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There is an epic disconnect between
the Robert Mueller described by the Mass Media and Officialdom
as a model of public propriety,
and the Robert Mueller,
documented by independent researchers:
a chronic Collaborator, with
a career characterized by cover-ups, corruption and unconscionable conduct—
an ever-willing instrument of
Deep State dissimulation.
Errand boy for the new world order
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JOHN MILKOVICH lives in Keithville, Louisiana.
He serves as a member of the Louisiana Senate.
Kelleigh Nelson
NewsWithViews.com
"Senator Milkovich’s book goes far deeper on several of Mueller’s targets including the Whitey Bulger Gang, Pan Am 103, Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI), Ruby Ridge, 9-11, Anthrax, Weapons of Mass Destruction, The Surveillance State and the War on President Donald J. Trump. . . . This book gathers so much of his involvement over the last 30 years of Mueller’s career. It is an astonishing chronicle of coverups, corruption and collusion. It is 165 pages of pure documentation of evil."
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"Despite Mueller's rapport with the Washington elite, Milkovich suggests the former FBI director has been 'an architect and willing accomplice to governmental corruption, chicanery, deception and cover-ups for at least the last 30 years.' Furthermore, he says Mueller 'is an ever-willing instrument of Deep State dissimulation.' and has been 'plunged up to his elbows in corruption and covering up . . . . His inaction and his silence on this very brazen public corruption that was happening in the very city in which he was the U.S. attorney are very indicative of his career.'"
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Iraq Vet Enters Delaware Race with Call to Accept 100,000 Syrian Refugees
Posted Dec 1, 2015 9:15 AM
Simone Pathé
@sfpathe
Democrats try to expand House battlefield by targeting six more districts New Hampshire’s Kuster backs Buttigieg Impeachment managers all represent safe Democratic seats
There are now four Democrats vying to replace Carney, who isn't seeking re-election. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo)
Iraq War veteran Sean Barney on Tuesday became the fourth Democrat to enter the race for Delaware's open at-large congressional seat.
He announced his campaign with a call for the U.S. to accept 200,000 refugees, including 100,000 from Syria, this fiscal year.
“Times like this define the character of who we are as a nation,” Barney said in a statement.
"For the sake of our security, we should embrace these families and children fleeing violence and tyranny, rather than force them to languish in refugee camps that will destabilize our allies and become recruitment grounds for ISIS.”
Since the terrorist attacks on Paris on Nov. 13, more than half of America's governors have called for halting the resettlement of Syrian refugees in their states. Also, nearly 50 House Democrats sided with Republicans in voting for a bill that would add an extra layer of security checks to Iraqis and Syrians hoping to enter the U.S. as refugees.
Barney joined the Marines after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and received the Purple Heart after being wounded in Fallujah, Iraq. He worked as policy director for Gov. Jack Markell after returning from Iraq and now is president of a Delaware venture capital firm.
In 2014, he ran unsuccessfully for state treasurer. VoteVets backed his candidacy and is expected to support his congressional campaign.
Barney joins Lisa Blunt Rochester , the state’s first African-American secretary of labor, state Sen. Bryan Townsend, and state Rep. Bryon Short, a small business owner and former aide to Sen. Thomas R. Carper, in the Democratic race to replace Rep. John Carney. In September, Carney announced he would run for governor rather than seek re-election.
The district has twice gone for President Barack Obama by double digits, so whoever wins the Democratic primary has a good shot at holding the seat.
Third Democrat Eyeing John Carney's Seat
Syrian Activist Predicts 'Disgusting Ideas' about Refugees Will Backfire Delaware Rep. John Carney Running for Governor
Vulnerable House Democrats Side with GOP on Refugee Bill
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February 5, 2011 / 1:02 PM / 9 years ago
Nokia likely to sack several executives: report
A man talks on his mobile phone as he walks past an advertisment for the new Nokia N8 on Oxford Street in London, September 30, 2010. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The world’s biggest cellphone maker Nokia is likely to sack several executive board members in a management shake-up, a German weekly reported.
As rival companies have been eating into Nokia’s market share, Chief Executive Officer Stephen Elop, who took over last September, is due to unveil a revamp of the company’s strategy, which could include organizational changes, on February 11.
Citing company sources, German weekly Wirtschaftswoche reported on Saturday that Mary T. McDowell, the executive in charge of Nokia’s mobile phones unit, may have to leave the company along with Niklas Savander, the manager of the markets unit.
Chief Development Officer Kai Oistamo may have to go, too, as may Tero Ojanpera, the manager responsible for services and mobile solutions, the weekly reported.
Elop has ordered headhunters to look for top people with good software expertise, the report said.
A Nokia spokesman declined to comment.
Elop has been widely expected to make big changes to the top management team. So far, only one former leader, Anssi Vanjoki, has left the company.
Nokia has been left in the shade by high-end competitors such as Apple and Google and is now also suffering a drop in sales of its stronghold of traditional phones as Chinese manufacturers muscle in to take advantage of the growing market.
Reporting by Arno Schuetze and Tarmo Virki; Editing by Susan Fenton
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Agricultural societies
Association of metropolitan municipalities
Association of minnesota counties
Building trade employees
City hospitals
City managers
City officers and employees
Compensation and salaries
Corrections department
County historical societies
County hospitals
County officers and employees
Dependent children
Duluth seaway port authority
Duluth teachers retirement fund association (dtrfa)
Economic development authorities
Elective state officers retirement plan
Employment and economic development department
Exclusive representatives
Hennepin county
Hennepin healthcare system, inc.
Housing and redevelopment authorities
Housing finance agency
Human rights department
Human services department
Independent school district 625 (saint paul)
Judges retirement plan (ujrp)
Labor and industry department
Lake johanna (city)
League of minnesota cities
Legislators retirement plan
Local firefighter relief associations
Local government correctional service retirement plan
Local police relief associations
Management and budget department
Mediation services bureau
Metropolitan airports commission
Minneapolis community development agency
Minneapolis firefighters relief association
Minneapolis police relief association
Minnesota inter-county association
Minnesota municipal utilities association
Minnesota state colleges and universities system (mnscu)
Minnesota state retirement system (msrs)
Minnesota township association
Msrs correctional employees retirement fund
Municipally owned utilities
Natural resources department
Parenting leave
Pharmacists and pharmacies
Pollution control agency
Posthumous children
Probationary employees
Public employees defined contribution plan
Public employees police and fire fund
Public employees retirement association (pera)
Public safety department
Range association of municipalities and schools
Red wing (city)
Red wing environmental learning center
Red wing port authority
Saint paul (city)
Saint paul port authority
Saint paul teachers retirement fund association (stptrfa)
Sick pay
Soil and water conservation districts
Spring lake park (city)
State departments and agencies
State patrol retirement fund
Teachers retirement association (tra)
Town officers and employees
Unclassified employees retirement plan
Veterans affairs department
Volunteer firefighters
2019 Subd. 2b Amended 2019 c 8 art 8 s 7
2019 Subd. 14 Revisor Instruction 2019 c 8 art 8 s 23
2019 Subd. 16 Amended 2019 c 8 art 2 s 1
2018 Subd. 2b Amended 2018 c 211 art 16 s 1
2018 Subd. 10 Amended 2018 c 211 art 10 s 2
2018 Subd. 16 Amended 2018 c 211 art 6 s 16
2015 Subd. 2a Amended 2015 c 68 art 14 s 2
2015 Subd. 2b Amended 2015 c 68 art 13 s 15
2015 Subd. 2b Amended 2015 c 68 art 11 s 4
2015 Subd. 6 Amended 2015 c 68 art 14 s 3
2015 Subd. 6 Amended 2015 c 68 art 13 s 16
2015 Subd. 10 Amended 2015 c 68 art 12 s 4
2015 Subd. 11a Amended 2015 c 68 art 12 s 5
2015 Subd. 16 Amended 2015 c 68 art 13 s 17
2015 Subd. 16 Amended 2015 c 68 art 3 s 8
2015 Subd. 49 Repealed 2015 c 68 art 14 s 30
2014 Subd. 2a Amended 2014 c 296 art 1 s 3
2014 Subd. 2b Amended 2014 c 296 art 6 s 3
2014 Subd. 14 Amended 2014 c 296 art 4 s 5
2013 Subd. 2a Amended 2013 c 111 art 5 s 48
2013 Subd. 2b Amended 2013 c 111 art 5 s 49
2013 Subd. 6 Amended 2013 c 111 art 5 s 50
2013 Subd. 17a Amended 2013 c 111 art 11 s 1
2013 Subd. 17a Amended 2013 c 111 art 3 s 3
2012 Subd. 2a Amended 2012 c 286 art 13 s 1
2012 Subd. 6 Amended 2012 c 286 art 13 s 2
2011 Subd. 2a Amended 2011 c 8 art 1 s 1
2011 Subd. 10a New 2011 c 8 art 6 s 1
2011 Subd. 10b New 2011 c 8 art 7 s 1
2010 Subd. 2d Amended 2010 c 359 art 5 s 4
2010 Subd. 40 Repealed 2010 c 359 art 5 s 28
2010 Subd. 47 New 2010 c 359 art 1 s 23
2010 Subd. 48 New 2010 c 359 art 11 s 3
2009 Subd. 11b Amended 2009 c 169 art 5 s 1
2008 Subd. 11a Amended 2008 c 349 art 5 s 16
2008 Subd. 16b New 2008 c 349 art 5 s 17
2007 Subd. 6 Amended 2007 c 6 s 1
2007 Subd. 41 New 2007 c 134 art 4 s 2
2006 Subd. 12c New 2006 c 271 art 3 s 10
2005 Subd. 2 Amended 2005 c 10 art 5 s 1
2005 Subd. 17a New 2005 c 8 art 1 s 10
2005 Subd. 32 Amended 2005 c 8 art 10 s 38
2003 Subd. 2d Amended 2003 c 12 art 4 s 1
2002 Subd. 39 Repealed 2002 c 392 art 3 s 9
2001 Subd. 2d New 2001 c 10 art 11 s 5
2001 Subd. 11b Amended 2001 c 10 art 11 s 7
2001 Subd. 12b New 2001 c 10 art 11 s 9
2001 Subd. 38 New 2001 c 10 art 11 s 11
2000 Subd. 16a New 2000 c 461 art 4 s 3
1994 Subd. 2a Amended 1994 c 572 s 5
353.01 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.Terms.
Unless the language or context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended, each of the following terms, for the purposes of this chapter, has the meaning given it.
Subd. 2.Public employee.
"Public employee" means a governmental employee or a public officer performing personal services for a governmental subdivision defined in subdivision 6, whose salary is paid, in whole or in part, from revenue derived from taxation, fees, assessments, or from other sources. For purposes of membership in the association, the term includes the classes of persons listed in subdivision 2a and excludes the classes of persons listed in subdivision 2b. The term also includes persons who elect association membership under subdivision 2d, paragraph (a), and persons for whom the applicable governmental subdivision had elected association membership under subdivision 2d, paragraph (b).
Subd. 2a.Included employees; mandatory membership.
(a) Public employees whose salary exceeds $425 in any month and who are not specifically excluded under subdivision 2b or who have not been provided an option to participate under subdivision 2d, whether individually or by action of the governmental subdivision, must participate as members of the association with retirement coverage by the general employees retirement plan under this chapter, the public employees police and fire retirement plan under this chapter, or the local government correctional employees retirement plan under chapter 353E, whichever applies. Membership commences as a condition of their employment on the first day of their employment or on the first day that the eligibility criteria are met, whichever is later. Public employees include but are not limited to:
(1) persons whose salary meets the threshold in this paragraph from employment in one or more positions within one governmental subdivision;
(2) elected county sheriffs;
(3) persons who are appointed, employed, or contracted to perform governmental functions that by law or local ordinance are required of a public officer, including, but not limited to:
(i) town and city clerk or treasurer;
(ii) county auditor, treasurer, or recorder;
(iii) city manager as defined in section 353.028 who does not exercise the option provided under subdivision 2d; or
(iv) emergency management director, as provided under section 12.25;
(4) physicians under section 353D.01, subdivision 2, who do not elect public employees defined contribution plan coverage under section 353D.02, subdivision 2;
(5) full-time employees of the Dakota County Agricultural Society;
(6) employees of the Red Wing Port Authority who were first employed by the Red Wing Port Authority before May 1, 2011, and who are not excluded employees under subdivision 2b; and
(7) employees of the Seaway Port Authority of Duluth who are not excluded employees under subdivision 2b.
(b) A public employee or elected official who was a member of the association on June 30, 2002, based on employment that qualified for membership coverage by the public employees retirement plan or the public employees police and fire plan under this chapter, or the local government correctional employees retirement plan under chapter 353E as of June 30, 2002, retains that membership for the duration of the person's employment in that position or incumbency in elected office. Except as provided in subdivision 28, the person shall participate as a member until the employee or elected official terminates public employment under subdivision 11a or terminates membership under subdivision 11b.
(c) If the salary of an included public employee is less than $425 in any subsequent month, the member retains membership eligibility.
(d) For the purpose of participation in the MERF division of the general employees retirement plan, public employees include employees who were members of the former Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund on June 29, 2010, and who participate as members of the MERF division of the association.
Subd. 2b.Excluded employees.
(a) The following public employees are not eligible to participate as members of the association with retirement coverage by the general employees retirement plan, the local government correctional employees retirement plan under chapter 353E, or the public employees police and fire retirement plan:
(1) persons whose salary from one governmental subdivision never exceeds $425 in a month;
(2) public officers who are elected to a governing body, city mayors, or persons who are appointed to fill a vacancy in an elective office of a governing body, whose term of office commences on or after July 1, 2002, for the service to be rendered in that elective position;
(3) election officers or election judges;
(4) patient and inmate personnel who perform services for a governmental subdivision;
(5) except as otherwise specified in subdivision 12a, employees who are hired for a temporary position as defined under subdivision 12a, and employees who resign from a nontemporary position and accept a temporary position within 30 days in the same governmental subdivision;
(6) employees who are employed by reason of work emergency caused by fire, flood, storm, or similar disaster;
(7) employees who by virtue of their employment in one governmental subdivision are required by law to be a member of and to contribute to any of the plans or funds administered by the Minnesota State Retirement System, the Teachers Retirement Association, the Duluth Teachers Retirement Fund Association, and the St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association. This clause must not be construed to prevent a person from being a member of and contributing to the Public Employees Retirement Association and also belonging to and contributing to another public pension plan or fund for other service occurring during the same period of time. A person who meets the definition of "public employee" in subdivision 2 by virtue of other service occurring during the same period of time becomes a member of the association unless contributions are made to another public retirement fund on the salary based on the other service or to the Teachers Retirement Association by a teacher as defined in section 354.05, subdivision 2;
(8) persons who are members of a religious order and are excluded from coverage under the federal Old Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance Program for the performance of service as specified in United States Code, title 42, section 410(a)(8)(A), as amended through January 1, 1987, if no irrevocable election of coverage has been made under section 3121(r) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended;
(9) employees of a governmental subdivision who have not reached the age of 23 and are enrolled on a full-time basis to attend or are attending classes on a full-time basis at an accredited school, college, or university in an undergraduate, graduate, or professional-technical program, or a public or charter high school;
(10) resident physicians, medical interns, and pharmacist residents and pharmacist interns who are serving in a degree or residency program in public hospitals or clinics;
(11) students who are serving for up to five years in an internship or residency program sponsored by a governmental subdivision, including an accredited educational institution;
(12) persons who hold a part-time adult supplementary technical college license who render part-time teaching service in a technical college;
(13) except for employees of Hennepin County or Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., foreign citizens who are employed by a governmental subdivision under a work permit, or an H-1b visa initially issued or extended for a combined period less than three years of employment. Upon extension of the employment beyond the three-year period, the foreign citizens must be reported for membership beginning the first of the month thereafter provided the monthly earnings threshold as provided under subdivision 2a is met;
(14) public hospital employees who elected not to participate as members of the association before 1972 and who did not elect to participate from July 1, 1988, to October 1, 1988;
(15) except as provided in section 353.86, volunteer ambulance service personnel, as defined in subdivision 35, but persons who serve as volunteer ambulance service personnel may still qualify as public employees under subdivision 2 and may be members of the Public Employees Retirement Association and participants in the general employees retirement plan or the public employees police and fire plan, whichever applies, on the basis of compensation received from public employment service other than service as volunteer ambulance service personnel;
(16) except as provided in section 353.87, volunteer firefighters, as defined in subdivision 36, engaging in activities undertaken as part of volunteer firefighter duties, but a person who is a volunteer firefighter may still qualify as a public employee under subdivision 2 and may be a member of the Public Employees Retirement Association and a participant in the general employees retirement plan or the public employees police and fire plan, whichever applies, on the basis of compensation received from public employment activities other than those as a volunteer firefighter;
(17) pipefitters and associated trades personnel employed by Independent School District No. 625, St. Paul, with coverage under a collective bargaining agreement by the pipefitters local 455 pension plan who were either first employed after May 1, 1997, or, if first employed before May 2, 1997, elected to be excluded under Laws 1997, chapter 241, article 2, section 12;
(18) electrical workers, plumbers, carpenters, and associated trades personnel who are employed by Independent School District No. 625, St. Paul, or the city of St. Paul, who have retirement coverage under a collective bargaining agreement by the Electrical Workers Local 110 pension plan, the United Association Plumbers Local 34 pension plan, or the pension plan applicable to Carpenters Local 87 who were either first employed after May 1, 2000, or, if first employed before May 2, 2000, elected to be excluded under Laws 2000, chapter 461, article 7, section 5;
(19) bricklayers, allied craftworkers, cement masons, glaziers, glassworkers, painters, allied tradesworkers, and plasterers who are employed by the city of St. Paul or Independent School District No. 625, St. Paul, with coverage under a collective bargaining agreement by the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 1 pension plan, the Cement Masons Local 633 pension plan, the Glaziers and Glassworkers Local L-1324 pension plan, the Painters and Allied Trades Local 61 pension plan, or the Twin Cities Plasterers Local 265 pension plan who were either first employed after May 1, 2001, or if first employed before May 2, 2001, elected to be excluded under Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 10, article 10, section 6;
(20) plumbers who are employed by the Metropolitan Airports Commission, with coverage under a collective bargaining agreement by the Plumbers Local 34 pension plan, who either were first employed after May 1, 2001, or if first employed before May 2, 2001, elected to be excluded under Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 10, article 10, section 6;
(21) employees who are hired after June 30, 2002, to fill seasonal positions under subdivision 12b which are limited in duration by the employer to 185 consecutive calendar days or less in each year of employment with the governmental subdivision;
(22) persons who are provided supported employment or work-study positions by a governmental subdivision and who participate in an employment or industries program maintained for the benefit of these persons where the governmental subdivision limits the position's duration to up to five years, including persons participating in a federal or state subsidized on-the-job training, work experience, senior citizen, youth, or unemployment relief program where the training or work experience is not provided as a part of, or for, future permanent public employment;
(23) independent contractors and the employees of independent contractors;
(24) reemployed annuitants of the association during the course of that reemployment; and
(25) persons appointed to serve on a board or commission of a governmental subdivision or an instrumentality thereof.
(b) Any person performing the duties of a public officer in a position defined in subdivision 2a, paragraph (a), clause (3), is not an independent contractor and is not an employee of an independent contractor.
Subd. 2c.
[Repealed, 1989 c 319 art 3 s 26]
Subd. 2d.Optional membership.
(a) Membership in the association is optional by action of the individual employee for the following public employees who meet the conditions set forth in subdivision 2a:
(1) members of the coordinated plan who are also employees of labor organizations as defined in section 353.017, subdivision 1, for their employment by the labor organization only, if they elect to have membership under section 353.017, subdivision 2;
(2) persons who are elected or persons who are appointed to elected positions other than local governing body elected positions who elect to participate by filing a written election for membership;
(3) members of the association who are appointed by the governor to be a state department head and who elect not to be covered by the general state employees retirement plan of the Minnesota State Retirement System under section 352.021;
(4) city managers as defined in section 353.028, subdivision 1, who do not elect to be excluded from membership in the association under section 353.028, subdivision 2; and
(5) employees of the Port Authority of the city of St. Paul on January 1, 2003, who were at least age 45 on that date, and who elected to participate by filing a written election for membership.
(b) Membership in the association is optional by action of the governmental subdivision for the employees of the following governmental subdivisions under the conditions specified:
(1) the Minnesota Association of Townships if the board of that association, at its option, certifies to the executive director that its employees who meet the conditions set forth in subdivision 2a are to be included for purposes of retirement coverage, in which case the status of the association as a participating employer is permanent;
(2) a county historical society if the county in which the historical society is located, at its option, certifies to the executive director that the employees of the historical society who meet the conditions set forth in subdivision 2a are to be considered county employees for purposes of retirement coverage under this chapter. The status as a county employee must be accorded to all similarly situated county historical society employees and, once established, must continue as long as a person is an employee of the county historical society; and
(3) Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., a public corporation, with respect to employees other than paramedics, emergency medical technicians, and protection officers, if the corporate board establishes alternative retirement plans for certain classes of employees of the corporation and certifies to the association the applicable employees to be excluded from future retirement coverage.
(c) For employees who are covered by paragraph (a), clause (1), (2), or (3), or covered by paragraph (b), clause (1) or (2), if the necessary membership election is not made, the employee is excluded from retirement coverage under this chapter. For employees who are covered by paragraph (a), clause (4), if the necessary election is not made, the employee must become a member and have retirement coverage under the applicable provisions of this chapter. For employees specified in paragraph (b), clause (3), membership continues until the exclusion option is exercised for the designated class of employee.
(d) The option to become a member, once exercised under this subdivision, may not be withdrawn until the termination of public service as defined under subdivision 11a.
Subd. 3.Head of department.
"Head of department" means the head of any department, institution, office, or branch of service of any governmental subdivision which directly pays salaries out of its revenue or is empowered to authorize the payment of such salaries.
Subd. 4.Accumulated deductions.
"Accumulated deductions" means the total of the amounts deducted from the salary of a member, exclusive of interest, and the total of the amounts paid by a member in lieu of such deductions and credited to the member's individual account in the retirement fund.
Subd. 5.
[Repealed, 1971 c 106 s 40]
Subd. 6.Governmental subdivision.
(a) "Governmental subdivision" means a county, city, town, school district within this state, or a department, unit or instrumentality of state or local government, or any public body established under state or local authority that has a governmental purpose, is under public control, is responsible for the employment and payment of the salaries of employees of the entity, and receives a major portion of its revenues from taxation, fees, assessments or from other public sources.
(b) Governmental subdivision also means the Public Employees Retirement Association, the League of Minnesota Cities, the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities, charter schools formed under section 124D.10, service cooperatives exercising retirement plan participation under section 123A.21, subdivision 5, joint powers boards organized under section 471.59, subdivision 11, paragraph (a), family service collaboratives and children's mental health collaboratives organized under section 471.59, subdivision 11, paragraph (b) or (c), provided that the entities creating the collaboratives are governmental units that otherwise qualify for retirement plan membership, public hospitals owned or operated by, or an integral part of, a governmental subdivision or governmental subdivisions, the Association of Minnesota Counties, the Minnesota Inter-county Association, the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association, the Metropolitan Airports Commission, the University of Minnesota with respect to police officers covered by the public employees police and fire retirement plan, the Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund for employment initially commenced after June 30, 1979, the Range Association of Municipalities and Schools, soil and water conservation districts, economic development authorities created or operating under sections 469.090 to 469.108, the Port Authority of the city of St. Paul, the Seaway Port Authority of Duluth, the Red Wing Port Authority, the Spring Lake Park Fire Department, incorporated, the Lake Johanna Volunteer Fire Department, incorporated, the Red Wing Environmental Learning Center, the Dakota County Agricultural Society, and Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc.
(c) Governmental subdivision does not mean any municipal housing and redevelopment authority organized under the provisions of sections 469.001 to 469.047; or any port authority organized under sections 469.048 to 469.089 other than the Port Authority of the city of St. Paul or the Seaway Port Authority of Duluth and other than the Red Wing Port Authority; or any hospital district organized or reorganized prior to July 1, 1975, under sections 447.31 to 447.37 or the successor of the district; or the board of a family service collaborative or children's mental health collaborative organized under sections 124D.23, 245.491 to 245.495, or 471.59, if that board is not controlled by representatives of governmental units.
(d) A nonprofit corporation governed by chapter 317A or organized under Internal Revenue Code, section 501(c)(3), which is not covered by paragraph (a) or (b), is not a governmental subdivision unless the entity has obtained a written advisory opinion from the United States Department of Labor or a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service declaring the entity to be an instrumentality of the state so as to provide that any future contributions by the entity on behalf of its employees are contributions to a governmental plan within the meaning of Internal Revenue Code, section 414(d).
(e) A public body created by state or local authority may request membership on behalf of its employees by providing sufficient evidence that it meets the requirements in paragraph (a).
(f) An entity determined to be a governmental subdivision is subject to the reporting requirements of this chapter upon receipt of a written notice of eligibility from the association.
Subd. 7.Member.
"Member" means a person who accepts employment as a "public employee" under subdivision 2, who is an employee who works in one or more positions that require or allow membership in the association under subdivision 2a or 2d, for whom contributions have been withheld from salary and who is not covered by the plan established in chapter 353D or excluded under subdivision 2b. A person who is a member remains a member while performing services as a public employee and while on an authorized leave of absence or an authorized temporary layoff.
Subd. 7a.Former member.
"Former member" means a member of the association who terminates public service under subdivision 11a or membership under subdivision 11b.
Subd. 8.Association.
"Association" means the Public Employees Retirement Association.
Subd. 10.Salary.
(a) Subject to the limitations of section 356.611, "salary" means:
(1) the wages or periodic compensation payable to a public employee by the employing governmental subdivision before:
(i) employee retirement deductions that are designated as picked-up contributions under section 356.62;
(ii) any employee-elected deductions for deferred compensation, supplemental retirement plans, or other voluntary salary reduction programs that would have otherwise been available as a cash payment to the employee; and
(iii) employee deductions for contributions to a supplemental plan or to a governmental trust established under section 356.24, subdivision 1, clause (7), to save for postretirement health care expenses, unless otherwise excluded under paragraph (b);
(2) for a public employee who is covered by a supplemental retirement plan under section 356.24, subdivision 1, clause (8), (9), (10), or (12), the employer contributions to the applicable supplemental retirement plan when an agreement between the parties establishes that the contributions will either result in a mandatory reduction of employees' wages through payroll withholdings, or be made in lieu of an amount that would otherwise be paid as wages;
(3) a payment from a public employer through a grievance proceeding, settlement, or court order that is attached to a specific earnings period in which the employee's regular salary was not earned or paid to the member due to a suspension or a period of involuntary termination that is not a wrongful discharge under section 356.50; provided the amount is not less than the equivalent of the average of the hourly base salary rate in effect during the last six months of allowable service prior to the suspension or period of involuntary termination, plus any applicable increases awarded during the period that would have been paid under a collective bargaining agreement or personnel policy but for the suspension or involuntary termination, multiplied by the average number of regular hours for which the employee was compensated during the six months of allowable service prior to the suspension or period of involuntary termination, but not to exceed the compensation that the public employee would have earned if regularly employed during the applicable period;
(4) the amount paid to a member who is absent from employment by reason of personal, parental, or military leave of absence if equivalent to the hourly base salary rate in effect during the six months of allowable service, or portions thereof, prior to the leave, multiplied by the average number of regular hours for which the employee was compensated during the six months of allowable service prior to the applicable leave of absence;
(5) the amount paid to a member who is absent from employment by reason of an authorized medical leave of absence if specified in advance to be at least one-half but no more than equal to the earnings the member received, on which contributions were reported and allowable service credited during the six months immediately preceding the medical leave of absence; and
(6) for a public employee who receives performance or merit bonus payment under a written compensation plan, policy, or collective bargaining agreement in addition to regular salary or in lieu of regular salary increases, the compensation paid to the employee for attaining or exceeding performance goals, duties, or measures during a specified period of employment.
(b) Salary does not mean:
(1) fees paid to district court reporters;
(2) unused annual leave, vacation, or sick leave payments, in the form of lump-sum or periodic payments;
(3) for the donor, payment to another person of the value of hours donated under a benevolent vacation, personal, or sick leave donation program;
(4) any form of severance or retirement incentive payments;
(5) an allowance payment or per diem payments for or reimbursement of expenses;
(6) lump-sum settlements not attached to a specific earnings period;
(7) workers' compensation payments or disability insurance payments, including payments from employer self-insurance arrangements;
(8) employer-paid amounts used by an employee toward the cost of insurance coverage, flexible spending accounts, cafeteria plans, health care expense accounts, day care expenses, or any payments in lieu of any employer-paid group insurance coverage, including the difference between single and family rates that may be paid to a member with single coverage and certain amounts determined by the executive director to be ineligible;
(9) employer-paid fringe benefits, including, but not limited to:
(i) employer-paid premiums or supplemental contributions for employees for all types of insurance;
(ii) membership dues or fees for the use of fitness or recreational facilities;
(iii) incentive payments or cash awards relating to a wellness program;
(iv) the value of any nonmonetary benefits;
(v) any form of payment made in lieu of an employer-paid fringe benefit;
(vi) an employer-paid amount made to a deferred compensation or tax-sheltered annuity program; and
(vii) any amount paid by the employer as a supplement to salary, either as a lump-sum amount or a fixed or matching amount paid on a recurring basis, that is not available to the employee as cash;
(10) the amount equal to that which the employing governmental subdivision would otherwise pay toward single or family insurance coverage for a covered employee when, through a contract or agreement with some but not all employees, the employer:
(i) discontinues, or for new hires does not provide, payment toward the cost of the employee's selected insurance coverages under a group plan offered by the employer;
(ii) makes the employee solely responsible for all contributions toward the cost of the employee's selected insurance coverages under a group plan offered by the employer, including any amount the employer makes toward other employees' selected insurance coverages under a group plan offered by the employer; and
(iii) provides increased salary rates for employees who do not have any employer-paid group insurance coverages;
(11) except as provided in section 353.86 or 353.87, compensation of any kind paid to volunteer ambulance service personnel or volunteer firefighters, as defined in subdivision 35 or 36;
(12) the amount of compensation that exceeds the limitation provided in section 356.611;
(13) amounts paid by a federal or state grant for which the grant specifically prohibits grant proceeds from being used to make pension plan contributions, unless the contributions to the plan are made from sources other than the federal or state grant; and
(14) bonus pay that is not performance or merit pay under paragraph (a), clause (6).
(c) Amounts, other than those provided under paragraph (a), clause (3), provided to an employee by the employer through a grievance proceeding, a court order, or a legal settlement are salary only if the settlement or court order is reviewed by the executive director and the amounts are determined by the executive director to be consistent with paragraph (a) and prior determinations.
Subd. 10a.Unit value; Minneapolis firefighters.
"Unit value," for a member of the public employees police and fire retirement plan who was a member of the former Minneapolis Firefighters Relief Association on December 29, 2011, is $82.32 for calendar year 2011, $96.899 for calendar year 2012, $100.775 for calendar year 2013, $104.264 for calendar year 2014, $124.031 for calendar year 2015, and for calendar years after calendar year 2015, the prior year's unit value plus an increase equal to the adjustment percentage determined under section 356.415, subdivision 1c, effective for the January 1 of the calendar year.
Subd. 10b.Unit value; Minneapolis police.
"Unit value," for a member of the public employees police and fire retirement plan who was a member of the former Minneapolis Police Relief Association on December 29, 2011, is $86.71 for calendar year 2011, $104.651 for calendar year 2012, $109.011 for calendar year 2013, $114.825 for calendar year 2014, $124.031 for calendar year 2015, and for calendar years after calendar year 2015, the prior year's unit value plus an increase equal to the adjustment percentage determined under section 356.415, subdivision 1c, effective for the January 1 of the calendar year.
Subd. 11.Public service.
"Public service" means service as an officer or employee of a governmental subdivision.
Subd. 11a.Termination of public service.
(a) "Termination of public service" occurs (1) when a member resigns or is dismissed from public service by the employing governmental subdivision and the employee does not, within 30 days of the date the employment relationship ended, return to an employment position in the same governmental subdivision; or (2) when the employer-employee relationship is severed due to the expiration of a layoff under subdivision 12 or 12c.
(b) The termination of public service must be recorded in the association records upon receipt of an appropriate notice from the governmental subdivision.
(c) A termination of public service does not occur if, prior to termination of service, the member has an agreement, verbal or written, to return to a governmental subdivision as an employee, independent contractor, or employee of an independent contractor.
Subd. 11b.Termination of membership.
(a) "Termination of membership" means the conclusion of membership in the association for a person who has not terminated public service under subdivision 11a and occurs:
(1) when a person files a written election with the association to discontinue employee deductions under section 353.27, subdivision 7, paragraph (a), clause (1);
(2) when a city manager files a written election with the association to discontinue employee deductions under section 353.028, subdivision 2;
(3) when a member transfers to a temporary position and becomes excluded from membership under subdivision 2b, clause (5); or
(4) when a member is approved to participate in the postretirement option authorized under section 353.371.
(b) The termination of membership under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4), must be reported to the association by the governmental subdivision.
Subd. 12.Authorized temporary or seasonal layoff.
"Authorized temporary or seasonal layoff," including seasonal leave of absence, means a suspension of public service for a limited period during a year that is authorized by the employing governmental subdivision for a member who is expected at the start of the period to return to the same position at the end of the layoff period and for whom there has been no termination of public service under subdivision 11a.
Subd. 12a.Temporary position.
(a) "Temporary position" means an employment position predetermined by the employer at the time of hiring to be a period of six months or less. Temporary position also means an employment position occupied by a person hired by the employer as a temporary replacement who is employed for a predetermined period of six months or less.
(b) "Temporary position" does not mean an employment position for a specified or unspecified term in which a person serves a probationary period as a requirement for subsequent employment on a permanent or unlimited basis.
(c) If employment in a temporary position extends beyond six consecutive months, the head of the department shall report the employee for membership if salary in any month exceeds the salary threshold specified in subdivision 2a. The membership eligibility of an employee who resigns or is dismissed from a temporary position and accepts another temporary position in the same governmental subdivision within 30 days must be determined on the total length of employment rather than on each separate position.
Subd. 12b.Seasonal position.
"Seasonal position" means a position where the nature of the work or its duration are related to a specific season or seasons of the year, regardless of whether or not the employing agency anticipates that the same employee will return to the position each season in which it becomes available. The entire period of employment in a year must be used to determine whether or not a position may be excluded as seasonal when there is less than a 30-day break between one seasonal position and a subsequent seasonal position for employment with the same governmental employer. Seasonal positions include, but are not limited to, coaching athletic activities or employment to plow snow or to maintain roads or parks, or to operate skating rinks, ski lodges, golf courses, or swimming pools.
Subd. 12c.Indefinite layoff.
"Indefinite layoff" occurs when a member is placed on a layoff that is not a temporary or seasonal layoff under subdivision 12, for which no date has been specified by the employing governmental subdivision for the employee's return to work, and there has been no termination of public service under subdivision 11a.
Subd. 13.
Subd. 14.Actuarial equivalent.
"Actuarial equivalent" means the condition of one annuity or benefit having an equal actuarial present value as another annuity or benefit, determined as of a given date with each actuarial present value based on the appropriate mortality table adopted by the board of trustees based on the experience of the fund as recommended by the actuary retained under section 356.214, and approved under section 356.215, subdivision 18, and using the applicable preretirement or postretirement interest rate assumption specified in section 356.215, subdivision 8.
Subd. 15.Dependent child.
For the purpose of survivor benefit eligibility under sections 353.31, subdivision 1, and 353.657, subdivision 3, "dependent child" means a biological or adopted child of a deceased member who is unmarried, and under the age of 18, or age 18 to 23, so long as the child submits evidence of full-time enrollment in an accredited educational institution. "Dependent child" also includes a child of the member conceived during the member's lifetime and born after the member's death. It also means a dependent child who is the subject of adoption proceedings filed by a member, and who within two years after death of the member, by judgment and decree duly entered, is adjudged to be the adopted child of the deceased member; subject, however, to the qualifying conditions of age and dependency under this subdivision. The dependency of the child dates from the decree of adoption. "Dependent child" also includes a child age 18 to 23 who had submitted evidence of full-time enrollment in an accredited educational institution but was determined to be medically unable to continue school on a full-time basis. The board of trustees shall adopt written procedures to make determinations regarding eligibility based on a student being medically unable to continue school, and may not continue a benefit for medical reasons for a period greater than one year.
Subd. 15a.Dependent child.
For the purpose of survivor benefit eligibility under section 353.32, subdivision 1c, "dependent child" means any biological or adopted child of a deceased member who has not reached the age of 20 and is dependent for more than one-half of support upon the member. It also includes any child of the member conceived during the member's lifetime and born after the member's death.
Subd. 16.Allowable service; limits and computation.
(a) "Allowable service" means:
(1) service during years of actual membership in the course of which employee deductions were withheld from salary and contributions were made at the applicable rates under section 353.27, 353.65, or 353E.03;
(2) periods of service covered by payments in lieu of salary deductions under sections 353.27, subdivision 12, and 353.35;
(3) service in years during which the public employee was not a member but for which the member later elected, while a member, to obtain credit by making payments to the fund as permitted by any law then in effect;
(4) a period of authorized leave of absence with pay from which deductions for employee contributions are made, deposited, and credited to the fund;
(5) a period of authorized personal, parental, or medical leave of absence without pay, including a leave of absence covered under the federal Family Medical Leave Act, that does not exceed one year, and for which a member obtained service credit for each month in the leave period by payment under section 353.0161 to the fund made in place of salary deductions. An employee must return to public service and render a minimum of three months of allowable service in order to be eligible to make payment under section 353.0161 for a subsequent authorized leave of absence without pay. Upon payment, the employee must be granted allowable service credit for the purchased period;
(6) a periodic, repetitive leave that is offered to all employees of a governmental subdivision. The leave program may not exceed 208 hours per annual normal work cycle as certified to the association by the employer. A participating member obtains service credit by making employee contributions in an amount or amounts based on the member's average salary, excluding overtime pay, that would have been paid if the leave had not been taken. The employer shall pay the employer and additional employer contributions on behalf of the participating member. The employee and the employer are responsible to pay interest on their respective shares at the rate of 8.5 percent a year, compounded annually, from the end of the normal cycle until full payment is made. An employer shall also make the employer and additional employer contributions, plus 8.5 percent interest, compounded annually, on behalf of an employee who makes employee contributions but terminates public service. The employee contributions must be made within one year after the end of the annual normal working cycle or within 30 days after termination of public service, whichever is sooner. The executive director shall prescribe the manner and forms to be used by a governmental subdivision in administering a periodic, repetitive leave. Upon payment, the member must be granted allowable service credit for the purchased period;
(7) an authorized temporary or seasonal layoff under subdivision 12, limited to three months allowable service per authorized temporary or seasonal layoff in one calendar year. An employee who has received the maximum service credit allowed for an authorized temporary or seasonal layoff must return to public service and must obtain a minimum of three months of allowable service subsequent to the layoff in order to receive allowable service for a subsequent authorized temporary or seasonal layoff;
(8) a period during which a member is absent from employment by a governmental subdivision by reason of service in the uniformed services, as defined in United States Code, title 38, section 4303(13), if the member returns to public service with the same governmental subdivision upon discharge from service in the uniformed service within the time frames required under United States Code, title 38, section 4312(e), provided that the member did not separate from uniformed service with a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge or under other than honorable conditions. The service must be credited if the member pays into the fund equivalent employee contributions based upon the contribution rate or rates in effect at the time that the uniformed service was performed multiplied by the full and fractional years being purchased and applied to the annual salary rate. The annual salary rate is the average annual salary during the purchase period that the member would have received if the member had continued to be employed in covered employment rather than to provide uniformed service, or, if the determination of that rate is not reasonably certain, the annual salary rate is the member's average salary rate during the 12-month period of covered employment rendered immediately preceding the period of the uniformed service. Payment of the member equivalent contributions must be made during a period that begins with the date on which the individual returns to public employment and that is three times the length of the military leave period, or within five years of the date of discharge from the military service, whichever is less. If the determined payment period is less than one year, the contributions required under this clause to receive service credit may be made within one year of the discharge date. Payment may not be accepted following 30 days after termination of public service under subdivision 11a. If the member equivalent contributions provided for in this clause are not paid in full, the member's allowable service credit must be prorated by multiplying the full and fractional number of years of uniformed service eligible for purchase by the ratio obtained by dividing the total member contributions received by the total member contributions otherwise required under this clause. The equivalent employer contribution, and, if applicable, the equivalent additional employer contribution must be paid by the governmental subdivision employing the member if the member makes the equivalent employee contributions. The employer payments must be made from funds available to the employing unit, using the employer and additional employer contribution rate or rates in effect at the time that the uniformed service was performed, applied to the same annual salary rate or rates used to compute the equivalent member contribution. The governmental subdivision involved may appropriate money for those payments. The amount of service credit obtainable under this section may not exceed five years unless a longer purchase period is required under United States Code, title 38, section 4312. The employing unit shall pay interest on all equivalent member and employer contribution amounts payable under this clause. Interest must be computed at a rate of 8.5 percent compounded annually from the end of each fiscal year of the leave or the break in service to the end of the month in which the payment is received. Upon payment, the employee must be granted allowable service credit for the purchased period; or
(9) a period specified under section 353.0162.
(b) For calculating benefits under sections 353.30, 353.31, 353.32, and 353.33 for state officers and employees displaced by the Community Corrections Act, chapter 401, and transferred into county service under section 401.04, "allowable service" means the combined years of allowable service as defined in paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (6), and section 352.01, subdivision 11.
(c) No member may receive more than 12 months of allowable service credit in a year either for vesting purposes or for benefit calculation purposes. For an active member who was an active member of the former Minneapolis Firefighters Relief Association on December 29, 2011, "allowable service" is the period of service credited by the Minneapolis Firefighters Relief Association as reflected in the transferred records of the association up to December 30, 2011, and the period of service credited under paragraph (a), clause (1), after December 30, 2011. For an active member who was an active member of the former Minneapolis Police Relief Association on December 29, 2011, "allowable service" is the period of service credited by the Minneapolis Police Relief Association as reflected in the transferred records of the association up to December 30, 2011, and the period of service credited under paragraph (a), clause (1), after December 30, 2011.
(d) MS 2002 [Expired]
Subd. 16a.
MS 2006 [Repealed, 2000 c 461 art 4 s 4; 1Sp2003 c 12 art 6 s 3; 2004 c 267 art 17 s 7; 2005 c 156 art 4 s 10; 1Sp2005 c 8 art 2 s 4]
Subd. 16b.
MS 2008 [Renumbered 353.013]
Subd. 17.Approved actuary.
"Approved actuary" means any actuary who is a fellow of the society of actuaries or who has at least 15 years of service to major public employee funds or any firm retaining such an actuary on its staff.
Subd. 17a.Average salary.
(a) "Average salary," unless otherwise specified, means an amount equivalent to the average of the highest salary of the member, police officer, or firefighter, whichever applies, upon which employee contributions were paid for any five successive years of allowable service, based on dates of salary periods as listed on salary deduction reports. "Average salary" includes the salary of the employee during the period of covered employment rendered after reaching the allowable service credit limit of section 353.651, subdivision 3, paragraph (b). Average salary must be based upon all allowable service if this service is less than five years.
(b) "Average salary" may not include any reduced salary paid during a period in which the employee is entitled to benefit payments from workers' compensation for temporary disability, unless the average salary is higher, including this period.
(c) "Average salary," for purposes of calculating benefits for a surviving spouse or dependent children under section 353.657, subdivision 2 or 3, means the average of the full-time monthly base salary rate in effect during the last six months of allowable service. If the employment during the last six months of allowable service was part time, the average salary must be prorated based on the actual number of hours worked.
Subd. 18.Year of allowable service.
"Year of allowable service" means any 12 calendar months not necessarily consecutive in which a public employee received compensation from the governmental subdivision or was eligible to credit for service. It also means 12 months credit each year for employees who are paid on a yearly basis and who may or may not receive compensation in every calendar month in the year.
Subd. 19.Total and permanent disability.
"Total and permanent disability" means the inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to be of long-continued and indefinite duration. Long-continued and indefinite duration means that the disability has been or is expected to be for a period of at least one year.
Subd. 20.Surviving spouse.
"Surviving spouse" means the spouse of a deceased member or disabilitant who was legally married to the member at the time of death.
Subd. 23.Retirement annuity.
"Retirement annuity" means the amount paid or payable by the fund to a former member after retirement.
Subd. 24.Optional annuity.
"Optional annuity" means the allowance paid or payable by the fund to the designated optional annuity beneficiary of a member or former member, pursuant to an optional annuity form selected at or before retirement, or to the spouse of a deceased member under section 353.32, subdivision 1a.
Subd. 27.Benefit.
"Benefit" means a monthly survivor benefit paid or payable by the fund to a surviving spouse or a dependent child and also includes a monthly disability benefit paid or payable by the fund to a member who is totally and permanently disabled.
Subd. 28.Retirement.
(a) "Retirement" means the commencement of the payment of an annuity based on a date designated by the board of trustees. This date determines the rights under this chapter which occur either before or after retirement. A right to retirement is subject to termination of public service under subdivision 11a. A right to retirement requires a complete and continuous separation for 30 days from employment as a public employee and from the provision of paid services to that employer.
(b) An individual who separates from employment as a public employee and who, within 30 days of separation, returns to provide service to a governmental subdivision as an independent contractor or as an employee of an independent contractor, has not satisfied the separation requirements under paragraph (a).
(c) Notwithstanding the 30-day separation requirement under paragraph (a), a member of a defined benefit plan under this chapter, who also participates in the public employees defined contribution plan under chapter 353D for other public service, may be paid, if eligible, a retirement annuity from the defined benefit plan while participating in the defined contribution plan. A retirement annuity is also payable from a defined benefit plan under this chapter to an eligible member who terminates public service and who, within 30 days of separation, takes office as an elected official of a governmental subdivision.
(d) Elected officials included in association membership under subdivisions 2a and 2d meet the 30-day separation requirement under this section by resigning from office before filing for a subsequent term in the same office and by remaining completely and continuously separated from that office for 30 days prior to the date of the election.
Subd. 29.Designated beneficiary.
"Designated beneficiary" means the person, organization, trust, or estate designated by a member, former member, or a person legally authorized to act on behalf of the member or former member to receive a refund of the balance of the member's or former member's accumulated deductions after death. A beneficiary designation is valid if it is made in the form prescribed by the executive director and is received by the association on or before the date of death of the member or former member. If a beneficiary designation is deemed to be invalid for any reason, any remaining balance of the member's or former member's accumulated deductions are subject to the provisions of section 353.32, subdivisions 4 and 5.
Subd. 30.Designated optional annuity beneficiary.
"Designated optional annuity beneficiary" means the person designated by a former member to receive a joint and survivor annuity or a modified joint and survivor annuity.
Subd. 31.Authorized leave of absence.
"Authorized leave of absence" means any period during which a member is authorized by an employer to refrain from active employment, with or without pay, evidenced by appropriate record of the employer and promptly transmitted to the association.
Subd. 32.Coordinated member.
"Coordinated member" means a public employee, including a public hospital employee, who is covered by an agreement or modification made between the state and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, making the provisions of the federal Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Act applicable to the member if the membership eligibility criteria are met under this chapter. A coordinated member also is a former basic member who has a complete and continuous separation for at least 30 days from employment as a public employee meeting the requirements specified in subdivision 28, paragraphs (a) and (b), and who reenters public service as a public employee and meets the membership eligibility criteria under this chapter.
Subd. 33.Basic member.
"Basic member" means a public employee, including a public hospital employee, who is not covered by any agreement or modification made between the state and the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Subd. 35.Volunteer ambulance service personnel.
"Volunteer ambulance service personnel," for purposes of this chapter, are basic and advanced life-support emergency medical service personnel employed by or providing services for any public ambulance service or privately operated ambulance service that receives an operating subsidy from a governmental entity.
Subd. 36.Volunteer firefighter.
For purposes of this chapter, a person is considered a "volunteer firefighter" for all service for which the person receives credit in an association or fund operating under chapter 424A.
Subd. 37.Normal retirement age.
(a) "Normal retirement age" means age 65 for a person who first became a public employee or a member of a pension fund listed in section 356.30, subdivision 3, clause (7), before July 1, 1989. For a person who first becomes a public employee after June 30, 1989, "normal retirement age" means the higher of age 65 or "retirement age," as defined in United States Code, title 42, section 416(l), as amended, but not to exceed age 66.
(b) "Normal retirement age" means age 55 for a person who is a member of a pension fund listed in section 356.30, subdivision 3, clauses (8) and (9).
Subd. 38.Business year.
"Business year" means the first day of the first full pay period through the last day of the last full pay period of the 12-month fiscal year applicable to the respective governmental subdivision.
[Repealed, 2002 c 392 art 3 s 9]
Subd. 41.Duty disability.
"Duty disability," physical or psychological, means a condition that is expected to prevent a member, for a period of not less than 12 months, from performing the normal duties of the position held by a person who is a member of the public employees police and fire retirement plan, and that is the direct result of an injury incurred during, or a disease arising out of, the performance of inherently dangerous duties that are specific to the positions covered by the public employees police and fire retirement plan.
Subd. 42.Less frequent duties.
"Less frequent duties" means tasks which are designated in the applicant's job description as either required from time to time or as assigned, but which are not carried out as part of the normal routine of the applicant's job.
Subd. 43.Line of duty death.
"Line of duty death" means a death that occurs while performing or as a direct result of performing normal or less frequent duties which are specific to protecting the property and personal safety of others and that present inherent dangers that are specific to the positions covered by the public employees police and fire plan.
Subd. 44.Normal duties.
"Normal duties" means specific tasks which are designated in the applicant's job description and which the applicant performs on a day-to-day basis, but do not include less frequent duties which may be requested to be done by the employer from time to time.
Subd. 45.Not line of duty death.
For purposes of survivor benefits under the public employees police and fire plan, a "not line of duty death" is any death not specified under subdivision 43.
Subd. 46.Regular disability.
"Regular disability," physical or psychological, means a condition that is expected to prevent a member, for a period of not less than 12 months, from performing the normal duties of the position held by a person who is a member of the public employees police and fire plan, and which results from a disease or an injury that arises from any activities while not at work, or while at work and performing those normal or less frequent duties that do not present inherent dangers that are specific to the occupations covered by the public employees police and fire plan.
Subd. 47.Vesting.
(a) "Vesting" means obtaining a nonforfeitable entitlement to an annuity or benefit from a retirement plan administered by the Public Employees Retirement Association by having credit for sufficient allowable service under paragraph (b), (c), or (d), whichever applies.
(b) For purposes of qualifying for an annuity or benefit as a basic or coordinated plan member of the general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association:
(1) a public employee who first became a member of the association before July 1, 2010, is 100 percent vested when the person has accrued credit for not less than three years of allowable service as defined under subdivision 16; and
(2) a public employee who first becomes a member of the association after June 30, 2010, is 100 percent vested when the person has accrued credit for not less than five years of allowable service as defined under subdivision 16.
(c) For purposes of qualifying for an annuity or benefit as a member of the local government correctional employees retirement plan:
(2) a public employee who first becomes a member of the association after June 30, 2010, is vested at the following percentages when the person has accrued credited allowable service as defined under subdivision 16, as follows:
(i) 50 percent after five years;
(ii) 60 percent after six years;
(iii) 70 percent after seven years;
(iv) 80 percent after eight years;
(v) 90 percent after nine years; and
(vi) 100 percent after ten years.
(d) For purposes of qualifying for an annuity or benefit as a member of the public employees police and fire retirement plan:
(1) a public employee who first became a member of the association before July 1, 2010, is 100 percent vested when the person has accrued credit for not less than three years of allowable service as defined under subdivision 16;
(2) a public employee who first becomes a member of the association after June 30, 2010, and before July 1, 2014, is vested at the following percentages when the person has accrued credited allowable service as defined under subdivision 16, as follows:
(vi) 100 percent after ten years; and
(i) 50 percent after ten years;
(ii) 55 percent after 11 years;
(iii) 60 percent after 12 years;
(iv) 65 percent after 13 years;
(v) 70 percent after 14 years;
(vi) 75 percent after 15 years;
(vii) 80 percent after 16 years;
(viii) 85 percent after 17 years;
(ix) 90 percent after 18 years;
(x) 95 percent after 19 years; and
(xi) 100 percent after 20 or more years.
Subd. 48.MERF division.
"MERF division" means the separate retirement plan within the general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement Association containing the applicable provisions of Minnesota Statutes 2008, chapter 422A.
Subd. 49.MERF division account.
"MERF division account" means the separate account within the retirement fund of the general employees retirement fund of the Public Employees Retirement Association in which the actuarial liabilities of the former Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund are held, and in which the assets of the former Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund are credited.
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Storm Watching near Fethiye
Most likely many adventures I have undertaken in my life, and certainly our entire voyage aboard Paikea Mist could have warranted a travel advisory. After all, "Oceans are known for deadly storms, one should avoid all non-essential travel". For many, a trip like ours, which has taken us across vast endless oceans to discover some of the smallest communities in the world would be just too much of a perceived risk.
But consider what would life be worth without any risk at all?
I've noticed something out of sync with our fast-paced screen-glued culture before, and I will say it again. The rest of the world is just not as scary as our western news makes it out to be. And what, I ask, is the ultimate risk if we believe everything we hear, that we fear everything, everybody and every culture or religion that is different to us?
Before leaving for Sicily, there was a lot of bad news in the press. In Nice, a crazy man had driven a truck through a crowd of innocent people. Trying to make sense of such a hideous crime, the sole fact that the man was from Tunisia gave me pause for thought. Do I want to travel to a country that harbours people who would do such a thing? Our Canadian Travel advisory, typically fairly cautious by nature, warned against all non-essential travel to most parts of Tunisia. Hmmm.
Our reason for wanting to go to Tunisia was essential, at least to us. We needed to leave the EU to avoid paying the VAT (value added tax) on our Canadian registered yacht. We had alternatives, but Tunisia was both a country we had not visited before, and very close. Hovering with our decision, we opted to buy both the Albanian and the Tunisian courtesy flags.
When we arrived in Marina Di Ragusa, we happened to be dock neighbours to Dave and Trish, US citizens who had also needed to renew their cruising permit. They had sailed to Monastir just recently and said they enjoyed their travels, and felt totally secure. In one hand I weighed the crazy Tunisian in his truck, to the English speaking Tunisian tourist guide they highly recommended. Should one good man not outweigh one bad I thought? The thought was enough to swing the pendulum, and as soon as we could raise our sails we were off to Africa!
We used Malta as a stepping stone for the passage. When the weather presented itself with a safe weather window, we pointed our bow to Monastir, a 172 nm passage. We had less wind than we hoped for and motor sailed most of the way. In the early morning, approaching land, we were met by a small Tunisian Navy boat, who stood off our starboard side as they took photos and who knows what other information about our vessel. Eventually they contacted us on the radio to ask where we were headed, before speeding away. An hour or so later, the city of Monastir came up over the horizon. The Bourgiba mosque with its double minarets and the huge Il Rabat fortress beckoned us back to the land of morning prayer.
Clearing into Tunisia at Monastir was the typical smiles and stamps garnered in most entry ports, and very quickly we were cleared into the country and securely situated in the marina. Good thing as no sooner had we arrived than Tunisia received its first rainfall in over a year! Wow did it pour. We waited out the rainstorm most of the afternoon and ventured out for dinner at a dockside restaurant. I have to admit, that the travel advisory warning was still a red flag in the corner of my brain. But in looking around, all I could see was everyday people enjoying the seaside town, with no hint of aggression, or anything but a welcome mat laid out for us to their tourist stripped town.
The next day we organized a private tour through the marina and met with our tour guide for a 3 day trip through southern Tunisia. Every single town we visited or stayed in was named and referenced on the Canadian Travel Advisory to avoid all non essential travel. What were we thinking? Every where we went we saw men with Jihadist paraphernalia, carrying guns, sneering at us, calling us out as infidels- NOT! The most annoying moment of the three-day trip was when the boys at the Star Wars lookout with their vultures accosted Michael as a group, placing their vultures all over his arms and shoulders and then insisted he pay them each a dinar. Do not attempt to negotiate with an Arab. You will lose. This was the risk you face travelling through Tunisia.
I don't mean to make light or insignificant the risk of a terrorist attack, anywhere. But truly we all know that it could happen anytime, anywhere in the world. Knowing ahead is not something that comes with the territory anyways. But why do our western governments single out some countries and not others? Why are there no cautions about travels in France who obviously has terrorist cells waiting for the next strike?
We thoroughly enjoyed our private tour with Mahir, especially our long and easy conversations during the long drive through the south. Mahir told us so much about his country, his hopes for his country and his faith in his fellow citizens to overcome adversity. He also told us that his religion has been hijacked, and the Koran misinterpreted by non-arab speaking people from other parts of the world. He is proud of the tolerant form of Islam that his country follows, especially the rights women have there. He feels his country is utterly safe and secure. I hope he is right, not just because I am in Tunisia, but because his country needs security to stand a chance.
Tunisia is a country in transition, the only Arab democracy after the Arab Spring. They are proud and finding their way, but they have a new constitution and an elected president. There is good reason for hope.
Tunisia has a long way to recover. With tourism down, unemployment high, ISIS through the terrorist attack on the beach got exactly what they had hoped for. A scare, a downturn, and a crack.
But a crack is what lets the light in, and I hope it shines on Tunisia and its people.
Sometimes life knocks out a curve ball, and sets you on a path you were not quite anticipating. After six years of uninterrupted cruising, we have found our life mainly focused back in Vancouver, with short bursts of cruising time on Paikea Mist. Without going into the details, suffice to say that we are both healthy and more than happy to base ourselves in this beautiful city once again.
Vancouver at its finest
The spring of 2015 saw us sailing through one of the most spectacular cruising areas in the Med, finally leaving behind Turkey (after 57 anchorages) and sailing though the Aegean Greek Isles, past Albania, into Montenegro and Croatia. We left the boat in a small but reasonably priced Marina Batisda for summer months before returning in September to sail the boat south to Sicily.
Funny part was, when we arrived back to the boat in Croatia, we found that we were aground in the protective corner berth they had given us, and had to wait for high enough waters before we could literally scrape our way out of the place! For a while we wondered if we would ever float again!
Looking pretty aground
Our plan was to sail the boat to Marina di Ragusa, which is found along the south eastern end of Sicily, where we would leave the boat for the winter. The distance is not too far, but the weather was the most complicated part. We first sailed south in big winds to an anchorage just north of Split, where we made arrangements for a quick rendezvous with my brother and wife on the islands. We enjoyed a great 24 hours with them before dropping them off in Hvar. From Hvar, we sailed directly out to the southwesterly island of Lastovo where we waited for a big system to pass over before we checked out of Croatia. Lastovo turned out to be a bonus, where we enjoyed a well protected anchorage close to a WW2 submarine hide.
We had an outstanding sail across the Adriatic in calm sea conditions and ideal sailing on a comfortable and fast broad reach. We nosed our way (well and kind of bumped, running lightly aground on the sandbar near the entrance) into the small port of Crotone, Italy in time to weather out the second storm system in as many weeks. While everyone else hunkered down, Michael spotted a small weather window between successive fronts to continue our journey towards Syracuse. As we passed by Mt. Etna, on my early morning watch a fireball screamed across the sky ahead of me, and fizzled out in the water. I will always wonder what exactly that was!
Storm coming in Crotone, Italy
Syracuse offers a huge and secure bay for cruisers, and indeed we saw more cruising boats anchored here than we had since leaving the marinas of Turkey. We loved the old town of Ortigia and especially enjoyed the food there.
But nasty weather continued to pummel in, with adverse and strong winds which made our progress towards Marina di Ragusa impossible for days! No matter, the anchor was well stuck, the city was gorgeous and we rented a car to explore Sicily instead!
