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VOD film review: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
This overly busy blockbuster sequel is too obsessed with its own mythology to have fun.
Ivan Radford | On 27, Mar 2019
Reading time: 4 mins
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law, Johnny Depp, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler
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Back in 2016, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was a genuine piece of magic, a spectacle of cinema that found alohomora-ed unseen doorways in the universe of Harry Potter. But if that first outing announced J.K. Rowling’s wizarding world as the new Star Wars, this big-budget second prequel confirms it… by being the new Attack of the Clones.
The Crimes of Grindelwald does everything it can to prove its own blockbuster credentials, introducing countless new characters, revealing endless new plot twists, and digging up constant buried connections to every possible Harry Potter factoid, cameo or family tree that’s so much as been in the same room as a Rowling novel. It’s the kind of connective tissue that forms the bedrock of, say the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it’s also the kind of fastidious, fan-pleasing approach to storytelling that results in Iron Man 2; the script spends so long trying to tie up loose ends that it forgets to tell an actual story, ducking, diving and weaving through its own mythology instead of enjoying the ride.
The story is both flimsy and absurdly over-complicated, picking up after the events of Fantastic Beasts, as Newt Scamander (Redmayne) is banned from travelling abroad. That doesn’t stop Dumbledore (Jude Law) from recruiting him to head to Paris, where Gellert Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) has fled – after escaping Ministry of Magic custody – with Credence (Ezra Miller), the repressed teenage wizard cursed with a dangerous but powerful Obscurus. And so unofficial hero Newt, accompanied by official Auror Tina Goldstein (Katherine Waterston), hops across the continent, along with her Legilimens sister, Queenie (Alison Sudol), and muggle baker Jacob (Dan Fogler). Magical chaos and conflict ensues, as Grindelwald assembles his followers in a bid for wizards and witches to rule the world, lording it over the impure normal folk and making magic great again.
For a family franchise to tackle such topical themes of racism and tolerance is commendable, even with the questionable casting of Johnny Depp as Grindelwald. (He’s no match, it should be noted, for Colin Farrell, who effectively played the part in the first film, and makes Depp look like Johnny Rotten lost a fight with The Milkybar Kid.) But regardless of the person cast in the role, Grindelwald is a strangely dull figure, only really coming to life during a Trumpian rally, which takes place in the Père Lachaise Cemetery. The film’s decision to skirt over his famously intimate teen relationship with Dumbledore robs us of both an interesting bad guy and some emotional depth to the movie’s central dynamic – that, instead, has to come from the romance between Queenie and Jacob, neither of whom have the screen-time to make it work, or Leta Lestrange (a similarly short-changed Zoe Kratvitz) and her connection to Credence. Even Newt and Tina, the ostensible lead couple following the first film, only get a brief conversation about salamanders to really shine. After all, why focus on the talented ensemble whose chemistry enlivened the first Fantastic Beasts, when time can be spent needlessly name-dropping Voldemort’s snake, Nagini (Claudia Kim)?
The result is a strangely underwhelming affair, one that fights to surprise us with its inner workings of the Potter universe. But by the time Ezra Miller’s walking MacGuffin, Credence, comes into focus, suggestions about his identity come across as more contrived than exciting. Director David Yates, who gave us the most impressive outings in the Potterverse, is a master magician when it comes to world-building, and brings 1920s Paris to life with a gorgeous eye, each set piece and set decoration alike dripping with invention, convincing details and colourful effects. But there’s little more to The Crimes of Grindelwald than an impressive bit of backdrop-painting – it’s hard to shake the feeling that we’re mainly watching a prologue for an inevitable sequel, rather than an adventure in its own right. Forgetting to have fun? That’s the biggest crime any movie can commit.
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is available on Sky Cinema. Don’t have Sky? You can also stream it on NOW TV, as part of a £11.99 Sky Cinema Month Pass subscription.
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If you own a business and follow professional advice, you’ve likely established a buy-sell agreement in case you or a co-owner voluntarily or involuntarily leaves the company.
Assuming this is true, remember that it’s not enough to draft an agreement and put it in a safe place. You need to review and perhaps revise the document periodically.
Problems solved
The primary purpose of every buy-sell agreement is to legally confer on the owners of a business or the business itself the right or obligation to buy a departing owner’s interest. But a well-crafted agreement can also help ensure that control of your business is restricted to specified individuals, such as current owners, select family members or upper-level managers.
Another purpose of a buy-sell agreement is to establish a price for the ownership interests. You should engage a qualified appraiser to estimate the value of those interests when first making a buy-sell agreement, and periodically thereafter to ensure the price keeps up with the growing (or shrinking) value of your company.
Estate planning is also a priority for many buy-sell agreements. If your agreement was drafted more than a few years ago, you may need to update it based on recent gift and estate tax changes. For 2017, the top rate for the gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer (GST) taxes is 40% and the exemption limit is $5.49 million. However, also keep in mind that the President and Republicans in Congress have indicated a desire to repeal the estate tax, which might happen later this year.
Standard and unusual triggers
Most buy-sell agreements lie dormant for years. What can quickly bring one to life is a “triggering event,” such as when an owner:
Dies,
Becomes disabled, or
Retires or voluntarily leaves the company.
But you may want to make sure your agreement also covers triggers such as changes in an owner’s marital status. And to prevent fraud or inappropriate behavior, many agreements include “conviction for committing a crime, losing a professional license or certification, or becoming involved in a scandal” as a triggering event.
Three Options
Buy-sell agreements typically are structured as one of the following agreements:
1. Redemption
Permits or requires the business as a whole to repurchase an owner’s interest,
2. Cross-purchase
Permits or requires the remaining owners of the company to buy the interest, typically on a pro rata basis, or
3. Hybrid
Combines the two preceding structures. A hybrid agreement, for example, might require a departing owner to first make a sale offer to the company and, if it declines, sell to the remaining individual owners.
In choosing your buy-sell agreement’s initial structure, consider the tax implications. They’ll differ based on whether your company is a flow-through entity or a C corporation.
Sources of funds
Buy-sell agreements require a funding source so that remaining owners can buy their former co-owner’s shares. Life insurance is probably the most common, but there are alternatives.
If your company is cash-rich and confident in its ability to remain so, you could rely on your reserves. However, this would leave many businesses vulnerable to an unplanned cash shortfall. Another option is to create a “sinking fund” by setting aside money for paying out the agreement over time. Again, if your cash flow ebbs more than flows, you may not have enough funds when they become necessary.
Worth the effort
Keeping your buy-sell agreement updated requires some effort. But the effort will more than pay off in saved time and prevented conflicts should a triggering event occur. And if you haven’t yet established an agreement, now’s the time to do so.
Valtari Editor Note: GreerWalker was founded by Charlie Greer and Kevin Walker in 1984. Since GreerWalker LLP has developed into one of the leading accounting and business advisory firms based in the Carolinas, with a total staff of more than 100 associates including thirteen partners. Its firm is one of the largest firms in the region and has repeatedly been recognized as one of the nation’s “Best of the Best” accounting firms by Inside Public Accounting based on its overall superior financial and operational performance. In addition, GreerWalker has been named as one of the TOP 200 CPA firms.
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If you would like to get into contact with GreerWalker, you may reach out Scott Doxey, CPA via scott.doxey@greerwalker.com or Gary Parker, CFA via gary.parker@greerwalker.com.
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How to Prevent Your Instagram Account From Getting Hacked
How To Prevent Your...
CategoriesInfluencer Tips
Nancy Chu
Recently, there seems to be a surge in Instagram accounts getting hacked and many users are wondering how they can protect themselves from falling victim to such an attack.
Finding out that your account has been hacked can be a pretty terrifying situation, especially if you rely on Instagram to share and create content and are a self employed blogger working as an Influencer on a full time basis. So what steps can you make to prevent your Instagram account from getting hacked? This blog will detail some important ways in which you can keep your account secure and out of the hands of vicious hackers.
August Instagram Hacking Spree
Earlier this month, Mashable posted an article that details the accounts of hundreds of Instagram users who have reported a hacked account since the beginning of August. According to the article, hacked Instagram victims from all over the world have reported the same scenario: the profile photo was changed, along with the contact information associated with the account, which was modified and linked to an email with a .ru Russian domain.
While Instagram were quick to report that they have not seen an uptick in hacks, Twitter data suggests otherwise. Many of these users have been desperately tweeting at Instagram’s Twitter account for assistance even as the month heads toward its end.
My instagram with 375K followers was hacked PLEASE HELP!!!!! 😭😭💔@instagram @instagram @instagram @instagram
— les (@LEXXXLIEEE) August 29, 2018
In response, Instagram published an article that references the hack and provides advice to help users keep their account secure. If your account has been compromised, please make sure to reference Instagram’s guide immediately.
Now is a better time than ever to secure your Instagram account to ensure you remain protected against such attacks. Here are a few tips to prevent your Instagram account from getting hacked.
Tips to Prevent Your Instagram Account From Getting Hacked
1. Turn on Two-Factor Authentication
Two-factor authentication adds an extra security layer when you log into your Instagram account from a unrecognized device. You’ll be asked to enter an SNS security code in addition to your username and password. This will prevent hackers from gaining unauthorized access to your account and changing contact information.
You can turn Two-Factor authentication by:
Tapping “Settings” from your Instagram Profile
Scroll down to “Two-Factor Authentication”
Tap the slider to “On”
If your account doesn’t have a phone number attached to it, you’ll be prompted to enter one in. Once it’s entered, tap the “Next” button.
Whenever you try to access your Instagram account from an unrecognized device, you’ll be sent a security code via SMS.
2. Choose a Strong Password
This one is quite an obvious tip, but nonetheless one of the most important. Hackers can frequently gain access to Instagram accounts by guessing common passwords or using old passwords that were previously compromised in data breaches. One way to overcome this is to check the security of your password with the help of websites such as How Secure Is My Password. This will quickly let you know whether or not you’re using a strong password or if it should be revised to one that is more challenging to guess.
Instagram recommends using “a combination of at least six numbers, letters and punctuation marks (like ! and &)” and to use a unique password that isn’t used elsewhere. It also helps to change your password on the regular– once or twice a year is recommended.
3. Be Weary of Phishing Emails
You always want to verify the legitimacy of the emails you receive in your inbox, as many hackers gain access by sending phishing emails.
Phishing attacks work when hackers send an email, often sounding urgent or commanding immediate attention, containing a fake link to a fake Instagram login page in attempt to gain your login credentials. The landing page will often look genuine and will mimic the same format Instagram uses on their landing page, including the same logo and layout. When you enter your email and password, the hackers gain your personal information.
In order to prevent this from happening, ensure two-factor authentication is turned on and always check the legitimacy and authenticity of the emails you receive before following fake links and entering sensitive information.
4. Revoke access to Suspicious Third-Party Applications
Instagram recommends revoking access to “suspicious third-party apps”, which include applications or websites that don’t follow Instagram’s Terms of Use.
You can manage the third-party apps by:
Heading to your Instagram profile on Desktop
Click the “Settings” Gear icon
Click “Authorized Apps”
This will pull up a list of applications that you’ve authorized to access your account information. If you see anything odd, simply click the “Revoke Access” button.
5. Secure your Email Account
If someone gains access to your email, they can gain access to almost everything you’ve utilized your email for. The vast majority of email providers have security measures such as two-factor authentication or security questions already set in place to help you stay protected.
There you have it! To ensure you protect your Instagram account from getting hacked, it’s important to stay on top of ways to secure your account to prevent any unauthorized access from hackers. If you have any strategies to keep your Instagram account safe and secure, please let us know in the comments below!
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Book Review: Once in a Great City by David Maraniss
Posted on March 24, 2018 February 10, 2018 by theirregularreaderblog
Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story by David Maraniss
This is a love story to a once-great city, told by a native son. Maraniss here chooses to focus his attention to 1962-1963, banner years for auto capital Detroit. Ford was on top of its game and looking to revolutionize the American sports car with the Mustang; Motown was hot and setting off a string of number one hits by artists who would become legends; the struggles of the civil rights movement were bolstered by a forward-looking local government and strong black community. Everything seemed poised to keep Detroit on top for decades to come.
Of course, today we know the realities of its current incarnation. But Maraniss here delivers us a loving, lingering look at a city that was a beacon for many across the country. Maraniss’ tales weaves in and out of politics, industry, music, religion, civil rights, law and order, and crime, we see how the biggest and smallest players of Detroit lived their intermingled lives, how small connections and deep alliances helped to shape the city of Detroit. This book is all the more fascinating considering the depth of the city’s fall from grace. Seeing such a vivid portrait of the city in its heyday makes it all the more obvious what has been lost.
This book is great for both history buffs and for those interested in current events. There is quite a bit in this book which echoes modern day issues and struggles. This book makes you want to root for Detroit, to hope that it’s future could hold even a fraction of the vivacity of its past.
A copy of this book was provided by the publisher via Goodreads Giveaways in exchange for an honest review.
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18 Nov REVIEW – ‘Widows’
Posted at 22:24h in Reviews by Doug Jamieson 2 Comments
The year in cinema has already yielded one female-led heist film. However, the stylish ladies of Ocean’s 8 are about to be blown out of the water by the sensational ensemble cast (headed by three terrific actresses) of Widows. The latest film from Steve McQueen slyly presents itself as your everyday popcorn thriller but ultimately flips the well-worn crime caper genre right on its head. You didn’t really think a filmmaker like McQueen would play it safe, did you? The heist is just one element of McQueen’s complex narrative, which touches on race, gender, class, politics, corruption, greed, punishment, and, above all things, power. This ain’t no Ocean’s movie.
With another commanding performance from Viola Davis and an ingenious screenplay co-written by McQueen with Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn, Widows hits the ground running and barely ever stops to take a breath. McQueen is determined on keeping tensions at simmering point, crafting a breathtaking thrill ride that consistently keeps you guessing with twists and turns aplenty. But where his film deviates from your typical heist melodrama is the skilful introspection of its powerful themes. There are layers upon layers upon layers here, and McQueen takes deft delight in unveiling the true intentions of his latest masterwork that could steal the entire Oscars race.
Set in present-day Chicago, the film opens on Veronica Rawlins (Davis, in scintillating form) and her husband, Harry (Liam Neeson) passionately kissing in bed in their pristine stylish penthouse apartment. Their lavish lifestyle is care of Harry’s exploits as a career criminal, which is entirely known to Veronica, but she’s happy to turn a blind eye, given the luxury it brings her. These introductory moments of passion are jarringly intercut with flashes from a fierce car chase sequence, as Harry’s latest robbery goes horribly awry. Cornered by a SWAT team, Harry and his partners Florek (Jon Bernthal), Carlos (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), and Jimmy (Coburn Goss) are trapped in their getaway van, leading to a hail of gunfire and a huge explosion, killing all four men instantly. Strap yourselves in. We’re barely five minutes down, thus far.
While still grieving the death of her beloved husband, Veronica is paid a harrowing visit by ruthless Chicago crime boss and candidate for alderman Jamal Manning (Brian Tyree Henry), who was the victim of Harry’s robbery and is now $2 million out-of-pocket from his campaign funds. As such, Jamal gives Veronica one month to pay back the money or risk the wrath enacted by his brutal and sadistic right-hand man and brother, Jatemme (a phenomenal Daniel Kaluuya). In her search for a solution, Veronica uncovers her husband’s notebook that includes the details and blueprints of his next job. With no other option but to carry out the crime, she must enlist the help of her fellow widows to pull off the heist.
Carlos’ widow Linda (Michelle Rodriguez) is struggling to take care of their two small children, after losing her dress shop due to her late husband’s unpaid gambling debts. Florek’s widow Alice (a scene-stealing Elizabeth Debicki) is also doing it tough without her abusive but financially supportive husband. With no discernable skills and under the advice of her pushy mother (Jackie Weaver), she’s resorted to escorting to earn money to survive. Jimmy’s widow Amanda (Carrie Coon) is dealing with a now-orphaned newborn, so she’s rightly left alone. Linda and Alice need little convincing to join Veronica’s daring plan, but they still require a getaway driver. Enter Linda’s babysitter Belle (Cynthia Erivo, continuing her spectacular year), a gutsy beautician longing to provide a better life for her young daughter.
Veronica’s hastily organised heist involves robbing the home of Jamal’s political opponent in the race for 18th ward alderman, Jack Mulligan (Colin Farrell), the unscrupulous son of former political heavyweight Tom Mulligan (Robert Duvall). Jack is a typical trust fund brat, believing he’s entitled to the seat on family name alone, but he’s facing stiff competition from Jamal, whose running a grassroots campaign that’s edging him further ahead in the polls. After years of corruption and greed, there’s $5 million in cash hidden somewhere in the Mulligan manor, and if Veronica and co. can get their hands on it, all their problems will be solved.
While most examples of the heist genre fall into silly farce (which still has its place, mind you), McQueen grounds his film in gritty reality with an inescapable sense of desperation pulsing throughout the entire gripping narrative. Calling Widows a “feminist piece” feels almost like a disservice, but you can’t shake the notion these women find themselves trapped in a man’s world where the odds are perpetually stacked against them. It’s a game they’re not meant to win, lest even play in. But when the chips are down and a woman’s back is against the wall, the desire to succeed and best men in their own contest can often be unstoppable. When Veronica is questioned as to why she thinks they can even succeed in their mission, she fires back, “because no one thinks we have the balls to pull this off.” It’s a moment which highlights the way society consistently underestimates women, and why that’s often a foolish misconception.
By setting his film in Chicago, one of America’s most racially and socioeconomically segregated cities, McQueen is gifted the chance to shine a glaring light on the unavoidable juxtaposition that currently exists between the haves and have-nots. This class imbalance is perfectly captured in a dazzling long-take tracking sequence that stands as a masterclass of how a film can portray its message with visuals and not words. As Jack is driven through the streets of Chicago’s south side, McQueen and cinematographer Sean Bobbitt keep the camera fixed outside the car, capturing the jarring polarity between the city’s poverty-stricken, derelict slums and the wealthy, affluent suburb Jack calls home. In this one seemingly innocuous shot, McQueen deftly highlights the crippling incongruity found within this city, all located just blocks from each other. That’s the hidden power of Widows. Nothing is placed here by chance, and practically every frame of this film has something to say.
The heist may be the centrepiece of the story, but the subplot of Jack’s election battle with Jamal is another of McQueen and Flynn’s subtle plot points with deeper intentions. Jack is the personification of Chicago’s political history. Wealthy white men in power with no connection to the hard life faced by 99% of the city’s population. While he stands as the film’s villain (well, one of several), Jamal represents the everyday man. The real face of Chicago, with a background rooted in struggle, racism, and repression. He may be as morally corrupt as his political rival, but he’s merely playing the same game the big boys are. As much as the film highlights sexism and gender inequality, it’s also capturing the power inequality faced by black Americans. Politics is perhaps America’s most corrupt system, and in Jamal’s daring but foolhardy campaign, we see the insurmountable odds faced by those outsiders who seek to change it.
We’ve long known Davis is one of the finest actors working today, but she takes that mantle to a whole new level here. Veronica is a determined woman, fueled by equal parts grief and vengeance, with an unrelenting motivation to survive the catastrophe she’s unwillingly found herself in. Despite her white-hot intensity, there’s deep vulnerability found behind her steely grit, and Davis’ eyes are the windows to the soul of the character she’s so deftly portraying. In moments of despair, she’s gut-wrenching to watch. In moments of strength, she’s entirely inspiring. As always, it’s simply a joy to sit back and watch Davis perform. She commands every moment Veronica is on-screen, and there’s no doubt Davis is heading for her richly-deserved fourth Oscar nomination.
For all the focus on Davis, this is one of the year’s finest examples of an ensemble piece of cinema. Pay attention, SAG Awards. Every single cast member delivers a knock-out performance, and this review could run for ages attempting to highlight them all. Henry is wonderful as the threatening gangster of questionable character but empathetic ideals. Erivo gives another remarkable turn as the fiercely loyal and gutsy ring-in who has no issue going toe-to-toe with Veronica. Rodriguez is typically strong and stoic. Farrell is deliciously slimy as the conceited and ambitious wannabe politico who has no right to lead. Even Weaver manages dazzles in the few brief moments she’s given.
But the real scene-stealers are Debicki and Kaluuya, who both deserve mention come awards season. Debicki steals every scene she’s a part of, which is no mean feat, given her competition. She holds her own against Davis, delivering a character who appears to be a damaged wallflower but has a hidden power that’s aching to be let loose. The heist gives her that chance to shine, and Debicki is clearly having the time of her life with this richly crafted character. Kaluuya is terrifying menacing as the brutal sociopath with zero moral compass. It’s a far cry from his endearing performance in Get Out, but it shows Kaluuya’s impressive range to effectively deliver something so wildly different. Jatemme is cruel and vicious, taking great delight in enacting his torment on those who cross his brother, and Kaluuya is downright breathtaking in these moments.
It’s an acting roster that’s an embarrassment of riches, and McQueen doesn’t waste one single member of his impeccable cast. Matched with a screenplay loaded with cracking dialogue and a narrative filled with plenty of shocks that elicited genuine gasps from my audience, Widows is one of the year’s greatest films. The action and thrills will keep you entertained, but it’s the film’s numerous messages that will stay with you. This is a pitch-perfect portrayal of 21st century America, warts and all. Part popcorn thriller, part feminist statement, part political declaration, there’s a lot going on in this film. Thankfully, every single aspect is crafted by a master filmmaker who has delivered a sublime masterwork, yet again. Do not miss this one.
Cast: Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Robert Duvall, Liam Neeson, Garret Dillahunt, Carrie Coon, Jacki Weaver, Jon Bernthal, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Lukas Haas, Matt Walsh, Kevin J. O’Connor, Michael Harney
Director: Steve McQueen
Screenplay: Gillian Flynn, Steve McQueen
Producers: Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Steve McQueen, Arnon Milchan
Cinematography: Sean Bobbitt
Production Design: Adam Stockhausen
Music: Hans Zimmer
Editor: Joe Walker
Release Date: 22nd November 2018 (Australia)
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The 6 Lodges at New House Farm all feature either 1 or 2 bedrooms, a large living space with contemporary, fully fitted kitchens and dining areas. The lounges each have a kingsize sofabed to sleep another 2 guests, timber and stone flooring, log burners, far reaching views across the valleys, and most importantly, the peace and tranquility of this rural destination.
