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Episode 1542: Dubs Crush Mayo, History Beckons
Mon 12th Aug 2019
Episode 1544: Derek McGrath In Studio On Tipperary-Kilkenny, Societal Change Being Reflected In The GAA, And The Influence of Joe Schmidt; Lampard’s Pal Roman, Super Cup Build-Up
Episode 1543: Peter O’Mahony On World Cups Past and Future, US Murph Talks Tom Brady Playing Hardball With The Patriots, Kevin Costner Goes All Barry Bonds
Tue 13th Aug 2019
Eoin, Ken, Brian Murphy and Peter O'Mahony
Ireland’s build-up to Japan began at the weekend with a win over Italy in the Aviva, and three more warm-up games await them in the slightly more formidable form of England and Wales. In preparation for those games and the tournament itself, the squad will jet off to Portugal for warm weather training tomorrow and Eoin sat down with Peter O’Mahony beforehand to discuss what lies ahead for Ireland over the next two months.
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Peter talks about the experience of getting injured in Ireland’s RWC 2015 win over France, whether you can allow dreams of winning the tournament creep into your head, and the unique mental challenge of a World Cup.
We also chat to US Murph about Tom Brady, whose Patriots future has been the subject of some speculation over the last week after he put his family mansion up for sale and who could become a free agent at the end of the upcoming season. Is Brady just playing a form of hardball to get the kind of deal he wants, or could his time with the Pats finally be coming to an end in the near future?
After years of giving the Patriots a discount, Tom Brady has opted for an expiring deal (and, perhaps not coincidentally, put his house on the market).@jjones9 on Tom Brady, at the poker table with the Patriots and representing a monster hand https://t.co/ZClOtVH2Rh
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) August 11, 2019
Plus there’s getting arrested for touching a quarterback, Kevin Costner’s juicing regime, Ken’s exclusive RWC predictions and performance-enhancing fathers.
.@BillSimmons sat down with actor Kevin Costner who shared just how he got through the filming of 'For Love of the Game' where he had to pitch about five to six hours ???????????? pic.twitter.com/XsksUeglyb
— The Ringer (@ringer) July 28, 2019
Click the image at the top of the page to play the show. Monday’s shows are free to all. To listen to our programming throughout the rest of the week, join the Second Captains World Service. It’s independent, commercial-free and member-led with feature interviews, breaking news, Richie Sadlier’s Player’s Chair, The Politics Podcast, and lots of added extras.
After yesterday's 4-0 defeat at Old Trafford, Frank Lampard has started off with the worst opening result of any manager in the Premier League era.
But what does Jose make of it all?
Your first Premier League Football Show of the season is out NOW: https://t.co/r5c0M1awjU pic.twitter.com/os4s7m8SQU
— Second Captains (@SecondCaptains) August 12, 2019
If the Irish rugby team are back in action this weekend, then that must mean Shane Horgan is back on the podcast – talking about the weird nature of World Cup warm-up matches, Ireland's scrum-half hierarchy, and Jean Kleyn https://t.co/ZaHE1lnHgF pic.twitter.com/8mLuIVmJTJ
— Second Captains (@SecondCaptains) August 9, 2019
With the closing of the transfer window and the opening of the new Premier League season nearly upon us, we're joined in studio by Richard Dunne to chat about the 'old' Man City, and whether or not a three-in-a-row could be on this season.
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Four student-athletes from the Southeastern Conference were named to the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-District® Volleyball Team, selected by College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-District® Volleyball Team recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. First-team Academic All-District® honorees advance to the Google Cloud Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second- and third-team (if applicable) Academic All-America® honorees will be announced in early December.
Auburn's Shaina White was named to the District 4 First Team, while LSU's Olivia Beyer and Anna Zwiebel and Ole Miss' Caroline Adams earned a spot on the District 6 First Team.
White, a junior middle blocker with a 3.93 grade point average in accounting, has been the team's most efficient hitter for the second-straight season, holding a .336 hitting clip in 2018. In addition, she is one of the team's top blockers this year with a .72 blocks/set average. White came to the Plains as a sophomore transfer for the 2017 season and was an immediate impact to the program. She currently holds the single-season record (rally-scoring only) in hitting percentage, setting that mark last year with a .367 clip.
Beyer, a senior middle blocker with a 4.10 GPA in nutrition and food sciences, is hitting .288 on the season. She is third on the team in blocks with 54 and averages 1.82 kills per set as a middle blocker. Beyer has finished in double-digit kills four times this season with a season-high of 12 kills in the five-set win over SMU. She picked up a season-high six blocks on two occasions against Texas State and Georgia, while also recording a career-high of a .500 hitting percentage at Georgia on September 21.
Zwiebel, a junior setter with a 4.09 GPA in kinesiology, is hitting .403 with 31 kills on 62 attacks this season. She averages 5.17 assists per set, recording over 30 assists on six occasions with a season-high of 59 at Ole Miss on October 7. Zwiebel has five matches with 10 or more digs, including a season-high of 14 against SMU and Texas A&M. This season, she had a career-high four aces at Georgia on September 21 and matched a career-high of six kills against Auburn on October 14.
Adams, a senior defensive specialist with a 3.99 GPA in communication disorders, ranks second all-time in program history with 1,421 digs and set the single-season record with 522 a year ago. She has also been an SEC Community Service Team selection and volunteers in several community activities. Adams ranks in the Top 10 in the league in digs and averages nearly four digs a set.
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The Daily gets official: iPad app for “true news discovery”
Chris Davies - Feb 2, 2011, 10:16 am CST
News Corp has officially announced The Daily, an iPad digital newspaper that promises “true news discovery.” The app will be published 365 days a year, and include over 100 pages of news, lifestyle, entertainment, opinion and sports content together with original videos, 360-degree photos, infographics and more, all for just 14 cents per day
According to CEO Rupert Murdoch, since there’s “no paper, no multi-million dollar processes, no trucks, we’re passing on those savings to the reader.” As well as app versions there will be web-friendly versions of articles that can be easily shared via email, Twitter, Facebook and other routes; it’ll also be possible to save issues for later reading.
The app can pull in Twitter feeds, to fit into the articles, and be updated dynamically through the day should breaking content arrive; an integrated browser can show webpages without throwing readers out of the app, and you can choose which are your favorite sports teams and see custom results from them. There’s also a games and apps section, with reviews and app showcases that links directly into the App Store. News Corp has also employed some professional voiceover artists to read out key articles.
The Daily is available for download from the App Store for the iPad here. Subscriptions will be priced at $0.99 per week or $39.99 for a year’s worth of content; the first two weeks will be free, thanks to a Verizon promotion. News Corp promises versions of the app for other tablets in the future.
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Why Can't I See My Computer on the Network?
By Ronald Pacchiano | Posted November 10, 2006
People who use peer-to-peer networks often face a difficult and annoying problem; when they look in Network Neighborhood or My Network Places on their PCs, they can't see all of the other systems that are part of the workgroup. Unfortunately, this problem is more common than anyone would like to admit. A variety of reasons could cause this to happen, but typically it's associated to an issue with the Computer Browsing Service.
My Network Places, Network Neighborhood, Windows Explorer or a browser window within applications all use the Computer Browsing Service to view the workgroups — and the computers within them — that are on the network. Windows computers that have the "File and Print Sharing for Microsoft Networks" component installed use this service by default. The computer on which you use My Network Places, Network Neighborhood or Windows Explorer is known as the browse client. The computer that provides the list of workgroups or the list of systems within a workgroup is known as a browse server. The list of workgroups and the systems within a specific workgroup is known as the browse list. Got all that? By assigning the browse server role to a specific computer, the Computer Browser service decreases the amount of network traffic and eliminates the need for all computers on the network to maintain a list of all the workgroups and servers on the network.
An automatic election process determines which computer will act as the Master Browse Server. For a given workgroup, there is only one Master Browse Server. On a network that contains different versions of Windows, it's sometimes necessary to configure the computers so that one computer always becomes the Master Browse Server and other computers do not attempt to take over that role. However, the computer designated as the Master Browse Server must remain on at all times. Otherwise, attempts to browse the network from the other computers will result in this error message: The list of servers for this workgroup is not available.
Here's how to designate a Master Browse Server on your network:
Configure the designated Master Browse Server computer as the preferred Master Browse Server.
For a computer running Windows XP/2000:
Launch the REGEDIT utility by clicking Start\Run\Regedit.exe.
Set the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Browser\Parameters \MaintainServerList registry setting to Yes.
For a computer running Windows 9x:
Go to the Control Panel, right-click on Network Neighborhood and select Properties.
Change the Browse Master setting to Enabled in the advanced properties of the File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks component.
For all the other computers on the network, configure them to be ineligible to become a browse server.
Set the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Browser\Parameters \MaintainServerList registry setting to No.
Change the Browse Master setting to Disabled in the advanced properties of the File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks component.
Even with the Computer Browser service properly configured, you need to keep in mind that it does not provide real-time updating of the browse list. Messages sent to maintain the browse list are sent periodically, typically every 12 or 15 minutes. This is done to reduce the network resources required for computer browsing. Therefore, the list of computers and workgroups being displayed on your network might not be 100 percent accurate. This makes the Computer Browsing service somewhat problematic and unreliable.
But you have other options.
Adding an LMHOSTS file to your system might help to alleviate some browsing problems. An LMHOSTS file is a static table that resolves a host name to an IP address and assists with remote NetBIOS name resolution on computers that, for one reason or another, cannot respond to NetBIOS name-query broadcasts.
You can find a sample LMHOSTS file in the %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\ETC directory in Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The file is named LMHOSTS.SAM. After you make the appropriate changes to the file, it must be saved as LMHOSTS (without the SAM extension) before you can use it. This is important because sometimes Notepad will inadvertently place a TXT extension to the end of a document you've created. That would prevent the file from functioning properly.
The format of the LMHOST file is typically IP address, system name and the extension #PRE. Following any entry in the file with the characters "#PRE" will cause that entry to be preloaded into the name cache for faster resolution. An example of the contents of an LMHOSTS file looks like this:
192.168.1.110 TDS-SERVER #PRE
192.168.1.111 FRONT-DESK #PRE
192.168.1.112 ADMIN#PRE
192.168.1.113 TDS-CAMERA #PRE
192.168.1.114 TDS-WS#PRE
192.168.1.115 HELPDESK#PRE
It is important to remember that since an LMHOSTS file contains static computer-name-to-IP-address mapping, it may cause conflicts if you're also using DHCP to dynamically assign IP addresses on the same network. To avoid problems, assign a static IP address to each system — at least until you upgrade to a client/server environment where you'll no longer need a LMHOSTS file. For more information on the LMHOSTS, please refer to my previous column.
However, you don't necessarily need to see a machine in Network Neighborhood or Windows Explorer to be able to access its shared resources. As long as TCP is correctly configured and the resources can ping each other, all you need to know is the systems IP address and share name.
For example, say I want to connect the computer in the conference room to the PRACNET folder on my desktop PC, all I need is the IP address of my desktop system. You can find that by simply click Start\All Programs\Accessories and select Command Prompt. At the prompt, type IPCONFIG and press Enter. This will list your IP address. Ours is 192.168.10.100.
Now that you've got the IP address of the computer you want to connect to, go back to the conference room computer. Assuming that you've already shared the PRACNET folder, just follow these steps to connect:
Open Windows Explorer
On the menu at the top click "Tools"
Select "Map Network Drive"
Assign it a drive letter. It could be any available drive letter, but for our example we'll use "Z."
On the folder line enter the IP address and share name; example, \\192.168.10.100\PRACNET
Click "OK"
Note: If you're going to use this share on a regular basis, be sure to select the Reconnect at Logon option.
To truly minimize browsing problems, though, the best solution is to upgrade your network to a client/server environment. In a client/server environment, there are numerous ways for PCs to find each other such as inclusion in the Active Directory, NetBIOS broadcast, WINS servers and DNS servers. All of these mechanisms will help to prevent browsing problems and make these headaches a thing of the past. Best of luck!
Adapted from PracticallyNetworked.com, part of the EarthWeb.com Network.
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Giants manager Gabe Kapler: Greatest (and weirdest) hits from his blog
Sporting Green // San Francisco Giants
Ron Kroichick Nov. 13, 2019 Updated: Nov. 13, 2019 3:12 p.m.
Giants manager Gabe Kapler: Greatest (and weirdest) hits...
1of3San Francisco Giants new manager Gabe Kapler greets his son after a press conference at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif. on Wednesday November 13, 2019.Photo: Nick Otto / Special to The Chronicle
2of3Gabe Kapler the new San Francisco Giants Manager speaks at a press conference at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif. on Wednesday November 13, 2019.Photo: Nick Otto / Special to The Chronicle
Six years ago, long before Gabe Kapler became the Giants’ much-scrutinized choice as their new manager, he started a website, kaplifestyle.com. This included a “health and well-being blog,” which occasionally veered into unconventional territory.
So on the occasion of Kapler’s formal introduction Wednesday at Oracle Park, here are the greatest (and strangest) hits from his blog and other online writings over the years:
Where the sun shines: By now, you’ve probably read passing references to Kapler’s fondness for coconut oil in pleasing oneself. He also began an August 2015 post, titled “Au Naturel,” with these words: “If you want to be your strongest, get some sun on your boys. And by boys, I mean your testicles.”
Kapler went on to explain that fully clothed baseball players didn’t get enough Vitamin D from the sun. That limits testosterone production, but he offered an all-too-specific suggestion on how to fix this.
“Through being in the sun in our most natural form, sans clothing,” he wrote. “Revealing your balls to nature will be freeing, and it might just help you be your strongest and fastest.”
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At least Kapler provided evidence. He cited a 1939 study that exposed men to UV radiation over five days. According to his post, the study found testosterone levels increased by 120% when UV radiation was aimed at the chest — and increased by more than 200% when the genitals were exposed.
See, he know his analytics.
Picky, picky: In his news conference, Kapler mentioned the abundant options for good food in San Francisco. Left unsaid: He has unusual eating habits.
Kapler, in a story for Baseball Prospectus in August 2013 (and linked on his website), detailed his curious tastes. He referred to his “insanely regimented and admittedly neurotic eating practices as a young adult.”
One example: If he considered a bite of ice cream unworthy, he would spit it into the bushes to avoid ingesting the fat content. Interesting.
“That was the tip of my idiosyncratic iceberg related to food,” Kapler wrote. “For years I survived on a diet of boneless, skinless chicken breasts and rice and beans, without a vegetable or berry in my repertoire. I learned to eat fast food in the minor leagues by throwing away buns before it was sexy to wrap a burger in a piece of lettuce.”
Beefcake photos: Kapler posed for several, uh, revealing photos in his younger days, when he was obsessed with weight training and bodybuilding. One shirtless shot landed on the cover of the “special arm-building issue” of Exercise magazine.
Another photo showed him in a skimpy, leopard-skin Speedo. Wild guess here: Bruce Bochy probably didn’t do that.
Do you think he will be the first MLB manager to go shirtless in the dugout? pic.twitter.com/gll2bBdesU
— Jon Skinner (@jon_c_skinner) October 30, 2017
“My naiveté led me astray when I thought it a good idea to supplement my minor-league salary with a few bucks for taking shirtless pictures,” Kapler wrote in the Baseball Prospectus piece. “It’s entertaining to me that many years later I’m still trying to shake the image of my youth and restore credibility.”
Steroid chatter: That story also includes a window into Kapler’s obsession with weight training, and a long denial of widespread steroid suspicions during his major-league playing days (1998-2010).
He said he took a PED test for an episode of HBO’s “Real Sports” in 2000 and was “extraordinarily proud” to do so.
On his workout regimen: “I remained my own interpretation of Rain Man with my routine. I vividly recall being on a South Atlantic League road trip in 1996 and walking miles from our team motel to a gym in Savannah, Ga., in the dead of summer so as not to miss a workout (I was squatting nearly 500 pounds at this point). God forbid I stray from my lifting schedule.”
On the steroid allegations: “At every turn, I handled accusations, conversed with skeptical teammates and did public interviews because of my build. If you start to Google my name, you’ll likely be greeted with the suggestion to type ‘Gabe Kapler Steroids.’ I alone am responsible for this unsavory link.”
Too many rules: Giants players might want to remember this one if they disagree with any of Kapler’s clubhouse rules next season.
In a March 2015 post, he railed against rules — in the world at large and major-league baseball in particular.
“Making rules doesn’t encourage people to follow them,” he wrote. “In many cases, setting policies undermines our ability to make decisions and robs us of our ability to think critically. Human beings have the inherent desire to be free. …
“In my days with the Detroit Tigers, we received a list of rules in our locker. Every spring. By day’s end, I had deposited each one of those printouts in the trash. … This all boils down to the rebellious nature of a grown-up being treated like a child. Even children don’t respond well to rules.”
Kapler ended his post with these words: “Let freedom ring.”
Dodgers incidents: His blog mostly features posts from 2013-15, and nothing at all during this past baseball season. His most recent post came on Feb. 2, titled “My Statement,” and offered a detailed explanation of how he handled assault allegations involving Dodgers minor-league players in 2015.
“We are mice”: Several of Kapler’s posts are more mundane, either musings on motivation or philosophy. He preached collaboration in one (quoting Franklin D. Roosevelt) and talked about the importance of pushing boundaries in another.
Also, his October 2015 post on “Failing to Succeed” included a photo shared by a colleague, with a sign reading, “My F— Ups are the most valuable possessions.”
“Life is a maze and we are mice,” Kapler wrote. “We have decisions to make at every fork in the road. We will unquestionably take wrong turns, bump up against walls and need to change course. Humans, just like mice, need freedom to move about.
“If we’re told, ‘Don’t choose the wrong path,’ either explicitly or subliminally, we freeze and stop navigating the maze. The fear of failing leaves us paralyzed and unable to move forward. We stagnate.”
Ron Kroichick is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: rkroichick@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @ronkroichick
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Challenge Your Limits with These High-Intensity Workout Classes in Singapore
by Hayley Tai
FITNESS | 11 December 2018
Up your sweat game and get a satisfying workout at these high-intensity classes in Singapore.
Boot camps and high-intensity training are all the rage as more women step up their fitness game. Just reference Khloe Kardashian’s “Revenge Body” and Gigi Hadid’s boxing routine. It’s no longer a men-only arena. These four gyms provide intense training that will push you to new limits.
Train your endurance levels at F45 Novena
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Toughness level: 5/5
What: The classes here are a mix of cardio and strength training. On the odd days of the work week, they offer high-intensity cardio workouts and switch to strength training for the other two days. The workout routine is being played out on large television screens around the gym and trainers are present in the gym to assist the participants.
I picked *Firestorm Monday. I was definitely not expecting the intensity of the warm-ups. Rapid high knee lifts and jump squats got my heart rate up even before the actual workout started. The trainers then demonstrated the different stations to us and explained that we had to complete two rounds (there were 22 stations). The sheer number seemed daunting at first, but because they were timed for 30sec with a 15sec break in between, we could perform the exercises without expiring too quickly.
(Also read: Tried-and-Tested: The Best Fat-Burning Classes in Singapore to Get Lean & Toned)
Weighted jumping lunges came first and just as my quads started burning, it was time to move on to the mountain climbers. It didn’t take much thinking, if any, for me to transition to the next exercise. I mean, the room was filled with military encouragements and booming music. It just wasn’t possible to feel sluggish and unmotivated.
Although many of the stations did seem like the typical HIIT (high-intensity interval training) exercises, there were small variations to target specific muscle groups. For example, one variation of the battle ropes targeted stamina training as we were required to do short and fast waves in a kneeling position. As for the second set, we had to execute large waves in a standing position – your arms won’t thank you after this.
Verdict: 30 seconds is much longer than you think it is. I was panting during and after the class. Although this isn’t the most beginner friendly class, the trainers are always there to assist you and they are not hell-bent on forcing you to complete the entire workout in tip-top condition. As for the circuit regulars, you will definitely enjoy the multiple stations.
Note: Class schedule changes every 10 weeks.
Toughen your core at Core Collective
Photo: Core Collective
What: Unlike most gyms, Core Collective rents out its gym facilities to independent instructors who specialise in different types of training. One of their more popular classes is a Calisthenics class by Start Station (headed by independent trainer Haziq).
Having attended other types of bodyweight training, I decided to give this class a go. If you think that slower paced classes are easier than high-intensity workouts, you’re wrong. Starting out slow, the warm-up included the typical jumping jacks and high-knees.
(Also read: Where to Go for Handstands Classes)
Then, we moved to the core warm up – a series of plank exercises and slow push-ups. In this class, it’s crucial to warm up the arm and back muscles as many of the stations rely on them. Also conducted in a circuit format, my first station was the inverted pike stretch: I had to get into a bridge stretch and transition into a front pike. The hardest part was pushing my hips as far back as possible, resulting in a strong abdominal crunch.
Pull ups and knee ups at the rings added to the tough factor. I struggled a lot at the rings and especially with the pull ups because I am no Olympic gymnast. Well, just because I couldn’t do a pull up did not mean that I should give up. Trainer Haziq gave me great tips on maintaining a good position – staying in a pull up position and holding up your body weight isn’t as easy as you think it is.
Haziq decided to end the class with a series of core exercises. These exercises were variations of yoga movements that targeted my core and upper body strength. Unsurprisingly, most of the class did not manage to hold themselves up for any decent amount of time.
Verdict: Strength is key in this class and if you aren’t strong enough on your first try, keep going for the class. For fitness junkies, this is the class you should add to your routine.
(Also read: The Best Pilates Classes in Singapore to Strengthen Your Core)
Spike your stamina at Virgin Active
Photo: Virgin Active
What: The gym has an Altitude Studio – a room where oxygen levels are lowered to simulate an environment 3,000 metres above sea level (almost as high as Mount Kinabalu). Less oxygen means more effort, and you’ll sweat much faster.
I picked the Beginner Circuit Class inside Altitude Studio thinking that it wouldn’t be too difficult. I was wrong. After a basic warm-up, I was assigned to the Jacob’s ladder. This machine is an actual stairway to fitness heaven. Although it’s basically a moving ladder (picture a vertical treadmill), climbing it fast proved to be a coordination challenge: The faster you go, the more you struggle to keep up. With my limbs scrambling to find a hold, my heart rate accelerated quickly.
The lower air pressure really affected my breathing. I knew I wasn’t going to collapse but it definitely got me panting before I was half done with the workout. In general, the stations were a good mix of strength and stamina training: The kettlebell swings and tyre flips were a true test of my upper body strength, while the ab-roller pushed my core stability. The stations were 30sec each and trust me, the burn bore through at the 20sec mark. By the third circuit, everyone in the room was breathless.
Verdict: It’s a unique workout that takes up only 30min of your time – fit this into your lunch break and the feared food comas will no longer bother you.
(Also read: Why Aqua Boxing is Trending in Singapore and Where You Can Go for Classes)
Get stronger at UP Fitness
Photo: UP Fitness
Toughness level: 2.5/5
A performance-based gym, Ultimate Performance (UP) specialises in functional training – with exercises to give you better agility. Though personal training is the main programme here, the gym has equally rigorous group training sessions.
The lower toughness rating isn’t based on the quality of the exercises but rather, the flexibility of the programme. The trainers expect different performance levels and will push you according to what they feel is right for you.
After a speedy warmup, trainer Chu assigned us to different machines. I started with the hanging leg raise, but the next exercise at the cable machine was the toughest of the lot. Prior to Chu’s class, I found face pulls (they target the smaller muscles in your real deltoids) not only intimidating but also awkward to do. Halfway through the set, Chu challenged me to use heavier weights. I complied and trust me, my arms and back were trembling.
(Also read: Where to Do Crossfit in Singapore – Plus Why It’s So Great For Women)
Working out a smaller muscle does not require a heavy weight. Chu reminded us that endurance and a slow release are the key methods to fully activating your muscles.
Verdict: The class was tough because the instructor set individual goals for everyone. If you’re looking for a personalised training service but aren’t willing to commit to a set of classes with a personal trainer, this is the place for you.
A version of this article first appeared in the November issue of Her World.
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Share Radio Breakfast: Scandal in South Korea – will their president quit?
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Calls for South Korean president Park Geun-Hye to quit are growing. Mrs Park is accused of being part of a shadowy cult to which she passed classified information forcing major conglomerates to funnel billions of won to foundations run by her friend and former aide. The allegations have come at a bad time for Asia's fourth largest economy which is trying to reassure investors that growth remains on track following a slump in exports. Robert Van Egghen reports.
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Published: Fri 11 Nov 2016
Donald Trump: Madman or genius? Will he oversee massive US growth or precipitate a world slump?
The Share Radio Evening Show
Tim Evans, professor of Business and Political Economy at Middlesex University is back in the studio discussing Trump-onomics: What will Trump’s economic policies be? The five ways a Donald Trump Presidency could change the world and the Euro founding father, Otmar Issing, warning about the project’s future.
How is the travel industry developing within the fast-changing global economic and social environment?
Euromonitor International released their 2016 World Travel Market Global Trends Report earlier this week and to find out what it entailed, Gregor Watt was joined by Paul Nelson of World Travel Market.
Legendary cricketer Sir Vivian Richards discusses the importance of sport tourism to Antigua
Legendary cricketer Sir Vivian Richards captained the West Indies in 50 Test matches from 1984 to 1991. He also had a distinguished career in English county cricket and has been voted one of the five Cricketers of the Century and chosen by Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack as the greatest One Day International batsman of all time.
The Share Radio Travel Guide ep. 74
London hosts the World Travel Market. The annual event brings together tour operators, hotel companies, airlines and tourist boards from around the world to talk about the newest trends and arrange the holidays they will be selling to travellers over the next 12 months. Paul Nelson of World Travel Market will be revealing the latest travel trends. And we will also have legendary cricketer Sir Vivian Richards discussing the importance of sport tourism to Antigua.
Donald Trump is visiting the White House today, but what is the process between now and when he takes up residence there permanently in January?
Yesterday, we talked about the chances of Donald Trump being able to close the division between voters on different sides of the presidential race. We've since heard about wide spread demonstrations following the result. What is the mood in the US today? Simon was joined by Share Radio's political correspondent, Colin Bloom.
"Dire shortage" of housing in the UK is continuing to drive up prices- RICS's chief economist Simon Rubinsohn.
Surveyors have warned of a "dire shortage" of housing in the UK, which is continuing to drive up prices. The warning, from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors comes ahead of a government White Paper on housing supply, expected this month. Rics said that house hunters were returning to the market after the EU referendum in June, but there was not enough property for them to buy. Simon Rose speaks to RICS's chief economist Simon Rubinsohn for more.
The Investment Trust Show: Trusts after Trump
The Investment Trust Show
Every week The Investment Trust Show - brought to you in association with Henderson Global Investors - provides insight into some of the most interesting and misunderstood features of investment trusts. This week, Share Radio's Ed Bowsher investigates how the fallout from the US presidential election will affect investment trusts. He's joined by Ben Lofthouse, co-Manager of the Henderson International Income Trust, and Kieran Drake, Research Analyst at Winterflood. To delve further into the world of investment trusts, visit the Investment Trust Show audioBoom page: https://audioboom.com/channel/shareradio-investmenttrustshow
Actor Kathy Trevelyan explains how to change your career in older life
Having a career change can be difficult, especially if you're an older woman wanting to break into an industry which has a reputation for discriminating against your demographic. Well that's exactly what Kathy Trevelyan did when she took the plunge and studied at drama school in her 50s. To talk us through the whole process, Kathy joined Georgie on the line.
Kathy Trevelyan
Jemima Olchawski, Head of Policy at The Fawcett Society, discusses the gender pay gap
Today is Equal Pay Day. But why is it important. Well, the 10th November marks the time women are effectively working for free because of earning less on average than men. Equal Pay Day is calculated using the mean full time pay gap, which is currently 13.9%. At the current rate of progress, it will take over 60 years to close the gender pay gap. So from today, all women in full time work are effectively working for free. For more information, Georgie spoke to Jemima Olchawski, Head of Policy at The Fawcett Society.
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Sports Medicine – Dr George Pitsis
Thu 21 Aug 2014, 02:30 PM
Dr George Pitsis from the Specialist Sports Medicine Centre located on the Kingsway at Miranda, deals with any injury and illness which may come the way of the Sharks playing group or staff.
A highly respected doctor and specialist adult and paediatric sport and exercise medicine physician, Dr Pitsis joined the medical staff at the Sharks during 2013. He is highly qualified with over 15 years experience as physician for many high calibre sporting associations and teams.
As a regular feature on the Sharks website, Sports Medicine – with Dr George Pitsis, explains some common and also not-so-common sporting injuries.
This week he takes a look at rotator cuff shoulder injuries, what they are, how they happen and the prognosis for those who suffer such an injury. Thankfully, while the Sharks have endured a horror run with injuries in 2014, rotator cuff injuries haven’t been a major concern.
The rotator cuff is a group of four muscles, namely Supraspinatus, Infraspinatus, Teres Minor, and Subscapularis. They have many important functions including stabilising the true shoulder (gleno-humeral) joint, functioning as a counterforce balance to the deltoid muscle as a humeral head depressor, and rotating the shoulder.
How does it happen? (mechanism of injury)
Injuries to the rotator cuff occur either as an overuse (shoulder impingement syndrome) or acute injury (bruising, partial or complete tearing).
Shoulder impingement syndrome typically occurs from repetitive overhead activity such as throwing, tennis serving, and swimming.
Acute injuries can involve a direct blow to the rotator cuff causing bruising. Partial or complete tearing most commonly occur during a forced contraction against resistance e.g. breaking the impact during a fall, or lifting something heavy suddenly.
Pain is often felt over the upper area of the shoulder, and commonly refers down to the upper arm. A painful arc from horizontal upwards is common, with associated weakness.
Tenderness may be present over the rotator cuff. Invariably there is weakness of the affected component of the rotator cuff, with positive impingement signs.
An X-ray may reveal a subacromial spur, calcification in the tendon, on an avulsion fracture. Variations of the acromion (curved, hooked, and os acromiale) may also predispose to impingement.
An ultrasound may reveal evidence of dynamic impingement, subacromial bursitis, tendonitis, or tearing.
An MRI is the gold standard investigation for diagnosing and grading injuries.
Impingement syndrome requires rest from provocative activity, use of anti-inflammatory medications, and rehabilitation focusing of graded rotator cuff and scapular stability strengthening exercises. An ultrasound guided cortisone injection may be used to assist the process in a timely manner.
Partial rotator cuff tears can be treated as for impingement; however there is now strong level 1 evidence to show platelet rich plasma (PRP) injections are the treatment of choice to assist with healing and repair of tissue in lieu of use of anti-inflammatories and cortisone.
Complete rotator cuff tears can lead to ongoing pain and dysfunction. Depending on the person’s age and the demand on the shoulder definitive surgical repair may be required.
When can I play again (return to activity)
Impingement syndromes can be mild allowing continuing activity, to severe requiring a number of weeks rest from sport.
Partial rotator cuff tears typically take a number of months to completely settle.
Complete rotator cuff tears when operated on require a 6 month rehabilitation process.
What about the long term (prognosis)
It is important predisposing factors are addressed to assist with preventing recurrence. This may include posture, work ergonomics, muscle balance and strength, and biomechanics and technique in sport.
Dr Pitsis and his staff are available to look after the injuries and medical needs of people of all ages and backgrounds, from amateur and professional athletes, to the man, woman or child in need of his expert advice. Please see website www.specialistsportsmed.com.au for more information on practitioners, staff, and services available.
Contact the Specialist Sports Medicine Centre, located on the Kingsway at Miranda, on 02 9525 3444 for more information or to make an appointment.
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Are Floaters a Sign of a Serious Eye Problem?
Have you noticed shadowy shapes drifting in and out of your field of vision lately? You may have floaters. Although floaters are usually harmless, they can be a sign of a serious eye condition in some cases.
What Are Floaters?
Floaters occur when the vitreous in the center of your eye begins to shrink. The clear, gel-like vitreous gives your eyeball its shape and helps hold the retina in place. The retina is the light-sensing layer of cells at the back of your eye. Light impulses reflected on your retina travel to the brain through the optic nerve, where they're transformed into recognizable images.
The vitreous is affected by aging, just like every other part of your body. As you get older, it shrinks slightly, causing stringy fibers to detach from the surface of the vitreous. Known as "floaters," the fibers cast shadows on your retina when you look at brightly lit objects. The more you move your eyes when looking at a bright background, the more you may notice floaters. Floaters may also be accompanied by flashes of light, particularly when you step into a dark room.
Floaters take a variety of shapes and may look like cobwebs, specks, threads or spots. Although it may be a little alarming when you notice floaters for the first time, the phenomenon isn't usually a cause for concern.
Floaters occur as a normal part of aging but are more likely to happen after cataract surgery, if you are very nearsighted or have diabetes, according to the National Eye Institute.
You may also notice floaters if you experience bleeding or inflammation in the back part of your eye. Bleeding can be can caused by leaking blood vessels, injuries or high blood pressure.
When Should I Be Concerned About Floaters?
Seeing more floaters than normal doesn't necessarily indicate a problem, but a sudden increase in the number of floaters should be reported to your optometrist. Sometimes, you'll see a flurry of new spots if several fibers detach from the vitreous at the same times.
New floaters can also be a sign that your retina has torn or begun to detach from the back of your eye. Retinal tears and detachments are emergencies and can result in permanent loss of vision if they're not treated promptly.
If your retina tears or detaches, you may notice:
Many New Floaters
A Dark Area That Covers Part of Your Visual Field
Loss of Side Vision
Call your optometrist immediately if you notice any of these symptoms. If you can't get in touch with your eye doctor, go to the emergency room.
How Are Floaters Treated?
Although floating spots can be annoying, floaters don't usually require treatment. If you have so many floaters that your vision is affected, you may benefit from a vitrectomy, a surgical procedure that removes your vitreous and replaces it with a saline solution or gas bubble.
Retinal tears and detachments are repaired by reattaching the retina to the back of the eye. One or more of these procedures may be used if you have a tear or detachment:
Laser Surgery. Laser heat creates tiny scars that hold the torn or detached retinal tissue firmly in place.
Cryopexy. Cryopexy also creates small scars that seal the retina to the back of the eye but uses freezing temperatures rather than heat.
Scleral Buckling. Scleral buckles are often used in conjunction with laser surgery or cryopexy. Small silicone or plastic bands are sewn on to the white part of the eye. The bands reduce traction on the retina and help it reattach.
Pneumatic Retinopexy. During pneumatic retinopexy, a gas bubble is injected into the vitreous. The bubble presses against the retina, facilitating healing.
Vitrectomy. A vitrectomy not only removes floaters but also offers another way to repair tears.
Whether you're concerned about your floaters or it's time for your next eye exam, we can help you care for your eyes. Contact us to schedule your appointment.
All About Vision: Eye Floaters, Flashes and Spots, 3/17
https://www.allaboutvision.com/conditions/spotsfloats.htm
National Eye Institute: Facts About Floaters
https://nei.nih.gov/health/floaters/floaters
Mayo Clinic: Retinal Detachment, 3/12/19
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/retinal-detachment/symptoms-causes/syc-20351344
American Society of Retina Specialists: Posterior Vitreous Detachment
https://www.asrs.org/patients/retinal-diseases/9/posterior-vitreous-detachment
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Nighttime equipment delivery this weekend
Construction crews building the U District Station will be making an early morning equipment delivery to the site this weekend.
Heavy equipment, including a crane and a drill rig, will be delivered early in the morning on Friday, Jan. 24 and again on Monday, Jan. 27. Crews expect the equipment to arrive at approximately 4 a.m. on both days. Nearby residents may hear continuously running engines while crews use a crane to unload the equipment. Sound Transit has received a noise variance from the City of Seattle to perform this work during overnight hours.
Setting the foundation for the U District Station
This work is setting the stage for the future U District Station. Twenty-four concrete foundations will be drilled and poured to support the future building structure.
Construction impacts will include:
noise from the drill during soil removal
noise and dust from pouring the concrete
trucks hauling soil offsite
Crews will minimize dust, noise, and light impacts to the extent possible. This foundation work is expected to be completed in two weeks.
Northgate Link Extension will connect the Northgate, Roosevelt, and U District neighborhoods to downtown Seattle and Sea-Tac airport. Fast, reliable service will provide relief to one of the region's most congested traffic areas. The 4.3 mile extension is expected to be open for service in 2021.
The U District Station is located in the University District on Brooklyn Avenue NE between NE 45th and NE 43rd streets and will serve the surrounding residential community, the "Ave" business district, other employment sites, the UW Tower, and the north University of Washington campus. It will include two station entrances, each include elevators, escalators, stairs, and bike parking totaling about 100 spaces. The site was designed to accommodate future development above the station. When the station opens, riders will be able to travel to the airport in 41 minutes and to Northgate in about 5 minutes.
For more information, please call (206) 398-5300 or email northlink@soundtransit.org.
For information after normal business hours, contact Sound Transit's 24-hour Construction Hotline at (888) 298-2395.
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Venus Unwrapped: A Faster Pulse
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Benjamin Britten Simple Symphony
Witold Lutosławski Musique funèbre
Grażyna Bacewicz Concerto for String Orchestra
Grażyna Bacewicz Divertimento for String Orchestra
Henryk Górecki Three pieces in the old style
Edvard Grieg Holberg Suite
Eugene Lee associate leader
A force of nature, Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz wrote seven violin concertos, eight quartets and four symphonies. ‘I run, not walk,’ she said. ‘I speak fast, even my pulse beats faster than normal.’
Lutosławski said, ‘She was born with an incredible wealth of musical talent, an almost fanatical zeal and unwavering faith in her mission.’ Asked if her music would last, he said ‘true judgement of creative ability does not belong to contemporary reviewers, but to thousands of audiences over many decades, which may be referred to as the jury of time.’
Fifty years since her death, judge this extraordinary artist for yourself as we take part in Kings Place's Venus Unwrapped series - unlocking the secret history of music by women.
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The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra perform the opening of Bacewicz's Concerto for String Orchestra.
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Labour Lets Southwark Down Over People's Vote
Posted by Phil Vabulas 854sc on December 17, 2018
The people of Southwark voted overwhelmingly to remain in the European Union (1). But at the final full Southwark Council meeting of 2018, we saw Southwark Labour toe the party line to come out against supporting a People’s Vote.
You would be forgiven for thinking it’d be a no-brainer. After all, alongside our residents’ vote, two of the three Southwark Labour MPs support a People’s Vote, and Southwark Greens and Lib Dem councillors have been calling for the Council’s support from the beginning.
We wanted to see Southwark’s political parties united in favour of something that could prevent massive harm to our communities. Brexit will mean job losses, environmental damage, the loss of rights for British citizens and put the future of EU citizens, who are Londoners through and through, at risk.
It is clear that these councillors are not interested in representing the views of Southwark residents or in putting pressure on the national party to reconsider supporting a People’s Vote, even when the majority of Labour members also want a final say (2).
With just over 100 days to go, Labour councillors decided to prioritise a general election, with no guarantee as to what Labour would put in their manifesto about a Brexit deal, let alone a People’s Vote. By itself, a general election does nothing to fix the mess that we’re in.
The Green Party will continue to be the leading voice calling for the only solution to our current crisis. We need a People’s Vote now!
(1) https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/eu-referendum-result-southwark-remain-uk-votes-leave/
(2) https://www.ft.com/content/dc56ee36-bea4-11e8-95b1-d36dfef1b89a
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"The Expanse" Authors Talk Space's Epic Size and Crazy Sci-Fi Tech
By Sarah Lewin 2015-12-23T17:05:54Z
James Holden receives a mysterious distress signal onboard the ice ship "Canterbury," kicking off the events of "The Expanse," in this concept art for a pivotal moment in the show.
(Image: © Syfy.com)
The two authors of "The Expanse" book series, now a new Syfy TV show, were deeply involved with the look, feel and script of the new TV epic. Here, they discuss how they made it happen and the coolest tech and science elements of the show.
The new space adventure follows multiple factions from Earth, Mars and the Asteroid Belt on a grand scale as they teeter on the brink of war and fight to solve a solar-system-wide mystery.
Space.com talked with Abraham and Franck about their favorite technology in the show, how different kinds of gravity feel (and which are worst) and how they portrayed the vast distances of space. (We also talked with them here about the development process and their hopes for the show.)
Space.com: What's the coolest technology you have developed for the series?
Franck: In the book series, when we were coming up with the visuals for the ships and stuff, I was talking to a guy I know who works out of Los Alamos Labs. I was talking to him about the fact that the primary weapon on our ships is railguns — those big, electromagnetically fired weapons. And he said you can extend the length of a railgun barrel [by blowing] this plasma out, and you run electricity through the plasma.
I mentioned this offhandedly to our visual effects supervisor, and he was like, "That's amazing! We're totally going to do that." So there are these incredible shots in the show of a railgun getting ready to fire and this gas blowing out the end of the railgun, and then the whole thing lighting up and hurling [the projectile] through. That's my favorite thing in the show. [Trailer for "The Expanse"]
Abraham: The thing that I think I like the best about how we did it — and understanding the technology behind this is made in some ways of "handwavium" — is the three kinds of gravity that we wind up with. Instead of having the gravity plating and the artificial gravity and the ships that are laid out flat like ships, having thrust gravity and spin gravity and ships that are built like towers. […] Up in the writers' room, there's a little picture they've posted with all the different kinds of gravity on it.
Space.com: So, gravity caused by different sources — spinning versus accelerating versus the pull of a planet — feels different in your series?
