has been writing articles for surveyors since 1983. She is a contributing editor for The American Surveyor magazine, and she has four articles included in the American Bar Association’s text, Land Surveys: A Guide for Lawyers and Other Professionals. She and Stephen V. Estopinal, PLS, PE co–authored a book entitled Professional Surveyors and Real Property Descriptions: Composition, Construction, and Comprehension, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in 2011. She is also on the faculty of GeoLearn, a web-based educational provider. Ms. Lathrop is a past president of the New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors and of the National Society of Professional Surveyors, and has served on the Board of Directors for the American Association for Geodetic Surveying.
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Related provisions for CASS 7.15.30
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CASS 7.13.32R 01/06/2015 RP
Where a firm receives client money in the form of cash, a cheque or other payable order, it must:(1) pay the money in accordance with CASS 7.13.6 R, promptly, and no later than on the business day after it receives the money into a client bank account, unless either:(a) the money is received by a business line for which the firm uses the alternative approach, in which case the money must be paid into the firm's own bank account promptly, and no later than on the business day after
A firm that wishes to adopt the alternative approach for a particular business line must first establish, and document in writing, its reasons for concluding, that:(1) adopting the normal approach would lead to greater operational risks to client money protection compared to the alternative approach;(2) adopting the alternative approach (including complying with the requirements for alternative approach mandatory prudent segregation under CASS 7.13.65 R), would not result in undue
CASS 7.15.14G 01/06/2015 RP
An internal client money reconciliation should:(1) be one of the steps a firm takes to arrange adequate protection for clients' assets when the firm is responsible for them (see Principle 10 (Clients' assets), as it relates to client money);(2) be one of the steps a firm takes to satisfy its obligations under CASS 7.12.2 R and CASS 7.15.3 R and, where relevant, SYSC 4.1.1R (1) and SYSC 6.1.1 R, to ensure the accuracy of the firm's records and accounts;(3) for the normal approach
CASS 11.11.30R 01/04/2014 RP
A CASS debt management firm must inform the FCA in writing without delay if:(1) its internal records and accounts of client money are materially out of date or materially inaccurate so that the firm is no longer able to comply with the requirements in CASS 11.11.1 R to CASS 11.11.4 R; or(2) it becomes aware that, at any time in the preceding 12 months, the amount of client money segregated in its client bank accounts materially differed from the total aggregate amount of client
CASS 6.1.12R 01/11/2015 RP
(1) Subject to (2) and CASS 6.1.12B R and with the written agreement of the relevant client, a9firm need not treat this chapter as applying in respect of a delivery versus payment transaction through a commercial settlement system if:9929(a) in respect of a client's purchase, the firm intends for the asset in question to be due to the client within one business day following the client's fulfilment of its payment obligation to the firm;9 or9(b) in respect of a client's sale, the
CASS 6.1.12AG 01/12/2014 RP
(1) 9The amount of client money a firm segregates for the purposes of CASS 6.1.12R (3) may be determined by the previous day's closing mark to market valuation of the relevant safe custody asset or, if in relation to a particular safe custody asset none is available, the most recent available valuation.(2) Where a firm is segregating money for the purposes of CASS 6.1.12R (3) it should, as regularly as necessary, and having regard to Principle 10:(a) review the value of the safe
CASS 5.1.7G 01/11/2007 RP
(1) Principle 10 (Clients' assets) requires a firm to arrange adequate protection for clients' assets when the firm is responsible for them. An essential part of that protection is the proper accounting and handling of client money. The rules in CASS 5.1 to CASS 5.6 also give effect to the requirement in article 4.4 of the Insurance Mediation Directive5 that all necessary measures should be taken to protect clients against the inability of an insurance intermediary to transfer
(1) This rule applies where a firm identifies a discrepancy as a result of, or that reveals, a shortfall, which the firm has not yet resolved.(2) Subject to (3), until the discrepancy is resolved a firm must do one of the following:(a) appropriate a sufficient number of its own applicable assets to cover the value of the shortfall and hold them for the relevant clients under the custody rules in such a way that the applicable assets, or the proceeds of their liquidation, will
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Comeback! Cavs get their title, 85-77 in OT over Texas Tech
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Now that, Virginia, is the way to close out a season.
Led by De'Andre Hunter and his NBA-ready game, the Cavaliers turned themselves into national champions Monday night, holding off tenacious, ferocious Texas Tech for an 85-77 overtime win -- a scintillating victory that came 388 days after a crushing setback that might have sunk a lesser team for years.
But Virginia was better than that.
A season after becoming the first No. 1 seed to lose to a 16 -- the one thing that had never happened in a tournament where anything can -- the Cavaliers watched a 10-point lead turn into a 3-point deficit before Hunter came to the rescue. The sophomore made the game-tying 3 with 12.1 seconds left in regulation, then made another 3 with 2:07 left in the extra period to give the Cavs the lead for good.
After going scoreless for the first 18 1/2 minutes, Hunter finished with a career-high 27 points, and if he leaves as a lottery pick -- well, what a way to go out.
He helped the Cavs bring home the first NCAA title for a program with a colorful, star-crossed and, now, very winning history.
Whiting Park Ranch reopens after mountain lion attacks 3-year-old
Four people killed after plane crashes at Corona Municipal Airport
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Southern looks to end streak vs Jackson St.
Jan 12, 2020 at 6:31a ET
Jackson State (5-11, 2-1) vs. Southern (3-13, 0-3)
F.G. Clark Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Monday, 4 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Jackson State looks to extend Southern’s conference losing streak to five games. Southern’s last SWAC win came against the Texas Southern Tigers 87-77 on March 9, 2019. Jackson State beat Alcorn State by 11 on the road in its last outing.
PLENTY OF EXPERIENCE: Each team has relied heavily on their seniors this year. Damiree Burns, Micah Bradford and Amel Kuljuhovic have combined to score 33 percent of Southern’s points this season. For Jackson State, Tristan Jarrett, Roland Griffin and Venjie Wallis have combined to score 50 percent of the team’s points this season, including 66 percent of all Tigers points over their last five.
SWAC IMPROVEMENT: The Tigers have scored 67.7 points per game and allowed 66 points per game against SWAC opponents. Those are both solid improvements over the 61.6 points scored and 78.5 points allowed per game to non-conference opponents.TERRIFIC TRISTAN: Jarrett has connected on 29.7 percent of the 111 3-pointers he’s attempted and has made 4 of 19 over his last three games. He’s also converted 64.3 percent of his free throws this season.
YET TO WIN: The Tigers are 0-9 when they allow 73 or more points and 5-2 when they hold opponents to anything under 73 points. The Jaguars are 0-12 when they score 68 points or fewer and 3-1 when they exceed 68.
ASSIST DISTRIBUTION: The Jaguars have recently used assists to create baskets more often than the Tigers. Southern has an assist on 36 of 66 field goals (54.5 percent) across its past three games while Jackson State has assists on 34 of 70 field goals (48.6 percent) during its past three games.
DID YOU KNOW: The Jackson State defense has forced opponents into turnovers on an impressive 24.7 percent of all possessions, which ranks the Tigers 18th among Division I teams. The Southern offense has turned the ball over on 20.9 percent of its possessions (ranking the Jaguars 274th, nationally).
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You are browsing: All British Envoys to Germany 1816-1866: Volume 3: 1848-1850
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British Envoys to Germany 1816-1866: Volume 3: 1848-1850 (Hardback)
Markus Mosslang
Torsten Riotte
Hagen Schulze
This edition presents official reports sent by British diplomats stationed in Germany to the Foreign Office in London. The diplomatic correspondence of the years 1848 to 1850 vividly illustrates the importance of the 1848 Revolution and its aftermath as an epoch-making event in German and European history. It reveals the attitude and perceptions of British observers in a period of great diplomatic activity and vigilance. The developments and changing political situation between the outbreak of the Revolution and the start of the Dresden Conferences in late 1850 are reflected by the official British observers at the level both of the individual member status of the Confederation and of Germany as a whole.
History & Politics History: Chronological Early history: c 500 to c 1450-1500History & Politics History: Chronological Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900History & Politics Military History English Civil WarHistory & Politics Politics & government International relations DiplomacyHistory & Politics Regional & national history European history British & Irish history Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication Date: 09/11/2006 ISBN-13: 9780521872522 Details: Type: Hardback Format: Books
Markus Mosslang is a Fellow of the German Historical Institute, London. Torsten Riotte is a Fellow of the German Historical Institute, London. Hagen Schulze is Director of the German Historical Institute, London.
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AP HUGE Chapter Fourteen Vocabulary
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Acid deposition
Sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxidees, emitted by burning fossil fuels, enter the atmosphere-where they combine with oxygen and water to form sulfuric acid and nitric acid-and return to Earth's surface.
Acid precepitation
Conversion of sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides to acids that return to earth as rain, snow, or fog.
Active solar energy systems
Solar energy systems that colldct energy through the use of physical devices like photovoltaic cells or flat-plate collectors.
Concentration of trace substances, such as carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons, and solid particulates, at a greater level than occurs in natural air.
Animate power
Power supplied by people or animals.
Amount of oxygen required by aquatic bacteria to decompose a given load of organic waste; a measure of water pollution.
The number of species within a specific habitat.
Biomass fuel
Fuel that derives from plant material and animal waste.
Breeder reactor
A nuclear power plant that creates its own fuel from plutonium.
Chlorofluorocarbon
A gas used as a solvent; a propellant in aerosols, a refrigerent, and in plastic foams and fire extinguishers.
The sustainable use and management of a natural resource through consuming it at a less rapid rate than it can be replaced.
Metals, including iron, that are utilized in the production of iron and steel.
The splitting of an atomic nucleus to release energy.
Energy source formed from the residue of plants and animals buried millions of years ago.
Energy from steam or hot water produced from hot or molten underground rocks.
Anticipated increase in Earth's temperature caused by carbon dioxide (emitted by burning fossil fuels) trapping some of the radiation emitted by the surface.
Power generated from moving water.
Inanimate power
Power supplied by machines.
Nonferrous
Metals utilized to make products other than iron and steel.
Nonrenewable energy
A source of energy that it a finite supply capable of being exhausted.
A gas that absorbs ultraviolet solar radiation, found in the stratosphere, a zone between 15 and 50 kilometers (9 to 30 miles) above Earth's surface.
Solar energy systems that collect energy without the use of mechanical devices.
Photochemical smog
An atmospheric condition formed through a combination of weather conditions and pollution, especially from motor vehicle emissions.
Photovoltaic cell
Solar energy cells, usually made from silicon, that collect solar rays to generate electricity.
Addition of more waste than a resource can accomodate.
Potential reserve
The amount of a resource in deposits not yet identified but thought to exist.
Maintenance of a resource in its present condition with as little human impact as possible.
Proven reserve
The amount of a resource reaining in discovered deposits.
Materials from a nuclear reaction that emit radtiation; contact with such particles may be harmful or lethal to people; therefore, the Materials muct be safely stored for thousands of years.
The separation, collection, processing, marketing, and reuse of unwanted material.
A resource that has a theoretically unlimited supply and is not depleted when used by humans.
A substance in the environment that is useful to people, is economically and technologically feasible to access, and is socially acceptable to use.
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Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
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Anthony N. Burkitt
The University of Melbourne, Australia
Chung-Chuan Lo
National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Nima Dehghani
Department of Physics, School of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
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Front. Comput. Neurosci., 10 July 2018 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fncom.2018.00044
Criteria on Balance, Stability, and Excitability in Cortical Networks for Constraining Computational Models
Andrei Maksimov1*, Markus Diesmann1,2,3 and Sacha J. van Albada1*
1Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-6) and Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS-6) and JARA BRAIN Institute I (INM-10), Jülich Research Centre, Jülich, Germany
2Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
3Department of Physics, Faculty 1, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
During ongoing and Up state activity, cortical circuits manifest a set of dynamical features that are conserved across these states. The present work systematizes these phenomena by three notions: excitability, the ability to sustain activity without external input; balance, precise coordination of excitatory and inhibitory neuronal inputs; and stability, maintenance of activity at a steady level. Slice preparations exhibiting Up states demonstrate that balanced activity can be maintained by small local circuits. While computational models of cortical circuits have included different combinations of excitability, balance, and stability, they have done so without a systematic quantitative comparison with experimental data. Our study provides quantitative criteria for this purpose, by analyzing in-vitro and in-vivo neuronal activity and characterizing the dynamics on the neuronal and population levels. The criteria are defined with a tolerance that allows for differences between experiments, yet are sufficient to capture commonalities between persistently depolarized cortical network states and to help validate computational models of cortex. As test cases for the derived set of criteria, we analyze three widely used models of cortical circuits and find that each model possesses some of the experimentally observed features, but none satisfies all criteria simultaneously, showing that the criteria are able to identify weak spots in computational models. The criteria described here form a starting point for the systematic validation of cortical neuronal network models, which will help improve the reliability of future models, and render them better building blocks for larger models of the brain.
Experiments performed in the past decades suggest network excitability and balance as fundamental dynamical features of local cortical networks. Evidence of high excitability comes for instance from slice experiments in which Up states lasting hundreds of milliseconds or even seconds emerge spontaneously or after brief thalamic stimulation (Sanchez-Vives and McCormick 2000; MacLean et al. 2005; Wester and Contreras 2012; Figure 1A). Without negative feedback balancing excitation (Sanchez-Vives et al., 2010) or in case excitation and inhibition desynchronize (Dehghani et al., 2016), such excitability causes seizure-like activity. Balance is demonstrated by experiments where, upon network activation, already in single trials, excitatory currents to individual neurons are opposed by inhibitory currents of comparable amplitude after a few milliseconds (reviewed by Isaacson and Scanziani, 2011). Throughout Up states lasting up to seconds, mean levels of putative excitatory and inhibitory synaptic currents are proportional (Shu et al., 2003; Haider et al., 2006; Figures 1B,C). On the population level, balance is demonstrated on multiple time scales through the tight correlation between spike rate dynamics of excitatory and inhibitory neuronal ensembles (Dehghani et al., 2016). During Up states and ongoing activity, neurons spike irregularly due to fluctuations on top of the balanced excitatory and inhibitory input that brings the mean membrane potential just below the threshold (Destexhe et al., 2003; Fanselow and Connors, 2010). The balanced random network model qualitatively explains such dynamics (van Vreeswijk and Sompolinsky, 1998; Brunel, 2000), in which fluctuations relative to mean inputs are large compared to those in purely excitatory stable networks. However, compared to mean excitatory and inhibitory input currents, the fluctuations are small, a feature we call “input stability” (Shu et al. 2003; Haider et al. 2006; Figure 1D black curve). Membrane potential fluctuations are likewise small compared to the mean depolarization from rest. Our reason for emphasizing this aspect of the dynamics is that small synaptic current fluctuations are difficult to combine with network excitability. For example, network models based on the random balanced network architecture with sufficient excitability to intrinsically sustain activity tend to show large synaptic current fluctuations (Ostojic 2014; Kriener et al. 2014, Figure 1D gray curve). Spiking during Up states and ongoing cortical activity displays few bursts (de Kock and Sakmann, 2008; Fanselow and Connors, 2010), and is only slightly correlated among neurons (Eggermont and Smith, 1996; Brosch and Schreiner, 1999).
Figure 1. Schematic representation of dynamical properties of cortical networks. (A) Brief suprathreshold external stimulation (indicated by the vertical dashed line) leads to prolonged intrinsically sustained activity (an Up state) in a previously silent network. Within Up states, the membrane potential of individual neurons is characterized by small fluctuations with coefficient of variation CV (Vm) ≪ 1. Across Up and Down states, the membrane potential has a bimodal distribution (inset). (B) During prolonged network activation (e.g., Up states), putative inhibitory currents (i.e., measured at 0 mV, blue curve) on average follow excitatory ones (i.e., measured at −80 mV, red curve). The currents balance each other around −30 mV with small fluctuations remaining (black curve). (C) Excitatory and inhibitory currents to an individual neuron averaged over short time windows are proportional. (D) Activity in the network could in principle result in strongly (gray curve) or slightly (black curve) fluctuating excitatory and inhibitory input currents compared to their mean levels. Experimental evidence supports the latter case.
Excitability, balance, membrane potential and input stability, and asynchronous-irregular non-bursty spiking are observed across species, age, cortical states, and areas both in vivo and in vitro during persistently depolarized network states (Steriade et al., 2001; Cruikshank et al., 2007; Destexhe et al., 2007; Johnson and Buonomano, 2007; Okun and Lampl, 2008; Compte et al., 2009; Tan and Wehr, 2009; Chauvette et al., 2011; Chen et al., 2012; Dehghani et al., 2016) and represent a fundamental property of local cortical networks. This universality leads us to consider this mode of activity under the umbrella term “persistently depolarized network states” (PDNS). For instance, PDNS are observed during rapid eye movement sleep and attentive wakefulness (Timofeev et al., 2001; Destexhe et al., 2007; Steriade et al., 2001), as well as in the form of Up states during Up-Down oscillations in vivo during anesthesia (Steriade et al., 1993; Timofeev et al., 2000; Waters and Helmchen, 2006; Sakata and Harris, 2009; Chen et al., 2012; Beltramo et al., 2013) and slow-wave sleep (Timofeev et al., 2000, 2001; Chauvette et al., 2010, 2011), and in vitro (Sanchez-Vives and McCormick, 2000; Shu et al., 2003; Hasenstaub et al., 2005; MacLean et al., 2005; Watson et al., 2008; Wester and Contreras, 2012). However, during slow-wave sleep or under certain types of anesthesia (e.g., ketamine-xylazine), the duration of Down states is strongly reduced (Chauvette et al., 2011; Haider et al., 2013) such that sometimes no clear Down state can be discerned. This type of activity can blur the bimodality of the membrane potential distribution when subthreshold fluctuations are moderate, so that the activity approaches a continuous strongly fluctuating state (Lampl et al., 1999). However, even in such conditions, subthreshold membrane potential oscillations remain highly synchronous across cells (Lampl et al., 1999). This suggests the existence of a continuous spectrum of Up-Down-like oscillations with varying Up state durations and frequencies, which is indicative of the flexibility of cortical circuit dynamics. In this work, we primarily focus on well-distinguished Up states.
Assessing computational models for the properties of PDNS is important for constructing unified and reliable cortical models. Published models have provided insights into multiple phenomena, including asynchronous irregular firing (Brunel, 2000), correlations in neuronal activity (Tetzlaff et al., 2012; Helias et al., 2014), self-sustained activity (Compte et al., 2003b; Kriener et al., 2014), and fast stimulus tracking (van Vreeswijk and Sompolinsky, 1996). However, these models tend to focus on a limited set of single-neuron and network properties while other aspects remain unrealistic. These restrictions reduce the predictive power of models and make it difficult to combine them into a unified whole that simultaneously accounts for a large set of phenomena. Furthermore, a framework that allows one to assess the biological plausibility of the basic structure and dynamics of models of cortex in a systematic manner is currently missing. We here address this issue, focusing on the local cortical circuit as a building block for larger-scale models of cortex. We summarize observations of excitability, balance, and stability, which suggest that cortical circuits of several thousand neurons are already sufficiently excitable and balanced to intrinsically maintain complex activity. Based on experimental data and reports we derive a set of criteria on these dynamical features as well as on basic structural and single-neuron properties which provides a starting point for systematic verification of computational models of cortex. As examples, we select three prominent computational models and test their levels of excitability, balance, and stability. We show that each model possesses some of these features, but none combines all features with parameters constrained by biology. This suggests that the criteria derived here can be useful for testing cortical models and supporting or challenging their reliability.
2.1. Membrane Potential Fluctuations
As a reference for membrane potential fluctuations during prolonged network activation, we use intracellular recordings from neurons in rat motor cortex undergoing Up-Down oscillations. The data were kindly shared by Melissa Barry and John N. J. Reynolds (University of Otago School of Biomedical Sciences, New Zealand). Details of the corresponding experiment are described by Wilson et al. (2010). In short, neuronal membrane potentials were recorded with a sharp micropipette in the motor cortex of urethane-anesthetised Wistar rats. This resulted in 30 traces (90s duration, 0.1 ms time resolution), where the membrane potential exhibited: (1) rhythmic transitions between depolarized (Up) and hyperpolarized (Down) states; (2) a sustained level of short-time averaged hyperpolarization during Down states throughout the recording time. For each trace we distinguish periods of sustained network activation (Up states) according to the following criteria: (1) the membrane potential is substantially depolarized for at least 400 ms; (2) no upward or downward trend in the membrane potential throughout the Up state; (3) Up states are flanked by periods of hyperpolarization with a duration of at least 150 ms (Down states). We are interested in subthreshold membrane potential fluctuations as a reflection of the input, and therefore exclude spikes (10 ms centered at the spike peak). An example subthreshold membrane potential trace during consecutive Up states is shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2. Example trace of subthreshold membrane potential during two consecutive Up states (red curves) in a total of 3 s of in-vivo recording (gray curve) from a neuron in rat motor cortex (Melissa Barry and John N. J. Reynolds, personal communication).
To quantify the degree of membrane potential fluctuations during periods of sustained network activation, we use the coefficient of variation,
CV[Vm(t)]=σ[Vm(t)]μ[Vm(t)]-Vrest, (1)
where Vm(t) is the membrane potential trace, μ[Vm(t)] and σ[Vm(t)] are the mean and standard deviation of the membrane potential, and Vrest is the resting potential. The subtraction of Vrest in the denominator reflects the fact that it is the depolarization from rest which characterizes the level of activation of a neuron. In the experimental data, the resting potential is estimated for each Up state (to account for possible drifts in the membrane potential over the recording time) as the average membrane potential in the 50–100 ms window before the transition to the Up state, where no profound synaptic activity is visible. If network activity consists of multiple Up states, the coefficient of variation is averaged across Up states for the given neuron. In the simulations, the membrane potential is recorded with the same resolution as the experimental data (0.1 ms).
2.2. Synaptic Input Fluctuations
Unlike the neuronal membrane potential, the mean levels of excitatory and inhibitory synaptic currents are not constant and tend to decay slowly throughout Up states (Shu et al., 2003; Haider et al., 2006; Destexhe and Rudolph-Lilith, 2012). Therefore, Equation 1 overestimates the level of current fluctuations when applied to Up states, due to confounding of the fluctuations around the local mean by the change in mean input, as illustrated in Figure 3. To correct for this effect in the simulated data, the linear trend is removed from the recorded synaptic current Ie(t). The magnitude of residual fluctuations Ĩe(t) is then accessed through the coefficient of variation
CV[Ie(t)]=σ[Ĩe(t)]μ[Ie(t)]. (2)
Due to a lack of available first-hand experimental data, we use a reported value of the level of synaptic input fluctuations that has not been corrected for the change in the local mean, and perform the correction using the method illustrated in Figure 3. We assume a synaptic current I that is normally distributed with probability p(I) around a linearly decaying mean level I0 (t):
p(I)=1σ2πexp(-[I-I0(t)]22σ2),I0(t)=I1+tT(I2-I1), (3)
where σ is the standard deviation of the local current fluctuations, and I1 and I2 are the initial level of synaptic current and that after time T, respectively. Then the distribution of the current over the whole observation time,
P(I)=1σ2π∫I1I2exp[-(I-I0)22σ2]dI0∫I1I2dI, (4)
P(I)=12(I2-I1)[erf(I2-I2σ)-erf(I1-I2σ)], (5)
where erf is the error function. With the given distribution P(I) and I1 and I2, one can numerically solve Equation 5 for σ. The time-averaged coefficient of variation then is
〈σμ〉=1T∫0TσIe(t)dt=σI2-I1ln(I2I1). (6)
In the simulations, synaptic excitatory and inhibitory inputs are recorded at 0.05 ms resolution, to match the resolution of the experimental data.
Figure 3. Slow change in mean level of synaptic activity leads to overestimation of input current fluctuations. Bottom: Schematic representation of the fluctuating synaptic current with slowly decaying local mean level. Top: Current fluctuations result in a narrow distribution of synaptic currents measured in a small time window (red). When the whole measurement time T is considered, the distribution of currents appears much wider (blue). I1 and I2 are the initial and final mean current levels.
2.3. Spike Count Correlations and Irregularity
As a reference for non-task-related correlations and irregularity of spiking activity we use resting-state data from massively parallel extracellular recordings in macaque visual and rat frontal cortices (Figure 4). Irregularity is additionally assessed based on the Up states in the intracellular recordings from rat motor cortex described above.
Figure 4. Spontaneous cortical spike data from freely behaving rat and anesthetized monkey. Single-unit activity (top) and population rate histogram (bottom) obtained from (A) anterior cingulate cortex of adult freely behaving rat (Watson et al., 2016a) and (B,C) visual cortex of lightly anesthetized monkey (Chu et al., 2014a). The monkey data are characterized by a transition from initial stationary (B) to strongly fluctuating (C) activity.
The macaque experiment is described in detail by Chu et al. (2014b) and the corresponding open-access data set is in Chu et al. (2014a). In short, a 64-electrode array was implanted into primary visual area V1 of a lightly anesthetized macaque monkey, recording spontaneous activity, including putative attentive (Figure 4B) and drowsy (Figure 4C) periods. Extracellular potentials from each electrode are decomposed into low- and high-frequency components. The high-frequency component in turn is sorted into single-unit activity according to spike waveform. The resulting data set contains spike trains for 140 putative neurons, recorded continuously for 15 min.
The rat frontal cortex experiment is described in detail in Watson et al. (2016b) and the corresponding open-access data set is in Watson et al. (2016a). In short, a 64-site silicon probe was implanted into frontal cortex (areas mPFC, OFC, ACC, and M2) of rat (freely behaving in the home cage), recording spontaneous ongoing activity. Extracellular recordings were obtained continuously for more than 100 min. Spike sorting yielded spike trains for 25 to 50 putative neurons for 13 different recording sessions. We analyze the initial 200 s of each data set, during which the activity pattern does not change. In total, 30 min of recordings from different frontal cortical areas are analyzed.
To assess coordination between neurons we compute pairwise spike count correlations (see for instance Smith et al., 2012). We first construct a rate histogram with 10 ms bin width for each neuron. In the models, this is done for 140 neurons randomly selected from excitatory and inhibitory populations at a ratio of 85:15, as an average of the proportions observed in monkey (Beaulieu et al., 1992) and rat (Meyer et al., 2011) cortex. For all pairs of neurons the Pearson correlation coefficient is then computed. The corresponding mean value gives a measure of joint firing rate fluctuations among neurons on the population level. The latter can be interpreted as population synchrony on the 10 ms time scale (e.g., Brunel, 2000). ‘Synchrony’ here should not be confused with spike synchrony on the millisecond scale in groups of neurons as studied by others (Riehle et al., 1997; Maldonado et al., 2008). To avoid contamination by slow activity fluctuations, we do not consider transient periods between Up and Down states.
To assess spike train irregularity, we use the coefficient of variation (CV) of interspike intervals averaged across all simultaneously recorded neurons,
CV(ISI)=1n-1∑i=1n(Ti-T¯)2T¯, (7)
as well as the local variation (LV; Shinomoto et al., 2003),
LV(ISI)=1n-1∑i=1n-13(Ti-Ti+1)2(Ti+Ti+1)2, (8)
where Ti is the ith interspike interval and T¯ is the mean interspike interval for the spike train. Compared to the CV, LV is less sensitive to modulations in firing rates.
For the experimental and simulated data sets corresponding to Up-Down oscillations, spike count correlations and irregularity are computed and then averaged across individual Up states. For the other experimental and simulated data sets, spike count correlations and irregularity are computed in 5 s segments and then averaged across segments. In each segment or Up state, only neurons emitting at least five spikes are considered in the irregularity analysis.
2.4. Excitatory-Inhibitory Balance
Despite a large number of experimental studies addressing fine balance of excitation and inhibition in the brain (reviewed by Isaacson and Scanziani, 2011), there is currently no established method to quantify the precision of balance. For example, in the work by Compte et al. (2009), the presence of balance is inferred from numbers of excitatory synaptic events tracked by inhibitory ones during Up-Down oscillations. Shu et al. (2003) and Haider et al. (2006) access the dynamic balance during Up-Down oscillations through qualitative proportionality between excitatory and inhibitory synaptic conductances. In turn, in Dehghani et al. (2016), the balance during ongoing cortical activity and sleep is characterized by the qualitative match between the z-scored population spike rate histograms of excitatory and inhibitory neurons. Finally, Okun and Lampl (2008) compute cross-correlation coefficients of putative excitatory and inhibitory currents recorded in cortex of sedated rats with a significant activity fluctuation level, presumably reflecting that the activity did not remain in a well-circumscribed state. Since a methodological study is missing, however, it is unclear how comparable estimates of balance obtained with cross-correlation analysis across various brain states are. Therefore, we do not have a reliable quantitative measure of excitatory-inhibitory balance in PDNS from experimental data, and the present work uses the proportionality of short-time-averaged (10 ms averaging window) excitatory and inhibitory currents as the criterion for e-i balance.
2.5. Synaptic Strength
In section 3.1.8 we estimate average synaptic strengths in local cortical circuits in PDNS. Assuming a point neuron model for simplicity, the driving force (Esyn − Vm) connects the synaptic conductance gsyn with the resulting input current Isyn according to
Isyn=gsyn(Esyn-Vm),
where Esyn and Vm are the synaptic reversal and membrane potentials. Thus, the effect of the driving force on the input current at the depolarized potential Vdep is a reduction of the input current and corresponding PSP by the factor
I1I0=Esyn-VdepEsyn-Vrest. (9)
compared to the resting state Vrest.
To characterize the dependence of PSPs on the effective neuronal membrane resistance, we use the leaky integrate-and-fire (LIF) point neuron model. The dynamics of the neuronal subthreshold membrane potential (Vm) depends on the membrane leak properties and synaptic input current Isyn as
dVmdt=(Vrest-Vm)τm+IsynCm, (10)
where τm, Cm, Vrest are membrane time constant, capacitance, and resting membrane potential, respectively. Assuming an exponential synaptic input current with time constant τsyn and amplitude J,
Isyn={0, t<0Jexp(-tτsyn), t≥0, (11)
one can analytically solve Equation 10 to obtain the PSP time course (β-function, Rotter and Diesmann, 1999),
PSP(t)=JCm[exp(-t/τsyn)-exp(-t/τm)][1/τm-1/τsyn], (12)
and corresponding PSP maximum
PSPmax=JCmτsyna-1[a1/(1-a)-aa/(1-a)], (13)
where a=τsynτm. The membrane time constant depends on the membrane resistance according to τm = CmRm. Thus, a reduction in Rm leads to a proportional reduction in τm and a corresponding change in PSPmax calculated with Equation 13.
2.6. Connection Density
In section 3.1.9 we derive average connection probabilities in local cortical circuits, where averaging is performed over a spherical volume and can be mathematically written as
〈P〉=∭P(dij)ρiρjραdridridα∭ρiρjραdridridα, (14)
where ρi, ρj, ρα are the probability densities for neurons i, j to be at a distance ri, rj from the center of the sphere and to have an angle α between ri and rj. The distance dij between neurons i, j is
dij=ri2+rj2-2cos(α)rirj. (15)
Due to spherical symmetry, ρα is homogeneous:
ρα=1π, (16)
while ρi and ρj depend on the distance from the center as
ρi/j=4πri/j243πR3. (17)
Combining Equations 14–17 and assuming a Gaussian distance dependence with a scale λ and connection probability P0 at zero inter-somatic distance, one obtains the average connection probability
〈P〉=9πP0R6∫0R∫0R∫0πexp(-ri2+rj2-2cos(α)rirj2λ2)ri2rj2dridridα. (18)
2.7. Simulation Details
The three models investigated here are those of Brunel (2000), Compte et al. (2003a), and Ostojic (2014). The first two models are instances of the balanced random network (BRN) architecture, where excitatory and inhibitory neurons, represented by the leaky integrate-and-fire (LIF) model, are randomly and sparsely connected with a given probability. In these models the activity is characterized by a dynamic excitatory-inhibitory balance. Stronger synaptic weights in the Ostojic model lead to a dynamical state with chaotic rate fluctuations. The BRN with minor modifications serves as a basis for a large number of studies covering various aspects of cortical dynamics. The third model (Compte et al., 2003a; see also Maksimov et al., 2016) was created specifically to explain the dynamics observed during Up-Down oscillations. Its key element is its more detailed model neurons with multiple voltage-dependent ion channel types, which are precisely co-tuned.
All simulations were performed on a laptop with NEST (Gewaltig and Diesmann, 2007) version 2.8.0 (Eppler et al., 2015) using the Python interface (Eppler et al., 2009). Analysis was performed using Python version 2.7. The simulation time step was 0.05 ms with spike-time precision limited by the grid. Multi-threading was used to decrease the simulation time.
In the following, based on observations from Up states in vitro as well as persistently depolarized network states in vivo, we derive a set of criteria on connectivity, synaptic strengths, excitability, excitatory-inhibitory balance, membrane potential and synaptic input stability, asynchrony, irregularity, and the mean rate of spiking activity. Table 1 lists the resulting criteria. We illustrate the use of these criteria on the selected computational models.
Table 1. Criteria for the evaluation of cortical models.
3.1. Criteria for Cortical Circuit Dynamics
3.1.1. Membrane Potential Fluctuations
To quantify the degree of membrane potential fluctuations during prolonged network activation, we calculate the coefficient of variation (CV) of the membrane potential during Up states in 30 neurons undergoing Up-Down oscillations in vivo (see section 2.1). The average value CV (Vm) = 0.22 confirms previous observations of small membrane potential fluctuations compared to mean depolarization during ongoing activity (Steriade et al., 2001). Other studies refer to these same fluctuations as large since they compare the fluctuation level with that in purely excitatory networks (van Vreeswijk and Sompolinsky, 1996, 1998). In balanced networks consisting of both excitatory and inhibitory neurons, the fluctuations are increased compared to purely excitatory networks with the same mean input level. Also compared with the level of fluctuations in low-activity in-vitro conditions, the fluctuations during ongoing activity are large (Destexhe et al., 2003; Fanselow and Connors, 2010). As we here use the distance between resting and mean membrane potentials as a reference, we here refer to the “smallness” of membrane potential fluctuations, or alternatively “membrane potential stability”.
3.1.2. Synaptic Input Fluctuations
The smallness of single-trial membrane potential fluctuations during active network states suggests that synaptic input current fluctuations are also small. Intracellular recordings reported in the literature show that, both for separate excitatory and inhibitory synaptic inputs and for their sum, fluctuations are smaller than the mean level (Shu et al., 2003; Haider et al., 2006; Destexhe and Rudolph-Lilith, 2012; Tahvildari et al., 2012). In the present work we measure input fluctuations through the coefficient of variation of detrended excitatory input currents (see section 2.2). Unfortunately, such data are not readily available in the literature. Instead, Destexhe and Rudolph-Lilith (2012) measure the standard deviation σ and the mean μ of synaptic currents of individual neurons from multiple Up states pooled together. Averaging the ratio σμ across the 5 neurons reported in section 3.3.3 of Destexhe and Rudolph-Lilith (2012) gives a value of 0.24. Because Up states vary from trial to trial, pooling together multiple Up states effectively widens the current distribution and thus 〈σμ〉~0.24 is an upper limit for the CV in individual Up states. Moreover, this measure mixes fluctuations around the local mean with changes in the local mean over time (see Figure 3). To disentangle these two, we use Equation 6 (see section 2.2). From the intracellular current recordings during Up states reported by Shu et al. (2003), Haider et al. (2006), and Destexhe and Rudolph-Lilith (2012) we estimate I1 ≈ 400 pA and I2 ≈ I1/2 for excitatory currents recorded near the inhibitory reversal potential. The linear approximation of the time dependence of the input current is well met for these recordings. Using mean current levels Ie = 300 pA and CV (Ie) ≈ 0.24 as above, one can estimate the standard deviation of the overall current distribution as 72 pA. Numerically solving for the width of the local current distribution using Equation 5 gives σ(Ie) = 43 pA. Using Equation 6, we find that the time-averaged coefficient of variation equals CV (Ie) = 0.15, where Ie(t) is the detrended excitatory input current.
3.1.3. Spike Count Correlations
On the population level, spiking activity observed during Up states or ongoing spontaneous activity is asynchronous according to visual inspection of spike trains recorded from multiple neurons simultaneously (see Luczak et al. 2007, 2009; Sakata and Harris 2009; Figure 4). However, despite an abundance of neuronal spiking correlation measurements during stimulus presentation or behavioral tasks (e.g., Kohn and Smith 2005; Middleton et al. 2012), quantitative measurements of such correlations during ongoing spontaneous activity are sparse. Therefore, we consider continuous recordings from the freely behaving rat (Watson et al., 2016b) and the lightly anesthetized monkey (Chu et al., 2014b), of which Figure 4 shows 20 s. For the rat data, the mean spike count correlation (see section 2.3) lies in the range 0.0001–0.008 for the 13 recording sessions considered (a total of 30 min of recordings split into 5-s segments), with the average value CC = 0.002, which indicates low pairwise correlation. In the monkey data, however, an initial period of 30 s of relative stationarity with CC = 0.007 (within the range in the rat data, Figure 4B) is gradually replaced by prominent activity fluctuations (Figure 4C) with CC reaching 0.06 (similar to the value measured in anesthetized animals; Smith et al., 2012). The latter case probably reflects a transition from alertness to drowsiness (cf. membrane potential recordings of whisking and quiet awake mice; Poulet and Petersen, 2008; Gentet et al., 2010), and does not represent persistent network activation. In comparison to the monkey data, the rat data corresponds to a much more local neuronal population due to the recording electrode configuration (see section 2.3). Nevertheless, the mean spike count correlation in the rat data is smaller than in the monkey data. This contrasts with previous work (Rosenbaum et al., 2017), where spike count correlation was shown to decay with distance, and highlights the predominant influence of brain state on the correlations (Kohn et al., 2009). Taking together both data sets, for the models we require average CC < 0.008 to account for decorrelated neuronal spiking.
3.1.4. Spiking Irregularity
The rat data yield spike train irregularity (see section 2.3) with mean CV(ISI) = 1.05 and LV(ISI) = 0.9 (corresponding ranges 0.95–1.2 and 0.68–1.2 for 13 sessions), close to the irregularity of Poisson spike trains (Shinomoto et al., 2003). For the initial stationary period, the monkey data yield mean CV(ISI) = 1.12 and LV(ISI) = 1.09 (within the range in the rat data). The subsequent fluctuating activity is characterized by mean values CV(ISI) = 1.3 and LV(ISI) = 1.12, which are only slightly higher than the values during the more stationary period. In contrast, spiking irregularity calculated during Up states from intracellular recordings in rat motor cortex neurons (see section 2.3) is characterized by mean CV(ISI) = 0.76 and LV(ISI) = 0.56, indicating more regular activity. However, this difference can be attributed to the shorter segment length (see section 2.3) rather than differences in activity, because estimating the irregularity of the spiking data from the freely behaving rat with 1 s segments (similar to the duration of Up states) instead of 5 s results in very similar estimates (CV(ISI) = 0.78 and LV(ISI) = 0.63). Thus, the spiking activity has a short-time irregularity that is very similar for PDNS in awake attentive and anesthetized conditions. Overall, for the models we require CV(ISI) ∈ 0.95–1.2, LV(ISI) ∈ 0.68–1.2 for simulations of ongoing activity, averaged across 5 s segments, and CV(ISI) ≈ 0.76 and LV(ISI) ≈ 0.56 for simulated Up states.
3.1.5. Excitatory-Inhibitory Balance
During the sustained network activation in Up states, short-time averaged putative inhibitory currents (recorded near the AMPA reversal potential) closely follow average excitatory ones (recorded near the GABA reversal potential) (Shu et al., 2003; Haider et al., 2006; schematically shown in Figure 1B). The proportionality of the excitatory and inhibitory currents reflects a reduction of both currents over the course of an Up state (Figure 1C). Similarly, during ongoing activity in vivo, inhibitory inputs closely track excitatory inputs to nearby neurons (Okun and Lampl, 2008), suggesting that the same holds for individual neurons. We use the qualitative proportionality between excitatory and inhibitory synaptic input currents (see section 2.4) to test for balance.
3.1.6. Excitability
Small cortical circuits can in many cases sustain balanced and stable activity without external input. For example, cortical layers 5 and 6 can spontaneously generate Up-Down oscillations even when isolated from layers 1–4 (Sanchez-Vives and McCormick, 2000). Moreover, intact layers 1–6 of rat cortex can generate Up-Down oscillations already in slices with a surface area of 400 μm by 500 μm (Sanchez-Vives and McCormick, 2000). Assuming an approximate density of 80,000 neurons per mm2 of cortical surface (Beaulieu, 1993; MacLean et al., 2005), this suggests that a cortical network with about 16,000 neurons is able to spontaneously generate prolonged activity. A similar number is suggested by Up-state-like activity propagating first across layers and then along the pia in response to brief thalamic or cortical stimulation in slices of rat barrel cortex (Wester and Contreras, 2012). The high potency of local cortical circuits to sustain complex in-vivo-like activity is not a side effect of slice preparation, as this to a good approximation preserves network operation (see Supplementary Material). Also, the fact that substantial activity is initially only present in a single barrel column indicates that local circuits inside a single column (n ≈ 19, 000 neurons, Meyer et al., 2010) are sufficient to successfully sustain Up-state activity for at least few hundred milliseconds. Similar experiments in the smaller cortex of mice (Beierlein et al., 2002; MacLean et al., 2005) show that Up-state-like activity can emerge after brief stimulation already in single barrel columns with approximately 6,000 neurons (Lefort et al., 2009). In addition to the models in their original size, we examine how well the models with this number of neurons can capture the tested features.
3.1.7. Mean Spiking Activity
As a final criterion on the activity, we consider the mean firing rate across excitatory neurons, as the most numerous and uniform neuron class. In persistently active cortical circuits, the mean firing rate of excitatory neurons can be as low as 0.18 spikes/s in superficial layers 2/3 (de Kock and Sakmann, 2009; Sakata and Harris, 2009) and can reach 7–10 spikes/s in layer 5 (Fanselow and Connors, 2010; Hengen et al., 2013), as measured via whole-cell and juxtacellular recordings. Unlike extracellular techniques, these methods are not biased toward more active neurons (Barth and Poulet, 2012). Here, we note that firing rates during Up states tend to be higher on average than during ongoing activity (Jercog, 2013, Ch. 4.4); still, the mean activity in both cases lies within the given range.
3.1.8. Synaptic Strength
Besides the emerging activity, we also require the most conspicuous structural network properties to be realistic. We here derive synaptic strengths for which the dynamical properties listed in the previous sections should persist.
Most data about the synaptic strength of excitatory connections come from in-vitro recordings, where background activity is absent and membrane potentials are near the resting potential, resulting in an average size of excitatory postsynaptic potentials in excitatory neurons (PSPe←e) in the range 0.2–1.7 mV for cortical primary sensory areas of young animals (Thomson et al., 2002; Lefort et al., 2009; Jiang et al., 2015). However, during the synaptic bombardment accompanying active brain states, the average effective excitatory PSP (ePSP) size is reduced due to decreased driving force, synaptic depression, and decreased membrane resistance (synaptic and action-potential-induced shunting; Waters and Helmchen, 2006).
With the typically observed values of excitatory synaptic reversal potential Esyn ≈ 0 mV, resting potential ≈ −70 mV, and depolarization during ongoing activity by ~ 15 mV from rest, the driving force is expected to reduce ePSCs (and corresponding ePSPs) to ~ 80% of their control value according to Equation 9, in agreement with experimental observations (Markram et al., 1997, Figure 9).
Short-term synaptic depression due to vesicle depletion also leads to a reduced post-synaptic response. In vitro with a Ca2+ concentration of 2 mm the steady-state ePSP evoked by a 10 spikes/s pre-synaptic spike train is expected to be ~ 65% of the initial ePSP (Markram et al., 1997; Tsodyks and Markram, 1997; Maffei et al., 2004; Feldmeyer et al., 2006; Kapfer et al., 2007; Levy and Reyes, 2012). At lower spike frequencies < 7 spikes/s, which are typical for cortical neurons in vivo and in vitro, this ePSP reduction is smaller.
Finally, the effective membrane resistance shrinks up to multiple times during active network states (Destexhe et al., 2003; Waters and Helmchen, 2006; Watson et al., 2008). Assuming τsyn = 5 ms (Maffei et al., 2004; Gabernet et al., 2005; Feldmeyer et al., 2006) typical for EPSCs onto excitatory neurons and a three-fold decrease in τm (Destexhe et al., 2003; Watson et al., 2008; Reig et al., 2015) from the initial value of ~ 21 ms (Mason and Larkman, 1990; Frick et al., 2007; Lefort et al., 2009) yields an estimated reduction in ePSP amplitude to ~ 68% of the control value (see Equation 13).
Overall, these estimates suggest that in active cortical networks in vitro (mean firing rate up to 10 spikes/s) from young animals incubated in aCSF with high Ca2+ concentration (2 mm) one could expect an average ePSP reduction to ~ 35% of the control value measured at rest in a silent network. However, the composition of the extracellular fluid in vivo differs from that of the classic aCSF (see Supplementary Material). In particular, the Ca2+ concentration in vivo is lower than that in classic aCSF (1–1.2 mm and 2 mm, respectively). Low in-vivo Ca2+ concentration results in an average initial postsynaptic response reduced to 12–50% (from now on we consider the mean, 31%) compared to slice conditions due to a lower release probability (Mintz et al., 1995; Tsodyks and Markram, 1997; Dittman and Regehr, 1998; Silver et al., 2003). The value of 12% is obtained from Tsodyks and Markram (1997) by extrapolating data given at 2 and 1.5 mm to 1 mm [Ca2+] using a power law (Mintz et al., 1995) exponent 3.1, which was extracted from the same data. The value of 50% is obtained from Dittman and Regehr (1998). At the same time, a low initial synaptic release probability should result in a negligible level of synaptic depression in vivo, as confirmed by recent observations (Pala and Petersen, 2015). Thus, we estimate that the combination of driving force, reduced membrane resistance and low [Ca2+] in active networks in vivo reduce the postsynaptic ePSP amplitude to 79% × 68% × 31% ≈ 17% of the control value measured from rest in aCSF with high [Ca2+]. In slices with high [Ca2+], network activity reduces ePSPs to roughly 35%, as mentioned above. Combining the 0.2–1.7 mV range of PSPe←e measured in the control condition with a reduction to 17–35% of the control value we arrive at the range 0.03–0.6 mV for the average PSPe←e expected in active cortical networks in vitro and in vivo.