We finally left for a calm overnight passage which carried us into Marina di Ragusa in the early morning hours. We spent the next few busy days taking down sails and bringing in all of the lines. Our friends who had already wintered here had told us to beware of the damaging red sand which covers and stains everything. We were able to make arrangements with another cruising couple who ran a small business looking after and cleaning boats over the winter. Perfect! We had a final dinner out along the beautiful waterfront, enjoyed our chocolate croissants in the morning and in the blink of an eye, we left our cruising life and Paikea Mist behind for the longest period since leaving Vancouver in 2009.
Back in Vancouver we took advantage of the red hot market to sell our home in the suburbs in favour of a small apartment on the Vancouver waterfront. We also jumped back into the work a day world! Lucky we both love our careers! Over the winter months we enjoyed weekend skiing from our Whistler home, and the chance to reconnect with our family and friends. Our new location and turnkey lifestyle is more than perfectly suited to us. From our apartment we can cycle and walk everywhere. We even have some opportunities to cruise! Our daughter and family left Vancouver in September to do a one year cruise south to Mexico, up to Hawaii and then Alaska. In the middle of this endeavour, they also provided us with our second grandchild! (For a more active blog go to www.svasunto.com) In January we flew down to spend time with them in the Sea of Cortez, which very sweetly sharpened our cruising memories of those early days. In March, we met up with our cruising pals from Fly Aweigh, staying with them in their waterfront home in Oxnard and enjoying a short sail in the Pacific Ocean with them on their new boat Risa. In July we have plans to go out sailing in our local Pacific Northwest waters with our good friends Beth and Norm on SV Sarah Jean 2, and finally we will head to Alaska to rendezvous with the kids again near Juneau.
But for the moment, we are back on board Paikea Mist exploring Malta! Life is good.
Last night was our final night anchored out in Croatia, and today we will head to the marina where we will get Paikea Mist ready for her time alone at the dock.
We were treated to an amazing thunder, lightning show last night with dark clouds which were literally pouring and plunging over our anchorage. Very dramatic. In the middle of it all, this guy decided to make lemonade out of lemons, enjoying the stiff breeze which came with the storm. He timed it perfectly and exited the water just as the first few drops of rain started.
Enjoying the company of our son and girlfriend!
After a tumultuous and windy start to our time in Croatia the weather pattern has settled out into long sunny days, windy afternoon sailing opportunities and quiet anchorages. The glassy smooth waters are perfect for sitting in the cockpit enjoying the early morning sun with my cup of coffee, watching fish rise to the surface, and listening to the birds chatter and sing: quite a lovely combination.
Since leaving the Dubrovnik area with our son Nick and girlfriend Emily we have made steady progress northwards up the Croatian Coast. The scenery is gentle and the peaceful sailing conditions can be enjoyed pretty easily, especially in the off season before the charter fleet really arrives. Already we are seeing a jump in the number of charter boats in the anchorages, but we know the real season still lies ahead in July and August. Despite the charter boats, at anchorages we are often the lone boat in the bay once the late afternoon rolls around.
Croatia is designed with charter boats in mind, with mooring buoys in front of restaurants and town quays all gauged to meet their demands. Charter yachts are often packed to the gills; it is not unusual at all to see 7 or 8 men on a 42 foot yacht. With an open attitude towards the full flesh package, it is also not unusual to be anchoring next to 7 or 8 nude men who are climbing on and off the swim grids as they enjoy a cool off in the sea. With all makes and models under the sun, this is sometimes good, sometimes not so good! Certainly coming from our 'only wear a bikini' if you have the figure to prove it attitude of North America this takes a little getting accustomed to. With a large crew and on a short vacation, they think nothing of sharing the dock fees amongst them and enjoying restaurant meals every night. They usually exit the anchorage after a swim and a beer to med moor side by side along the town walls or marinas. We checked prices at the quaint but busy town of Sali, near the Telescica National Park. For our boat, we would be charged $90 CDN to stay the night without water or electricity.
Other than a lovely couple on an American boat we met in Sipan we have had virtually no interaction with other sailors. This is likely a sign of being in the Med, where most sailors are on a much needed holiday and value their privacy and time alone. Out in the islands, we have had very little interaction with the locals, something we are not that accustomed to. It could be they categorize all sailors in the same drunken bunch, and are kind of tired of their antics. Just yesterday I watched a drunken group of Russian yachties walk into a private yard to provoke a resting donkey. Not so nice, but they thought it was fun. In any case, while usually we have had no problem meeting locals, it has been a different case in the islands. The opposite was true though on a day trip we took by ferry to Zadar where the locals were friendly and engaging. Not sure what is happening with this dynamic, but it does give us a strange feeling.
Dad and Nick enjoying great sailing conditions in the Adriatic
We have enjoyed many anchorages and have not had any problems with the much feared concession buoys we had heard cruisers complain of before arriving. We have all the concession bays downloaded right onto our electronic chart, so these have been easy to avoid and most places have easy alternates close by.
One of our first stops with Nick and Em was a great anchorage off the walled town of Korcula, where we holed up during a rainstorm and enjoyed playing cards. During a break in the rain, we took a dinghy ride and walked through the town, up the church bell tower and around the water front. On the way back we got caught in a very dramatic down pour. A quick stop in a café for some pastry rectified that pretty quickly though!
Near Hvar, we anchored in the Pakleni Island group, a spectacular meandering chain of small islands offering a quiet anchorage close to the big island. Although a popular anchorage during the day, only a couple of boats stayed overnight with us. From our anchorage it was a short dinghy ride across the channel to the spectacular Hvar town, where we enjoyed the walk up to the fortress for amazing views across the islets.
Nick and Emily cornered in Solta
In the narrow bay and winding Luka Sasula on the island of Solta we picked up a mooring ball in the far reaches of the inlet. After a great day of exploring the island by scooter bikes we enjoyed a delicious dinner in the restaurant overlooking the bay. When we arrived in the mid morning, the bay was virtually empty, but by the time we came back, every mooring buoy had a boat on it as well as 3 boats anchored further up the narrow inlet from us. Having had so many anchorages to ourselves, this was a reinforcement of just how the crews of charter boats love this set up. As the next morning was quite windy, it was fun watching yachts shake off their lines to shore to extricate themselves from the crowded quarters. Interestingly enough, they all seemed quite expert at this activity.
Up wind sail to Trogir in 25 knots True
From here, we enjoyed a crisp sail across to the mainland where we anchored off the walled town of Trogir and took the ferry into Split. This was an easy way to visit the Split without the hassle of the charter fleet and other traffic in the busy port. We even had enough time to climb the hill above Split to the Zoo, where Nick and Em found they had a tiger! Not sure what to make of that.
River bliss
One of my favourite anchorages was off the riverside town of Skraden which we found after winding our way up the river to explore the Krka National Park. Despite the park and waterfalls being a very popular tourist destination, the town of Skraden has a lovely lived in feel and in afternoon the light on the colorful town buildings was picturesque. The navigation up river was well worth the trip, although we did have to be careful of some pretty pesky swans as we stepped in and out of the dinghy at the anchorage.
Meandering Skraden, golden light and an icecream a perfect end to the day
On our way back down the river we dropped off Nick and Emily in Sibinek, where they continued their holiday, planning to rent motorcycles to ride into Montenegro. We are still missing their lively and youthful company and really appreciated our time with them both.
We are now on our way to Telescica National Park, and then will make our way to the Betina Marina, where we will put Paikea Mist to bed for our summer trip home to Vancouver.
Paikea Mist at anchor- beautiful but short-lived Cavtat
It is safe to say that Michael and I have anchored Paikea Mist thousands of times together. Since leaving Vancouver in 2009 to head across the Pacific we have tried to limit our time in marinas, preferring to trust our heavy chain and oversized anchor we call Mr. Spade. We like to think we have a solid approach to anchoring, and once our anchor is set we can usually sleep without a worry in the world.
Not quite the case here in Croatia! As luck would have it, after anchoring off the lovely town of Cavtat following our check in procedure the weather took an unexpected turn. Dark clouds rolled in with bursts of lightning and cracks of thunder. Later a sudden and also unpredicted wind change blew straight into the anchorage, putting all three boats anchored deep into the mooring field. Not good. With supposedly good protection from the NE, the bay was open to the winds now piping in from the W/NW. We never got to see if it was good protection from the NE winds that were predicted. Instead of a celebratory drink and a nice dinner aboard, we were weighing anchor and skidaddling . Just before dusk we found our new home, dug the anchor in and spent the night listening to it grind away. Hmmm.
The next morning, expecting strong NE winds to build overnight we once again raised the anchor to reposition ourselves in the bay, and try to stop that awful grinding. That grinding? Seems we hooked a nice piece of fibreglass boat frame with our trusty Mr. Spade.
We went through our standard anchoring drill again, laying out the required ratio of chain and pulling back to set the anchor. We take this anchoring business seriously; after all we are trying to find both a comfortable and safe home for ourselves and Paikea Mist. If either Michael or I are not completely sure we are stuck we start all over again. Mr. Spade went in and didn't budge. We spent that night with 30-40 knot gusts bustling down the mountainsides challenging our well stuck anchor to a fight and making the night, well, less than sleep worthy. Tired, and feeling overwhelmed by the relentless bora wind, but also knowing we hadn't moved an inch, we decided to stay put. When the wind finally lightened up enough to launch our dinghy we headed out around the point to the next bay to realize that we were sitting in a nice wind funnel. Although the mountains were blocking a direct NE path of wind, the swooping valley was perfectly redirecting it from the NW. Oops!
Our next anchorage was a beauty, we dropped the hook in perfectly clear water off the heavily wooded island park of Lokum, just off Dubrovnik. With the Old Town of Dubrovnik within easy reach of our dinghy it was a totally fun and exciting way to visit the city. Taking the dinghy in through the old moat was beyond cool. We especially enjoyed our walk along the castle walls with some sections dropping straight to the sea below. Stunning.
Lunch? Just an easy dinghy ride away to whip up a fresh salad and sandwich back on Paikea Mist. The late afternoon included a refreshing dip, some snorkelling with the fish and yup, more fun and games.
We had our fingers crossed that the wind predicted for that night would escape us, we had seen this anchorage in complete calm while our previous one was still being buffeted. But as the wind began to build late in the afternoon it veered to the east and into the bay, making it once again time to be on the move. Would we ever get a break?
Around 6 pm we pulled into the totally protected glassy waters of our next anchorage to the shouts from an Aussie boat charter noting our Canadian flag " Arrived in Paradise eh?". Well, so it would seem. We again laid the anchor down in clear waters and tested Mr. Spade for strength. Thumbs up. We should be good. That night the wind changed yet again (seems usual around here for the wind to change direction several times in a day), funnelling straight into the bay, again veering more easterly than predicted. Hmmm... this is getting bloody annoying. Up anchor in the morning and bouncing through a 3 foot chop away we go.
Are you counting? We headed for our fifth anchorage in 3 days. Lovely, calm waters. Anchor sticks. Walk the island. Gorgeous. Sunny....windy. Wind develops into the bay YET again. And so the story goes.
Michael and I are beginning to wonder if we can ever find a place to call home for a stretch here in Croatian waters. We both hit the books, check out anchorages, look at google earth to try to understand further how wind might curve and deflect off mountains and islands. We finally pick the anchorage of Milo Zaton for the prediction of strong NE winds. Amazingly enough, that night the winds do come from the NE and are around the predicted values. Life is good. We stay put for 4 nights while we explore the area by walking, running and rental car. Eventually a strong storm rolls in again, this time from the SE. We stay put, and even with some wind blowing down into the far reaches of the bay we are still comfortable, finally!
Our anchoring procedure:
• Check weather prediction- we use Predict Wind and have found this a very reliable source including the effects of land formations on wind direction and strength (the only time we haven't has been in this area, where the funnelling effect and strength exceeded the predictions).
• Find anchorage with protection from wind direction, referring to as many sources as possible (guidebooks, charts, google earth) This activity increases with increased wind in the forecast
• Arrive at selected bay and do a visual survey of the opportunities to drop the hook, depending on other boats anchored, mooring buoys and other obstructions such as ferry paths . In areas with big mountains and valleys we try to re-examine how we think the predicted wind will be affected by topography. By doing this we often find areas where there is little or no wind, such as anchoring off the tip of a cape, or hunkering in close to a steep shore with lines ashore.
• Once we decide on exactly where to anchor, Gloria goes to bow, looking for sandy area to lay down the anchor and directs Michael with hand signals and voice to the sandy patch.
• Anchor goes down, laying out chain in slow reverse
• Once appropriate amount of anchor chain is laid out, Michael puts boat into reverse and increases the revs to 1800 rpm. If we both know the anchor is stuck we put the bridle on. If either of us is unsure, up comes the anchor and chain to try again. We would rather humiliate ourselves in front of multiple boats than ride out a big wind on an anchor neither of us trusts is really in there for good.
• Once anchored, Michael often does a fly by in the dinghy with depth alarm to ensure there are no unmarked obstacles.
• In windy conditions (18 knots plus): If after we are anchored Michael thinks there is a part of the bay that is even better than where we have chosen, he will take our dinghy on recognisance and make a decision whether it is worth it to move. This often results in turning a suitable anchorage into a comfortable and sleep worthy one!
We hope that our anchoring woes are over for the time being, although we have two more storms in the forecast, a big SE blow followed by another nor'easter. Will let you know how she goes.
Note to cruisers entering Croatia: We flew our Q flag into Cavtat, where a friendly man with an official name tag whistled us to come alongside the cement wall and the cordoned off quarantine area and throw him our lines. Our check-in was painless other than paying our 260 Cdn cruising fees for three months. Returning to the boat, the guy at the Q dock collected a further 100 kn (20 Cdn) for use of the Q dock! That is the first time in 19 countries that we have ever been charged to tie up to the Q dock. We have been warned that cruising in Croatia is very expensive, with fees even being collected to anchor. Over the past year, Croatia has reduced it's cruising fees substantially and we have also been informed that areas commissioned with mooring buoys can no longer charge for anchoring off them, a practice which has incensed many cruisers in the past. Our biggest concern is being forced to anchor in deep waters in bays where commissioned mooring buoys have taken up all the suitable space. We have zero intention of taking a mooring buoy which could be both poorly serviced and too close to others for safety. We will keep you posted as to what we find.
Paikea Mist tied alongside in Perast, Bay of Kotor
Our last night in Montenegro was spent swinging in the far corner of the Bay of Kotor near Morinj, where a steady stream of fresh water gushed into the bay from a bubbling brook . Elsewhere the water was perfectly still, and the mountains reflecting in the clear waters made a picture perfect moment to remember Montenegro by. What a gem, another highlight in our cruising path here in the Med.
We cleared into Montenegro in the sea side town of Bar. This was a relatively easy clearance procedure with friendly officials. The only hassle was actually locating the port authority office, which proved difficult to find. Michael was asked for an international captain certificate and produced his Canadian Pleasure Boat Operator card which satisfied the port official. We paid for a week long sailing vignette, predicting that this would be enough time to explore Montenegro. Turns out, I could have happily stayed in the off season lap of Montenegro a lot longer.
Not being able to anchor off in Bar, we had to stay in the Marina which was pricey (93 Euro for our boat) especially considering it was basically concrete pontoons we tied up to. But the town of Bar was a perfect introduction to real life in Montenegro. Arriving on May 1st the town was swarming with families, friends of all ages out enjoying their day off. The seaside promenade stretches the entire length of the bay. The town itself is situated in a stunning setting on a flat plain which is juxtaposed against majestic mountains.
Bar had the feel of a real town, with industry and reason beyond tourism, something both Michael and I appreciate. On first impression was that the Montenegrins seemed incredibly active and the town of Bar was a vibrant place. Every one was walking, cycling, running: kids were kicking soccer balls, playing in the park or riding bikes. We haven't seen this much physical activity since leaving Vancouver! As we walked further we came across a well played soccer game, serious (and I mean serious) tennis matches as well as track and field events. We enjoyed watching these elite athletes perform at the 2015 Cross Mediterranean Games. Later when we returned to our boat the Latvian captain of the large yacht behind us brought us a 2 liter bottle of cold beer to celebrate the Canadian win over Latvia in the world hockey series. We were falling for this Montenegro quickly.
Not wanting to spend another night in a marina, we left Bar in a mash of waves from an overnight SW blow, these do get pretty ugly here on the east side of the Adriatic. Even though the wind had blown itself out Paikea Mist was still struggling in the leftovers. The swell kept us out of many of the other outside anchorages along the coast but we managed to tuck into the small fishing village of Bigova, where the water was calm and the locals invited us to tie to their mooring buoy without charge. Here we enjoyed an early morning run through the hilly country side accompanied by a friendly yellow lab. He sure seemed to love running with us!
The next day we turned the corner into the famed Bay of Kotor. Many of our cruising friends had stayed at the Porto Montenegro Marina, a five star mega yacht marina located in Tivat. Although the thought of being pampered in the marina was appealing, we find that marinas have little appeal to us, so we eagerly headed through the slot of Europe's largest gorge into the main inner bay of Kotor. We didn't get far before tying off the wall at Prevast, a beautiful seaside town across from the Lady of Rocks Church which sits in the middle of the bay. Legend has it that the church was created by locals throwing rocks into the sea, until they had a small island on which to build the church. There is still an annual celebration whereby villagers still paddle out to the island to throw rocks!
We loved hanging on the Perast town wall watching the locals go about their day to day routines, as well as a few tourists who sprinkled in throughout the day to fill some of the seats at the seaside restaurants. From Perast we dingied across to Stoliv and hiked up and over the hill (Mt. Stephan) to Kotor, catching a bus back to Stoliv to the waiting dinghy. With views to Perast, Kotor and Tivat this hike was a highlight of our visit.
It turned out that long term 'parking' at the Prerast town dock was not really allowed and we would never have gotten away with it a high season. I suppose the laid back and friendly locals found it easy to turn a blind eye during low season. The entire scene was just so sublime, I could imagine taking up permanent residence somewhere in this exact fashion. But nothing lasts forever, and when we saw three cruiseships arrive the same day, we thought it was time to move on from our wall of bliss, heading for the Stari grad, or old town Kotor.
The old town of Kotor is delightful, complete with an intact wall and moat. This time we anchored off, with a great view of the medieval fortifications which rise high above the walled old town. Even inside the walls of old town, the entire area has a very lived in feel, despite being on the world heritage list. Of course some of this feel might be lost in high season, but it is very apparent that unlike some prime tourist spots we have visited here in the Med, Kotor retains a sense of authenticity.
There was no shortage of activities on offer. We climbed the 1350 steps to the castle and cycled the road that runs along the water front out towards Tivat through small seaside towns with shuttered windows, laundry flopping in the breeze and steepled churches. We rented a car for two days and scoured the stunning inland secondary roads, making our way up high above the marshy Skader lake. We also hiked to the Mausoleum atop one of the peaks overlooking the Bay of Kotor where one can see 4 countries in a 360 view.
In fact, every corner offered yet another stunning view. On one high mountain pass we had the good fortune of meeting Andreas who lived in a small and very personalized shack along the side of the road. Although his real home was down in the lush and verdant valley, he told us that in summer he was just 'happy' living up here, with everything he could ever want. He had a special talent for making new friendships as well as his own alcohol, including a walnut sherry, pear and apricot schnaps, wine, honey and skin tonics. He enjoyed showing us his natural ingredients. What a great way to spend a half hour!
Back at Paikea Mist, my favourite activity was swimming in the fresh water. The Bay of Kotor has very low salinity as it is well fed by fresh water, which is now melting fast from the snowcapped mountains. After years of salty swims off the back of Paikea Mist swimming here was so refreshing- very close to swimming in a lake. Complete with loons and ducks, you might think you were on a lake, if it weren't for the dolphins that gave it away. Yes, the bay of Kotor is a true little gem.
We cleared out of Montenegro at the custom dock of Kotor, vying for space with the small boats that were trundling tourists back and forth from a nearby cruiseship. Even though we were anchored off in direct sight of the customs dock, the customs officials insisted that we bring the boat alongside their concrete wall. We thought this was pretty funny considering in Greece we checked out at the main port of Corfu having taken a scooter ride from our boat which was about 12 km away! With all our bumpers out the concrete wall wasn't all that bad, but it did have a nasty corner that we had to negotiate to tie alongside.
As we pulled up our anchor to go to the customs, the anchor freed itself and came almost into its cradle on board before refusing to complete the journey. Michael soon discovered that our solenoid for up function of the anchor windlass was no longer in our service. We sailed in light winds to the far end of the bay near Morinj and tied to another public wharf while Michael installed a spare solenoid to get the windlass back in shape, before re-anchoring off this sleepy town for our last night.
Tomorrow we will sail a total of 25 miles to Cavtat, Croatia.
Vessel Name: Paikea Mist
Vessel Make/Model: Beneteau Custom 50
Hailing Port: Vancouver, BC
Crew: Gloria Hanssmann, Michael Hanssmann
We left Vancouver for our Pacific Voyage in July 2009, spending the first summer unwinding in our beautiful cruising grounds of the Pacific Northwest, and getting reading for big adventure. Our journey has taken us down the coast of California into Mexico. [...] We departed from Mexico in March 2010 and dropped the anchor in Atuona, Marquaesas after 18 days at sea. We enjoyed travelling through French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Niue, and Tonga before crossing to New Zealand where we arrived Oct 31 2010. After car cruising and camping through New Zealand that southern summer, we made the passage to Fiji in March 2011. This passage was the toughest yet, but we arrived in Savu Savu safe and sound. We've spent from March to October cruising Fiji, including an extensive trip through the Southern and Northern Lau group, the most remote and least travelled part of Fiji. Here we focused on diving and the unique culture of the outer islands. From Fiji we sailed a second time to New Zealand, a sail through large six meter swells from a previous storm, arriving in the Bay of Islands in early November 2011. We spent the season sailing around the North Island of New Zealand which proved one of the highlights of our entire journey. In April 2012 we sailed from New Zealand to Vanuatua covering the distance in just five days. After cruising north west up the island chain of Vanuatu we crossed the Coral Sea, heading due west for Cairns, Australia. From Cairns we headed north inside the Great Barrier Reef, rounding the horn of Australia 3 years after leaving BC waters. We crossed to Darwin and departed for Indonesia with the Sail Indonesia Rally 2012. Indonesia was an amazing cruising area with diverse culture, sights and wild life, both above and below the sea. We crossed the equator in the middle of the night on our way north through Indonesia, and enjoyed time in Singapore and Malaysia before arriving in Thailand in November 2012. Over 8000 nm of amazing adventure in 2012 can be accessed through our blog. We hope you enjoy our journey as much as we have, and if you have a moment, drop a line, we'd love to hear from you!
Our Custom 50 Benneteau has been a comfortable and dependable cruiser. Paikea Mist is equipped with a Code Zero, full spinnaker, 140 % Genoa, Stay sail and a full battened main. Of all the sails we have used the Code Zero the most as we crossed the Pacific. The Code Zero is brought up by halyard [...]
and is a furling sail, easy to deploy and fantastic for downwind light air sailing.
Paikea Mist's Photos - Hanoi, Vietnam
Paikea Mist's Adventures
Who: Gloria Hanssmann, Michael Hanssmann
Port: Vancouver, BC
Our kids afloat in Vancouver
"I am acutely aware of the perfection of the moment, we are balanced between wind and water, between travelling and arriving, between closing one door and opening another" Beth Leonard, Blue Horizons
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Local school visit and cultural activities in the Okinawa Islands
Okinawa comprises of more than 150 islands in the East China Sea between Taiwan and Japan's mainland. It's known for its tropical climate, broad beaches and coral reefs, as well as its World War II sites. On the largest island (also named Okinawa) is the capital city of Naha, Okinawa Peace Memorial Museum and Churaumi Aquarium, home to whale sharks and manta rays. Naha is easily accessed by a short flight from Tokyo or Osaka. Therefore school groups can enjoy a few days in Tokyo, fly to Naha and finish with a visit to Osaka and Kyoto before returning to Australia.
School visit and cultural exchange
Okinawa Homestay Program
EXAMPLE ITINERARY:
3 NIGHTS / 4 DAYS:
Living with a Japanese family is the best way to experience the Japanese way of life and gives plenty of opportunities for students to use the language they have been studying. A homestay in Okinawa allows for the opportunity to have a unique Japanese experience in an island paradise.
Board your short flight from Tokyo to the capital of Okinawa, Naha City.
Visit a local school for cultural and language exchange.
Overnight at Naha hotel or youth hostel.
After breakfast enjoy traditional Japanese and Okinawan cultural activities.
Dinner and stay overnight with host family.
Activities with host family or cultural experiences.
Depart Okinawa in the morning.
Board your short flight either to Osaka or return to Tokyo.
Example itinerary is subject to change.
This itinerary can be combined with a few days in Tokyo and a few days in Kyoto for a combined experience of modern Japan, ancient Japan and Ryukyu islands.
Churaumi Aquarium
Contact us for Okinawan homestay program prices.
Includes accommodation, school visit, cultural activities
and some meals
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Filming locations Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Want to know where Avengers: Endgame (2019) was filmed? Everything you want to know about the filming locations is right here! SCEEN IT is the ultimate guide for locations of movies and tv series with stars like Robert Downey Jr. or Chris Evans. Do you know a sceen and location not yet on this site? Add it and you will receive the credits for it!
After the devastating events of Avengers: Infinity War, the universe is in ruins due to the efforts of the Mad Titan, Thanos. With the help of remaining allies, the Avengers must assemble once more in order to undo Thanos' actions and restore order to the universe once and for all, no matter what consequences may be in store.
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
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Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark / Iron Man), Chris Evans (Steve Rogers / Captain America), Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner / Hulk), Chris Hemsworth (Thor Odinson), Scarlett Johansson (Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow), Jeremy Renner (Clint Barton / Hawkeye), Don Cheadle (James Rhodes / War Machine), Paul Rudd (Scott Lang / Ant-Man), Chadwick Boseman (T'Challa / Black Panther), Benedict Cumberbatch (Stephen Strange / Doctor Strange), Brie Larson (Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel), Tom Holland (Peter Parker / Spider-Man), Emma Fuhrmann (Cassie Lang), Karen Gillan (Nebula), Zoe Saldana (Gamora), Evangeline Lilly (Hope van Dyne / Wasp), Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie), Rene Russo (Frigga), Elizabeth Olsen (Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch), Anthony Mackie (Sam Wilson / Falcon), Sebastian Stan (Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier), Tom Hiddleston (Loki), Danai Gurira (Okoye), Benedict Wong (Wong), Pom Klementieff (Mantis), Dave Bautista (Drax), Letitia Wright (Shuri), John Slattery (Howard Stark), Tilda Swinton (The Ancient One), Cobie Smulders (Maria Hill), Jon Favreau (Harold "Happy" Hogan), Hayley Atwell (Peggy Carter), Natalie Portman (Jane Foster (archival footage)), Marisa Tomei (Aunt May), Taika Waititi (Korg), Angela Bassett (Ramonda), Michael Douglas (Hank Pym), Michelle Pfeiffer (Janet van Dyne), William Hurt (Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross), Vin Diesel (Groot (voice)) and others.
Kevin Feige (Producer), Jon Favreau (Executive Producer), Alan Silvestri (Original Music Composer), Jim Starlin (Comic Book), Jack Kirby (Comic Book), Sarah Finn (Casting), Christopher Markus (Screenplay), Stephen McFeely (Screenplay), Victoria Alonso (Executive Producer), Judianna Makovsky (Costume Design), Jason Tamez (Production Supervisor), Kristine Nadal (Visual Effects), Jeff Murrell (Gaffer), Jason B. Stamey (Casting Associate), Nicholas A. Mudd (Casting), Nick Scarano (Costume Supervisor), Isobel Griffiths (Orchestrator), Joel Marrow (Transportation Coordinator), Jimmy Ray Pickens (Transportation Captain), Mitul Patel (Security), John M. Pisani (Unit Publicist), James Gunn (Executive Producer), Stan Lee (Executive Producer), Mitchell Bell (Co-Producer), Ari Costa (Associate Producer), Charles Wood (Production Design), Julian Ashby (Art Direction), Thomas Brown (Art Direction), Jordan Crockett (Art Direction), Mike Stallion (Art Direction), Leslie A. Pope (Set Decoration), Mary Castor (Makeup Artist), Amber Actaboski (Additional Set Dresser), Michelle Diamantides (Hair Designer), Anna Majewski (Hair Setup), Valerie Patterson (Makeup Artist), Janine Rath (Hair Department Head), Adam Cole (Post Production Supervisor), Prashant Sharan (Production Manager), Chris Castaldi (First Assistant Director) and others.
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Hulk and Rocket arrive at the New Asgard to get Thor. They meet Valkyrie in the harbour.
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Global Partnership With Plastic Bank Fights Ocean Plastic Pollution and Poverty
Turning the Tide on Ocean Plastic
Leading the Way on Ocean Plastic
SC Johnson founder Samuel Curtis Johnson’s perseverance and compassion created a unique company that still thrives 130+ years later.
Long before Glade®, Raid®, Windex® or Ziploc®, there was Johnson’s Prepared Wax – the most sought after floor wax in the land.
Like many origin stories, the tale of SC Johnson founder Samuel Curtis Johnson had many twists and turns before he created our family company. Born in 1833, Samuel spent the first five decades of his life throughout the U.S. Midwest, working in industries from the railroad to retail. But as luck would have it, none of his ventures produced real success.
Lucky for us, that is. Because in 1886, Samuel bought the parquet flooring business from Racine Hardware Manufacturing Company in Racine, Wisconsin. So began the company that bears his name today.
Samuel Curtis Johnson bought our company at the age of 53.
Samuel Curtis Johnson: A Tireless Entrepreneur
In his early years running his new parquet flooring business, Samuel worked tirelessly. He was salesman, bookkeeper and business manager. Five days a week, he toured the countryside selling flooring to contractors for fine homes, churches, hotels and public buildings.
On Saturdays, he returned to Racine to fill out orders and tend to managerial duties. After the first year, the flooring company showed a net profit of $268.27. And the business continued to grow, with sales coming in from Colorado to New England, and south to Mississippi.
As sales multiplied, so did letters from customers who purchased Johnson flooring, asking how to care for their new floors. Cleaning with the standard soap and water tended to ruin the floor’s fine finish, and the water warped the small blocks of parquetry.
So, Samuel did what any good entrepreneur would do: He started looking for the best way to meet his customers’ needs. Company legend has it that he mixed up batches of floor wax in his bathtub, working to find the perfect mix that would protect floors and give them a lasting glow.
Johnson’s Prepared Wax was the company’s first diversification, setting us on an enduring path of growth.
A Eureka Moment Invents Johnson's Wax
Samuel’s first experiments in floor care were inspired by castles in France. He had heard that their pristine floors lasted for centuries. The secret, apparently, came down to finding the right wax. Surprised and intrigued, Samuel kept experimenting.
Soon, every Johnson parquet floor came with a can of Johnson’s Prepared Paste Wax. Even people without Johnson floors started getting in touch, hoping to buy some of his amazing product. And, as trends changed from parquet flooring to maple and oak floors, floor wax sales grew even further.
The company’s distribution expanded through the entire Midwest. And after Samuel started advertising on the national level, placing ads in The Saturday Evening Post, business boomed. By 1898, sales of Johnson floor wax, finishes and wood fillers were exceeding those of flooring.
Samuel became known as the “Grand Old Man” of Racine, lauded for his deep community convictions. He laid the cornerstone for the YMCA Building in 1915.
A Family Business Leader and a Community Leader
With his son, Herbert, now helping run the business, Samuel continue to help it develop. But he also maintained and expanded his commitment to community.
Every year, he donated 10% of his income toward civic improvements. He volunteered much of his time to youth programs. He was president of the local YMCA and made several large contributions to both the YMCA and YWCA. He also helped fund a school in Braxton, Mississippi, and served as state head of the “Sunshine Society,” which cared for special needs children.
By extending such a generous helping hand to his community, Samuel created a legacy of giving that has endured in our culture for five generations. Not only is the Johnson family very active in its philanthropy, our company gives 5% of pretax profits to charity annually, a tradition that has carried on for more than 80 years.
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SC Johnson's Founder Left Enduring Legacies
When he died in 1919 at age 86, Samuel left behind a thriving business, an enduring tradition of philanthropy and a family company devoted to making life better for families.
On his passing, a eulogy in the local paper celebrated his most important contribution: "To enumerate the charity of this grand old man is quite a task; he led a most simple life, living plainly but lavish in his gifts. His special interest was in young people and helping them to help themselves. No one will ever know the help he has given to the needy and struggling humanity."
Samuel struggled most of his life, but when he succeeded, he thought not of himself, but how to give back. That’s a lesson we still try to follow to this day. We are all certainly better off thanks to his enduring legacies.
PhilanthropySamuel Curtis Johnson Set the Standard for Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Giving
Johnson FamilySamuel Curtis Johnson’s Persistence Paid Off: SC Johnson History Has an Unlikely Beginning
Johnson FamilyGene Johnson: A Conscience for SC Johnson, a Champion for Children’s Education
Johnson FamilyH.F. Johnson, Jr. Inspired SC Johnson’s Future with Creativity and Science
CompanySC Johnson is a Family Company
Quality ProductsSam Johnson Led SC Johnson to Winning Brands, from Raid® Bug Spray to Glade® Air Freshener and Beyond
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SCM at Legno&Edilizia with the new OIKOS X
A continually expanding sector that is increasingly focused on technological innovation. In the coming days, it will present the new bedrock for the future in the context of one of Italy's most famous and internationally renowned cities. From today until Sunday 10 February, the world of timber construction will gather at the Verona Trade Centre with more than 180 exhibiting companies from 12 countries. Once again this year, SCM has taken the opportunity offered by Legno&Edilizia to bring its contribution to the growth of this important market segment. SCM will stand alongside the companies representing this sector, and who are looking for ever more advanced solutions. We are talking about consolidated support and this is clear from the new model that SCM presented today in a world preview with the President of the Group, Giovanni Gemmani, and Livio and Giovanni Tiezzi, founders of the plant at Sinalunga: Oikos X is a synthesis of the know-how and experience of a manufacturer, like SCM, that has always made a point of “constructing” change. At stand C15, in Pavilion 11, visitors can find out more about this new machining centre for timber construction, dedicated to the production of structural beams, X-lam/CLT wall panels and insulation panels. Some of its more interesting aspects captivating the attention of visitors at Legno&Edilizia include the 6-axis machining head designed for any kind of processing to be carried out on every side of an element in a single position and in limited space, achieving high standards of precision and productivity. As Tommaso Martini, BU Manager for the SCM machining centres for timber carpentry points out, Oikos X is the result of detailed R&D that applies the principles already widely tested in the traditional SCM machining centres, to technologies for carpentry processing. Don't miss this or any other SCM new entry at the Trade Fair in Verona until Sunday.
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Key emerging filmmaker events from Adelaide and Melbourne
On exactly the same weekend of July 27-28, AFTRS has partnered with two separate agencies in different states to focus on careers for emerging filmmakers.
The Racka Racka team bent aerials at Adelaide Screen Makers Conference for several years, in between accumulating millions of hits as they bashed each other in series after series of pop cult parodies.
In Melbourne, Film Victoria is hosting an intensive called Make It, which
'is designed for people who want to develop their career in the flourishing local screen industry. The event is jam-packed with industry professionals who will give specialist career advice and inspire creatives about how to survive and thrive professionally.'
The event is focused on the absolute nitty gritty of thinking through your aspirations, getting a job and turning it into the basis of a life in the sector. The previous weekend event in 2017 is considered to be a success. It is probably the best $120 some Melbourne crew and company members have ever spent.
The weekend is a hallmark of Film Victoria's approach to professional development, which focuses on jobs, incomes, career prospects and skill deficiencies in the community. It is about shaping the evolution of businesses, and helping them secure substantial production opportunities.
In Adelaide, the Media Resource Centre is running its annual Screen Maker conference, which has grown into a national reach, supported by interstate agencies who pay for attendances.
'Now in its fifth year, the conference brings together Australia’s writers, directors, producers and other screen creatives to share knowledge, connect with the industry, and pitch projects to the national marketplace.'
That sounds very traditional, and could have come from the Melbourne event. But then it goes for the visionary viewpoint.
'Screen Makers Conference 2019 embraces entrepreneurialism and celebrates creative collaboration and convergence. Business as usual no longer exists, and innovation and disruption are the order of the day. Build your career by breaking down barriers. Aim to go global, no matter where you’re based. Raise new and diverse voices in screen stories. This is your chance to develop your understanding of the screen industry’s ever-changing ecosystem, discover new and diverse industry pathways, and fast-track your career.'
From the outside, these two programs are two sides of the same coin which defines why the screen sector is so fascinating. On the one hand the policy makers are building a solid infrastructure of companies that can compete globally and provide continuous employment. For the staff, solid practice on multi-year contracts creates a deep craft knowledge which define identity and world view. It is valuable in turning the production value chain into a safe environment in which people can imagine and take risks, and where they climb a ladder of increasing challenge and satisfaction.
On the other hand, the screen sector is a paradoxical n-dimensional flow of changing realities, a world of quantum methods and imaginations. Professional life and creativity is like working with Lego which keeps changing, folding, disappearing and squidging between our fingers. Reality is not as external; it becomes something that is bent by our will and imagination.
As people sometimes say in our world, 'Everything is impossible until it happens'. Ten years ago, for instance, the idea of web series would have been insane. The fact that podcasts have revitalised the tired medium of radio was unthinkable. And so on.
The two conferences are not alternatives. Without structure the sector doesn't learn or prosper; without change and evolution it will die. Different states and local cultures have different priorities, and people need both of these experiences at different points in their evolving careers. All through their working lives, screen creators benefit from the opportunity for concentrated learning, and the opportunity to step back and reconnect with their emotions and inspirations.
To share and grow the ways that the society depicts itself and shapes its stories is both a privilege and a necessity. That is why the various programs of workshops, guild events, conferences and courses are so important. And life without them is cumulatively boring.
The Media Resource Centre – which has put its event together on the smell of an oily rag after the loss of funding from the Screen Resource Organisation sector – has simply refused to quit.
David Tiley
David Tiley is the editor of Screen Hub. He is a writer in screen media with a long mostly freelance career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.
Twitter: @DavidTiley1
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Shark Diving In The Aliwal Shoal
If you’ve always wanted to get up close and personal with these predators of the deep, why not go about it the way god intended, naturally, by diving or snorkeling among these majestic, streamlined beauties; no cage required!
The South African coast is home to almost a dozen unique species of shark, and, if you’re lucky, you could encounter about half of them just by diving different spots in The Aliwal Shoal!
Whether you’re keen to do a baited shark dive at Howard’s Castle, in the hopes of spotting some Tiger Sharks, or are hoping for a more casual, chance encounter with a Raggie or two at a site like Outside Landers, ScubaCo has the inside scoop and can help you become one of the privileged few who can say they’ve seen these creatures unobstructed and up close!
Come diving with the sharks where there are no cages and no limits to what you can achieve!
Diving The Aliwal Shoal
The Aliwal Shoal is home to a wide variety of shark species. Throughout the year our waters are home to Oceanic Blacktip Sharks, Dusky Sharks, Bull Sharks, and the famous ever-present but shy Tiger Shark.
The Aliwal Shoal offers up some of the most exhilarating shark diving or snorkelling opportunities in the whole world. Furthermore, ScubaCo is uniquely capable of offering such shark dives in a relaxed, safe, and controlled environment.
Whether you want to plan your dive around our seasonal Ragged Tooth Shark (Grey Nurse Shark) visitors’ timeline, or are hoping to dive when the stage is set for a Hammerhead Shark encounter, diving The Aliwal Shoal with ScubaCo is one of the most life-changing shark diving experiences on offer the world over.
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Getting To Know Your Dive Companions
Depending on whether you’d prefer to stay dry on deck with one of our Shark Watch launches,, snorkel, or get wet and wild on a shark dive with the ScubaCo team; you’ll need to know the shark you’re keeping an eye out for! When you’re diving The Aliwal Shoal, these are the usual suspects you can look forward to meeting:
Blacktip Sharks
Not to be confused with the Blacktip Reef Shark, the Blacktip Shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, is a species of requiem shark.
Requiem sharks are sharks that live in warmer waters, give birth to live young, and that are migratory. Absolutely gorgeous to behold, the Blacktip Shark is a ballerina of the deep; known for executing graceful and deadly twisting leaps out of the water when attacking small schools of fish.
A smaller member of the requiem shark family, the Blacktip Shark is best described as timid, and they can vary drastically in size; ranging from about 1.5m, which is more typical, to a maximum documented length of 2.8m. Most Blacktip sharks are found in waters not more than 30m deep, and they are not oceanic sharks, preferring the relative safety and comfort of drop-offs near coral reefs and the like.
These sharks are also very tolerant of low salinity and have been known to enter estuaries and mangrove swamps; expertly navigating the brackish, muddy water.
Dusky Sharks
The Dusky Shark, another member of the requiem shark family, is an apex predator, known for, and easily identifiable by its sickle-shaped first dorsal and pectoral fins; with the former positioned over the rear tips of the latter.
Commonly reaching around 3.2m in length, and weighing in at about 160-180kgs, the longest Dusky on record measured a whopping 4.2m and weighed 347kgs! The Dusky Shark can be found in waters as shallow as 400m, and they migrate toward the equator in winter, and toward the poles in summer. Because the Dusky Shark has a very slow reproductive rate, Duskies are at increased risk of population depletion as the result of human interference.
Duskies, which have long been overfished, and are considered a vulnerable shark, are viviparous and litter sizes range from 3 to 16. Despite the possibility for seemingly large litter sizes, the Dusky Shark matures and grows at an alarmingly slow rate, and only reaches sexual maturity at around 20years of age! These sharks are believed to have a lifespan at least double that.
Bull Sharks
The Bull shark, also known as the Zambezi shark, is another requiem shark, and is found in warmer waters world wide.
The Bull shark is known for its aggressive and predatory behaviour, and is capable of surviving and even thriving in both saltwater and freshwater! The Bull shark is actually known for venturing far out into rivers and estuaries, although few freshwater Bull shark interactions with humans have been recorded. Bull sharks always favour warmer, shallow water, and larger Bull sharks are probably responsible for the majority of near-shore shark attacks, even when those attacks are mistakenly attributed to other species.
Despite its ability to thrive in a freshwater environment, the Bull shark is not a true freshwater shark, and they seem to be more common in oceanic waters, despite their predilection for wandering up rivers. Bull sharks are named for their large and stout build; they can be up to 81cm in length at birth! They do not, however, typically get much longer than 3m, with females being slightly longer and heavier than the males, and they are typically shorter and wider than other requiem sharks.
Bull sharks are carnivorous, and also cannibalistic – they have been known to eat smaller Bull sharks when the opportunity presents itself.
Bull Shark (Zambezi)
Tiger Sharks
The Tiger shark, also of the requiem shark family, is a massive macropredator capable of growing to more than 5m in length!
The shark gets its name for the dark stripes down its sides that resemble tiger stripes, but the stripes fade significantly as the shark matures. A primarily nocturnal, solitary hunter, the Tiger shark is known for its ability to, and love for, eating almost anything! It has a bit of a reputation for being the “garbage can” of the sea as many inedible, man-made objects have been found in their stomachs along with the more predictable crustaceans and partially digested fish.
Though apex predators themselves, pods of Orcas have been known to pick off a Tiger shark if they’re particularly hungry or in the mood for a bit of fun. The Tiger shark is considered a near-threatened species as the result of overfishing, but is not yet as vulnerable as the Dusky shark.
The Tiger shark is second only to the Great White when it comes to recorded attacks on humans, though experts suggest that title might actually belong to the Bull shark.
Ragged Tooth Sharks
The Ragged Tooth Shark, also known as the Sand Tiger Shark (not to be confused with the Tiger Shark, the Sand Shark, or the Nurse Shark) is a cousin to the Great White shark; but don’t fear, although it looks fearsome, Raggies are actually very placid, docile, slow-swimming creatures – as a result, they are the most frequently kept large shark in aquariums such as the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town.
They may have a high tolerance for captivity, but the species is still vulnerable, and we wouldn’t want these beauties to die out in the wild! This fascinating shark, which can even gulp air (!!!) to help it maintain its buoyancy, unlike other sharks, the Sand Tiger Shark can grow up to 3.2m in length, and they have one of the lowest reproductive rates of all sharks – a rate of less than one pup per year!
Sand Tiger Sharks don’t give birth to more than two pups at a time (as a result of intrauterine cannibalism; in which the strongest embryo eats all its siblings), and they only breed every second or third year. When pups are born, however, they are already 1m in length and fully independent.
Sand Tiger Sharks have been shown to be affected by the presence of divers who stray too close to them, but the effects were proven to be short term. Once the divers retreat to more than 3m away again, the sharks resume normal activity.
Fun Fact: A group of Sand Tiger Sharks is called a Shiver!
There are actually a number of different kinds of Hammerhead shark in the family Sphyrnidae.
They are named for the highly unusual shape in which their heads grow. Their heads, which are flattened, and laterally extended, form a hammer shaper – known as a cephalofoil. There have been many proposed reasons for the shape the sharks’ heads grow into include increased maneuverability, sensory perception, and prey manipulation. Unlike most sharks, these sharks usually swim in large groups during the day, but hunt alone at night.
The known species of hammerhead sharks can range in size from less than a meter in length to a whopping 6m in length! Interestingly enough, Hammerheads have disproportionately small mouths, but that doesn’t stop the males from violently biting the females during mating season until the females give in to mating with them. This ritual takes place only once a year, and Hammerhead litters are usually about 15 pups strong – with the exception of the litters of the Great Hammerhead shark.
A Great Hammerhead can have a litter of up to 40 pups! In 2007, it was discovered that the Bonnethead shark, a particular type of Hammerhead shark, is capable of asexual reproduction! This was the first shark that was confirmed to be capable of this kind of reproduction.
Hammerhead Shark
Here at ScubaCo, we pride ourselves on our 100% safety record, our eco-friendly compliant baiting methods, and our staff selected from the cream of the crop in the South African diving industry. With ScubaCo Diving & Travel, you are assured of personal, high quality service, small groups, and attention to detail.
With excitement, adrenaline and adventure being the order of business here at ScubaCo, we look forward to welcoming you aboard any one of our predator interaction excursions! For more information on our diving packages, or to create a custom package of your own, click here!
Importance of Shark Conservation.
Shark conservation is of paramount importance, and we here at ScubaCo are dedicated to helping in any and every way we can. That’s why we use only eco-friendly compliant baiting methods, and strictly enforce a hands off policy on our dives – that means hands off the coral, hands off the wrecks, and hands off the sharks! Our sharks are being threatened not only by deliberate overfishing by humans of their food supplies, but also by deliberate overfishing of the sharks themselves – they are sold for their fins, hides, and more! It is of vital importance that we prioritize shark conservation efforts in South Africa if we are to:
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Maintain The Balance
Sharks are apex predators, and if they die out or their numbers become drastically reduced, those species lower on the food chain will no longer be naturally curbed, and the entire ecosystem will be negatively impacted. The ecosystems in which our sharks live and thrive are delicately balanced, and even decreasing shark populations are already wreaking havoc on the finely tuned ecosystems.
Maintain The Biodiversity
Marine biologists and other experts suggest that sharks are actually key to marine biodiversity, and that we could stand to lose more than just our shark species should they begin to go extinct! As their ecological roles are not yet fully understood, it is actually impossible to tell how devastating the results of their extinction might be; but if the effects of their decreasing numbers are anything to go by, the effects could be of epic proportions.
Maintain The Gene Pool
Because predators, by nature, pick off the sick and or weak animals in their preferred species of food first, apex predators like sharks help weed out the bad genetic material among their prey populations; thus directly, positively impacting the survivability of their prey species in the future. In other words, sharks help other prey species breed only genetically superior offspring – thus helping in the cycle of “survival of the fittest”.
So if you’ve always dreamt of swimming with sharks, why not head down to Durban to take us up on one of the many and varied shark diving packages we’ve got on offer? Don’t love what you see? Make your own package! Start planning the shark diving trip of a lifetime today, with ScubaCo!
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Get closer to the music at the Sheffield Chamber Music Festival
Published May 11 2018 10:34 AM
Ensemble 360 have been resident chamber group in Sheffield since 2005
Music in the Round launches Sheffield Chamber Music Festival in the city on 11 May, with more great music and more guest artists than ever before. The Crucible Studio Theatre will play host to numerous performances, and offer a unique listening experience, as audiences sit ‘in-the-round’ just a few feet from performers.
Getting physically closer to the music, the Sheffield Chamber Music Festival also offers plenty of opportunity for audiences to better connect with chamber music itself. This year’s festival takes inspiration from harmony and will feature over 25 concerts across nine days.
With performances from resident chamber group Ensemble 360, resident singer Roderick Williams and guests including harpist Catrin Finch, Seckou Keita, pianist Peter Hill and Professor Marcus du Sautoy, there’ll be plenty of music to get lost in.
Strapped for cash but still want to get involved? There will also be a collection of free concerts in the Winter Garden in partnership with Classical Sheffield. Find all the details on what’s on and where a during the nine-day festival at the Music in the Round website.
Music in the Round is based in Sheffield and is the UK’s leading promoter of chamber music outside of London. It’s driven by the belief that music has the power to change and enrich people’s lives, and it aims to thrill diverse audiences with the unique intensity of performances in an intimate setting.
Find our hot picks for the festival below and book your tickets to performances that will ignite admiration and intrigue into the chamber music genre.
For all bookings, head to www. musicintheround.co.uk or call 01142496000. All ticket prices are shown in the order: General admission/Disabled and Unemployed/Students and under 35s.
Opening Night Double Bill: Ensemble 360 & Roderick Williams, Crucible Studio, 11 May, 7:15pm & 8:45pm, £14 / £10 / £5
To kick off the festival in style, Ensemble 360 will perform Mahler’s Piano Quartet in A minor and Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll. Joining them, Roderick Williams will then perform Mahler’s Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen. The second half will see Williams perform the final instalment of his Schubert song cycle Schwanengesang with pianist Iain Burnside.
Soar: Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita, Crucible Studio, 15 May, 7:30pm, £20 / £14 / £5
Catch one of the UK’s leading harpists Catrin Finch join internationally renowned Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita as they play in-the-round to celebrate the launch of their second collaborative album, Soar. Catrin and Seckou transform their own diverse traditions with remarkable synergy.
The Numbers Game: Ensemble 360, Crucible Studio, 17 May, 7pm, £14 / £10 / £5
(Pre-concert talk: THE GOLDBERG VARIATIONS / 5.45 – 6.15pm, Crucible Studio Theatre. Free to all evening concert ticket holders.)
Ensemble 360 perform BACH Trio Sonata from The Musical Offering BWV 1079, MESSIAEN Île de feu 2 (from Quatre études de rythme) for solo piano and BARTOK String Quartet No.4. Marcus du Sautoy will introduce these remarkable pieces and reveal the mathematical secrets that lie within them.
Goldberg: Peter Hill, Crucible Studio, 17 May, 8:30pm, £14 / £10 / £5
BACH Goldberg Variations BWV 988
Hear some of Peter Hill’s Bach recordings in the intimacy of the Crucible Studio and marvel at the uniqueness of each movement and how each somehow fits together naturally.
Celestial Harmony: Ensemble 360, Crucible Studio, 18 May, 7:15pm, £20 / £14 / £5
MOZART Flute Quartet No.3 in C K.285b
MOZART Horn Quintet in E flat K.407
MOZART String Quintet in G minor K.516
The second of three concerts in celebration of Mozart, hear Ensemble 360 present his String Quintet in G minor.
Man with a Movie Camera: Laurène Durantel, Showroom Cinema, 7:30pm £10 / £6 / £5
As part of the Yorkshire Silent Film Festival, see Laurène Durantel revisit her wonderful improvised accompaniment to the acclaimed film Man With a Movie Camera. Part documentary and part cinematic art, the film follows city life in the Soviet Union through the course of a single day.
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Black Tears and Falling Leaves
by Justin Hardwick
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James stared down from the heights on the second floor of his home as his son walked into the small stand of trees that blocked the houses from the street. His mind reviewed the boy's short life and with a murmur of disgust he turned from the bay window back into his office. The room held three walls of bookshelves filled to the breaking point and an old fashioned desk made of cherry wood. The oak flooring was covered with a rug woven in some country he had never bothered to learn the name of.
With a sigh he settled into his huge leather chair and laced his fingers before his face in his normal musing position. What am I going to do with him? Every time I try and push him into sports or well, any activity he shuts down. He's just like his mother. As the thought filled him his eyes flitted to the picture of three people playing in a park. A blonde boy swung happily from his parent's arms. Arion had been four in the picture and Cassie had been alive then. The old wound left when she died surged into life in his chest. It sent a chilling wave of nothingness up and into his heart.
Arion felt the eyes on him as usual, he turned into the safety of the trees behind the house. His dad was always willing to watch him but never willing to talk. Silence was the golden rule in the house. Since his mother had died. His heart ached with longing to see her face or smell her hair when he hugged her.
All through the day, silence. Deep into the night no sounds echo in the halls, not even five years ago the house had been filled with sound. Music and laughter, friends, fun, and even love, one and all they filled the big building to bursting. The hospital had been full of sounds too. Beeping and gasps, little squeaks from the nurses shoes and the soft sound of someone sobbing far in the distance. Arion shivered as he remembered that and nearly tripped on an exposed root that caught his toe.
With a sigh he turned back to the trail he'd made over years of walking to his bus stop. The wind through the trees sent a small shiver down his spine as he hugged the purple and black striped hoodie to tighter to his body. All his clothes were of the two same colors. Black pants that fit snuggly against his skin, his shirt was a darker purple under the hoodie and even his hair was dyed to match his colors as it shifted in the breeze. His brown almost black eyes peered from inside the darkness of the hood readily looking for more obstacles to avoid now.
The bus was filled to capacity, kids sat two to nearly each seat. Arion moved down the rows looking for a place he could slip into without making himself more noticeable. His body was tiny for his age so he could slide in anywhere as long as the occupant wasn't two seats wide. With a little sigh he moved down the row and sat with one of the only other people he could.
The flame red hair of the girl on the seat next to him made his eyes hurt a little. When he looked at her white skin and sky blue eyes he was unable to see anything but the flames that danced on her skull. He sighed again as the girl drew in a rather large breath.
"So how have you been Arion?!" She paused long enough for her words to penetrate then began the long bombardment on his sanity that would last until they pulled into the lot at school. "I looked up the story of Arion, he was a minstrel or something right? He's the one who jumped overboard and used his lute to charm dolphins into carrying him to shore, right? I love dolphins they are my favorite mammals, you know they are mammals right? They have babies vaginally and care for them. But they live in the sea, so they are sea mammals. Weird right?! You know I once saw the ocean, it was beautiful"
Arion nodded every so often to let the girl think he was listening and blocked her out. He slowly readied himself for another harrowing day in high school.
The bus pulled into the normal spot at the end of the other buses and the door flew open as the disgruntled looking driver leaned back in his seat to watch the kids get off. Arion flowed with the rest neither trying to be first no falling to the rear.
Mediocrity is safe. Don't stand out and you won't be noticed. Harsh lessons that high school teaches an unlucky majority.
Arion followed the masses inside, one of the herd just another head in a crowd of cattle. The entry hall was lined with lockers like every other hall throughout the building, all of them painted in the school colors of Blue for loyalty and Black for death. He humored himself with this as the mascot dressed in the guise of a fluffy Hyena gamboled past, an odd squeaking laugh left in his wake as well as the smell of someone sweating profusely.
A smothered smile flitted across his face as he turned a corner heading for his locker when an arm landed on his chest as a foot caught his ankle. Panic filled his mind as his hands grasped after empty air. With a thud his back hit the ground and for once he regretted not having his heavy backpack. The thought vanished as he realized the air had been forced from his lungs, an aching chill filled his chest.
The arm above him fell to the owner's side. The big wrestlers arm shivered as someone came to his defense. There was a flash of flame hair just before Arion felt a throbbing in his temples and his lungs started to shrivel with their need for air. Everything slowly darkened like black paint tossed over a T.V screen.
Arion's eyes slid open and he sighed as his eyes were filled with the ceiling of the nurse's office, again. He opened his mouth and let in a deep breath. The headache that had woken him lessened a little but he needed some kind of headache reliever to get rid of it all together.
"So you're awake now?" The voice was one he knew but he couldn't place it. Arion looked over at the flame haired girl who spoke in a way he had never heard before.
With an internal sigh the boy nodded and without meaning to one of his hands raised to his temple and began to stroke it. The girl rose and disappeared behind the curtain. A moment later she returned with the nurse who carried a small bottle of Advil. "Th-thanks" He looked from the girl to the nurse not really sure which he was addressing.
With a hurried motion he tossed the pills into his mouth and paused remembering how much he hated swallowing pills dry. The flame haired girl smiled and offered him a paper cup holding a small amount of water. "Thanks," His eyes shifted to the side a little uncomfortable at the girl's kindness.
"Derek is suspended for three days. And he may be prosecuted for physical abuse." The flame haired girl spoke evenly. Her normally high pitched and grating voice was smooth and gentle as she spoke softly to him. "I reported him to the principle when you passed out." She said this with a smile and Arion smiled back as evenly as he could manage. He knew now Derek would be after him even more, and now maybe even the rest of the wrestling team.
James turned back from the picture and realized his leg was fully asleep as well as his whole left ass cheek. With a rather dramatic sigh he rose and tried to make it around long enough for his leg and ass to return to normal. Spent the whole fucking morning daydreaming. I need to get this chapter done or my editor will fly in just to remove my skin, whole.
After walking around enough to return blood to his leg he sat at his desk and turned on his laptop. The lights danced on the tiny screen and soon he had to reach into his desk drawer, he took the glasses from the drawer. They made his eyes look enormous but they allowed him to see the tiny script on the screen.
Now fully ready to begin he cracked his knuckles and ran his finger down the cheek of his wife in the picture and spun in his chair once completing his ritual. He settled his mind to the task, and imagined his world in full.
In his mind the shape of his own personal universe coalesced. A reality much like ours trapped in the hell that was the dark age. People suffered under the rule of others and monsters preyed upon the innocents as well. There was no respite, no safe haven for the people of his world. Just as in the real world.
Just as his current work took shape in his mind he was shaken from his near trance by the ringing of his cell phone.
Arion sat up as his father stood over him. The man had a medium build and golden blonde hair. His had once been trim and muscular but now his belly had a layer of fat over his muscle. His clothes like everything on him was a little disheveled. From the top to bottom he was a wreck. His clothes looked slept in and his hair was sticking up in every direction.
"Come on Arion." Without further speech the young man was led from the school.
In the parking lot Arion's father climbed into his car and buckled up. Arion followed suit tossing his bag into the back seat. He climbed in and buckled himself to the seat trying to sink into it. This was the first time he had seen his father all week.
"So" James turned to look at his son for a moment then pulled his eyes away and back to the road. "You got beat up, again?" The slight twist of the last word made it an almost mocking question.
Arion felt tears beginning to build so instead of speaking and letting his father know just how much he was hurting he turned to the window and pulled the hood further over his face. The swirls of color that flew by his window made his head spin. Green and brown for the trees light grey for the cement and more color. James sighed heavily and turned on the radio.
The first song was an old love ballad. The heavy bass line and the guitar riffs added another level of pain to Arion's aching head. To lessen the noise he rolled down his window and let the cool air rush into his face. The rushing wind cut the music and brought him the smells of the trees. Earthy and clean, as well as the scent from the road.
Before Arion realized it they were home and James parked his car in the garage beside the old, custom silver Mustang Cassie had driven. Both Arion and his father avoided looking at the vehicle as they hurried into the house by the adjacent door. The house was quiet as usual the ticking of the wall clock seemed to fill the empty time between each of their breaths.
Arion dropped his bag beside the kitchen door and sat at the table after grabbing a carving knife from the wooden knife holder. The bowl of fruit on the table was close to going bad as it had been there for nearly four days without anyone bothering to take one of the Granny Smith's or the Golden Delicious apples. The knife sliced through the skin with ease and soon Arion had a single string of spiral skin the color of new leaves.