The Pool Lodges
The Pool Lodges are situated next to the heated swimming pool, with countryside views of the Rother Valley, and the forest to the north of the estate.
They are arranged over two floors, with a connecting staircase. Both of the master bedrooms have vintage cast iron roll top baths, and separate wet rooms. The Upstairs Pool Lodge is ideal for couples or a larger group of friends, with dividing wall panelling able to make the lodge open plan. The Downstairs Pool Lodge has French doors that open directly onto the pool’s terraces.
Together, the Pool Lodges make an ideal holiday home with pool and gardens leading out to the estate's stepped lawns where there are 360 degree views for miles across the fields and forests of the surrounding valleys.
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Upstairs Pool Lodge
Sleeps : 2-4
Perfect for couples, the Upstairs Pool Lodge has a large vaulted living space and dining area with exposed beams throughout, a fully fitted modern kitchen and a kingsize sofabed. It has a master bedroom area including a roll top bath with perfect, clear and wide views down to the River Rother and beyond, over the untouched valleys of the High Weald, and also the forest to the north of the farm. There is a 3 panel door system that turns the Lodge from an open plan layout into a 2 room layout, and back again.
It is right by the heated swimming pool.
Please find our 2019 pricing here
Downstairs Pool Lodge
The Downstairs Pool Lodge has a large living space and dining area as well as a master bedroom with a roll top bath and French doors that open out directly onto the terrace of the heated swimming pool and its gardens. The living space has a fully fitted modern kitchen and a kingsize sofabed. This Lodge has views over the Rother Valley, and also of the forest to the north of the farm.
The Garden Lodges
The Garden Lodges overlook the walled gardens, and have their own private courtyard.
If both lodges are booked together, an internal adjoining double door between them can be kept open, making it ideal for a larger group or families, sharing all of the kitchen and dining facilities, the living areas - everything - creating an expansive, private country house.
For individual bookings the door can be kept locked, and the 2 lodges have all their own separate facilities.
Both lodges have far reaching views over the surrounding valleys, and both bathrooms feature vintage cast iron roll top baths.
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Westside Garden Lodge
The Westside Garden Lodge has a large vaulted living space, master bedroom, second double bedroom and dining area with exposed original oak beams and leads directly out onto a private courtyard and the formal gardens, with the bedroom also enjoying far reaching views of the Rother Valley and beyond.
The Westside Lodge has a connecting door to the Eastside Lodge, making the 2 Lodges into a spacious country home for larger groups to share. It can be kept locked, for individual groups to take a Lodge each.
Eastside Garden Lodge
The Eastside Garden Lodge has a large vaulted living space, master bedroom and dining area with exposed original oak beams and leads directly out onto a private courtyard and the formal gardens, with the bedroom also enjoying far reaching views of the Rother Valley and beyond.
It has a connecting door to the Westside Lodge, making the 2 Lodges into a spacious country home for larger groups to share. It can be kept locked, for individual groups to take a Lodge each.
The Stables Lodges
Situated on the top edge of our private fields, the Stables Lodges are the two most rurally located, offering the most open views over the valleys of the High Weald.
They have an internal door between them which can be kept open or closed, making it an ideal home for larger bookings or families if kept open, and the kitchen and dining facilities, the living areas - everything - can be shared, creating an expansive, private country house.
For individual bookings the door can be kept locked, as the 2 Lodges have their own separate facilities, as well as 2 private gardens, one of which joins the two lodges in a central courtyard. There are also south facing gardens – one with far and wide views across the valleys and another overlooking the forest stream behind the lodges.
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Northside Stable Lodge
The Northside Stable Lodge has a master bedroom, second double bedroom and a large vaulted living space and dining area. It has far reaching, clear views of the local, untouched valleys of the High Weald, and also the forest and stream that leads down to the River Rother at the bottom of the valley.
It has a connecting door to the Southside Lodge, making the 2 lodges into a spacious country home for larger groups to share. It can be kept locked, for individual groups to take a Lodge each.
Please find our 2018 prices here
Southside Stable Lodge
The Southside Stable Lodge has a large vaulted living space and dining area. This suite has perfect, clear and wide views of the untouched South East valleys of the High Weald, and also the forest and stream that leads down to the River Rother at the bottom of the valley. It has a south facing private garden overlooking the stunning landscape. There is also a courtyard garden connecting the two Stable Lodge suites, as well as a garden behind overlooking the stream and forest.
It has a connecting door to the Northside Lodge, making the 2 lodges into a spacious country home for larger groups to share. It can be kept locked, for individual groups to take a Lodge each.
Swimming Pool and Hot Tub
Sleeps : 2-13
The swimming pool is available to all guests. It is a heated pool, with a terrace, and it's own gardens, and also has access to the stepped lawns of the estate, with 360 degree views over the fields and forests of the valleys of the High Weald's Rother Valley and beyond.
Our luxurious, giant hot tub is located at the top of the fields with panoramic views for miles over the surrounding countryside. We keep it open all year round.
Sleeps : 2-100
New House Farm has a beautiful, 50 metre long, 300 year old Long Barn. If you are staying with us, we hope you take the time to relax in this lovingly refurbished barn, as a communal area, with all the facilities we have installed. It features an antique spiral staircase and balustrades, a mezzanine hideaway with entertainment centre, an inglenook fireplace with a fire that can be an open fireplace or kept closed with glass doors as a log burner. We have a classic bar billiards table, and a pool table, free for use. The kitchen facilities are only available for catered events, when the barn is hired privately by guests. For any enquiries about hiring the barn and kitchen, please feel free to get in contact.
Lounge & Living Areas
Fully fitted, high-spec kitchen
Log burner with complementary logs
4m sq sofabed
Luxury flatscreen HDTV, BluRay & DVD
Bluetooth Sound System
Multiple, dimmable lighting zones for cooking, dining, relaxing
Comfortably accommodate more than 4 people by prior arrangement
USB charging plugs
Luxury flatscreen HDTV & DVD
Cast iron roll top baths with long views (Pool Lodges)
The Wetroom
Complementary organic REN bodycare products
Fluffy dressing gowns
Fresh sealed slippers
Cast iron roll top baths (Garden Lodges)
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The Rite of Her Sacred Fires 2017
Posted in Covenant of Hecate with tags Covenant of Hecate, Hecate, Magick, Occult, Occultism, Pagan, Paganism, Religion and Spirituality, Rite of Her Sacred Fires, Ritual on May 9, 2017 by Sypheara
Just a quick post to both remind readers who know about it, as well as promote it to those who don’t, The Rite of Her Sacred Fires is being held as usual on the Full Moon of May. Since that is for me tomorrow, I’ve left this all a little late! Nevertheless..
The Rite of Her Sacred Fires is a special ritual that was created in 2010 by Sorita d’Este as a supposed ‘one off’ as part of a devotional work to celebrate a coming together of Hecate devotees. However it’s grown into a powerful rite that is performed yearly by several thousand people and now stands as one of her major nights of the year in modern practice.
The ritual has for the last few years always been a favourite of mine, knowing that by performing it I am being drawn into deep working with not just Hecare but other souls that are tied so intimately to her. It is an amazing energy and it is something I can recommend for anyone that belongs to Her regardless of the path or tradition she is approached from. For me especially its going to be even more special this year as it will also see me perform my initiation rite in regards to entering the Covenant itself. It was a privilege to meet with and work with Covenant members and I look forward to the future with a renewed energy.
More information can be found on the Covenants website here
Torch, taken by tombearspics
As a side note, it is four years since the creation of the blog! These have seen a major growth in both my personal work as well I feel in the Hecatian community. Some of this has been very painful, but it has all been worthwhile in the end. I look forward to the next four and thank everyone who has supported myself and my work so far.
In June, I hope to be able to finally detail the serpent rite I performed for a local group here. It is a twist on something Sorita originally showed us – the serpents simply came through and showed me a different facet to the work which I then took away and performed. I hope this will be useful to others when it finally arrives. Ill try and release this in PDF format as usual.
I hope you all get to bask in the warmth of her blazing torches this perfect full moon.
Ave Hecate,
Works of Light and Fire: Hecates Gate
Posted in Luciferianism, Occultism, Paganism, The Path of Flames with tags Covenant of Hecate, Gateways, Hecate, Invocation, Lucifer, Magick, Occult, Occultism, Pagan, Paganism, Religion and Spirituality, Ritual, Sorita d'Este, Witchcraft on May 15, 2016 by Sypheara
The last two months, after posting the last update, have been very hectic when it comes to activity. For this, and technical reasons causing several drafts to disappear, has caused me to update less than I intended. However, with it being three years approximately to the inception of the blog, I felt it was important to get out some kind of update as both motivation and to let interested parties know as to how things are going.
That said, I will try and launch straight into the updates. Firstly, and most importantly, Hecates stellar gate has been successful carved, blooded, and opened in ritual releasing unique and important gnosis. This has clarified some longer term goals on my path.
The Stellar Gate itself comprises of two, important sigils, one being her full, revealed and activated stellar eye and that of her own, specific sigil relating to her stellar gate. These were etched into a birch endblock, and inked as described in an earlier posting, accompanied by four, surrounding words of power. These words of power consisted of Hecates name, that of two of her appropriate titles, and the name of the Stellar Toad all written in Theban script.
This prepared block was cleansed with Sandalwood incense and water, and in ritual from within the circle with both sides of the tree opened and Hecate invoked into the flesh, empowered. The exact method for this has to at this time remain secret, but involved a specific way of consecrating the block at six, cardinal directions using a specific vocalised stellar key. It also involved some semi circle breaking work to draw in the powers directly from opened conduits, acting as a lightning flash between direction, block and practitioner.
Once correctly opened, Hecate elevated the level of the possession utilising the power of the gate. The level of the possession became strong, and direct, Hecate assuming an insect like form to merge with my own. At the height of the possession and union, the energy released was explosive revealing knowledge of two, new stellar keys as well as a specific, gate construction. Gnosis was delivered as to the full structure of both the keys, and the gate, alongside some clues as to its intrinsic nature. The nature of this possession was exhausting, draining even, being different to the usual kinds of possession experienced. However the conciousness was expanded, and in the days that followed several blocking elements in the work were removed.
It was at this time that I received my new Athame. I had contacted a smith to create a bespoke blade for Hecates craft, but numerous issues had prevented it from making its way into my hands. After only a few days, I received correspondence to let me know, out the blue that it was on its way. After a brief but slightly eventful delivery, it finally arrived and, through intuitive workings with the Gods, was consecrated.
An example of Damascus Steel. Credit: Ralf Pfeifer
The blade is made from Damascus steel, and features a curved silver crossguard and the hilt is made of black ebony. Its empowerment was done from within the circle, at the four cardinal directions, with Hecate invoked into the flesh. The hilt was decorated with two, simple sigillic constructions as directed, and the blade was treated with a mix of plant essential oils, one for each element. I hope to in the near future write a small, descriptive PDF of this process for those who wish to construct a similar blade that is specific to the current of the Trident. This is not to suggest there is an orthodoxy to this process that I feel is likely extremely personal, but hopefully it will offer a springboard for people to base off further ideas.
Lastly but not least, for Beltane celebrations I ran a working dedicated to Lucifer, invoking his stellar and light bearing aspects. This work consisted of two main parts, due to falling several days later than the actual sabbat, on the black moon.
The first part was the opening of a central cauldron of water, to the black moon, in Lucifers name. This cauldron was then used to cleanse, banish and remove malefic ills specific to each individual. Through it Lucifers fire was also drawn, as the height of the black moon ebbed. The new, growing influence of the moon was then used to conduct a group working, petitioning Lucifer to assist and speed up in the healing of the Earth and the rebalance of its world soul via awakening the souls of man.
The Altar after specific, personal items had been removed. Thanks to the photographer on the day.
Central to the work were two, temporary sigillic gates initially opened in a preliminary work on the Sabbat rite. These were created via automatic writing in possession with Lucifer, and were created as exoteric seals to channel the solar and stellar energies. The first was a variation of his primary sigil, oozing the energies of his lightning flash, and the second was a variant on Hecates Sabbatic Eye infused with his solar energies. The first was used as a primary conduit as part of the altar work, the second the seating sigil for the large, brass cauldron. Added to the cauldron was a mix of plant essential oils, salt, and a exceptional offering gifted by one member of the group. This offering took the form of a triskele created from copper. This was activated, and used to seat additional energies within the cauldron itself.
I felt the working went very well, the energies being correctly channelled and applied, and this was echoed in the feedback from the group. It is always a pleasure to be able to share what an be shared of the craft and introduce others to these entities in their true forms, especially when it comes to a much maligned entity such as Lucifer that is covered with many masks.
Finally but in no means least, The Rite of Her Sacred fires will be being held on the full moon of May. This rite is open to any who wish to participate, and is partaken in by many devotees of Hecate since its inception in 2010 by Sorita d’Este. I have performed the rite as prescribed in the past, and it was always an enjoyable and beautiful experience. This year, I will be participating in my own way by incorporating it into wa orking with Hecates opened gate. I encourage all others who have a connection or calling with her to give it a shot. More information about the rite, as well as a much better writeup, can be found at the Covenant of Hecates website by clicking the image below.
The Rite of Her Sacred Fires (Sorita d’Este)
I hope you have had a fantastic May so far, and hope that it brings many opportunities in the craft to come.
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NCC: code to check cybercrimes coming
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to establish an Internet Industry Code of Practice for internet service providers (ISPs) to checkmate growing cybercrimes.
Its Deputy Director, Consumer Affairs Bureau, Mr Ismail Adedigba, who spoke at the 102nd Edition of the Consumer Outreach Programme (COP) held at Mapo Hall, Ibadan, added that the code will be a regulatory intervention that will not only help to secure the country’s cyberspace against imminent threats from cyber attackers but also address such issues as online child protection, privacy and data protection, objectionable content, among others.
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With: Mitigating the Effects of Cybercrime: Roles of Telecoms Consumers as its theme, Adedigba said while regulatory intervention and other initiatives are ongoing to “sanitise our internet space, telecoms consumers, the majority of whom now use internet-enabled and other smart devices, must play their role.”
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Issue 8 | Examined Life | June 13, 2014
What Is Science for?
A Portfolio
by D. Graham Burnett and Mark Dion
In this portfolio of curated texts and visual material, D. Graham Burnett and Mark Dion—who shared a studio for a year while each working at the intersection of artistic practice and the history of science—juxtapose a collection of telling historical quotations with images that evoke collective fantasies of rational inquiry into nature. The result explores the rhetorical dimensions of both representing science and opining as to its purpose.
Trichechus manatus latirostris, 2013
After all, what is science for, if it be not to bring man and nature to embrace each other rapturously, lovingly, responsively?
—Hilderic Friend, “New World Nature-Lovers,”
Hardwick’s Science Gossip, 1891
The Great Munich Bug Hunt, 1993
Pestilence follows dirt; health, cleanliness. Be clean, and the laws of God are on your side. Live in miasma—filth—and you are against the law, and as surely as the lightning strikes the steel, so surely you will suffer. Can anyone doubt, then, with regard to our duty to the poor, who live in places which to breathe in is a rapid death? It is not to level the sties of Bermondsey and St Giles to build fine houses in and to drive the wretched inhabitants to places fouler and more hideous still; but it is to supply baths, water, to clean, and clean, and clean, to purify the rivers, to dig the sewers deep and roof them well, to provide sewerage for the poor, to urge government to obey sanitary laws of old, to tell the rich to give and give till they can cleanse the poor; and what is science for but this?
—Anonymous, “The Genius of the Reverend Charles Kingsley,”
The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, 1857
Scala Naturae, 1994
What is science for, if not to modify the associations of people and things?
—Bruno Latour, Pandora’s Hope, 1999
Library for the Birds of Massachusetts, 2005
What is science for, if not to sustain us against the intoxications of night and the temptations exercised by the enchantress appearance?
—Vladimir Jankélévitch, Music and the Ineffable, 1961
Curiosity Cabinet at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco, 2011
The first responsibility of the University is to do its part in answering the gravest of social questions: At which end of the ship shall we place the bowsprit? That is, shall we go forward or backward? Going forward means that we search for the causes of undesirable social conditions. This requires us to do and not merely discover and deplore. When nation-wide defects of economy are joined to nation-wide effects of an unbalanced natural environment, we call to our aid two forces: science and general control for the general good rather than individual control for the individual good. What is science for if not to meet such a situation?
—Isaiah Bowman, “The Twelve Houses of Heaven,” 1941
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What is science for, if it does not equip us to face and absorb the shocks of the future?
—Indira Gandhi, Selected Thoughts, 1985
Marine Invertebrates, 2013
What is science for, if not to advise a lethal chamber?
—Emma Goldman, The Social Significance of Modern Drama, 1914
What is science for? When this question is squarely and thoughtfully faced, scientists will agree that science exists for man, and not for itself alone.
—U.S. Senate, “Hearings on Science Legislation,”
Subcommittee on Military Affairs, 1945
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Sep 20, 2018 by Sam Sero in 2018
Some encouraging news today out of Texas:
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TX USSEN (VoxPopuli): Ted Cruz (R) 46%, Beto O'Rourke (D) 46%
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A new Vox Populi poll in Texas finds Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) in a dead heat with challenger Beto O’Rourke (D) in the U.S. Senate race, 50% to 50%.
Click here to read the full results.
I can believe it’s this tight because 538 breaks down how O’Rourke has been successful in defining himself to the voters:
O’Rourke is a pretty good candidate in a race that was supposed to be a slam dunk for Republicans. He’s raised more than any other Democratic candidate for Senate this cycle — $23 million — and has packaged his progressive identity into something that (he hopes) is accepted just as readily by the Democratic base as it is by independent voters who still haven’t made up their minds. GOP attack ads have tried to paint the Democrat as outside the mainstream, despite the fact that the 2018 iteration of O’Rourke is more suburban dad than anything else, the type whose most countercultural tendency is probably owning a monthly pass to a rock-climbing gym.
Recent surveys seem to indicate that independents will help determine the close race. A Dixie Strategies poll from early September showed Cruz and O’Rourke nearly tied among independents, with 20 percent of them yet to make up their minds. That poll and others have showed Cruz struggling with independent voters (only 2 percent didn’t have an opinion of him), while O’Rourke’s numbers with independents showed there’s room for him to make a good impression (a full 23 percent were undecided on how they felt about him). A Rasmussen/Pulse Opinion Research poll from early September showed O’Rourke winning independents 46 percent to Cruz’s 39 percent, and even found that 15 percent of Republicans said they’d vote for O’Rourke. A more recent poll that showed Cruz leading overall also showed O’Rourke ahead among independents.
O’Rourke is going out of his way not to bust up his hopes with Texas’s independent voters, who, in that red state, might tend toward the more conservative end of the political spectrum (52 percent of the state’s independent voters chose Trump in the 2016 election). His rhetoric of togetherness seems clearly aimed at this demographic. “You cannot be too much of a Republican, you can’t be too blue of a Democrat, too much of an independent. You can’t be in prison for too many years, you can’t be too undocumented to be worth fighting for. It is for everyone,” O’Rourke said of his campaign in a speech this summer. His earnest varnish is polished to its highest shine. When baited with questions that could easily lead to Trump-bashing, O’Rourke instead talks about the importance of having “unguarded moments with one another.” The across-the-aisle-guy label is important to his brand — O’Rourke had his first viral moment back in 2017 when he took a cross-country road trip with another Texas congressman, a Republican.
The trick with branding, of course, is that it changes with the times. O’Rourke hasn’t always been allergic to PAC money. He won his first congressional election by defeating an eight-term Democratic incumbent. In that campaign, O’Rourke used money from a super PAC bent on prying longtime representatives from their seats. O’Rourke’s father-in-law, a wealthy real estate developer, gave the PAC $18,750 after maxing out his personal donation to the campaign.
One of O’Rourke’s political assets is his ability to trumpet progressive ideas and a bipartisan spirit at a time when political tribalism and racial tensions are rife. That is in part because he is white and America — and the Democratic Party — seems to have a soft spot for young white men running for office. O’Rourke looks like generations of white male politicians, but he’s advocating for societal changes meant to benefit minorities and disenfranchised immigrants. He’s called for single-payer health care and the expansion of Medicaid, he wrote a book on the drug war, he has made legalizing marijuana a campaign issue, and he wants citizenship for immigrants who were brought to the country illegally as children.
O’Rourke’s embrace of Latino culture has stood out during the campaign. Much has been made of that fact that he goes by his childhood nickname, Beto, which is a Spanish diminutive for “Roberto.” Robert Francis O’Rourke is Irish-American, but he grew up in the heavily Latino border town of El Paso and became Beto early on. Cruz (full name Rafael Edward Cruz) has tried to use O’Rourke’s nickname against the congressman as a way to prove he’s pandering to the state’s skyrocketing Latino population. Texas is 39 percent Latino and a harbinger of America’s demographic future. Population projections estimate that the state’s Latino population could surpass the state’s white population as early as 2020 or 2022, while it’s estimated that the U.S. as a whole will become majority-minority by 2045.
Note, though, what O’Rourke’s nickname says about the ways that assimilation has changed in America. Joe Kennedy made sure that his children went to boarding school and college among America’s high WASP set so they’d be taken seriously. It worked — one became president. Beto is a nickname he comes by honestly, but it’s also a boon for O’Rourke to be comfortable with a community whose political clout will only increase in Texas.
Beto is gearing up for one big fight and he’s getting some big name help on the campaign trail:
Texas Rep. Joaquín Castro (D) and his brother, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro, will join Senate candidate Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D) at campaign stops along the Texas border, O'Rourke's team announced Thursday.
The trip with the Castro brothers will come after O'Rourke's first debate with incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz (R), scheduled for Friday.
Polls have shown Cruz and O'Rourke in a tight race in deep-red Texas, and the Hispanic vote could be key to November's results.
Speaking of which:
Reps. Beto O’Rourke of El Paso and Joaquin Castro of San Antonio are among several Texas Democrats calling for a deeper Customs and Border Protection investigation into Juan David Ortiz, a longtime Border Patrol agent accused of killing four women this month in and around Laredo.