The balanced random network models we simulate in the following have current-based static synapses, which by definition do not incorporate the effects of shunting, driving force, and short-term plasticity described here. When adapting these models to more closely approximate biological values, we manually adjust the synaptic strengths and neuronal membrane resistance to the active state, since this is the state these models were designed to capture and the state we primarily characterize.
3.1.9. Connection Density
In terms of network topology we consider the cell-type-specific average connection probability between pairs of neurons (i.e., the probability of at least one synapse between a given pair of neurons). In particular, the connection probability between pairs of excitatory neurons (e ← i) is often reported to lie in the range ~10–20%, while for other connection types (e←i, i ← i, i ← e) experiments suggest a high connectivity around 40–60 % when averaged across an inter-somatic distance of ~150 μm (Markram et al., 1997; Beierlein et al., 2003; Holmgren et al., 2003; Maffei et al., 2006; Ali et al., 2007; Kapfer et al., 2007; Silberberg and Markram, 2007; Lefort et al., 2009; Fino and Yuste, 2011; Packer and Yuste, 2011; Avermann et al., 2012; Levy and Reyes, 2012; Ma et al., 2012; Koelbl et al., 2015; Pala and Petersen, 2015). The characteristic decay length λ is similar across all four combinations of e/i ↔ e/i connection types (Holmgren et al., 2003; Avermann et al., 2012; Levy and Reyes, 2012) and can be estimated from the results reported by Packer and Yuste (2011) and Perin et al. (2011) to be about 160 μm assuming a Gaussian distance dependence of connection probability P(d). In the present work we focus on networks of ~6,000 neurons to approach the smallest unit that appears to possess excitability and balance even without external input. Here, the number 6,000 is chosen since this is the approximate number of neurons in a mouse barrel column (Lefort et al., 2009), which can sustain Up states while the surrounding cortex is silent; however, variability between columns should be kept in mind (Lee and Woolsey, 1975). Assuming a spherical cortical volume with an approximate density of 70,000 neurons per mm3 (Meyer et al., 2010), a network of 6,000 neurons corresponds to a radius of R ≈ 270 μm. At this distance, the spatial dependence of connection probability already becomes prominent, while the benchmarked models of Brunel (2000) and Ostojic (2014) feature homogeneous connectivity. Therefore, we average each connection probability across the spherical volume and require that the total number of connections in a given volume is preserved.
Substitution of R = 270 μm and λ = 160 μm into Equation 18 gives 〈P〉 = 0.34P0. We consider Pe←e0=0.2 and Pe←i0=Pi←i0=Pi←e0=0.7 (Markram et al., 1997; Gupta et al., 2000; Beierlein et al., 2003; Holmgren et al., 2003; Maffei et al., 2006; Ali et al., 2007; Kapfer et al., 2007; Silberberg and Markram, 2007; Lefort et al., 2009; Fino and Yuste, 2011; Packer and Yuste, 2011; Avermann et al., 2012; Levy and Reyes, 2012; Ma et al., 2012; Xue et al., 2014; Koelbl et al., 2015), yielding benchmark average connection probabilities Pe←e = 0.07 and Pe←i = Pi←i = Pi←e = 0.24.
3.1.10. Neuronal Excitability
In principle, neural networks may derive their excitability both from intrinsic neuronal excitability and from network interactions. In cortex, however, only a minority of neurons predominantly in deep layers appear to have pacemaking properties (Yang et al., 1996; Mao et al., 2001; Le Bon-Jego and Yuste, 2007). Moreover, most cortical neurons have a rheobase current and spiking threshold voltage far exceeding the effect of a single synaptic input (e.g., Lefort et al., 2009), so that multiple synaptic inputs need to be integrated simultaneously to evoke spiking. To address the fact that integration of synaptic input is an important basis of cortical processing, we require the distance from rest to the spiking threshold in excitatory neurons to far exceed the average ePSP size in the model.
3.1.11. Tolerance of Criteria
With regard to spiking asynchrony and irregularity as well as membrane potential and input stability, a caveat is that the corresponding measurements were not obtained in isolated networks as small as 6,000 neurons. Our reason for assuming that the criteria in question apply also to such small networks is based on the similarity of neuronal dynamics during the first few hundreds of milliseconds after brief external stimulation where the local circuit is activated in the otherwise inactive slice preparation, and the following period where activity spreads to a larger cortical volume; as well as on the ability of single barrel columns to maintain Up states in vivo (see section 3.1.6).
Besides the possible dependence on network size, the exact pattern of cortical activity varies from experiment to experiment and between laboratories. Therefore, we define our criteria in a conservative manner to allow for differences between species, individual animals, cortical areas, layers, neuron types, state of arousal and attention, and recording conditions. We distinguish three levels of model performance for each criterion: “green” if the model meets the requirement with a deviation not larger than 20%; “yellow” if the model approximately meets the requirement with a deviation not larger than 60%; “red” if the model does not qualitatively meet the requirement. If the criterion has no quantitative definition, then qualitative agreement is indicated in green.
3.2. Evaluation of Computational Models With Respect to Experimental Observations
Here we revisit three prominent computational models of cortical circuitry and use them as test cases for the set of criteria derived. In addition to the models in their original form, we consider versions with parameters adjusted to more closely approximate biological values. We start with the classic balanced random network (BRN) (Brunel, 2000), as it serves as a basis for various more complex models. Then we explore the case of stronger synapses in a BRN (Ostojic, 2014). This case more faithfully represents the synaptic weights in some animals and cortical layers (e.g., rat layer 5; Thomson et al., 2002), and exhibits dynamics different from the classic BRN. Finally, we test the model of Up-Down oscillations by Compte et al. (2003b), which includes biologically detailed models of excitatory and inhibitory neurons. Focusing on the dynamics of excitatory neurons, we evaluate the performance of these models with respect to the derived criteria summarized in Table 1.
3.2.1. Balanced Random Network
The parameters of the balanced random network (BRN) model are listed in Table 2. The difference from the original model (Brunel, 2000) is that we use exponentially-shaped synaptic currents to allow characterizing synaptic current fluctuations. In this section we benchmark the network with weak synapses, both in its original form with PSPe←e = 0.2 mV, and with PSPe←e = 0.1 mV (near the lower boundary of the ePSP range defined in criterion 9). In short, Ne excitatory and Ni inhibitory neurons are connected randomly with probability p with fixed numbers Ce = Ne · p of excitatory and Ci = Ni · p inhibitory inputs per neuron. We allow neither multiple connections between pairs of neurons (multapses) nor self-connections (autapses). All neurons are represented by the leaky integrate-and-fire (LIF) model with spike threshold Vth, reset potential Vr, membrane time constant τm, and refractory time τref. The resting membrane potential is taken to be 0 mV without loss of generality. Synapses are modeled using synaptic time constant τsyn = 5 ms, transmission delay d and PSC amplitude J for excitatory and −g · J for inhibitory connections. To sustain activity in the network, external Poisson input is provided to all neurons with a rate θ times threshold νextth=Vth·CeJ·τm·τsyn and synaptic weight J.
Table 2. Parameters of the classic BRN model with weak exponentially-shaped synapses.
Simulation of this model yields the spiking pattern shown in Figure S1A with an average excitatory firing rate fluctuating around 14 spikes/s (Figure S1B). Spiking irregularity is evident from the wide ISI distributions in Figure S1C with mean CV(ISI) = 1.2 and LV(ISI) = 0.9. The absence of a peak at short interspike intervals characterizes the activity as non-bursty (criterion 3). The average cross-correlation coefficient CC = 0.011 moderately exceeds the upper limit given in criterion 4. The size of the membrane potential fluctuations (Figure S1D) with average CV (Vm) = 0.52 is more than two-fold higher than the value given in criterion 5. The average CV of excitatory synaptic currents is small and conforms well to criterion 6 (CV (Ie) = 0.19, Figure S1E), and locally averaged excitatory and inhibitory currents are proportional (criterion 7; Figure S1F). However, when the Poisson drive is switched off, the activity dies out within a few tens of milliseconds, as noted before (Kriener et al., 2014). This is expected, as the BRN model with current-based synapses, while it has been used to account for responses to changes in input, does not attempt to capture state changes such as transitions from silent to active states: it expressly incorporates an external drive that represents the embedding of the local circuit in its larger environment in the active state. This restriction to ongoing activity means that the classic balanced random network model is not locally excitable (criterion 8).
To test the model performance with more realistic parameters, we modified the balanced random network with exponential synapses to fulfill criterion 9. To vary the network activity level for a given PSPe←e we set all other synaptic weights to modified values PSP* (except for the external drive) through multiplication by factors ke←i, ki←i, and ki←e , such that, for example, PSPi←e*=ki←e·PSPi←e. This results in a three-dimensional parameter scan, where we simulate and analyze 5 s of network activity from three trials with different random generator seeds for each parameter set. Adjusted model parameters are listed in Table 3. The simulation results for PSPe←e = 0.1 mV are shown in Figure 5. Compared to the network with PSPe←e = 0.2 mV, that with PSPe←e = 0.1 mV has lower excitatory firing rates, which are between 2 and 7 spikes/s for the parameter ranges considered. Within this range, weaker inhibitory feedback through weakened i ← e or e ← i or enhanced i ← i connections leads to higher firing rates. The pairwise spike count correlation, local variation of ISI, and membrane potential and excitatory current fluctuations conform to the values given in criteria 2–6 for most parameter sets and trials, while CV(ISI) is smaller than the range given in criterion 2 (Figure 5B,F). In some trials, however, network activity is not stable and switches between synchrony and asynchrony (Figure 5G). This instability effectively increases the mean fluctuation level. In the stable trials, excitatory and inhibitory currents binned at 10 ms show only weak coupling (Figure 5H, black dots), which is a reflection of a nearly stationary activity level. Gradual reduction of the network activity by reducing the external input reveals the proportionality of excitation and inhibition (Figure 5H, gray dots). The ISI distribution indicates non-bursty activity (Figure 5I). When external input is switched off, the network activity dies rapidly.
Table 3. Parameters of the BRN model modified for realistic membrane properties and synaptic strengths expected during ongoing network activity, and connection probabilities to fit criterion 9.
Figure 5. Scan of synaptic weight values in the balanced random network model with exponentially-shaped synaptic currents with PSPe←e = 0.1 mV and modified connection probabilities and neuronal properties (see Table 3). The original synaptic weights are multiplied by factors ke←i, ki←e, and ki←i. (A) Mean firing rate. (B) Pairwise correlation. (C) Membrane potential variability. (D) Variability of excitatory input current. (E) Coefficient of variation of ISI. (F) Local variation of ISI. (G) Example raster plot of network activity demonstrating transitions between synchronous and asynchronous states. (H) Excitatory vs. inhibitory currents averaged over 10 ms bins in the asynchronous regime (black dots) and in a regime of reduced network activity achieved through the gradual reduction of the external input (θ reduced from 1.5 to 0.9 in steps of 0.1, gray dots). The dashed line indicates a linear least-squares regression. (I) ISI distribution of a representative excitatory neuron from the same simulation as in (H). Top and bottom plots in (A–F) correspond to ki←i = 1 and ki←i = 1.1, respectively.
We conclude that the balanced random network model (Brunel, 2000) to a good approximation captures many aspects of observed cortical activity, including excitatory-inhibitory balance, input stability, and asynchronous, irregular, and non-bursty spiking activity. However, by design, activity in the model heavily depends on the external input, reflecting the absence of local excitability. Also, the model shows a membrane potential fluctuation level higher than that recorded from the cortex during persistently depolarized network states. When adjusted for more realistic network properties according to Table 3 (case of weak synapses), the model still fails to ensure excitability (again with the caveat that the synaptic strengths are adjusted to the active state) and is prone to instability leading to network-wide spiking synchrony.
3.2.2. Balanced Random Network With Stronger Synapses
As shown by Ostojic (2014), enhancing synaptic weights in the balanced random network model leads to an activity regime different from the classic asynchronous irregular state. We first choose the same parameter values as in the original work, with the difference that e ← i synaptic weights equal to 0.8 mV are implemented with exponentially-shaped synaptic currents (see Table 4). As shown in Figure S2A, the spiking activity is characterized by an average firing rate of excitatory neurons fluctuating around 52 spikes/s (violating criterion 1) and a large amount of spike bursts often synchronized across neurons (violating criterion 3). This leads to large fluctuations in the excitatory population histogram (Figure S2B), and the corresponding average cross-correlation coefficient CC = 0.026 far exceeds the upper limit given in criterion 4. The interspike interval distributions are dominated by burst-related short intervals mixed with few large inter-burst intervals (Figure S2C), resulting in mean CV(ISI) = 4.4 and LV(ISI) = 0.5 violating criterion 2. The greater irregularity indicated by the CV(ISI) compared to the LV(ISI) is likely due to the firing rate fluctuations associated with bursting, to which LV(ISI) is less sensitive. The tendency for bursting arises due to large fluctuations in the membrane potential with average CV (Vm) = −0.85 for excitatory neurons (criterion 5). The negative value results from the fact that the mean membrane potential is more negative than the resting potential (Figure S2D). Short-time-averaged excitatory and inhibitory currents are proportional (Figure S2F) and express large fluctuations (mean CV (Ie) = 0.53, Figure S2E). When activity in the model is initiated by a short supra-threshold stimulation, it is further sustained without external input. In this case, however, the network fluctuation level is further increased, resulting in fe = 5.2 spikes/s, CV(ISI) = 3, LV(ISI) = 0.6, CC = 0.06, CV (Vm) = −3.8, CV (Ie) = 3.5. As a control we also benchmark the BRN architecture with conductance-based synapses (see Figure S3), as these were suggested to improve the compatibility of self-sustained activity with small membrane potential fluctuations (Kumar et al., 2008). Although the benchmarking results are closer to the defined criteria compared to the case of current-based synapses, the model fails to combine excitability with stable irregular activity.
Table 4. Parameters of the BRN model with strong synapses.
Similar to the case of weak synapses, we perform a parameter scan and analysis of the network activity with parameters adjusted according to criterion 9 (see Table 3). For this scan, we choose PSPe←e = 0.6 mV, which is the upper limit of the range given in criterion 9. The results are shown in Figure 6. Mean firing rates of the excitatory population are in the range 1–5 spikes/s (Figure 6A). For parameter sets corresponding to more active networks, pairwise correlations and fluctuations of membrane potentials and excitatory input currents far exceed the values given in criteria 4–6 (Figure 6B,D). The spiking irregularity measures (Figure 6E,F) conform well to criterion 2. Similarly to the case PSPe←e = 0.1 mV, in some trials the model shows transitions between asynchronous and synchronous regimes (Figure 6G) and excitatory-inhibitory coupling is revealed by decreasing the network activity level through gradual reduction of the external drive (Figure 6H). The ISI distributions indicate activity with moderate burstiness (Figure 6I). When the external drive is switched off, in contrast to the original parameter setting, network activity rapidly dies out.
Figure 6. Scan of synaptic weight values in the balanced random network model with PSPe←e = 0.6 mV and modified connection probabilities and neuronal properties (see Table 3). The original synaptic weights are multiplied by factors ke←i, ki←e, and ki←i. For panel descriptions, see Figure 5. Measurements for the parameter sets ke←i = 0.7; ki←e = 0.7 and 0.75; ki←i = 1.1 are not shown, as all simulation trials result in fully synchronous activity.
In summary, the activity in balanced random network models with large synaptic weights (Ostojic, 2014) is characterized by spiking with excess pairwise spike count correlations and burstiness. The latter causes the CV(ISI) to indicate greater irregularity than measured experimentally. Membrane potential and input current fluctuations are large, but excitatory-inhibitory balance is present and the network is self-excitable. However, making network parameters more realistic according to criterion 9 drastically reduces burstiness and brings the spiking activity closer to the case of low synaptic weights, thereby also abolishing self-sustained activity and increasing susceptibility to network-wide synchronization.
3.2.3. Model of Up-Down Oscillations
As an example of a biologically more detailed model capturing aspects of excitability and balance, we here consider the model of Up-Down oscillations by Compte et al. (2003b). As a first step we implemented the model using the simulation software NEST and confirmed that the model behaves as reported by the original authors in the conditions relevant to the present study. For a detailed description of the model reimplementation see Maksimov et al. (2016). The model constitutes a downscaled representation of a cortical volume, with 1, 024 excitatory and 256 inhibitory neurons positioned in a chain corresponding to a 5 mm band of cortex. The neuron models include various ion channels in two compartments for excitatory and one for inhibitory neurons. The model spontaneously generates Up states propagating along the network in a wave-like fashion (Figure 7A) with the average firing rate of excitatory neurons reaching 7 spikes/s. This wave propagation is associated with clearly distinguishable Up and Down states in neuronal input and output (Figure 7A–C), non-bursty spiking activity (Figure 7D), and moderate proportionality between excitatory and inhibitory currents (Figure 7E). Network-wide propagation of sustained activity without external input indicates the local excitability of the network. The average spike count correlation and irregularity of 140 adjacent neurons, calculated during Up states (see section 2.3, Figure 7A rectangular window), equal CC = 0.029, CV(ISI) = 0.7 and LV(ISI) = 0.27, indicating excess correlations and spiking regularity (criteria 4 and 2). Membrane potential fluctuations are relatively large with average CV (Vm) = 0.36. Fluctuations in excitatory currents during Up states (mean CV (Ie) = 1.46) far exceed the value given in criterion 5.
Figure 7. Spontaneous Up-Down oscillations generated in the network reimplemented (see Maksimov et al., 2016) from Compte et al. (2003b). (A) Spiking activity of excitatory (red) and inhibitory (blue) neurons propagates along the chain in a wave-like fashion. Black rectangular window: sample of excitatory population spiking during the Up state, used to calculate spike synchrony and irregularity. (B) Membrane potential trace of a representative excitatory neuron. (C) Excitatory (red) and inhibitory (blue) input currents to the same neuron as in (B). (D) Interspike interval (ISI) distribution of a representative neuron that participates actively in the Up-Down oscillations. (E) Excitatory and inhibitory currents averaged over 10 ms bins show moderate coupling.
The model of Compte et al. (2003b) is a downscaled model of the network found in nature with each neuron receiving on average only 20 inputs from other neurons. Therefore, the synaptic strengths and connection probabilities do not correspond to their biological equivalents, and criterion 9 is not fully applicable here. The membrane conductance of an average excitatory neuron in the model, however, decreases from 1–2 nS at rest to zero and even becomes negative (corresponding to self-depolarization) after depolarization by only a few millivolts (see Maksimov et al., 2016). This results in excessive membrane time constants of hundreds of milliseconds and exaggerated excitability. The distance from rest to the spiking threshold Vth − Vrest is on the order of a few mV. At the same time, the amplitude of a single ePSP is ~ 2 mV at rest and is further increased by the decrease in membrane conductance evoked by the depolarization (see Equation 13). This results in a violation of the requirement Vth − Vrest ≫ PSPe←e in criterion 9.
3.2.4. Results of Model Benchmarking
The evaluation of the three models is summarized in Table 5. This overview shows that none of the tested models satisfies all criteria simultaneously. The classic BRN model captures all properties except a realistic level of excitability and smallness of membrane potential fluctuations. The BRN with strong synapses trades excitability for a loss of most other experimentally observed properties. Finally, the Compte et al. (2003b) model displays approximately half the tested properties. None of the models combines a biological level of excitability with realistic spike train irregularity, spike count correlations, and variability of synaptic inputs and membrane potential, suggesting that these aspects of cortical activity are difficult to capture in a single model. Thus, the criteria identify limitations of each model, indicating that each model misses one or more mechanisms underlying the given dynamical characteristics, as further discussed below.
Table 5. Summary of model evaluation based on the validation criteria defined in section 3.1.
We characterize the dynamics of local cortical circuits based on experimental data and reports of neural activity during persistently depolarized network states (PDNS). Our analysis leads to a set of validation criteria on neuronal activity for computational models of cortical networks, with a focus on excitability, balance, and stability. Previous works have highlighted most of these cortical features: excitability (Sanchez-Vives and McCormick, 2000), balance (Shu et al., 2003), and asynchronous (Smith et al., 2012), irregular (Shinomoto et al., 2003), non-bursty (de Kock and Sakmann, 2008) spiking. To our knowledge, the present study provides the first systematic quantitative analysis of the persistently depolarized network state of cortex combining all these features. To illustrate the application of the criteria, we revisit several prominent cortical models and test how well they incorporate these dynamical features. This reveals weak spots in each model and shows that our set of criteria forms a useful starting point for the systematic validation of models of small cortical circuits, as an aid to developing improved building blocks for larger models of cortex.
4.1. Main Findings
To characterize network activity during PDNS, we analyze basic properties of intracellularly recorded somatic membrane potential and excitatory and inhibitory input currents, and extracellularly recorded spike times. We find that fluctuations in membrane depolarization and excitatory input currents during Up states are much smaller than the corresponding mean levels. Thus, cortical networks tend to maintain stable levels of membrane potential depolarization and neuronal input during periods of sustained activation. Analysis of massively parallel extracellular recordings of spiking activity from frontal cortex of awake attentive rats and from primary visual cortex of lightly anesthetized macaque reveals vanishingly low mean spike count correlations and irregular non-bursty spiking. In addition to the PDNS characteristics quantified here, we also consider characteristics obtained from a review of the experimental literature. First, proportional changes in inhibitory input accompany changes in mean excitatory input. Second, typical mean firing rates of excitatory neurons in in-vivo and in-vitro cortical circuits are below 10 spikes/s (de Kock and Sakmann, 2009; Fanselow and Connors, 2010; Hengen et al., 2013). Finally, the phenomena discussed above occur not only in vivo, but also in vitro with long-range connections removed (Sanchez-Vives and McCormick, 2000; Shu et al., 2003). Experimental reports (Sanchez-Vives and McCormick, 2000; Beierlein et al., 2002; MacLean et al., 2005; Wester and Contreras, 2012) suggest that already networks of several thousand neurons can sustain Up-state-like activity for hundreds of milliseconds after brief stimulation. This indicates high excitability of relatively small cortical networks. As we argue, such excitability is achieved predominantly by network interactions and not by high neuronal excitability. It is worth noting that balance between excitation and inhibition may be achieved in even smaller networks. Experiments with intracortical stimulation suggest that evoked excitation and inhibition are proportional already on the level of a single layer of a cortical column in rat and mouse cortices (Le Roux et al., 2006; Avermann et al., 2012). This would further localize balance to networks of 1,000–2,000 neurons, as also indicated by a recent study of layer 4 barrels (Argaman and Golomb, 2018).
Cortical excitability and balance are robust to various perturbations. Substantial blockade of GABA (Sanchez-Vives and McCormick, 2000; Compte et al., 2003b; Shu et al., 2003; Sanchez-Vives et al., 2010) or K+ channels, or enhancement of NMDA channel conductance by removing extracellular Mg2+ (Sanchez-Vives and McCormick, 2000) leads to a loss of balance, and uncontrolled excitation. However, excitability and balance are preserved under moderate blockade of GABA channels (Sanchez-Vives et al., 2010), as well as under variations in aCSF composition (Table S1) that influence neuronal and synaptic properties. These considerations imply that excitability and balance are maintained under moderate perturbations in synaptic strengths and intrinsic neuronal properties. Furthermore, local cortical circuits exhibit the same characteristics with extensive input from the rest of brain (in vivo) as without external input (in vitro). Therefore, healthy cortical circuits maintain their operational regime under a wide range of external input intensities. This robustness is likely essential for brain function.
Dynamical models of cortical circuits should ideally capture all features described (summarized in Table 1). To illustrate the application of the criteria, we revisit three prominent computational models of cortical circuitry and test how well they incorporate these features: the classic balanced random network (BRN) (Brunel, 2000), the BRN with stronger synapses (Ostojic, 2014), and the model of Up-Down oscillations by Compte et al. (2003b). In addition to the models in their original form, we consider versions with parameters adjusted to biological values. In particular, we require three conspicuous structural network properties to be realistic according to our analysis of experimental reports: average connection probabilities, excitatory synaptic strength, and the distance from rest to spike threshold, which should generally far exceed the amplitude of individual excitatory postsynaptic potentials. None of the original or adjusted models show dynamics that simultaneously reproduce all benchmarked features. The classic BRN fails to demonstrate a realistic level of excitability, and has elevated membrane potential fluctuations. While the BRN with strong synapses addresses the problem of excitability, it fails to reproduce membrane potential and input stability, asynchrony, non-burstiness, irregularity, and low firing rates. We find that conductance-based synapses slightly improve model performance (Kumar et al., 2008), but do not combine excitability with small fluctuations and realistic synaptic connectivity. The model of Compte et al. (2003b) meets the criteria of excitability, balance, non-burstiness, and firing rates, but has large input fluctuations, regular firing, and relies on a small distance to threshold and unrealistic neuronal dynamics for excitability. The complexity and carefully constructed single-neuron dynamics of the Compte et al. (2003b) model do not translate into overall better fulfillment of the criteria we define here. This is partly due to the selection of criteria, as the Compte et al. (2003b) model captures slow waves and various conductance effects, not captured by the BRN; and partly due to shortcomings of the model, illustrating that a more complex model does not automatically translate into a better one. While the model of Compte et al. (2003b) was validated both on the single-neuron level and on collective phenomena, in general, the fact that a well-constrained and detailed single-neuron model does not ensure realistic network activity can be due to the lack of dependence of collective phenomena on details of the single-neuron dynamics (see, e.g., Sancristóbal et al., 2016). Another issue is potential overfitting: a high-dimensional parameter space limits the generalization of models beyond the regime in which they were tested. Therefore, achieving a generalizable model requires a balance between the number of parameters and the goodness of fit to the available data (Burnham and Anderson, 2003).
4.2. Validity of Results
A caveat is that the exact pattern of cortical activity varies from experiment to experiment and may depend on the species, cortical area, layer, neuron type, arousal and attention, and experimental techniques. Our analysis covers a range of experimental conditions (awake attentive, anesthetized, and in vitro), thereby capturing some of the corresponding variability, such as higher firing rates during Up states than during ongoing activity (Jercog, 2013, Ch. 4.4, but see Watson et al., 2016b). However, the available experimental data are limited. Therefore, the values derived from these data sets cover only a fraction of possible PDNS instances. Nevertheless, in-vitro cortical circuits preserve network operation (see Supplementary Material), and the ongoing desynchronized activity during rapid eye movement sleep and the awake state is in many senses close to in-vivo and in-vitro Up states (Timofeev et al., 2001; Shu et al., 2003; Haider et al., 2006; Destexhe et al., 2007). Therefore, combined with the large tolerance in the model evaluation (up to 60% difference between the model performance and benchmarking criteria allowed), the criteria derived here are likely to describe a significant portion of cortical PDNS instances, which computational models should ideally capture. Despite allowing for substantial variability, the criteria are sufficiently precise to identify weak spots in the tested models.
The criteria we have derived can be further improved with new experiments on PDNS across conditions, possibly also highlighting differences between in-vivo and in-vitro activity. It is of particular interest to experimentally verify the hypothesized ability of isolated cortical circuits with as few as several thousand neurons to sustain activity fulfilling the defined criteria. Also, the set of measures considered may be expanded and refined.
4.3. Missing Mechanisms
The benchmarked models do not claim to include all aspects of cortical dynamics we test for; for instance, the dependence of BRN activity on external input is expressly built in. The aspects of cortical dynamics not reproduced by the models provide hints about missing mechanisms. In particular, the tested models all exhibit difficulties in combining excitability with realistically low levels of spiking regularity, pairwise spike count correlations, and fluctuations in the subthreshold neuronal dynamics. In the classic balanced random network model, self-sustained activity requires strong synapses. The subthreshold fluctuation level depends linearly on the synaptic strength and, due to the lack of coordination between inputs, has square root dependence on the number of active synaptic inputs per neuron (Brunel, 2000). This means that excitability of these networks is inevitably associated with large subthreshold fluctuations. The long time constants of NMDA synapses provide one possibility for increasing excitability while maintaining spiking irregularity and smallness of fluctuations (Wong and Wang, 2006; Lim and Goldman, 2013; Tartaglia and Brunel, 2017), and this mechanism is consistent with a key role of NMDA in Up state generation observed in slice experiments (McCormick et al., 2003). However, the Compte et al. (2003b) model includes NMDA and nevertheless does not fulfill all criteria, showing that the inclusion of NMDA in itself does not guarantee realistic activity. Another ingredient missing from the classic BRN is a structural excitatory-inhibitory balance at the single-neuron level (Xue et al., 2014), demonstrated even at the level of individual dendritic branches in hippocampal neurons (Liu, 2004). Such precise balance may allow inhibition to suppress fluctuations caused by excitatory inputs and limit spike count correlations without compromising excitability (Vogels et al., 2011), and may moreover be key to efficient spike coding (Denève and Machens, 2016). Further proposals for combining excitability with excitatory-inhibitory balance and stability include so-called balanced amplification due to near-critical eigenvalues in the effective connectivity matrix (Murphy and Miller, 2009), amplification of inputs due to non-normality of the effective connectivity (Hennequin et al., 2012), structured connectivity featuring interconnected hub neurons (Setareh et al., 2017), differential firing rate response curves of excitatory and inhibitory neurons (Pinto et al., 2003), and attractor networks with sufficient coupling between the attractors and an inhibition-dominated background (Latham and Nirenberg, 2004). Future work may investigate these and further models incorporating mechanisms proposed for excitability and low-rate balanced activity occurring spontaneously or in response to transient stimulation in cortical networks, and test them systematically on the defined criteria.
4.4. Generality of Findings
The presence of PDNS not only in healthy cortical circuits with long-range projections, but also in slices with only local connections intact, suggests that PDNS constitute a basic operational mode inherent to cortical circuits. While PDNS in vivo may reflect aspects of information processing in the brain, the information processing in in-vitro preparations is curtailed by the absence of the majority of long-range projections. Therefore, aspects of PDNS common to in-vitro and in-vivo conditions do not reflect high-level information processing and likely represent default activity which can serve as a basis for supporting higher-level processing. For example, excitability facilitates propagation of activity between brain areas, thus subserving cortical communication. Excitatory-inhibitory balance protects the network from over-excitation (Sanchez-Vives et al., 2010) and enhances spike-time precision (Wehr and Zador, 2003). Furthermore, balanced networks with asynchronous activity display fast tracking of changes in external input and may support rapid processing (Treves, 1993; Brunel, 2000). An advantage of membrane potential and input stability may be that this keeps neurons close to the spiking threshold during ongoing activity, facilitating their recruitment (McCormick et al., 2003).
Fidelity to biological observations and reliability of model predictions are key objectives in the development of biologically plausible computational models. To increase the likelihood of attaining these objectives, the model constituents and dynamics should be systematically constrained. Existing models are typically designed to reproduce a narrow set of features, while systematic validation of the model components and dynamics is often omitted. This often results in partly unrealistic network properties and dynamics as revealed by more thorough analysis. For example, the model of Up-Down oscillations tested here incorporates unrealistic neuronal dynamics, despite the high biology-inspired complexity of the model neurons. Also, the difficulties of the BRN model to combine excitability with realistic network properties, as well as its predisposition to excessive synchronization (see Figures 5, 6) and the drastic change in the operational regime of the network upon enhancement of synaptic weights within the biologically plausible range (Ostojic, 2014), suggest that this model misses an important mechanism, as discussed above.
Inconsistencies with experimental data reduce model reliability and make it hard to merge specialized models into a unified model of the brain, one of the main goals of computational neuroscience. The set of validation criteria we derive for the persistently depolarized network state of cortex can serve as an aid toward model verification and unification. Simultaneously incorporating excitability, excitatory-inhibitory balance, membrane potential and input stability, nonbursty asynchronous-irregular spiking at low rates, and realistic network structure is a challenge for future cortical models.
The authors jointly worked on all aspects of the study and the preparation of the manuscript. The literature analysis, coding, and data gathering was mainly done by AM. The manuscript was mainly written by AM and SvA. SvA and MD supervised the work.
Partly supported by Helmholtz Portfolio Supercomputing and Modeling for the Human Brain (SMHB), the European Union 7th Framework Program (grant 269921, BrainScaleS and 604102, Human Brain Project, Ramp-Up Phase) and European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (grant 720270, Human Brain Project, SGA1). All network simulations carried out with NEST (http://www.nest-simulator.org). We thank John Reynolds and Melissa Barry for kindly sharing their patch-clamp recording data.
The Supplementary Material for this article can be found online at: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fncom.2018.00044/full#supplementary-material
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Keywords: spiking neural networks, up/down states, validation, benchmarking, computational models, asynchronous irregular activity, fluctuations
Citation: Maksimov A, Diesmann M and van Albada SJ (2018) Criteria on Balance, Stability, and Excitability in Cortical Networks for Constraining Computational Models. Front. Comput. Neurosci. 12:44. doi: 10.3389/fncom.2018.00044
Received: 25 October 2017; Accepted: 25 May 2018;
Anthony N. Burkitt, University of Melbourne, Australia
Chung-Chuan Lo, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Nima Dehghani, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
Copyright © 2018 Maksimov, Diesmann and van Albada. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
*Correspondence: Andrei Maksimov, maksimov.andrei7@gmail.com
Sacha J. van Albada, s.van.albada@fz-juelich.de
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Governor seeks US funding for bridge after kids die in creek
Originally Published: January 8, 2020 3:40 p.m.
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey Jan. 8 asked the federal government to provide money to build a bridge over a creek where three children died when a family member tried to drive through surging storm runoff late last year.
The Tonto Creek project in Gila County has been denied federal funding in the past but is an "excellent candidate" for a federal grant, Ducey said in a letter to Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao
"The bridge would significantly increase safety, improve quality of life, and bolster economic competitiveness in the Tonto Basin," the letter stated.
It didn't request a specific amount of money, but the proposed bridge would cost an estimated $20 million.
The three children swept away on Nov. 29 were among eight people who have died while attempting to cross the creek in vehicles during high water since 1995, Ducey said.
The three children were among nine family members in a military-style truck that became stuck while trying to cross the creek.
Four other children and the two parents of four of the children were rescued.
Family members have not discussed the reason for the attempted crossing, but they and others have said people in the rural area north of Roosevelt Lake frequently go around barricades to cross the creek.
Ducey said last month he would consider asking the Legislature to provide money in next year's state budget to help build a bridge.
Two bills introduced in the Legislature would have the state provide full or partial funding for the bridge.
Gila County officials have said the rural county can't afford to pay the full $20 million pricetag.
Body of man who drowned in creek found; fourth to die there this month
Search resumes for Arizona girl swept away in creek waters
Search for girl in rural Arizona creek now a recovery effort
Gila County and Tonto National Forest implement Stage 2 fire restrictions
Arizona makes progress on Colorado River drought plan
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Gray iron is the most common cast iron material and is the most frequently utilized cast material. Read More…
Gray Iron Castings Gray iron castings are created by molding molten gray iron. This particular type of iron contains many small graphite structures, and it actually takes its name from the gray colored fractures that it forms which are caused by the presence of graphite.
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Mentally or physically disabled people and elderly people are now to be seen with increasing frequency on the theatre stage. With the appearance here of different bodies, which do not comply with the prevalent concept of normality, the image that our society has of itself also changes.
Ideal bodies
In the theatre a society stands face to face with itself. It draws its own self-image and defines its concerns, the conflicts it intends to deal with and the values it wishes to discuss. Certainly in recent years dimensions such as the making of experiences or the changing of perception have commanded increasing attention in the theatre, yet the representative function of theatre as a medium of the public still plays a central role despite all performative changes. For centuries, strict selection criteria determined who should be allowed to represent us. Future dancers already had to have a certain physical disposition in order to begin their training, in which until quite late in the twentieth century they focused above all on the technique of classical ballet. Technically accomplished and physically disciplined, they were finally able to present an ideal image of the body.
In its interaction on stage and its hierarchical gradation from corps de ballet to étoile, the star, a ballet company represented an ideally structured social order. Although contemporary dance techniques such as, for example, contact improvisation called into question these outdated hierarchies, the changing of techniques did not involve a change in the representative function. Due to certain skills a dynamic, flexible society, based on the principles of exchange, is now being presented in place of a rigid societal system.
Different bodies
For more than twenty years now different bodies have been increasingly thrusting their way onto the stage. Bodies that do not comply with the ideal concepts of the youthful and slender bodies displayed everywhere by the advertising industry. Bodies that bring with them neither classical nor contemporary techniques in order to dance. And with them people step onto the stage who were not to be seen here up to now. Mentally or physically disabled people, old people, who despite being an essential component of our society were for a long time outside the focus of political interest. As early as 1997, in Bound to Please, the British choreographer Lloyd Newson, together with his group DV8, posed the question as to societal conformity and what the audience wants to see by putting an older female dancer in the centre of his piece.
With its new production of Pina Bausch’s piece Kontakthof from 1978, the Wuppertaler Tanztheater is enjoying great success because it shows older people in search of love and togetherness, thus touching on a taboo that separates age and eroticism. The dancer and performer Raimund Hoghe adopted the motto of the gay Italian artist Pier Paolo Pasolini - “Throw the body into the fray” – in order to make politics with his body. In his pieces Hoghe, who developed a hunchback in his early years due to scoliosis, claims for himself a space of beauty beyond conventional concepts. In so doing, he also constantly raises the question, against the background of German history, as to the ostracism and persecution of different bodies, which he often evokes vicariously in his pieces.
Emancipated subjects
In his piece Disabled Theatre the French choreographer Jérôme Bel works with eleven actors from Zürich’s Theater Hora, all of who were born with trisomy 21, i.e. down’s syndrome. Bel does not have them play roles, instead he gives them tasks which they then carry out in front of the audience in their very own way. Thus he might ask them, for example, to introduce themselves with their name, age and profession. Or he asks them to dance a small choreography of their own to one of their favourite pieces of music. No matter how incomplete this may look by conventional standards, their dance nevertheless strikes a chord with the audience. By introducing themselves, the performers speak as subjects in their own cause. It is important that this is not done by others for them and in their name. Their speaking and their dancing is tantamount to a self-empowerment in a place where for a long time they had no access due to inadequate skills.
Thus the theatre acquires the emancipatory function of making visible that which is non-visible in society and giving it a voice. With the appearance of all these bodies, which traditionally were not allowed to dance on stage, we, as spectators, are forced to confront our own values and prejudices. Many members of the audience rejected Disabled Theater as a “freak show”. One does not want to see people like this acting up in public, one wants to protect them from voyeuristic tendencies. But a judgement like this also always raises the question as to why we actually see them as freaks and not simply as human beings? These people, who speak to us self-confidently from the stage, are important for us. When that which was hitherto strange and different gains access to the theatre stage, then there ensues a shift within the framework and also the self-image of a society.
Gerald Siegmund is Professor of Applied Dance Studies at the Justus Liebig University of Giessen.
Translation: Heather Moers
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As soon as Anne Shirley arrives at the snug white farmhouse called Green Gables, she is sure she wants to stay forever . . . but will the Cuthberts send her back to to the orphanage? Anne knows she's not what they expected—a skinny girl with fiery red hair and a temper to match. If only she can convince them to let her stay, she'll try very hard not to keep rushing As soon as Anne Shirley arrives at the snug white farmhouse called Green Gables, she is sure she wants to stay forever . . . but will the Cuthberts send her back to to the orphanage? Anne knows she's not what they expected—a skinny girl with fiery red hair and a temper to match. If only she can convince them to let her stay, she'll try very hard not to keep rushing headlong into scrapes and blurting out the first thing that comes to her mind. Anne is not like anyone else, the Cuthberts agree; she is special—a girl with an enormous imagination. This orphan girl dreams of the day when she can call herself Anne of Green Gables. ...more
Published May 6th 2003 by Signet Book (first published 1908)
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Feb 17, 2009 Shannon rated it it was amazing
Recommends it for: Strong Girls or those are raising them
Recommended to Shannon by: Mikkee, Tiana
Shelves: youngadult, classic, my_favorites
I don't often give books five stars and as I neared the end of this book, I gave some thought to how many stars this book deserved. I've read the Anne of Green Gables series once before - over twenty years ago. In spite of the amount of time that has elapsed, I clearly recall reading the last book in the series very slowly and thinking to myself, "I will be so sad to not be able to read about Anne anymore." When I picked up this book a few days ago to re-read it, I found within a few chapters I don't often give books five stars and as I neared the end of this book, I gave some thought to how many stars this book deserved. I've read the Anne of Green Gables series once before - over twenty years ago. In spite of the amount of time that has elapsed, I clearly recall reading the last book in the series very slowly and thinking to myself, "I will be so sad to not be able to read about Anne anymore." When I picked up this book a few days ago to re-read it, I found within a few chapters that it was like seeing an old friend. Anne was even more delightful than I recalled, since I now have daughters who share her "scope for imagination," her penchant for large words and her zest for life. Reading about Anne's appreciation for life's loveliness made me appreciate my daughters and long to live more in-the-moment myself. So, I decided that a book that feels like an old friend after twenty years deserves five stars.
Anne Shirley must be one of the most delightful characters ever written, largely because she is far from perfect. She makes mistakes, as we all do, but her mistakes are much funnier than my own feel and she makes me see the value in learning from each of them, laughing at them and moving on. Like my middle daughter, there is no lukewarm with Anne. I love that she approaches life enthusiastically, despite have spent a decade belonging to no one.
I also like that Anne talks straightforwardly about wanting, seeking and building friendships. Even now, I am hesitant, awkward and scattershot at building relationships. I may meet someone who seems a kindred spirit, but lack the time or, let's be honest, sheer boldness to approach them and seek to build a friendship. We see Anne seek and build relationships not only upon her arrival in Avonlea, but during her time at Queens.
One reasons I re-read this book was because two friends recommended it for it's fluency in writing dialogue. Unlike Little Women, which I attempted to read for the writing, this book did not disappoint. The dialogue sounds exactly like each character would sound and it flows smoothly from narration to dialogue and back. In fact, I'm baffled that Little Women routinely makes top 100 lists while Anne of Green Gables is nowhere to be found on the lists of must-read classics. Unlike the Little Women characters who are archetypes rather than three dimensional characters, Anne is a bold a female character who refuses to be categorized. That's exactly why I love her and love this book. ...more
Oct 19, 2015 Maureen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
"Dear old world," she murmured, "you are very lovely and I am glad to be alive in you."
This quote really accurately depicts how Anne lives her life and what makes you love her as a character. She's stubborn and makes mistakes, but she also has a huge imagination and sees the world as beautiful and full of possibilities.
I loved this SO much and I'm sad I never read it before! I love all the characters and the plot, and it's really fun to see Anne grow up through this book. The writing is also "Dear old world," she murmured, "you are very lovely and I am glad to be alive in you."
I loved this SO much and I'm sad I never read it before! I love all the characters and the plot, and it's really fun to see Anne grow up through this book. The writing is also really really lovely.
I can't wait to read the sequels and follow Anne's story!
This has made it up to my favorite books of all time list, that's for sure.
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I didn't think I could love this book more but somehow I do?? I AM SO EMOTIONAL. ...more
Mar 04, 2019 emma rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Shelves: children-s, classics, owned, reviewed, gorgeous-covers, favorites-2019, recommend, i-love-these-characters, beautifully-written, owned-multiple
How do you review a book that transcends books?
Do you ever love a book so much that it doesn’t feel like a book? You’re so immersed and reading is so effortless that you don’t feel like you’re reading at all? The characters are real enough to be people, and their problems and happinesses feel like they’re happening to you?
That was me with this book.
Which is all well and good until it comes down to reviewing it.
Basically what I’m saying is I’m at a loss for words. I’m saying I have nothing TO How do you review a book that transcends books?
Basically what I’m saying is I’m at a loss for words. I’m saying I have nothing TO say. This is just too damn good.
I didn’t read this as a kid, or for many years after. I didn’t think I’d be interested. I had a copy for years with no intention of picking it up, because I am shallow as hell and only bought a copy in the first place because it’s pretty. (In my defense: look HOW pretty.) Honestly, I can’t remember why I decided to read it in the first place.
But I am very, very, VERY glad I did.
I love Anne so much. I love Green Gables. I love Diana, I love Matthew and Marilla, later on I love Gilbert (although I don’t really understand how people love him from this book alone. Not much to see).
After reading this, I was obligated to chase the high of the reading experience by picking up the next two installments as quickly as possible, and they were just as good. Mostly. But still an unparalleled level of good.
I guess what I’m trying to carry across here is that somehow this hundred year old children’s classic about an orphan girl moving to a rural island in Canada was one of the most unputdownable books I’ve ever read.
And also the writing is as pretty as the cover.
Bottom line: I want to live in this book, please and thank you.
fun fact: joy exists as a concrete object, and it's called Anne of Green Gables.
THIS BOOK IS PURE JOY.
review to come ...more
Aug 23, 2019 Nick rated it it was amazing
yo Anne has no chill, she is practically a talking machine, I am not complaining tho
Hyzie That's one of my favorite things about her.
Not that I did that as a child or anything, haha. :x
Nick Hyzie wrote: "That's one of my favorite things about her.
Not that I did that as a child or anything, haha. :x"
hahahaha me too
Jun 19, 2012 Jessica ❁ ➳ Silverbow ➳ ❁ Rabid Reads-no-more rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: jerk-of-my-dreams, for-nuggets, best-of-the-best, classics, childhood-favorites, best-series-ya
Anne, my lovely, I feel restored.
"Marilla!" Anne sat down on Marilla's gingham lap, took Marilla's lined face between her hands, and looked gravely and tenderly into Marilla's eyes. "I'm not a bit changed—not really. I'm only just pruned down and branched out. The real me—back here—is just the same. It won't make a bit of difference where I go or how much I change outwardly; at heart I shall always be your little Anne, who will love you and Matthew and dear Green Gables more and
"Marilla!" Anne sat down on Marilla's gingham lap, took Marilla's lined face between her hands, and looked gravely and tenderly into Marilla's eyes. "I'm not a bit changed—not really. I'm only just pruned down and branched out. The real me—back here—is just the same. It won't make a bit of difference where I go or how much I change outwardly; at heart I shall always be your little Anne, who will love you and Matthew and dear Green Gables more and better every day of her life."