Abraham: Spin gravity you can [feel] because you've got the Coriolis effect [when mass in a rotating system feels a pull sideways as well as down], and you get nauseated if you get too close to the center of spin.
Franck: The closer you get to the point of spin with spin gravity, the more you feel the pressure as diagonal or sideways than as straight down; that messes with your inner ear.
Abraham: You know the rides you used to get in on the midway, where it spun real fast and pressed you up against the wall? That's what it is — that force pressing you into the wall is spin gravity. And I would have just never stopped puking. Never.
Acceleration gravity I don't think is something that you can tell from mass gravity in the frame. I don't think there's any way of doing that. [6 Everyday Things that Turn Strange in Weightlessness]
Franck: That's just when you go up in an elevator and you feel yourself getting pressed against the floor of the elevator — that's all that is.
Abraham: Only a really fast elevator for a really long time.
Franck: Well, space is big. It's much bigger than you think.
Space.com: What are some ways you conveyed that size in your story?
Franck: We have it take a long time to travel between places, even when you're going really fast. One of the things that shows up in the show is how long it takes a message to get somewhere. We actually used it as a plot device in the show because radio only goes the speed of light, so if you're trying to talk to a ship out by Jupiter, it might take 45 minutes for your message to get to them. Then, they send you a reply; it takes another 45 minutes. You've got an hour-and-a-half wait before you find out the answer to your question, which — when you're looking at it in terms of military engagement — is huge.
Abraham: This is more in the books than in the show — the military engagements take a long time. When you have fired off torpedoes from millions of kilometers away, you get to sit there and watch them coming for a while.
Franck: Episode 4 of the show does a good job with that. A bunch of ships are attacking another ship, and they all fire missiles. And then, they're talking — you can see on the map the missiles slowly passing each other, and they're having more conversations. And then, we see this great outside shot, where the camera is showing one group of missiles. And then, you see the missiles pass each other in space, and they're all going really fast. But then, we cut back inside the ship and [the crewmembers are] still standing around, having a conversation, drinking tea. That sense of the scale of everything, how far apart everything is — I think they do really well with shots like that. Also, when the captain mentions that the ships coming to attack them have been decelerating for two days to get in range — they started from pretty far away.
Abraham: One of the things that I think sometimes gets lost in the cuts — because you don't want to have a whole lot of time on the TV show showing people sitting there uncomfortably for minutes on end — is the amount of time that we are covering in the commercial breaks and between cuts on the show. It's easier in the books to say, "Three weeks later…"
Franck: There's a commercial break in the first episode that is two days long. When the Canterbury flips over and starts burning to brake, after the commercial break they've stopped — they were braking for two days. Just do a commercial break — there they are.
The fourth episode of Syfy's "The Expanse" premiers Tuesday (Dec. 29) at 10 p.m. EST. This interview has been condensed for clarity.
Email Sarah Lewin at slewin@space.com or follow her @SarahExplains. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook and Google+. Original article on Space.com.
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Two gun initiatives likely to be on Washington state ballot
Thu., Jan. 30, 2014
By Jim Camden jimc@spokesman.com(509) 879-7461
OLYMPIA – A pair of initiatives on gun control had their second and likely last hearing Wednesday, with supporters and opponents disagreeing sharply on when giving a gun to another person would require a background check.
Wednesday’s hearing by the Senate Law and Justice Committee didn’t have the same “star power” as Tuesday’s House hearing without former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords and former astronaut Mark Kelly to speak in favor of Initiative 594. But it did feature more questions by legislators of the two initiatives’ sponsors, sparking a debate over what it means to “transfer” a firearm.
Opponents like Brian Judy of the National Rifle Association said that puts severe restrictions on parents lending firearms to their adult children to use when the parent isn’t around, or one person trying out another person’s weapon at a firing range. Rebecca Johnson, a supporter of I-594, said the proposal doesn’t change state hunting laws and that’s not the kind of transfer in the law.
I-594 would keep dangerous people from buying guns, said Cheryl Stumbo, the victim of a shooting rampage in Seattle and the chief sponsor of the initiative. But dangerous people are likely to buy guns on the black market, not from people who will submit them to background checks, Judy said.
I-594 infringes on the federal and state constitutional guarantees to bear arms, said Alan Gottlieb of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Sen. Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, asked if current background checks, which are required when buying a gun from a dealer, violate the Second Amendment. Gottlieb said they probably did not, and Pederson suggested expanding them to private sales probably wouldn’t either. Gottlieb said the fact that police could keep a record of the private transaction was an addition to current law that was troubling.
Gottlieb is the sponsor of I-591, which would only allow the state to expand background checks if a new federal standard was approved and bans unlawful confiscations. Has there been any unlawful confiscation of handguns that are registered? Pedersen asked. “To my knowledge, we haven’t per se,” Gottlieb said, but under the state’s emergency powers laws that could happen if the governor declared an emergency, as Louisiana did when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005.
Committee Chairman Mike Padden, R-Spokane Valley, said he had no plans to ask the panel to vote whether to send either initiative to the full Senate for consideration. After conversations with House Judiciary Committee Chairwoman Laurie Jinkins, D-Tacoma, whose committee held Tuesday’s hearing, he suspects the other chamber won’t act either.
“The initiative we might be able to pass in the Senate can’t pass the House, and the initiative the House might pass wouldn’t pass the Senate,” Padden said.
That means under state law both initiatives would be up to voters to decide in November.
Published: Jan. 30, 2014, midnight
Tags: 2014 washington legislature, gun control, gun rights, initiative 591, initiative 594
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The Great Helmet Debate
In July 2013, 16-year-old Ryan Smith was knocked off his bike by a van while cycling without a helmet, having refused to wear one because it would mess up his hair. Coming out of his coma four months later, he said his first words defying all the odds after his parents were told that he probably wouldn’t live through the first week. His father, a paramedic, launched a heart-wrenching call to make cycle helmets compulsory yet the debate still rumbles as many argue against their ineffectuality and object the infringement of civil liberties involved.
However, was this not too the case back in the 1970s/80s when people argued on the same grounds against making seat-belt compulsory in the front seat of cars? Now the legislation has been introduced (albeit over a decade later) we haven’t looked back and it seems almost outrageous that passengers were ever allowed to travel in the front seat without wearing the seat-belt that has been credited with saving well over 50,000 lives. This has yet to transcend the barriers being put up by the two-wheeled-world, and although many cyclists happily adhere to the legal obligation of wearing lights and reflectors after dark, the helmet remains a debated piece of kit. Australia and parts of the US seem ahead of us, having made helmets compulsory but here we are still deliberating whether it is really safer to wear a helmet when cycling.
The crux of the matter it seems is whether helmets actually work. All specialist nurses, doctors and neurologists unanimously agree that they do and there is evidence to back it up. An American study from 2009 showed that there was a 63-88% reduction in the risk of head and brain injury if a helmet was worn. They are most effective in low-speed collisions, designed to protect the head when people fall off their bike and these surely account for the majority of cycling incidents. In a full-frontal horrific collision however, it has to be said that a helmet will do little to protect you but in such circumstance where fatalities are likely, there isn’t much that could. Angela Lee, chief executive of the Bike Helmet Initiative Trust argues why it’s a no-brainer to wear a helmet: “It’s plain and simple that helmets are effective. If you think of people who have mobile phone, computers, I bet they all have covers on to protect them. You have a skull protecting your brain and if you know anything about computers you know that if you damage a computer you can’t load the programme. That’s exactly the same with your brain”. It is irrefutable that – like seat belts – helmets save countless lives every year and do a stellar job of preventing injuries that range from scrapes from low-hanging tree branches to skull fractures. So how can anyone possibly doubt their value?
British Cycling’s policy adviser, Chris Boardman, contests helmet legislation on the basis that it could have far reaching consequences in terms of discouraging people from getting on a bike. Ryan Smith is tragic proof of the fact that helmets may well still be seen as uncool and a means by which to ruin your hair. Do we live in a world that prioritises appearance over safety? It sadly seems that way. However it is not just the cyclist who is affected by the presence of a helmet; studies investigating the behaviour of drivers showed that, in general, motorists drove much closer when overtaking if the cyclist was wearing a helmet. This suggests that helmeted cyclists seem more experienced and sensible and are therefore potentially at greater risk as motorists give them less space when overtaking.
Despite this evidence and the current lack of legislation, helmets make sense. When British rowing champion James Cracknell was hit by a tanker travelling at 65mph three years ago while he was cycling in Arizona, his helmet saved his life. At the end of the day, wearing a helmet does just seem like a good idea…and it’s unlikely that, in the aftermath of an accident, you’ll ever think ‘Thank God I wasn’t wearing a helmet’.
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Tom Sestito to have hearing with NHL after bad hit on Tobias Enstrom
Tobias Enstrom had to head to the dressing room after taking a massive hit against the boards from Tom Sestito.
Sportsnet Staff | @Sportsnet March 9, 2017, 11:55 AM
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Pittsburgh Penguins AHL call-up and penalty minute accumulator extraordinaire Tom Sestito will have a hearing with the NHL’s Department of Player Safety today, regarding a dangerous hit he threw on 5-foot-10 Winnipeg Jets defenceman Tobias Enstrom (see hit above).
Pittsburgh’s Tom Sestito will have a hearing today for boarding Winnipeg’s Toby Enstrom.
— NHL Player Safety (@NHLPlayerSafety) March 9, 2017
Ten hours before game time, Sestito was called up from Wilkes-Barre by the Penguins and inserted into the lineup. It was expected to be a heated game with the Jets in a follow-up to their last meeting, and in that sense it didn’t disappoint.
Sestito, who sits third in AHL penalty minutes despite just playing 33 games, had a little more than one minute of ice time Wednesday and a grand total of three shifts. On his first shift, Sestito fought Chris Thorburn. He was on for Evgeni Malkin’s goal for his second shift, and on his third he boarded Enstrom, resulting in a five-minute major and game misconduct.
After the game, Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan talked about putting Sestito into the lineup, saying he was there to provide this kind of sandpaper and physicality — even if he did cross the line on Enstrom.
Enstrom was hospitalized because of the play to be checked for facial fractures.
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Slayton's career night solidifies his importance to Giants
Dec 12, 2019 | 10:43AM
Giants QB Eli Manning to retire from NFL: report
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OBJ will avoid charges from alleged spanking incident
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Darius Slayton's career night solidifies his importance to Giants offense
Slayton leads Big Blue in receiving yards and touchdowns
By Scott Thompson | Dec 12, 2019 | 10:43AM
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If you didn't think rookie WR Darius Slayton solidified himself as a draft steal for the Giants before Monday Night Football, he definitely changed your mind after his performance against the Eagles.
It was a career game: five catches on eight Eli Manning targets for 154 yards and two touchdowns -- both of which came in the second quarter. That output gives Slayton 386 yards and four touchdowns on 25 catches in his last four games.
Slayton's first Monday night game came in Week 9 against the Cowboys, and he only saw one catch for six yards all night. This time around, he didn't want to see that kind of stat line in a primetime matchup, especially his first taste of the Giants-Eagles rivalry.
"First time around on Monday night, we played against the Cowboys , probably not one of my best games, so I definitely wanted to come back out here," he said. "I was grateful we had a second opportunity to be on Monday night and show what I could do on a national stage."
Slayton's production this season has been something even the Giants probably don't believe after taking him out of the fifth round in the NFL Draft. It was said by scouts that he would need work on route running and making his hands more reliable. But that's all he's been for the Giants this season: reliable.
On 70 targets this season, Slayton has just two drops. And on his 42 receptions, the Auburn product now leads the Giants in receiving yards with 659 on the year. He also leads the team with seven touchdowns, and is only two receptions off the team lead as well.
Most of his targets, though, have come from rookie QB Daniel Jones -- except for this past week. With Manning starting in Jones' place, it was expected that he'd target Sterling Shepard more because of their chemistry, but that wasn't the case. Slayton just kept getting open.
"He does a good job of getting separation, a great job on the slant getting a lot of separation," Manning explained about Slayton. "I think one go ball was a busted coverage, but the other was just man and off coverage, and ran right by him. I think he's got good speed, tracks the ball well and has some playmaking abilities. He's an easy target, a big target, to throw to."
Manning is referencing Slayton's first touchdown where he hit a slant, turn around quickly to avoid a Ronald Darby tackle, and used his 4.38 speed to beat anyone else charging after him to the end zone. His second touchdown was another impressive showing of his speed coupled with blown secondary coverage, as Slayton split two defenders that couldn't catch him in time.
Eli Manning = a combination of Fergie and Jesus
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- Giants Videos (@SNYGiants) December 10, 2019
Is Slayton the next Victor Cruz? It might be too early to tell, but it's not far fetched. Slayton looks to be a vital part to this Giants offense for years to come, and he's still got three games left to play in his rookie year.
"I knew I wanted to come in and make an impact. I knew I could come in and make an impact," he said. "I didn't really know how much I was going to be able to do that, but like I said, I've definitely been blessed."
Tags: Darius Slayton, Scott Thompson
Giants QB Eli Manning to retire from NFL
Manning will hold a news conference to announce his decision Friday
It is the end of an era for the Giants, as long-time quarterback Eli Manning plans on announcing his retirement during a news conference on Friday, the team announced. The news conference will take place at Quest Diagnostics Training Center in East Rutherford, NJ at 11 a.m.
As the Giants transitioned to rookie QB Daniel Jones last season, the writing was on the wall for Manning, who spent the past 16 seasons leading New York on the field. It was speculated that Manning may look elsewhere around the league to see if his services are needed.
Instead, he'll hang up his cleats and finish his illustrious career as a Giant for life.
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Freddie Kitchens expected to join Giants head coach Joe Judge's staff: Report
Jody Wright also looks to be joining staff
The Giants are expected to bring in former Browns head coach Freddie Kitchens to join Joe Judge's coaching staff, it was reported by AL.com's Matt Zenitz on Tuesday night.
It is unclear as of now what Kitchen's role is, but he has been a tight ends coach in the past -- which is one of the remaining spots on the offensive side of the ball that's missing a coach. Kitchens has coached in just about every spot possible on offense since starting his coaching career in 1999.
Aside from Kitchens, Fox Sports and The Athletic's Bruce Feldman reported and SNY's Ralph Vacciano confirmed that former Alabama director of player personnel and UAB OL coach Jody Wright will also be joining Judge's staff in an unconfirmed role.
Coaching positions Giants' Joe Judge still has to fill, and who he might be considering
Tight ends and offensive line are among the voids
Jan 9, 2020; East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA; Introductory press conference of New York Giants new head coach Joe Judge at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY Sports (Danielle Parhizkaran)
Joe Judge's top job at the Senior Bowl this week will be scouting the players who could be part of the Giants' future. But he also still has some work to do in assembling his coaching staff.
Judge is expected to hold several job interviews down in Mobile, Ala., this week as he attempts to fill the final holes on his first staff with the Giants. He has several jobs still to figure out, most seemingly on the defensive side. He also has to choose a coach for the offensive line.
So far, the Giants have only announced Judge's coordinators -- Jason Garrett (offensive), Patrick Graham (defensive) and Thomas McGaughey (special teams). According to multiple sources, Judge has also hired Jerry Schuplinski as quarterbacks coach, Burton Burns as running backs coach and is retaining Tyke Tolbert as receivers coach. McGaughey indicated that Tom Quinn will return as assistant special teams coach, too.
8 free agent pass rushers Giants GM Dave Gettleman should target this offseason
It's a stacked FA class that includes Jadeveon Clowney and Shaq Barrett
Jadeveon Clowney/Shaq Barrett/Yannick Ngakoue
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Giants GM Dave Gettleman knows there is much work to do this offseason to upgrade a roster that has many holes to fill. The 2020 NFL Draft will hopefully shore up some of those, but with a little over $61 million to work with at the moment in cap space, according to Over The Cap, Gettleman can also be aggressive on the free agent market.
Looking at the Giants roster needs and the current free agent class, adding a pass rusher (or maybe even two) is definitely in the cards for Big Blue.
It's no secret at this point that the Giants would love to add more defensive ends or outside linebackers that can get in the backfield and disrupt the quarterback. The defensive line is solid against the run, coming in seventh in the NFL this past season, according to Football Outsiders. Rookie Dexter Lawrence teaming up with second-year men Dalvin Tomlinson and B.J. Hill showed tremendous upside in clogging up the interior.
Tags: B.J. Hill, Dalvin Tomlinson, Dexter Lawrence, Markus Golden, Scott Thompson
Giants reportedly to interview Marc Colombo for offensive line coach
Colombo served underneath new Giants OC Jason Garrett in Dallas
Nov 5, 2018; Arlington, TX, USA; Dallas Cowboys offensive line coach Marc Colombo sits on the bench prior to the game against the Tennessee Titans at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports (Matthew Emmons)
With Bill Callahan off the market, another name has surfaced as the Giants seek to fill their offensive line coach vacancy.
The Giants plan on interviewing former Cowboys offensive line coach Marc Colombo for the spot sometime this week, according to ESPN's Jordan Raanan.
Colombo served underneath new Giants offensive coordinator Jason Garrett in Dallas since 2016, first as an assistant offensive line coach, before taking over the reins of that position group in 2018. When the Cowboys hired Mike McCarthy, it was announced that Colombo would not return to the Cowboys.
Giants 2020 NFL Mock Draft roundup: Here's who the experts have Big Blue taking
CeeDee Lamb, Isaiah Simmons make the list this time around
Dec 7, 2019; Arlington, TX, USA; Oklahoma Sooners wide receiver CeeDee Lamb (2) reacts during the second half against the Baylor Bears in the 2019 Big 12 Championship Game at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports (Kevin Jairaj)
The offseason continues and NFL mock drafts continue to update themselves, as the top prospects officially declare for the 2020 NFL Draft.
Now that the Giants coaching search is all done and Joe Judge's staff is basically complete, Giants GM Dave Gettleman has all his focus on who to select with the No. 4 overall pick.
Here's who experts believe Gettleman will call on in Vegas this April in the first round...
Browns hire Bill Callahan as offensive line coach, taking him off the board for same role with Giants
Big Blue set to interview Dave DeGuglielmo on Tuesday
As the Giants look to fill out the rest of their Joe Judge's staff, the Browns have made a move to hire one of their targets to coach the offensive line.
NFL Network's Tom Pelissero reports that Bill Callahan is expected to be announced as Cleveland's offensive line coach. Callahan's interest in the role with the Giants may have waned after the team hired Jason Garrett as its offensive coordinator.
Callahan was on Garrett's staff with the Cowboys from 2012-2014, serving as both offensive line coach and offensive coordinator. He was the team's primary offensive play caller in 2013, but was stripped of those duties before his final season in Dallas.
Rick Gosselin ranks Giants among NFL's best special teams units
Giants ST unit sees boost in rankings from 2018
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Rick Gosselin, a 47-year veteran of analyzing special teams, releases a yearly review and ranks the 32 units across the NFL.
Gosselin's system has long been a highly-respected system to grade out the league's specialists. Teams are ranked in 22 kicking-game categories and assigned points according to their standing -- one for best, 32 for worst.
For their efforts in the 2019 season, the Giants finished ranked as Gosselin's seventh-best special teams unit with 314 total points. That's an improvement from the year prior, as Gosselin's system tabbed the Giants 15th in special teams grouping.
Giants' Dexter Lawrence named top rookie interior defender by Pro Football Focus
Lawrence was fourth DT selected at 2019 NFL Draft
The Giants landed a promising gem with defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence.
The 17th overall pick from the 2019 NFL draft was named to the PFWA All-Rookie Team recently and adding to that is an honor from Pro Football Focus.
The football analytics outlet named Lawrence the NFL's best rookie interior defensive lineman in 2019.
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Giants to interview Dave DeGuglielmo for OL coach position
DeGuglielmo began his his NFL coaching career with Giants
Aug 9, 2018; Seattle, WA, USA; Indianapolis Colts defensive line coach Dave DeGuglielmo reacts during a preseason game against the Seattle Seahawks at CenturyLink Field. The Colts defeated the Seahawks 19-17. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports (Kirby Lee)
The Giants will interview Dave DeGuglielmo for their vacant offensive line coach position on Tuesday, reports SNY's Ralph Vacchiano.
SNY reported last week that Big Blue had interest in DeGuglielmo.
DeGuglielmo began his NFL coaching career with the Giants in 2004 as their assistant offensive line coach and in an offensive quality control position. One of his two Super Bowl wins came during his tenure with the Giants in Super Bowl XLII when the Giants upset the undefeated Patriots, 17-14.
Former Giants DC Steve Spagnuolo headed to Super Bowl with Chiefs
Spagnuolo spent five seasons in New York, most recently working from 2015-17
Dec 31, 2017; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Giants interim head coach Steve Spagnuolo looks on from the field prior to the game against the the Washington Redskins at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports (Vincent Carchietta)
Steve Spagnuolo is back in the Super Bowl, and his return to the NFL's biggest stage is nothing short of remarkable given how he spent the 2018 season.
The two-time Giants defensive coordinator, nearing the completion of his first year in the same capacity with the Chiefs, helped Kansas City clinch the AFC Championship Game thanks to Sunday's 35-24 win over the Tennessee Titans.
While the Chiefs' offense gets the well-deserved shine, led by quarterback Patrick Mahomes and the skill players at the unit's disposal, Spagnuolo has guided Kansas City's quiet turnaround on defense throughout the 2019 campaign.
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Cowboys tight end Jason Witten could possibly join Jason Garrett with the Giants: report
Witten has played his entire 16-year career with Dallas
Dec 15, 2019; Arlington, TX, USA; Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten (82) prior to the game against the Los Angeles Rams at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports
Dallas Cowboys veteran tight end Jason Witten could possibly join former head coach Jason Garrett with the Giants, according to ESPN's Chris Mortensen.
Witten, 37, has played his entire 16-year career with the Cowboys. He briefly retired after the 2017 season to join ESPN's Monday Night Football as an analyst, but returned to play with the Cowboys for the 2019 season.
Mortensen added that since Witten is obviously familiar with Garrett's offense, he could be an ideal veteran presence to a young team.
Clemson linebacker Isaiah Simmons, a possibility for Giants with fourth pick, officially declares for NFL Draft
Simmons was nation's top linebacker in 2019
Jan 13, 2020; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Clemson Tigers linebacker Isaiah Simmons (11) reacts as he leaves the field after losing the College Football Playoff national championship game against the LSU Tigers at Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports (Mark J. Rebilas)
Clemson linebacker Isaiah Simmons announced on Saturday that he will forego his senior season and has declared for the 2020 NFL Draft.
"And now, it's time for me to take the next step in my journey," Simmons said in a statement he posted to his social media accounts. "Today, it is with great humility and gratitude that I announce that I will be declaring for the 2020 NFL Draft. While I am incredibly excited about the opportunities and challenged that await me, please know that a part of my heart will always remain here in Clemson, South Carolina."
Simmons, a 6-foot-4, 230-pound linebacker has seen his draft stock soar, particularly after a very strong performance in the National Championship game against LSU, a game in which he may have played himself into consideration for the Giants with the fourth overall pick.
Jason Garrett on joining Giants as offensive coordinator: 'It just felt right to me'
Former Cowboys coach discussed Joe Judge, Daniel Jones, and more
Jan 27, 2019; Orlando, FL, USA; NFC head coach Jason Garrett smiles prior to the game in the NFL Pro Bowl football game at Camping World Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports (Kim Klement)
On Friday, the Giants officially announced the hiring of Jason Garrett as the team's offensive coordinator under head coach Joe Judge.
Garrett joined the Giants Huddle podcast to discuss returning to the team he once played for, his initial conversations with Judge, and his opinion on Daniel Jones.
During his playing career, Garrett was a backup quarterback for the Giants from 2000-03, and now that he's back with Big Blue, he's excited to get to work with such a storied franchise.
Arrest warrant for former Giants WR Odell Beckham Jr. to be withdrawn
Officer involved in spanking incident is declining to pursue charges
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It appears Odell Beckham Jr.'s wild night following LSU's national championship victory won't land him in any trouble with the New Orleans Police Department after all.
On Thursday, the NOPD issued an arrest warrant for the former Giants wide receiver, accusing the wide receiver of simple battery on a police officer after he was caught spanking a member of the department in the LSU locker room following the game.
But ESPN reports that the officer has signed an affidavit saying that he does not want to pursue charges. The arrest warrant could be withdrawn as early as this weekend.
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Ryan Fitzpatrick has all the praise in the world for new Giants QB coach Jerry Schuplinski
Schuplinski was Dolphins assistant QB coach in 2019
Dec 29, 2019; Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA; Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick (14) throws against the New England Patriots during the second half at Gillette Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Winslow Townson-USA TODAY Sports (Winslow Townson)
Giants head coach Joe Judge certainly knew what he was getting when he brought in Jerry Schuplinski as his quarterbacks coach. The two coached together with the Patriots for six years from 2013-2018.
Schuplinski joined the Dolphins in 2019 as their assistant quarterbacks coach, where former Jet quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick was one of his charges. The 14-year NFL veteran was more than impressed with what he saw from him.
"I got to see it from two different sides," Fitzpatrick told The Post. "He had to talk to me, treat me and coach me a different way than maybe he had to treat young guys like Josh Rosen and Jake Rudock in our room. His ability to know who he was teaching and the way that guy learned - and adapt based on who he was talking with - is one of his huge strengths."
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Giants hire Burton Burns as running backs coach
Burns was Alabama's RB coach from 2007 until 2018
By Colin Martin | Jan 17 | 10:00PM
Nov 24, 2019; Chicago, IL, USA; A detailed view of the New York Giants helmet during the second half against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field. Mandatory Credit: Mike DiNovo-USA TODAY Sports (Mike Dinovo)
The Giants have hired Burton Burns as their new running backs coach, according to Alex Marvez of Sirius XM NFL Radio.
Burns, 67, was the associate head coach and running backs coach at Alabama from 2007 until 2018.
His ties to Giants head coach Joe Judge go back to Alabama, where Judge was a special teams assistant from 2009 to 2011.
7 things to know about Giants' new offensive coordinator Jason Garrett
Garrett played for the Giants from 2000-03
Dec 15, 2019; Arlington, TX, USA; Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett on the sidelines during the fourth quarter against the Los Angeles Rams at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports
The Giants added an experienced former head coach to Joe Judge's staff on Friday, hiring Jason Garrett as the team's offensive coordinator.
Giants fans likely know all about Garrett's tenure as Cowboys head coach, as he went 85-67 over 10 seasons with Dallas.
But here are some things you may not know about the Giants' new OC ...
- Garrett, 53, was born in Abington, PA. He spent time growing up in Ohio and New Jersey, before playing quarterback at Princeton University, where he majored in history. In 1988, Garrett was named the Ivy League Player of the Year.
Why Jason Garrett is an inspired choice to join Joe Judge's staff with Giants
Garrett is a perfect fit as Giants' OC
The Giants bosses thought enough of Jason Garrett that they planned to interview him for their head coaching job last week. They always knew he'd be tough to sell to their fan base, though.
Selling him as their new offensive coordinator is going to be a lot easier. And it makes much more sense.
Former Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett has agreed to become Giants' offensive coordinator
Garrett was 85-67 over 10 seasons with the Cowboys
Nov 17, 2019; Detroit, MI, USA; Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett smiles before the game against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports (Raj Mehta)
Former Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett has agreed to become the Giants offensive coordinator, SNY's Ralph Vacchiano has confirmed.
The news was first reported by ESPN's Ed Werder, and later made official by the team. The Giants also offically announced Patrick Graham as assistant head coach/defensive coordinator and Thomas McGaughey as special teams coordinator.
Garrett was let go by the Cowboys on Jan. 5 after going 85-67 over 10 seasons as the team's head coach, and his contract officially expired on January 14.
Sportsbook places odds on whether Odell Beckham Jr. will be sentenced to jail in 2020
Beckham was issued an arrest warrant for simple battery on a police officer
Jan 13, 2020; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; LSU Tigers former player Odell Beckham, Jr. in attendance before the College Football Playoff national championship game against the Clemson Tigers at Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports (Mark J. Rebilas)
On Thursday morning, the New Orleans Police Department confirmed to ESPN that an arrest warrant was issued to former Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., accusing him of simple battery of a police officer.
Beckham was in New Orleans on Monday night to attend the College Football Playoff National Championship, and was seen handing out money to LSU players while celebrating with the team after the game.
While celebrating with the team in the locker room, Beckham was also seen slapping a male police officer on the butt. And now some sportsbooks have released odds on Beckham being fined for battery or even being sentenced to jail time in 2020.
Former Giants head coach Ben McAdoo interviews with Panthers, Jaguars
McAdoo was Giants OC from 2014-2015 and head coach from 2016-2017
By Coby Green | Jan 17 | 10:22AM
Nov 19, 2017; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Giants head coach Ben McAdoo adjusts his headset during the second quarter against the Kansas City Chiefs at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports (Brad Penner)
Former Giants head coach Ben McAdoo has interviewed for with the Panthers and Jaguars this week as he looks to return to an NFL sideline for the first time since 2017.
The Athletic's Joe Person reported Thursday that new Panthers head coach Matt Rhule brought in McAdoo to interview for an unspecified role. Former LSU passing game coordinator Joe Brady has already been brought on as the new Carolina offensive coordinator.
However, according to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, McAdoo met with the Jaguars this week specifically about their offensive coordinator position. Jacksonville fired fromer OC John DeFilippo after one year with the team.
Latest on Giants' offensive coordinator search: Scott Linehan is in the mix
Joe Judge has wasted no time in assembling his staff
Sep 16, 2018; Arlington, TX, USA; Dallas Cowboys offensive coordinator Scott Linehan on the field before the game against the New York Giants at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports (Tim Heitman)
The Giants' search for assistants to fill out Joe Judge's staff is ongoing. Here's the latest on the offensive coordinator job...
Jan. 17, 8:45 AM:
Former Cowboys offensive coordinator Scott Linehan will be interviewing with the Giants this weekend, reports Chris Mortensen.
Darius Slayton reacts to Giants' hiring of Joe Judge
The rookie WR had 48 receptions for 740 yards and eight touchdowns in 2019
Dec 9, 2019; Philadelphia, PA, USA; New York Giants wide receiver Darius Slayton (86) runs for a touchdown past Philadelphia Eagles free safety Rodney McLeod (23) during the second quarter at Lincoln Financial Field. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports (Bill Streicher)
Darius Slayton had exactly the same reaction as almost everyone else when he heard the Giants new head coach was going to be Joe Judge.
"Yeah, I had not heard of him prior to the Giants hiring him," Slayton told SNY in an interview on Thursday. "But you know he's coming from a really good organization. Everybody I've heard speak about him has glowing things to say about him, so I'm sure he'll be a good guy for the job."
Tags: Daniel Jones, Darius Slayton, Evan Engram, Golden Tate, Saquon Barkley, Sterling Shepard, Ralph Vacchiano
New Orleans police issue arrest warrant for former Giants WR Odell Beckham Jr.
Beckham is being accused of simple battery of police officer
Odell Beckham Jr. (Mark J. Rebilas)
Odell Beckham Jr. is already in trouble with LSU and the NCAA for handing out wads of cash to players after the NCAA football championship on Monday night.
Now he's in trouble with police, too.
An arrest warrant was issued for the former Giants receiver on Thursday morning, the New Orleans Police Department confirmed to ESPN, accusing Beckham of simple battery of a police officer. The charge is based on a video that showed him slapping a male officer on the butt in LSU's post-game locker room.
Tags: Odell Beckham Jr., Ralph Vacchiano
Sources: Bills denied Giants permission to interview offensive coordinator Brian Daboll
Daboll has worked well with Bills QB Josh Allen
By Ralph Vacchiano | Jan 15 | 10:03PM
Oct 29, 2018; Orchard Park, NY, USA; Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll before a game against the New England Patriots at New Era Field. Mandatory Credit: Timothy T. Ludwig-USA TODAY Sports (Timothy T. Ludwig)
Joe Judge seems likely to hire an experienced offensive coordinator, and it might turn out to be Jason Garrett. But the new Giants coach had hoped to talk to Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll about the job first.
The 44-year-old Daboll, who was on the New England Patriots staff with Judge from 2013-16, was high atop Judge's wish list when he was hired by the Giants, multiple sources told SNY. The Giants requested permission for Judge to interview Daboll, the sources said, but that permission was denied by the Bills.
That wasn't surprising, considering it would've been a lateral move for Daboll, who was a big part of why the Bills finished 10-6 this past season and made the playoffs for just the second time in the last 20 years. He's also earned rave reviews for his work with second-year quarterback Josh Allen. Daboll was so highly regarded that he interviewed for the Cleveland Browns head coaching job last week, and was reportedly a "sleeper" candidate before they hired Vikings offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski instead.
LSU's Joe Burrow admits former Giants WR Odell Beckham Jr. was giving out real money to players
OBJ gave money to two Tiger juniors that haven't declared for 2020 NFL Draft
Former Giants WR Odell Beckham Jr. wants the media to leave him alone, yet he found himself in the spotlight yet again following the National Championship where his alma mater LSU Tigers came away victorious.
Beckham, who was joined by LSU and Browns teammate Jarvis Landry among other former Tigers players, was able to celebrate with the team on the field and in the locker room after the game. And during that celebration, Beckham was seen handing out cash to players as he shook their hands for winning the contest over Clemson.
LSU was quick to say the money was fake, but their Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Joe Burrow killed that claim during the latest episode of Barstool Sports' Pardon My Take.
Giants part ways with more Pat Shurmur staffers, including OLB coach Mike Dawson
DB coach Everett Withers, Off. assistant Ryan Roeder won't be retained either
A general view of a New York Giants helmet on the turf before the game against the Denver Broncos at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. (Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports)
The main news coming from the Giants facility Wednesday is that former Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett is in the building to interview for the offensive coordinator job, but that wasn't the only information coming out of East Rutherford.
The Giants let go of outside linebackers coach Mike Dawson, defensive backs coach Evertt Withers and offensive assistant Ryan Roeder, according to The Athletic's Dan Duggan. These coaches join the likes of tight ends coach Lunda Wells, inside linebackers coach Bill McGovern, and others as those who have left as new head coach Joe Judge builds his own staff.
The remaining coaches from Pat Shurmur's staff include running backs coach Craig Johnson, offensive line coach Hal Hunter, assistant offensive line coach Ben Wilkerson, defensive assistant Bobby Blick and special teams assistants Tom Quinn and Anthony Blevins.
George Young, who resurrected Giants franchise, elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame
As GM, Young brought the Giants Phil Simms, Lawrence Taylor, Carl Banks, and Bill Parcells
By Ralph Vacchiano | Jan 15 | 9:52AM
A general view of an NFL game between the New York Giants and Jacksonville Jaguars during the first half at MetLife Stadium. (Danny Wild)
The man who helped resurrect the Giants franchise and built their first two Super Bowl champions will finally take his long-overdue place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The late George Young, the general manager of the Giants in the 1980s and '90s, was selected to the Hall's special "Centennial Class" of 2020 on Wednesday morning. He was chosen by a "blue ribbon" panel as one of three "contributors" in what will be a monster, 20-person class when he's officially inducted later this year.
"George Young's career is the very definition of a Hall of Famer," said former Giants GM Ernie Accorsi, who was Young's assistant and later his successor. "There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think of George or something I learned from him. The only bittersweet part is that he's not here."
Wells' status was up in the air with Joe Judge still assembling his staff
Oct 15, 2017; Denver, CO, USA; A general view of a New York Giants helmet on the turf before the game against the Denver Broncos at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports (Isaiah J. Downing)
Giants tight ends coach Lunda Wells, whose status with the team was up in the air with new head coach Joe Judge still assembling his staff, is leaving to become the tight ends coach for the Cowboys, SNY's Ralph Vacchiano reported Wednesday.
The 36-year-old Wells had been with the Giants since 2012.
His first role with the Giants was as an offensive assistant in 2012. He then served as their assistant offensive line coach from 2013-2017 before becoming tight ends coach prior to the 2018 season.
Sources weigh in on who Joe Judge is considering for Giants' OC job
Could Jason Garrett have a Big Blue reunion? What does Mike Shula have to prove?
Jason Garrett/Mike Shula
The Giants have given new head coach Joe Judge the freedom to choose his own assistants, though his bosses have certainly made their preference for an experienced staff clear. John Mara even said publicly that "having experienced people on both sides of the ball is going to be critical," and that an assistant with head coaching experience "would be great," too.
Judge didn't meet that criteria when he hired Patrick Graham as his defensive coordinator. That's why his next big hire -- offensive coordinator -- will be so interesting to watch.
There are many experienced candidates available for the 38-year-old Judge, including a few that sources say he is considering. It's unknown whom he plans to hire, or if he feels any pressure to bring in someone with head coaching experience. But it's expected that his choice will become clear by the end of the week.
Sources: New Giants DC Patrick Graham will also be their assistant head coach
One former Giants player called Graham a 'commanding leader' and a 'big presence'
Patrick Graham (Mark Hoffman)
Patrick Graham isn't just going to be the Giants' defensive coordinator. He's going to be their assistant head coach, too.
The 40-year-old has been given both those titles by new Giants head coach Joe Judge, according to multiple sources. That's not only a sign of the respect Judge has for his new top assistant, but it also explains why he wasn't blocked from leaving his job as defensive coordinator of the Miami Dolphins. They couldn't block Graham from leaving for a job that is technically a promotion.
Graham also will likely get a raise over the normal salary for a defensive coordinator, though the terms of his deal with the Giants were not available. It's also unclear what other duties Judge will give his "assistant head coach."
The 17th overall pick proved to be a solid interior force this season
Sep 22, 2019; Tampa, FL, USA; New York Giants defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence (97) celebrates after sacking Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston (not pictured) during the second half at Raymond James Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports (Kim Klement)
The Pro Football Writers of America have released their All-Rookie Team for the 2019-20 season, and one Giant has made the list.
DL Dexter Lawrence, the 17th overall pick by New York in the 2019 NFL Draft, has made the cut after a solid rookie season.
Lawrence was actually Pro Football Focus' top-graded rookie after the first six weeks. He had totaled two sacks, a forced fumble and two tackles for loss in those contests.
Did Clemson's Isaiah Simmons play his way into Giants' 2020 NFL Draft plans Monday night?
The versatile Tigers linebacker boosted his draft stock in the National Championship
Jan 13, 2020; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Clemson Tigers linebacker Isaiah Simmons (11) in the College Football Playoff national championship game at Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Mandatory Credit: John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports (John David Mercer)
The LSU Tigers may have been crowned national champions down in New Orleans Monday night, but Clemson LB Isaiah Simmons was also a winner in terms of draft stock.
And that stock might have boosted all the way up to the Giants at No. 4.
Simmons was electric for Clemson's defense, setting the tone early by getting to LSU's Heisman Trophy-winning QB Joe Burrow. Overall, he had seven tackles -- two for loss -- a sack, and two passes defended.
Tags: Alec Ogletree, Scott Thompson
Giants won't bring back LB coach Bill McGovern, DL coach Gary Emanuel
Freddie Roach steps in for Emanuel, but who will McGovern's replacement be?
Oct 15, 2017; Denver, CO, USA; New York Giants linebackers coach Bill McGovern before the game against the Denver Broncos at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports (Isaiah J. Downing)
The Giants will not be bringing back linebackers coach Bill McGovern or defensive line coach Gary Emanuel next season, per The Post's Ryan Dunleavy.
Moving on from Emanuel was a given after new head coach Joe Judge brought on Ole Miss defensive line coach Freddie Roach on Monday. This will be his first NFL coaching job after spending time with Alabama along with Ole Miss, which is how the two coaches have a connection.
As for McGovern, it does make sense to get a breath of fresh air at linebackers coach. This unit has been sub-par for a few years now, and Judge recognized that. New defensive coordinator Patrick Graham also has a history as a linebackers coach.
Blueprint for how the Giants should handle their important 2020 offseason
Dave Gettleman and Joe Judge have a 'daunting task' ahead of them as they prepare for an organizational rebuild
Now that the Giants have finally conceded they really are rebuilding, new head coach Joe Judge faces what John Mara called "a daunting task." And that's not just because he's a 38-year-old, first-time head coach, either.
It's because the Giants went 9-23 over the last two years and could look very different by the time they hit the field for the start of next season. They do have a few good, young pieces to build around, but the reality is they still have plenty of holes.
To fill them, both Judge and GM Dave Gettleman swear it'll be a "collaborative" effort -- that they'll work together, and that their philosophy on how to build an "old school" team is already perfectly aligned. That remains to be seen, of course. But in case they need any help in getting started, here's a blueprint for them to quickly make the Giants a contender again:
Tags: Alec Ogletree, B.J. Hill, Dalvin Tomlinson, Dexter Lawrence, Kevin Zeitler, Leonard Williams, Markus Golden, Nate Solder, Ryan Connelly, Will Hernandez, Ralph Vacchiano
Giants expected to hire QB coach Jerry Schuplinski, who helped mold Jimmy Garoppolo
Schuplinski was on the same Patriots staff as Giants head coach Joe Judge from 2013-18
Nov 12, 2017; Denver, CO, USA; New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) talks with assistant quarterbacks coach Jerry Schuplinski before the game against the Denver Broncos at Sports Authority Field at Mile High. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports (Isaiah J. Downing)
Jerry Schuplinski is expected to be hired as the Giants' new quarterbacks coach, reports Mike Garafolo of the NFL Network.
Schuplinski coached with the Patriots during the same time as new Giants head coach Joe Judge. From 2013-18, he first served as an offensive assistant and then as their assistant quarterbacks coach.