James stood near the center island and watched, thinking furiously of something to say. Over the past four years James and Arion had drifted from loving father and son to friends to distant acquaintances. Memory was a heavy burden, James saw his wife in his son, and Arion saw the lack of his mother in James.
The silence continued and grew from uncomfortable to unbearable, Arion stood and tossed his tortured apple uneaten into the trashcan next to the pantry. James opened his mouth as Arion headed for the door, but no sound left him. Expecting nothing else the teen headed for the stairs wondering if his mother would have hugged him. Cassie had been one for hugs. Her red hair and fiery eyes could easily have been fierce. But Arion could only remember kindness from her.
The dream spun quickly. Flashes of light fading into darkness and hands grasping from the mixture of opaque mist and solid looking darkness. Sensations mixed in a freaky dance of color and light.
Then through the mess and mad mixture of colors and textures she came. Her image was the only clear thing in the depths of his hauntingly insane dream. Step by step she drew near, her face visible as if her hair actually held the fire her color claimed. She smiled as she drew near, her arms spreading in invitation. Without the need of thought the barely human mass was there.
The embrace was warm and comforting the arms of his mother snaked round him in a way that said he was safe and would never hurt. Her sweet scent was as it always had been, her perfume subtle and not overpowering. Her skin was pale white with oddly few freckles and her short cut nails were each colored differently as was her style.
The dream boy closed his eyes and settled into the loving embrace. All the damage done by the shadow shapes and hands was melting away. Soon he was whole and reluctantly pulled back from the embrace.
He looked up at the one responsible for his comfort and a ragged moan was torn from his throat.
The image ripped him from sleep and into a bed with sheets covered with sweat. Tears fell silently down his cheeks. Flashes of the dream seared into his mind.
The image itself was nothing new to him. In fact, he had come up with it. After four years in the grave the skin would be nearly gone and almost all of the hair would have been gone too. But those eyes Green and sometimes blue they would be crossed and dried like grapes left too long in the sun. But even under the rotting dried disgusting decay that is death she had been there.
Arion saw a beautiful woman standing beside the small pond during one amazing summer in Massachusetts. Then over that image he saw what he imagined to be left of his mother. He rolled to the side of his bed and grabbed the trashcan he left there for this exact purpose and let loose.
He slowly removed his nightclothes before the mirror in the bathroom. His skin was pale and waxy, he looked so ephemeral even to himself that he feared a sudden wind. His fear and grief were slowly changing as the dream melted away as was normal. He dropped his underwear and turned to the marble walled shower. The glass door closed behind him with very little sound as usual and the cold of the floor made his skin prickle into goose bumps as he turned on the hot water.
The sweat that made him feel so very dirty was the first thing to be gone. Next Arion grabbed his body-wash, it smelled a little like leaves, and went about washing himself till his skin was red and raw, but somehow he still felt dirty. No matter how hard he scrubbed he felt the same and eventually when his arms got tired he lay in the shower and let the streams of water pelt him from above.
James rolled over in his bed and sighed as he heard the shower. He turned to the clock beside his bed and groaned. The blue display read 3:27am. The sounds from the bathroom down the hall changed after a while and when the clock read 4:07am James could hear the strangled sobs of his son.
Third time this month Sometimes I just wish he'd fucking grow up. Cassie was my wife I was the one who fell in love with her. She wanted to marry me! This is just pathetic. He realized how his thoughts sounded and with a shudder he pulled himself from the edge of anger. With some measure of guilt he climbed out of bed and headed for the kitchen.
James flipped on the lights and found the golden box of cocoa in one of the cabinets he didn't look into anymore. The directions on the back made it a simple process so he put the box back in the cabinet and headed to the second floor bathroom with the two mugs clasped in his hands. He knocked and didn't hear a response over the sounds of splashing water. With a little hesitation he turned the handle and pushed the door in.
Steam hit him in rolling waves. Moist air filled his lungs making him feel a little wet inside as well as out as the air so thick with moisture it clung to his skin. The sweet scent of shampoo and body wash filled the room. "A-Arion?" his voice came out haltingly as he tried to breathe in the hot moist air. "H-hey I brought you some cocoa. Just like mom's." He peered through the fog of hot air and saw a blurred shape behind the glass of the door. Arion lay on the floor of the shower the water falling on him in a spraying shower of heat.
James put the cups on the sink and grabbed a towel from the towel rack. He pulled the door open and turned a little so he'd not see what his son was doing. "Come on Ari, come have some cocoa with me. I made it just like your mom used to." When Arion made no sound or move James turned to him and realized his son was no longer conscious. He stuck his hand into the shower and pulled it back as he felt the hot water sear his skin red. A little scared now he turned on the cold water so he could reach the hot water knob. The cold water had been off all together.
"Shit. Shit, shit!" James ignored the water and tossed the towel over his son's naked body then picked him up and stumbled to his son's room. He had to be very careful not to bang Arion's head on the frame as he grasped for breath holding the prone and slippery wet body as best he could.
When he had his son on the bed he placed a hand on his son's face and felt his own whiten as it drained of blood. He turned to the door and hurried to the phone on his desk in the office. He punched in numbers he hoped were right and waited impatiently for the phone to be picked up.
When the phone eventually was answered a groggy voice on the other end demanded a reason, as James screamed into it with a high pitched voice trying to explain what was wrong. Doctor Matthew Borgesson got the gist and hung up. Within fifteen minutes the door was flung wide and the man dressed in nightclothes came into Arion's room.
The doctor turned around and smiled comfortingly to James. "He's fine. Just passed out, the heat from the shower, and you said he was crying?" James nodded once a little emotionally numb after the fear. "He just got overheated and... um fell asleep. He'll be fine James. Trust me." Matt rose and pulled his friend into a tight hug. "And don't worry about waking me. I'll add a few hundred to my bill to make up for the late night house call." He paused and frowned a little as his attempt at humor fell on deaf ears. "Listen James. He'll be fine, it was an accident, you said he has nightmares? Well he probably just wanted to feel warm and what better way to warm your bones than in a shower? Now you just go on to bed and I'll bring you something to drink." The doctor paused, his friend stared at his son, a mixture of emotions flashing across his face.
Defiantly gunna have to drug him. Otherwise he'll be in here all night and probably scare the boy when he wakes up. Matt grabbed his friend by the shoulders and steered him to the bed room. "I'll make sure Destiny knows everything is alright when I get home. So now, just rest." He smiled pushing James into the master bedroom and into the bed. He'll definitely benefit from some sleep. Probably still working through Cassie and now this.
"Don't worry, I'll stick around for a bit." He put on his best brotherly smile and left to find something to drug so James would sleep through the night.
Arion woke up all at once his body feeling oddly sore all over. Destiny sat beside him with a warm smile on her naturally pink lips. Her green eyes watched him with barely concealed worry and her brown-red hair hung down her skull slicked back in a way that made her seem more business-like than her sister had been.
"Morning, Matt told me what happened and made sure I didn't disturb your sleep. He is such a worrier. But I don't mind." Her smile warmed her normally brusque manner till she was nearly beautiful.
"S-" Arion paused to clear his throat then take a sip from the cup beside his bed. "So where's Uncle Matt anyway?" His eyes fell on her boobs and he thought idly of too large hills on the horizon.
"Oh he's at work." Her smile grew a little mocking. "But you mister, are to stay in bed for a while. Matt said you need some rest and maybe an energy drink to return some of the minerals you sweated out. I brought some over they're in the fridge down stairs." Destiny looked at his face intently and her smile became a little sad. "You look so much like your mom." Her hand brushed at his black and purple dyed hair.
Arion bore this and nodded trying to inspire confidence in his aunt, though inside he felt a little harried and desperate. "Umm, Aunt Destiny I need to put some clothes on" He looked down at his towel and sheet covered body and didn't need to pretend to blush.
With a moments apology Destiny rose and went to the door then paused to return to Arion's side and lean down to kiss him on the brow. "I love you so much," he responded with a fake smile and a loose embrace he dropped as soon as he thought he could.
As Destiny left his room Arion rose and dressed as quickly as he could. It was only eleven by his clock if he hurried he would make his favorite class at one. He walked as quietly as he could trying to hide his grunts and sighs as his clothes settled on his still tender skin. He remembered his bag was beside the garage door and nearly left it behind.
With a casual air he left his room carrying his shoes and socks. In the kitchen he stopped at the fridge and listened for anyone nearby. Destiny's voice drifted down the open stair that led to the second floor. With a slight nod for his luck he grabbed a sports drink from the fridge and took up his bag nearly running from the house. His heart was pounding as he took his first step.
The room was still a little mobile spinning a little with each movement. James watched Cassie move through the door and he smiled at her. Her normally long hair pulled into a bun.
Then his perceptions shifted and Destiny stood before him. "Hello Destiny, Matt at work?" The clock read 11:08am. James turned to check the clock again and felt his head roll more than his neck would physically allow.
"Yeah he mentioned something about a late night drink and I thought I should come make sure he didn't put you into a coma." Her voice was light and a little more loud than it should have been from the room but James ignored it as he stared a little too long at his sister-in-law.
"So that's why I feel made of fluff and head pain." He mimed a fainting damsel and Destiny laughed. "Tell him thanks when you see him will you? I was a little upset last night." He looked at the hands fiddling with the sheet on his lap. "Sorry Destiny, I still see her when I look at you W-would you mind?" James felt horrible asking it but Destiny seemed to understand his request.
"Sure James, I just wanted to make sure you were both alright. I'll leave now You know He's still going through it too maybe you should try and deal with it together?" Destiny turned to the door and paused lines creasing the corner of her eye. "He probably dreamt of her last night. And he'll never get past it alone" With that she left him alone to his semi intoxicated imaginings.
The door loomed for a moment but he took a breath and pulled it back giving him a clear way into the class. Each step was a major ordeal as he forced himself to continue into his dreaded and loved history class. The other students were mostly ready to start the class. Some eager to begin and some not caring enough to even look up as the teacher entered the room.
He was perfection. Mr. Tanner was thirty-five and not married. He wore clothes just barely what someone might call appropriate. No ties, or slacks if he could get away with it. He wore what any adult might if he had a very casual meeting. His dark brown hair was the exact shade of wet tree bark and he even used a woodsy scent as a body spray or cologne. His deep hazel eyes seemed to change form brown to green with every different angle of his head. He was well muscled, but not grossly so.
As the class ended Arion felt his heart nearly stop as Mr. tanner called his name. "Arion, would you mind staying after class for a moment?" His smile seemed so very genuine and inviting.
"Y-yes sir," Arion's voice was low and he felt a shiver running up his spine as he smiled shyly at his teacher. Though Mr. Tanner had already turned to erase some of the notes from the board.
When everyone else was gone Mr. Tanner closed the door and sighed quietly. "Right," Mr. Tanner turned and moved a little closer to Arion. "Uhm I had a question" He stroked a hand over his head and smiled at Arion.
Arion froze and noticed Mr. Tanner leaning in a little as if he had a secret to share. The boy could feel his blood pumping in an odd way. He felt as if a river ran in each vein, torrents of rushing liquid. He hoped no one could hear but the rush of blood should have been audible to anyone within a two block radius.
"So your parents are into English Literature? I always wished I had the guts to go into that instead of this. I mean the story of Arion was really funny. I always had a thing for that man and then you came to my class I have been wondering if you know what a great story it is."
Arion froze again this time in horror. His favorite teacher the man who he wanted to be around more than anyone else in the school had just broken some dream he'd had. "Yes, sure I know about it. Mom read it to me when I was a kid, but I have class I should go now, okay?" He tossed his bag onto his back and tripped a few times as he ran for the nearest exit. On the verge he turned and saw the puzzled face of his teacher.
Arion didn't pause in the hall. Instead of heading to the very real Algebra class he ran to the restroom and entered the last stall. The room stank of cleaner and urine and the once blue walls had been scrubbed so many times the paint needed a new coat in several places. But the stalls had locks and with a shaking hand he bolted the door and pulled his legs up to his chest.
Not like I should have expected him to feel anything, but all those stories about teachers. I just wish I had an escape. I'm so tired, my life is shit, and no one cares enough to see how much I need something, anything to help me change who I am. No one sees, my mom would have though. A fresh image of a rotting corpse entered his mind and slowly tears welled in his eyes. Why is it me who's so alone? Why me? What the hell did I do to deserve to be, his mind failed to mentally voice what he felt, to be me. He closed his eyes and let the sound of his own crying lull him to sleep.
The door slammed shut and Arion jerked awake letting one of his legs fall from the rim of the elongated oval toilet with a crack. He stood wiping dry tear tracks and the residue of sleep from his eyes. Arion left the stall and the bathroom at a run his bag barely swinging onto his back before he cleared the door. The boy who had entered stared at him as if he'd gone crazy.
Arion's shoes pounded into the tiled floor as he ran through the nearly empty halls. At each crossing the echoing sounds of his steps returned to him. Through the windows to his left he saw the buses pulling out of the school lot. Huge aluminum cans packed to bursting with dunces and dicks, he tore his eyes away from the buses and back into the hauntingly empty corridors.
The stairs to the first floor were just around the corner and at the foot of them would be the door to the outside. Just as he reached them a head appeared around the bend on the landing below connecting the first to the second set of stairs. Derek grinned at him and gave a slight wave.
"Hey there, fag boy!" Derek nearly flew up the remaining stairs. His strong legs hopped them two at a time. "I got expelled for you snitching on me. And you know, I was only playing then. Now that I have a few days off I might need some company. So you and me are going to go have a nice long chat." Derek tossed an empty sack he'd been carrying into a corner and pulled Arion into a half hug with Derek crushing the smaller boy to his side.
The trees of the small wood were more tightly packed than anywhere else in town. Arion often came to escape school when he could take no more of the disgusting atmosphere of desperation and sadness. The leaves blew gently in the wind while Arion was dragged under the sun filtering boughs. Spots of light danced on them both as the wind made the trees sway.
Arion was close to collapse now. His heart was pounding in his chest and for some reason he was a little aroused. A memory popped into his mind.
His mother sat on the bed wearing a pair of jeans and a loose fitting tee shirt. The room was Arion's from childhood still decorated in the bright painted sky scene with a few rain clouds still off in the distance.
She turned to him and smiled her white teeth seeming to glimmer next to the baby blue on the walls. "Ari, I love you so much. But, you need to promise me something okay? Don't be gay, okay? I want grandchildren, I want you to be happy." She let her smile relax. "I have seen how those gays are treated. I don't want that for you." With a warm smile she pulled her son into her lap and tossed the dress he'd been draped in onto the floor.
Derek didn't feel too pissed anymore. He had figured out a long time ago he picked on Arion because he wanted what the other boy had. Arion may have been hated but he was also known to be a fag
"I have been wanting to talk to you for a long time Arion. I mean talk to you alone." Derek tried to ignore the pleasure he got from hugging the smaller boy closer to him. "I've been wondering if you could see in me what everyone else sees in you?" He turned his head to the side and waited for a response. When none came he continued, "I mean I I like guys too." His voice trembled as he finally admitted aloud what he had hidden for years.
Arion seemed to have frozen against his side. The little guy was so stiff Derek had to poke him in the arm to get his attention back. "I'm not really too mad for being expelled. I mean it was the red head who told on me right? You wouldn't do it, right?" He looked hopefully at the boy beside him.
Arion had lowered his head and the hood hid his face in a shroud of shadow. "I-I'm not gay."
Derek stopped for a second. The rumors and stuff couldn't have all been wrong. His mind settled on that thought and decided to go with what he knew. "Well I know you have a major crush on the history teacher. Well, everyone but the teacher does." Derek paused to remember his too short time in that class. "Yeah he's something But anyway, I like you more." He pushed the smaller boy against a tree. "And I know how much you must want this." A muscled hand slid across Arion's stomach and pulled back the band of his jeans.
Arion could feel his mind starting to freeze. One side of him wished for what Derek offered and more, while the other side grew wild with the need to not be what he was. In most fights the wild usually wins.
A thrust knee left the big wrestler on his knees gasping and moaning in pain as Arion rushed ran away from the situation. Derek's hands were clasped to his crotch. Arion felt a lot of guilt for kneeing, him but not for the act; more for not having let Derek do what he, Arion, had wanted.
The leaves under his shoes crackled and added their music to his blind escape. By now tears were running down his face. This is wrong; this is not how things should be! I shouldn't like a guy and I shouldn't even think of letting no this is not right. Something about me is not right. The trees he couldn't see stayed in his path and he fell often. His clothes were ripped and stained with dirt and decomposing leaves. Blood ran from his nose and a large cut in his scalp made red drops fall into his eye.
James smiled softly as he wrote a sentence he found unbelievably witty. The current book he was working on was a simple one about a man alone in the wilderness of Canada. The anchor to the work was a relationship with what he called the spirit of life which in reality was little more than what the man perceived to be a god.
The icon blinked on and off as he read it again. "The maiden of life enclosed the man in leaves; the very forest crying colored tears as he lay beneath the branches." The image of a man resting on the cold earth breathing his last breath while the wind knocked the leaves from trees colored for fall made James laugh so hard he teared up.
If he were some dopy sci-fi writer he might add a little bit there to inspire belief in the afterlife. But as he didn't believe in that kind of thing his character died alone covered in dirt and leaves. James smiled one last time and highlighted the last fifteen pages of the story then hit delete. No publisher would allow such a depressing and real ending.
No one is interested in real. Insanity needs a reason in people's minds and living in a forest alone' would be a useless story without some kind of force for good. He sighed heavily and turned back to the story to finally introduce the living spirit of the forest if only in the subtle turnings of leaf and wind.
Derek stood when he could bare the pain of it and followed the smaller shorter legged boy. He dodged as well as he could around the many trunks of the trees working his way through the wood while trying to avoid the trees he would surely have tripped over. After some time he came to the edge of the wood and peered down into the drop off below. Trees had sprouted about teen feet from the base of the rocky wall and continued until all he could see was a hazy green line on the horizon.
On the ground below just at the edge of the trees something out of place caught his eye. The splotch of black on the grey-tan stone below made his knees give out below him. He moaned deep in his throat and stared at the mass of black and bright spreading red below him.
James sighed as the phone near his laptop rang for the twelfth time. His hand darted to the phone and he took a deep breath prepared to give a long and painful lecture to the person on the other end if it was not an important call. After the first few seconds he held his breath and then his body went limp. Sudden tears filled his eyes as the blood drained from his face.
Within minutes of the call he was speeding down the road toward the cliff face. When he arrived the army of rescue personnel mobbed his car and nearly carried him to the ladder that connected the base of the cliff with the top where everyone had gathered. There were a mass of men below too and with a sudden sinking feeling James found himself next to the broken and bleeding body of his son.
A voice spoke to him but he heard nothing. His eyes fell on the slowly dying boy before him and he went to him. The blood had spread a bit and he settled into it letting the liquid seep into the fibers of his jeans.
The I.V. in Arion's arm was dripping something clear into him as James leaned in to stroke his son's cheek. "I'm sorry," the weak voice was wavering and a red froth fell from the edge of his mouth as he moaned a bit to expel enough air to speak. His mouth opened again but nothing came out this time.
James sat in silence. His insides churned with fear and slowly it was building. With shaking fingers he tenderly wrapped his hand around his son's. "Don't leave me please." he stared down into his sons eyes ignoring the trail of dried blood that looked like nearly black tears running from his son's eye. "I can't do this alone!"
Arion smiled enough to be noticed and with a last rattling breath, was still.
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As founder of Apple Steve Jobs said, "Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it."
Steve Job’s saying applies in the life of prominent industrialist Rajendra Kumar Khetan, who also holds the view that one can find satisfaction when he or she works the way he chooses.
Born in 1970 in Makhan, a core area of Kathmandu's old city, Khetan, an elder son of renowned industrialist late Mohan Gopal Khetan, has seen all the transformations, including socio-cultural, economic and business of Kathmandu Valley and Nepal. He still keeps information on broader areas.
Completing high school from Adarshsa Vidya Mandir, a boarding school of Lalitpur, and higher education from Tribhuwan University affiliated college, young Khetan emerged as a successful entrepreneur achieving accomplishments one after another in his business, profession and personal life.
"My eighty percent school friends are from local community. We used to have conversation in Newari. However, I was gradually losing that part of my knowledge and skill," said Khetan.
Starting his journey from a traditional family business and part of its modernization or corporatization, Khetan was also a part of political transformation after 2008 when he was elected a member of Constituent Assembly.
Over the years, Khetan saw a major shift in the business and industrial sector. From being isolated and confined to a city to getting widely connected with a population of over six million, Khetan has been an eye-witness of the transformation of Kathmandu Valley and Nepal.
Growing up in a Marwari family, a traditional business family, industrialist Khetan even saw his family business has moved from trading to industry, service and banking sector to become a corporate house. Initiated by his father late Mohan Gopal Khetan, he was a part of the expansion and modernization of his business.
Chairman of Laxmi Bank Ltd, Khetan’s Business Group is 170 years old. Established in 1848 AD in Kathmandu, Nepal, as Kisun Ram Purna Mal, the business group is now fully equipped with modern amenities.
Conducting the business from Makhan Galli, Khetan’s earlier generations were busy in trading. However, they did import the goods and machinery from England, America and Germany.
With the new avenues open following the political liberalization of 1990, his father late Khetan expanded his business in different sectors including industry, brewery, service, insurance and banking, aviation and tourism sector joining hands with multi-national groups.
Comparing old Kathmandu and early days, Khetan sees enormous opportunities coming for new generation in financial and service sector in the most modernized city of Kathmandu.
Although more competent and qualified internationally exposed youths are coming in the market, Khetan’s home learned education continues to help him to flourish and expand. Grown up in the core Kathmandu, Khetan also speaks local Newari language which is his advantage.
"Our city turned into metropolitan as a small trading house became a corporate house. Our economy is big.”
Inheriting his family business, he sees the transformation is for the sake of better with strong formal sectors. Gradually, the non-competitive and non-advantageous sector has gone.
“We are strong in construction and service sector. We have developed a lot in these two sectors. Frankly speaking, Nepal has now all kinds of facilities required for multi-national business. We have now huge numbers of high paid and moderate people which has impacted a lot. It increases consumer demands and consumer choice. Nepal is now heading to consumer economy. From monopoly market to free consumer based economy. This is a big change. There I build circle consumers," said Khetan.
Khetan Confinement
Dynamic and persuasive, Khetan used to be a person with high social presence. However, the situation has changed and now Khetan lives in low profile escaping from all kinds of big gathering. Instead of spending more time in public appearance and functions, Khetan spends more time managing companies in the financial sector like Bank, Capital Market, Micro Finance, Mutual Fund & Life & Non-Life Insurance from his office room form the sixth floor of Khetan House.
"After the death of my father, we jointly operated the empire for seven years. Later we have decided to lead the areas of our interest. I used to be very close with with different kinds of people. People have been more likely to see me and I was more or less like a spokesperson of business community," said Khetan.
The dissolution of first Constituent Assembly abruptly brought change in the life style. "After the dissolution of CA, there was a great social change in my behavior. I was a very active member of CA. I was a vibrant member of private sector and I often used to be a spokesperson of business sector. I was overwhelmingly overloaded in previous time. I have decided to remain busy in my business. It was my choice. I choose a peaceful life. I attend less than fifty percent of the party. If someone calls me or sends me message, only after that I meet people," said Khetan.
He holds the view that prospects of economy are good. Red tape and corruption have gone up. Labor and tax policies need to be changed. "White-color workers have also increased as blue color," said Khetan.
Married to Sarika, Khetan has two daughters. One has completed the graduation and other is at the high school. Decorated artistically in style as good as any executive office of head of corporate around the world, Khetan directs his business and other affairs through his two mobile phones.
"I am avoiding other activities. I want to fulfill my family and social responsibility. I also attend senate meeting of KU, chair Agrawal foundation and family affairs. I do appear in some of meetings of consular corps," said Khetan, who was also a former dean.
Khetan, an honorary Consul General of Portugal to Nepal, engages in the diplomatic activities. Khetan's daily official chores begin at 9 in the morning and end at 5 in the afternoon. He meets people and his executives at his office quietly. In his hay-day, Khetan maintained attendances in all different activities.
President of Nepal Britain Chamber of Commerce, Khetan is president of Agrawal Sewa Samaj, a charity organization of his community. He is also performing the role as a mediator in his own community. Khetan is a Senator of Kathmandu University.
"I do also spend some of my time to settle the family and property disputes of our community," said Khetan.
At a time when Nepal and France have been celebrating 70 years of establishment of diplomatic relationship, Khetan, Vice President of Nepal France Friendship Society, is also serving the President of Alliance Française de Katmandou.
Past Involvement
In the past, one could find Khetan everywhere. Involved everywhere, from health sector to social, community business and politics, Khetan used to be a busiest person. Khetan worked among Champions on Policy Advocacy on HIV AIDS with Asia Pacific Leader's Forum -Nepal Policy Panel (APLF).
He was Dean of Honorary Consular Corp of Nepal for 2017/18. Khetan was Vice President of Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce & Industry and also Management Association of Nepal.
For his work, industrialist Khetan also received many awards from different areas. He is the recipient of Honorific Order of Official da Ordem do Infante d. Henrique of Portugal, “Jana Sewa Shree” of Nepal, Go Da Ba 'III' of Nepal & ,“Sambhidhan Sabha” Bhibhusan of Nepal. Khetan accompanied Head of the State of Nepal to different countries periodically on official entourage.
He served as the vice president of Federation of Nepalese Chamber and Commerce of Industry. As he used to be so much active spending a lot of time in promoting business, social issues outside home, Khetan rarely found time to spare with family.
Until his father late Mohan Gopal Khetan was alive, his father shared work with him. Junior Khetan has had to bear an additional burden following the death of his father. Although he still heads different social organizations, business organizations and attends many functions, he maintains a low profile.
Looking at his dynamic and hard working character, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs late Robin Cook, during his visit to Nepal in 20-21 April 2000, said in public that Nepal needs more active youth like Khetan to make progress.
Khetan worked with different Boards & Committees of Government like Revenue Board of Finance Ministry, Information Technology Board of Ministry of Science & Technology, Tripartite Committee of Minimum Wages of Ministry of Labor, Board of Trade of Ministry of Commerce & Supplies & WTO Cell of Ministry of Industry & Commerce and Insurance Pool of Insurance Board of Ministry of Finance.
Khetan was speaker at ILO convention in Geneva as Chairman of Employers Council, FNCCI, Nepal. Khetan presented talks at Nepal Festival in London, UK, Lisbon Portugal & Non Resident Nepalese Association EU in Zurich & for Asia Pacific at Hong Kong on issues of Trade & Investment. Khetan was speaker at Management Convention in Hong Kong as Management Expert of Nepal.
High Presence To Low
He seems to be tired but not out. Khetan, who is now chairperson of Laxmi Bank, maintains a low profile and is confined, most of his time, with family and his business. Unlike in the past Khetan avoids parties and receptions. Even if he attends, he leaves earlier.
“I have been active in different works. However, I want to spend more time with family and business. Go for holiday,” said Khetan.
Khetan’s Own Journey
"When I started business 35 years ago, there were no housing and banking businesses like now. Everything came after 1990 as it was the year of opening Nepal broadly. There used to be three sectors traditionally in Nepal, agriculture, trading and industry and tourism. No one talked about housing, private banks and private airlines. It used to unbelievable for common people to think about it. I was the first board director of Himalayan Bank. We started the first private airlines, Himalayan Finance Company and Everest Insurance. My entry to business and liberalization of these sectors happened at the same time. Now everything changed, Nepal’s economy is enlarged and diversified compared to 30 years ago," said Khetan.
In the past, there used be monopoly in business. Only those who had knowledge and contact were able to grasp the opportunity. The situation is now that everyone has that opportunity. During the licensee raj, only a limited number of people held the business. Now common people can get it. We can become entrepreneurs if you have money and idea. There will be a very few scandals compared to size of economy.
"People like western lives. Our demand is master and technocrats, but we don’t have this. The supplier side of capable human resource is weak in Nepal and we are unable to find human resources required by the companies. There are low compensation. Universities, labor department can handle this," said Khetan.
If we retain human resources as our need, it will immensely help. “Your father studied in JP School and you went to AVM, both of you are able to compete in the market. My father has certain inherent quality Nepal you did so doing here. We have foundation, social linkage all come as advantage to do business. Will to do something here.”
Newcomers do not have financial linkage and financial foundation. They have to think many times. Only people are job seekers. We have huge numbers of youth who are capable to mange things. There are people who joined without knowing demand situation. This is a painful process.
"I am proud to say that ours is a first company to construct a building and introduce business house culture in Nepal. We have done so many things. There is a gap in supply of human resources. There is the need to take risk to be successful entrepreneurs," said Khetan.
Khetan's Legacy
With nearly two centuries of presence in Nepal, Khetan Group was the first business house to introduce a new concept bringing all the industries under single roof or corporate culture in Nepal. Maintaining its stand, Khetan Business Group is going to another generation within the next decade.
With two brilliant and well educated daughters, Khetan is relaxed and relieved. Although his younger daughter is still in high school, elder daughter has graduated from European University with good academic scores.
"We are a group of lowest debt and more equity. Now-a-days more companies take debt and less equity. My daughters will take like I did but in different styles. When our father handed over the business, I followed some of family ingredients introducing modern corporate culture. Now, my business is running on completely corporate style. My daughters will not have to do more but to take well managed and well set up corporate houses. My nephews are there to carry on other sectors," said Khetan.
My daughters inherit my qualities. Elder daughter wants to do well in social entrepreneurship and academic areas," said Khetan.
As it is said time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
Poudel is the editor of New Spotlight Magazine.
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Vikings nearly upset top-ranked Manogue
Steve Yingling, Tribune sports edtior
Heart and effort are the great athletic equalizers.
South Tahoe High had both on its side on Friday night as the Vikings nearly pulled off the biggest upset of the Northern Nevada basketball season.
The Vikings led by as many as 14 points in the first half against top-ranked Bishop Manogue in South Lake Tahoe The Miners didn’t take their first lead until the final quarter before unleashing their suffocating defense to pull out a hard-fought 52-44 Sierra Division win.
“I thought they came to play. That was great. I like a good game,” said Manogue coach Bill Ballinger. “I just thought they played harder than we did. I thought they outplayed us the first three quarters, and they wanted it more than we did.”
Considering Manogue beat the Vikings 93-28 the first time the teams met in Reno, the rematch was expected to be a breeze for the unbeaten Sierra Division leaders.
Hardly.
“We don’t worry about scores; other people worry about scores,” Ballinger said. “I don’t think we made a trey in the first half, and the last time we saw them we made about 10 treys in the first half. I’m not taking anything away from South Tahoe; they played a great game.”
The Vikings were the aggressors from the start. Seniors Thomas Eidam and Garrett Tinlin repeatedly burned the Miners for fast-break baskets, and Manogue was uncharacteristically coughing up the ball in transition. With Tinlin scoring six quick points, the Vikings bolted to an 8-0 lead with 4 minutes, 57 seconds to go in the opening quarter.
Before the first quarter elapsed, Eidam added two more layups and Braun banked in a shot in the final seconds as STHS built an improbable 20-6 lead.
“That was like a dream come true,” said South Tahoe coach Chris Proctor. “We talked about having to hold onto the ball longer, make them play defense and look for backdoor opportunities.”
Manogue knifed into the double-digit lead in the second quarter behind a 14-2 spurt, but the Vikings answered just before halftime to take a 26-20 lead. Tinlin scored his ninth and 10th points of the half on an inbound pass from Eidam, and Eidam tacked on two more points on a crisp pass from McQuade Brubaker.
South Tahoe (2-8 in league) stayed in front throughout the third quarter, but Manogue star Bobby Hunter began to wake up. After only scoring two points in the first half, Hunter netted back-to-back buckets to make the score 32-29 South Tahoe. The teams exchanged foul shots in the final minute of the quarter, which ended with the Vikings in front 34-31. Reserve Wade Norberg re-energized his team with a blocked shot in the closing seconds of the quarter.
Manogue, however, made a decisive run to start the fourth quarter, and Hunter triggered it. His three-pointer from the wing jump-started a 15-0 run that culminated with Steven Carlson’s second rebound basket of the run. Hunter scored seven of his game-high 18 points during the scoring flurry, which ended with Manogue ahead 46-34.
“I knew they’d make a run, and we had to asborb it,” Proctor said. “We did a decent job until the start of the fourth quarter. We ran out of guys who weren’t tired.”
South Tahoe pulled within nine points on two free throws by Ricky Braun with 2:00 remaining, but didn’t get the deficit inside 10 points again until Braun banked in a 16-foot shot as time expired.
“They have so many moments where they are playing the way I know they can play. The big challenge is to convince them of that. Games like that help,” Proctor said. “They can play like this on a regular basis, and they can beat teams.
“I’m proud of them. I hope they understand it’s not a win, but it definitely demonstrates to them that if they play together and execute like we ask them, they can have some success.”
Manogue improved to 17-4, including 10-0 in league games.
The Vikings, who were led by Eidam’s 14 points, will play host to Galena on Tuesday.
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Heartsafe Communities was started in Massachusetts, and has since spread over the world, and is a program designed to promote survival from sudden out-of-hospital focused upon strengthening the Chain of Survival; it recognises and stimulates efforts by individual communities to improve their systems to promote every link in the Chain.
In the Heartsafe model, a community, which may be a geographical region or an organisation, establishes a set of minimum criteria that must be met in order to achieve Heartsafe status. These are goals that support the Chain of Survival, such as widespread HQ-CPR instruction, public access defibrillators placement plans and fundraising activities, and aggressive resuscitation protocols for first responders and ambulance services. Individual communities can become designated as a Heartsafe Community, with street signs proclaiming this status posted at the edge of town, and substantial media coverage as a result.
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Magician’s Baby Predicts Outcome In Astonishing Performance
Monday, July 23rd, 2018 at 9:05 am
Marc Spelman, a 46-year-old magician from North London, puts on one of the best magic performances ever to be done on TV! He looped in his family story into the act and the most astonishing thing happened.
Despite being incredible at what he does, Marc does not make a full-time living out of magic. But this might very well the break he needs to get more gig.
To begin his act, he asked permission to approach the judges. He gave Amanda a Rubik’s cube and told her to keep mixing until he gets back to her.
Next, he went to David with a box of crayons, shook it and ask him to pick one without looking. He told him to hold on to the crayon but not look at it or show it to anyone. David obliged.
Then she approached Alesha with a deck of cards which belongs to his daughter. They were all different cards and asked her to pick one as well.
He went back to Amanda, took the Rubik’s cube and said, ‘’You have mixed that cube into a completely unique pattern. Fair to say? We’ll get back to that in a moment.’’
Finally, he went to Simon and gave him a pen that belongs to his wife. He asked him to hold it on the table with the ballpoint pointing upwards.
Magician Shin Lim Pulls Cards Out Of Thin Air
Sunday, July 22nd, 2018 at 5:01 am
Do you believe in the magic? If not, this might just convince you that it is real. Or at least be awestruck by how awesome and sly this magician is!
Shin Lim was impressive in his auditions but this time, he has to raise the bar higher if he was to proceed to the next round. The judges chose not to ask too many questions about what the magician is going to do and let the magic unveil itself.
Shin asked a volunteer among the judges, and eventually went for Olivia. She sat on a chair right next to him so the judges have eyes close to the magician’s table. Today, he will be serving card tricks!
I know, it’s one of the oldest tricks in the book. It has been done and figured out and done a million times before. How could he possibly be doing anything that could still impress the judges? But man, did he pull it off.
He laid cards on the table and picked a card, an Ace, and handed it to Olivia. He asked her to cover it with her hands.
Terrifying Magician’s Performance Came Straight Out Of A Horror Film
Saturday, July 21st, 2018 at 8:06 am
A mixture of horror and awe filled the theater of America’s Got Talent as Sacred Riana did her set. The frightening magician hails from Indonesia and her act was straight out of an Asian horror flick.
Sacred Riana has long silky black hair and wears a school uniform. She also carries an aged doll but mostly holds it loosely by one arm. She doesn’t talk and tends to twitch her head uncontrollably towards her left side.
When Mel B asked her what her name was, there was no response. Throughout the interview process, she did not utter a single words\ and just did creepy head jerks.
‘’Well, let’s try again. Welcome to American’s Got Talent anyway,’’ Mel B said after her first question was ignore.
Suddenly, the terrifying magician lets go of her doll that she’d been holding and approached the judges. All four of them were visibly terrified of her and the creepy vibes she exuded.
She stared at the judges as she walked past them. Simon formed a cross with his two index fingers in hopes that she will steer clear of him.
She made a turn behind Howie and was walking behind the judges who were downright terrified of her. Heidi also formed a cross with her fingers as Simon hid behind her.
Magician Turns Wedding Cake Into Paper
Tuesday, July 17th, 2018 at 7:06 am
What’s more awesome than a wedding? A magician’s wedding! You’re sure to see a magic trick or two!
Blake Vogt, a magician who appeared on the stage of American’s Got Talent in 2016, tied the knot with his long time girlfriend and got the attendees good.
A little bit of a backstory, he refers to himself as the ‘’Allergic Magician’’ because he is allergic to so many things in life. Vogt joined season 11 of the competition and made it to the semifinals but unfortunately did not get enough votes to make it all the way to the end.
Anyway, alongside his wife at the reception, he took a slice of the wedding cake and announced that he will not be doing a magic trick. Sure, it was his big day and he can do whatever he wanted.
”The main question that most people asked us when we got married was, ‘Well is there gonna be magic at the wedding?”’
To which Vogt responded, ”No, but it will be magic-ful.”
However, when the crowd playfully booed his decision not to do magic, he took it back and offered to do one trick, much to the delight of everyone at the venue. Vogt looks at his wife and asked, ”Are you think what I’m thinking?”
Magician Astounds Crowd With Quirky Striptease
Monday, July 16th, 2018 at 2:29 pm
Every now and then, we see acts on the big stage that are not particularly skillful or beautiful but then win our hearts anyway. Such is the case for Sora, a magician hailing from Japan, who auditioned on Britain’s Got Talent.
The 26-year-old started the act by summoning his lovely assistant. She walked in to the stage, carrying a sketchbook.
The inside of the sketch book was divided into four parts: the head, the chest area, the lower body area and the legs. Each page of the sketch book shows the same girl wearing different colored underwear, much to the bewilderment of the crowd and judges alike.
Sora and her assistant approached Simon first and asked him to turn the page for the chest area; then he went to David for the panty area; and lastly to Alesha for the stocking area.
Apparently, he asked the judges to choose the pages to ensure that the underwear colors chosen were totally random for the funniest and weirdest magic trick he is about to unveil.
The magician and his assistant went back to the stage. Everyone thought the female assistant will be stripping to show how they predicted the judges’ choices just moments earlier.
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Stanley Szecowka
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Good time to be feeling Blu!
The Diplomat Radisson Blu Hotel Residence & Spa is the latest five-star property in the kingdom to invest millions of dinars in upgrading its facilities.
Members of the media were shown around its gleaming new lobby this week and given a glimpse of a renovated guest room just days after newcomers to the highly-competitive sector opened their doors to guests.
As highlighted last week, the long-anticipated Reef Resort unveiled its chic villas, sandy pools, spas and restaurants just as the Jumeirah Royal Saray beach destination, close by in Seef district, unlocked its gates.
The Diplomat Radisson Blu, owned by National Hotels Company, opened for business in 1982, detailed the progress of its extensive BD7.5m renovation project being undertaken across its public areas as well as its rooms and suites. Now boasting a modern blue and beige interior, the contemporary lobby features floor-to-ceiling columns and glass panels embossed with Arabesque patterns, plus elegant lighting to add to the ambience.
General manager Kosta Kourotsidis, said: “We are committed to providing the highest standard through the best hospitality and I look forward to welcoming both existing and new guests as we celebrate a new stage in our hotel’s history.”
A new outlet has been added in the lobby, called Royal Café, where guests and visitors can have casual meetings, a cup of tea or coffee and a quick bite, he added. And Olivos, an all-day-dining restaurant, has been given a complete refurbishment as well.
A warm and welcoming open floor plan has been created where the front desk and lobby seating area are mixed in a single large space to greet guests.
The Diplomat Hotel, located in the Diplomatic Area, offers a choice of 367 guest rooms, suites & residence apartments. Its new look guest rooms feature state-of-the-art technology with Apple TVs, sensor lighting and bedside docking stations.
The property has recently appointed Hasan Barakat as its director of sales & marketing, described as a ‘timely appointment’ as the on-going ‘massive renovation’ takes shape. “I’m sure we will benefit from his experience to market and correctly position our upgraded property," added Kosta.
As recently reported, the Crowne Plaza Bahrain has completed extensive refurbishment too and the Mövenpick Hotel Bahrain in about to undergo a full phased renovation over 10 months.
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Newspaper readership in Italy 2006-2018, by reading frequency
Published by Daniela Coppola, Sep 11, 2019
From 2006 to 2018, both print and digital newspaper readership have decreased very sharply in Italy. While in 2006 almost 13 million people read newspapers on a regular basis (at least five times per week), in 2018, only 7.2 million people still used to do that. The trend is even lower where occasional readers are concerned - i.e. those who read newspapers at least once a week. If in the first case the decrease reached 5.5 million units, in the second almost ten million readers stopped to inform themselves through written articles.
Written articles? No, thanks
This sharp decline could be explained in different ways. One of the most obvious reasonings could be attributing it exclusively to the fall in print press sales. Beside the overall decline of print newspapers however, a mild decrease occurred in online news consumption as well. This is clear evidence of the fact that not only sales of printed newspapers decreased, but also that this decline has not been counterbalanced by an increase of online copies. Because of this reason, it is possible to conclude that Italians are, in general, less and less interested in reading written articles. Instead, they prefer to inform themselves through social networks and TV, as this statistic shows.
A different trend across Europe
The conclusion proposed in the previous paragraph cannot be generalized for all European countries. Indeed, across Europe, the share of people reading online newspapers and magazines increased by almost ten percent from 2013 to 2017 , while Italy seems not to follow such European trend.
Number of newspaper readers in Italy from 2006 to 2018, by reading frequency* (in 1,000 readers)
Five times a week or more
6 years and older
* Includes print and digital readership
La Repubblica copies distributed and sold in Italy 2003-2018
Newspaper readership in Italy 2018, by region
La Stampa copies distributed and sold in Italy 2003-2018
Italy: daily newspaper advertising revenue 2017-2018
Statistics on "Newspaper industry in Italy"
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Contracts awarded for the Ørskog-Fardal project
Statnett has awarded contracts for the Ørskog-Fardal (Sogndal) project. Contracts totalling NOK 1.3 billion awarded.
The contract for the construction of power lines from Ørskog in Sunnmøre to Ålfoten in Sogn og Fjordane County was awarded to Consorzio Italia 2000. The other contract was awarded to Dalekovod who will construct the Ålfoten-Sogndal section.
Statnett has also awarded a contract to the AF Gruppen for part delivery of foundation work.
SB Skog won the contract for forest clearance and Erling Rolstad AS was awarded the contract for foundation work at Moskog and Høyanger transformer stations.
So far contracts totalling approximately NOK 1.3 billion have been awarded. The remaining contracts will be awarded in the winter of 2012. The development work will initially commence in those sections of the Ørskog-Fardal section for which Statnett has been granted a licence.
Contracts awarded to several Norwegian contractors
The power line contract has been divided into two main contracts. Moreover, parts of the main foundation work have been divided into a separate contract. ”Splitting up the project into several power line contract packages was a strategic decision that Statnett made to promote competition and, at the same time, pave the way for Norwegian businesses.
”We were glad to see good international competition for the power line contracts in this project. Moreover, we were pleased that several Norwegian suppliers were able to compete for important deliveries to one of Statnett’s largest grid development projects,” says Executive Vice President Håkon Borgen.
Communications Advisor, Martha Hagerup Nilson tel.: + 47 97171310
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Limits are sought on the use of credit histories in hiring
By David Migoya The denver post
As he walked recently to a job that pays a lot less than what he once earned, Walter Sanchez said his trashed credit history � the result of a pair of layoffs that eventually cost his family its Aurora, Colo., home � has hindered his job search.
�Last year, I applied for so many different jobs,� he said, dragging out a few extra o�s in �so.� �After they�d check my credit history, the majority would just say, �Thanks for applying,� and simply deal with someone else.�
Sanchez is one of thousands of unemployed or underemployed Coloradans who could benefit from a state proposal � similar to measures being considered or passed in a growing number of other states � to limit employers� use of credit histories to screen job applicants.
Credit histories are used by 60 percent of all companies as pre-employment screening tools, according to the Society for Human Resource Management. Although that has not changed over the past few years, the number of applicants with blemished credit records has risen with the adverse economy.
Federal law requires companies to get applicants� written permission before pulling their credit histories, but in a tight job market, applicants are less likely to say �no.�
A bill by Sen. Morgan Carroll, D-Aurora, aims to limit the use of credit histories in employment screening to only those jobs that are relevant to the background, such as financial positions that handle a lot of money or those workers in a position of trust over the elderly or vulnerable.
Business groups are concerned the bill would take away a legitimate tool for screening job candidates, and at least one is opposing the measure.
Sanchez, a 42-year-old father of four boys, said he understands that companies want good employees, but he thinks that relying on a credit history is a poor way to ensure they�ll get one.
�My credit now, if you had it, looks as if you�re in a position to do immoral things just to get back on your feet,� said the former telecommunications and computer-design expert who saw two solid jobs end in unexpected layoffs during the past two years.
Things snowballed: a foreclosure, a surprise hospital stay, the layoff of his spouse, no way to meet mounting bills, a bankruptcy. With the house, Sanchez was suddenly more than $575,000 underwater.
�I had a credit score of over 740, and just like that, I didn�t anymore,� he said. �But that bad credit doesn�t mean I�m going to do bad things.�
Sanchez got lucky, despite having to move his family into temporary housing at a low-cost hotel. Today, he works at a pawn shop in Aurora, the beneficiary of a boss who he said exercised common sense.
Still, Sanchez is one of thousands of unemployed or underemployed who saw once-stable lives spiral downward with the tanking economy.
Carroll said it�s unfair that a bad credit record should keep an otherwise qualified candidate from landing a job.
�How is it you�re to get a job if your credit prevents that?� she said. �It should be used to determine how much to lend you not to determine whether you�re a good employee.�
Her proposal, Senate Bill 3, is assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee. A hearing date remains to be scheduled.
Limiting employer access to credit histories is an idea that�s gathering steam nationwide.
Colorado is one of 19 states, along with the District of Columbia, considering 34 pieces of legislation this year that touch on the topic � whether for a new hire or for a promotion. Seven states, California being the most recent, have passed laws limiting the use of credit information in hiring.
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Sardinia, 48 year old killed on his land
9.43 A 48-year-old was killed in Sardinia, in the Genoni countryside. The man, already known to the police, was hit by gunshots while he was on his way to land. Delivered to the hospital in Cagliari, he died. In the area it is a killer hunt.
20 August 20199.43 A 48-year-old was killed in Sardinia, in the Genoni countryside. The man, already known to the police, was hit by gunshots while he was on his way to land. Delivered to the hospital in Cagliari, he died. In the area it is a killer hunt.
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New Rule Aims To Keep Drowsy Truck Drivers Off The Road
By The Tapella & Eberspacher Law Firm
Like many employees, commercial truck drivers often feel pressure from their bosses and other company officials to perform their duties in a certain way. They are pushed to deliver their cargo as quickly as possible, often at the expense of their own rest. Hours of service violations were among the top infractions in roadside inspections in 2014, and the U.S. Department of Transportation named drowsy driving as one of the leading causes of fatal truck crashes.
Drivers Feel Pressure to Work Long Hours
Truckers say they are often put in situations in which they feel they must ignore hours of service rules to keep their jobs. Last year in Michigan, three truckers were fired when they refused to work more than 27 straight hours. The company was fined and the employees reinstated, but the problem is pervasive, and until recently, it was difficult for truckers to know what action to take when faced with that type of situation. In many cases, this resulted in drowsy drivers getting behind the wheel, creating potential risks to all those who share the road. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently finalized a rule prohibiting companies from encouraging hours of service violations and offering clear reporting practices with serious consequences.
The Coercion Rule
Set to take effect at the end of the month, the coercion rule forbids trucking companies and shippers from pressuring drivers to operate in violation of FMCSA hours of service rules, among others. For coercion to have occurred, three requirements must be met. They are:
The company requests a driver to operate in a manner that would result in the driver violating the hours of service rules.
The driver must inform the company that the rules will be violated should he operate as they asked.
The company must make a threat or take negative action against the driver to convince him to operate despite the violation.
Truck drivers have 90 days from the date of the alleged coercion to file a complaint, and whistleblower laws protect operators from retaliation if they report misconduct.
Large trucks were involved in over 3,800 fatal crashes in 2013. It is well documented that when trucks and cars collide, the smaller car occupants often suffer the most serious injuries. If you or someone you love has suffered injuries in a truck accident, and you suspect drowsy driving was a factor, you may be eligible to make a claim. Contact the experienced legal team at the Tapella & Eberspacher Law Firm at (217) 394-5885 for a free, no-obligation consultation.
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The Selected Stories of Patricia Highsmith - (Paperback)
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Author: Patricia Highsmith
Street Date: December 17, 2005
These stories highlight the remarkable range of Highsmith's powers her unique ability to quickly, almost imperceptibly, draw out the mystery and strangeness of her subject, which appears achingly ordinary to our naked eye. Whether writing about jaded wives or household pets, Highsmith continually upsets our expectations and presents a world frighteningly familiar to our own, where danger lurks around every turn. Stories from The Animal-Lovers Book of Beastly Murders portray, with incisive humor, the murderously competitive desires of our most trusted companions. In this viciously satirical reprise of Kafka, cats, dogs, and cockroaches are no longer necessary aspects of a happy home but actually have the power to destroy it. In the short sketches that make up the Little Tales of Misogyny, Highsmith rediscovers predictable female characters "The Dancer," "The Female Novelist," "The Prude" and, through scathing humor, invests them with uniquely destructive powers. As a writer, Highsmith was all too well aware of the stolid patriarchal conventions that ruled her day her publisher rejected her second book out of hand because of its homosexual content. She is not a polemicist, but, as stories like "Oona the Jolly Cave Woman" and "The Mobile Bed-Object" reveal, her bizarre, haunting fiction continually betrays the inadequacy of our conventional understanding of female character. Highsmith eventually moved away from these coolly satiric, darkly comic exercises, and in her later collections, The Black House, Slowly, Slowly in the Wind, and Mermaids on the Golf Course, she uses the warm familiarities of middle-class life the manicured lawns, the cozy uptown apartments, the local pubs as the backbone for her chilling portrayals. "The Black House," for instance, explores the small-town male camaraderie and the destructive secret it masks: in this world, the fact that everyone knows your name is more likely a curse than a blessing. In the title story of the final collection presented here, "Mermaids on a Golf-Course," a man's extraordinary brush with death endows his everyday desires with fantastically devastating consequences. In her later work, Highsmith adds a dimension of penetrating psychological insight, evoked most vividly in stories like "A Curious Suicide" and "The Stuff of Madness," where the precarious line between fantasy and reality is blurred and we experience the terrifying possibility of slipping between them. Great writers view the world askew, and in their art they reflect our world back to us, slightly distorted.
The Selected Stories reveals Highsmith's deft and exacting style, her incisive satirical intelligence, and her faultless eye for depicting the inner tremblings of human character. Her world remains all the more frightening because we recognize it as our own.
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Automation Anywhere hires two industry veterans to drive global growth
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California-headquartered robotic process automation (RPA) software enterprise Automation Anywhere has appointed Stephen DeWitt as chief strategy officer and Riadh Dridi as chief marketing officer.
The appointments are aimed at building the company’s brand value and supporting the global expansion of its operations, said an official statement.
DeWitt, the first chief strategy officer for Automation Anywhere, will oversee internal corporate strategy, operational excellence and help in the expansion of relationships with investors, strategic partners and customers, the statement said.
DeWitt was earlier the chief executive officer at enterprise software solutions company WorkMarket.
DeWitt, a Babson College alumnus, has also served in a variety of roles at HP, Cisco, Symantec and Sun Microsystems.
Didri will lead the company’s strategy and execute marketing efforts aimed at bolstering Automation Anywhere’s global expansion, the statement added.
Dridi joins Automation Anywhere from American cloud computing solutions enterprise RingCentral where he held the position of chief marketing officer.
He served in various capacities during his 12-year stint with HP and later led marketing operations at Dell Technologies-backed software company VMWare.
“This year, we have achieved the most significant growth in Automation Anywhere history – adding new employees, customers and countries at supersonic speed as organisations realise the tremendous value of our industry-leading RPA platform. I am thrilled to add such incredible expertise to our executive bench to build upon this momentum and usher in a new chapter for intelligent automation,” said Mihir Shukla, CEO and co-founder, Automation Anywhere.
Automation Anywhere was founded in 2003 as Tethys Solutions by Indian-origin entrepreneurs Shukla, Rushabh Parmani, Ankur Kothari and Neeti Mehta. The RPA solutions deployed by Automation Anywhere harnesses technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics.
The company claims to be serving over 3,100 customers and 1,800 enterprise brands across the financial services, insurance, healthcare, technology, manufacturing, telecom and logistics companies globally.
In August, the company had announced that it was planning to invest over $100 million to bolster its India operations in the next three to five years. The investment will be geared towards promoting research and development and ramping up hiring more people in its India-based development centres.
In June, technology giant Microsoft entered into a strategic partnership with Automation Anywhere to advance automation in enterprise-grade operations. As part of the partnership, Automation Anywhere’s clients will be able to deploy bots from Microsoft Azure’s cloud service.
Mihir Shukla, co-founder, Automation Anywhere had told TechCircle in an interview that RPA delivers faster returns on investment than any other digital transformation process.
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How to Levitate a Droplet on a Liquid Surface?
An uplifting experiment.
Visualization of vortices in a drop of silicone oil sitting on a warm bath. The temperature difference generates a recirculating flow that is visualized by shining a green laser light on fluorescent particles that are added as passive tracers within the drop.
In a new study, MIT scientists have explained why under certain conditions a droplet of liquid should not coalesce with the liquid surface below. On the off chance that the bead is exceptionally frosty, and the shower adequately hot, at that point the drop should “levitate” on the shower’s surface, because of the streams initiated by the temperature contrast.
Through this, scientists came to know how biological or chemical substances are spread by rain or other sprays in nature. They could likewise fill in as a guide for bead-based plans, such as, in microfluidic chips, where beads conveying different reagents can be intended to blend just in specific areas in a chip, at specific temperatures. With this new understanding, analysts could likewise design beads to go about as mechanical metal balls in zero-gravity conditions.
Michela Geri, a graduate student in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering said, “Based on our new theory, engineers can decide what is the initial critical temperature difference they need to maintain two drops separately, and what is the maximum weight that a bearing constructed from these levitating drops would be able to sustain.”
“If you have a fundamental understanding, you can start designing things the way you want them to work.”
A drop of silicone oil “levitating” on a bath of liquid.
Courtesy of the researchers
She built a small box, about the size of an espresso cup, with acrylic walls and a metal floor, which she placed on a hot/cold plate. She filled the cube with a bath of silicone oil, and just above the surface of the bath, she set a syringe through which she pumped droplets of silicone oil of the same viscosity. In each series of experiments, she set the temperature of the hot/cold plate and measured the temperatures of the oil pumped through the syringe and at the surface of the bath.
She utilized a high-speed camera to record each droplet, at 2,000 frames per second. The experiment was performed by using silicone oils with a range of viscosities, from water-like to 500 times thicker.
She found that droplets appeared to levitate on a bath’s surface as the temperature gradient between the two fluids increased. She was able to levitate a droplet, delaying its coalescence, by as long as 10 seconds, by maintaining a temperature difference of up to 30 degrees Celsius or 86 degrees Fahrenheit, comparable to the difference between a drop of cold milk on a bath of hot black coffee.
Later, she mapped the data and observed that the droplet’s residence time on the bath’s surface seemed to depend on the initial temperature difference between the two fluids, raised to the power of two-thirds.
Coalescence of a drop of cream into a bath of hot coffee. (Courtesy of the researchers)
They found that there exists a critical temperature difference at which a droplet of a given viscosity will not mix but instead levitate on a liquid surface.
Geri said, “We saw this relationship clearly in the lab and then tried to develop a theory in hopes of rationalizing that dependence.”
“We found the force coming from the droplet’s weight and the force coming from the recirculation of the air layer will balance at a point, and get that balance, you need a minimum, or critical temperature difference, in order for the droplet to levitate.”
Scientists primarily observed the layer of air separating the droplet from the bath. They then hypothesized that a temperature difference between the two fluids may influence this air cushion, which may in turn act to keep a droplet afloat.
To investigate this idea mathematically, the researchers performed a calculation, referred to in fluid mechanics as a lubrication analysis, in which they appropriately simplified the complex equations describing fluid motion, to describe the flow of air between the droplet and the bath.
Through these equations, they found that temperature differences between the fluid drop and the fluid bath create convection or circulating currents in the intervening layer of air. The greater the temperature difference, the stronger the air currents, and the greater the pressure that pushes against the droplet’s weight, preventing it from sinking and making contact with the bath.
Geri said, “We found the force coming from the droplet’s weight and the force coming from the recirculation of the air layer will balance at a point, and get that balance, you need a minimum, or critical temperature difference, in order for the droplet to levitate.”
“For that, we had to think about how the temperature of the drop changes over time and approaches the temperature of the bath.”
“With a temperature difference, you generate a flow inside the drop, drawing up heat from the bath, which circulates around until the droplet temperature is the same as the bath and you don’t levitate anymore. We were able to describe that process mathematically.”
To do as such, the analysts adjusted another arrangement of conditions, which portray the blending of two liquids. They utilized the conditions to display a warm package of fluid inside the bead that has been warmed by the shower underneath. They could describe how that package of fluid blended with the colder parts of the bead, warming the whole drop after some time.
Geri said, “If you study that process mathematically, you can show the way temperature is changing in the droplet over time is exactly with this power law of 2/3 that we observed in our experiments.”
“There are a lot of biological and chemical mixing events that involve droplet interactions, including in the surf zone, with waves breaking and small drops flying everywhere, and in hot tubs, with bubbles bursting and releasing droplets that skitter along the surface.”
“The rate at which these agents mix will depend on how long drops stay afloat before coalescing. Now we know that depends on temperature, and we can say exactly how.”
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News Dec 10, 2019 | Original story from the University of California, Riverside
Credit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside
A physicist at the University of California, Riverside, has performed calculations showing hollow spherical bubbles filled with a gas of positronium atoms are stable in liquid helium.
The calculations take scientists a step closer to realizing a gamma-ray laser, which may have applications in medical imaging, spacecraft propulsion, and cancer treatment.
Extremely short-lived and only briefly stable, positronium is a hydrogen-like atom and a mixture of matter and antimatter — specifically, bound states of electrons and their antiparticles called positrons. To create a gamma-ray laser beam, positronium needs to be in a state called a Bose-Einstein condensate — a collection of positronium atoms in the same quantum state, allowing for more interactions and gamma radiation. Such a condensate is the key ingredient of a gamma-ray laser.
“My calculations show that a bubble in liquid helium containing a million atoms of positronium would have a number density six times that of ordinary air and would exist as a matter-antimatter Bose-Einstein condensate,” said Allen Mills, a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and sole author of the study.
Helium, the second-most abundant element in the universe, exists in liquid form only at extremely low temperatures. Mills explained helium has a negative affinity for positronium; bubbles form in liquid helium because helium repels positronium. Positronium’s long lifetime in liquid helium was first reported in 1957.
When an electron meets a positron, their mutual annihilation could be one outcome, accompanied by the production of a powerful and energetic type of electromagnetic radiation called gamma radiation. A second outcome is the formation of positronium.
Mills, who directs the Positron Laboratory at UC Riverside, said the lab is configuring an antimatter beam in a quest to produce the exotic bubbles in liquid helium that Mills’ calculations predict. Such bubbles could serve as a source of positronium Bose-Einstein condensates.