Ortiz, 35, had worked for CBP for 10 years, most recently as an intelligence supervisor. In a letter to CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan, the congress members asked CBP to determine if Ortiz was acting in his official capacity during the murders, if he used government equipment or databases to carry out the crimes, and if the department missed potential warning signs.
“Like you, our priority is to provide for the well-being and safety of the populations we serve. To do so, we must learn from any mistakes made in this case,” the letter says.
Also, here’s info about tomorrow’s debate:
After weeks of planning, the debate between Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Beto O'Rourke is finally here.
On Friday night, the two Senate candidates will faceoff in Dallas at 6:00 p.m. to discuss domestic policy.
The one-hour debate can be streamed online at NBCDFW.comor Dallasnews.com.
A number of networks will also be televising the event, like KTRK (ABC 13), Univision and KXAN.
So let’s keep up the moment and keep his campaign well fueled. Click here to donate and get involved with Beto’s campaign.
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The Room announce new drummer
Article by: Bob Mulvey
We reported late last year that due to medical reasons drummer Andrew Rae had reluctantly announced his departure from the band. Today we received the good news that The Room had now found a replacement for Andy…
“Uxbridge based Chris York is today unveiled as the new drummer for UK crossover progressive rock band The Room following the forced retirement of Andrew Rae through the onset of tinnitus.
York brings over 30 years of live and studio experience to the band as they start work on the follow up to their critically acclaimed debut album ‘Open Fire’.
“I am thrilled to have been asked to join The Room” said York “We have played together a number of times now and it has been so easy to fit in. I love the album and playing the tracks live is going to be really exciting”.
Vocalist Martin Wilson commented “it was a really difficult moment for the band when Andrew left. However we are absolutely delighted that Chris has agreed to join us on the next part of our journey. We loved Chris’s sense of humour; his take on our material and of course his excellence behind the kit.”
The Room play a showcase event in London during May, Home Farm Festival in June, The Cambridge Rock Festival in August plus dates in Market Harborough and Leicester later in the year.”
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A Bel Air development site — mansion permit included — lists for $22M
The latest offering comes amid a rise in luxury land listings
Apr.April 09, 2019 04:30 PM
By Natalie Hoberman Research by Haru Coryne
Edward Ehsan and a rendering of the proposed home (Ryder Design & Architecture)
In Bel Air, a fully entitled, vacant lot is worth its weight in gold.
A real estate investor has put his development site on the market, asking $22 million. It adds to the recent luxury land listings already on offer around Los Angeles.
The owner, Edward Ehsan, said the property in Bel Air’s exclusive Nimes Road is entitled for a three-story mansion he had designed by Ryder Design & Architecture. Ehsan is founder of Golden Palm Properties, a real estate brokerage based in Beverly Hills.
Plans call for an 8,900-square-foot home, with six bedrooms and 10 bathrooms, a temperature-controlled wine cellar, gym and movie theater. It includes an elevator, indoor spa, infinity swimming pool and jacuzzi. Ryder Design’s renderings show a white home with multiple decks, including that spanning 10,200 square feet.
Interior of one of the bedrooms (Ryder Design & Architecture)
Ehsan, who is acting as his own listing broker, said he originally wanted to build the home for himself when he started the project three years ago. But a change of lifestyle — he now lives on a 25-acre ranch alongside horses in the Valley — coupled with the complications associated with new developments, has led him to put the property on the market.
“I don’t want to deal with the b.s. involved with development,” he said. “I’m just an ordinary guy. Building is a pain in the neck.”
Still, he said a potential buyer could see a “tremendous” rate of return. “One can build it for about $8 million and end up in a $70 million home,” he added.
Property records show Ehsan, acting behind an LLC, paid $5.3 million to acquire the land in January 2015.
His $22 million listing is one of many land-only listings circulating the market. Brokers attribute the recent spurt of entitled properties to the spec home development craze of 2014 to 2016. Much of those projects that were proposed and permitted would likely not get approved today, giving sellers incentive to list their developments at top dollar.
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Gionee Marathon M5 Plus with 5020mAh battery & Fingerprint sensor launched in India for Rs. 26,999
Gionee has introduced a new smartphone “M5 Plus” to its best-selling Marathon series, famous for phones with large capacity batteries. The Marathon M5 Plus is the successor to the Gionee M5 and M5 Lite, launched a while ago in India. The M5 Plus is the first phone from Marathon series to feature a fingerprint sensor and it’s Gionee first phone sporting the new smiling logo and branding ‘Make Smiles‘. The device was launched in China in December last year and is now available in India at a price tag of Rs. 26,999. The M5 Plus sports a full-metal body design, packing a big size display and battery in an ultra slim profile. Let’s take a look at the offerings of the M5+:
The Gionee M5 Plus features a 6-inch Full HD AMOLED display @368ppi and is backed by a massive 5020mAh battery. It sports a fingerprint sensor that’s integrated with the physical home button. On the front is a 2.5D glass panel with curved edges and thin bezels for an improved user experience. The M5 Plus is powered by an Octa-core Mediatek MT6753 processor and runs on Amigo 3.1 UI, based on Android 5.1 Lollipop. Under the hood, there is 3GB of RAM and 64GB of storage that can be further expanded upto 128GB via microSD card. Fortunately, it doesn’t comes with a Hybrid SIM slot rather it has separate slots for Dual-SIM cards and SD card, so you can use secondary SIM as well while using external storage.
Coming to the camera, there is a 13MP primary camera with dual-LED flash and a 5MP camera on the front. Connectivity options include: Dual-SIM, 4G LTE with VoLTE, CDMA support, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP, GPS with A-GPS, USB OTG, and USB Type-C port. Amigo UI offers added features such as Theme Park, Auto Call Record, Mobile Security, Smart Gestures (Smart Dial, Smart Answer, Double Click To Wake), Chameleon, Ami Locker, Child Mode, Super screenshots, Fake Call, etc.
The phone is equipped with dual charging chips that allows fast charging of the non-removable 5020mAh battery. Additionally, there are battery saving modes namely: Eco Mode, Power Saving Mode, Extreme Mode to further extend the battery life. Gionee claims that the M5+ can deliver a talk time of upto 21 hours and a standby time of upto 619 hours, hence can last an entire day easily.
Comparing against the entire Marathon series, M5 Plus packs the biggest display and slimmest form-factor with 8.4mm of thickness and it’s 210g in weight despite packing a huge battery. Comes in Champagne Gold and Polar Gold.
The M5 Plus is now available across retail outlets in India, as well as online exclusively through Flipkart for 26,999 INR. We’re currently using this phone and will be coming up soon with its detailed review. Stay tuned!
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Next up, Psychedlic surf pop straight from the heart of the Garden State, courtesy of New Jersey’s very own Real Estate. Real Estate are a super group of sorts, proudly counting ex members of Ducktails, and Silver Futures amongst…
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Ducktails is basically Matt Mondanile (who also happens to be in Real Estate). He recently released a new video called "Under Cover" on YouTube, which was taken from his latest album Flower Lane (out now on Domino Records).
Check out the psychedelic rocker on tour:
07/25 New York, NY - Museum of Modern Art
08/01 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brendas
08/02 Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery
08/04 Washington, DC - Black Cat Downstairs
08/05 Northampton, MA - American Legion Hall
08/06 Boston, MA - Cambridge Elks
08/08 New York, NY RiverRocks at Pier 84 ^
08/10 Gothenburg, Sweden - Way Out West * ¥
08/11 Copenhagen, Denmark - Pumpehuset * !
08/12 Lecce, Italy - Contronatura Festival +
08/13 Ravenna, Italy - Hana Bi
08/14 Luzern, Switzerland - Radio 3fach Voliere
08/15 Zurich, Switzerland - Elmo Delmo
08/17 Parades de Coura Festival
08/19 Santiago Compostella, Spain - TBD
08/21 Paris, France - Le Trabendo - Iceberg
08/22 London, UK - The Borderline
08/23 Machester, UK - Soup Kitchen
08/24 Bristol, UK - Louisiana
08/25 Brighton, UK - The Hope
08/27 Amsterdam, Holland - Paradiso
08/28 Rotterdam, Holland - Rotown
08/29 Gronigen, Holland - Vera
^ = w/ Titus Andronicus * = w/ Dirty Beaches
¥ = w/ Neil Young, Julia Holter and more
! = w/ Mikal Cronin
+ = w/ Laetitia Sadier Trio
he other surprising "hit" song on the list is Duck Sauce's "Barbara Streisand". This isn't the original mix, it's been re-done for the American audience (so maybe they didn't like their original mix of the song?) …
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Not much to talk about with Duck Sauce, the only thing they sent me was there is a new music for "It's You". The single just came out today, June 26th.
If you didn't know, this is a DJ duo (Armand Van Helden and A-Trak), who first came to my attention with their infectious song "Barbara Streisand" (which was featured in the game Everybody Dance).
Be on the lookout for their album Quack, coming out soon.
On tour:
08/03/13 Hard Summer Festival
08/15/13 Pukkelpop Festival
01/09/14 Holy Ship!
Ducky (aka Morgan Neiman) has an EP called The Whether coming out on February 21, 2012, and a sneak preview song is called "Killing Time", which you can hear on bandcamp. …
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I previously mentioned Ducky, that it's really a woman called Morgan Neiman.
The New Yorker producer, vocalist, beat master recently performed her song "Air" live at The Engadget Show* (the episode hasn't aired yet).
Her "Air" single package comes with the single and "Night Version" produced by Egyptrixx and a Helix remix, and will be out July 16th.
The title track "Air" (Day Version) is described as a "brooding pop number hinged on an energetic tempo and a relatable love song of longing memories."
Hear the song now:
* Ducky previously appeared on Engadget last year.
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Brookland–CUA station
Brookland (Flat Rock, North Carolina)
Brookland may refer to:
Brookland, Kent, England
(by state)
Brookland, Arkansas,
Brookland (Washington, D.C.), a neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
Brooklyn, New York, sometimes known as "Brookland" before the current spelling was settled upon
Brookland (Flat Rock, North Carolina), listed on the NRHP in North Carolina
Brookland (Grassy Creek, North Carolina), listed on the NRHP in North Carolina
New Brookland Historic District, West Columbia, SC, listed on the NRHP in South Carolina
Brookland Park Historic District, Richmond, VA, listed on the NRHP in Virginia
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Brookland–CUA is a Washington Metro station in Washington, D.C., on the Red Line. It is located in Northeast at Monroe & 9th Street near Michigan Avenue, and serves the Brookland neighborhood of Northeast Washington and The Catholic University of America. Service began on February 3, 1978.
Notable places nearby
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery
Providence Hospital
The Catholic University of America
Washington Hospital Center
Brookland–CUA station is slated to be the center of a massive transport-oriented regeneration with the aim of increasing pedestrian-friendly development and an arts-focused neighborhood. The project includes a relocation of the station portals slightly to the south in a plaza with the western end of 9th, Newton, and Otis Streets which will be extended to the station plaza for more convenient access to the rest of the surrounding area.
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Brookland is a historic home located near Flat Rock, Henderson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1836, and is a two-story, five bay, double pile, transitional Federal / Greek Revival style roughcast frame dwelling. The house was updated with Colonial Revival inspired expansions and alterations introduced in the late-19th and early-20th century.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Brookland_(Flat_Rock,_North_Carolina)
Summer Love Song, Brooke Hyland
Brooke Hyland, Brooke Hyland
Summer Love Song
Summer time and I'm feeling fine
Kissed by the sun in the sky
Sparks fly when he walks on by
Just like the 4th of July
He looks so beautiful
That my legs get weak when I start to move
And my heart can't help going on
When the DJ plays that summer love song
Yeah, that summer love song, yeah
Spin that record round and round
Cause I can't get enough of that summer sound
Let me hear that music
Turn the bass way up and boom it
And play that record til the sun goes down
From the beach to the party to the underground
Let me keep on grooving
Put your hands in the air keep moving
And come on baby
Sing along to that
Friday night and it feels so right
Cold breeze in the august sky
He's got me burning up
One look and I feel so hot
He drives me crazy
I love it when he calls me baby
And we dance to the stars in moonlight
To the summer love song
That just feels so right
So baby take my hand
You're all I'll ever need
We can dance out in the sand
Watch the sun set by the sea
We can shine just like the stars
The pier view with me
We can fall in love tonight
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Henrico Board of Supervisors majority eludes Democrats after consecutive electoral loses in Brookland
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Brookland sends Mena packing again
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About 6502 Workshop
Chris Torrence Joins Dev Team
Programming a brand new Apple ][ RPG in 6502 Assembly was very hard back in the 80s and early 90s. Development teams were forging new frontiers, creating new ideas and modes of gameplay that had never been seen before! It was a immense creative and technical challenge to be the point of the spear in that exciting time at the dawn of the home computer age. Coders in that era did have one small advantage over today's game developers though, and that was a much smaller field of competitors.
Today, the 6502 Workshop faces a different set of challenges. Our team has some amazing programmers, and we're crafting what we believe will be the ultimate Apple ][ retro gaming experience. It's already an incredible game engine, but our current challenge is something else entirely: How do we get the word out so that people know what Nox Archaist is going to offer? We're just one tiny dot in a sea of independent developers, like a single star among thousands in the night sky. How do we make our light shine brightly enough to be noticed?
With that in mind, we've begun replacing our former marketing department (which primarily consisted of house pets) with people who actually know what they're doing in that field. We are therefore excited to welcome Chris Torrence to the 6502 Workshop team! Besides being a skilled software development team leader and professional programmer, he has a significant amount of Kickstarter experience and is a very active in the Apple II community. For example, he regularly attends KansasFest, and is the host of the Assembly Lines Video Podcast. Some of his other contributions include editing Assembly Lines: The Complete Book and recently fixing bugs in Wizardry.
Chris will be taking the lead on creating the Nox Archaist Kickstarter reboot campaign and will be managing a lot of the logistics relating to the physical "feelie" items associated with the game. He's a great addition to the team and a great guy in general, and we think you'll like him just as much as we do.
-Mark & the 6502 Workshop Team
Mark & the 6502 Workshop Team
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Nox Archaist Home Forum!
It’s a blast from the past: Nox Archaist has it’s own forums! You remember these from back in the 90s and early 2000s, right? Why wait to get retro with Nox Archaist: The Game when you can hop on the wayback machine right now with Nox Archaist: The Forums!
http://forum.noxarchaist.com
But seriously though, we’ve set up these forums so that anyone interested in Nox Archaist will have a place to discuss the game with other people and members the development team. It’s a great spot to get inside information, offer feature suggestions, and possibly even give us ideas on what to do about our abysmal marketing department!
Even now there is a thriving discussion going on about Mockingboards as several Apple II sound programmers craft ideas on adding support for it to Nox Archaist. We hope that after Nox Archaist is released that the forums will be alive with players talking about their in-game exploits and challenges, and pointing out all of the easter eggs that they may have found….
Stop by the forums today and be among the first to post!
-Mark and the 6502 Workshop Team
New Team Members
The team at 6502 Workshop had a blast with the Nox Archaist Kickstarter! While it fell short of our goals, hundreds of people pledged a substantial amount, which proved to us that there is a real interest in a new Ultima-inspired Apple ][ RPG. As we forge the plan for our reboot campaign, we are continuing to make great progress with the development of the game itself.
On that note, we are happy to announce two brand new team members! Joining our merry band are Jarrod Kailef and Michael Pohoreski.
Jarrod is well connected in the gaming community and brings with him experience from projects such as Richard Garriott’s Shroud of the Avatar, and the 80s reboot Sundog: Resurrection. For Nox Archaist he will be focused on online community building, written communications, and game design. His hope is to engage as many potential fans as possible and make them aware of the awesomeness that is Nox Archaist. (He also supplies at least 35% of the team’s sarcasm, but that’s another story altogether)
Michael is a professional game developer with an extensive career including Electronic Arts in the 1990s. He is an immense contributor to the Apple II community as he is one of the primary developers of the AppleWin emulator, and is a well-known personality in the comp.sys.apple2 newsgroups. For Nox Archaist he will be contributing his skills in variety of ways including toolchain programming, optimizations and various in-game modules such as the splash screen, main menu, and character creation.
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Royal Commission into Family Violence: Victorian Government urged to act on findings
Posted March 29, 2016 07:18:59
Photo: The royal commission heard from 200 witnesses, including victims of family violence. (ABC News)
Related Story: 'I saw usual victim silencing': Minister angered by court system
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The head of Victoria's peak family violence services Fiona McCormack has called on the State Government to act on the recommendations of Royal Commission into Family Violence.
The Andrews Government will receive the findings of the inquiry today.
The royal commission was established in February last year and hearings began in July - it has heard from more than 200 witnesses in its 25 sitting days.
The primary focus of inquiry was to improve a system that is struggling to cope with the sheer volume of people who need help, the inquiry's head Marcia Neave said at its launch.
Survivors told their stories of family violence, including last year's Australian of the Year Rosie Batty and experts from fields including housing, social work and child development, and elder abuse.
It also heard from Victoria Police about challenges facing law enforcement and the judicial system.
Family violence inquiry 'once in a generation event'
Chief executive of Domestic Violence Victoria Fiona McCormack said the findings would mean little unless they were acted upon.
"As exciting as this report is, probably a once in a generation event, in reality this is only the first step," she said.
"The critical element will be to see the recommendations realised."
Ms McCormack said she hoped it would recommend a better-resourced, more streamlined and efficient approach to tackling the issue.
"We really need to build a system that is systematically looking at perpetrators of violence," she said.
"Right now they are going under the radar and in order to keep women and children safe we have to get a range of different agencies working better to respond to them."
The number of domestic violence reports in Victoria topped 70,000 for the first time the last financial year, with women making up the majority of victims.
Police 'joked with abuser, didn't take threats seriously', violence inquiry hears
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My experience of the world
Hues of Grundafjordur
Kirkjufell, the jewel of Grundafjordur, stands radiant against the backdrop of a magnificent sky. An evening in the Snaefellesness Peninsula, Northern Iceland
Hues of Cinque Terre
As the sun sets over the village of Manarola, every passing minute brings about different hues over the village. The ingredients of a remarkable sunset in Cinque Terre are consist not only of the sun, sky and the sea but the people in the village who turn on the lights and morph the dramatic villages into a light show.
Quite simply one of the most spectacular and terrifying sights to witness - the opened earth spewing fiery magma onto what was once, a thriving and sought after neighborhood. As the chopper circled over the chaos, it resembled a fire breathing Dragon, smelting everything in its path and forming a new world. Fissure 8, Kilauea Volcano, Big Island, Hawaii
The Night of Bled
As dusk falls over the Church of Assumption on Bled Island, Slovenia and the stillness of water reveals a magnificent reflection
The Stubborn
It's quite a sight to see the glacial chunks of ice, washed up along the famous Diamond Beach of Jokulsarlon. As the sun rays hit them, the icebergs stubbornly resist the melting.
The Trough
Tucked away on the lower slopes of Mauna Loa are the Kulaniapia falls. Only privately accessible to guests staying at the inn there, this is a truly hidden gem of Hilo and a fantastic sight to behold, especially when it's just you, the hundred and twenty foot tall waterfall and the surrounding lush rainforest. Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii
The Night of Rome
While Rome Sleeps, St. Peter's Basilica shines in silent glory. Witness this sight alone in the night is a powerful, sacred experience.
Violently churning and spewing from the infamous Fissure 8 of the Kilauea Volcano, the lava smouldered everything in its path and formed a river that reached the Pacific coastline. Ahalanui Park, once a popular attraction for locals and tourists, has become the battleground where the raging fiery lava meets the massive ocean. As the chopper hovered over, it was spellbinding to see the clash of the titans.
Carved Stories
Masterfully carved by the violent clashes of the clear blue waves, nature has created a breathtaking frame. The striations on the cliffs and coves along the Pacific shoreline tell a story about their existence and endurance.
The Ice Rabbit
When glacial icebergs collide and crash into one other, and float down the Jokulsarlon glacier lagoon, the ice chunks wash up along the shore of the mystical Diamond Beach. It is fascinating to see the transformation of the shapes, as the sculpted pieces of ice, lay soaking up the sun and tides. With a little imagination, who knows what shapes you may see on a given day?
Curvy roads atop Mt. Tamalpais State Park, Marin Headlands, CA
Just when I was looking out towards the pier of Kwajalein Atoll, through the crystal clear waters, something caught my attention.
Amongst many myths of the Nordic folklore, one suggests that the lights are reflections of the glow of armor of the Valkyrie, the legendary female warriors who decide the fate of the battlefield. When living epic moments like these, its easy to believe such stories.
Inside Grjótogjá
Hidden underground is a gem of Myvatn, Northern Iceland - the Grjótogjá cave. Inside the cave is a natural thermal spring, that had been previously used for bathing - a solace from the frigidity above ground. Icelanders often speak of elves, trolls, hidden people and outlaws, as a matter of fact. Locations like these make it hard not to believe their stories and of a mystical Iceland.
Emon Nights
Clear and warm water, a picnic bench under a tree. Another wonderful night on Emon Beach, of the remote and protected Atoll of Kwajalein, Marshall Islands
Every February, when all the conditions are right, the usually inconspicuous Horsetail Falls put on a mesmerizing light show as the sun sets over Yosemite. Tucked behind the beloved El Capitan, the falls enjoy uninterrupted attention as they are "ablaze" like flowing lava, due to the angle of incidence of the setting sun. Moments like these reveal the incredible precision and timing of nature's art. This is a single exposure image, framed with the surrounding wilted trees.
There are many images of the Scripps Pier of La Jolla, San Diego. So how does one capture something unique out of the common? A different angle or a slightly different perspective may help with that struggle. Such was this moment. As I travel the world, I'm always thankful to call this beautiful city, home.
Charged Skies
An overcast sky could not stop the northern lights from illuminating the night, as they danced feverishly above the clouds. It was just another night on display in mystical Iceland
A Real Postcard
Sometimes, you come across a place or scene that seems to look like a postcard brought to life. Such was this moment, standing at the bank of Lake Bled, staring at the Church of Assumption, with a backdrop of Bled Castle and the Julian Alps.