He spent the 2019 season with the Dolphins as their assistant quarterbacks coach.
Roach coached on the same staff as Joe Judge at Alabama
The Giants are hiring Freddie Roach to be their defensive line coach, SNY's Ralph Vacchiano confirmed.
This will be Roach's first NFL coaching job. He served as the defensive line coach at Ole Miss for the last three seasons.
Roach has also coached at Alabama, with his time there overlapping new Giants head coach Joe Judge's tenure there as a special teams assistant from 2009-2011.
How Joe Judge almost missed his Giants head coach interview
Judge was introduced last Thursday as New York's new leader
Before he was ultimately hired by the Giants as head coach, Joe Judge nearly missed his interview for the job.
Judge opened up on his hectic process, interviewing with Mississippi State before he did the same for the Giants, in Peter King's Football Morning in America column.
Upon interviewing with the Giants last Monday morning, Judge got off at the wrong train station.
Jaguars fire John DeFilippo, adding potential candidate to Giants' offensive coordinator search
DeFilippo began his NFL coaching career with the Giants
John DeFilippo (Kirby Lee)
As the Giants continue their search for a new offensive coordinator, the Jaguars have fired OC John DeFilippo, adding another potential candidate to the pool Big Blue was already considering.
The firing of DeFilippo was first reported by Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero of NFL Network.
According to Rapoport, the firing came as a surprise.
Graham's coaching journey started in New York
Patrick Graham, right, who coached linebackers the past two years, is the new Giants defensive line coach. Graham is pictured with Pats defensive coordiantor Matt Patricia. (Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports) (Jim Dedmon)
New Giants head coach Joe Judge wasted no time in getting a key hire added to his coaching staff Sunday, when he reportedly brought Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Patrick Graham aboard for the same position with New York.
Graham, who turns 41 on Jan. 24, joins Judge just three days after the Giants introduced the former New England Patriots assistant.
The two coached together under longtime Patriots head coach Bill Belichick from 2012-15, but perhaps Graham's Giants ties make for the more intriguing aspect of Judge's move to bring him on to run the defense.
Graham's Dolphins defense was ranked 30th in the NFL last season
The most important hire Joe Judge will make for his new Giants coaching staff will be his offensive coordinator, who will be entrusted with the development of franchise quarterback Daniel Jones. Perhaps nobody will end up being more important to the long-term success of the franchise.
His new defensive coordinator, though, could come close.
Patrick Graham, who spent last year as the Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator, will get that job with the Giants, a source confirmed, and will be entrusted with the growth of a very young and incredibly underachieving defense. That unit has been the real Achilles heel of the Giants the last three years, including two ugly seasons under outgoing defensive coordinator James Bettcher.
Former Giants HC Pat Shurmur expected to be next Broncos offensive coordinator
Broncos move quick to get Drew Lock a new play caller
Dec 15, 2019; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Giants head coach Pat Shurmur coaches against the Miami Dolphins during the third quarter at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
Former Giants head coach Pat Shurmur is expected to be the next offensive coordinator of the Denver Broncos, NFL Network's Mike Garafolo reported and SNY's Ralph Vacchiano confirmed.
SNY sources say Shurmur had several options, but the Broncos made a big push because they really wanted an experienced play-caller.
The Vikings, Browns and Bears had reported interest in Shurmur, but it look like he'll be heading to Denver.
The latest on the Giants defensive coordinator search: New York hires Patrick Graham
Who will lead the Giants defense under Joe Judge?
The Giants are searching for their next defensive coordinator under Joe Judge. Here is the latest on potential candidates for the job...
The Giants are hiring former Miami Dolphins DC Patrick Graham for their defensive coordinator role, according to NFL Network's Tom Pelissero.
Graham becomes Joe Judge's first big hire as head coach. The Dolphins are reportedly expected to promote cornerbacks coach Josh Boyer to DC.
Source: Former Giants head coach Pat Shurmur expected to be Vikings OC candidate
Shurmur may see a look from the Browns as well
Dec 15, 2019; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Giants head coach Pat Shurmur coaches against the Miami Dolphins during the second quarter at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
With Vikings OC Kevin Stefanski accepting the Browns' head coach position on Sunday, former Giants head coach Pat Shurmur could be finding his way back to Minnesota next season.
SNY's Ralph Vacchiano is hearing from a source that Shurmur is expected to be a candidate to fill Stefanski's role as the team's offensive coordinator. It's the same role that he held with the Vikings in 2017 before he became the Giants' head coach.
If Shurmur were to return to an offensive coordinator job after serving as a head coach, it would be the second time he's done so. He joined the Browns in 2011 as their new head coach, but would only last two seasons. He, then, went to Philadelphia to become the Eagles' offensive coordinator for three seasons.
Joe Judge to keep Tyke Tolbert as Giants WR coach
Tolbert joined Giants under Pat Shurmur
Giants head coach Joe Judge is getting his roster of coaches together on his staff, but at least one will be an in-house hire.
According to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, the Giants will retain wide receivers coach Tyke Tolbert under Judge.
Former Giants coach Pat Shurmur brought Tolbert to the Giants in 2018 when he was first hired by the team.
Giants' RB Saquon Barkley is changing his offsesaon approach this year
"I took off last year. I'm not taking off this year," Barkley said
Nov 24, 2019; Chicago, IL, USA; New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley (26) runs in the second against Chicago Bears cornerback Kyle Fuller (23) at Soldier Field. Mandatory Credit: Quinn Harris-USA TODAY Sports (Quinn Harris)
After a combined nine wins in his first two NFL seasons, there's no doubt Saquon Barkley wants to help lead the Giants out of the rut in which they're currently stuck.
After a rookie season which saw him lead the league with 2028 yards from scrimmage, the Penn State product finished the season with 1003 rushing yards, despite missing three games with an ankle injury.
That injury was initially expected to keep him out for longer, but Barkley wowed the Giants medical team to return much faster than anticipated.
Tags: Saquon Barkley
Giants co-owner John Mara discusses Eli manning's potential future within the organization
Manning has been with the Giants for his entire 16 year career
The 2019 season was widely expected to be the final one in Eli Manning's career, but the 16-year veteran quarterback has yet to make a decision on his future and has left the door open to possibly coming back.
Giants co-owner John Mara spoke to WFAN early Friday morning and said that although Manning's role as starting quarterback is over (with the ascension of Daniel Jones), there are still other options available for him to stick around.
"I haven't closed any doors on that," Mara said about Manning finding another role within the organization during an appearance on WFAN's Moose and Maggie Show. "Eli came to see me a few days ago, and we had a nice, long talk, but I don't think he's fully decided yet what he wants to do. And I've told him just take his time, think about it some more and then come back and see me again."
Tags: Daniel Jones, Eli Manning
Giants gave head coach Joe Judge a five-year deal: Report
Judge was introduced on Thursday at MetLife Stadium
New head coach Joe Judge's contract with the Giants is for five years, reports Adam Schefter of ESPN.
The financial details of the contract have not yet been reported.
Judge, 38, was introduced on Thursday at MetLife Stadium, with John Mara saying Judge's interview was perhaps the best he's ever been a part of and Judge following that introduction with an intense and at times riveting press conference.
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Man United beating Tottenham to complete this £40m deal would set them up for the title challenge next season
by Rohan Sengupta February 2, 2019, 1:45 pm
Why Man United should beat Tottenham to sign David Brooks in the summer
According to a report from the Sun, Bournemouth are planning to offer David Brooks a new improved contract to ward off interest from Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.
David Brooks, 21, joined Bournemouth from Sheffield United last summer, signing a four-year deal with the club and he has been a revelation this season. Although Callum Wilson, Ryan Fraser and Nathan Ake have earned plenty of plaudits for the Cherries’ rise this season, the Welshman has also played a crucial role for Eddie Howe’s side.
The 21-year-old attacker has scored six goals and supplied four assists in 22 Premier League games. And it didn’t come as a surprise to see the likes of Manchester United and Tottenham already attracted to David Brooks, willing to pay around £40million in the summer.
Clearly, David Brooks fits the profile at both clubs but it’s Manchester United who are in more need of the player than Tottenham.
Interim manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has managed to revive Manchester United’s season after replacing Jose Mourinho in December 2018. Under Solskjaer, United have won eight out of nine games across all competitions and now lie just two points off the top four.
It once looked as if the Reds would never be able to come closer to top four but Solskjaer has brought the feel-good factor at Old Trafford and ignited a never-say-die attitude amongst the players. The players have also responded very well, with the likes of Marcus Rashford, Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial currently playing at the top of their potential.
Amongst United’s array of attacking players, Juan Mata is out of contract at the end of the season and although the club has offered him a one-year contract extension, he is yet to sign the deal. The Spaniard is a remarkably intelligent footballer, but his game time has become more and more limited at United since Solskjaer’s arrival at the club.
Truth be told, Mata doesn’t fit Solskjaer’s high-octane, exciting brand of football and United would do well to allow the playmaker to leave the club in the summer, even if it means for free.
In fact, the club needs to be organised as well as shrewd in their transfer dealings going forward and they could do a brilliant job by landing David Brooks as a replacement for the ageing Mata in the summer.
David Brooks is a sublime talent and is currently thriving under Eddie Howe at Bournemouth. It would be a risk for United to spend on a youngster after just a season in the top-flight and there are certain parts of his game that still needs improving but the makings of a top player are already there.
Read more: Well done Man United – Signing this 16-year-old French prodigy for just £90,000 will turn out to be a top move in the future
Hence, United must not hesitate to splash the cash on the Welsh star and make him one of their priorities in the summer.
Written by Rohan Sengupta
Hi, I am Rohan Sengupta from one of the busiest cities in India, Mumbai. A Journalism graduate with a keen interest in sports, football is something I simply cannot live without and writing, discussing and analyzing the game is what I do 24*7.
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Magnus is a fun-loving little chap who likes nothing more than playing Minecraft, Pokemon and card games with his older brother and friends. He particularly likes dressing up as a Viking warrior!
But Magnus also has high-risk neuroblastoma, an aggressive childhood cancer that has less than a 10% chance of survival if the cancer returns.
The Mighty Magnus Appeal is asking for your help to raise £225,000 so Magnus can continue to access a clinical trial in New York that will aim to reduce the chances of his neuroblastoma coming back. The treatment is not available on the NHS.
“We really hope Magnus can continue to receive this treatment. We want to do everything we can to try and keep his cancer at bay,” say parents Kate and Sandy.
Magnus’ story
Just before Christmas 2017, Magnus went into his local hospital in excruciating pain. He had in the prior weeks complained of aching in his hip and had been checked for appendicitis, but on this occasion something much worse awaited.
A large tumour was found in his abdomen and tests confirmed that he had high-risk (stage 4) neuroblastoma. The disease had already spread to his bones and bone marrow and urgent treatment needed to start immediately.
Kate recalls: “Sitting with Magnus and a radiologist whilst she undertook the ultrasound that found the tumour felt like watching a film. The reality of being told your child has a life-threatening illness is not something your brain can readily accept. It’s completely overwhelming.”
The following 18 months have seen more medical procedures and hospital stays than anyone should reasonably have to endure in a lifetime, let alone this cheeky seven-year-old. He has undergone almost endless chemotherapy, radiotherapy and a lengthy operation. It has made up his neuroblastoma frontline treatment in the UK, although unfortunately there have been complicating side-effects.
The treatment left Magnus unable to eat properly and for several months he needed to be fed straight into his blood via a tube. He now has a tube in place which allows feeding straight into the stomach and jejunum. Other chronic problems have included mobility problems, which left him needing regular use of a wheelchair, and he has had hearing aids fitted because of the damage caused by the chemotherapy.
Courage through cancer
Yet Magnus has displayed immense courage in the face of so much going on in his life and retains a lovely sense of humour. His fighting spirit has inspired the ‘Mighty Magnus’ campaign, based on his love of Vikings, which has been adopted by the local Northampton community as they have rallied round to support him.
Magnus' dad says: ”I have witnessed so much stoicism and endurance from Magnus and the other children on oncology wards over the past 18 months, true Viking characteristics. He has had an unbelievably difficult time but keeps going despite it all.”
But more help is now needed – his young age at diagnosis and the fact the disease spread to two metastatic sites puts Magnus at a higher risk of relapse.
Magnus’ fundraising campaign
His parents were desperate for him to access the Bivalent Vaccine clinical trial at the world-renowned Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital in New York after the completion of his NHS treatment in May 2019, and Magnus has already started the treatment.
This treatment is going to cost £225,000, consisting of seven vaccines over the course of one year, and aims to reduce the chances of his cancer coming back, giving Magnus potentially his best chance at living cancer-free. His family need to raise the funds so he can complete the treatment.
There are many ways you can help Magnus: by making a personal donation; holding a fundraising event; getting sponsored to take on a challenge; or simply by following and sharing Magnus’ story through his Facebook page, Twitter profile.
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King Buffalo announce new EP “Dead Star”; tour dates
King Buffalo has announced their 4th EP Dead Star to be released March 20th, as well as tour dates to support the album.
Dead Star is a whopper of an EP clocking in at 36 minutes spread across 6 tracks. Evolving textures, spacey electronic elements, heavy guitars and drums all meld together into one beautiful, atmospheric record.
Motorpsycho tour goodies and new Spidergawd 7″
Merry Christmas indeed! We’ve got some exciting new items for you to finish up the year: two tour exclusive releases from Motorpsycho and a brand new Spidergawd 7″.
First up is The Light Fantastic, which Motorpsycho self-released for their last tour. It’s a 10-song album made up of rare tracks and several unreleased ones as well. This record also comes with a unique Connoisseur’s Catalog, Read more…
Gold and Silver – Azurite and Malachite reissue available now!
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Grotto – Lantern of Gius out TODAY!
Today’s the day! We’re proud to unveil Grotto’s new record Lantern of Gius. Since it’s two very long songs – one per side – we couldn’t give you all a fitting preview, but you can now listen to the album in full on all digital platforms and grab the beautiful 180 gr. gold vinyl or CD in our webstore!
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BenFred: Baseball rights a wrong by sending Simmons to Cooperstown
Former Cardinals catcher Ted Simmons buttons a Hall of Fame jersey next to Hall of Fame President Tim Mead on Dec. 9. (AP Photo)
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SAN DIEGO — Ted Simmons said time and time again here Monday that he could not begin to adequately describe this feeling.
Honestly, he came pretty close.
With his ticket finally punched for the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Simba let us walk alongside him as he retraced his long and winding path to Cooperstown.
There was that dead end that finally dissolved. There was disappointment, quadrupled. And then, finally, there was … well, let him say it.
“It’s like Niagara Falls,” Simmons said. “The weight of the world has just lifted. And you just go, ‘I can't believe it.’ Relief. Complete and total relief.”
Simmons' 25-year wait will end in glorious fashion when he gives his Cooperstown acceptance speech in July. If Monday was any indication, it's going to be something. Simmons captured a Winter Meetings crowd with a simple Q&A.
You could not help but toss and turn as he described the wrestling match he had been trapped in as he reversed between complete satisfaction with his stellar 21-year playing career, and this impossible-to-ignore longing for baseball’s highest honor.
You ached as he retraced the stories of the painful rejections. Simmons went one-and-done on the ballot voted upon by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America Hall of Fame. As in, one appearance, then done with appearances. He received just 3.7 percent support in 1994, dropping him from future consideration from the writers. Three times after that, different veterans’ elections took a pass. He missed baseball immortality by a single veterans’ committee vote in 2017.
“When you're waiting it out, it's just plain excruciating,” Simmons said. “Until the call comes, it's painful. You keep saying to yourself, ‘I can't really want that this bad. I just can't really want it this bad, can I?’ And you keep answering the question in the affirmative: ‘Yes, I can want it this bad.’”
As Simmons described the Sunday night phone call that informed him the veterans' committee had voted in his favor, you came about as close as possible to feeling that sensation he has been trying to put into words ever since. The news he desired for two and a half decades was immediately shared in two calls of his own. To both of his sons. He soon had family celebrating in St. Louis, San Francisco and Sydney, Australia.
"Everything that's gone on in the past is all part of it,” Simmons said. “It's all a good part of it. It was supposed to happen just like this, and it happened just like this. I couldn't be happier and wouldn't change. I wouldn't change anything. Not one thing.”
Every person who took a moment Monday to walk in Simmons' shoes should be thrilled for a 70-year-old Cardinals Hall of Famer and his family.
The news should delight anyone who, like both Simmons and his accomplishments, has advanced along with America's pastime.
Those complaining about Simmons’ induction — and there are some, somehow – should stand down.
The argument they are clinging to is a flawed.
Simmons becoming the first Hall of Famer to recover from falling off the first writers' ballot he appeared on is not an example of big-hall politics spoiling the standard. It's about fixing an error. The correction was overdue.
"We know there are anomaly years, and things can happen, and things can fall between the cracks," Jane Forbes Clark, chair of the board of directors of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum said Monday, with Simmons seated to her left. "That's what we are looking for. We're always looking for the player that has fallen between the cracks."
Simmons doesn't just fit the definition. His picture is next to it in the dictionary.
The forgettable Cardinals teams he carried during the 1970s limited his national exposure and kept him from the postseason spotlight. He was punished because he was born not long after Johnny Bench and Carlton Fisk, and not too much before Gary Carter. This, of course, was wrong. That became clearer by the day, as so many days went by without catchers like Bench, Fisk, Simmons and Carter.
Simmons, who has been a part of Major League Baseball in some capacity since he debuted as an 18-year-old Cardinal in 1968, has grown with the game, updating his view of it as he transitioned from playing fields to various front-office roles.
He adapted, modernized, advanced.
His case for Cooperstown, strengthened as more emphasis was put on important statistics like on-base percentage and Wins Above Replacement, did the exact same thing. A once-dormant discussion found new life. It then became impossible to ignore.
The eight-time All-Star switch-hitter for the Cardinals, Brewers and Braves averaged over .300 in seven of his seasons.
He hit 20-plus home runs six times and drove in 90-plus runs eight times.
Simmons' 50.3 career Wins Above Replacement makes him one of nine at the position with a 50-plus WAR. The other eight are in the Hall of Fame, along with 10 who have WAR totals that can't match Simmons'.
Between his first All-Star season in 1972 and his eighth in 1983, here’s where Simmons' numbers ranked among all major leaguers during that span: 1,888 hits (fifth), 373 doubles (fourth), 212 home runs (22nd), 1,091 RBIs (tied with Reggie Jackson for first).
Between 1972 and 1980, Simmons was the only catcher who cracked the top-three among his position-playing peers in the following three categories: average (.300, first), on-base percentage (.369, second) and slugging percentage (.471, third). His on-base plus slugging percentage of .840 tied Bench’s for best at their position during that eight-year stretch.
He accomplished these things while ranking fifth among catchers during his career in games started (1,687) and innings spent behind the plate (15,092.1).
“People looked at his body of work, what he accomplished as a player,” said special assistant to the Reds and former Cardinals general manager Walt Jocketty, a member of the veterans’ committed that voted in Simmons. “Start with his offensive numbers. He played one of the toughest positions. Good defensive catcher. Good with handling pitching staffs. That was all discussed. There are a couple of guys that spoke up for him that knew him well. That helped a lot. In my mind, going into it, I thought he was definitely worthy.”
Another committee member familiar with the scorching Midwest heat pointed out something others often overlooked. Simmons spent the bulk of his career playing a punishing position in often punishing weather on the punishing turf of Busch Stadium II.
“It would be 130 (degrees) on the turf in a day game, and he’s catching,” George Brett exclaimed. “If I went three-for-four, I would lose nine pounds. You never stop sweating. Teddy Simmons could go oh-for-four, catching, and lose 12.”
You get the point, but it’s worth remembering how rarely Simmons finished a game without reaching base.
“He’s a switch-hitter who didn’t strike out,” Brett said. “A couple of years he had more walks than strikeouts."
It was actually nine seasons with more walks than strikeouts, including a stretch of eight consecutive between 1973 and 1980. Simmons finished his career with 161 more walks (855) than strikeouts (694). He never struck out more than 57 times in a season.
Simmons, now a scout for Atlanta, can speak to how rare that has become in today's game. It's a big reason Simmons gets much more appreciation these days. Funny how that works.
“Natural evolution,” Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak called it. “He (Simmons) grew up in a game that maybe isn’t looked at in the same way today. The set of lenses he sees it through now, he obviously appreciates what he did as a player. And he should.”
Simmons had told himself time and time again that his story would not be defined by missing or making Cooperstown. But as the vote neared, so did a familiar and uncomfortable dread.
"The anxiety, you know, begins about a month ago, and then it just starts building," Simmons admitted. "Before long it's preoccupied every thought you've got."
It took Niagara Falls to wash the worry away. Ecstasy took its place.
Up there on the stage, Simmons took his new navy cap and curled the bill twice before pulling it over his now silver hair.
He tucked one shoulder into the cream-colored uniform, then the other, savoring each button.
“How does it look?” he asked the room.
1971: Ted Simmons
St. Louis Cardinals' Ted Simmons is shown in St. Petersburg, Fla., Feb. 1971. (AP Photo/Harry Harris)
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FILE PHOTO -- 8/29/1971 -- In bruising action at Busch Stadium, catcher Ted Simmons keeps Cincinnati Red's Dave Concepcion from scoring by blocking the plate and sending him sprawling. Photo by Wayne Crosslin/ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH.
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In the thick of a pennant race, Al Hrabosky's "Mad Hungarian" schtick ignites a memorable Cards-Cubs brawl that pits Ted Simmons against Bill Madlock in the main event in 1974. PHOTO COURTESY ST. LOUIS CARDINALS
Ted Simmons bobbles the ball on a play at the plate during the 1975 season. Photo by Wayne Crosslin of the Post-Dispatch.
Houston Astros Cesar Cedeno grabs St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Al Hrabosky in a strangle hold after being hit by a pitch during the ninth inning, Friday, May 6, 1977, St. Louis, Mo. Astros coach Bob Lillis, left, grabs at Cedeno as Cardinals catcher Ted Simmons moves in on him. Cards Keith Hernandez (37) and Ken Reitz rush in for action. Al settled down and the Cardinals won 4-1. (AP Photo)
Umpire Jim Quick gives Cardinals catcher Ted Simmons the thumb after Simmons overextended his appeal on a ball-strike call in the eighth inning Wednesday, Aug. 16, 1978. Post-Dispatch file
Cardinals catcher Ted Simmons lines a hit during a 1978 game against the Mets at Busch Stadium II. (Post-Dispatch file photo)
St. Louis Cardinals' Ted Simmons hits his seventh inning grand slam homer, his second home run of the night, bringing in the sixth of this seven RBIs in the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, in Pittsburgh, Sept. 26, 1980. Cards beat the Pirates 10-2. (AP Photo/Gene Puskar)
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Ted Simmons of the Brewers awaits a pitch from Cardinals hurler Bob Forsch during a workout at Maryville College in July 1981 during the baseball strike. J.B. Forbes photo
Milwaukee Brewers catcher Ted Simmons, center, turns and gives the number one sign to the crowd as he and Brewers shortstop Jim Gantner, left, leave the field after winning a World Series game, Saturday, Oct. 16, 1982, Milwaukee, Wi. The Brewers won the game, 7-5, to tie the Series with St. Louis. (AP Photo)
Former Cardinals catcher Ted Simmons throws out the ceremonial first pitch of Game 2 of the National League Division Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. Photo by J. B. Forbes, jforbes@post-dispatch.com
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Cardinal Hall of Famers Ted Simmons, Bruce Sutter and Whitey Herzog attend funeral services for Albert "Red" Schoendienst at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis on Friday, June 15, 2018. Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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Ted Simmons, a member of the Cardinals' Hall of Fame. waves to fans during opening-day festivities on Friday, April 5, 2019 at Busch Stadium. (Colter Peterson, Post-Dispatch file photo)
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Monthly 651-1000cc engine motorcycle sales in the United Kingdom (UK) 2016-2019
Published by N. Sönnichsen, Feb 8, 2019
This statistic shows the total number of 651-1000cc engine motorcycles sold in the United Kingdom (UK) between January 2016 to January 2019. As with other vehicles, sales tend to spike in March and September due to the release of new registrations. This also explains the lower sales in February.
651-1000cc motorcycle engine monthly sales in the United Kingdom from January 2016 to January 2019
Jan '19 972
Dec '18 1,049
Nov '18 1,187
Oct '18 1,599
Sep '18 3,181
Aug '18 1,546
Jul '18 2,316
Jun '18 3,618
May '18 3,115
Apr '18 2,229
Mar '18 3,891
Feb '18 592
Dec '17 965
Jun ´16 3,370
Jan '16 1,026
January 2016 to January 2019
* Figures for previous months provided by the source.
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Motorcycle road practical tests taken in Great Britain (UK) 2017/18
Motorcycle practical road test pass rates in Great Britain (UK) 2017/2018
Motorcycle MOT: reasons for failure in Great Britain (UK) 2007-2019
Monthly 126-650cc engine motorcycle sales in the United Kingdom (UK) 2016-2018
Monthly 0-50cc engine motorcycle sales in the United Kingdom (UK) 2014-2018
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Monthly BMW motorcycle sales in the United Kingdom (UK) 2016-2018
Electric quadricycle models ranked by number of registrations in Spain in 2017
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The Motorcycle Industry Association. (February 7, 2019). 651-1000cc motorcycle engine monthly sales in the United Kingdom from January 2016 to January 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 22, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/312469/651-1000cc-engine-motorcycles-sold-in-the-united-kingdom/
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Chinese Counterfeit Coin Dealer Actually Sent to 3 Year's Jail!
There's a newspaper report that's just hit the press stating that a dealer in Nanjing (China) has just been sentenced to 3 years jail for selling counterfeit coins.The China Daily online newspaper describes the situation as being about a Nanjing citizen surnamed Qin, who sold 110 counterfeit ancient Chinese coins at 400 yuan each, claiming they were unearthed from a construction site. Qin pleaded not guilty, presumably based on the premise that anyone looking to buy coins in China has clearly lost their marbles anyway!
If that description sounds a little outlandish, several experts are quoted in the above article as saying: "as many as half of antiques dealers would face jail terms in China if the country punishes them using current laws for common businesses, and more astonishingly, Professor Yang Jingrong, a pottery expert at the Forbidden City, said during an interview with the Beijing Morning News that 95 percent of all articles on the (Chinese) antiques market were fakes."
Since this case involves coins produced for the domestic Chinese antique market, I don't see any easing up in the number of counterfeit Aussie pre-decimal coins that are made in China and now being offered on eBay - most of the coins in this list will have been recently struck counterfeits from mainland China.
The moral of the story is that if you're in China and someone offers you a 1930 penny, you might want to think twice before getting your McDonald's book out to work out how much you're going to offer him!
Category: The Fine Art of Numismatics
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Tablo Delivers Live & Recorded OTA TV to Amazon Fire TV & Android TV Set-Top-Boxes
04/08/2015 - by Nuvyyo
Live Preview of Redesigned Roku Interface Also Now Available
OTTAWA—April 7, 2015 — Nuvyyo today announced public availability of brand new apps on two popular set-top-box platforms: Amazon Fire TV and Android TV as well as the live preview of its much-anticipated redesigned channel for Roku. These additions and improvements support Tablo’s mission to provide the best live and recorded Over-the-Air (OTA) HDTV experience on every screen in the home.
Tablo’s new apps for Amazon Fire TV and Android TV streaming set-top-boxes (like the Asus Nexus Player) provide two additional streaming media player options for Tablo customers who wish to enjoy live and recorded Over-the-Air content on their big screen TVs. These new Tablo apps will also include access to Tablo’s settings screen and ‘Tablo Connect’ feature, meaning once paired with Tablo on its home network, the player will be able to access Tablo, live TV and recordings anywhere you have internet.
For consumers enjoying Tablo content through Roku set-top-boxes, a live preview of Tablo’s new Roku interface is available for download as a private channel. The new Tablo channel for Roku is custom-designed to have the same beautiful Netflix-style look and feel as Tablo’s mobile and web apps, including an all-new live TV grid guide.
During the first stage of the live preview, users will be able to:
Browse and set recordings coming in the next 24 hours via the Live TV grid guide
Watch live TV (including pause & rewind)
Browse and watch recordings (including pause, rewind and fast forward)
Delete recordings
Over the coming months the following features will be added:
Browse and set recordings for upcoming TV, Movies and Sports occurring in the next 14 days
View scheduled recordings
When the updated Roku app reaches feature parity with the existing app, the current public channel will be retired in favor of the new interface.
“Over the last year we’ve built a solid base of Tablo apps for mobile devices and PCs so we felt 2015 was the time to expand our focus to the big screen experience,” said Grant Hall, CEO at Nuvyyo. “As cord cutting accelerates and consumers turn to OTA TV, these new apps will bring the same beautiful Tablo user interface to living rooms across North America.”
Links to all Tablo apps are available at www.TabloTV.com/apps.
About Nuvyyo
Nuvyyo, based in Ottawa, Canada, was founded in 2010 with the vision of reinventing the home media experience in the post-PC era for consumers in the U.S. and Canada. Building on its first mobile media streaming system, the company has launched Tablo, the OTA DVR system that combines the functionality of a DVR with the convenience and mobility of software apps, making it easy to discover, watch and record free over-the-air (OTA) HDTV anywhere, anytime, on any device. For more information, visit www.tablotv.com.
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Top 10 Cell Science News Stories of 2019
List Dec 11, 2019 | By Anna MacDonald, Science Writer, Technology Networks
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2019 has been an exciting year for cell science. In this list, we look at ten of the most-read news stories published on Technology Networks this year.
3D Heart Printed Using Patient's Own Tissue
Researchers from Tel Aviv University “printed” the world’s first 3D engineered heart using a patient’s own cells and biological materials. Importantly, the breakthrough saw success in printing vasculature, and the heart matched the immunological and cellular properties of the patient.
"This is the first time anyone anywhere has successfully engineered and printed an entire heart replete with cells, blood vessels, ventricles and chambers," said Professor Tal Dvir of TAU's School of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology in a press release detailing the work.
Published in: Advanced Science
Cinnamon Vape Flavor Most Damaging to Cells in Stem Cell Model
Human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived endothelial cells were used by researchers from the University of Arizona College of Medicine, the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute to assess endothelial integrity after exposure to flavored e-cigarettes.
The findings demonstrated that endothelial dysfunction was worsened by acute exposure to flavored e-cigarettes, and that the cytotoxicity varied between flavors, with cinnamon being the most damaging.
“There is no safe way to vape,” said Dr. Won Hee Lee, co-lead and co-senior author of the study, in a press release. “It’s not as safe as originally thought, especially with the flavoring. Most people expect cigarettes to be worse for our health because of the nicotine. However, that’s not necessarily correct. Some of the effects of exposure to the e-liquids were dependent on the nicotine concentration but others were independent, showing a combined effect of nicotine concentrations and flavoring components.”
Published in: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Skin-derived Stem Cell Has Potential to Regenerate Myelin Sheath
A team of scientists from the University of Maryland School of Medicine discovered that melanocyte stem cells (a type of skin-related stem cell) could be used to help regenerate myelin sheaths. Unlike embryonic stem cells, these cells are harvested from the skin, offering a less invasive alternative source of cells.
“This research holds promise for treating serious neurodegenerative diseases that impact millions of people each year. Our researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have discovered what could be a critical and non-invasive way to use stem cells as a therapy for these diseases,” said UMSOM Dean, E. Albert Reece, in a press release.
Published in: PLOS Genetics
Northern White Rhino Eggs Successfully Harvested and Fertilized
As part of on-going efforts to save northern white rhinos from extinction, an international team of scientists successfully harvested oocytes from the last two remaining females of the sub-species. Ten oocytes were collected from the rhinos living in Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya, seven of which were successfully fertilized by frozen sperm from two male northern white rhinos.
"The number of harvested oocytes is a wonderful success and proof that the unique cooperation between scientists, experts in zoos and conservationists in field can lead to hopeful prospects even for the animals that are imminently facing extinction," commented Jan Stejskal from Dvur Kralove Zoo in a press release.
Nobel Prizes in Cell Biology Over the Years
2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was jointly awarded to William G. Kaelin, Jr., Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza for their discoveries of “how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability.”
The trio, who also won the 2016 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, uncovered the mechanisms by which cells respond to varying levels of oxygen, a discovery which laid the groundwork for greater understanding of several biological processes and associated diseases.
Bone Marrow May Be the Missing Piece of the Fertility Puzzle
A study by Yale researchers showed that bone marrow-derived stem cells play an important role in enabling a woman to start and sustain a pregnancy, by helping to transform the uterine lining for implantation. Without this transformation, the pregnancy is terminated.
“When you have a damaged endometrium leading to infertility or repeated pregnancy loss, all too frequently we have not been able to correct it. Bone marrow can be considered another critical reproductive organ. This finding opens up a new potential avenue for treatment of a condition that has been untreatable in the past,” Dr. Hugh Taylor, senior author and the Anita O'Keeffe Young Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at Yale explained in a press release.
Published in: PLOS Biology
Meal Timing Can Make or Break Your Cells Circadian Rhythm
It is well known that exposure to daylight keeps our body clock in check. But what impact does meal timing have? A study published in Cell helped answer this question and provided new insights on how cells keep a circadian rhythm. The study also has important implications for shift workers and travelers wanting to avoid jet lag.
Published in: Cell
Omega-3 Fatty Acids’ Health Benefit Linked to Stem Cell Control
The consumption of foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids, such as fish and nuts, has long been associated with a lower risk of certain diseases including heart disease and stroke. Scientists from the Stanford University School of Medicine recently discovered a missing link between this association – the primary cilium (an ancient cellular antenna) senses omega-3 fatty acids in the diet, which act as signaling molecules to affect how stem cells in fat tissue turn into fat cells.
"When we saw that the cell was responding to omega-3 fatty acids, we realized that this had changed from just a molecular biology story to a story showing the molecular biology of how diet controls stem cells," said senior author Peter Jackson in a press release detailing the work.
Multi-celled Animals Didn't Evolve the Way We Thought
Findings published in Nature by scientists at The University of Queensland revealed a surprising truth, contradicting the traditional idea that multi-celled animals evolved from a single-celled ancestor know as a choanocyte.
“We’ve found that the first multicellular animals probably weren’t like the modern-day sponge cells, but were more like a collection of convertible cells,” Professor Degnan said in a press release. “The great-great-great-grandmother of all cells in the animal kingdom, so to speak, was probably quite similar to a stem cell.”
Published in: Nature
Muscle Nuclei Gained in Training Persist During Atrophy
The adage “use it or lose it” may not strictly apply when referring to muscles, suggests recent research. In a review published in Frontiers in Physiology, scientists were able to show that nuclei gained during training are not lost when muscle cells shrink or break down. During retraining, the “myonuclei” enable muscle size and strength to recover more quickly than would be seen if starting completely from scratch.
Published in: Frontiers in Physiology
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Top 10 Biopharma News Stories of 2019
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Did the CMA really 'move the goalposts' in its scrutiny of Sainsbury's-Asda?
Ashley Armstrong, Retail Editor
Ashley Armstrong
Retail and Consumer industry
Sainsbury’s PLC
Nine months ago Sainsbury and Asda were so confident they could pull off their mega-merger that boss Mike Coupe was caught idly singing “we’re in the money” on television. Yesterday, the music died along with any chance of the deal being done.
“Project Solar”, the code name for the merger, took more than 18 months to be struck, with a flurry of meetings in Asda owner Walmart’s Arkansas headquarters and Sainsbury’s base in Holborn, London.
The two companies believed the rapid changes in shopping habits had caused the planets to align, rendering the UK grocery market finally ripe for consolidation. That belief was reinforced further when rival Tesco stunned the market by buying wholesaler Booker and had the deal waved through by regulators.
But now Competition and Markets Authority has all but blocked Sainsbury’s-Asda tie-up. In retrospect it seems foolish to have hoped that the combination of the UK’s second and third biggest supermarkets could have been given the same blessing as that of a supermarket and a wholesaler.
In a move that sent shock waves through the industry, the CMA yesterday revealed that it was minded to block the merger outright. The City took the CMA’s provisional findings as a sign that the deal is dead in the water, sending Sainsbury’s shares crashing by 17pc to 238.4p, almost a fifth lower than the day before the deal was announced over nine months ago.
The CMA raised concerns that competition would be lessened in 629 local areas, more than the 463 it originally identified. More importantly the CMA said it was concerned on a national level that the deal would substantially reduce competition in groceries, online shopping and fuel.
Where do Asda and Sainsbury's overlap most?
Even worse for the duo, the CMA reckons that the only remedies that could solve its concerns would be an outright veto of the deal (the worst possible scenario) or a potential sale of either the Sainsbury’s and Asda brand with all stores packaged to one buyer.
As Bernstein analysts said the conditions laid out are “bad enough that it would make a deal impossible”. The ruling has startled the City as it was widely expected that there could be onerous demands for store disposals, up to around 170 shops, but not an outright block. The Sainsbury’s boss believes that the CMA “fundamentally moved the goalposts … changed the shape of the ball and moved the playing field”.
Coupe had been confident that the regulator would accept that the market was no longer controlled by the “Big Four” but by a broader range since the rampant rise of the discounters.
Half the population now visit and Aldi or Lidl once a month and the discounters control 14.8pc of the grocery market, according to industry figures by Kantar.
“Millions of shoppers have switched shopping trips to discounters, resulting in sharp price reductions at the ‘Big Four’,” says Catherine Shuttleworth from Savvy. “These price cuts were not an act of charity, but a commercial imperative necessary to survive in a competitive market.”
In their submissions to the CMA, Sainsbury’s and Asda said that the major grocers had lost significant market share equating to billions of pounds of lost sales to Aldi and Lidl. However, the CMA unpicked internal evidence that Sainsbury’s and Asda still recognise the “Big Four” as a distinct group of rivals “against whom they regularly measure their own competitive performance”. This could be seen in petrol prices – when Asda launches a petrol promotion, Sainsbury’s matches it just days later.
Sainsbury’s had also pushed evidence that the growth of the convenience market and online shopping had ended the weekly shop.
However, the CMA’s findings, which are partly based on a survey of 20,000 consumers, reveal that nearly 90pc of shoppers still do a big weekly shop. They claim that even “top-up shops” still requires shoppers to do one big shop and most consumers still opt for a Big Four supermarket.
Aldi and Lidl press on with expansion despite Big Four shake-up
The CMA found that even though Aldi and Lidl’s mainstream appeal was growing, they do not offer the same level of competition. This is partly because their shops are significantly smaller, stocking just one-fifteenth of the products Asda and Sainsbury’s larger shops sell, they sell significantly fewer branded goods; they do not sell fuel, or compete online and only have a limited range of non-food items available to buy for a limited time. As a result the CMA found that the discounters did not exert the same level of competition.
Sainsbury’s now faces an uphill battle to lobby the CMA to overhaul its preliminary findings before giving its final verdict on April 30, although sources agree that it would be quite radical for the CMA to reverse its entrenched position. Analysts at Bernstein believe that there is only a 50pc chance that Sainsbury’s will mount a legal challenge against the CMA’s methodology.
Sainsbury’s and Asda have complained about the technical methodology that the CMA uses which sources said shows that it doesn’t live in the “real world”. The CMA uses a tool – the gross upward pricing pressure index (Guppi) – which measures the incentive merging companies might have to reduce choice or increase prices in local areas. As part of their analysis they asked consumers if their local Sainsbury’s store was to close or raise prices by 5pc, where would they shop? They found that in a lot of the cases Asda was a direct competitor to Sainsbury’s and vice versa.
Sainsbury’s and Asda have accused the CMA of using a Guppi score that is far below any precedent in order to heighten the national competition risks and assumes that there are still just the “Big Four” operating in the market.
“If you don’t apply the same rules then it makes it almost impossible to predict any outcome”, Coupe exasperatedly said yesterday.
The CMA meanwhile said that they had conducted a “detailed and fair investigation” and each merger inquiry was “dependent on the facts of the individual case in front of us”.
Most analysts had believed that a package of store disposals would be acceptable to the watchdog. At the time Morrisons, the smallest of the “Big Four” seemed the most natural buyer as it was a true credible competitor. Sainsbury’s and Asda had tried to widen the net of “natural buyers” to make sure they weren’t forced to do a fire sale to one party. They had pushed the idea that the stores could be sold-off in chunks to individual parties, with the likes of Aldi, Lidl, Iceland and B&M Bargains slicing up and sharing the larger stores between them. However, the CMA made it clear yesterday that it would only consider one buyer that already had a retail track record otherwise a new entrant would be a weaker rival.
The CMA would also require Sainsbury’s and Asda to not just offload stores but also logistics to help transfer its online retailing to a single buyer and they would also be required to also potentially offload either the Asda or Sainsbury’s brand name. At that point sources said the rationale behind the deal crumbles.
Sainsbury's-Asda merger in numbers
Since the deal was announced last April Sainsbury’s has been distracted and become the worst performing major supermarket, which raises questions over boss Coupe’s tenure.
As one senior grocery source said: “Sainsbury has made a very public case about how weak their current business is, how it couldn’t get on without this merger, how they can’t compete as they are – where on earth does the board look now for salvation given how weak they see the current business?”
Analysts at Jefferies said that there was a “near inevitability” of a change at the helm. “We say this mindful of Mike Coupe squarely staking his tenure, at the time of the merger announcement, on a successful clearance of the regulatory hurdles”.