“Near term results of our experiments could be the observation of positronium tunneling through a graphene sheet, which is impervious to all ordinary matter atoms, including helium, as well as the formation of a positronium atom laser beam with possible quantum computing applications,” Mills said.
Mills. (2019) Positronium Bose-Einstein condensation in liquid 4He bubbles. Physical Review A. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.100.063615
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Ignatieff to defy PM on gun registry
By Linda DiebelSpecial to the Star
Thu., April 2, 2009timer2 min. read
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff last night pledged to defeat efforts by the Conservative government to scrap the controversial long-gun registry.
"We won't let him," vowed Ignatieff, speaking of moves by Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government in the Commons, and yesterday in the Senate, to end national registration for guns.
"We won't pass his bills."
It's the first time the Liberal leader has signalled clearly his party will vote against Conservative gun registry legislation – or indeed anything introduced by the Harper government.
He made his stand before a sold-out Liberal crowd at the annual "Leader's Dinner" in Toronto. To speculation a free vote in either chamber might scuttle the long-gun registry, Ignatieff effectively served notice his members of the Liberal-dominated Senate would face a so-called whipped vote, expected this month.
Ignatieff Liberals were elated that more than 1,100 Liberals – more than half of them paying $1,000 for elite party membership and a chance to hobnob with the leader at a pre-dinner cocktail party – packed the room, with another 100 on the waiting list.
The hoopla included a tag team kickoff by former Ontario premier David Peterson and Belinda Stronach, whom Peterson once coaxed to cross the floor to help save Paul Martin's Liberal government.
With a theme of party unity, Peterson then introduced his old foe, one-time NDP premier Bob Rae (Toronto Centre), who in turn brought out Ignatieff to a blaring, "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" by Bachman Turner Overdrive.
Rae, who bowed out of the leadership race in December, noted Ignatieff has "written more books than the entire Conservative caucus has ever read."
He introduced Ignatieff as the "next prime minister of Canada" before a crowd that included former prime minister John Turner, one-time ambassador to the U.S. Frank McKenna, MPs, senators and provincial politicians from across Canada.
In his speech, Ignatieff said Harper first endorsed a private member's bill to abolish the gun registry, tabled by Saskatchewan Conservative MP Garry Breitkreuz. But, he said, "there was a public backlash, so the Prime Minister reversed course" by yesterday introducing his own bill through the Senate.
The federal government said yesterday's bill is identical to the last two legislative attempts.
In the past, faced with stiff Commons opposition, the government allowed its legislation to languish.
Now, with more seats and potential splits in opposition ranks, Conservatives believe they may have support to kill the gun registry.
Ignatieff also criticized Harper for failing "to tell Canadians the truth about the state of our economy," adding, "They choose a litany of deceit."
Harper could have united Canadians, he said, but instead chose division and discord.
"Make no mistake – that will be his downfall."
"We've been here before," he said, referring to the Liberal government that took over from the Conservatives in 1993 under Jean Chrétien. "We dug this country out of the ditch the last time the Conservatives were in power and we will dig them out of the ditch again."
The crowd laughed when he talked about how Harper would be foolish to try a negative publicity campaign as he did with former leader Stéphane Dion.
"Right now, the Prime Minister and his people are in some basement somewhere going through thousands of pages" of books and articles he'd written, he said.
"He's looking for that one earth-shattering quote that he thinks will win him the next election."
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Hawaiian Greetings!
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Hawaii: Map of Homes Lost to Lava
Total homes destroyed by new criteria: 235.
Improvements to map display and techniques used in assessing 'homes lost' have been made. Home status in this map now relies on the use of Hawaii County, Real Property Tax Department's publicly released information. The information from the County is used to locate, address, and account for homes lost. This allows for more accurate way to distinguish between a 'home' and a 'structure'. Each home now lists it's associated address.
Addresses are determined to be 'lost' via on the ground reporting, aerial comparisons, USGS lava flow surveys, and disclosures by home owners. Homes that have been damaged by cracks, SO2, and even properties totally surrounded by lava were not counted. Also, since this change in methodology relies on tax records many un-permitted homes, and Ohana homes on the same parcel as a primary home, have been excluded.Â
If there are in errors seen in locations of homes marked (not just the slightly off placement of dots) or something that is missed please post in the comments. My condolences to all homeowners who have lost their homes and displaced families. This is a hard time for everyone involved.
Mahalo to Jen Naylor Sexton for assisting in the map parcel examination and compiling a list of addresses. Heath Dalton for his accurate and robust information on status of specific homes. Ryan Finlay for his many, many contributions. And all residents that have contributed in this hard time by providing information about the homes and neighborhoods in which they lived. Also, a Mahalo to Kris Burmeister and Andrew Hara for their reporting back of addresses as homes are lost.Â
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Massive New Fissures Open On Hawaiian Volcano, Prompting More Evacuations
Some 37 buildings have been destroyed and nearly 2,000 people ordered to evacuate in the past 10 days.
PAHOA, Hawaii, May 13 (Reuters) - Two new fissures opened on HawaiiÂ’s Kilauea volcano, hurling bursts of rock and magma with an ear-piercing screech on Sunday, threatening nearby homes and prompting authorities to order new evacuations.
One new fissure from Sunday morning was a vivid gouge of magma with smoke pouring out both ends and was the 17th to open on the volcano since it began erupting on May 3. Some 37 buildings have been destroyed and nearly 2,000 people ordered to evacuate in the past 10 days.
Viewed from a helicopter, the crack appeared to be about 1,000 feet (300 meters) long and among the largest of those fracturing the side of Kilauea, a 4,000-foot-high volcano with a lake of lava at its summit.
“It is a near-constant roar akin to a full-throttle 747 interspersed with deafening, earth-shattering explosions that hurtle 100-pound lava bombs 100 feet into the air,” said Mark Clawson, 64, who lives uphill from the latest fissure and so far is defying an evacuation order.
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5af91febe4b00d7e4c1be095
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Hawaii is a hotspot for alien species
By Guest Nicole
Sorry, not those aliens.
A new study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution points to the Hawaiian Islandsas a global hotspot for "established alien species," or invasive breeds of plants, animals, and insects. So although when we picture the Big Island we may conjure its iconic giant sea turtles and surfing dolphins, it's actually teeming with life introduced by humans. Hundreds of feral pigs, goats, donkeys and sheep run free on land, while cute-but-destructive guppies are pervasive beneath the waves.
The study, conducted by an international team of scientists based at Durham University, is the first to identify global hot and coldspots of invasive species by analyzing data on eight different taxonomic groups (birds, fish, amphibians, mammals, reptiles, vascular plants, ants, and spiders). Yes, spiders get their own category. By identifying areas saturated with non-native species, the researchers were able to find trends—qualities that made these areas especially prone to ecosystem-upsetting infiltrators.
In particular, they found that hotspots are more common in island or coastal areas in regions with high gross domestic product per capita, and high human population density. In other words, wealthier, more populated areas connected to the ocean have more alien species. That means there is no doubt that we play a key role in introducing these potentially destructive creatures.
Read more: http://www.popsci.com/hawaii-alien-species#page-2
Ballistic Missile Threat Inbound to Hawaii A False Alarm
Hawaii Becomes America’s First State To Adopt The Paris Climate Accord
“It is time for states and governors to lead,” Gov. David Ige said.
Hawaiian Gov David Ige (D) signed two new climate bills into law on Tuesday that adhere to the Paris Agreement.
Hawaii has become the first American state to pass environmental measures that adhere to the Paris climate agreement, just days after President Donald Trump announced the U.S. withdrawal from the international pact.
“Truly, in this day and age, it is time for states and governors to lead,” Hawaiian Gov. David Ige (D) said at a press conference on Tuesday, ahead of signing the two bills into law.
Senate Bill 559 and House Bill 1578 commit to expanding methods to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the state. They also target agricultural practices with the goals of improving soil health and removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, according to a statement from the governor’s office.
“Hawaii’s natural environment is under threat,” Ige said. “Climate change is real, regardless of what others say. Hawaii is seeing the impacts, first hand.”
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hawaii-joins-paris-accord_us_5938096de4b01fc18d3f5f64?d2f&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
Hawaii Is The Happiest State, Again
The states with the lowest well-being scores were West Virginia and Kentucky, appearing in the last two spots for eight years in a row in the Gallup-Healthways rankings.
Hawaii has emerged as the undisputed winner of the title of the happiest state with two recent polls awarding the Aloha state with the top spot on their respective lists.
The state topped the Gallup-Healthways 2016 State Well-Being Rankings, released Wednesday, as well as America’s Health Rankings Annual Report for the sixth and fifth time, respectively. Alaska, which was also the runner-up in the Gallup-Healthways rankings for 2015, came in on the second spot, followed by South Dakota, Maine and Colorado.
“Hawaii has had a heck of a run,” Dan Witters, research director of the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, told Today. “They do a lot of things right there. They take good care of themselves. They do the blocking and tackling of physical wellness really well.”
The state with the lowest well-being scores was West Virginia, which along with Kentucky, Oklahoma, Indiana and Arkansas rounded off the bottom five. Kentucky and West Virginia have been at the last two spots for eight years in a row, according to Gallup-Healthways.
The Gallup-Healthways conducts interviews with over 177,000 U.S. adults across the 50 states between January and December of a particular year. On the basis of these interactions, each state is given a well-being score depending on how the participants answered questions about their sense of purpose, social relationships, financial situations, involvement in the community and physical health.
The full list of states ranked by their well-being score out of 100 can be seen below:
1. Hawaii 65.2
2. Alaska 64.0
3. South Dakota 63.7
4. Maine 63.6
5. Colorado 63.5
6. Vermont 63.5
7. Arizona 63.4
8. Montana 63.2
9. Minnesota 63.2
10. Texas 63.1
11. Florida 63.1
12. Wyoming 63.0
13. California 63.0
14. Massachusetts 63.0
15. Nebraska 62.9
16. North Dakota 62.8
17. Utah 62.8
18. Idaho 62.7
19. Iowa 62.6
20. New Mexico 62.6
21. Virginia 62.6
22. New Hampshire 62.6
23. Washington 62.5
24. Oregon 62.5
25. New Jersey 62.5
26. North Carolina 62.4
27. South Carolina 62.3
28. Wisconsin 62.3
29. Georgia 62.3
30. Pennsylvania 62.1
31. Maryland 62.0
32. Kansas 61.8
33. New York 61.8
34. Nevada 61.8
35. Connecticut 61.7
36. Missouri 61.7
37. Illinois 61.6
38. Tennessee 61.5
39. Michigan 61.4
40. Delaware 61.4
41. Mississippi 61.3
42. Rhode Island 61.3
43. Louisiana 61.0
44. Alabama 61.0
45. Ohio 60.9
46. Arkansas 60.8
47. Indiana 60.5
48. Oklahoma 60.5
49. Kentucky 60.5
50. West Virginia 58.9
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hawaii-happiest-state-again-083951336.html
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Tourists Find Ancient Petroglyphs Walking On Hawaiian Beach!
Jehovah’s Witnesses hosting regional convention
Courtesy photo A painting depicting Chiefess Kapi‘olani at Kilauea praising Jehovah’s name in December 1824.
Published in 1920, the “Hawaiian Annual,” a sort of “Farmer’s Almanac” for Hawaii, made this comment: “More than one historian has related that Chiefess Kapi‘olani was a loyal adherent to her religious faith.”
And in the 1883 book, “Fire Fountains,” author C.F. Gordon-Cummings calls Chiefess Kapi‘olani, “the Hawaiian Elijah.” Gordon-Cummings’ biblical reference (1Kings 18:19-40) is that of Elijah in his loyalty to his God Jehovah.
Loyalty, it has been said, is a lost virtue.
In a door-to-door campaign, Jehovah’s Witnesses will be inviting the public to attend their free 2016 “Remain Loyal to Jehovah!” regional convention July 8-10 at the Edith Kanaka‘ole Multi-Purpose Stadium.
Showing loyalty to kupuna, the doors will open each morning at 8 a.m. for those 65 and older and their caregiver. General admission will follow at 8:15 a.m. The afternoon session each day will conclude before 5 p.m..
The three-day event will feature 49 presentations, each exploring the theme “loyalty.” Additionally, the Witnesses have prepared 35 video segments specifically for the program plus two short films that will be shown July 9 and 10 depicting various facets of loyalty.
Each of the three-day morning and afternoon sessions will be introduced by music videos recorded for the convention.
“We strongly believe that loyalty is an essential part of any healthy relationship,” said David A. Semonian, a spokesman for Jehovah’s Witnesses at their world headquarters in Brooklyn, N.Y. “Our convention this year features content that will help people develop stronger bonds with friends, family members and, above all, with God. We are confident that all who attend will enjoy this program.”
Online: www.jw.org
Source: http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/community/jehovah-s-witnesses-hosting-regional-convention
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Donations help cover students’ lunch debt
By Staff Reports | December 25, 2019 | 0
Mustang Public Schools is seeing a groundswell of support to help with student lunch debt.
Four Star Fitness donated $900 for Lakehoma Elementary School, Creek Elementary School and Meadow Brook Intermediate School.
“This is a way we can give back to those who support us,” owner Kevin McBride said.
The organization Sippin Sistas paid off $600 at Mustang High School.
“We never thought it would be this strong, but it’s amazing,” member Karen Brown said. “I love my sisters.”
The group, which travels to schools around the Oklahoma City metro to pay off student lunch debt, has donated $8,500 to six schools.
“The students that come in are extremely important to us,” cafeteria manager Kimberly Walker said.
“They become like children to us, and to see one that is struggling, that’s hard.
“For someone to come in and do something that all of us wish that we could do, it means a tremendous amount.”
Stephen Myers, the pastor of The Well church (which meets every Sunday at Canyon Ridge Intermediate School), donated money to pay off charges at Canyon Ridge and two other schools.
Myers is the son of Janie and Bryan Myers, who taught in Mustang schools for many years.
Country Leisure Manufacturing donated $1,000 to four schools, and it plans to donate another $1,000 to a fifth school.
The company’s products include custom-built spas, swimming pools, chemicals, patio furniture and accessories.
Other donations included:
David and Joyce Kennedy, Mustang Valley Elementary
Eric Ball, Mustang Trails Elementary
Trinity Baptist Church, more than $2,000 at various schools
An anonymous donor, Riverwood Elementary School.
“These are just the donations that we are aware of,” Director of Communications Kirk Wilson said.
“We have had numerous patrons walk into school offices in the past two months and write a check or offer cash to support our child nutrition program.
“This time of year is fun and exciting, but it can also be stressful and sad.
“Parents want to provide a good Christmas for their kids, but may, at times, have to stop funding their lunch accounts to be able to give their kids Christmas.”
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Why Facts Don't Change Our Minds
In 1975, researchers at Stanford invited a group of undergraduates to take part in a study about suicide. They were presented with pairs of suicide notes. In each pair, one note had been composed by a random individual, the other by a person who had subsequently taken his own life. The students were then asked to distinguish between the genuine notes and the fake ones.
Some students discovered that they had a genius for the task. Out of twenty-five pairs of notes, they correctly identified the real one twenty-four times. Others discovered that they were hopeless. They identified the real note in only ten instances.
As is often the case with psychological studies, the whole setup was a put-on. Though half the notes were indeed genuine—they’d been obtained from the Los Angeles County coroner’s office—the scores were fictitious. The students who’d been told they were almost always right were, on average, no more discerning than those who had been told they were mostly wrong.
Read the rest of this article at: The New Yorker
Robert Mercer: The Big Data Billionaire Waging War on Mainstream Media
Just over a week ago, Donald Trump gathered members of the world’s press before him and told them they were liars. “The press, honestly, is out of control,” he said. “The public doesn’t believe you any more.” CNN was described as “very fake news… story after story is bad”. The BBC was “another beauty”.
That night I did two things. First, I typed “Trump” in the search box of Twitter. My feed was reporting that he was crazy, a lunatic, a raving madman. But that wasn’t how it was playing out elsewhere. The results produced a stream of “Go Donald!!!!”, and “You show ’em!!!” There were star-spangled banner emojis and thumbs-up emojis and clips of Trump laying into the “FAKE news MSM liars!”
Trump had spoken, and his audience had heard him. Then I did what I’ve been doing for two and a half months now. I Googled “mainstream media is…” And there it was. Google’s autocomplete suggestions: “mainstream media is… dead, dying, fake news, fake, finished”. Is it dead, I wonder? Has FAKE news won? Are we now the FAKE news? Is the mainstream media – we, us, I – dying?
I click Google’s first suggested link. It leads to a website called CNSnews.com and an article: “The Mainstream media are dead.” They’re dead, I learn, because they – we, I – “cannot be trusted”. How had it, an obscure site I’d never heard of, dominated Google’s search algorithm on the topic? In the “About us” tab, I learn CNSnews is owned by the Media Research Center, which a click later I learn is “America’s media watchdog”, an organisation that claims an “unwavering commitment to neutralising leftwing bias in the news, media and popular culture”.
Read the rest of this article at: The Guardian
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Famed Hacker Kevin Mitnick Shows You How to Go Invisible Online
IF YOU’RE LIKE me, one of the first things you do in the morning is check your email. And, if you’re like me, you also wonder who else has read your email. That’s not a paranoid concern. If you use a web-based email service such as Gmail or Outlook 365, the answer is kind of obvious and frightening.
Even if you delete an email the moment you read it on your computer or mobile phone, that doesn’t necessarily erase the content. There’s still a copy of it somewhere. Web mail is cloud-based, so in order to be able to access it from any device anywhere, at any time, there have to be redundant copies. If you use Gmail, for example, a copy of every email sent and received through your Gmail account is retained on various servers worldwide at Google. This is also true if you use email systems provided by Yahoo, Apple, AT&T, Comcast, Microsoft, or even your workplace. Any emails you send can also be inspected, at any time, by the hosting company. Allegedly this is to filter out malware, but the reality is that third parties can and do access our emails for other, more sinister and self-serving, reasons.
While most of us may tolerate having our emails scanned for malware, and perhaps some of us tolerate scanning for advertising purposes, the idea of third parties reading our correspondence and acting on specific contents found within specific emails is downright disturbing.
The least you can do is make it much harder for them to do so.
Read the rest of this article at: Wired
How the Baby Boomers Destroyed Everything
EVEN BEFORE the election, Americans were asking just how we got here — to this sullen moment of national reckoning. Since November, the autopsy has dragged on so long it seems there could be nothing left to dissect. But the search continues, because no truly satisfying answer has yet been offered. Deplorables, deportables, economic malaise, rural resentment, coastal hauteur whatever — these are just symptoms. The root illness remains undiagnosed, but here it is: the baby boomers, that vast generation of Americans born in the first two decades after World War II. The body politic rests on the slab because boomers put it there, because decades of boomerism produced the problems and disaffection of which 2016 was merely the latest expression.
It’s a shocking hypothesis, but then again, America has suffered a shocking decline. In 1971, Alan Shepard was playing golf on the moon. Today, America can’t put a man into orbit (or, allegedly, the Oval Office) without Russian assistance. Something changed, and that something was the boomers and the sociopathic agenda they emplaced.
Read the rest of this article at: Boston Globe
Amazon Deforestation, Once Tamed, Comes Roaring Back
A decade after the “Save the Rainforest” movement captured the world’s imagination, Cargill and other food giants are pushing deeper into the wilderness.
COLONIA BERLIN, Bolivia — A few months ago, a representative from Cargill traveled to this remote colony in Bolivia’s eastern lowlands in the southernmost reaches of the vast Amazon River basin with an enticing offer.
The American agricultural giant wanted to buy soybeans from the Mennonite residents, descendants of European peasants who had been carving settlements out of the thick forest for more than 40 years. The company would finance a local warehouse and weighing station so farmers could sell their produce directly to Cargill on-site, the man said, according to local residents.
One of those farmers, Heinrich Janzen, was clearing woodland from a 37-acre plot he bought late last year, hustling to get soy in the ground in time for a May harvest. “Cargill wants to buy from us,” said Mr. Janzen, 38, as bluish smoke drifted from heaps of smoldering vegetation.
His soy is in demand. Cargill is one of several agricultural traders vying to buy from soy farmers in the region, he said.
Cargill confirmed the accounts of colony residents, and said the company was still assessing whether it would source from the community. That decision would depend on a study of the area’s productivity and land titles, said Hugo Krajnc, Cargill’s corporate affairs leader for the Southern Cone, based in Argentina. “But if a farmer has burned down its forest we’ll not source from that grower,” he said.
A decade after the “Save the Rainforest” movement forced changes that dramatically slowed deforestation across the Amazon basin, activity is roaring back in some of the biggest expanses of forests in the world. That resurgence, driven by the world’s growing appetite for soy and other agricultural crops, is raising the specter of a backward slide in efforts to preserve biodiversity and fight climate change.
In the Brazilian Amazon, the world’s largest rain forest, deforestation rose in 2015 for the first time in nearly a decade, to nearly two million acres from August 2015 to July 2016. That is a jump from about 1.5 million acres a year earlier and just over 1.2 million acres the year before that, according to estimates by Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research.
Here across the border in Bolivia, where there are fewer restrictions on land clearance, deforestation appears to be accelerating as well.
Read the rest of this article at: The New York Times
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Two sentenced to death for murder in Ekiti
An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, on Monday, sentenced two persons, Tosin Oluwafemi, 21, and Tajudeen Ogunleye, 18, to death by hanging for murder, conspiracy and unlawful possession of human skull.
Former banker jailed 10 years for stealing bank’s, depositors’ money
Justice Abiodun Adesodun of the Ekiti State High Court, has convicted a former cashier officer with Fidelity Bank, Ado branch of Ado Ekiti, Michael Adedayo Ihinolurinjon, and sentenced him to ten years in prison for stealing money from the bank’s vault and diverting customers’ deposits to personal use.
Ekiti government sets up committee to implement Supreme Court judgement on Ilejemeje local council
The Ekiti State Government has begun the process of implementing the December 15 judgment of the Supreme Court on the relocation of the headquarters of Ilejemeje local government area.
Supreme Court orders Ekiti government to relocate local council headquarters
The Supreme Court on Friday ended the 19-year legal dispute over the right location of the headquarters of Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti State.
Court refuses restraining Kayode Fayemi from sacking council chiefs
An Ekiti State High Court on Friday refused to grant an order seeking to restrain the governor-elect, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, from sacking the 16 local government councils when he assumes office.
Ekiti deputy governor-elect sues Ayodele Fayose, seeks N500 million compensation
Following the alleged damage to his property by Ekiti State Government and Hajaig Construction Company, the Deputy Governor-elect of the state, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi, has sued Governor Ayodele Fayose and the contractor, seeking a compensation of N500 million for the havoc wreaked on his private property.
Ekiti guber: PDP gets order to serve petition on APC, Governor-elect Fayemi by pasting,...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate for the July 14 poll, Kolapo Olusola, on Wednesday, got approval from the election Tribunal sitting in Ado-Ekiti, state capital, to serve notice of Petition, and other accompanying processes it filed to challenge the declaration of All Progressives Congress (APC)’s John Kayode Fayemi as winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), by conspicuous pasting and courier services.
Ekiti guber: Kolapo Olusola urges tribunal to annul Kayode Fayemi’s victory
The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate in the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti State, Prof Kolapo Olusola, yesterday filed a petition at the governorship election tribunal against the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), insisting that he was the actual winner of the election.
21-year-old to die by hanging for armed robbery in Ekiti
A 21-year-old man, Abdulateef Babatunde, is to die by hanging for robbing two men including a policeman of their motorcycles at gunpoint.
Man sentenced to death for armed robbery in Ekiti
An Ekiti State High Court has sentenced a man, Kingsley Okorowande, to death by hanging after being found guilty of armed robbery.
Ekiti APC chair resumes, warns delegates against money for vote
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State, Chief Jide Awe, resumed office on Monday after over three years in exile, thanking the State Working Committee for not impeaching him while away.
Governor Fayose withdraws murder case against APC chair, others
An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has discharged and acquitted the state chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Jide Awe, and two others of murder charge.
Man sentenced death for stealing seven bottles of beer, cigarettes
An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has sentenced a man, Raji Babatunde, to death by hanging for stealing seven bottles of beer and one packet of Rothmans cigarette.
Man gets life in jail for impregnating own daughter
An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has sentenced a man, Lucky Ayosin, to life imprisonment for serially raping his own daughter who later gave birth to a baby girl for him.
Ekiti monarch pleads not guilty to murder charge
The Olukere of Ikere-Ekiti, Oba Ganiyu Obasoyin, has pleaded not guilty to the murder charge filed against him by the State Government.
Court acquits APC members over death of Governor Fayose’s associate
The Ekiti State High Court on Monday discharged and acquitted the Chairman of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) in Ekiti State, Adeniyi Adedipe, and six others of murder after the prosecution presented contradictory evidences during trial.
Ekiti govt slams criminal charges on ex-Governor Kayode Fayemi, Dapo Kolawole
The Ekiti State Government has filed criminal charges of corruption against former governor of the state, Kayode Fayemi, and Ex-commissioner for finance, Dapo Kolawole, based on the release of the White Paper on the report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry which investigated the officials and recommended them for sanctions.
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SDGs broaden our horizon and provide a language everybody understands
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Interview with Ms Wobine Buijs-Glaudemans, Mayor of Oss in the Netherlands
čtvrtek 03. říjen 2019 17:30
Zdroj: Municipality of Oss
Wobine Buijs- Glaudemans (MBA) has been Mayor of Oss (91.000) in the Netherlands since 2011. She is national ambassador for the local government for the Global Goals. Before this she was Manager Economics and Mobility of the Province of North Brabant and Dean of the Faculty of Marketing and Business Management of Avans Professional University. Her focus has been on developing talent and entrepreneurship in a sustainable world.
Ms Buijs-Glaudemans, how would you describe the city of Oss: what is unique about it and what could a visitor see here?
Oss is a medium sized industrial city with an active centre with many activities surrounded by farms in fields and nature, villages and the river Meuse (45 km of dikes with a yearly marathon) with medieval fortified cities like Ravenstein and Megen. It is biking country. All within the community borders.
In 2011, you were elected Mayor. Could you tell us how did the city change under your supervision ever since?
In 2011 there was an economic crisis. Our pharmaceutical industry got reorganized, our hospital left, government jobs were concentrated in the provincial capital. We lost 4000 jobs in just a few years. This was a wakeup call. The focus of the city shifted into realizing that we are depending on our entrepreneurs and their businesses for the basics of our economy. My role was strategic focus on core sectors like agri-food, pharmaceutics, logistics and industrial production. Together with regional partners like the province, the professional universities and companies we formed Agrifood capital to work on entrepreneurship, innovation and skills and Pivot Park as a pharmaceutical High-tech campus. We worked on Sustainable Development Goal 4 (education), 8 (jobs) and 9 (innovation) with our economic policies. Specifically, on SDG 2 (feeding the world) and 12 (smart consumption and production) with Agrifoodcapital and on SDG 3 (better health) with Pivot Park.
Your coalition set the goal of becoming an energy neutral city by the mid-century. Could you tell us about the initiatives such as “Sustainability circle” or the Energy Saving Agenda that help Oss reach ambitious long-term environmental goals?
Oss started by setting clear goals on SDG 7: 50% energy use reduction or private sustainable energy production (sun panels on roofs etc), 25% sustainable energy production and 25% procurement of sustainable energy by participating in national projects. It is hard: but we wanted to start with specific projects instead of safe far away ambitions. The first plans in realising windmills are taking shape, the first plans on solar energy on farmland are emerging. At the same time, we set up a garbage plan: reduce, reuse and recycle to work on SDG 12. A lot of time was spent on getting public awareness and involvement.
Oss was chosen in 2017 and 2018 as most inspiring Global Goals municipality in the Netherlands by VNG. In your opinion, what is exemplary in your approach and what helped you win this title?
Because Oss is so diverse, we have a lot of complex challenges to deal with. But they also cover almost all Global Goals. We have this method: define an ambition, look for allies, set an agenda and work on activities. We involve schools and entrepreneurs and if possible, people from Oss. The SDG s broaden our horizon, provide a language everybody understands and a sustainable strategy. We are not only working for us for today, but also for our children and their future.
We want to make the city centre of Nieuwegein the most sustainable in the Netherlands
Interview with Frans Backhuijs, Mayor of Nieuwegein
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Paul Depla: We cherish our talent and want to distinguish ourselves from the rest
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SpaceX aims for Starship launch before spring
Construction continues at Boca Chica, Texas, near Boca Chica Beach at SpaceX Starship Assembly Site Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2019, as SpaceX constructs their new test vehicle known as Starship SN1. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Herald via AP)
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, in a Dec. 27 Twitter post, expressed his hope that the Starship prototype under construction at the company’s Boca Chica Beach launch and test complex will fly in two or three months.
SpaceX is moving quickly on construction of the vehicle, formerly known as Starship Mk3 and lately rechristened Starship V1.0, SN1, since the first full-size prototype (Mk1) was damaged during a pressurization test on Nov. 20. The plan had been to launch the non-orbital Mk1 to 65,000 feet, though Musk said the company decided even before the Nov. 20 incident that Mk1 would not fly.
He described Mk1 as a “valuable manufacturing pathfinder,” but said design of the Mk3/SN1 would be substantially different. On Dec. 27 and Dec. 30, Musk tweeted video of Boca Chica crews at work on Starship “tank domes,” which he called the most difficult part of the spacecraft’s primary structure. Musk noted in the way of praise that the Boca Chica team was “crushing it.” SpaceX has diverted manpower from its Florida Starship yard to the site 24 miles east of Brownsville.
The SN1 is being designed for orbital flight, which the company is aiming for this year. Musk tweeted that every Starship V1.0 through at least SN20 would feature minor improvements in some form. “V” stands for “version” and “SN” for “serial number.” During a live presentation at Boca Chica on Sept. 28, 2019, Musk said SpaceX intends to build Starships and Super Heavy booster rockets (for pushing Starships into Earth orbit) as fast as it can.
Super Heavy is designed for 37 SpaceX Raptor engines. Starship will be fitted with six. The Starship-Super Heavy configuration, collectively “Starship,” is intended to carry passengers, crew and cargo to Earth orbit, between destinations on Earth, and to the moon and Mars, according to SpaceX. Starship and Super Heavy together would stand 383 feet tall and constitute the most powerful launch vehicle ever built.
Musk said via Twitter that Starship production is concentrated at Boca Chica for now while SpaceX’s Falcon rocket and Dragon spacecraft activity takes place at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Unlike the company’s previous builds at Boca Chica, SN2 construction, scheduled to start this month, will be done in an “enclosed (fairly) clean room environment,” Musk tweeted.
The 160-by-30-foot Starship is made from stainless steel. While stainless steel welding is less troublesome than aluminum, the “very windy” conditions at Boca Chica do present challenges for welders, Musk said.
SpaceX ceremonially broke ground on the Boca Chica site in September 2014, with Musk and then-Gov. Rick Perry on hand. The company’s first test flight at the site took place on Aug. 27, 2019, when the squat, single-engine Starhopper flew to an altitude of 500 feet before setting down again in a controlled landing. The flight lasted 57.36 seconds.
Steve Clark is a staff writer with the Brownsville Herald. He can be reached at sclark@brownsvilleherald.com
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'An absolute disaster and not funny' - Tory MP criticised for laughing at campaign question
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Nigel Evans laughed as Victoria Debryshire quizzed hmi on his party's poor start to the election campaign. Photo: BBC
A television presenter ahs criticised a Conservative MP for laughing at a line of questioning over their election campaign.
The Conservative MP and secretary of the party's private members' committee Nigel Evans laughed at the party's campaign launch after a hard-hitting line of questioning from the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire.
On Wednesday, Nigel Evans appeared on the morning TV show to discuss the start of the five-week election campaign.
Calling the launch of the Conservative's campaign 'an absolute disaster', Derbyshire said: "A candidate saying people on benefits should be put down, Jacob Rees-Mogg said people with common sense would have got out of Grenfell Tower, Andrew Bridgen excusing that by saying Mr Rees-Mogg is 'clever', the government refusing to publish a report into whether the Russians have interfered in previous elections here, the Conservatives doctoring an interview with Labour's Keir Starmer, and a rape survivor calling on the Welsh secretary to quit."
At this point Evans begins to awkwardly laugh, before Derbyshire calling the start of the campaign a 'disaster' and adding it is 'not funny'.
Evans replies: "I know where you're coming from on that."
He also says that Rees-Mogg had 'misspoken' and since apologised for his comments, and adds he "doesn't know too much about [the other things referenced], to be honest."
"All I know is there is a long, long way to go and each of the parliamentary parties will have stories like this.
"It could have been better but the public will be judging us on how we have behaved over the last two years since the general election."
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Several years ago, I ventured into an Ikea store in Emeryville, California. I’d recently moved to the Bay Area for college, and my off-campus apartment needed a few odds and ends to make it feel more like home and less like a damp cell. As I perused the bright aisles brimming with perfect furniture displays and textiles, I soon found myself between a Lugnvik and a hard place.
I was completely lost; over an hour had passed, and my cart was somehow full. I gazed at the rows and rows of printed shower curtains as I came out of my consumer-coma, wandering from one contemporary mock-room to another, wherein every ottoman, bookshelf, and throw pillow was thoughtfully arranged and color coordinated. It felt as if I was stepping right into the catalog showcase.
They’d lured me in, swiveled me around a duvet exhibit, and made it impossible to leave without an Ikea-iconic blue bag full of Tuvbracka and Gäspa.
Ikea is a worldwide success. The Swedish lifestyles giant has over 300 stores in 41 countries, and according to Ikea, over 500 million people visit their stores each year. The largest Ikea is in Stockholm, Sweden, and is a 552,000 square-foot labyrinth of home furnishings that aim to make your life better, one Lack side table at a time. Ikea even rolled out a new line of flat-pack houses, inexpensive homes that are shipped and assembled for you.
The one thing Ikea serves up hotter than their authentic Swedish Meatballs (150 million of them annually) is their direct mail campaign. Their star mailer? A 300-page book, featuring their beautifully showcased modern home products.
The novelty of the Ikea catalog is perfectly represented by a parody advertisement, which introduces the 2015 IKEA catalog as a technology that is “not a digital book or an e-book,” but rather a “book-book.” The catalog campaign advertisement, “Experience the Power of a BookBookTM” is so seamlessly executed that it received over 9 million views in its first week online.
These days, print catalogs are unique by nature — a sleek, tactile object in a distracting digital world — and Ikea’s marketing department banks on that difference. Ikea is estimated to have made around €32 billion ($36.35 billion) in 2015. Since it is estimated that businesses in general earn 17 percent in sales from catalogs, Ikea could be making around €5.44 billion ($6.18 billion) on their catalog campaign alone.
What the Ikea Catalog Teaches Entrepreneurs About Direct Mail
On my first trip to Ikea, I could imagine myself living in one of these display rooms, curled up on a soft sectional, or sipping a cup of tea at an Övraryd bamboo table. Ikea allows you to literally step into the possibilities, and the catalog is an extension of the company’s understanding of lifestyle. If you’re implementing direct mail into your marketing, you can learn a thing or two from how Ikea executes their catalog campaign.
Keep It Stylish
Ikea uses a solution-focused design, not only in their furniture (they do anthropological studies at people’s homes to find out what it is people truly need), but in their brand design as well. Keep in mind that you are offering a solution to your audience, and that solution should be apparent from simply seeing the ease of the print in their hands. Busy, cluttered, or overly complicated text will be an immediate turn-off. Design with care or seek the help of a professional.
Furthermore, arm your readers with solutions by giving them accessible information that adds value to their lives. Like a beautifully designed family room display, give your audience an idea of what life with your product could look like. Don’t just show them, inspire them!
Direct mail should be used as one important piece of your overall marketing campaign. For the catalog and other direct mail campaigns, Ikea leveraged social media and email marketing to generate leads and earn sign-ups for their print catalog. Use the information you can obtain from your online marketing campaigns to create a list for your print newsletter or direct mail campaign.
Ikea implemented a very diversified marketing strategy using a combination of direct mail, social media, and email marketing. All of their strategies worked together to form a bigger picture. In addition, a new interactive feature makes it possible to scan select items in the catalog using a smartphone camera, and doing so unlocks extra content, like film, a photo gallery, and additional information on the product.
Be Expandable
In order for your direct mail campaign to be a success, you need to constantly expand your reach far and wide and find leads who will appreciate what you’re offering. This may mean you have to adapt to new markets and different ways of doing things, but a larger audience means you’ll have more customers, and your brand will be on the tables of more homes. Touch base with new and old leads, and make it easy for interested parties to sign up for your mailer on your website or a table in your brick-and-mortar shop.
Launched in 1951, just a few years after Ingvar Kamprad founded the furniture company, Ikea now prints over 200 million copies of their catalogs per year, and it can be found in 27 different languages distributed across 28 countries. Now that’s what I call “reach.”
Although Ikea is a worldwide behemoth, and any small-business owner can learn a thing or two from their highly successful direct mail campaign.
While you may not have the product base to warrant the production of a catalog, you can still leverage the power of this specialized mailer with a newsletter that showcases all your company has to offer.
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OnePlus to launch 5G smartphone
Hawaii :
Chinese handset maker OnePlus will join the growing roster of handset makers rolling out their 5G smartphones with a flagship device next year, featuring the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 mobile platform.
Speaking at the Snapdragon Tech Summit here, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau said the company will have the first flagship smartphone to feature the Snapdragon 855 that will be rolled out next year in Europe in partnership with telecom operator, EE.
Lau did not share any more details of the planned device, but said “we know that the 855 is the most powerful chipset, it is definitely the one and only choice for our phone”.However, it remains to be seen whether the 5G handset will make its way to India, which is a key market for OnePlus.5G services which promise to bring in faster data speeds for users are expected to be rolled out in the US, parts of Europe, South Korea, China and Australia in 2019.
In India, such a rollout would happen after spectrum auction. While the Indian government is yet to announce a specific timeline, the industry wants spectrum auction to be held in the later part of 2019.
The Indian government is also upbeat on 5G deployment in the country with Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha recently saying that India “cannot afford to miss the 5G bus”. Apart from higher internet speed, the advent of the fifth generation of wireless system or 5G will also enable massive internet of things (IoT) deployment that would significantly impact sectors like manufacturing, retail, education and healthcare, among others.
Samsung had on said it expects to bring its first flagship 5G smartphone to the US in the first half of 2019 that will use the Snapdragon 855 mobile platform with the 5G X50 modem.
Lau said OnePlus has also been collaborating with Qualcomm for 5G since 2017. “We are thrilled by its powerful performance and 5G capabilities. OnePlus will continue to bring its users the best technology and the best user experience possible,” he added.
Citing a report by research firm Counterpoint, Lau said OnePlus held a 30 per cent share in the premium category (Rs 30,000 and above) in India during the July-September 2018 quarter, taking the top spot for two consecutive quarters ahead of rivals, Samsung and Apple.
He pointed out that including OnePlus, the premium smartphone market in India grew by 44 per cent in the first half of 2018.
OnePlus has recently launched its OnePlus 6T handset in India a key market for the company. In August, Lau had said India accounted for about one-third of OnePlus revenues last year and is set to become the second home ground for the company.
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Plastic-free food shop opening in Brighton
Plastic-free brand Source Bulk Foods is coming to Western Road
A NEW zero waste health food shop opens next month.
Every year people in Brighton and Hove use 242 million pieces of single-use plastic.
Australian brand Source Bulk Foods, which already has branches in Chiswick and Battersea, is now opening its first store outside the capital.
The new shop in Western Road, Brighton, will launch on November 18.
Targeted at foodies and eco-conscious shoppers looking to reduce waste in their daily lives, the store is set to revolutionise the way people shop.
The Australian concept will sell 450 ingredients in “eco-savvy” containers.
The affordable range caters to vegan, paleo, dairy free, organic and gluten friendly food diets – from nutritious wholefoods, healthy treats and cooking liquids to household and personal care products.
The new shop will be in a former post office – and more recently cafe – on the corner of Hampton Place.
Customers will scoop items into their own reusable containers from home, glass jars sold in the store or recyclable brown paper bags.
Customers can even pull their own honey, buy fermented kombucha tea on tap and refill their laundry liquids, shampoos and cleaning products.
Source Bulk Foods will allow customers to buy what they need without any unnecessary packaging, ruling out single-use plastic.
Makayla Drummond, managing director, said: “We feel truly proud and excited to be expanding the Source
Bulk Foods family into Brighton.
“We believe the community here is as enthusiastic as we are when it comes to decreasing the amount of single-use plastic and we can’t wait to open the doors to welcome our new customers.”
The Source Bulk Food store began in Australia in 2012 and arrived in the UK in 2018.
The store is changing the way the world buys groceries, while promoting the zero-waste movement and the benefits of healthy eating by providing quality
ingredients and products without unnecessary packaging.
Brighton’s first dedicated waste-free grocery shop Store opened at Fiveways last year.
The shop, selling goods including loose nuts and grains, has been so successful that it is now planning to expand into the former bike shop next door.
In a statement on its website it said: “We are branching out, taking our household and bodycare ranges next door.
“We aim offer a more user friendly space for the refilling of your liquids and expand bodycare and home ware in keeping with the Store Brighton ethos.
“Renovation of the new shop has now begun.”
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Game of Thrones' Riskiest Marriage Plot Yet
Our roundtable discusses 'High Sparrow,' the third episode of the fifth season
Christopher OrrSpencer KornhaberAmy Sullivan
Spencer Kornhaber, Christopher Orr, and Amy Sullivan discuss the latest episode of Game of Thrones.
Orr: Wait a minute. There’s a royal wedding—and nobody dies a horrible death? A man is beheaded—and we can all agree that it was for the best? What the hell show am I watching? I came here for Game of Thrones, baby, not Wizards of Waverly Place.
I kid, of course. Given David Benioff and D.B. Weiss’s tendency to take George R. R. Martin’s material and render it even more bloody than it already was, I’m actually mildly relieved that they didn’t throw in a random homicide just to spice up the nuptials of Margaery and young Tommen, First of His Name.
They did, however, substantially spice up the newlyweds’ sex life. “Surely four times is enough,” sighs an exhausted Margaery. Surely. Oh well, it beats the aforementioned alternative. Make love, not war, and all that.
In tonight’s episode, Benioff and Weiss also launched their most ambitious departure from the books to date, with Littlefinger’s plot to marry Sansa to Ramsay Bolton. I have several thoughts on this, so I’ll save it for last.
“High Sparrow” opens with Arya discovering that life in the House of Black and White is not nearly as much fun as she thought it would be. “I didn’t come here to sweep floors,” she complains to Jaqen H’ghar. “No?” he replies. “Why come then?” Zing! At least Arya has such treats in store as getting smacked around by a blind girl and sponge-bathing a dead guy. Ah, the glamorous life of a faceless assassin …
Speaking of glamour, I’m glad that Lord Commander Jon Snow has finally gotten around to the issue we’ve been waiting for lo these many seasons: the new latrine pit. For an eternity, the Night’s Watch has been distracting itself with White Walkers and Wildling armies and Craster’s Keep mutineers, when all along priority number one ought to have been where to put Number Two. When a Crow’s gotta go, a Crow’s gotta go.
More dramatically, Jon took off the head of Janos Slynt, a man whose head has needed taking off since he was commander of the Gold Cloaks way back in King’s Landing. With that swing of the sword, Jon also came full circle from the very first episode of the series, in which he watched Papa Ned do the same to a Night’s Watch deserter. (That scene was echoed in last week’s beheading in Meereen, too, right down to the line, “the law is the law.”) Jon’s scene with Stannis and Ser Davos was a good one as well. As I’ve mentioned before, doings at the Wall have gotten a lot more interesting since Stannis’s arrival.
Back in Essos, our aerial introduction to Volantis made impressive use of the show’s CGI budget. Last week I compared Braavos to Venice; am I wrong to think that Volantis has a hint of Florence to it? Regardless, it was not hard to predict that Tyrion’s wanderings through the city would end poorly. And has anyone else noticed that the word “greyscale” is coming up an awful lot? There was last week’s convo between Shireen and Gilly, and now Tyrion’s commentary while watching the Red Priestess. Could it be connected to Tyrion’s sudden, unexpected aversion to nookie in the brothel? (That would be another substantial alteration from the books.) Maybe not. But with all this foreshadowing, surely somebody is going to come down with a bad case of Stone-Maningitis.
If it were up to Cersei, of course, that somebody would be Margaery, who for the first time fully outranks her both politically and in Tommen’s affections. Margaery has always seemed a more nuanced schemer than Cersei—she knows, for example, that soft power is as important as hard—but I’d still be careful about taunting the Queen Mother (or Dowager Queen) quite so openly: “I wish we had some wine for you …” Regardless, it’s going to be fun to watch the two of them go at it.
And as long as I’m discussing Cersei’s scheming ability, it’s hard not to question the wisdom of her evidently making common cause with the High Sparrow (or as the Brazil fan in me insists on calling him, in Ian Holm’s voice, “Sam Lowry”). Allying yourself with a religious fanatic who despises hypocrisy when you are yourself a twincestuous adulterer who had your husband killed—what could possibly go wrong?
Two other quick thoughts on King’s Landing. First, did anyone else get a kick out of Pycelle’s profoundly self-serving comment re: the High Septon: “A man’s private affairs ought to stay private.” (Back in season two, he was the one being dragged from the arms of a Littlefinger employee and humiliated with a beard-shaving.) Also, is it just me, or did the body twitching noisily on Qyburn’s slab remind anyone else of a second-rate haunted house?
It was nice to see Brienne finally be nice to loyal old Pod, but given all the ground we need to cover, I could have lived without the backstory about her Bad Night at the Junior Prom.
Which brings me at last back to the new Sansa plotline. It was unpleasant enough to see the sigil of the Flayed Man (plus, actual flayed men) hanging over Winterfell. But that sight paled next to the brutal cut from Lord Roose’s “I’ve found the perfect girl to solidify our hold on the North” to the elder Stark girl. There are two ways this story can go—one good and one bad—and my best guess is that it will be a mix of the two.
Let’s start with the good. In the books, Sansa is never a lick of use to anyone, except as an unwitting poisoned-jewelry delivery device. (Let us not forget that she’s the one who got her father killed in season one by blabbing to Cersei.) Even in a new, as-yet-unpublished chapter that George R. R. Martin put online a few weeks ago, Sansa was still busy learning Remedial Conspiracy back in the Eyrie. So if the new Dark Sansa is ready to spread her wings, scheme a little scheme, and exact revenge on the Boltons (and anyone else), I’m all for it.
But—but—if in order to get there we have to go through scene after scene of her being brutally abused by Ramsay, my thumb is going to grow a fast-forward callus. As we’ve discussed on many occasions (including, um, the top of this post), the single error Benioff and Weiss make most frequently is cranking up the violence, sex, and—worst of all—sexual violence. It’s what caused them to stumble into the Jaime-Cersei rape of last season. It also led them to document Ramsay’s torture and mutilation of Theon (which in the books takes place “offscreen”) at gruesome, interminable length, in all its horn-tooting, sausage-eating glory.
To replay any of this horror with Sansa would be doubly redundant, given that she has already been abused by a fiancé (Joffrey) who was a psycho-sexual sadist. Enough is enough. If Benioff and Weiss go down this path again, it will be a terrible confirmation of their greatest failing as showrunners. But there’s some evidence (e.g., these comments by Iwan Rheon, who plays Ramsay; and these by Sophie Turner, who plays Sansa) that that may be exactly where we’re headed.
On a slightly more narrow note, there are also two ways to read Littlefinger’s peculiar exchange with Ramsay, in which the former confesses “I’ve heard very little about you.” I’m praying that this is a ruse to set Ramsay at ease, and that Petyr Baelish knows full well of his monstrous reputation. Because if we’re to believe it’s actually true that Littlefinger knows nothing about the notorious flay-addict of the North, and engages Sansa to him without bothering to find out—well, that’s just stupid. So, offering the benefit of the doubt, I’m going to assume it’s a ruse.
But I’ve gone on too long. What do you guys think is in store for Sansa? Who’s going to come out on top between Cersei and Margaery? And most important: Will the new latrine be a success?
Kornhaber: Of course the new latrine will be a success, Chris: It exists for one, clear, eternally-in-demand purpose. In that and that alone, perhaps the living might envy inanimate sewage facilities. All men must serve, as Jaquen H’gar reminds his new janitor, but it’s often a challenge to figure out who to serve and how. The House of Black and White dramatizes this fact by asking Arya to swab floors and bodies in silence, for no known purpose. But she wasn't the only one to ponder questions of duty in this episode: Sansa accepted an awful marriage proposal in hopes of eventual justice; Brienne and Podrick revealed how they acquired their lifelong debts of gratitude; Jon considered the idea that, per Davos, "the best way to help the most people might not be sitting in a frozen castle at the end of the world."
Jon also imposed some duties upon his new subordinates, and in doing so showed a Tywinesque level of cunning. First, Stannis advises the Lord Commander to banish Alliser Thorne to a hardship posting, perhaps demonstrating why he's among the most unloved men in the land. But Snow has a better read of the situation, and knows that Thorne’s rage stems from wounded pride. Humiliating him in the latrines would only worsen his grudge; sending him to Greyguard or Eastwatch by the Sea would put an enemy out of sight but not out of mind. Instead, Jon de-thorns Alliser (sorry) by elevating him to First Ranger and orders to Siberia the true liability of the Night’s Watch, that jerkly coward (or is it cowardly jerk?) Ser Janos. When Janos balks, Jon grimly aces the test of his authority. The only potential misstep I see from the new Crow leader is letting Olly listen in on discussions that might result in mercy for the same Wildlings that murdered and cannibalized the boy’s family.
Cersei, too, made a tricky administrative decision in this episode, imprisoning the High Septon of sex games. You may be right, Chris, that she’s risking a lot in ditching a false believer for a true one. But who can feel threatened by a barefooted, smiling Jonathan Pryce, making cracks about “lord Duckling”? Besides, Cersei knows that she could use a few more allies in Margaery-mad King's Landing. For the second week in a row, I must rave about Lena Headey: As Cersei’s mournful rage has cooled into survival-mode dread, the actress has traded snarls and lip curls for a brittle, thin smile. When the royal newlyweds’ alter kiss parted to reveal Cersei straining to perform joy, and when her peace overture to her new daughter-in-law was met with barely veiled taunts and handmaiden giggles, I felt sharp pangs of empathy for this fundamentally monstrous person.
Speaking of sharp feelings, Varys did not successfully impart fear of capture into his traveling companion, but he did in me. Hearing Tyrion brag in the brothel about always paying his debts was excruciating. Of course he'd be noticed by someone like Jorah Mormont, whiling away his days leering at a prostitute-impersonator of the One True Ruler Who Got Away. Chris, you wondered whether a disease kept Tyrion from consummating, but I'd assumed that he was afflicted with nothing more than lust-busting remorse over Shae. If only the sadness had snapped him to his senses rather than sending him to a vulnerable peeing post.
In yet other uncontrollable emotions: I literally booed at the screen when director Mark Mylod cut from Roose’s marriage discussion with Ramsay to a shot of Sansa riding with Littlefinger. Chris, you say this is twist is Benioff and Weiss's biggest addition yet; I say it's a thematically perfect stroke of genius that I desperately don't want to watch unfold. How horrible that Sansa is now betrothed to the only psychopath worse than the one she was originally set to marry, one whose father betrayed and murdered her mother and brother. A revenge mission is a tantalizing prospect, but I’d have wanted Sansa to secure more assurances and more of a plan from Baelish before riding down to meet the Boltons. Then again, she knows by now not to trust her creepy pseudo-uncle; he showed his callousness yet again when he offered to let Roose “inspect” Sansa to confirm her virginity—ew. If she’s going to get justice for the Red Wedding, she'd be better off enlisting help from friends of the kindly lady who told her that “the North remembers.”
The notion of an oppressed population and a perpetual pawn rising up against the wicked and powerful would be right in line with the other big theme of the episode—equality as a force for change. The High Sparrow preaches that no one is special; the red priestess of Volantis assures that the Lord of Light “hears the king as he hears the slave”; the Faceless Men seem to seek transcendence by giving up their identity. All three religions offer alternatives to the violent hierarchies that rule Westeros; Cersei is probably mistaken when she says “the faith and the crown are the two pillars that hold up this world—one collapses, so does the other." In the real world and in Thrones, total egalitarianism is a radical idea, and radical ideas threaten rulers and produce fanatics.
Arya would like to be one of those fanatics, but my guess is that she won't go all the way into facelessness. When she hid Needle rather than drown it, it was a bit of a relief—a sign that for however much she talks about wanting to be just A Girl, some part of her peppy personality, not to mention her personal vendettas, will survive. Or is that just wishful thinking?
Sullivan: I’m sorry, did you say something, Spencer? I’m still in shock about Sansa and [shudder] Ramsay. This is your idea of saving her, Littlefinger? I’ll bet Sansa already regrets turning down Brienne’s offer of protection. Even a faux knight with a dodgy record of success would be better than being left alone with Satan’s spawn. That pan from a trying-to-look-charming-instead-of-insane Ramsay welcoming Sansa over to the line of women who know his true nature was chilling. I do hope the Boltons at least took down the string of flayed bodies for Sansa’s homecoming.
The only possible way I could approve of this new plot development is if it ends with Jon getting word of Sansa’s presence at Winterfell and riding back home to save her, vows be damned. I want that family back together!
I did appreciate the callback to the show’s premiere, as the Boltons lined up to receive Sansa and Baelish. Winterfell is much changed from those days when the whole Stark family gathered to greet King Robert—and winter itself is closing fast.
A second reminder of that very first episode came after the cut from Jon at the Wall to Arya in Braavos, preparing to toss every reminder of her old life into the sea. But as you note, Spencer, she can’t quite do it, and hides Needle. That’s our best indicator that Arya won’t become simply A Girl. If you’ll remember back, Jon had the blacksmith at Winterfell make Needle for Arya, and he presented her with it before leaving for the Night’s Watch. I want to think she was remembering that connection and couldn’t completely sever the past.
Back in Kings Landing, I continue to share your pangs for Cersei, Spencer. Her humiliation by Margaery was almost worse than the dressing-down from Uncle Kevan last week. First the new queen calls her a drunk in front of other mean girls—“Mother, welcome! I wish we had some wine for you—it’s a bit early in the day for us.” Then Margaery just has to bring up how much sex she and baby boy Tommen are having. But that parting shot—“What’s the proper way to address you now? Queen mother or Dowager queen?” That was ice cold. As Cersei strode away, trying to maintain her dignity while the mean girls tittered, I felt keenly how powerless she is now.
The less said about Tommen and Margaery’s bedroom scenes, the better. Isn’t he like eight years old? What happened to the boy who just wanted to hang out with his beloved furball Ser Pounce? Manipulating this new king is hardly a worthy challenge for Margaery. It’s embarrassing, really. He’s head-over-heels. You like to sail? Me, too! That’s crazy! We’re are so totally soul mates. Just a few well-placed “But you’ll always be her baby boy” and “It’s no wonder she’s so protective of you—she’ll never let you out of her sight” comments, and Tommen is all but tossing his mother in a carriage bound for Casterly Rock.
The third callback from the premiere was, of course, Jon’s execution of Ser Janos, no doubt remembering Ned Stark’s words upon killing a deserter from the Night’s Watch: “The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.” It was excruciating to watch Jon’s face as Janos begged for mercy with his head on the stump. But not as excruciating as the actual act. Since the premiere aired in 2011, the world has endured too many videos of terrorists beheading hostages. That fact took me out of the scene as I watched, and tainted Jon’s act in a way surely not intended by the show’s creators.
I would like to think that these references to the show’s beginnings mean that we have turned the corner and that the story will be more concentrated on bringing characters back together and building toward the ending than separating them and establishing more worlds. That seems like a good thing. But as Tyrion learned this week, getting what you think you want does not always work out. Oh, to be stuck back in that traveling box with laugh-a-minute Varys! Better than hanging out with Ramsay, Tyrion. In the Games of Thrones, no matter how bad your situation, at least you always know someone else has it worse.
Christopher Orr is a contributing writer at The Atlantic.
Spencer Kornhaber is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where he covers pop culture and music.
Amy Sullivan is a correspondent, and the director of the Next Economy and New American projects, at National Journal. Previously a senior editor at Time, she is the author of The Party Faithful: How and Why Democrats Are Closing the God Gap.
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A visit to Wilson's farm, Le Roy
posted by Howard B. Owens in animals, agriculture, Le Roy.
That big blue and white object in the background isn't some jet engine I PhotoShoped into a farm picture -- it's a wind turbine, called the WindTamer.
Owner Garry Wilson said the turbine will be fully operational this week and will provide more power than he needs for his farm.
Wilson's farm is on Route 19 in Le Roy, right next door to the suspected meth lab police found this morning.
While Wilson said he's never heard a blade-type wind turbine, this one doesn't make much noise at all.
"We had quite a bit of wind a few nights back and it was no louder than a truck idling," Wilson said.
The turbines are advertised as more efficient, producing more power, than conventional turbines.
Wilson said he believes he has the first WindTamer in Genesee County, and the first turbine of any kind in Le Roy.
I got a chance to talk with Garry because while I was waiting for something interesting to happen at the suspected meth lab house (more on that later), I stood along the edge of the road and started trying to take some pictures of his horses, which is when I spotted one laying on the ground with its hoof apparently caught on a fence railing.
I spotted Garry's number and gave him a call. He came out immediately to help the horse get uncaught and get back up. He said it happens once in a while when the horse lays down too close to the fence and then rolls over, getting its hoof caught.
Pictures below of the horse rescue as well as one of Garry throwing some hay to his horses and of his cattle.
The horse seemed perfectly fine after it got up, even coming over to the railing where I was hoping I might be a person with a treat. Sorry, horse, no treats.
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There's one of those on Rte 246 North of Perry Center. It's been functional for a couple of years now and has been featured on various news outlets in Western NY.
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This is an awesome story, Howard. I believe I was at the public hearing about the wind turbine. It sounds really great. I'm very interested to see what happens.
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Howard, I think its Great that you saved that horse from further injury~!! Thank God We are Very interested in the wind turbines as well. We had passed a similar one, as Kevin said, on our way to Letchworth State Park last fall. I think its a very productive idea. I hope Clean Energy, and producing it will successfully take us into the future, and help preserve the Earth. Great Story!!
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True journalist ~ in the area to cover one story & uncovers another one!! Good job Howard! :o) You just never know what you'll encounter in Gen. Co. Good to be on the look out. I've seen the wind turbine on 246 & was amazed. I was driving, however, but it was hard not to rubber neck. Really cool. I didn't realize that Garry has one also. Glad the horse is ok!♥
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The first book in the Anna Curtis series takes readers on an exhilarating ride through the criminal justice system as a young prosecutor battles a disturbing murder case that conflicts dangerously with her own personal life.
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Toyota To Double Down on Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles As Industry Goes Electric
The company hopes mass production will lower costs and speed consumer adoption.
By Eric BrandtJuly 26, 2018
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To the automotive industry at large, the dream of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles sometimes feels like little more than a science project that didn’t really go anywhere. But not for Toyota. As one of the only car companies in the world that build a hydrogen-powered car you can lease, Toyota is moving forward with investing in the alternative fuel, according to Reuters.
It’s about more than just the Toyota Mirai, and even more than passenger cars. Toyota wants to expand hydrogen fuel cell tech to buses and trucks in the commercial segment, which implies the company will also move forward with its “Project Portal” hydrogen fuel-cell Class 8 semi truck. But how is Toyota going to get regular consumers excited about buying hydrogen fuel cell cars? It’s pretty simple, the same way it got people excited about buying hybrids with the Prius: by making it affordable.
“We’re going to shift from limited production to mass production, reduce the amount of expensive materials like platinum used in FCV [fuel cell vehicle] components, and make the system more compact and powerful,” the MiraI's chief engineer Yoshikazu Tanaka said in an interview with Reuters.
2025 is a big target year for Toyota. Sources familiar with the plan told Reuters that the brand wants to introduce a range of hydrogen-powered SUVs, pickups, and commercial trucks around 2025 along with increasing the Mirai’s range to 1,000 km (621 miles) in the same time frame. Last year, Toyota predicted that hydrogen fuel cell cars would be as cheap as conventional hybrids by 2025.