Full RTC.
Pre-review:
You know what? I've been wanting to reread these books for probably a decade, and I'm still (inexplicably) battling my ever present book funk, so I'm just gonna do it.
Gilbert Blythe, you were my first and best book boyfriend. See you soon ;)
Jul 07, 2017 Raeleen Lemay rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: classics, own
I'm so glad I've finally read this book! I started reading it as a young girl, and got distracted by the 10 other books I was reading at the time and never finished it...
Anyhow, it was such a fun read, and I'm sure I'll read it again someday!
Jan 26, 2018 Matthew rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: 2018, coming-of-age, library, tear-jerkers, classic, completist-book-club
This story is cute, touching, heart-warming, tear-jerking. In other words, a classic!
The target audience is definitely not me. I would say it would be perfect for a teenage girl living in Canada in the early 1900s. That makes sense, because that is exactly what Anne is! However, the point of this obvious detail is that sometimes it is fun to read a classic and try to put your mind in the mindset of who it was written for at the time. A couple of the storylines seemed silly or to not make sense, This story is cute, touching, heart-warming, tear-jerking. In other words, a classic!
The target audience is definitely not me. I would say it would be perfect for a teenage girl living in Canada in the early 1900s. That makes sense, because that is exactly what Anne is! However, the point of this obvious detail is that sometimes it is fun to read a classic and try to put your mind in the mindset of who it was written for at the time. A couple of the storylines seemed silly or to not make sense, but if I stopped and changed my mindset, it would click.
A bit of a history lesson combined with a well written story. If you haven't read this before, give it a shot and maybe you will find your inner early 1900s Canadian teenager! ...more
Nov 28, 2016 Maxwell rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: i-own-it, classics, audiobook, 2016
I never read Anne's story when I was younger, so when I heard that Rachel McAdams was narrating the first in the series I knew I had to give it a go. I'm a sucker for a celebrity-narrated audiobook (if you haven't checked out Maggie Gyllenhaal's reading of The Bell Jar, do that now!).
It's wonderful to read a story that, for the most part, is extremely uplifting. There's hardly anything truly terrible that happens in this story, and that's quite refreshing. Granted, it is a children's novel and I never read Anne's story when I was younger, so when I heard that Rachel McAdams was narrating the first in the series I knew I had to give it a go. I'm a sucker for a celebrity-narrated audiobook (if you haven't checked out Maggie Gyllenhaal's reading of The Bell Jar, do that now!).
It's wonderful to read a story that, for the most part, is extremely uplifting. There's hardly anything truly terrible that happens in this story, and that's quite refreshing. Granted, it is a children's novel and from the early 1900's—so it has that moralistic quality to it wherein each incident Anne undergoes resolves itself with a lesson learned. But it was delightful, and Anne's optimism is contagious. Rachel McAdams also does a great job at encapsulating that attitude; I felt like I could hear her smile.
If, like me, you've never given Anne's story a chance, I can highly recommend the audiobook route. And I'm definitely going to continue listening to this series, especially when I'm in need of a pick-me-up. ...more
Jun 20, 2018 Candi rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Shelves: middle-school, favorites, book-i-own, future-grandkids, classics-shelf
"Excitement hung around Anne like a garment, shone in her eyes, kindled in every feature."
Oh, what sheer pleasure it was to spend just a moment in time with Anne and her delightful companions in this little classic. What pure joy to catch a glimpse of the beauty of Prince Edward Island. I am likely one of the last persons on earth… well, on Goodreads at least… to read this novel. What in the world was I waiting for?! As a child and adolescent, I wrongly assumed that this book would be of no "Excitement hung around Anne like a garment, shone in her eyes, kindled in every feature."
Oh, what sheer pleasure it was to spend just a moment in time with Anne and her delightful companions in this little classic. What pure joy to catch a glimpse of the beauty of Prince Edward Island. I am likely one of the last persons on earth… well, on Goodreads at least… to read this novel. What in the world was I waiting for?! As a child and adolescent, I wrongly assumed that this book would be of no interest to me. I wasn’t a ‘girly girl’ and surely this was written for ‘that sort’ of reader, right? Wrong! By the time I was old enough to know better, I thought I had grown too mature in years to pick this one up. Wrong again. The ‘sort’ of reader that this does appeal to however: one who appreciates exquisite writing and vibrant characters, one who relishes being steeped in another time and place, and one who enjoys an all-out fantastic story. In short, this book should satisfy nearly everyone!
You can’t help but fall in love with Anne. She is the friend you have always longed for, the daughter that will bring that much-needed light in your life, that student that any teacher would be proud to instruct. She is funny, imaginative, bright, and a regular chatterbox. She laments about her red hair, apologizes for being a ‘great trial’ to Marilla, and always manages to see the positive in most everything. However, she does maintain a long-standing rivalry with her peer, Gilbert Blythe. "She was as intense in her hatreds as in her loves." Nothing is ever lukewarm when it comes to Anne’s feelings.
There were moments I wanted to laugh with her and moments when I wanted to cry. When she first arrived at Green Gables, Anne learned that it had all been a mistake. For, Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert meant to adopt a young boy to help with the chores. A little girl was not needed. It nearly crushed me when Anne fell in love with Green Gables only to find that she must surely be turned away and carted straight back to the orphanage. "Have you ever noticed what cheerful things brooks are? They’re always laughing… I shall always like to remember that there is a brook at Green Gables even if I never see it again." What transpires after this will melt even the most hardened hearts.
Some might say this book is too wholesome, too charming, and perhaps too unrealistic. I have to say that I don’t believe those are good enough reasons to skip reading this enchanting novel! It didn’t take place just yesterday so I didn’t expect the trials and tribulations of today’s day and age. The events do occur on an idyllic island, so I felt the beautiful scenery I was immersed in was wholly believable. Anne is not a perfect little girl and each character has their share of flaws. Not every story has to be full of doom and gloom to get all the stars! Sometimes one just needs to sit back, relax, and just surrender to the small pleasures in life. We could all use a lesson from Anne’s book of optimism here and there!
"Dear old world, you are lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you." ...more
Mar 08, 2013 Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ rated it it was amazing
Shelves: coming-of-age, historical-fiction, o-canada, oldies-but-goodies, comfort-read, you-go-girl-kickass-heroine
The beloved classic 1908 novel about an orphan girl who mistakenly comes to the Prince Edward Island home of aging brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert (they had wanted a boy to help Matthew with chores). After an initial kerfuffle about sending Anne back to the orphanage and getting the boy they had intended, hearts are softened, and Anne proceeds to upend their lives ... in what turns out to be very good ways for everyone involved.
Anne is eleven years old when she first comes to
Anne is eleven years old when she first comes to Green Gables, and the novel follows her adventures over the next five years. It’s kind of an episodic novel, with memorable characters. Anne is a chatterbox with a tremendously vivid imagination, passionate and sincere. Marilla and Matthew are drawn so well that I feel like I really know them (though it's disconcerting to realize that Matthew in the book has a long beard. My mind's eye refuses to see him that way, LOL. The miniseries has co-opted my imagination). And then there's Gilbert, who lives to regret some initial teasing about Anne's hair.
The novel has a healthy sense of humor that sets it apart from most literature of this period and keeps it from being too sticky sweet. It’s really so charming, with great insights into human nature, and lovely descriptions of P.E.I. It's a feel-good story and a total comfort read!
Anne of Green Gables spawned a slew of sequels and five other related novels, not to mention any number of film and TV adaptations. Not all of the sequels are great reads like this one - they start getting progressively more sappy - but I do recommend the first four books in this series if you liked this one. ...more
Apr 30, 2018 Melissa ♥ Dog/Wolf Lover ♥ Martin rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: own, classics
What a lovely little book! There were a million excerpts I wanted to add but maybe at a later date.
Mel What a lovely little book! There were a million excerpts I wanted to add but maybe at a later date.
Mel 🖤🐾🐺 ...more
Sep 24, 2012 Ahmad Sharabiani rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: childrens-young-readers, historical, fiction, literature, 20th-century
Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery
Anne of Green Gables is a 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (L. M. Montgomery). Written for all ages, it has been considered a children's novel since the mid-twentieth century. It recounts the adventures of Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan girl who is mistakenly sent to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who had intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm in the fictional town of Avonlea on Prince Edward Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery
Anne of Green Gables is a 1908 novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery (L. M. Montgomery). Written for all ages, it has been considered a children's novel since the mid-twentieth century. It recounts the adventures of Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan girl who is mistakenly sent to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, a middle-aged brother and sister who had intended to adopt a boy to help them on their farm in the fictional town of Avonlea on Prince Edward Island. The novel recounts how Anne makes her way with the Cuthberts, in school, and within the town.
عنوانها: آنی شرلی در گرین گیبلز؛ آنی در گرین گیبل؛ دختر خانه سبز؛ تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز بیست و پنجم ماه سپتامبر سال 2012 میلادی
عنوان: آن شرلی با موهای قرمز؛ نویسنده: ال.ام. مونتگمری؛ مترجم: امیرحسین علمشاهی؛ ویراستار: محمد سیفی؛ تبریز رهیافت، 1379؛ شابک: 9649020845؛ عنوانهای دیگر: آنی رویای سبز؛ آنی در گرین گیبل؛ دختر خانه سبز؛ موضوع: داستانها و ادبیات کانادا - سده 20 م
عنوان: آنی شرلی در گرین گیبلز - کتاب اول ؛ نویسنده: لوسی ماد ال.ام. مونتگمری؛ مترجم: سارا قدیانی؛ تهران، قدیانی، 1386؛ در 495 ص، نقشه، مجموعه آنی شرلی - کتاب اول؛ چاپ دوم 1387؛ چاپ سوم 1388؛ چاپ هفتم 1392؛ شابک: 9789645365880؛
آنی شرلی در گرین گیبلز، نخستین جلد از مجموعه داستانهای «آن شرلی»، اثر: «لوسی ماد مونتگمری» است. در این کتاب، «آن شرلی» یک دختربچه دوازده ساله، پا به «گرین گیبلز» میگذارد. «ماریلا»، و «متیو کاتبرت»، خواهر و برادری مزرعه دار، و صاحب «گرین گیبلز» هستند. آنها تصمیم میگیرند، سرپرستی پسربچه ی ده-یازده ساله ای را، به عهده بگیرند، اما کسیکه مسئولیت داشته، یتیم مورد نظر آنها را، از یتیمخانه به «گرین گیبلز» ببرد، به اشتباه، دختربچه ای به نام: «آن شرلی» را، که والدینش را در سه ماهگی، از دست داده، به «گرین گیبلز» میآورد، و «آنی»، در آنجا ماندگار میشود، و به جای کمک به «متیو» در کشاورزی، به «ماریلا»، در خانه داری، یاری میکند، و ماجراهایی به وجود میاورد. او دوستی به نام: «داینا بری»، دارد، دو دوست، از هم جدا میشوند، ولی آن دو هماره، سعی دارند، به دوستی خویش پایبند بمانند. ...؛ ا. شربیانی ...more
Jun 25, 2014 Lisa rated it it was amazing
Shelves: children
Which books changed me as a reader?
One would like to answer that Tolstoy or Dostoevsky or Dickens or Lagerlöf or Proust determined my path as a lifelong reader. But I doubt that is the case for most of us. They are more often the effect of falling in love with an entirely different kind of book, a root cause leading all the way to tackling Ulysses.
One of the most inspiring books I read as a young girl was the seemingly endless series of Anne (with an "e"), who has all the odds against her, and Which books changed me as a reader?
One of the most inspiring books I read as a young girl was the seemingly endless series of Anne (with an "e"), who has all the odds against her, and yet grows up to be a loving, caring, independent and determined woman who consistently follows the path her heart and brain dictate to her, even or especially when it goes against the narrow conventions of her conservative environment. She doesn't win the hearts of her community by being sweet and subdued and grateful, though. She wins them by showing bravery and creativity!
She taught me to love the poem "The Lady of Shalott", and I learned it by heart with her! She taught me small town prejudice and the value of education to stand above pettiness. She taught me that love can exist in the strangest of places, and I think I loved her in the same way her shy stepfather Matthew did. She taught me that one can be wrong and still get it right.
Lucy Maud Montgomery taught me the power of storytelling to change the hearts of adolescents who are reading and living in the world of fiction. For I have grown up in rural Canada a century ago. Yes, I have, several times! Just like I grew up in an English boarding school with Sarah Crewe, admiring A Little Princess the most when she was starving.
On either side the river lie
long fields of barley and of rye
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Oct 10, 2018 Nick marked it as to-read · review of another edition
Every edition of this book is truly beautiful.
May 24, 2017 Hannah Greendale rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: young-adult, classics
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Eleven-year-old Anne Shirley is an orphan girl in need of a family. She may be scrawny and freckled with red hair but she’s also loving and bright with imagination. When she’s mistakenly sent to Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, elderly siblings who plan to adopt a young boy to help around their farm, Anne faces the prospect of securing a home and a loving family – if she can prove she’s worth keeping.
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First published in 1908, Anne of Green Gables has long enchanted readers, young and old alike. How could it not with such an effervescent heroine at its heart? Anne is a delightful companion with which to explore the splendor of Green Gables and the quaint town of Avonlea (a fictional town modeled after Montgomery’s hometown of Cavendish in the maritime province of Prince Edward Island, Canada). Montgomery crafts such stunning descriptions of the terrain that her prose risks outshining Anne. With descriptive language that titillates the senses and the imagination, Montgomery brings the rustic setting of Avonlea to life. Gypsy winds, perfumed air, dew-wet ferns, woodland blooms, and trees adorned with glimmering gossamer are just the beginning of the wondrous discoveries made by Anne during her “raptured voyages of exploration.”
It was a pretty road, running along between snug farmsteads, with now and again a bit of balsamy fir wood to drive through or a hollow where wild plums hung out their filmy bloom. The air was sweet with the breath of many apple orchards and the meadows sloped away in the distance to horizon mists of pearl and purple.
Wild cherry trees and rose bushes grow unfettered, and the birds are always singing, but one gets the sense that Anne Shirley could find happiness and adventure no matter where she goes, whether she be surrounded by beauty or not. Even though Anne’s story is recounted through an omniscient narrator, readers experience wonder of the world as if through Anne’s eyes. At every turn, her personality overflows and her indomitable spirit knows no bounds. She’s an eloquent child with an adoration for big words; “if you have big ideas,” Anne insists, “you have to use big words to express them.” She speaks in a refined manner that belies her age and can always be counted on to impart wisdom.
You can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.
Anne is a loquacious child with long-winded stints of dialogue. This trait was less noticeable when reading the book as a young girl and proved slightly annoying during this re-read as an adult. It’s a defining quality of Anne’s personality, however, something one cannot help but eventually love about her. There’s a comforting predictability to Anne’s bubbling personality; readers can always be certain that her uplifting thoughts and sophisticated proclamations will boil over and spill from her mouth with abandon. Matthew Cuthbert, much to his own surprise, finds Anne’s chatter quite pleasant.
Like most quiet folks he liked talkative people when they were willing to do the talking themselves and did not expect him to keep up his end of it. Be he had never expected to enjoy the society of a little girl.
Matthew Cuthbert is described as an “odd-looking personage” with an “ungainly figure.” He’s a shy, quiet man who is made uncomfortable by most women, taking exception only to his sister and their gossipy neighbor who lives a quarter-mile away, Mrs. Rachel Lynde.
Women were bad enough in all conscience, but little girls were worse. He detested the way they had of sidling past him timidly, with sidewise glances, as if they expected him to gobble them up at a mouthful if they ventured to say a word.
He’s quite taken aback to discover a girl in place of the boy he expected to retrieve from the train station, but he’s too kindhearted (and too cowardly) to leave her behind. He decides to escort her back to Green Gables so that his sister can “tell this child with the glowing eyes that there had been a mistake.”
Marilla Cuthbert exudes none of the warmth found in her brother. She’s a practical woman, tall and thin “with angles and without curves,” who furrows her brows at wastefulness and excess.
Here sat Marilla Cuthbert, when she sat at all, always slightly distrustful of sunshine, which seemed to her too dancing and irresponsible a thing for a world which was meant to be taken seriously.
Marilla insists that Anne be returned to the orphanage. When Anne asks if Marilla would keep her if she were a more attractive child, Marilla replies simply, “No. We want a boy to help Matthew on the farm. A girl would be of no use to us.” Despite her stern countenance, Marilla agrees to accommodate Anne for the night and decides that, rather than sleep on the couch prepared in the kitchen chamber for the anticipated boy, Anne should sleep in the east gable room.
While Anne sleeps, Matthew and Marilla discuss what to do about the “odd little figure” with the “long braids of red hair and the eager luminous eyes.” Marilla is quite determined not to keep her, while Matthew reveals he’s already warming to Anne’s irresistible charms.
“Matthew Cuthbert, you don’t mean to say you think we ought to keep her!”
Marilla’s astonishment could not have been greater if Matthew had expressed a predilection for standing on his head.
“Well now, no, I suppose not – not exactly,” stammered Matthew, uncomfortably driven into a corner for his precise meaning. “I suppose – we could hardly be expected to keep her.”
“I should say not. What good would she be to us?”
“We might be some good to her,” said Matthew suddenly and unexpectedly.
And therein lies Anne’s challenge: She must make herself useful around the farm and prove herself worthy of a home at Green Gables by staying out of trouble. But Anne and trouble go together like spring flowers and honey bees. Be it contending with Marilla’s practicality, navigating the politics of a new school, solving the mystery of pesky boys, or trying to make new friends as an ungainly orphan girl, trouble is never far behind the efforts of Anne Shirley.
If Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert can find it in their hearts to cherish this little girl, their lives will be made richer for it. And if Anne can stay out of trouble, she might just find a loving home in a beautiful place.
With lovely prose and an unforgettable heroine, Anne of Green Gables is an endearing book brimming with scope for the imagination. ...more
Feb 06, 2018 Loretta rated it liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: children, classic, my-2018-reading-challenge, the-great-american-read
One I really should have read when I was younger. One I really should have read when I was younger. 😕 ...more
Aug 06, 2018 Beverly rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
A Beautiful Dreamer
As charming as she is Anne of Green Gables makes you fall in love with her not for her wit, but for her wholehearted love of life and the beauty of this world. She hates and loves with intense power for a little girl. I cried and smiled often during this story and I am so glad I finally read it.
Mar 23, 2015 Celeste rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Recommends it for: TS Chan
Shelves: favorites, best-books-i-ve-ever-read, classics-i-ve-read
Full review now posted!
I so desperately wish I would’ve met Anne when I was a child, because we would’ve been bosom friends. However, I didn’t first read this book until I was in my 20s, and I was really missing out on something wonderful. But better late than never, right? I’ve since read this book 4 times, and I’ve loved it more every time I’ve read it.
Anne Shirley reminds me so much of myself as a child, minus the red hair. She’s doggedly optimistic, though she can be incredibly dramatic Full review now posted!
Anne Shirley reminds me so much of myself as a child, minus the red hair. She’s doggedly optimistic, though she can be incredibly dramatic when things don’t go her way. She’s always getting into scrapes that seem impossible, even though she always means well. She’s a dreamer and a lover of nature and novels. I was all of those things as a child, and I think I’ve done a pretty good job of maintaining those characteristics as an adult (even the propensity for getting into trouble, unfortunately). Anne’s greatest gift is her imagination, and so is mine. I’ve visited thousands of different worlds and time periods through that imagination, and it’s one of the things I’m the most thankful for.
Anne adores Green Gables, the little farm where she comes to reside in Avonlea. She loves Matthew and Marilla, the siblings who take her in. Anne is one of the biggest nature nuts I’ve ever come across, and I love how she renames things with more “appropriate” (in other words, more romantic) names, such as The Lake of Shining Waters instead of Barry’s Pond. I can’t express to you how very “me” that is! When I was a little girl, I was always naming parts of our land and pretending they were far away places.
I have always been incredibly thankful to have been raised in the country, where my imagination could run wild every single day. I’m thankful for spring flowers, summer fruit, rambunctious goats, and mockingbird song outside my window. I’m thankful for summers in the pool and for wild thunderstorms as I go to sleep. I’m thankful for the nearness of my family and the distance of the rest of the world. I’m thankful for the freedom to take a long walk without worrying about my safety. And I see that same thankfulness in Anne Shirley. We are without a doubt kindred spirits, even if she is fictional.
Another thing I have in common with Anne is a passion for stories, both the reading and the telling of them. I know of nothing else that can transport a person and allow them to live a thousand lives instead of only the life they’ve been given. There is something magical about the ability of letters on a page to create something new in the minds of whoever reads them. Anne of Green Gables is no different. I felt completely at home in Avonlea, and I thoroughly enjoyed following Anne’s adventures (and misadventures) through her late childhood.
If I could reach into the world of fiction and adopt any literary orphan, Anne would be one of my top two picks alongside Harry Potter. I have to confess, though, I’m pretty sure Anne would come out on top if I could only choose one. She’s enchanting and lives life to the fullest, and she’s a much better person than she believes herself to be. I love Anne with all of my heart, and I can’t wait to share her with my niece. She’s a character that I’ll keep revisiting for the rest of my life, and I can’t imagine ever tiring of her. Kindred spirits are hard to find, but I definitely found one in Anne of Green Gables.
Also, isn't this edition lovely?!
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Apr 30, 2014 Hailey (Hailey in Bookland) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Shelves: classics, childrens-classics, owned
"I don't know what lies around the bend, but I'm going to believe that the best does."
I cried, I laughed, and I fell in love.
I grew up watching these movies because my mom just absolutely loves them but I've never really been that interested in reading the book. I knew I'd read it someday but it wasn't a top priority at all. I had to read this for my can lit course this semester and boy am I ever glad for that. I absolutely adored this story. Anne is such a darling and she just makes me look at "I don't know what lies around the bend, but I'm going to believe that the best does."
I grew up watching these movies because my mom just absolutely loves them but I've never really been that interested in reading the book. I knew I'd read it someday but it wasn't a top priority at all. I had to read this for my can lit course this semester and boy am I ever glad for that. I absolutely adored this story. Anne is such a darling and she just makes me look at the world differently and want to use my imagination more, she makes me feel like a kid again. I loved all the characters and the writing was fantastic. The ending just made me want to read the rest of the series! LOVED IT! ...more
May 20, 2017 Apatt rated it it was amazing
Shelves: fave-classics, classics
“Oh, I don’t mean just the tree; of course it’s lovely—yes, it’s radiantly lovely—it blooms as if it meant it—but I meant everything, the garden and the orchard and the brook and the woods, the whole big dear world. Don’t you feel as if you just loved the world on a morning like this? And I can hear the brook laughing all the way up here. Have you ever noticed what cheerful things brooks are? They’re always laughing. Even in winter-time I’ve heard them under the ice. I’m so glad there’s a brook “Oh, I don’t mean just the tree; of course it’s lovely—yes, it’s radiantly lovely—it blooms as if it meant it—but I meant everything, the garden and the orchard and the brook and the woods, the whole big dear world. Don’t you feel as if you just loved the world on a morning like this? And I can hear the brook laughing all the way up here. Have you ever noticed what cheerful things brooks are? They’re always laughing. Even in winter-time I’ve heard them under the ice. I’m so glad there’s a brook near Green Gables. Perhaps you think it doesn’t make any difference to me when you’re not going to keep me, but it does. I shall always like to remember that there is a brook at Green Gables even if I never see it again. If there wasn’t a brook I’d be haunted by the uncomfortable feeling that there ought to be one. I’m not in the depths of despair this morning. I never can be in the morning. Isn’t it a splendid thing that there are mornings? But I feel very sad. I’ve just been imagining that it was really me you wanted after all and that I was to stay here for ever and ever. It was a great comfort while it lasted. But the worst of imagining things is that the time comes when you have to stop and that hurts.”
I swear this is a rare French edition of Anne of Green Gables:
I jest, but Anne's motormouth gabbing at Green Gables almost unmanned me. Not only does she never shut up, the twee nonsense she was carping on and on about made me cringe so hard I thought I was going to morph into an accordion. Fiddlesticks indeed! I did consider dropping the book after a few pages of Anne’s mind boggling loquaciousness but something about the book grabbed me when I wasn't looking. There is something rather compelling about the narrative which I could not quite put my finger on at that point, so I kept on reading. I am glad I did.
This is going to make me sound terribly ignorant but I never heard of Anne of Green Gables until I read that Netflix was about to air a new adaptation of it. This piqued my interest because it is clearly not a kickass show like most of their recent series. Then I looked up the book on Librivox.org and I found that they have an audiobook of it, read by the excellent Karen Savage. That sealed the deal for me; it is free to read (or listen to) after all, there is no risk in giving it a shot.
First published in 1908 Anne of Green Gables is about an orphan named Anne Shirley who is adopted by an old woman called Marilla Cuthbert and her brother Matthew. They wanted to adopt a boy to help Matthew with his farm work but through some kind of snafu, the orphanage sent them a girl instead. Marilla wants to send her back immediately but kindhearted Matt enjoys listening to Anne’s crazy-ass chatter. Soon, however, Anne’s peculiar charms begin to get under her skin and she changes her mind. So Anne gets to live with them at their Green Gables house in Avonlea, a little town on Prince Edward Island, Canada. Pastoral mayhem ensues.
Anne and her BFF Diana, art by Kasia1989
It took longer with me than with Marilla but Anne eventually got under my skin too. In spite of being bloody irritating she is interesting and her “joie de vivre”, fearlessness and optimism are infectious. I also enjoy the episodic scrapes she gets into over several chapters: almost breaking her neck, almost drowning, accidentally dyeing her hair green, breaking a slate over a boy's head etc. In George Elliott's lovely Silas Marner Elliott mentions an “unfolding of the soul” that resonates with me, it describes the life-changing effect that the introduction of a child into your life has on your perspective, your attitude, your behavior, and your very soul. There is an identical process going on in Anne of Green Gables with the hitherto terse and practical Marilla. I love this theme and enjoyed reading about her gradual transformation. As for Anne’s nonsensical chatter I become desensitized to it after a while and I was happy to let Anne be Anne. The timeline of the book also spans more years than I expected, I thought it was going to be about Anne getting into scrapes after scrapes until the book ends somehow, and that would have been alright with me. However, it turns out that the book depicts Anne’s coming of age, her gradual development from the age of eleven to sixteen. By the end of the book, Anne is much more mature and not so manic.
There is a lighthearted and warm tone to Lucy Maud Montgomery which is a pleasure to read. This is “a book for all ages” so it is not exactly challenging to read. The characterization is very well done. The central characters are all believable and even lovable. The book actually becomes quite poignant towards the end and I closed the book with a happy sigh. There are eight sequels to this book I doubt I will read them all but I would be quite happy to check in on Anne again before too long.
• I am a fan of Ms. Karen Savage’s audiobook narrations, she has such a pleasant reading voice. Her narration of Anne of Green Gables is her best yet. Her love for this book really comes through in her enthusiastic and passionate delivery. I am ever so grateful. (Download page).
• Anne of Green Gables became so popular and such an important symbol of freedom in Poland that the Polish army issued a copy to every soldier before WWII.
• Anne of Green Gables is a sort of Canadian Secret Garden or Silas Marner.
• This book is not as widely read as I thought, my extremely well read BFF Cecily has never heard of it until this review, which probably means at least 50% of the world's reading population haven't. Have a look at the Netflix trailer, see if it's your thing (though there's more angst in the TV show than in the book).
• Ten things Anne of Green Gables taught this Guardian journo.
• Netflix’s adaptation (called Anne with an “E”) has been described as “gritty”, the grits are of their own manufacture; there is about as much grit in Anne of Green Gables as you would find in an average glass of milk. Amybeth McNulty who plays Anne is a fantastic young actress, her portrayal of Anne is top notched. The show looks good but I have to say I don't like the additional dark materials they put in, I think it is tonally at odds with the spirit of the book. I have seen a couple of episodes so far and a fairly minor incident in the book is blown up into a huge melodrama with a galloping horse chasing a train! (See message #17 by Tracey below for more details. Thanks, Tracey! 🤗)
• It is called Anne with an “E” because that is her badass spelling of it, and she insists the E is always included even when people are vocalizing the name.
• A minor complaint. Anne’s acrimonious relationship with Gilbert Blythe (who she whacks on the head with a slate) goes on too long on too trivial a basis to be reasonable or believable. I mean, he calls her carrot once and that started five years of animosity?
“The long platform was almost deserted; the only living creature in sight being a girl who was sitting on a pile of shingles at the extreme end. Matthew, barely noting that it was a girl, sidled past her as quickly as possible without looking at her. Had he looked he could hardly have failed to notice the tense rigidity and expectation of her attitude and expression. She was sitting there waiting for something or somebody and, since sitting and waiting was the only thing to do just then, she sat and waited with all her might and main.”
“Listen to the trees talking in their sleep,” she whispered, as he lifted her to the ground. “What nice dreams they must have!”
“Matthew, much to his own surprise, was enjoying himself. Like most quiet folks he liked talkative people when they were willing to do the talking themselves and did not expect him to keep up his end of it. But he had never expected to enjoy the society of a little girl. Women were bad enough in all conscience, but little girls were worse. He detested the way they had of sidling past him timidly, with sidewise glances, as if they expected him to gobble them up at a mouthful if they ventured to say a word. That was the Avonlea type of well-bred little girl. But this freckled witch was very different, and although he found it rather difficult for his slower intelligence to keep up with her brisk mental processes he thought that he “kind of liked her chatter.”
But they shouldn’t call that lovely place the Avenue. There is no meaning in a name like that. They should call it—let me see—the White Way of Delight. Isn’t that a nice imaginative name? When I don’t like the name of a place or a person I always imagine a new one and always think of them so. There was a girl at the asylum whose name was Hepzibah Jenkins, but I always imagined her as Rosalia DeVere. Other people may call that place the Avenue, but I shall always call it the White Way of Delight.
Japanese book cover
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Apr 15, 2015 Rebecca McNutt rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Shelves: coming-of-age, history, classic, prince-edward-island, rural-farm-country-life, friendship, classic-children-s, humor, comedy, canadian
I didn't think I'd like this book at first, but it turned out to be amazing! Anne herself is a lovable character and her antics and adventures are at times funny, at times sad and at times exciting. The Canadian landscapes were vibrantly described and the vocabulary was wonderful. Anyone who hasn't read this book should definitely do so.
Mar 07, 2008 Samantha Penrose rated it really liked it
Shelves: anne, young-adult
Ive decided that instead of reviewing this book, I will copy my favorite passages....passages that capture what I love about the book.....
Page 180 describes Anne perfectly, "The downfall of some dear hope or plan plunged Anne into "deeps of affliction." The fulfilment thereof exalted her to dizzy realms of delight."
I love the way Anne thinks...I love the way she jumps from thing to thing in a frenzy of thoughts.....
Page 44 the chapter begins..."Do you know," said Anne confidently, "I've made up Ive decided that instead of reviewing this book, I will copy my favorite passages....passages that capture what I love about the book.....
Page 44 the chapter begins..."Do you know," said Anne confidently, "I've made up my mind to enjoy this drive. It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind that you will. Of course, you must make it up firmly. I am not going to think about going back to the asylum while we're having our drive. I'm just going to think about the drive. Oh, look, there's one little early wild rose out! Isn't is lovely? Don't you think it would be nice if roses could talk? I'm sure they would tell us such lovely things. And isn't pink the most bewitching color in the world? I love it, but I can't wear it. Redheaded people can't wear pink, not even in imagination. Did you ever know of anybody whose hair was red when she was young, but got to be another color when she grew up?"
Page 123 ..."I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn't it? Look at these maple branches. Don't they give you a thrill-several thrills?"...
I just love the writing in general...the choice of words is splendid
Page 116 ...."But spruce groves are seductive and yellow nuts of gum beguiling...
Page 147 "The warning seemed not unnecessary, so uplifted and aerial was Anne's expression and attitude as she sprang to her feet, her face irradiated with the flame of her
spirit."
Page 285 "But Anne with her elbows on the window sill, her soft cheek laid against her clasped hands, and her eyes filled with visions, looked out unheedingly across city roof and spire to that glorious dome of sunset sky and wove her dreams of a possible future from the golden tissue of youth's own optimism. All the beyond was hers with its possibilities lurking rosily in the oncoming years-each year a rose of promise to be woven into an immortal chaplet."
Page 261 "Anne was sitting at her open window, for the time forgetful of the woes of examinations and the cares of the world, as she drank in the beauty of the summer dusk, sweet-scented with flower-breaths from the garden below and sibilant and rustling from the stirs of poplars. The eastern sky above the firs was flushed faintly pink from the reflection of the west, and Anne was wondering dreamily if the spirit of color looked like that, when she saw Diana come flying down through the firs, over the log bridge, and up the slope, with a fluttering newspaper in her hand."
The descritions of nature cannot be beat...
Page 147 "Anne came dancing home in the purple winter twilight across the snowy places. Afar in the southwest wwas the great shimmering, pearl-like sparkle of an evening star in a sky that was pale golden and ethereal rose over gleaming white spaces and dark glens of spruce. The tinkles of sleigh bells among the snowy hills came like elfin chimes through the frosty aie, but their music was not seeter than the song in Anne's heart and on her lips."
Page 271 "Oh, it was good to be out agin in the purity and silence of the night! How great and still and wonderful everything was, with the murmur of the sea sounding through it and the darkling cliffs beyond like grim giants guarding enchanted coasts."
Page 123 "October was a beautiful month at Green Gables, when the birches in the hollow turned as golden as sunshine and the maples behind the orchard were royal crimson and the wild cherry trees along the lane put on the loveliest shades of dark red and bronzy green, while the fields sunned themselves in aftermaths."
And of course, how could you not love Anne's wisdom on the subject of growing up...
Page 233 "That's the worst of growing up, and I'm begining to realize it. The things you wanted so much when you were a child don't seem half so wonderful to you when you get them."
Page 251 "But dare I say ther'll be other things to worry me. They keep coming up new all the time-things to perplex you, you know. You settle on question and there's another right after. There are so many things to be thought over and decided when you're begining to grow up. It keeps me busy all the time thinking them over and deciding whats right. It's a serious thing to grow up, isn't it Marilla?"... ...more
Mar 11, 2017 James rated it liked it · review of another edition
Shelves: 3-multi-book-series, 1-fiction, 2-fic-young-adult
3+ of 5 stars to Anne of Green Gables, the first book in a series by L.M. Montgomery, written in 1902. I read this book nearly 30 years ago and had to refresh my memory a little, before writing the review. I'd forgotten it was part of a whole series. I read more than one, but not sure which other ones. I recall this first one... a tale about an orphan girl, acclimating to a new family, meeting friends and neighbors. On the outskirts, it's a coming-of-age tale about a young girl Book Review
3+ of 5 stars to Anne of Green Gables, the first book in a series by L.M. Montgomery, written in 1902. I read this book nearly 30 years ago and had to refresh my memory a little, before writing the review. I'd forgotten it was part of a whole series. I read more than one, but not sure which other ones. I recall this first one... a tale about an orphan girl, acclimating to a new family, meeting friends and neighbors. On the outskirts, it's a coming-of-age tale about a young girl becoming a woman and learning about the realities of life. It's both a funny book to read and an educational one with some lessons. It's something every kid should read, just to understand how good they have it... or if they are adopted, to learn how to deal with it. Anne's a beautiful person, forgetting age for a few seconds. And whenever she's around, it sorta feels like the comforts of home. If you haven't sampled it, read one of the books in the series just to see what life was like for a girl like her over a century ago. It'll be a positive read, even so many years later.
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Jul 27, 2015 Helene Jeppesen rated it really liked it · review of another edition
This was my first time reading "Anne of Green Gables" and I thoroughly enjoyed it. This is a children's book, and so I was expecting a story with a lovely protagonist and some lovely and educating morals, and that's what I got. Anne is simply lovable from the very beginning where she's being fetched by Matthew on the train station to come live in Green Gables. She's highly enthousiastic about everything from the trees to the birds and the brook, and sometimes she was a bit too enthousiastic for This was my first time reading "Anne of Green Gables" and I thoroughly enjoyed it. This is a children's book, and so I was expecting a story with a lovely protagonist and some lovely and educating morals, and that's what I got. Anne is simply lovable from the very beginning where she's being fetched by Matthew on the train station to come live in Green Gables. She's highly enthousiastic about everything from the trees to the birds and the brook, and sometimes she was a bit too enthousiastic for my taste. Still, I loved her, because she was such a fierce and courageous little red-head at her age.
I think that one thing about this book that appeals to children a lot is the fact that Anne has a vivid imagination. She can go on for pages about her thoughts and feelings while we, the readers, are waiting for the story to continue. I found those digressions very endearing, and they are definitely the reason why this children's book is actually over 400 pages long.
The book turned into a narrative on Anne growing up, and each chapter became about a new episode in her life. That narrative style did become a bit too predictable for my taste, but in the end I still really liked this story because it warmed my heart and put a smile to my face. ...more
Mar 19, 2016 Samantha rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Yup! Just as good as the last two times! <3
Sep 08, 2011 Jo rated it it was amazing
Recommended to Jo by: Catie
Shelves: boy-crush, just-been-cutting-onions, good-grief, of-epic-proportions, soul-sister-heroine, when-can-i-move-in, you-got-a-friend-in-me, heart-skipped-a-beat, e, gorgeous-prose
"I don't believe I'd really want to be a sensible person, because they are so unromantic."
A series of letters.
Dear Jo (aged 11),
Get off The Sims and pick up a copy of Anne of Green Gables and read it now. It will change your life.
Jo (aged 22)
Dear Ms Montgomery,
I would like to take your beautiful prose and drape it over the washing line in my back garden to create a mystical den that only I and my friends may enter.
Who would I have to talk to for this to happen?
Thank you in "I don't believe I'd really want to be a sensible person, because they are so unromantic."
I now understand completely why so many young girls (and some not so young girls!) have fallen in love with you over the years.
You are simply marvellous and, even though I’m late to the party, you are making me feel like the guest of honour.
I wish I had met you when I was younger so you could have taught me that it was OK to get lost in daydreams and not feel shy about looking at things a bit differently than other people.
Because you and I and the rest of our kindred spirits really do have the best view.
Gilbert- Just wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself. I have a feeling that we’re going to get on splendidly in the future. Oh and I’d never crush your candied heart under my foot, though I’d probably just eat it. - J
Dear Manchester,
It has come to my attention that there are places in this world that are not rife with gangs of delinquents in hoodies, canals brimming with shopping trollies and boys who think it’s acceptable to wear jeggings.
There is a place in this world where a “myriad of bees” hums over orchards with “a bridal flush of pinky-white bloom” and where brooks are heard laughing under the ice. You will not find sullen commuters who think it’s courteous to steal the last Metro in the morning. This is a place where you can drift “luxuriously out on a sea of daydreams” and eat plum pudding instead of a Greggs pasty and where “days slip[ped] by like golden beads on the necklace of the year.”
This place has scope for imagination. (And it also has seasons other than ‘Grim’)
And this place is called Prince Edward’s Island.
Consider this your first warning, Manchester. If you don’t buck up your ideas, you will find yourself less one Mancunian.
J. Williams.
Dear Boys who worked in the cocktail bar at Bangor SU about a year and a half ago,
Remember my 21st birthday?
That wasn’t raspberry cordial …. Was it?
- A former student who would like to remain anonymous. ...more
Dec 19, 2018 Mari rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Shelves: 2018, childrens-middle-grade, classics
Maybe closer to 4.5 stars, but it's so sweet, who can do that to Anne? This was such a warm, welcoming read. It has very little friction, very little to keep your from melting into its prose and getting familiar with its characters. It is certainly a children's story and one from the 1900s, so it has its quirks and its strong morals and its lessons learned, but honestly, it was perfect weekday reading. This will be filed away under being regretful I didn't come to this as a child myself and also
Maybe closer to 4.5 stars, but it's so sweet, who can do that to Anne? This was such a warm, welcoming read. It has very little friction, very little to keep your from melting into its prose and getting familiar with its characters. It is certainly a children's story and one from the 1900s, so it has its quirks and its strong morals and its lessons learned, but honestly, it was perfect weekday reading. This will be filed away under being regretful I didn't come to this as a child myself and also as reading for any future, hypothetical children. ...more
Aug 07, 2015 Melki rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Shelves: fiction-favorites, girl-power
"Well now, she's a real interesting little thing," persisted Matthew.
Truer words were never spoken when the whirlwind known as Anne Shirley comes to live with siblings Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert at Green Gables.
In one terrific example of cosmic trickery, the Cuthberts, who were hoping to adopt a boy to help out around the farm, are sent instead a garrulous and imaginative, red-headed girl. Matthew takes to her immediately. Marilla needs some convincing.
"Matthew Cuthbert, you don't mean to say "Well now, she's a real interesting little thing," persisted Matthew.
"Matthew Cuthbert, you don't mean to say you think we ought to keep her!"
Marilla's astonishment could not have been greater if Matthew had expressed a predilection for standing on his head.
"Well now, no, I suppose not -- not exactly," stammered Matthew, uncomfortably driven into a corner for his precise meaning. "I suppose -- we could hardly be expected to keep her."
"I should say not. What good would she be to us?"
"We might be some good to her," said Matthew suddenly and unexpectedly.
Poor Anne, who has spent her brief life in foster homes caring for the children of drunkards, or penned up in an orphan's asylum, is devastated.
"You don't want me!" she cried. "You don't want me because I'm not a boy!"
But, of course she gets to stay, and as Matthew predicts, they are indeed good for her. The surprising thing is how good she is for them. Anne's unbounded enthusiasm for the world around her is infectious, and before long, Marilla finds herself reminded of the young girl she once was.
"All sorts of mornings are interesting, don't you think? You don't know what's going to happen through the day, and there's so much scope for imagination."
Imagine Anne's delight at seeing Prince Edward Island for the first time.
If you ever need a reminder of how amazing the world can be, look no further than Montgomery and her plucky, indomitable heroine.
Green Gables
This book is my comfort food - my grilled cheese with tomato soup, my hot chocolate on a cold winter's day, my cupcakes with sugary frosting.
"Dear old world," she murmured, "you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you." ...more
Jan 14, 2019 [Shai] Bibliophage rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
Shelves: favorites, books-read-2019, english-novels
When I was in grade school, the anime adaptation of Anne of Green Gables was aired here in our country. I instantly saw myself in Anne because I'm talkative, passionate and a bit stubborn then, therefore, it's easy for me to get drawn immediately to the story. I never read any of the L.M. Montgomery's books even how much I adore Anne Shirley and even if how many times I saw the copies of her books in a local thrift bookstore.
However, when I saw that there's an available series of this in When I was in grade school, the anime adaptation of Anne of Green Gables was aired here in our country. I instantly saw myself in Anne because I'm talkative, passionate and a bit stubborn then, therefore, it's easy for me to get drawn immediately to the story. I never read any of the L.M. Montgomery's books even how much I adore Anne Shirley and even if how many times I saw the copies of her books in a local thrift bookstore.
However, when I saw that there's an available series of this in Netflix, I consider that now is the right time to start reading the original novels. From how much I love the anime series that I've watched when I was still young, I believe that my affection to the story and Anne's character revitalize when I read this classic. I'm quite certain that I will buy the physical copy of the entire book series of Anne of Green Gables because this is a great addition to my library. ...more
Oct 25, 2013 Duane rated it it was amazing
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When I read Anne of Green Gables I was admitted into the world of orphan Anne Shirley and her life in Prince Edward Island, Canada. I fell in love with her and her adoptive parents, brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert. Mrs. Rachel Lynde, her meddling neighbor, and Gilbert Blythe, who would become Anne's lifelong love, were also introduced early in this book, the first of eight novels telling the life story of Anne Shirley. I've read every one and it remains one of my favorite series. When I read Anne of Green Gables I was admitted into the world of orphan Anne Shirley and her life in Prince Edward Island, Canada. I fell in love with her and her adoptive parents, brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert. Mrs. Rachel Lynde, her meddling neighbor, and Gilbert Blythe, who would become Anne's lifelong love, were also introduced early in this book, the first of eight novels telling the life story of Anne Shirley. I've read every one and it remains one of my favorite series.
5 shining stars. ...more
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Lucy Maud Montgomery was a Canadian author, best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908.
The author of the famous Canadian novel Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery, was born at Clifton, Prince Edward Island, Nov. 30, 1874. She came to live at Leaskdale, north of Uxbridge Ontario, in 1911 after her wedding with Rev. Ewen Macdonald on July 11, 1911 Lucy Maud Montgomery was a Canadian author, best known for a series of novels beginning with Anne of Green Gables, published in 1908.
The author of the famous Canadian novel Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery, was born at Clifton, Prince Edward Island, Nov. 30, 1874. She came to live at Leaskdale, north of Uxbridge Ontario, in 1911 after her wedding with Rev. Ewen Macdonald on July 11, 1911 in Prince Edward Island. Her three children were born at Leaskdale, and she wrote close to a dozen books while she was living in the Leaskdale Manse before the Macdonald family moved to Norval, Ontario in 1926.
Maud died in Toronto April 24, 1942 and was buried at Cavendish, Prince Edward Island.
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Sharon Struckman discovers Country Markets in Herts, part of a UK-wide project to reconnect consumers with the land
For more than 90 years a co-operative of markets across England, Wales and the Channel Islands has been selling homemade baked goods, preserves, garden-grown fruit and vegetables, plants and handmade crafts.
Visitors to these Country Markets (today there are around 300) can buy a variety of produce; almost anything local and seasonal that can be produced in a domestic kitchen or garden. They are held weekly in a variety of venues in cities, towns and villages. In Hertfordshire you can find these traditional treasures in St Albans, Berkhampstead, Hatfield, Harpenden, Hertford, Royston, Kings Langley, Sawbridgeworth and Ware.
The intitiative promotes ‘Making Local Food Work’, supporting community enterprise as a solution to local food needs with the aim of reconnecting consumers to the land by increasing access to fresh, healthy local food.