The tough retail climate and Sainsbury’s wafer thin profit margins could mean that it would also have to launch a rights issue to give it enough headroom to invest in shop price cuts, analysts at Exane said.
Meanwhile, Walmart’s willingness to do a deal has signalled that it is ready to ditch Asda. Analysts fully expect the business to now be put up for sale, with private equity firms being the most likely buyer. The problem for a large leveraged buy-out would be how the private equity firm could be guaranteed of making a return on their investment over the next five years, with the market becoming even more competitive and the stock market taking a bearish view on UK retail.
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Stream Your Xbox One Games To Your Oculus Rift In December
By Kevin Carbotte 2016-11-22T22:05:00Z
Microsoft is preparing to make good on a long-awaited, and somewhat forgotten promise it made about the Oculus Rift. In 2015, Microsoft announced that Oculus Rift owners would be able to stream Xbox One games to their VR headsets, but when the Rift launched at the end of March 2016, the feature was nowhere to be found. And no one seemed to care.
Despite the seeming lack of public interest in streaming Xbox One games to the Rift headset, Microsoft hasn’t abandoned the concept. In fact, the software company is preparing to launch Xbox One to Oculus Rift streaming in the coming weeks. The free app will allow Rift owners who also own a Windows 10 PC and an Xbox One console to play their favorite Xbox One games on the Rift HMD.
The Xbox One console renders the game and sends the video output over the local network. The Xbox One Streaming to Oculus Rift app picks up the feed and sends it to the Rift on a virtual big screen display inside one of three virtual environments: Citadel, Retreat, and Dome. Microsoft said the experience is like having "your own virtual reality cinema screen."
Microsoft’s awkwardly named "Xbox One Streaming to Oculus Rift" app is coming to the Oculus Store on December 12, 2016.
bit_user 22 November 2016 22:48
So, it's basically like having a TV strapped to your face (except that you can look away from the virtual screen)? Will the content even be rendered in stereo 3D?
Latency should be worse than playing it directly on a TV.
I'd probably watch 3D blu-ray movies like this, however. But, I'd prefer a black environment over anything like the one pictured.
turkey3_scratch 22 November 2016 23:23
This looks... pointless? If it really is how it appears in that image.
eklipz330 23 November 2016 00:39
so the xone renders it, then sends the signal to your network which redirects it to your PC which then in turn sends it to your oculus.
gee, i'm so excited for the latency induced vomiting this will bring
this is the closest thing they have against the psvr. that is FUNNY
Nah, it won't induce vomit. The reason being that the head movement & environment around the virtual screen will be rendered directly on your PC.
Where you'll see the latency is between your controller and the movement that appears on the virtual screen. So, it'll be like playing the game on a laggy TV or PC.
wifiburger 23 November 2016 08:52
oh yes the never ending struggles at Microsoft "how to get gamers and console owners that abandoned windows os to come back"
failed solution #1: no exculsive anymore, buy xbox one version get the window store version free
failed solution #2: apps on windows that lets you stream xbox one to your VR headset
failed solution #3: force you to use windows to properly manage your xbox one account
failed solution #4: small incremental upgrades to hardware in the hopes that you'll accept just a regular pc with xbox one app running in full screen and calling it 'console'
jaber2 23 November 2016 14:42
pft, people still buying console? how stupid
iPanda 23 November 2016 15:31
yeah... i hope there is a black out 'environment' to use. i was so glad when netflix went to the dark theme. no more 'netflix and... blinded by the light.'
Zapin 23 November 2016 18:22
Actually, PC gaming is in an upswing.... although I do concede the push to get people to jump from Windows 7 to Windows 10 does have some gamers perturbed.
The less actual exclusives the better. Technically there are still many console exclusives since if you want to on a console you have no other options for many titles. Also there has been a marked improvement in the quality of releases on the PC side compared to early UWP console ports.
MS did not have any until now that I know of. Previously you had to view the desktop in VR and use the XBox App in windows to stream which was not ideal.
Not sure what you mean here exactly since you can manage the account within the consoles and a web browser in any OS. Also it could be managed via mobile apps or web browsers on your phone.
Although occasionally I will play an XBOne title on my tablet if I am watching TV or something I don't think MS or anybody is calling my tablet a console since all the heavy lifting is being done by the actual console. The Xbox app does not actually play anything, it just brings the friends/social aspect a bit to the PC while letting you purchase titles and stream from your console.
Nobody is calling any of these things MS is doing especially revolutionary by by any means but they are hardly failures. I admit that do not bother playing non VR titles (PC or Console) via the usual big virtual screen solution with my Vive but that does not mean I do not appreciate having the option to do so. Unfortunately the resolution of VR is such that playing on a virtual screen within the Vive or RIft is a poor experience compared to a good TV or monitor.
photonboy 23 November 2016 23:13
So stupid... now you move your head and see the same image no matter where you look.
I suppose it's kind of neat at first especially if you're used to a TV that's small in your field of view, but I sit close to a gaming monitor so I'm not strapping a HUD just to see basically the same thing.
Also, is this resolution going to be okay so CLOSE to your face?
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Nickel Steels: Part Two
Use of Nickel for as an alloying element in certain applications such as cryogenic gas storage and transportation is critical in providing a high level of ductility and an excellent resistance to cracking.
Studies of a range of low carbon steels show that nickel gives variable advantages depending on the tempering/quenching conditions which results in a range of effects on each of the test material microstructures.
Materials dedicated for the storage & transportation of natural gas at cryogenic temperatures should have high ductility and resistance to cracking. For economic reasons, a high strength steel grade is required in order to reduce the section thicknesses and hence the weight of steel sections when building cryogenic storage tanks.
In the work of Demygin N. E. et al is presented the results of an investigation of the influence of nickel on the structure, brittle fracture resistance, and fractographic features of type ON3, ON6, and ON9 low-carbon steels (Table 1).
Table 1: Chemical composition of investigated Ni steels
Figure 1 shows the influence of tempering temperature on σt and σo.2 of the investigated steels water quenched and air cooled after austenitizing. As a result of the analysis of these relationships for ON3 and ON6 steels it was established that the tempering temperature influences the strength properties of ON6 steel to a greater degree. After tempering at 300°C some increase in σo.2 is observed for the ON6 water quenched and air cooled while for ON9 steel it is more significant.
In the 500-650°C tempering temperature range there is practically no change in σo.2 of ON3 steel. For the ON6 steel both water quenched and air cooled, tempering at 550°C corresponds to a clearly expressed maximum in the strength properties. After tempering at 600 and 650°C there is a significant reduction in these properties in comparison with tempering at 550°C.
Figure 1: Relationship of the strength properties (σt, σo.2) and fracture resistance (αp, T50) of ON3 (1), ON6 (2), and ON9 (3) steels water quenched (white symbols) and air cooled (black symbols) after austenitizing to tempering temperature.
The tempering temperature has a significant influence on the 50% ductile-to-brittle transition temperature T50 of the water-quenched and air-cooled nickel steels (Figure 1). As the result of the increase in nickel content, T50 of ON6 and ON9 steels after tempering at 300-600°C increases. The increase in T50 of ON6 and ON9 steels having a structure of lath martensite (Figure 2a) after tempering at temperatures of up to 300°C is probably related to the development of irreversible temper brittleness.
As follows from the results in Figure 1, the most significant increase in the cold resistance of low-carbon steel (with the use of tempering at temperatures providing the minimum level of T50) may be obtained with the addition of 6.4 and 9.1% Ni. An increase in the tempering temperature of plates of these steels water quenched and air cooled is accompanied by an unsteady change in the specific work for propagation of a ductile crack αp (Figure 1).
The value of αp was determined by the Newhouse method. The maximum resistance to propagation of a ductile crack αp corresponds to the tempering temperature range of 600-650°C for ON3 steel and 550-600°C for ON6 and ON9 steels. It should be noted that for all of the investigated steels and tempering temperatures, αp of the steel air cooled after austenitizing is higher than that of the water-quenched steel.
The minimum values of T50 and the maximum value of a αp for ON3, ON6, and ON9 steels are observed at temperatures somewhat below the range of the α→γ transformation (500-600°C). An increase in the tempering temperature to 650-700°C causes the appearance in the steel of a significant quantity of secondary austenite and leads to an increase in T50. It may be assumed that such austenite is unstable and in cooling to lower temperatures transforms to martensite.
Figure 2: Microstructure and diffractograms of ON6 (a-e) and ON9 (f) steels : a, b) water quenched after austenitizing; c) the same + tempered at 600°C; d-f) air cooled after austenitizing ; a) 12,000x; c) 20,000x; d, f) 16,000x.
During electron microscopic investigations it was established that after air quenching ON3 steel has a mixed ferritic-martensitic structure and ON6 and ON9 steels a lath martensite structure (Figure 2a). The dislocation density within the laths reaches 1010 -1011 cm2. The laths are grouped in packets. In diffraction analysis the austenite phase was not observed in the structure of the ON6 steel.
The authors concluded that an increase in nickel content from 3.4 to 9.1% leads to an increase in the tendency of low-carbon steel toward the formation of lath martensite and in the volume share of residual (primary) austenite. After water quenching, the structure of ON3 steel is ferritic--martensitic and of ON6 and ON9 steels martensitic, while after air cooling a ferritic structure is formed in ON3 and ON6 steels and a ferritic-martensitic structure can be observed in ON9 steel.
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Home Business Finance Nigerians decry circulation of mutilated Naira notes
Nigerians decry circulation of mutilated Naira notes
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Some Nigerians have decried the widespread circulation of mutilated Naira notes in the country and called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to reverse the trend and ensure better management of the nation’s currencies.
In interviews, on Thursday, in Lagos, they noted that several cases of misunderstandings had occurred among citizens while carrying out business transactions with the tattered and dirty notes.
They also decried the use of the polymer banknotes, which are easily defaced, and suggested a return to the paper currency for all denominations.
The CBN on February 28, 2007 announced the introduction of polymer versions of N5, N10, N20 and N50 notes.
However, 11 years after, many Nigerians now reject the polymer notes citing its poor quality and short life span that make it difficult to carry out transactions with them.
A financial expert, Mr. Tunde Okeowo, said the CBN should consider bringing back the coins, and that its absence had resulted in the negative impact on transactions, which had a multiplier effect on the economy.
Okeowo identified inflation as part of the negative effects of the absence of coins, especially as people were no longer bothered about collecting balance after paying for products.
“On this recurring issue of scarcity of clean notes, especially N100, I advise the CBN to look into issuing some new naira notes in densely populated states like Lagos in order to make it more acceptable for use.
He also called for continuous enlightenment to educate traders on reasons and ways of preserving the notes.
A civil servant, Mrs. Tolu Ajibade, said the prevalence of dirty and mutilated naira notes was appalling, and that the N200 note was gradually becoming unfit like the N100 notes.
She said many Nigerians have resigned themselves to the reality of possessing and transacting business with dirty naira notes.
“I tell you, they are appalling. As a nursing mother, I am always scared of touching those notes because it is very glaring that those naira notes, particularly the N100 are contaminated,” said Ajibade.
She said while the CBN had been sensitising Nigerians on the handling of the naira notes, there should be effective enforcement of relevant laws to curtail mishandling of the Naira.
A bus driver, who preferred anonymity, said the rejection of the defaced polymer notes and the dirty N100 notes by passengers greatly affected his business.
According to him, a day hardly passes by without verbal exchange which sometimes degenerated into fights because of dirty naira notes and faded polymer notes.
“I think I prefer the paper naira notes to the polymer ones because it does not fade easily like the polymer. The only disadvantage of the paper note is that it gets torn easily,” he said.
Besides, Dr Foluwakemi Ekiogiawe, a medical practitioner, raised concerns over the implications of regular contact with mutilated notes.
Ekiogiawe said apart from the economic implications of poor currency handling, it could lead to a myriad of adverse medical problems.
She explained that regular contact could result in the transfer of germs from one person to another, and that it could result to gastrointestinal infections, which often leads to frequent purging, vomiting, abdominal pain, fever among others.
“This is seen mostly in children who put things indiscriminately into their mouths. They could serve as allergies to people with immune hypersensitivity like asthma triggering an immunologic attack.
“This happens when the individual comes in contact with the allergen in the form of or attached to the notes. These attacks could range from mild to fatal,” she said.
The CBN in February began the disbursement of smaller naira notes to traders in order to improve circulation of N5, N10, N20, and N50 in the markets.
The campaign was targeted at the informal sector, especially traders in markets with the aim of increasing the circulation of the smaller units of the naira to make doing business easier.
The bank had already taken the new measure to Kano, Kaduna and Abuja and also intended to bring it to the south.
Reacting to the development, Mr Isaac Okorafor, Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department, CBN said the bank had so far disbursed N1.09 billion of various lower denomination banknotes in some states since it embarked on the new measure.
Okorafor said the disbursement of the funds was to over 20 different merchants, supermarkets, toll gates, eateries and other cash users.
He said efforts were being made to also penetrate the various markets in Lagos.
Okorafor said, “in this regard, we are currently engaging the market associations through their central leadership.
“Disbursement will commence in the markets the moment we conclude the logistics with the market leadership.”
He said beneficiaries of the new banknotes would include abattoirs, pharmacy, merchant’s tollgates, eateries, tollgates and car parks at the International Airport.
According to him, the lifespan of the paper banknotes is about 12 to 18 months while the polymer banknotes last for 24 to 36 months in circulation depending on handling.
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Written in clear, simple language and aimed at a lay audience, this book also offers some strategies that will allow readers to try their ability at solving truly fascinating mathematical problems. Infinity is a deeply counter-intuitive concept that has inspired many great thinkers. In this book we will meet many sages, both familiar and unfamiliar: Zeno and Pythagoras, Georg Cantor and Bertrand Russell, Sofia Kovalevskaya and Emmy Noether, al-Khwarizmi and Euclid, Sophie Germain and Srinivasa Ramanujan.The world of infinity is inhabited by many paradoxes, and so is this book: Zeno paradoxes, Hilbert's "Infinity Hotel", Achilles and the gods paradox, the paradox of heaven and hell, the Ross-Littlewood paradox involving tennis balls, the Galileo paradox and many more.
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Preacher S1EP8 Review ‘El Valero’
July 23, 2016 Abel G.C.
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Last week it looked like we were heading for a major confrontation, and we got that. And it was great, and some gaps we were missing were filled. And while the confrontation didn’t solve things exactly, I’m fine with it.
However, as a Spaniard I’ve no idea why they titled this episode this way. I’m just a bit confused…
“Denounce Him!”
As a tv show, Preacher has fixed one my major problems with Odin Quincannon in the comics. In the end he was just a caricature.
In the comic book Odin was a cruel and remarkadbly fucked-up individual, he ruled the town with an iron fist and always got his own way. He was also tiny, part of the KKK and had some grotesque kinks. In a way, evil being almost like a caricature is something that Garth Ennis likes to do in his writing but it missed the mark with Odin. I just saw him as the comic book equivalent of a sub-boss.
However, Odin gets some real depth in the show. He’s still a cruel and remarkably fucked-up individual and there’s still some kind of Napoleon complex to him. But he’s human, and his evil comes from a human place and it’s scary.
Not that it justifies him, he’s still an asshole but he’s human rather than a caricature. And if anything, we finally know what horrified young Jesse in that flashback several episodes ago.
“I was told there’d be consequences and here they are”
For most of the season, we’ve had Jesse trying to figure out what was the deal with Genesis and its powers. But the thing is that he didn’t do it in the best possible way.
His ideas were good, but he just kept becoming more arrogant about what he was doing. He didn’t care, he was the Preacher and his flock was drinking his words up. He got to the highest point of his hubris, arrogance or whatever you might want to call it last week. And there’s no other way from there but down.
After the fiasco with Odin last week, he went to the church with a bullzodzer and several of his cronies in case he needed to take it by force, which led to what I’m thinking of as “Jesse Custer’s Last Stand” as he managed to repel them several times on his own, without using the Voice.
The real kicker is that he was drunk! That’s impressive. Although I find somehow absurd that the people of Annville decide to tailgate on church grounds just because their preacher has allegedly gone insane, but maybe that’s a real thing in the South, who knows?!
“Is it possible to bring someone back from Hell?”
Still, as is usual in situations when someone screws things up beyond belief, Jesse kept trying to fix it.
It was interesting how he thought he brought Arseface back from Hell to the point of calling Sheriff Root. But then it turned out to be not real. I don’t know if this was Jesse hallucinating in his drunkenness or if it was Genesis doing stuff to his subconscious, and that’s important.
Jesse kept trying to fix it, so he brought Fiore and Deblanc to the church hoping to strike a bargain with them. They get Genesis, and they help Arseface get out of hell, however this didn’t come to fruition because the angels aren’t that good and Genesis had other plans. I guess at some point we’ll find out why Genesis succeeded in getting into Jesse.
Still, this episode ended and I’m not clear about the state of things anymore. Jesse pleaded and bargained with Odin promising that if he couldn’t bring the people of Annville to God, he’d bring God to Annville (cue that control panel we saw some episodes ago blinking as if saying “Ooh shit!”) and yet, the last thing we see of him is him in the backseat of Sheriff Root’s car. So where do we go from here?
Especially with two episodes to go?!
This episode was noticeably light in the Tulip and Cassidy front. We only got a couple of scenes but we know what happened after the previous episode, which again raises more questions than answers. We know why the Voice ‘failed’ on Odin though.
However, I’m fine with having a bit of mystery in my life. Besides next week the Cowboy will be back, and that’s going to be awesome.
Abel G.C.
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Kamala Harris Drops Out of Presidential Race Amid Rumors of a Directionless Campaign That Was Hemorrhaging Cash
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Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), the spitfire with the HBCU bonafides, has dropped out of the 2020 presidential race amid rumors that her campaign lacked direction, had no cash and “no real plan to win,” according to one campaign staffer who resigned and burned the bridge on her way out the door.
According to the Washington Post, Harris, 55, wrote a somber note to supporters, explaining that “my campaign for president simply doesn’t have the financial resources we need to continue. It is with deep regret — but also with deep gratitude — that I am suspending my campaign today,” she wrote. “But I want to be clear with you: I am still very much in this fight.”
This is a solemn day for the rising star who many saw as the first true contender to have a legitimate shot at becoming the first black female president. But like Beto O’Rourke before her, Harris found that a strong start doesn’t always lead to a strong finish.
Harris’ announcement comes just days after state operations director Kelly Mehlenbacher’s resignation letter was obtained and published in the New York Times.
“This is my third presidential campaign and I have never seen an organization treat its staff so poorly,” she wrote.
“It is not acceptable to me that we encouraged people to move from Washington, D.C. to Baltimore only to lay them off with no notice, with no plan for the campaign, and without thoughtful consideration of the personal consequences to them or the consequences that their absence would have on the remaining staff,” Mehlenbacher said in her letter.
“It is unacceptable that we would lay off anyone that we hired only weeks earlier. It is unacceptable that with less than 90 days until Iowa we still do not have a real plan to win.”
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CCMA seeks farmers’ support to save jobs
The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration Director, Cameron Morajane, has called on the farming sector to build a partnership with the CCMA to help save jobs.
PORTERVILLE, SOUTH AFRICA - JANUARY 24: Frans Williams and Machaka Leoli harvest grapes at Die Denne on January 24, 2013, in Porterville, South Africa. Die Burger witnessed the one day strike of farmworkers on Die Denne, followed by their swift return to harvesting after negotiations were concluded. (Photo by Gallo Images / Foto24 / Jaco Marais)
“Before a commissioner can assist in resolving disputes, he or she must understand the sector. We are moving in the direction where commissioners need to specialise in the sectors in which they will be assisting,” Morajane said.
He was addressing delegates to the CCMA Director’s User Forum on Agriculture on Wednesday in Polokwane. The forum forms part of the CCMA’s strategic efforts to engage the agricultural sector in its job saving strategy. It is an avenue for stakeholders to work together in dealing with bargaining issues.
There were several presenters from government such as the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; Rural Development and Land Reform and the Department of Labour. Unions and employer organisations in the agricultural sector were also present.
The Department of Labour’s Provincial Chief Inspector, Phaswane Tladi, told the forum that the department conducted Basic Conditions of Employment Act inspections at 333 workplaces. The inspections revealed that 40 of the inspected workplaces were not compliant. This finding was echoed by organised labour in their presentation.
Issues of concern included the minimum wage, written particulars of employment, information on pay as well as record keeping.
Morajane urged his CCMA team to identify all relevant role players in the sector, determine their role and create a facilitated platform for all role players beyond Wednesday’s session.
First published on SAnews.gov.za
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Lancaster chef duo join forces to launch new restaurant
Adam Parton, James Cocker, Alan Hempton, and Jack Stephenson at The Quarterhouse in Lancaster.
Nick Lakin
Published: 14:59 Tuesday 17 December 2019 Updated: 09:12 Wednesday 18 December 2019
Two Lancaster-based chefs have joined forces to open their own restaurant business in the city’s canal quarter.
Alan Hempton and James Cocker have opened The Quarterhouse Kitchen + Bar in Moor Lane, which will create 10 jobs.
Alan and James previously worked as chefs at The Borough in Dalton Square.
They were keen to set up their own eating place to promote the European concept of small servings for sharing with friends and enjoyed with wine or locally brewed beer.
Having spent 12 months searching for the perfect location in Lancaster, Alan and James purchased the assets of a restaurant that has now ceased operating, and obtained a lease of the building.
The chefs named the restaurant The Quarterhouse to reflect it location in the so-called Canal Quarter area of the city.
The food served is prepared using locally sourced ingredients and cooked fresh onsite.
Alan, who qualified as a chef in Italy, said: “It’s always been a dream to have a restaurant of our own.
“We were keen to find a suitable location in this busy part of Lancaster and after searching for nearly a year, we were delighted to find a restaurant business for sale right in the heart of Lancaster’s cultural quarter.”
Jack Stephenson, solicitor at Harrison Drury’s Lancaster office, advised them on the acquisition and lease agreement.
Adam Parton, partner at MHA Moore and Smalley provided further support for Alan and James on business and tax planning for their new restaurant business.
Jack said: “Alan and James were very keen to get started and make their vision a reality. When the restaurant business in Moor Lane came up for sale it ticked all the boxes. We worked quickly to secure it, making it possible be open and ready for business for the start of the festive season.”
Alan said: “Jack has been integral in helping us secure the business and with a favourable lease agreement too.
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“Coupled with Adam’s expertise in the hospitality industry we have been backed by a great professional team that has helped us all the way.”
James added: “The Quarterhouse is now open and offers a great place for locals to meet and eat.
“We look forward to a busy Christmas season and have exciting plans to develop our menu and to continue supporting local suppliers into the future.”
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Savory Eats at El Platanal
The restaurant celebrates 10 years in Puerto Rico
Melissa Cruz, The Weekly Journal
When Rafael Hidalgo opened El Platanal in Carolina back in 2009, the establishment only had twelve tables and the crowd favorite was the plantain sandwich.
Fast forward ten years, and he has one restaurant in Carolina, which seats 300 people, and another in Cupey, which seats 130. Plantains are still the main feature on the menu, but the restaurants have been reworked and remodeled in order to provide a more refreshing, comfortable and family-friendly atmosphere.
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL had the pleasure of talking to Hidalgo about the recent remodel of the restaurant on 1596 Bori St. in Cupey.
“We are always innovating, but this is the first time that we embark on such a large renovation and change every part of the restaurant in a more professional way, with the future in mind,” said Hidalgo.
The main dining hall and the bathrooms where expanded in order to further accommodate patrons with special needs. The kitchen was also redone and the menu was revamped.
“We wanted to add breakfast items to the menu, and, in keeping with our ‘Platanal’ style, we wanted them to be typical ‘criollo’ breakfasts. These dishes will be available at our locale in Cupey from Monday to Sunday, 7 a.m. to 11 p.m.,” said the owner.
The new breakfast menu includes items like “mangú” and a Puerto Rican version of the traditional eggs Benedict, but with fried plantain as a base instead of an English muffin. There are also an assortment of sandwiches and toasts on ‘criollo’ bread; fried eggs with sweet fried plantains and sweet cured pork; fried eggs served over a hash of avocado, salami and fried cheese; French toast with caramelized bananas; egg tortilla with plantain chips; wraps; and stuffed avocados, among others.
Hidalgo told THE WEEKLY JOURNAL that he plans to offer his breakfast menu at the restaurant in Carolina in the near future.
The locale in Carolina was remodeled after the damage inflicted by 2017’s Hurricane Maria. As part of the remodel, they added a terrace and redid the main dining hall.
El Platanal in Cupey is located next to the La Electrónica building on Bori street and their phone number is (787) 250-8199. Their hours are Sunday to Thursday, from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays until 12 a.m. El Platanal in Carolina is located on 65th Infantry ave., km 5.1 and their phone number is (787) 276-1111.
Reporter for The Weekly Journal. She is also a reporter for Mírame and Bienestar Total magazines. She received her bachelor’s degree in Communications from Sacred Heart University in San Juan.
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Types Of Rocks
Landforms and Geologic Features
Geologic Processes
Science, Tech, Math › Science
Rocks Formed by Stratification
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How to Tell Sedimentary Rocks
Clastic Sedimentary Rocks
Organic Sedimentary Rocks
Chemical Sedimentary Rocks
Diagenesis: Underground Changes
Sedimentary Rocks Are Stories
by Andrew Alden
Andrew Alden is a geologist based in Oakland, California. He works as a research guide for the U.S. Geological Survey.
Sedimentary rocks are the second great rock class. Whereas igneous rocks are born hot, sedimentary rocks are born cool at the Earth's surface, mostly under water. They usually consist of layers or strata; hence they are also called stratified rocks. Depending on what they're made of, sedimentary rocks fall into one of three types.
The main thing about sedimentary rocks is that they were once sediment — mud and sand and gravel and clay — and were not greatly changed as they turned into rock. The following traits are all related to that.
They're generally arranged in layers of sandy or clayey material (strata) like those you'll see in excavations or a hole dug in a sand dune.
They're usually the color of sediment, that is, light brown to light gray.
They may preserve signs of life and surface activity, like fossils, tracks, ripple marks and so on.
The most common set of sedimentary rocks consists of the granular materials that occur in sediment. Sediment mostly consists of surface minerals — quartz and clays — that are made by the physical breakdown and chemical alteration of rocks. These are carried away by water or the wind and laid down in a different place. Sediment may also include pieces of stones and shells and other objects, not just grains of pure minerals. Geologists use the word clasts to denote particles of all these kinds, and rocks made of clasts are called clastic rocks.
Look around you at where the world's clastic sediment goes: sand and mud are carried down rivers to the sea, mostly. Sand is made of quartz, and mud is made of clay minerals. As these sediments are steadily buried over geologic time, they get packed together under pressure and low heat, not much more than 100 C. In these conditions the sediment is cemented into rock: sand becomes sandstone and clay become shale. If gravel or pebbles are part of the sediment, the rock that forms is conglomerate. If the rock is broken and recemented together, it is called breccia.
It's worth noting that some rocks commonly lumped in the igneous category are actually sedimentary. Tuff is consolidated ash that has fallen from the air in volcanic eruptions, making it just as sedimentary as a marine claystone. There is some movement in the profession to recognize this truth.
Another type of sediment actually arises in the sea as microscopic organisms — plankton — build shells out of dissolved calcium carbonate or silica. Dead plankton steadily shower their dust-sized shells onto the seafloor, where they accumulate in thick layers. That material turns to two more rock types, limestone (carbonate) and chert (silica). These are called organic sedimentary rocks, although they're not made of organic material as a chemist would define it.
Another type of sediment forms where dead plant material builds up into thick layers. With a small degree of compaction, this becomes peat; after much longer and deeper burial, it becomes coal. Coal and peat are organic in both the geological and the chemical sense.
Although peat is forming in parts of the world today, the great beds of coal that we mine formed during past ages in enormous swamps. There are no coal swamps around today because conditions do not favor them. The sea needs to be much higher. Most of the time, geologically speaking, the sea is hundreds of meters higher than today, and most of the continents are shallow seas. That's why we have sandstone, limestone, shale and coal over most of the central United States and elsewhere on the world's continents. (Sedimentary rocks also become exposed when the land rises. This is common around the edges of the Earth's lithospheric plates.
These same ancient shallow seas sometimes allowed large areas to become isolated and begin drying up. In that setting, as the seawater grows more concentrated, minerals begin to come out of solution (precipitate), starting with calcite, then gypsum, then halite. The resulting rocks are certain limestones, gypsum rock, and rock salt respectively. These rocks, called the evaporite sequence, are also part of the sedimentary clan.
In some cases, chert can also form by precipitation. This usually happens below the sediment surface, where different fluids can circulate and interact chemically.
All kinds of sedimentary rocks are subject to further changes during their stay underground. Fluids may penetrate them and change their chemistry; low temperatures and moderate pressures may change some of the minerals into other minerals. These processes, which are gentle and do not deform the rocks, are called diagenesis as opposed to metamorphism (although there is no well-defined boundary between the two).
The most important types of diagenesis involve the formation of dolomite mineralization in limestones, the formation of petroleum and of higher grades of coal, and the formation of many types of ore bodies. The industrially important zeolite minerals also form by diagenetic processes.
You can see that each type of sedimentary rock has a story behind it. The beauty of sedimentary rocks is that their strata are full of clues to what the past world was like. Those clues might be fossils or sedimentary structures such as marks left by water currents, mud cracks or more subtle features seen under the microscope or in the lab.
From these clues we know that most sedimentary rocks are of marine origin, usually forming in shallow seas. But some sedimentary rocks formed on land: clastic rocks made on the bottoms of large freshwater lakes or as accumulations of desert sand, organic rocks in peat bogs or lake beds, and evaporites in playas. These are called continental or terrigenous (land-formed) sedimentary rocks.
Sedimentary rocks are rich in geologic history of a special kind. While igneous and metamorphic rocks also have stories, they involve the deep Earth and require intensive work to decipher. But in sedimentary rocks, you can recognize, in very direct ways, what the world was like in the geologic past.
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British Water Cooler Association
The British Water Cooler Association (BWCA) was established in 1989 to represent the interests of the water cooler industry in the UK.
The organisation is a Media Partner to ThisWeekinFM, supplying news and comment on hydration and employee wellbeing. The BWCA's mission is to ensure that its Members offer the highest standards of quality, safety and hygiene to the consumer together with an unimpeachable product and service.
The BWCA facilitates the exchange of technical, scientific and regulatory information between Industry Members and related bodies and serves as the authoritative source of information (other than statistical) concerning the water cooler industry.
For continued membership and accreditation, Members must adhere to strict Bylaws, Codes of Practice and the Code of Advertising and Conduct and are audited for compliance annually by 3rd party inspection organisations.
The BWCA has close and ongoing relationships with key national and local government departments and agencies including the FSA, DEFRA, the Environment Agency, Trading Standards and Environmental Health Departments.
At a European level, the BWCA is a Member of the European Bottled Watercooler Association (EBWA). The BWCA takes a key executive role in the activities of EBWA which represents the interests of several hundred companies in the water cooler industry throughout Western and Eastern Europe in relation to EU directives and regulations.
Just a Drop
The British Water Cooler Association has raised nearly £70,000 for Just a Drop during just over 3 years of support for the charity.
The BWCA effect, however, goes much wider than simply fund-raising efforts via the Association. As a result of the charitable programme which forms one of the platforms of the BWCA's 5 for 5 Sustainability Pledge, numerous companies have chosen to support the charity in their own right. This has raised an additional £17,642 bringing the total raised by the sector (including direct company donations) to an impressive £69,116.
Over 1,000 people living in difficult conditions in Africa with no access to clean, safe water have benefited from boreholes funded directly by the BWCA.
Phillipa Atkinson-Clow, General Manager of BWCA, said: "The ripple effect our Association's support has created has encouraged and inspired many companies to join with us in fund-raising for this good cause. This, together with our direct support, is making a huge impact."
In the past year, two more BWCA-funded projects were completed in Kutemwa and Chibukisho villages, Zambia. By the end of 2019, there will be 5 BWCA-funded boreholes in total. Atkinson-Clow added: "It is good to be able to say that our 5 for 5 Pledge has helped transform the lives in 5 villages."
Why Water Matters – BWCA Launches Two New Hydration Fact Sheets
The British Water Cooler Association has launched two new hydration fact sheets in its series called 'Why Water Matters'.
The sector-specific guidance notes are for those in the dental and retail sectors, both identified by the Association’s members as being areas where healthy hydration and sustainability are of particular interest.
The launch of the latest titles brings the total in the series to 8.
They describe ‘Why Water Matters’ for:
Dental Practices.
Retailers.
Construction Workers.
Food Service And Catering Workers.
Hotels.
Public Sector Workers.
Salons & Spas.
These publications provide information of the hydration benefits offered by water coolers and remind building managers that the BWCA is the leading Association representing those who supply and distribute water coolers and related products and services.
All the documents provide a link to the website which enables potential clients to choose an accredited BWCA company.
The hydration fact sheets describe the importance of promoting healthy hydration and give advice on choosing the correct coolers for particular needs and locations.
The dental fact sheet points to the value of hydrating patients before appointments and the way in which the practice can help set an example, especially for families with children.
The retail fact sheet reminds retailers that offering simple hospitality in the form of a refreshing drink can help boost dwell-time and encourage refilling of reusable water bottles to demonstrate the store’s sustainability ambitions.
Finally, each fact sheet includes is a simple visual hydration chart helping people to check whether they are correctly hydrated.
The guidance is available direct from BWCA or via BWCA Members.
If you would like to request copies of the fact sheets, email info@bwca.org.uk specifying in the subject box the title of the Fact Sheet(s) you require.
Reuse and Recycling - Why The Water Cooler Sector Welcomes The Plastic Tax
In his 2018 Budget, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, announced proposals for a new tax on the manufacture and import of plastic packaging that contains less than 30 per cent recycled plastic.
For the water cooler industry, one of the greenest sectors there is, this is welcome news. Water coolers provide convenient and healthy hydration (so are good for the body) with a minimal environmental impact because they are either plumbed in and using mains water or they are using containers that are used time and time again and, once they reach the end of their life, are recycled.
Water coolers are the sustainable drinks choice for businesses, homes and public places. Having delicious, cooled water readily to hand encourages water consumption, which is good for everyone’s health and well-being. Providing that water via a cooler rather than through single-use bottles is a highly sustainable option, as on average each water cooler bottle can be re-used 40-50 times.
Once they reach the end of their life, water cooler bottles are withdrawn from service and recycled. A typical bottle scrappage rate will be around 2 per cent. A wide variety of products can be then made from the recycled material. Rarely are bottles simply ditched as with single use bottles due to a substantial deposit. No-one As a result, these containers are not thrown in the sea or into the general waste bin.
Most water cooler bottles are polycarbonate, but newer versions may be made of PET with additives to improve durability and clarity. Take-up of these new style bottles has been slow and the majority of the 313million litres of water sold in a year (Source Zenith Global 2017) are packed in polycarbonate.
Although less versatile than some forms of plastic, polycarbonate can be recycled into a wide variety of products (see ‘Recycling Bottles’ below). Polycarbonate tends to be the material of choice for water cooler bottles because of its high strength and durability, needed to withstand the weight of 18.9 litres of water and the high temperatures used in the wash process.
Any material used for packaging water must be safe for food use and tested to ensure that no harmful chemicals will migrate into the water during storage. This is a legal requirement (Commission regulation (EU) No.10 /2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food; (EU) No.2023/2006, & No.1935/2004).
There are typically 790 gms of material in an 18.9 litre water cooler bottle (this bottle size originating in the US as a 5 gallon bottle). Other bottle sizes for coolers make up a relatively small volume of the market. There will have been approximately 16.5million bottles of water packaged for coolers last year (2017) (based on 313million litres in total). This means that an estimated 13,000 tonnes of polycarbonate packaging is in circulation at any one time.
In 2010, The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) study comparing single trip versus reusable bottles concluded that the average 18.9 litre bottle would make 40-50 trips during its lifetime. Factors affecting this were:
Return rates.
Design specification.
Frequency of product shipments.
Time taken to return to point of filling from the point of customer usage.
Shelf life of the product in the market.
Losses due to theft or damage.
Inspection and cleaning activities.
Recycling bottles
Before loading onto the production line, every bottle is manually or machine inspected and damaged bottles rejected. Obvious cracks and holes are spotted by line operatives, whilst difficult-to-detect pin-holes and hairline cracks may be picked up by an in-line pressure tester.
As product quality is paramount, heavily soiled bottles are also discarded, along with any that show ’greening’ due to the growth of algae. Such bottles cannot be properly cleaned without great difficulty.
These discarded bottles are separated from the bottle stock, holed or marked to prevent re-use, and crushed into bales ready for collection. Industry benchmarking has identified that an average wastage figure of 2 per cent of returned bottles are recycled at each inspection – but ultimately all bottles are recycled.
Although polycarbonate bottles are fully recyclable, the material loses strength in the recycling process so only a small percentage can be used in the manufacture of new bottles. However there are numerous other uses for recycled polycarbonate, including:
Head lamp lenses.
Dashboards.
Electronic component housing.
Mobile phones.
Battery boxes.
CDs and DVDs.
Traffic Lights.
Phillipa Atkinson-Clow, General Manager of the British Water Cooler Association said: “The BWCA has a sustainability programme which we called the ‘5 for 5 Pledge’. This encourages members to further improve the sector’s already excellent sustainability record and to share experience with other members and business more widely. It’s helping by enabling members to share between them and with other companies their examples of good practice; to improve their businesses not just environmentally but in terms of water management and community support too, for instance; and by demonstrating what a sustainable sector this is.”
For further information and case studies on the ways in which BWCA Members approach sustainability - Click Here
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Choosing a Water Cooler
If you procure soft services including water for the buildings you serve, here are our four tips for making the best choices.
Water coolers are the sustainable choice
Water coolers are highly sustainable and that applies to bottled water coolers as well as mains fed coolers. Bottles are collected, cleansed and reused many times over whilst main fed coolers of course use water from the mains.
Remember, not all water coolers are equal
Whichever style of water cooler you choose, make sure of one thing. Choose a supplier that is a Member of the British Water Cooler Association (BWCA) which is the leading trade body ensuring top standards of safety and hygiene. BWCA Members must adhere to strict Codes of Practice and best conduct and are independently audited annually. By dealing with a BWCA Member you are getting the best. To find a BWCA member company - Click Here
Choosing the type of cooler
Whether you choose a mains fed or bottled water cooler depends on your building’s needs.
Points for Bottled Water Coolers to consider are:
Do you have space to store bottles?
Are staff willing and able to lift the bottles?
If storing bottles, is the storage area away from direct sunlight, clean, dry and devoid of chemicals?
Is it important to you to have natural or spring water which some bottled water cooler providers can offer?
Is there a relatively small number of people using the cooler or someone readily able to keep an eye on the need for replacement?
Is access easy for delivery and collection of bottles?
Points for Main-fed Coolers - also known as Plumbed in units - to consider are:
Do you have plumbing at the point where you need the cooler?
Are the building users happy to have the cooler in a fixed spot with no flexibility to move it on a frequent basis?
Is it important that you don’t have to store and handle bottles of water?
Are you seeking a lower cost option? POU coolers are usually cheaper to run?
Opt for a one-stop-shop when making your selection.
If procurement is on your list this year, make a date to visit the major water cooler trade show – the British Water Cooler Association Trade Show on the afternoon of Thursday 8 March in Nottingham for a one-stop-shop showing the best and latest water cooler technology from around the world. Free to attend and with free parking and refreshments, this is a great means of getting information (plus a glass of water or a cuppa) quickly and efficiently without the usual drudgery of visiting large general purpose trade shows.
For details visit www.bwca.org.uk
The Power Of Association
Corporate social responsibility programmes can make a real difference - to the community, to charities, to the companies who operate such schemes and to their workforce. Of course the bigger the company, invariably the bigger the impact.
For smaller companies, such activities can seem to be out of reach. That’s where the ‘power of association’ comes in.
A fine example is the work by the British Water Cooler Association (BWCA), the most powerful group in its sector, which has shown how to harness the goodwill that exists amongst its members, both large and small. Companies that may not manage to have much fund-raising clout alone have been able to do a massive amount of good as part of a Trade Association.
The BWCA launched its first industry-wide CSR programme just two years ago. Having reviewed the options and set some simple criteria, the Association decided to support the charity Just a Drop which brings sustainable water sources to people for whom clean water and sanitation was a luxury not a necessity.
In that short period of time, this modest-sized industry has harnessed enough money to fund two new boreholes in Africa, transforming the lives of two villages and with funding already in place to create additional boreholes. The companies concerned could not have achieved this alone.
Apart from the benefit to the villagers who were previously without safe water and for whom water-borne disease was rife, there have been other benefits closer to home. Member companies have been able to build team-building exercises around fund-raising activities plus there have been valuable publicity for those companies taking part. In addition, the charity auction and fun fund-raising activities staged at the Association’s annual conference and trade show in two successive years has created opportunities for bonding between companies that, outside that forum, are often in keen competition.
Says Phillipa Atkinson-Clow, General Manager of the BWCA: “Our Members are entrepreneurial and busy but they also love to help those less fortunate, as do many people across industry. By harnessing their generosity through the Trade Association, we’ve been able to create an effect that is greater than the sum of the parts. It’s been fascinating to see just what the ‘power of association’ has been and we plan to do more of the same for a good cause.”