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Toyota Plans to Ramp up Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicle Production Around 2020
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T. Rowe Price charges an annual account service fee to help offset the relatively higher costs associated with servicing lower balance accounts. Accounts with low balances result in a disproportionate amount of service in relation to the amount of the investment, and this fee helps apportion some of the operating cost more equitably within a fund. We are committed to helping clients achieve their long-term investment goals. We believe in active fund management and pursue a disciplined process to evaluate the stocks and bonds we invest in. But we don't believe it should cost a lot. We try to keep our expenses low, so your investment can go even further.
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If my account value declines below the $10,000 minimum due to market fluctuation, will I be charged the fee anyway?
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‘Heavyweight’ names lined up for ITT conference
08 Feb 2019by Rob Gill
Places at this summer’s ITT Conference in Croatia are being snapped up “faster than ever before”, according to chairman Steven Freudmann.
Bay of Split, Croatia
Freudmann: "Split is proving to be an incredibly popular destination – for a lot of people, it’s a new destination. We’ve capped the numbers at 400 for the conference and we already have more than 200 people signed up."
This year’s three-day event is being held at the Le Meridien Lav hotel in the Croatian resort of Split on June 10-12 – and Freudmann thinks the choice of destination is playing a big part in securing early registrations.
“Bookings and registrations are coming in faster than we’ve ever experienced before. That’s very exciting,” said Freudmann.
“Split is proving to be an incredibly popular destination – for a lot of people, it’s a new destination. We’ve capped the numbers at 400 for the conference and we already have more than 200 people signed up – and it’s an impressive list of delegates.”
Freudmann added delegate numbers were also being boosted by a growing list of “heavyweight” speakers at the conference, which includes easyJet chief executive Johan Lundgren and British Airways boss Alex Cruz. “The fact we have some significant headline speakers is helping registrations – as it always does,” said Freudmann.
Other speakers will include former Loveholidays chairman Roger Flynn, while Brendan Barber, chair of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) Council, will be leading a session on The Future of Work at the conference.
This session will also feature Diana Holland, assistant general secretary at leading union Unite, who has responsibility for transport, travel and tourism.
This year’s conference will have the theme The Opportunities of Change to reflect the changes that may happen to the industry due to Brexit.
Freudmann is also promising some “big-name politicians” at the conference who will, give their views on the outcome of Brexit and will be announced in “due course”.
“There will be some serious big hitters who will give us the lowdown on whatever happens,” he added.
Delegates to this year’s conference will be able to take part in a series of free excursions, which are being organised by the Croatian National Tourist Board.
Other “extras” at the conference will include a tennis tournament, sponsored by Avis.
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Keeping The Wolves At Bay–Civility, Rectitude, Principle, And The Quiet Resistance Of A Small Town
The Blanton Clarion’s first publisher, Harrison Nichols, had come to the prairie in 1920 after making his fortune in New England in lumber and shipping. In a story out of Main Street, he had followed his love to Western Minnesota, invested his money in land, and soon was the town’s most prosperous citizen; and he, like Sinclair Lewis was taken with the town’s decency, patriotism, faith, and optimism. Although it was, not unlike most small towns in America, somewhat insular and resistant to change – not the place for idealists or entrepreneurs – Blanton was still very American. Its fundamental values, morality, and ethical probity were what the Founding Fathers had in mind when they formed the Republic. While the residents of Blanton looked at news from the great cities of the new America with curiosity and interest, most had no desire to leave the town in which they were born and grew up.
Two generations later when Harrison Nichols’ grandson took over the paper, the community had changed little. It had survived the Depression, the commercialization of prairie farmland which had left many small prairie towns empty and farmhouses abandoned, and perhaps most importantly the waves of social change which had radically restructured American society and reoriented the principled values that had been at the center of its life. Resistance or opposition to these progressive waves was not difficult for Blanton because few of those with ‘alternative lifestyles’ felt any desire to go there; nor were there any minorities to speak of. The black exodus after the Civil War bypassed them. The Illinois Central travelled far to the east, and few freed slaves, even had there been a whistle stop in Blanton between Mississippi and Chicago, would never have chosen life on a cold, bleak prairie.
So in many ways, Blanton was indeed ‘the town that time forgot’. Time had shown itself to be disruptive, uncivil, divisive, and contrary; and if the town’s social perimeter had become tighter and less permeable over the years, no one was complaining. The America its residents saw on the news was definitely not the country they recognized. While unfailingly patriotic – Blanton boys had died in all America’s wars - the town never wanted to join a mainstream which had become muddied and lifeless. Residents knew that the other America was encroaching, and that soon their livelihood and way of life would be swallowed by the social waves sweeping from the coasts; but they remained in place. There was something to the idea of place itself that held them. Blanton was more than just a town that had lasted for over a hundred years, essentially unchanged and intact. It was a town of generations; houses lived in by successive Hammonds, Parkers, Carpenters, and Joneses; park benches sat in by grandmothers, climbed on by grandchildren, and repaired and restored by their relatives.
Act I of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town begins with a description of a small town in New Hampshire:
The sky is beginning to show some streaks of light over in the East there, behind our mountain. Well, I'd better show you how our town lies. Up here is Main Street. Way back there is the railway station. Polish Town's across the tracks. Over there is the Congregational Church; across the street's the Presbyterian. Methodist and Unitarian are over there. Baptist is down in the holla' by the river. Catholic Church is over beyond the tracks. Here's the Town Hall and Post Office combined; jail's in the basement. Here's the grocery store and here's Mr. Morgan's drugstore. Most everybody in town manages to look into those two stores once a day.
Public School's over yonder. High School's still farther over. Quarter of nine mornings, noontimes, and three o'clock afternoons, the hull town can hear the yelling and screaming from those schoolyards. This is our doctor's house, Doc Gibbs'. This is the back door. This is Mrs. Gibbs' garden. Corn…peas...beans...hollyhocks…heliotrope… and a lot of burdock. And this is Mrs. Webb's garden. Just like Mrs. Gibbs'. Only it's got a lot of sunflowers, too.
Nice town, y'know what I mean?
Eudora Welty writes of a similar town in Delta Wedding. Although there are some strains within the Fairchild family – the marriage of outsiders Troy and Robbie are potential disruptions to the perfectly-ordered running of the plantation – none of them ever amount to anything. The folds of the family are too welcoming and absorptive. It is too big, too old, to established in its traditional ways, propriety, good taste, and humanity not to tame the most rebellious.
Delta Wedding is not only the story of a multi-generational, closely-knit family but its simplicity extends beyond the plantation. Welty chooses not to write about the Civil War or Reconstruction, both of which were only decades before her story of the wedding. The plantation is a physical and historical enclave. The only past that has any importance for the Fairchilds is the one of their ancestors.
Sinclair Lewis, perhaps best-known for his criticism of the insular, ignorant, and self-satisfied burghers of the Midwest (Babbitt) in Main Street he is far less critical, and although he first depicts the small Midwestern town of his birth in an unfavorable and predictable light, he later expresses admiration for its energy, optimism, faith in progress, and solid values. Any society, he observes, has inwardness – a self-protective instinct to keep disruptive ideas out – but there is a distinct value to a culture which has an undeniably moral and ethical core.
When Carol Milford arrives in Gopher Prairie she feels lost and depressed. The town is small, simple, and unattractive. There are no arts, no beauty, and no poetry. It exists only because of the rich prairie land around it, the money to be made, and the services to support it. It is a miserable place without culture. She resists and makes repeated attempts to introduce ‘culture’ to the town without success. It is not only insular, simple, and conservative; but obstinately resistance to change. However, over the years, she realizes that the town’s cultural indifference is nothing of the sort. In her desire to remake the town in her ambitious cultural image, she ignored the unique, fundamental culture of its own. A community which valued place, permanence, family, and civility most definitely had culture, perhaps not ‘high’ culture, but a a level of ethical and moral consistency which in many ways surpassed it.
Hawthorne in The House of the Seven Gables also wrote of place, permanence, and history; and although critical of the corrosive inbred nature of socially hermetic places, he could not help but see their importance.
The street in which it up-reared its venerable peaks has long ceased to be a fashionable quarter of the town; so that, though the old edifice was surrounded by habitations of modern date, they were mostly small, built entirely of wood, and typical of the most plodding uniformity of common life. Doubtless, however, the whole story of human existence may be latent in each of them, but with no picturesqueness, externally, that can attract the imagination or sympathy to seek it there.
But as for the old structure of our story, its white-oak frame, and its boards, shingles, and crumbling plaster, and even the huge, clustered chimney in the midst, seemed to constitute only the least and meanest part of its reality. So much of mankind's varied experience had passed there,—so much had been suffered, and something, too, enjoyed,—that the very timbers were oozy, as with the moisture of a heart. It was itself like a great human heart, with a life of its own, and full of rich and somber reminiscences.
‘The town that time should forget’ was the headline of an editorial in a well-known Eastern newspaper whose journalist did a feature on Blanton – a small town whose residents boasted of its principles and fundamental values but whose lily-white, conservative values were in fact racist and indicative of the white supremacy which resided throughout the country under the cover of probity and traditionalism. The journalist, like the fictional Carol Milford, overlooked and ignored the internal culture of the town and how a community uniform in race, ethnicity, and social and religious values, need not be prejudiced. Cultural homogeneity does not imply injustice.
He was not alone, for many of his colleagues made the same wrongful assumption and worse, conflated individual towns’ experience with a national one. All small towns are socially ignorant. Cultural uniformity ipso facto is defiant racism. They are obstacles to progress, social justice, and progressive reform.
The opposite is true. The values of homogeneous societies such as Blanton or the fictional towns of Lewis, Wilder, and Hawthorne, are more representative of high culture than any more diverse. The values of Blanton – rectitude, honor, respect, discipline, compassion, courage, and honor – have been the attributes of advanced civilizations since Greece and Rome. The educational principles of Cato the Elder incorporated into his diptychs for future Roman leaders included this moral code as even more essential than military strategy, civil governance, or law.
Blanton should be looked to for guidance not with opprobrium and mistrust.
Some critics have suggested that the sense of place was really what gave Welty’s later works distinction; and that novels like Delta Wedding were examples of how the ‘place’ of the Delta and the Fairchild plantation was a metaphor for place and family:
Place is vitally important to Welty. She believed that place is what makes fiction seem real, because with place come customs, feelings, and associations. Place answers the questions, "What happened? Who's here? Who's coming?" Place is a prompt to memory; thus the human mind is what makes place significant.
There was indeed human mind in Blanton, and far too little outside city limits.
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Spread of acute watery diarrhoea and suspected cholera slows in Yemen amid unprecedented response efforts from unsung local heroes
Weekly number of reported new cases has declined by one third since June
AMMAN/SANA’A, 28 August 2017 – The Yemeni people continue to be hit by an unprecedented and mostly man-made humanitarian crisis. Amid the suffering, ordinary Yemenis are leading a heroic daily fight against acute watery diarrhoea and cholera which is now paying off.
Thanks to an unparalleled response effort from local workers with the support of international NGOs and UN organisations, the weekly number of reported new cases has declined by one third since late June.
Health, water and sanitation personnel – who have not received salaries in over ten months – have been working tirelessly to stem the outbreak, which remains the worst in the world with over 550,000 suspected cases and more than 2,000 associated deaths recorded since April. More than half of the suspected cases are children.
Massive collective efforts to treat the sick and improve water and sanitation systems have helped slow the spread of the disease.
“We had difficulties managing the number of patients that came to us – many of them with severe conditions,” said Dr. Nahla Arishi, Deputy Manager and Head of the cholera treatment center at Alsadaqah Hospital in Aden City. “The hospital is crowded and beds and essential medicines are in short supply. But I can’t close the hospital’s doors and not accept children because there aren’t enough beds – I am a doctor and a mother too.”
A nationwide cholera awareness campaign is currently underway, mobilizing over 40,000 volunteers going house-to-house and reaching over 2.7 million families so far - approximately 80 per cent of households in Yemen. Through the campaign:
Nearly 12.5 million people across the country have received information on water disinfection, handwashing, sanitation and food safety, and
250,000 children and adults suffering from diarrhoea have been provided with oral rehydration salts and referred for treatment.
“Many of the children I have visited in their homes are thin and weak,” said Muthab Alburaik Salem, a community health volunteer working on the campaign. “It’s crucial to spread awareness among vulnerable communities so they are spared additional suffering. I fear that my own children will be exposed to diseases – so I treat all children I’m working with in Yemen as if they were my own,” adds Muthab, a mother of two.
Despite these recent gains, the fight against cholera is far from over. Amid continued violence, water and sanitation systems are collapsing, and more than half of Yemen’s health facilities are out of service, cutting off almost 15 million people from safe water and access to basic healthcare. The country remains on the brink of famine, with an estimated 385,000 children suffering from severe acute malnutrition, putting them at heightened risk of acute watery diarrhoea and cholera.
To maintain the gains made, the international community must step up its support for rebuilding health, water and sanitation facilities and invest in preventing future outbreaks.
But without an end to the fighting, more children will die. UNICEF calls on all parties to the conflict to find a peaceful political solution to the violence in Yemen to save children’s lives and offer them the prospect of a brighter future.
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How to Trademark a Brand: Everything You Need to Know
Trademark Law ResourcesHow To Register A Trademark
A trademark protects certain kinds of intellectual property. It can apply to any unique symbol, name, device, or word that identifies a company or product.8 min read
What is a Trademarked Brand?
A trademark protects certain kinds of intellectual property. It can apply to any unique symbol, name, device, or word that identifies a company or product. Trademark protection allows the company to protect its intellectual property from unauthorized use. Companies usually trademark their logo and name.
The first person or company to use a unique mark gets the trademark. This protection is limited to a small geographic area. For wider protection, the trademark has to be registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO.)
Trademarks also help companies build brand loyalty. By distinguishing one company from another, customers can choose who to buy goods from. This also protects consumers from companies misusing trademarked brands.
To get trademark protection, an application has to be filed and accepted by the USPTO. To be accepted, the trademark application has to meet some important requirements.
Why Is Trademarking Your Brand Important?
A trademark protects your brand. The brand is how customers recognize your business. This is the business's livelihood.
Without trademark protection, another company could use your brand. You can protect your brand and name from others with a trademark. You can also protect your business from infringing upon someone else's brand by using a trademark search.
It takes time to build a recognizable brand. A trademark helps to protect the brand while it is growing. Without that time and protection, the brand may never become profitable.
Broad Protection
To get the broadest protection for your trademark, don't include a specific design. Also, if your business is registering a domain name as a trademark, don't include the web extension. The web extension is the ending of the web address, such as .com, .net, or .org. If you include the extension in the trademark, someone else could trademark the same domain with a different extension. By not including the web extension, you get more protection.
What Is the Difference Between a Trademark and a Brand?
The terms "brand" and "trademark" are often used interchangeably. However, there is a legal difference.
"Brand" can have a broad or narrow definition. A company chooses a brand to represent itself. A brand is made up of:
Intellectual property assets
Communication with the public, like commercials or advertising
Names of products or services
A "trademark" is legal protection given to brand items or intellectual property. Brand items like the company name or logo can be trademarked. The trademark protects them from use by other companies and people.
For national protection, the item has to be registered with the USPTO. For statewide protection, it has to be registered with the secretary of state. To receive regional rights, it just has to be in use.
With federal registration, a trademark gets:
Protection from unauthorized use
The ability to claim damages in court
Protection from the import of foreign goods that infringe on the trademark
An item can both be a brand and a trademark. For example, Chevrolet is a trademarked company name and a brand of car.
What Is the Difference Between a Trademark Logo and a Brand?
A company or brand name is just that — the name of the company. The logo is the design or image used to represent the company. A logo might include a specific font, color, or design to make it unique.
Most companies register both their name and logo. This helps protect the brand from use by other businesses.
If you can't afford to apply for two trademarks, the company name is more important. This is because the company name is likely to change over time.
In the United States, common law rights also apply. As soon as a company or person uses a name in business, they have common law rights to keep using it.
Common law rights are limited to the geographic area where the brand was first used. These rights offer little help if the company challenges someone else's use of the brand in court. Because of these limitations, it is important for businesses to register their brands as trademarks.
What Is the Difference Between Trademark and Copyright?
A copyright is a kind of federal legal protection for creators of original work. This includes movies, songs, books, poems, and works of art. A copyright grants the owner the right to use, display, sell, and reproduce the work. It lasts the lifetime of the creator or owner plus 70 years.
A trademark covers words, short phrases, and logos that identify a brand or business.
Copyrights protect works of authorship. Trademarks protect words, phrases, and symbols that identify the source of a product.
Something can be registered with both a copyright and a trademark. A logo may be copyrighted by the designer while the trademark belongs to the business owner.
You don't have to register to get a copyright or trademark. However, you get more protection when you register.
Why Should You Use an Attorney?
You don't have to hire an attorney to file your brand, logo, or company for a trademark. However, it can simplify the process.
A University of North Carolina School of Law study analyzed 25 years of USPTO trademark application data. The study found that applications that were completed with the help of an attorney were 50 percent more likely to be accepted.
An attorney may seem expensive, but the improved chances of acceptance could be worth it. If your application isn't accepted, you may have to apply again. This brings the overall cost in line with hiring an attorney. With a second application, you may also have to respond to a refusal. This costs extra time and money.
Whether an attorney will be helpful also depends on the kind of business. Something straightforward will result in a simpler application process. Something more complicated, like medical devices, technology, or pharmaceuticals, may benefit from the help of an attorney.
When Should You Apply for a Trademark?
There is no wrong time to apply for a trademark. Most businesses should apply as soon as possible to make sure no one else uses the trademark.
You have to send a drawing of the item with your application. To trademark a logo, be sure to send the version your company wants to use. If the logo changes after the application has been filed or accepted, you have to file a new one.
Common Law Trademark
You can claim ownership of a trademark as soon as you start selling products under that trademark. To indicate your claim, mark it with "™." Once your trademark is registered, you can indicate it with a circle "R" mark. It is illegal to use the circle "R" mark without having registered your trademark.
What Is the Trademark Application Process?
The trademark application process is simple, but can be time-consuming:
Do a trademark search
File an application
File an intent-to-use form
Pay the fees
This is an easily overlooked but important step. A trademark search looks to see if there are other trademarks like yours. If so, you have to redesign your mark.
Do a trademark search through the USPTO website. To complete this search, you'll use the Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS.)
This system and database help you confirm that no other company has registered a similar mark in the same category of goods or services. U.S. trademark protection is granted to the first entity to use that mark in that geographic area. This is not dependent upon registration.
On the other hand, if someone registers a mark before you do, you may lose the right to use it. Even if you used the mark first, if you didn't register it first, the trademark protection is given to the person who registers the trademark first. In such cses, a trademark lawyer can be a big help.
You can complete a trademark search yourself or hire a professional. Pay attention to details like looking for misspellings or slight variations.
A thorough trademark search helps protect you from a denial because a similar trademark is already in use.
Intent to Use
When you apply for a trademark, the USPTO expects that you are already using it. If not, you have to file an intent-to-use form.
This form tells the USPTO that your trademark is not in use, but will be soon. You have to start using your trademark in business within six months after the intent-to-use is accepted.
If you're not ready in six months, you can file an extension. For each extension, the USPTO looks for proof of why the trademark is not yet in use and charges a fee.
There are different levels of trademark registration and protection.
After searching for other similar trademarks and determining there are none, it's time to file a trademark application. The trademark application forms can be downloaded from the Trademark Electronic System and filed there for a small fee.
TM or SM
While waiting for your trademark application to be approved, mark your trademark with a ™ or SM mark. This is used to designate a pending trademark and a geographic ownership over that trademark.
A ™ mark is used for product-based trademark registrations. The SM applies to service-based trademark registrations. Once your trademark has received approval, you can mark it with a circle "R" mark or ®.
What Are the Fees To Trademark a Brand?
Businesses often hire attorneys to help with their trademark search and application. This raises the cost but makes the process more efficient. It also increases the chances that the application will be approved.
Most attorneys charge between $500 and $2,000 for help with a trademark application. If you're interested in applying for a trademark, find a lawyer to help you from UpCounsel.
Other trademark fees include an initial filing fee, late fees, and maintenance fees. Trademarks have to be renewed every so often, and there is a fee for each renewal.
Online trademark registration costs between $275 and $325. It requires:
How Long Does It Take To Apply?
Completing the trademark application is simple. You can do it online in about 90 minutes.
You should receive a response within six months.
What Should Not Be Trademarked?
Lots of things can be trademarked, like your business name and logo. However, there are also things that cannot be trademarked. If your business name is not the name you use when you communicate with customers, it probably cannot be trademarked. This is because the company name is not connected with your brand. That connection is important for a trademark.
What's the difference between a trademark and a brand?
Companies choose brands to represent them when communicating with customers. A trademark is a kind of legal protection for those brands.
What can be trademarked?
Most businesses trademark their logo and company name.
If you are thinking about applying for a trademark, talk to one of the attorneys on UpCounsel for help.
For regional protection, you don't have to register. Whoever uses the mark first receives the trademark. This level gives very little protection to the trademark holder.
State registration is the least expensive way to register your trademark. The cost varies by state. It usually ranges from $50 to $100. State registration only protects your trademark from unauthorized use within the state. There is no inter-state protection.
Federal registration is the most expensive but offers the most protection. Register your trademark at the federal level through the USPTO. A federal trademark is recognized across the country. Other benefits include:
Protection against unauthorized use
Ability to claim damages in court
Ability to stop the import of foreign goods that infringe on the trademark
Category of goods or services for which the mark will be used
Date of first use of the mark
Whether or not your mark has a design component
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On December 1, 2015, UBC Press was delighted to announce the acquisition of the assets of Purich Publishing, which is now a new imprint of UBC Press. Founded by Don Purich and Karen Bolstad in 1992, Purich Publishing has been a leader of publishing on Aboriginal law, social justice, and Western Canadian issues. Purich books offer unique and important perspectives in identity and nationhood, youth and the law, Aboriginal health and education, and social justice. We believe this addition will push UBC Press to the forefront of this immensely important and intellectually vital publishing area.
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Province clamps down on recreational fishing due to suffering fish stocks
Increased water temperatures and low water levels has moved the B.C. government to ban angling in many areas of the province.
Recreational fishing was severely restricted this week. Photo by Heath Alseike/Creative Commons
The B.C. government has announced it is suspending angling in streams and rivers throughout most of the south coast due to warming water temperatures and low stream flows.
Effective July 22 through Sept. 30, virtually all angling is suspended in the geographic area south of Toba Inlet, near Powell River on the Sunshine Coast, and the Toba River (which is not included in the closure) to the U.S. border. Lakes and reservoirs are not included in the closure.
The closure has been put in place to protect fish stocks at a time when they are vulnerable due to low flows and high water temperatures. The closure has a number of exceptions of larger streams with flows and temperatures currently suitable for a sustainable recreational fishery. These exceptions are for the following river mainstems: the Fraser (non- tidal portion), Chilliwack-Vedder, Harrison, Lillooet, non-tidal Squamish, non-tidal Pitt, Elaho, Cheakamus, Capilano (downstream of Highway 1 bridge) and Mamquam (downstream of CN railway bridge). However, the tributaries of these named exceptions are closed.
On July 4 angling closures were put in place for southern Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.
On July 15, the government of B.C. announced a Level 4 drought rating for the South Coast and Lower Fraser areas due to ongoing low stream flows. B.C. government fisheries biologists are monitoring approximately 40 other key angling streams across the province, including the excepted streams listed above, and if conditions warrant, additional closures are possible. Angling closures are enabled through the British Columbia Sport Fishing Regulations of the federal Fisheries Act.
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EV’s chief editor, Brendan Wolfe, recently announced he’d be taking a new position with the Charlottesville Community Foundation. Before he left, I wanted to sit down with him as well as Donna Lucey, EV’s long-time media editor, to learn about the hidden processes that go into making each entry an exciting tool for understanding Virginia’s stories.
The process begins by taking a holistic, big picture look at history. Wolfe explained that EV’s staff starts by identifying a thematic section topic, like “Civil War” or “Slavery.” Then, they find a scholar to serve as a section editor and begin fleshing out the section with potential entry topics. Currently in the works is a section on the American Revolution. “Ideally we’ve got a rough idea of a section and a rough entry list,” Wolfe said. “And by rough, for this, it’s 18 pages.”
Throughout the process, EV staff works directly with scholars to ensure that it is presenting the most up-to-date and inclusive versions of history possible. Wolfe recalls that when compiling the list of entries for the Civil War section, for instance, the first draft “felt very 1960sish. Lots of battles and leaders.” Section editor Pete Carmichael, current head of the Civil War Center at Gettysburg College, helped EV staff put together an updated entry list that included topics like “the homefront, women’s experience, the experience of enslaved and free blacks, religion” and more.
After a section topic has been identified and a list of entries has been approved, the section editor helps recruit scholars to write the entries. These are historians who possess the most up-to-date understanding of their field. Contributing scholars receive a modest honorarium for their work, but the real gain, as Wolfe sees it, is the chance to participate in public-facing history. It’s an “opportunity to actually contribute to people’s real understanding of history. And it’s not something that’s going away. That entry is going to be on the Internet a long time.”
Wolfe then edits each entry, collaborating back and forth with the author and performing a preliminary round of fact checking. It’s a labor-intensive process, but one that the EV staff see as the necessary “minimum due diligence” required to make EV an authoritative source. When Wolfe is done, the entry is sent out for a vigorous round of professional fact checking and copyediting.
Donna Lucey
At this point, EV’s media editor Donna Lucey steps in. Working “like a detective,” Lucey has traveled to archives and museums all over the state in search of media objects like letters, scrapbooks, paintings, 3D objects, and even centuries-old food. These materials get added to a stockpile from which EV can draw on for any entry. “Over time I figure out how to sprinkle them in,” Lucey explained. She has formed partnerships with museums and historical societies, who help her photograph and digitize items that, in many cases, have never been previously published. At the former Museum of the Confederacy (now part of the American Civil War Museum in Richmond) “they allowed me to go into their back closet of artifacts” and choose some one-of-a-kind objects never seen before by the general public.
This 3D model of a pipe made of schist—a common local rock—appears in Encyclopedia Virginia‘s entry on Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest.
“I love the files that say miscellaneous,” Lucey said. “Menus, bits of ephemera, family photographs, and scrapbooks” humanize history, making it real and accessible to anybody. “Physical artifacts are almost more telling than the text itself,” she added, referring to a prosthetic arm that belonged to a Confederate soldier during the Civil War. As Wolfe says, EV’s multi-media approach is unique. It’s “not what you’re going to see associated with that material everywhere else on the web.”
Martha Washington’s Wedding Shoes courtesy of Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association
A hinged and movable prosthetic arm used by a Confederate amputee appears in EV courtesy the American Civil War Museum.
Two pieces of Civil War-era hardtack appear in EV courtesy the American Civil War Museum
Finally, entries are sent back to contributors one last time for review and are prepared for publication online by Miranda Bennett, EV’s assistant editor. But even after publication, an entry is never truly finished. New sources turn up in archives, historical perspectives change, and EV has to constantly adapt to its audiences. So, when asked if EV would ever be complete, Wolfe answered that “it won’t ever be finished.” And Lucey agreed, saying history “never ends. The factory keeps churning it out!”
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Route 66 is such an iconic road, reminiscent of the days of family road trips, milkshakes, hot rods, Buddy Holly and James Dean.
I can imagine traveling cross country on Route 66, absorbed in the music, scenery and with a care-free disposition! Even though I am only sampling a small part of Route 66, along the Illinois & Michigan Canal Heritage Corridor, from where it begins in Chicago and runs south to Springfield, all 320 kilometers are met with unique places, quaint homes, and good old fashioned family fun.
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My first stop along Route 66 is Romeoville, known for a lovely restaurant called the White Fence Farm, which claims to have the “World’s Best Chicken.” The White Fence Farm has been family owned since the 1920s, and has stood the test of time. Their always fresh, never frozen chicken is delivered daily, and flash fried in the secret sauce, and is absolutely delicious! They are open every day for dinner except Monday, and even have a petting zoo for the kids!
Also in Romeoville, there’s the historic Fitzpatrick House, which once belonged to a Canadian, named Patrick Fitzgerald back in 1830. Fitzgerald spent most of his youth in Ireland, but soon became an important figure in Illinois. The home has a wonderful photography exhibit on the construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal. On your way through Romeoville, stop and take a look at the Route 66 Information Kiosk, which has a list of all of the best places to stop along Route 66. You can find similar kiosks along the Corridor in Joliet and Wilmington as well. Some of the must-sees along the route include the Gemini Giant, a 30-foot-tall statue, and the Polk-A-Dot Drive-In, which plays tunes from the 1950s and 60s and serves a famous turtle sundae.
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After all the fun of Romeoville, the next stop I made was in the lovely town of Joliet. There are some great restaurants, and nice places to walk along the canal, but there were two highlights for me: the first being the Joliet Area Historical Museum. This museum is full of state-of-the-art presentations and exhibits, and even has a lunar landing simulator that you can step into and pretend you are going to the surface of the moon, just like the moon landing in 1969! It also has the Route 66 Welcome Center and exhibit, full of Route 66 artifacts, memorabilia from the cult movie the Blues Brothers, interesting finds and facts about the area! The second highlight was the Rialto Square Theater. This historic theater is stunning; its European architecture and marble walls are truly breathtaking! It dates back to 1926, and still hosts concerts, plays and comedy shows.
Views inside the expansive Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet, Illinois
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WEBWIRE – Tuesday, April 3, 2007
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World’s Leading Film Distribution Company Recognizes DHL and Employees for Service Excellence and Support
DHL, the world’s leading express delivery and logistics company, today announced that Technicolor Cinema Distribution, one of the nation’s leading distributors of theatrical film prints, honored DHL with the Technicolor ’Vendor of the Year’ award. At an awards ceremony, Technicolor recognized DHL’s nationwide US service excellence, and praised the contributions of DHL employees to the DHL/Technicolor partnership.
’Vendor of the Year’
This is the third straight year in a row that Technicolor has presented DHL with the ’Vendor of the Year’ award for its Same Day service. This year, DHL was recognized for achieving higher levels of service performance in 2006 than in any other year in the history of the partnership. The DHL team was also commended for exceeding goals and setting a new quality benchmark.
“DHL has provided stellar performance to Technicolor, and we are pleased to recognize DHL yet again for their commitment to continuous improvement and development of processes that have brought a tremendous value to this successful partnership,” said Tim Burke, general manager for Technicolor Cinema Distribution, part of Technicolor Film Services. DHL was the only transportation company to be honored with the award.
DHL Express manages the regular distribution of time critical film prints and marketing materials to theaters nationwide on behalf of Technicolor. DHL provides same-day delivery for time-sensitive domestic and international packages via ground transportation and next-flight-out service, as well as chartered aircraft services. When special circumstances require even more rapid delivery than next day, DHL Same Day service is engaged via an electronic link to provide expedited service on-demand. DHL Same Day also distributes film prints between theaters for Technicolor, expedites film shipments for special screenings, provides field warehousing in more than 30 cities around the country, and stores extra prints for Technicolor’s film distribution needs.
Technicolor measures DHL’s performance on the most stringent benchmarks in the transportation industry to prevent disruptions that could inevitably lead studios or theaters to delay or cancel movies to awaiting audiences. DHL service performance for combined express and same day deliveries for Technicolor Cinema Distribution was over 99% error-free for 2006.
“There are few customers with higher expectations than Technicolor for service excellence,” said John Cameron, Executive Vice President of Operations, for DHL. “This recognition by Technicolor is a tribute to all DHL personnel for their commitment to delivering superior quality and performance on a daily basis.”
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The forward march of nationalism and protectionism around the world is leaving a trail of disintegration in its wake, with Brexit merely the latest manifestation. How can globalization and openness continue to be harnessed for the global good?
Globalization describes how barriers to markets and human interaction fall away: particularly in terms of markets for goods and services, finance, the movement of people, technology and information. There is much to be gained from breaking down barriers, including specialization, as countries can focus on particular areas of expertise rather than trying to do all things; economies of scale; the transfer of technologies between countries, not to mention greater intercultural understanding.
Globalization expands opportunities. In doing so, it touches not only on the economic but also the political and security aspects of our lives. Throughout human history, despite fits and starts, the world has become increasingly global as we have grown closer to each other. Now we find ourselves as at inflection point where its gains are under threat.
Globalization under fire. Again.
This is hardly the first time that globalization has come under fire. Despite the numerous benefits it brings, in recent decades protests from Seattle to Genoa have decried its unfairness and damage.
A protest that has echoed through the years: anti-globalization march in Seattle, 1999
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This is because while the benefits of globalization tend to be enjoyed by many, including millions of people lifted out of poverty in Asia, while those who lose out from the process are more concentrated, for example in declining industries, regions or jobs, and of course they tend to be more vocal in their opposition. Globalization is blamed for unfair competition, job losses, inequalities, environmental damage, security concerns and many other ills.
And these protesters have a point. Merely from an economic standpoint, recent waves of opening up and liberalization have arguably exacerbated inequalities in many countries, with the middle class hit particularly hard. In the United States, median wages have been stagnant over the last four decades. The same picture holds true across many advanced economies, with middle incomes standing still while the rich grow richer. A critical bedrock of stable societies risks being eroded.
The bottom line is that globalization magnifies all the things that markets can get right as well as wrong. Economic systems around the world are failing their citizens, who are not able to fully participate and benefit from the growth process. Globalization merely accentuates this fact.
The danger of inwardness
But retreating from globalization is a mistake. By closing markets and borders the world risks slowing the pace of growth and development as countries and regions retrench into their corners. Globalization allows for the sorts of transfers of finance, knowledge and trade that make countries more prosperous and that can lift developing countries more quickly to affluence. The catch-up we have seen would be greatly diminished if all countries turn in on themselves.
Globalization, while imperfect, has lifted millions out of poverty in China
How can this be avoided? Citizens must be convinced that they stand to gain from globalization so that they support political processes that keep markets and borders open. This requires ensuring that countries have the kinds of environments that allow their citizens to reap the full benefits that the expanded opportunities and competition that globalization ushers in, while protecting those that lose from the greatest shocks. In other words, the kinds of economic policies that make generally good sense.
In our Inclusive Growth and Development Report, the World Economic Forum highlights the many ways that the growth process can be made more inclusive. This will be critical for ensuring that the world can continue to reap the benefits from larger and more competitive markets. There is no silver bullet, but there is a wide spectrum of policy and institutional levers that can foster both growth and social inclusion at the same time. These include obvious things, such as education and a progressive tax policy that spreads wealth, which is particularly important for compensating and retraining those who may lose their jobs in part due to globalization.
And there are many other levers which are less often considered in this context but can be just as critical to a country’s success in advancing living standards and ensuring productive employment for all. These include access to basic services and infrastructure, from healthcare to public transport, support for entrepreneurship, finance for real economy investment, and lack of corruption.
No more scapegoats
As well as putting a more inclusive system in place, policy-makers must articulate to the public why a more open global environment is so critical for our collective future. Rather than tackling tough social problems head on, it’s too easy to reach for globalization as a convenient scapegoat. Overall, this approach requires jettisoning the politics of the short-term in favour of a long-term perspective and a desire to do what is good for society for this and future generations.
National and global market forces must be harnessed to ensure that the world can continue to benefit from all of its talent and assets. Allowing fear, short-term thinking and nationalist rhetoric to lead countries back to isolationism and autarky would make for a sad future indeed.
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Miami just got a lot more dangerous -- especially for one innocent young woman running for her life.
The city of Miami is Detective Tom Moon's back yard. He's always kept it local, attending University of Miami on a football scholarship, and, as a Miami PD officer, protecting the city's most vulnerable.
Now, as the new leader of an FBI task force called "Operation Guardian," it's his mission to combat international crime. Moon's investigative team discovers that the opportunistic "Blood Brothers" -- Russian nationals Roman and Emile Rostoff -- have evaded authorities while building a vast, powerful, and deadly crime syndicate throughout Europe and metropolitan Miami.
Moon played offense for U of M, but he's on the other side of the field this time. And as the Rostoffs zero in on a target dear to Tom, they're not playing by anyone's rules.
James Patterson is the world's bestselling author. The creator of Alex Cross, he has produced more enduring fictional heroes than any other novelist alive. He lives in Florida with his family.
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Art | 25 Mar 2011 | By Apphia Michael
Art of Attraction photography exhibition, New York
’Ox and Angela, plastic surgeon and wife’ by Zed Nelson
Showcasing a mix of photographs that capture the themes of sexual desire and attraction, as well as highlighting other photographic works that look to document our global obsession with the unforgiving Western ideal of physical beauty, New York’s recently opened Float Gallery is questioning the hazy lines of the rules of attraction, and giving us some tongue-in-cheek answers.
For some, it’s all about the pursuit of a pair of perfectly modified breasts, for others, the need to achieve ultimate body symmetry and muscle tone - either way, the exhibition wants to talk about the extreme lengths some people take to be seen as physically attractive to the opposite sex, and how these have become resonant in more facets than just the obvious ones.
Zed Nelson’s
’Nose Job’ for instance, shows a freshly-bandaged nose post-modification, sitting on the face of a Middle-Eastern girl who can’t be more than 12 years old. Taken from Nelson’s ’Love Me’ series - which was photographed in 17 countries across five continents - the image, like others in the series, looks to question the results of how the notion of Western beauty has been perceived and exported abroad.
Other works not to be missed examine beauty and desire in relation to the documenter, like the more abstract photo-dialogue of Ellen Jong’s, taken from her ’Getting to Know My Husband’s Cock’, which journeys into self-discovery by transposing her own personal account of romance, ultimately giving the inhuman subjects she documents a sense of the body.
Installation view of the Art of Attraction exhibition at Float Gallery in New York, featuring the ’Ox and Angela’ photograph by Zed Nelson.
’Nose Job’ by Zed Nelson
’Mirror Mirror On The Wall’ by Yisook Sohn
Installation view of ’Mirror Mirror On The Wall’
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’Smoke’ by Sandy Kim
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’Untitled’ from the ’Teenage’ series by Joseph Szabo
Copyright Joseph Szabo, Courtesy Gitterman Gallery, New York
Copyright Joseph Szabo, Courtesy Gitterman Gallery, New York
’Flowers’ from the ’Getting To Know My Husbands Cock’ series by Ellen Jong
’Cockatoos’ from the ’Getting To Know My Husbands Cock’ series by Ellen Jong
’FDR’ by Cass Bird
’Untitled’ from the ’We Are’ series, by Caroll Taveras
Installation view of the ’We Are’ series by Caroll Taveras
’Bodybuilding’ by Brian Finke
From the ’Bodybuilding’ series by Brian Finke
Showcasing a mix of photographs that capture the themes of sexual desire and attraction, as well as highlighting other photographic works that look to document our global obsession with the unforgiving Western ideal of physical beauty...
... Float Gallery wants to explore the hazy lines of the rules of attraction.
For some, it’s all about the pursuit of a pair of perfectly modified breasts, for others, the need to achieve ultimate body symmetry and muscle tone...
... either way, the exhibition also talks about about the extreme lengths some people take to be seen as physically attractive to the opposite sex.
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Introducing 'Serving Albion'
REMEMBRANCE week brings the launch of our official supporters’ club for members of the British Armed Forces and Emergency Services, ‘Serving Albion’.
Saturday's remembrance fixture with Leeds United will see The Hawthorns stage a special series of tributes as we mark the centenary of the end of WW1.
And we are delighted introduce the new fans' group designed to bring together Baggies fans within the armed and emergency services both at home and abroad.
Serving Albion aims to support and represent Baggies fans who have served or are currently serving, with a full list of eligible services available here.
Per the group's constitution, Serving Albion will strive to "better connect the fans to the club and maintain contact for those serving overseas."
It will "offer support, assistance and friendship for its members via peers and professionals and provide a safe space for supporters to come together and discuss their love of football and our club."
The Club's Director of Communications, Martin Swain, said: "We're delighted to welcome another fan-led group to the Albion Family.
"It seems particularly fitting that we are welcoming Serving Albion at this time of year.
"I know from speaking to members they have a lot of excellent ideas to help bring Albion fans in services all over the world and close to home together for mutual advantage."
If you're interested in joining, you can get in touch at wbaservices@aol.com or contact 07795681648.
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There's a wind advisory in effect for the tri-state area today starting at 9am. It could be gusty enough to take down tree limbs and power lines. That's got us thinking of songs that mention the wind. Share your favorites and we'll spin a set just after the wind advisory goes into effect.
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Mary Barra Named Chairman of General Motors Board
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By JENNIFER PELTZ 1 hour ago
NEW YORK (AP) — The city has agreed to pay nearly $600,000 to settle allegations that police wrongfully arrested a group of Occupy Wall Street protesters, marking the largest settlement to date in a single Occupy-related civil rights case, the marchers' lawyers said Tuesday.
The $583,000 pact involves 14 demonstrators who said police ordered them to leave but prevented them from doing so and arrested them in lower Manhattan early on New Year's Day 2012. The disorderly conduct cases got dismissed, according to the protesters' federal lawsuit, which argues they were arrested "for expressing their views."
"We were out there to send a message, and our rights were suppressed," one of the demonstrators, Garrett O'Connor, said Tuesday. The 34-year-old labor activist said police tackled him to the ground as he tried to follow their order to clear out.
The city didn't immediately comment. City lawyers had said in court papers this fall that the arrests were lawful and police "acted reasonably, properly, lawfully and in good faith."
The march unfurled after a restive New Year's Eve in Zuccotti Park, the lower Manhattan plaza where the anti-economic-inequality Occupy protesters had set up camp from the previous September until the city rousted them that November. Some 68 people were arrested there on that New Year's Eve when police said the protesters tore down barricades surrounding the park.
Shortly after midnight, some others set off to walk en masse to Manhattan's East Village.
A city lawyer called the march "rowdy and tumultuous" at a court date last fall, according to a transcript. But the protesters' lawsuit says they behaved peacefully and obeyed traffic laws, and police at times blocked traffic to let them cross streets safely together.
But then, in the East Village, officers boxed them in and made arrests, the suit says.
Video supplied by their lawyers, the firm Stecklow Cohen & Thompson, shows officers saying the demonstrators are blocking the sidewalk and will be arrested if they don't leave, while some protesters ask how they can. Some footage shows police pointing out ways the demonstrators can go; subsequent parts show arrests beginning.
Police have made more than 2,600 arrests on various charges at Occupy-related events over time. The Manhattan district attorney's office agreed to dismiss more than 78 percent of the cases. More than 400 people pleaded guilty or were convicted at trials, 11 were acquitted, and judges dismissed some other cases, according to the DA's office.
There's no official list of Occupy-related settlements, but lawyers involved track them informally. They include $230,000 that the city and Zuccotti Park's private owner are paying over allegations that a book collection was trashed when the park was cleared, and $55,000 to a man arrested while shooting video at an Occupy demonstration, according to lawyers in those cases.
In the latest settlement, the individual protesters are receiving $5,000 to $20,000 apiece, and their lawyers $333,000 for fees and costs, the attorneys said.
But to protester Jennifer Peat, 36, "the point was never the money. It was that there be consequences for the actions of the NYPD."
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NHS warning as winter vomiting bug closes 1,000 hospital beds
The NHS is calling on the public to heed advice and stay at home if they have norovirus to avoid passing it on, as hospitals in England have been forced to close more than 1,100 hospital beds over the last week.
Top medics are concerned about the spread of the winter vomiting bug this year and the impact it is having on hospitals and other services.
They are therefore urging those who catch the virus not to go back to work or school until at least 48 hours after symptoms pass, to avoid passing it on to others.
The latest data from Public Health England (PHE) surveillance showed that the number of positive norovirus laboratory reports during the two weeks in the middle of November (11th-24th) was 28% higher than the average for the last five years.
And almost double the number of hospital beds have been closed every day over the last week than at the same time last year, in a bid to stop the spread of diarrhoea and vomiting to more patients.
The NHS is responding by launching a new social media campaign to help people avoid catching the bug if possible, and recognise and deal with the symptoms of norovirus at home if they are unlucky enough to get infected.
Health bosses are also encouraging those who need it to seek help from the free, 24/7 NHS 111 phone and online service rather than going to hospital or their GP, where they risk infecting others.
Professor Stephen Powis, NHS medical director, said:
“We’ve already seen a number of hospitals and schools affected by norovirus, and unfortunately instances like these are likely to rise over the coming weeks.
“It’s a really unpleasant illness to catch, but for the vast majority of people it will usually pass in a couple of days, and self-treating at home is the best way to help yourself and avoid putting others at risk.
“Crucially, if you’re experiencing norovirus symptoms it’s important that you don’t return to work or school for 48 hours after they clear – and avoid visiting elderly or ill friends and relatives – to avoid spreading it to other people.”
Nick Phin, National Infection Service Deputy Director at Public Health England, said:
“Cases of norovirus are at higher levels than we would expect to see at this time of year, although this is not unprecedented. Practising good hygiene is one of the best ways to protect against norovirus. This includes thorough hand washing with soap and warm water after using the toilet and before eating or preparing food.
“We advise people not to visit GP surgeries and hospitals with symptoms. However, if they are concerned they should contact NHS 111 or talk to their GP by phone.”
Norovirus is one of the most common stomach bugs in the UK. It’s also called the winter vomiting bug because it’s more common in winter, although it can be caught at any time of the year.
Infections rarely require medical treatment and most people will recover from it within a few days. It is, however, highly contagious, and is easily passed on at home, at hospital, or in the local community, and those who have been infected remain carriers for some time.
It is therefore important that those who have experienced symptoms, or have been in contact with friends or family who have recently had norovirus, limit their contact with young children, elderly friends and relatives or those with pre-existing medical conditions.
Those who are experiencing severe symptoms or are worried about their children can seek guidance on what to do on the NHS.uk website, or by using the free NHS 111 phone or online service.
Five ways to limit the spread of norovirus:
Stay at home if you are experiencing norovirus symptoms. Do not return to work or send children to school until 48 hours after symptoms have cleared. Also avoid visiting elderly or poorly relatives, particularly if they are in hospital.
Wash your hands frequently and thoroughly with soap and warm water. Alcohol hand gels don’t kill norovirus.
Use a bleach-based household cleaner or a combination of bleach and hot water to disinfect household surfaces and commonly used objects such as toilets, taps, telephones, door handles and kitchen surfaces.
If you are ill, avoid cooking and helping prepare meals for others.
Wash any contaminated clothing or bedding using detergent and at 60°C, and if possible wear disposable gloves to handle contaminated items.
How to spot the signs of norovirus:
The main symptoms of norovirus are typically:
suddenly feeling sick
projectile vomiting
watery diarrhoea
Some people also have a slight fever, headaches, painful stomach cramps and aching limbs.
The symptoms appear one to two days after people become infected and typically last for up to two or three days.
How to look after yourself if you have D&V:
Most people will make a full recovery within 1-2 days, but it is important to drink plenty of fluids during that time to prevent dehydration especially in the very young, elderly or those with weakened immunity.
stay at home and get plenty of rest
drink lots of fluids, such as water or squash – take small sips if you feel sick
carry on breast or bottle feeding your baby – if they’re being sick, try giving small feeds more often than usual
give babies on formula or solid foods small sips of water between feeds
eat when you feel able to – you don’t need to eat or avoid any specific foods
take paracetamol if you’re in discomfort – check the leaflet before giving it to your child
go back to work, or send your children back to school, until 48 hours after symptoms have cleared
have fruit juice or fizzy drinks – they can make diarrhoea worse
make baby formula weaker – use it at its usual strength
give children under 12 medicine to stop diarrhoea
give aspirin to children under 16
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New heart disease drug to be made available for NHS patients
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What is Magnesia Muriatica?
Magnesia muriatica may be beneficial to people who suffer from headaches and vertigo.
Magnesia muriatica is sometimes used in alternative medicine to ease toothache pain.
Magnesia muriatica has been precribed to treat bladder problems.
Insomnia can be treated with magnesia muriatica.
Magnesia muriatica can help treat colic.
A homeopathic practitioner might suggest magneisum muriatica for menstrual cramps.
Written By: Sara Schmidt
Edited By: Andrew Jones
Magnesia muriatica is homeopathic remedy for a wide range of health ailments. Also known as magnesium chloride, it has been used for treating liver troubles, chest complaints, and other diseases. It is available in liquid, tablet, and granule forms.
Muriate magnesia is created by combining hydrochloric acid with ammonia and magnesia. Two equal parts of hydrochloric acid are separated. One part is neutralized with ammonia, while the other is neutralized with magnesia. The products of these two solutions are then mixed, allowed to evaporate, and combined to yield chloride of magnesium. This white crystalline product is water soluble.
Anxiety, headaches, insomnia, vertigo, and restlessness have been treated by magnesia muriatica. Constipation can be relieved from the homeopathic medicine. Some of the chest complaints the homeopathic remedy is known to aid or cure include heart palpitations and shortness of breath. Toothaches can be treated with the alternative medicine as well.
The remedy is said to be one of the best available for liver problems, especially if the liver is enlarged or in pain, or if jaundice is present. The same concept applies for an extended abdomen, nausea, colic, poor digestion, cramps, vomiting, tenderness, swelling, flatulence, and other stomach issues. Tapeworms and other intestinal parasites may be cured with magnesia muriatica.
Problems of the bladder, such as trouble with urination, have been treated with magnesia muriatica. Uterine spasms are similarly medicated. Night sweats may be alleviated through use of the solution. Ear ringing, back pain, limb numbness, joint pain, frequent cramping of the legs, arm numbness upon waking, nightmares, heavy perspiration, muscle spasms, and pelvic pain may also be remedied with the homeopathic treatment.
Sailors have found magnesia muriatica to be helpful in relieving some of their health issues. Chest congestion from being at sea has been treated with the solution. Homeopaths have also prescribed the remedy for chest colds from the seashore and salt exposure, as well as body shocks. General weakness from being at sea, and sensitivity to the cold have both been treated with magnesia muriatica.
In the past, some doctors have prescribed magnesia muriatica for so-called "women's hysteria." The remedy was used for cases of post-dinner nausea or fainting spells in particular. It has also been called a remedy for ill-behaved children. Though these problems have since either been discredited, or treated as better understood ailments, the remedy can still be used as a general nerve tonic for both sexes.
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candyquilt
@alisha-- Do you also get headaches and sweat a lot while sleeping?
I have the same symptoms you mentioned but also headaches and sweating and I am taking magnesia muriatica for it. I am seeing some difference, the headaches have lessened and the sweating has stopped entirely but I still feel a little restless and anxious at night. I think it's also helped my period to be more regular. It might be beneficial for you as well.
The only side effect that I experienced from it is diarrhea but it lasted just for a few days. I guess there could be other side effects, for example, if you are allergic to it. Other than that, it doesn't have much side effects.
@alisha-- Actually it's not uncommon for homeopathic remedies to be used for various illnesses and magnesium chloride is definitely one of them.
It is generally known for treating the liver but is also used as an additional medicine for headaches, breathing problems and bowel movements. This doesn't mean that the same amounts are used for treating all of these. Homeopathic doctors usually prescribe more than one medicine to treat a problem and magnesium chloride can be one of those.
I have heard that it is also beneficial for anxiety symptoms, which seems to be what you're having. I couldn't say for sure though. I think you should see a homeopathic doctor again and tell them what the issue
is. Whatever it is, they will make the best judgment about whether you should use magnesium chloride or not and will generally provide it to you as well.
Also speak with your family doctor, especially if you are on any medications right now. You wouldn't want the homeopathic medicine and your regular medicine to clash and cause adverse side effects.
I have never seen so many different types of benefits listed for a homeopathic medicine before. How does it have such wide ranging effects?
And what are some of the side effects of using this?
I was recommended to take this by a homeopathic doctor once but didn't. I am restless, especially at night time. It just feels like something bad is going to happen, I don't feel good.
Would magnesia muriatica be a good supplement for these symptoms?
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Buzzcocks - Live 1990-1992 2LP Silver Colour Vinyl Record
Previously available as a vinyl picture disc and now presented on 2 x 180g heavyweight grey coloured vinyl.Re-forming in 1989 after a decade apart, Manchester’s Buzzcocks proved their music had the staying power to remain relevant long after the new wave had broken.Performing at a 1990 and 1992 gig that...
Previously available as a vinyl picture disc and now presented on 2 x 180g heavyweight grey coloured vinyl.
Re-forming in 1989 after a decade apart, Manchester’s Buzzcocks proved their music had the staying power to remain relevant long after the new wave had broken.
Performing at a 1990 and 1992 gig that captures the bands energy demonstrating that these punk pioneers still rock 2x 180g heavyweight Grey coloured vinyl
Highlights include ‘Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve’), ‘Fast Cars’, ‘Moving Away from the Pulsebeat’, ‘Autonomy’ and ‘What Do I Get?’
1990 line up includes the classic line up: Pete Shelley, Steve Diggle, Steve Garvey, John Maher. 1992 line up includes Steve Diggle and Pete Shelly with a new rhythm section.
1. Nothing Left
2. Moving Away from the Pulsebeat
3. You Say You Don't Love Me
4. E.S.P.
5. Walking Distance
6. Why Can't I Touch It?
7. Everybody's Happy Nowadays
8. Harmony in My Head
9. Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn't've)?
10. I Believe
1. Fast Cars
2. Who'll Help Me to Forget
3. Last to Know
4. Get On Your Own
5. Why Compromise?
6. Trash Away
7. Noise Annoys
8. Sixteen
9. Autonomy
10. Inside
11. What Do I Get
12. Orgasm Addict
Format: Vinyl / 12" Album
Label: Demon Records
Catalogue No: DEMREC444
Genre: Punk/New Wave
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CES 2020: Alexa-enabled shower allows you to listen and wash at the same time
Rob Waugh
Yahoo News UK• January 6, 2020
The Moxie shower head has a speaker built in (Kohler)
“Alexa, play Handel’s Water Music.”
That could be a phrase heard in showers worldwide, after the world’s first Alexa-enabled shower head was unveiled at tech show CES.
The Moxie shower head by Kohler has a waterproof speaker in the middle, and can play music while users shower.
Kohler suggests that users can use the shower to listen to music while they get clean, or listen to news bulletins via Alexa.
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It could also be used to control other smart home devices; for instance, to put on the kettle downstairs or to turn the heating on if it’s chilly.
Kohler also unveiled a fully functional ‘smart toilet’ with Alexa commands, one of several on the market.
‘Smart toilets’ have also made headlines at CES, with companies showing off models armed with Alexa voice-control, seat-warming, surround-sound Bluetooth speakers, and even firework-esque light shows.
Grohe’s Sensia Arena is among the models already on sale in the UK, with an app-controlled bidet function and lights which illuminate when a user approaches.
The Kohler Numi 2.0 smart toilet is displayed during a press event for CES 2020 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center on January 5, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images)
The lid rises automatically when the toilet senses someone approaching.
It’s one of many surreal gadgets unveiled at the US tech trade show, including televisions with 8K resolution, twice as sharp as current 4K Ultra HD sets.
The four-day trade show will also see the chief privacy officers from Apple and Facebook appear together on stage for a discussion on data privacy - an issue the two firms have publicly disagreed about in the past.
CES organisers have also been forced to defend the event over its decision to hand a keynote speaker slot to Ivanka Trump, daughter of US President Donald Trump.
Ivanka Trump's scheduled appearance has been controversial (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
The White House adviser is scheduled to appear alongside CES boss Gary Shapiro for a discussion on the future of work, but some have criticised the decision, claiming she is benefiting from nepotism at the expense of other, more qualified women from the technology sector.
Mr Shapiro told the BBC that Ms Trump had done "great work" on job-related issues and said the discussion would show how the tech industry was working with the US government.
The convention, which is expected to welcome more than 170,000 visitors, officially opens on Tuesday.
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Explosion injured workers at Burnham
In March 1961, an explosion ripped through the Burnham Boiler Corp on Licking View, which injured 14 workers.
Explosion injured workers at Burnham In March 1961, an explosion ripped through the Burnham Boiler Corp on Licking View, which injured 14 workers. Check out this story on zanesvilletimesrecorder.com: http://ohne.ws/1kQ8vs2
Ohio Published 8:25 a.m. ET April 21, 2014
An explosion, which injured 14 men, caused more than $500,000 in damage at the Burnham Boiler Corp. at Licking View on March 4, 1961. The blast, centered in a section of the foundry, came just seconds after several tons of molten iron had been poured from a crucible. The plant made cast iron radiators and boilers at the time. (Photo: Times Recorder file photo )Buy Photo
According to The Times Recorder archives: “The blast, originating at the base of a cupola, tore out a side of the brick building and caused damage estimated by the plant’s management at more than $500,000.”
“The shattering blast occurred shortly before 4 o’clock, only a few minutes after most of the foundry’s force of 90 had gone off duty.”
According to an article in the TR on March 4, 1961, a dust cloud lingered in the foundry room, which made the rescue of people who were injured difficult. The Zanesville Fire Department arrived quickly, and the flames were brought under control.
Burnham produced cast iron radiators and boilers, and the plant had been in operation for 37 years at the time of the explosion.
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Absolute Music Services is a UK-based company, providing orchestral scores and parts on hire throughout Europe and Worldwide. Their extensive orchestral hire library contains over 500 sets, and constitutes a vast collection of material for orchestral and choral pieces.
Alongside original editions they also have new orchestrations and reductions for differing ensemble sizes.
Their clients include professional orchestras, amateur orchestras, choral societies, and educational institutions.
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From off-beat classics and operatic favourites to light music, pops and more, our rental catalogue strives to provide the most dynamic musical content for your event.
With a relentless attention to detail in the production of scores and parts, Studio Orchestrations have earned the trust of a growing range of clients and artists, including the BBC and RTÉ, alongside every major orchestra in the UK and Ireland.
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Breitkopf & Härtel, the oldest music publishing company in the world celebrates their 300th anniversary in 2019.
The Company was founded in 1719 in Leipzig by Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf as a small general print shop. The music publishing icon was created when Gottfried Christoph Härtel joined the company in 1795.
A gala concert with the hr-Sinfonieorchester conducted by Michał Nesterowicz at the Wiesbaden Kurhaus on January 26th, 2019 will celebrate this important milestone with a program that includes a new work by Christian Mason and the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto performed by Vadim Gluzman.
Zinfonia welcomes Stainer & Bell
Founded in 1907, Stainer & Bell is an independent, family-run business, specialising in the publication of quality music and books. The catalogue includes choral, orchestral, vocal and instrumental music representing the highest achievement of British classical composers from the sixteenth century to the present day. Publishing of new composers continues alongside the renewal and updating of performing material for mainstream orchestral and choral works by Bridge, Butterworth, Delius, Elgar, Holst, Ireland, Gordon Jacob, Stanford and Vaughan Williams.
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Zinfonia welcomes Musica Mundana
Musica Mundana was founded in 2013, with headquarters in Switzerland.
The focus of their publishing activity is work by contemporary composers and the so-called "classical modernity" with a distinct emphasis on the works of Swiss composers. Their catalogue represents titles by Boudewijn Cox, Jacqueline Fontyn, Klaus K. Hübler, Jan Jirásek, and Rudolf Kelterborn - just to name a few.
In addition, Musica Mundana also publishes new editions, mostly stage works, but also re-discoveries of music of the 19th century.
Since mid-2014 Musica mundana has represented worldwide the catalogs of Tre Media, Edition Modern, Top Music, Cesky Rohzlas and is the exclusive representative of all classical catalogs by Universal Music, of Poland, and the Czech Republic.
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Zinfonia welcomes Breitkopf & Härtel
Breitkopf & Härtel, founded in 1719, is the oldest music publishing company in the world. Already dealing with leading composers in the 18th century, the publishing house continues this tradition today. Today, in the 21st century, the house stands for one of the largest music-publishing programs stocking standard-setting music editions for practical musical requirements.
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Bärenreiter · Alkor-Edition Agentur für Bühne und Orchester is one of the world's most distinguished and recognisable publishers and distributors of classical music. They have a rich catalogue of major works for stage and orchestra by Monteverdi, Cavalli, Lully, Rameau, Telemann, Händel, Gluck, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Dvořák, Smetana, Berlioz, Fauré, Saint-Saens, Bruckner, Janáček, and Tchaikovsky.