The Secret Waterfall
Kvernufoss is a stunning waterfall that shares the same address of the famous and ever-crowded Skogafoss of Skogar, Iceland. However, unlike Skogafoss that is obvious to tourists, this waterfall is a gem, hidden from plainsight. Accessible via a wonderful hike through unpaved terrain, it is a piece of Icelandl that is both intimate and magnificent to witness.
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Over the past year, I defeated a fear of other people, learned the value of clarity and brevity, fought writer's block, and developed pride in my words.
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PROMPT: Zoom Out
He sits with his head leaning against the window, orange streetlights flashing against his face every few seconds. It jostles a bit, aggravating the fresh bruise forming on his cheek. In his lap rests a one-way bus ticket and a pack of licorice, all that the cash in his pocket could afford. He brings a gloved hand up to his face, fingers dancing over the welt and making him wince. Deciding to try and sleep away the pain, he pulls a hood over his head and closes his eyes.
A worn blue backpack slouches at his feet, seemingly disgruntled at the filth. It's covered in marker and band pins, giving the generic nylon somewhat of a personality. Inside the backpack is a change of clothes and a wallet. The wallet holds nothing but a picture of a young boy and a smiling woman, taken in front of the ocean. The woman's eyes are hidden behind a pair of sunglasses, and the boy boasts a long forgotten gap-toothed smile.
He glances down at it briefly, knowing what's inside. A flash of regret hits him, which is quickly chased back into the corners of his mind by anger. He unceremoniously kicks the backpack under his seat.
A few other passengers sit scattered across the aisles, all avoiding eye contact. They each have their own reason for being there, and no one wants to or cares to know what the person to their left is thinking. However, they are all unified, in a strange way; by the lateness of the hour, the darkness of the night. The unspoken truth is that they all are running. Nobody boards a bus in the middle of the night for any other reason.
The bus isn't extraordinary, and neither are the people in it. It's all grey, all tired. Yet it's still alive, in disrepair but not unfixable. It keeps rolling down the highway, doing what it was built to do. The dirty buildings and streets pass in a monochrome blur; eventually becoming a glowing mass in the distance, sticking out of the landscape like a sore thumb. And then.....black. Peace. Freedom.
Somewhere, many miles away, a nervous woman is on the verge of hyperventilating, fingers struggling to dial the emergency number. Her husband is yelling and punching the wall, an empty bottle of beer rattling on the table.
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I like how you "zoomed out" a bit slower than the other pieces, allowing us time to understand and appreciate the surroundings, the situation, and the characters. Not only were you able to hook me from the start, but you held my attention throughout the entre piece. Loved it. Good job dood.
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Pax unveils a vape that increases transparency around cannabis consumption – TechCrunch
The new Pax Era Pro vaporizer packs a host of improvements and brings increased transparency to the user. Pop in a pod, and the smartphone companion app displays a wealth of information generally unavailable to the average user. The idea is to provide more peace of mind about what’s in each pod and this system is launching at exactly the right time.
The Era Pro uses proprietary cartridges embedded with an NFC tag. Pax calls this affair PodID, and the tags are unique to each cartridge. Once the pod is inserted into the vape, using the Pax smartphone app, users can access detailed information including oil content, strain information and potency, flavor profiles, producer information, and state-regulated test results.
What’s more, because of the PodID, the brand partner who created the pod can set a recommended temperature setting, eliminating a lot of user guesswork. If a user overrides the setting, the new setting is saved to the pod.
Pax rolled out these pods a few months ago. Different packaging and a red ring around the cartridge lets users tell them apart from the original pods. Pax tells TechCrunch they have signed up 60 so-called brand partners — the companies which produce and fill the pods with the sticky goodness.
PodID is hitting the market at the ideal time as regulators are seeking ways to increase consumer safety and clear, tangible data answers that call. I dug into the info on my test unit and it’s full information presented in an easy to read, accessible format.
But there’s a catch. Apple instituted a blanket ban on vape apps in November. Right now, the information available through PodID is only accessible on Android phones. Pax tells me they’re working on a solution to bring the information to iPhones without the need for a dedicated app. This should be available in the coming weeks.
Pax unveiled the Era vape in 2016. It’s small and similar in design and function to a Juul vape. The Era Pro, launching today, brings improvements across the board.
The Era Pro features on-demand draw and closed-loop temperature control along with longer battery life and 50% better Bluetooth range than the original Era. The Era Pro recharges through USB-C and has a more pocketable design with edges rounded off.
The new design looks more durable than the original. The chambered edges and plastic base gives it a more rugged, modern feel. The pods snap in with a click. Draws are quicker (which is impressive as the original was fast, too). To me, as someone who uses a Pax Era nearly daily, the Era Pro is a satisfying update and worth the upgrade.
PodID works as advertised though I had to borrow an Android phone to test it. As an iPhone user, it’s disappointing that this feature is unavailable to me.
At $60, the Pax Era Pro is twice the price of the original Era. And that doesn’t include the pods, which I’ve found range from $40 to $65. It’s a big step up for what’s mostly a vape battery. Pax would likely say the transparency is worth the extra cash, and I agree. As a Pax user, I’m happy to pay extra for the added peace of mind gained from PodID. I wish it worked with my iPhone.
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Illinois teen’s memory resets every two hours, doctors say it’s a medical mystery
Updated: Wed 9:08 AM, Sep 11, 2019
MONMOUTH, Ill. (WQAD/CNN) - Months after she was kicked in the head, an Illinois teen wakes up every morning thinking it’s June 11th.
Riley Horner's memory loss is a medical mystery. It resets every two hours.(Source: WQAD via CNN)
“I have a calendar on my door and I look and it’s September and I’m like, ‘Woah,’” Riley Horner said.
It was on that date she was accidentally kicked in the head.
Since then, she’s experienced dozens of seizures, countless hospital visits and memory that resets every two hours.
“I`m very confused and I try to think back and I can`t," Riley said.
Doctors say it’s a medical mystery and they can’t find anything physically wrong with Riley.
“They can’t see anything medically. You can’t see a concussion on an MRI or CT Scan," said Sarah Horner, Riley Horner’s mother.
Everything since June 11th is wiped from her memory, both big and small events.
“My brother passed away last week and she probably has no idea. And we tell her every day but she has no idea about it,” said Sarah Horner.
It causes extra stress at school when Riley Horner can’t even remember things like where her locker is.
“I know it’s hard for them as much as its hard for me. And people just don’t understand. It’s like a movie," Riley Horner said. "Like I will have no recollection of this come supper time. My mom will say, ‘Oh you were on the news’ -- ‘What?’”
Doctors told the Horners it’s a reality they may have to accept for life.
“And they told us that she might just be like this forever and I am not okay with that," Sarah Horner said.
It changed everything for this former athlete and scholar. Everything is more complicated when Riley Horner just can’t remember.
It’s a time that should be the most memorable of her life.
“I’m not making memories and I’m just like really scared," Riley Horner said.
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12 day adventure
Tunisia Through the Sands of Time
Venture into the Sahara, back in time, and to a galaxy far, far away...
Join us in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia and once the heart of Africa’s Roman Empire, as we journey into the Sahara desert and back. We'll loop through a myriad of unique landscapes, wander through winding medinas, relax by ancient oases, and cross a multicolored salt lake. Along the way, we'll explore relics of the many civilizations that once called this land home—from the ruins of Carthage to the remains of Roman amphitheaters. Bounded by endless desert sands and crisp Mediterranean waters, Tunisia’s architecture, culture, and cuisine are as diverse and dynamic as its millenia-old history. This trip is offered by Atlas Obscura. Once you've reserved your spot, our team will be in touch to help you prepare for the trip. Please note that flights to and from Tunis are not included in the trip cost. This trip is limited to 12 travelers.
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Every adventure is fully planned, from activities to accommodations.
Led by locals
Adventures are hosted by local insiders who immerse you in their culture.
One-of-a-kind access
Explore places and communities you can't easily access on your own.
11 breakfasts, 10 lunches, 6 dinners
Water, tea, coffee, wine, beer
5 nights in a hotel, 3 nights in a house, 2 nights in a treehouse, 1 night in a tent
1 bus ride
Welcome to Tunis!
After settling into our hotel, we'll explore the city, visit the Medina of Tunis, and enjoy our first dinner together.
Through the Ruins of Carthage
Today, we’ll see the ancient city of Carthage up close and savor some fresh seafood in a nearby beachside town.
Mosaics & Mosques
We'll visit the port city of Sousse before driving to Kairouan, one of the most important Islamic cities in the world.
Hidden Jem & The Island of Dreams
Step inside an ancient amphitheater, visit 9th-century cisterns, and hop on a ferry to Djerba, the “Island of Dreams.”
Resort Ruins & Fresh Fish
We'll spend the day immersed in the culture, history, and contemporary art of Djerba before heading to Tataouine.
Hilltop Homes & Cave Dwellings
Explore Tataouine's hilltop caves and underground dugouts, then head to the cliffside village of Chenini.
Into the Sahara
We'll drive deep into the desert and, upon arriving, set up camp and spend the night stargazing.
Salt Lakes & Desert Oases
Discover hidden desert oases, from a vast, multicolored salt lake to hot mineral waters bubbling beneath the sand.
Saharan Spaceport
Today, we’ll explore the Sahara’s intergalactic history with a visit to several abandoned Star Wars film sets.
Conquering Sbeitla
Explore the ancient city of Sbeitla, visit its ancient Roman ruins, and feast on wild boar.
Relics of Rome
Walk the ancient Roman streets of Dougga, then head back to Tunis for a farewell dinner.
Farewell & Departure
Today it's onward to your next adventure, or arrange to stay a few extra nights in the area.
The trip begins and ends in Tunis, the capital. In between, we'll visit the ruins of ancient Carthage, the holy city Kairouan, Jerba Island, Tataouine, the Saharan outpost Tozeur, and the ancient city of Sbeitla.
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I'm your Atlas Obscura Trip Coordinator. Since 2016, Atlas Obscura has been offering unusual trips to the world’s most extraordinary places. Our itineraries are developed in close collaboration with the locals and insiders who host them—our global community of explorers, artists, researchers, and experts who grant us access to unique places and amazing experiences. Nate Robert is an Australian travel writer and photographer. Since 2014, he's been leading tours through Iran, Tunisia, and various European countries, specializing in both classical and lesser-known sites. Locals and foreigners alike have recognized the creativity of his explorations, carving out new routes, and introducing new travelers to a country in a way that wasn’t previously possible.
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This trip is hosted by Atlas Obscura, the definitive guide to the world’s hidden wonders.
Atlas Obscura’s mission is to inspire wonder and curiosity about the world we all share. Atlas Obscura chronicles hidden places, incredible histories, scientific marvels, and gastronomical wonders. It also creates and curates unusual trips and experiences across the globe.
Any experience can be canceled and fully refunded within 24 hours of purchase.
Up to 12 guests ages 18 and up can attend. The activity level for this adventure is moderate. The total cost of this trip is $3,660. For those traveling by themselves, single accommodations can be provided, subject to availability, at an additional…
This experience includes alcohol. Only guests who meet the legal drinking age will be served alcoholic beverages.
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Airline Rearrangement to Begin at LAX
Major renovations happening at LAX in hopes to improve traffic flow.
Photo Credit: Trekandshoot/Shutterstock
Beginning May 12 to May 17, sixteen airlines will be shuffled around the gates at Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to pave the way for Delta Air Line's $1.9 billion plan to renovate terminals 2 and 3. Delta will be building the Delta Sky Way which will connect terminals 2 and 3 to the Tom Bradley International Terminal.
This move will be more convenient for passengers as it will bring partnering airlines closer together. For Delta, the airline will now be closer to associate airlines Aeromexico, Virgin Atlantic, and WestJet. This move will also benefit Virgin America, moving the airline to a terminal closer to Alaska Airlines, who has recently acquired Virgin.
This moving process will not be easy, however, as the bulk of the arrangements will be done overnight. The relocation, which includes towing planes, moving computer and ticketing counters, and coordinating baggage handling, must be complete before the first flight the next morning.
This renovation and relocation process is all part of a $14 billion improvement program at LAX, which has been ongoing since 2008. Renovations have been completed at terminals 2,5, and 6 and work is currently underway to update terminals 1,7, and 8. The airport is also updating parking options, intermodal transportation, and other areas in the hopes of improving traffic flow.
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Rolls-Royce is celebrates Trent 700 reaching 50 …
Rolls-Royce is celebrates Trent 700 reaching 50 million hours
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Rolls-Royce is celebrating today after the first member of the Trent family to enter service, the Trent 700, has completed its 50 millionth flying hours.
This achievement, equivalent to flying around the world more than one million times, occurred while around 380 Trent 700 powered Airbus A330 aircraft were in flight around the world.
A team of colleagues watched the clock tick over, drawing on data delivered by Rolls-Royce’s Airline Aircraft Availability Centre in Derby, UK, where engineers use pioneering data analytics to monitor the health of Rolls-Royce engines across the world, 24 hours a day.
This milestone, which underlines the popularity and dependability of the Trent 700 engine, comes as Rolls-Royce uses the experience gained from developing and operating the engine to prepare for the entry into service of the Trent 7000, the exclusive powerplant for the A330neo, later this year.
The Trent 7000, the seventh member of the Trent family, brings together experience from the Trent 700, architecture from the Trent 1000 TEN – the latest version of the Trent 1000 engine – and the latest technology from the Trent XWB, the world’s most efficient large civil engine.
The 68-72,000lb thrust Trent 7000 will deliver a step change in performance and economics compared to the Trent 700. Benefitting from a bypass ratio double that of its predecessor, the Trent 7000 will improve specific fuel consumption by ten per cent, and will significantly reduce noise.
The Trent 700 was the first member of the Trent engine family and has played a significant role in transforming Rolls-Royce into a truly global company. With 1,600 of the engines in service today, representing 36 per cent of Rolls-Royce’s installed widebody fleet, the Trent 700 has been Rolls- Royce’s best-selling engine, helping to increase its widebody market share from 13% in 1995 – when the engine was first introduced – to more than 50% by the early 2020s.
The Trent 700 continues to make waves as it prepares to power the first flight of the Beluga XL, Airbus’ next-generation super transporter aircraft, later this year.
Dominic Horwood, Rolls-Royce, Director, Customers and Services – Civil Aerospace, said: “The Trent 700 is an iconic engine. As the first of the Trent engines it set an extraordinary precedent that helped redefine Rolls-Royce’s role in the civil aerospace sector and we are thrilled to celebrate this milestone.
“As we prepare for the entry into service of its successor, the Trent 7000, this is also a great reminder of the strong foundations on which that engine has been built.”
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Physician, Heal Thyself!
A recent report at the New Hampshire Political Buzz website points out the incredible hypocrisy of the American Medical Association’s push to declare “gun violence” a medical “crisis.”
The AMA claims murder is an “epidemic,” pointing to some 30,000 annual “gun violence” deaths a year as proof. What they don’t tell you is that two-thirds of those deaths are suicides—no doubt tragedies, but not what most would consider to be “gun violence.”
They also don’t tell you that medical malpractice results in 20 to 40 times more deaths each year than the 10,000 “gun violence” deaths remaining after suicides are subtracted. According to many studies, medical malpractice results in the deaths of between 200,000 and 400,000 people every single year, and that number isn’t going down. Perhaps a healthy dose of, “Physician, heal thyself,” is in order before the AMA tries to twist criminal violence into a “medical” problem.
Committee Hearing Set For N.H. “Permitless” Carry Measure
As New Hampshire lawmakers try for a third straight year to pass a “permitless” carry law, Senate Bill 12 has been scheduled for a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee next Tuesday at 9 a.m.
Sponsored by Republican state Sen. Jeb Bradley, the measure would repeal the license requirement to carry a concealed pistol or revolver for anyone not otherwise prohibited. For those who choose to obtain licenses, Senate Bill 12 also would increase the length of time in which a license is valid.
Last year marked the second year in a row that former Gov. Maggie Hassan vetoed similar legislation after it passed the New Hampshire General Court.
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New Hampshire gun owners are urged to contact members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and urge them to support Senate Bill 12 by clicking here.
N.D. Lawmaker Proposes “Permitless” Carry
If Republican state Rep. Rick Becker has his way, North Dakota residents will soon be able to carry firearms without a permit. Becker is planning to introduce a bill this session that would make the Peace Garden State the 12th state to allow constitutional carry.
Becker sees the law as bringing his sate back in line with the original intent of the framers of the U.S. Constitution. "Having this bill into play, if it becomes law, brings us a little bit closer to the original intent of the Second Amendment, and so I think it's kind of an easy one,” said Becker.
Currently, residents must apply, go through training and pay for a Class 1 or Class 2 license in order to carry in the state. Should permitless carry pass, gun owners would still be able to get concealed-carry permits for use when traveling to other states.
Pre-emption Measure Introduced In Nebraska Legislature
On Thursday, Sen. Mike Hilgers introduced a bill into the Nebraska legislature that would ensure that any firearm or ammunition laws passed would be consistent statewide. Legislative Bill 68 is good news for gun owners since, should it pass, it will serve to protect their gun rights.
Without this law on the books, local jurisdictions can adopt restrictions independently that they’re unable to convince state legislators to adopt. As a result, they can not only infringe your Second Amendment rights, but can leave you at risk of violating an ordinance you may not have been aware existed as you travel within the state.
Take action now. To sign a petition telling your legislators, “I want pre-emption in Nebraska,” click here.
Homeowner Shoots Intruder In Upscale Texas Neighborhood
The sound of breaking glass at 4:30 a.m. never leads to anything good. And when a Tanglewood, Texas, homeowner heard that sound last Tuesday, his first instinct was his best: He grabbed his gun.
Mike Colgin—a retiree who never expected to be walking down the hallway to encounter a home invader—told Houston KTRK-13, “It’s really surreal. I come up to the corner, and I look through the glass in the grandfather clock. That's how I can make out who it was.” Colgin said the intruder, Julio Socoy-Velasquez, was already halfway through a broken window in the living room, so he acted immediately.
“I took two steps out, aimed, and boom! He went straight out the window,” Colgin said. The suspect bolted down the street, but didn’t make it far before he was arrested by police and taken to the hospital. Socoy-Velasquez has superficial wounds to his head and ear and is now in jail.
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Green Deal spending under investigation
Ian general news, renewable energy
At this point it seems like the Green Deal just can't catch a break. After a humiliating first year it seemed like things were picking up for the Government's flagship energy scheme, but it will now be investigated by Parliament's spending watchdog after it was revealed that a staggering £36 million was spent on the scheme in the last 12 months.
A report from the Independent highlighted some of the spending the scheme made on promotion in February, including:
Over £300,000 on "consumer demand, marketing and communications". This included a £100,000 rebranding exercise.
£227,000 to a single consultancy company on Green Deal monitoring and evaluation.
£20,000's worth of fees to part-time staff helping to run the scheme. This is in addition to the plan's full-time civil servants.
The criticism of the scheme came following the publication of the latest uptake figures for March, released by the DECC last week. While the figures show that there is a rise in households seeking assessments and installing energy-saving measures, the increase perhaps isn't quite enough to have justified this level of spending. The report said that currently 2000 households had plans in progress by the end of March, a slight step up from February's 1754.
Meanwhile 188,234 green assessements were lodged, which is a big increase over the previous month's 25,138. The increase of 163,096 marks the highest number logged and a rise of 40%.
As for Green Deal Plans, 2,000 household were shown to have plans 'in progress'. Five hundred and thirty two were 'new' (quote accepted), 473 were marked as 'pending' (Plan signed) and 995 were 'live' (all measures installed). Of the measures installed, boilers accounted for 30%, followed by photovoltaics (25%), solid wall insulation (17%) and loft insulation (9%).
A spokesperson for the DECC commented saying that the Green Deal was always a "long-term" project that would deliver results "over a long time frame", but that didn't stop detractors from speaking out. House of Commons Public Accounts Committee chairman Margaret Hodge had this to say:
"It is pathetic when you consider that the Coalition promised to be the greenest government ever yet is spending millions of pounds on a scheme that is not even performing at the margins. Sadly, the Green Deal is looking like it is extremely poor value for money."
Is the Green Deal beyond salvagable at this stage?
2014 Budget spells good news for house building
Alex construction courses, construction news, general news
Chancellor George Osbourne announced the 2014 Budget in Parliament yesterday and among it was some encouraging news for the housing market, with new housing supplies being a central theme.
Prior to the official announcement, the Chancellor had already revealed that the Government's Help to Buy scheme would be extended in 2020. This decision already guaranteed that housebuilders would be needed to work on additional sites, with a projected 120,000 people estimated to be looking to purchase a home. However with Britain still climbing out of its recession, care has been taken to ensure that the market doesn't bite off more than it can chew. The Bank of England has been commanded to stay wary of house prices, long with further reforms put forward to ensure the building of these new homes goes smoothly.
While the larger house building corporations have the finances to put forward new build projects, the same can't always be said for the small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Which is why the Government is creating a £500 million Builders Finance Fund, intended to help SMEs that struggle with bank lending. In doing so, it is forecast that 15,000 stalled plots will now go into motion again. In addition to this, there will also be a £150 million fun to kick start regenerating housing estates through repayable loans.
In addition to this, a "Right to Build" scheme has also been proposed, which will give assistance to those wishing to build their own homes by giving them a right to a plot from the local authorities. This scheme is also backed by a £150 million repayable fund to help provide 10,000 serviced plots for custom house builds. Finally the Government continued its committment to 'zero carbon homes' that was previously mentioned last year by planning to have them implemented from 2016. A response to last year's consultation about it is to follow soon.
So with even more confirmation that house building is going to become a big industry in the UK for the next few years, new construction workers are going to be more crucial than ever.If you've ever considered starting a new career as a bricklayer, plasterer, tiler or carpenter, there hasn't been a better time to join this exciting and expanding industry. But first you'll need the skills and qualifications required to become a professional, and that's where Access Training can help. Give us a call on 0800 345 7492 to find out more about our construction training courses, designed to give you professional level skills in the fraction of time you'd find elsewhere - without any of the quality lost!