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The British Water Cooler Association (BWCA) – formerly the ‘Bottled’ Water Cooler Association has changed. What started as a group of like-minded company owners meeting 4 times a year has metamorphosed into a much-respected auditing and standards body whose accreditation is widely admired and respected.
Says General Manager, Phillipa Atkinson-Clow (pictured): “We promote healthy hydration through water coolers which deliver calorie-free hydration in a way that is cost-effective, convenient and sustainable. But we are conscious that not all coolers are equal and our key role is to ensure safe, hygienic hydration. BWCA Members are carefully selected and audited, not just at the time of joining, but regularly. This ensures unimpeachable standards of training and good practice. The Association runs annual 3rd party audits and industry-specific training programmes for staff within Member companies to ensure that rigorous protocols are followed in providing service and product excellence”.
Through conferences, meetings, ongoing training, guidance, research and communication material as well as representations to Government, the BWCA plays an important role in aiding the industry to grow. It ensures that all Members are up to date with current best practice and that the industry is linked with international members, primarily through WaterCoolers Europe.
“What began modestly has grown and strengthened over the years, ably led by our chairmen and Executive Council, and assisted enormously by our Technical Committee and technical and training advisors. BWCA has developed into a body that is widely recognised as being an exemplar of trade association good practice. I’m proud of the research, training, auditing and the promotion, latterly, of sustainability issues. Above all I am proud of our wonderful Members”.
The British Water Cooler Association offers a series of hydration fact sheets which FMs can offer to building users.
There are currently eight fact sheets, describing ‘Why Water Matters for...’ a range of sectors:
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These provide information of the hydration benefits offered by water coolers and reminding us that the BWCA is the leading Association representing those who supply and distribute water coolers and related products and services. The Association sets rigorous standards of hygiene and safety for their Members through mandatory audits.
The hydration fact sheets also describe the importance of promoting healthy hydration for staff and other building users. The fact sheets give advice on choosing the correct coolers for particular needs and locations and the factors to take into account in choosing a mains-fed or bottled water cooler for particular requirements.
Finally, each fact sheet includes is a simple visual, colour-coded guide helping people to check whether they are correctly hydrated.
If you would like to request copies of the fact sheets, email the BWCA specifying in the subject box the title of the Fact Sheet(s) you require.
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The moment she enters Chriseda Crow’s studio apartment, Erica Bonser feels relaxed.
But it’s not the aromatherapy or votive candles lining the countertops that do the trick. Bonser is here to be professionally, platonically touched.
“So how would you like to receive touch?” Crow asks Bonser.
Bonser thinks for a second, then replies, “Maybe we could do like a forward facing hug?”
Bonser said she didn’t realize she “needed touch,” as she puts it, until she went to therapy.
“[I realized] how much anxiety I live with everyday.”
Crow is a trained cuddler with Cuddlist.com, a service that provides consent-based, professional cuddling for clients, and, yes, there is a strict code of conduct.
“If I feel uncomfortable in any way, with a hold or any type of touch or conversation, I’m going to let you know,” Crow reminds Bonser. “I’m not going to endure anything. I promise you that. Can you promise me the same thing?”
“Yes, I can,” Bonser says.
Crow fell into it when she realized she wasn’t getting enough touch her own life.
“It’s biological,” she says. “We need touch. We’re wired for it.”
She remembers thinking, “Why isn’t there an app for holding someone’s hand or watching a movie arm to arm, or holding each other, in a non-sexual way?"
Over the course of an hour, Crow and Bonser move through various positions …
“Can I put my hand on your chest?” Crow asks.
“Yes. Are my hands okay on your knees?” Bonser replies.
They also spoon — Bonser opted to be ‘small spoon.’
For Bonser, this was not something that initially sounded like a good idea.
“I know what it’s like to have touch be forced on you ... and so I would say I’m touch averse.”
But after the first session, her anxiety was gone.
“I almost felt a weight lifted off of me, and I felt like I took the best nap of my life, and like I went on vacation, and I had this ease about me.”
For Crow, this is finally a job where she feels she’s having a real, human, impact.
“I love it because I’m providing something that people need: connection,” she says. “My personal mission is to help people live their happiest lives.”
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GTA 5 for the PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One might be getting a release date “soon,” says a noted YouTube leaker. Grand Theft Auto V--slated to come out for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in the fall--could be out on Nov. 14.
GTA Online V Heists Update: Delayed by Rockstar, While ‘Grand Theft Auto 5’ has ‘Not a Hipster’ Event
By Jack Phillips
June 21, 2014 Updated: July 18, 2015
“Grand Theft Auto V” Heists was supposed to come sometime in the spring, but it’s now officially summer.
Rockstar, who released the “I’m Not a Hipster” update a few days ago, took the time this week to talk about the Heists patch delay.
In a blog post this week, the firm wrote “we have lots more in store coming your way soon.”
“We know many fans have been eagerly awaiting the release of the Online Heists that we had planned to release for you this spring, and they are taking more time to create than originally anticipated. We are very sorry for the delay, and are working hard to bring them to you as soon as we can,” the company added.
Rockstar attempted to ease the frustration of some “GTA Online” players, saying “please know that we are focused as always on making the best possible content for you.”
“Stay tuned for more information on that as well as lots of other ongoing content updates, enhancements and additions to the world of GTA Online that are on the way.
Online heists were originally touted as one of the most important elements of GTA Online but have never been implemented, and now seem further away than ever,” it added.
Rockstar did not say when the Heists update would be released.
However, the company two weeks ago said it would release its mega-popular game for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC.
This weekend, the “I’m Not a Hipster” event is being held.
“All roads lead to Los Santos this weekend, Friday June 20th through Sunday June 22nd, for an entirely unpretentious festival of huge in-game rewards, exclusive unlocks, ways to amass lots of bonus GTA$ and RP, special giveaways, competitions, live-streams and more as part of the official GTA Online ‘I’m Not a Hipster’ Event Weekend,” Rockstar said.
The company also made reference to “gentrification.”
“Gentrification has its critics and recently the Mirror Park, Chumash and East Vinewood areas have been teeming with unsavory characters who have taken umbrage against anyone wearing too-tight jeans. Three new Gang Attacks are now available to play in these areas and exclusively during the event weekend, they will yield 3X RP for each enemy kill as well as a 4X GTA$ bonus inside Gang Attack Crates upon completion. Consider it just rewards for protecting your right to individualism,” reads a press release.
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Ed Miliband has many challenges – but the spending review isn't one of them
George Osborne's immediate priorities shouldn't distract Labour, which instead must focus on how it plans to cut the deficit
Tue 7 May 2013 07.43 EDT First published on Tue 7 May 2013 07.43 EDT
On the spot ... if we were to have a proper spending review, Ed Miliband would face a tougher challenge. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images
Whether Labour matches the spending totals set out by George Osborne in the spending review is deemed to be one of the most significant questions in British politics and the sternest test yet of Ed Miliband's leadership. But like many self-evident truths that emerge from Westminster, it's a bit wide of the mark.
To be sure, Miliband faces some major judgment calls before the election – above all on the public finances. But whether to match the coalition's spending review proposals isn't one of them. What's more, the main reason for this is that the coalition has inadvertently let him off the hook.
To understand why, it is important to register that regardless of whether Miliband's underlying strategy is to hug the Conservatives close or to unleash a major boost in spending over the parliament, it would make little difference to what actually happens in the spending review period, which covers 2015-16. This is for the utterly practical reason that a future Labour government is highly unlikely to hold its emergency budget until summer 2015, so it would be surprising if a significant amount of extra Labour money, in the event there were any, could get out of the Whitehall door before April 2016. (And if Labour's early focus were on capital spending this would be even more likely to be the case.)
Sure, at the margins it will be possible to do some mid-year shuffling of resources between departments, or to top up some priority budgets that are capable of being quickly spent. The coalition made a few mid-year cuts in its first year and Labour could try to make its own modest adjustments. If the civil service is taking the prospect of a Labour government seriously then perhaps progress on a top priority such as the proposed job guarantee might get under way during late 2015. But the far bigger truth is that any real shift in spending would wait until April 2016. To repeat: this is about pragmatism, not principle or personnel. In the highly unlikely event that Miliband decided to sack Ed Balls and Rachel Reeves and replace them with Paul Krugman and Len McCluskey, it would still apply.
It could have been different. If we were about to have a proper spending review – running until 2017 or 2018 – then Miliband would truly be on the spot. He would clearly be in a position to change course on spending totals and where the pain will fall over this period. His decision on what to do would be meaningful. It would have merited the political, even ideological, significance that this question is currently being freighted with. But coalition politics means that a proper spending review isn't on the table; so the issue doesn't arise.
It's also the case that prior to the 2015 election Osborne will set out overall spending assumptions for five years. Doubtless some will argue that the big question is whether Miliband sticks to these. But I've yet to hear a single person make a credible case that the leader of the opposition should commit to this for a full five-year term.
Does this mean that all this angst about Labour's stance on spending is totally misplaced?
Hardly. Above all, Labour needs to choose the path of deficit reduction that it will commit to. This leaves open the question of the mix of tax and spending decisions that would be used to achieve this. If – and it's a very big if – Labour were to accept the current coalition target of removing the cyclically adjusted deficit on a rolling five-year basis then, as of now, it would mean having fiscal plans aimed at securing balance by 2017-18; though even under this scenario it wouldn't necessarily mean signing up to Osborne's spending totals. Alternatively, Labour could set out a new deficit reduction plan, shifting the whole path of spending cuts and tax rises. This is genuinely a strategic issue for Labour – and one that needs proper debate. But it is a different question as to Labour's immediate stance on the forthcoming spending review.
It's also the case that well in advance of the next election the Conservative party is likely to set out proposals for further far-reaching welfare changes, together with the detail of how its so-called AME cap will work. There will be a great fanfare about the size of the expected savings over the next parliament. Labour will then be challenged – remorselessly, day after day – to back these measures or face that most familiar of charges: that it is planning a tax bombshell (with the added piquancy that this time the increase is needed simply to pour money into what will be billed as a broken welfare system). Labour needs an answer that can withstand the heat of a campaign.
Even before any of this arises, Miliband has to work out what sort of body language he adopts about austerity beyond 2015. Regardless of the exact spending totals and deficit plan he commits to – which rightly won't emerge until nearer the election, but will under any scenario make for truly grim reading – there is growing pressure to open up about at least some of the broad areas that the public can expect to be cut under a Labour government.
These are all very real and pressing challenges. Unlike, that is, the spending review non-issue that is being set up as Miliband's big test.
Michael Portillo adds voice to calls for EU exit
Former Cabinet minister follows lead of Lord Lawson, saying he fervently hopes British people have guts to vote no
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Amnesty backs Detekt tool to scan for state spyware on computers
Human rights group says software represents ‘a strike back against governments’ over covert surveillance
Wed 19 Nov 2014 19.05 EST Last modified on Wed 29 Nov 2017 23.57 EST
‘Governments are increasingly using dangerous and sophisticated technology that allows them to read activists’ and journalists’ private emails and remotely turn on their computer’s camera or microphone to secretly record their activities.’ Photograph: Reuters Photographer / Reuter/REUTERS
Human rights experts and technology groups have launched a new tool allowing members of the public to scan their computers for surveillance spyware used by governments.
Amnesty says Detekt is the first tool freely available that will allow activists and journalists to find out if their PCs are being monitored without their knowledge.
Marek Marczynski, head of military, security and police at Amnesty, said: “Governments are increasingly using dangerous and sophisticated technology that allows them to read activists’ and journalists’ private emails and remotely turn on their computer’s camera or microphone to secretly record their activities. They use the technology in a cowardly attempt to prevent abuses from being exposed. Detekt is a simple tool that will alert activists to such intrusions so they can take action.”
Trade in communication surveillance technologies has grown massively in recent years, with private companies sell off-the-shelf equipment that allows governments to snoop on millions of emails, text messages and phone calls, according to an investigation by the Guardian last year. The Coalition Against Unlawful Surveillance Exports, of which Amnesty is a member, estimates the annual global trade in surveillance technologies is worth more than £3bn and growing.
Some surveillance technology is widely available on the internet, while other more sophisticated alternatives are developed by private companies and sold to state law enforcement and intelligence agencies in countries that persistently commit human rights violations.
Detekt was developed by Germany-based security researcher Claudio Guarnieri after discussions with human rights activists. It will be launched on Thursday in partnership with Amnesty International, British charity Privacy International, German civil rights group Digitale Gesellschaft and US digital rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Amnesty wants governments to establish strict trade controls requiring national authorities to assess the risk that surveillance equipment would be used to violate human rights before authorising any transfer, in a similar manner to how the arms trade is controlled.
Marczynski added: “Detekt is a great tool which can help activists stay safe but ultimately the only way to prevent these technologies from being used to violate or abuse human rights is to establish and enforce strict controls on their use and trade.”
Amnesty will promote the new software, which is free and open-source, among their activists around the world.
Marczynski said: “It represents a strike back against governments who are using information obtained through surveillance to arbitrarily detain, illegally arrest and even torture human rights defenders and journalists.”
• This article was amended on 20 November 2014. An earlier version said incorrectly that Claudio Guarnieri was German, and that the Detekt software scanned computers and phones. The headline was also amended; an earlier version began “Amnesty launches Detekt tool to scan for state spyware on phones and PCs”. And the picture and caption were changed; the previous picture was of smartphones.
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Chinmaya was a Country Economist for IGC India Bihar. He holds an MPhil degree in development studies from the University of Oxford. He has previously worked with the Centre for Development Finance in Chennai, where he co-authored a pilot study on measuring the district-level economic governance for the state of Tamil Nadu. He also holds an undergraduate degree in economics from University of Delhi.
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Growth Week 2016: Barriers to Growth
World-leading researchers and policymakers (including Richard Newfarmer, Herbert M'cleod, Mohammad Qayoumi, Mbui Wagacha, Chinmaya Kumar, Eric Verhoogen, Irfan Qureshi, Ijaz Nabi, Tony Addison, Peter Biar Ajak, Nana Dwamena) outline what the major barriers to growth are in developing countries. Filmed at #GrowthWeek 2016. Produced by Econ Films.
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Land acquisition and structural transformation in Bihar: An analysis of alternative approaches
It has long been recognized, since at least the ‘Lewis model’, that an essential ingredient of growth is the structural transformation of the economy – from agriculture to industry, from the production of primary products towards increasingly more complex manufacturing, usually accompanied by a process of migration from rural to urban areas. In the case of Bihar, this...
25 Feb 2016 | Sanjay Jain, Chinmaya Kumar
Is Bihar the new poster boy for Public Distribution System reforms?
India spends almost 1 percent of its GDP on providing food subsidy to the poor. This is India’s largest welfare programme both in terms of the budgetary outlay and the number of people covered under it. Afterall, the recent National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 aims to cover 75 percent and 50 percent of rural and urban population respectively. However, a large number...
2 Feb 2016 | Chinmaya Kumar, Pankaj Verma
Social Justice in Education: Are School Uniform and Scholarship Schemes Marred with Discrimination in Bihar?
Low school attendance has been a perennial problem for many states in India, including Bihar. With the aim of boosting attendance in school, in 2012/13 the Government of Bihar decided that school entitlements (such as money for uniforms, caste-based scholarships etc.) would be provided only to those students who maintain an average attendance of 75% between the months of...
13 Feb 2015 | Pankaj Verma, Chinmaya Kumar, Abhimanyu Gahlaut
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Attendance for Entitlement? (Working Paper)
1 Dec 2014 | Pankaj Verma, Chinmaya Kumar, Abhimanyu Gahlaut
Cash versus Kind: Understanding the Preferences of the Bicycle-Programme Beneficiaries in Bihar (Working Paper)
1 Jul 2013 | Maitreesh Ghatak, Chinmaya Kumar, Sandip Mitra
Cash transfer versus in-kind transfers: A conceptual framework and preliminary evidence
In the last few decades, there has been a growing interest in the use of cash transfer (CT) programmes as a policy tool to achieve a wide range of developmental goals, in contrast to directly provision by the government. Yet, the Indian government’s plan to replace some of the in-kind transfer (IKT) programmes – which also includes the public distribution system (PDS),...
1 Apr 2013 | Maitreesh Ghatak, Chinmaya Kumar, Sandip Mitra
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France plans to repatriate children of militant fighters in Syria
The country has been examining how to handle suspected terrorists and their families
The attackers who killed 90 people at the French theatre, the Bataclan, were trained by Isis in Syria before they returned to Europe. EPA
France is working to bring back children held by Syrian Kurdish forces and belonging to suspected French Islamist militants, but will leave their mothers to be prosecuted by local authorities, officials said.
Like other European nations, France has been wrestling with how to handle suspected militants and their families seeking to return from combat zones in Iraq and Syria, as well as those in detention, after Islamic State surrendered huge areas of territory under military pressure.
ISIS has suffered a series of deadly militant attacks over the past three years and is grappling with the threat of home-grown militancy as well as the risks posed by fighters slipping back across French borders.
While government policy has been to refuse to take back fighters and their wives, France has said it needed to determine the situation of minors.
"French authorities are now entering an active phase of evaluation on the possibility of repatriating minors," one French official said.
Some 60 women, including 40 mothers with about 150 young children, have been reported in Syria by families in France. The large majority of the children are under the age of six.
After cross-checking information with Kurdish authorities and the International Red Cross, Paris has located a number of them in Kurdish-controlled north-eastern Syria.
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Preparations are being put into place to repatriate children on a case-by-case basis, including those born in Syria, the officials said. Their return would depend on mothers agreeing to be separated from their children.
"It is in the best interest of the children," said one official.
Paris is concerned that if the children are left in Syria, they could eventually also become militants.
The first of them could return by year's end, although the complexity of the situation may push the timeline.
France in December 2017 repatriated three children belonging to a French woman who was sentenced in June by an Iraqi court to life imprisonment for her allegiance to ISIS.
She kept her youngest child with her in detention in Iraq.
That case was easier for France given Baghdad has a functioning legal system unlike in Kurdish northern Syria, which is outside the control of the Syrian government.
Figures for the number of French Islamist fighters in the Levant region have varied between 500 and 700 over the years.
Authorities estimate there are about 100 in the rebel-held north-eastern bastion of Idlib and dozens in the last ISIS pocket near the Iraqi border.
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Rebecca Braverman, April Fleming, Megan Metzger,
Singing “Rubber Ducky, you’re the one” is one of Ernie’s favorite pastimes. And it’s also what bystanders may find themselves humming at this year’s Citigroup Duck Derby. The deal: Adopt a duck online at www.synergyser vices.org, then cheer on your ducky as it bobs down Brush Creek. Funds raised go to Synergy Services’ crisis hot lines, residential services and emergency shelter, and participants can win $1,000,000 — or prizes such as trips and shopping sprees. Helping others? Helping ourselves? Duck yeah! The party, with entertainment from Disco Dick and the Mirrorballs, begins at noon Sunday, and the race starts at 3 p.m. — Rebecca Braverman
Lepidopterists, get ready for a real wingding.
The Festival of Butterflies finds more than 24 species of winged beauties on the lush grounds of Powell Gardens (1609 Northwest U.S. Highway 50 in Kingsville, 816-697-2600). Some have been flown in from more tropical locales like Texas and Florida; others are Midwestern natives temporarily at home in the Butterfly Breezeway, a giant hoop house. And hundreds of the enigmatic and vibrantly colored insects surround visitors in the Martha Jane Phillips Starr Butterfly Conservatory. There’s also a caterpillar petting zoo (the rule: one finger only), kid games and a plant sale to help folks turn their own backyards into butterfly adventure lands. The festival runs this weekend and continues August 19-21. Powell Gardens, 30 miles east of Kansas City, is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Admission is $7.50 for adults and $3 for children. — Megan Metzger
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Chameleon has a party.
While examining ancient pottery shards on a recent museum trip, we overheard a tyke whine to his pops, “Dad! I don’t want to see any more pieces!” We hear you. Parents who want a fun way to expose kids to art should take them to Chameleon’s Slam-a-Jam Community Arts Carnival at Tracy Arts Park (2025 Tracy, 816-221-7529) at 3 p.m. Saturday. The carnival atmosphere, with rides, performances and face painting, is sure to keep the little ones occupied as parents learn about Chameleon’s mission: to bring underprivileged youth a chance to be involved in the creative community through low-cost programs after school and on weekends. Putting lights, games and people in a depressed neighborhood creates a positive atmosphere, says Chameleon office manager Tim Phillips. “The negatives come to avoid it,” he says. “People are taking back their neighborhood.” —April Fleming
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Andrew Weaver speaks to his supporters at the B.C. Green Party Headquarters at the Delta Ocean Pointe Resort. (Arnold Lim/News staff) VICTORIA, B.C. May 9, 2017.
Weaver says he will step down as Green leader in January, stay on as MLA
He says an interim leader could be someone who does not have a seat in the legislature
Green Leader Andrew Weaver says he’ll step down as party leader in January but will stay on as the member of the legislature for the Victoria-area riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head.
Weaver, whose party recorded a historic election breakthrough in May 2017 by winning three seats, announced in October he would not seek re-election in the next British Columbia election.
Weaver says he expects an interim leader will be selected to replace him as the leadership contest gets underway in mid-January.
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He says an interim leader could be someone who does not have a seat in the legislature.
Green MLAs Sonia Furstenau and Adam Olsen have not said whether they will seek the leadership.
B.C.’s minority New Democrat government remains in power with the support of the Greens, but Weaver’s decision will not affect the NDP’s hold on power because he will remain on the opposition benches of legislature.
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KQ on spot after plane with 142 passengers makes emergency landing in Tanzania
9 months ago 72034 views by Jacob Onyango
- The aircraft, Boeing 787 Dreamliner, was en-route to Johannesburg, South Africa, from Nairobi
- It was, however, forced to land in Dar es Salaam when one of its engines burst into flame mid-air
- The pilots shut down the engine and safely landed the plane, saving lives of 152 people in total
- The national carrier initially indicated the emergence landing was as a result of mechanical problems
- Internal probe revealed airline's operations control centre allegedly did not provide necessary assistant during the emergency situation
Fresh details have emerged after a Kenya Airways (KQ) plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, when one of its engines burst into flames.
The plane which had 142 passengers and 10 crew members en-route to Johannesburg, South Africa, from Nairobi, Kenya, managed to land safely, thus averting a potential disaster, but concerns have been raised on how KQ handled the emergency situation.
READ ALSO: Operations resume at JKIA’s Terminal 1C following night fire
Kenya Airways' Boeing 787 Dreamliner en-route to South Africa from Kenya was on February 12, 2019, forced to make an emergency landing in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Photo: KQ.
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In a report by the Daily Nation, internal investigation into the terrifying incident which took place on February 12, 2019, revealed there was laxity at the airline's operations control centre.
According to the report published on Tuesday, April 9, the national carrier's operations control centre failed to provide the necessary assistance to the crew on board during the emergency.
READ ALSO: KDF takes over operations at JKIA amid standoff between govt and aviation workers
It was alleged the duty manager at the control centre who was expected to assist those on board the Boeing 787 Dreamliner did not have a flight plan for the plane.
The said manager then reportedly proceeded to advise the pilots to return to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) without prior knowledge on the exact location of the plane.
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The airline had previously indicated the plane simply developed a mechanical problem mid-air and that a team of engineers was dispatched to Dar es Salaam to assess the situation.
The engineers reportedly found the plane had developed a problem on one of its engines, and that the issue was fixed and the aircraft cleared to fly again.
READ ALSO: Kenya Aviation Workers Union boss arrested
Responding to queries regarding the February 12 incident, KQ's CEO Sabastian Mikosz was quoted saying the engineers were able to establish what led to the emergency landing and recommended that the affected engine be replaced.
The airline initially appeared to downplay the magnitude of the incident, but the internal probe revealed the engine actually caught fire, and that was what forced the crew to make an emergency landing in Dar es Salaam after shutting down the engine.
The report indicated the Boeing 787 Dreamliner had hours earlier landed at JKIA from New York before departing for South Africa.
The flag carrier, however, denied there was laxity at its operations control centre and that it the duty manager failed to provide assistance.
I a statement issued on Tuesday afternoon, the airline termed as malicious misrepresentation of facts claims that KQ staff were oblivious of their roles during the Dar es Salaam incident.
"KQ would like to clarify that this incident was not caused or exacerbated by any operational laxity...The communication between the pilots, operations control (duty manager) and Air Traffic Control during the flight was normal and the emergency call made was responded to with priority landing given," the airline noted.
It further dismissed as false allegations that the staff on duty did not have a flight plan and therefore did not know the exact location of the flight.
"Operations Control had the position of the aircraft at all time on our system and a copy of the flight plan was left in ground in Nairobi as required by law," KQ clarified.
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“If there was a band playing at the Sons of Anarchy clubhouse every Friday night, the Forest Rangers would have been that band,” says the show’s music supervisor and Emmy nominated songwriter and composer, Bob Thiele Jr.
After supplying the soulful musical narrative for seven highly successful seasons of the FX drama, the Forest Rangers are releasing their debut album, LAND HO! Co-produced by Thiele and Grammy Award winning producer/engineer Dave Way (Michael Jackson, Macy Gray, Ringo Starr), the album is as much a point of arrival as it is a point of departure for the band, which features some of L.A.’s finest working musicians. Recorded during the final season of Sons of Anarchy, the experience was especially meaningful for Thiele, who sings lead vocals on a number of its songs.
“In 1979, I had the idea to make a record as a solo artist. A few things happened along the way and that idea of mine was put on hold,” explains Thiele, who, much like his father legendary record producer Bob Thiele (John Coltrane, Gil Scot Heron, Buddy Holly), has spent the majority of his career on the other side of the vocal booth: producing, playing and writing.
Thanks to the popular Sons of Anarchy’s soundtracks (over 2 million downloads and over 250,000 CDs sold worldwide) a large and receptive audience was exposed to the Forest Ranger’s music, inspiring the band to crowd-fund their album, which was an innovative experience for Thiele, who spent some years working at the major labels as an A&R executive.
Thiele co-wrote most of the songs on LAND HO! with two of his long-time songwriter pals Dillon O’Brian & Tonio K. He also used the opportunity to collaborate further with a remarkable group of artists who made significant contributions to the Sons of Anarchy soundtrack. In one of the pivotal montages in season one, singer/songwriter Audra Mae, sang an unforgettable version of Bob Dylan’s Forever Young. It seems apt her infectious ‘A Goodbye,’ would serve as the album opener, on this track the Forest Rangers, anchored by bass player Davey Faragher (Elvis Costello & The Imposters) and drummer Michael Urbano (Cracker), bring to mind the early recordings of Bill Withers. Battleme’s haunting version of Neil Young’s Hey Hey, My My from season three racked-up 10 million views on YouTube, on LAND HO!’s Come on Back he delivers incendiary vocals, accompanied by an unrelenting, thunderous drum performance by Matt Chamberlain’s (Fiona Apple, Frank Ocean). For one of the last episodes of the show, Amos Lee sang a dreamy version of Dylan’s Boots of Spanish Leather; here he adds his deep, candid vocals to Man in the Moment. And last, but hardly least, The Kills’ Alison Mosshart (who sang "What A Wonderful World" in season four, a song coincidentally co-written by Thiele’s father), brings her seductive rasp to the fiery "Trying To Believe".
No Forest Rangers project would be complete without the voices of Katey Sagal and Billy Valentine. “Billy is in a class by himself. There is no better singer I’ve worked with,” says Thiele of Valentine, who appeared often on the Sons of Anarchy soundtrack, including season seven’s version of "All Along the Watchtower", and who sings LAND HO!’s bittersweet Blue Angel.
“Katey is a force,” says Thiele of Sagal, who not only starred in Sons of Anarchy but also contributed every season to the soundtrack. For Land Ho! her vocals deliver a warm 1970s Laurel Canyon sound on the country infused "On Our Way".
Rounding out the list of LAND HO! contributors is one-time real national Forest Ranger, Greg Leisz (Daft Punk, Bon Iver, Eric Clapton) who brings his lap steel, pedal steel guitar and mandolin to the album, as he often did to the Sons of Anarchy soundtrack. On hand as well is one of Thiele’s oldest musical collaborators, John Philip Shenale (Jane’s Addiction, Tori Amos), who provides exquisite string arrangements on "So-Called Life" and "I’m Alive". “Phil is the most consummate musician I know. He’s an undiscovered genius.”
Saxophonist Ravi Coltrane’s contribution to the title track was particularly meaningful. “My father produced albums by Ravi’s father from 1961 until 1967. Historic records like Ascension and A Love Supreme. Ravi and I had not met until the night he came to the Record Plant in New York City to play on the track. It was an indescribable experience, pure energy and emotion. I was literally in tears upon hearing Ravi’s first phrases.”
Listening to LAND HO! you may hear some of what was in Thiele’s mind back in 1979 when he had the initial impulse to make a solo record, for sure you’ll hear an eclectic group of musicians enjoying their craft, strong songwriting, stellar production and a collection of unique and powerful singing voices, including his own. It might have taken Thiele 35 years to get here, but it’s clear he has arrived.
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It's late lunchtime, and we're at the trendy Harbour House restaurant in the small, fishing-village of Kalk Bay, on the far-flung outskirts of Cape Town, looking out for cruising humpback and southern white whales, fishing boats and crazy surfers.
Gloomy, 90 per cent forecasts of heavy rain throughout the day have proved 100 per cent wrong. Instead, the day has turned out bright and sunny - though blowy enough to whip up the sea, sending waves crashing dramatically into the bay windows of the restaurant.
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The food is fantastic and oh-so-fresh: shared starters such as champagne oysters, masala-dusted calamari and Mozambique-style tiger prawns; today's "line-fish" mains, kingklip, yellowtail served with salsa verde and poached egg, and angel fish, served with rib-eye steak and truffle sauce.
The main entrance to the Mount Nelson Hotel Cape Town South. Photo: Alamy
And mineral waters all round. For wonderful though it is, this meal is – in crude, tourist terms - a mere pitstop on an introductory, "Cape Town discovery trip", a loop that takes us from downtown to southern-most Cape Point and back again via the False Bay coastal road. It's great to be back.
The first time I visited Cape Town I stayed in an old prison, scampered up and down Table Mountain like a bouncy springbok, was chased by an irate ostrich, and managed to get hopelessly lost in the near-by Strandfontein Sewage Works while bird-watching. In short, I had a wonderful time.
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Some 20 years on, I'm back, this time as a guest of Bill Peach Journeys, an Australian company that specialises in tailor-made tours for independent travellers. My tour has started in Johannesburg, continued by vintage train to Cape Town, and will eventually take me on to Botswana and Zambia.
For my all-too-brief stay in South Africa's "Mother City" I am joined by expert guides Antoinette Du Preez and Jack Junker. Together they can explain anything, from the mating habits of local baboons to the recent, controversial decision to pull down a statue of British colonialist Cecil John Rhodes.
What better place to start than the five-star Mount Nelson Hotel, which, according to the city guide "snuggles coyly in the crook of Table Mountain". Opened in 1899, on the eve of the Anglo-Boer War, the hotel was designed to emulate the finest in London, then the capital of refined hostelry.
Known irreverently by locals as "The Nellie", the hotel has hosted guests such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who nicknamed it "Pink Lady" for its peachy colour, and more recently Tiger Woods, Oprah Winfrey, the Dalai Lama and me.
Opposite its imposing entrance, on the edge of extensive gardens which can be toured in the company of the head gardener, stands a statue of Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi, who worked in South Africa. Like me, he looks like he could do with a feed in the hotel's elegant, new dining area.
But that can wait. Soon, we're heading out of town: past the "gateway" to Robben Island, where national hero Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years; past a rugby museum dedicated to the exploits of the mercurial Springboks, and the Cape Town Stadium, which featured in the 2010 soccer World Cup.
Apart from the towering sheets of mountains and "funny" accents, the coast ride is reminiscent of parts of Sydney, of the Northern Beaches, or perhaps the Great Ocean Road. That is, it's dizzying, enticing, relaxing, laid-back and, throughout the Table Mountain National Park, terribly fire prone.
The Old Cape Point Lighthouse. Photo: Peter Unger
We pass bay after attractive bay - camps, famous for white-sand beaches, exorbitant real estate and wide choice of restaurants, Hout, with its picturesque harbour, Noordhoek, with its horse-riding trails and flourishing artists' community – before striking briefly inland towards Cape Point.
Almost everywhere, it seems, there are fishing boats collecting lobster, abalone and kelp; abandoned gun emplacements dating back to the 19th century; surfers, catching waves under the watchful eye of a shark-spotter sitting in a cliff-top kiosk; and reminders of the large number of wreckages. A reminder that this is one of the most treacherous stretches of water in the world.
By now, the views, the vegetation, and the wildlife have changed. We have arrived in the so-called "Fynbos Kingdom", a belt of land which has more endemic species of plants than anywhere else in the world. The Cape Peninsular alone has 2285 species, in an area a third the size of Greater London.
The old lighthouse on Cape Point South Africa. Photo: Alamy
As we park, Jack runs through a few dos and don'ts. Look out for the harmless guinea fowl on the road. Don't stop to play with the local Chacma baboons. They can be aggressive. And, whatever you do, don't mess with the ostriches.
"You cannot outrun animals. They can move like a freight train," he says, as pressed for time, we take the Cape Point, or Flying Dutchman, funicular up through more, dense, fynbos, covered in blossom and birds, to the upper lighthouse. The views are to die for - literally in some unfortunate cases.
Given more time, perhaps we would have walked the 33 kilometres Cape of Good Hope Trail, a two-day trip including an overnight stay in one of three cottages at Rooikrans, the name of a tree originally exported to Cape Town from Australia.
Penguin colony. Photo: Don Bayley
It is also possible to walk the 78 kilometres back to Table Mountain along the dramatic Hoerikwaggo Trail. All you need is a map, walking boots, a big rucksack and, oh yes, three or four days to spare. Perhaps another time. Perhaps followed by the famous 7½-kilometre Robben Island Freedom Swim.
Instead, we eschew the funicular and walk back to the car, go for a another bracing wander, and make a cheesy, thumbs-up photo stop at a wooden sign announcing this to be "the most south-western point of the African continent". Somehow, the qualification detracts from a genuinely dramatic place.
It is time to move on, northwards along the M4 on the eastern side of the cape, through a seascape dotted with evocative names. Trappies Cave, Venus Pool, Smitswinkel Bay, Parson's Nose, Rambly Bay. And just south of Simons Town, The Boulders, home of a famous colony of African penguins.
A King Protea in bloom. Photo: Martin Harvey
Any fears that we might not see the endangered bird are quickly allayed. Young and old, big or small, they seem to be everywhere: not just on the gently sloping beach, or among its rubbery bushes, but here and there scampering along the boardwalk, even waddling past the souvenir shops.
Over the long-term, breeding numbers have fallen, from 3900 birds in 2005 to 2100 in 2011 at Boulders Bay, the only place in the world where it is still possible to swim with such penguins. But locals are hopeful that the decline has been arrested.
Like ostriches, however, they should not be approached too closely. As one expert explains, the comical birds - once called Jackass penguins – are remarkably untroubled by people "But one should avoid harassing them by getting too close or chasing them. Beware! They have a vicious bite."
Flamingos at Strandfontein Sewage Works, the best birding spot in Cape Town. Photo: Alamy
After a prolonged, pleasant bite to eat, at the Harbour House, we are on the move again, heading back towards the city, via one of Cape Town's greatest attractions, the truly divine Kirstenbosch botanical gardens.
Founded a century ago, to preserve and showcase South Africa's unique flora, on land once owned by today's unloved "white colonialist" Cecil John Rhodes, the gardens spectacularly straddle the eastern side of Table Mountain.
They may be enjoyed in so many ways: hiking, mountaineering, concert-going or, simplest and most rewarding, by strolling the sloping grounds, walking the tree canopy, taking a "sensations" stroll through aromatic flower-beds along a trailed designed originally for blind visitors.
There are dazzling displays of protea, the national flower, of pelargoniums, cycads and, a relatively recent attraction, the rare strelitzia reginae, or Yellow Bird of Paradise. It was recently renamed "Mandela's Gold", in memory of the much-loved, late leader who managed the nation's bloodless transition to majority rule.
Take in, too, the theme gardens, such as that devoted to wonderfully "useful plants" which can be used in the treatment of everything from headaches to HIV/AIDS secondary symptoms, from insect and snake bites to coughs, colds and flu, as well as "sexually related problems".
Specialist plants may also be useful in dyeing, erosion control, casting "charms", construction and crafts, and, more simply, providing cereals and vegetables.
However, they come with a warning: "Natural does not mean safe. Many of these plants, like 'normal' medicines, contain potentially dangerous or toxic chemicals, especially if incorrectly used or dosed. DON'T SELF-MEDICATE."
All too quickly, the light in the gardens dims, the air turns cold, as the sun disappears for another, action-packed day, behind ever-present Table Mountain, which must remain unscaled on this fleeting visit.
Sadly, it is time to move on. Of course, there's so much, much more to do in Cape Town, a vibrant city whose "modern" history dates back to the days of the Dutch East India Company, and which, as the recent removal of the Rhodes statue demonstrated, is still coming to terms with its past.
There are museums big and small. A Jewish Museum. A District Six Museum, which recalls the forced removal of 60,000 black residents from an area declared white in 1966. A museum dedicated to the first human heart transplant, performed by Christian Barnard at Groote Schuur Hospital.
There are free walks. Cheap, colourful eats and drinks at places such as Charley's Bakery, the Beerhouse, the Orphanage Cocktail Emporium and the Truth Coffee roastery. There's the open-air City Bowl Market, the Galileo Open Air Cinema and the Bo Kapp residents home cookery tours.
Further afield, there are vineyard tours by bike, or train; canal visits by stand-up paddle, and of course a guided tour to Robben Island. And, for hard-core twitchers, it's still possible to go birding on Strandfontein Sewage Works. Just don't get lost.
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Qantas has direct flights from Sydney to Johannesburg. From there, South African Airways has connections to Cape Town.
The two-night Cape Town stay, at the Mount Nelson Hotel, is part of a collection of tours Bill Peach Journeys has created for independent travellers. The 12-day tour has daily departures through 2015-16, priced from $12,309 each, twin share. In 2016, there will also be a group departure of this tour. Quoted prices do not include airfares to and from Johannesburg.
The writer was a guest of Bill Peach Journeys.
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Our club has been established now for 15 years, it started with one team of ladies wanting to play netball. In 2016 it was decided to develop the club giving people of all ages, abilities and disabilities the opportunity to play and be part of a team. In September 2017 a junior session for ages 8-15-year old was set up, One year later the response and interest were so vast another session had to be added giving the club 2 primary and 2 secondary school age teams. We have now currently got 9 teams and are continuing to grow vastly. As a club all players and volunteers are given the opportunities to gain qualification in several courses these are all funded by the club to enable everyone the opportunity to gain these qualifications.
In 2017 a walking netball session was developed; this was decided based upon several reasons.These sessions have gone from strength to strength one of our oldest players is 82. With the continued growth of the club we need to have members develop into coaching to ensure we have enough coaches to cover all the teams, the overall cost of each course is quite high and we don’t ask the participant to fund this themselves, as a club we pay for this which comes from the help of donations and funding.
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The government has announced a 6.2% increase in the National Living Wage (NLW), which applies to workers aged 25 and over. From 1 April 2020 the NLW will rise from the current rate of £8.21 to £8.72 an hour, in the largest raise since it was introduced two decades ago.
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Nov. 13, 2019 / 1:36 PM / Updated Nov. 15, 2019 at 9:37 AM
Fantasy football: Week 11 quarterback rankings
Alex Butler
Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen has 275 rushing yards and six rushing touchdowns this season, in addition to his 10 touchdown passes. Photo by Aaron Josefczyk/UPI | License Photo
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott (4) ranks second in the NFL with 2,777 passing yards in 2019. Photo by Ian Halperin/UPI | License Photo
Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr (4) has completed 70.8 percent of his throws for 2,202 yards, 14 touchdowns and four interceptions in nine starts this season. Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI | License Photo
Nov. 15 (UPI) -- Dak Prescott, Drew Brees, Lamar Jackson, Deshaun Watson and Patrick Mahomes top my Week 11 fantasy football quarterback rankings for 2019.
Josh Allen, Tom Brady, Matt Ryan, Philip Rivers and Derek Carr round out my top-10 options for Week 11.
If you don't have a top quarterback option, take a look at my weekly waiver wire article. There are several capable gunslingers with great matchups who should be on your streaming radar.
You also should remove Green Bay Packers, New York Giants, Seattle Seahawks and Tennessee Titans players from your lineup, as those teams have Week 11 byes.
RELATED Fantasy football: Week 11 running back rankings
Here are some of my favorite players in this week's top 20 quarterback rankings:
Dallas Cowboys star Dak Prescott is my No. 1 quarterback for Week 11. Prescott has thrown three touchdown passes in back to back games entering his Week 11 matchup against the Detroit Lions, a unit allowing the sixth-most fantasy points per game to quarterbacks. The Cowboys gunslinger remains an elite QB1 going forward. I expect Prescott to light up the Lions, while frequently targeting star wide receiver Amari Cooper. He should have at least three touchdown passes in this matchup.
RELATED Fantasy football: Week 11 wide receiver rankings
New Orleans Saints veteran Drew Brees is my No. 2 quarterback for Week 11. The Saints are set to face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a unit allowing the second-most fantasy points per game to quarterbacks.
The Buccaneers can likely stop the Saints running game with solid defensive line play, but I expect Brees to gash them through the air. Brees failed to throw a touchdown in Week 10, but should rebound in a big way this week. I'm expecting at least 300 passing yards and three touchdowns from the Saints star.