The repertoire has been expanded in recent times with new scholarly critical editions of French 19th century operas as Werther, Samson et Delilah, La Juive, Hamlet, Faust, L’Etoile, Les Pêcheurs de perles, and La Belle Hélène, just to name the most prominent ones.
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Zinfonia welcomes Janen Music
Janen Music specializes in innovative holiday pops for the contemporary orchestra. In business for over a decade, the catalog ranges from bold, cinematic Christmas arrangements of traditional favorites to film scores to new orchestral world music.
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Zinfonia welcomes Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag
Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag, founded 1807 in Leipzig, is one of the oldest music publishers worldwide.
Having been family owned from the very beginning, the publisher is present in nearly every domain of musical life through its extensive catalogue of orchestral, choral and ensemble repertoire and pedagogical literature.
The hire catalogue features works from Baroque, Classic, and Romantic periods by such composers as Johann Gottfried Stölzel, Georg Philipp Telemann, Johann Sebastian Bach or Carl Maria von Weber together with music of our time, exclusively published by Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag.
The orchestral music program includes repertoire works from Classical concert literature for double bass, bassoon or trombone and tuba, right up to contemporary compositions. The catalogue grows continuously in all genres.
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Zinfonia welcomes A-R Editions
Since its beginning in 1962, A-R Editions has become internationally recognized for their expertise in publishing modern, well-edited editions of outstanding historical music. Their strength is in bringing forward from the past works by composers who are not as well-known as Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart but who had the talent and drive to make significant contributions to the development of Western music.
The rental catalog includes more than 200 works by over 100 composers from the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic eras, along with some from the first half of the 20th century. Most of these works are only available in modern editions from A-R Editions.
The most popular rental titles include Francesco Cavalli: La Calisto, Jean Gilles: Requiem, Johann Kuhnau: Magnificat, Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3, Antonio Salieri: Masses in D Major and D Minor, and Charles-Marie Widor, Symphonie pour orgue et orchestre, opus 42[bis].
Other composers featured in the catalog include J.C.F. Bach, Amy Beach, Heinrich Biber, George Bristow, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Leopold Damrosch, Niels Gade, Thomas Lindley Jr., Hamish MacCunn, Benedetto Marcello, John Knowles Paine, Anton Reicha, Alessandro Scarlatti, Alice Mary Smith, Charles Stanford, Franz Süssmayr, J.B. Vanhal, and Leo Zeitlin.
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Zinfonia welcomes Carl Fischer Music
Founded in 1872, Carl Fischer Music is a leader in music publishing, with an extensive and diverse catalog of music, musical literature, and pedagogy from premiere composers of the past and present. For over 140 years Carl Fischer Music has maintained a deep commitment to sharing traditional and contemporary music with the world. Carl Fischer Music maintains an extensive rental library of concert and stage works that includes works by celebrated composers David Masklanka, Ricky Ian Gordon, Martin Bresnick, Samuel Jones, Michael Colgrass, Paul Lansky, Lukas Foss, William Grant Still, Howard Hanson, Ernest Bloch, Henry Brant, Peter Mennin, Elie Siegmeister, Norman Dello Joio and more.
The Carl Fischer Rental catalog is distributed by Theodore Presser Company.
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Zinfonia welcomes Theodore Presser Company
Since 1883, Theodore Presser Company has remained dedicated to carrying out the aims and goals established by its founder: service, with integrity, to music and musicians, commitment to quality, and a vision for the future. A celebrated leader in American symphonic and recital music, Theodore Presser Company is a full-range publisher and distributor of sales and rental catalogs, representing the catalogs of more than 70 American and foreign affiliated publishers.
Theodore Presser Company offers an extensive and diverse collection of symphonic, band, operatic, vocal and chamber works. Contemporary repertoire features the music of prominent composers including Charles Ives, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Henry Brant, P.D.Q. Bach and Peter Schickele, Lowell Liebermann, Chen Yi, Thomas Pasatieri, Ricky Ian Gordon, Samuel Adler, Steven Stucky, William Schuman, Leopold Stokowski, George Rochberg, Vincent Persichetti, Shulamit Ran, James Matheson, Hugo Weisgall and many more.
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Zinfonia welcomes Norsk Musikforlag A/S
Norsk Musikforlag A/S, one of Scandinavia’s leading independent sheet music publishers, based in Oslo, Norway was founded on 1 January 1909 and today boasts a catalogue of approximately 16,000 printed editions; with subsidiaries the total number is some 20,000. In addition to offering music by Norway’s leading composers for over a century (examples being: Ole Bull, Hjalmar Borgström, Johan Halvorsen, David Monrad-Johansen, Ludvig Irgens-Jensen, Egil Hovland and Knut Nystedt) the Norsk Musikforlag catalogue today includes works by an increasing number of internationally renowned composers from abroad (Sally Beamish, Wim Henderickx, Emmanuel Séjourné and more). Norsk Musikforlag A/S publishes sheet music for a wide variety of instruments, as well as teaching material and music books.
Norsk Musikforlag is also distributing the orchestral material for Lyche Musikforlag (Edvard Grieg, Klaus Egge, Fartein Valen, Eivind Groven, Knut Nystedt, Egil Hovland and more), and Musikk-Husets Forlag (Harald Sæverud, Trygve Madsen, Edvard Fliflet Bræin, Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, and more)
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Zinfonia welcomes Ondine Press
Founded in 2013, Ondine Press is the exclusive publisher of arrangements and transcriptions by multifaceted conductor, pianist, and musical entrepreneur Yoon Jae Lee. Among the works included in the catalog are several Mahler symphonies, Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, the entire Nutcracker ballet for 13 instruments, Mendelssohn's Octet for full orchestra and suite compilations from the operas The Queen of Spades and Boris Godunov.
Musicians, critics, and audiences have praised Yoon Jae Lee's arrangements and transcriptions. His orchestral transcription of Mendelssohn’s Octet “Incorporated winds and brass...intelligently”, claimed David Patrick Stearns of the Philadelphia Inquirer when performed by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. The New York Times described his chamber version of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony as “Illuminating...with solos leaping out in unusually bold detail.” Yoon Jae Lee is currently engaged in “The Mahler Chamber Project” to arrange all the symphonies and Das Lied von der Erde for chamber orchestra and is projected to be completed by 2020.
Scores and select performance materials are available for digital download at http://ondinepress.musicaneo.com.
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Zinfonia welcomes the Canadian Music Centre
The Canadian Music Centre (CMC) exists to stimulate the awareness, appreciation and performance of Canadian new music by making the music of its Associate Composers available through the Centre's collection, information resources, and production and distribution services.
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Zinfonia welcomes Ediciones Joaquín Rodrigo
Ediciones Joaquín Rodrigo, founded in 1989, publishes and distributes the works of Joaquín Rodrigo, alone or in collaboration with other publishers, supplies orchestra rental material, grants licences, and works to safeguard the moral rights of Rodrigo¹s entire production. The company, exclusively dedicated to protect and give impulse to the musical legacy of the composer, received In 1999 and again in 2006 the Music Prize for the Best Publisher of Classical Music.
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Zinfonia welcomes Subito Music Corporation
With over 20 years of professional service, Subito Music Corporation (SMC) is widely recognized as a leader in the concert music publishing industry with a reputation for publishing, producing, and distributing the finest quality music with state-of-the-art service. SMC provides a wide range of production and distribution services for both composers and publishers, including engraving, printing, rental, sales, and copyright administration.
Subito Music publishes a select roster of world-class, prize-winning composers including Michael Abels, Kenneth Frazelle, Nancy Galbraith, Susan Kander, James Lee III, Dan Locklair, Steven Mercurio, Paul Moravec, Leanna Primiani, Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), Roberto Sierra, and Judith Lang Zaimont.
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Zinfonia welcomes JoAnn Kane Music Library
For almost 30 years JoAnn Kane Music Library has had relationships with many top composers and film production companies. From these relationships they are able to bring rental material from some of the world’s most beloved composers and films. Composers like: Alexandre Desplat, Jerry Goldsmith, Marvin Hamlisch, Bernard Herrmann, James Horner, James Newton Howard, Henry Mancini, Ennio Morricone, Alfred Newman, Alex North, John Powell, and Alan Silvestri.
Concert performances of film music, whether performed by the great symphony orchestras of the world in grand concert halls, or by a volunteer group in a high school auditorium, are very popular with today’s concert audiences. JoAnn Kane Music Library is constantly acquiring new film suites. Continue to check back for new listings.
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Zinfonia welcomes Schott Music
Schott Music is one of the world's leading music publishers with subsidiaries in ten countries. Family-owned since 1770, the company, including the largest music distribution centre in Europe, offers products and services covering all aspects of music. The product range of Schott Music, comprising performance and teaching literature, urtext editions, concert and opera literature, study scores, complete editions, books on music, specialist magazines, audio recordings, E-Books and Apps, influences all areas of musical life. One of the focal points of the publishing programme of Schott Music is the publication of works by contemporary composers of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Renowned composers such as Carl Orff, Igor Stravinsky, Michael Tippett, Paul Hindemith, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, György Ligeti, Hans Werner Henze and Krzysztof Penderecki entrusted Schott with the publication of their works. Today as before, Schott Music seeks to support and promote young composers throughout the world as part of its cultural mandate, such as Jörg Widmann, Thierry Pécou, Chaya Czernowin, Toshio Hosokawa, Fazil Say, and Andrew Norman.
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Zinfonia welcomes Gehrmans Musikförlag
Gehrmans Musikförlag was founded in 1893 by Carl Gehrman and is today one of the leading music publishers in Scandinavia.
The catalogue includes works by well known Swedish composers such as Lars-Erik Larsson, Hugo Alfvén and Dag Wirén.
Gehrmans has during the years established partnership with such prominent composers as Erland von Koch, Daniel Börtz, Hans Eklund, Fredrik Högberg, Maurice Karkoff, Nils Lindberg, Rolf Martinsson and Albert Schnelzer. When Nordiska Musikförlaget and Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia Serious Music Catalogues was acquired, the publisher welcomed Allan Pettersson, Eduard Tubin, Ingvar Lidholm, Sven-David Sandström and Anders Eliasson among others to the publishing house. Apart from orchestral music, Gehrmans Musikförlag has a strong catalogue of choral music as well as pedagogical materials.
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Zinfonia welcomes Robert Lienau and Musikverlag Zimmermann
The world reputation of the publisher Robert Lienau (formerly Schlesinger), founded in Berlin in 1810, is based on composers like Carl Maria von Weber with his operas and Jean Sibelius, including his major Violin Concerto. 20th and 21st century works by such composers as Paul Juon, Hans Chemin-Petit, Josef Matthias Hauer, Ruth Zechlin and Graham Waterhouse have since shaped the Lienau catalogue. Most recently, the catalogue has been enhanced by the addition of compositions by Wilhelm Petersen.
The immensely popular music publishing company Zimmermann, founded in St. Petersburg in 1876 published Russian masterpieces by Balakirev, Liapounov and Nicolas Medtner. From the 1920s Zimmermann (now located in Germany) focussed on symphonic light music with works by such composers as Theodor Blumer, Willy Czernik and Fried Walter. In the 1970s significant composers of contemporary music were added like Masaaki Hayakawa, Maki Ishii, F.E. Spannheimer and K.H. Stahmer.
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Archive your Orders
There is a new option for Zinfonia users and publishers to assist in the management of long lists of orders. By clicking the archive icon located on the right-hand side of the screen in the My Orders section of Zinfonia, you can set or remove the archive status of completed orders. When archived, orders are only displayed when the Show Archive search option is checked.
Unread messages are always displayed, even if the order has been archived.
Rodgers & Hammerstein Concert Library for Europe
The Rodgers & Hammerstein Concert Library, containing concert excerpts from some of the world's most popular stage and film musicals, including The Sound Of Music, Oklahoma! and The King and I, is now available to Zinfonia users in Europe.
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Zinfonia welcomes Editions Henry Lemoine
Established in 1772, Editions Henry Lemoine: has been publishing the important works of composers like Chopin, Berlioz, Donizetti, Halevy, Franck, Gounod, Messiaen and Piazzolla for almost 250 years. This tradition continues with the music of today with such prestigious names as Hugues Dufourt, Tristan Murail, Michaël Lévinas, Edith Canat de Chizy, Ichiro Nodaïra, Philippe Hurel, Michael Jarrell, Gérard Pesson and a growing list of emerging composers such as Brice Pauset, Régis Campo, Bruno Mantovani and Yann Robin.
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Making Zinfonia Easier
Today Zinfonia launched a new and improved ordering process which should make it significantly easier for users to enter the required information to request materials from your local distributor.
We have created a few videos (in English only at the moment) to demonstrate the new features and to help you get the most out of Zinfonia. These are available by clicking here : http://www.youtube.com/user/zinadmin
There are more changes to come which will further improve the service, but as always we welcome your comments and suggestions to make Zinfonia work better for you.
Zinfonia welcomes Éditions Alphonse Leduc
Zinfonia welcomes the addition of the prestigious French music publishing houses Éditions Alphonse Leduc, Éditions Hamelle and Éditions Heugel which are new members of the international family of music publishers that comprises The Music Sales Group.
Founded in 1841 Éditions Alphonse Leduc became a family business that started by specialising in piano tutors then expanded to acquire operatic works by Rossini, Bellini, Weber and Meyerbeer, as well as pieces by Clémenti, Hummel, Weber and Onslow. Later the acquisition of Éditions Hamelle added works by Fauré, Saint-Saëns, d'Indy, Vierne and Widor. When Éditions Heugel was absorbed in the 1980s it brought with it Rossini’s The Barber of Seville and Delibes’ Coppélia, but also the important catalogue of operas created by Georges Hartmann, featuring works by composers such as Franck and Lalo, and the very significant operatic output of Massenet.
Please note: These catalogues are currently only visible in selected territories.
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Zinfonia welcomes Universal Edition
Universal Edition has been dedicated to contemporary music since 1901 and has published composers from Mahler, Schönberg, Berg, Webern, Bartók and Weill up to Berio, Boulez, Stockhausen, Pärt, Rihm, Haas and Cerha.
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Zinfonia welcomes Counterpoint Music Library
Counterpoint Music Library Services is a small music publisher and orchestral-sheet-music rental service, based in Toronto, Canada, with a focus on classical music. We represent for the territory of Canada a number of international publishers promoting and making their music available through our rental service to Canadian performance organizations from amateur to professional. We also publish works by the best of Canada's classical composers, promoting and making their music available to performers worldwide.
We provide excellent customer service, are happy to make repertoire suggestions and provide perusal scores and recordings. We encourage you to explore our website to discover new composers and music that you will want to perform, as well as music you know and love.
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Zinfonia welcomes Alfred Music Publishing
Alfred Music Publishing represents a rich variety of works drawn from a number of distinguished catalogues with an emphasis on popular music from film and the stage.
This includes
Selections from important film composers such as Danny Elfman (Batman Suites), Erich Korngold (The Adventures of Robin Hood, and Captain Blood), Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings Symphony), Alan Silvestri (The Polar Express), Max Steiner (Gone with the Wind Suite), Dimitri Tiomkin (Suite from High and the Mighty) John Williams (selections from Harry Potter, Empire of the Sun), and Hans Zimmer (selections from Inception, and Sherlock Holmes).
Selections from classic musicals such as Stephen Flaherty’s Ragtime, Kander and Ebb’s Chicago, Lerner/Loewe’s Camelot, Gigi, My Fair Lady, and Paint Your Wagon.
Operas and operettas from Howard Hanson (Merry Mount), Gian-Carlo Menotti (The Old Maid and the Thief), Sigmund Romberg (The Desert Song).
Selections from prominent 20th century composers such as Arnold Bax, David Fanshawe, Astor Piazzolla, and Heitor Villa-Lobos.
One of the best selections of Christmas works of any library including Robert Shaw and Robert Russell Bennett’s The Many Moods of Christmas, and available is an ever growing catalog of high-quality arrangements from prominent composer, Gary Fry.
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Zinfonia welcomes Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press has been publishing high quality titles for over 530 years. The Music Department opened its Music Hire Library in Oxford in 1923 and this now contains thousands of individual titles including popular works by William Walton, Vaughan Williams and John Rutter. They have especially strong representation in twentieth-century British music, new and classic choral works, opera choruses, and they also publish the largest collection of Christmas carol orchestrations in the world.
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Czy mówią Państwo po polsku?
Zinfonia is pleased to announce the availability of a Polish translation of the site commissioned by PWM Edition and translated by Elżbieta Staude. Zinfonia is now available in five languages (English, German, French, Italian and Polish) with more translations planned for the future. Existing users can select the language of choice in the My Account section of Zinfonia and new users can use the language selection options on the main screen.
Zinfonia welcomes Fennica Gehrman
Fennica Gehrman is the leading publisher of classical and contemporary music in Finland and the owner of the valuable Finnish musical treasure consisting of ca 12000 titles previously owned by Edition Fazer and Warner/Chappell Music Finland.
They have established partnerships with such leading composers as Einojuhani Rautavaara, Kalevi Aho, Kimmo Hakola, Mikko Heiniö and Olli Kortekangas, and their catalogue also includes gems by Jean Sibelius, Uuno Klami and others. Apart from orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal music they also publish pedagogical materials, e.g. books for the famous Colourstrings method.
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Please note that there may be disruptions to Zinfonia’s services every Sunday between the hours of 03:00 and 05:00 GMT to allow us to perform system maintenance.
To view the dates and times of the next scheduled maintenance window in your time zone, please click here
We are very pleased to announce that Zinfonia.com is now ready to accept hire/rental orders for more than 40,000 titles from some of the world’s most distinguished publishing houses including: Boosey & Hawkes, Bote & Bock, Peters, Ricordi, Durand, Eschig, Salabert, AMP, Wilhelm Hansen, Chester Music and Novello.
Distribution networks continue to be established in some countries and so if your request is not sent directly to the local agent, request will be forwarded on by the original publisher. New composers, titles and publishers are being added daily, so please check back often or let us know if a work you seek is not currently listed.
Over the next few months we will be creating tutorials to help you get the most from Zinfonia. Your feedback is welcome and you can click here to let us know how we are doing.
Ready for business on July 1st
We are working hard to get everything ready to start receiving your orders by July 1st, 2011.
This includes the ongoing testing of our service, complete title listings from our publishing partners, all available translations and the configuration of the distribution networks.
You are free to register, search and even place orders through Zinfonia now and you can be assured your requests will be forwarded to the publisher or distributor.
If you experience any problems or have a suggestion to improve the service, please click here to contact us.
Zinfonia at MOLA London 2011
Peter Grimshaw will be making a brief presentation about Zinfonia to delegates of the 2011 29th Annual Conference of the Major Orchestra Librarians’ Association at 2.30pm May 15th in the Henry Wood Hall, London United Kingdom.
Zinfonia Launched Today
Zinfonia was launched today at the Frankfurt Musikmesse by Peter Grimshaw of BTM Innovation and his partners from Boosey & Hawkes, Edition Peters Group, The Music Sales Group and Universal Music Publishing Classical.
At launch time some 40,000 titles and 4,000 composers were available from the 40 publishers represented on the system.
Although Zinfonia is fully operational, it will be a few more months before the German, French and Italian translations are complete and all of catalogues represented by Zinfonia are ready.
We expect to have everything finalised by the end of May by which time the service will be promoted internationally.
Zinfonia to be Launched at MusikMesse 2011
Zinfonia will be launched on Thursday, April 7 at the Frankfurt MusikMesse. The launch will be followed by a more technical session explaining in detail how the Zinfonia system works. If you are interested in attending, please contact Peter Grimshaw at admin@zinfonia.com for more information.
The Zinfonia website is currently being under construction. For this reason we apologise if selections are unavailable or do not work. Keep an eye on the news section for more information about the launch in 2011.
Zinfonia in the Cloud
The Zinfonia system recently moved its resources into the “Cloud” to take advantage of all that this new technological concept has to offer. Cloud Computing promises many advantages to all of Zinfonia’s users including a more efficient service with high availability even under peak loads.
Zinfonia at Frankfurt 2010
Peter Grimshaw from BTM Innovation will be attending the Frankfurt Musikmessse and available for meetings to discuss Zinfonia on Thursday March 25th and Friday March 26th. A meeting of existing stakeholders is also scheduled to occur during the fair.
Please contact me at info@zinfonia.com to arrange an appointment.
Zinfonia is Born
A meeting at the Frankfurt Musikmesse 2009 hosted by Peter Grimshaw of BTM Innovation with representatives from some of the leading publishers of classical music agreed to collaborate on a new enterprise called Zinfonia. The main goal of the Zinfonia program is to create a website that combines the catalogues of all member publishers into a single searchable online catalogue. Not only will Zinfonia provide a valuable resource for classical music research, but it aims also to simplify the process of hiring or buying performance material by directing requests to the appropriate agent or website based on the country of origin.
Zinfonia is planned to be launched in 2010.
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Women now see a way that they can participate in the market economy to make extra money for their families, and still are able to maintain the additional work they do at home which has no monetary value. As men are migrating for other, mostly industrial, work opportunities and agrarian work is decreasing, women have come to dominate the textile industry, which caters mainly to tourists. Weaving and factory life has become a way of life for many Zapotec women in Oaxaca.
The industry has had a significant impact on the wage-earning opportunity of Zapotec women. Workers in Teotitlan's textile industry employ a variety of strategies and systems of production [from] piecework production As women are increasingly working and involved in the market because of their contribution to the industry, the role they have in society is changing in relation to other aspects of their lives.
The merchant has come to symbolize a higher class status than the worker because they are the individuals who essentially control the market. For Zapotec communities, occupations are divided by gender. Furthermore, even though the manufacturing industry has been thriving on a global scale, because of the gender separation of labor, there is a lower value placed on the work. Local industry is not seen as a glorious business in the Zapotec community because it is essentially controlled by women. Teotiteco industrial exports, such as textiles, clothing and manufactured goods such as electronics and white goods , are being absorbed into the U.
The women are producing goods which are being bought and sold not only in Mexico, but also in the United States and the rest of the world. In the central valleys of Oaxaca , the Zapotec villages often have a specific craft associated with them. In those villages, most of the people of that village will be makers of that particular product.
In San Bartolo Coyotepec , they are known for their black pottery. Although there are very specifically defined gender roles regarding industrial production, it varies by city and by technique. In larger cities, such as Oaxaca , where the industry is based around more expensive goods, such as automotive production or electronics manufacturing, men typically command factories and are engineers and directors, while women are usually in the lower positions of line workers and assistants.
In villages such as San Bartolo Yautepec , where back-strap weaving is done, the weaving is done by women. These are usually lightweight fabrics used for table runners, purses and smaller items. Women's contributions are becoming greater and many women have a certain degree of independence and autonomy through their income from weaving.
But feeding, clothing and taking care of the family is usually their primary responsibility. In Mitla , fly shuttle weaving, of light-weight, but large-scale, fabrics are also more often done by men than by women, probably because of the physical effort required. Mann, James Saumarez In Chisholm, Hugh ed.
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Cullercoats RNLI launch to remember fellow crew lost in 1939 accident
Present day volunteer crew members at Cullercoats RNLI gather with relations and friends to remember the 6 crew who were tragically lost when the Richard Silver Oliver capsized whilst on exercise in 1939.
Key facts about the RNLI
The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates over 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 142,700 lives.
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A Scalable Model for Youth Training: AMI Delivers Marketable Skills While Reducing Costs
The proliferation of evidence of what works for youth employment and workforce development programs, has not been matched by an understanding of the cost-drivers and value for money of similar interventions. Without clear financial models, it’s difficult to develop a business case for employers to absorb some of the associated training costs currently subsidized by donors; this makes creating pathways to scale a challenge. It discourages employers from paying for training, even when it increases productivity and retention and decreases recruitment costs for entry-level employees.
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Four Ways to Maximize the Effectiveness of Youth Employment Programs
The youth employment challenge is a stubborn reality in all regions and nearly every country. Over 35 per cent of the estimated 201 million unemployed people today are youth (between the ages of 15 and 24).
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4,300 Moroccan Youth Find Opportunities and a Way out of Illegal Child Labor
When Laila was 15 years old, she had to leave school to help support her family by selling small goods on the streets of Marrakech. It was grueling work and she lived in fear of violence or assault.
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I feel proud to represent Bangladesh and do it wherever I go. The 5th Asian Youth Forum - co-hosted by the Asian Development Bank and Plan International- was one of the biggest platforms where I had the opportunity to showcase the issues and potential of youth living in our country. In my view, youth are the backbone of a nation: we bring enthusiasm and dynamics not only to the population structure but also to the social structure. Focusing on the biological and social development of youth is vital for a nation to achieve its human development goals.
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Standing in line to sign up for the Digital Youth Summit in Peshawar this May, I struck up a conversation with a young woman from Peshawar. I was pleasantly surprised by her level of interest and eagerness in participating at the tech conference. She was keen to develop an app that would allow her to sell home-based food products at a national level. She had already gathered a group of friends who would work with her on different aspects of task planning and implementation. Her enthusiasm was palpable and infectious.
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These days, Abdel Hameed Sharara is a talented young entrepreneur whose determination is a source of motivation to everyone around him. But starting out with a misguided aspiration to attend law school, he was a perfect example of someone with untapped potential living in a region with diverse opportunities that cannot be accessed due to a lack of business education.
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What We Do and Do Not Know about Youth Employability: Round-Up of Recent Research and Insights
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Video 2.7: How do the plates move?
我们的地球：气候，历史和进程
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Develop a greater appreciation for how the air, water, land, and life formed and have interacted over the last 4.5 billion years.
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Formation, evolution, and processes of the solid Earth
Video 2.1.1: How did the Moon form? - Dr. Katherine Joy 14:43
Video 2.1.2: Why is the Moon important to life on earth? - Dr. Katherine Joy 3:04
Video 2.2: What came before plate tectonics?5:43
Video 2.3: How did plate tectonics get discovered?6:12
Video 2.4.1: The Earth's magnetic field7:42
Video 2.4.2: The magnetic poles flip? You're kidding me, right?6:36
Video 2.5: How earthquakes happen14:23
Video 2.6.1: What's inside the Earth?6:05
Video 2.6.2: How do we know about the insides of the Earth?6:09
Video 2.7: How do the plates move?3:38
Video 2.8: How does magma form?11:17
Video 2.9: How were the Himalaya formed?7:56
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Prof. David M. Schultz
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Hello. My name is David Schultz. Welcome to Our Earth, it's climate, history and processes. In this lecture, I want to talk about what causes the motion of the plates that make up the surface of the earth. Recall that mantle convection, the motions inside the mantle on geologic time scales, is what drives plate tectonics. I want to emphasize that the mantle is not a liquid but it's solid. And it is the upwelling and downwelling of this buoyant solid material over geologic time that drives the motion of the plates. The details of this are still under debate, but scientists are applying techniques and tools so that we can image the internal structure of the mantle and see these, turbulent motions. It terms of what causes the plates to move, their are two forces that are believed to move the plates. One is called basal drag. And the other is called slab pull. Basal drag is the process by which friction between the mantle convection and the ridged plates transport the plates along the surface. So, a long the base, the mantle convective cell rises up and then hits the bottom of the lithosphere and then spreads out. And it's the spreading out, this horizontal motion that drives the basal drag. On the other hand, slab pull is the force applied as the plates descend into the mantle under their own weight. Remember that the crust is going to be much cooler than the the asthenosphere that it's being drawn into. And these ridges are also elevated relative to the trenches. So there is a slope to the crust as you go from the ridge into the trench, where the plate is being subducted under the lithosphere. So, what is the evidence for slab pull? We know the longer trenches, are associated with plates that are being subducted more quickly than shorter trenches. In other words, the exposure of the, trench, to the surface of the Earth. And what this does is suggest that, with the larger trench. With more of the plate being subducted, that there is greater gravitational pull of these, plates being dragged down into the mantle. Where as if you have a relatively small plate that's being subducted, there's less gravitational pull. So, that evidence is consistent with the idea that slab pull is contributing. We already know that the spreading center, the mid-ocean ridge is where new crust is being formed as magma comes up from below, cools and forms the new ocean crust. >> The question then is, where does this magma come from? It's not simply just mantle, because as we said before, the mantle is mostly solid. Even in the low velocity zone, where the m-mantle, upper mantle becomes partially melted, it's only about 1% melted. So we want to look at, in the next lecture, where this magma comes from.
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Art Nouveau vs. Art Deco
20 Comments on Art Nouveau vs. Art Deco
#Deco, #Nouveau
Confused about the difference between art nouveau and art deco? Keep watching to learn more!
20 thoughts on “Art Nouveau vs. Art Deco”
Sarbani Mohapatra says:
I came across this video while trying to find out more about art deco after Mumbai's Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensemble made it to the UNESCO world heritage list. They call Mumbai's art deco Indo Deco because of the Indian influences in it.
Selin Toryan says:
thank you for sharing this! it has been really beneficial for me i truly understand now
Lady Altovise says:
Soooo beneficial. I came confused. Left enlightened & well informed!
Crucibelle says:
Those of you who think art deco is masculine must not have seen many artworks of that style. There was a lot of fashion illustration done in the art deco style. There was also beautiful jewelry made in that style. It was NOT masculine in the least. The artist/illustrator, Erté, was known as 'the father of Art Deco'. Look at his work and tell me that is 'masculine'.
Peter Wright says:
Art Nouveau architecture is the best.
Mark Magill says:
Great Video. Methinks Art Nouveau is Feminine. Whereas Art Deco is Masculine.
Got2Bespoke says:
Art Deco fan all the way (especially when it comes to jewelry), although I really do appreciate much of the Art Nouveau architecture.
Beth Bartlett says:
Americans "use to be the fearless explorers and innovators, thus the cutting-edge in Modern"
Deco is More Modern, however I can understand now – the speaker's opinion – being of a younger generation – he associates (more designs found in the USA equivalent to old fashioned – as that would be the case in a today's building reality)
The MS News Media has been working on the public's thought-reality, a long time now –
We only truly know, what we see live and the remainder is all woven with opinions, edits, missing facts, half truths, advertising, and threads of ideas to achieve the Owners – (scary reality)
"Rothschild owns and/or controls it all and the Federal Reserve
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"?" The speakers attitude towards Deco – odd and odd Opinion of Deco as old fashioned, compared to Nouveau, that's opposite of reality – it is the definition of the Modern Movement and towards the "Modern, MidCentury, and all foundations we use a defining Modern and Classic Modern".
I can never think of the Chrysler Building or Empire State Building as old-fashioned. They are the Pyramids of the 20th Century.
Frank Lloyd Wright – old fashioned – ha – nope!
Jazz and Django Reinhardt are still hip!
Ale C. says:
Art Nouveau = feminine
Art Deco = masculine
Damian Trevis says:
where is the building of the minute 3:03?
Jacqueline Samantha Isabey says:
Très jolie!!
J Johnson says:
Thank you for the awesome video and information. Liked and subscribing. Cheers.
Rolando Maldonado says:
i dont know how i ended up here.
Meleeman says:
are the audio levels for mice?
Arpit Patel says:
thnx mate 🙂
Harharharharhar says:
It's a dream of mine to own a big art nouveau/late Victorian looking building in Manhattan or mainland Europe (I live in the uk)
TRUTHTEACHER2007 says:
I grew up on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx which is the avenue with the most Art Deco buildings in the World. I love this style. I see Art Nouveau as being more floral in its lines and its color schemes as well. Art Deco to me seems like a distillation of many elements, Cubism, Futureism. It has the straight lines of Wright's architecture, but an influence of the curvatures of Nouveau. I also see in a lot of it a strong influence of the geometric lines of Egyptian and Aztec architecture, as well as Mesopotamian styles. It really was a very eclectic style. As for the aesthetics, when it's good, it wonderful, and when it's not…….. I think it's one of those things you either love it or hate it.
MikeB26 says:
Well that was just super. Clear, concise and fun. I just wandered here by chance. I'm glad I did.
Powder says:
pretty easy .. art nouveau (jugendstil) wonderful and beautiful .. art deco: american styled crap without skill just big and straight ..
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Unused Idea Board
A Certain Alternate Universe :: Player's Lounge :: Requests & Interest Checks :: Interest Checks
Vita Vesta Caesar on Mon Jul 11, 2016 11:34 pm
I was originally under the impression that this wasn't something that had a place in the forum proper, but I have recently been informed by Natsumi that it fits here in the Interest Check subforum. So, here we are. This is a list of all my unused ideas, everything from random plot, character, or ability ideas to random musings. It is unlikely that I'll be able to ever use anything but a small portion of these, but by making them available to the public it is my hope that others will find one that they decide they want to use, or are inspired by. Anyone can use any idea here without restrictions. All that I ask is you let me know if you find one you want to use so that I may remove it from the list.
Magician and Magic Ideas
-Magic based off of Satan and/or Lucifer. Perhaps something to do with how the two beings became viewed as one and the same by the general populace, despite being completely.
-Magic based off the Norse god Modi. Modi is the son of Thor, one of the survivors of Ragnarok, and surpasses even his father in physical power. Magic would have something to do with him being 'the strongest of the gods' and/or his association with berserker rages.
-Magic based off of the Ars Goetia and occult demon summoning. Through rituals can form contracts with the 72 demons and gain abilities depending on their associations, or perhaps has a spiritual item that can invoke them.
-Magic based off the story of how Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it man. Would interpret the fire that he stole as life and allow the magician to steal life from others. This would make him a very efficient counter to other magicians, as he can rob them of the fuel they need to cast their spells.
-A magic that allows for the user to 'persuade' and 'deceive' other people's bodies, instead of their minds, and cause them to deliver mixed signals. Like making someone's body interpret pain as pleasure, up with down.
-Magician with magic based off of Skirnir, the servant of Freyr who received his horse and sword as rewards for helping him woo his wife, and the indirect cause of his demise during Ragnarok.
-A magician that speaks like the titular character of Hitsugime no Chaika~
-Magic based off of Tamamo-no-Mae from Japanese folklore.
-Magic that creates tsukumogami for use as familiars.
-Magic based off of Nobunaga's Three Line Volley, which has become folklore over many years.
-Magic based off of the story of how the Norse god Heimdall created the class system during one of his adventures in disguise.
-Magician from the Greek Orthodox Church.
-Magic that allows for the manipulation of plant life, likely based on some earth spirit.
-Magic based off of the Wizard of Oz.
-Magician whose spiritual tools are a sword and a blade sharpener, which they dual wield in combat. ...There must be some interesting lore about a blade being sharpened.
-Magician who wields a sword several times their size with ease.
-Magic based off of the origin of the convention of naming ships using feminine names. ...Must research what that origin is.
-Magic based off of the Tao, and the passage in the Tao Te Ching that states that the left hand is worshiped during times of peace, and the right during times of war.
-A magician with magic based off of Alice in Wonderland and Alice in the Looking Glass. They have an ideal world, which is, in the view of others, absolutely surreal, and she wishes to make it into reality. Not just superimposing it upon the current world, but completely overwriting it.
-Magic based off of snakes. Traditionally, they symbolize rebirth, immortality, and longevity in a great many cultures, but there is also the famous myth of Medusa and her head of snakes, so it’d be interesting if you could connect the two.
-Magician who is a priest or priestess of a war god, and their magic/battle style involves swaying back and forth to put oneself into a trance, and from there, a battle frenzy with enhanced physical abilities and/or pain resistance/endurance. The war god would have to be one especially well known for blood, slaughter, and battle lust in particular.
-Magician that masquerades as a stage magician, pulling rabbits from hats, disappearing and escaping from impossible situations. All of the normal tricks. Only, doing them with truly impossible things that can't be explained away with trickery. Uses the veneer of a stage magician to hide the true nature of their magic, becoming a true master of misdirection, more of an illusionist than even the greatest of illusionists, despite being, in actuality, a true magician.
Esper and Ability Ideas
-Ability to change the way people about certain stimuli. For example, they could make it so that something that would normally make someone feel disgust, feel joy, or make them confident in a situation where they should be extremely cautious.
-A dark side esper that is forced to guard one of the Board of Directors, Makimoto Rizou. The concept his character is based off of is 'forever walking'. Is fitted with a device that will kill him if he ever stops moving, and that is used as motivation to get him to guard the ever-moving train with his life, since if it stops, he will die. His ability would be Equal Speed, or something else to do with momentum or acceleration.
-Ability to use other living being's senses in lieu of their own. See through someone else's eyes, hear with someone else's ears, etc.
-Ability that makes use of light propulsion.
-An esper born into a family yakuza, but was sent to Academy City at a young age because they were, and still are, in the midst of a vicious turf war. Despite having away from his family for several years, he is still a born and bred yakuza.
-Ability that rapidly increases or decreases air pressure within an area.
-A hikkikomori who gets kicked out of their dorm and onto the streets.
-Ability to convert kinetic energy directly into heat energy.
-Stomach acid becomes super powerful; they can secrete it from their body. Could be an esper ability, but could also be the result of body modifications.
-A Taser glove as seen used by Kujiragi in Durarara!!
-An esper who lost a limb and dropped a level in power as a result. (Donated by Cicero)
SS Ideas and Concepts
-The Perversion Propagation Committee makes their London debut.
-Someone getting horrible, messed up things done to them, similar to the screwdriver scene between Hamazura and Mugino.
-In a callback to Volume 1, have someone land on someone's balcony and involve them in an incident.
-A cabal that rebels against the advent of new, innovative discoveries and fields of magic. They are fiercely traditional, sticking to the old tried and true methods against all else.
-A yuri thread; lilies everywhere
-Beauty contest in Tokiwadai goes horribly wrong
-A group of magicians have had all their dreams come true. There is no longer any need to fight, no longer any need to traverse the dark underside of the world where common sense holds no sway. They have found their paradise. But something is wrong. It's subtle, something at the very tip of their tongues that they can't quite recall, but it's there. But... In such a perfect world, do they really want to risk investigating such a thing? No, surely they would prefer to continue living in bliss.
-An idol has recently gained huge masses of fans. She advertises herself as the Idol of the Level 0s, but what her fans don't know is that she is actually an esper with strong sonokinetic abilities. She carefully edits the tone and tenor of her voice in real time to make herself as a truly masterful singer. Her choreography is all hers, but the point that requires true talent is left completely to her ability, to the point something as clumsy as lip-syncing is hardly necessary. However, when someone moves to reveal her secret to the masses, how will she and others involves react?
-Someone spreads lego blocks across the floors of buildings all over the city and mass panic ensues as people everywhere lose the ability to walk after stepping on those accursed things
-Some plot that uses the Nazca Lines; Stonehenge, due to the lack of knowledge of its true purpose, has become a powerful tool that can be interpreted as most anything. Perhaps those have become something similar?
Vague or Miscellaneous Concepts and Ideas
-Someone who plays other people's roles. Like a substitute that fills in for an absent actor and plays their part, he finds the things and roles that are needed, but are not getting done or being filled, and does them until someone more suitable comes along.
-People have a psychological resistance to murder, viewing it as a great taboo. However, after you kill someone just once, you break down that barrier, and you'll be far less resistant the next time.
-Man is an animal. However, after millions of years, we've sealed that side of ourselves behind thick walls of civilization. However, behind those walls, just what kind of beast is a human?
-Just beyond the horizon. It is almost there, appearing to be just scarce inches away, but is in actuality so far that it can never be reached.
-After saving a young child at the cost of his own life, a man relates his life, his story, and his values to the child as he does, with the intent of making the mark they leave upon the child the proof that they had lived.
-Everyone lives an alien world from each other, based on what they consider to be 'common sense'. The smallest differences in values make the world different live perceive and live absolutely different on a fundamental level
-Saliva contains a painkiller six times more effective than morphine
-A character who wears a collar
-A girl who falls in love with something different everyday, without regard for its gender or even species; one day it might be an old salaryman, the next it could be an elementary schooler, then a dog, and then a stop sign or bus
-Cannibalism is a hobby for the rich and powerful
-Humans are reborn every moment. Simply waking up creates a brand new self.
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Tuesday, October 23, 2018, 02:14 AM - Trips
My birthday weekend landed in the middle of a work trip to Vienna, so I took the opportunity to visit an old friend: Zee Alps. I rented a car and after work drove into the heart of the city to find the via ferrata equipment I needed. It was a mess. The parking garages were full, tourists and locals were everywhere at 4pm on a Friday, and I couldn't read any of the signs. Somehow I managed to drive my manual Renault Captur past St. Stephan's Dom, through the cobblestone streets and locate a parking area close to the Alpenverein Austria, whose website claimed that climbing equipment could be rented. As it turned out, you needed to be a member of the club to rent, so as opposed to paying the €61 member fee, I found another nearby store to purchase a Edelrid Cable Kit for €120. (Shocking that I don't own one already, I know!) I picked up some supplies and set the alarm for 6am.
Thankfully the dark streets were empty in the morning and I made a quick exit for the Danube. I crossed the river at Mautern an der Donau and snapped a few photos of the dawn glow over the river. The sun rose on the way to Dürnstein and I was treated to foggy, glow on the Burgruine Dürnstein castle around the corner. I took a quick walk around town along the river and up to the Monastery and Church and then continued on up the Wachau Valley. In Spitz, the terraced wine hills glowed in the morning sun and I cruised through the backroads to a spectacularly decorated graveyard by the Weingut Hofstätter winery. The town was a postcard picture in every direction. Then I climbed up to the Hinterhaus castle and it only got better! There wasn't a single person in sight, the morning fog was burning off the Danube, and the hillside vineyards stretched as far as the eye could see. I climbed to the top of the castle with delight and snapped photos. What a great start to my day and it was only 9am! Upstream, I doubled back at Melk to visit Burgruine Aggstein. I wasn't able to absorb too much of the history written in German, but really appreciated the 12th-century design and the view of the valley.
At this point, I headed southwest past Linz and into the Alps. Tunnel after tunnel past and I arrived in Liezen nestled in a glacier carved valley in the state of Styria. I passed pristine farmland with steep mountain backdrops until reaching the ski town of Schladming. I stopped off at the info center and asked what a nice ~2 hike they recommended. I ended up selecting the "Holl" trail up Riesach Waterfalls which included a suspension bridge and an obstacle course of metal stairways through the canyon. It was fun. After the 10th waterfall the trail cut left and popped out in an open area with a glacial lake and surprisingly, Gfölleralm Inn, packed with trailrunners and others travelers enjoying a late lunch or bier. I grabbed a well-deserved half liter of Schladminger and basked in the afternoon sun. It felt great. The people watching was topnotch as well - groups of various sizes would stop in to rest and have a drink before making the final descent to the Seeleiten Car Park. This was part of the 18 km Klafferkessel King's Tour route that included 1759 m of climbing, so I'm guessing many of the guests were completing similar excursions. (BTW Make sure to add that to the to-do list.) I made the descent and only got lost once attempting a risky shortcut. I drove across the valley and climbed the switchbacks to Ransau am Dachstein. I checked into Pension Rötelstein, a ski chateau overlooking green horse pastures. The hosts recommended getting dinner at Alpengasthaus Edelbrunn. I sat on their deck enjoying pork cooked with pumpkin seeds, potatoes, bacon wrapped green beans, and a beer as the sun set over the distant peaks.
The next day was my birthday, so I set my sights on a challenging task: tying together three via ferratas called Anna, Johann and Schulter up Hoher Dachstein - the combined "Super Ferrata" is Austria's longest secured climbing route. This adventure would require 1200 m of climbing, so I made sure to start early. Just as the first rays of reflected alpenglow were reaching the base of the tram, I started trekking towards Dachstein Südwandhutte. It was 6:35am and I was excited for my day. I got some beta from the hotel owners: the glacier traverse would be safe since it's snowcatted daily, but the via ferratas might not have many people. Since I was solo, I did want some others around in the case of an accident. Luckily, there was a group of 3 from Salzburg in front of me, so I'd be able to yell to them if I had any problems. I geared up at the base of the climb and watched as a couple groups in front of me slowly worked their way up. Interestingly, the Ramsau/Dachstein area is very well known for Klettersteigen (Via Ferratas "Iron Paths"). There are 21 fixed cable routes in the area and the route up the Dachstein was installed in 1843. These were used in WWI and eventually upgraded in the 1970s to the modern versions that exist today.
I started out very poorly on Anna. It was hard! I didn't have the technique so I made a number of mistakes and had to constantly pull the lanyards up to switch to the next section of cable. Unlike the via ferrata that I remember being easy in Zermatt, this required some rock climbing moves in addition to just pulling on the iron pins. After a couple hundred feet I was tired and stressed. If this is rated C/D, what's the D/E-rated Johann going to be like? After struggling and over muscling myself up the first section, the difficulty lightened and I got to work on technique. I mastered quickly clipping and sliding the carabiners along with me. Before long, I found a rhythm. An experienced climber using a single attachment passed me and I asked about the Johann. He said that it was similar to this except there was one overhanging part that gave it the D/E grade. Interesting. Over the next hour or so I finished off the route and found a couple guys with a topo of the route that I should have printed. It showed that the E grade move was at the start of the climb, so I figured I should at least have a look. As I approached, there were a couple women working on the move. The first made it look easy and then the second climbed up but couldn't pull over the top, lowered down and then fell. She was caught by her gear, spun upside-down and sat there for a minute talking to her partner in German. Her partner down-climbed the moves and we helped get her off the cable. Unfortunately her bungee was torn (as designed) but was no longer usable. This is the bad part of this equipment - it's a one-shot deal. You don't get a 2nd chance. And if you're on a 500+ m route, there might be a lot of distance between you and the exit. Fortunately, the ladies could just head down from there.
Having seen the person in front of me fall, I cautiously tried the moves. It turned out to be a fairly easy ~10 ft of upper-body work to clear the overhang and move on. Honestly, it's quite straightforward when rested. It's always nice on the top side of the crux. The rest was just good fun and the middle section looked like a Yosemite big wall! It was sick. I worked up the the group of 3 in front of me and we finished the climb together as the cold wind picked up. You cross over to the otherside and there's a hut and a crowd that walked from the top of the tram. It's a little bizarre. I took a few bites of a brie and Hauswürstel sausage sandwich and walked across the glacier to the final klettersteig. It was close to noon and since I had a good 3.5 hr drive back to Vienna to go, I got straight to work. The Schulter route was easier than the others, but before long the route turned to ice and my shoes would slip on the rock and pins. Luckily I brought some yaktraks and put those on. It worked like a charm - I gripped the ice and could hold the rock/iron reasonably. By this point, I was tired and considered bailing, but it was still early and the weather was great on that side of the mountain. I scurried up the to the summit of Styria/Upper Austria and the massive cross at the top. It was a good feeling and great to do it for my birthday. 12:30 on the summit!
I down-climbed the route carefully but passed a handful of people. At the bottom, I walked across the plank across the crevasse between the rock and glacier and skipped down a hundred feet or so. I reached into my back pocket and didn't find my phone. Oh no! Did I drop my phone off the cliff somewhere?! I searched my backpack and all my other pockets: nothing! I was gutted. No photos, no GPS navigation, and a full week without communications. I figured I'd ask the person behind me if they saw anything and then I thought it might have dropped into the snow on the glacier. On the way back to the crevasse I saw a familiar case laying in the snow. Yes, crisis averted! I warmed myself in the hut, took off the climbing gear, and walked the short way back to the tram. A quick ride back down the mountain and I was at the car. It was 3:00pm so I had done the whole route in a little less than 8.5 hours. Not shabby.
Then I drove the long way back to Vienna. I ran out of water on the Hallstatt/Dachstein Gletscherwanderweg and was fighting off cramps on the drive. Eventually I stopped to rehydrate and get an apple strudel birthday treat. There was a traffic jam on the way back but I eventually dropped the rental off at the airport and took the metro to my hotel by 10pm - just in time to catch a few z's before getting up at 6am for meetings.
The rest of the week was more subdued, but I did get to see some of the city. My colleague from the University of Zurich studied 5 years in Vienna, so he was keen on showing off all the local cafes (i.e. bars) like Cafe Bendl, Lamée Rooftop, SKY, Loos, etc. I managed to sneak into a private nighttime tour of the Schönbrunn with the ISGAN crew, had dinner at the Rathaus, ate too many treats at Cafe Dommayer, and visited a biergarten near the conference hotel. All in all, it was a lovely week.
Friday, September 7, 2018, 02:22 AM - AMRC
I managed to free up most of a workday to head up to Battleship Rock in the Jemez for a midweek search. I arrived about 11:30am to Incident Base to find many teams were already out. I spent a long time brainstorming with the incident commander about search plans and talking to the reporting party. The 71 year old father and 20 year old autistic son had been missing since yesterday afternoon.
Groups had searched all the logical areas (streams, trails, etc.) in the immediate area so the IC sent the next team to search around Jemez Falls. He asked if I would join but I suggested that Brendan and I search around surrounding cliffs. Brendan and I believed they would be within a mile of the point last seen and suspected the father had been disabled and the son couldn't get help.
We took off and searched around Battleship Rock and then started searching the cliffs south of the ridge. We worked up and over to the north and encountered a huge ravine. We kept shouting (verbal attraction). We contoured around to get into the canyon, where we planned to walk out back to base. To get in, we descended a steep loose hillside and then walked down the dry riverbed. One of the other teams had searched the stream earlier that morning, so we weren't expecting to see anything at that point.
After a bit, springs filled the canyon with a few inches of water and we had to bushwhack and sneak through the deepening brush. We passed waterfalls, tent rocks, and then entered a steep-walled canyon. We were getting very close to the intersection of the trail when I spotted someone in the fetal position in the creek. "Hey! Are you Patrick?" I yelled. No response, but he looked up. The young man was completely nude with his hands and feet in a couple foot waterfall. Luckily the sun was shining into the canyon and the temperatures were reasonably warm. He was clearly injured with a blackeye and multiple scrapes. "Patrick, we've been looking for you!" I was warned by his mother that Patrick could be aggressive and would pull hair, so I kept a little distance at first. But then I moved closer and pulled him out of the stream and up onto the trail, gave him my jacket and covered him up. He reached for me and I reluctantly couched down to see what he needed. He wrapped his arms around me and gave me a hug - thankful to have Brendan and I there to assist. We gave him food and water, called in the find, and medical status/vitals. Patrick didn't say anything. "Where are your shoes Patrick?" Nothing "Do you know where your father is?" Nothing. I walked down the trail and found his shirt, shorts, and a sock in the stream. Only 150' downstream from Patrick was an unavoidable 50-60 ft waterfall. Ironically, Brendan and I were about to be cliffed out and forced to backtrack. The first team didn't search in this area because they went up and around this section of the canyon. I called the IC and let him know that this would be turning into a technical rescue and what equipment we'd need: rigging kit, 200' rope, 3 harnesses and 3 helmets. Brendan and I weren't expecting to need climbing gear, so we left everything in the cars. Even with it, we wouldn't have been able to get off the cliff since Patrick couldn't support his own weight and he didn't have any clothing. So we waited for support.
It took the firefighters a little more than 2 hours to get into the canyon by walking around the long way even though we were only 1/4 mile from the parking lot. In that time, Patrick continued to drink and took a nap. His pulse was fast - probably from the dehydration - but stable. It was clear that he wouldn't be walking out under his own power. I let the IC know that we needed a litter and wheel at the base of the waterfall. With only Brendan there, I didn't want to run a full rescue system, and opted to rappel with Patrick. While the EMS team assessed Patrick, I spearheaded the technical rescue. We built an anchor, halfed the rope and created to rap lines. I got in the firefighter harness (fairly comfy, with an integrated harness). Patrick was helped down the trail to the cliff. They didn't have an ATC so I rigged up a brake rack for the rappel, though I didn't know how many bars to use. At the last minute someone arrived at the bottom with my climbing equipment, so I switched out to my ATC. I clipped the patient into my system and we approached the edge. Patrick couldn't support his own weight so Brendan and a firefighter helped move him toward the edge while I supported him with my shoulder. When we paused, he sat down and we had to force him back up. I tried to tell him to walk backwards, but it was hopeless. He was basically an uncooperative, semi-limp tandem rappeller. At the edge he sat down on the system and I started working down the face; one hand on the prussic and the other holding Patrick vertical. It was dark so I don't think he realized how high we were, which was a good thing because I was nervous he might freak out. He didn't, and we quickly worked down the rockface. He dragged his feet across the wall on the way down, but otherwise I was able to manhandle the harness and mostly hold him upright off the rock. At the bottom, I unclipped and a large team loaded him into the litter. We hit the trail and 10-15 minutes later he was re-united with his mother. This whole time he only said one word to us, "water", but when he saw his mother he started to talk in more complete sentences. It was stunning. Once in the ambulance Patrick finally got a full medical assessment and I got my jacket back.
Unfortunately, the father wasn't located until the following morning. Apparently he fell 90 ft and was killed. I can only imagine seeing his father fall and then spending a cold dark night in the wilderness would have been traumatic for Patrick, even if he didn't fully understand what was happening. I'm just happy that I could help him get back to his mother.
Tuesday, August 21, 2018, 01:24 AM - Weekend Fun
I've been struggling with some knee issues ("internal derangement"), which has me and Jess seeking alternatives to hiking and biking activities.
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Friday, August 3, 2018, 03:55 AM - Trips
After the Grand Picnic, my knee was toast. I entertained the idea of mountain biking for a while, but I couldn't even get up and down the condo stairs. The ladies were off at the Mountain Biking Camp, so the gents got a massive brunch with sausage, pancakes, hash-browns, and an omelet at Nora's in Wilson. After Mike and I did a bit of day-drinking, the gang went out on Jackson that evening to The Rose, Silver Dollar, and Million Dollar Cowboy, which was popping on a Saturday night. Cool times with the lads and Adi. A number of locals were very impressed with our picnic adventure--which is a big part of why we do those things: so we can tell good stories at the bar.
The following day, I finally mustered the strength and right ibuprofen dosage to do some riding. Dave and I rode Lithium, which was a super steep loose double black diamond. It wasn't all that fun until the bottom when the trail turned into more of a bike park and we could choose our own adventure. I didn't hit anything large, but sent a few nice rollers and drops. We snagged a beer and lunch at Stagecoach and then shuttled up to Phillips Ridge. After some navigational issues, Josiah, Dave, Grant, and I ripped through the canyon, sessioning the bridge launch, and generally being silly and blasting tunes. The weather was so perfect, especially considering it was 102 in Albuquerque.
That evening the ladies returned, we all cooked up a great pasta dinner and then hit the town. This time our crew closed the Million Dollar Cowboy, and the DJ declared this was the best Sunday he's because our crew was so fun.
Monday, we grabbed breakfast at Cafe Genevieve and then headed north to camp up near Shadow Mountain (roundabout 43.700852, -110.604518). Some folks mountain biked, but Mel, Bri, Jo, Dave, Adi, and I headed down to Jenny Lake to swim and paddleboard. The winds whipped up, so SUPing wasn't very easy, but we managed a few laps. We grilled up chicken back in camp and told stories around the camp fire. The sunset over the Tetons was spectacular. In the morning, it was off to the airport and back to the real world. Also, don't forget to ditch your bike CO2 cartridges before flying - TSA really doesn't like them apparently.
Thursday, July 26, 2018, 04:02 AM - Trips
A crew of mountain bikers invited me up to Jackson Hole to ride for 5 days, but I thought it might be nice to mix up the adventures, so I asked the faceplace if anyone would be interested in climbing the Upper Exum. My friend Mike said he'd be down, and then asked if I would be into a picnic? I quickly replied, "I would die if I tried the picnic." But one's mind tends to wander, and after watching the following movie a couple times, I couldn't help but be sucked into the audacity of such an event: 22 mile bike, 1.3 mile open-water swim, and 10 mile hike with a 7500' climb to the top of Grand Teton. Then reversing the whole thing. I had to go from zero to fit in 3 weeks!
On July 20th, 2018 at 1:30am, after 3 hours of sleep, the alarm went off. Mike and I crawled out of Josiah and Briana's van--we slept there to avoid the revelry inside the condo. To our surprise the gang was still up and wished us whiskey-soaked well-wishes as we scarfed leftover spaghetti (Jay) and oatmeal (Mike). Then we loaded up the last of the gear and drove Mike's truck to the center of Jackson, WY. I insisted that we use bike racks/bags to haul gear because it would be much easier on our backs. We were easily towing 40 lbs of gear between the climbing equipment, clothes, wetsuits, food, and water but we managed to keep the weight on the bike frames through some combination of jerry-rigging and engineering prowess.
Our food supplies.
My bike setup.
We snapped a few photos at the antler arches in Jackson and at 2:26am, we rode north into the darkness. After a block and a half, Mike's bike light strap popped off his bike and skittered across the empty street. The handlebars were too large for the design so he held the light the remainder of the ride in one hand. Within 1/2 hour my bike light faded to a useless glow so we rode side-by-side on the road. There were only a couple cars at this hour so we preferred the wide road over the bike path. I was able to catch enough second-hand light in the moonless night to estimate the lanes. By the time we passed the Jackson Airport, Mike said he had a emergency dump on deck. We worked our way to the Visitor Center in Moose, but the restrooms were locked. Not knowing the area well, we continued until the Jenny Lake Campground, where Mike noisily relieved himself. I insisted we try the bike trail along the campground because it appeared on my Gaia map and I didn't want to backtrack. Fortunately, it worked out and we quickly reached the Jenny Lake Overlook.
My feet were absolutely freezing in the 45 degree night. The bike had chilled me significantly and the idea of getting into a snow-fed lake seemed profoundly asinine. I was stoked to have the first leg of the trip completed but Jenny Lake looked beautiful, vast, and intimidating. It was amazing seeing the Tetons silhouetted on the horizon and Mars reflecting off the small ripples. I proudly announced, "Look at how big Mars is Mike! It's the closest it's been to the US since like the 1990s." He replied, "The closest to the US, eh?" "Shut up, I might be a little tired, alright."
I took the lion's share on the bike in exchange for Mike swimming the gear across Jenny Lake (playing to both our strengths). He had purchased a small Ozark Trail inflatable cooler holder from Walmart for $4. Upon inflation, we both admired it's seeming inadequacy. We stashed our bikes in the forest to the north of the parking area and hoped they would be there when we returned, and then hiked down the steep embankment to the rocky shore. We tossed our shoes, gloves, hats, and lights into the dry bag and then wrapped the gear into a semi-buoyant mass with 40' of 7mm dynamic. I brought an ice climbing axe leash to act as a bungee in the line; by inserting this in a bight of the rope between the raft and Mike with a couple alpine butterflies, he could swim more smoothly. I helped push our gear out to sea as Mike and I worked our frozen feet over the rough rocks until it was deep enough to start swimming. It was 5:00am.
Without the moon, it was really, really dark, but the stars were spectacular. We aimed for the notch in the mountains where we thought the dock was. I alternated breast, free, and back as I worked across the bottomless abyss. While I backstroked away from shore, I tried to memorize the patterns of trees in case we were going to return in the dark. Even with the gear in tow, Mike was a powerful swimmer and I had to swim free to keep up with him. Fortunately the peanut butter-honey-banana bagel sandwiches and donut we had at the transition provided ample fuel. I figured it would take us about an hour to cross the lake, so every few minutes I hit the light on my watch to see our hypothetical progress. The time ticked by and we had extensive disagreements about who was off course. "Jay, are you trying to make this a 2 mile swim?!" "No, you're the one that's drifting with the current because of the floaty!" In the end, we both ended up at the dock at the same time - ~50 minutes after entering the lake. I pulled out a phone and made Mike go back to get some sunrise photos.
We stripped naked on the dock and changed into our hiking gear. A family of ducks happily paddled through the mirror-like sunrise reflection. Mike stashed the water equipment in the forest to the south and we topped off water bottles. We started the hike, but quickly discovered that the normal Jenny Lake Trail along the lake was closed and we'd have to take Moose Trail, which added nearly an extra 500' of climbing (each way!). It was painful to start, but we scored nice photo in the process.