"No More Lost Generations" - Bodies back Apprenticeships
Alex access training courses, access training news, construction courses, construction news, general news
The apparent skills shortage and lack of young people joining the construction sector continues to be a burning issue for the industry, training centres, colleges and awarding bodies alike. Construction productivity has been steadily growing over the past few months and is expected to continue in the next few years, however a significant portion of the existing workforce is set to retire and meanwhile schools seem to be actively discouraging leaving students to take up vocational careers in the industry. These things mixed together sound like a recipe for disaster, so it's no wonder that the CITB have referred to the incoming scenario as a "ticking time bomb". Something needs to be done, and the first port of call is better promotion of apprenticeships and an eventual career in the construction industry to young adults - namely 16-25 year olds. And the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), Construction Training Industry Board (CITB) and City & Guilds have all been doing research into how this can be achieved.
To begin, the CIOB and CITB joined forces last month to help produce a cross-party parliamentary enquiry entitled "No more lost generations: Creating construction jobs for young people". The cover of the 23-page report sums up the problem succinctly - Britain has one million NEETs (Not in education, employment or training) aged 16-24, and there are at least 182,000 construction jobs to be filled by 2018. However only 7,280 completed a construction apprenticeship last year - prompting the bodies' to firmly say "We have to do better."
Amongst the full report, which highlights the difficult economic recession the construction industry went through and how its recovery is progressing, a number of different strategies are suggested to solve this very real problem. These include:
Improving understanding in schools of the wide variety of careers the construction industry offers. This includes traditional crafts, management and even computer-based modelling.
Making it easier for young people to find an appropriate entry route into the industry - whether it be through apprenticeships or qualifications.
Ensuring training programmes are better linked to the nature of jobs likely to be available
Using the levers available through public-sector procurement and the planning system to require realistic and effective training and employment commitments from employers.
Securing greater commitment and buy-in from industry leaders.
The report also put forward a selection of proposed actions to help bring about these improvements, including a training summit between the CITB and Department for Business, Innovation and Skills with backing from the Construction Leadership Council. Additional measures suggested included a revitalised apprenticeship strategy, local authorities to leverage planning obligations, more leadership from social landlords and public bodies and finally a step change in the careers advice young people receive.
Meanwhile City & Guilds own research, titled "Building Futures on Shifting Foundations", looked at what skills, education and training was currently required by the construction industry. It took a sample of 344 respondents - made up of 168 senior managers from construction businesses and 176 education providers who deliver qualifications needed to break into the industry. The research was done in relation to Construction 2025, a joint strategy between the Government and Industry that sets out how Britain could be at the forefront of global construction in the future.
The survey identified that employers do indeed recognise a skills gap when it comes to driving the construction industry forward, with the main skills they felt lacking being:
Trade skills - 42% recognising a gap
Maths and English - 39% recognising a gap
Problem solving - 35% recognising a gap
Technical skills - 31% recognising a gap
Most importantly though the survey revealed although apprenticeships may be the key to fixing the industry's problems, employers aren't utilising this vital role. The survey found:
42% of businesses said that they currently employ no apprentices
40% said apprentices made up less than 1% of their workforce
Just over half (56%) said they don't plan to take on any apprentices in the next year
Problems cited by these employers included "funding issues" and "uncertainty around my firm's workload", however a significant proportion (70%) recognised the financial support they could receive by taking on an apprentice. They also questioned respondents on the Richard Review - an independent report issued to review the current apprenticeship system and identify how it can changed to meet the needs of the future economy. While half (49%) admitted that they had not heard of the report before, upon learning more about it 56% agreed it is important for the future of the construction industry.
For more in-depth detail, read the full reports here:
CIOB/CITB: No More Lost Generations: Creating construction jobs for
young people (PDF)
City & Guilds: Building Futures on Shifting Foundations (PDF)
The outlook is currently very bright for the construction industry, however in order for things to work out successfully the path it must take is clear. Official bodies of all different origin agree that young people taking up a career in construction in the key to plugging this skills shortage and ensuring that the construction "boom" really is a boom. Careers in bricklaying, carpentry, plastering, tiling and painting/decorating are not the stereotypical jobs many media outlets portray them to be. As well as the crucial element of skill and technique required by them, these active careers are varied and exciting - with workers citing them as among the happiest of careers as well as enjoying an impressive salary. If academic education doesn't appeal to you or you want to enter a line of work where this is actually a place for you, then a construction career may be just what you're looking for and Access Training is right here to help. We offer intensive training courses in all construction trades, making us one of the most varied training centres in the UK. At our state-of-the-art training centre just on the outskirts of Cardiff city centre you'll be able to learn the vital skills from experienced professionals, earning the necessary qualifications in a fraction of the time you would with a college course - without skimping on any of the quality!
To find out more about what we can offer you here at Access to kickstart your new career in the fastest and most effective way possible, give our advice team a call on 0800 345 7492.
A Not So Happy Birthday
Alex general news, renewable energy
The Green Deal has just had its first birthday, and unfortunately it hasn't been such a great year for the UK Government's flagship energy efficiency programme.
Official figures have revealed that only 626 houses have live Green Deal plans in place, which is nowhere near the 10,000 figures minsters were expecting to be in place. As of December, only a total of 1,612 houses had made plans overall.
While assessments had never really been on the rise, they notably declined by 21% during December, which the government attributed to the Christmas holidays. However several leading green energy groups have spoken out against the Green Deal's poor statistics, stressing that the Government needs to try a lot hard in order for it to succeed.
The Federation of Master Builders has given the first year of the Green Deal a "report card" rating of two out of five, commenting that is has "not achieved the desired results in its first full year, with the majority of SME installers and home owners failing to engage". Chief Executive Brian Berry called the financial package "unattractive to most consumers". He also went on to say how the programme simply doesn't stack up against other high-street money saving alternatives such as loans and credit cards available at more competitive rates. His suggestions to improve the Green Deal were:
"The single most effective measure to kick-start demand would be to reduce the rate of VAT from 20% to 5% on all domestic repair and maintenance work, including energy-efficiency improvements. This would be a real incentive to home owners across the board to think about getting a professional tradesperson in to quote on a variety of repair and maintenance projects."
Meanwhile the UK Green Building Council also had things to say about the figures, calling it a "a wake-up call to the Government" that it is not delivering. Chief Excutive Paul King suggested that the Government must "recognise energy efficiency as a national infrastructure priority and be prepared to delve into its purse to make its flagship policy more appealing through stronger incentives and more attractive finance options"
But despite its failings, the Government have announced that they plan to stick by the Green Deal, and believe that although its hard a slow start (to put it lightly) 2014 will definitely be the year it takes off. Climate Change minister Greg Barker "acknowledged" that things hadn't developed the way the government had anticipated at a conference yesterday, he still though its first year had been an "encouraging start".
He also commented that the supply chain was now in place, with more than 125 Green Deal providers at the ready along with 2900 individual advisers and 2300 organistations officially approved to carry out installations. Procedures are also set to be simplified by the newly established Green Deal Working Group, with further alterations and improvements to be announced over the coming weeks.
So will 2014 fare better for the Green Deal? It's too early to say, but if these numbers are anything to go by then it doesn't look like it can do much worse.
Wales Bans Blacklisters
Alex general news
Yesterday it was announced that the Welsh Government has issued new procurement guidance to allow public sector bodies to exclude contractors known to be using blacklists from bidding for contracts.
Welsh Finance Minister Jane Hutt said: "The use of blacklists is wholly unacceptable and I fully sympathise with the individuals and their families who have suffered a terrible injustice as a consequence of contractors engaging in this practice.
“Procurement is an important part of the overall policy toolkit of the Welsh Government. Under no circumstances is it acceptable for any business in receipt of public procurement expenditure to use blacklists. I am determined to take action in Wales. I trust that other Governments in the UK will take similar action if they have not already done so."
The ban will supposedly only cover firms found to be still operating blacklists. Contractors involved the construction trade’s infamous blacklist scandal will still be able to bid for Welsh work provided they have apologised publicly.
Andy Richards, secretary for Unite Wales, added: “The Welsh government’s action to rid Wales of the scourge of blacklisting by ensuring that those who practice blacklisting do not benefit from public contracts is to be commended.
We look forward to working with the Welsh government to put this policy into practice and urge other governments across the UK to follow suit in bringing in tougher laws to call time on blacklisting everywhere.”
Via Construction Enquirer
Surge in housebuilding proves promising
Alex construction news, general news
New Government figures from the Department for Communities and Local Government have shown an impressive surge in house building between April and June this year.
The statistics show that during this period there were a total of 29,510 new homes started - 6% highter than the previous quarter, and a third higher than the same time last year. Seasonally adjusted private enterprise completions increased by 11%.
This growth in the construction sector has been attribued to the wide range of government measures currently in play, which have also led to the hightest number of first-time buyers and lowest level of repossessions since 2007. These include;
New housing supply at its highest level since 2008, with a total 334,000 new homes built in England over the past 3 years
Over 150,000 new affordable homes built over the past 3 years thanks to the wide range of affordable housing programmes, including £19.5 billion of public and private investment over this Spending Review, and over £22 billion investment in the 3 years after that.
Interest rates kept low thanks to government action to tackle the deficit inherited from the last administration.
Over 10,000 reservations for newly-built homes in just the first 4 months of the government’s Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme.
The Funding for Lending scheme, which has increased the availability of competitively priced mortgages.
Communities Minister Brandon Lewis said: "Under the last administration, housebuilding fell to its lowest peacetime rate since the 1920s. But today’s figures clearly show government action is bringing confidence back into the housing market and getting Britain building again, with starts increasing by a third year-on-year. We’ve already delivered over 330,000 new homes over the past 3 years, and 150,000 affordable homes. There is more to do, but today’s figures reinforce the momentum towards getting Britain building again."
Of course these houses are going to need a lot of work done of them before they're inhabitable, and this is where you come in. The market is going to need electricians, plumbers, gas engineers, bricklayers, plasterers, carpenters, tilers and decorators - and if you've every considered entering one of the trades, an Access Training course is all you need to do it. We get you the necessary qualifications to enter your chosen trade and start your journey to a career filled with success and variety. To find out more call us on 0800 345 7492 today.
Need a Tradesman? Not sure how to go about getting one? Frightened of ending up with a ‘Cowboy’?
Ian electrical advice, electrician courses
It’s happened to us all at some time or other, the job we have been putting off because it’s a little bit too big or we’re not sure how to do it. We bite the bullet and decide to get a tradesman in to do the work for us. Which tradesman? Where do we go to find out if the voice at the end of the phone is in fact a ‘quality’ tradesman and not John Wayne with a screwdriver?
You could go to www.trustmark.org.uk
TrustMark is a government endorsed scheme that regularly checks that the registered tradesmen are providing their customers with the quality service and workmanship members of the public expect and deserve (quite rightly). Trustmark registered firms have to;
A firm's technical skills have been independently checked through regular on-site inspections, as well as checks on their trading record and financial status;
Firms have signed up to a code of practice that includes insurance, good health and safety practices and customer care;
The approved scheme operator has checked and will continue to monitor the firm's quality of work, trading practices and customer satisfaction;
Firms are able to offer an Insurance Backed Warranty;
Deposit Protection Insurance is available for consumers in the event a firm should cease trading;
Firms will be able to tell you about any building regulations you must comply with and may also be able to provide appropriate certificates;
If you have a problem or disagreement with the firm, there will be a clear and user-friendly complaints procedure to help resolve the issue;
The scheme is fully supported by Government, the building industry and consumer protection groups.
All of these checks will give you - Peace of Mind.
When employing a tradesman TrustMark recommends you take the following advice;
Be specific and set out a detailed, clear brief when requesting at least three quotes.
Ask friends and family for a recommendation and check the TrustMark website to ensure that the tradesman is registered for the particular trades you require
Use a firm that advertises using a landline phone number and be very wary of those only willing to give you a mobile number
Seek references, speak to previous customers and if a reasonable sized job, visit previous jobs
Don't just go with the cheapest, consider your ability to communicate with the firm and the quality of their work
Only pay for work that has been done and not by advance payments
If materials need to be bought in advance by the tradesman, it is reasonable that the customer is asked to pay a fair percentage of these costs as the job progresses
Always use a written contract as it offers you protection if anything does go wrong
Agree in writing any changes to the agreed contract value and ensure these are agreed in writing before the work is done.
If you use a TrustMark tradesman your work should be carried out to a high quality and if things go wrong (God forbid) you, through the scheme, have a means of recourse. That has to give you Peace of mind.
- Mark Jenkins
Mark Jenkins is the Electrical Course Development Manager at Access Training. If you would like to learn more about electrical work and maintenance, you might want to consider one of the many electrical training courses we offer. These are available for both DIY enthusiasts AND people looking to gain the vital qualifications needed to make the career change to become an electrician. To find out more give us a call on 0800 345 7492.
Government funding available for Energy Entrepreneurs
The Government are now offering a total of £19 million of funding towards coming up with new methods of energy efficiency and reducing the country's carbon footprint. And if you're an entrepreneur with some new and innovative ideas in mind, they're offering a share of that money to you!
This funding is the second phase of the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund, which since autumn 2012 has allocated £16 million toward the introduction of new products in the renewables sector. Previous examples have included energy/heat storage, tidal turbine testing, a thermally-insulating window and the "Eco power shower".
Energy secretary Edward Davey has said: "We’re on the side of innovative businesses and individuals with drive, passion, ideas and entrepreneurial spirit. This funding will get ideas off the ground and into the market, create new green jobs, and help the UK get ahead in the innovation global race.
"An ambitious and driven small business sector can steer the economic recovery in the right direction. So I want to see Britain’s brightest and best SMEs sending in their applications."
The scheme will be seeking the best ideas from both the public and private sectors, aiming to assist small and medium business enterprises. Subject to the demand and quality of applications, the DECC expects to open Calls for projects every four to six months from June 2013 until the full funding has been allocated. During the application process, applicants will be expected to demonstrate a robust evidence based case for funding, that will include but not be limited to:
the potential impact of the innovation on 2020 and/or 2050 low carbon targets or security of supply
the technical viability of their innovation and coherent development plan that will commercially progress the innovation; value for money
the size and nature of the business opportunity.
The deadline for the first call for applications is the 12th July. Interested applicants will need to register their contact details HERE before the 5th July.
Reflecting on the Part P Changes
Ian electrical advice, general news
View the amended Part P Document here: planningportal.gov.uk
As of last month the Government has wheeled out its latest changes to Part P of the Building Regulations in an attempt to cut down on the amount of “red tape”. In the eight years since its introduction Part P has been a vital measure in maintaining safety when it comes to electrical installations, making sure that professional electricians have the skill and competency needed to perform these tasks. In order to do certain installations, electricians (and DIYers) are required to gain their Part P certificate and join a Competent Person Scheme such as NICEIC, NAPIT or ELECSA.
The main change to the document is that it is now shorter and has greater clarity, with a notable reduction to the number of works that need to be notified to Local Authority Building Control. The full breakdown of changes is
Under the new regulations, any electrical work undertaken in kitchens or outdoors in no longer covered by Part P unless a new circuit is required.
While before installers not registered with a Competent Person Scheme would have to notify their work so that a third-party inspector would need to check it, now these installers can instead use a registered third-party (e.g. another electrician) to sign off their work. This eliminates the cost of producing Building Regulations Compliance Certificates for some minor works, but importantly, the new regulations still retain the need to issue Electrical Installation Certificate Reports (EICRs) for all work carried out within a dwelling.
Reference is now made to BS 7671:2008 incorporating Amendment No. 1:2011.
The main positive that has come out of these changes is the potential new areas of work it opens up for Part P qualified electricians who can earn more from inspecting and signing off other people’s work. Organisations have also commended this new streamlined document for not compromising on safety.
However while the ESC (Electrical Safety Council) has praised the fact the Government is amending Part P, they have expressed concern over some of the changes. They believe that the areas that have seen a reduction in notifiable are reasonably high-risk according to data, and so “any electrical work must be of a particularly high standard”.
The third-party certification is also still in question, as the rules for the Approved Inspector Scheme are currently unclear. The document itself is likely to go under review again in 2015.
Smart Meter Project Delayed
Just over a month after the announcement that the start of the Renewable Heat Incentive would be delayed until Spring 2014, the UK Government has also delayed the introduction of proposed "smart meters" to 30 million homes until Autumn 2015.
The £11.7 billion project has been considered vital to getting householders to cut their energy use as the country faces having to import more energy in the future. These smart meters record consumption of gas and electricity in hourly intervals, regularly communicating the information back to the utility provider for monitoring and billing purposes. While the project is set to start in 2015, its estimated that the move to install these into every home won't be completed until 2020.
Angela Knight, chief executive of Energy UK, noted that installing these meters is going to be a "complex task" and this delay will allow the changeover to happen more efficiently. She said: "We welcome the government's prudent decision to allow an additional 12 months to complete the smart meter programme. This recognises the scale of the programme and the need to prepare carefully."
Energy Secretary Ed Davey added: "Completing the national rollout will be an enormous logistical and technical challenge for the industry. Getting this right for consumers is the government's priority."
However the Government will be taking measures to speed up the introduction despite delays. From the end of 2013, when a customer switches from a supplier who has provided them with a smart meter, the new supplier has to either rent the previous supplier’s meter or install their own smart meter, helping to gradually phase out old equipment. This also makes sure that suppliers don’t lose out when they become early adopters. There are also proposals to require energy suppliers and network operators to comply with the Smart Energy Code and ensure their smart meters really perform their advanced functions and supply data to customers.
Further reading: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22480068
http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/smart-meter-roll-out-delayed-until-autumn-2015-116011
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/70d66e86-b97b-11e2-bc57-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2TFaAEogR
Industry backlash as Government delay RHI
Ian general news
The Government has sparked more frustration from industry members as it announced yet another delay to the start of the long-awaited Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).
The scheme, which was designed to encourage renewable heating systems to be installed in domestic properties and offer money towards those who have fitted renewable heating products, was meant to launch this Autumn but has now been pushed back until Spring 2014.
Greg Barker, the Energy and Climate Change Minister, said: "The RHI, which has been available for non-domestic investors for over a year, is a key part of our approach to cutting carbon and driving forward the move to more sustainable low carbon heating alternatives."
"We remain committed to introducing an incentive scheme for householders too, and have set out an updated timetable for its launch alongside new plans to extend our renewable heat voucher scheme in the meantime."
However this isn't enough for many leading industry members, who have vocally expressed their disappointment at the delay. Jim Moore, of leading heating and boiling manufacturers the Vaillant Group has said: "The Government now needs to deliver on its latest deadline to assist in stimulating increased uptake of renewables in the UK as has been demonstrated as effective in so many European markets."
Elsewhere, chief executive of the Micropower Council Dave Sowden has commented: "Taken with the delay in confirmed the next steps of the 'zero carbon homes' policy, the announcement is forcing the industry to question whether the Coalition is serious about promoting domestic renewable heat during this Parliament."
Coinciding with this announcement was also an action plan looking at the potential to cut emissions from heat across the whole of the UK economy. It focuses on a number of key actions in an attempt to spur on the move to low carbon heating alternatives and drive forward green growth. These include;
A £9 million package to help local authorities get heat network schemes up and running in towns and cities across the country, with a new Heat Networks Delivery Unit to sit within the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) providing expert advice.
£1 million for Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Sheffield and Nottingham to help them develop heat networks.
100 green apprenticeships to be funded primarily for young people in small scale renewable technologies.
Up to £250,000 for a new first-come-first-served voucher scheme for heating installers to get money off the cost of renewable heating kit installation training, with up for £500 or 75% of the cost of the training per person.
Working with individual industrial sectors to design long-term pathways to cut carbon across UK industry.
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Music Education at Clayton State University
The Bachelor of Music (Music Education)* degree is a comprehensive program that leads to Georgia K-12 teacher certification in music. Students may select either a choral/vocal track or instrumental track in this program.
Demonstrate competence in artistic performance and interpretation
Apply theoretical literacy and historical scholarship in performance in the student’s field of concentration
Utilize critical thinking and listening skills, communicate effectively (both orally and in writing) about the performing arts
Music Concentration Outcomes
Hear, identify and manipulate with fluency in sound and notation the elements of music such as rhythm, melody, harmony, structure, timbre, and texture
Demonstrate proficiency in solo and collaborative performance including technical competency, sight-reading, interpretive skill and artistic self-expression
Think, speak and write clearly and effectively about music
Develop teaching and coaching skills appropriate to the performance medium
Music Education Concentration Outcomes
Develop teaching and coaching skills appropriate to the performance medium and in the context of the elementary and secondary classroom
Effectiveness assessment of teaching and learning is an important component of instruction at Clayton State University. The faculty strives to measure and document teaching effectiveness in an effort to support and improve student academic achievement and to ensure that our courses support the approved Learning Outcomes for our music programs.
Clayton State University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACSCOC) and is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM). All education programs at Clayton State University have been approved by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC) and are accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), formerly known as NCATE.
Learning effectiveness in the music program is assessed through the study of:
Applied music jury rubrics
Recital and concert programs
Scores of selected course assignments and test questions in required and elective music courses
Teacher education documents
Records of these assessment instruments are maintained in the office of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts and are reviewed periodically by the music faculty to identify possible instructional areas that require revision.
*Formerly Bachelor of Arts in Performing Arts (Music Education).
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» Insight » EY chief Steve Varley takes on global sustainability role
EY chief Steve Varley takes on global sustainability role
Sara White
Steve Varley, senior managing partner at EY, is stepping down as managing partner of the UK firm to take on a role as global vice chair for sustainability at the Big Four network
Editor, Accountancy Daily, published by Croner-i Ltd
This is a new role and will see Varley, who has been EY UK & Ireland regional managing partner since 2011, resign this July after nine years at the top of the firm, although he will remain UK chairman.
Under his leadership, the UK&I region has achieved cumulative growth of 75% and compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.2%, reporting annual revenue of £2.45bn for year end 2019, up from £1.46bn in 2012, and moving up the Accountancy Daily Top 75 Firms ranking to third position.
A successor for the EY regional managing partner, UK & Ireland role, will be appointed in the coming months.
EY said Varley would be responsible for helping clients achieve sustainability goals and also on reducing EY’s carbon footprint, working across all four service lines to lead the overall EY global sustainability strategy and help clients adopt technologies that create long-term value by achieving environmentally sustainable growth.