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Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen is having a solid season from a fantasy football perspective. He comes in as my No. 6 option for Week 11 with a matchup against the Miami Dolphins, a unit allowing the seventh-most fantasy points per game to quarterbacks.
Allen has maintained relevance in fantasy football even when he hasn't had great passing performances, due his running ability. He should go off against the Dolphins, throwing for multiple touchdowns and putting up a solid rushing yard total. Start Allen down the stretch, especially in matchups like this one.
Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr has a 14-to-4 touchdown to interception ratio this season. He has also thrown multiple touchdown passes in five of his nine games this season. I'm expecting another day with at least two touchdown tosses for Carr against the Cincinnati Bengals, a unit allowing the third-most fantasy points to quarterbacks. Carr is my No. 10 option this week and is a great bye week fill in.
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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo is my No. 11 option for Week 11, landing in QB1 territory in deeper leagues. Garoppolo had back to back games with multiple touchdown passes entering Week 10, but threw just one score last week against the Seattle Seahawks. I expect a rebound from Garoppolo in Week 11 against the Arizona Cardinals, a unit that has allowed the most passing yards, touchdowns and fantasy points per game to quarterbacks. The 49ers should dominate this game after suffering their first loss of the season in Week 10.
Carolina Panthers quarterback Kyle Allen is a borderline QB1 for Week 11, based on his matchup against the Atlanta Falcons. I would start Allen if you are in need of a bye week fill in. The Falcons are allowing the fourth-most fantasy points per game to quarterbacks. Allen had a season-high 307 passing yards in Week 10. I expect Allen to air it out again this week and post at least 250 passing yards and throw multiple touchdown passes against the Falcons. Allen is my No. 13 quarterback.
Week 11 fantasy football quarterback rankings
1. Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys at DET
2. Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints at TB
3. Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens vs. HOU
4. Deshaun Watson, Houston Texans at BAL
5. Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs at LAC
6. Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills at MIA
7. Tom Brady, New England Patriots at PHI
8. Matt Ryan, Atlanta Falcons at CAR
9. Philip Rivers, Los Angeles Chargers vs. KC
10. Derek Carr, Oakland Raiders vs. CIN
11. Jimmy Garoppolo, San Francisco 49ers vs. ARI
12. Jameis Winston, Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. NO
13. Kyle Allen, Carolina Panthers vs. ATL
14. Nick Foles, Jacksonville Jaguars at IND
15. Sam Darnold, New York Jets at WAS
16. Kyler Murray, Arizona Cardinals at SF
17. Kirk Cousins, Minnesota Vikings vs. DEN
18. Carson Wentz, Philadelphia Eagles vs. NE
19. Jared Goff, Los Angeles Rams vs. CHI
20. Jacoby Brissett, Indianapolis Colts vs. JAX
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Vicious Irene - Distorted State of Mind
10 years after their first full length "Pink Pollution" (which was followed by 4 further CDs & EPs), VICIOUS IRENE from Gothenburg, Sweden, are back with a brand new album! Within all these years of playing and writing songs together, VICIOUS IRENE have managed to create a style of individual Hardcore punk that melts together elements of classic Scandi D-Beat, Jap-Core and nineties Grunge/Punk, forming a stomping and massive beast of Grrrl Punk (all members are female). 10 new tracks that give you an imagination of DISCHARGE meeting up with L7 or BIKINI KILL to discuss gender, feminism and authoritarian politics over a tea or booze bootle (you decide) not forgetting irony and humor... - The recording is a screaming steamroller of sheer and raw heavy noise and pounding drums. Comparisons to other bands probably don't do justice to them, as in 2012 they sound as unique and fresh as no other band I can think of at the moment. Great album.
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As outlined in our recent "State of the Club" post, we're trying a new format to start the season -- moving away from the post-game events in Bryant Hall and instead hosting a series of pre-game tailgates in an effort to better "meet alums where they are." Here's what you need to know:
Tell me one more time why we're doing this?
Simply put, we're installing some new plays with the expectation that they will lead to a more meaningful game day experience for a larger number of alums.
Additionally, our learnings this season will help shape our game day routine in the years to come as we work with Football, Athletics, and VAF on a longer-term plan.
And what's that longer-term plan?
One angle we're pursuing is for our Club to have a designated area where we can hold one large tailgate on game days. That just wasn't feasible this season.
In order to get to that place, we're starting with Who and What we have on-hand, and that's you guys! We can help our future efforts by showing up en masse this season.
Find the flags
Anywhere you see a 12-foot "UVA Football Alumni Club" flag flying, you should instinctively know: YOU ARE WELCOME HERE.
Tailgate hosts will be flying these in the lots at and around the stadium, per the list below.
A big thanks to Ian Frye '15 for coming up with the design!
@uvafbalumni
Check Twitter on game day for any updates. This seemed to be the easiest way to broadcast messages in real-time. You do not need to create an account to view our tweets.
Note that currently, we'll just use this account to share logistics.
Will there be food and drink?
Yes, just as you'd find at any other tailgate.
And, just as happens at any other tailgate, it may be the case that supplies are running low, or even tapped out, by the time you get there.
But, we'll do our best to make each tailgate are good as we reasonably can. Club funds that would've otherwise been earmarked for Bryant Hall catering, staffing, etc. are instead being put towards these tailgates.
But remember, right now our focus is on bringing the largest amount of guys back together: IT'S ABOUT THE FELLOWSHIP, NOT THE FEAST. Should this experiment prove to be the right approach, it's expected that the quantity and quality of food and drink will increase as the number of participating alums increases.
Am I required to bring anything?
Nope. Just show up and bring a few teammates with you.
Of course, if you'd like to bring [a case of beer and a bag of chips] as you would to any other tailgate, by all means go for it (it will certainly be appreciated), but that's not expected.
Does it cost anything?
Note, though, that game day functions are one area where annual membership dues are put to use. You can help us provide a better experience (and support the Club's other activities) by joining or renewing here.
Is this the plan all season?
TBD. We're viewing this as a "low-cost experiment." We're not betting the farm, but we're also not going to hold back. We have high hopes and the plan seems solid, but we don't yet know how it will shake out on game days.
We are committed to trying this format thru the first three homes games (W&M, FSU, ODU) and will adjust our game plan as needed. Here's where we're taking notes.
That said, we may also choose to pack up our flags and take this show on the road. Let us know if you'd be interested in that.
I like the sound of this. How can I help?
Glad you asked! First, and most important, you can show up! Bring a few teammates while you're at it.
Second, if you know how to throw a good tailgate, you can help host. And you can do this regardless of whether or not you have a parking spot -- we can pair you up with someone who does.
Lastly, your ideas and feedback are always welcome; help us make this plan go.
Contact Brennan Schmidt for more info: brennan.schmidt@gmail.com | 434.996.4800
West Lot 1 | #613
If you're looking at the west gate, look two rows to your right, halfway down.
Nelson Yarbrough '59
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Conner Davis '14
North Lot D
On Alderman Road, to the immediate left of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic church. This lot doesn't have numbered spots, so just look for the two flags. Kenny's tailgate will be to the far right when you pull in the lot, right next to the church, complete with a 50' flatscreen so you won't miss the rest of the day's action.
Kenny Word '83
Lewis Street
A well-oiled machine when it comes to supporting the 'Hoos, throwing a tailgate, and welcoming old players back, the Valley Hoos (of which several Football alums are part of) have extended an invitation to their pig roast off Lewis Street, behind Wayside Fried Chicken and Dürty Nelly's. Look for the flag, listen for the noise, and sniff for the pulled pork.
George Stanley '02
Jay Dorsey '04
Notes from W&M
Lot 1 | #613
South Lot 1 | #536
Perfectly situated outside the Southeast Gate. A big thanks to Walter, who can't make the game, but who graciously donated his spot to the cause.
Walter Kulp '91
A stone's throw from Bryant Hall. If you were walking out of the main entrance at Bryant, head to the back right corner of the upper deck.
Tommy Viar '73
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The World Recast: 70 Buildings from 70 Years of Concrete Quarterly (Paperback)
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As the modern world rose from the rubble of Second World War, it was shaped by one material above all others. In 1947, a new magazine honed in on this paradigmatic shift in architecture and design: Concrete Quarterly. The World Recast charts this journey through the stunning photography and eyewitness testimony of Concrete Quarterly's rich and fascinating archive. It is the story of heroic architecture, ingenious engineering and how the world we now take for granted came into being. The World Recast celebrates Concrete Quarterly's summative coverage of this pivotal era in architecture, focusing on 70 buildings from the magazine's 70-year history. It charts the genesis of some of the modern world's greatest monuments and its boldest ideas, from the ethereal beauty of Ove Arup's Brynmawr Rubber Factory to the sleek modernism of the Pirelli Tower, the fairytale churches of Gottfried Boehm and the digitally enhanced imagination of Zaha Hadid. Plentiful and cheap, but also bold and undeniably modern, concrete suited the spirit of the post-war period perfectly. It was the obvious means of building the power stations, motorways and factories that would be the engines of economic recovery, and made possible a new era in architecture and design. But it was also the choice of a generation of designers keen to express themselves through radically new architectural forms and types of structure. The World Recast reflects upon the legacy of Concrete Quarterly and the significance of concrete within modernism and other architectural movements. It also expands the conversation into the present day, offering crucial insight into concrete's comeback within today's architecture, as well as its recent popularity in contemporary culture at large.
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May 12, 2018 | 8:00 PM | $5 – $15 donaiton at the door
Jason McGill et al: Solo/Duo/Trio
Seattle artist Jason McGill assembles an evening of four sets of music for one, two, and three:
a. Jason McGill, solo alto saxophone
b. Andrew Olmstead, solo piano
c. Great Bliss: Jason McGill and Tom Scully, electric guitars
d. all of the above
Jason McGill is a Seattle-based (New England born) lifer within sundry less-popular-musics communities. His music of the past few years has mainly explored attention, paradox, love, space, and natural logic. Tonight brings together a few streams of his thought and practice, beginning with solo alto saxophone improvisations: entries to what he calls (and visualizes to be) “tone rooms” – spaces of perfect tonal logic where anything can happen, but only once.
Next, pianist Andrew Olmstead will present a collection of very short songs, documented and available in a book of sheet music. In a tradition dating back to the 16th century, these will incorporate all twelve major and minor keys. These are songs in the sense of Mendelssohn’s Lieder ohne Worte (Songs Without Words). Mendelssohn wrote: “What the music I love expresses to me is not thought too indefinite to put into words, but on the contrary, too definite.” An active part of the Seattle music scene since 2010, Olmstead focuses on intermedia, improvisation, songwriting, and humor. In addition to performing solo, he has explored these subjects in multiple groups, including Spooky Action, Honey Noble, and netcat.
McGill will also present a new guitar piece, I of II, for his revolving-membership group project Great Bliss. This time he will be joined by the Seattle guitarist Tom Scully. The piece, dedicated to the late artist Pauline Oliveros, explores one of the two six-unit whole tone scales (in western temperament) at great length, stretching six notes out to saturated resonance.
Originally from Charleston, SC, Tom Scully moved to Seattle after completing studies in jazz composition and guitar performance at Boston’s Berklee College of Music. He is also guitarist in the experimental rock / free jazz duo Macaw.
Finally, these three will improvise together, as is right and fun.
Each month, Nonsequitur and a community of like-minded organizations and artists present ten concerts of adventurous and experimental music in the gorgeous Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center (which sits on the traditional homelands of the Duwamish people): contemporary/post-classical composition, free improvisation and the outer limits of jazz, electronic/electroacoustic music, new instruments, phonography, sound art, and other innovative musics. Watch a video clip about us on the Seattle Channel.
In the Chapel Performance Space on the fourth floor of the Good Shepherd Center.
4649 Sunnyside Ave. N.
Seattle WA, 98103
(SW corner of 50th & Sunnyside in Wallingford. Nearest Metro bus stops: 62, 44, 26)
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Academic Survey Says Active Management Creates Value for Investors After All
An academic’s deep analysis of academic literature from the last two decades found that active management has been more positive for investors than conventional wisdom suggests.
Diana Britton | Oct 01, 2018
The rise of indexing has been undeniable over the last decade. Bombarded by the argument that most active investment managers cannot predictably beat the broader market, investors have shifted to low-cost index mutual funds and exchange traded funds at the expense of funds that are actively managed. Passive funds now account for nearly 40 percent of all U.S. retail fund assets, according to Morningstar. That compares to just 8 percent in 1997.
But a recent study by Martijn Cremers, a professor of finance at the University of Notre Dame, and others challenge the conventional wisdom that active management doesn’t create value for investors. Cremers used Mark Carhart’s 1997 study on the persistence of mutual fund performance as a starting point. Cremers studied over 300 academic papers on the subject since Carhart’s seminal paper.
“We find that over the last 20 years of over 300 academic papers, that active managers have a variety of skills, and we find a lot of evidence that they create value for their clients,” Cremers said. “After costs, many of them actually do generate positive value for investors and therefore active management is much more promising than if you believe the conventional wisdom.”
Carhart, now chief investment officer at Kepos Capital, ranked funds into decile portfolios based on one-year gross return in each calendar year from 1962 to 1992. He found that winners tend to stay winners over the year period, and losers tend to stay losers. However, the top-performing funds vary from year to year, with over 80 percent annual turnover in composition, he said.
According to Cremers, the conventional wisdom has three elements: That the average active fund underperforms the benchmark after taking costs into consideration; that some funds outperform in a given year, but that performance doesn’t persist; and that skilled managers are generally more expensive, so investors don’t benefit from that skill.
Cremers conceded that, when you look at the recent academic literature, there is empirical support that on average, actively managed mutual funds do not strongly outperform over the long term.
But some literature challenges this notion, he said, arguing that the methodology makes assumptions that biases you against finding outperformance.
“The methodology really matters; the data really matters; time periods really matter,” Cremers said. “If you look more at what’s actually accessible in terms of benchmark performance, in terms of tradable portfolios—what are you comparing actively managed portfolios with? You become a lot less confident that the average fund underperforms.”
The conventional wisdom on the persistence of fund performance has been challenged by recent studies, he added. There is strong evidence for performance persistence, using better methodology, better data and higher frequency data. He points to the 2005 paper by Nicolas P. B. Bollen and Jeffrey A. Busse, which found that 10 to 20 percent of top performers seem to have the ability to perform consistently over time.
Many papers challenge the conventional wisdom that skilled managers are more expensive. For example, in 2009 Cremers wrote a paper with Antti Petajisto introducing “active share,” a basic tool that compares holdings of funds to the holdings of the benchmark.
“The point that we make is that many funds that say that they’re very active may not be that different from their benchmarks,” Cremers said. “Among the high active share funds, there’s actually strong evidence, we argue, that there’s no underperformance—perhaps even outperformance. Among the low active share funds that are not cheap, there’s very strong evidence that investors do not benefit after costs.”
Cremers points to other limitations of conventional wisdom. Most of the research only looks at U.S. actively managed mutual funds.
“That may be the least persuasive market to consider the power of active management because the U.S. equity markets are dominated by large caps that are arguably in a very efficient, very competitive market,” Cremers said. “Once you go outside U.S. large caps—you go to small caps, you go to bond funds, you go to hybrid funds, international funds, emerging markets, hedge funds—arguably those environments may be more promising.”
“Most fixed income managers are overweight credit; we own lots of yield,” said David Lafferty, chief market strategist at Natixis Investment Managers. “And when we out-yield the benchmarks and credit does well, we do well. When credit falls out, active managers do poorly.”
The Teacher Retirement System of Texas, a public pension plan, recently found that its international developed managers had excess returns at or above their target levels while U.S. managers had terrible results. So the plan completely shut down its internally managed U.S. equity portfolio, $4 billion of which went into passive strategies until they figure out what to do.
That’s not to say the institutional investor has given up on stock picking.
“TRS believes in active management,” said Scott Gonsoulin, investment manager at the pension fund. “We just think there are nuances in the active/passive debate that we have to be willing to acknowledge—like active management working better in some places and us having to potentially utilize more factor-based strategies in other places.”
Another limit to conventional wisdom is that academics disagree on how to evaluate these funds, Cremers said.
“We haven’t been able to have a consensus model for performance evaluation,” he said. “So many different papers will do their own thing.”
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Fernando Romero practices as a Gynecologist in Methuen, MA.He graduated from Univ. Puerto Rico Medical School.
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Christannah Waters practices as a Gynecologist in Haverhill, MA.She graduated from Loyola University Medical Center.
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22 Keewaydin Drive
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Winchester Hospital Center for Cancer Care
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226 Harvard Avenue
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Gynecologist Info
Gynecologist Summary:
A gynecologist is a medical doctor who specializes in women's health issues, especially those concerning the reproductive system. A gynecologist can diagnose and treat a variety of conditions that affect a woman's reproductive system.
Gynecologist Treatments may include:
- Genitourinary disorders
- Gynecological cancers
- Breast conditions
- Ovarian Cysts
- Infertility
- Contraception
- Sexually transmitted disease
- Uterine fibroids
Gynecologist Specialties include:
Obstetrics involves caring for women and their health during pregnancy, childbirth, and post-natal care. Gynecological oncology deals with treatment of cancers that affect a woman's reproductive system. Gynecologists may also sub-specialize in pediatric, adolescent, menopausal, or geriatric gynecology. Other sub-specialties in gynecology include endocrinology and infertility, urology, pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery.
Gynecology Procedures and Treatments:
A gynecologist can assess, diagnose, and treat issues affecting a woman's reproductive tract. Interviews, external observations, internal examinations, PAP tests, medical imaging, amniocentesis, and biopsy are used to help gynecologists with diagnosis.
Treatments may involve the use of medication, sex education and contraceptives, D&C, tubal ligation, mastectomy, hysterectomy, laparoscopy, and colposcopy.
Gynecology Profession Details:
Gynecologists must complete medical school then additional training in women's health and surgical requirements. Board certification and licensing are required for practicing gynecologists in the United States. Continuing education is required to maintain certification.
Gynecology Associations:
The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology is responsible for certification of both gynecologists and obstetricians in the United States, with nearly 1,700 certifications occurring each year. This non-profit organization is independently maintained and is recognized as a specialty board by the Medical Board of Medical Specialties.
Gynecologist FAQs:
What Is a Gynecologist?
A gynecologist is a medical doctor that specializes in women's health issues, especially those pertaining to the reproductive system.
What Is the Difference between a Gynecologist and an Obstetrician?
An obstetrician is a gynecologist who sub-specializes in issues regarding pregnancy and childbirth and has more training and experience regarding those issues as well as childbirth and potential complications that might arise.
How Do I Find the Best Gynecologist in My Area?
You can find the best local gynecologist for your needs on Wellness.com, through other search sites including the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and from recommendations by your family doctor, relatives, and friends. Be sure to ask questions and do some research as it is important to choose a gynecologist you trust and are comfortable with.
Why Do I Need a Gynecologist?
Women should see a gynecologist at least once a year for regular examinations. While family doctors can provide basic services, gynecologists specialize in women's health and reproductive issues so are better equipped to diagnose and treat potential issues.
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Scottie Ewing-Michael Hancock link, election day break-in & the swing king's tangled past
Michael Roberts | June 8, 2011 | 8:13am
Michael Hancock's election took place against a bizarre backdrop. A Complete Colorado piece alleging a link between Hancock and the Denver Players prostitution ring that brought down Judge Edward Nottingham was ignored by mainstreamers, but it blew up on talk radio. On Monday, KHOW's Peter Boyles met the story's source: ex-Denver Players owner Scottie Ewing, whose records-filled computer was reported stolen later that day.
Ewing, a onetime professional skier, first graced the pages of Westword in the June 2006 Jared Jacang Maher feature "Swap Talk," which detailed the competition between Ewing and the Scarlet Ranch's Kendall Seifert for Denver swing supremacy. It's a tale Ewing didn't want told. He and his attorney, Michael Andre, shared their objections during a meeting at the Hornet with Maher and editor Patricia Calhoun -- but Westword published the story anyway.
The following February, Andre killed himself after an eight-hour SWAT team standoff in Cherry Creek.
When "Swap Talk" saw print, Ewing was best known for his association with the on-premises club Sindicate, which closed in 2005. But within months of Andre's death, Ewing was back in the news via a swingers' club he'd opened at 3648 Navajo Street. That project was followed by the launch of Sugar House, which Calhoun described as a "restaurant/bar/(very) short-time hotel" in in this April post about its building going on the block.
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But federal agents didn't believe Sugar House was his sole means of support. In May 2010, the IRS came after Ewing, alleging that he'd been using a company called Sindicate Media & Consulting to "disguise from the Internal Revenue Service the true source and amount of the income he received from Denver Sugar/Denver Players," the aforementioned prostitution ring. His indictment on tax charges got national play via the sports website Deadspin.
By last November, Brenda Stewart, an ex-escort with an ownership stake in Denver Sugar/Denver Players, had also been hit with charges related to tax evasion, racketeering, money laundering and more.
Then, in February, Ewing cut a deal to testify against Stewart. His punishment: six months of home detention.
Ewing is allowed to work at Sugar House while serving this sentence -- and that presumably offered thieves the opportunity to bust into his house and swipe a computer that included what the Denver Post describes as "a client list and appointment sheets."
Such material formed the backbone of the Complete Colorado report, which noted that the name "Mike Handcock," accompanied by Hancock's cell phone number, appeared on a Denver Players document along with a payment amount of $275. But Hancock's name doesn't appear anywhere in the Post story about the theft. Indeed, Post publisher Dean Singleton appeared on KHOW yesterday afternoon to explain why his paper had taken a pass on the Complete Colorado report. In speaking with hosts Dan Caplis and Craig Silverman, he dismissed Boyles, who'd been hyping the report, as a carnival barker.
By the way, the Post isn't the only outlet to take on the Ewing computer-theft tale. This 7News item points out that its reporters saw and recorded video of Denver Players client lists last week, implying that it's digging into the Hancock connection. The text version of the package includes the line, "When the investigation is complete, we will present what we have found."
The theft of Ewing's computer recalls a similar incident back in April 2008, when Governor Bill Ritter had a falling out with aide Greg Kolomitz. Three days after Ritter accused Kolomitz of writing over $83,000 in unauthorized checks, among other alleged infractions, the Rocky Mountain News reported, the latter's laptop was swiped.
Coincidence or conspiracy? You be the judge.
And remember this: While on the air Tuesday morning, Boyles announced that when he met with the story's source the previous day, Ewing said that he'd already had the records moved for safekeeping. So they may be out there... somewhere.
More from our Politics archive: "Michael Hancock prostitution-article reporter waiting for mainstream outlet to pick up story."
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Ace Eat Serve to Host Second Annual Wings & Whiskey — And You Could Win Two Tickets
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Westword Staff | June 2, 2015 | 1:05pm
Update: you still have time to guess how many pounds of chicken were devoured at last year's Wings & Whiskey wing-eating contest. Post your guess in the comments section below before noon on Thursday, June 4.
The second annual Wings & Whiskey throwdown will take flight at 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 7, at Ace Eat Serve, to benefit the Denver Housing Authority's Youth Culinary Academy, which provides mentoring, education, employment and training for students between the ages of 16 and 21 who are interested in a career in food service. Last year's event was such a success that Secret Sauce F & B (the restaurant group that includes Ace, Steuben's and Vesta Dipping Grill) has decided to get the gang together for another round of saucy fun for a good cause.
This year's chefs include Jamey Fader, representing the Big Red F restaurant group (Jax Fish Houses, Lola and the Post Brewing Company, among others); Matt Selby of Central Bistro; Elijah Odell of Highland Tap & Burger; Mimi Banish of Osage Cafe (the non-profit restaurant that serves as a training ground for students in the Youth Culinary Academy); Mark Dym of Marco's Coal-Fired Pizza; Ryan Higgins of Lou's Food Bar; Amos Watts and Steve Redzekowski of Acorn and Oak at Fourteenth; and Secret Sauce's Brandon Foster (Vesta), Cliff Blauvelt (Steuben’s) and Chris Medved (Ace). Last year's winning wings came from the Osage Cafe and Ace, and since then the chefs have been honing their recipes, so competition will be fierce — and tasty.
VIP passes to the event are already sold out, but you can still purchase general admission tickets for $45 each, which will get you wings from eight chefs (or teams of chefs), unlimited beer from Great Divide, sake and whiskey from several top producers (three drinks per person), live music, a wing-eating contest, more food from Ace and a whole flock of other festivities. Space for the wing-eating contest is limited, so arrive on time if you want to sign up. The prize for most wings eaten this year will be a cruiser bike courtesy of Evergreen Bicycle Outfitters.
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To win two general admission tickets to Wings & Whiskey: Guess how many pounds of wings were consumed during the wing-eating contest at last year's Wings & Whiskey. Submit your guess — one per person, please — in the comments section below (you'll need a Facebook account) before noon on June 4 and we'll announce the winner on Friday, June 5 with instructions on how to claim your prize.
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2019 - INDIAN WELLS - USA, CA March 6, 2019
Golubic extends win streak as Indian Wells qualifiers are set
Viktorija Golubic claimed a seventh straight victory in Indian Wells as last week's WTA 125K Series event winner qualified for the BNP Paribas Open main draw. Her compatriot Stefanie Voegele also joined her, along with Japan's Nao Hibino and Misaki Doi, among others.
By WTA Staff
INDIAN WELLS, CA, USA -- Viktorija Golubic's remarkable run of form at Indian Wells continued on Tuesday, as the 14th-seeded Swiss player became one of 12 qualifiers for the BNP Paribas Open main draw following a 6-4, 6-3 win over No.6 seed Katie Boulter of Great Britain.
Last week, Golubic won the WTA 125K Series event in Indian Wells for her biggest title since 2016, saving a match point in the final against Jennifer Brady in the process. Golubic moves into the main draw on an eight-match winning streak, seven of which have come in the California desert over the last week-and-a-half.
Golubic was placed in the main draw against Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic. The winner of that match will face World No.2 Simona Halep of Romania in the second round.
Photos: Behind the scenes of the WTA Indian Wells photoshoot
There were mixed fortunes for Golubic's compatriots in the final qualifying round. No.3 seed Stefanie Voegele put another win on the board for Switzerland with a 6-2, 7-6(4) win over former World No.5 Sara Errani.
But former World No.9 Timea Bacsinszky, the No.19 seed, was upset by rapidly rising 17-year-old American wild card Catherine McNally, 4-6, 6-0, 6-4. McNally, who won the biggest title of her career at the Midland Challenger earlier this month, was one of Golubic's victims at the Indian Wells event last week.
Welcome to the #BNPPO19 main draw, Stefanie Voegele. 👏
The 🇨🇭 powers past Sara Errani 6-2, 7-6(4).
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Meanwhile, it was an unfortunate turn of events for 2009 BNP Paribas Open champion Vera Zvonareva as the former World No.2 retired while trailing Christina McHale of the United States, 6-0, 2-0. Zvonareva has pulled her post-motherhood ranking all the way up to World No.80 and was seeded fourth in the qualifying draw.
Australia's Priscilla Hon, who ousted No.1 seed Anastasia Potapova in the opening round, knocked off another seeded Russian on Tuesday, No.13 seed Veronika Kudermetova, 6-4, 6-2. Another Russian fell when No.9 seed Zhu Lin of China outlasted No.15 seed Anna Blinkova, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5, after two hours and 40 minutes of play.
Photos: From Davenport to Osaka: Indian Wells champions this century
It was only Natalia Vikhlyantseva who flew the flag for Russia in the winner's column on Tuesday. The No.17 seed moved past No.5 seed Dalila Jakupovic of Slovenia, 7-6(2), 6-1.
In other final-round qualifying results, No.10 seed Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan defeated American Nicole Gibbs, 7-6(4), 7-5, Ysaline Bonaventure of Belgium overcame Poland's Iga Swiatek, 1-6, 6-2, 6-4, and No.20 seed Kateryna Kozlova of Ukraine upset the No.2 seed, Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain, 6-1, 7-6(6).
Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland celebrates match point against Katie Boulter of Great Britain in their second round qualifying match on Day 2 of the BNP Paribas Open. (Getty Images)
Finally, Japan went 2-0 on the day, adding two more players from their country to compete in the BNP Paribas Open main draw alongside defending champion and World No.1 Naomi Osaka.
First, No.22 seed Nao Hibino defeated 11th-seeded Sorana Cirstea of Romania, 4-6, 6-1, 6-0. Later, No.23 seed Misaki Doi became the final main-draw entrant when she won the last qualifying match of the day, 7-6(2), 7-5, over former US Open semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium.
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[Q] Ysaline Bonaventure (BEL) vs. [WC] Taylor Townsend (USA)
[Q] Misaki Doi (JPN) vs. Ons Jabeur (TUN)
[Q] Christina McHale (USA) vs. Maria Sakkari (GRE)
[Q] Zhu Lin (CHN) vs. Mona Barthel (GER)
[Q] Zarina Diyas (KAZ) vs. [WC] Jessica Pegula (USA)
[Q] Natalia Vikhlyantseva (RUS) vs. [Q] Priscilla Hon (AUS)
[Q] Catherine McNally (USA) vs. Bernarda Pera (USA)
[Q] Stefanie Voegele (SUI) vs. [WC] Sachia Vickery (USA)
[Q] Nao Hibino (JPN) vs. [WC] Jennifer Brady (USA)
[Q] Kateryna Kozlova (UKR) vs. Katerina Siniakova (CZE)
[Q] Viktorija Golubic (SUI) vs. Barbora Strycova (CZE)
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Late James Maddison winner gives Leicester all three points against Spurs
Lee Jarvis
Yahoo Sport UK• September 21, 2019
James Maddison celebrates as he scores his team's winning goal. (Credit: Getty Images)
Leicester City came from behind to beat Tottenham 2-1 at the King Power Stadium thanks to a late James Maddison strike.
Harry Kane gave Tottenham the lead with an unorthodox finish while falling off balance, before Leicester equalised with 20 minutes to go through Ricardo Pereira. Maddison then riffled a low effort into the bottom corner to give Leicester all three points.
Both sides had a goal disallowed by VAR for offside during the game.
Leicester and Tottenham came into the game level on points in the Premier League table, with one defeat each from their first five games.
The Foxes lost their unbeaten record last time out in the league with defeat at Manchester United. Spurs had drawn 2-2 against Olympiacos in the Champions League in mid-week having let a two goal lead slip.
On a sunny day in Leicester, the home side were keen to get off to a fast start, the Foxes playing some free flowing and fast paced football in the opening minutes.
James Maddison was certainly enjoying himself, and a low shot at the near post of Paulo Gazzaniga’s goal was palmed behind for a corner by the goalkeeper, standing in for Hugo Lloris.
Leicester thought they had taken the lead on 17 minutes when Wilfred Ndidi tucked the ball into the back of the net from just a yard out after Gazzaniga had spilled Youri Tielemans initial effort. VAR took a look at the goal and replays showed that Ndidi was in a clear offside position.
The crowd and players were certainly up for the game with both sets of supporters providing vocal support, while challenges were flying in from players in a heated match, played at a high-tempo.
Harry Kane of Tottenham Hotspur celebrate after scoring the 1st goal. (Credit: Getty Images)
It was Tottenham took the lead with just under half an hour played. Harry Kane managed tho wriggle his way into the Leicester penalty area, but despite falling off balance the England captain managed to fire the ball into the top corner of the net with a stunning, but unorthodox finish.
Leicester weren’t out of the match and Ayoze Pérez came close to equalising for the home side. The striker almost catching out Gazzaniga at his near post.
As half time approached, the pace of the match had slowed considerably and teams went in at the break with the score at 1-0.
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Leicester knew they needed to start the second half with the same tempo that they did in the first half but it wasn’t until the 57th minute that Brendan Rodgers side created a real opportunity.
Jamie Vardy used his pace down the left hand flank and managed to get a shot away, but Gazzaniga was equal to it and the ball was cleared by Danny Rose.
Son was next to go close just a minute later down the other end, but his low shot was dragged wide.
Ricardo Pereira celebrates after scoring his team's first goal. (Credit: Getty Images)
Leicester were searching for an equalising goal and Tottenham were happy to sit back and attempt to catch their opponents on the break.
Spurs thought they had doubled their lead on 65 minutes. Serge Aurier found the back of the net after Son had been put through on goal in the build-up, but the South Korean was adjudged offside by VAR by the the tightest of margins.
Just four minutes later Leicester found their equaliser. Vardy’s low ball across the penalty area was tucked away by the unmarked Ricardo, who could not miss. 1-1 the score with 20 minutes to play.
And with five minutes remaining Leicester found the winning goal. James Maddison was given too much space on the edge of the Tottenham penalty area, and the 22-year-old took two touches before firing his shot into the bottom corner of the net, passed the outstretched arm of Gazzaniga.
Tottenham pushed forward in search of a winning goal but were unable to find one despite several half chances towards the end of the match. Harry Kane had the best of them but his strike was straight at Kasper Schmeichel.
2-1 was the final score at the King Power stadium as Leicester beat Spurs.
Next up for Leicester is Luton Town in the third round of the EFL Cup on Tuesday. Tottenham are away to Colchester in the same competition.
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Police: There’s a serial flasher in Blue Ash
WEBVTT AND THAT'S WHEN HE EXPOSEDHIMSELF.A MAN REPORTEDLY EXPOSED HIMSELFTO THREE WOMEN.POLICE SAY ALL THREE INCIDENTSHAPPENED WITHIN ABOUT AN HOUR OFEACH HOUR, LAST FRIDAY NIGHT.THE SUSPECT MADE HIS WAY TOTHREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AROUNDBLUE ASH, JUST A SHORT DISTANCEAPART.ONE OF THEM, THE LIBRARY.THAT VICTIM DID NOT FILE APOLICE REPORT, BUT DETECTIVESHOPE SHE COMES FORWARD TO HELPBUILD A CASE AGAINST THIS SERIALFLASHER.ANOTHER LOCATION, THE HOSPICE OFCINCINNATI.AND IT SITS RIGHT ACROSS THESTREET FROM THE POLICE STATION.THE YOUNGEST VICTIM,30-YEARS-OLDTHE OLDEST IS IN HER EARLY 80'S.THE CAR THE MAN WAS DRIVING,CAUGHT ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO.YOU CAN SEE HERE WHAT POLICE SAYIS A WHITE FOUR DOOR SEDAN WITHTINTED WINDOWS.THE SUSPECT REMOVED THE LICENSEPLATE BUT THEY BELIEVE THE CARIS EITHER A NEWER CHEVY IMPALAOR KIA OPTIMA.POLICE SAY THEY ARE CONTACTINGOTHER AGENCIES BECAUSE THEYTHINK THIS GUY HAS DONE THISBEFORE.POLICE SAY THE WOMEN DESCRIBETHE MAN AS IN HIS MID-20'S TOEARLY 30'S WITH SHORT SANDY ORRED HAIR AND WEARING AN EARRING.IF YOU BELIEVE YOU'VE BEEN AVICTIM OR HAVE INFORMATION ABOUTTHE SUSPECT, CALL POLICE.
There is a serial flasher in the city of Blue Ash, police said Wednesday.Authorities said the man has exposed himself on at least three occasions across the city in one day.All three incidents happened Friday between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m., Blue Ash police said. Officials said a man exposed his genitalia to three different women at Oncology Hematology, Hospice of Blue Ash and the Blue Ash Public Library.Police say the man never left his car.He asked the victims questions to lure them near his vehicle. That's when he exposed himself.The youngest victim is 30 years old and the oldest is in her early 80s.The suspect is described as white, between 20 and 30 years old, with short sandy or red hair and wearing earrings, police said.Authorities believe he's driving a white four-door sedan with tinted windows, possibly a newer model Chevy Impala or Kia Optima.Police are asking any other possible victims to come forward.Anyone who can identify the man is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 513-352-3040.
BLUE ASH, Ohio —
There is a serial flasher in the city of Blue Ash, police said Wednesday.
Authorities said the man has exposed himself on at least three occasions across the city in one day.
All three incidents happened Friday between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m., Blue Ash police said. Officials said a man exposed his genitalia to three different women at Oncology Hematology, Hospice of Blue Ash and the Blue Ash Public Library.
Police say the man never left his car.
He asked the victims questions to lure them near his vehicle.
That's when he exposed himself.
The youngest victim is 30 years old and the oldest is in her early 80s.
The suspect is described as white, between 20 and 30 years old, with short sandy or red hair and wearing earrings, police said.
Authorities believe he's driving a white four-door sedan with tinted windows, possibly a newer model Chevy Impala or Kia Optima.
Police are asking any other possible victims to come forward.
Anyone who can identify the man is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 513-352-3040.
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Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani Are Ready to Get Married But It "Isn't Possible Currently" Because of Her Faith
Their "happiness quotient" is doing just fine, TYVM.
By Shannon Barbour
Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton are reportedly ready to get married but can't just yet because of her faith.
Gwen is Roman Catholic and was previously married to Gavin Rossdale.
Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton have been together for four years and there have been tons of rumors about them getting engaged and planning a wedding. They haven't taken those steps yet, though, and People magazine just brought in some sources to explain the status of their relationship. Apparently, they definitely want to get married but have to fully sort out her divorce from Gavin Rossdale before they move forward.
The sources explained that Blake actually wanted to propose to Gwen a long time ago, but they both decided to move slowly because Gwen is Roman Catholic. And while Gwen really wants to get married in a church, sources say that "isn't possible currently" due to her faith and her previous divorce.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops states that "unless one's spouse has died, the Church requires the divorced Catholic to obtain a declaration of nullity before marrying someone else." Basically, she would have to get her marriage to Gavin fully annulled before she can marry Blake.
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But even though they're waiting to get married, sources made sure to point out that they're "very serious" and think of each other as "the one." They added, "They fall more and more in love with one another, and their happiness quotient keeps rising."
And if you need any more proof, Gwen and Blake just recorded their third duet, "Nobody But You," which will be featured on his new album. In it, he sings, "I took my time to tell you how I feel / Just because I took so long, don't mean that it isn't real / I ain't got no diamond, but I'm down on my knees, honey / Don't go lovin' on nobody but me."
You love to hear it.
Shannon Barbour News Writer Shannon is a news writer at Cosmopolitan.com, and when she's not obsessing about Cardi B, she's thinking about Justin Bieber and still trying to memorize Beyoncé's Beychella choreography.
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What is the gender pay gap and how is reporting on it progressing?
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Since April 2018 employers with over 250 staff have to report their Gender Pay Gap. What have the results shown since this started, and how do different sectors differ?
Gender pay audits mean employers with over 250 members of staff have to report annually the median and mean gap between their employees by gender in four pay bands. They also have to report their gender bonus gap and are encouraged to publish an analysis and suggest how they will tackle it. The analysis and action plan are not compulsory. The first deadline for reporting figures was April 2018.
Gender Pay Gap ‘v’ Unequal Pay
There has been some confusion with unequal pay. Unequal pay is being paid less for doing work of equal value. It can overlap with the gender pay gap, but those audits which have been published show that one of the main contributors to the gender pay gap is the lack of women in senior roles as well as, depending on sectors, large numbers of women in lower paid ranks.
Some sectors, such as construction, have low numbers of women throughout and, in some cases, attempts to build the female pipeline have increased the gender pay gap because they have brought more women into the lower pay bands.
The figures show the need for employers to focus on how to increase women’s progression into senior roles as well as attract more women into those industries where figures are low and which are often better paid than those where women predominate.
For more detailed reports on the pay gap in two male-dominated sectors – construction and financial services – click here and here.
The latest figures show four in 10 private companies have seen a year-on-year gender pay gap increase between 2018 and 2019.
Currently, the reporting requirements do not place any legal obligations upon employers to close the gap, or even to justify why one exists within their company, but the Equality and Human Rights Commission has chased employers who are not reporting their figures and come to legal agreements with six. It is also chasing those with ‘implausible’ figures.
The business reasons for tackling the gender pay gap are many, including retention of women already in the business. If there is perceived bias about progress, it will be harder to retain women.
Replacing employees that a company has invested time and money in can be a costly process, with the new member of staff likely requiring varied levels of training before they are at the same level as their predecessor.
According to Clare Parkinson from Croner, if a company can actively demonstrate that they are taking steps to work against the gap it can encourage positive working, increased productivity and improved output.
It can also reassure any employees who are thinking of starting a family that they will be supported by their employer, helping to avoid them taking prolonged career breaks to facilitate child care and therefore not depriving the company of an otherwise valued member of staff.
Parkinson says the gap can also discourage external candidates from applying for positions within a company. She adds that it is becoming “increasingly apparent” that, in the modern workforce, employees are drawn towards roles which offer the potential for progression and development and they may be deterred from submitting an application if they believe that they would have increased opportunities in another role.
She cites an October 2018 report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission which revealed 58% of women asked would be less likely to recommend their employment to others if there was a clear gender pay gap.
“By promoting progression opportunities for women, companies can improve their overall reputation within their sector. This can also assist in encouraging women towards sectors with a traditionally male environment, such as the construction industry,” says Parkinson.
The figures have brought calls for tougher action on the gender pay gap. According to a recent analysis of the 2018 figures published by the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development, only eight per cent of organisations have acted as a result of publishing their gender pay gap data.
The CIPD’s report, Not just a number: lessons from the first year of gender pay gap reporting, says the lack of action highlights that organisations “have yet to recognise the implications for gender pay gap reporting and to connect the results of their analysis to changes in practice”.