I had the pleasure of meeting a very talented baker, Niki Knight at Ware Country Market. Inspired by her grandmother, Niki enjoyed experimenting with recipes and perfecting family favourites and for years she had been complimented by family and friends on her baking. Her background was in food manufacturing, having worked in the food industry for a number of years and once her son was established in secondary school she decided to share her talents with a wider audience.
She makes a large range of biscuits and tray bakes (including some gluten-free) and loves traditional recipes and flavour combinations but says she is also always on the lookout for something new.
Niki sells her products through food fairs, carnivals, markets and other public events in the area. She also creates unique gifts for special occasions and will deliver to both businesses and private customers. For more information, contact Niki via her website, nikishomemadebiscuits.co.uk
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James Loeb (1867–1933), the son of a German-Jewish banker in New York, followed his artistic and art historical inclinations and used his tremendous financial wealth for the purpose of cultural and social philanthropism. This publication examines the patron’s life and work and outlines his scholarly achievements.
Classical scholar, art collector, and philanthropist – James Loeb is one of the impressive personalities of the twentieth century. Coming from a well-off family, he lived for his artistic interests and owned an outstanding collection of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman artworks, which nowadays is kept in the State Collection of Antiquities in Munich. He is the founder of the Loeb Classical Library and provided extensive support for educational and social institutions. In this publication, renowned German and American authors for the first time take a comprehensive look at the life and work of the collector and patron who was active in Munich and Murnau.
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Launch of online tool to help frontline professionals in child health
Funded by the Department of Health, the website – www.spottingthesickchild.com – is aimed at all front line professionals in the field of child health and teaches the basic facts and relevant examination of the seven commonest presenting complaints in acutely ill children.
The website builds on the hugely successful DVD of the same name, which indicated that most healthcare practitioners lack training and confidence in acute paediatric illness, and are highly motivated to learn these skills.
The intended audience includes Foundation doctors, Emergency Department doctors, paediatric doctors in training, General Practitioners, nurses in GP surgeries / Emergency Departments / Paediatric wards, Health Visitors, paramedics and ambulance technicians, and medical students.
‘Spotting the Sick Child’ allows learners with variable paediatric experience to learn basic assessment and communication skills for acutely ill children in hospital and primary care environments.
The website was developed in a collaboration between Dr Monica Lakhanpaul, of the University of Leicester, who took the academic lead; Dr Ffion Davies, who took the clinical lead at the University Hospitals of Leicester; and Dr. Nicholas Blackwell of OCB Media, a University of Leicester spinout company specialising in online medical education, was responsible for development. The Health Education Research and Development Unit (HERADU) at the University of Leicester, led by Drs. Lakhanpaul and Blackwell, was instrumental in liaising with the Department of Health to realise the project.
With the growth in Urgent Care facilities and staff, increased attendances to emergency departments, and increased acute hospital admissions, the need for a resource such as this is growing.
In addition, the CEMACH (Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health ) report 2008 ‘Why Children Die’ and NPSA report 2009 on Children and Young People emphasised poor recognition skills amongst frontline staff for identifying critically ill children.
“There is no comparable resource in this field, other than heavyweight textbooks which will not reach the majority of frontline practitioners,” say Dr Lakhanpaul and Dr Davies.
‘Spotting the Sick Child’ is used by learners and teachers alike. Real life footage of paediatric emergencies brings the learner their ‘virtual patient’. They learn from this and can self-test on patients in the ‘My Waiting Room’ cases.
‘My Learning’ tracks the learner’s progress to date, and acts as a repository for pulling their identified learning needs into a customised sub-section of the website. Within the core sections, footage of certain types of patients are repeated and compared so that confidence and skills acquisition in recognition is gained, as it would in real life practice.
Dr Ffion Davies, Consultant at University Hospital Leicester, produced the original DVD and is a leader in the field of education for paediatric emergency medicine in the UK. She provided the expertise needed to make filming happen ‘on the ground’, overcoming potential obstacles such as staff reticence, patient consent, institutional support, and the project management required to make such a product, where others have failed.
Dr Davies commented: “We are a very enthusiastic bunch of professionals, who believe that we are at the forefront of online learning. ‘Spotting the Sick Child’ is a lot more fun than most e-learning packages, and offers the user customisation and choice in a way that most do not.
“With the backing of the Department of Health and Royal Colleges our aim is to reach out to large numbers of practitioners, and prevent unnecessary critical illness and deaths in children.”
Dr Monica Lakhanpaul, Consultant Paediatrician in Leicester Community Children’s Services and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Medical and Social Care Education, Health education and research Development Unit at the University of Leicester, has experience of getting evidence into practice, especially through NICE guideline development and implementation.
Dr Lakhanpaul added: “More and more children are attending the emergency department. With this increase it is sometimes a challenge to recognise the acutely sick child. It requires confidence and appropriate skills.
“We hope that this new evidence-based educational tool, commissioned by the Department of Health, will support health professionals, especially those in the front line, and give them confidence to recognise and manage the sick child.”
OCB Media contributed the expertise of online medical education, drawing on previous successful projects such as ‘Minor Injuries in Accident and Emergency’, ‘Paediatric Respiratory Examination’, ‘Paediatric Cardiovascluar Examination’ and ‘Acute Breathing Difficulties in Children’. Further information on OCB Media can be found at http://www.ocbmedia.com.
‘Spotting the Sick Child’ version 2 is an online educational website and follows the large-scale success of its DVD predecessor, which sold more than 20,000 copies in the UK and worldwide.
Like the website, the DVD was commissioned by the Department of Health (England), and is endorsed by NPSA, RCPCH, RCGP, RCN and the College of Emergency Medicine.
Notes to Editors: For more information on this please contact Dr Monica Lakhanpaul, Senior Lecturer and Consultant Paediatrician at the University of Leicester Department of Medical and Social Care Education, email ml103@le.ac.uk
Reviews of the earlier DVD version of ‘Spotting the Sick Child’
The multimedia format is a major strength in “Spotting the Sick Child”. As noted above, the use of video images and, in some instances, sounds provides a much fuller clinical presentation than that possible with a standard written text.
The individual narrators are very polished and present a very professional image without appearing aloof. Their content is concise and edits nicely with the related video clips.
“Spotting the Sick Child” is a very well-produced multimedia DVD of the acutely ill or injured child. The basic material covered is well suited for students of all medical and nursing disciplines and should be in the library of any teaching institution.
Pediatric Emergency Care, June 2005
This DVD is a powerful, versatile and informative resource which will be able to offer many healthcare professionals in all specialities and at all levels of training insight into how and ill child might look in practice. Anyone would feel more skilled after spending time with this DVD. I hope it will help to demystify the paediatric assessment and give those clinical signs which we strive to explain a real and “live” feel. This DVD, with its instructive and common-sense approach, should take pride of place in induction programmes and would be a valuable teaching resource in any A&E department, paediatric unit or GP surgery. Overall, it definitely does what is says on the box.
Archives of Disease in Childhood, September 2005
For those working in primary care, where sometimes the most difficult decisions are taken with respect to further intervention – referral to hospital or a wait and see approach – this DVD may jog a few memories and remind GPs particularly about the sometimes innocuous presentations of serious illnesses in childhood. Whilst the résumés of typical childhood illnesses – for example, respiratory illnesses and the characteristics of rashes – may seem obvious to many, we know from claims experience that these facts are not always universally known or recognised.
This teaching aid, therefore, is applicable to several health care settings and its use should be encouraged. If all those involved in the assessment of children could demonstrate their clinical skills to this level, ensuring that the basics have been covered and then documented, it might also reduce the all too frequent complaints from parents about perfunctory examinations when they have considerable concerns about the wellbeing of their children.
Medical Protection Society Casebook, February 2006
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I remember when I was joining the site. The reason was at first just to have a place to keep all of my silly decks. But I always enjoyed the other aspects and even though I didn't participate that much I will miss it. With things like the "Real Casual Play Network" I made a lot of new friends.
This change couldn't have come at a more fitting time for me. With the Dalaran Heist the Solo Content now offers so much new and exciting ways to play that the Multiplayer now just pales in comparison. I will probably keep at it a little with the monthly card back and occasionally a fun meme gimmick duel with a friend if I get the 80 gold quest, but otherwise the Singleplayer now has the awesomeness I always wanted. Sure, some things could be improved, but overall it's interesting, but also sad to say that I probably won't even miss the community aspect.
So at last thanks to everyone that participated here. It was a great time and this will be a big change for many. Let's see what the future brings.
user-14157642 posted a message on POLL: Hearthstone Classic / Vanilla
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I think we rather need some form of guild/lobby system where you can play the game the way you want with your friends. Because for example I wouldn't be interested in that, but I'm sure some others might enjoy it. So you could go ahead and make such a guild/lobby and invite people to see if they're interested in it. Maybe with an option to make it public, but if everyone can do that everything might get flooded so it's probably better to stick with invite-only. Just like with the current group system in the client. But that in-game with some options to customize the game to your preferred playstyle. That's what we need.
You can do that right now. Agree with your friends to play Classic cards only and invite them to battle. Done.
As I said I'm not interested in that idea in particular. But yes you could do that in this way. But it also would be much better if we had some real social features in the game to organize that. And moreover there is much more that could be implemented with such a system. For example more starting health, mana, cards in deck, what cards can go into a deck, hero powers, etc. And that is certainly not something you can do right now. But I guess that wasn't really the point here... so my bad, sorry. It still would be better to find like-mined people. Or perhaps it might be important there that it's more "automatic". You create such a lobby/guild and all your friends (but only them to not have like 1 million in a giant list) can see that. And if you see something you like join in. Because I'm not going to go through my friends list asking who likes to play Shudderyogg. And even the current groups in the client I'm part of are not very active. It would be really nice to have such a feature in the game. If someone is afraid of trolling and such it's probably for the best to make it optional. I think some better social features like guilds/lobbies would be a great addition to the game.
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user-14157642 posted a message on Heroic Ungan Oddkind and Tala - how do you beat them??
I beat Ungan Oddkind with the Golden Candle that turns everything into random Legendaries. (Guaranteed in my opening hand with the Right-Hand Man buff from the Tavern, lol.) But I probably got quite lucky with the Legendaries. But since the AI seems to be programmed to first use cards he didn't use his Hero Power which probably would have wrecked me.
user-14157642 posted a message on Hearthstone Subscription Continued
I would love a subscription model, but I guess we're in the minority here. But honestly in a wild-only subscription I probably wouldn't even be interested that much. If anything it really should include all the cards. Really sad to see that others don't like that. I also don't really understand it because it could be done as an alternative way for people like us. FeelsBadMan
user-14157642 posted a message on Let's make all Classic Cards F2P
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So basically, new players will get a head start with my money. Yeah perfect idea. Ingenius.
That is exactly the attitude that will prevent this from happening.
You know, the only reason f2p players are able to play Hearthstone at all is because others are willing to spend money on it.
The definition of greed is "a selfish and excessive desire for more of something than is needed." It's the free players who are always asking for more. Remember, none of this is needed, because video games are a luxury, not a necessity.
Paying players don't tend to worry about what Blizzard is or is not giving away. Paying players are happy and appreciative when something is free, and they pay when it's not free (instead of making ridiculous demands). If it's not worth paying for, people don't buy it, and Blizzard adjusts from there.
Maybe that's worth remembering as you try to dictate Blizzard's business model.
WTF are you talking about? I didn't say anything about greed and neither do I try to dictate their business model.
But yes, you're right on the F2P part. So maybe I was a bit too harsh. But then again as you can see in this thread even if they technically wouldn't lose anything many people don't like the idea of giving things they paid for to others for free. To a certain degree it's understandable, but in the end they would've got something out of paying early. They could've already played it until it became free. That's what I was refering to.
And btw I'm someone that does always buy the full expansion or anything else when it comes out. I do like this game a lot, but I don't like that some are so... inconsiderate of others a lot of the time. That was all.
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user-14157642 posted a message on [Poll] Community's Preferred Single Player Content.
I prefer the "random progression run", but I think it can be significantly improved.
The fact that the Bosses need to be somewhat similar in the sort of mechanics they can use, the fact that they cannot truly create very unique situation and events for each boss, due to the fact that players need to be able to enter into these bosses with a random deck that might not be suited to encounter very specific events, creates a mode in which all the Bosses tend to be very similar.
I think they could make it more customizable while still being randomized and that should be enough. For example you getting more cards to choose from and a separate collection for the run. I think there are many options how they could realistically bring back that "feeling" of the old adventures to those type of adventures. And even now it doesn't feel that much similar at all in my opinion. I think it's great, but indeed some things could be improved.
When you go to the Tavern to trade cards, the minions are Randomly selected from your deck.
This is so annoying. I had a random deck with a Dalaran Librarian in it that I wanted to get rid of. But was I able to do that? No. Those tavern events are better than nothing, but that whole aspect of customization should to be improved way more in my opinion. More of those events and/or more options there for example. Alternatively as mentioned before a separate collection and that you can edit your deck at any moment would be a dream. But it's also interesting to do it with such taverns events, but then it should give you more options and/or appear more often.
the fact that whenever there is a loss, which a large portion of times for average players will come later in the Runs, it always forces the player to lose all progress and start from the beginning.
You might have a really cool deck, start a bad hand, and the run is over, you have to restart, with no guarantee you'll get anything good next try.
Yeah, that really sucks. And I also want to add that the same thing applies to the end of the run. Got a cool, awesome deck and want to keep playing? Too bad! You beat all the bosses and now you have to start from the beginning.
So here are my ideas for improving that: For one I think the old "ante" from Magic would be great here. You already get cards if you win. So how about you lose some instead of losing your entire progress? Or maybe you're forced to add bad or even negative cards to your deck. That could be fun. And then some sort of "endless mode" where you can keep playing with your deck. Although maybe it doesn't even need to be a separate mode I think. You could have some encounter where you can "set your path" towards endless mode.
When there are so many random factors influencing my run, and a high percentage of the time the error is not mine, it is frustrating. I don't like to be punished for an error I did not make.
Punished? You just got "never lucky". It happens to the best of us. You can only do your best with what you got. Don't sweat it.
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That is exactly the attitude that will prevent this from happening. But to be fair the main objective is to beat the opponent and don't give a shit about them. I personally like to play mostly meme decks just for fun and do care about my opponent. I'm really glad they improved the singleplayer content this expansion.
user-14157642 posted a message on May 14th Hearthstone Update - Dalaran Adventure Data
Single-player Reconnect – Players can now resume in-progress single-player content after game disconnects, closures, and crashes.
Is this what they meant with "Pause Mid-Game"? Because that was always a very annoying thing with the last adventures. This "Roguelike" approach is pretty cool, but what if you want to pause and resume later? If you're currently in a duel you would lose all your progress which sucks. "Saving" or "Pausing" is very important in single-player content in my opinion and that you're forced to end the duel if you begin one is quite annoying for me. I guess I'll see how it works, but I guess I can just "disconnect" to "pause", lol.
user-14157642 posted a message on Leeroy is THE problem actually
The whelps should have taunt and him down to 4 mana again. Problem solved.
user-14157642 posted a message on The Dalaran Heist - Adventure Launches May 16
Finally. And it looks very promising!
Unlocking the hero powers are like achievements. Being able to modify your deck is very good. The inability to do so in the previous dungeon run/monste hunt made it extremely annoying at times. Also that there is a random starting deck option is good. And lastly the anomaly mode sounds really fun.
The only thing that might be bad is that there probably is no endless mode. Sometimes I made a great deck in dungeon run/monster hunt and gotten through all the fights, but that's then it and if I want to play more I have to restart from the very beginning. And maybe the deck modification isn't good enough. It's hard to say from this preview.
Overall it looks amazing and is totally worth the price. I think I will have a lot of fun with it. Considering the anomaly mode, different hero powers, and randomized starting decks I really think this also adds a lot of replayability. I'm very excited!
user-14157642 posted a message on Does Blizzard hear us?
2) Trading/Borrowing
This is already in place for friendly duels.
Do people really don't know about this feature or is everyone so fanatic about playing ranked?
Although to be fair it might be hard to play at the same time as one of your friends. You also can only have 200 friends. For example whenever I like to play very often none of my friends are online.
user-14157642 posted a message on What about a Hearthstone version of Overwatch's just announced Workshop feature
Woah, that's awesome. And it would be as well for Hearthstone. Unfortunately I had to immediately think about the fact that Overwatch is not F2P and you need to buy into it. That's the reason they can afford to do it. They already made money and additionally focus more on cosmetics. But just make it subscription based and it can work from a business perspective in Hearthstone. I would gladly spend like 10 € or so per month for this sort of thing. But of course who knows how many would consider spending money on such a feature. Realistically it might not be worth it for them. I think this game still has too many tryhards that wouldn't give a shit about custom games. But maybe one day... I really hope so.
As someone that always buys all the cards since GvG I would love that.
Unfortunately it seems a lot of people wouldn't like it because of their "investment" of time and/or money. But as someone else has pointed out: It's just the extreme case of you buying a game one day before it gets discounted. I'd say: Never Lucky. But what do you want to do about that? To be fair it really is extreme since it's for free in this proposal not just discounted, but otherwise it's totally the same.
I personally would really like to see that just so I can have some more fun games. I think a lot of people would love to try out crazy fun decks, but they simply can't afford much of it so "they keep grinding". Which is terrible in my opinion.
I think the big thing here really is people's attitude and why they're playing the game. I would see a lot of value in giving out as much as possible for free to everyone if it's doable. Even from a more competitive standpoint it's... well at least weird. Do you love to stomp people with terrible decks because they don't have access to the right cards? Maybe. Maybe not?
I guess it really is mostly this "lost investment" thing. And that comes down to how you see this "investment". Contray to popular perception money is never really wasted (except you burn it or such) because the other person now holds this "value". The only difference is that it's not longer you (or your group) who holds this "value". I wouldn't see giving out everything for free as bad (as long as they can "afford it") since I don't see the other players as separate. After all I even need someone to play with. As I said: Would you really like to play against Basic decks all day long? Well, maybe I guess? A super tryhard that only cares to win... probably would like that... maybe? I really can't imagine it. I certainly wouldn't play it that way. Of course it isn't like that, but just to show how bizzare this way of playing the game feels to me.
Unfortunately it seems many are indeed more "competitive" and as such might not really give a fuck about their opponent. So giving out stuff for free when they payed for it probably feels for them like if they're running a 2 KM race with a couple of people and after 1 KM a dozen other people come in, completely fresh and unexhausted. It would understandably feel very unfair as a "competition". Since I don't give a fuck about winning though I wouldn't mind and rather be happy for them. It really depends on how you look at it. Even though the game is very "competitively framed" it doesn't mean you can't have fun with something like a Shudderyogg mirror match for example. Now that I think about it...
To a certain degree we even have this. The "Borrow Deck" function when playing a friendly match. So maybe this discussion is more about "competitive" play. Well, I certainly don't give a fuck about that. I guess this function doesn't get used too often though or at least it doesn't effect their sales/profit too much. Which actually means... a whole lot of people more than I thought play it "competitively". This is... just sad. I mean it's potential 50% discount if we would do it right. You just need to find someone with a big enough or better complete collection. (Like me. Complete non-golden collection. Battletag to the left. Region: EU. Usual playtime: 2 - 6 AM CEST) But of course if you're playing with this "competitive" mindset this is probably next to useless to you. And I was so happy when they first showed that. I should've seen it coming. Such an amazing feature for free? Yeah, but almost nobody cares about it. #FeelsBadMan
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Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services are taking measures defend legal conscience rights and allow states to regulate abortion services. NataliaDeriabina/Getty Images
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When the historians were digging the first ever man-written text, it was filled with unknown knowledge acquired from deep meditation by the ancient sages. The text dated about 1200 years old and Ayurveda is one legendary study scrambled in it. 'Ayurveda' is a Sanskrit word combined with 'Ayur' meaning Life and 'Veda' meaning knowledge, its literal meaning being, 'The Knowledge of life.' In general terms, it is an Indian system of practising medicine with diet and various physical, mental and breathing exercises. The practice is passed on from generations for about 1000 years and is still practised! Ayurveda is a system of health and living involving ancient Indian medical science that is now gaining popularity in the west. Why has it lasted so long? Two words: Practical and straightforward. Ayurveda maintains a balanced body and spirit, to do this, one has to follow a correct daily routine of staying healthy. This includes eating adequate and nutritious food and adapting to seasonal changes. Conventional medicine is trying to find a solution for chronic diseases such as AIDS, paralysis, high, psoriasis, cholesterol, and more for a long time. The field of Ayurveda has been garnering popularity lately for treating such ailments.
Ayurveda in Kerala
Kerala Ayurvedic Medicines
Kerala, God's own state, possesses a tradition of Ayurveda that has time and again proven to be more effective than native and foreign medicines. Back in the 1600s, the Ayurveda Vaidyas (the ones who practised Ayurveda in the ancient times) was the only solution for people looking out for cures for any disease in Kerala. The entire state was treated by the families of Vaidyas, known as Ashta vaidyas, who were also considered legendary, and their successors. While other states in India prefer allopathy as their primary solution, Kerala has a different story to narrate. Here, Ayurveda is mainstream. In present times, Kerala, by far, is the only State in India which practices Ayurveda with pure dedication. The Vaidyars in the state evolved the practices of Ayurveda over a period, making the protocols more effective than before.
Famous Rejuvenation Therapies Practiced in Kerala Ayurveda
Abhyanga (body massage) with medicated oil
Body Immunization and Longevity Treatment (Kayakalpa Chikitsa)
Sweda Karma in Ayurveda
This is the primary solution in Ayurveda for slowing down the ageing process by immunising the system and arresting the degeneration of the body cells. The programme, based on the Swethakarma and Panchakarma treatment involves giving an exceptional Ayurvedic medicine, Rasayana for the treatment. Body Sudation (Sweda Karma): Swedana karma includes various techniques that induce sweating. Thermodynamic changes in the body do this. First, it increases heart rate and blood pressure for a short period. Following that, it can also lower the systolic blood pressure levels. This is done mainly to improve blood circulation and to remove toxic substances from the body through the process of sweating.
Body Slimming and Weight Loss
Slimming programmes are broad. Some involve drinking lots of water and fresh fluids along with a nutritious diet; others include medicated herbal oil and powder massages, medicated steam bath, intake of herbal teas, adhering to a proper sleep cycle and exercising daily.
Turmeric paste to soothe skin conditions
To give a beautiful lustre to the skin, massage is an easy method as it maintains a proper circulation of vital fluids Beauty care includes applying herbal face packs on skin, herbal cream massage, massage with special fruit juices and oils, head pack, bodypack, herbal or steam bath and intake of nutritious fluids. The treatment is best known for improving skin tone, muscle tone, and skin complexion.
The modern lifestyle exposes one's body and mind to a lot of tension and stress. Destressing programmes combine Ayurveda therapy, along with Yoga and meditation to help attain a relaxed state of mind. This includes rejuvenation massages, therapy, thalam, njavarkizhi, dhara, herbal steam bath and pack, herbal medicines etc.
Yoga has numerous benefits, including physical and mental rejuvenation, prolonged existence, increased focus, avoiding diseases, and mental endurance. Yoga, linked with the principles of Ayurveda has various benefits in their therapeutic use.
The Panchakarma treatment deals with the overall rejuvenation of the body and includes body massages ( hand and foot) with medicated creams and oils, medicines and steam baths. This therapy unwinds the mind, body and soul, tones up the skin, and strengthens the immune system to achieve the ideal state of health.
Kerala Ayurveda Treatments
Kaya Chikitsa
Kayachikitsa is the first branch of Astanga Ayurveda, more commonly known as the eight-branched Ayurveda. It deals with general medicine. The procedure is referred to Kaya Chikitsa. Herein, kaya translates to 'body' and chikitsa means 'treatment'. This practice deals with a range of general diseases, mainly skin disorders, tuberculosis, diabetes, arthritis, rheumatoid and others.
Shalya Chikitsa
When you think of surgery, the advanced technology, science, and state of the art pieces of equipment are what first comes to mind. But not many know that Ayurveda introduced surgery long before medical science did. Shalya Chikitsa provided relief when other medicines failed.
Graha Chikitsa
Graha Chikitsa concerns with the diseases acquired or inherited from causes unknown. This branch of Ayurveda deals explicitly with psychological conditions or more commonly known as the diseases of the mind. It is believed that this can be caused by the invasion of evil spirits or supernatural forces.
Damshitra Chikitsa
Damshitra Chikitsa deals with the removal of toxins by the cleansing of the immune system. This is done by taking in healthy and nutritious food. The toxins include air and water pollution, vegetables, and minerals.
Bala Chikitsa
Bala Chikitsa deals with the care of children. The treatment helps parents right from the birth of the child till teenage and covers all aspects. This mainly includes maintaining a proper immune system and making sure the child's growth is normal at all stages. The treatment also focuses on the mother's health during the early life of the child.
Jara Chikitsa
Jara Chikitsa deals with maintaining health for longer life. Ayurveda believes that the Ojo (life force) can be increased with the help of Rasayana, the process of slowing down ageing.
Vrishya Chtikitsa
Vrishya Chtikitsa is a branch of Ayurveda that explains the creation of a better society by producing healthy progeny. Infertility and conditions relating to weak Shukra dhatu, more commonly known as the vital reproductive fluids of the body are the various diseases that this branch deals with.
The Advantages of Kerala Ayurveda
The use of Ayurveda is seldom anywhere in the world as compared to Kerala, where Ayurveda was born. Many scholars consider an advantage over the fact Vaidyars in Kerala is proficient in this most contemporary treatise of Ayurveda. Kashaya Chikitsa, the treatment with the concoction, now involves hundreds of scientifically classified Kashayams in Kerala available for various treatment needs. They were also the first ones to focus on Abayangam's antioxidant properties that lead to the profusion of kizhis. Kerala is also home to the most significant number of Ayurveda colleges. In addition to this, the state also has the most significant amount of practitioners in comparison to any other place in the world. This tradition has turned ancient Ayurveda research into a scientific one in Kerala.
Best Time For An Ayurvedic Treatment in Kerala
The best time to do an Ayurveda treatment would be when the need arises, especially if it's for some particular disease or ailment. In this case, waiting for a specific time would only worsen the problem.
There are treatments which depend on a particular season or ritu. For instance, Vamana Karma, generally suggested for maintenance of health is supposed to be done in Vasant Ritu (Spring) and Virechan Karma is suggested in Sharad Ritu (Autumn). One has to keep in mind other factors which come into play before starting the treatment. In some cases, the treatment can only be taken by some specific people during a particular season.
It is believed that the most popular time to come to Kerala for an Ayurveda treatment is in Karkidakam, the last month of Malayalam calendar, which falls in between July or August. The beginning of Pravrt Ritu (the monsoons), is the time when all the three doshas in the body are said to be vitiated.
That being said, there are no official dates for any treatment. It is entirely upon the choice of the person taking the treatment. Prices are hiked in July and August, and it is also the time the weather is damp. You're likely to get more discounts if you visit from March to May.
Best Places for Ayurveda Treatments in Kerala
1. Kairali Ayurvedic Health Resort
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Located amidst 50 acres of lush green land, Kairali Ayurvedic Health Resort is one of the best in Kerala. Situated in the Palakkad district, a river stream passes through each cottage housed in here. The Resort provides just vegetarian food and alcohol is strictly prohibited inside the premises. A routine here begins with an early morning meditation followed by yoga sessions. The serene natural atmosphere adds to the calm mood that sets when you walk in here. There is a range of Ayurvedic packages to choose from, which starts from INR 10,000 (depending on the type of package you prefer). A minimum stay of 3 nights is also required.
Address: Olassery, Kodumbu, Palakkad, India 678551
Website: www.ayurvedichealingvillage.com
2. Beach and Lake Ayurvedic Resort
The Beach and Lake Ayurvedic Resort, located just 8 kilometres south of the Trivandrum airport offers peaceful surroundings with breathtaking natural beauty. Nestled on an island between the Karamana River and the Arabian Sea, the property consists only of 8 rooms, promising a more private and intimate. The views here are splendid. On one side of the resort lies backwaters and on the other side, a beach. Qualified doctors, excellent food and top class services add on to your leisure at this wellness resort. The experts here use all relevant Vedic healing treatments to help you achieve the ideal health. While they use, nutrition, herbs and most therapies from Ayurveda, they also prefer yoga for integrating your mind and body as well as for more profound healing through Kalari Payattu. Open throughout the year; the resort offers excellent benefits and massive discounts during the monsoon season, especially from June to July. For cost and packages, visit the website mentioned below.
Address: Pozhikkara Beach, Pachalloor, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695027
Phone: +914712382086, +914712383066 Mobile: +91 9400812086
Website: www.beachandlakeresort.com
3. Kalari Kovilakom
Awareness, Mindfulness, an inward integration of the body and a therapeutic engagement of all senses, mind, and spirit. Therese are few of the many aspects of the Ayurvedic healing process that one gains at Kalari Kovilakom, Kerala. Keeping in mind the culture and rich history of Ayurveda in Kerala, the wellness centre is designed to deliver just the right kind of services that will leave a lasting impression in mind. Certified by National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers, the centre sticks to traditional standards and values of Ayurveda and uses only the superior quality equipment for the treatments to deliver you what you deserve, the best. The primary services offered here are Cleansing and Rejuvenation, Weight Management, Specific Ailments, Anti Stress, and Healthy Aging. You can contact them via phone to know more about their services and prices.
Address: Payyallur, Kollengode, Palakkad, Kerala 678506
Website: www.cghearthayurveda.com/kalari-kovilakom
4. Athreya Ayurvedic Centre
Located in Kottayam, the Athreya Ayurvedic Centre is a place of retreat for the ones seeking a genuine and memorable experience for the well-being of mind, body, and soul. With a combination of today's possibilities of medical sciences yet with a focus on authentic Ayurveda, people over at Athreya make sure that you have a good time. It is a place to be at if you are looking for treatments under the prevention of disease, detox and wellness, and cure for a health concern. Their packages start from INR 8,000 for single occupancy and INR 13,000 for double occupancy.
Address: Pakkil P. O., Pallom, Kottayam, Kerala, India
Phone: +919072721727 , 7034071717
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
Website: www.theathreya.com
5. Sarovaram Ayurvedic Resort
A family-owned Ayurveda Health Center, Sarovaram is managed by highly skilled Ayurvedic doctors and experienced employees of the present generation. They provide well equipped Kerala style cottages in a lush green garden situated on the banks of Ashtamudi Lake. Sarovaram manufactures its authentic Ayurvedic ingredients and medicines, and quality is their number one priority. Located on the banks of Ashtamudi Lake in Kerala, the resort is easily accessible from Kollam (10 kilometres), from Trivandrum (80 kilometres) and Cochin (65 Kilometers)
Address: Ayurvedic Backwater Health Center, Ashtamudi Kollam, Kerala, India
Mob: +91-9447774686 (Reservation Manager), 91-474-2704686
Website: www.sarovaramkollam.com
6. The Travancore Heritage
A seaside resort located at Choawra (towards the south of Kovalam), The Travancore Heritage stands in 15 acres of land surrounded by lush greenery. Situated high on a cliff, the resort offers spectacular views of the Arabian Sea and stretches of white sand beaches. The resort brings to life the age-old traditional architectural splendour of Kerala. The Ayurvedic centre over at The Travancore Heritage keeps alive the 5000-year-old traditions by providing top class therapeutic packages. These include rejuvenation therapies, beauty care, and various clinical packages.
Address: Chowara P.O., Trivandrum, Kerala, India 695501
Ph: +91 471 2229600 to 99
Fax: 91-471-2267201
Email: [email protected] heritage.com, [email protected] heritage.com
Website: www.thetravancoreheritage.com
7. Somatheeram Ayurvedic Health Resort
The ancient teachings of Ayurveda form the most important parts of Indian culture. And they also form the cornerstone of Somatheeram Ayurvedic Health Resort, the first of its kind to popularise Ayurvedic teachings beyond the Indian borders by opening resorts in the UK, US, France, Italy, and Germany. To make your experience as tranquil and joyous it can be, the resort is established in a tropical garden with cottage-style accommodations with a lovely view of the Arabian Sea. They have put together various packages as selected treatment regimes. Body purification, body slimming, body immunisation, beauty care, and more packages are available to choose from. You can choose from their tariff plans whether you want a package as per night basis, 14 days basis or 28 days basis.
Address: Somatheeram Ayurvedic Health Resort, South of Kovalam, Trivandrum.
Fax: +91 471 22 665 05
Phone: +91 471 22 665 01 /02 /03
Website: www.somatheeram.org
8. Ayurveda Yoga Villa
Ayurveda Yoga Villa is a unique place located on the banks of River Kabini where you can experience the best of ancient Indian traditions. They cover everything, from Ayurveda, Yoga, Meditation to Kalari. Be it a specific treatment like beauty enhancement or body rejuvenation or want to relieve the modern life stress, Ayurveda Yoga Villa can offer you the best wellness experience possible according to your health, budget and time. Packages start from 65,000 (for seven days)
Address: Ayurveda Yoga Villa Palvelichem, Bavali PO, Kartikulam, Wayanad district, Kerala, South India, PIN: 670646
Website: www.ayurvedayogavilla.com
The conceptual and operational framework of Ayurveda includes all that is essential to make someone healthy and happy and the salubrious climate of Kerala has made external rejuvenation and purification therapies most useful for the treatment of many disease and disorders. For the record, by the regular practice of the scheme of Yoga, Pranayam, and Natural medication, Ayurveda can help treat the destructive diseases of Asthma, Cancer, Parkinson's disease, Dementia, Herpes, Depression and much more! These were benefits for the sick, for you healthy people; it comprehends numerous other factors to a more peaceful life. Firstly, the program will defeat stress and anxiety, being the cause of maximum illness. By the strict diets of Ayurveda, you might accomplish a low Cholesterol level and a regulated Blood sugar level. The diet will help you in weight loss and fill up your body with lacking antioxidants and increase the overall immunity.
What your tablets and capsules are incompetent to do, a simple change of air and diet might just be your way out. For that, Kerala is your spot! The green herbs, blue beaches, and refreshing air make it an overall treatment package itself! Visit once and relieve yourself from the heavy stress piled up for all those past years.
Compiled by Rishabh Thakur and Yash Saboo
This post was published by Holidify.com
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Where to Photograph Wildlife in the Canadian Rockies
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The Great White North has been famous for wildlife before the country of Canada was born over 150 years ago.
When tourism began to boom during the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, hunting was a popular pastime and beaver hats were trendy back in Europe, where the majority of the settlers came from. So after the devastation of the Hudson Bay area in eastern Canada, the epidemic moved further and further west.
The tourists coming to the Canadian Rockies had never seen so much wildlife in their entire lives. The news started to spread and not before long hunters and wildlife enthusiasts were flocking to the major hubs of Banff and Jasper. And they did some serious killing....
Although it took them a while, Parks Canada finally decided that hunting all creatures, at such an uncontrolled, unsustainable rate, wasn't really feasible.
At one point during the peak of this hunting epidemic, 86% of all Canadian beavers had been killed. Thankfully, many species are now protected and hunting is heavily monitored as it should be!
You're probably wondering what's left to see after a century of devastation. Well, thankfully quite a lot. All of my road trip itineraries around the Canadian Rockies frequent many wildlife hotspots and hopefully they'll help you plan the trip of a lifetime.
The Canadian Rockies cover a huge area of land but wildlife tends to always go to the same places at different times of the year so in some ways it's easy to predict roughly where certain animals are going to be. There's never a 100% chance to spot wildlife on a trip here but if you follow the tips in this article I reckon your odds will be pretty close.
A Guide to Spotting Wildlife in the Canadian Rockies
1. Grizzly Bears
There are around 10x more Grizzlies in British Columbia compared with Alberta. I ran into my first grizzly when hiking in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park.
My second close encounter with a sow and two cubs (worst scenario possible) was on the Tonquin Valley trail. I have been followed by her for good 15 minutes, but luckily she wasn't showing any signs of aggression.
The third time I spotted a grizzly on a hike was on the trail up to Smutwood Peak. I've got to admit viewing them from the safety of a car is much more enjoyable.
In Alberta they can often be sighted around Lake Louise & the Bow Valley Parkway, from the Gondola in Lake Louise, in Kananaskis Country (Highway 40 & 742) and along Maligne Lake Road in Jasper. In June - July bears often graze on dandelions at the side of the road, before they transition to (buffalo) berries around August.
Setting off early in the morning can be really advantageous. Due to less overnight traffic, they aren't scared away from the road by sheer volume of tourists or parks authorities.Their estimated numbers are as follows: 65 in Banff National Park, 109 in Jasper, 11-15 in Yoho National Park and 9-16 in Kootenay National Park.
If you're not lucky enough to spot one in the wild, there's also a Grizzly Bear Sanctuary in Golden, BC.
Season: April - October
2. Black Bears
Black Bears are much more common than grizzlies. I have seen my first black bear on a road trip around Vancouver Island. If you go out driving early in the morning on the Olympic Drive in Whistler (not in the Rockies), Clearwater Road in Wells Gray Provincial Park, Pyramid Lake Road and Edith Cavell Road in Jasper, the Bow Valley Parkway or Highways 40 or 742 in Kananaskis you'll have a decent chance to spot one.
3. Mountain Goats
As the name suggests, you'll find them in the mountains. Dotted all over the place, keep an eye for them whilst you're trekking. They love steep ledges away from predators.
Commonly sighted whilst hiking many of the trails in Kananaskis Country (for example Sarrail Ridge and EEOR) and along the Icefields Parkway at an aptly named roadside pull off called "Goats and Glaciers".
4. Beavers
You can spot them along the rivers and swamps that run through the major towns in the Rockies. Commonly sighted along Police Creek in Canmore, one of the most photogenic spots in Kananaskis Country. Another one is Fenland Trail and Vermillion Lakes in Banff (one of those postcard worthy photo locations in Banff National Park).
Beavers are nocturnal so it's widely accepted that the best time to view them is at sunset as they are emerging, or sunrise as they are just going to sleep. In winter, they are less active, spending most of their time in their lodges.
5. Moose
Moose, known colloquially as swamp donkeys are incredibly docile and shy creatures. You can find them down the Spray Lakes Highway (742) near the Engadine Lodge in the aptly named Moose Meadows.
In the winter they like to hang around by the road and lick the salt of the cars. Another spot is in Jasper along the Moose Lake Loop trail or in the marshes on the Tonquin Valley Trail. The earlier in the day you're there the better.
6. Bighorn Sheep
Not very elusive or difficult to find, they can often be seen in the meadows up Mount Lady MacDonald, on the Lake Minnewanka Road or on the road near White Man's Pond in between Ha Ling Peak and the East End of Rundle near the town of Canmore.
If you're out and about on some of the day hikes in Kananaskis Country, chances are you'll bump into some. I have also seen plenty of bighorn sheep on the Wilcox Pass hike along the Icefields Parkway.
7. Elk & Deer
Elk can be spotted all over the place, especially during rutting season (September) in Jasper. During my first few weeks in Canada I remember hanging out in the park near the visitor centre in Jasper and the whole herd was just grazing on the grass right in the middle of the town.
Canmore also has plenty of Elk and so does Banff (they like to hang out on the golf courses). Often males move their harem of females into the centre of town to protect them against the hungry wolves.
In rutting season the bulls bugle and can be very aggressive. Keep your distance and forget about taking selfies! Elk are number one cause of wildlife incidents in the Rockies. Mainly due to ignorant tourists getting too close.
8. Porcupines
They may look cute, but they are bolder than one may think. I've run into porcupines twice when hiking to Lake Agnes and Paradise Valley in Lake Louise and both times they weren't very keen on letting me through.
Though pretty harmless to humans do not approach it if you bump into one, especially when hiking with your dog. They can shoot their quills when they feel in danger and I can imagine it isn't very pleasant.
9. Chipmunks, Ground Squirrels, Pika and Marmots
Marmots, chipmunks and ground squirrels are very common and easy to spot especially on the alpine hikes in Jasper National Park or trails near Canmore and Kananaskis.
Marmots take shelter under rocks and can often be seen sunbathing on top of them. I have seen a lot of them when on the Bald Hills hike or Indian Ridge and the multiday Skyline Trail in Jasper.
Ground squirrels can often be seen peeking out of their burrows right in the town of Canmore.
As for Pikas, the distinctive high pitch "EEEEEEEKK" of those cute rodents with elephant like ears can be often heard along rockfall areas. I've seen quite few of them along the Edith Cavell Meadows near Jasper.
The most friendly of all - chipmunks often hung around tourist hotspots such as Moraine Lake and all the hikes in the Lake Louise area. Some of them are very bold and will steal your food when you are not watching! Remember to keep the wildlife wild!
10. Grouse and Ptarmigan
I'd sort of describe them as woodland chickens. They can be seen on many trails all over Canada, frequenting many trails including Lake O'Hara, Tonquin Valley and the Berg Lake Trail.
Grouse often act quite funny. Instead of running of the trail they will quite often walk ahead of you for quite some time. The males can be aggressive during mating season (late April through May), but due to their small size they are pretty harmless to humans.
Wolves are very elusive, especially since the cull of 2015 in the Bow Valley (Banff and Canmore). There are some in Jasper but I know people who have lived there their entire lives without seeing one.
However there is a little bit of a work around if you're willing to be flexible. Yamnuska Wolfdog Sanctuary outside Canmore offers an incredible chance to see and to interact with Wolfdogs. It's a non profit organization that pioneers in the field of rescuing and rehabilitating wolfdogs from all over North America.
12. Woodland Caribou
Only around 250 Woodland Caribou remain in the National Mountain Parks, 80 of which are in Jasper National Park. One of main herds can be spotted in September on the Tonquin Valley Trail or trails around the Maligne Range such as the Skyline Trail.
This is the most endangered species on the list so if you happen to see one, keep your distance and let them be. I photographed the bull above with a long range zoom lens.
Few words of advice when you go searching for wildlife
If you're planning on coming to the Canadian Rockies and want to visit many of the spots where you can find wildlife then consider looking into my road trip itineraries around western Canada. They spend as much time as possible submersed in nature where wildlife encounters are commonplace.
Wildlife in the Canadian Rockies is tough and holds onto a state of constant fragility. It bares temperatures as low as minus 50°C and highs of positive 40°C, the animals here are adapted like few others on the face of this planet and need to be constantly respected.
NEVER FEED OR APPROACH ANY WILDLIFE. Always keep your distance from large mammals (especially bears), carry bear spray whilst hiking and know how to use it. Fines for approaching and feeding wildlife can be up to 25,000$CAD!!!
What's worse, many animals that become habitualized to human feeding are often destroyed. Do not be the reason that one of these majestic creatures has to be euthanized. Familiarize yourself with the Bear Safety Tips From Parks Canada.
A list of roads to increase your chance of spotting wildlife in the Canadian Rockies
Bow Valley Parkway
Maligne Lake Road
Vermillion Lakes Road
Pyramid Lake Road
Clearwater Valley Road
I am Marta Kulesza - the photographer and creator of www.inafarawayland.com. I come from Poland, but I've been living, travelling and working around the globe since
I turned 18. A few years ago, during one of my trips to Scotland, I bought my first DSLR and my adventure with photography began. When I am not stuck to my computer editing photos, you can find me hiking somewhere in the mountains.
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Top Court Rejects Telecom Firms Plea For Review On Rs 92,000 Crore Dues
In a major setback for mobile service providers, the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected telecom companies’ plea seeking a review of its earlier order that allowed the government to collect dues worth Rs 92,000 crore from them. Telecom companies including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea had moved a review petition in Supreme Court after the top court last year allowed the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to collect the bulk of dues from them, giving the mobile operators three months to comply with the order.
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Thursday’s development comes amid cut-throat competition in the country’s telecom sector, with companies reeling under thousands of crores of debt.
In October, the Supreme Court had upheld the telecom department’s demand that wireless carriers pay Rs 92,000 crore in overdue levies and interest, a decision that threatens the survival of Vodafone Idea.
The Supreme Court had set a January 23 deadline for telecom operators to clear their dues with the telecom department.
The telecom department has claimed dues of around Rs 92,000 crore as license fee and Rs 41,000 crore as spectrum usage fee from Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea and Reliance Communications (RCom).
According to the telecom department, Bharti Airtel owes around Rs 23,000 crore, Vodafone Idea Rs 19,823.71 crore and Reliance Communications Rs 16,456.47 crore.
Reliance Communications, which shut down voice operations in December 2017, filed for bankruptcy last year.
The payment dispute centres around the definition of adjusted gross revenue. In its October ruling, the top court upheld the telecom department’s definition of AGR.
Telecom providers in the country pay the Department of Telecommunications 3-5 per cent of their AGR in spectrum usage charges and 8 per cent as licence fees.
Companies have long argued that AGR should comprise just revenue accrued from core services, while the government says it should include all revenue.
Vodafone has said unless the government offered relief, or a legal remedy was found, it would not be able to continue its business in India.
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Diabetes and sleep apnoea may lead to vision loss: Study
Posted on Friday, 29th March 2019
Patients who suffer from both Type 2 diabetes and obstructive sleep apnoea are at greater risk of losing their vision within a period of four years, a study has found.
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is a condition where the walls of the throat relax and narrow during sleep, resulting in snoring and interrupting breathing, and it is common in patients with Type 2 diabetes.
Meanwhile, diabetic retinopathy - the most common form of diabetic eye disease - affects between 40 and 50 per cent of patients with diabetes and is a leading cause of blindness in the western world.
Previous studies have shown a link between OSA and diabetic retinopathy.
However, there had been no published studies assessing the impact of OSA on the progression of diabetic retinopathy in patients with Type 2 diabetes.
"Despite improvements in glucose, blood pressure and lipid levels, diabetic retinopathy remains very common," said Abd Tahrani from the University of Birmingham in the UK.
"Meanwhile, OSA has been shown to be very common in patients with Type 2 diabetes, which is not surprising considering that excess weight contributes to the development of both of these conditions," said Tahrani.
"However, most patients who have OSA are not aware that they have the condition and the disease could go undiagnosed for years," he said.
"We have shown that patients with OSA and Type 2 diabetes, compared to those with diabetes only, are at increased risk of developing advanced diabetic retinopathy over a period of three years and seven months," he added.
The study was carried out at two diabetes clinics and involved 230 patients with Type 2 diabetes.