During his tenure as head of EY Varley worked closely with UK regulators and clients on critical business issues, including Brexit and technological disruption. He has also been a strong advocate of gender diversity and opportunity, and EY now has a fully gender balanced UK LLP board, while changes to recruitment have opened up more opportunities for minorities and non-degree school leavers.
Despite the high level of scrutiny of listed auditors, EY has weathered the very hostile audit environment, avoiding any substantial audit misconduct fines from the Financial Reportig Council (FRC) in the last three years. However, it is currently facing an investigation by the audit regulator over its auditing of failed tour operator Thomas Cook.
In terms of green credentials, under Varley’s leadership, the UK firm has reduced plastic consumption across all offices – removing over 7.7m single-use plastic items and introducing renewable biogas heating and hot water in UK offices where it directly purchases its energy.
Varley said: ‘We simply cannot stand still when it comes to protecting the environment and creating growth opportunities that are truly sustainable. I’m incredibly excited about leading this effort across EY to help drive progress towards a more sustainable future and build a better working world.’
EY is also working to improve environmental sustainability through its EY Ripples program, where staff dedicate their time and skills to diverse projects that help drive sustainable growth around the world.
Carmine Di Sibio, EY global chairman and CEO, said: ‘Sustainability is one of the key defining issues of our generation. Steve brings a wealth of knowledge and a strong track record of delivering real change with governments, policy makers, EY clients and people.
‘This appointment marks an inflection point for EY; we are poised to leverage the 284,000 EY people and our vast ecosystem – of clients and communities across more than 150 countries – to continue to build a better working world. I look forward to working with Steve in this new role.’
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Current: Many countries join The US, Russia and China in creating space agencies
Many countries join The US, Russia and China in creating space agencies
Posted on Sep 26 2019 by Dan
Civilian and Military use of space has been dramatically increasing in recent years thus leading many States, including Australia, to create National Space Agencies.
With a crowded field vying for economic, social and military advantage in space, what governance exists for conduct? How do national and international laws translate to become space law?
An international collaboration of four universities, led by our University of Adelaide Law School, is working to progress law in space by drafting a manual on the international law applicable to military space operations.
International legal experts on space law, armed conflict and the use of force have come together with technical experts, to draft and review proposed rules. Dubbed the Woomera Manual, the name refers to the Australian outback town that has a long association with multi-national space operations.
This work makes a key contribution to articulating and clarifying the law, which reduces the risk that armed conflict in outer space would pose to humankind.
Professor Melissa de Zwart is co-editor of the Woomera Manual and Dean of the University of Adelaide’s Law School.
“Conflict in outer space is not a case of if, but when,” she says.
“The few international treaties that deal with outer space provide very little regulation of modern space activities, including both military and commercial uses of space. Therefore, we need to cast our gaze more widely in our approach to determining what laws are applicable in space.”
The Woomera Manual aims to replicate the success of previous international collaborations on manuals governing armed conflict at sea; air and missile warfare; and cyber operations.
It will serve as a guide and reference for diplomacy and negotiation on the conduct of nations in their space operations.
The possibility of armed conflict in outer space is growing and the disruption it could cause may devastate life as we know it.The Woomera Manual will support a stable, rules-based order, even in times of tension and armed conflict.
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The Scream was painted by Norwegian Artist Edvard Munch in 1893 and sits in the National Gallery in Oslo. 'The Scream' is a very unique design that often leaves people asking, 'why is this person screaming?' In 1895, Edvard Munch wrote this poem, which adds to the idea that 'The Scream' came from his inner fears and anxieties...
"I was walking down the road with two friends when the sun set; suddenly, the sky turned as red as blood. I stopped and leaned against the fence, feeling unspeakably tired. Tongues of fire and blood stretched over the bluish black fjord. My friends went on walking, while I lagged behind, shivering with fear. Then I heard the enormous infinite scream of nature." Edvard Munch
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Resistance groups deny Gaza attack
Two major Palestinian resistance groups have denied involvement in a blast which killed three American security guards and injured another in the Gaza Strip.
16 Oct 2003 12:03 GMT
The attack was the first on a US target in the area
Both Hamas and Islamic Jihad distanced themselves from the roadside explosion which devastated a diplomatic convoy in Beit Hanun on Wednesday morning.
An armed group calling itself the Popular Resistance Committees denied any responsibility for the deadly attack after AFP said it recieved a call from a member of the group saying it carried it out.
Palestinian President, Yasir Arafat, condemned the attack as an "ugly crime", and said he had ordered an investigation.
The FBI also said it would send a team to the Gaza Strip to investigate the bombing, said US ambassador to Israel Daniel Kurtzer.
And chief Palestinian peace negotiator, Saib Uraikat, said no Palestinian group would commit such an attack.
“The US convoy included a group of US observers, not CIA members, who were observing events happening on the ground in the area, such as the implementation of the road map and the Israeli and Palestinian commitment towards it,” he said.
Yasir Arafat has condemned the
attack as an 'ugly crime'
“Such an incident will lead to disastrous consequences on the area, as Israel will have a justification to dissolve the observation teams there,” he added.
However, Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom accused the Palestinian Authority of covering for "terror organisations".
"The Palestinian Authority is not doing anything to break up the terror infrastructure and is continuing to cover for the extremist organisations," Shalom said in a statement after the blast.
US investigators
A team of US investigators briefly inspected the site of the attack, Palestinian security sources and witnesses said.
Six investigators spent about 15 minutes at the site near the Erez border crossing into Israel, inspecting a crater left by the force of the explosion.
The investigators videographed the wreckage before they were briefly forced to stop when youths from the Jabalya refugee camp pelted them and their vehicles with stones.
Israeli helicopters hovered as the US investigators arrived, and tanks located about 500m from the scene fired sporadically at the ground and into the air to secure the area.
Anti-US attack
Soldiers also fired machineguns earlier after an armoured jeep was damaged by a landmine nearby. Three soldiers were lightly wounded in that attack.
Beit Hanun blast is the first attack of its kind in the Palestinian territories against a US target.
It came just hours after the United States vetoed a resolution at the UN Security Council which condemned Israel's construction of its Apartheid Wall across the West Bank.
In a separate incident, Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian man near the northern West Bank town of Tulkaram on
Wednesday, said Palestinian security services.
Bilal Zaidane, 23, was killed in Ramin village, six
kilometres east of Tulkaram. There were no further details.
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Television Personality, Known for her role as the Host of E! "News Now" and "Dating Naked"
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Amy Paffrath was born on July 22 in St. Louis, MO. A natural performer, she channeled her energy into gymnastics and put on newscasts for her family. As one of 7 kids, Amy had to find ways to stand out, and did so by producing and performing plays at school. The young starlet always had a curious nature and decided to pursue a career in journalism. While attending the world renown University Of Missouri School Of Journalism, Amy completed an internship at Entertainment Tonight in Los Angeles alongside TV veterans Mark Steines and Mary Hart under the leadership of Executive Producer and fellow Mizzou alumni, Linda Bell Blue. After earning a degree in Broadcast Journalism in 2005, she made her long anticipated move to Los Angeles to pursue her dreams.
Her Midwestern magnetism helped her to immediately land two on-air reporting jobs at Direct TV for In The Mix and Created By You. The ambitious actress-reporter also nabbed roles in film, commercials and music videos, including Paramore's number one hit "Misery Business." In early 2007, she was given the opportunity to host her very own pop culture news show, Broadcaster News on broadcaster.com, which aired daily and racked up more than 300 episodes.
Since then, Amy’s career has grown exponentially. She has served as the longtime host of E! News Now, a red carpet correspondent for TV Guide’s Hollywood 411, series regular on MSN's The Big Debate, and guest host on both G4’s Attack Of The Show and Fuel TV’s The Daily Habit. Amy could most recently be found holding court with the guidos and guidettes of Seaside Heights on MTV’s Jersey Shore: After Hours. She is a budding stand up comic and frequently performs her act in famous LA comedy clubs. Amy is also a regular at Improv Olympics in "Top Story! Weekly," a sketch comedy show skewering the latest news and pop culture.
Amy is making a name for herself as a sitcom star, appearing in 5 guest-starring roles last year alone. Amy’s most recent credits include the CBS pilot Oh F, its You, directed by James Burrows, as well as appearances on Hot In Cleveland, Sullivan & Son, and 2 Broke Girls.*
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RELEASE: Rainier View Elementary Principal, Anitra Pinchback-Jones, receives Thomas B. Foster Award for Excellence!
8:00 AM, November 5, 2018
SEATTLE…. The Alliance for Education and Seattle Public Schools announced today that Principal Anitra Pinchback-Jones of Rainier View Elementary School has received the Thomas B. Foster Award for Excellence, a prestigious annual award for Seattle Public Schools principals who have demonstrated significant achievements in closing opportunity gaps in their schools. The award was presented at Rainier View’s Monday morning assembly.
Lisa Chick, President & CEO of the Alliance for Education; Seattle Public Schools Deputy Superintendent Stephen Nielsen; Executive Directors Heather Eberts and Sarah Pritchett; Dr. Keisha Scarlett of Seattle Public Schools; Principal Mia Williams; friends and family; and Jody Foster of the Foster family joined the Monday morning assembly at Rainier View to surprise Principal Pinchback-Jones with the Foster Award. Rainier View Elementary School will receive a $25,000 cash grant in recognition of Pinchback-Jones’ achievement.
One of the most diverse school in Washington State, Rainier View Elementary leads in school attendance and has placed in the top 5% in raising academic achievement in reading and math over the last five years. The school has excelled in college and career readiness under the leadership of Principal Pinchback-Jones and Rainier View staff. The Puget Sound Educational Service District awarded Rainier View with the “School of Distinction” award in 2016, and the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction recognized the school with the “Washington Achievement Award.
“Principal Pinchback-Jones is an exemplary leader who embodies the qualities the Foster Award is designed to recognize – excellence, innovation, passion for progress, and commitment to kids and community. We were so delighted to present the Foster Award to Anitra this morning in recognition of her hard work and dedication to the students at Rainier View.” – Lisa Chick, President & CEO, Alliance for Education.
Thomas B. Foster was a prominent Seattle attorney who exemplified excellence in both his professional life and his role as civic leader. To honor his legacy, his family and friends established this annual award in 2000 to recognize outstanding school principals in Seattle. The Foster Endowment Committee and Seattle Public Schools’ staff work together to select winners based on community nominations and school-related data. The award is administered by the Alliance for Education.
Historically, the Foster Award was offered only once a year to secondary-level principals in Seattle Public Schools. Beginning this year, the Award’s focus is on principals closing opportunity gaps in their school communities, and has expanded to be available to all principals K-12. Four Foster Awards will be presented this year; Principal Pinchback-Jones’ was the second, following an award last week to Principal Rena Deese at Alki Elementary. Beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, two Foster Awards will be presented annually.
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Posted on April 3, 2016 by Jason
Below are THE BACKWARDS K 2016 FANTASY BASEBALL STARTING PITCHER RANKINGS (#1-30). Included for each player is “The Backwards K Quick Take” and a self-produced player projection for 2016.
***Please note the following:
The player’s names are color coded to signal different tiers at the position.
The rankings reflect standard 5×5 roto scoring settings (W/SV/ERA/WHIP/K) with position eligibility requirements as 10 total games played at a position in 2015, or 5 total games started at a position in 2015 (i.e. Yahoo! settings).
The numerical order is not necessarily a suggested order to draft them in, but it is the order that is calculated based on each player’s listed projections, unless noted otherwise.
Noted in some players’ “Quick Takes” is if they gain or lose notable value in points leagues that factor penalize hitter strikeouts and reward hitter walks.
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Mining for Cole in Texas (and other notes from 7/29/15)
The next big name on the move as the trade deadline nears is set to be Cole Hamels who will be heading to the Texas Rangers along with reliever Jake Diekman in exchange for starting pitcher Matt Harrison and a barrage of prospects that includes Jorge Alfaro, Alec Asher, Jerad Eickhoff, Nick Williams, and Jake Thompson.
The Philadelphia Phillies were in a good position to land a package that they wanted because Hamels is not just a 2-3 month rental for the remainder of this season. Instead, he is under contract through 2018 with a vesting option for 2019, so that meant that even non-contending teams could make a run for the 31-year old lefty and that’s exactly what happened with the 3rd place Rangers landing him. However, the Rangers are just 4 games back of the second AL Wildcard spot, so perhaps they even think that they could potentially contend for a post-season berth.
Hamels moves from the hitter friendly Citizens Bank Park to another hitter friendly stadium at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas. So there’s no real win or loss with the home park switch, but switching leagues from the National League to the American League should be perceived as a negative impact for Hamels’ fantasy value. His ERA, WHIP, and strikeout rate should all be expected to move in wrong directions, but that doesn’t mean that he still won’t be valuable. And there are some occasions where the NL pitcher moving to the AL doesn’t really see his stats suffer all that much, if at all.
The Rangers have had to endure a lot of injuries to their pitching staff this season, which kind of had them doomed from the get go once it was determined that their ace Yu Darvish needed to undergo Tommy John surgery before the season even began. So they likely have their sights set more on next season when Darvish hopefully returns before the All-Star break sometime. They hope that Hamels and Darvish can form a great 1-2 punch, though serious doubts should be had regarding Darvish and his control once he returns. All in all, it was a bold move for the Rangers who are starved for pitching, and Hamels will try to take the Rangers to the next level just like he did with the Phillies during the mid 2000’s when they had a great run.
Diekman, a left-handed reliever, has a poor 5.15 ERA and 1.75 WHIP this season, but he’s a power lefty that has some big time strikeout abilities and is under club control for a couple more years. He has the chance to develop into a nice bullpen piece for the Rangers if he can improve his walk rate.
Harrison should step right into the Phillies rotation, but his outlook shouldn’t really change a whole lot since he’s just rather mediocre and has been a walking injury the last two seasons. Three of the five prospects that the Phillies are receiving from the Rangers were ranked in the pre-season top 10 Rangers prospect list by Baseball America, so it appears that the Phillies did well and received a decent haul in return. But we’ll have to wait and see how they pan out. Continue reading →
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Yahoo! Joins the DFS Party (and other notes from 7/8/15)
Posted on July 9, 2015 by Jason
In a fantasy world where daily fantasy sports (DFS) games are becoming more and more popular due to the instant gratification and large cash prizes that they can provide, it was only a matter of time before one of the big names of the season long fantasy sports world began to offer the daily games that sites such as FanDuel and DraftKings have popularized over the last few years. On Wednesday, Yahoo! launched their version of daily fantasy sports offerings beginning with MLB contests.
Yahoo! provided an update to their fantasy sports application that now provides dual access to both the season long leagues and the daily fantasy contests. With one click on the screen, it’s easy to switch on over from one to the other. Overall, the app could use some work in comparison to DraftKings great piece of work, but I’m sure that it will evolve in time.
It would appear that Yahoo! has made their DFS platform for MLB a bit of a hybrid between FanDuel and DraftKings. The scoring system overall is much more similar to that of FanDuel in the sense that the wins for pitchers are a big thing. For an example, a win on Yahoo! is worth four times the amount of a pitcher strikeout. On DraftKings, a pitcher win is only worth two times the amount of a pitcher strikeout. However, the scoring system on Yahoo! takes a page out of DraftKings’ book by not having any point penalties to hitters for strikeouts. And as far as lineup configuration goes on Yahoo!, you must select two pitchers just like on DraftKings, as opposed to only one pitcher like on FanDuel.
Right now, it should pay off in the short term to play DFS guaranteed prize pool tournaments on Yahoo! There’s going to be some extreme overlay in the early going due to things just starting out. Overlay is created in GPP’s when the total numbers of entrants multiplied by the entry fee does not equal or exceed the amount that is listed as the “guaranteed” dollar amount to be paid out.
For instance, on Wednesday there was a tournament on Yahoo! that offered a guaranteed $10,000 in prizes and it was a $2 entry. So there had to be at least 5,000 entrants ($10,000 divided by $2) to ensure that Yahoo! did not have to add money of its own to the guaranteed prize pool of $10,000. But in this particular tournament there were only 3,163 entries at $2 a piece for a total of $6,326, which meant that Yahoo! had to contribute $3,674 of their own money to equal $10,000. And before the tournament, it was already established that the top 20% of the maximum amount of 5,682 entries would be paid out. 20% of 5,682 is 1,420. But with only 3,163 total entries, that meant that the top 45% (1,420 divided by 3,163) of the entries would cash in the tournament, and with the chance to win the top prize of $2,000. So a situation like this provides a lot of value and should be taken advantage of by submitting multiple entries — it gives the ability to win more money with less competition.
So I would recommend giving the Yahoo! DFS games a look, especially in the early going to try and grab some value with the overlay situation. Also, the competition might be softer since the Yahoo! DFS games should attract a lot of the season long players that Yahoo! has — players who may not have ever played DFS before. Now let’s take a look at Wednesday’s slate of baseball action.
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Happy 4th of July! (and other notes from 7/3/15)
Happy 4th of July! Eat a lot of BBQ, enjoy a lot of fireworks, but most importantly… watch a lot of baseball! Here are the notes from Friday’s games!
Jason Hammel – 7 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K with the L. Hammel has pitched well enough to be an All-Star, but he’s not even the best pitcher on his own team (Jake Arreita) and it could be tough to send both, if any, Cubs pitchers to the All-Star Game. But Hammel got stuck with a loss on Friday despite pitching pretty well. He should be able to keep up a nice performance in the second half, but he will see a bit of regression in his .256 BABIP. He is 5-4 with a 2.89 ERA, 0.95 WHIP, and 104 K/18 BB in 102.2 IP. Continue reading →
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All-Star Game Roster Predictions: American League
Posted on June 29, 2015 by Jason
Predicting the All-Star teams can sometimes be a hopeless exercise due to the unpredictability, but it is all fun and games. The first pieces that come into play for the All-Star rosters are the fan submitted votes where the leading vote getters at each position (three in the outfield) are automatically named to the All-Star team as a starter. Next, the players vote for 8 pitchers (5 starting pitchers and 3 relief pitchers) and for a backup at each position (if the leading vote getter amongst the players was already voted in by the fans then the second leading vote getter amongst the players is named as an All-Star reserve). Then the managers of the All-Star teams select the remainder of the roster until the roster has 33 players. Finally, there are then 5 players from each league that are put on the “final man ballot” to be voted on by the fans for the 34th and final spot on each league’s respective roster.
The fans can do some pretty weird things in the voting like currently having five Royals players currently slated to be All-Star starters despite being undeserving of it. Also, the players/manager selections can be strange and biased to include even more drama. But I am going to do my best to predict each league’s All-Star roster. What you’re about to read isn’t who I think should be All-Stars, but rather it is what I think will happen with both the fans and the players/manager votes. Continue reading →
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Attention C-Mart Shoppers (and other notes from 6/28/15)
Cardinals 23-year old righty Carlos Martinez has been enjoying a wonderful season in his sophomore year and first year as a full-time member of the starting rotation. He had a meeting with the division rival Cubs on Sunday night baseball, the same dynamic young Cubs offense that handed him his worst start of the season back on May 4 when they touched him up for 7 runs on 9 hits and 4 walks in just 3.2 innings. So Martinez was out for some revenge on the nationally televised game and he earned it with a line of 6 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K with the victory to improve to 9-3 with a 2.80 ERA, 1.23 WHIP, 100 K/39 BB in 93.1 IP.
With the shiny 2.80 ERA, Martinez is outpitching his xFIP of 3.17 and his SIERA of 3.36. It would appear that he is getting a bit of fortune on his side with a .284 BABIP and 83.3% strand rate. The BABIP isn’t low enough where we would think that he is in for a huge regression though, because he has a solid defense behind him and he has been adept at limiting hard contact this year at 25.7% (23rd lowest in the league). However, the strand rate sits at 3rd best in the league and that should begin to regress at least a little bit, which would negatively affect his ERA. But overall, it is hard to believe that this breakout performance is a fluke. More likely, it is a case of a young talented pitcher with electric stuff learning how to pitch at the Major League level.
Where Martinez has improved the most over last year is in his ability to get left-handed hitters out. Last season, working mostly as a relief pitcher, Martinez gave up a .297 AVG and .462 SLG to lefties and a .244 AVG and .301 SLG to righties. So far this season, lefties are still hitting for more power against him, but the hits are coming at a far less rate. He’s holding lefties to a .221 AVG and .393 SLG this season, and righties are at a .223 AVG and .313 SLG.
The weapon that has been effective for him in guiding him toward this improvement against lefty bats is the development of his changeup. According to PITCHf/x data, Martinez threw a changeup just 2.9% of the time in 2014, but this year he is going to that offspeed pitch 15.6% of the time. And it’s the changeup that is inducing both ground balls (66.7%) and swinging strikes (19.5%) at the highest rate of any pitch for him.
Martinez’ 2015 campaign has been more than the Cardinals could have asked for, but early on in the season I suggested that Martinez would probably be put on some sort of innings cap since he only pitched 99.2 innings last season and his career high for a single season is only 108 innings from 2013. Cardinals management recently came out and said they believe Martinez could exceed 170 innings this year, which is a higher limit than I would have thought because often time teams don’t like their young, inexperienced pitchers to have much more than a 30-40 inning increase from either the previous season or their career high. But if he does exceed 170 innings, I wouldn’t imagine that he goes too much higher than that.
This would mean that the Cardinals may have to get creative in the second half to limit his innings and to have him available for the post-season. But with the 9 game lead that the Cardinals currently have in their division, if they can maintain it, then they could afford to skip Martinez’ start when they have an off day scheduled and/or put him in the bullpen in September. Doing so, also could work out in the team’s benefit because after the All-Star break when Martinez is in uncharted territory for himself in innings pitched, he could begin to show signs of wearing down — poorer command, decreased velocity, etc. So extra rest or a shift to the pen could be beneficial on both ends if that happens.