Although many said their actions were ongoing outside of the gender pay gap reporting process, the CIPD says they need to ensure they are connected to the outcomes of the reporting process and provide clear narratives that outline if and how progress is to be made.
Some employers have been pushing away at the gender diversity issue for years, trialling policies aimed at tackling career progression for women such as making their work culture more flexible, introducing unconscious bias training for managers, launching sponsorship initiatives aimed at helping women progress, promoting Shared Parental Leave and advertising more senior roles that can be done on a part-time basis, such as in job shares, or in a more agile way, for instance, with more homeworking.
Other gender pay gaps
The spotlight on the gender pay gap has brought a focus on other aspects of bias affecting women’s income throughout their working lives and beyond. For instance, the gender pension gap, the gender bonus gap and the gender commuting gap.
The pension gap is caused in large part by the fact that women are much more likely to take career breaks to look after children or relatives and/or to reduce their hours or take a lesser paid role as a result of care responsibilities.
Meanwhile, a recent study showed men are paid on average more than twice as much in bonus pay as women. This is mainly due to men being more likely to be in senior positions than women, but also due to the type of work men tend to be more likely to be employed in.
The commuting gap is due to men being more likely to do longer commutes than women once children come into the equation. As women are still seen as the primary carer, they tend to work more locally than men, which also affects pay.
Women’s pay may also be affected by their greater loyalty to an employer. According to a report on gender pay audits filed by Government departments in 2019, the gender pay gap is widening at five Whitehall departments. The biggest increase was in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport where the gap increased from 8.2% to 22.9%.
This was blamed in part on external hiring of senior men and the need for people with more digital skills. The Department said women often suffered a “loyalty penalty” by staying with their employer and getting incremental pay rises instead of moving around and negotiating a higher salary in a new job.
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Published: 25th September 2019
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Bühler focuses on antimicrobial resistance
By Holly Demaree-Saddler
Béatrice Conde-Petit, food safety officer at Bühler, spoke at Swiss Green Economy Symposium 2016.
UZWIL, SWITZERLAND— During the Swiss Green Economy Symposium 2016 Béatrice Conde-Petit, food safety officer at Bühler, addressed antimicrobial resistance (AMR). It is a serious threat to global health, intensified by the need to produce food on an industrial scale. AMR is a consequence of the overuse of antibiotics, mainly in animal food production, Bühler said. Hygienic measures across the feed production chain contribute significantly to reducing these.
“The emerging threat of antibiotic resistant bacteria is posing a huge challenge for the industry in terms of food safety,” Conde-Petit said. “Bacteria are changing and acquiring antimicrobial resistance. This is one of the biggest global public health threats.”
According to Bühler, AMR is a consequence of the overuse of antibiotics, mainly in animal food production. Two-thirds of the antibiotics worldwide are used for livestock as growth promotors or to prevent and cure infections. A consequence is the emergence of resistance mechanisms, which threaten the treatment of infectious human diseases. The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts AMR will lead to prolonged illness, disability and death if measures are not taken globally to address the threat.
“AMR is already the cause of 50,000 deaths per year in Europe and the United States,” Conde-Petit said. “If we don’t invest in viable solutions now, more people are likely to be killed by AMR than cancer by 2050.”
Hygiene measures across the production chain are central to addressing the issue, though there is no “magic bullet” panacea, she said. Feed is one of the main paths of harmful bacteria, such as Salmonella, that can infect livestock. Therefore, safe feed is the starting point for reducing antibiotics in animal food production.
“At Bühler we have taken up the food safety challenge and are committed to innovations for safe feed and food processing across the value chain,” Conde-Petit said. “Food safety begins with safeguarding the quality of raw materials with grain drying and cleaning solutions, followed by good hygienic design of plants to control contamination and enable effective cleaning. Lastly, eliminating harmful bacteria are to be eliminated with reliable kill steps in feed processing.”
Innovation is at the core of Bühler’s strategy. Each year, the company invests up to 5% of its turnover in research and development to anticipate trends and challenges, and remain at the forefront of creating sustainable solutions across the value chain. To further promote innovation, Bühler fosters a strong knowledge-exchange culture, and partners, including leading industry players, academia, research institutions, policymakers, and start-ups.
Investing in innovation and R&D is essential for developing solutions for the AMR issue, according to the WHO, which also has called for all countries to develop action plans.
“Switzerland is well positioned thanks to its high standard in feed processing for feed safety,” Conde-Petit said. “It is considered a benchmark for feed producers worldwide. Bühler technology contributes to Switzerland’s standing in the industry. Bühler strives to be a global leader in safe feed technology solutions to address the AMR challenge. We train professionals from the feed manufacturing industry around the globe through our partnership with the Swiss Institute of Feed Technology (SFT) and other customer workshops.”
The Swiss Green Economy Symposium 2016 is intended to bring together thought leaders from politics, business, and society to address the need for sustainability in the economy. The event took place on Nov. 14 in Winterthur, Switzerland. Conde-Petit was a keynote speaker sharing Bühler’s sustainability agenda within the areas of energy, alternative proteins, antibiotic reduction, and feed safety.
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Kanye West donates $150,000 for security guard killed by officer in Chicago
Updated: 9:02 AM EST Nov 18, 2018
By Shelby Copeland
Rapper Kanye West donated $150,000 to a memorial fundraising site for a security guard shot by an officer in his hometown of Chicago.West gave through the GoFundMe page made to raise money for the funeral of Jemel Roberson, 26, far exceeding the goal. Bart Jackson, a representative for GoFundMe, confirmed the contribution."Sadly, Jemel's life was tragically and unexpectedly cut short this morning as he tried to save others from senseless violence," the page creator wrote on behalf of Roberson's mother. Roberson was shot by an officer from Midlothian, Illinois while detaining a gunman outside of Manny's Blue Room Lounge where he worked, according to a federal lawsuit. Witnesses said the alleged gunman returned to the bar after security asked him and several drunk men to leave, WGN reported.The responding officer fatally shot Roberson in his side, after giving him "multiple verbal commands to drop the gun and get on the ground," according to a statement filed by Illinois State Police, citing witnesses.Roberson's mother, Beatrice Roberson, sued for more than $1 million, listing the unnamed responding officer and the village of Midlothian as defendants. Many have expressed outrage and concerns of alleged racial bias in this latest instance of police killing a black man.Sen. Corey Booker, D-New Jersey, tweeted, "Words can't begin to describe my horror and outrage."Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, called the shooting "heartbreaking."Actress Gabrielle Union also tweeted, saying that Roberson was brave and that "his life was snatched.""My baby lost his father, his hero," Avontae Boose, the mother of Roberson's son, told WLS. "Jemel loved his babies so much."
MIDLOTHIAN, Ill. —
Rapper Kanye West donated $150,000 to a memorial fundraising site for a security guard shot by an officer in his hometown of Chicago.
West gave through the GoFundMe page made to raise money for the funeral of Jemel Roberson, 26, far exceeding the goal. Bart Jackson, a representative for GoFundMe, confirmed the contribution.
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"Sadly, Jemel's life was tragically and unexpectedly cut short this morning as he tried to save others from senseless violence," the page creator wrote on behalf of Roberson's mother.
Roberson was shot by an officer from Midlothian, Illinois while detaining a gunman outside of Manny's Blue Room Lounge where he worked, according to a federal lawsuit. Witnesses said the alleged gunman returned to the bar after security asked him and several drunk men to leave, WGN reported.
The responding officer fatally shot Roberson in his side, after giving him "multiple verbal commands to drop the gun and get on the ground," according to a statement filed by Illinois State Police, citing witnesses.
Roberson's mother, Beatrice Roberson, sued for more than $1 million, listing the unnamed responding officer and the village of Midlothian as defendants.
Many have expressed outrage and concerns of alleged racial bias in this latest instance of police killing a black man.
Sen. Corey Booker, D-New Jersey, tweeted, "Words can't begin to describe my horror and outrage."
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, called the shooting "heartbreaking."
Actress Gabrielle Union also tweeted, saying that Roberson was brave and that "his life was snatched."
"My baby lost his father, his hero," Avontae Boose, the mother of Roberson's son, told WLS. "Jemel loved his babies so much."
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Man killed in Delray Beach shooting
Victim identified as Jamar Gammage
Jeff Cousins
Police in Delray Beach were investigating a fatal shooting Saturday morning.Authorities said the shooting happened in the 1100 block of West Atlantic Avenue.Investigators said officers found a 26-year-old man with gunshot wounds when they arrived. The victim died at the scene.The victim has been identified as Jamar Gammage.Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 561-243-7800.
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. —
Police in Delray Beach were investigating a fatal shooting Saturday morning.
Authorities said the shooting happened in the 1100 block of West Atlantic Avenue.
Investigators said officers found a 26-year-old man with gunshot wounds when they arrived. The victim died at the scene.
The victim has been identified as Jamar Gammage.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 561-243-7800.
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Nokia vs Apple: no easy answers in GSM wars
The news that Nokia is suing Apple over ten wireless patents marks the start of what may be a fascinating and prolonged canter through the worlds of mobile phone standards and intellectual property.
By Rupert Goodwins for Mixed Signals | October 22, 2009 -- 18:01 GMT (11:01 PDT) | Topic: Innovation
The news that Nokia is suing Apple over ten wireless patents marks the start of what may be a fascinating and prolonged canter through the worlds of mobile phone standards and intellectual property. (Alternatively, it could end up, as the Nokia-Qualcomm war did, in silence)
It's not generally realised that a lot of industry standardisation work is legal, rather than technical: a company that owns a useful patent which would work well in an international standard wants paying for it, but the standards body won't want barriers to adoption.
The mechanics of how this works vary from case to case - most commonly, an agency is set up which manages the pools of IP and offers an efficient way to license them. But whatever the details - and GSM is more gruesomely complex than many - there are fairly standard way to get the IP you need to make the goods that follow the rules.
Which means that cases like this, where an IP owner goes after a handset maker, are rare. We don't know the details of the case, but it's a fair assumption that it's going to have a number of unique aspects. Nokia isn't a patent troll, it's been in discussion with Apple for a year, and the manner of the action tends to support the view that whatever the outcome, Nokia genuinely believes it has a case and is proceeding as a responsible litigant would. Around $25 of the cost of a mid-range phone goes on GSM licensing, which means Nokia's claim of between $6 and $12 owed per iPhone is no small percentage of the total amount you'd expect. It all looks and sounds like a case with substantial grounds.
You wouldn't know that from the reaction online, though. Half the world has assumed that Nokia is doing it because it can't make phones as good as the iPhone, because it wants to cripple a competitor, because it's a cheap path to publicity, because its losing money and Apple has loads... well, pick any combination of greed, stupidity, ill-will, jealousy and desperation and you'll find someone confidently proclaiming that this is what's going on. Poor Apple, eh?
All of the above could be true, although I doubt it. Yet neither I nor you nor any of the shouty Apple fanboys know what's actually going on. So from whence comes their great confidence?
It could be that they hate patents in general, although it's hard to despise a framework that's helped create a global mobile phone standard with four billion users. It could be that Apple is always right, a shining example of wholesome propriety and not the aggressive, arrogant, secretive organisation some mistake it for. Or it could be that those darn Finns have no right taking a pop at America - World War III? Is there nothing the iPhone can't do? There's an app for that..
Or it could be prejudice informing an instant and gratifying group opinion.
Whatever the answer, the evidence is out there right now. Have a look and decide for yourself.
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York County coroner looking for woman's next of kin
Virginia R. Sechrist died of natural causes.
York County coroner looking for woman's next of kin Virginia R. Sechrist died of natural causes. Check out this story on ydr.com: https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2019/11/07/york-county-coroner-looking-womans-next-kin/2523461001/
Shelly Stallsmith, York Daily Record Published 5:20 p.m. ET Nov. 7, 2019
York County Coroner Pam Gay is looking for family of a York County woman who recently died.
Virginia R. Sechrist, 92, died of natural causes. She most recently lived in East York.
The coroner’s office has not found any family living nearby.
Anyone with information about Sechrist’s next of kin is asked to call 717-840-7617.
Photos: See what's newly renovated for the community at the Salvation Ar...
The Salvation Army of York, costructed in 1960, hosted a press conference on Oct. 31 to announce some big news. Cameron Clark, York Daily Record
The Salvation Army will be receiving $750,000 from the state to continue to fund its Pathway of Hope initiative in the region. From left, Lt. Col. Larry Ashcraft, Area Coordinator and Corps Officer Maj. Dennis Camuti and state Rep. Stan Saylor do the honors of cutting the ribbon on the Salvation Army of York's big day, Cameron Clark, York Daily Record
The Salvation Army's press conference was held in the York location's newly renovated gymnasium. Cameron Clark, York Daily Record
Salvation Army Director of Partnerships Bonnie Camarda shares her appreciation for the community during press conference. Cameron Clark, York Daily Record
The Pathway of Hope initiative helps impoverished families become self-sufficient and the money the Salvation Army has received will go a long way in furthering the program in the region. State Rep. Stan Saylor addresses the crowd during press conference at the Salvation Army of York. Cameron Clark, York Daily Record
Members of the community listen to the press conference in the Salvation Army gym. Cameron Clark, York Daily Record
From let, Lt. Col. Larry Ashcraft, state Rep. Stan Saylor, Area Coordinator and Corps Officer Maj. Erma Camuti, Area Coordinator and Corps Officer Maj. Dennis Camuti, and Director of Partnerships Bonnie Camarda are all smiles at the Salvation Army's ribbon-cutting ceremony. Cameron Clark, York Daily Record
Area Coordinator and Corps Officer Maj. Dennis Camuti spoke about renovations to the Salvation Army of York, at a news conference Thursday highlighting a $750,000 state grant for the Pathway of Hope initiative, benefiting families in need in the region. Cameron Clark, York Daily Record
In addition to the press conference, tours showcased new upgrades at the Salvation Army of York Community Center. This is the new computer room. Cameron Clark, York Daily Record
The new computer room will have a TV and a total of six computers. Cameron Clark, York Daily Record
This is the new arts and crafts room. Cameron Clark, York Daily Record
The arts and crafts room is where children can embrace their creative side. Cameron Clark, York Daily Record
Visitors tour the new and improved game room at the Salvation Army of York. Cameron Clark, York Daily Record
Children can place tick-tack-toe and checkers on the board. Cameron Clark, York Daily Record
The game room has air-hockey, foosball and ping pong tables that the children always flock to. Cameron Clark, York Daily Record
This is office was also renovated. Cameron Clark, York Daily Record
Visitors check out the newly renovated gym at the Salvation Army of York, during a news conference regarding efforts to help families living in poverty improve their lives. The new gym is a favorite to children of all skill levels. Renovations to the building also include the arts and crafts room, computer room, game room and an office. Cameron Clark, York Daily Record
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Tacoma Politicians Use Loophole to Target Gun Owners
November 21, 2019 By E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy
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In October I told you about an attempt by politicians in Tacoma, Washington to use a loophole to get around state law that prevents them from creating gun control laws by using the city tax code to target gun owners and gun shop owners.
The measure was momentarily thwarted by amendments, but ultimately passed on November 12, and will take effect July 1, 2020.
The tax will add $25 to the price of firearms sold within the city limits, and a 2-cent tax per round of .22 caliber ammo (and smaller calibers), and a 5-cent tax per round on larger calibers. You can buy some brands of .22LR online today for less than 4 cents a round, so 2 cents per round is a tax of over 50%. Such exorbitant taxation is solely meant to punish gun owners and gun shop owners. Many shops will go out of business. Shelby Miller and Casey McNerthney report for KIRO7 News:
Local shops, such as Surplus Ammo, said they wouldn’t be able to compete.
“The store will be closed by Jan. 1. We will close the doors, so there will be 11 people unemployed,” said Surplus Ammo manager Bruce Smith.
The move could also impact Aero Precision. The Tacoma-based company is one of the largest gun manufactures in the country.
“This is our 25th year in Tacoma and we feel this is way outside the bounds of what should be done,” CEO Scott Dover said.
Dover said the tax could cost him hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.
“If it came down to it, we would consider all options, including moving,” he said. “Personally I think city council should be held to a higher standard. If this ordinance goes into place, jobs will move out, the revenue obviously won’t be there, and then what?”
Tacoma’s law follows a similar effort by Seattle. If legal challenges can’t put a stop to these unjust attempts to squash the firearms industry, such laws could be seen cropping up in cities all over the country.
Now more than ever, it’s imperative you get your guns and your training now.
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By Love Matters India
Sex Or Masturbation – How Do Women Get An Orgasm?
By Love Matters India in Sex, Society
Love Matters asked women what worked better for their pleasure meter – masturbation or sex with a partner. Here’s what they had to say.
The Grass Is Greener There
“I masturbate. Through it, I orgasm sometimes and other times, I don’t. I haven’t experienced sex with a partner yet. From what I gather about sex through others’ experiences, I feel it’s obviously better than masturbation.”
-Lipika, 24, civil-services aspirant
“I don’t really masturbate, I have not explored it much. I tried but realised it wasn’t really my thing. Also, I’ve been in a relationship since I was very young, so I didn’t feel the need to masturbate. I’ve experienced sex with my boyfriend and have orgasmed, obviously.”
-Ramona, 21, student
“I haven’t tried masturbation or sex. I have a partner and we keep talking about trying to have sex sometimes. From what I have heard about both these options, I feel sex with a partner is obviously better.”
-Abhivyakti, 19, student
Who Needs A Partner
“Masturbation? No. I don’t have time for such things. Majority of my friends who masturbate enjoy it quite a lot though, and after masturbating, they don’t feel the need for a partner! I can’t say about masturbation for myself though. I have kissed and made out with my previous boyfriend and I climaxed through that.”
-Minisha, 25, research analyst
“I don’t masturbate because I have a husband. I am married. I’ve experienced sex, yes.”
(Do you orgasm through sex with your partner?) *pauses* “I have no idea.” (laughs and walks away)
-Suneeta, 28, hostess at a restaurant
The Feelings
“I have neither masturbated nor had sex with anyone yet. From the experiences of women around, I felt sex will be more pleasurable because there are more feelings involved there. Khud se khud ka (one your own) is not that much fun, I feel.”
-Manisha, 18, student
Fingering It Out
“I’ve tried masturbating but I’m not sure how it is done. However, I did manage to hit some spots that gave pleasure. In fact, I tried masturbating only after exploring sexually with my partner, he helped me figure myself out there.”
“I’ve just started my sexual life and hence, I haven’t explored much yet. I run away before reaching orgasm fearing I might squirt or something. Masturbation has never been very satisfying. Sex and fingering (by partner) have been.”
-Shivali, 26, social worker
Self-service Is The Best
“I discovered masturbation quite late in life – in my early 20s — and the process of figuring out what works for me was as gradual as it can get. But it’s been my best self-discovery. I have far and few sexual interactions and I always find myself comparing the quality of pleasure from sex to what I get from masturbation, which is so much better.”
“No partner has ever made me orgasm and I always orgasm when I masturbate.”
-Reshma, 27, graphic designer
Porn And Masturbation
“I often masturbate while watching porn. I know maybe I am one of the few women who love watching porn and masturbating because, from what I know, most men do so. I also ask my partner to watch porn with me so that we both can masturbate and get off. It’s the most wonderful orgasm that I get when I masturbate. Having sex does not give me orgasm. It never did.”
-Nitika, 29, content writer
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My Girl Is The Best
“I am a bisexual and now in a committed relationship with a girl. I must say that I orgasm with her much more easily while making out, as compared to my ex-boyfriend. She knows exactly what spots to hit and how to touch my clit. Orgasm with her is so much better that I do not indulge in masturbation much now.”
-Gauri, 26, call centre executive
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== Our Research ==
In close collaboration with experimental investigations from groups of Prof. [http://www.chemie.tu-berlin.de/klitzing/menue/home/ von Klitzing] and Prof. [http://cell.e22.physik.tu-muenchen.de/ Hugel], we are currently working to investigate the inner structure and dynamics of a small layer number of PEMs via '''all-atom''' (AA) and '''coarse-grained''' (CG) simulations. The project is funded by the [http://www.dfg-spp1369.de/front/joomla/ '''DFG SPP 1369''': Polymer-Solid Contacts: Interfaces and Interphases]
In close collaboration with experimental investigations from groups of Prof. [http://www.chemie.tu-berlin.de/klitzing/menue/home/ von Klitzing] and Prof. [http://www.bio.ph.tum.de/index.php?id=44&tx_wtdirectory_pi1[show]=70&cHash=9c977a0df932b0604e776c9e263e78f9], we are currently working to investigate the inner structure and dynamics of a small layer number of PEMs via '''all-atom''' (AA) and '''coarse-grained''' (CG) simulations. The project is funded by the [http://www.dfg-spp1369.de/front/joomla/ '''DFG SPP 1369''': Polymer-Solid Contacts: Interfaces and Interphases]
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What is a Polyelectolyte Multilayer (PEM)?
PEMs are composed of alternating layers of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes (PEs) (synthetic PEs or biomolecules), which are generally built up based on the Layer-by-Layer technique. [1,2] Due to their potential applications as membrane, encapsulation and matrix materials, and for enzymes and proteins in sensor applications, PEMs have stimulated great interests from both academic researchers and industries.[3] See also a PEM website. Despite the large number of experimental works, theoretical and computational studies toward understanding the microscopic structure of PEMs are scarce.[4]
In close collaboration with experimental investigations from groups of Prof. von Klitzing and Prof. [show=70&cHash=9c977a0df932b0604e776c9e263e78f9], we are currently working to investigate the inner structure and dynamics of a small layer number of PEMs via all-atom (AA) and coarse-grained (CG) simulations. The project is funded by the DFG SPP 1369: Polymer-Solid Contacts: Interfaces and Interphases
Schematic representation of PSS and PDADMA.
The AA level simulations proved to be consistent with existing experimental data on chain conformation of adsorbed poly(styrene sulfonate) (PSS) in PSS monolayer systems, dielectric permittivity and diffusion constant of water in PSS/PDADMA polyelectrolyte complexes (PDADMA stand for poly(diallyldimethylammonium)).
So far, we are building the PSS/PDADMA bilayers based on the previously obtained PSS monolayers and we are expecting to extract exciting information from these studies. The simulation of a bilayer represents our final goal for atomistic simulations of PMEs so far, due to the high requirement of computer resources (ca. 1000 000 cpu hours in total).
Due to the limitations of atomistic simulations, further insight into structure and dynamics of PEMs can be achieved only with simulations at CG level. Qualitative understanding and agreement with experiments has been obtained by us using the already existing generic bead-spring PE model. However, a refined CG PE model is needed in order to be quantitatively predictive. This is part of our next working program.
Some selected results obtained during the last 2.5 years are:
a) Bilayer thermodynamical instability
Thermodynamic instability of the bilayer and the stability of the fast deposited tri-layer.
Our CG level simulations have shown that depending on the relative strength of the monomer-monomer and monomer-surface interaction energies, a progressive redissolution of the first bilayer or a partial dewetting resulting in a disordered melt can happen.
We have shown that a fast enough deposition of the third layer -- before the aging process -- can prevent such redissolution or partial dewetting and provide the stability needed to form a PEM. We have checked that the deposition of further layers is a stable process. This suggests that the first PE bilayer is not thermodynamically stable, while tri-layers and higher layers are stable, at least within the long run time of our simulations.
b) Charge compensation mechanism
Possibilities of sulfurs from PSS and nitrogens from PDADMA which are intrinsically and extrinsically charge compensated.
In our AA level simulations on PSS/PDADMA complexes, intrinsic (polyanions pair with polycations) and extrinsic (polyions pair with salt ions) charge compensation mechanisms have been found to co-exist, although the intrinsic one is predominant in the investigated salt (NaCl) concentration range from 0.17 to 1.00 mol/L.
Furthermore, the relative scale of the interaction energy of the ion-pairs in such PSS/PDADMA mixture is calculated to follow (in kJ/mol): Na-Cl (-520) > PSS-Na (-420) > PDADMA-Cl (-280) ~ PSS-PDADMA (-270). The relative scale of the interaction energy can be very useful to explain some experimental finding, such as PSS is found to be in a higher concentration than PDADMA in PSS/ PDADMA complexes [5]. This information is also valuable to properly model the interactions between ion-pairs in the upcoming refined CG model.
c) PSS adsorption monolayer
PSS adsorption monolayer
The PSS monolayer is diposited from a PSS solution via atomistic simulations. Our results demonstrate that short-range interactions of van der Waals origin from the adsorbing substrate play a significant role in the layer structure of the adsorbed PSS, and they alone are already sufficient to induce a stable PSS adsorption layer. The PSS chains are found to behave as hydrophilic PEs, two kinds of conformations of which are observed: flat PSS adsorption layer dominates with some adsorbed PSS chains dangling into the above PSS solution.
d) PE chain pulling experiment
Results from our CG simulations
Exp. data from Hugel's group
The present, non-refined CG model yields a qualitative agreement with the experiments by the Hugel group. This makes us confident that maybe even a quantitative comparison might be obtainable once the refined coarse-grained model will be ready.
In the computer simulations on PE pulling experiments, a PE chain, which is similar to the PE chains of the capping layer, is introduced with the corresponding counterions. The averaged force, that is needed to keep one of the chain ends fixed at a given point Z_{tip}, is measured by performing several independent runs. The position of the chain tip is slowly increased to a new value where a new measurement was performed.
Christian Holm
Baofu Qiao
Joan Josep Cerdà
Marcello Sega
René Messina and Christian Holm and Kurt Kremer.
"Polyelectrolyte Multilayering in Spherical Geometry".
Langmuir 19(4473–4482), 2003.
[PDF] (963 KB) [Preprint]
"Polyelectrolyte Adsorption and Multilayering on Charged Colloidal particles".
Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics 42(3557), 2004.
Juan J. Cerdà and Baofu Qiao and Christian Holm.
"Understanding polyelectrolyte multilayers: an open challenge for simulations".
Soft Matter 5(4412–4425), 2009.
[PDF] (2 MB) [DOI]
"Modeling strategies for polyelectrolyte multilayers".
European Journal of Physics Special Topics 177(1)(129–148), 2009.
[PDF] (971 KB) [DOI]
Baofu Qiao and Juan J. Cerdà and Christian Holm.
"Poly(styrenesulfonate)-Poly(diallyldimethylammonium) Mixtures: Toward the Understanding of Polyelectrolyte Complexes and Multilayers via Atomistic Simulations".
Macromolecules 43(18)(7828–7838), 2010.
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[2] G. Decher, Science,1997, 277, 1232. URL
[3] J. B. Schlenoff, Langmuir, 2009, 25, 14007.URL
[4] A. V. Dobrynin. Curr. Opin. Colloid Interface Sci, 2008, 13, 376.URL
[5] H. H. Hariri, and J. B. Schlenoff, Macromolecules, 2010, DOI: 10.1021/ma1012978. URL
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EEHC establishes 4 production companies with capital of EGP 180bn - Daily News Egypt
Business EEHC establishes 4 production companies with capital of EGP 180bn
EEHC establishes 4 production companies with capital of EGP 180bn
The four companies to be put up for subscription next year
Mohamed Farag November 30, 2016 Be the first to comment
The general assembly of the Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC) approved the establishment of four companies with a total capital of EGP 180bn.
Sources at the Ministry of Electricity said that the capital of each company will be calculated on the basis of their book values, which will include all of the company’s assets and property, including the cost of construction, land, and site preparation. All four companies will operate under the EEHC.
Moreover, sources said that three companies will be founded for each of Siemens’ new projects, including Beni Suef, Borollos, and the New Administrative Capital, all three of which will have a capital of EGP 40bn. Contracts for the three Siemens projects amount to €6bn, in addition to land purchase and preparation costs.
Another company is also being established to run projects in Ataka, Mahmudiya, West Damietta, West Assiut, Hurghada, and Sharm El-Sheikh. These projects are part of the urgent plan established in accordance with the president’s five-year plan. The company will have EGP 60bn in capital.
The urgent plan project’s costs amount to $3.6bn.
Sources said that the chairperson of the EEHC will begin forming a board of directors for the four companies within a week, adding that after appointing chairpersons, assets will be transferred to establish administrative bodies for each company. They noted that each company will employ 500 technicians and engineers.
Furthermore, chairpersons of the four companies will negotiate with consulting offices to put the companies forward for public subscription and to estimate the share value in preparation to listing the companies on the Egyptian Exchange at the end of 2017.
The EEHC has prepared a list of 12 candidates for the chairpersons’ positions. All the candidates are currently working at EEHC-affiliated production companies.
Sources said that there are three scenarios for handing over existing management projects to potential chairpersons.
The first scenario involves handing over existing projects next month to the chairperson to manage until the end of the project’s timetable. The second scenario would be to form a board of directors for each company and establish administrative bodies while the project is ongoing. The third scenario involves handing over the urgent plan projects to the board of directors of the corresponding company.
The first phase of the Siemens projects will be completed next month. The project will then be handed over to the three correspondent boards of directors.
The total capacities that will be produced from the four companies’ projects add up to 18,000 MW, including 14,400 MW from Siemens projects and 3,600 MW from the urgent plan projects.
The sources said that the EEHC will pay for the loans of Siemens projects until the boards of directors of the three companies are formed.
Topics: EEHC Egyptian Electricity Holding Company electricity Siemens
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What is SIRT and what are SIR-Spheres® Y-90 resin microspheres?
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The SIRT procedure enables radiation – which is often used to treat cancer – to be sent directly into the liver tumors by using the tumor’s blood supply. The normal liver tissue takes about 90% of its blood supply from the portal vein that flows from the intestine while liver tumors receive about 90% of their blood supply from the hepatic artery. SIR-Spheres Y-90 resin microspheres are targeted directly at the liver tumors via the hepatic artery, so exposure to the remaining healthy liver tissue is minimized.
The majority of microspheres are approximately 32 microns in diameter, about a third of the width of a human hair. The microspheres are small enough to flow through the hepatic arteries, but they are too large to pass through the small blood vessels within the tumor, where they become permanently lodged in the tumor bed.
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The racialisation of the other, with the view to segregating them and giving them inferior treatment, has a long history in the administration of human quarantine in the New World, given its colonial origins through British conquest.
An important publication on the history of human quarantine in America is Joseph Jones’ Outline of the History, Theory and Practice of Quarantine: Relation of Quarantine to Constitutional and International Law and Commerce, published in New Orleans in 1883. Dr Jones was President of the Board of Health in the State of Louisiana. His description of an incident on 29 May 1744, which took place on Sullivan’s Island at the entrance to Charleston Harbour in South Carolina, while America was still a British colony, reveals an early form of racialisation in human quarantine that later became commonplace in British settler nations such as Australia.
One thousand pounds appropriated for Sullivan’s Island Pesthouse. No ship with negroes from Africa shall pass to town without the negroes staying ten days at the pesthouse, or carried on shore five out of ten days for purification upon pain of confiscation. No one from shore shall go on board said ship; and no one leave said ship under penalty of whipping. The captain, in passing Fort Johnson, shall swear conformity.
Between 1700 and 1775, 40% of the African slaves imported into America came through South Carolina and were quarantined in the four pest houses on Sullivan’s Island under conditions that were as dismal as those on the ships that they travelled on (Johnson, 2008). The sick were administered to by white quarantine staff (Miles, 2014), and those who recovered – from either yellow fever or smallpox – joined the fit ones to be sold to plantation owners who ordered them. An estimated total of 200,000 African slaves went through quarantine on Sullivan’s Island (Miles, 2014). It can be imagined that the picture was one of brute reality of human survival, when the racialised other was a mere commodity with no rights and destined to work until the end of allotted time.
Johnson, Jessica. “Fort Moultrie Seeks Comment on Slave Exhibit”, The Post and Courier, 24 January 2008. Johnson mentions African slave importation “between 1700 and 1775”, however, according to Sullivan’s Island historian Suzanne Smith Smiles, the first pest house, built of bricks and measuring 30 feet by 16 feet, did not appear until 1707, the year a quarantine act was passed in respect of the island, to protect the nearby Charles Town which profited greatly from slave labour. For example, as mentioned in Miles’ 2014 article, a smallpox epidemic in Charles Town between 1759 and 1760 saw an estimated 6000 became sick, over 700 of whom died. Quarantine was put in place to assist the growth of a highly exploitative economy based on imported slavery and displacement of Native Americans.
Jones, Joseph. Outline of the History, Theory and Practice of Quarantine: Relation of Quarantine to Constitutional and International Law and Commerce. New Orleans: E A Brandao, 1883.
Miles, Suzanne Smith. “Fighting Illness at Sullivan’s Island Pest House”, Moultrie News, 21 October 2014.
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This Startup Wants to Tame the Chaos of City Street Parking
Everyone vies for curb space: taxis, Ubers, delivery trucks, buses, bicycles, and residents. In Washington, DC, CurbFlow is testing spots reserved via app.
FedEx racked up nearly $15 million in parking fines in New York City last year, evidence of the challenges of delivering in urban areas.Getty Images
From the summer haze, and the cars and Ubers and bicycles and scooters and cement trucks and delivery vans and city buses that operate within it, emerges a white truck, the words “Belair Foods” and the image of a carrot plastered on its side. As a small crowd watches, the truck pulls into a parking spot. It parks.
It’s all pretty boring. The city of Washington, DC, hopes it’s the future.
Aarian Marshall covers autonomous vehicles, transportation policy, and urban planning for WIRED.
The parking produce truck marked the beginning of a three-month collaboration between the city’s Department of Transportation and a startup called CurbFlow. CurbFlow is building what founder Ali Vahabzadeh calls “an air traffic control tower for city curb space.” Vahabzadeh founded Chariot, the private transit service that sold to Ford and shut down this year. He’s heard the complaints of transportation planners and providers: Curb space is super crowded. And it’s only getting worse—ride-hail use is up, and delivery apps are racing towards record revenue.
Think of everything vying for the curb these days: taxis and ride-hail companies, picking up and dropping off passengers; delivery trucks hauling raw materials to restaurants, and the delivery drivers from services like Uber Eats and DoorDash picking up the cooked food for customers; public transit agencies and work crews; bike- and scooter-share riders, and the people who charge and repair them; and regular folks, just hoping to park their cars.
It’s even worse when there’s no curb available. Taxis and Lyfts slow and let passengers off in the middle of the road, or swing into bike lanes. Delivery drivers double park and block traffic. (Together, FedEx and UPS paid nearly $49 million in parking fines last year in New York City alone.) Drivers circle for parking. In fact, a leading parking authority suggests that up to 30 percent of vehicles in downtown traffic are searching for parking. Some places—San Francisco, for example—have launched programs that change parking meter prices based on demand. But there’s no way for drivers to know when spaces are free before they arrive, even when they are willing to pay to use them.
Businesses are getting sick of it. Residents are getting sick of it. Cities are definitely getting sick of it—and, because it’s impossible to track the comings and goings of every vehicle in every parking spot, they don’t know the extent of the problem or who’s causing it. “There’s a recognition that someone has to do something,” says Alex Engel, who heads communications at the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO). CurbFlow is one of a few curb-focused groups—along with Alphabet’s Coord and NACTO’s SharedStreets—that believes it has part of a solution: reorganizing and eventually finding ways to dynamically charge companies for curb space.
For the three-month pilot, CurbFlow has established nine locations throughout Washington that, based on data from partners like UPS and DoorDash, are the most frequented by commercial delivery drivers. T-shirted company “ambassadors” will be stationed at those locations, recording when those spots are occupied and by whom. Aggregated proprietary data from those businesses will also help inform the city about use of those spaces. Meanwhile, companies participating in the pilot, which also include some local restaurants and delivery services, will be able to see if those spots are occupied and reserve them in advance for 30-minute slots. (Eventually, CurbFlow needs to automate the work being done by the ambassadors; Vahabzadeh says the company is still nailing down details.)
At the end of the pilot, CurbFlow will submit a heat map, showing city officials who’s using those parking spaces and when. Eventually, it would like to charge to use the spot, just like a parking meter. At least some companies seem ready to pay a bit of money to do what is, today, mostly free. “We feel like curb management, and looking at the curb as dynamic, rather than static, is the way forward,” says Mariah Ray, who leads public policy and partnerships at DoorDash.
Other cities are running other curb-focused experiments, some more analog than others. In 2011, New York City officials worked with businesses on a busy Brooklyn thoroughfare to reconfigure parking and loading regulations, which also helped the city redesign its bus service. Seattle and the University of Washington have a research consortium—which includes Ford, GM, Nordstrom, PepsiCo, and others—dedicated to researching how to move goods “the final 50 feet” between the curb and a home or store. Coord and SharedStreets are dedicated to helping cities map the curb, which the companies believe is critical to providing curb-based services.
New York City is also testing a program that reserves some residential parking spaces for unloading trucks and taxi and ride-hail pick-ups and drop-offs. The results do not always make residents—especially those accustomed to free and nearly unlimited parking for their own cars—very happy. “We’ve been ignored and disrespected,“ one resident told the New York Daily News this week. “It’s unconscionable.”
Engel, with NACTO, believes that getting more residents on board is just a matter of time. “It’s really hard for people to picture how the street can work differently,” he says, noting some cities have been successful implementing solutions on a trial basis, which gives urban dwellers time to give feedback and adjust. Yes, produce trucks are boring. They can also make people very, very angry. Cities—and companies like CurbFlow—would like to find the middle ground.
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ZeMambo di Mozzarella di Bufala
When zebras think about good food, three things that naturally come to mind are family, friends and sharing.
So I guess it’s only natural that I’d want to share a story about the amazing cheese that starts with milk from my ultra-cool friends: the Ramini Mozzarella Water Buffalo Family.
If you’re a kid (or even a zebra), you’re probably thinking, “What’s so amazing about mozzarella? I mean: I eat it all the time!”
Ramini Mozzarella brings the flavors of Italy to California!
But guess what? Unless you’ve traveled to Italy, I’ll bet you’ve NEVER eaten mozzarella that’s been handmade using rich, creamy milk that comes fresh from the buffalo—or, as the cheese is called in Italian, mozzarella di bufala.
Why would you have to go to Italy? Because authentic mozzarella di bufala is extremely perishable, so just about the only way to enjoy the real thing is to go right to the source.
To learn about authentic mozzarella di bufala, I went right to the source (hint: it wasn’t Italy)!
That’s usually Italy, where black water buffalo (different from our American buffalo, which are technically bison) have roamed the hills and fields of the Compania region for about a thousand years.
But thanks to Craig Ramini and his wife Audrey, you don’t have to go to Italy to meet these legendary creatures: you can hang out with them AND try the famous cheese made from their milk, right here in Northern California!
Ramini water buffalo have rock star names – from Grace Slick, Pat Benatar & Dusty Springfield to Sting and Shakira!
To really understand the story of mozzarella di bufala, you need to hear it straight from the water buffalo’s mouth.
Since most of the water buffalo at Ramini Mozzarella are named after famous rock stars, some of my favorite kids and I got together to make a music video, followed by an exclusive insider interview with three of the water buffalo calves: Sting, Petula and Lulu.
ZEBOT: First of all, could you please explain why mozzarella di bufala is such a huge deal?
STING: Well, dude, we’ve been around it our whole lives, so it’s just everyday food for us—but, of course, we love it! Ditto for buffalo milk. But we were actually kind of surprised that the cheese has become so famous. I mean, we think it’s awesome, but you know, everyone loves their mom’s food!
PETULA (using a hoof to pull up a link on her iPad): Oh, Sting, really: mozzarella di bufala is famous for lots of great reasons!
Here’s what Sam Anderson had to say about it in the New York Times: “Buffalo milk has roughly twice the fat of cow milk, which makes it decadently creamy and flavorful. The good stuff is almost unrealistically soft — it seems like the reason the word ‘mouthfeel’ was invented — with a depth of flavor that makes even the freshest hand-pulled artisanal cow-milk mozzarella taste like glorified string cheese.”
In Italy, mozzarella di bufala has its own special symbol to show it’s authentic.
LULU: Wow, he really does make our moms’ cheese sound amazing—and he’s using a lot of impressive words! Basically, he’s saying that cow’s milk mozzarella has a totally different flavor and texture. Also, not to brag or anything, but buffalo milk is so rich that it gives you a 20% cheese yield from milk—milk from cows only gives you something like 5%.
Whether they’re in Italy or California, the calves say there’s no place like home!
STING: Yeah. In fact, the kind of milk used for mozzarella is so important that, in Italy, they even make the difference super-clear by using different names for the two cheeses.
Mozzarella cheese made from buffalo milk is called mozzarella di bufala (which means “mozzarella from buffalo”), but the same type of cheese made from cow’s milk is called fior di latte (that literally translates “milk flower”—not sure why, maybe because cows like flowers or something).
LULU: When it comes to great cheese, the region where it’s made is also a big deal. In Italy, mozzarella di bufala is mostly made in Campania and Apulia. The Petaluma/Tomales Bay region of California where we live is a famous American cheesemaking area—and it has a Mediterranean climate that’s pretty similar to Italy.
In California, this is how you put the water on a water buffalo!
STING: Yeah, we water buffalo love it! Sometimes visitors come to the farm and they’re like “Hey, where’s all the water for the water buffalo?”
But because it’s not super-hot here, we don’t need big ponds or lakes to cool off. When it rains, we make our own wallows in the pasture. And when it gets warm, Craig hoses us down—it’s great! We’re also really into the native grasses here, which taste fantastic.
Ramini mozzarella di bufala is made fresh — just like in Italy!
PETULA: It’s also very important to understand that mozzarella di bufala and other handcrafted local cheeses are an important part of Italian food culture. In Italy, humans go to the neighborhood caseificio (that’s an artisan cheesemaker) just like Americans might visit their favorite corner bakery.