The patients were assessed for diabetic retinopathy using specialist retinal imaging, while OSA was assessed using a home-based, multi-channel cardio-respiratory portable device.
The results showed that diabetic retinopathy prevalence was higher in patients with OSA (42.9 per cent) compared to those without OSA (24.1 per cent).
The study found that at a follow-up appointment, on average 43 months later, the patients with OSA (18.4 per cent) were more likely to develop moderate to severe diabetic retinopathy compared to those without OSA (6.1 per cent).
It also showed that patients who received treatment for OSA using a machine connected to a face mask that delivers pressure to prevent the blockage of the airways during sleep had a lower risk of developing advanced diabetic retinopathy compared to patients who did not receive the treatment.
"We can conclude from this study that OSA is an independent predictor for the progression to moderate or severe diabetic retinopathy in patients with Type 2 diabetes," said Tahrani.
The study was published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
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02/20/2014 11:51 pm ET Updated Feb 21, 2014
John McCain Calls Obama 'The Most Naive President' Ever
By Ashley Alman
WASHINGTON -- Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) didn't hold back criticizing President Barack Obama Thursday in a radio interview.
Reflecting on Obama's handling of relations with Russia and the crisis in Ukraine, McCain told Phoenix radio station KFYI that Russian President Vladimir Putin has "played us so incredibly” on Obama's watch.
"This is the most naive president in history," McCain said. “The naiveté of Barack Obama and [Secretary of State] John Kerry is stunning."
As violent protests in Ukraine escalate, with reports of at least 70 activists dead, McCain insisted on targeted sanctions against the country.
White House reports indicate that Obama hasn't decided on sanctions. McCain warned the administration is running out of time.
“This thing could spiral out of control into a major international crisis,” McCain said. “The first thing we need to do is impose sanctions against people in leadership positions, including the oligarchs who control this collapsed economy.”
McCain also said the U.S. should keep an eye on Putin once the Olympics end in Sochi, saying of the Russian president: “He’s amoral, he’s cold, he’s distant, he’s tough.”
“Putin believes Ukraine is an integral part of Russia. He will not go quietly into the night about when Ukraine moves into the European orbit, so to say,” McCain said.
Ukraine Violence
Ashley Alman
Politics Social Media Editor, HuffPost
Politics News John McCain John Kerry Kiev Ukraine
UKRAINE-EU-RUSSIA-POLITICS
Anti-government protesters take cover while under fire from police snipers during clashes with riot police in central Kiev on February 20, 2014. At least 25 protesters were killed on February 20 in fresh clashes between thousands of demonstrators and heavily-armed riot police in the heart of Kiev, AFP correspondents at the scene said. The bodies of eight demonstrators were lying outside Kiev's main post office on Independence Square, an AFP reporter said. The bodies of 17 other demonstrators with apparent gunshot wounds were also seen in the vicinity of two hotels on opposite sides of the protest encampment. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY (Photo credit should read SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
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FIREARM HUNTING ACCIDENTS IN 2001
Thread starter Elkhunter
Elkhunter
Jackson, Wyoming
THREE WYOMING FIREARM HUNTING ACCIDENTS IN 2001; DOWN FROM 2000, 20-YEAR AVERAGE
Contact: Jeff Obrecht
CHEYENNE – Wyoming was vexed with only three firearm hunting accidents in 2001, down from seven last year and the 20-year average of 6.5.
“We’re definitely pleased to see the drop in accidents and that there were no fatalities,” said Helen McCracken, hunter education coordinator for the Game and Fish Department.
She reports two of the accidents were nearly identical and would not have happened if the hunters would have unloaded their firearms before getting in a vehicle.
“There’s no reason to carry a loaded firearm in a vehicle,” McCracken stresses. “Why would anyone want to? It’s illegal to shoot from the vehicle or the road. Since you can’t shoot legally until you’re out of the vehicle, why have a loaded gun in the vehicle? You’re just asking to be a statistic if there’s a loaded gun in the vehicle.”
In addition to carrying loaded firearms in a vehicle, this year’s accidents raised other ethical questions, she said. Alcohol played a role in one of the vehicle accidents, and another accident happen when a pheasant was shot at on the ground.
The victim in the alcohol-related accident told investigators he did not know there was anything wrong with drinking and hunting and that “everyone does it.”
“For obvious reasons, hunting and drinking don’t mix just like driving and drinking don’t mix,” McCracken said. “It is a violation to be intoxicated while hunting just like it is driving, and drunk hunters should be reported just like drunk drivers. This year’s alcohol-related accident bears out the danger. “
The two vehicle-related accidents involved resident families deer hunting in western Wyoming. The pheasant mishap took place in Goshen County.
All hunting accidents are preventable, McCracken believes, and the G&F strives for no accidents annually. Three accidents out of 205,000 Wyoming hunting licenses sold in 2001 and at least several hundred persons who do not need a license to shoot prairie dogs and coyotes, reflects the overall safety of hunting.
“Compared to the ‘50s and ‘60s when 25-30 accidents were reported each year, we’ve really made progress,” she said. “But the goal will always be no accidents each hunting season.”
In 1994, the National Safety Council reported for every 100,000 hunters there were 6.1 injuries (from all causes in addition to firearms). That compares to 1,189 injuries for bicycling, 194 for swimming, 156 for golf and 57 for bowling per every 100,000 participants.
Wyoming’s firearm hunting accidents in 2001:
ü On Sept. 23, two 34-year-old Green River men were deer hunting and beer drinking west of La Barge. The men were accompanied by their sons. Upon deciding to drive closer to some deer, the adult passenger sat his loaded .270 Weatherby muzzle up in the truck cab. He told investigators he noticed the rifle’s safety was off, and as he reached down to push it on he must have accidentally hit the trigger discharging the rifle. The bullet went through his shoulder and out the roof of the pickup. The blast inflicted ringing in the ears of the youngster sitting in the middle and sprayed glass in the face of one of the two boys in pickup bed. The investigation by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office determined the men had been drinking beer and they were ticketed for hunting while intoxicated. The men were fined $130 each and ordered to complete a hunter education class.
ü On a family outing, a 38-year-old Evanston woman shot a mule deer Oct. 1. Her husband went to field dress the animal. As the shooter got in the truck to drive closer to the site, she noticed her daughter’s rifle leaning muzzle up against the seat. As the mother grabbed the barrel of the .25-35 caliber rifle it discharged through her upper arm and out her shoulder. The 14-year-old daughter was a recent hunter education graduate.
ü On Nov. 10, a 57-year-old Cheyenne man shot at a pheasant on the ground in Goshen County. The 12-gauge blast struck his 24-year-old hunting partner’s ankle. The injury required two surgeries for the Cheyenne victim, but a full recovery is expected.
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The Redwoods
By Ross Turner
Fantasy | Paperback, eBook
Ross Turner
Young Vivian Featherstone comes from a long line of Lords and Ladies, and her family's seat of unquestionable influence, wealth and power is owed to a much treasured heirloom, passed down from generation to generation. But when little Vivian, only eleven years of age, narrowly escapes a plot by a rival, feuding family to eliminate the Featherstones, she finds herself lost in the mysterious Redwood Forest. With assassins pursuing her, and strange and dangerous creatures all around, can Vivian survive? And will she discover the power of her family's heirloom before it's too late?
I have always loved reading and writing, and I have always wanted to write my own novels. It began years ago as a fantasy and lo and behold things are finally coming together. It's a start. I just hope you all enjoy reading my work as much as I enjoy writing it. Beyond reading and writing I have a keen interest in sport and exercise. I enjoy rock climbing, mountain biking and gymnastics and strength training. You can keep up to date with my latest news and releases on facebook and twitter, and on my website. Facebook search: Ross Turner Books Twitter search: @Rossturnerbooks www.rossturnerbooks.net
I have always loved reading and writing, and I have always wanted to write my own novels. It began years ago as a fantasy and lo and behold things are finally coming together. It's a start. I just hope you all enjoy reading my work as much as I enjoy writing it. Beyond reading and writing I have a keen interest in sport and exercise. I enjoy rock climbing, mountain biking and gymnastics an...
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Arizona job shop features multi-axis processing
Tucson, AZ—Southwestern Laser Inc., a three-year-old job shop operating three Laserdyne BeamDirectors, produces parts for aerospace, power generation and automotive customers such as..
Tucson, AZ—Southwestern Laser Inc., a three-year-old job shop operating three Laserdyne BeamDirectors, produces parts for aerospace, power generation and automotive customers such as General Electric, Sundstrand, Rolls Royce, Allison and Turbo Tech.
Materials such as super cobalt, exotic nickel-base alloys and stainless steel are drilled and cut on three- and five-axis Laserdyne systems.Click here to enlarge image
Company owner, Ron Sanders, a former applications manager for Laserdyne, brings more than 20 years of experience in processing the difficult materials commonly used by these companies. Materials such as super cobalt, exotic nickel-base alloys and stainless steel are drilled and cut on the company's three- and five-axis systems. For example, Southwestern Laser cuts 0.050-inch rounds from a 6-foot long wire. These parts, used in military applications, are accurate to ±0.002 in. A quantity of 3000 of these parts barely fills a thimble.
At the other end of the scale, 4 ft × 4 ft × 0.050 in panels are drilled with 11,000 holes, each 0.050 in. drilled on 0.010 in. centers at a rate faster than one hole per second.
In these and other applications, positioning accuracy is the key to process success. Sanders gives high marks to the Laserdyne system's design saying, "The straight, rigid and square granite base of the Laserdyne 790 is the ideal foundation on which accuracy is built." And at speeds up to 800 in/min in the X, Y and Z-axis, Sanders can push the machines with only normal maintenance. It helps that he was involved in the original design of the BeamDirecor system while at Laserdyne, so he knows what to expect from a system's performance.
Southwestern Laser is a well-run operation, with six highly trained workers, turning out more than $2 million of parts annually. Contact the company by e-mail at swlaser@cs.com. Information on Laserdyne systems can be obtained from.
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Diversity Beyond Fairness
Well-managed diversity can drive business success in our connected world
IEDP Editorial
@IEDP_Knowledge
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The debate about diversity and inclusion in business usually focuses on fairness: promoting racial and gender equality, in pay and opportunity, to make the workplace a level playing field. While fairness is of course important, in our highly-competitive business world, we also need to stress the value of diversity in improving business performance.
Observations by four panellists, at an event sponsored by the British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce, the Dutch Business Round Table and the University of St. Gallen, concern the more hard-headed aspects of diversity: how it can be used to build successful multinational business, but how it needs to be managed.
You need to be a bridge builder… or to find one
The first speaker was Prof. Dr. Winfried Ruigrok of the University of St. Gallen. As he put it “diversity is all about the what happens when I put THESE people here together.” And business always asks if this matters for performance.
Research shows that diversity is especially helpful for companies operating in multinational markets. Companies with too strong a local focus do not profit as much from having diverse teams. But having a wild mix of people is not the best way to handle it: you can have too much of a good thing. The more diverse the teams, the more coordination and management skills are necessary to make them work efficiently. Here managers need to find ‘bridge-builders’ or be such themselves – people capable of recognizing or creating a common ground among diverse team members.
A fascinating result of research was that over time the positive and also the negative aspects of diversity tend to diminish. Prof. Winfried pointed out that companies have a lot of data that can show them where diversity is necessary for enhanced performance. But most do not take advantage of this information.
Dare to be yourself
Leon Pieters of Deloitte came next and took a more personal approach to the theme. One thing is managing a diverse team, another is being the one ‘diverse person’ within the team. Recognizing oneself as the different one leads to a lot of wasted energy spent in trying to fit in. Pieters believes it is in the interest of companies to coach people to be their authentic selves, and channel that energy. He also finds it very useful to use broad ranged qualities to discuss diversity. For example, to discuss about ‘extroverts vs introverts’, applicable to women, men, black or Asian people. This helps keep the focus of the discussion on managing the issues of diversity and inclusion themselves, and not the specific group issue. He believes in the need for measurable forms of guaranteeing diversity, and on the necessity of an aggressive approach to ensuring it.
Communicate… but do not scare
Estefanía Tapias, one of the co-founders of WeSpace, did not feel confronted by sexist or discriminatory behaviour for a long time during her career, having worked for bosses who supported diversity and women’s advancement. Though once she started working on the start-up scene it became a tangible problem. She noticed how she would be disregarded in conversations or not taken seriously, just for being a young woman. To her surprise these attitudes would come often from fellow young people in developed countries.
She commented that some developing countries are ahead of developed ones in that regard. Colombia for example has so many women in leadership positions that it is not even perceived as a problem. That she assigns to the fact that developing countries have to re-invent themselves all the time and value all their resources. Estefanía believes diversity is an important theme – but you can make people afraid of a topic if you communicate it the wrong way. For example, people originally got the wrong impression that WeSpace was only for women. It took a while to find how to communicate the WeSpace message in a light but assertive way – ‘Inspired by women. For Everyone.’
Hard on oneself, hard on others
Kate Hughes from the Zurich Insurance was asked about how members of minority groups sometime act especially harshly against others in their group to deflect criticism of favouritism. Being ‘the woman’, ‘the gay’, or ‘the black’ in a team may lead to the fear of being in this very position not because of one’s own capacities but because of some company policy. This leads to the demanding behaviour against people of a similar grouping mentioned above. This can be a very toxic component of diversity and one which also needs to be managed consciously. Promoting diversity means recognizing key promoters in your organization, which are aware of such problems.
Agreeing with Winfried Ruigrok about the usage of data, she mentions that data shows where problems start, and prediction models can help us solve that. We need therefore to identify these barriers and find people that stick their hands up for these causes. Barriers can also be both vertical as well as horizontal: it is important to break silos in a diversity context too. For her, diversity is an important theme because disruption is everywhere, but how can you disrupt your business internally and still function externally. For that you need people capable of thinking in many different contexts.
This is an edited extract from an original article, by Julio Prina, published in St. Gallen Executive School’s online magazine Vista.
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Ambitious effort to focus on improving Pasadena parks
Pasadena Citizen // Pasadena News
By Tyler Johnson, STAFF WRITER May 28, 2019
1of4Pasadena residents are invited to participate in an effort to improve parks in the city and are invited June 25 to an initial community workshop for the Healthy Parks Plan.
2of4Burke/Crenshaw Park in Pasadena is home of many ducks and a place where residents frequently exercise.
3of4Strawberry Park, 2900 Lafferty Road, is one of the almost 50 parks in the city of Pasadena.
4of4Parkview Park in Pasadena is also known as also known as Rose Campbell Park.
Pasadena residents have the chance to help improve parks in their community through a project spearheaded by the nonprofit Houston Parks Board and involving the city and other entities.
City residents can give input about how to make parks in the city healthier, more welcoming and accessible through a 15-minute, confidential online survey offered in English and Spanish.
They also are invited June 25 to an initial community workshop for the Healthy Parks Plan. The meeting will be from 6-8 p.m. that Tuesday at PAL Gymnasium, 2910 Southmore Ave.
The community has nearly 50 parks, but according to city officials, fewer than 54 percent of the more than 153,000 Pasadena residents have access to a park within a 10-minute walk from home.
Evidence indicates that close-to-home parks help build social connections, reduce stress and depression, and lower rates of illness. The national nonprofit groups Trust for Public Land and the National Recreation and Parks Association recommend that everyone live within a 1/4 mile or 10-minute walk of a park, said Jed Aplaca, the city’s parks and recreation director.
“Through this, it can be assessed where new parkland is needed,” Aplaca said.
Parks community workshop
What: A meeting where Pasadena residents input about their priorities the Healthy Parks Plan, a project led by the nonprofit Houston Parks Board to make the city’s city parks healthier, more welcoming and accessible.
When: 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, June 25
Where: PAL Gymnasium, 2910 Southmore Ave., Pasadena
Details: An online survey is available at www.pasadenahealthyparks.com/survey.
City officials hope improved parks will attract other businesses and workers to the community, improve air and water quality, reduce heat and absorb flood waters.
Partnering with the Houston Parks Board on the effort are the city of Pasadena and the architecture firm Asakura Robinson Co., with funding support from the Houston Endowment and Pasadena Vibrant Community, a program of MD Anderson.
“This partnership with the Houston Parks Board will take our vision to the next level,” Mayor Jeff Wagner said in a statement. “We want all our residents to have access to parks and green spaces — whether it’s for exercise, quiet reflection or quality time with family and friends.”
The online survey asks residents questions such as how often they visit parks in the city, how they get to and use the parks and what factors prevent or discourage their use of parks. Other questions cover what programs and facilities people would like to see offered and what they see as priorities for funding.
Through community engagement and data analysis, the plan aims to identify the best opportunities for new parks, park improvements, park programming, and park funding and maintenance.
“All of this information will be gathered together, analyzed and ultimately used for a master plan for the city of Pasadena to adopt as plans to move forward and provide healthy parks for the citizens of Pasadena,” Aplaca said.
The projects will take 12-18 months to complete, with the goal of finishing the work in the summer or fall of 2020, he said.
Community engagement in Spanish and English also will include community workshops, interviews, focus groups, intercept surveys and a demographically representative telephone poll.
Those who stay connected to the project through www.pasadenahealthyparks.com will have a chance to win a $50 cash card.
tyler.johnson@chron.com
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»Discover the magic of chemistry Oct. 28 at the Manhattan mall
Submitted by Division of Communications and Marketing
Join the K-State section of the American Chemical Society and K-State chemistry department in recognizing National Chemistry Week, Oct. 22-28, with special free and fun activities from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, at the Manhattan Town Center. Events will take place in the mall's east court between Ulta Beauty and HuHot.
Alpha Chi Sigma, the professional chemistry fraternity, will present a Chemistry Magic Show at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Hands-on activities for kids will include gluep-making, paper chromatography and chemical tattoos. In addition, there will be giveaways of chemistry-related items and free helium balloons to the general public.
Learn more about National Chemistry Week by reading this fact sheet.
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Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Diseases hosts inaugural campus conference
Employee Self Service/HRIS unavailable Oct. 27-29
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Emma Palmer
Bodywise: weaving somatic psychotherapy, ecodharma and the Buddha in everyday life
Six years ago I was invited to write a quarterly article for 'Somatic Psycotherapy Today', a US-based journal. The invitation came from Nancy Eichhorn, founding editor-in-chief after my first book 'Meditating with Character' had been reviewed in the journal. This 'Bodywise' book is a compilation of the 14 articles I wrote from 2012 onwards.
Here's information from the book's back cover:
'What can the theory and practice of somatic/body psychotherapy, ecopsychology and Buddhism offer to each other? For the past five years, Kamalamani has shared life and work at the confluence of these fields in her quarterly Bodywise articles for Somatic Psychotherapy Today, an independent international publication representing various modalities in body psychotherapy, somatic psychology, and pre-natal and perinatal psychology.
This volume, published in October 2017, brings together these quarterly Bodywise articles. Kamalamani explores client work in embodied and relational ways, drawing upon her practice of Buddhism. With her characteristically warm, immediate, accessible tone, Kamalamani encourages personal reflection and professional consideration as she offers insights illuminated by traditional Buddhist texts along with personal and clinical anecdotes that range from birth to death, from meditating with character to Reich’s character structures, from trauma and terrorized bodies to diversity, embodied spirituality and pre-natal and peri-natal psychology. She often provokingly offers more questions than answers and writes in a way that offers not only a sacred space for opening, sensing, being quiet, but also joining forces with our global communities in feeling the outrage, the love, the fear, the bliss that comes with interaction. She reminds us again and again of a whole-earth perspective, bringing sentient life and living processes into awareness in the course of everyday life, practice, and the work of healing.
All proceeds from this book will be donated to the ongoing costs of creating and publishing Somatic Psychotherapy Today, helping to defray the costs associated with an independently run international magazine. It is through generous gifts like Kamalamani’s and others’ who donate to Somatic Psychotherapy Today that it continues to exist.'
Find paperback and e-book versions on Amazon.com, on Amazon.co.uk and on Barnes and Noble as an e-book.
Early reviews:
“Her heart and mind are open to the world, allowing it in and herself to live outwardly with compassion and love.”
- Nancy Eichhorn, Founding Editor in Chief of Somatic Psychotherapy Today.
“It's so good to have these pieces collected in one place, so that we can clearly see their value, and feel gratitude for Kamalamani's wisdom, wit, common sense, deep knowledge of Buddhism, and enormous generosity of spirit. I have always felt that Buddhism, especially Vajrayana, has a profound connection with body psychotherapy; and it is a great pleasure for example to read Kamalamani on Green Tara - a figure of personal meaning to me - and her development of Shunryu Suzuki's brilliant slice through mind-body dualism: 'Our body and mind are not two and not one.... Our body and mind are both two and one'. This book will be of great help to anyone interested in body psychotherapy, in Buddhism, and in ecopsychology, or in the relationship between the three.”
- Nick Totton, Body psychotherapist, trainer and author of Embodied Relating: the Ground of Psychotherapy.
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Building autonomously: Improving our production systems in small steps
Jacopo Scrinzi
@eredi93
Main illustration: Emilio Santoyo
At Intercom, we have a few values that underpin our engineering culture – moving fast but optimizing for the long term; doing less but doing it better; and taking ownership of our areas of responsibility and the things we build.
These values allow us to be more autonomous as engineers because they provide a structure for us to make better decisions. When you’re used to working with them all the time, they can fade into the background a bit, but they become especially useful when working in isolation from your team.
A few months ago, I was visiting Chicago for personal reasons and so would be working away from my team for two weeks. There wouldn’t be other engineers in my timezone for most of the day, so picking a self-contained project that I could own from start to finish was necessary.
My engineering team, Production Systems, is responsible for the availability, scalability, security and costs of Intercom’s infrastructure. From our backlog an intermission stood out: reduce our Amazon Web Service (AWS) costs by up to 50% by maximizing our use of Spot Instances. The cost of this spare AWS computing capacity varies on an hourly basis according to availability and demand.
We needed to make the useof Spot Instances in Intercom safer and easier.
We manage EC2 hosts with Auto Scaling Groups (ASGs). Amazon Web Services makes launching Spot Instances in your ASGs quite easy; you just set the maximum spot price you are willing to pay. Sometimes the AWS Spot Market can send the spot price very high and clusters are left without capacity, making it dangerous to use Spot Instances for “near-realtime” clusters. But if, during these market blips, we could replace Spot Instances with On-Demand Instances, where you only pay for EC2 instances you actually use, we could extend the use of Spot Instances, significantly reducing our AWS operating costs.
At the beginning of the year, the team tried to deploy an open-source project called Autospotting. From the description it seemed to address all our problems, but after deployment, we decided it wouldn’t work for us as it seems designed for less complex architectures than ours.
We needed to make the use of Spot Instances in Intercom safer and easier and felt we had two options: fork Autospotting to make it work in our environment and get the changes upstreamed later; or build our own implementation of Autospotting with just the bits we needed.
These options presented an interesting technical challenge, relatively small and with a big impact, exactly the type of project that would fit for my trip.
Reducing friction
To optimize my two weeks away, I needed agreement from my team on a system design in advance in order to reduce communication friction while in another timezone.
Autonomy doesn’t just mean ‘working on your own’.
Autonomy doesn’t just mean “working on your own”. It means you get to choose a project, own the design and set your own success criteria. At Intercom, we don’t require sign off – we are expected to do “sufficient due diligence” ourselves and bring in other stakeholders and senior engineers as needed.
This means early alignment on a design is critical to enabling engineers’ autonomy. So I evaluated each option and shared my thoughts with the team for feedback. Here’s a summary:
Option 1: Fork Autospotting. Autospotting is a Go binary that runs in Lambda and has some limitations.The use of Go is becoming common in Intercom but is not a standard technology yet. Half of my team has never worked with it, myself included. Patching it would have required that I learn Go, the code base and patch it to match our needs; all this in 2 weeks while away from the team and 6 hours ahead of them.
Option 2: Build our own solution. By having carte blanche, I could have started coding in Ruby from day 1, built only the features I needed, and got the V1 of service into production by the end of week 2.
I preferred option 2; this service was going to be a core component of our infrastructure. It had to be reliable and understood by everyone in the team. I wasn’t comfortable with forking and patching Autospotting without having more support from my team. In this case, the tradeoffs were too high to continue trying to implement Autospotting, and I could have more impact, more quickly by building our own implementation.
The team agreed with my plan. I committed to deliver a cupcake of Intercom’s version of Autospotting in a week and left for the Windy City.
Baking a cupcake
I wanted to start small by building something that confirmed my approach and to prove to myself and my team that building our own solution would work. So on Monday morning, I began prototyping a simple synchronous Ruby service that was going to replace the instances in my test ASG and optimize the cost. I called it ASG-optimizer.
Initially, I could have started designing the perfect service that was going to cover every edge case, perfectly scalable and extremely efficient; but given I had just two weeks to work on the project, I didn’t want to spend time working on problems I didn’t have yet; I wanted to get something working and I had to prove that this “option 2” was truly a reasonable alternative to Autospotting.
By the end of the week I had a single process that was synchronously watching my ASG, taking an On-Demand instance, made a copy of it and swapped them once it passed the EC2 checks. Here’s what my initial commit looked like:
Making a cake
In order to make the ASG-optimizer production ready, the next step was to fix the biggest pain point with the proof-of-concept: scalability. With the initial commit, I could only replace one of thousands of our hosts per minute. That just doesn’t work for an infrastructure of Intercom’s size. So I moved the ASG-optimizer to an asynchronous model and used SQS to split the single-process into three processes:
Process 1 monitored all Auto Scaling Groups with the tag “AsgOptimiser” and add any replacement candidate to a ‘Spot Instance Creator’ SQS queue.
Process 2 polled the ‘Spot Instance Creator’ queue, created a Spot Instance, then added [new Spot Instance ID, old On-Demand Instance ID] to the ‘Instance Swapper’ SQS queue.
Process 3 polled the ‘Instance Swapper’ SQS queue, waited until the Spot Instance passed EC2 checks, swapped the instances, and terminated the old On-Demand Instance.
At the end of the second week I deployed the new asynchronous service to production, optimizing a single Auto Scaling Group, prepared a rollout plan for my team and came back to Dublin. Then on the following Monday morning, I shipped it for all our near-realtime clusters and learned that it needed another bit of work, such as reducing the number of API calls to AWS and introducing orphan-instance cleanup.
ASG-optimizer was now enabled for about 140 Auto Scaling Groups replacing about 650 instances every day. This would halve our EC2 bill over time.
The icing on the cake
Even two weeks of engineering work can have a significant impact on operating costs. But even though ASG-optimizer is now in production, and the project is technically considered done, I’m still discovering ways to improve it.
ASG-optimizer was built with the intention of scratching an itch that Intercom had.
We recently noticed that the ASG-optimizer is not playing well with our previous cost strategy which used Reserved Instances to save money on instances we knew we would need, long-term. We are now using too many spot instances and not fully using our reserved instances. ? To solve this we’ve been thinking of making the service Reserved Instances aware. I’d love to start using Spot Instances not just for batch-processing workers but for user-facing web fleets too.
The ASG-optimizer workflow could also work for updating our custom Amazon Machine Images (AMI) that define the operating system for our EC2 instances. Our continuous integration and continuous deployment system also does our AMI rollouts. AMI rollouts can block deployments as well as put pressure on our datastores when restarting everything. Offloading the work to the ASG-optimizer will help us replace old AMI instances safely as well as removing the duplicate logic and complexity.
ASG-optimizer was built with the intention of scratching an itch that Intercom had, and may not work for everyone, but if there is interest from the community, we are willing to open-source it.
When you work autonomously, getting alignment with your team is critical. Above all, remember that adhering to the same approaches and principles as you do while working as part of the team will bring the best results.
If this sounds like the sort of place you would like to advance your engineering career, we’re hiring for systems engineers.
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Press Release / 18 September 2019
intu Costa del Sol gets green light
intu, owner of some of the UK and Spain’s largest and most popular retail destinations, has today announced that it has been awarded a General ‘PGOU’ License (Plan General de Ordenación Urbana) for its ground-up development intu Costa del Sol.
This significant milestone paves the way for the project to now progress to its next stage, with preparatory works due to start in 2020.
The 2.5 million sq ft (235,000 sqm), €800m retail and leisure resort is the first of its kind. The unique development will combine world-class experiences in an outstanding environment with the very best in hospitality, leisure and retail.
This significant milestone opens the door to the next stage of the project. intu Costa del Sol will be a resort like no other, bringing together international brands and global visitors in an unforgettable location surrounded by the very best in entertainment and leisure. We are having positive discussions with brands eager to join the scheme, as well as potential partners to help bring the project to fruition.
Matthew Roberts
intu chief executive
In line with intu’s strategic priorities, it remains the intention to introduce a joint venture partner at the start of construction together with using development finance to minimise the Company’s capital outlay on the project.
intu Costa del Sol is set to open in 2023 and is strategically positioned on a major site to the north of Torremolinos, accessed via the major southern highway and just 3 km from Malaga’s international airport.
The development is expected to attract over 23 million visitors each year including international and domestic tourists, as well as benefitting from a 4.75 million catchment within 120 mins travel time.
The resort will comprise of eight vibrant neighbourhoods curated to provide unique experiences and something for everyone. The resort will also include 142,000 sqm of retail space, 20+ leisure operators, 70+ restaurants, two hotels, a 5,000-person concert venue, and Spain’s largest urban farm.
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Even before the opening of intu Lakeside’s £72 million leisure development in August 2019, longer-term plans for an even bigger transformation of the centre were underway.
The sun always shines in Spain
With no less than 20 leisure attractions, 70 restaurants, extensive parks and gardens, two hotels, even an all-year-round circus, intu’s 235,000 sq m future Costa del Sol resort isn’t being done by halves.
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DS4 gets makeover, crosses over
Citroen / 31 August 2015, 2:56pm / IOL
The DS4 has been treated to a facelift.
New Crossback model joins the range.
By: Jason Woosey
Paris - Citroën's DS4 already seemed to have some crossover ambitions when it first hit the scene back in 2011, but just in case the original didn't look rugged enough for you, the facelifted range now includes a 'Crossback' version.
In the new line-up, which loses the Citroën badges because DS is now its own brand, you get a choice of two distinct versions: a hatchback with a normal ride height and a crossover model with beefed up styling and a 30mm-higher ride height.
Its various stylistic add-ons, including wheel arch mouldings, roof bars and distinct black alloy wheels, give the Crossback “go-anywhere looks”, Citroën's words not ours, although it's worth pointing out that this is still strictly a front-wheel drive city slicker.
Both versions have a completely new face sporting the new 'DS Wings' family grille and redesigned LED headlights, while the Crossback is set apart by black trim below the grille. The DS4 is now available with a range of two-tone exterior paint schemes, spoiling customers to a choice of up to 38 colour combinations.
Inside the DS4 has a cleaner look as 12 buttons previously found on the centre console have been sucked into the new seven-inch touch-screen, which also offers Mirror Screen technology to bring your Android or iOS phone into the thick of the action.
The technological trickle continues in the engine bay, where its maker's 1.2-litre Puretech turbopetrol, rated at 96kW and 230Nm, replaces the previous normally aspirated 1.6. The midrange 1.6 THP turbopetrol gains a new six-speed autobox while the top version gets a new THP engine that's good for 155kW and 285Nm, up from 147kW/275Nm. For diesel-heads, DS offers a range of BlueHDi motors with improved efficiency, and with outputs ranging from 88kW/300Nm to 132kW/400Nm.
Peugeot Citroen SA has yet to make a decision on whether the DS4 is coming to our shores as the company is still conducting feasibility studies.
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Fame isn't fun when you want a date, says Robert Pattinson
Fame isn't just glamour and stretch limo's and loads of cash. It's also loneliness and isolation and people taking advantage of your every step. Just ask Robert Pattinson.
'I would like to go on a date,' Pattinson told the press this week. 'I’m just saying. I’m just putting that out there. Because I never go on dates anymore.'
Well how could he? He can't stick his head out his front door without hundreds of sniper photographers desperate to get a shot of his morning face. (So does that finally confirm that he’s NOT dating Kristen Stewart? Probably.)
The unrequited love from the paparazzi has been intense, and when he starts filming his two-part 'Breaking Dawn' finale to the 'Twilight' saga, it’s bound to get even worse.
'The last time, when we were shooting Eclipse in Vancouver, the entire paparazzi population of L.A. came up and just camped outside the hotel,' he said. 'So, if it’s in Vancouver, I’ll probably end up getting cabin fever and end up jumping off the balcony.'
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Man broke into house to act out fantasies of harming women
Thursday, July 08, 2010 - 04:06 PM
A Dublin man who rang RTE’s Gerry Ryan Show seeking psychiatric help after he broke into a home to act out his fantasies about harming women will be sentenced later.
George Turner (aged 40) had been a good husband and father for 16 years before he was diagnosed with depression and began abusing prescription medicine to deal with the condition.
He rang the Gerry Ryan Show to say he’d broken into a house to act out his violent thoughts a few days previously but left when he discovered there was only a male occupant present.
Turner, of Phibsboro Road, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to trespassing at a nearby Avondale Road house with intent to commit assault on November 21, 2009.
He has 10 previous convictions including seven theft and fraud offences. His most recent conviction dates back to 1999.
Detective Sergeant James Byrne revealed that the late Mr Ryan and his producers conducted an off-air interview with Turner because they were concerned about the nature of his call.
They took his name and telephone number and contacted gardaí.
Det Sgt Byrne agreed with Mr Shane Costelloe BL, defending, that before his client rang the Gerry Ryan Show gardaí had no identifiable suspect for the break-in several days before.
The detective sergeant agreed that Turner had willingly provided his name and number to the show’s producers in a call that had seemed like a “cry for help”.
He further agreed that Turner had been discharged from St Brendan’s Psychiatric Hospital around that time and hadn’t felt in control of his impulses.
Det Sgt Byrne told Mr Dara Hayes BL, prosecuting, that a resident at the Avondale Road premises was home alone and had gone downstairs after his internet connection was suddenly interrupted.
He went into the sitting room, noticed the internet router had been unplugged and a number of games consoles had been bundled beside the television.
The house occupant then went into the hallway and met an intruder with a pillow over his face.
He ran out the door, leaving the intruder in the hall, and rang gardaí once he was across the road.
Det Sgt Byrne said Turner denied unplugging the router during interview and said he fled once he discovered the lone house occupant was male.
Turner explained that he had normal thoughts during the day but fantasised about harming women at night.
He said he had walked past the Avondale Road premises to meet a friend, noticed an upstairs light was on and broke in through an open downstairs window because he wanted to harm someone.
He apologised for what he did and said he needed help.
Turner’s estranged wife told Mr Costelloe that she still had a good relationship with him and that he had been a good husband and father till he was diagnosed with depression.
Ms Sonia Turner said her husband’s life became “chaotic” as he took advantage of his prescribed medication and grew dependant on the tablets.
She said he admitted himself into hospital twice to try and get help for his psychotic thoughts.
She added that since being in custody her husband no longer has the same violent impulses and she hoped there would be a space for him at a residential drug treatment programme so he can tackle his prescription drug addiction.
Judge Desmond Hogan acknowledged Turner needs psychiatric help and commended his wife for supporting him through his problems.
The judge said he had “no doubt” that Turner had “goodness” in him because he knew his fantasies were wrong and “went to great lengths to get help.”
He adjourned the matter for sentencing in October.
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IUCN supports global consultation on draft Natural Capital Protocol
As a founding member of the Natural Capital Coalition, IUCN is supporting the global consultation on the draft Natural Capital Protocol (NCP) and encouraging businesses, governments and other stakeholders -- especially the conservation community -- to...
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Fashion industry must urgently reduce its impact on nature
The fashion industry is contributing to the degradation of the world’s biodiversity and undermining nature’s ability to provide ecosystem services to society, according to a report released by IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Could conservation become a new investment asset class?
A new IUCN-backed report released yesterday identifies three new investment structures that could help catalyse finance to meet the world’s pressing environmental challenges and sustainable growth goals.
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Making the case for a net positive impact on biodiversity
Exploring how a Net Positive Impact (NPI) approach on biodiversity can enable the private sector to better manage biodiversity and contribute to global conservation is the focus of two new papers released today under the auspices of the NPI Alliance.
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An enabling environment is a must for integrating biodiversity in business decision-making
By Isabel Daum, a Carlo Schmidt fellow with IUCN's Global Business and Biodiversity Programme
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Valuing natural capital key to tackling climate change – says IUCN
Edinburgh, UK, 23 November 2015 -- IUCN Director General Inger Andersen highlighted the vital role of natural capital in addressing climate change in a keynote speech at the World Forum on Natural Capital, which opened today in Edinburgh, UK.
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Report calls on aluminium industry to respect indigenous peoples' rights
Geneva, Switzerland, 16 November 2015 – While global demand for the world’s most popular metal – aluminium – continues to rise, it is critical that the aluminium industry address its environmental and social impacts, particularly in indigenous peoples’...
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Sustainable Development Goals recognise role of business
The United Nations' new development agenda presents a historic opportunity for the private sector to actively participate in addressing the world’s global challenges, and building a more inclusive and sustainable society.
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IUCN receives award for its role in setting sustainable aluminium industry standard
IUCN has received a Gold Facilitation Impact Award from the International Association of Facilitators (IAF) for leading a multi-stakeholder process to launch the now independent Aluminium Stewardship Initiative’s first Performance Standard.
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The pros and cons of biodiversity offsets
Protecting forests and restoring wetlands are some of the actions companies and governments are taking to make up for biodiversity lost as a result of their development activities. These measurable conservation actions - designed to compensate for...
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Commercial agriculture and forestry could have a net positive impact on biodiversity – IUCN report
Gland, Switzerland, 16 April 2015 (IUCN) – A new IUCN study examines, for the first time, how commercial agriculture and forestry production could reduce global biodiversity loss by applying innovative approaches already used by some companies in the...
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World Forum on Natural Capital calls for ground-breaking case studies
Organizers of the second World Forum on Natural Capital, including IUCN, have issued a call for case studies that demonstrate how putting natural capital at the heart of decision-making can benefit companies’ bottom line, as well as the environment.
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Registration now open for the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014
Registration is now open for the IUCN World Parks Congress (WPC), the landmark global forum on protected areas held every 10 years. The event takes place in Sydney, Australia 12-19 November 2014, with the theme 'Parks, people, planet: inspiring...
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Biodiversity and water: two of a kind
Today we celebrate the International Day for Biological Diversity. Its theme, Water and Biodiversity, coincides with the designation of 2013 as the International Year of Water Cooperation and highlights the indispensible role of nature in our water security...
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Food Security: making the ecosystem connections
Worldwide, 870 million people go hungry every day. With the world population projected to exceed nine billion people by 2050, global agricultural output must expand by an estimated 60% to meet global food needs.
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World Water Day, by Mark Smith
Blog article by Mark Smith. "World Water Day is like any themed global day: it’s not really to ‘celebrate’ water, it’s about getting people to pay attention and decide they’re going to take action to solve water problems."
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The decarbonisation policy report-card
Regulators must do their homework if decarbonisation goals are to be met
Posted in Marine industry talk
The IMO has a clear goal for reducing GHG. What it now needs is an action plan to reach it. At the end of MEPC73 it set member States a homework assignment, instructing them to come up with ideas to discuss when it next convenes, in a global transportation industry variant of the classroom favourite ‘show & tell’.
A good number of students will no doubt return with suggestions that build on existing IMO instruments for tackling efficiency and pollution, such as EEDI (Energy Efficiency Design Index) and SEEMP (Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan). These efforts may not win top marks for creativity, but could secure a solid pass to progress to the next round of IMO deliberations based on practicality: examiners everywhere prefer to mark the subject as it appears on the curriculum.
Nevertheless, as previous IMO examinations have shown, there remains room for weighting when it comes to the ship emissions marking scheme. It will be interesting to see whether the examination board continues to believe that history students are best kept clear of the myths and legends of shipping booms predating 2008, or the cheeky use of slow steaming as GHG limiter is finally pulled up as dashed off homework.
It will also be interesting to see whether market-based measures have secured their place on the shipping syllabus, or if emissions trading schemes and carbon levies continue to remain the preserve of the education consultants who write well-meaning reports.
Hopefully, due consideration will be given to the proposal for a ‘maritime carbon fuel standard’, which certainly attracted attention at a recent decarbonisation workshop held by the International Transport Forum (ITF).
Put simply, this standard would set an allowable level for ships’ average carbon content, which would be gradually lowered as we approach 2050 and, to keep things simple, would work using a benchmark calculated for the global shipping fleet as a whole. Boiled down, if half the fleet were running on hydrogen from renewable sources (0% carbon) and the other half on conventional HFO (85% carbon), the overall average would be 42.5%.
It is an approach that may be appealing for IMO, presuming the UN agency still has an appetite for getting involved in fuel standards it also appears to circumvent the complexities and disadvantages of market-based measures.
There are, of course, uncertainties. Such a scheme would require the type of robust monitoring and reporting regime that has proven so problematic for the maritime industry. Again, while regulation will play a role in taking carbon out of shipping, significant technological innovation, very substantial investment and, potentially, changes to long-standing business models will also be needed.
According to advocates of the maritime carbon fuel standard, however, creating a clear market outlook for non-traditional energy sources should spur innovation and investments in both the production and bunkering infrastructures for lower carbon fuels.
Getting it right is therefore be critical, as the right framework could be a basis to incentivise and accelerate big picture reforms but could also be a boundary acting to impede and frustrate them. Surely, then, a Flag State willing to include such a mechanism as a point for consideration in any future answer may be heading for a distinction.
* Interested readers can review the presentations given at the ITF’s workshop at https://www.itf-oecd.org/decarbonising-maritime-transport-workshop
Author Emma TuoheyPosted on 28-02-19 28-02-19 Categories Marine industry talk
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Spaghetti & Whirlyballs
It was a normal, though slightly bleak, Sunday afternoon in April and caregivers came from across the metro area to leave our situations, challenges, and stresses behind us and focus on one thing: Who had the biggest WhirlyBalls of them all?
The quick answer: Bob.
But as with most things, it is the journey -- not the destination. So, join me in a little bit of stopping-to-smell-the-proverbial-flowers. (Which I might add, if it hadn’t been so cold all month there might have been a few more of in the ground.)
With a rare exception, none of the gathered caregivers had heard of WhirlyBalls and frankly did not start in the mood of competitive spirit. After signing waivers which none of us could really have completely read, we were provided a quick overview of this sport which was described to us as the long-lost love-child of bumper cars, lacrosse, and basketball.
Honestly, we knew that coming in; but it was something different to be next to the court and see the bumper cars, the two digital backboards with targets which would (presumably) light up when hit by a whiffle ball propelled by a plastic racket. Each time the backboard lit up like a hockey scoreboard a point was scored. One point: one whirlyball.
So, the team that had the biggest score of whirlyballs would win. You can see how this got out of hand?
I mean, seriously: Thirteen guys letting off stress and steam on a Sunday afternoon with no football on the TV or distracting honey-do lists; only a whiffle ball to hurl at digital backboards with targets while turning every which direction in a bumper car -- what did you expect?
Remember bumper cars?
My body had a vague memory of the last time my 48-year old self sat in one. It was with my daughter 6 years earlier. She was on my lap; it was the only way the height guard would let her on the kiddie bumper cars at the State Fair. Bless their hearts, my neck hurt for a week. Remember the super-logical steering? All the way to the right to go forward and then 360 around to go backward, and when you are going forward left is left, and right is right but when you are going backward right is left and left is right-oh-lord-how-does-this-work?
For an hour we were all laughing and living just at that moment
Well, that is how we “moved” around the court. Up and forward, down and back. Red cars shooting at the red digital backboard with a target. Yellow cars at the yellow. Scooping up the whiffle balls, trying to throw passes, dropping them, smashing the ball into a pancake and throwing it, hurling it, slamming it against the digital backboard. Blocking cars from turning, trapping them in corners, or just slamming into folks just for the heck of it. It was awesome. Seriously, this was fun. None of us knew what we were doing, except Todd and Chris for some unexplainable reason, but for an hour we were all laughing and living just at that moment.
The only problem was that there didn’t seem to be a huge correlation between when you threw the ball against the backboard target and when the lights and buzzer went off and a Whirlyball was added to the scoreboard. Seriously, sometimes it went off and sometimes -- yeah, nothing.
Andy gets the ball at the post
Like a master Lucas set up the brackets and kept the competition honest. Team 1 blanked Team 2, and then Team 1 crushed Team 3. Then they went and drank some congratulatory beers as Team 2 and 3 played to determine who wasn’t the biggest loser. It was close, something which might have been called strategy started emerging. Players started playing positions. Attempts at fancy passes bouncing off the wall were made. Heck Team 2 even had a “play” -- it was simple: get the ball to Andy at the post -- and let him score. He seemed to throw the whiffle hard enough to make the thing light up. At the end that was enough, and Team 2 squeaked by Team 3 so that the final standings were 1-2-3 for teams 1-2-3.
I am sure Kyle will post the members of each of the teams so you can cross-reference. It will prove that Alan is not the curse he thought he was. Even though I’m super competitive I will admit, I’m not sure anyone really cared -- it truly was the journey.
A moment stolen
Our journey ended sharing a family meal at Buca di’Beppo under the watchful eye of Sophia Loren -- and the Pope. A stolen moment for friends who share a unique bond, an implicit understanding and desire to support each other.
And if you were wondering, the spaghetti and meatballs were really like Spaghetti and Meatball -- no “s”. And Bob got the biggest ball. The rest of us had to be happy with thoughtful certificates ranking our relative Whirlyball size. I have the second biggest WhirlyBalls.
Darnit Bob. Rematch?
Joseph and Alan, representing Team 2
Bob feeling victorious!
Author: Joseph Barisonzi
Joseph Barisonzi has been a Jack’s member for 6 months, since realizing he didn’t have a clue how to be a good caregiver for his daughter’s mother. She is doing very well -- and so is his daughter. Probably because of the great peer coaching Joseph has received at Jack's. They live on the Edina/Minneapolis border, close to Minnehaha creek. His daughter is graduating from Highlands Elementary and gearing up for a summer of Scouts BSA camping, cardboard camp, and a trip to Hawaii. Joseph is gearing up for a summer of gardening, grilling and driving pre-teens all over the metro area.