So if you own Martinez, then it could be a sneaky move to begin to shop him around for another piece that could help your fantasy team. Because if/when Martinez begins to display any sort of fatigue in the second half of the season, then other fantasy owners are not going to find him as attractive and they will hear rumblings from larger media outlets (or perhaps the Cardinals organization themselves) that Martinez will be treated more carefully with skipping his turn in the rotation or moving to the pen. Besides being completely shut down for the year, being moved to the pen would be the worst case scenario, unless it is to close games due to a Trevor Rosenthal injury. If Martinez is in the pen as a setup man in September then he will not be doing much to help any fantasy squads, especially for the playoffs in head-to-head leagues. So I would say that it is okay to ride him while he’s going well, but just beware of the events that may unfold and to be open minded about trading him away in season long redraft leagues.
Now let’s check out what else happened during Sunday baseball! Continue reading →
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Sometimes A Pitcher Is Only As Good As His Defense (and other notes from 6/23/15)
After Danny Salazar suffered a meltdown in the 5th inning against the Tigers on Tuesday and I was simultaneously being asked by my brother what is wrong with Carlos Carrasco this season, I thought about both of those Indians pitchers, as well as rotation mates Corey Kluber and Trevor Bauer, and did a little digging and and discovered some interesting things.
Here is a look at each of these four Indians starting pitchers numbers in line drive rate (LD%), ground ball rate (GB%), fly ball rate (FB%), hard hit rate (Hard%), BABIP, ERA, and xFIP this season (I’m not including a 5th Indians SP because that 5th spot for them has been in flux all season long):
Salazar: 18.8 LD%, 45.2 GB%, 36.0 FB%, 30.7 Hard%, .323 BABIP, 4.06 ERA, 2.81 xFIP
Carrasco: 20.8 LD%, 46.6 GB%, 32.6 FB%, 33.5 Hard%, .347 BABIP, 4.35 ERA, 2.87 xFIP
Kluber: 22.2 LD%, 46.2 GB%, 31.6 FB%, 27.7 Hard%, .335 BABIP, 3.65 ERA, 2.80 xFIP
Bauer: 18.1 LD%, 37.2 GB%, 44.7 FB%, 29.4 Hard%, .283 BABIP, 3.86 ERA, 4.27 xFIP
So what we see here is that Salazar, Carrasco, and Kluber are all more on the ground ball side of things while Bauer is a flyball pitcher. So we would expect the first three guys to to have higher batting average on balls in play (BABIP) marks because ground ball pitchers tend to almost always have higher marks than fly ball pitchers, because balls that are hit in the air for fly balls have a greater chance of being recorded for an out as long as it doesn’t leave the park. But what is odd is how high those marks are for those first three pitchers listed and it poses the question if there is something outside of their control that is affecting them since it is odd to see three pitchers from the same team with such inflated BABIP marks.
The league average BABIP is usually around .300 and the league average hard hit rate is around 30%. Salazar, Carrasco, and Kluber all rank in the top 20 in highest BABIP, but it is only Carrasco that appears in the top 20 highest hard hit rates and none of them appear in the top 20 highest line drive rates. Line drives account for a good portion of hard hit balls, and hard hit balls have a greater chance to fall in for hits, which would increase a pitcher’s BABIP. But if none of these three guys are really giving up a ton of line drives and it’s only really Carrasco who is getting hit harder than the average pitcher, why are their BABIP’s so much higher than the league average?
The answer here is the Indians team defense as a whole is just not very good and is costing these pitchers in ERA and WHIP. According to ratings, the Indians rank 27th in the Majors in defensive efficiency as their defense has cost them 13.8 runs so far this season, and their defense is likely the reason why the Indians have the 3rd highest team BABIP in baseball. It’s not that the Indians defense makes a lot of errors, but it’s more the fact that they lack range, defensive prowess, and the ability to prevent hits from getting in and runs from scoring. It could be attributed to poor defensive players, but it also could be attributed to poor defensive alignments set by the coaching staff and/or inefficient use of defensive shifts. Whatever it may be, the Indians had the same bad defense last year, but this year it seems to be affecting their starting pitchers more negatively.
What this means for the Indians pitchers (not named Bauer) going forward is that even though they have excellent xFIP marks (expected fielding independent ERA — measures what a pitcher’s ERA should be if defense was not a factor), huge improvements in ERA and WHIP in the near future are not necessarily a given. Yes, they all should receive some better fortune and see their numbers regress at least somewhat toward the mean, but a complete 180 turnaround may not be in the cards and it cannot be expected that their ERA’s get as low as their xFIP’s. However, something that may help is the recent promotion of defensive wizard Francisco Lindor to play shortstop for the Indians. One player isn’t likely to turn around the whole defense, but Lindor has always been praised for his glove work and can at least provide some positive value in helping to prevent hits and runs.
Two other teams that have high team BABIP marks that also rank very poorly defensively are the White Sox and Padres. The White Sox have the highest BABIP in all of baseball and have the lowest defensive rating to coincide with it. So this hurts guys like Jose Quintana, Jeff Samardzija, John Danks, and Carlos Rodon who all are more on the ground ball side of things. However, ace Chris Sale and his .283 BABIP appears to be skating by just fine (and should continue to) because he has been getting a lot of fly balls. As for the Padres, we knew going into the season that their defense would be questionable all around with a completely revamped outfield that consisted of some poorly rated defensive players, and an infield that also looked like it was going to have some issues. The Padres currently have the 6th highest team BABIP and rank 29th in defensive rating, so it should come as no surprise that heavy ground ball pitchers Tyson Ross and Andrew Cashner are having such abysmal seasons so far.
So these are examples of how a poor defense can affect a pitching staff, or more specifically individual pitchers with ground ball tendencies, and it should give some pause to whether or not these aforementioned pitchers can truly turn things around and post numbers to what their “expected” stats say that they should. I like Salazar, Carrasco, and Kluber, but this revelation does shine some poor light on their outlooks for the remainder of the season.
Now let’s take a look at the rest of Tuesday’s action.
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Houston’s Astronomical Promotion: Carlos Correa (and other notes from 6/7/15)
Posted on June 7, 2015 by Jason
With the Astros having gotten swept by the Blue Jays over the weekend, they still hold a 3.5 game lead in the AL West over the Rangers. But being in contention for a playoff spot for the first time in years, they are not settling for anything less than putting the best team that they can on the field and they are calling up top prospect Carlos Correa to be their everyday shortstop. The move to call him up is earlier than I would have anticipated, but it was something that I said should happen with Jed Lowrie and Luis Valbuena forming a strong platoon at third base once Lowrie returns from the DL to make room for Correa and allow him to showcase his elite talent on an everyday basis.
The number one overall pick in the 2012 draft, Correa missed a good chunk of the 2014 season due to an injury, but he has been tearing it up this season. He began the year at AA and received a recent promotion to AAA and he has a combined line of .332/.402/.602 with 10 HR, 43 RBI, and 18 SB in 52 games between the two levels. His production began to tail off once he reached AAA, but there’s no denying his talent and how he can help this Astros ball club. With Lowrie being on the DL, the Astros have been using a combination of Marwin Gonzalez and Jonathan Villar at shortstop who have not been getting the job done.
Expectations for Correa, who will be 21 years old in September, need to be kept in check, but the fantasy baseball community cannot help but to be extremely excited over this promotion. Correa definitely needs to be picked up in any league format because the shortstop position is so thing that he could realistically be a top 8 option at the position the rest of the way.
For the rest of the season I am going to project him for: .267/.338/.384 with 7 HR, 44 RBI, 48 R, 15 SB, 77 K, 33 BB in 352 AB
Let’s take a look at what else happened on Sunday!
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Archer Hits the Bullseye (and other notes from 6/2/15)
Chris Archer of the Rays flashed nice potential since becoming a mainstay in the rotation in 2013, but he has really taken things to a whole new level this season and this Archer keeps on hitting that bullseye each time he toes the rubber every fifth day. His latest gem was a 15 strikeout performance on the road at Angel Stadium on Tuesday evening to bring his record to 6-4 with a 2.01 ERA, 0.96 WHIP, and 92 K/20 BB in 76 IP.
I have been expecting some regression to happen for Archer, but it just isn’t happening and he is looking stronger with each successive start. A little regression should still be on its way, but Archer is pitching like a true ace and it’s time to examine what has changed from the previous seasons to spark this transformation.
First, we will look at his control. In 8 seasons of Minor League work, Archer posted a hideous walk rate of 5.00 BB/9, so the natural thought was that this was going to be a large obstacle for him to overcome once he reached the Majors. Archer got a taste of the Majors at the end of 2012 and then became a mainstay in the Rays rotation in the middle of the 2013 season. Since he broke into the Majors from 2012 through 2014, his walk rate was not spectacular but it was respectable at 3.13 BB/9, which was a large improvement from his Minor League performance. This season he has taken his control to a whole new level with at a very good mark of 2.37 BB/9, which can be largely attributed to his new found ability to throw first pitch strikes. In 2013, Archer threw first pitch strikes 58.1% of the time, and it was very similar in 2014 at 57.5%. Now this season, he has bumped that all the way up to 64.0% to back up his solid walk rate.
The next thing that has changed for Archer appears in his pitch data. According to PITCHf/x, the past two seasons he has utilized both a four-seam and a two-seam fastball, but this year he has nearly ditched the two-seamer and is pitching the four-seamer 48.6% of the time. Also, he is using his slider nearly 10% more than last season at a 37.7% clip so far, and that slider pitch is also 1.5 MPH greater in velocity than last year. It would also appear that this year Archer’s release point on all of his pitches has been a bit higher. And with the slider in particular, his release point has been higher and it has also shifted to the right a little (from the catcher’s point a view) so it resembles the release point of his fastball more, which is probably making it very difficult for hitters to pick up what the pitch is when it is coming out of his hand. Combine this with the greater velocity and the higher usage of the pitch, and it is no surprise that he is generating swinging strikes on the slider 21.9% of the time (compared to 17.3% last year).
One last thing just for kicks, Archer has also been able to induce more ground balls on all his pitches this season. Overall, his ground ball rate is at 50.3% as opposed to 46.5% last year. Great control, lots of swinging strikes, and inducing ground balls in bunches — sounds like a recipe for success to me. You have to expect his ERA to rise some, but it is becoming more and more apparent that Archer’s improvements surely have validity to them and he should go on to finish the 2015 season pitching at a high level.
Now let’s take a look at the rest of Tuesday’s MLB slate…
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What Would Doo Do? (and other notes from 5/27/15)
Posted on May 28, 2015 by Jason
For anyone who owns Sean Doolittle in fantasy leagues, the question was going to be “What Would Doo Do (in his first game back from the DL)?” @whatwouldDOOdo also happens to be the Twitter handle of the Oakland lefty, and he does tweet some funny stuff and is worth the follow on Twitter if you’re into that sort of thing.
Doolittle had been recovering and rehabbing from a shoulder injury that has had him on the DL all season, but he was finally activated on Tuesday and got into game action on Wednesday. Doolittle entered the 6th inning of Wednesday’s game against the Tigers in a very low leverage situation with the team down 3 runs and the bottom of the Tigers order coming up. Doolittle caught Nick Castellanos looking on strike 3, got Bryan Holaday to hit a flyout, gave up a single to Dixon Machado, and then struck out Anthony Gose swinging through a fastball. So in box score terms that was 1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K.
Looks pretty good, right? He should be back to closing games in no time? Well, it is possible but hold that thought. While he did finish his first outing back with a clean inning and even struck out 2 batters, let’s not forget that 2 of the batters he faced are normally bench players and one of the other batters cannot hit lefties worth a lick. Then throw in the fact that Doolittle’s fastball was sitting at just 89 MPH, which corroborates reports of his velocity being way down in his rehab appearances, and we could possibly have a tease situation on our hands if we were to just look at the box score.
Doolittle’s fastball is a pitch that has regularly averaged 94 MPH on the gun over the last couple of seasons, so to be sitting at 89 MPH and topping out at 90 MPH does raise a decent level of concern. Coming back from a shoulder injury, it shouldn’t be expected that Doolittle has the same type of velocity, but a 5 MPH difference is very discouraging. To look on the brighter side of things though, the fastball is a pitch that he throws 85-90% of the time, so he’s not one to rely on changing speeds a whole lot. Instead, he is more about locating the fastball where he wants it to be. So he doesn’t necessarily need the really good velocity, but it also is an extreme plus to have it and hitters may start to tee off on him if he’s without good velocity.
Doolittle of course can regain the velocity as the season goes on and as his shoulder gets stronger. However, without any guarantee that happens, Doolittle may be in for some tough times. If I owned him, which I do, I would shop Doolittle around to owners that are looking for saves to see if you can get something that may be of good use to you. It won’t be a star player, but a quality role player can go a long ways. There’s a chance that Doolittle ends up being fine, reclaims the closer role after a couple more good innings, and goes on to be a quality closer the rest of the way. However, I would be fine taking my chances and getting rid of him if I can find the right deal.
Let’s see what else happened on Wednesday! Continue reading →
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Cash In With Cashner (and other notes from 5/22/15)
Let me first start by congratulating Andrew Cashner on a ridiculously awesome mullet. It suits him well. I’ve been known to grow out my hair pretty long in a mullet type fashion in the back, but I could never in my wildest dreams make it look as stylishly good as his.
Ever since Cashner came over to the Padres and became a full-time starting pitcher, he has to be one of the unluckiest pitchers when it comes to wins and losses, if not the unluckiest. In 2013 Cashner squeaked over the .500 mark with a 10-9 record off of a 3.09 ERA in 31 games (26 starts), and last year he went just 5-7 in 19 starts despite having a superb 2.55 ERA. Those seasons of mediocre win/loss records despite the sparkling ERA’s were surely attributed to pitching for a Padres team that had the 24th worst run scoring offense in the Majors in 2013 and the absolute worst in 2014.
On Friday night against the Dodgers, Cashner pitched 6 innings of quality baseball where he gave up one unearned run on 5 hits and 1 walk while striking out 3. However, he was once again unable to come away with one for the W column and was handed a no-decision. Cashner’s ERA improved to 2.89 and his WHIP to 1.27, but his record of 1-7 definitely does not reflect anything resembling what it should for a pitcher with his stats.
But what happened? The Padres offense was supposed to be vastly improved by adding guys in the off-season like Justin Upton, Matt Kemp, Wil Myers, Derek Norris, and Will Middlebrooks, so they must all be flaming out as disappointments, right? Well, not exactly actually. Upton, Myers, and Norris have all been enjoying good seasons, and the Padres are actually 11th in the Majors in run scored and have been the beneficiaries of their home field Petco Park turning into a launching pad of sorts.
When Cashner has taken the hill, his offense has only averaged 2.00 runs per game, and in 6 of his 9 starts, the offense has scored 2 runs or less. For comparison, his teammate James Shields has received at least 3 runs of support in all of his starts for 5.33 runs on average, and other teammate Tyson Ross has received 4.33 runs of support in his starts. So it’s not that he has been pitching for a team with a horrendous offense like in years past, he has just had the misfortune of his offense being powerless specifically in the games that he has started. He has been matched up versus the likes of Max Scherzer, Dallas Keuchel, Jon Lester, and Zack Greinke (twice), but he’s also opposed Brandon McCarthy, Ryan Vogelsong, Rubby De La Rosa, and Daniel Hudson. So the 2.00 runs of support per game are hardly excusable.
With an increase in slider usage from 15.9% last year to 19.9% this year, Cashner is striking out a lot more batters this season with nearly a +2.00 K/9 bump up to 8.68 K/9. The swinging strike rate that Cashner is inducing supports the increase in strikeouts as well, as it is up from 8.0% last year to 9.9% this year, and a large portion of that is from the slider. However, he has been a victim of the weird, inexplicable transformation of Petco Park into a more hitter friendly park that I alluded to earlier. He is allowing 1.29 HR/9 on a 14.3% HR/fly ball rate. That’s not something that is likely to continue as he has been very good at limiting the long ball regardless of where he has pitched (0.75 HR/9 on the road in 2013-14).
I think that Cashner is a good candidate that you may want to try and buy and cash in with him. By all metric systems, Cashner is pitching the best that he ever has since becoming a full-time starting pitcher and the win/loss record is a fluke that the Cashner owner in your league may not realize or just something they are getting tired of dealing with. It’s a very optimistic sign that he is striking out more batters, and with a legitimate reason that he is doing so (the slider). Things will turn around for him soon.
Let’s dive into Friday’s other games in action.
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Thor Drops the Hammer on the Brew Crew (and other notes from 5/17/15)
***I apologize for the delay in these notes from Sunday 5/17/15. I had jury duty all day Monday! But I am catching up.
Noah Syndergaard of the New York Mets is commonly known as “Thor” amongst his teammates and soon the whole baseball community will be calling him that and will understand the power he wields. After watching him pitch on Sunday versus the Brewers, I see why he has that moniker, with his big frame and flowing locks of blond hair. He even has “Thor” embroidered on his glove so obviously it is something that he embraces, but who wouldn’t? Whether it’s the Norse mythological god or the Marvel superhero character that he is being likened to (though essentially it is the same thing since the Marvel character is based off Norse mythology), it must be nice to be seen in the same light as someone so mighty.
Syndergaard shut down the Brewers on Sunday, going 6 IP allowing 1 ER on on 3 H and 1 BB while logging 5 K on his way to his first Major League victory. After his first Major League start last week versus the Cubs at Wrigley Field, I said that his mediocre start went as I would have expected out of him in his debut, as he had some command and control issues but was able to miss some bats to get the strikeouts. Well, before his second Major League start with the Brewers, I told a friend that this matchup was much more favorable for Syndergaard and I expected him to come out and show an ace type of line. The reasons that I told my friend that I believed this were because this was his first start in front of his home crowd that he would be pumped up for and he already got the big league jitters out at Chicago, and that the Brewers are not a patient hitting team as they ranked third to last in walk rate, which would help Syndergaard have better results in the end. I watched this whole start and I loved what I saw from Syndergaard. I know that I said after his first start that he’s not a must own in redraft leagues, but I am going to say that he is very close to a must own (if not one) after seeing him with my own eyes. I don’t think that he will be as dominant as Matt Harvey was in his first full season, as he will likely experience some growing pains and some control issues every now and again, but in the right matchups he is going to be a very good play.
So with Syndergaard, the Mets have Thor who wields a mighty hammer (his devastating curveball) that only he has the strength and power of picking up. Mets’ incumbent ace who has returned from Tommy John surgery, Matt Harvey, has earned the nickname of “The Dark Knight” for being the hero that the borough of Queens in New York City had been waiting for to come and save them to instill hope within the Mets organization that they could rise again soon. So what other superheroes do the mets have on their pitching staff? Jacob deGrom is a really skinny guy as in his 6’4″ frame he only weights 180 lbs. and he looks like he is going to break whenever he is up to bat. He also was a relative unknown before his 2014 breakout rookie campaign. So for these reasons I will deem him as Steve Rogers, a frail young man who was enhanced to perfection to become Captain America. Jon Niese can be Hawkeye just for the mere fact that he is a lefty and the Jeremy Renner portrayal of Hawkeye in The Avengers films is also left-handed (though in the Marvel comics he was right-handed). And Bartolo Colon can be Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy for reasons that may or may not have to do with the attraction (or lack thereof) of each of their faces.
Let’s go ahead now and recap the Sunday fun day action.
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Hitters Feasting on Some Strasburgers (and other notes from 5/12/15)
Stephen Strasburg pitched at Arizona on Tuesday night and was handed a beat down in one of the worst outings of his career as he only lasted 3.1 IP while allowing 8 runs (7 ER). On the season, Strasburg is now 2-4 with a 6.06 ERA, 1.71 WHIP, and 35 K/11 BB in 35.2 IP.
I am not sure what exactly is the cause of his putrid performance, but clearly he isn’t doing much right. Strasburg did leave his previous start with some shoulder irritation, so maybe that played a part in Tuesday’s nightmare, but he hadn’t exactly been sharp in his 6 starts before Tuesday either. Yeah, he has an incredibly high .398 BABIP and a horrible 60.2% strand rate, but there comes a point where you examine things and just have to say that perhaps he is creating his own bad luck.
There’s not much in his velocity or pitch selection that jumps out in a negative light, besides the fact that his velocity on his fastball has been down 0.4 MPH from last year, but that’s not that great of a difference to think that it is the primary factor in his awful season thus far. But examining his plate discipline numbers, there are a few stats that stand out (the following stats do not include data from Tuesday night’s game). First, hitters have been making contact off Strasburg at a rate (84.3%) that is way higher than his career rate (75.9%). Coincidentally, Strasburg also has been inducing swinging strikes at a rate (7.0%) that is much lower than his career rate (10.9%). Next, Strasburg is throwing pitches in the strike zone way more than usual (54.2% this year vs. 45.3% career). And then Strasburg is getting much fewer swings on pitches out of the zone (28.0% this year vs. 32.8% career) and when hitters are swinging on pitches out of the zone, they are making contact on them a lot (73.2% this year vs. 60.0% career). To me, all this data would suggest that he is creating his own bad luck by just grooving a lot of pitches that batters can easily handle since he is working within the strike zone so much more than he has in the past. The plummeting swinging strike rate though is a big concern and possibly could be indicative of just losing his stuff so to speak.
Another possible explanation could be he has been pitching with an injury all along, even before the previous start that he left with shoulder irritation. A possible injury could cause loss of command of pitches, which leads to the pitch grooving. Also remember that Strasburg did undergo Tommy John surgery in August of 2010, and somewhere I read that the average threshold for a pitcher to have to undergo Tommy John surgery a second time is around 650 innings pitched. Now I am not sure where I read that or what statistical analysis was used to back up that claim, but I know that I did read it. So if we want to believe that, Strasburg has now pitched 637.1 innings since his Tommy John surgery. Perhaps he is due for another surgery, or perhaps it is something else. Either way, something is not right for Strasburg and he could be in for a long season.
Let’s see what else happened in Tuesday night action… Continue reading →
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Soul Eater Evans is a character from the anime Soul Eater.
They have been indexed as Male Teen with Red eyes and White hair that is To Ears length.
Soul Eater Evans (ソウル・イーター・エヴァンス, Sōru Ītā Evansu) or just 'Soul' to his friends, is Maka's Demon Scythe partner. He is the main male protagonist and Weapon of the series. Currently he is a Death Scythe and a member of Spartoi.