LULU: You see, Craig and Audrey make their mozzarella di bufala fresh every few days—just like cheesemakers do in Italy, where humans know it’s best to enjoy fresh farmstead cheese “di giornata” (the day it’s made).
And, of course, everyone knows that the best cheese starts with the best milk. In order to get the best milk (or any milk at all) from a water buffalo, you REALLY have to know what you’re doing!
Like any kid, Petula knows how important it is to keep moms happy!
ZEBOT: So tell me about the whole dairy thing—is it sort of like milking cows?
PETULA: No way! I mean, some of my best friends are cows, but they have a totally different personality.
Water buffalo aren’t like modern dairy cows, who are more easily intimidated and will do pretty much anything humans want them to. Water buffalo are very independent thinkers. We’re tolerant to a point, but we decide when and how to cooperate.
What are you lookin’ at?
STING: You need to understand that even though we calves were born here in the U.S, we’re descended from centuries of wild water buffalo, who had to be constantly on the lookout for dangerous predators like hungry tigers.
That means we’re always super-aware of our surroundings—and ready to take off at a moment’s notice, if we have to.
ZEBOT: Yikes! But I thought your family was from Italy—do they have tigers in Italy?
STING: Um, I don’t think so, dude. But you see, even though water buffalo have lived in Italy for ages, we’re originally native to Southeast Asia. And trust me, the tigers there are REALLY wild.
The milking barn is so peaceful, even the cats find it relaxing!
PETULA: Okay, so let me explain how the milking works. Craig and Audrey figured out that the best thing to do is to let our moms’ natural intelligence work in everyone’s favor.
The milking barn and creamery are converted from an old cow dairy—but when Audrey (who’s a super-talented designer and architect) re-designed our milking barn, she worked hard to create a mellow, churchlike atmosphere where we’d all feel really peaceful and comfortable.
STING: And Craig, who used to work in software development, put his creativity to work in designing milking stalls that complement a water buffalo’s psychology.
See, it goes back to the whole predator thing. In order for our moms to produce milk and let it flow, their pituitary glands have to make a special hormone called oxytocin, which creates feelings of bonding, love and trust.
Love is what helps moms produce oxytocin (this is true for humans, too)!
LULU: But like Sting said before, wild water buffalo originally came from a place where there were lots of dangers, so we don’t naturally produce oxytocin easily, the way cows do.
And we DEFINITELY will not produce it if you try to lock our heads in a metal stanchion to make us stay still during milking.
ZEBOT: Oh, I totally understand—a zebra would never go for that either!
In order to make the moms feel comfortable, Craig (the Dr. Phil of water buffalo) designed these special stalls.
PETULA: Exactly! So the way it works is that our moms go into the barn to be milked two-by-two in special nose-to-tail stalls designed just for them.
They get to choose their own order, too. Some of them run into the barn. Others are more like, “Hey, he gives us a little bit of hay while we’re waiting out here. So if we’re patient, we could get two meals ’cause he feeds us in there, too!”
If you treat a water buffalo like your best friend, you might even get a ride!
LULU: Craig says that you need to treat a water buffalo just like you would your best friend. When we feel safe, secure and loved, we cooperate. So he makes sure that during milking time, everything is nice and peaceful. No tractors, no noisy farm work —even the Black Angus cattle next door have to be quiet!
STING: Yup! And since our moms give more milk when we calves are around, we get to hang out in the barn during milking time. Every morning, Craig brings us down from the pasture with these cool colored halters, then lets us chow down on really primo hay. It’s awesome!
You’ve probably seen a dog lead — but have you ever seen one for water buffalo?
PETULA: Craig says that when the love is flowing, the milk is, too!
STING: That is so true—and some water buffalo are overflowing with love AND milk. My mom, who’s named Dusty Springfield, is so generous that she shares her milk with all the calves when we’re out in the pasture.
LULU: Yeah, Sting’s mom is the coolest—we calves all call her “the ice cream truck!” But we don’t ask her for anything in the milking barn, because we know that particular milk is the secret to making the world’s best mozzarella. We’re happy to share—we’re so proud of what our moms do!
The water buffalo calves get to nibble from this trough while their moms are being milked.
ZEBOT: Wow, no WONDER water buffalo milk is so famous! So how does it turn into cheese?
PETULA: Well, the first thing is to be super-careful with the milk. Our moms are milked into special buckets, then Craig gently hand-carries the buckets from the barn side of the building to the creamery side.
LULU: This is really different from big cheese factories, where milk that’s been through high-speed pumps has to travel a long way on trucks to get there from the farm. I mean, I get dizzy just thinking about it! Our moms’ milk only has to travel six feet across the breezeway.
This jug shows exactly how much milk the water buffalo give — kind of like a giant measuring cup!
STING: So when Craig gets to the creamery, he pours the milk into this big stainless-steel vat that does three really cool things. First, it keeps the milk chilled until Craig is ready to make cheese.
Next, it pasteurizes the milk—that’s a process that takes all the bacteria out—both the good kind and the harmful kind. In the U.S., this is required by law for all fresh cheeses, which means any that are aged less than 60 days.
In order to make great cheese, you need all the traditional tools of the trade — including microscopic bacteria (not shown).
ZEBOT: But wait: I’ve read a little about cheesemaking—and I thought you NEED the good bacteria.
LULU: Oh, you do. So after the milk is pasteurized and cooled, Craig adds a patented starter that he imports from Italy—this is known as inoculating the milk. So now, the good bacteria in the starter goes to work interacting with the milk, which preps it for making cheese.
PETULA: After a few hours, Craig uses rennet to coagulate the milk (and the special bacteria keeps on working its magic). Next, he cuts the curd into smaller pieces, which increases the surface area and allows the whey to come out of the curd. Craig drains off the whey and uses it to make ricotta cheese.
While you wait for the curd to ferment, you get to spend quality time with your friends!
STING: At this point, all that patience our moms taught him comes in really handy, because now Craig has to wait about six hours for the curd to ferment.
If you like scientific stuff, this means the alkalinity is getting lower and the acidity is getting higher. In order to stretch the curd to make mozzarella, you’re looking for a perfect Ph window of between 4.85 and 5.00.
ZEBOT: Um, that’s a bit too scientific for this zebra—but stretching the curd sounds like fun!
Wondering what fermented mozzarella curd looks like before it’s all stretched and shaped? This is it!
LULU: Oh, don’t worry—we calves don’t understand all the science yet, either. Sting’s just being a show-off and repeating what Craig says. But you’re right: stretching the curd is tons of fun!
ZEBOT: Have you guys ever tried it? Because I’d really like to, but I’m not sure about the whole hoof thing.
STING: Well, we haven’t gotten around to it yet, but I’m sure we could a great job—and so could you. What Craig does is pour almost-boiling water over the curd to melt it so he’ll be able to stretch it, kind of like Silly Putty.
Making mozzarella di bufala is tons of fun!
PETULA: To make this happen, Craig stirs and kneads the whole steaming mass until it forms an elastic sort of paste that he can stretch into threads without ripping. In Italy, cheesemakers call mozzarella a pasta-filata cheese, which I’m pretty sure means “thread-making.”
LULU: Oh, wait, I want to use some Italian, too! So the next part is where Craig divides the stretchy, slippery curd into equal portions—that technique is called mozzatura and it’s actually what gives mozzarella cheese its name.
STING: Anyway, after that, Craig and Audrey form the mozzarella into balls or braids or whatever other shapes they want, then cool the cheese down a bit so it can be sliced.
And then: it’s ready to eat! I’ve heard cheese-loving humans say that tasting fresh mozzarella di bufala while it’s still warm is as close to heaven as you can get without leaving this Earth!
Fresh mozzarella di bufula is great for picnics by the pasture!
ZEBOT: Hey, I heard that: I tried some—and it was so soft and delicate and creamy that it made my stripes tingle! Tasting the cheese made me see why someone would go through all the hard work to make it.
Is that what motivated Craig and Audrey?
PETULA: Well, sure, that was a big part of it. And you know how we told you that love plays such a huge role in a water buffalo’s producing milk? It turns out that’s what helps humans create wonderful things, too.
The secret to happiness?
LULU: Starting Ramini Mozzarella was a huge change (and a huge challenge) for both Craig and Audrey. The way Craig came up with it was to do what he calls a “mind map” of the things that made him the happiest.
STING: Yeah, and he came up with three big ones. First, when Craig was a kid, he always felt happy when he was with his grandfather, who owned an Italian restaurant.
Later, when he visited Africa and was around big animals and adventure, he was happy. And when he worked in high-tech, he worked with super-creative self-starters who were always trying to pull off something new—and that was another ticket to happiness.
This is a picture of pure happiness (which the calves are pretty sure was taken by Audrey).
PETULA: And like with so many family recipes, it was love and family that helped all the ingredients come together. Audrey’s food-loving brother and sister-in-law, who lived in Italy, asked why Americans didn’t make mozzarella di bufala.
LULU: Of course, to make it, you need fresh water buffalo milk—and that’s where our water buffalo families came into the picture. And Audrey loves animals and design and Italian food and family and creativity, so she was happy with the whole idea, too!
PETULA: And now, we’re all working together to make the cheese that makes everyone happy. Or, as they say in Italy: That’s amore!
STING: Hey, Lulu and Petula, that sounds like a great idea for another music video—let’s hoof it over to the pasture and get started on our next creative adventure!
If you enjoyed learning about all about farmstead mozzarella from water buffalo, the calves think you might also like to hear what a very special dog detective has to say about truffles in ZeAdventures of a Great Truffle Dog!
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ELEGANCE TOWER For Rent Commercial office tower
9321 وادي الحياه، المروج، الرياض 12264 2372، السعودية
For Rent Commercial office tower
ELEGANCE TOWER
The dramatic and imposing Elegance Tower. A landmark at the very heart of Riyadh, the thriving economic heart of today’s and tomorrow’s business community. A Tower that inspires your imagination. Catches the eye and excites with its impressive construction and its attractive design. The sweeping lines and harmoniously flowing details. In short, a corporate Land Mark that stirs the senses.
FROM RIYADH WITH LOVE
In one of the world’s fastest growing capital cities, Riyadh, this vital focal point of Saudi Arabia’s Vision of the future. A Tower that is in heart of the action. The tower is located opposite to King Abdullah Financial Distract at the commercial strip between king Fahad road and Olaya St. south of the northern ring road.
GRABBING THE ATTENTION
The total area of the land which the tower is constructed on is 5,695 square meters. The total constructed area is 58.2 thousand square meters, total rentable area is 24 thousand square meters consisting of 28 floors with a total height of 130 meters overlooking at King Abdullah Financial District.
The Tower has two separate entries that can be used Simultaneously for different purpose. The 14th floor contains a 70 square meters swimming pool at 50 meters high and a hanging garden, restaurants and cafes located at the 27th and 28th floors. Each Floor has 4 panoramic lifts one at each corner and 4 lifts at the each side of the tower adding to a total of Twelve lifts for each floor. The tower façade has an advanced high-tech LED display system. Five basements with a total area of 28,475 square meters with 718 car parks. Ground Floor: 1080 square meters and floor size is 890-974 square meters. A helicopter landing pad on the roof. High-tech Green Building systems (LEED Standards).
ELEGANCE TOWER.. IN BREIF
Total land area 5,695 sqm.
Total constructed area is 58,200 thousand sqm.
Total rentable area is 24,000 thousand sqm.
28 floors, a total height of 130mtr overlooking King Abdullah Financial District.
The Tower has two separate entries.
The 14th floor contains a 70 sqm swimming pool at 50 meters high and a hanging garden.
Restaurants & cafes at the 27th and 28th floors.
The tower façade has an advanced high-tech LED display system.
Five basements with a total area of 28,475 sqm with 718 car parks.
Ground Floor: 1,080 sqm
Floor sizes are 890-974 sqm.
برج إليجانس
عرض على Google Maps
المدينة: Riyadh
المنطقة: Riyadh Region
الحي: Al-Murooj neighborhood
الدولة: Saudi Arabia
مساحة العقار: 62681 Square Meters
مساحة الأرض: 5695 Square Meters
A helicopter landing strip
Advanced security and protection systems
International Swimming Pool
Panoramic lifts
Separate entries
The tower's interface is an interactive network of LEDs
View of King Abdullah Financial Center
رقم الجوال*
الاستفسار
ELEGANCE TOWER - 9321 وادي الحياه، المروج، الرياض 12264 2372، السعودية
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Pictures Lab goes version 5 with Windows Phone 8 optimisations
Published by Rafe Blandford at 0:05 UTC, December 14th 2012
Pictures Lab, a stalwart of the Windows Phone image editing scene, has been updated to version 5.0, with the key focus being optimising the app for Windows Phone 8, but there also a number of new features including new winter themed frames, improved support for low memory devices, and improved translations for a number of localisations.
In addition the app now uses the built in Windows Phone sharing end point, which means images can be share to social networks, by email, NFC, and Bluetooth. This together with the tight platform integration features means Pictures Lab almost feels like a built in app.
For those unfamiliar with Pictures Lab the app provides a veritable Swiss army knife of image editing and tweaking tools in a quick and easy to use UI. The basic image editing operations are present (crop, rotate, and so on), but what really stands out are the app filters (effects), many of which allow for a great deal of fine control. It goes significantly beyond the one shot filters typically offered in apps of this type (Nokia Creative Suite, HTC Photo Enhancer) to the point at which it's about a lot more than just fun filters.
The Windows Phone 8 optimisation is achieved in a number of areas, such as support for the new screen resolutions, and deeper platform integration (Lens, Rich Media Extension, Edit Pictures).
Lens integration, allowing quick access from the Camera app, is a nice extra, as is the listing in the Edit Pictures Hub, but for us the most useful integration is the Rich Media Extension. The Rich Media Extension allows images in the Photos hub to be associated with certain apps. When viewing a saved pictured created using Pictures Lab a note will be present saying "Captured by Picture Lab", and there will be an "Open with Pictures Lab" menu item. This will open the Pictures Lab app and show the original picture from which the saved photo was created (i.e. without any effects applied).
However, the biggest Windows Phone 8 related improvement in the version is the apps improved performance. It really flies on Windows Phone 8, taking full advantage of the new hardware resources available.
Here's the full change log from the developer:
Update to Windows Phone 8 with much improved performance and support for all 3 screen resolutions.
Lens, Rich Media (post edit) and Edit Pictures Hub integration.
Sharing of photos via the WP built-in Share endpoint including sharing to email, NFC, Bluetooth and more.
Support for huge images and also low memory devices.
New Winter border / frame.
Many UI improvements.
Countless bug fixes and tweaks.
Fixed translation issues for the 11 supported localizations.
We reviewed Pictures Lab (version 4) this time last year:
It's a simple to use application, but the results are stunning. If you want a quick tweak, you can. If you want to spend more time sorting colour levels, sharpness, depth of field effects, and other esoteric subjects, then Pictures Lab will let you throw that challenge at it, and it will deal with it swiftly, smartly, and superbly.
With the new updates, especially the Windows Phone 8 optimisations the app has got even better, and has no trouble staying on our recommended app list.
Windows Phone Store description:
Pictures Lab is the original with high quality filters, features and great user experience. It's fast and responsive and you quickly get your job done with just a few moves. Often been copied, but never reached.
Picture Labs can be downloaded from the Windows Phone Store. A trial is available (saving and sharing pictures disabled, with the full version of the app costing £0.79 / €0.99 / $0.99 for a limited time (usually (£2.29 / €2.99 / $2.99).
Source / Credit: AAWP App Directory
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Alvy
About Alvy
Musical Thinker
http://gracepages.blogspot.com
Christian, formerly evangelical, now Anglican with a decidedly liberal streak, one-time pastor, now teacher of Religious Education in UK. British-Canadian.
High-school teacher
About my avatar
Christopher Lee as Dracula in Terence Fisher's 1958 [i]Horror of Dracula[/i] from Hammer Studios. I am a big Hammer fan, Fisher in particular.
Rear Window; Vertigo; Ice Cold in Alex; Twelve Angry Men; Les 400 Coups; Billy Liar; Annie Hall; Cinema Paradiso; As Good As It Gets; Moulin Rouge; Amelie; The Royal Tenenbaums; Fahrenheit 451; Hammer films ('50s-'60s especially)
Easy listening, Romantic (period) & 20th-century classical
Favorite creative writing
Theology, linguistics, Graham Greene, John Betjeman
Dial M For Murder Pix
Alvy replied to DanBuck's topic in Theater & Dance
Great. Love that play (and the film).
Favourite Hitchcocks
Alvy replied to MattPage's topic in Film Awards, Festivals, & Lists
As a critical piece, Robin Wood's book is great. For trivia and the rest, there's a great book out called Hitchcock's Secret Notebook, containing excerpts from scripts, interviews, storyboards, behind-the-scenes accounts and the like.
I love 'The 39 Steps', and it would certainly be in my top five Hitchcock's, I think. I used to much prefer 'The Lady Vanishes', and thought Steps was a bit of a bore, but I really love it now. When I read Buchan's brilliant novella, I couldn't get Donat's distinctive voice out of my head as I read through the witty dialogue in those early apartment scenes. It's only recently I've really appreciated the cinema of the '30s and '40s. I've always had my favourites, but now I can't get enough of that slightly stagey, but intimate '30s feel. I think if I were to reformulate my list of favourite Hitches, it would now look like this: 1. The Trouble with Harry 2. Vertigo 3. Rear Window 4. Rope 5. The 39 Steps They're favourite, as opposed to best.
Favorite Betrayal and Grace Movies
Alvy replied to mike's topic in Film Awards, Festivals, & Lists
Wes Anderson's Rushmore (1998) and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) both revolve around themes of betrayal, grace and reconciliation.
Alvy replied to Alvy's topic in Film
I haven't seen the remake, so I can't really compare them. I'm reading my short review above and wondering what on earth I meant when I said it "felt very much like a film before its time"... Oh, hey, Rich -- we're still bruvs, no matter what those danged Anglicans say!
West Side Story or The Music Man?
Alvy replied to M. Dale Prins's topic in Film
I think Bernstein's score is fantastic, but after a brilliant opening, the film itself becomes rather banal and uninventive. I don't think The Music Man's score has the same merit as Bernstein's, but as a film it's more successful.
Respected actors that don't appeal to you.
Alvy replied to John Drew's topic in Film
Ken, I felt exactly the same about Bill Murray, until I saw him in Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums, and was converted.
Amy Grant's Mandible
Alvy replied to mrmando's topic in Music
Thanks, MrMando. I thought it was amusing enough to blog (with hat-tip to your good self).
Actress Patsy Rowlands RIP
Alvy posted a topic in Film
My guess is even my fellow Brit Matt Page might have trouble putting a face to the name. Patsy was a regular in the British 'Carry On' comedies of the '60s and '70s. I read of her passing on a fan forum on Saturday, but it seems only to have reached the media today. Report here. Below, with fellow 'Carry On' star Kenneth Williams:
Alvy replied to MattP's topic in Filmmakers
It looked like it would be intriguing, only the picture was so dark I could hardly see a thing... Any ideas what the problem might be? Everyone else seems to have seen it fine!
The Story of Film
Alvy replied to a topic in Film
148 on my first go. The timer was kind of offputting. Did terribly on the post-1990 questions!
Alvy replied to MattPage's topic in Film
Ugh. After listening to the sample clip of "Music of the Night" on Amazon, I can see what the critic meant by "not strong enough, vocally, even for Broadway". Michael Crawford sang that number so beautifully; this guy sounds disappointingly amateur at best.
Alvy replied to Alvy's topic in Theater & Dance
Yes, Matt, it was the production with Glenn Carter that I saw, although unfortunately both the leads (Carter and James Fox -- not the James Fox, but the lesser-known singer who won Fame Academy or something -- as Judas) had to be replaced by understudies on the night I saw it. It is difficult to see how what happened in the production I saw could be interpreted as anything other than the Resurrection, although I can't say whether it was part of the original play.
It is if God hasn't forsaken you. My interpretation has always been that God did not abandon Jesus, and later on in the psalm it says as much: "He has not hidden his face from him, but has listened to his cry for help."
Thanks for the responses, guys. Peter, I heard "This could be my body," but the preceding "For all you care" didn't register -- makes a difference. Personally, I don't mind "before I change my mind". It's quite a strong expression of doubt on Jesus' part, but then, I think "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" is a pretty strong expression of doubt. Doesn't, for me, detract from his divinity. The resurrection did segue very swiftly into the final bow, but I'm pretty sure it was part of the original play. Matt, the production I saw was a Bill Kenwright touring production. If you're going to see a professional production soon, there's a chance it is the same one. It wouldn't be too difficult for am-dram, in terms of the staging, which could be done very simply, but the music is certainly challenging. Even the professional Jesus I saw missed a couple notes. (To be fair, both he and Judas were played by the understudies that night!)
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Album Review: DD/MM/YYYY – Black Square (We Are Busy Bodies)
by Nolan Conaway | March 9th 2009, 9:00 AM
Posted in Album Review |Audio |Black Square |DD/MM/YYYY |We Are Busy Bodies
MP3: DD/MM/YYYY – Infinity Skull Cube
MP3: DD/MM/YYYY – Digital Haircut
I have this compulsion that started back in elementary school when I played the trumpet: I have to identify the time signature of every song that I listen to. Usually it’s pretty easy to do, but sometimes I get thrown off. Any well-masked measure of three will transform me, one of those too-hip-for-your-face type college students, into a little boy who’s just discovered a lollipop in a sandbox. This phenomenon makes listening to DD/MM/YYYY’s (Wiki) latest record, Black Square, like finding a whole candy shop in the endless sandbox of Time. Skimming through the album, there are at least two songs in 5/4 (!!!), one that might be 7/8 time, and many many more rhythmic gems.
Good readers of Aural States, I’m a sucker for irregular time signatures. Every single time. It so happens that the effective use of an abnormal signature is a pretty reliable signal that the musicians at hand know what they’re doing. This probably applies to these choice experimental-rockers. As far as I can tell, they’ve all got chops. DD/MM/YYYY are what appears to be 7 Canadians who, if I may borrow a phrase from Zack Turowski (on Abe Vigoda), “find a happy middle ground between knowing how to play their instruments and performing songs that don’t demand to be played at medium-low volume in your bedroom with the blinds drawn and the door shut tight.”
Much like the reasons behind my love for 5/4 time, Black Square’s track listing seems more arbitrary than anything else. In other words, you’re probably going to get the same experience listening to this on shuffle as you are from cover to cover. That being said, they couldn’t have chosen a more imperfect manner in which to open the album. “Bronzage,” the no-nonsense introduction to Black Square, is a solid slice off the experimental pie, its only downside being that it starts too abruptly for even the most prepared of listeners. You’ll put the disc in your player and press play simultaneously, knowing all too well that your stereo can handle the rush; before your arms can reach up to protect your face, an explosion of Canadian rock is abound. By the time the vocals hit you’ll be acclimatized, but the original surprise is enough to deter anyone with half-decent reflexes.
Once you’ve finally grown the balls to jump into the chilly pool, little is present that might make you want to leave. Things may get too slow for comfort on the more exploratory tracks like “Birdtown,” a wanderlust driven synth-jam featuring more orchestral parts than the average listener has the ability to pay attention to, but elsewhere DD/MM/YYYY give consistent performances throughout the whole of Black Square.
The post-punk nostalgia of “Infinity Skull Cube” comes free of charge with a progression that reaches into the eternal. Irrational-yet-somehow-calculated percussion introduces an unusual time signature and a verse that’s both familiar and enigmatic. The chorus sports electronic samples just loud enough to hear, alongside drumming that I can’t even imagine premeditating. This rhythmic complexity is a perpetually effective tool that becomes especially noticeable on closer dyad “I’m Still in the Walls” and “Digital Haircut.” The off-kilter tempos disarm the listener, leaving you vulnerable to the burst-like incantation of whichever 2-3 band members happen to be near a microphone.
DD/MM/YYYY embrace their patternlessness. Their only principle is that they have no founding principles, a contradiction in itself. It’s a refreshing philosophy to see carried out in song, especially by such agile musicians. While most music is founded on order and verse, it seems like these guys took David Byrne’s sensational advice to heart, “Stop Making Sense.”
Label: We Are Busy Bodies
Release Date: Feb 17 (iTunes) / Mar 17 2009 (Physical)
Infinity Skull Cube
My Glasses
Birdtown
Sirius B
lismer
$50,000 Guitar Gear
I’m Still In The Walls
Digital Haircut
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The Drunken Lizard Pub
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We're gamers in here! All platforms, any genre. Share with us your latest gaming obsession.
MyGameCompany
Officer [Platinum Rank]
Joined: September 22nd, 2009, 6:56 pm
Post by MyGameCompany » March 9th, 2018, 2:10 pm
This is in response to BW's invitation on the front page (http://basiliskgames.com/update-please/) to "stop by our forums and let us know what you’re currently playing!"
I bought myself a Nintendo Switch right after Christmas, and I played through Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (one of my first games on that platform). I just finished it last week (190+ hours), and I really enjoyed it. I found it to be more linear than Xenoblade Chronicles X (which I absolutely loved), in that you couldn't go anywhere you wanted in the world right from the start. You could freely visit most areas you had already been to, but new areas only became available as you progressed the main story. However, the story is good, the characters are delightful, and the whole world concept (people living in/on massive titans) was very intriguing. I'm looking forward to playing through the new Game Plus mode, after I take a little break from it.
Right now I'm playing Breath of the Wild. I'm about 8 hours into it. Very different style of RPG than XC2, but I'm really digging it. I love the big open world concept, and the game mechanics are a lot of fun. I've found myself laughing at so many situations, and being able to pull off some really crazy stunts/tactics. Combat is getting insanely difficult now that I've left the Great Plateau, but I'm learning to steer clear of the baddies until I get some better gear and more hearts.
I'm also planning to pick up Avernum 3 soon. Spiderweb games are always winners!
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Joined: July 6th, 2006, 10:31 am
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Post by BasiliskWrangler » March 10th, 2018, 9:21 am
I have been playing some of the new Final Fantasy, but I'm not too much into the storyline. It's definitely more of an R&D type of play through.
Not too long ago I finished Might & Magic X: Legacy, which I really liked even though it wasn't well received critically. It felt like a classic RPG and I had quite fun with it.
I also am playing some Doom (the 2016 version) because it is a marvelous game to study- the interface and visual effects are flawless.
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blatherbeard
Officer [Silver Rank]
Post by blatherbeard » March 10th, 2018, 11:27 am
Im replaying spiderwebs Avernum Escape from the pit as i realized i have 3 and never played 2. (*aslo never finished escape ha ha) So depending if the game holds my attention, will decide if i buy the second and even play the third. (so far i dont remember the 19 hrs it said i played before so thats good, and i played at least 6 to 9 hrs yesterday so theres that)
Played a bit of the FFxv.(tutorial, didnt get thru it yet) cant remap the controls or the game crashes and hangs. playing w default controls is ok but for my left handed play can be a bit of a pain. I hate controllers, if i was using one id have a ps4 ha ha.
Slay the spire catches my attention off and on as well. Ive unlocked nearly all the character "levels" that are available at this time and still cant get through the second boss yet. Having the correct mix of cards and being lucky enough to draw them when needed can be a pita. Its one of those games i play for hours, quit for days, and play again.
Was restarting ARK but its the only game that blue screens my PC after a few hrs of playing. It does a memory dump, and im not the only one whos had it, so i think its something in the game somewhere, but others never see it. Got it twice(different playthroughs, different days) so i gave up on it and uninstalled it again to make room for Far Cry 5 at the end of the month
Lastly, reinstalled Dying Light. Man i love the parkour in that game, its nearly perfect.
The armies joined in a bloody battle on this fine day, then storm clouds broke, and it rained.
So they all went home.---Story knots within blatherbeards Beard.
Location: Federal Way, WA
Post by Arkos » March 11th, 2018, 2:53 pm
I just finished with Horizon Zero Dawn and its DLC, The Frozen Wilds. I really liked it. To give you an idea of how much, it was the first game--ever--that I acquired 100% completion on my first playthrough. I have never actually earned a platinum trophy before until now. And as a general rule, I don't like open-world games. But I couldn't put this one down.
I think what I liked best was the story and characters. I later learned that the head writer worked on New Vegas, and it really showed. I like the overall message of the story, that empathy and compassion are what are needed to save the world.
CrazyBernie
Captain Magnate
Post by CrazyBernie » March 11th, 2018, 3:27 pm
I bought myself an Oculus Rift, and my wife liked the look of it so much, we bought her one too. She still hasn't played much though, and the last couple of months mine's also been sitting around, connected to nothing (I've moved my desktop into the living room for my wife to use with the Rift, and I purchased a new Alienware Laptop that I use for mine). I played it a lot when I had it hooked up, though.
Problem is, I've been on the road from Thursday -> Tuesday almost every week since before Thanksgiving. I'll get a weekend off here and there but video games haven't really been fitting into those windows. E.g., This coming weekend I'll be driving the fam to Chattanooga, TN for a couple of days, then I'm flying with the wife to Atlanta to see a concert on Sunday... then off to the next work destination (California, likely).
That said, I've been getting in some game time at the hotels... here's my current installed games (between moving, giving up my desktop, buying the Alienware, and having to send it out to service, I've wiped my library a couple of times):
Occupies most of my current game time... pretty fun Harvest-Moon style game; getting around is tedious (even after you install the "bus" system), but the mechanics are pretty simple and it's generally entertaining. Some future updates are supposed to add some much needed goodies, but hopefully they include mounts or controllable vehicles eventually.
A physics based, semi-open world metroidvania. It's a mixed bag; it plays like it's still in early access. Graphics and mechanics are fun, but the physics feels super wonky at times, and after playing for 20+ hours I don't feel a huge sense of progress. Hopefully the studio gives this game a little more love than their last title.
The closest, most entertaining Harvest-Moon-a-like I've played yet. MTaP gets more playtime because it's new and shiny, but this one is my favorite thusfar.
Was going to get this on GOG when it was on sale, then I bought it on Steam instead. I used to own a physical copy, and for some reason had the urge to fire it up. I never really got very far, and I'm having a similar issue now... I played a lot more of the first, but the gameplay feels a lot more restricting for the second. Everything's just really slow-going. Might be time to bust out a different RPG, like Icewind Dale Enhanced.
After seeing the adverts for FC5, I realized I hadn't played 4 yet. Played FC3, and Primal, and you can absolutely tell this game came in between. Primal is newer, and the gameplay feels fresher, but there's something to be said for being able to blow things up. I do hope 5 really nails the co-op down... it's something I'd definitely like to try out. It's been years since I played some good co-op. I will say this though: after playing games in VR, regular FPSes just aren't the same.
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Post by BasiliskWrangler » March 11th, 2018, 3:38 pm
CrazyBernie wrote: ↑
I bought myself an Oculus Rift
Why the Oculus over an HTC Vive?
BasiliskWrangler wrote: ↑
1. Cost. I got the kit (Rift w/built in audio, Controllers, 2 Sensors, 6 free games) for $300 on Black Friday. I added another sensor for roomscale tracking, so my total out of pocket, with camera mounts, and USB extenders , is under $450. Considering they have similar resolution/performance profiles, it didn't make a lot of sense to spend a ton more (Vive + Deluxe Audio Headstrap + extra lighthouse would set you back about $400 more - although you could argue the extra lighthouse isn't really necessary, so still $300 more). My next purchase will need to be cable channels though... gotta hide that mess! Also need to get TPC's wireless adapter for the headset... if it works right it'll be kickass.
2. Slightly lower performance requirements. This was a factor because I didn't want to spend an extra ~$500 on my laptop purchase to get the 1070 vs the 1060 (so also Cost, in a way). But that also means it's slightly less impacting on the games, which means slightly more framerates.
3. The controllers. I'm sorry, but trackpads are nifty and can be faster, but they just can't beat the feel and control of a good stick. The Rift controllers really nail it on the ergonomics, and make it easy for simple hand gestures.
4. John Carmack. Doom II still sits on the "Favorite Shooter of All Time" pedestal for me, and John's an amazing programmer.
5. Roomscale - the Rift has smaller roomscale requirements vs the HTC (~10x10 vs 15x15). That way I can still have a desk in my office...
My only regret so far is Fallout 4 VR... thanks to Bethesda v. Oculus (in part due to Carmack), I feel like they're really dragging their feet on making the game compatible, and using hacks to get it to work with the Rift is just plain annoying. Other than that it's a blast to play. Just need that free time... here's to hoping they can shrink it all down and make it portable enough to throw in my backpack!
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Post by Kreador Freeaxe » March 12th, 2018, 8:21 am
I'm playing through Torment: Tides of Numenera bit by bit, and wasting too much time on Civ V. Tried out Civ 6 on a free Steam weekend recently, but didn't like the new interface one bit. Getting ready for Pillars of Eternity II to come out in a month.
Kill 'em all, let the sysadmin sort 'em out.
Prismatic Maelstrom
Post by Prismatic Maelstrom » March 12th, 2018, 11:50 am
I'm about to finish Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. I don't think it's as good as Human Revolutions and a big problem with that is the story. Twenty hours in the story offers little surprises and I'm always one step ahead of Adam Jensen which is frustrating. Loading times are also horrendous for me in most areas and I was sick of seeing the subway.
I'll be playing Hollow Knight and Doom after this. Anyone that hasn't played Dark Messiah should, I had extremely good fun with the combat. You'll never tire of kicking people! Game is always on sale if £4.49 is too much for you.
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DUDE!!! DARK MESSIAH WAS SOO BEFORE ITS TIME!! LOVE THAT GAME!!
also feel the same about mankind divided.
stardew valley is THE game of its time. loved it.
Two worlds, doesnt matter 1 2 or whatever, they all have sucked ass. the gameplay was idiotic and un comprehensible. should have been better than any of the games were. good idea, shitty implementation.
im with you on 4. thought primal was gonna suck but it borought new life for me in far cry. 3 was almost perfect for the series. 4 was a blast but lacked something. ill say though, saw some VR gameplay for Skyrim and i dont think it was my thing. just looked awful and seemed to break immersion far more than mouse and keys do. and personally im not a fan of coop anything. cause most times i do better alone ha ha. will say though FC5 may break that for me as ive alredy got friends wanting to play w me. that said, ill be at a beerfest launch weekend.
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Post by Quaan » March 14th, 2018, 11:08 am
The Age of Decadence, Might & Magic X, and i´m waiting for Ultima Online to go ftp, which should be sometime in spring.
Post by BasiliskWrangler » March 14th, 2018, 11:44 am
Quaan wrote: ↑
What do you think of M&M X?
Post by Quaan » March 14th, 2018, 3:02 pm
I am into act 3 right now and like it very much so far. Usually i prefere isometric games but M&M X is one of the few exemtions because for one
i can play it with my mouse only.
I wonder how The Bards Tale 3 and Underworld Ascendent will play out.
Other than that i´m looking forward to Deadfire.
Whats really missing is a nice SciFi game!
<wink> I got you, fam.
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Filed By Bil Browning | April 27, 2010 11:30 AM | comments
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Quite a few readers have sent in this Pickles comic strip and flagged it as offensive. I've seen the same topic float around a few mailing lists. Personally, I can see it as sexist but I don't know that it quite rises to the level of offensive. Pickles is so milquetoast bland that it's hard to get worked up over; even the strip characters themselves don't seem excited over anything and bored with the whole routine.
Your thoughts? Offensive or dull?
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capitalistpiggy | April 27, 2010 11:46 AM
I'm amazed that people admit to reading pickles.
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Bil Browning | April 28, 2010 9:05 AM
That was my first thought too, piggy.
diddlygrl | April 27, 2010 11:46 AM
It plays a bit to the old stereotypes about boys and girls, but it is not offensive to me. I found it slightly amusing.
The situation of the parent worrying about such things is very real unfortunately but I think it was handled well with the wife taking things so calmly and suggesting that he ask the boy why. I could see my parents doing just the same sort of thing. It might be generational that I take less offense to it than say a younger person, but that is to be expected.
Antonia D'orsay | April 27, 2010 11:51 AM
Likely the thing that upset folks is the proffered reasoning for wanting a unicorn.
The grandfather (I'm a fan of Pickles) is wondering why it is that a boy would want something that he perceives as all sparkly and pink an so forth -- things that he does not think are masculine, not befitting the boy's gender role in society. He's aware that not fitting into one's gender role in society creates hardship, so he expresses that as concern, blithely unaware that that people generally see LGBT people as not fitting their particular gender roles.
The grandmother, well versed in feminism, of course, suggests that rather than leap to some conclusion that the boy is focusing on what the grandfather perceives as feminine aspects of liking unicorns, he ask the boy.
So he does.
And the boy provides an answer based on the perceived role of aggression and violence in masculine gender roles.
Since the boy has now acted in a manner consistent with expectations of conformity, he is rewarded with praise and love.
(long ago, in a city called Mesa, in a school called Mountain View, there was a teacher who taught a class called Mass Communications who had, as homework, the assignment to bring in an article or clipping from a newspaper each day, due at the start of class, with something written to explain it.
I always used clippings from the funnies like this one. Aced that course...)
Deena | April 27, 2010 12:17 PM
I liked the symbolism of Grandmother stirring the pot as she posed her question.
Ana W.-L. | April 27, 2010 2:53 PM
What really makes this amusing is a bit of trivia about late medieval England. Namely, some sources give the livery colours of Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset (c.1455--1501) as white and pink (although others list a darker shade of red), and his badge (as well as the crest in the Grey arms) was a unicorn.
Funny how the symbolism changes over time.
Greg | April 27, 2010 2:55 PM
I like Antonia's analysis, but all in all I think the cartoon is ho hum.
Antonia D'orsay | April 27, 2010 5:36 PM
It's about par for Pickles, lol. Nothing really fancy there, and the overall comic generally is all about making fun of Grampa Pickles, who's pretty silly at times and made the smart move of marrying a woman who's smarter than he is.
If anything, I'd say there's a strong ageism underlying it, but eh.
Chitown Kev | April 27, 2010 2:55 PM
This isn't offensive at all.
Nor is it milquetoast.
Although, perhaps why it strikes me as such is that these are the boys grandparents and not his parents or siblings?
Tobi Hill-Meyer | April 27, 2010 4:14 PM
My take is that the punchline, the joke, is the typical gender expectations. I suppose you could see it the other way, but this seems to be roasting traditional gender roles rather than reinforcing them.
Mike | April 27, 2010 6:01 PM
This is offensive? Really? Perhaps a few people need to reset their "perception of bias in the media" radar. Hmmm? The only thing offensive about this strip is the utterly banal writing.
Judas Peckerwood | April 27, 2010 7:34 PM
"Quite a few readers have sent in this Pickles comic strip and flagged it as offensive."
Might I respectfully suggest that said readers get a life?
Excellent suggestion IMHO.
Lynn Miller | April 28, 2010 7:22 AM
I've seen this basic joke in the Sunday comics before (Rose is Rose, perhaps?) The basic premise of the father (figure) being worried that his son might be attracted to stereotypical female toys, triggering whatever anxieties lurk in Dad's psyche, seems pretty common in real life.
The pay-off of the joke is the revelation that the boy actually wants to use the toy to wreak pretend violence and thus he conforms to stereotypical gender roles and Dad expresses great relief. My concern is that this strip, and the one I dimly remember, both end with the boy being rewarded with a hug and praise. Instead of the Dad's anxieties being shown as somewhat silly, if understandable, they are presented as reasonable. And the message, I think, is that the boy (perhaps all boys) deserves praise and reward for conforming to gender expectations.
Something about this seemed very familiar to me. Suddenly today I remembered what it was:
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Bil Browning | April 28, 2010 11:25 PM
That's a much funnier cartoon, Tobi. Saying that Pickles reminded you of it is almost like saying, "I ate some trash off the street yesterday, Mom, and it reminded me how much I love your cooking." :)
Val | April 28, 2010 11:53 PM
I'm with Tobi - I definitely read this, not as "celebrating" the fact that Junior wants to be a Stereotypical Aggressive Male, but as making ~fun~ of Grandpa's reaction to it. In other words, Grandpa and his antiquated gender concepts are the butt of the joke.
I'm not a fan of the strip, but I have seen it often enough to know that most of the humor centers around a sort of "Aren't people funny?" theme, and that the grandfather character is often the butt of the joke. So my interpretation here isn't a stretch at all.
Think about it: if that isn't the joke... what is? If we're not SUPPOSED to be laughing at how foolish the old man's reaction is... then where's the punch line??
What gets to me is that this kind of thing happens so often; we're so over-sensitive on these issues that we get mad before we "get" what's going on. (Remember all those infuriated people protesting the "Harry Potter converts kids to witchcraft" article that turned out to be a joke by the writers of The Onion? Yeah, like that!)
I agree that we need to keep an eye out for the way our issues are portrayed in popular culture, but we also need to double-check that our reading of the situation is reasonable before we expend all this energy on it.
Just my two cents' worth.
george | April 29, 2010 5:24 PM
i don't happen to see the comic strip at all locally, so this is, i suppose, my first view of it. i didn't find it offensive, nor puerile, nor milquetoast. it just struck me as pretty typical of what comic strips bring to us in this country - rather meaningless and somewhat bland renditions of life. are there messages in every comic strip? of course...doonesbury wouldn't be as big as it is without messages...nor mary worth for that matter.
i found it a little funny as well - worth a smirk and a chuckle, maybe...and i agree that we all need to calm down rather than attack the mundane.
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