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Home Eye on "Palestine" Palestinian Authority Another Baby Killer to Receive Fat Salary from Palestinian Authority
Eye on "Palestine"
Another Baby Killer to Receive Fat Salary from Palestinian Authority
3 Shevat 5779 – January 8, 2019
Photo Credit: Aharon Krohn / Flash 90
Israeli soldiers pray for the recovery of a critically wounded fellow soldier shot by a Hamas-linked terrorist at Givat Assaf junction
by Itamar Marcus and Maurice Hirsch, Adv.
The Israeli government announced Tuesday that Assam Barghouti was captured and arrested Tuesday morning. Barghouti is suspected of participating in the murder of four-day-old Amiad Ish-Ran and IDF soldiers Staff Sergeant Yuval Mor Yosef and Sergeant Yosef Cohen, the critical injury of a third soldier and a fourth civilian in one attack, and the wounding of numerous others.
According to Palestinian Authority law and regulations, since he was arrested by Israel for his “participation in the struggle against the occupation,” Barghouti is entitled to a monthly salary from the PA of NIS 6,000. According to PA law, his salary will increase over time to NIS 12,000 per month.
Barghouti’s starting ‘prison salary’ is higher than most other terrorist prisoners, since he has already spent 11 years in prison for past involvement in terrorism. During his first term in prison, Barghouti received an estimated cumulative sum of NIS 447,000.
Additionally, according the PA law and regulations, upon his release, Barghouti was also entitled to a $6,000 one-time release grant and a guaranteed salary paid by the PA even if he did not work.
Assam Barghouti is not the only baby killer that receives a monthly salary from the PA.
Other recipients include:
* Amjad and Hakim Awad, murderers of the five members of the Fogel Family — parents and 3-month old-Hadas, four-year-old Eldad and a third child in March 2011 — and have already cumulatively received 460,800 shekels ($132,895);
* Abdullah Barghouti who built six bombs used by suicide terrorists including the bomb that exploded in the Sbarro pizza shop in August 2001 murdering 15 people, among them two year-old Hemda Schijveschuurder, and who has already received 695,200 shekels ($200,496); and
* Majdi Za’atri who planned the August 2003 Jerusalem bus bombing, in which 23 people were murdered, including one year-old babies Shmuel Zargari and Shmuel Taubenfeld, and who has already received 661,800 shekels ($190,863).
Assam Barghouti was arrested on suspicion of carrying out the Ofra shooting attack together with his brother Saleh Barghouti, and the Givat Assaf junction shooting attack with another terrorist.
Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah faction was quick to glorify murderer Saleh Barghouti immediately after he was killed in an attempted arrest.
In addition to the salary the PA will pay to Assem Barghouti, it will also pay a NIS 1,400 monthly lifetime salary to the family of his brother, Saleh Barghouti since he was killed as a “Martyr.”
The PA’s payment of salaries to Palestinian Authority terrorist prisoners, released prisoners and the families of so-called “Martyrs” (together known as the PA’s ‘Pay for Slay’ policy), was the subject of both U.S. and Israeli legislation in 2018.
According to the Israeli legislation, the Minister of Defense must submit an annual report to the Security Cabinet which details the amounts the PA paid to the terrorist prisoners, released prisoners and families of the so-called Martyrs. Israel will then deduct the PA expenditure from the taxes that Israel collects and transfers to the PA. The first such report is expected in the coming days.
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The Doctrine of Illusion vs. Vaishnavism II
By Aprakrita Bhaktisaranga Goswami
As published in The Harmonist (Sree Sajjanatoshani)
Edited by Paramahamsa Paribrajakacharyya Sri Srimad Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharaj
Shankar's disregard of considerations in favour of the distinctive transcendental activities of pure souls is altogether untenable. The point of view of Shandilya Rishi whom he attempts to refute stands fully vindicated to all sincere souls. This has been conclusively shown by many distinguished writers.
I do not see, because my vision is liable to be eclipsed when I am located in the realm of three dimensions. These wrong conceptions are not get rid of till I am established in the purely spiritual state which is free from all mundane limitations. They have established their firm hold on me by my neglect to take into my serious consideration the claims of the transcendental existence. In the Bhagabatam "Viswanath" instructs "Satee" as to the proper nature of Vasudeva. He tells her of the activities and realisations of the unalloyed spiritual essence. Viswanath makes his obeisance to Vasudeb. Those who are willing to hear his words in the spirit of humility displayed by Viswanath, can, indeed, hear them. Those who covet fame and wealth are given those things by Mahamaya (the great deluding power).
The Teachings of Sree Krishna Chaitanya refer to the unalloyed function of the soul. The person in whom the real hankering for listening to Hari-katha (Word of Godhead) manifests itself, displays total absence of every form of worldly pedantry and vanity. To such a person it is not the summum bonum for man to attain a high degree of material civilisation. The alternative of merging in the undistinguished spiritual essence of the Brahman presents itself to the choice of the soul as the summum bonum in the concluding stages of the development of mental speculation. The formulation of such a doctrine marked an advance on the Buddhistic position which had put the principle of mercy in the shape of mere toleration of all animation, above the requirements of sense-ridden worldly elevationism. But the service of the Supreme Predominating Personality (Purusottama), or Vasudeva, is beyond the range of speculation of even who regard merging in the indivisible instinct cognitive principle as the goal. Srimad Bhagabatam has accordingly advised us to cease all speculative activities and concentrate on the consideration of the Mercy of the Real Entity made available to us by His Descent to the plane of our cognitive vision. It is, therefore, necessary to turn our attention to the serious consideration of the function of pure souls who belong to the positive eternal world.
This truth was revealed in the heart of Brahma before he began to create this world. Subsequently, when by the operation of the influence of time differing speculations on the subject of the ultimate Reality made their appearance in this world, Krishna himself came down to the mundane plane in different visible forms to prevent erroneous views regarding the nature of the Absolute which have always been eclipsing from our view the knowledge of the Absolute handed down by Brahma through the medium of successive bona fide spiritual teachers. The Ten Avataras of Krishna were for the purpose of re-establishing in this world the eternal function of the soul (Sanatan Dharma).
That function is not limited even to the essentially true but not fully developed spiritual visions of Bodhayana Rishi and Lakshmana Desika Anandatirtha mercifully gave to the world the conception of the worship of Boy Gopala. The Sonhood of Krishna is inconceivable to the reverential serving attitude. Sree Ramanuja has offered his arguments against the desirability of intimate unconventional relationship of Godhead lest it might give rise to every great evil. But Sree Krishna Chaitanya and His followers have extended our spiritual vision to the highest sphere of transcendence.
The worship of those who are eligible to praise Godhead by the offer of their unalloyed spiritual reverential homage is relatively undeveloped in comparison with the intimate all-loving service of Braja. We should not remain contentedly pinned to the level of the service of even Arjuna. Chitraka, Patraka, Sridam and Sudama stand on a much more intimate footing. They are eligible to offer to Krishna even the remainders of their tasted food. Godhead is cherished with the tendermost affection by them. They know Krishna as nothing more nor less than a friend. They know familiarly that He is theirs. The Divine Son is served by His parents from His infancy. Krishna is not served by Nanda and Yasoda in expectation or otherwise of any return of a commercial equivalent of service from Him in their old age.
In offering our pure worship to the Absolute Personality Sree Krishna we may stand in one or other of the relationships of absolute neutrality, of a servant, friend, parent, wife or consort i.e., of Shanta, Dasya, Sakhya, Batsalya or Madhura Rasa-- the fivefold possible personal relationships that are also to be found on this earth. In Shanta, Dashya and the reverential moiety of Sakhya Rasas we approach Godhead with the reserve of reverential attitude. More intimate and even more laudable service can be rendered to Him by the confidential moiety of Sakhya, Batsalya and Madhura Rasas. When we look up to Goloka from below we see only the lower half of the Highest Sphere, not the upper half. Half the thing is placed for our ocular activity, not the other half. In the other half we find confidential Sakhya Batsalya and Madhura. Even those who are privileged to approach Godhead by the pure reverential aptitude, may miss the more confidential and intimate service. I mean that the upper two and half "rasas" for more confidential and intimate service are withheld for their own purpose. Sonhood and Consorthod of Godhead would not be understood. If we choose to remain confined to the two and a half varieties of reverential service by accepting the tidings of Ramanuja we would not be enable thereby to practise the remaining two and a half varieties of intimate relationships to be found in Goloka. There can be no permanent absence of fullness in Godhead. The upper two and a half Rasas which are open to His servitors may, through deliberate neglect of their proper cultivation hurl us down to Godlessness. We are also not to confine ourselves to the level of the worship of Ram-Sita which is no doubt higher that the worship hinted by Shankara and developed by Ramanuja, but which nevertheless stands in the way of our participating in the pastimes of nonconventional Divine Amour. Godhead should not be restricted. It is not possible for us to realise the nature of pure reverential worship not to say of the service of the milkmaids of Braja, as long as the existence of the gross and subtle physical bodies persist to obscure our vision. The pure-hearted Rishis of Dandakaranya alone could conceive the transcendental desire for serving Ramachandra in the relationship of consorthood, but their, desire was not fulfilled till after they had been reborn in Braja. Vasudevism as imagined by even the late R.G. Bhanderkar and most European scholars is not reconcilable with the needs of complete self-realisation. The level of transcendental service is not attained thereby.
We should be disposed to accept as our eternal function nothing short of the ideal of the service of the milkmaids of Braja taught and practised by Sree Chaitanya. Consorthood constitutes the highest plane of the service of Sree Krishna.
Other opinions are for deceiving or cautioning the ignorant They are of no further use on the attainment of enlightenment. The other opinions have different interpretations on the scriptural evidence. They are hampered by this radical defect of their poverty of the fullest convincing power. The Sankarsana Sutra has dealt with this vital point. The enlightening potency of the Transcendental Sound purges our mind of all preventive dirts and enables us to accept the true meaning of the words of the scriptures. We are thereby enabled to avoid all hasty conclusions which have a tendency to drive us more or less to seek to merge in the impersonal derivative aspect of the Absolute.
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GOP Gridlock
May 11, 2005 by James Campion in Politics | Leave a comment
Aquarian Weekly 5/11/05 REALITY CHECK
GOP GRIDLOCK – PART I Conservative Insider Unloads On Republican Congress
I have known Georgetown for about 15 years now, more or less. He has provided my readers an interesting and oft times hilarious insight to all things Republican, while maintaining his anonymity. It is this anonymity that has allowed him the fresh honesty for and against many policies of his party and this government without reprisal, and whether I agreed with his assessments or argued them our deal has stayed the same: He gives me the inside scoop and his ornery take on it and I print it in this space. Little edits. No pussyfooting. But during these 15 years, he has rarely, if ever, displayed as vehement an opposition to his party’s direction and procedure as he did late last month during our most recent conversation.
As usual, the following is a two-part excerpt of almost an hour of his rants, instigated by your truly to some degree, but it is mostly a candid and strikingly frank assortment of criticisms leveled at the most dominant GOP federal government this republic has ever seen.
jc: The accepted theory on George W. Bush’s first term was that he was far more fiscally and socially conservative than his father, who I know you and many conservatives had problems with, taxes, the Gulf War, etc. Now that evaluation has to come into question. This government has its hand in everything from social issues, private affairs of citizens, restructured environmental issues, Medicare pork, and has managed the most spend thrift budget ever. And this president, who has yet to veto a single bill, has rejected none of these subjects.
Georgetown: I’ll tell you this, there is a serious and growing rift in the party between social conservatives, mostly lobbied by the religious right, and fiscal conservatives, many of which began as hawks during the ramp up to the war, but who now believe it to be a money pit, and one that we will not be able to recover from for at least a decade and has been a detriment to more pressing domestic policies. Period. This is no longer a maybe or if, it is a real and present danger to our control of this congress, and one, in my estimation, that will break the back of the president’s push of Social Security or tax reform. This war is doing to Bush what Viet Nam did to Lyndon Johnson’s ability to govern the country at large. It is badly run and terribly administrated, and if there is isn’t a mass exodus of Republicans in the house and senate by late summer on most of the White House’s agenda, it will be news. These people have to save their asses.
jc: So there’s a battle for the heart and mind of the Republican Party, which ostensibly makes up the United States government right now.
GT: Take the Tom Delay thing for example. There are many Republicans who want this guy hung out to dry. This is bullshit. He has given the Democrats an easy target when we’ve got judges to be nominated, bills on the docket, and this John Bolton thing, which is the lynchpin for the Bush foreign policy in the Middle East. We’re going to shake-up the world politic, right? Let me ask you, do you think Bush likes bringing in the Saudis and having them read all over the Washington Post that his proposed ambassador to the UN is being depicted by fellow Republicans as Attila The Hun? Have you ever seen anything so bush league? It’s dime store politics, and it makes you wonder who the hell is in charge.
jc: But how does Delay’s problems factor into that?
“You are supposed to make the Democrats look like stallers and backbiters, not make the party in charge look like power mongers.”
GT: This is the same shit we pulled on Clinton. By the time the Lewinsky thing became public, his ability to govern was nil. He was shot. This killed the Democrats in the mid-term elections and made him one of the earliest lame duck second termers ever. Delay is the face of this government right now. Who the hell wants that? I’ll tell you who, George Bush. His “loyalty” crap is crippling the government and landing the party in a corner. That bullshit with him walking off the helicopter with Delay last week was political suicide. I watched that and thought, “Jesus, we’ve forgotten how we got here.” It sure as hell wasn’t on the back of punks like Tom Delay or Bolton for that matter, who is a self-serving bureaucrat, who is so far up Dick Chaney’s ass its scary. You think Dick Chaney cares who runs this government over the next two decades? He’ll be lucky to live past Christmas.
jc: Where’s Karl Rove in all of this?
GT: Not happy, I’ll tell you that much. But Rove is a campaign wiz. He concocted the God vote thing. They needed him to rattle the social cages to bring out the anti-gay, anti-secular, anti anti-war vote. He did his job. You want him to tell Bush to sell these fanatics down the river when he’s beginning a second term? Why? To save the party? He works for George W. Bush. His man has won all the elections he’s going to win. It’s over. It’s our problem now.
jc: But you do support Social Security reform, right? So that means private accounts, and doesn’t private accounts amount to political suicide?
GT: You pick your battles in this town. I applaud the president for his courage to at least broach the subject, but he has to consider that other people need to win elections beside him. He’s done. He will try and hammer away at things for another 16 months and then he will attend a few dinners, make a round trip of the globe, and shuffle off into the sunset. But then what does he do, hand this party over to social liberals like Giuliani and McCain?
jc: So how much does Delay and Bolton and Social Security effect the judiciary nominations?
GT: Killing them. Fucking killing them. And now they want to press the issue of filibuster reform. Holding up judge nominations is as American as apple pie. You always think you’re going to be in control forever, but it’s a pipe dream. There will come a day when the Republicans will need to filibuster again, and then what? Here’s the problem with restructuring congressional power, your force that to be the issue and take the onus away from the nominations, which is wrong. You are supposed to make the Democrats look like stallers and backbiters, not make the party in charge look like power mongers.
jc: Then Delay attacks the courts with the Catholic League over the Schiavo case and it looks like you’re trying to stack the deck.
GT: Exactly. Now you’re playing real life politics.
NEXT WEEK – PART II
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Godfrey Gao’s Last Wish Couldn’t Be Fulfilled
By jayne on November 27, 2019 in Hot Gossip!, NEWS
Above: Godfrey was supposed to be Best Man at James Mao’s wedding this Friday.
On November 27, Godfrey Gao <高以翔> passed away suddenly after suffering a heart attack on the set of Chinese reality show, Chase Me <追我吧>. The 35-year-old Taiwanese-Canadian actor’s death left many in disbelief and anger as criticism arose over the dangerous physical challenges guest stars were asked to do on the Zhejiang Television program.
Filming for the show started at 8:30 p.m. and the temperature dipped to 9 degrees Celsius (48 degrees Fahrenheit), but Godfrey and the other cast members were only wearing thin jackets. Filming for five hours until 1:45 a.m., Godfrey was being chased by another cast member. He suddenly cried out “I can’t do this anymore” and fainted while running, eventually passing away at the hospital where doctors were unable to revive him.
It was understood that actor Johnny Huang (黃景瑜) had invited Godfrey to make a guest appearance on Chase Me. Normally the guest stars are paid 240,000 to 340,000 RMB to appear on the show, but Godfrey took a discounted fee of 150,000 RMB due to his good friend’s invitation.
The production team behind Chase Me expressed their condolences in a statement, “We feel very distressed and grieved! After the accident, the show’s team and Godfrey’s agent remained by his side. We’re working together to reach out to Godfrey’s family to assist with the funeral arrangements.”
His Last Wish
Friends expressed their grief over the actor’s sudden death. Godfrey was supposed to be Best Man at his friend James Mao‘s (毛加恩) wedding this Friday, November 29. The Taiwanese basketball player wrote on social media, “This is not how it’s supposed to be. We [were] supposed to go snowboarding in February. I’m supposed to see you in two days. We supposed to grow old together. Why you leaving me so early?!! I love you always my brother.”
The actor’s last wish was to spend more time with his family. Experiencing popularity in China after his drama Remembering Li Chuan <遇見王瀝川> aired, Godfrey had felt tired working and wanted some rest. In an earlier interview, he said, “Because I’ve been busy filming recently, I didn’t have time to see my family. I hope I can take a break soon and have time to eat a meal with my family. Then I’ll continue to work hard on my career again.”
Sources: On.cc [1,2, 3, 4]
This article is written by Jayne for JayneStars.com.
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11 comments to Godfrey Gao’s Last Wish Couldn’t Be Fulfilled
hetieshou says:
This is so sad and reminds me of my late best friend who passed just 2 days before his 32nd birthday. His last wish was to live long enough to celebrate his 32nd birthday yet sadly that wish was never fulfilled just like in Geoffrey’s case. Life is just so unpredictable and short so hope everyone cherishes it as much as they can.
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dramas4me replied:
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Yes. This is so sad. A young life ended too soon. It’s going to be so hard for his family, friends and those people who love him. I also feel so sorry for his friend who is getting married this Friday and he is supposed to be the best man. Best wishes to his friend and soon to be wife. The whole thing is even worst than a drama. The producer/organizers should be responsible for this. His life probably could have been saved if he received the medical help right away. It was so wrong so many levels. The articles pointed to all the wrong things the show did. I hope his family will sue them. It’s not because of the money, but to prevent it from happening again to someone else. You are right – your health is a #1 thing.
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hetieshou replied:
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Yes this is tragic as I lost one of my brothers suddenly at 34. It is hard to accept, especially when it is so sudden. I feel bad for his friend as it should be one of the happiest days of his life but yet also one of the saddest as his buddy could not be there to be his best man. That program and the staff may get sued and I hope they do so this does not happen again. You know the saying, your health is gold or even more valuable than gold. I bet the other artists are traumatized too and may worry for their own safety if that had happened to them. But then again, he may have had other health issues that even he may not have known about so we truly do not know.
I’m sorry to hear about your brother. I know the feeling and i can relate to it. I lost a child – he was a victim of crime. That scar will never go away.
Very sorry to hear about your loss and I know how it is as besides losing my brother and best friends, I lost both my parents too. It is hard but we must stay strong as they would not want us sad. Yes, it is a permanent scar that never goes away. My losses were all due to illness so I bet yours was harder as your son was a victim of a crime. But any lost is hard and I hope you stay strong. My mom lost her son who is the brother I mentioned and she never fully recovered until the day she passed.
megamiaow says:
Im in disbelief that he died due to exertion on a tv show. They need to have a hard look at how they treat their entertainers in China.
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msxie0714 replied:
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Don’t forget the HK singer who died in a fall while filming a Japanese variety show. And Korean popstars forced to work under slavish conditions even when sick.
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dramas4me says:
Someone on dramapanda.com said that he frequent had his health check up. I think they should have a nurse/doctor available stand by every time for this kind of shows.
Really? Sadly doctors are not always correct. I learned that the hard way when my mom was in the hospital. I found a number of doctors so incompetent. It is sad how doctors and nurses get paid so well but yet know nothing at times. I encountered this one doctor that only cared for money. I find it so sad that money seems to take priority over everything these days. Compassion and kindness along with honesty seem to be long gone. But yes, they need to have at some kind of health professional around just in case anything happens.
jayne replied:
@hetieshou I’m sorry to hear that it was difficult for you to find quality medical care to treat your mom’s illness. With the amount of information available online, it does make it a little easier for us to research medical facts and understand procedures, so we can make better informed decisions and sometimes question the medical recommendations given to us.
It is mentally and emotionally exhausting to care for a family member struggling with illness, and to deal with the ups and downs that your mom must have had when she was ill. I can’t imagine the void that you must feel at times when you do miss her, but I hope that each holiday reminds you of the loving family and friends you still have and to continue to make beautiful memories with them.
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What show put guest stars lives in danger ? They should file suit for safety lapses ! This damn show should be axed! Just so heartbroken he didnt get to be best man @ his best friend wedding nd carry out his last wish ! RIP GODFREY GAO
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Back Row (Left to Right): Brent Vollenweider, Assistant Coach Josh Bentz, Josh Dean, Rob Ridgway, Wade Walter, Matt Cary, Mike MacKinnon, Chad Bentz, Phil Usera, Jesse Parr, Kent Mearig, and Head Coach Don Cary. Front Row: Snuffy Jones, Chris Lamonica, Cory Lanz, Pat Turley, Collin Pilcher, and Luke Fanning.
The Bears kicked off the season with four-game home stand in which they swept both Ketchikan and Sitka. They finished the season with an overall record of 11-9 and went on to the Palmer State Invitational Tournament, where they attempted to defend their state title.
JDHS came up a run short in its quest to defend its Alaska Invitational Baseball Tournament title, falling to Kodiak, 7-6, in the championship game in Palmer. Snuffy Jones went the distance for the Crimson Bears, giving up five hits and six walks while striking out seven. Wade Walter knocked in and scored a run in a 3-for-4 performance at the plate and Chad Bentz finished 2-for4, with an RBI and a run scored in the loss.
The Bears took a rocky road to the final round in the five-team tourney. After dumping host Palmer in the opener, Juneau dropped a controversial 5-4 decision to Kodiak. The Crimson Bears lost more than the game in the second-round, as coaches Don Cary and Josh Bentz were ejected and suspended for a game following a disputed call on the game's final out. Still, the coachless Bears were able to bounce back, as team captains Chad Bentz and Walter led the team to a 17-1 trouncing of Colony. Walter took the complete-game victory on the mound with a two-hit, eight-strikeout performance, and chipped in at the plate as well, going 3-for-4.
The semifinal win featured an offensive explosion by the hard-hitting Bears, who notched 10 runs
in the fifth inning. Matt Cary went 2-for-4, scoring two runs in the game, and Kory Lanz and Collin Pilcher each crossed the plate three times in the contest.
Palmer State Invitational
JDHS 11 - Palmer 2
Kodiak 5 - JDHS 4
JDHS 17 - Colony 1
Matt Cary
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Jeffco Public Schools » District Services » Facilities » Jeffco Builds » JB Articulation Areas » Future Funding FAQs
To view questions in a particular category, click on the category title to open that menu. As for an answer to the most popular question we get, here is a quick video primer on the differences between bonds and mill levy overrides:
Jeffco Funding Questions
Why is Jeffco Public Schools asking for more funding?
To help students and enhance student learning. Bond funds would support capital improvements at every school. Mill Levy Override funds would support teacher and staff compensation. Please see the Bond and Mill Levy pages for details.
We give you a lot of money, what are you doing with it?
We spend public education dollars on the people, services, and materials that make educating our students possible. All public schools in Colorado follow mandatory financial transparency laws, including Jeffco Public Schools. We also go a step further and have all our financial information available online. Our biggest expense is people: teachers, paraprofessionals, administrators, food service workers, bus drivers, custodians, and more. These are the people who teach our kids, who keep our schools operating, and keep our schools safe. Competitive compensation and benefits are one of the key factors to attracting and keeping quality employees who serve our students and community.
How does Jeffco's funding compare to nearby districts?
Comparisons per pupil revenue, mill levies and bonds:
District # of Students State Per Pupil Funding 2017/18 Mill Levy Override Per Pupil 2017/18 Outstanding Bonds Per Pupil 2016/17
Denver 91,794 $7,925 $2,266 $20,585
Jeffco 86,112
(2nd) $7,478
(4th) $1,316
(6th)
Douglas 67,597 $7,369 $499 $4,513
Cherry Creek 55,657 $7,630 $2,048 $10,299
Boulder 31,282 $7,582 $2,217 $23,203
Littleton 15,643 $7,373 $1,842 $8,695
Why not cut central staff and give more funding to the teachers who need it?
Central services have been cut several times in the last decade. Jeffco Public Schools spends about 4% of the compensation budget on central administration. Further cuts to central services will not result in the scale of dollars necessary to make impactful compensation and staffing additions in schools and every cut reduces support to schools.
Seventy percent of the general fund supports instruction in Jeffco Public Schools. Our district spends less on central administration than many surrounding districts. Dr. Glass published an On the Issues report on this last October.
District District Admin Spending
Boulder Valley $132 per student
Cherry Creek $89 per student
Denver Public Schools $84 per student
Douglas County $71 per student
Jeffco Public Schools $61 per student
Central services includes support for all schools in areas such as special education, gifted and talented, curriculum, human resources, student services (counseling, diversity), English language learners, food service, security, transportation, legal services, building maintenance, IT, and more. Only about 0.46% of the compensation budget, or $2 million, of our $714 million general fund goes towards executive-level administration (chiefs and executive directors).
Jeffco Bond/Mill History
We voted for more funding in 2012, where did that money go?
The 2012 "warm, safe, and dry" bond and mill levy override was much appreciated; the funds were invested in capital improvements at almost all our schools. The mill levy override helped stop further reductions planned for FY 2014 and restored lost work days for staff.
Take a look at the lists below for a history of bonds and mill levy overrides requested and received in the past 20 years.
1998 – $265 Million
2004 – $323.8 Million
2008 – Defeated
2012 – $99 Million
Note: Bonds end with the repayment of the debt.
Mill Levy Overrides
1999 – $35.8 Million ($45 Million authorized)
2004 – $38.5 Million
TOTAL = $113.3 Million
Note: Mill levies continue unless changed by election.
State Funding & Amendment 73
How does Colorado compare to other states in terms of K-12 education funding?
Colorado’s per pupil spending has been dropping from national averages since the early 1990s and is now $2,200 less than the national average, according to U.S. Census Bureau statistics. That means that schools in Colorado rank 42nd in the nation in per-student spending. This has been brought about by a mixture of competing state constitutional provisions (see below for more information about the Budget Stabilization Factor and Amendment 23).
Looking at all combined funds (federal, state, and local), here are the top 10 spending states, compared to Colorado:
State Per Pupil Spending
DC $29,949
NY $24,116
AK $22,338
CT $21,484
NJ $21,097
WY $20,889
VT $20,291
MA $18,387
PA $17,937
RI $17,416
US Average $13,246
CO $11,010
What is the Budget Stabilization Factor (formerly known as the Negative Factor)?
The state legislature enacted the Negative Factor in 2010 to help balance the state budget during the recession. It essentially cuts the amount of funding to public K-12 education that is spelled out in state law (Amendment 23). Since 2010, Jeffco Public Schools has been underfunded $642 million compared to pre-recession levels. For this current budget year alone, our schools are being underfunded $75 million compared to pre-recession levels.
What is Amendment 23?
Amendment 23 was a state constitutional change passed in 2000 to reverse a decade of budget cuts experienced by Colorado school districts throughout the 1990s. The law was only followed through 2009; then the Negative Factor was imposed.
Does Amendment 73 change or circumvent TABOR?
Amendment 73 would be an amendment to the state constitution, as was the TABOR Amendment. Among its provisions, Amendment 73 creates $1.6 billion for preK-12 education through a progressive income tax on filers making more than $150,000 annually and a tax on corporations. It does not remove or invalidate the TABOR Amendment. The Amendment 73 funds, once collected, will be excluded from TABOR revenue limits. However, this amendment uses the appropriate and legal route in Colorado to make a change to the state constitution.
How can I get more information about Amendment 73?
District Fact Sheet on Amendment 73
District Fact Sheet on Amendment 73 in Spanish
Legal opinion refuting claims Amendment 73 would alter assessment rates for non-school taxing entities
Graphic supporting the conclusions of legal opinion
Amendment 73 Impact Calculator
State Marijuana Funding
Where is all the pot money? Doesn't it fix the school funding shortage?
Some of the state tax revenue from retail marijuana sales funds state education grant programs, but "pot money" is never going to be adequate to fix public school funding.
The entire state is eligible to apply for $40-60 million of school grant funds each year. Jeffco has received $2 million since the inception of marijuana funding. This is less than 0.3% of Jeffco's general fund annual budget for 2017/18. Here are a couple of news stories that illustrate where the money goes:
Where Does All That Colorado Pot Tax Go? - 9News
Why Pot Tax Can't Save a Jeffco School - 9News
General Bond/Mill Questions
What is the difference between and Bond and a Mill Levy Override?
A bond supports the school building itself; mill levy override funds support what happens in the building. Bonds are similar to a mortgage for school buildings and other facilities needs. A mill levy override provides funds for ongoing operations expenses such as teacher salaries, classroom materials, computer equipment for students, counseling support, and school safety staff.
Both a bond and a mill levy override are funded through property taxes.
Does a mill levy override grow with inflation?
Jeffco mill levy overrides have always been structured so that the value of the mill does not decrease in worth over time. School expenses are subject to inflation, just like everything else, so this helps to maintain a stable funding level. However, if the economy shifts negatively, so will this mill factor, as it reflects the local economy.
How is financing structured for bonds?
(The following information was provided by a third party expert on school and municipal financing.)
It is common practice and prudent for a school district to take its outstanding bonds into consideration when developing a financing structure for a new bond program. In doing so, a district can balance the total repayment cost of the new bonds with the tax impact to homeowners and businesses.
It is also common practice to evaluate the lifespan of the assets being financed when developing a bond structure. For example, computers might be financed over a 5 year period while buildings and improvements thereto might be financed over 20+ years.
There are state statues in Colorado that dictate how school districts are legally able to structure bond financings such as a maximum maturity of 25 years. Jeffco School’s planned bond financing structure adheres to Colorado state laws. As a school district, Jeffco Schools is able to issue "tax-exempt" municipal bonds which provide for a significantly lower interest rate than that available to non-municipal entities.
Specific 2018 Bond/Mill Questions
Where will the mill levy override money be spent?
You can read additional information in our online booklet.
What percent of the mill levy override will be spent on PERA?
Compensation includes benefits like PERA and insurance, but most of the dollars will be for salary increases. Benefit increases are estimated with compensation increases. Our benefits percentage is, on average, 30% which also includes district health benefits.
Where will the bond money be spent?
You can read additional information in our online booklet or read this story in the Arvada Press.
What schools will receive an addition if the bond passes?
Elementary school additions:
Edgewater Elementary School (Edgewater)
Lumberg Elementary School (Edgewater)
Molholm Elementary School (Lakewood)
Foster Elementary School (Arvada)
Powderhorn Elementary School (Littleton)
Parmalee Elementary School (Indian Hills)
Wilmot Elementay School (Evergreen)
Middle school additions:
Bell Middle School (Golden)
Evergreen Middle School (Evergreen)
The Manning School (Golden)
Oberon Middle School (Arvada)
Wayne Carle Middle School (Westminster)
High school additions:
Alameda International Jr/Sr High School (Lakewood)
Arvada High School (Arvada)
Columbine High School (Littleton)
Conifer High School (Conifer)
Green Mountain High School (Lakewood)
Jefferson Jr/Sr High School (Edgewater)
Pomona High School (Arvada)
Ralston Valley High School (Arvada)
Standley Lake High School (Westminster)
Other additions:
Jeffco Open School (Lakewood)
Three Creeks K-8 (Arvada)
What schools will be replaced if the bond passes?
Kendrick Lakes Elementary School (Lakewood), Marshdale Elementary School (Evergreen), and Prospect Valley Elementary School (Wheat Ridge) will all receive on-site replacements if the bond passes.
What new schools will be built if the bond passes?
Locations for new school sites are not final. We have plans for schools in West Central Lakewood and NW Arvada/Leyden Rock but haven’t settled on a specific locations at this time. These will likely be elementary schools.
Keep in mind that ALL SCHOOLS will receive improvements if a bond is passed. For information about what would happen at each school, visit our Facilities Facts Page.
How much would the proposed bond and mill cost property owners?
Our estimates are a $46.92/year increase for homeowners per $100K of house value and a $188.96/year increase for commercial property owners per $100K of value. (These are estimates based on current data, interest rates, etc.)
How is the tax impact for the bond structured?
If 5B is passed by voters, as part of our fiduciary responsibility, it is imperative that all potential outstanding debt be evaluated to assess the overall impact to the taxpayer, future capacity, and needs for the district.
The district’s debt modeling for the proposed new issuance of 5B bonds includes consideration of current outstanding debt and existing mill levies used to repay such debt. This overall consideration, to past and new debt, provides the foundation at which the district would structure any new issuance of bonds.
The current model, which is the basis for the bond election language, has been reviewed and vetted by district finance staff as well as the managing underwriter for the district, a nationally recognized financial services firm experienced in debt modeling. This model is one frequently used by school districts and other governmental agencies having multiple debt issues which accomplish short and long term capital improvement programs.
Arguments For and Against the Bond and Mill
The comments below were provided by Jefferson County. These are collected for and against ballot issues and are required to be provided in a 500 word summary format. The comments accepted are not verified.
5A: Mill Levy Override
The following summaries were prepared from comments filed by persons FOR the proposal:
Issue 5A will allow Jeffco to offer competitive compensation to attract the best educators and staff and keep them here. On average, teachers in Boulder make $75,000. Cherry Creek is second at $71,000. Littleton is third at $66,000. Jeffco falls below all three with an average teacher salary of $57,000. Jeffco should be a destination district for educators. We can do more to ensure the teachers, paraprofessionals, bus drivers, custodians, IT professionals, and others who educate our children, maintain our school buildings, and keep our students safe are the best.
Additional mill levy overrides in other communities make it hard for Jeffco to compete. Denver students benefit from $950 more per student than Jeffco students; Boulder Valley students get $901 more per student; Cherry Creek students get $732 more per student; and Littleton students get $526 more per student.
With 5A, schools will have more money for resources and programming to help students develop 21st-century skills. This includes expanding STEM, technology, and career programming across the district. 5A would also provide funding to establish another campus for Warren Tech in addition to the current central and north campuses.
5A allows Jeffco to be more proactive concerning student safety. Improvements include additional mental health support and counseling professionals to improve student mental health services, including suicide prevention and substance abuse counseling.
No funds from 5A will be spent on senior district administration. All 5A funds will be used to expand education programming and support our students in the classroom. 5A funds will be monitored by a citizen oversight committee, and audited annually by an independent party.
5A funds will improve education by replacing worn-out and outdated classroom textbooks and materials. Student achievement scores continue to outpace the state in every subject. Think how much more we could do with current textbooks and materials. 5A also funds an expansion of early childhood education to ensure our students are prepared for elementary school and beyond.
An investment in Jeffco provides a significant return: 2018 graduates received more than $80 million in scholarship offers. Also, 35 Jeffco Schools recently earned 45 academic awards from the Colorado Department of Education, and three Jeffco high schools made a national magazine’s Top 25 List for the Best High Schools in the Country.
All of our schools — charter, neighborhood, and option — share 5A dollars equally. That’s an investment in all Jeffco students and in Jeffco’s future.
Since 2010, Jeffco has received $642 million less in state funding due to the state’s budget situation. During that time, the district has operated as efficiently as possible and spends less per-pupil dollars on administrative costs than neighboring districts. 5A provides a local funding solution that stays in Jeffco to benefit Jeffco and provides more school level budget funding so schools can best serve the needs and interests of their students. Together, 5A and 5B are an investment in Jeffco’s future that will cost just $3.91 per month for every $100,000 of assessed home value.
The following summaries were prepared from comments filed by persons AGAINST the proposal:
5A will NOT attract and retain great teachers. 75% of the total is planned to go to PERA which has no ability to encourage new, highly qualified teachers.
There is no mention or promise to allocate any of these funds toward improving student achievement. Having 50% of our 3rd graders reading below grade level or Wheat Ridge High School in the 40 percentile nationally instead of the top 10 is unacceptable.
Jeffco student enrollment in district run schools is declining. If the student enrollment is not increasing and achievement is not improving, there is no reason to increase spending by $90 million ($1100 more per student) that only results in a growing bureaucracy. For example, over 10 new administrators have recently been hired, each making over $100,000. Since the numbers of students and teachers are declining, there is no logical reason for such hires.
5A purports to be just a $33 million per year increase in taxes; however the amount will increase with inflation but not decrease if the economy declines.
Jeffco’s budget is currently One Billion per year – more than $250,000 per classroom. Given the lack of an increase in number of students, no increase in taxes is warranted.
Increasing property taxes hurts our senior population living on fixed incomes. And by raising the cost of housing, it becomes more difficult for young families with potential students to rent or buy.
In 2015, 63% of Jeffco 4th graders did not meet the State math standard. Three years later, on the 2018 test, 61% of Jeffco 7th graders didn’t meet the math standard. Jeffco needs to quickly and substantially improve student achievement performance to enable our children to succeed in an intensely competitive global economy. In 1999, Jeffco passed a national-award winning "Performance Promise" mill levy that tied increasing taxpayer support for schools to improving student achievement results. 5A does not do that.
5B: Bond
The average Jeffco school is more than 50 years old. Our school buildings and athletic fields host students, teachers, administrators, staff, families and community members during and after school, on weekends, and during breaks. We must invest in renovation and repairs to extend the life of Jeffco taxpayers’ biggest asset, our schools.
5B will fund major renovations and capital repairs needed to keep our neighborhood schools open and allow the district to save thousands of dollars on utility bills annually by upgrading to more efficient HVAC and electrical systems. All schools will receive improvements, and 10% of the bond will go to Jeffco’s charter schools.
5B funding will be used to update science labs and learning spaces in high schools built before 1980 and before personal computers were commonplace. Our students will be more prepared for college and career if they are educated in a building equipped for the technology they need in the future.
5B will fund state-of-the-art security systems to improve communication between schools, the district security office, and local law enforcement agencies in an emergency. 5B also funds an interior lock in every classroom, which is a proven first line of defense in protecting students.
5B will be used to implement Phase I of the Outdoor Lab Master Plan for much-needed improvements and repairs to both the Windy Peak and Mount Evans schools.
With 5B funding, Jeffco could build a Warren Tech South facility to expand career and technical programming choices. 5B also includes funding for two new schools and additions to some existing schools that currently have students in temporary classrooms.
Bond funds will also renovate closed buildings in preparation for future educational programming. For example, by renovating the former Sobesky building in Lakewood, it would be available for the proposed arts school or for a different option school program. 5B also includes improvements to sporting facilities like Trailblazer Stadium.
Jeffco has been accountable with our tax dollars. All projects in the 2012 bond package were completed on time and within budget. Bond funds will not be used for senior administration salaries and will be subject to an annual external audit. A citizen oversight committee will monitor the planning and execution of the bond package.
Jeffco has the lowest debt service of all neighboring districts and has not passed a bond for new construction since 2004. Jeffco has not received any marijuana tax revenue for capital construction. With construction costs increasing by 8 to 12% annually, taxpayers save money by building now.
Jeffco has a growing repair and maintenance backlog because it has received $642 million less in state funding than it should have since 2010. 5B will fund the replacement of four aging schools as well as improvements at all our schools to create safer schools and stronger, more vibrant neighborhoods and communities throughout Jeffco. Together, 5A and 5B are an investment in Jeffco’s future that will cost just $3.91 per month for every $100,000 of home value.
5B will cost just below $1 Billion to pay off and does not address repairs to the buildings most in need of repair. $170 million of this would be due to unnecessary interest because of the back-loaded nature of the repayment structure. This design puts the onus on our children and grandchildren to make those payments.
Parr, Stober and Green Gables were all promised new buildings in the 2016 proposed bond but do not get new buildings now, instead getting only “band aid” repairs.
The board wasted $60 million by adding unneeded capacity to middle schools as enrollment in district schools is declining. Don’t let them waste a billion dollars more.
This Billion Dollar proposal has no plans to add new schools even though Jeffco has been saying new elementary schools are needed in Arvada. Fletcher Miller was promised $22 million for a new building in the 2016 proposal… only gets $2 million. Jefferson Jr / Sr was promised $30 million for improvements in the 2016 proposal… gets less than $14 million. Wheat Ridge, Columbine and Green Mountain need new buildings just like Lakewood, Golden and Bear Creek. 5B only provides crumbs.
It makes absolutely no fiscal sense to make payments for 20 years to pay for lightbulbs or landscaping.
Nor does it make good sense to use $390 million of the initial $567 million on buildings considered to be in “fair” or “good” condition and not bring buildings in “poor” condition up to the same level.
It is unacceptable to have $20 million in non-allocated money.
In 2016/2017, district-run schools used only 81% of their capacity, which, given projections for flat student enrollment in the future, suggests that facility rationalization could significantly reduce Jeffco’s costs.
The latest Facilities Condition review shows that some Jeffco schools are in poor condition and need replacement. Yet the proposed bond issue does not fund this (e.g., replacement of Wheat Ridge and Pomona high schools). And there is no proposal to close schools that have low utilization and are in poor condition.
Rather than basing this proposed bond issue on a clear long-term capital plan that includes school closures, new school construction, and school boundary changes, the district proposes to spend most of the $567 million bond proceeds on a series of short-term measures to keep the current inefficient system afloat.
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas Movie Review
How the Grinch Stole Christmas Movie Review - Reviewed by Kidzworld on Dec 27, 2006
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The Grinch stole Christmas and Jim Carrey brought this classic holiday flick back to the box office!
The Grinch stole Christmas and nearly made off with the year 2000's record for biggest opening weekend at the box office. How The Grinch Stole Christmas raked in an estimated $55.1 million on its first weekend, falling only $2.8 million behind the current champ: Mission Impossible 2. Not bad considering kidz only pay half price.
The story is similar, but not exactly the same as, the 1966 cartoon. The cartoon was only 26 minutes, so the character development isn't as deep as it is in the film. We get to journey back into the Grinch's past to see where he came from and why he hates Christmas so much. There are also a few new characters in the film, including the Grinch's love interest.
Jim Carrey's performance as the Grinch is awesome. Under pounds of green makeup and knotted hair, Jim manages to pull off a wacky character with his usual facial acrobatics. Although the trailer makes him look like he is playing the Mask in a Grinch costume, it really doesn't come across that way in the movie. You won't forget for a second that you're in Whoville. The incredible costumes and sets really make you feel like you're living in a cartoon.
Some may wonder if all the dialogue in Grinch is spoken in rhyme - the answer is no. However, the filmmakers didn't ignore that aspect of Seuss' storytelling. Important characters or speeches rhyme. It's done in a cool way - nothing that's too tedious or annoying.
Grinch is a definite winner. When attempting to make a flick out of a classic story, filmmakers will get trashed like crazy by the critics - but I'm hard-pressed for something bad to say about Grinch. The theme was pulled off well and the rest was very believable. In fact, believable enough to bring back that creepy feeling I used to get when my parents used to read it to me in bed.
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Oddball engines and prototypes
Thread: Oddball engines and prototypes
As the title says........
Originally Posted by Katman
I reminder distinctly .
Kinky is using a feather. Perverted is using the whole chicken
WilDun
Muddler/Dabbler.
10th February 2005 - 20:25
1944 RE 1
Hell, all set up in a flash - HUSA certainly hasn't been pissing around! - I wasn't expecting this thread to be set up right away when I suggested it in The Bucket Foundry thread earlier today. I then went off to tidy up my garage, came back and found it all done and dusted - Didn't think anybody would even have noticed my post yet! -
I guess the upside is that at least we will know which thread we are on and (shouldn't) be talking at cross purposes (in the bucket Foundry) - the downside, it does split up another good thread (but probably will avoid posters fighting to talk over other posters on seperate subjects.) - time will tell. - good luck!
17th April 2011 - 14:39
Honda VF750f.
Was that Yeoman ever finished?
For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him. Keep an open mind, just dont let your brains fall out.
Originally Posted by unstuck
Don't think so, Grumph kinds of knows his son in passing, it might have been lost in the quake too.
Alpha disk valve semi Viliers Greeves based in a manner of speaking but breathed via the crank webs.
Originally Posted by husaberg
Damn shame, seems like an interesting concept.
Yes very interesting......might not have been as efficient straight of the bat but very interesting concept.
Bit of a mixed bag
The DKW is a triple that predates the NS500 by about 30 years also had a very interesting lab seal set up.
The supermono Duck very tasty and the balancer piston set up.
The AJS porcupine designed as a supercharged engine the fins on its head gave its name they had a high silver content for conductivity.
The BSA MC1 bsa management refused to let it race when designer Hele failed to guarantee it would 100% win in its first outing. It was a radial 4 valve in about 1954.
OH there was a Special experimental Manx in there also
The Koing Yes that one, designed as a outboard developed By A unknown Kiwi Kim Newcombe that so nearly won the world 500cc championship he tragically died and yet still managed to finish second.
A boxer four with shared disk valves. Plus a flying web crankshaft.
Split singles.
The Christenson
The DKW piston supercharged split single.
The binks mousetrap
The Wal Philips injector
Anzani set up with disk inlet
The Nissan super turbo March engine
An odd v2v8
The supemono balancer set but with the balancer rod
The BMW stirrup balancer
More alpha and Anzani
The Clarke engine
The barker headless.
four pistons four carbs.
spanner spinner
7th October 2011 - 20:01
bike sold :-(
not a bike engine but imagine if the car guys had got them sorted a engine that will run on anything that will burn, and the engine note
The yanks had a series of prototype turbine powered cars out on evaluation in the 60's the tacho scared the willies out of the consumers, I guess the mileage would have been atrocious as well.
I can't remember what it was..googles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Turbine_Car
The Chrysler Turbine Car was the first and only consumer test ever conducted of gas turbine-powered cars. Of the total 55 units built (5 prototypes and 50 "production" cars), most were scrapped at the end of a trial period, with only nine remaining in museums and private collections. Though Chrysler's turbine engine project was terminated in 1977, the Turbine Car was the high point of a three decade project to perfect the engine for practical use.