At Lupine Meadows Trailhead, we completed a heavy round of restroom use and began the ascent in earnest. The Garnet Canyon Trail climbed quickly through a series of switchbacks above Bradley and Taggart Lakes. The wildflowers were gorgeous in the morning light and we tried to not to become too discouraged by groups passing us.
We made our way into Garnet Canyon and worked our way through the early boulder fields. When we had the opportunity to transition to the snow, I happily took it. After a while, I looked at Mike and said, "Are we heading left of this headwall and going for this peak? Because it really looks like we should have gone right of the waterfall back there," pointing to Spalding Falls. We pulled out the phones. Yep, we managed to miss the trail and were aiming for the Middle Teton, despite reading the route description multiple times each. Backtrack or push on? We decided to climb Meadows Headwall which consisted of hundreds of feet of loose scree and then work across the North Fork through boulders and snow. It was a critical error because it burned a lot of our strength and was mentally draining. But we continued in style.
After another stretch of rockfield meandering we arrived at the fixed line. It was an easy way to reach the lower saddle, but as opposed to cutting left at the top of the wall, we tried to save distance and work right which led us into another steep stretch of exhausting scree climbing. At the top, I was completely cooked. I filled up water at the creek so I was good, but Mike needed to head back to the saddle to refill his camelbak. This was the critical break I needed to eat a bacon-cold cut-swiss bagel and recharge. Bacon in the backcountry is magically stuff. Even if you don't feel hungry, there's something about the fatty taste that compels your body eagerly put it down. Sheltered from the chilly winds behind a boulder in my rain jacket, I could feel some strength returning. There was still ~2500 feet of technical climbing above us, but the weather was perfect, and we'd come so far already. We had to give it a go.
At the Needle, I ditched the trekking poles and Mike left his ice ax. From here, things got more exciting. We worked up the Chockstone Chimney, through the Eye of the Needle, and pulled the exposed "Belly Roll Almost". The moves weren't particularly difficult but there was enough exposure to give me pause. Mike, who's done big wall climbing in Yosemite and free soloed a number of moderate routes in the Sandias, didn't seem to think twice at anything the OS threw at him. It's nice to have someone with so much confidence on your picnicking team.
My normal hiking shoes lost their sole on a trip up Oxford and Belford a couple weeks ago so I pitched them and revert to an even older set of bald Cascadias with sizable holes in the front mesh. Mike said bald tread would be a recipe for my demise. My La Sportiva approach shoes were too heavy and my attempt to pick up light trail runners gave me arch pain so, at the last opportunity, I got a new set of Brooks Cascadias. Mike was right about the safety issues without tread, but it meant I was doing the Picnic with shoes I owned for 36 hours. Not a great plan but aside from a few hot spots, they performed admirably, especially on the steeper rock up high.
We continued to pull bigger-than-necessary moves up the Central Rib and every couple of moves I'd have to stop to catch my breath. The altitude was less an issue than pure exhaustion of 10 hours of exercise. At the upper saddle, we took at food break and watched dozens of butterflies blowing across the saddle. That was unexpected. It was 12:30pm and another group was rapping off the top. There actually were quite a few (maybe 6) guided teams on the way up and down the OS while we were there. We expected company but were happy that they weren't in our way and we could move at our own pace. At this point, we put on harnesses and pulled out our 7mm dynamic line. It looked like floss, but was rated to 12.4 kN so it would hold a fall (if it wasn't cut with a swing). We only brought it mostly to just give me the mental security to make the moves comfortably. We examined the bellyroll - easy but exposed. Mike made the moves while I fed rope behind the rock in case of a slip. He tossed all the pro we brought (a couple nuts) into a crack on the other side, and I made the move. No big deal. Then Mike shimmied through the crawl and I followed him. Standing on the block below the 2nd entrance to the Double Chimney, Mike climbed up and slung a flake. I was puckered as he made the slabby move since we were tied together without any pro. He assured me, "I never fall," which is usually the part of the movie where nothing happens. I used the hand crack and worked up the 2nd entrance. We ditched the rope there for the remainder of the climb and worked up the icy Own Chimney. This didn't feel as exposed, but realistically was probably just as dangerous. We climbed the main route up Sargent's Chimney and scrambled to the summit. What a feeling of accomplishment that was! It was time to picnic! We pulled out four slices of pizza and snapped photos of the stunning national park. I could see much of the Teton Crest Trail and my parents and I completed back in Sept 2008, Teewinot, Jackson Lake, the Middle Teton, and a picturesque snowy alpine landscape stretched around us. We were at the half way point.
The way down was exciting. We stuck with the Main Sargent's Chimney because we didn't really know where the hidden exit was. As I made the down-climbing crux move, I noted to another climber repelling next to me that this was, "a little spicy," and he responded, "Uh, yeah, that looks crazy." I refused to rap to follow the strict ICEHAMA rules. Mike and I did bring ATCs in case we needed to bail and assumed (correctly) that there would be other groups around. We took the catwalk back to the bottom of Owen Chimney. The bottom of the Chimney was very icy, and I used a hold on the ice to make one of the final moves. It blew and scared the crap out of me. A few deep breaths later, we continued down the Double Chimney, and then reversed the roped work to reach the upper saddle. It felt good to be past the most exposed portions of the route, but we still had to carefully work our way back to the lower saddle. At this point spirits were high because we knew we had The Picnic in the bag. We just had to keep our nutrition in check and avoid cramming too much. We carefully descended the dry Owen-Spalding Couloir, through the eye-of-the-needle and back to the lower saddle. I was disappointed they didn't have a bathroom in camp, but we filled water and worked our way to the top of the snowfield to climbers left of the fixed lines.
I was very interested in saving myself as much down-climbing as possible, even if that was only 200'. We slipped into our trashbags and contemplated glissading down the steep face. The run-out was good but there were quite a few small rocks in the snow at the bottom. I should have collapsed my trekking poles to use as an ax and put on yaktraks - but I did neither. I was tired and lazy. As I was getting into the starting position, I lost my footing. At first I flipped face down and dug in, but then said to myself, "fuck it, let's do this" and rolled back over and used my feet, hands, and poles to steer - trash bag flapping around on my lower limbs. The body orientation and direction were good, but velocity greater than desired. I careened into the water runoff wavelets at the bottom and went airborne a few times. I lost my hat and sunglasses on one of the ramps. I dug in harder and came to a stop safe at the bottom with frosted arms and hands. "Woohooo!" I yelled up to Mike. A couple climbers on the trail yelled over that that was the best glissade they had ever seen, and said, "you were flying!" Indeed. Mike took his time to put on a jacket and gloves, and using the ice ax did a much better job of controlling his descent, until the bumps where he got tossed around too. That was certainly not a great idea, but it does make for a good story.
Down, down, down we hiked and scrambled. It was Friday and we watched as many climbing parties worked their was to various base camps. I did my best to use the trekking poles to shield my knees from impact, but my right knee slowly grew more sore. It was an absolute relief when we finally cleared the last of the boulderfields and would walk with a normal stride and minimized impact. On one of the switchbacks a deer was casually eating. Further down, Mike scared a small bear off the trail. Luckily, Mom wasn't around. The miles did not slide by quickly but we slowly brought the valley to foot-level. At the Lupine Meadows Trailhead many people seemed happy to have their hikes over, but we knew we had hours to go.
I was very interested in completing the swim before dark so we could avoid the navigational issues from the morning. We hiked fast and reclimbed the hill on Moose Trail. It hurt. We were tired. And then the mosquitoes came out. They were everywhere. We reached the boat dock at 8:00pm -- about 1 hour of light left. Once we found our aquateering equipment in the forest, we quickly changed into our wetsuits to keep the mosquitoes from eating us alive. A hiker, showed up and yelled, "what are you guys doing?!" I answered, "It's a lovely evening for a swim, don't you think?" Mike stepped in and described The Picnic. They guy called us crazy and I dove into the icy water. Ironically, in the evening, the snow/ice melt decreased the water temperature significantly on the West side of the lake so it was frigid. I thought it might actually be good for icing my knee.
We swam and swam and swam but the far shore didn't seem to be getting any closely. I would put my head down and swim freestlye with regular bearing checks, but the far side remained depressingly distant. It was starting to get pretty dark too, but we could see the rocky hillside below the parking lot. Eventually, we completed the 2nd swim and dragged ourselves across the rocks to shore. A surprised couple lounged in a hammock and watched us crawl onto a boulder. Then we noticed we were in front of their time lapsing iPhone. Oops. We pulled our shoes out of the drybag and walked up the hill to our bikes.
It took a long time to change back into dry clothes and rig the bikes. The decision was made to deflate our Walmart inflatable via ice ax. It gave a gratifying "pffff" when Mike stabbed it into a pile of cheap Chinese plastic. (Per the ICEHAMA rules, we did bike this back to town in order to start and stop the trip with the same equipment.)
It was extremely dark by this point. I had half a wrap that I scarfed down to fuel the return. We biked with our dim headlamps down to Moose. Traffic was heavy but we still stuck to the road because it was flatter and more predictable (even if the drivers weren't). Winds were calm so the riding wasn't terrible. It was great to be on the final stretch, but the car lights were blinding. I was happy I was wearing a baseball hat under my helmet so that I could shield my eyes. Mike wasn't as lucky. Toward the airport, someone slowed down and yelled at us to get on the bike path, so we finally transitioned over. It was harder riding, but nice to be separated from traffic. We could see the glow from Jackson, but it didn't seem to be getting closer. My knee ached like hell. We kept spinning. On the dark ride down to Flat Creek, the cars were blinding and it was a challenge to track the path. A couple days ago I joked to my friends that I was conducting an experiment; the experiment was to see if a 30-something with a beer-gut and a desk job can keep up with a ripped super-human who lives at the climbing gym and wakes up before 5am to interval hill sprints. I was thrilled to be leading the charge into Jackson. I held my own all day and I was proud of myself. We eventually reached the city limits and climbed the small hill to the square at 11:23pm. Mike and I hugged, stopped our Stravas, and sat down at the NW antler arch. The glowing screen reported 69 miles and 9860' of climbing. We had just finished the Grand Picnic! After convincing a scared tourist couple to snap a photo of us, Mike looked at me, "Do you remember where we parked?" I said, "Yeah, a couple blocks that way. You don't remember?" "It's been a long day."
We drove back to the condo, cracked a couple beers, showered, and fell asleep comfortable in the knowledge that no one else in Jackson had a bigger day than us.
0225 Start Time: [Elapsed: 0]
0410 Bike: 1h45min [Elapsed: 1:45]
0455 Transition: 45min [Elapsed: 2:30]
0545 Swim: 50min [Elapsed: 3:20]
1047 -- Fixed Line [Elapsed: 8:22]
1237 -- Upper Saddle [Elapsed: 10:12]
1340 Total Hike to Summit: 7h20min [Elapsed: 11:15]
1400 Summit Break: 20min [Elapsed: 11:35]
1555 -- Glissading past fixed line [Elapsed: 13:30]
2000 Total Descent: 6h [Elapsed: 17:35]
2020 Transition: 20min [Elapsed: 17:55]
2115 Swim: 55min [Elapsed: 18:50]
2323 Bike: 1h28min [Elapsed: 20:58]
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Note: while I enjoy joking about our mishaps and challenges, The Picnic is a very serious undertaking that will stress any person physically and mentally. I have been volunteering with mountain rescue for nearly a decade; I have multiple triathlons and quadrathlons under my belt; I swam competitively for 9 years as a kid; and I can easily draw on a wealth of trad climbing and winter mountaineering experiences. I'd strongly recommend a comparable resume before even thinking about the Grand Picnic. It's a dangerous and exhausting outing. Be careful out there.
Sunday, April 1, 2018, 02:00 AM - Trips
Mike and Ximena were getting hitched in Oaxaca, so I decided to add a little mountaineering to the trip. I wanted to climb Pico de Orizaba for years because of the high altitude challenge, so here was my chance. I asked a few friends to see if anyone was game and my old buddy Nick from my soccer team said he'd be up for the challenge. I had a few doubts about his fitness, but when he started doing La Luz laps, I booked the trip.
March 25th we flew into Mexico City, and eventually found the bus to Puebla. The coach bus had A/C and was very comfortable, but it didn't drop us off at the correct station in Puebla and we had to grab an Uber to CAPU before locating our connection to Tlachichuca. We spent an embarrassingly long time lugging double backpacks around the bus station before finding the Valles bus company - but we were on our way. It felt like the bus driver dropped us off on a cobblestone road at middle-of-nowhere Mexico in the dark. We rang the buzzer, and Maribel and the wonderful Cancholas family welcomed us into the Summit Orizaba fortress. We were treated to dinner and a beer and then shown to our room.
In the morning, we took a nice walk around town to the plaza and church and then arranged our 4x4 lift up to Piedra Grande Hut. Overall the place wasn't that busy and the only other climbers heading up were a couple guys from Oklahoma. Joaquin Canchola, who's a bit of a legend in his own right, deftly piloted us up the road toward the hut. He greeted everyone in town like a grandfather would. I spoke broken Spanish and he spoke OK English. We managed to hold a number of conversations about the poor farming practices of the area (i.e., vegetation burning), the weather, the forests, his family business, and our planned pick up time tomorrow. He had been bringing climbers up to the hut for three decades and had climbed Citlaltépetl a couple dozen times. Now in his 60s, he complained that his back was taking too much abuse from the rough road and he needed his sons to take over the driving. As we climbed, the flora shrank until it vanished. We could catch tasty glimpses of the Jamapa Glacier; then, after a couple hours, we made a scary turn to the homestretch where the hut sat miniscule under a looming giant. Piedra Grande sits at about 14,000' so just moving your gear into the shelter gets you breathing.
After checking out the facilities, we decided to do an acclimatization hike. I had gotten some beta from my buddy Pete that it was worth going through the labyrinth the first time in the daytime to get your bearings, so I wanted to check that out. Nick and I started up and I was feeling good. I had taken a little Diamox (acetazolamide) and it was doing it's job. Nick on the other hand was slow to start and was complaining of AMS symptoms within 500'. I told him that he needed to head back to the hut recover. I carried on and slowly got to the labyrinth--a massive boulderfield with mud, waterfalls, and lots of seemingly good route options. The trail was flagged many places, but not enough to keep me from getting lost a couple times. I finished the 2000' climb well to the right of the actual trail. Clouds had moved in so I couldn't see the glacier, but I had enough of the route memorized that I had the navigational crux figured out. I stashed a water bottle at the top to save a little weight in the morning, and then headed back to the hut. The Oklahoma team made it to within sight of the labyrinth but headed back when the weather started rolling in.
Back in camp, I talked with Nick about options. He was feeling sick and had already vomited. Ultimately, we decided that I would go in the morning at 2am and he'd start up later to acclimatize more. If things went well, we'd stay an extra day to give him a shot at the top. I would be going solo, but had the OK team around to lend a hand if needed help. (Although, something told me it might be the other way around.) They were going roped up because of the crevasses, but when I asked if they knew how to ascend a rope, they said they had practiced in the barn a few times after watching YouTube videos. I asked them to demonstrate and I gave them a few pointers. It was dumb luck that the hut that sleeps ~50 only had 4 Americans staying that night. (The next evening at least 7 different groups would be there.)
At 2am, the alarm went off. I ate some oatmeal and completed the final packing arrangements. I made a nontraditional choice to hike in running shoes to the glacier and carrying my mountaineering boots in my backpack. This would keep me faster down low and not tear my feet up as bad. It was a good decision because I moved very quickly through the steep loose terrain. I retraced my steps through the labyrinth from the day before and found my water bottle at 4am. I worked up to the glacier and made the transition to my glacier gear. Poles and shoes stayed, and the ax and crampons came out. I was extremely nervous that my toes would freeze up high, so I brought boot warmers for my La Sportiva Baruntses. It turned out that the Cascadias had lost their warmth by the transition, and I was super happy to turn on the heaters to begin the next stage of the climb.
The glacier ice was super hard and difficult to crampon at first. This was the section of the mountain that refreezes everyday and it was the cold period. I looked up and could only see blackness and white glacier. Aside from the towns lit up on the horizon, there was nothing to navigate to naturally so I headed up the fall line. I thought there's got to be a summit up there somewhere! After a half hour of painful climbing on steep ice, I doubled checked the GPS route from Pete and could see that I was a little to climber's left of where I wanted to be. I shifted right to avoid any crevasses and make sure to make the summit where I didn't have to traverse the crater rim. I continued but could tell I was slowing. The climb was very steep and the snow was so hard. The ice would often make awful cracking sounds, but I told myself that this was just the refrozen surface layer. I side-cramponed on one side, then shifted to the other - zigzagging up the mountain. It was too difficult to use the toespikes. I had to break every 20 minutes or so to catch my breath and look around at nothing. I didn't seem to be going anywhere and the altimeter seemed to be incrementing so slowly! I came upon a 6-foot deep, 2-foot across crevasse that gave me a pause. I decided it was harmless and I stepped over it and carried on.
By this point, sun started to lighten the sky and I could start to get my bearings. The glacier seemed to stretch indefinitely, but I knew where I was going: up there somewhere. I stopped for some tea and to snap photos of the black cone shadow on the flat farmland. The sight was incredible. I checked my altimeter: 17,900'. Time to give this another push and finish it off. I hiked about 100' and found strange ice formations. They were columnar ice fins about 2 feet high and very hard to traverse. I made a push through and I was standing on the rim of the volcano. What?! I checked my altimeter again: 18,100'. Huh, guess I should have calibrated it this morning! I walked the 100 feet over to the summit and happily dropped my pack. 6:30am - not bad at all. 4500' of climbing in 4.5 hours is mighty respectable when your going to 18.5k I figure.
It was my Dad's birthday, so I bought up a special flag to commemorate his 60th. I sipped warm tea and cracked a cold Modelo summit beer to take in the sunrise from the top of Mexico. I don't know if it was perfect combination of beer and altitude, but I had a smile ear-to-ear. I had the beautiful summit to myself. After all the hero shots, I headed back toward the heat.
The descent was fast, but it was surprisingly long. The glacier is 2000' high but certainly felt even more expansive. I could barely make out the Oklahoma team from up top. And by the time I got to them, they were about 500' up the glacier and moving slow. Apparently, they were lost in the labyrinth for an hour in the twilight. Yep, sounds about right. I snapped some photos for them and carried on down the mountain. I switched over to the trailrunners at the base of the glacier and carefully worked through the lower mountain. I rolled into camp at about 10am to find Nick still in bed guarding the gear. He had gone up to the labyrinth, but still wasn't feeling well. About an hour later, a crew of 18 locals arrived at Piedra Grande. The crowd cornered Nick and I in the hut and explained that they were a family that wanted to BBQ. We said we didn't have much aside from an assortment of dehydrated foods and bars to contribute, but they took the gesture well. One of the younger guys started pouring tequila shots for the alpinistas locas. They loved snapping photos of us and couldn't believe I climbed to the top. The BBQ was great, tequila spot on, and when Joaquin showed up at 2pm my heart was full from a successful expedition and gracious hospitality of the locals. After a bit, we finally spotted the others slowly working their way back to camp. Sadly they had to turn back at 17,200' because they weren't feeling well.
Maps: GPX and KMZ.
Back in town, we picked up a bottle of Tequila Corralejo Reposado and drank with Joaquin. He started pulling out all these log books of famous and no-so-famous climbers who had come through his hostel. He was particularly proud of his Fred Beckey notes and photos. He also is featured in a number books on the mountain and Mexican climbing. It was really cool to hear the stories from a man that was there all those years ago. One of his poetic quotes from one of the books read:
"Esta montaña
siempre va a estar
aquí presente,
pero tu vida
es única
y solo se vive
una vez,
tenle respeto
a la montaña"
The next day we headed back to Mexico City and got some good tacos, bought wrestling masks, and tried out a nice mescaleria. The following day, Nick and I toured Teotihuacán. Climbing the Pyramid of the Sun was actually a little tough with how sore my calves were. We did a big tour of the place but around noon things were getting a little too hot and we went for tacos. Along the way we ran into a few guys doing the Danza de los Voladores (Dance of the Flyers) which was supremely entertaining. We bused back into the city and did one of the ride-on-top bus loops. Because many people had time off for Semana Santa, or Holy Week, it was fairly crowded, but we eventually worked our way to the upper deck. Riding around the town was super pleasant in the warm weather. Although it took forever to go only a few block we were happy to people watch from our mobile perch. It was a nice way to see the Plaza, Zocolo, Av. Reforma, Monumento a la Independencia, etc., but my favorite spot was in the south near Tamaulipas Michoacan where there are a bunch of nice eateries with dense tree-lined streets. Since it was a hop-on-hop-off setup, we stopped a few places to nab food and drinks.
The following day, Nick headed out to Peru in the morning and Jess landed a couple hours later. Jess and I grabbed a simple lunch near the airport on Easter, dodging a number of parades and demonstrations. Then we hopped on a flight for Oaxaca.
Oaxaca was a very walkable city. We could easily get to nearly everything from our AirBnB. We started by exploring the markets, sampling chapulines (crickets), and buying plenty of pastries. The entire town was quite touristy, but it still retained it's authenticity and charm. There were many walking streets, quaint bars and restaurants, and lots of nearby archaeological sites. After a fun 1/2 day exploring the town, we caught a bus up to Mike and Ximena's wedding. They insisted everyone have mezcal mixed drinks to toast to their future throughout the proceedings which would make sense if you knew them. The ceremony was short and heartfelt. Then it was on to a lovely dinner, dancing, and socializing. I was happy to present the married couple a gift - a beat up warm can of Tahoe Beer. (Long story but it was a running joke from our Tahoe ski trip in which these awful beers would show up randomly in our gear bags, cars, etc. Mike slipped it into my bathroom mirror cabinet 6 months ago, so it seemed fitting to give it to him on his wedding.)
The following couple days, M&X had tours arranged for the wedding guests. We visited Monte Albán ruins which was a lot of fun to explore with Jess, though the sun was vicious. We climbed up and down all the platforms and tried to hide in the shade where possible. That evening, Jess and I got adventurous and went to a Lucha Libre Mexican wrestling match down in the southern barrio at Arena Mastin III. It was a shockingly stressful event because it was a tiny venue of 3 rows of chairs (everything was the splash zone), we were regularly called out by the locals, and bodies were tossed off the ring into the audience all the time. You had to know when to get up and out of the way, which at first we didn't, but then we worked it out. There was tons of audience participation. After the rounds the kids would get in the ring and play fight or get signatures from their favorite wrestlers. We also had no idea what was going on and almost left before the pros came out for the finale rounds. In the end it was nice to have survived the evening with a lot of stories.
The next day we journeyed to the petrified waterfalls of Hierve el Agua. Jess and I did the hike down to see the falls from below and then took a swim. The water color was unreal and being able to walk and swim in the pools was stunning. It was like being able to swim in Yellowstone's pools if they were nice and refreshing. On the way home, we toured a mezcaleria where they showed us the labor-intensive process. We finished off our Oaxaca trip with a few bar stops and a lovely rooftop dinner with Jeff, Nicki, and other wedding-goers.
Sunday, January 28, 2018, 09:47 PM - Trips
I worked out with my family to hold Christmas a little early in order to jump on another sailing adventure with Alejandro and crew. I landed in Phuket at 1am on Christmas day, couldn't get to sleep until 4am, and was headed to the marina by 9am.
Yacht Haven Marina had a chill vibe on Christmas. The charter company walked Dro and I through the boat systems on our 38’ Lagoon, “Hermione” while Taylor (‘T’), Hannah, and Nicole filled the galley lockers. I'd done a fair bit of research on catamaran construction and operation but it was nice to see familiar equipment aboard. I was also happy to operate as first mate for another trip. Skippering is stressful and I was happy to do another chartering dry run before I try it on my own.
We got out of the marina at 1pm and tried to make it up to Koh Hong. The day was particularly hazy and I wondered if we'd get blazing sun at any point on our sail. There was about 1 knot of wind, so we motored our way north and eventually gave up at Koh Phanak near dusk. (Some mooring information is here, but the definitive guide is the Southeast Asia Pilot.) We jumped on the dingy and I motored us around the karst features. We noticed a bunch of tourists heading for a cave so we decided to check it out as well. We were lucky and it was nearly low tide because the cave was actually an extensive underground river and it took us back in a serpentine path until we discovered light! We looked at each other and said, "can we fit through there!?" We ducked under the limestone arch and popped out in a hong (Thai for 'room') in the middle of the island. It was incredible. None of us were expecting to re-emerge in the middle of the island so it was wild. Just as we did it, the kayaking tours started coming through the “Bat Cave” tunnel; we were lucky to have gotten the solo experience just before dark. We paddled back through the tunnel back to our boat for dinner. (Here's our GPX/GPS tracks)
The next morning, I was up by 5am (thanks jetlag). By 6:30, I couldn’t wait any longer and I popped my head into Dro and Nicole’s deck hatch and started singing the James Bond theme song. I wanted to get to the island before it was overrun with tourists, and my ploy worked. Dro jumped on the helm and I operated the windlass. We motored for about an hour while people started waking up. We passed Koh Hong with a small hong and vertical islands. It's amazing how the island cliffs spring straight out of the sea--such strange, mindblowing geology. The longtail boats were zigzagging around with the first tourists, but we were ahead of the larger tours. Since Khao Phing Kan and Ko Ta Pu (James Bond Island) are in such shallow water (less than 2 m according to our charts) we decided to anchor off Koh Yang and dingy over. Unfortunately, the wind was starting to pick up and we were heading straight into it. The couple foot waves were enough to soak everyone on the boat and we needed to bail, with our way-to-small-to-be-effective bottle. T declared this is exactly how James Bond would have arrived on the island. (That is if he didn’t have a seaplane.) We managed to stay afloat to land at Ao Phang Nga National Park and walk the path up to the beautiful overlook on Ko Tapu (เกาะตะปู, “spike”). Khao Phing Kan also include some other cool caves and neat limestone features for exploring. We caught this island at low tide so we could get close to JB island. I convinced T to re-enact the scene from The Man with a Golden Gun, but was disappointed that no one saw (or remembered) the film.
Back aboard Hermione, we raised sails and finally got enough wind to properly cruise. Motoring at 3 kts is nothing compared to 6-7 kts on a beam. It’s quiet except for the waves and wind and boat creaks. Such a lovely day cruise down to Ao Nang. Ko Kudu was gorgeous and I wish we could have stopped – worth checking out the next time we’re in the neighborhood. Dro and I took turns sailing, although he gave me plenty of shit when I got caught in the lee of an island near Ko Pak Ka. We anchored at Ao Nang around 3pm and went ashore for snacks, beers, and to pick up Travis, Sarah, and Dee. Generally, we’d just order up a load of food across the menu and eat family style. That was a fun way to explore the Thai culinary experience, especially when getting particularly adventurous. We loaded up everyone motored south to Railay (Rai Lei) Beach for the evening with dinner and drinks ashore. With the new crew, I bought out a sheet and pillow and slept on the trampoline of the catamaran. It was chilly, but waking up with the killer view and the birds singing to me was heavenly.
In the morning, we popped around the corner to Ao Phra Nang Beach at Tham Phra Nang. Everyone grabbed their snorkeling gear and dove in. I headed through the tiny islands to the south east and out along the cliffs. The water visibility was poor, so the snorkeling was so-so (big fan coral and barrel sponges) but the island features were great and the little caves and cliffs were fun to explore. I climbed a rope to get to what I thought would be a fun little deep water soloing spot, but the rock was so sharp, I couldn’t make it up to the smoother stone and fell 5’ back into the ocean – nothing very exciting. I headed back to Princess Cave and found Travis, Sarah, and Dee on the beach. A bunch of climbers are playing around on some routes in the caves and we watched them, like the hundreds of others congregating on the beaches by speed boat and longtail.
About noon, we went back to Ao Nang and picked up the last two crewmembers, Michael and Gail. After resupplying ice and a few other provisions, we pointed our boat south and anchored north of Ko Dam Khwan “Chicken Head Island”. The snorkeling here was far better and I spent nearly a couple hours exploring. Watching the branded sea snake hunt was a particular treat, but the schools of parrotfish, angelfish, butterflyfish, and damsels across a backdrop of anemones, brain coal, clams, staghorn coral, and plate coral was just as awesome. I chased the schools around with my GoPro gleefully. We had the whole crew assembled at this point, so it was fitting to have finest sunset of the trip that evening. From the trampoline, hammock, and foredeck, we watched the golden sun drop through the craggy islands on the horizon with our happy hour drinks in hand. Travis fired up the drone and flew it around our boat at sunset to capture the moment from 1000’. The footage was spectacular. There were 7’ long coffin-like berths in the front of the pontoons. They were slightly claustrophobic, but I realized I could pull the cushions out to sleep on the tramp without losing heat through the netting. That helped a lot.
In the morning, we continued South, stopped for a lunch snorkel at Bamboo island. The visibility continued to improve as we moved out of the delta into deeper waters. Large coral heads towered 10 feet above the ocean floor and I played around diving deep. On shore one of the longtail drivers was playing around with a small ray to the delight of the tourists. We then headed around the east side of Phi Phi Dom (the northernmost Phi Phi island). We stopped off at the monkey beach on the west shore of Ton Sai Bay. The monkeys were feasting on fruit the tour boats brought, but weren’t shy either. When a new longtail landed, one monkey jump on the boat stole a plastic juice bottle from a woman’s hands, jump to shore, and popped the cap off expertly.
We filled water at a floating pier and anchored on the west side of the bay. A couple dinghy rides later we were all ashore at Phi Phi (Pronounced “Pee Pee” and often written “PP”). We feasted on mango sticky rice at the Mango Garden, sipped beers on the beach, and had dinner at Anna’s. I tried three different dive shops before I found one that would pick me up on Hermione on their way out of the bay. Eventually, Phi Phi Scuba Diving Center agreed and in the course of 15 minutes I had my gear picked out and paperwork squared away—although I didn’t have my passport or dive certifications so I may have guessed at a few numbers.
At 7:30am the next morning, a yellow PP Scuba boat pulled up to Hermione and we were headed to Ko Bi Da Nok. I met the divemaster “Thaiman” from the Netherlands and my dive partner, Rob, from Seattle who was working on his divemaster cert. We three and two Chinese divers geared up and hobbled over to the back of the boat and took a big stride into the Andaman Sea. It was cloudy so the reef didn’t glow, but the visibility was 10-12 m. We circled down and around the island. We saw 3 black tip reef sharks, an eel, loads of starfish (and feather stars), clams, fans, trumpetfish, etc. Despite being a ‘beginner’ dive site, the current was stiff and the Chinese woman could barely move forward because she kicked with her ankles bent. Funny but annoying. We did a surface interval at Maya Bay on PP Lee and then dove Mushroom Coral. I talked Thaiman into letting Rob and I have more autonomy, so this was a much nicer dive and I could explore at my own pace. We dove down a cliff to 18 m and saw Clark’s and False Clown Anemonefish (Nemo!) in their anemones, a couple rays, lionfish, a lobster, Giant Travelly, Slugs, whip coral, plate coral, sponges. Greatly enjoy that one. When we got back to PP, I was surprise to Hermione still anchored. So after our debriefing, I texted Dro to link back up with the group. It turned out they wanted a little more shore time for hiking, massages, and in the case of Dee, a commemorative world map Thai tattoo on her left shoulder.
After lunch and a short downpour, we did a little provisioning, and then sailed down to Maya Bay at Phi Phi Lee for the night. This spot is super popular because it’s the beach from “The Beach” and everyone wants to be like Leo. We snorkeled around to a few spots on the north side: a secluded beach and a cool tidal cave. In the cave, the waves were amplified and knocked me off my feet. It was fun, but a little unsafe and I did end up strapping my shoulder. That evening, riding the high of diving and duty-free scotch, we blasted music into the bay while dancing under the stars until midnight. The next morning, I lay bleary-eyed on the foredeck around 6:30 when I heard 3 loud longtails cruise past. I jumped up and ran around the boat yelling, “let’s go, first dingy to the beach now!” as I released the lines and dropped the boat into the chop. People were taking their time getting up, so Dro, Nicole, and I headed in to the fabled Beach. It was already swimming in people at 7am and we only made it about 10 steps before someone asked us to pay the park fee. None of us had money, so I returned to the cat for cash and the 2nd load of people. Admittedly, it was a very nice beach—if it weren’t for the hundreds of people. We snapped a few pictures but didn’t wait around for more invaders. We swung around to the other side of the island to poke around in Pileh Lagoon. This was stunningly beautiful as well, but wasn’t as crowded since it didn’t have a beach. After a dingy loop, we headed south to Ko Ha Yai.
Ko Ha Yai had a set of islands with different geological formations, described best as a bricklayer best effort after gallons of Chang beer. There was a cool arch island that we could swim through and the snorkeling was the best of the trip. The coral was diverse and vibrant and fauna abundant. I enjoyed joining huge school of Yellowback Fusiliers. We then headed to Ko Lanta for our evening anchorage. We originally planned to eat at a nice restaurant recommended by the guidebook, but after waiting for an hour, we found a different spot down the beach, where the steamed lemon red snapper was potent but very well done.
The following morning, Dro woke me early to make a major sail all the way back north to Ko Yao Yai. I was very worried that we’d get trapped down south and couldn’t pull off this big leg, but the winds locked in from the NW and we cruised 6+ kts. As we rounded PP Dom, I put us on a beam reach and watched our speed climb to 7.5-8 kts. Awesome. As we came to the southern tip of Ko Yao Yai, the darkening storm clouds seemed particularly ominous. The winds were only 14 kts, so we keep the sails out, but this was a mistake. Dro was at the helm, suddenly we had sustained 30 kts and Michael and I went into crazy action. We managed to get the boat into the wind and fuller the genoa and drop the main. It was clear we should have seen this coming and reefed, but we didn’t. In the action, one of the jib sheets flapping aggressively wrapped under the galley port hatch handle and broke the window. We enjoyed getting the breeze through the galley, but should probably have closed those while under sail. Some good lessons learned and ultimately about $200 shared between the 10 shipmates. We motored the rest of the way to our anchorage outside Yao Tai Beach Resort. We managed to do 52.1 miles in 8:35 with 5.3 kts (6.1 mph) average and 7.8 kts (9.0 mph) max; by far the biggest sail of my life.
We knew that Ko Yao Yai was a Muslim island, but assumed that westerners would still have easy access to liquor on New Years Eve. This turned out to not be entirely true, but we worked a deal out with a beach restaurant to BYOB, so we brought our remaining liquor to shore. I found someone willing to sell beer and the crew danced until midnight, when the pier lit up with fireworks. For the record, laying on a white sand beach in Thailand watching fireworks light up the Andaman Sea is a great way to ring in 2018.
Way too early the following morning we headed back to Yacht Haven Marina. We topped up our diesel for $80 and went through the checkin procedures. I was in a hurry to meet my girlfriend, Jess, at the airport, so I said my goodbyes and took off for the next segment of the adventure. Jess didn’t have an international phone plan so we preplanned to meet at the southern end of the airport. I was relieved when she triumphantly showed up on the far side of the world. We taxied to our hotel and explored old town Phuket by foot. We got a nice lunch with Changs, Coconuts, and curry and visited the Hai Leng Ong (Dragon) Statue, Wat Mongkol Nimit, the silly Phuket Trickeye Museum, and got Thai massages at Kim’s. For dinner, we met Dro, Nicole, Michael, and Gale at Tu Kab Khao. Then we said our goodbyes again, but this time for real, and then Jess and I began our great trip south.
We had a “ferry” booked the next morning, so we asked the front desk to get us a taxi. The nice lady called a few taxis said they were far away and then looked over to her counterpart, as if to say something secret, and then called another person. She said we’ll have a driver out front in a couple minutes. We were surprised when a decaled Mitsubishi rally race car pulled up and waived us over. The interior was covered in auxiliary gauges for monitoring, presumably, the engine and turbo pressure and temperatures. He blasted Mexican, Thai, and English techno all the way to Rassada Pier – quite the wake-up. But then we sat around for an hour while ferries loaded and took off. To my surprise, we were loaded into a smaller speedboat with triple 250 HP outboards. We pulled out into the open water and proceeded to get knocked around in 4’ waves all the way to Ko Lanta and then down to Ko Lipe. We covered 135 miles at ~30 mph and by mid-afternoon we were deposited dazed on a beautiful beach in southern Thailand. The island is entirely walkable and popular as a low-key destination for families. We grabbed some fruit on the way to our hostel and then walked out to the beach through the impoverished ghetto. On the other side, photogenic beauty reappeared. We did a short snorkel, but the tide was so low it was hard to find routes through the coral. Jess still thought it was great since this was her first time snorkeling! I was also her first time backpacking, in the travel sense. She was making the most of it, but was struggling with a persistent cough. I always hate traveling while sick, but she seemed unfazed. That evening, we snagged beers and walked down sunrise beach around to sunset beach. Normally this wouldn’t be possible, but because the tide was so low we could sneak through the rocky areas. Then we crossed the island to the southern beach and had a tasty dinner on the beach with Mai Tais and G&Ts. We took the Walking St back to the hostel and perused the wears, trinkets, and eateries. This evening was definitely a highlight of the trip.
The next day, we tried to catch the sunrise on sunrise beach but it was cloudy. Instead we walked the beach and checked out all the beached longtails. The 2-meter tide is very aggressive so half the day the boats can’t clear the reef. As the tide returned, we did another snorkel and then set out to catch our ferry to Langkawi. Unfortunately, I assumed it was the same timing as the previous day as that boat was to head on to Langkawi, so we ended up missing our speed boat and had to go through an annoying process of getting another one. Fortunately, getting stranded in paradise isn’t so bad and we saddled up on the beach to wait to go through immigration. A few hours later we found ourselves in Malaysia in a driving rainstorm. We taxied to our hostel, the Honey Badger Hut (I couldn’t not stay there), and we headed for Kampung Lubok Buaya and wound up at Lavazza Café on Cenang Beach for dinner. It rained more. We tried to Uber, but after 25 minutes and no progress from our driver, we just walked back to the Hostel in the rain.
In the morning, I let jess sleep in and went out to gather breakfast. I found it surprising that the large grocery store we visited the night before wouldn’t open until 10am. Luckily a place next door, Siti, was open and a woman with a hijab was cooking made-to-order roti canai with a honey sauce – way better than traditional donuts but probably no healthier. I did really like all the fishing boats in the small river in the vicinity of 6.303155, 99.722448, so I stopped to get a few pictures on the way back to the hostel. Jess was up and ready to go when I got back. We had our breakfast and Ubered to the Langkawi Cable Car. It’s a bit like Disney Land around there, but we managed to find it a ride up to the Langkawi Sky Bridge. The storms had moved off, but the visibility was still poor from a low-lying Malaysian haze. We hiked up to the top of the mountain and then down to the arcing Langkawi Sky Bridge. The suspension bridge used a single internal tower, which is very cool architecturally and mechanically. There were also a couple transparent floor tiles on the walkway where we could stand over a hundred feet of nothing, and did the trick of giving our hearts an extra beat.
Back at sea-level, we hiked up to base of Seven Wells Waterfall and then the hundreds of steps up to the upper pools. We were hauling our full packs at this point, so Jess and I were dripping sweat by the top. Fortunately, this area was a great spot for locals and tourists alike to cool off in the humid midday heat. We had fun relaxing in the pools and watching the local long-tailed macaques hunt for natural foods and human refuse. We had arranged for an older taxi driver to take us to the ferry terminal at 1:00, but when we got back down at 1:00, we asked the driver to wait while we got some food. The price for a meal is incredibly about $2 and exploding with flavor. This seems to be the universal case in Malaysia.
After this, our driver slightly raised the price of our pre-negotiated drive by about a dollar. I lightly protested but he explained it was documented on the sign at the Oriental Village but forgot the amount. Then he went way out of his way to make sure we saw the sign, in what I took to be an over-the-top gesture of honesty. After that hiccup he zipped us across the island to the Ferry terminals in Kuah. Along the way he showed us his circa 1993 military photo and explained that he was part of the UN peacekeeping operations led by the US military in Bosnia. I got the sense he was impressed with the leadership in that conflict because he started referring to me as ‘sir’ after I said we were American.
A far more relaxed ferry ride dropped us off in George Town on Penang Island. The city was sizable, but the area around Fort Cornwallis was quaint with small shopping areas like “Little India”. Actually, this area was recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2008 because it represented an exceptional example of a multi-cultural trading town in Southeast Asia with unique architecture and lifestyle. The rain came and went so Jess and I were happy to drop off gear at our hotel. We visited Kapitan Keling Mosque and tried to get a drink at the rooftop bar of the Kontar, but lightning prevented anyone from going on deck. Instead, we found a dim sum place and I gorged on dumplings until I couldn’t see straight. Jess managed to exercise self-control, which I couldn’t understand as we were being faced by an endless supply of such wonderfully scrumptious packets of happiness. Somewhere along the way we also snagged a quarter of a durian. It’s a horrifically stinky fruit but tastes ok if you pinch your nose. Jess and I watched in amazement when a small Asian woman devoured an entire fruit without gagging.
In the morning, we walked in the rain to a ferry to a bus station that took us to Kuala Lumpur. I think taking the train would have been slightly nicer, but the bus worked out well. Then we took a metro across town to the Bukit Bintang district and our 5-star Marriott across the street from the Pavilion KL, a grandiose shopping center with Louis Vuitton, Prada, and other fashion shops that I had zero interest in visiting. We walked the surface streets past dozens of construction jobs to the Petronas Twin Towers and KLCC Park. It was interesting to see the famous bridge halfway up the towers by day, but the towers were far more spectacular at night when they seem to glow with rings of light. The evening was unexciting: we strolled the mostly-closed KL Citywalk and purchased a celebratory Pina Colada (which is taxed something like 300% because Malaysia is a Muslim country). We did finally figure out the series of skyways on the way back to the hotel though, so that was far more pleasant to stay out of the rush-hour traffic.
On our final day in Malaysia, we took the metro to Batu Caves. Initially, we (accidentally) visited a very strange, neon-powered collection of ‘psychedelic dioramas’ in Ramayana Cave, named because the oddly sculpted characters depicted the Indian story of Ramayana. Feeling confused, Jess and I walked along the shops until we discovered the actual Batu Cave, along with hordes of tourist buses. We climbed the 272 steps past the golden Murugan statue to the monstrous Cathedral Cave. Passing through this cavern, you climb another set of stairs to an open limestone room with a Hindu Temple and mischievous monkeys. We saw one woman have her lunch striped from her hands. On our way down the main stairwell, we decided to do the Dark Cave tour. It included nice cave features (columns, curtains, stalactites, gour pools, etc.) and critters (crickets, bats), but we didn’t see the famous trap-door spider. We did some fast shopping at the gift shop and then it was Ubering to the hotel and airport to head further south.
The way the flights worked out, Jess got to Singapore a couple hours before I did. I met her at our hotel and we linked up with Mervyn, my first grad school advisor from Georgia Tech. We hadn’t seen one another for 12 years (!) but hit it off talking about complexity theory, former colleagues, and the future of technology. He was nice enough to show Jess and I to a section of town tourists don’t often visit: Eminent Frog Porridge. A Chinese run establishment that served bowls of whole cooked frogs slathered in sauce. The frogs were pretty good actually and I ate a couple of them. But Merv wanted to give us the authentic Singapore experience and ordered a feast of chili crabs, prawns, fried rice, and veggies. It was a flavor rollercoaster. We then got a couple drinks (including a Singapore Sling for Jess) at the Bungy Bar at Clarke Quay. It was nice to sit along the Singapore River and reminisce about a part of my life that seems so long ago.
Early the next morning, Jess and I were on a plane heading back stateside and somewhere around 24 hours of travel later we were comfortably back in burque.
Wednesday, December 6, 2017, 03:31 AM - Weekend Fun
After a very scary year, the UNM lobos are racing for at least a couple more years. So it was an absolute pleasure to go up for my 5th Red River Race Camp with the Lobos. Where else can you ski with some of the best racers in the world?! This year, Jeff, Jon, and I paired up with Nicky - a local racer from Taos - for two days of race training. Here's a little taste of his casual skiing:
Unfortunately, with the exception of the torchlight, no one skied anything except the bunny hill. That's global warming for you. I suppose we need to get used to it.
However, we worked a nice progression and I was carving an okay turn without flailing all over the place by the end of the camp. It's also a fun time to socialize with the student athletes and Sandia racers in proper apres style. Jeff and I were in the camper so we hosted a couple parties 'down by the river' -
hilarious in their simplicity: all it takes is a jambox and rapid lightswitching to have a good time. Red River is also so tiny that the UNM van kept crossing paths with us. Friday night, we got a lift to Bull of the Woods and Saturday we got a lift to the banquet. I started thinking everywhere we'd go headcoach Joe would show up with the magic bus to take us to our destination. Until next time Lobos!
Monday, December 4, 2017, 02:36 AM - Week activities
I had been feeling bummed I didn't get a Moab trip this fall, but then a large international work trip fell through so I got my chance. (Thanks Indian Consulate in Houston.) Jess and I went up with the camper after she got off at the hospital and overnighted by the Narraguinnep Reservoir outside of Cortez. In the morning we dodged the Pronghorn and snuck over to the Needles Overlook - a spectacular view of Canyonlands. We had the place all to ourselves since it was early on a Thursday and a little hazy that morning.
We set up in the usual spot at Grandstaff Campground and then asked around at the Negro Bill Canyon for a lift up to the top. After talking with a half dozen folks, a nice couple volunteered to shuttle us to the top so we could canyoneer Medieval Chamber. We headed down the wash from the radio tower, past the Fins and Things 4WD road, and then rapped into Medieval Chamber. It's a tight, short canyon but a super neat spot. Then you walk out to the top of Morning Glory Arch. I had always dreamed of doing a simultaneous rappel off the arch after seeing Justin and Leigh do it years ago. It was too scary for Jess (and for me) to start normally, so I muntered partway down with a 2nd rope attached to the normal anchor to a nearly free hanging position and then had Jess rap off the other side, connected to me. I think this is a nice safe way to do it for others who are more risk averse. It does take a little coordination operating two lowering systems and rope skills to pull the anchored rope while free hanging.
After hiking out of Negro Bill Canyon, we still had a little daylight so I suggested we go to Delicate Arch. The Arches NP road construction and short daylight made us give up early and we ended up at Double Arch for the beautiful cloudy sunset.
In the morning, Jess headed off on a couple hikes while I joined a big group (Briana, Josiah, Dave, Laura, Melanie, Nate, Andrew) to mountain bike Mag 7. Briana thought it would be great if I had a rainbow beard, so that happened... There was a howling West wind that helped us cruise the beginning section through Gemini Bridges, Bull Run, Arth's Corner, and Little Canyon. At that point most of the group bailed and headed back to town via Gemini Bridges Rd., but I talked David and Josiah to continue on the Gold Bar climb to Gold Bar Rim and Portal. Everyone was saying it was going to be tough (and stupid), and they weren't kidding. The climb was mostly doable but very punchy. Then at the top the riding becomes extra difficult. I was say the three of us pushed it pretty hard, but still ended up walking about 50% of the drops. The storms and nightfall were rolling in on us at this point, so it was particularly annoying that I burped my rear tire and then rolled it off the rim in back-to-back technical sections. I couldn't re-seat it with a CO2 so I had to throw in a tube. It worked. We slowly picked our way down Portal as it traverses a massive cliff-face. The pucker factor is high, and the skill-level to ride this stretch is equally extraordinary. Hikers, asked how many of us we started with and we responded, "8 riders, but only 3 survived this far." Then Josiah piped in that David's full-face helmet was so he could have an open-casket funeral. David, Joe, and I rounded the point, ripped much of the bottom section (except the switchbacks and narrow slots), and cruised out to the road right at sunset. We were all fully stoked at our accomplishment! That lasted about 10 minutes until we had to fight a 30+ mph headwind home in a driving rainstorm to Grandstaff Campground. Once we arrived everyone had packed up and left for a VRBO, so we piled in the camper, passed out food, beers, and cooked some stew for bonky Dave. Mission accomplished.
The next morning, Jess and I decided to do another canyon in Arches while the rest of the group went climbing. We did Big Horn Canyon on a cold but clear morning. The tunnel was fun and the wondering around on the plateau is just neat. Jess got the hang of overhanging abseiling and somehow I rope-burned the back of my neck trying to manage 170m of ropes on the first rappel; but otherwise the canyon was straightforward.
It was the weekend before Thanksgiving, so I wanted to go out to GGBY. I hadn't seen it before, but I was interested in the rigging and hoped I might be able to go out onto the spacenet. It's a drive to get out to the Fruit Bowl, but we arrived on quite a scene. Everyone was packing in gear for the week-long party. A few of the shorter slacklines were bring strung up and the longer ones were being rigged - apparently the poor weather had slowed their progress. Sketchy Andy and a collection of eccentric individuals were coordinating the work. It's definitely a neat location and looked like loads of fun. This year was different because the base jumping wasn't allowed and there was more regulations, but I think the spirit will certainly live on. Hopefully I can get out on the spacenet sometime in next few years.
Monday, October 2, 2017, 04:12 AM - Weekend Fun
I've started getting better at talking Jess into difficult adventures. Most recently we rode a tandem to Santa Fe from Nob Hill. Town and the canyon went fairly quickly, but riding up to the Triangle started to hurt a little more. The tandem isn't really designed for climbing, but it certainly has great gearing for spinning. We ran into a nice couple from Scotland by the Lazy Lizard who were on the final legs of their version of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. I apologized for the hazy weather but they reminded us they were from Scotland. "Oh right, you're feeling right at home then." They said that they were pleasantly surprised at New Mexico and were going to finish up in a few days so they could go to the Balloon Fiesta. We told them that was a perfect idea and wished them luck.
We got lucky with a nice South tailwind on the cruise North, otherwise I don't think we would have cleared the hill into Madrid. I was cranking with all my might and we barely made the pass. It was only at lunch in Madrid that Jess confessed that she stopped peddling for a while when she got tired on the climb. I decided to push it a bit on the decent into Madrid and we topped out at 49 mph in an adrenalin-packed bumpy roller coaster into town. We had a big NM lunch at The Hollar and then rushed north to catch the railrunner back to town. It was difficult, but lots of fun with such as wonderful lady. Jess's biggest ride ever! 62 miles with 4100' of climbing.
Building a cycling speaker setup
Thursday, September 21, 2017, 01:57 AM - Work
I built a music box for a tow-behind bike trailer. Check out the schematic and video for all the DIY details.
Batteries - $37
Battery Charger - $15
Waterproof Switch - $10
Volt/Power Meter (optional) - $19
Bluetooth Audio Amplifier Board - $49
0.625-in x 4-ft x 4-ft particle board/plywood - $13
Polystyrene Foam Board Insulation (vibration resistance) - $13
Speaker Terminal(s) - $6
100+ W Speakers - Wide range of prices, but less than $40 is possible.
Spare wire, screws, caulk, etc.
Total cost: ~$180
Mega Bike + Hike Sandia Adventure with Jess
Sunday, September 17, 2017, 10:04 PM - Weekend Fun
I convinced Jess to join me for a multi-sport adventure that turned into a rather major endeavor. We started at 7am at the Tram parking lot and biked down Tramway, up Route 66 (Reaper Ride) to Tijeras, and up the hill to Canyon Estates Trailhead. Jess really struggled up the final climb, but we took some time to rest and rehydrate while we locked our bikes up. After the break, we hiked past Travertine Falls and up to South Peak via the steep CCC Route. We summitted just before noon and enjoyed all the wonderful views from the top. For some reason (probably boredom), I downloaded the cachly app and started hunting for a few geocaches as we worked our way north via the Crest Trail to the Tram. I found a couple ammo box geocaches and we happily wrote messages about our fun day. The weather was good, but my hip flexor and IT Band weren't happy about the 8 miles to the Tram. We also randomly ran into Emily who was doing a S-to-N crest solo backpacking trip. She was having hip pain, but refused any help - which I could certainly relate to. I was definitely hurting by the time we made it to the Tram.
Long day out with stats something like the following:
Total distance: 30.2 miles (without tram)
Total climb: 6500 ft (without tram)
Bike: 17.4 miles, 1200 ft climbed
Hike: 12.8 miles, 5300 ft climbed
Moving time: 7:23
Total time: 9:58
(Hiking Portion is Highlighted)
Larger. GPX
Also, fondue dinners are fun!
Boundary Waters Canoe Trip
Thursday, September 14, 2017, 02:56 AM - Trips
I took a much-needed week off work to join my parents and three of their friends for a canoe trip into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) Wilderness in upper Minnesota against Canada.
I got lunch with Daimon and his wife in Minneapolis - a real treat since the last time I saw him was for his wedding 5 years ago. Then a van full of excited southerners towing a trailer and 3 canoes showed up and whisked me north. We stayed in a small motel between St. Paul and Duluth that night as the rain poured down. I hoped the weather forecast was right and we would have lighter weather during the next week. Luckily, I convinced the rest of the team to take a detour to get Betty's Pies in Two Harbors on or way to our campsite and put-in at Fall Lake Campground. We had pie for dinner and we had pie for breakfast. It was fantastic.
The next day, we headed north. We portaged around Newton Falls to Newton Lake, and quickly reached Pipestone Falls, and portaged again. On the first one, Mom and I found someone with a cart to help bring our gear across, but on the 2nd we were on our own for the 1/4 mile walk. I threw the canoe on my back for the walk, but halfway through the middle thwart broke - so we set it back in place, carried about our business, and started dreaming up campsite remedial actions. Back on the water, we paddled our way up Pipestone Bay of Basswood Lake and saw a Bald Eagle leave his perch and cruise the shoreline. We did a quick, albeit jungley, hike to Azion Lake for lunch. The entire day and all the lakes were glass. It was quiet and eerie. Eventually, we found a chipmunk-operated campsite on the south-side of Pipestone Bay and set up camp around 1:30pm. With plenty of time before dinner, the whole gang took a swim and then Steve, Kurt, and Andreas fished while the rest of us heckled them.
The next morning, Dad cooked some of his legendary pancakes while Andreas and I fashioned a new yoke for the canoe. Using a hand saw, we were able to notch a section of pine tree to do the job (and it held for the whole trip!). Needless to say, we got a later start. In general, canoeing is such a relaxed way to travel through the world, aside from the portages, of which we did have one to cross over to Back Bay. At first the weather was calm, but eventually a south wind set in. Mom and I struggled into a moderate headwind through the shallow waters of Back Bay and wondered why there were thousands of dead insects on the water surface. Too cold? Natural life cycle?
The group separated some, but we regathered on an unnamed island on our way to Hoist Bay when we ate lunch. When we got to Hoist Bay, we took a 90 degree turn ENE and the winds turned to our favor. We slid past Canoe Island and Norway Island before finding a suitable, unoccupied campsite on Washington Island. More swimming. More Fishing. And Mom and I cooked Quesadillas for the crew. Steve served up a couple small-mouth cooked in southern spices.
The next day was difficult. Winds rotated to the North and we were battered making our way up the US-Canada border to United States Point. The chop was getting large enough that Dad and I were politely asked to stay close to the Andrea/Mom canoe (we rotated teams). This day I got my first taste of paddling "the barge" which was our only plastic canoe. The other two Kevlar canoes slid through the water with an estimated 76.3% less drag. After fighting the wind and chop, we turned the corner and headed West toward Basswood Falls. Surprisingly, even with the wind at our backs, the waves still made this a tough stretch. This area does not allow motors, so we were suddenly alone - at least for large portions of the day, which was nice. It felt like a wilderness area. We stopped off for lunch on a beach and looked at Canada. M&A snuck into Canada, while Dad and I may have drifted into international waters. Definitely a different scene than our southern border. Eventually, we found a campsite we called, "Camp Blowhole" because it was on the blowhole of the island that looked like a whale. It was well sheltered and we pasted the time looking at the moss and lichen that covered the island. Mom, entertained the group with a crossword puzzle that lasted a surprisingly long time (days).
We decided the leave the tents up and do a day trip to Basswood Falls the next day. We walked down the Basswood River for about a mile inspecting whatever flora and fauna (eagles, an otter, and more chipmunks!) we came across. That night we tried to catch the Northern Lights - Andreas said it would be the highest probability of catching them that night based on the NOAA data. But we didn't see anything except a wonderfully starry night.
The following day we battled another headwind south toward Pipestone. We hoped we could float through the creek from Jackfish Bay to Pipestone, but beavers had dammed it, so we had to run another short portage. On the other side, we stopped off at an awesome cliffside campsite to take in the views and rest a bit for the final push south. We paddled another hour+ into the gale until we made it back to our first campsite, where we were greeted by Charlie T. Trouble our favorite food-stealing chipmunk. Lathered on the DEET and killed a handful more mosquitoes, the state bird, for the 5th night in a row. The weather held off until that night, when a ferocious thunderstorm came through camp, but the rain had stopped by morning.
The final day was fairly easy, even with the two portages. We knew the way and a few of us were ready get off the water. It was a fun trip, great to see the world from a canoe, and the bugs were actually manageable.
Approximate Distances:
Day 1: 6.8 miles to Pipestone Bay
Day 2: 10.3 miles to Washington Island
Day 3: 9.8 miles to "Whale Island"
Day 4: 5.45 miles, day-tripping to Basswood River
Day 5: 10.7 miles to Pipestone Bay
Day 6: 6.6 miles to Fall Lake
Total: 49.65 miles of fun + a few miles of canoeing on Day 0 to go fishing with Steve.
And Here's a video my Mom put together of the trip:
Josh's 30 Birthday
Thursday, August 10, 2017, 05:52 PM - Trips
Like my 30th Birthday, my Mom wanted to do something fun for my brother for his 30th. She created an elaborate medieval/fantastical plot involving a bunch of people in the family. I had three roles: the first was to give Josh clues to start a treasure hunt that my parents would conduct to give him Amtrak tickets to Chicago (where he would meet his cousins and a family friend); the second was to give him a time and place where he would get a weapon (super soaker) for the final battle with the evil king; and the third was to be taken hostage, rescued by Josh, and help him kayak down the river battling river enemies to the king.
For the first clue, since we are both getting into cybersecurity work, I thought it would be fun to create do something with encryption. I sent him the following message:
Lord Marcel,
Nearly 40 years ago, Knights Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir, and Leonard Adleman created a tool for exchanging information between kingdoms. I must use this tool to securely send information from the land of Adobe as there are many eyes watching our movements.
Your secret code was recently sent via text. The public key is (n = 597782322723352841, e = 65537).
Use your code to decipher my decimal messages by converting to hexadecimal and then to text. As an example, 454340527577251408658717599750907599391754895552930391484449 is an unencrypted base 10 birthday message.
Please await my next letter for instructions.
God speed,
Earl of Tillay
P.S. 16172526842824332 486461013351423796 372855876819966270 173013308343788726 175628482683316976 51457655426288031 112532939420200262 103102526154905960 212110150840885429 116036075239775253
I sent him the private key in a text: "162568843699643261"
Without going into too many of the details, Josh was required to perform RSA decryption of the coded message. The description of how to do that is here. And the python code to do that is here (for all your programming needs).
A few days letter, he sent me a message indicated that he figured it out and I sent him the coordinates for his first clue for the scavenger hunt that my parents put together. He managed to complete that and get his tickets to Chicago. Yay!
The next round of puzzles (to give him the water gun) was a little more involved. It started with me sending him a link to this image: http://adventurejay.com/stereoclue.jpg
which, read adventurejay.com/josh.pdf which had a bunch of clues. The solutions to the puzzles are here.
With a couple hints, and a couple required corrections on my part (whoops), the solution was determined to be "421261450043257479" or "/c3.pdf" when decrypted. That led him to adventurejay.com/c3.pdf.
He got back to me fairly quickly with the solution: White Fire Mayhem. And I told him where he could meet up with someone who would give him his water gun :) It's not easy turning 30!
For the extended, weekend party, Jess and I flew to St. Louis. The first night we had dinner at Josh's with Mom and Dad. Then we drove down to Washington, MO to pick up Grandma and take her down to the Huzzah for a beach picnic and float. We also visited grandpa in the old folks home.