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Engine compartment of a Chrysler 1963 Turbine car
The fourth-generation Chrysler turbine engine runs at up to 44,500 revolutions per minute, according to the owner's manual,[3] and could operate using diesel fuel, unleaded gasoline, kerosene, JP-4 jet fuel, and even vegetable oil. The engine can run on virtually anything with combustible properties and "Chrysler claimed the turbine could gulp everything from peanut oil to Chanel No. 5."[4] No air/fuel adjustments are required to switch from one fuel type to another and the only evidence of which fuel was used is the odor of the exhaust.
The engine has just 1/5 of the moving parts of a traditional piston-based internal combustion engine (60 rather than 300).[5] The turbine spins on simple sleeve bearings for vibration-free running. Its simplicity offers the potential for long life, and because no combustion contaminants enter engine oil, no oil changes are considered necessary. The 1963 Turbine's engine generated 130 brake horsepower (97 kW; 132 PS) and an instant 425 pound force-feet (576 N·m) of torque at stall speed, making it good for 0 to 60 mph (0 to 97 km/h) in 12 seconds at an ambient temperature of 85 °F (29 °C)—it can sprint quicker if the ambient air was cooler and denser.
The lack of many moving parts and the lack of liquid coolant eases maintenance, while the exhaust does not contain carbon monoxide, unburned carbon, or raw hydrocarbons. Nevertheless, the turbine generates nitrogen oxides and the challenge of limiting them proved an ongoing problem throughout development.
The power turbine is connected, without a torque converter, through a gear reduction unit to an only moderately modified TorqueFlite automatic transmission. The flow of the combustion gases between the gas generator and free power turbine provides the same functionality as a torque converter but without using a conventional liquid medium. Twin rotating recuperators transfer exhaust heat to the inlet air, greatly improving fuel economy. Varying stator blades prevent excessive top end speeds, and provide engine braking on deceleration.
Throttle lag and exhaust gas temperatures at idle plague early models; Chrysler was able to remedy or mitigate these to some degree. Acceleration lag, however, remains a problem, and fuel consumption is excessive. Acceleration is outstanding provided the turbine is spun up (by applying power) prior to releasing the brakes. Otherwise it is mediocre. The Turbine Car also features a fully stainless steel exhaust system, the exits of which are flat in cross section. This was intended to spread the exhaust gases thinly and thus cool them further, in order to allow the vehicle to stand in traffic without risking damage to following traffic. The combustor, or burner, is somewhat primitive by the standards of modern turbojet engines. A single reverse-flow canister featuring a more-or-less standard spark plug for ignition is employed. Had the engine been further developed, annular combustion chambers along with a second power turbine might have improved power and economy even more. The transmission has "idle" instead of "neutral".[6]
The turbine car has some operational and aesthetic drawbacks. The car sounds like a giant vacuum cleaner, which was unexpected to consumers who were more familiar with the sound of a large American V8. That said, some observers admired the sound. High altitudes also cause problems for the combined starter-generator. Additionally, failing to follow the correct start-up procedure will cause the engine to stall; some drivers thought they could warm up the engine similar to the way they did with a gasoline engine. They would press the accelerator pedal to the floor before the engine had reached proper temperature. Instead of warming the engine, the excess fuel slowed the turbine down and resulted in the opposite of the desired effect. Doing this, however, did not do any permanent damage to the engine. In fact, it was possible to apply full throttle immediately after starting the engine without much fear of excessive wear. The engines were remarkably durable considering how fragile turbine engines are when compared to internal combustion piston engines. Troubles were remarkably few for such a bold experiment. It is not known how many testers made the mistake of using the leaded pump gas of the era; the tetraethyl lead leaves debilitating deposits within the engine. It was the one flammable liquid Chrysler recommended not be used; it was also by far the easiest fuel to obtain. Even so, more than 1.1 million test miles were accumulated by the 50 cars given to the public, and operational downtime stood at only 4%.
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A pair of brass art nouveau wall lights by The Generel Electric Company (G.E.C) the integral shade carriers each supporting an attractive vaseline glass globular lampshade by James Powell & Sons. England c1905
Ht. 38cm/15in W.13/5 Dpth.30/12
The General Electric Company (G.E.C)
GEC had its origins in the G. Binswanger and Company, an electrical goods wholesaler established in London in the 1880s by a German-Jewish immigrant, Gustav Binswanger
1887 the company published the first electrical catalogue of its kind. The following year, the company acquired its first factory in Salford, where electric bells, telephones, ceiling roses and switches were manufactured.
In 1889 the company was expanding rapidly, opening new branches and factories and trading in ‘everything electrical’, a phrase that was to become synonymous with GEC.
In 1893, it decided to invest in the manufacture of lamps. The company was to lead the way in lamp design, and the burgeoning demand for electric lighting was to make GEC’s fortune.
In 1902, its first purpose-built factory, the Witton Engineering Works, was opened near Birmingham.
The company expanded both at home and overseas, with the establishment of agencies in Europe, Japan, Australia, South Africa, and India. It also did substantial trade with South America.
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Justia Lawyer Directory Elder Law Virginia Middleburg Attorneys
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Charles E McWilliams Jr.
Leesburg, VA Elder Law Lawyer with 12 years experience
One East Market Street
Elder, Estate Planning, Probate and Tax
Georgetown University Law Center and George Mason University School of Law
Chuck has practiced in Winchester and throughout northern Virginia since 2007. He is both a lawyer and a Certified Public Accountant (with an LL.M in Tax and Estate Planning) and worked in public accounting before attending law school. Chuck’s practice focuses on complex estate planning and administration matters, resolving tax disputes, business planning, choice of entity, conservation easements and other business matters. Chuck has extensive training in complex estate and business matters and his practice focuses primarily on business owners and families with more than $1 million in liquid assets. Chuck regularly works to resolve family disputes, establish business...
Sammid Joseph Mansoor
Leesburg, VA Elder Law Attorney with 10 years experience
(888) 731-5999 44084 Riverside Parkway #120
Free ConsultationElder, Business and Estate Planning
My passion is helping individuals, families, and business owners achieve peace of mind by developing and implementing creative, customized, and yet cost effective plans. As part of my goal oriented estate planning process, I first seek to understand your goals and needs. My advice focuses on how your estate planning documents advance your goals. I use plain English and easy to understand visual aids, so you know what you need to do in order ensure that your plan works the way you intend. My personal mission is to make estate planning as accessible, efficient and streamlined as possible...
Barbara Lloyd Kessinger
Haymarket, VA Elder Law Lawyer with 25 years experience
(703) 753-5429 LLOYD LAW, PLLC
15033 Walking Stick Way
Elder, Education and Estate Planning
George Mason Univ School of Law
Maryann C. Conner
PURCELLVILLE, VA Elder Law Attorney with 24 years experience
(540) 751-0960 140 N. Hatcher Avenue
PURCELLVILLE, VA 20132
Elder, Business and Estate Planning
Jennifer Tomac
Leesburg, VA Elder Law Attorney
(703) 595-2677 102 N. King St.
Elder, Estate Planning, Family and Probate
Judith Calhoun Weber
Boyce, VA Elder Law Lawyer with 21 years experience
(540) 200-5963 1048 Browntown Rd
Elder and Estate Planning
Katherine S. Charapich
Culpeper, VA Elder Law Lawyer with 7 years experience
(540) 812-2046 219 East Davis Street
Liberty University School of Law
U Mass Amherst - University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Political Science - Undergraduate Degree
Real Estate Broker License - Commonwealth of Virginia
Juris Doctorate Degree - Law Degree - Liberty University School of Law - Lynchburg, Virginia
Virginia State Bar - Commonwealth of Virginia
Joshua E Hummer
(540) 931-7078 2654 Valley Ave
Winchester, VA Elder Law Attorney with 14 years experience
I represent small, medium, national and international businesses, non-profits and individuals on a wide variety of corporate and business matters, including forming companies, drafting and negotiating contracts, dealing with employment matters, handling real estate and land use issues, collecting receivables, and defending and prosecuting litigation. I also assist many clients with their elder care, estate planning and estate administration needs, including drafting wills and trusts, assisting with the appointment of guardians and conservators, and the Virginia probate process. I strongly believe that clients receive the best legal services from an attorney who is intimately familiar with their businesses and goals....
Matthew Joseph Yao
Fairfax, VA Elder Law Lawyer with 9 years experience
(703) 828-5299 10615 Judicial Drive, Suite 102
Free ConsultationElder, Estate Planning, Family and Immigration
My philosophy as a lawyer is to establish a strong attorney-client relationship. My goal is to connect with each client and deliver quality work, personalized service, and exceptional value. As your counselor and representative, you can be confident that everything possible will be done to protect your rights.
You will receive individual attention through every part of the legal process in order to achieve your goals quickly and efficiently. Please contact me to discuss your legal issues, strategies, and solutions in a straightforward and collaborative manner.
I am currently located in Fairfax, Virginia and serve the Northern Virginia area....
Eugene Sim
Fairfax, VA Elder Law Lawyer with 14 years experience
(703) 896-7686 4000 Legato Road
Free ConsultationElder, Estate Planning, Military and Tax
Gene received his B.S. degree in Material Science from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Columbia University. He received his J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center and served as Senior Editor for the Georgetown Journal on Poverty and Policy. Through competitive selection processes, Gene was selected as a Super Lawyers Rising Star (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013 - (DC/VA), 2014 (DC)(Law & Politics Magazine) and as Virginia Business Magazine’s Legal Elite (Taxes, Estates and Trusts, 2008, 2010, & 2013). Featured on Fox News and other media outlets, he also is an accredited attorney for...
Sheri Abrams
Oakton, VA Elder Law Attorney with 24 years experience
(571) 328-5795 10467 White Granite Drive
Elder, Administrative, Estate Planning and Social Security Disability
Sheri R. Abrams, Attorney at Law, has been practicing Social Security Disability Law, Estate Planning, Elder Law and Special Needs Planning for more than 20 years. Sheri is rated “AV Preeminent”, the highest rating possible by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, and was named a “Super Lawyer,” one of the “Best Lawyers in America,” one of Virginia’s “Top Rated Lawyers” and one of Virginia’s “Legal Elite.” Sheri is active in many different professional organizations including the Virginia State Bar, District of Columbia Bar, the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (NAELA), the Virginia Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (VAELA),...
Kyle L. Epting Esq.
Arlington, VA Elder Law Attorney with 9 years experience
(703) 842-3025 1739 Clarendon Blvd
Elder, Business, Employment and Probate
Kyle L. Epting is licensed in Virginia, District of Columbia and Maryland. After graduating from law school at George Mason University School of Law in 2010, Kyle was a fellow for the National Federation of Independent Business where he worked on various federal appellate business related cases. Kyle then worked with Arlington Law Group from 2010 to 2012, handling various business, employment and litigation related issues for the firm’s clients. In 2012, Kyle took a leave of absence to gain litigation experience with the employment law group at Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, LLC. After seeing...
Jean Galloway Ball
(703) 591-4900 10511 Judicial Drive
Elder, Estate Planning and Probate
Jean Galloway Ball is certified in Elder Law by the National Elder Law Foundation. She does life care and estate planning: preparing powers of attorney, Wills and Trusts for seniors and their families. She assists families with planning for disabled adult children. She advises on families on planning for long term care expenses. She is a recognized litigator in the area of fiduciary litigation including guardianship, Will contests, trust administration, claims against estates, accounts from fiduciaries, undue influence and financial exploitation.
Joshua E. Bushman
Arlington, VA Elder Law Attorney with 12 years experience
(703) 845-9070 2800 Shirlington Road
Elder, Estate Planning, Probate and Real Estate
University of Richmond School of Law
At the Bushman Law Group, our motto is simple: "Let our attorneys deal with your legal problems while you get back to what is truly important . . . the rest of your life." We know that facing a legal problem is stressful, that is why our attorneys guide you through each step of the legal process with prompt, personal service you can trust. Our goal is to build a long-term, relationship with our clients, and we want our clients to trust us with all of their legal work. To this end, we work hard on every case,...
Evan Harris Farr
(800) 399-3277 10640 Main St
Free ConsultationElder, Estate Planning, Probate and Social Security Disability
William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law
In practice since 1987, Attorney Evan Farr is widely recognized as one of the leading Elder Law, Estate Planning, and Specials Needs attorneys in Virginia, DC, and Maryland, and one of foremost experts in the Country in the field of Medicaid Asset Protection and related Trusts. Evan Farr has been quoted or cited as an expert by numerous sources, including the Washington Post, Newsweek Magazine, Northern Virginia Magazine, Trusts & Estates Magazine, The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the American Bar Association, and has been featured as a guest speaker on television and numerous radio shows, including Fairfax...
Vincent J Mata
(540) 686-1203 123 Amherst Street
Winchester, VA Elder Law Lawyer with 5 years experience
Vincent J. Mata attended the University of Notre Dame and the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum for undergraduate studies in the classical humanities. He obtained a Master's degree at The Catholic University of America in philosophy, and earned his Juris Doctor at George Mason University School of Law, now Antonin Scalia Law School. Vincent is a founding partner and attorney at Mata & Hill PLC. He focuses his practice primarily on estate and elder law issues. Mata & Hill PLC additionally offers real estate, business, and civil litigation services, and serves clients throughout the Northern Shenandoah Valley.
Jay Braddock Jackson
Fredericksburg, VA Elder Law Lawyer with 14 years experience
(540) 322-1928 600 Lafayette Blvd
Free ConsultationElder, Estate Planning, Insurance Claims and Personal Injury
The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law
In total, I spent 35 years in the insurance industry, handling liability claims. Prior to attending law school, I worked as an insurance adjuster and in claims management at GEICO. My positions allowed me the opportunity to learn a great deal about insurance company claims operations and the difficulties that large insurance companies face as well as the biggest hurdles for people who need to make claims. My work led me to attend law school while continuing my career in insurance. Following my graduation, I moved into the position of attorney with the company. Since that time, I have defended...
Julia JW Ovando
Arlington, VA Elder Law Lawyer with 11 years experience
(703) 499-5843 2111 Wilson Blvd
Free ConsultationElder, Domestic Violence, Family and Juvenile
Charles W. Hazelwood Jr.
Burke, VA Elder Law Lawyer with 41 years experience
(703) 455-5160 9245 OLD KEENE MILL ROAD
The George Washington University Law School and University of Richmond School of Law
Charles W. Hazelwood, Jr., or "Chuck", has accumulated a significant legal skill set over the past four decades. His communication skills and negotiating abilities were honed and perfected over time as he handled thousands cases. He has a thorough understanding of the law and comprehensive experience with handing estates and trusts, real estate issues, personal injury cases, and more. His long-standing legal acumen has been time-tested by the significantnumber of cases he has handled. Born in Richmond, Virginia, Chuck attended West Springfield High School.
Charles W. Hazelwood, Jr. has bar memberships in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of...
Betsy Sue Scott Esq.
Reston, VA Elder Law Attorney
(703) 871-5070 Suite 2000
Elder and Probate
Practice focuses on Elder Law, Wills, Trusts, Estates, Probate, Guardianships, Conservatorships and also Economic Sanctions, International Trade and Banking; currently serving as President of the Virginia Women Attorneys Association; member of the Fairfax, Loudoun County and Northern Neck Bar Associations and the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and its Virginia chapter
Rebecca Lynne Melone
Reston, VA Elder Law Attorney with 7 years experience
(703) 995-9900 12110 Sunset Hills Road
Free ConsultationElder, Criminal, Estate Planning and Family
Deborah Nelson Arthur
Annandale, VA Elder Law Lawyer with 37 years experience
(703) 658-6050 5031 Backlick Road
Elder, Bankruptcy, Divorce and Estate Planning
Deborah N. Arthur has built a long-standing reputation in the Fairfax County, Virginia community for being an attorney with a drive for success. Earning her B.S. in Business Administration from George Mason University in 1977, she continued her education, earning her J.D. from George Mason University in 1982, after spending two years at the Department of Justice. Since then, she has assisted those in need of legal representation in matters concerning divorce, bankruptcy, personal injury, family law, and estate matters. So, what separates Mrs. Arthur from the crowd?
She understands that bad things sometimes happen to good people. That's why she...
Neal Knudsen
Manassas, VA Elder Law Lawyer with 31 years experience
(703) 369-4738 9200 Church St
Neal Knudsen is an experienced attorney at Vanderpool, Frostick & Nishanian, P.C. Over the course of many years of practicing law, Neal has exhibited a skill for working within the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts. Neal demonstrates a deep knowledge of the DSS system, and is able to work on sensitive child dependency cases with skill and attention to important time constraints.
Neil’s experience includes trial practice before the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts and Circuit Courts, as well as appellate practice before the Virginia Court of Appeals. Beginning in 2002, Mr Knudsen participated in, and presented before, statewide...
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Ari N Sommer
Winchester, VA Elder Law Attorney with 9 years experience
(540) 324-9328 2971 Valley Avenue
Free ConsultationElder and Estate Planning
Ari graduated cum laude from Boston College Law School, where he was the Managing Editor of the Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review. Originally from Boston, MA, Ari relocated to Virginia in 2011 after meeting his bride, Garland, and joined the Stapleton Elder Law family soon thereafter. The couple wed in Clarke County in 2012 and live “happily ever after” in Charlottesville. Ari and Garland welcomed their first child, Elspeth Margaret, in March, 2015. While Ari’s focus in on Elder Law and Asset Protection, he is also an expert on Veterans benefits. Ari takes the time to listen to...
Richard W. Hartman III
Vienna, VA Elder Law Lawyer with 12 years experience
(703) 255-7005 311 Maple Avenue West
Washington and Lee University School of Law
Jeremy L. Pryor
Fredericksburg, VA Elder Law Attorney
(540) 318-5998 725 Jackson Street
Jeremy Pryor is a Principal at Carrell Blanton Ferris practicing in the areas of elder law, estate planning, estate administration, and incapacity-related litigation. He focuses his representation on protecting assets from the costs of long term care and advising clients seeking qualification for Medicaid benefits or the Veterans Affairs “Aid and Attendance” benefit. In addition to working with seniors and these programs, Jeremy spends a significant portion of his practice in court, representing clients in becoming guardians and conservators, litigating the use or alleged misuse of powers of attorney documents, and serving as a guardian ad litem for incapacitated adults....
Martha Mothershead
Falls Church, VA Elder Law Lawyer with 10 years experience
Elder, Estate Planning, Landlord Tenant and Probate
Andrew P. Hill
(540) 686-1203 150 E. King Street
Strasburg, VA Elder Law Attorney with 9 years experience
Elder, Estate Planning, Landlord Tenant and Real Estate
Andrew P. Hill is a founding partner and attorney with Mata & Hill PLC, a full-service civil law firm serving the beautiful northern Shenandoah Valley. Mr. Hill concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate, estate planning and administration, litigation, and business.
Mr. Hill received his undergraduate degrees from Northwestern University and his law degree from the College of William and Mary. Prior to forming Mata & Hill PLC, he worked with small but highly-respected law firms in Northern Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley.
Mr. Hill is licensed to practice law in the state courts of Virginia,...
Claudia Edwards Gordon
Alexandria, VA Elder Law Lawyer with 38 years experience
(703) 704-9132 4604 Tarpon Ln
Mercer Univ-W.George L.S
Kathryn L. Van Hooser
Woodbridge, VA Elder Law Attorney
(703) 291-4390 2750 Killarney Dr.
Elder, Family, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
Saint Louis University School of Law
Kathleen Cossa
(703) 691-2530 3975 University Dr
John Christopher Galloway
Fairfax, VA Elder Law Attorney with 21 years experience
(703) 359-9213 10306 Eaton Pl
Nanette Joyner Rutka
(703) 875-9338 4111 40th St N
Elder and International
William Wildhack
Arlington, VA Elder Law Attorney
William Conway
McLean, VA Elder Law Attorney with 37 years experience
(703) 448-7575 6718 Whittier Ave
John P. Harris, III
(540) 371-4941 1619 Jefferson Davis Hwy.
Elder, Arbitration & Mediation, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Cumberland School of Law
Roy Snyder Jr
Alexandria, VA Elder Law Attorney with 37 years experience
(703) 684-2000 510 King St
Elizabeth Wildhack
(703) 486-2988 46 S Glebe Rd
Keith Rowland Kost Esq
Tysons Corner, VA Elder Law Lawyer
(703) 770-7799 1650 Tysons Blvd
Tysons Corner, VA 22102
Elder, Business, Estate Planning and Tax
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Steven Thrasher
Dallas County, TX Trademarks Lawyer with 23 years experience
(214) 502-5923 1350 North Greenville Ave.
Free ConsultationTrademarks, Business, IP and Patents
For over a decade, I've had the privilege of being a provider for many well known businesses, inventors, and institutions who, like you, want to protect their ideas and monetize their inventions. The proof is in the numbers – my clients have received hundreds of patents and millions of dollars in real world results.
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Darin Michael Klemchuk
(214) 367-6000 8150 N Central Expressway
Vanderbilt University Law School and University of Washington School of Law
My chief passion is to revolutionize the way legal services are delivered, particularly intellectual property (IP) and technology law. I am an evangelist for change in how law firms are structured to provide a different kind of experience for not only clients, but also professionals in the legal industry. One of my greatest career achievements is our firm twice winning honors as one of the best places to work in Dallas, as recognized by the Dallas Business Journal in 2010 and 2011. As part of this mission, we have embraced conscious capitalism (sometimes called purposeful capitalism) and...
Maryssa Jane Simpson
Dallas County, TX Trademarks Lawyer with 6 years experience
(214) 396-9427 2911 Turtle Creek Blvd.
Trademarks, Business, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
Maryssa Simpson is a trial lawyer and partner in The Potts Law Firm’s Dallas office. Maryssa grew up in the small town of Bridgeport, Texas and is from a family of trial lawyers. Her background gave her a passion for trial work, and she carries that forward in her practice.
Maryssa graduated from Baylor University and received her law degree from the University of Texas School of Law. During law school, Maryssa was an advocate for a national championship mock trial team and received the International Academy of Trial Lawyers Student Advocacy Award. While at UT, Maryssa also won Best Advocate...
Daniel Mark Ogden
(972) 417-1916 1000 E. Belt Line Rd
Trademarks, Business, IP and International
Daniel Mark Ogden, Esq. is an attorney at law, licensed customs broker, and international trade consultant who for more than 25 years has counseled and represented companies on various aspects of international trade and business. With his advanced degrees and proficiency in both law and international business management, he possesses the ability and experience to understand the challenges faced by firms involved in international trade not only from a legal but also a managerial and business perspective. His professional services are designed to assist U.S. firms in proactively managing the legal and business risks that result from their...
Dustin Michael Mauck
Dallas County, TX Trademarks Attorney with 15 years experience
(214) 855-7147 2200 Ross Ave
Free ConsultationTrademarks, Communications, IP and Patents
Partner Dustin Mauck formed RegitzMauck PLLC with Mike Regitz in January of 2015. Dustin focuses his practice on intellectual property, technology, cybersecurity, and data privacy matters.
Dustin has experience in enforcing and obtaining patents and has represented clients in trademark, trade secret, copyright, contract, and domain name disputes. As a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US), Dustin also assists his clients with cybersecurity and data privacy issues, including assessing and responding to data breaches, preparing incident response plans, and evaluating cybersecurity and data privacy risks and policies.
Dustin's patent and trademark prosecution experience includes preparing applications, responding to office actions, drafting appeal briefs,...
Mike Regitz
(214) 414-3815 1700 Pacific Avenue
RegitzMauck Mission: To provide value-based legal services to cost-conscious clients seeking high quality legal representation in intellectual property, cybersecurity, and data privacy matters and disputes.
Mike Regitz focuses his practice on intellectual property and technology disputes, counseling, and licensing.
As a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US), Mike also assists firm clients with cybersecurity, data privacy, and cyber insurance coverage issues and disputes.
Mike is licensed to practice law in Texas and is admitted to various federal courts across the country. He is also registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and his patent and trademark prosecution practice includes...
Roger Doumanian
(214) 790-7277 13355 Noel Road, Suite 1100
Free ConsultationTrademarks, Business and IP
Southwestern Univ School of Law
Our practice is focused on advising and representing startups, small business owners, and privately held corporations. Our services encompass business formation, corporate and LLC compliance, contract writing, reviewing, and negotiating, as well as trademark registration and maintenance. We pride ourselves in helping clients protect their business interests through personalized legal counsel and representation.
Stephen Andrew Kennedy
(214) 716-4343 1445 Ross Avenue #2750
Trademarks, Business, Employment and IP
Stephen Kennedy has been practicing law since 1988 in the areas of general litigation, intellectual property and related business areas. He has an AV rating from Martindale Hubbell, is a Texas Super Lawyer and is a member for the Dallas Bar Association Ethics Committee.
Dallas County, TX Trademarks Attorney with 8 years experience
(817) 225-6561 3838 Oak Lawn Ave, STE 1000
Free ConsultationTrademarks, IP and Patents
Wendy B. Mills
(214) 969-5995 14275 Midway Rd.
Trademarks, Business, Communications and IP
Texas A & M University School of Law
Copyright, Trademark and Business Litigation attorney providing strong representation for business clients in Federal and Texas State Courts and before the USPTO TTAB.
Ms. Mills represents clients in a broad range of business litigation matters, including copyright and trademark infringement; unfair competition; business disparagement; licensing and other contractual and business disputes. Ms. Mills has handled most aspects of these matters.
Ms. Mills' clients include companies in the entertainment, manufacturing, technology, aviation, garment, publishing, e-commerce, and retail industries.
Benton R Patterson III
(972) 379-9049 2310 N Henderson Ave.
Free ConsultationTrademarks and IP
Aaron Peacock
(888) 312-1750 1349 Empire Central Dr #500
Trademarks, Civil Rights, Patents and Real Estate
Franklin Pierce Law Center
Aaron P. Peacock is a registered patent attorney and associate at Gagnon, Peacock, & Vereeke, P.C. He has Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s degree in Business Administration. He received his Juris Doctorate degree in law from the Franklin Pierce Law Center in New Hampshire. His practice focus is in intellectual property law, specifically patent, trademark and copyright law. He has prosecuted before the United States Patent and Trademark Office as well as the United States Copyright Office. Aaron is also an active member of the Dallas Bar Association and the Federalist Society. With his unique background in...
Doli G. Gagnon
(214) 317-4448 4245 N Central Expy #250
Trademarks, Patents and Personal Injury
Doli Gagnon is a partner with the firm and earned her Bachelors degree in accounting graduating summa cum laude, and her Law degree from St. Mary’s School of Law also graduating cum laude. For 31 years, she has been married to Jack Peacock, a partner at Gagnon, Peacock & Vereeke, P.C. Doli is from the Boston area where she was born and raised and moved to Texas after marrying Jack. Before moving to the DFW area 10 years ago, she and Jack lived in South Texas where they raised their two children and were active leaders in their community and...
Lawrence Ray Youst
(214) 880-9363 2200 Victory Avenue
Trademarks, IP and Patents
Lawrence Youst counsels clients regarding management of their intellectual property assets focusing on portfolio development, patent evaluation, business transactions, dispute resolution and patent monetization. He has been a principal at Patton Boggs LLP, Danamraj & Youst, P.C. and Lawrence Youst PLLC.
Thomas D. Reino
(214) 462-7505 3102 Maple Avenue, Suite 450
Trademarks, Business, Estate Planning and Probate
I am a Probate and Guardianship Attorney, and I help my clients with Wills, Trusts, Estate Planning, Powers of Attorney, Medical Directives and drafting other documents that assist individuals with their Estate Planning needs. I also help my client's with business and real estate matters as they need them.
Zac Duffy
(214) 979-1122 1700 Pacific Ave.
Zac Duffy is a technology and intellectual property attorney. Texas Monthly Magazine has consistently named Zac a “Texas Rising Star” since 2011. Zac has experience in software, electronics, trademarks, and trade secret litigation.
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Steven J Laureanti
Collin County, TX Trademarks Lawyer with 12 years experience
(602) 333-5440 5700 Granite Parkway
Texas Wesleyan University
Steven Laureanti is an attorney and shareholder at JacksonWhite Attorneys at Law, one of the largest full-service firms in Phoenix's East Valley. Steven focuses his practice on intellectual property, including patent law, IP consulting and auditing, IP litigation and outside counsel, international IP and related areas. He has extensive experience in the areas of patent preparation, appeals, prosecution and reexaminations. With his background in engineering, Steven is extremely familiar with mobile technologies, telecommunications, medical technologies and other high-tech industries. To learn more about Steven's comprehensive intellectual property services, visit his website with the link in the left-hand sidebar.
John Lindsay
(214) 736-4306 3010 LBJ Fwy
John Lindsay is an intellectual property attorney with a technical background in software, chemistry, and electronics who provides patent, trademark, and other intellectual property law services. He helps with the legal aspects of analysis, protection, and commercialization of intellectual property in branding, invention, and content matters.
(972) 378-4990 5700 Granite Parkway, Suite 200
Scott Carter Sample
(844) 285-4263 100 Crescent Court
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Bill Hulsey
Travis County, TX Trademarks Lawyer with 32 years experience
(512) 478-9190 3300 Interstate I-35
Trademarks, Business, IP and Patents
"Thank you all Sooo much! I can't imagine being on this journey with anyone else. I look forward to continuing to work with you all for years to come!"
- Ian P., Austin, TX to Bill Hulsey Patent Lawyer (2018)
"Their expertise in their field is matched only by their enthusiasm to help us succeed in ours. Foresight, execution, responsiveness and success are hallmarks of our experience with Bill Hulsey and his team."
- Dr. Charlie D., Rochester, NY to Bill Hulsey Patent Lawyer (2019)
"Mr. Hulsey is an outstanding professional. He is straight-forward and knowledgeable. He has tremendous experience in US...
Charles Marcellus Vethan
(978) 458-2222 5307 E Mockingbird Ln Ste 522
Texas business attorney, Charles M.R. Vethan, earned his Doctor of Jurisprudence at Southern Methodist University School of Law in Dallas, Texas, and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Alberta, Canada. Mr. Vethan served as an editor for The International Lawyer, as well as authored articles on international letters of credit, the role of insurance defense counsel in complex litigation matters, and Implied Licenses in Copyrights. He also presented courses through the National Business Institute to attorneys and CPAs on corporate structure and governance. Mr. Vethan is one of less than 20 attorneys practicing in Texas who are...
Collin County, TX Trademarks Attorney with 10 years experience
(844) 728-3680 1333 McDermott Drive
Tracy Jill Willi
(512) 288-3200 100 Congress Ave., Suite 1530
Free ConsultationTrademarks, Business, IP and Products Liability
Tracy J. Willi focuses on civil, commericial, and intellectual property litigation and appeals in Federal and Texas courts. Having been licensed to practice law in Texas since 1992, Ms. Willi has extensive trial and appellate experience in business law, civil and commercial law, real estate law, patent, copyright, and trademark litigation, and probate litigation, much of which is reflected in numerous published trial court and appellate decisions. Ms. Willi has represented clients at all levels of Texas courts including County Courts, District Courts, Courts of Appeals, and the Texas Supreme Court. She has also represented clients at...
Paul C Van Slyke
Harris County, TX Trademarks Attorney with 50 years experience
(855) 552-8238 5051 Westheimer Suite 1200
Galleria Tower II
Free ConsultationTrademarks, Communications, Entertainment & Sports and IP
I use my 30+ years of legal experience and judgement to provide strategies aligned with business objectivies. My experience includes traditional trademark law, branding, label compliance, online trademarks and anticounterfeiting. I use my experience in consumer goods, retail, banking, energy, manufacturing and personal care products to provide clients with strategies and solutions aligned with their business objectives. I handle for them ltitigation, disputes, contracts, transactions, trademark registrations and clearance of the right to use brand names and company names. I use my six years experience as global head of the trademark, copyright and branding practice for a...
Montgomery County, TX Trademarks Attorney with 7 years experience
(713) 222-7100 25511 Budde Rd Ste 2701
Robert Thomson is a Partner with Counts | Thomson. Mr. Thomson’s practice is focused in the areas of business transactions, trusts and estates. Mr. Thomson currently serves as a Judge Advocate in the Texas Army National Guard, with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Robert Thomson is licensed to practice law in Texas and in the U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of Texas. He is based in The Woodlands, Texas, and can be reached at rthomson@countsthomson.com or by phone at (713) 222-7100. PRIOR EXPERIENCE: • Bibby, McWilliams & Kearney, PLLC: Associate Attorney • Patout & Shaw, PLLC:...
Simon Hendershot III
(713) 936-9088 1800 Bering Drive
Trademarks, Business, Health Care and IP
Trey Hendershot is a leading attorney in Houston and the managing shareholder at Hendershot, Cowart & Hisey, P.C. He provides strong legal representation to clients involved in family law and business law matters. He aligns his goals and focus to those of his clients’. As a Christian man, he believes in equality and working with integrity. He tirelessly works on behalf of his clients, getting to know their stories and meticulously preparing for their case. He won’t just treat you like another case number, but as a human who deserves to have their rights upheld. To learn how Attorney Hendershot...
Kevin Alan Keeling
(713) 579-3001 3310 Katy Freeway
Kevin Keeling is a registered patent attorney whose business and intellectual property practice involves both litigation in all areas of intellectual property and commercial issues, as well as transactional matters including matters before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, contract/license negotiation, securing IP rights, and client counseling. During his years in practice, Mr. Keeling has achieved many successful outcomes for clients in litigation as well as in transactional matters.
John J Davis III
Harris County, TX Trademarks Lawyer with 7 years experience
(713) 936-9622 410 Pierce St.
• Attorney and Member of general property firm focused on intellectual property, oil and gas, commercial transactions, residential and commercial property disputes, and representation in litigation and arbitration. • Accomplished competitive advocacy and academic experience in Mock Trial, Moot Court, Domestic and International Commercial Arbitration, Mediation, Patent Law, Copyright Law, and Intellectual Property Litigation, Transactions, & Negotiations. • Experience with United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG), UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration Rules (WIPO), Chinese European Arbitration Centre (CEAC), China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission...
Matthew James Booth
Travis County, TX Trademarks Attorney with 29 years experience
(512) 474-8488 5501A Balcones Dr STE 301
My practice focuses on strategizing and protecting the Intellectual Property (IP) of businesses of all sizes, both private and public, ranging from the identification and acquisition of Intellectual Property to licensing and enforcement. The work includes preparation, prosecution, and litigation of patents, trademarks, and copyrights; licensing of patents, trademarks, and copyrights; validity and infringement opinions; trade secrets, agreements and litigation; OEM and distribution agreements; technology sharing and joint development agreements; commercial and business litigation; and other general business agreements.
My areas of technical expertise include semiconductor design and manufacturing; computer hardware and software; and electrical, mechanical, and environmental technologies.
Donika Pentcheva
Williamson County, TX Trademarks Attorney with 9 years experience
7700 West Parmer Lane
Building D, Suite 300
Donika was born and raised in Bulgaria. In 1999, she immigrated to the United States, where she obtained degrees in engineering, mathematics, political science, and law. Donika's full profile is available at www.donikapentcheva.com.
Robert J. Scott
Tarrant County, TX Trademarks Lawyer with 21 years experience
(214) 999-0080 550 Reserve Street
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Robert represents mid-market and large enterprise companies in software license transactions and disputes with major software publishers such as Adobe, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP. He has defended over 225 software audit matters initiated by software piracy trade groups such as the BSA and SIIA. He is counsel to some of the world's largest corporations, such as Schlumberger, PepsiCo, Iron Mountain and American Express, on information technology matters including intellectual property licensing, risk management, data privacy, and outsourcing. Robert ensures that Scott & Scott, LLP continues its focus on cost-effective strategies that deliver positive results.He is regularly...
Sarah Jane Kelly
Travis County, TX Trademarks Attorney with 3 years experience
(832) 791-2659 3300 N. Interstate 35
Free ConsultationTrademarks, Business and Consumer
University of Houston - Main Campus
My goal is make sure all individuals with legal problems have access to the legal help they need. I offer individuals straight-forward, flat-rate billing options at prices they can afford. No more surprise bills at the end of your representation. If you have a serious legal problem and are worried about having the funds to get help, let me work with you. We can arrange something to make us both happy.
I am not your typical attorney. My journey to the legal field was a strange one. After studying biochemistry and gene therapy, I decided the lab environment wasn't...
Tarrant County, TX Trademarks Attorney with 11 years experience
Brooke Jones
Harris County, TX Trademarks Attorney with 1 year experience
1800 Bering Drive
Trademarks, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Health Care
I chose the legal profession out of a desire to meaningfully interact with and serve others. I received undergraduate degrees in English and Sociology from Texas A&M University in May 2015. I received my JD from Baylor Law School in April 2018. Thereafter, I moved to Houston, and began my legal career, where I serve clients with equal parts strength and compassion.
I work at Hendershot, Hisey & Cannon, with "a team of skilled Business Law, Health Care Law, and Family Law lawyers dedicated to strategic, creative and aggressive advocacy. From complex litigation, business transactions, health care law, and OSHA...
Feras Mousilli
Harris County, TX Trademarks Lawyer with 16 years experience
(512) 609-0059 11807 Westheimer Road
Suite 550 PMB 944
Feras Mousilli is a founding partner of Lloyd & Mousilli and regularly advises business clients on a range of technology law issues. He specializes in counseling technology companies from start-ups in their early formation and development, through support of multi-billion dollar business operations of the largest companies in the world.
Mr. Mousilli has served as Senior Corporate Counsel for both Apple Inc. and Dell Inc., where he counseled clients on product development and intellectual property matters, including advertising & marketing, copyright, and trademark strategies and risks. Prior to serving as corporate counsel, Mr. Mousilli practiced with DLA Piper in the intellectual...
John Martin Taboada
Bexar County, TX Trademarks Attorney with 15 years experience
(210) 920-5297 1925 N New Braunfels Ave
University of Texas - Austin
Dr. John M. Taboada offers a unique perspective and approach to the protection of intellectual property. For over a decade, he has run a high tech company focused on creating unique high tech instruments and solutions for a variety of industries, including health and military related applications. He co-founded Taboada Research Instruments, Inc. in 1999 while finishing his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Early in the company’s life, Dr. Taboada realized the importance of intellectual property and the special need for its protection. After completing his Ph.D. in 2000, he...
Alex Shahrestani
Travis County, TX Trademarks Attorney with 1 year experience
(512) 387-0919 3800 North Lamar Boulevard
Free ConsultationTrademarks, Business, Entertainment & Sports and IP
I'm a startup-tech nerd trapped in an attorney’s body. One of my favorite hobbies is hearing about other people’s new ideas and watching them succeed.
You can often find me at startup launches and panels, just absorbing all of the out-of-the-box thinking that is necessary to a lot of today's startups. I have a startup of my own, and man is it a bumpy ride! I'm working on automating various parts of the legal profession to try and keep costs down.
Like many others in 2008, I had severe financial difficulties, and the frustrations I faced in trying to pull...
(832) 821-5715 PO Box 540183
Trademarks, Business, Entertainment & Sports and IP
John Chandler
(512) 732-7904 8500 Bluffstone Cove, Suite A201
Free ConsultationTrademarks, Business, Communications and IP
I primarily do patent preparation, prosecution, strategy and licensing. I also selectively handle trademark, copyright and other general legal matters. I am admitted in Texas and Washington State. I enjoy creatively crafting collaborative solutions to complex problems with minimal expense. Please involve me early in the process!
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In the far reaches of the solar system, Uranus and Neptune dazzle with unexpected rings, supersonic winds and dozens of moons. And NASA's New Horizons gets a stunning up-close view of Pluto before venturing deep into the Kuiper Belt.
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Come Fly With Me: The Reinvention of Waiting at Long Beach Airport
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In 1919, Congress passed the Volstead Act, the 18th Amendment’s liquor ban. Despite the Prohibition the liquor continued to flow in the Southland, along with the sun and waves and a few secret tunnels.
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D. J. Waldie
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Long Beach Airport Palm Court and North Concourse | Photo: psimac | Flickr: Creative Commons License
I went over to take a look at the Long Beach Airport on Lakewood Boulevard the other day. The description "much beloved" is often attached to LGB. Curb to gate in 20 minutes is a real possibility.
Not only unstressful, Long Beach Airport also is a bargain. Because of lower costs for airline services, LGB has some of the cheapest airfares in the nation. (JetBlue flies to Boston, New York, and Washington D.C. US Airways, Delta, and Alaska/Horizon have flights to West Coast and Southwest cities.)
Low-cost, relaxed LGB ... and now quite stylish. New retail and restaurant spaces and other amenities designed by the hot Long Beach architectural firm Studio One Eleven redefine what the airport waiting experience can be.
You might want to re-book to a later flight just to enjoy the longer wait.
LGB's still-in-progress renovation has preserved the main terminal's WPA-era earnestness and added two pavilions for waiting passengers that are both delightfully Long Beach specific and thoroughly contemporary.
Imagined as a series of indoor/outdoor rooms, it's the sort of airport waiting area that Cliff May might have designed.
Long Beach Airport: Fire Table, 4th and Vine wine bar | Photo courtesy of the Studio one Eleven
The north and south concourse buildings (designed by the architectural firm HOK) link through a palm court edged by patios, a terrace, and a performance space. Inside the concourse buildings, Studio One Eleven (the "parklets" innovators in Long Beach) has lined up retail shops, a walk-though "marché" for grazing diners, a wine bar, coffee and pastry sellers, and a bistro.
Once past the TSA scanners, airline passengers are captives of their waiting room. And concessionaires will make the most of the opportunity with higher prices for food and beverages. At LGB, nearly all the businesses are local and well known in the community. They charge the same prices they do outside the airport's security cordon.
Long Beach Airport Concourse: Marché and iPads | Photo courtesy of the Studio one Eleven
Studio One Eleven (Alan Pullman, AIA, Senior Principal; Michael Bohn, AIA, Principal) emphasizes that its practice is an "architecture of place," which inevitably means at LGB an architecture implicated in the stories of Long Beach. 20s and 30s resort town, 1940s Navy town, 1950s aerospace boomtown, Long Beach has marvelous stories subtly woven into its superbly restored and expanded airport.
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New Mexico GOP drew heats for ‘complexion’ remark about Dems
by: RUSSELL CONTRERAS, Associated Press
File – In this April 15, 2019 file photo, U.S. Reps. Ben Ray Luján, left, and Debra Haaland of New Mexico speak at a field hearing of a House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources in Santa Fe, N.M., about the effects of air pollution on sacred Native American cultural sites. The Republican Party of New Mexico is facing criticism from Democrats and at least one Republican for urging supporters to change the “complexion” of the state’s majority-minority congressional delegation. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Republican Party of New Mexico is facing criticism from Democrats and at least one Republican for urging supporters to change the “complexion” of the state’s congressional delegation.
But state GOP officials say they were referring to changing the state from blue to red, not people of color to white.
In an email Friday, the party pleaded with supporters “to work hard to change the complexion of our Congressional delegation” after Democratic Rep. Ben Ray Luján voted to impeach President Donald Trump.
“We must all work together to get Republicans in the House and Senate so issues will be solved and our values will be upheld,” the party said.
Luján is Hispanic and is running for the Senate. He is currently one of the state’s three House members who make up the nation’s only majority delegation of people of color. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small is Mexican American and Rep. Deb Haaland is a Laguna Pueblo member.
The state’s two senators are white men.
Luján said the GOP email was influenced by racism. “New Mexico is represented by three people of color in the U.S. House of Representatives. There is no ambiguity in the meaning of that statement,” Luján said. He called on the Republican Party “to forgo any future race-based attacks in political campaigns.”
Democratic Party of New Mexico chair Marg Elliston said state Republicans were following Trump in “singling out people of color and using racist dog-whistles to attack our elected officials.”
Republican Senate hopeful Gavin Clarkson, a member of the Choctaw Nation, also criticized the email. “As an enrolled tribal member married to a Latina, I find this kind of careless word choice unfortunate to say the least. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the ‘complexion’ of our Congressional delegation.”
Clarkson said the Democratic congressional delegation could be fairly attacked for their “Socialist policies” and anger toward Trump.
Republican Party of New Mexico spokesman Mike Curtis said critics were relying on a misinterpretation of the word “complexion.”
“People in New Mexico are sick of these political games. That’s why New Mexico is going to change from blue to red in the next election,” Curtis said. “Blue to red is the only ‘complexion’ that was referred to.”
Republicans in the state are running one of their most diverse slate of candidates in primaries for federal offices. Former state lawmaker Yvette Herrell, who is Cherokee, is seeking the GOP nomination to face Torres Small.
Karen Bedonie, a member of the Navajo Nation, is running for the GOP nomination for an open House seat in northern New Mexico.
And Elisa Martinez, a Latina and member of the Navajo Nation, is seeking the GOP nomination to face Luján in the Senate race.
Luján is running unopposed in the Democratic primary.
Russell Contreras is a member of The Associated Press’ race and ethnicity team. Follow him on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/russcontreras
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Visitors can bring concealed guns to Kansas Statehouse
New policy to take effect in July
Updated: 6:47 PM CDT Jun 19, 2014
KMBC SOURCE: KMBC
Visitors will be allowed to bring concealed guns into the Kansas Statehouse beginning in July.Top legislative leaders refused at a meeting Thursday to use authority granted to them by Kansas law to block holders of concealed carry permits from entering the building with their weapons.To block the policy, the leaders had to act this month.The Republican-dominated Legislature enacted a law last year aimed at allowing concealed weapons inside more public buildings. It says local governments and state agencies may continue to ban the weapons through 2017 but must declare publicly that the buildings have adequate security plans.The same law authorized concealed weapons at the Statehouse, absent legislative leaders' intervention. Several said the law had broad bipartisan support.Legislators are already allowed to carry concealed firearms.
TOPEKA, Kan. —
Visitors will be allowed to bring concealed guns into the Kansas Statehouse beginning in July.
Top legislative leaders refused at a meeting Thursday to use authority granted to them by Kansas law to block holders of concealed carry permits from entering the building with their weapons.
To block the policy, the leaders had to act this month.
The Republican-dominated Legislature enacted a law last year aimed at allowing concealed weapons inside more public buildings. It says local governments and state agencies may continue to ban the weapons through 2017 but must declare publicly that the buildings have adequate security plans.
The same law authorized concealed weapons at the Statehouse, absent legislative leaders' intervention. Several said the law had broad bipartisan support.
Legislators are already allowed to carry concealed firearms.
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Koolmill MD Awarded Visiting Industrial Fellowship
Alec Anderson
Aston University awards Visiting Industrial Fellowships to Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Alumni
Aston University is proud to award Visiting Industrial Fellowships to eighteen Alumni of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Programme, in recognition of the contribution they have made across the university to the understanding, experience and awareness of business growth and entrepreneurship.
This is the second time that members of the 10,000 Small Businesses programme alumni have been recognised in this way, with thirty one business owners now holding this title. The selected business owners, who will be Fellows for a two year period, come from a variety of business sectors. Through their engagement, they have supported Aston University, its students, research and staff in a range of activities such as KEEN and KTP projects, engagement through the SERV programme, social impact projects with MBA students, involvement in policy development and lobbying through the university, recruiting students and graduates to their businesses, and by acting as case studies in taught modules.
Our Visiting Industrial Fellows were awarded their title at a dinner event held at Opus Restaurant, Cornwall Street, Birmingham on 3rd June, 2015, attended by Professor Mark Hart, Professor of Small Business and Entrepreneurship and Programme Director of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Midlands programme and Professor George Feiger, Executive Dean, Aston Business School.
Professor George Feiger said: “I am delighted that another eighteen of the 10,000 Small Businesses programme alumni have been awarded Visiting Industrial Fellowships. These entrepreneurial business leaders are making a great contribution to the work of Aston Business School and in fostering relationships between the small business community and Aston University”.
Sarah Crawley, CEO of iSE, a social enterprise development agency that grows and develops new and existing social businesses is one of the alumni to be recognised as a Visiting Industrial Fellow. Sarah has hosted number of events to engage social enterprises with support available at Aston University, and has worked with MBA Students to support their knowledge of the issues affecting social enterprises.
Talking about receiving the title Sarah said "I am delighted and honoured to be made a visiting fellow by Aston University. My experience as a participant on 10,000 Small Businesses has been extremely valuable for both the growth of my business and for me personally. I welcome the opportunity to contribute both to the programme in the future and to conversations concerning government policy for support to small businesses and social enterprise”.
Also being recognised as a Visiting Industrial Fellow is Richard Toy, CEO of Auctus Management Group, who offer a range of services covering safety, people solutions, training and community engagement across the infrastructure sector. Richard has worked with the University on a KEEN project, employed three post-graduates though the Post-graduate Internship Project and acted as a case study on the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses programme.
Richard said “I am honoured to be made a Visiting Industrial Fellow by Aston University. I value the support and opportunities I have had to engage with both Aston Business School and the wider University community since joining the 10,000 Small Businesses Programme. I particularly appreciate the opportunity to work with the University’s post-graduates, a critical step in attracting skilled young people into the rail industry”.
The eighteen Visiting Industrial Fellows are:
Alec Anderson, Koolmill Systems, Solihull (www.koolmill.com)
Mike Brooman, Vanti, Birmingham (www.vanti.co.uk)
Sarah Crawley, i-SE, Birmingham (www.i-se.co.uk)
Kevin Davis, The Vine Trust, Walsall (www.thevinetrust.co.uk)
Ruth Devine, SJD Electrical, Milton Keynes (www.sjd-electrical.co.uk)
Russell Fraser, Goodflo, Kenilworth (www.goodflo.com)
Jim Griffin, Automotive Insulations, Rugby (www.autins.co.uk)
Greg McDonald, Goodfish Limited, Cannock (www.goodfishltd.com)
Guy McEvoy, Guykat Solutions Ltd, Birmingham (www.guykat.com)
Sean Nicholson, Sign Solutions, Alvechurch (www.signsolutions.uk.com)
Gary Parkinson, W.E.T. Services Ltd, Tamworth (www.wet-services.com)
Damini Sharma, OM Safety Solutions Ltd, Coventry (www.omsafetysolutions.com)
Jane Shepherd, Shepherd PR, Ashbourne (www.shepherd-pr.com)
Will Shepherd, Cohesion Recruitment, Solihull (www.cohesionrecruitment.com)
Richard Toy, Auctus Management Group, Birmingham (www.auctusmg.co.uk)
Simon Wheeler, Canonbury Products Limited, Brackley, Northamptonshire (www.canonbury.com)
Adam Whitehouse, TMT First Limited, Stoke-on-Trent (www.tmtfirst.co.uk)
Gareth Williams, Caplor Energy Ltd, Hereford (www.caplor.co.uk)
Koolmill Runner-up to UC Davis World Food Centre in St Louis
Koolmill Awarded SME Instrument Grant
The Manufacturer Top100 Report
EEF Innovation Report Card
The Manufacturer Top 100 2015 announced
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GREAT British Product Award
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Ribble Valley Walks
Suggest a Walk
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Tracy Chevalier - the Girl with a Pearl Earring author on why she loves Pendle Hill
PUBLISHED: 00:00 10 July 2019
Words: Mairead Mahon - Photography: Stephen Garnett
She made it! Tracy arrives back in Downham
not Archant
The woman who wrote the best selling novel, Girl with a Pearl Earring, tells Lancashire Life why Pendle Hill means so much to her
Tracy reaches the top of Pendle and vows that she will return
When Tracy Chevalier was writing her bestselling novel, Girl with a Pearl Earring, she pinned a poster of the Vermeer painting of the same name on her study wall to give her inspiration. It could be that the next picture to inspire her is Lancashire's iconic Pendle Hill.
It is a place the American born writer has come to know well thanks to a new trail that celebrates its links to the Quaker Movement.
Tracy, whose book was turned into a film starring Colin Firth and Scarlett Johnansson, told me: 'It would be nice to write a novel that features Pendle but I think I'd avoid the witches as they've been pretty well covered.
'Besides, I wonder if the whole episode was just politically motivated. Maybe I could take that angle - watch this space!'
Atmospheric Pendle Hill has been an inspiration to many
Tracy is a Quaker so she knows about Pendle Hill's links to the movement but it wasn't until 2016 that she first saw it while visiting Lancashire for the events celebrating the 200th anniversary of Charlotte Bronte's birth.
'I went to the fabulous Wycoller village that she visited regularly, using the ruined manor house there as the basis for Mr Rochester's house, Ferndean,' says Tracy, who doesn't believe the legend that Charlotte caught her literal death of cold at Gawthorpe Hall in Padiham.
'It's a good tale but, like many good tales, it's not the truth,' says Tracy, who didn't have time to explore Pendle Hill on he earlier trip but knew that sooner or later she would return. 'It just looked so magnificent, such a huge part of the landscape. I knew that needing to climb it one day was an itch that just wasn't going to go away.'
Tracy's opportunity came when the new trail, celebrating Pendle's importance to the Quaker movement, was launched. 'Like all Quakers everywhere, I knew the famous story about George Fox, who climbed Pendle Hill in 1652 and was inspired to found the Quaker Movement. So, when I was invited by Pendle Council to come along and follow his trail, climb Pendle and walk in his footsteps, I didn't need much time to decide.
'But I did rope in my friend, Amy, to come with me. The first word that sprang to mind when we saw it on the morning of the planned walk was 'looming'…it looked pretty big, bigger than I'd remembered, bigger than I'd described to Amy.
'But it was all planned and others were coming along including, including our guide, Wendy Hampton, of Clitheroe Quakers, so there was no backing out, not that I'd ever seriously considered doing that…honestly!' laughed Tracy, who donned her thermal vest, filled her backpack with water, chocolate and waterproof trousers and set off.
'It was raining, which was a bit of a blessing as we couldn't actually see the top before setting off so we could fool ourselves that it was pretty close. I did wonder at one point whether to stop and put my waterproofs on but, you know, it would have been more trouble to faff about and besides, George Fox managed without them,' laughs Tracy, who climbed from the village of Downham.
Tracy and Quaker guide Wendy Hampton toast their climb
'That side is beautifully green, which contrasts with the bleak drama from the Barley side but I can't say which is my favourite as they are both absolutely essential to the presence of this wonderful hill. I loved them both and they both contributed to the dramatic, moving experience which I just knew it would be,' said Tracy who felt the climb touched her deeply, giving her a profound connection with the past.
'When we reached the top, the rain had gone, with just enough blue to make a sailor a pair of pants and, although it was blowy, the views took my breath away. The 360 degree views towards the sea and the dales can't really be described…breath-taking doesn't sound good enough but they were and more. I could totally understand why George Fox was inspired here.
'As I wasn't on my own, it was difficult to touch that very deep inner peace but I'm coming back just with my husband because that moment is within reach,' said Tracy who, on her next trip, will remember to fill her bottle with water from the spring from which George Fox drank.
'I was so overwhelmed, I just forgot but as I say, I'll be back and more than once I should imagine,' said Tracy, who finished her walk with a drink at The Assheton Arms in Downham.
'Well, George Fox came straight into the pub when he finished his walk, had a drink and converted the landlord. I had a drink but I didn't do any converting. If anything, it was me who was converted to being a fan of this gorgeous part of the world.
' Now all I've got to do is sort through the pictures I took and then pick one to maybe go on my study wall and just wait for the power of this magical hill to inspire.'
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Restaurant review - Erst, Ancoats, Manchester
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Photo: Hindustan Times
Volatility may continue in Indian markets ahead of RBI policy; Asian shares slide
2 min read . Updated: 04 Dec 2019, 08:03 AM IST Nasrin Sultana
Asian shares extended their losses in early deals today after US President Donald Trump said a trade deal with China might have to wait until after the 2020 presidential election
Investors turned to safe-haven assets, boosting bond prices and sending gold to a one-month high
Donald TrumpmarketsCSB Bank
Indian stock markets may continue to remain volatile on Wednesday, with investors awaiting the Reserve Bank of India's policy statement which is due on 5 December. Asian shares extended their losses in early deals today after US President Donald Trump said a trade deal with China might have to wait until after the 2020 presidential election, dashing market hopes for a quick preliminary agreement.
Investors turned to safe-haven assets, boosting bond prices and sending gold to a one-month high, while MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.4%. Japan's Nikkei dropped 1% in early trade. Australia's S&P/ASX200 was down 1.6%, having shed almost 4% since closing on Monday.
The yield on benchmark US 10-year US10YT treasuries fell as low as 1.6930% overnight, the sharpest fall since May. It stood at 1.7242% on Wednesday.
Trump told reporters in London that there is “no deadline" for an agreement with China to end the tit-for-tat tariff war that has hurt global growth.
US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on Tuesday said no high-level meetings are scheduled and the parties still needed to sort out details about Chinese purchases of US farm products and an enforcement mechanism. If there is no deal or substantial progress before 15 December, tariffs on remaining Chinese imports, including cell phones, laptop computers and toys, will take effect, Ross said.
A wave of selling on Wall Street followed, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average shedding a percentage point, the Nasdaq half a percentage point and the S&P 500 0.66%.
Back home, India’s top two private banks, HDFC Bank Ltd and ICICI Bank Ltd, on Tuesday fought to lay their hands on client shares that Karvy Stock Broking Ltd had pledged with them, seeking to recover ₹1,000 crore they had lent to the brokerage.
Around ₹7 trillion rides on the Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government’s decision to review several high-profile infrastructure projects approved by the previous government, with a cabinet meeting on Tuesday putting many of them under the scanner.
Rating agency S&P has reaffirmed India’s sovereign credit rating with stable outlook and expects Asia’s third largest economy to grow strongly over the next two years, India’s finance ministry said citing a summary publication from the rating agency.
South-based private sector lender CSB Bank will make stock markets debut on 4 December 4 it's initial public offering (IPO) was subscribed 87 times. The share sale was between 22-26 November with a price band of ₹193-195 per share.
In currency markets, China’s yuan took a beating and there was a flight to the safe-haven Japanese yen and to the Swiss franc, which held just under a one-month high on Wednesday.
However the trade-exposed Australian and New Zealand dollars mostly held on to gains won against the greenback after disappointing manufacturing data weakened the US currency on Monday.
The dollar last traded for 108.65 yen, while a euro bought $1.1081 and the Aussie $0.6850.
Gold was steady at $1,477.20 per ounce.
US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude steadied to gain 0.61% to $56.44 per barrel, after sliding following Trump’s comments.
(Reuters contributed to the story)
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Photo, Print, Drawing Mr. President How Long Must Women Wait for Liberty
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Mr. President How Long Must Women Wait for Liberty
Harris & Ewing, photographer
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- Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve.
- On sleeve: 2/92.
- Date from related photographs of same event in the collection.
- Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
- General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
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1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller
LC-H27- A-359 [P&P]
Harris & Ewing photograph collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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Harris & Ewing Collection (41,542)
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Harris & Ewing
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The provinces of New York and New Jersey; with part of Pensilvania, and the Province of Quebec. Scale ca. 1:650,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Shows administrative divisions. From Thomas Jeffery's American atlas. 1778. Insets: A chart of the mouth of Hudson's River, from Sandy Hook to New York.--A plan of the city of New York.--Plan of Amboy, with its environs, from an actual survey. No. "17" stamped on verso, upper right corner. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 1045 Available...
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Greta Gerwig’s Little Women looks “hella tight”
Posted by Joanna at June 19, 2019 16:09:40 June 19, 2019 16:09:40
Forgive the Lady Bird quote, but the comparisons are inevitable. Lady Bird is woven into Vanity Fair’s exclusive first look at Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, which was published this morning. The sneak peek at her follow-up to Lady Bird includes 11 new production and behind-the-scenes stills, and an interview with both Greta and the latest Jo March, Saoirse Ronan. It’s delicious - and a great tease for yet another Timothee Chalamet press tour.
Greta promises the film will be a reimagining of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, with several nods to the 1994 Winona Ryder film of the same name. For a generation or two, Winona was the classic Jo March, the headstrong feminist who aspired to be a writer, and a young woman who shirked her gender roles, with big eyes and big dreams in Civil War-era Massachusetts. According to Saoirse, Winona was her first introduction to all things Jo, a character Greta calls, “the person I wanted to be.” Now it’s Saoirse’s turn to play Jo, and Greta’s vision of her and her fearlessness.
“This feels like autobiography,” Gerwig says, in Vanity Fair. “When you live through a book, it almost becomes the landscape of your inner life. … It becomes part of you, in a profound way.”
Last July, Lainey and Duana recorded an episode of the Show Your Work podcast which focused on Greta’s proposed adaptation, and notably asked “Why now?” In the piece, both Greta and Saoirse answer that, and insist the film is a timeless ode to women, friendship, self-determination and relationships, romantic or otherwise. Greta calls the sisters “the most modern people who ever existed.” We still don’t know much about it, but we have the assurance that the film will feel very “2019.” It’s a small taste of what’s to come.
But back to the Lady Bird homage, which dominates the piece. Saoirse and Greta exchange compliments and love for each other’s creative vision and abilities. Greta calls Saoirse the “barometer of… that truth,” whereas Saoirse says that she “idolize[s] her” director. And then there’s the reteaming of Saoirse and Timothee, who plays Laurie, the lovesick family friend. This is their third film together, as they have a Wes Anderson collaboration in the can, too. Saoirse knows we’ve been dying to see them reunite and have Lady Bird get her happy ending from the boy who omitted facts about losing his virginity, because he hadn’t “lied in two years.”
She says: “I loved that in Lady Bird, he was the one that broke my heart, but I got to break his heart in Little Women.”
Cue the Lady Bird memes.
"What you do is very baller. You're very anarchist." pic.twitter.com/YnUFOqu7Sn
— TIFF (@TIFF_NET) June 19, 2019
Their co-star Beanie Feldstein wants in, too:
FETCH ME MY INHALER I HAVE NO BREATH https://t.co/sY0PsY4fXs
— Beanie Feldstein (@BeanieFeldstein) June 19, 2019
Timothee is more of an internet boyfriend than Christian Bale was when he played the part, and has an Oscar nomination under his belt for Call Me By Your Name, something Christian did not have at the time. This film really has Oscar written all over it: three-time winner Meryl Streep, two-time nominee Laura Dern, two-time nominee Greta, three-time nominee Saoirse, and then some. Plus, there are the sisters: Emma Watson as Meg, Florence Pugh (whose career couldn’t be hotter right now – Sarah’s been writing about her ascent for months) as Amy, and Eliza Scanlen, the scenestealing Amma from Sharp Objects as Beth.
And Vanity Fair is the best place to launch this exclusive. Awards season will be shorter this year, due to the Oscars’ early date. The accelerated schedule will require a lot of adjusting from studios and campaign strategists, and since the film is set for a Christmas Day release, they need the word of mouth boost. So why not align themselves with Vanity Fair during Emmy campaign season, which gives them the glossy pedigree they crave, and inserts them into an awards-friendly conversation before the fall festival announcements begin? It’s a positive association, and arguably more accessible than dropping first look photos in an industry publication, like The Hollywood Reporter or Variety. They’re going for word of mouth, so that when or if a festival announcement happens (fingers crossed for TIFF!), the buzz has already started. And leaning in to the Lady Bird hive — which includes Academy darling Bradley Cooper — may be the best strategy yet, especially since the “OMG, Meryl!” capital has been consumed by Big Little Lies.
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— hunter harris (@hunteryharris) June 19, 2019
So excited everyone gets a peek at what extraordinary Greta has created. Coming Christmas 2019. https://t.co/kwrPU0oDhp
— Laura Dern (@LauraDern) June 19, 2019
Attached - Saoirse Ronan at the Gucci Cruise in May.
Vittorio Zunino Celotto/ Getty Images
Tags: Emma Watson , Florence Pugh , Greta Gerwig , Movie Reviews and Previews , Saoirse Ronan , Timothee Chalamet
Timothee Chalamet is hot in sweatpants minus his mustache
Show Your Work – Oscars Fool Us Again Edition
Timothee Chalamet at the National Board of Review gala with new facial hair
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Othello - Shakespeare's Globe
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, Bankside
Our Review 4 / 5
The republic of Venice employs General Othello, a self-made man and a Moor, to defend its overseas territories against the Turks. As the Turkish threat gathers and Venetian forces are despatched to Cyprus, the love Othello holds for his new wife becomes a raging, uncontrollable torrent. Iago, a junior officer secretly enraged by Othello, exploits his General’s ambiguous position and ingenuous nature, driving him into a passionate and overpowering jealousy.
Othello is an all too human story; marked by the domestic intimacy of a chamber piece, it has the feel of a relentless Greek tragedy.
The wasteland of death may be both Iago’s goal and his harvest, but the stage belongs to Othello, a man who loved perhaps unwisely and too well.
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Wednesday, 1 August, 2018
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Othello - Shakespeare's Globe Cast and Creative
Claire van Kampen
Mark Rylance, André Holland
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Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, 21 New Globe Walk, Bankside, SE1 9DT
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Our Review of Othello - Shakespeare's Globe
Review - Othello, starring Mark Rylance & André Holland, at Shakespeare's Globe
Easily the most-hyped production of Shakespeare’s Globe’s current season sees the eagerly anticipated return of Mark Rylance to the venue where he served as its first artistic director from 1995 to 2005, and, in an intriguing casting coup, he’s taking on one of Shakespeare’s most infamous villains. Read more
Othello - Shakespeare's Globe closed on 13 October 2018.
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iTerm Opens up Beta, Adds in a New Look, Password Manager, and Shell Integration
By Thorin Klosowski on at
iTerm’s long been one of our favourite terminal emulators for the Mac, and now the next big update has entered into public beta. It’s packed with a ton of new features.
The most noticeable feature is a new look, which put iTerm more in line with OS X design post-Yosemite. Beyond that, iTerm not gets optional Shell integration, automatic profile switching, badges, a new password manager, and a ton of other smaller features. Of course, this is still a beta, so you might not want to use it as your daily driver terminal emulator, but it’s still worth a look to see all the features that are on their way.
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KLM to Serve Cuisine from Richard Ekkebus
Heads up, foodies! From December 1, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will serve its World Business Class passengers meals created by Richard Ekkebus of the restaurant Amber in The Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Hong Kong.
Previous chefs whose cuisine has graced the tables in World Business Class include Sergio Herman, Jonnie Boer, Mario Ridder and Flemish chef Peter Goossens.
The dishes created by Richard Ekkebus will be served to World Business Class passengers from December 1 until the end of September 2013 on all intercontinental flights out of Amsterdam. A new development is that Richard Ekkebus’s dishes will also be served on flights out of Hong Kong.
As Director of Culinary Operations and Food and Beverage of The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Richard Ekkebus supervises all dishes in one of the top five-star hotels in Hong Kong. Under his guidance, the restaurant earned its second Michelin star for the fourth consecutive year. Amber is one of the top 50 restaurants in the world.
In early 2013, Richard Ekkebus will further expand his activities in China when the restaurant Fifty 8° Grill by Richard Ekkebus opens in Mandarin Oriental Pudong, Shanghai.
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Within the iPhone lies a myriad of hidden features you may not have even known existed... until now. We've picked our favourite time-saving, life-enhancing tips and tricks for every model of iPhone
By Ashleigh Macro | 14 Aug 19
Apple loves to talk about how easy its products are to use, and the iPhone exemplifies that philosophy more, perhaps, than any other. But just because a device has a low barrier to entry and is accessible to beginners, that doesn't mean there isn't complexity under the skin.
This article is about taking the next steps with your iPhone and discovering all the things it can do that you didn't know about. From advanced security to battery management and custom notifications, these are our 33 tips for iPhone users.
Speed up a sluggish iPhone
Computing devices tend to slow down over time, as components wear out, storage and memory fill up with old files and forgotten apps, and new software is increasingly designed for newer and faster processors.
You can put off the inevitable by following some simple best practices, including:
From time to time you should power off your device completely. This clears out the memory.
You should also get into the habit of deleting apps and files you don't use (photos are a common issue for storage) and archive the latter in cloud and/or local backup.
It's also worth going through the settings and checking which apps refresh in the background, thereby using up precious processing power.
Update iOS on your device.
Note that updating iOS has historically been a mixed blessing in regard to speeding up your iPhone, but with iOS 12 this has changed.
iOS 12 is particularly focused on performance. Apple claimed it would make older devices faster and in our tests it certainly appears to have done so.
More tips can be found in How to speed up a slow iPhone.
If you've got iOS 13 on your iPhone (at time of writing it's available as a public beta; it will launch official in September 2019), you can turn on a system-wide Dark Mode very easily. This gives all the pre-installed apps - and any third-party apps that have built in compatibility - a black or dark-grey background that's more relaxing to read in the evening.
To turn on Dark Mode, open the Settings app and tap Display & Brightness. At the top of the next screen you'll see Light and Dark options side by side - tap the one you want to use. You can also set Dark Mode to come on automatically at certain times, such as from dusk until dawn.
If you haven't yet got hold of iOS 13, there are still some workarounds. You can try Invert Colours mode, Low Light mode, or Night Shift; each of these offers some of the benefits of Dark Mode. Read more in our dedicated article How to use Dark Mode on iPhone.
Improve your passcode security
You can unlock your iPhone with your fingerprint or face, depending on which model you have, but your iPhone is only secure if nobody can guess your passcode. If it's 1234 you're asking for trouble.
iOS now prompts users to create a six-digit passcode instead of the four-digit passcode (here's how to turn a six-digit passcode back to four digits), but there is a more sophisticated way to make your iOS device more secure: using an alphanumeric passcode.
This means that you can use both letters and numbers in your password, giving you an almost unlimited number of possible passwords, as opposed to the roughly 1,000,000 possible six-digit passcodes, which could be hacked with the right equipment.
It's fairly easy to change your passcode to an alphanumeric one:
Open the Settings app.
Tap 'Touch ID and Passcode' (or 'Face ID and Passcode' on X-series iPhones), then Change Passcode.
When prompted to enter a new passcode, tap 'Passcode Options' and select 'Custom Alphanumeric Code'.
Now enter your new passcode. Make sure it's one you can remember.
Here's how to choose a good password.
There's also a new way of securing your iPhone in iOS 12.
This security change means nobody will be able to plug a device into your iPhone in an attempt to hack into it. It kicks an hour after your iPhone was locked (unless you deselect the setting).
You’ll find the setting in Settings > Touch ID & Passcode.
Scroll down to Allow Access When Locked section and you’ll see USB Accessories.
Make sure that it’s deselected if you don’t want devices to have access.
Create custom iMessages for calls you can't answer
Sometimes it's not the right time for a phone call; and while you could just let calls you don't want to take go to voicemail, sometimes you want to explain why you're not picking up. iOS let you quickly respond to a call with a text message.
Depending on which version of iOS you're running, you either swipe upward on the phone icon that appears next to the unlock slider and choose Respond With Text, or tap the button labelled Message above the Slide To Answer slider.
By default, you'll get three pre-written options ("Sorry, I can't talk right now", "I'm on my way" and "Can I call you later?"), along with a button that lets you enter text there and then.
However, you can customise the prepared messages:
Go to Settings > Phone > Respond With Text.
You can't have more than three responses, however: if you want to add a new one, you'll have to sacrifice one of the current options. Tap the one you're willing to lose and type in the new response.
Join a Group FaceTime call
This feature wasn’t ready in time for the release of iOS 12, but soon you will be able to partake in a group FaceTime call with up to 32 participants.
To make a group FaceTime video call you simply have to enter more than one contact into the address box when initiating the chat.
The interface is a little different: the tiles showing each participant (there can be up to 32) vary in size and prominence depending on how recently that person spoke.
Double-tapping a tile brings that person to the front in your view.
You can also launch a group FaceTime call from within Messages if a thread is getting particularly out of hand.
Want to know more? Here's how to make a group FaceTime call.
Skip calls with Remind Me Later
Alternatively, you can get iOS to remind you to call back later. As with the auto-replies, the way you do this depends on your version of iOS: most likely, you tap the Remind Me button above the slide, but in earlier versions you had to swipe upwards before you could select Remind Me Later.
You can choose to be reminded in an hour, 'When I Leave' or (where applicable) 'When I Get Home'. Make sure your address details are up to date in Contacts, so your iPhone knows where home is. The timings will be based on your GPS movements.
Create custom ringtones and alert tones in iTunes or GarageBand
You can create ringtones for your iPhone based on any music track in your iTunes library. We looked at this in depth here, but to sum up: create a short, sub-30-second duplicate version of the track; convert the file type of this track from .m4a to .m4r; re-import the track to iTunes as a ringtone; sync the ringtone with your iPhone.
Better still, you can create unique custom iPhone ringtones from your own audio creations, and this is especially user-friendly if you do the creative work on the iPhone itself. Create a 30-second track in GarageBand; go to the Share options and choose Ringtone; then assign it to a contact or notification.
How to set custom vibrations on your iPhone
Want to know who's calling you without taking your phone out of your pocket? That's easy - assign a ringtone to a contact. But what about doing it all silently? Not only can you assign a custom ringtone or text tone to a contact, you can even give them a custom vibration pattern.
Open Phone or Contacts.
Select a contact.
Tap the Edit button in the top-right corner.
Scroll down to find the ringtone field; below it is a vibration field.
Tap Vibration and you'll see an assortment of built-in vibration patterns you can choose from.
Further down is the ability to add a custom pattern: tap Create New Vibration, and you can tap on the screen to create your own rhythm.
When you're satisfied (tap the Play button to see what it will feel like), tap Save to set the pattern.
If that's not enough, go back to the contact and also assign a custom vibration pattern for text messages.
Customise the Control Centre
It was a long time coming, but in iOS 11 Apple finally allowed us to customise the toggles and options that appear in the Control Centre.
Go to Settings > Control Centre > Customise Controls. The controls that will appear are listed at the top, under the heading Include; tap the red minus sign to remove one, or tap and hold to drag them around and change the order.
Available controls that are not currently included are listed below, under the heading More Controls. Tap the green plus sign to add one.
Customise your Animoji
Owners of X-series iPhones (the X, XS, XS Max and XR) will already have enjoyed the pleasures of Animoji: the facial capture animations you can create and send to your mates.
But did you know that, since the launch of iOS 12, you've been able to create Animoji of your own? These are called Memoji, and they can look like you, or your favourite celebrity, or almost anyone you choose.
When sending an Animoji, the first stage is to choose the dog, robot, chicken, poop etc. But if you go to the far left of this selection pane you will see a plus sign with the words New Memoji underneath. Tap this and you will be walked through the (many) different customisation steps available to you.
We address this process in more depth here: How to create a custom Memoji.
Save battery with Low Power Mode
Whenever your iPhone drops below 20 percent power, a message will pop up to warn you of this fact and to offer to start Low Power Mode. But you can use this handy mode any time you want to make your battery last a little longer.
Switch to Low Power Mode by tapping Settings > Battery > Low Power Mode.
Low Power Mode reduces power consumption by turning off a number of iPhone features. For example, it will reduce animations, decrease the time before the screen darkens, fetch Mail less frequently, turn off Hey Siri and background app refresh... It generally make every effort to eke out your battery life for a little longer.
You may not notice the difference (although you may not get a vital email or social media message unless you check for it). On the whole, though, the iPhone works as normal and the battery will last for much longer.
If you found this tip useful, you might also like our advice on How to improve iPhone battery life.
Maximise battery life
Speaking of eking out more battery life, you can check your battery usage on your iOS device to see if your own behaviour could improve things.
Apple lets you see which of your apps are using up the most battery on your device.
Go to Settings > Battery.
Scroll down the page to the section that shows the Last 24 hours, and the Last 4 Days.
Here you'll see details about which apps used the most battery.
Apple also offers up Insights and Suggestions to help you save battery life in the section above. This could inslude turning down the screen brightness, or enabling auto-lock.
Shake to undo
This one can be a little awkward at times but it can be a bit of a life saver.
If you've just typed a long sentence and accidentally deleted it, or made some other catastrophic error, you can give your iPhone a shake to bring up the undo/redo dialogue box.
Just make sure you're holding on to your iPhone tightly before you shake it!
Tap to top
Just scrolled down a really long list in Notes, or worked your weary way through a ton of emails? Instead of laboriously scrolling back to the top, you can jump there immediately by tapping at the very top of the iPhone's screen.
We'd rank this tip with the double-space full stop: it's reasonably widely known, but for everyone else it's a game-changer.
And it's not just Notes and Mail; tap to top works in most iPhone apps. Some apps, cleverly, offer an undo on this function, just in case you tap it by accident and lose your place in a long article. The excellent Instapaper pops up a Return to Position command, for instance - and if the menu bars have disappeared you have to tap the top of the screen twice to activate the feature in the first place.
Experiment to see if the app you're using offers some other variation on or evolution of this handy feature.
Set up Do Not Disturb mode
Are you using the Do Not Disturb feature? It's perfect for insulating you from distractions where you're trying to work, or get some sleep.
Do Not Disturb can be activated from the Control Centre; swipe upwards from the bottom of the screen and tap the crescent moon icon.
A matching moon icon will then appear in the top bar of your iPhone screen. With Do Not Disturb activated, incoming calls and alerts will be silenced.
For a more advanced range of options, go to Settings > Do Not Disturb; this includes the ability (under the label Scheduled) to set 'quiet hours' each day or night. You can also allow exceptions: people who will be allowed to contact you even with this mode activated.
And in iOS 12 it's now possible to set Do Not Disturb for one-off occasions, rather than at the same time every day.
To do so, hard press on the crescent moon icon in Control Centre and choose from the options: For 1 hour, Until this evening, Until I leave this location.
On a related note, you may be interested to know how to tell if someone is using Do Not Disturb.
Do Not Disturb While Driving
Do Not Disturb has some variant modes, such as Do Not Disturb During Bedtime in the iOS 12 update. But the most famous is the version introduced in iOS 11 to reduce distractions when driving. It blocks incoming notifications (but you can set an automated reply for selected contacts only along the lines of "I'm driving right now, will get back to you in a bit") and blocks phone calls too, unless you've got a hands-free kit.
Go to Settings > Do Not Disturb and then, under Do Not Disturb While Driving, tap Activate.
You'll see there are three settings: Automatically (which attempts to work out when you're driving by your motion, and which we wouldn't recommend, given how many times we've seen this activate on trains), When Connected to Car Bluetooth, and Manually. Choose whichever option suits you.
Go back to the Do Not Disturb page of Settings and you'll see the automated replies at the bottom of the screen. Select who you want to get this reply, and edit the reply by tapping Auto-Reply and then tapping the message.
Sometimes people find this mode annoyingly persistent; here's how to turn off Do Not Disturb While Driving.
Take photos while shooting videos
You're using your iPhone to film a magical moment, and you wish you could snap a photo at the same time. Don't stop recording! Just tap the camera button, which appears onscreen in addition to the shutter button as you film.
You aren't using the iPhone's true photo sensor; you're getting the slightly less impressive video sensors instead. But the photos should still turn out pretty nicely.
For more related advice, take a look at our iPhone camera tips.
Portrait Lighting
If you've got an iPhone 8 Plus, an iPhone X, an iPhone XS, or XS Max, you can access a photographic feature called Portrait Lighting (the XR has some Portrait Lighting features, but not all). We find Portrait Lighting a little inconsistent, but it can sometimes produce some attractive effects with very little effort.
Open the Camera app, and swipe across the bottom rotating menu so you're in Portrait Mode.
Just above this label you'll see a hexagonal icon and the label Natural Light, which indicates that you're about to take a standard Portrait Mode shot, with the arty bokeh background blur. Very nice.
If you tap the Natural Light icon, however, it'll pop up slightly and you'll see it's on a circular menu. Swipe across and you can scroll through the four other options: Studio Light, which brightens up the subject's face and other 'high points' and is generally the most reliable mode; Contour Light, which darkens the shadows and sometimes produces a good effect, but often makes people look scruffy or unshaven; and two versions of Stage Light (colour and mono), which cut out the subject and place him or her against a dark background.
The Portrait Lighting effects are a little better in iOS 12, but we still find the mono modes to be a bit unreliable when it comes to curly hair.
Note that you don't have to apply these effects while or before taking the shot. Open any photo which has the label Portrait at the top left, and you'll be able to apply them retrospectively. Tap Edit, then tap the hexagon icon and you'll be able to scroll through the options as above.
A new feature on the iPhone XS and XS Max allows you to adjust the blur after taking a picture.
It's made possible by the separate of layers in photos. When we get to test out the iPhone XS we'll fill you in on how it works.
Switch direction in Panorama mode
You can change the direction of your Panorama photograph in the Camera app by tapping the arrow that appears in the middle of the screen in the Panorama mode.
Use your headphones to take a selfie
Selfies continue to be all the rage, as we're sure you've noticed, but if the quality of your selfies is a concern, try this handy trick.
A decent proportion of iPhone owners know that you can activate the camera shutter by pressing one of the volume buttons (volume up or volume down - doesn't matter which) instead of the onscreen button. This tends to produce less camera shake.
But a still better option for selfies - and one that is far less widely known - is to use the volume button on an attached pair of headphones.
When the camera app is open on your iPhone, you can use the volume button on an attached pair of headphones to take a photo. Not only does this reduce shake even more than using the iPhone's volume button, but it also means you can take a more natural-looking photo from further away or take a photo hands-free.
Make an iPhone safe for kids
Kids love iPhones - maybe a little more than is good for them. But there are steps you can take to ensure youngsters aren't accessing unsuitable content on their devices.
Go to Settings > General > Restrictions and you can limit access to specified apps, block in-app purchases, and set an age range for appropriate content. All of this is covered in How to set up parental controls on an iPhone.
You should also look into the possibilities of Family Sharing, a feature that allows you to share apps and content between your family's devices without having to pay for them more than once.
The arrival of iOS 12 will bring further parental controls in the form of Screen Time, which lets you set 'allowances' for use of certain apps or categories of app, warnings when time is running out and eventually a block. (They can ask for extra time, but you will get the final decision.)
Stop iPhone addiction
Speaking of Screen Time, it's a new feature in iOS 12 that can help you be less addicted to your iPhone.
To find out just how much of your time you are waiting on your iPhone, go to Settings > Screen Time.
Here you will find details on how long you use each app, how often you looked at your phone, and what apps you spent the most time with.
Tap on your device in the top section to see the Screen Time breakdown. You can look at the breakdown for today, or for the last seven days.
You can set Downtime, with only certain apps being available between certain hours, say after 9pm. You’ll get a reminder just before your Downtime starts. You can decide which apps are allowed during Downtime in the Always Allowed section.
It’s also possible to set App Limits (although these limits reset each day at midnight). For example, you could limit your Social Networking apps so you can only use them for one hour today.
You can set a Screen Time password to use when you need a few minutes more.
Quickly add symbols
You've probably been using your iPhone's keyboard for ages without realising that it's actually easier than you thought to add symbols to your messages.
Instead of tapping once on the 123 button, once on your chosen symbol and then once again on the ABC button to go back to the conventional keyboard layout, you can do the whole thing in one gesture.
Tap and hold the 123 button, slide your finger to select the symbol you want to insert, then release. Once it's been added, your keyboard will automatically revert back to the letters keyboard. One tap instead of three: that's some serious time savings right there.
Oh, and while we're talking symbols: hold your finger on any letter or symbol for a second or two and you'll see any alternative (usually related) symbols that the button can offer instead. The dollar key also offers pound, euro and yen symbols, for example. If you often type letters with accents this is also a quick and easy way to see an accented option.
There are many additional symbols hidden within your keyboard that you may never have discovered. Experiment!
One-handed keyboard
If you're on iOS 11 or later you can use a system keyboard that's designed for use with one hand (and only one thumb on that hand, realistically).
Go to Settings > General > Keyboards, and tap One-Handed Keyboard. Select Left or Right.
Customise auto-correct text replacement
iOS's QuickType system-wide keyboard is clever at guessing what you're trying to write, and in many situations will auto-correct your clumsily typed screed into something far more accurate.
It gets better still, however, when you start customising it so that it knows your own personal favourite shortcuts and abbreviations and the full phrases you'd like it to expand those abbreviations into.
You might decide that "omg" should be turned into "Oh my God", for example. "omw" should become "On my way". And so on.
It's easy to set up a personalised shortcut:
Go to Settings > General, scroll down and tap Keyboard.
Select Text Replacement. You'll see what text replacements you currently have set up.
To add a new one, tap the plus sign. Enter the desired full phrase ("MacBook Pro 2016 with Touch Bar" might be a good one for a tech journalist), the shortened version that you want to expand into the longer phrase ("MBP", say), and tap Save.
Never fill in a password, address, or account info
If you want to save time and also benefit from not having to memorise passwords or account information, make sure you turn on auto-fill.
It's possible for your iPhone, iPad, even your Mac, to enter your name, address, email, phone number, passwords and more automatically.
Go to Settings > Safari > Autofill.
You'll need to make sure the information you want to be filled in is correctly entered in your phone in various places - read this article for help setting up passwords, bank cards, names and addresses so they can be autofilled on your iPhone.
Finally, in iOS 12 or later, when a security code arrives in a text message it will automatically be available as a AutoFill suggestion - so you won't even have to open the Messages app to see the code.
Get a thesaurus
There's a thesaurus option in iOS, but you need to enable it. To do so, go to Settings > General > Dictionary. Now Select British English "Oxford Thesaurus of English" (or if you're American, the "Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus").
While you're here, you can download translations, such as French-English and Spanish-English too.
Now select a word by tapping on it.
Choose Look Up from the options (you may need to tap on the arrow to reveal extra options). Now you will see suggestions of alternative words, as well as the dictionary definition.
Rich formatting
While it's not universally supported, you can use rich formatting in a number of iOS apps including Mail, Notes and third-party apps such as WhatsApp to make certain sections of text stand out. But while it's easy to use, it's also extremely easy to miss.
Just open an app that supports rich formatting, highlight the text you'd like to edit by double-tapping it and select the formatting menu, labelled BIU.
From there, simply select your preferred effect and it'll be applied to the selected text.
Tap the arrow on the right to see additional effects such as struck-through text.
Quick-delete in the Calculator app
If you use the calculator app a lot, you might like this handy and little-known time-saving trick.
The Calculator app, like real-world calculators, doesn't have a delete button, which can be annoying if you've just typed out a long number and made a mistake right at the end.
Fortunately you can swipe across the number in the black area at the top - left or right, it doesn't matter - and for each swipe, a single digit will be removed from the end of the figure.
Stop music with a timer
This is a cool trick for those of you who enjoy falling asleep to music. The problem with that is it'll still be playing when you wake up in the morning, and you've probably just drained most of your battery in the process. Using the hidden 'Stop Playing' timer, you can choose how long you want the music to play for as you drift off to sleep.
Open the Clock app's Timer tab. (You can just straight to this from Control Centre: tap the stylised clock face.) Choose how long you want your timer to last for and then tap 'When Timer Ends'. Scroll down to the bottom of the menu and select 'Stop Playing'.
Press start on the timer and then begin playing your music from the Music app. When the timer ends, the music will fade to a stop. This trick will also work for audiobooks and other media.
Search music by lyrics
In iOS 12 you have the additional option of searching for a track by a lyric - whatever phase it is that is stuck in your head since you heard it on the radio this morning.
Just open the Music app and type in the words in the Search field.
It should work even if you don’t have all the words, but the longer the phrase you type in the more likely it will give you a correct result.
You can also ask Siri the same question without typing anything.
Get your iPhone's flash to blink when you get a message
If you find that the vibration or sound that your phone makes when you get a message is not always enough to attract your attention, there's another element that you can add to the alert: light. By going to Settings > General > Accessibility and scrolling down to the 'Hearing' section, you can turn on 'LED Flash for Alerts'.
Now every time you get a notification, the flash next to your iPhone's rear-facing camera will blink.
Find words or phrases on a web page
It's easy to find a particular word or phrase on a web page in Safari on iPhone.
While on the desired page, tap the top URL/search bar and type in the desired phrase. You'll see a list of search results from the web, App Store and so on, but at the bottom of that list you'll see "On This Page", with the number of matches.
Tap it, and you'll see that the results are highlighted in yellow. Tap the arrows at the bottom of the screen to scroll through the instances.
Use AirPods as a hearing aid
If you have a pair of AirPods, you can use the Live Listen feature in iOS 12 to turn your AirPods into a hearing aid.
Go to Settings > Control Centre > Customise Controls.
Tap on Hearing (under More Controls) to add it to your Control Centre.
Now when you choose this option in Control Centre it will magnify voices through your AirPods.
We can't wait to try this out so that we can spy on what our friends say behind our backs.
Save a web page to Books
You can turn web pages into PDFs and add them directly to your Books app. This is handy if you're reading a long web document, or especially if you've found an HTML book online and want to keep a copy of it.
When you tap Share, scroll across the apps to find Copy to Books.
Tap it and the web page will be converted and added to your book collection.
(Note that this option appears only if you've got Books on your iPhone! If you don't you can still Save as PDF and add it to your Files).
Change Siri's accent
English speakers have been able to change Siri's voice from male to female with the choice of three accents since iOS 11; iOS 12 added the choice of Irish or South African too.
Go to Settings > Siri & Search > Siri Voice.
Here you can change an English speaking voice from Male to Female, or change the accent to American, Australian, British, Irish or South African.
Speaking of accents, Siri can translate into lots of different languages for you.
In iOS 12 gained the ability to translate words and sentences into even more languages - there are up to 50 different combinations.
We have a dedicated article showing how to translate using Siri.
It should be a simple case of saying: "Hey Siri, how do I say Good Night in Spanish", for example.
Ask Siri to do maths for you
No matter how good a mathematician you might be, having Siri on hand to help with simple and complex maths questions is always useful.
Simply open Siri and recite your equation to it. If the number is complex, make sure you say it at a slightly slower pace so Siri doesn't misunderstand.
We found Siri can also correctly divide, multiply, subtract and add, along with some slightly more complicated equations.
Create shortcuts for common tasks
In iOS 12 and later you can group tasks together and trigger them with a single Siri command.
You'll need to download the Shortcuts app from the App Store.
Open the Siri Shortcuts app and tap on Gallery to see a gallery of ready-made shortcuts, such as Calculate Tip, Log Water, Make PDF, or Remind Me At Home.
Once you have the app on your iPhone, you will see suggestions of shortcuts you might want to use when you swipe down on your Home screen - Shortcuts can be found below your Siri Suggestions of apps you might want to use.
Just tap on the suggestion - which will be based on something you frequently do, such as send a group text message, and you will be taken straight to a message.
Read all about Siri Shortcuts here.
Measure things
The new Measure app in iOS 12 will make it easy to measure the dimensions of objects.
All you need to do is trace the sides of the object and it will tell you how long they are.
Open the app and you will see the option to Move the iPhone to start.
Eventually a circle will appear and the option to add a point.
Add points and the app will tell you how many cm between them.
The Measure app is also the new home of the Level app.
This level can be used if you want to make sure that bookshelf you're putting up is perfectly level.
The iPhone uses its Gyroscope to determine the level of the surface the iPhone is placed on. You'll have the opportunity to calibrate it on a flat surface before assessing the situation.
Enable Night Shift
Night Shift dims the white tones of your display, in order to make it easier on your eyes in low-light conditions.
You can schedule Night Shift to take place at the same time every day, or you can manually enable it until tomorrow.
You can also adjust the colour temperature so that it is more or less warm.
Go to Settings > Display & Brightness > Night Shift.
Have your iPhone read out your texts
If you require or want your iPhone to read out your texts, then you can enable Speak Selection.
First of all navigate to Settings > General > Accessibility and toggle the option 'Speak Selection'.
If you are to long-press on a speech bubble within your Messages, you'll now find the option to 'Speak' - the option is especially useful if you have a long text message or decide to start driving and want to listen to the text whilst in hands-free mode.
See when a message was sent
Within the Messages app, you can swipe from right to left to reveal the time-stamps of each individual message.
Normally you'll be able to see what date and at what time the first message was sent. However, to reveal each individual message after that, you'll need to quickly glance at the timestamps by swiping.
This can be useful to either know what time the last message was received at, or to see if your friend was lying about arriving on time!
Call from within Messages
If you're chatting via Messages and then decide it would be good to talk instead, you can simply tap on the icon for the person you're texting to see options for an audio or FaceTime call.
You can start a group FaceTime call from a group Messages chat too - imagine that!
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