The following day, we woke up early and Dad, Josh, and I competed in the Wood River Triathlon. Dad did a great job with the swim (most people just walked on the pool bottom and should have been disqualified) and came in 21st out of 234 with a 8:15. I jumped on my Dad's (small) road bike and did my best to ride the turny course. It was six laps with six 90 degree turns, so it was hard to keep the speed up. I managed to take a wrong turn into the staging area after my first lap (not much signage at this event), which probably cost me ~20 seconds. (I've got all my excuses lined up.) In the end, I averaged 20 mph for 33:20 and 25/234 although I would have been 17th without my navigational mistake. Not too bad. And Josh suffered a couple laps (4 miles) to bring us on home with 2nd out of 10 for the teams (the first group was pretty stacked).
After that we headed back to Washington, MO where we (tastefully) shackled Josh and put him in his own van with instructions on how to find me. I left in my parent's Prius with Mom and Jess, while Dad, cousin Tim, and aunt Holly came separately with the kayaks. There were a few complications with instructions, but eventually I was freed of my captors' restraints and on the water with Josh in a couple kayaks loaded with water guns and water balloons. Ready for battle, we navigated through the drunk rafts and eventually came across captured Maid Jess along with three in the king's legion. There was a water battle, and I don't really know who won, but I'll say it was us.
We jumped off the cliff and floated down to Uncle Jim's place on the Meramec. There Josh vanquished the evil king and saved the day! We played around in the river a little more, BBQed, and eventually headed back to WashMo to rest. The following day, I had one last visit with grandpa before indulging in a bottle of Chambourcin at Montelle Winery and catching our flights back to ABQ - although the trip was ultimately delayed a full 12 hours with back-to-back mechanical and weather issues.
Mountain Rescue Mission on Muralla Grande and Training on Torreon
Sunday, August 6, 2017, 09:52 PM - AMRC
This last week was packed with a couple fun rescues and trainings. On Weds, a couple climbers attempted to climb La Selva, but ended up on Excitable Boys and then found their way over to the football field ledge. From there they decided that it was too risky to rappel because they didn't know if they would find a place to build an anchor. So they hung out while we got our team up to the top of Muralla Grande and built a system with the 1200' line. I rushed home from work at about 5:00 and with the help of Hans' quick truck driving skills we were on at IB by 6:00 (impressive!). A couple teams were already out, so I carried the TerrAdaptor legs down. Those are really awkward to haul.
Hans, Ang, and I built the TerrAdoptor and I watched the edge while Craig was lowered and raised 400' to pick off the two uninjured climbers. We had awesome throw on the mainline and eventually a nice army of firefighters and cops to help haul. The weather was nice and it didn't end up raining so everything worked out well, especially for the climbers.
Then this weekend, Supra led an interesting training with a couple fallen climbers. Elena and I were on the strike team and found the subjects on the top of Torreon. On of the climbers was dead and the other had a femur fracture and pneumothorax both with impaled object puncture wounds. I haven't done a lot of medical lately, so it was a good WFR refresher for me: running through SAMPLE taking vitals and monitoring the patient while the raise system was constructed. Oh and I also built a nice traction splint for the femur fracture out of Elena's trekking poles! Matt came down on the litter, we packaged our patient, and then I joined the haul team on top. The final stretch of getting the little through a 4th class boulder field was a challenge, but otherwise things went smoothly, albeit a little slower than desired. It was a nice training and Elena got to learn a lot, exclaiming in the debrief that it was the "best training ever!"
Monday, June 5, 2017, 04:27 AM - Trips, Weekend Fun
Jess was getting together with old friends, Kristen and Keith, in Vegas for the weekend and she invited me out to stay with her. I said, "Sure!" We all met up at the Luxor on Friday morning and then went out to the Rehab pool party. Their friend, Josh, just moved out to Vegas so he acted as our official tour guide. Beach balls, swimming and loud music was a great start to the trip. It was super warm so the margaritas were tasting especially good. We all headed out to First Friday on Fremont St. where they have live bands in addition to the booze, gambling, street performers, and outdoor alcohol vendors. After strolling up and down the well-lit street with movie screen canopy and ziplines we ubered back to the strip and worked our way through the casinos back to the Luxor for bed. Nothing too insane, but it was fun.
In the morning the group went over to the Aquarium at Mandalay Bay. It was short but pretty nice with a few tube walkways. The gang then headed north along the strip hitting up casinos, bars, and any shiny attraction along with way. We had a great steak dinner at Mon Ami Gabi across from the Bellagio, before the rest of the crew took off for the airport. Jess and I nearly ran to catch the Cirque du Soleil at the MGM Grand. I think this show was the highlight of the trip. The hydraulic stage was awesome and the way that used it to play out different fight scenes was spectacular - especially when they were using the 'arrows' to traverse the stage.
The last day, I had to gamble a little just to say I tried it. Jess and I bet on black and won. Then we bet on 12 and lost. I played a couple hands of blackjack and lost. I did double my $1 in the dollar slots, but ultimately lost about $50 over the course of the weekend. We we're very good gamblers - but Keith and Kristen managed to win $200 at the Buffalo slot machine (and probably spent similar quantities to do so) and Josh won $1000 with a royal flush on bar-top poker on Fremont St., but with the quantity of time he spends at such things that does make sense (he's a blackjack and poker dealer and has a strong affinity for slot machines). I can see the appeal though - it's a rush to see the next card or roulette wheel spin.
Jess and I went to the Bodies exhibit at the Luxor. I had seen it in L.A. 10 years ago, but it was still fun and educational. We headed up to New York, NY to ride the roller coaster, but they had it shut down due to wind when we got there. Instead we wondered through Cesar's Palace, Mirage, and Treasure Island and got ice cream. So I think I can say I've done Vegas now and I did a little gambling, so I can cross that off the old bucket list.
Iron Horse 2017
Thursday, May 25, 2017, 03:51 AM - Weekend Fun
Jeff wanted to do the Iron Horse this year, so I decided to provide company on the long climb. Plus Emil had a Citizen's Tour pass up for grabs and Kendrick wanted to get rid of his MTB race bib so I weaseled my way into an unofficial omnium for the weekend. Jeff wanted to give Sheliah a bed for the night, so I brought the camper up and stashed it at Tom and Jordan's cabin by Lemon Reservoir. It was a beautiful spot with nice pine forest near the Florida River. Verena and Nicole were also visiting Tom and Jordan so we had a fun little AMRC bike crew.
Somehow my front road bike tire delaminated on the drive up on the car, so on the race morning, I had to run around town and get a new tire. Got lucky to find a shop with time to do the work, but went with the Specialized Armadillo, thinking it would be like the GatorSkins. Wrong. It was way heavier and I could feel that sucker on the climbs. But, the ride started out well. I used my punchiness to stay in the lead peloton and crossed the Hermosa train tracks in 6th place (same spot that I flatted two years before), but this time I stayed with the leaders for another mile through the rollers until the big climb. Then I sat there and spun. The weather was supposed to be cold, but it was a warm sunny day and I wished I had not worn the long pants. I stopped at the first aid station for a clothing change and sunblock. I lost Jeff early on, and the rest of the crew was in the races, so I just worked my way up the mountain with random groups. Close to Purgatory Jeff caught me and was looking strong. It was cool to ride together for a while, but then I latched on to another group and he didn't chase. Toward Coalbank Pass, Jeff passed me and I couldn't climb hard. I really wasn't feeling strong, but there was a nice tailwind so conditions were good. At the top, I stopped off for a snack with Jeff, but decided to continue because I figured he'd catch me on the Molas climb. As it turned out though, he had to take the descents slow because of a rear hub issue and I didn't see him until the finish. I ripped the descents as usual but couldn't put myself into the hurt locker on the climbs to better my prior race time (even with the flat). Total time was ~4:43 (3:39 moving) for the 49 miles/5900 ft. I was actually 2.5 min slower this year compared to two years ago! That's pretty embarrassing -- but I'm fatter these days too. Luckily the train had some kind of mechanical issue so I handily beat the train when it rolled in at 12:30pm. It was nice of the snow to hold off this year too!
We gorged on some food in Silverton and headed back to Durango fairly quickly. J&S headed off to Phoenix while I rejoined the AMRC folks for a BBQ birthday dinner at their neighbor's snazzy cabin. I passed out early after a couple beers. The following day I headed into town around 11:00 and checked out all the festivities. At 2pm, my 19-34 M group launched for the mountain bike race. Instantly I could feel the exhaustion from the day before and that right about the time the climbing began. A good chuck of the riders were off their bikes and pushing on the first climb in multiple areas. We then meandered through the mesa top and dropped down to the ski area where there was a 2nd brutal climb were the majority of the riders were pushing their bikes. I cleaned the first portion to the turn, but then got off to save my legs and lungs. Then it was hairpin switchbacks back into town. I came in completely beat, went through the log obsticles, and then climbed the ramp through Steamworks (the only reason to do the race). That was super cool to hear the crowd yelling at you as you go through a brewery in a race! Then it was back out for two more hike-a-bike climbs on loose trail but then the pro group went blasting past me on the ski hill climb - they are so strong! I must say that I wasn't feeling this course at all (I think it would have been better the original, reversed direction; but they switched it because someone smashed their face into the window last year, so now we rode up through the brewery.) I relaxed a lot (too much really) in the 2nd lap because I knew I'd be in last pack of riders and I accepted it, but was able to ride my own pace for most of the final lap and actually shaved a few seconds (yay for negative splits!).
Lap 1: 36:14.40 (15th out of 25)
Elevation gain 2,350 ft.
Then on Memorial Day Monday, I joined the team for a highline training and rode the litter and not my bike :)
12 Hours of Mesa Verde
Monday, May 15, 2017, 02:49 AM - Weekend Fun
It's been a while since I've posted anything, but I'm hoping to back-fill stories of the last few months soon...
I participated in the 12 Hours of Mesa Verde mountain bike race for the 3rd year in a row. And unlike the last couple years, I didn't get rain/snow/sleeted on in the middle of my first lap. Spencer led out with a reasonable first lap (1:33) and I followed up with a so-so 1:35 without any of my patented red-lining/blow-up antics. They changed the course this year so it was a little longer at 18 miles. I did get passed like 20 times early and then I managed to have a minor crash around mile 5 on a little drop by a cliff - I didn't see the line until super late, cut right onto a babyhead, and laid the bike over. My shifting and confidence was a little rough from there on.
Josiah put in a nice 1:36 for Team Beercanical's 3rd lap. I felt I didn't leave enough on the course my first time out so I hammered a little more on my 2nd. The wind was kicking up quite a bit by this point, but it shockingly felt like a tailwind more than a headwind. I felt stronger and kept 'smooth is fast and fast is smooth' mantra close to the heart, but I somehow came in at 1:37. How strange. Josiah didn't have a good 3rd lap (1:45), so there wasn't any hope of Spencer getting in before the 5pm cutoff to force my 3rd lap; so that meant it was time to head back to camp to start the party!
(Shotgun transition)
St. Patties at St. Paul Hut
Sunday, March 19, 2017, 04:54 AM - Weekend Fun
A mostly AMRC crew went up to St. Paul Lodge to get some nice skiing in with friends. Andreas was training for Denali so I gave him some training weight - a 1/6th barrel of training weight - and the party was on. Jeff and I built a little booter out front for people to hit, but I think only me and Kevin did it.
Justin, Mike, Jeff, and I planned to ski off McMillan Peak to Silverton and come back up, but Justin broke his binding so we climbed to Red Mountain No. 3 and shot the north aspect. Then we climbed out of Champion Basic to the Red No. 2 ridge and dropped into corkscrew gulch (20A) back to 550. Justin got over into the sun-baked area and triggered a nice R2D2 wet slide, but easily skied out of it.
The following day we did something on the other side of the road. I'm sure it has a name, but I can't recall what it was.
Mountain Collective Ski Trip
Wednesday, February 15, 2017, 03:32 AM - Trips
Jeff and I took the A-liner camper around to 5 Mountain Collective ski resorts over two weeks. We'd been planning this trip for years, and actually wanted to go up to Canada to ski 3 other resorts on the pass, but work/life obligations got in the way. At any rate, here's a movie that I put together of our excellent trip!
"The lightly anticipated and highly sensational "Dirtbags on Skis" has it all: powder, costumes, bad decisions, crashes, humor, and a healthy dose of bromance. This film, brought to you by Why We Do It Productions, will leave you wondering how they did so much skiing without a GoPro."
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About Lemar tv:
Lemar TV (Pashto:لمر, meaning « sun » in Pashto) is a television station based in Kabul, Afghanistan, which was founded in 2006. It is owned by MOBY Group. The channel broadcasts news, shows, and entertainment programs in the Pashto language. Its sister channels are TOLO and TOLOnews.
Lemar TV play Hindi serials dubbed in Pashto like Laagi Tujhse Lagan. This channel is the second-most watched Pashto channel in Afghanistan, after Shamshad TV which is the main transmission carrier Pashto channel along with Khyber TV.
Cricket is quickly becoming popular in Afghanistan. The 2010 ICC World Twenty20 was shown for the first time in Afghanistan in the local languages of Pashto and Persian.
This would also open its doors for showing other Cricket tournaments like Cricket World Cup, ICC Champions Trophy, Indian Premier League Bangladesh Premier League etc. in the future.
Lemar TV 2018-03-31
Contient le(s) mot(s)-clé(s) :Lemar TV
Précédent : RTA Live TV- پخش زنده شبکه پيام ملی
Suivant : 1tv Live Tv- تلویزیون یک افغانستان
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hey the chanial does’n work. why ?????????????????????????????????/
4.6 / 5 ( 5 votes ) IRIB Varzesh پخش شبکه ورزش ...
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Contact Us: Head Office
Biz Africa
Coal to Liquids
BEE Status
Operational Areas
Admin Procedure
Coal to Liquids Plants
We, LME, operates as a group of specialized engineers, whereby we act as the Owners Engineer, appointed by the Client, to erect a CTL Plant & Refinery according to need and operate as follow;
[Stage 1]
– Client Engineers appointment.
– Project Management & Consulting fees.
– Testing of samples.
– Completion of feasibility study report: 90 days from confirmation of acceptance of quotation and funds available.
– The second stage of feasibility studies would be the detail information in determining capital cost, feedstock cost, water supply, design, market conditions and will also determine most of the major commercial and funding issues.
– It is thus proposed, in the interest of Nominated Government to appointment the Owners Engineering Company, to enable LME the technical management of the project in stages and commission a profitable CTL/GTL/UCG plant result, which will be a total definite win-win for the Nominated Government’s economy and local people.
LME ensures that all the work related to the study of coal and the development of the technology, be submitted within 90 days after receiving your quoted amount in $ USD of the cost for the above services.
LME officially confirms its willingness to introduce a ready, willing and able Investor to implement the project for the production of 6,000 tons of diesel fuel per month of coal in the specific country.
The project will be implemented in two phases:
A. Stage 1 – Pre-feasibility Study
Study of coal from Nominated country, improvement of technological processes, chemical composition of metal catalysts and the organization of their production.
Our company ensures that all the work related to the study of coal and the development of the technology for the CTL/GTL/UCG PLANT, delivered upon 90 days after receiving the amount of $ quoted amount from Government for the cost of the feasibility study services.
Completion of Stage 1 – The definition of economic and technological parameters of the project, preparation of the Investment Agreement and its signature.
A list of studies on the coal, mining regimes and processes for the production of diesel fuel from coal.
1.Analysis of coal.
1.1. General information about the chemical composition and structure of coal.
1.2. Main results of thermal and processing properties.
1.3. Results of the study on thermal effects on the coal.
1.4. Brief conclusions and recommendations for the adjustment process and the catalysts.
2. An analysis of the scientific and practical components of the mineral part of the study in relation to coal
– as raw material for the production of diesel fuel
2.1. Information on the effect of the mineral component of coal output of finished products – diesel.
2.2. The requirements for the catalysts used to stimulate chemical decomposition processes of the mineral part of the gasification of coal
2.3. The studies on the mineral composition of the inorganic carbon.
2.4. Statement of the research problem and determine the optimal temperature conditions at each stage of the process
3. Definition of the methodology and characterization of the conditions for research.
3.1. The main provisions of research methodologies.
3.2. Physical conditions prior fractionation of coal for optimal loading and processing.
3.3. Testing of the process of decomposition of the mineral composition of coal in view of ensuring the provision of
Sulphur and get it in powder form.
3.4. Ensuring reliability and error estimation results of the coal processing at each stage of the process.
4. Investigation of mineral components in coal.
4.1. Chemical composition of fly ash.
4.2. The distribution of mineral matter on coal fractions having different densities.
4.3. Major groups of minerals in the coal.
4.4. Discussion of the results and a brief conclusion with recommendations for correcting the technologists operating practices and the inclusion of the catalysts of additional items.
5. Prediction of the behavior of the mineral part of coal in the production technology of diesel fuel when the initial
quality of the different batches of raw coal.
5.1. Basic laws of transformation of the mineral components under the influence of factors in the gasification stage .
5.2. The estimated parameters for predicting the properties of the chemical composition of diesel fuel. Testing modes of technological processes to guarantee the stability of the chemical composition of diesel fuel during transportation and storage for a long period of time, according to the fuel quality requirements category EVRO5.
5.3. Development (including the recommendations of the studies) alloy for metal catalysts and the organization of their production.
5.4. Testing of the entire process in a laboratory with the preparation of routing.
B. Stage 2 – Implementation of the project on the basis of the Investment Agreement.
Upon completion of Stage 1, LME invite Government to visit the Investor or Government invite Investor to nominated country for negotiations, discussions and signing of the Partnership and Investment Agreement.
Conditions of the project
Investor Guarantee successful implementation of projects identified by modern technology and the conditions of the project, commitment of Investment Company:
Responsibilities of Investment Company
Duration of the project – 36months.
Build turnkey plant.
Total estimate and costing of project upon completion of concept development phase.
Detail Design of the (CTL/GTL/UCG) Plant.
Preparation of all relevant project documents, plant designs and detailed estimations with Bill of Quantities.
Financing of the (CTL/GTL/UCG) Plant.
Operations schedules and projections.
Erection, construction and implementation of (CTL/GTL/UCG) Plant.
Execute commissioning of the plant and to train local staff.
Responsibilities of Nominated Government
In preparation for implementation of the project to provide 10 kg of
coal samples, which Government propose to use as a raw material in the project,
for research and development of the technology.
Nominated Government to contribute quoted amount USD – the cost of studies and coal mining technology for its use.
Provide a suitable stand of 50 hectares, with all internal services to link to external services for the plant, under the conditions of
the long lease (not less than 35 years).
Upon the start up of the plant and to ensure the supply of 15 000 tons of
coal per month for recycling
at a fair price (10% below market price should be determined at the time of delivery).
The construction of the plant of modular type, with the placement of equipment in standard shipping containers.
This allows you to ensure the safety of the equipment during transport, simplify the installation of the plant, the possibility of the delivery and installation of the plant in any country, and subsequently increase the productivity of the plant through the installation of additional modules.
C. Operation Proposal
The Government of Nominated country or an affiliated appointed Government institution should be a co-owner (Partner) of the plant and it be controlled and managed accordingly. LME will be appointed by Government as the Owners Engineers to fulfill the responsibilities as stipulated in the introduction above.
LME will be responsible for the managing and execution of feasibility study (Stage 1).
LME will introduce and assist Government to the Investor and financier for the project according to above stipulated Item B Stage 2 above, which will be discussed in detail upon initial meeting with Government and upon appointment as Owners Engineering Company.
LME will primary act as the Owners Engineering Company for and on behalf of the Nominated Government in its limits as per contract appointment with Government.
A final decision on what route to follow is all dependent on where the coal source results are tested and at what calorific value (MJ/kg), as well the environmental and social impacts are identified during the said phases of the engineering project by the Owners Engineering Company.
D. Technical Overview
Development of the technology for producing synthesis gas from coal samples is carried out in full – only to get accurate economic and technological parameters of the project:
Innovation in the development of the proposed installation is to use a plasma source for simultaneous conversion of organic and mineral parts of the coal, at high temperatures (2500-4000 K), without pressure, with the absence of the need to create air separation plants for the oxidizer.
As a result of the plasma processing integrated coal in a single process, carried out in a combined plasma reactor is provided, the simultaneous production of synthesis gas and of organic components, mineral coal mass. Technology is the most promising from an environmental point of view. SUMMARY technology consists in heating the coal dust plasma arc, which is an oxidizing agent, to complete the gasification temperature, whereby organic matter is transformed into charcoal clean fuel – syngas, free from fly ash particles, oxides of nitrogen and sulfur. Simultaneously there is a mass reduction of oxides of mineral coal coke carbon and formation of components, such as a technical silicon, ferrosilicon, aluminum karbosilitsy and trace rare metals, uranium, molybdenum, vanadium, etc.
Coal gasification is a technology strategic choice for production of electricity, and to produce synthesis – dioxide and hydrogen from the coal.
Synthesis – gas can be used for methanol synthesis, or as high-grade a reducing gas to replace coke for the direct reduction of iron. A plasma-steam gasification of coal can be used for producing hydrogen by decomposing water vapor carbon low grade coals.
Implementation of the project will reduce the use of metallurgy and other industries, scarce and expensive coke, significantly improve the environment by reducing harmful dust and gas emissions and create high-performance environmentally friendly technology of plasma gasification of low-grade solid fuels, with simultaneous production of synthesis gas and valuable components of mineral matter of coal.
From the existing methods of complex coal processing of special interest are the most economical, the so- called combined plasma technology, in which recycled and organic (WMD), and the mass of mineral coal (MMU) components sometimes 30-40% or more by weight of the low-grade fuel. It is very significant that the combined technologies of valuable components are advantageously prepared by reduction of the mass of mineral coal oxides (SiO2, Fe2O3, Al2O3, CaO, MgO, TiO2, etc.)
Basic principles of integrated plasma processing fuels is to heat a mixture of coal with any oxidizing agent (or combination thereof) in an electric arc zone of the plasma torch to produce in a single technological process of WMD high energy synthesis gas free of sulfur and nitrogen oxides, and from MTN – valuable constituents (silicon, ferrosilicon, karbosilitsiya, alumina, trace elements, etc..)
Schematic diagram of the plasma unit for coal gasification.
Fig. 1 Scheme of the plasma unit for coal gasification.
1. plasma gasifier
2. gas separation chamber and the slag
3. shlakosbornik
4. removal chamber syngas diaphragm
5,6. camera hydration pylepitatel
7,8. Cooling system
9,10.the power supply system
11,12. feeder rod electrode
13. to the steam generator
14. a safety valve
15. bearing slag collection.
According to experts, the market value of gaseous and condensed products derived from plasma thermochemical processing of coal, ten times higher than the cost of coal and equipment for its processing. designed plasma
gasifiers for coal processing capacity of 100kW (Figure 1) and 1000 kW. The principle of operation of the two combined gasifiers – identical. In these gasifiers from the organic matter of coal produces synthesis gas (CO + H2) in a yield of 96%, and the mass of mineral coal recovering valuable components (Technical silicon ferrosilitsium (FeSi), karbosilitsium (SiC), etc..) To yield up to 47%.
A GTL/CTL (synthetic petroleum facility) production/refinery facility will provide the petroleum products for the domestic and international market. It is proposed that a proper project framing exercise be included in the study to enable accurate project definition and stakeholder
expectations. The ultimate goal is to provide a processing facility to the client that provides maximum Return on Capital Employed (ROCE).
CTL plants are costly to construct, about $1 billion dollars for a 10,000-barrel/day facility (2006). The proposed technology and IP know-how can be applied to Gas to Liquids (GTL), Coal to Liquids (CTL), as well as a new combined feed process.
The cost of the proposed synthetic oil/fuel will allow to produce a minimum profit at a price of about $30/barrel and to be confirmed during the initial phases of the engineering project by the Owners Engineering Company.
The technology and IP offers reduced CO2 emission, reduced CAPEX and OPEX costs, as well as simplicity of operation and ease of scalability. A range of sizes in which the technology can be implemented achieves this scalability.
The proposed CTL plants are not only fascinating in their sheer size; it also involves very interesting technology. The world’s CTL models have involved the Fischer-Tropsch (FT) process, which requires coal to be turned
into synthetic gas, and then to be liquefied.
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F.A.Q. & Rules
News Round Jan. 29- Feb 5 2012
firecrouch
Published on February 6th, 2012 12:35 PM
Disclaimer: News may not be in any specific chronological and/or thematic order)
-So we got a bit more info about the storyline for the next "One Piece"
film, set to be released in Japanese theaters this December. As quoted
from AnimeNewsNetwork.com:
"The film will feature the Straw Hat
pirate crew against their "strongest enemy yet," a man named "Z." Toei
officials added that in the film the franchise's protagonist Monkey D.
Luffy will encounter Z, but he will be Luffy's strongest enemy. The
movie will feature a "heroic battle" between Luffy and Z."<br><br>ANN
states that this movie will be directed by Tatsuya Nagamine, who
according to the site was the director of the Alabasta film. If you
check their encyclopedia profile for Tatsuya however, it shows that he
was just the assistant director:
ANN's encyclopedia actually states that Movie 8's director is Takahiro Imamura:
Do we need another reliable source?
-ICv2 posted the Nielsen Bookscan list for January 2012. This list shows
the top 20 best-selling adult (well according to them adult) graphic
novels in American bookstores. "One Piece" #60 came in at 15th place:
http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/22052.html
-Here's a cool "One Piece" promotion. Last Friday, on the website for
the upcoming "One Piece" art exhibit (if anyone reading this isn't in
the loop on that the ANN source will fill you in), they put up this
wanted poster maker. Users can basically use the Wanted poster template
to put up a personal photo/image and nickname. Along with that, there's
also a "Today's Wanted" feature, which allows people who purchased a
ticket for the exhibit a chance to have their custom poster exhibited at
the show. The Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun will also hold an
"Everyone's Wanted" campaign, in which selected custom wanted posters
will be featured in their March 20th issue:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/inte...-wanted-poster
-This April, late April to be exact, the Straw Hat crew will be taking over your chess table. The Japanese company Megahobby announced on Tuesday that they will be reviving their popular Chess Piece Collection after almost a decade. Starting with the "One Piece" anime, Megahobby is launching their Chess Piece Collection R project.
chess piece, which are themed after each Straw Hat crew member except
Robin, Franky, and Brooke (sorry guys, but chess rules follow a very
specific system of six types of pieces), measures about 9.5 millimeters
(about 3.5 inches) tall. A randomly distributed, blind-boxed "One Piece"
chess figure costs 683 yen (about $9 with tax included):
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/inte...ne-piece-anime
You gotta check out the extra images on this source as well ;):
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-new...ction-r-pieces
Last Friday, Shueisha shipped out the 65th volume of "One Piece" with a
first-print run of four million copies. This ties with the previous
volume's first-print run last November, which set a record for most
copies produced for a book's first-print run in Japan:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...lion-print-run
me this isn't big news like with the last several volumes actually
setting records for both the series and books as a whole, however it's
still quite newsworthy since in my mind it sets a cap for what to expect
for future volumes' first printings.
- For the week of January
23rd to the 29th, "One Piece" was the fourth highest-rated anime on
Japanese T.V. It scored an average household rating of 10.6%:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...-january-23-29
-Some new magazine scans (which are not featured in this source) have
confirmed more info about the upcoming PS3 game "One Piece": Pirate
Warriors". Brooke is playable, which we all saw coming, but you'll also
be able to play as Boa Hancock, Whitebeard, and Portgas D. Ace. I don't
know if I posted it last time, but I also got a second promotional
trailer here that goes through Alabasta and Enies Lobby:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/inte...ebeard-hancock
Check out redon's post (#1284) with a WSJ scan confirming the info and images:
http://www.apforums.net/showthread.p...51&page=65
Stephen also translated info about the game' power-up system from the scan (check out post #1319):
-Last Monday, Crunchyroll posted a lengthy interview with Senior Vice
President and General Manager of VIZ Media, Alvin Lu, about Weekly
Shonen Jump Alpha. Topics in the article range from how manga business
is doing on the digital side to how customers might be dealing with the
transition from print to digital magazine. Along with the interview,
there are quite some juicy details about what to expect in Alpha in the
coming months, some of which are directly "One Piece" related. Among
them are:
- A hyperlink feature in the works
- An interview with Eiichiro Oda in March
- Video content for subscribers (perhaps we'll see some behind-the-scenes action with Oda? Keeping my fingers crossed...)
- One-shot stories for subscribers, including the "One Piece X Toriko" crossover which we'll see in the March-April timeline
- On top of that, Shonen Jump meet-ups at conventions like Wondercon and Sakuracon. Great way to give WSJ Alpha feedback!
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-fea...nen-jump-alpha
-Here are some Media Create sales for the week of January 23rd to the
29th, showing the top 50 best-selling video games in Japan. "Gigant
Battle 2" was the 42nd best-selling game that week:
- Here's the French commercial for the "Unlimited Cruise SP":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOGw2...ature=youtu.be
Likewise, here's the Spanish one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyrnr...ature=youtu.be
In each commercial, you'll hear Luffy's dub voice per their respective country of origin.
-For the week of February 2nd, "Kaizoku Musou" was the 5th most-wanted game on Japanese video-game magazine Famitsu's most-wanted game list, as voted by reader. It got 400 votes, and fell from a previous ranking of 3rd place:
http://gematsu.com/2012/02/famitsus-...ted-issue-1209
-Finally, we have a series of misunderstandings concerning Spain's dub
of "One Piece". Boing is going to start airing new episodes in the Water
7 saga, but on Friday Arait Multimedia, the
licensing/distributing/production company of the Spanish, put up a video
revealing they have 52 new episodes of "One Piece" and own up to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp525YMt2rU
Facebook page for Arait refused to anything more on their Facebook
page, and Jaime Roca (dub directore and voice of Luffy), as well as one
of the translators, Alessandra Moura, seemed to be unaware of these new
episodes.
Turns out Arait isn't dubbing those new episodes yet,
they just have the rights to them. They've dubbed up to episode 263, and
starting on the 13th of this month they're going to start airing from
229 onwards. In addition, all the speculation was clarified by an Arait
representative on the popular Ramen Para Dos website's podcast. Turns
out they have 406 episodes licensed, and have dubbed 263 of them. Turns
out that video was just a promotional company ad for companies. You can
find more info on the One Piece RETURNS TO SPAIN! thread thanks to
fogdark (posts #93 to #96) as well as the One Piece en Castellano
http://www.apforums.net/showthread.p...090&page=5
http://www.facebook.com/pages/One-Piece-en-Castellano/109833082392827?ref=ts
MarcelloF - February 7th, 2012, 06:45 AM
You didn't mention it, but Germany is getting the first 195 episodes on DVD. There'll be more info on them on the 17th.
firecrouch - February 7th, 2012, 08:28 AM
Originally Posted by MarcelloF
I mentioned it in the last News Roundup.
Oh, didn't see the last one. Sorry.
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Thursday Links: Finding Lunch Might be Harder Than Usual Today
by Paddy Johnson on February 2, 2017 Massive Links
Well, that was quick. Seventeen gallery shutters its new space after only two months in New York. Rumor has it Canadian financial backer Pierre Trahan withdrew his support after a feud with London dealer and founder of Seventeen David Hoyland. [artnet News]
Hyperallergic’s horoscopes are out. Better hope you’re not a Taurus. “You’ve been getting sloppy lately, and if you make any mistakes in the current, hyper-competitive cycle, you will pay dearly.” [Hyperallergic]
L.A. and New York–based artist Awol Erizku gets a nod in ARTnews, after having shot the photo Beyoncé used to announce her twins yesterday. (Also,Beyoncé is pregnant with twins.) [ARTnews]
Wow. Glafira Rosales, a little-known art dealer on Long Island that was behind $80 million in fraudulent sales and the demise of New York’s oldest gallery, Knoedler, avoids jail time. [The New York Times]
Today, Yemeni merchants across the five boroughs will close 1,000 grocery stores and bodegas between the hours of noon and 8 p.m. in protest of Donald Trump’s Executive Order banning travelers from Muslim-majority countries. I love this city. [Curbed]
It’s all bad.
Donald Trump woke up this morning and sent out a series of scary tweets threatening Iran. That was after yesterday, when he insulted Australia and hung up the phone on their president. [@EricGeller]
Senior Advisor to the President Steve Bannon is saying war in the South Sea of China is inevitable. And he of course has been promoted to NSC while the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the director of national intelligence have been told not to bother attending the meetings. [The Guardian]
Sessions was approved yesterday to Attorney General. Looks like the only appointee with possible problems is Betsy DeVos, the woman who claimed schools need guns so they can protect themselves from bears. [The Internet]
Yesterday was a total shit show in general – a tweet that sums everything up, because there’s just too much to list. [@jeffmueller]
The Yemen raid was a total disaster and killed many civilians. It seems the raid’s plans may have been rushed and not properly assessed by the Trump administration. Yemen was lost as a base for the American military, a severe set back in the fight against Al Qaeda. [The New York Times]
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Association for a Responsible Future
Building a Better Civilization Through Counter-Revolution
The Chicken Little doctrine of Climate Crisis – just say “No”
Memory is such a problem; I remember the urgent calls for government action in which we had only ten years to save the world from the incipient ice age, that was in the 1970s. That was followed by the urgent crisis of DDT, starvation due to the population explosion, acid rain, AIDS, nuclear winter, ozone layer depletion, each of which were going to destroy us in 10 years. I think that it started out with a desire to sell media advertising until the pols twigged to how it could be leveraged to enlarge their troughs. Now it is almost entirely about pols agitating for more taxes, more power and control. But, hey! After CNN’s Democrat Climate Fandango the other night, who doesn’t want the pols to have more power and control?
When I looked into the the claims made about AGW in the early 2000’s I found that so much of the palaver was about atmospheric carbon dioxide and trying to control that as a means of climate management. It turns out that there is indeed a correlation between global temperature and global CO2 levels, and that the data shows that CO2 levels trail global temperature levels by, on average, 800 years. This is because as the planetary atmosphere cools, the seas cool more slowly; as the seas cool they gradually absorb carbon dioxide. Conversely, as the atmosphere warms the seas warm more slowly and gradually release carbon dioxide. So the policy, as the idiots in Congress have set, is to control and effect whose cause occurred during the Crusades. It would be like driving from New York to Los Angeles with all your windows blacked out and your only input to the world is your backup camera on 24 hour delay. What could go wrong?
Just recently the Father of Anthropogenic Global Warming, Michael Mann, lost a court case. The case revolved around Mann having slandered another scientist who disputed his claims. Mann ultimately lost because over the course of six years he refused to provide the court with the raw data that backed up his claims. This is nothing new for Mann, he has never released the raw data, only his massaged data. Now step with me into the Way Back Machine and let’s go back to the 5th grade when we learned about the scientific method. One of the steps in the process, and all of them are critical, is to keep careful records of the results of your experiments and make that data available to other scientists so they can run their own experiments and test your theory for themselves. By refusing to release the raw data Mann, and others are no longer doing science, they are doing religion based on private revelation.
The claim is made that AGW must be true because there is a scientific consensus, supposedly up around 97%. That claim is hotly disputed by hundreds of climate scientists. But even if it were true, what of it? Science advances because somebody noticed something that didn’t fit the theory and set about investigating it, and sometimes proposing a new theory that fits the facts better. If scientific fact were based on consensus NASA would be calculating orbits on Ptolemaic epicycles and your physician would be bleeding you with leeches to balance your humors.
Hero of medical science, the savior of mothers
New theories generally meets with resistance from the consensus and scientists suffer greatly in advancing the truth of their discoveries. Consider the case of one of my scientific heroes, Ignaz Semmelweis. Look him up, what a tragic story!
Finally, for today, consider the inconvenient truth of An Inconvenient Truth, the world is not on a path to catastrophic overheating (except for the rhetoric and tempers, natch!), on the contrary, it seems to be cooling. The polar ice caps have not melted, but grown, sea levels have not risen but remained stable, some glaciers are melting, but most have grown, snowfalls are not a thing of the past but have become more frequent and more intense in the Northern hemisphere. In short, observation contradicts the theory’s predictions. A scientist would conclude that there’s something wrong with the theory and try and figure out a better theory. That doesn’t seem to be happening among the oh-so-woke elites. I’ll let you come up with a theory as to why that is, this discussion focuses on “Climate Change”, renamed from the failed Anthropogenic Global Warming, and the proposed human responses to it.
I propose that climate change has been going on since the planet coalesced out of the primordial circumsolar debris field. I further propose that the premise that human activity is not the primary driver of climate change is false. Because civilization requires energy human activity has had a larger influence on the planet but that is is certainly not the major influencer of climate variability as human energy sources are a tiny fraction of the total planetary energy budget. By far and away the Sun is the largest and most important energy source for good old Earth. Were I feeling more combative that I do at the moment I would suggest that the reason that Climate Alarmists never talk about the Sun is because there is no way they can claim any power to influence it so it gets ignored. But ignoring the Sun an error. The Sun is a variable star. Fortunately for us it’s variability is truly minor or we would not exist to remark on it. In the below video this (Oh, no, Russian!) scientist proposes a theory as to what is driving climate variability. Ordinary observation will determine whether her theory holds water. Myself I am inclined to think it does. Let’s compare notes in, say, 2022 and see what we think.
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Perrigo provides books for classrooms
December 6, 2018 - 09:19
Ryan Lewis, Editor
Classroom libraries at two Allegan County elementary schools just got a big boost.
The Perrigo Company Charitable Foundation announced last week it was donating $63,182, split evenly between Pine Trails Elementary School in Allegan and Fennville Elementary School.
“Bottom line, we’re just grateful this program was put in place, because I love the innovation around it. It’s so simple and so striking, and yet needed some resources to make it happen,” said Thomas Farrington, executive vice president chief information officer as the foundation’s president.
He’s referring to the High Impact Leadership literacy program, a federally funded initiative designed to energize teachers and principals and provide resources to increase literacy rates in high poverty schools in west Michigan.
Perrigo’s donation will dovetail with those efforts, creating a direct influx of classroom books.
Allegan superintendent Kevin Harness said, “If you have the appropriate book right there, ready to go at the appropriate level, it’s going to have a major impact on that student’s eagerness to read and eagerness to learn. It’ll impact their education for many, many years.”
He said students’ abilities to read is crucial beyond just their school years and helping them reach successful literacy was a monumental task.
“The HIL grant is providing a great deal of support in terms of personnel and expertise to accomplish that, but another part of that is having appropriate reading material.”
He said instructors now break down reading ability to 26 levels among students in pre-kindergarten to fifth grade.
“Providing books on subjects that students are interested in at each level—that’s a lot of books,” Harness said. “And when you figure in fiction and nonfiction, the number gets even larger.”
He said Perrigo’s donation will help Pine Trails stock hundreds of books of all the various reading levels in each classroom.
“We greatly appreciate what the Perrigo Foundation is doing to help us supply those books,” Harness said.
The donation would be spent somewhat similarly in Fennville, but there it would also help leverage its Book Trust program.
Fennville Elementary principal Albert Lombard said a partnership of local business leaders contributing to support from the National Book Trust to provide books monthly to students. The district has had funds to support books for kindergarteners through third-graders; Perrigo’s donation allows them to leverage more national funds to expand it through fifth-graders.
“Each month they get to order from the scholastic catalogues they get a $7 allowance,” he said. “The power is in their choice. If they want the new Dogman book or a particular graphic novel. When that book comes in a couple weeks, they want to read that book.
“The day the book boxes come in, every kid has a book (or two or three, depending on how they spent their allowance). And those kids are so excited. Some won’t put it down for the rest of the day.”
He said that doesn’t happen when they go to the library, which might not have 10 copies of a popular book.
“That choice gets them to read more, and they can impact their own learning,” Lombard said.
Fennville will also use part of Perrigo’s donation to provide additional professional development for teachers.
Farrington said, “The thought that we just needed to get a larger array of books in front of kids—what a concept. Why wouldn’t we do that? To help get these kids past the third-grade cliff, the data was overwhelming to say do it. It was a no-brainer for the foundation, and that’s why it was so exciting.”
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Economic Myths Around the Globe
To: AM-GLOBAL
From: Prakash-42@eos....com
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2012 - 0000
Subject: Economic Myths Around the Globe
== ECONOMIC MYTHS AROUND THE GLOBE ==
Even with the ongoing global economic crisis, there are certain myths or misunderstandings about the workings of capitalism. Until the masses come to awareness on these points, people will still be looking for a capitalistic solution to the present economic misery.
In this series of letters we will look at some of these myths. Please write in with your thoughts and observations.
MYTH #1:
EVERYONE CAN BE A BILLIONAIRE
The prevailing notion around the globe is that anyone and everyone can be a billionaire. And by billionaire, we mean someone who has far more resources and money than they need to live on this earth, i.e. someone who clearly has more than most everyone else. Many believe this in their mind: All can be billionaires by hoarding wealth. That is a central myth of capitalism.
However, this is a most short-sighted and narrow idea because this earth is limited and the material resources are also limited. Already we have worn our resources thin. Not everyone can have a sprawling mansion with miles and miles of property. Nor is it practical to think that it is possible for this planet to survive the continued ecological destruction & devouring of natural resources associated with a capitalistic exploitative economy, where anything and everything is done for the bottom-line: profit.
Yet that is what capitalists do; and, they never want to curtail or compromise their avaricious tendency.
Baba says, “Rich people do not want to consider the needs of the poor, because if they do they will have to make some sacrifices.” (Human Society-1)
So they go on exploiting both the people and the resources.
Certainly, our Prout philosophy ensures that everyone will have access to and use of the all the fundamental material faculties of the day; everyone will be guaranteed the minimum requirements of life. And those meritorious people will be granted greater amenities.
But no one will be allowed to harbor and enact the mental disease of greedily exploiting and grabbing huge amounts of wealth. Selfish gain for selfish purposes will not be tolerated.
Rather Baba preaches the rational gospel of aparigraha: That we should focus our minds in higher realms and minimise our physical belongings. At the same time all will be guaranteed the minimum requirements.
So capitalism preaches the wrongful idea that everyone can go on senselessly accumulating more and more, as if there is no end in sight. That is the myth. And many people live and dream, whether they wish to admit it or not, as if this is how their life will proceed. When in fact, gross, unending material gain is a completely unsustainable way to live on this earth, and is in fact a fallacy.
MATERIALISM CANNOT SATISFY ONE’S HUNGER
Here we should reflect on Baba’s guiding teachings.
Baba says, “As long as the human mind is attracted towards the glamorous external objects, as long as mental progress is checked by the pursuit of gross physicality, the human heart remains restless, and utters mournfully “I am hungry. I am hungry” This insatiable hunger cannot be satisfied by anything from the mundane world, and that is not possible either.” (Ananda Marga Philosophy in a Nutshell-6)
Baba says, “People’s physical longings are not satisfied until they come in contact with a truly great ideology. Till then, people’s wolf-like hunger is insatiable, as if they are incessantly repeating, “I am hungry, I am hungry.” Their jaws are always open, and the foolish people of this world resign themselves to their own fatalistic beliefs and fall into them. The ferocious wolf-pack devours their flesh and blood and casts away the unpalatable bones. Should we support this wolfish philosophy? The day-labourers, porters and gate-keepers around us who wear dirty rags and have fatigue etched on their faces are not considered human by those who are rolling in luxury.” (Human Society – 1)
Here the whole idea is that material gain cannot quench the human hunger. Permanent satiation only occurs when one comes in contact with the Great Ideology. i.e. spirituality. Due to a distinct lack of spiritual longing, rich exploiters express their wolf-like hunger and exploit the general mass. Poor people get crushed mercilessly and they do not oppose it because they think that is their fate.
So both groups are misguided by the prevailing dogma:
1) Wealthy people are trying to satisfy their infinite longing by the over-accumulation of money and riches;
2) the starving, half-half naked humanity thinks that suffering is their fate and feels they are impotent to do anything to stop it.
OUR ROLE AS PROUTISTS
As Proutists, we have learned from the outset that materialism or and capitalism run contrary to human welfare. Baba has spoken so strongly against these isms. So we are much less affected by or prone to falling for these myths, by His grace.
In the general society, however, these myths are misguiding billions of people. They suffer from an extreme misunderstanding about capitalistic economic policy and its related effects.
So we have much more to do in order to bring about the right understanding of these below points. Others should also write in on this topic by identifying more of these economic myths that are eating away at the fabric of our human society.
Finally let us reflect on Baba’s below teaching:
Baba says, “So long as a sa’dhaka does not attain Brahma, there exists in him a feeling of incompleteness. Suppose you want a thousand rupees. If you are given a thousand rupees, will you be contented? No, you will then ask for more. Such is the characteristic of human mind. Man has a limitless thirst. He keeps on harping ceaselessly, “I am hungry.” The hunger for a thousand will change into hunger for a lakh, and hunger for a lakh will make room for hunger for a crore. Thus the amount of hunger goes on increasing until a limitless amount of money is attained. This limitlessness is inherent in Brahma, and so your hunger can be satiated in Brahma alone.” (Subhasita Samgraha – 2)
Prakash Deva
"Eso tumi a'ma'r ghare, baso hiya'r a'sane..." (P.S. 906)
O' my dearmost Baba, please come to my humble abode and sit in the inner core of my heart. For ages and ages, I have been longing for You. Baba, in one lonely place, in my mind I have prepared a thousand petal lotus for You to sit - and I have decorated it with the love of my heart.
Baba, O' Supreme One, for such a long time I have been coming and going onto this dusty earth. In Your system of brahmacakra there is no leisure time for taking rest. Those who have come will one day go, and those who have gone will one day come. So there is no period of rest in Your continuous cycle of brahmacakra. Always one is either coming or
going.
Baba, by Your grace, in one golden dawn, my spiritual journey started - in my mind, in my mind. Baba, while moving towards You on this spiritual path, from time to time I go astray and lose the way. I am incapable of walking properly; that is why I go off the path. Please forgive me; and please bless me by showering a wee-bit of Your cosmic grace & bring me back onto the right path.
Baba, please come in my heart. In my Guru cakra, I have prepared a thousand petaled lotus for You. Please grace me by coming...
Re: Gurupujanam of Devashish
Subject: Re: Gurupujanam of Devashish
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 00:16:04 +0530
From: jitendra kumar
Thanks for highlighting this blunder and mistake by Devashish (letter below). The way he has addressed Baba is completely inappropriate, not to mention all the other errors in his book.
Really Devashish should apologise and say sorry to our AM society, as well as correct the errors in his publication. Otherwise, we will have to boycott Devashish's book and remove it from our bookstores etc.
From now on we should be extremely careful in selecting / allowing people in making this type of publication.
Ranchi, India
On 06/02/2012 09:17 PM, AM-GLOBAL wrote:
Date: 02 Jun 2012, 20:44:06
From: “Giovanni Spulotto”
Subject: Gurupujanam of Devashish
== GURUPUJANAM OF DEVASHISH ==
I read the earlier letter on this tantra piit'ha thread and greatly value all that was shared - indeed a tantra piit'ha is not made by planting 5 trees and burying 5 skulls. I do not know why the writer presented such a dogmatic view in the name of Ananda Marga in his book - "[Shrii Shrii] Anandamurti The Jamalpur Years". According to Baba, a tantra piit'ha is solely a place where great sadhakas achieved realisation. Clearly, the writer is confused.
NEW POINT FOR THE DISCUSSION
Here I would like to raise one new point regarding this debacle. In his book, the writer completely misportrays Baba's own Personae as well. Take a look at what the writer does.
“Out of respect for the sacred history of that particular tantra pitha [made of 5 trees & 5 skulls], Prabhat would always remove his shoes before entering.” ([Shrii Shrii] Anandamurti: The Jamalpur Years, p. 381)
ADDRESSING BABA PROPERLY
Firstly, when writing about or addressing Revered Baba, either directly or indirectly, we must always use a respectful address like Shrii Shrii Anandamurti ji. As His disciples, we never are to address Him as Prabhat etc, regardless of the circumstance. This is especially true in the public arena where we are teaching others by our example.
By his expression, it is evident that the writer does not have due reverence for Sadguru Baba; this writer is just a fake margii. No true Ananda Margii - no true disciple of Lord Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji - could ever even think to do like this. True Ananda Margiis always express the highest respect for Beloved Baba.
But see what this writer did:
"Prabhat would always remove his shoes before entering.” (The Jamalpur Years, p. 381)
This is absolutely appalling - the writer does not follow even one ounce of Guru Pujanam - reverence to Guru, which is a basic point that even beginner margiis understand.
"Trtiiyaḿ gurupújanam. I must have reverence for the guru...respect for the guru."
(Ananda Vacanamrtam, Part 12, 'Secrets')
Rather, in his book which he published for all to see, the writer is treating Baba like some ordinary person on the street, or even less than that. Because even on the street one must use the address as Mister or Sir. This much the writer does not do. And this happens again, and again, and again in his book - thousands of times.
SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLE OF THE CATHOLICS
Even all the religions - whatever faults they may have - show proper regard for their preceptor.
Catholics address their leader as His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. The Pope's worldly name is Joseph Alois Ratzinger, but no Catholic would ever consider calling the Pope, "Joey". That would be a terrible display of disrespect. No Catholic could ever imagine doing that. Rather, they refer to him as His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI. And by this way they teach others to do the same. Lay people, heads of state, newspaper reporters, indeed everyone refers to the Pope in a most respectful way. All because that is the tone and address used by the Pope's chief followers, i.e. catholics.
As an example, here is an excerpt from The New York Times:
"Pope Benedict XVI is on Twitter, and he tweets from an iPad. His Holiness sent out an initial tweet... " (The New York Times, Tuesday, Jun 28, 2011)
In this article, the Pope is referred to in very respectful language because that is what his followers have taught the world to do. They have set a gold-bar standard, and the rest of the world is following along. That is the main message to be learned here.
Tragically that lesson was utterly lost on the writer of the book - "The Jamalpur Years." This person has referred to Beloved Baba in the most ordinary, mundane, even lowly manner.
"Prabhat would always...” (p.381)
That is the unfortunate and poor example the writer is putting forward for the world to see. The results are not going to be good.
Let's take a look at another example.
SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLE OF THE BUDDHISTS
Buddhists address their leader as His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama's worldly name is Tenzin Gyatso, but no Buddhist would ever consider calling the Dalai Lama, "Tenz". That would be a terrible display of disrespect. Rather, in their each and every syllable, gesture, statement, and publication, they refer to the Dalai Lama in only the highest, most respectful manner: His Holiness. And by their lofty example, the rest of the world follows along. The proof is that even President Obama's office used this same reverential address:
"Statement from the Press Secretary on the President's meeting Thursday with His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama: "The President met this morning at the White House with His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama..." (Washington Post, Feb 18 2010)
Thus the followers of the Dalai Lama, by their respectful way of addressing their chosen leader, have successfully guided everyone around the globe to do the same, including the office of the US President.
Yet in his book - "The Jamalpur Years" - the writer could not even begin to approach such a standard - rather he sank to a most lowly level when referring to our Marga Gurudeva:
"Prabhat would always....” (p.381)
Let's take a look at one more example.
SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLE OF HINDUS
Hindus address their leader as Shrii Shrii Jagat Guru Shankaracarya. Indeed now he is known the world over by this most respectful title: His Holiness Shrii Shrii Jagat Guru Shankaracarya of Dwarka. Because that is how those followers have presented him to the rest of the world.
Indeed this "Jagat Guru" title means Guru of the whole world. Those followers give him this highest stature.
Of course this same Shankaracarya was once a boy who had a simple laukik boyhood name. When that boy grew older and became a monk then he eventually became known as Swami Shree Swaroopananda Saraswati ji. And when that same Swami Shree Swaroopananda Saraswati ji became a senior leader he was proclaimed by Hindu followers to be His Holiness Shrii Shrii Jagat Guru Shankaracarya of Dwarka.
So it was a three-step progression: (1) Boyhood name (which is no longer known) to (2) monk name to (3) His Holiness Shrii Shrii Jagat Guru Shankaracarya of Dwarka. His followers naturally refer to him by his highest appellation; so today the whole world references him by this great and magnanimous name.
Unfortunately, the writer of the book "The Jamalpur Years" went in the opposite direction. He introduced Baba to the world in the lowliest way imaginable.
As we all know as a boy He was Prabhat; as a social writer He is Shrii PR Sarkar ji; as a spiritual Sadguru He is Lord Shrii Shrii Anandamurti ji - the embodiment of divine bliss. Yet instead of using this third and highest name, Lord Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji, the writer has introduced Baba as merely "Prabhat" to the entire population of planet earth. That is the terrible sin that this writer has done.
This type or mundane, ordinary expression is repeated countless times throughout the book.
So that is what the people around the globe are going to call our Beloved Baba - Prabhat. Because that is what this writer has taught them to do. It is nothing less than sinful what this so-called writer has done.
The Catholics have His holiness the Pope Benedict XVI; the Buddhists have His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama; and the Hindus have His Holiness Shrii Shrii Jagat Guru Shankaracarya of Dwarka; and now, thanks to the work of this writer, the world over thinks that Ananda Margiis have "Prabhat".
Indeed. there is only one His holiness the Pope Benedict XVI - there is no room for confusion - this title does not refer to any second entity; there is only one His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama - there is no room for confusion - this title does not refer to any second entity; and there is only one His Holiness Shrii Shrii Jagat Guru Shankaracarya of Dwarka - there is no room for confusion - this title does not refer to any second entity. These appellations are totally unique; when these titles are mentioned everyone knows exactly who you are referring to.
Yet, with the simple boyhood name Prabhat, there are tens of millions of ordinary people named "Prabhat" - there is nothing unique at all about this name. So when the name Prabhat is mentioned, there will be so much confusion. Each and every person will have their own separate idea of who Prabhat is. There is nothing great or unique about this name that will alert people to know that we are referring to Sadguru Lord Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji.
Yet it is this common name that the writer has used thousands of times in his book. What the writer has done is scandalous and sinful.
BOGUS LOGIC
Some give the bogus logic that since this book - "The Jamalpur Years" - was written in English for a more western audience, then it was appropriate to refer to Baba in that way; because that is how it is done in the west.
However, that is nothing but bogus logic.
The Pope is also a western figure but no one calls him as "Joey". Rather they use the term His holiness. So then why should the writer stoop to such lowly levels when addressing Beloved Baba as merely "Prabhat". It seems then the writer did like this because he has absolutely no reverence in his heart for Baba. That is why the writer portrayed Baba in such a dishonorable fashion. One other reason is that he could be a paid stooge - in the hands of enemies - to downgrade Baba. The CIA, CBI, ISI, or KGB - or who knows who - could have paid him to put down Baba. The writer may be involved in covert operations. Otherwise what could be the reason - why is he denigrating Beloved Baba in this way.
Indeed, this writer does not even have social regard for Baba. Writers in the west will honourably refer to the current US President by his family name, Obama. They may precede that with the respectful title, President or Mr, in which it is President Obama or Mr Obama. But no one ever refers to him by his simple name, Barack. Nor were prior US presidents ever referred to as George or Bill. Rather their family name - Bush or Clinton - was used in order to pay respect. The world knows these people as President Clinton, President Bush and President Obama, not by Bill, or George, or Barack. No one says that "Bill did this", or "George did that", or "Barack did this." Referring them by the first name / simple name is not done.
Yet the writer of "The Jamalpur Years" just used the simple name "Prabhat" when writing about Baba. Not an iota of social regard was afforded to Baba in this publication. There is no reasonable or decent explanation for this other than the writer has no inner love and no outer regard for our Sadguru Baba.
The writer cannot make the claim that what he has done is in sync with the western tradition. Because that is not at all the case. Spiritual and social leaders in the west are given proper appellations. Just look at how the Pope is addressed; the Pope is a western institution, but look at the reverence with which the Pope is addressed. Indeed, even on the street one must address the common person with Mister or Sir. But the writer did not do even an ounce of this with Baba.
So no one can say that the writer is following the tradition of the west. Rather the only logical explanation at this point is that the writer did this due to his own pitiful devotional standard and the blackness of his own heart. Or he may be a stooge in the hand of spy agencies like the CIA, CBI, ISI, or KGB - or who knows who - in order to ruin the image of Ananda Marga. The writer may be involved in covert operations. Otherwise what could be the reason - why he is denigrating Beloved Baba.
Ganesh Deva
(Giovanni Spulotto)
Note 1: WHY I WROTE THIS PIECE
I was walking my dog and met up with my neighbor recently - he is not someone I know very well - then suddenly out of the thin air he says, "I know you are an Ananda Margii, so then Prabhat must be your guru." I was totally shocked and speechless. I wondered how this guy is referring to our Sadguru Baba in this base manner. I certainly never refer to Baba in this way - neither in my own home nor in public. Then it flashed in my mind that this fellow got this lowly idea by reading Devashish's book. It was then that I first truly understood that this book must - absolutely must - be removed from the shelves. This book should not be available to the public or even to anyone at all. This book should be tossed aside and a more qualified sadhaka with proper devotion should take up the task.
Note 2: WHAT BOOK IS THIS
By now everyone certainly knows that the book being referred to in the above letter is "Anandamurti: The Jamalpur Years" by Devashish (Donald Acosta). Even the title he got wrong; it should be Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji.
May we always remember, the entire aim in writing such a book is to glorify Guru and His teachings; but Devashish's book moves in a totally different direction - a negative one. I too wholly believe this publication should be removed from the shelf. From the front cover to the back page, this entire book utterly fails to properly represent Revered Baba and His teachings.
Best will be if Devashish offers a formal statement of apology and correction, and withdraws the book.
Note 3: EARLIER LETTER IN ITS ENTIRETY
Here following is a link the previous letter about Devashish's book.
http://am-global-01.blogspot.com/2012/05/sloppy-book-misinformation-of-tantra.html
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Jamsphere: “Room for Roots” by Andy May
Andy May: “Room for Roots” – grabs listeners with small-town stories and sharply cut images
Posted By: Rick Jamm Posted date: April 21, 2016 in Jamsphere: New Releases
In a career spanning 5 decades and 3 regions of the nation, Andy May’s originality and optimism combined with his love and respect for America’s musical roots shine through his work. Through the years, he has appeared with artists as diverse as Pete Seeger, Merle Haggard, Nickel Creek, Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry, and John Hartford. Andy also runs the record label and production company, Swift River Music, which has become the home label for other independent artists as well as himself.
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Andy May currently has 7 CDs on Swift River Music, with the 7th, “Room for Roots” having just been released during April, 2016. I’ve been waiting a long time for this album, it was worth the wait. In my opinion there are few other songwriters who get small town and real American life than Andy May. “Room for Roots” is one of his best examples of that skill.
From the colorful images of “Life’s a Gig” to the feelings of desperation and triumph in “The Woman in the Wings” you can feel the salt of life in his songs. The album has the great acoustic simplicity for most of the songs that just lets Andy’s soul shine through. This simplicity is interspersed with a bit of swing on “Haggard and the Queen” and heavier Americana with “Helen’s Eyes”.
Really, few active songwriters can grab a listener with small-town stories and sharply cut images like Andy May. Grab a listen to “Stone Soup from Hard Times (Featuring Maura O’Connell)” or “The Harvest” and “My Small Town”. The characters in his songs are everybody’s friends, neighbors and relatives. Andy deftly employs just the right combination of words against the backing of solid Americana-folk to paint pictures of tricky relationships, the power of nostalgia, the experience of growing set in one’s ways, and lessons learned the hard way.
Andy seems to write of only real life; if not life lived by himself, then life that is carefully observed and empathized with until a true story emerges. All of these songs are memorable long after hearing them and give the listener something to think about. That, again, is a rarity in popular music nowadays.
There were so many turns of phrase that just captured my imagination and pulled me into the world created by Andy May on “Room for Roots”. Not to lapse into hyperbole but I really find Andy to be a unique talent whose music is timeless and sits nicely alongside anything created by other classic Folk-Americana artists.
Andy’s guitar playing prowess is often concealed on his recordings, but on “Room for Roots” he shines, and you know it. The production and engineering are exceptional as is the musicianship of everyone involved. In many ways I feel like “Room for Roots” is the perfect follow up to “Retroflections”, Andy May’s previous album. And although it’s hard to pick a favorite, this new one is in the running. — Rick Jamm, JamSphere~ The Indie Music Magazine & Radio Network, on Room for Roots by Andy May
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