At the start of the series, Soul's personality is laid-back and nonchalant, as he tries to mold himself to his expectations of how someone 'cool' would act. He is almost the complete opposite to Maka, being calm, reserved and aloof. He often expresses how he feels about some situations by either claiming that something is 'cool' or 'not cool.' Being a supposedly cool guy, he prefers to use the direct approach which most of the time fails (although after maturing, he no longer does this). He has a unique love for eating souls that seems to not be shared by many of the other Weapons, drooling quite frequently when his next meal is nearby. He also seems to be a glutton towards food in general. He can sometimes become too driven by the thought of eating souls, which leads him to bicker with Maka or become impatient with her, but despite their squabbles, they are always able to maintain a solid friend-partner relationship. He is also friends with Black Star because of their similar personalities, but at the same time they cannot match their Wavelengths. He is slightly immature, being headstrong, stubborn, apathetic to most things and argumentative. He also has a strong weakness towards women, as he bursts into a nosebleed without fail every time he sees Blair naked. He is also a slacker that likes to find an easier way out of situations, shown when he attempts to cheat in a DWMA exam.
However, one thing he has gained from all the years of being 'cool' is he is possibly one of the most loyal people one could possibly meet, especially since breaking promises and changing sides 'isn't at all cool in the least.' Deep down, he is always looking out for his friends, and is even willing to sacrifice himself in order to protect his partner, Maka, showing his bravery and dedication. Despite his usual unenthusiastic appearance, he proves to be actually quite determined, and he also helps people get back on their feet when they are at a loss. He is also quick-thinking and cunning at times.
After the rise of Asura, however, Soul's personality greatly matures (mostly because of his awareness that he must grow stronger to combat the strong insanity released into the world), and his stubborn and headstrong demeanor is replaced by a more cool-headed and serious one. He remains remarkably calm and composed no matter how dire the situation is and has impressively deep insight on various situations and people, often noticing important points no one else had thought of. He also shows a good deal of sense and judgment, which is well-respected by his peers. He begins to show more awareness and understanding towards people, up until the point that he even lectures some of the other characters when they are too stubborn to see some situations clearly, although he sometimes thinks it best to leave people to figure things out on their own. Since he is infected by the Black Blood, he runs the risk of being overcome by madness. Because of Soul's constant grapple with the Black Blood and Little Ogre inside his soul, he has a good degree of self-control as well, and rarely gives in to his emotions. He has demonstrated extremely strong willpower, being able to hold onto both his and Maka's sanity whilst using the Black Blood against Crona. He still has a compassionate side, proving to be a good loyal friend to others, and is still willing to do anything he can to protect his Meister.
However, he seems to suffer from low esteem and is not confident in himself. He is saddened of his inferiority to "Weapons" like Justin and Giriko and cringes at the thought of his brother, Wes, who is a superior musician to him. He also conflicts frequently with Little Ogre in his mind. He keeps most of these problems to himself, and seems reluctant to share his problems with others, which sometimes makes him appear harsh and almost cold. He is mostly seen frowning or scowling, and most of his smiles are somewhat sarcastic. He is rather pessimistic, and is slightly aloof and detached from others, and he admits that he shares Crona's fear of bonding with people. At the DWMA anniversary party, he is seen outside on the balcony by himself rather than with the others, and does not tell Maka of his Black Blood infection and his dreams of Little Ogre, although this is mainly because he does not want to worry her. He still has a kind-hearted side, although he shows this side the most to Maka.
In the first chapter of Lust in the Book of Eibon, Soul's personality undergoes a bit of a change to suit his switched gender. Although sarcastic as he usually is, he is also a little stuck-up and haughty, and his behavior goes on to annoy his partner, Maka. His personality returns to normal after leaving the first chapter. He quickly reverts to his true male appearance alongside Maka, which means he does not possess much lustful thoughts (which is ironic because of his constant nosebleeds upon seeing Blair's naked body).
Soul playing the PianoSoul also has a talent for playing the piano. His Meister, Maka, reveals that when they first met he played a dark song for her on the piano. Apart from this however, he is reluctant to play in front of people as he 'doesn't know what he's capable of.' The reason for his talents with the piano is that he comes from a family of musicians. His brother, Wes, is a famous violinist. However, Soul wanted to break off from his family tradition of being a musician. When he found out that he was a distant descendant of weapons, he used his ability as a scapegoat in order to leave his family. Soul also claims that the songs he plays on the piano are ones of madness. However, his love of music still remains, and he seems to open up a little when it comes to music. He has good musical taste, and personally seems to like jazz music.
When Stein sees his soul, he evaluates that Soul has a, 'twisted and sarcastic soul.' Soul sometimes shows a dark and sarcastic sense of humour, that usually annoys most people, especially Maka.
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Soul Eater Evans (ソウル・イーター・エヴァンス, Sōru Ītā Evansu) or just 'Soul' to his friends, is Maka's Demon Scythe partner. He is the main male protagonist and Weapon of the series. Currently he is a Death Scythe and a member of Spartoi. At the start of the series, Soul's personality is laid-back and nonchalant, as he tries to mold himself to his expectations of how someone 'cool' would act. He is almost the complete opposite to Maka, being calm, reserved and aloof. He often expresses how he feels about some situations by either claiming that something is 'cool' or 'not cool.' Being a supposedly cool guy, he prefers to use the direct approach which most of the time fails (although after maturing, he no longer does this). He has a unique love for eating souls that seems to not be shared by many of the other Weapons, drooling quite frequently when his next meal is nearby. He also seems to be a glutton towards food in general. He can sometimes become too driven by the thought of eating souls, which leads him to bicker with Maka or become impatient with her, but despite their squabbles, they are always able to maintain a solid friend-partner relationship. He is also friends with Black Star because of their similar personalities, but at the same time they cannot match their Wavelengths. He is slightly immature, being headstrong, stubborn, apathetic to most things and argumentative. He also has a strong weakness towards women, as he bursts into a nosebleed without fail every time he sees Blair naked. He is also a slacker that likes to find an easier way out of situations, shown when he attempts to cheat in a DWMA exam. However, one thing he has gained from all the years of being 'cool' is he is possibly one of the most loyal people one could possibly meet, especially since breaking promises and changing sides 'isn't at all cool in the least.' Deep down, he is always looking out for his friends, and is even willing to sacrifice himself in order to protect his partner, Maka, showing his bravery and dedication. Despite his usual unenthusiastic appearance, he proves to be actually quite determined, and he also helps people get back on their feet when they are at a loss. He is also quick-thinking and cunning at times. After the rise of Asura, however, Soul's personality greatly matures (mostly because of his awareness that he must grow stronger to combat the strong insanity released into the world), and his stubborn and headstrong demeanor is replaced by a more cool-headed and serious one. He remains remarkably calm and composed no matter how dire the situation is and has impressively deep insight on various situations and people, often noticing important points no one else had thought of. He also shows a good deal of sense and judgment, which is well-respected by his peers. He begins to show more awareness and understanding towards people, up until the point that he even lectures some of the other characters when they are too stubborn to see some situations clearly, although he sometimes thinks it best to leave people to figure things out on their own. Since he is infected by the Black Blood, he runs the risk of being overcome by madness. Because of Soul's constant grapple with the Black Blood and Little Ogre inside his soul, he has a good degree of self-control as well, and rarely gives in to his emotions. He has demonstrated extremely strong willpower, being able to hold onto both his and Maka's sanity whilst using the Black Blood against Crona. He still has a compassionate side, proving to be a good loyal friend to others, and is still willing to do anything he can to protect his Meister. However, he seems to suffer from low esteem and is not confident in himself. He is saddened of his inferiority to "Weapons" like Justin and Giriko and cringes at the thought of his brother, Wes, who is a superior musician to him. He also conflicts frequently with Little Ogre in his mind. He keeps most of these problems to himself, and seems reluctant to share his problems with others, which sometimes makes him appear harsh and almost cold. He is mostly seen frowning or scowling, and most of his smiles are somewhat sarcastic. He is rather pessimistic, and is slightly aloof and detached from others, and he admits that he shares Crona's fear of bonding with people. At the DWMA anniversary party, he is seen outside on the balcony by himself rather than with the others, and does not tell Maka of his Black Blood infection and his dreams of Little Ogre, although this is mainly because he does not want to worry her. He still has a kind-hearted side, although he shows this side the most to Maka. In the first chapter of Lust in the Book of Eibon, Soul's personality undergoes a bit of a change to suit his switched gender. Although sarcastic as he usually is, he is also a little stuck-up and haughty, and his behavior goes on to annoy his partner, Maka. His personality returns to normal after leaving the first chapter. He quickly reverts to his true male appearance alongside Maka, which means he does not possess much lustful thoughts (which is ironic because of his constant nosebleeds upon seeing Blair's naked body). Soul playing the PianoSoul also has a talent for playing the piano. His Meister, Maka, reveals that when they first met he played a dark song for her on the piano. Apart from this however, he is reluctant to play in front of people as he 'doesn't know what he's capable of.' The reason for his talents with the piano is that he comes from a family of musicians. His brother, Wes, is a famous violinist. However, Soul wanted to break off from his family tradition of being a musician. When he found out that he was a distant descendant of weapons, he used his ability as a scapegoat in order to leave his family. Soul also claims that the songs he plays on the piano are ones of madness. However, his love of music still remains, and he seems to open up a little when it comes to music. He has good musical taste, and personally seems to like jazz music. When Stein sees his soul, he evaluates that Soul has a, 'twisted and sarcastic soul.' Soul sometimes shows a dark and sarcastic sense of humour, that usually annoys most people, especially Maka.
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Birth name: Michael Benjamin Bay
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
(2001) Movieline revealed that Bay's father is John Frankenheimer. Frankenheimer, who always denied paternity, took a DNA test in the 1980s which was negative.
(2008) He was challenged by German filmmaker Uwe Boll to a charity boxing match.
Actor: Sean Connery
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Crappy Car Driver in "Bad Boys II" (movie)
NASA Scientist in "Armageddon" (movie, uncredited)
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Director for "13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi" (movie)
Director for "Armageddon" (sci-fi disaster film, 1998)
Director for "Bad Boys II" (sequel, 2003)
Director for "Bad Boys" (action film, 1995)
Director for "Pain & Gain" (movie)
Director for "Pearl Harbor" (war drama, 2001)
Director for "The Island" (sci-fi action film, 2005)
Director for "The Rock" (action thriller, 1996)
Executive Producer for "Black Sails"
Executive Producer for "The Last Ship"
Producer for "Bad Boys 4" (movie)
Producer for "Friday the 13th" (2009 movie)
Producer for "I Am Number Four" (movie)
Producer for "Nightmare on Elm Street" (2010 remake)
Producer for "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (2014 movie)
Producer for "The Island" (movie)
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All issues Volume 38 / No 4 (July-August 2007) Apidologie, 38 4 (2007) 354-367 Abstract
Volume 38, Number 4, July-August 2007
https://doi.org/10.1051/apido:2007021
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2007021
Incidence and molecular characterization of viruses found in dying New Zealand honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies infested with Varroa destructor
Jacqui H. Todda, Joachim R. De Mirandab and Brenda V. Ballc
a Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Limited, Private Bag 92169, Auckland, New Zealand
b School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland
c Plant and Invertebrate Ecology Division, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts, AL5 2JQ, UK
(Received 30 June 2006 - Revised 25 January 2007 - Accepted 21 February 2007 - Published online 10 October 2007)
Abstract - The virus status of New Zealand honey bee colonies infested with Varroa destructor was studied from 2001 to 2003. The viruses CBPV, BQCV, SBV, CWV, and KBV were all found during the study, with CWV and KBV the most common, as inferred from serological and protein profile analyses. DWV, SPV and ABPV were not detected in these colonies. CWV was present in the colonies throughout the season, while the appearance of KBV generally coincided with autumn colony collapse when V. destructor populations were large. Inconsistencies between serological analyses and viral capsid protein profiles of the extracts containing CWV and KBV were probably a result of strain differences between the viruses found in New Zealand and those used to generate the diagnostic antisera. The genome of the New Zealand KBV strain was partially sequenced. Phylogenetic and serological analyses showed this strain to be unique and most closely related to Canadian KBV isolates.
Key words: Apis mellifera / Kashmir bee virus / Varroa destructor / New Zealand
Corresponding author: jtodd@hortresearch.co.nz
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Polymerase Chain Reaction detection of deformed wing virus (DWV) in Apis mellifera and Varroa destructor
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Dimensions of Inequality: Black Immigrants’ Occupational Segregation in the United States
The U.S. labor market is increasingly made up of immigrant workers, and considerable research has focused on occupational segregation as an indicator of their labor market incorporation. However, most studies focus on Hispanic populations, excluding one of the fastest growing immigrant groups: foreign-born blacks. Because of their shared race, African and Caribbean immigrants may experience the same structural barriers as U.S.-born blacks.
Borders within Borders: The Impact of Occupational Licensing on Immigrant Incorporation
Over the past four decades, occupational regulation, particularly licensing, which creates a legal right to practice, has engulfed the American occupational structure. Occupational licensure research typically offers theoretical arguments suggesting that licensing limits individuals’ entry into an occupation. For migrants arriving with little financial capital, licensing requirements can act as substantial barriers to occupational entry.
When Does Punishment End and Justice Begin?
In Homeward: Life in the Year after Prison, Bruce Western critically and thoughtfully engages the empirical alongside the ethical in this qualitative study of reentry in the United States. This book is a major methodological departure from Western’s previous work focused on statistical analysis of large-scale data sets, something he acknowledges early...
Confronting Race in American Criminal Justice Reform
The contemporary American criminal justice system is neither rational nor just. Nor is it color-blind. Despite decades of declines in crime and much talk of policy reform, the criminal justice system remains an established feature of racial inequality in the United States.
Race and Networks in the Job Search Process
Racial disparities persist throughout the employment process, with African Americans experiencing significant barriers compared to whites. This article advances the understanding of racial labor market stratification by bringing new theoretical insights and original data to bear on the ways social networks shape racial disparities in employment opportunities. We develop and articulate two pathways through which networks may perpetuate racial inequality in the labor market: network access and network returns.
Even Supermoms Get the Blues: Employment, Gender Attitudes, and Depression
This study examines how gender attitudes moderate the relationship between employment and depressive symptoms using data from the 1987 to 2006 waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Cohort. Results indicate that at age 40, the association of employment with reduced symptoms of depression is greatest for mothers who had previously expressed support for traditional gender roles. This finding was robust to controls for prior depressive symptoms.
Review Essay: Combating Labor Precarity Is Hard Work
“All that is solid melts into air,” wrote Marx and Engels in The Communist Manifesto, at a time when labor was becoming increasingly precarious. The experience of workplace precarity and the broader feeling of insecurity it engenders are certainly not new; they are as old as capitalism. Even so, precarious labor as a concept is enjoying quite a boom these days.
Complaining While Black: Racial Disparities in the Adjudication of Complaints Against the Police
Reports of citizen complaints of police misconduct often note that officers are rarely disciplined for alleged misconduct. The perception of little officer accountability contributes to widespread distrust of law enforcement in communities of color. This project investigates how race and segregation shape the outcomes of allegations made against the Chicago Police Department (CPD) between 2011 and 2014. We find that complaints by black and Latino citizens and against white officers are less likely to be sustained.
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The Republic of Allan Hawco
Posted on December 16, 2014 | Stephanie Beaumont | 4 Comments
Bell Island, N.L. native Allan Hawco celebrates a new year and a brand new chapter in 2015. After the finale of his award-winning television series Republic of Doyle on December 10, Hawco parked his classic ride, the GTO, along with his wise-crackin’ character Jake Doyle — for the time being. There’s said to be Doyle movies in the works, but before that there are dramatic turns, feature films and a whole lot of action in store for Hawco and his production company, Take the Shot Productions.
After six successful seasons of a property now broadcast in 98 countries worldwide (and a giant here at home), Take the Shot moves into the future as a bonafide player. Hawco proudly reports “over $140 million of economic activity from Republic of Doyle alone in the city of St. John’s over six years. That’s just our production budget spent in the province, that’s excluding any kind of tourism spin-off.”
The “dream come true” hit series came with a whole lot of hustle for Hawco. Yet, as co-creator, executive producer, head writer, show runner and omnipresent star, he still managed to keep all the plates skillfully spinning.
“It’s tough, but the number one rule… you need to surround yourself with extremely diligent, intelligent and talented people. It’s the only way to survive in any business I would imagine and my partners are smarter and more talented than me in so many of these ways that it keeps me from burning out.”
Still, Hawco confesses he came pretty close three years ago. Amidst the breakneck pace of one of Doyle’s biggest seasons — under the radar, surrounded by friends and family — Allan Hawco married Carolyn Stokes (host of CBC News: Here and Now Late Night). Balance was restored.
“She has been my rock through all of it. She was there when I was an unemployed theatre actor and was in love with me then. She’s never mad at me. She understands this opportunity has been a gift for us both because I’m working and functioning out of my home as opposed to spending all my time in Toronto auditioning for things I didn’t want to do.”
Hawco’s rule over the Republic not only established his star power, it also fostered his craving to create, so no — there’s no slowdown in sight. Be watching for him in the six-part mini-series The Book of Negroes, the Paul Gross feature Hyena Road and Take the Shot’s green-lit series Caught …and he’s only just getting started. Oh Yeah!
ONE best piece of life advice?
Nothing is impossible. Obviously there are things that cannot be done — of course. But most things we want to have happen, that we think are just too hard to go after — I think they are often within our grasp.
TWO for the road: cross country car trip – who’s your co-pilot?
My wife. She’s the best person I have ever met.
THREE for the show: your choice triple bill – what’s playing?
This is an impossible question for me to answer because it changes every three months! I try not to stay stuck in the past when it comes to my tastes in film and tv. But if I had to recommend three for fun? Scorsese/De Nero trio: Mean Streets, Raging Bull, Good Fellas.
FOUR seasons: which one is your favourite?
Summer… because it’s summer.
FIVE-alarm fire: things you would take?
Laptop and my pants.
For more updates, follow Allan Hawco on Twitter @allanhawco and visit www.taketheshotproductions.com.
About Stephanie Beaumont
Stephanie Beaumont is the president, CEO & creative director of Sea and be Scene, an entertainment-based magazine-style website designed to celebrate the four Atlantic provinces. She’s also the executive producer & host of SEA AND BE SCENE TV broadcasting on Bell Aliant FibreOP’s Community ONE. Visit seaandbescene.com and follow her on Twitter @seaandbescene
4 Comments to “The Republic of Allan Hawco”
Arthur MacNeil // January 9, 2015 at 8:50 pm // Reply
Interesting read! Amazing the amount of funds generated in a community where a television program is filmed! Thanks for adding some interesting details about a Canadian Icon. Stephanie Beaumont seems to be another Canadian talent with positive energy that should be recognized and appreciated too!!
Effie // August 12, 2015 at 3:00 am // Reply
From the beginning of the first show,I loved how facts of NFLD were woven into every episode. It tickled me to no end, the way Jake was always saying something positive about NFLD it just filled me with pride. I left NFLD over forty years ago, but it will always be home to me. Thanks Allen for a wonderful show.
Cameras Roll on FRONTIER « Sea and be Scene // November 17, 2015 at 8:50 am // Reply
[…] businesses and truth be told tourism in general. It was during our interview with Allan Hawco for Atlantic Business Magazine January 2015 issue in which he confirmed the economic impact a show can have… "over $140 million of economic […]
Patricia Ince // July 27, 2016 at 5:33 am // Reply
Newfoundland has always intrigued me. “Republic of Doyle” heightened my interest and, in 2014, I finally made the trip to Newfoundland. I remain a loyal fan of “ROD” re-runs. Newfoundland continues to intrigue. Hopefully, a second trip is part of my future.
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Yes Terry, there is value in magazine advertising
Posted on January 7, 2011 | Dawn Chafe | 0 Comments
With utmost respect for Francis P. Church, whose art as the greatest editorial writer of all time I shall hereby humbly attempt to mimic, I take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication excerpted below from a May 2010 correspondence, expressing at the same time my gratification that its author is numbered among the friends of Atlantic Business Magazine.
Dear Editor—I’m an adman from Toronto, and the host of The Age of Persuasion on CBC Radio One. I’m in Halifax to do a book tour event, was just reading your beautiful magazine, and wanted to drop you a line to tell you why I instantly loved your “print challenge”. —Terry O’Reilly
The “print challenge” to which Terry refers is what we here at Atlantic Business Magazine affectionately denote as our “Great Ad Experiment”. Having become aware of the cynicism of technological aficionados to whom print is as passé as little Virginia’s Christmas elf, we sought – not to disparage or denigrate emerging media – but to remind the advertising public that print has been and always will be a powerful friend. And so we sought to re-engage those intellects which have been so disaffected by the scepticism of this most sceptical age.
Our first step was to recruit the hearts and minds of six of the most creative advertising agencies in Atlantic Canada while simultaneously engaging a client with the courage to push past traditional boundaries of corporate brand protectionism. Thus did those six agencies (Colour-NL, Extreme Group, Impact Communications, Spark Marketing, Spectacle Group and The Idea Factory) focus their collective talents on developing imaginative, transformational print campaigns for our most courageous of clients, Lawtons.
A word, if I may, on the subject of courage: in this instance, it was defined by a willingness to allow public and focus group voting to determine which of the six submitted campaigns would appear in this magazine, and to do so without refinement or revision. The chosen campaign, an interactive ad from Spectacle Group that invited readers to physically simplify the intended message via a folding process, appeared in three consecutive issues of Atlantic Business Magazine over a six month period.
That, however, was only half of the matter. The more important portion, for our larger audience, relates to the findings of our experiment. Along with the print campaign, Spectacle Group created a companion website (lifemadesimpler.ca). The only public direction to that site was in the pages of Atlantic Business Magazine and through online advertising on our website. Speaking with Janane Chater, Lawtons’ inhouse creative champion, she revealed that the website experienced 544 distinct visitors, 80 per cent of whom were direct traffic. Though viral videos on YouTube can draw in millions of viewers, unless it’s an anti-corporate anthem like “United Kills Guitars”, chances are that you can’t remember which company sponsored which quasi-spontaneous dance in which train station/airport/shopping mall.
In our experiment, more than 400 different individuals were sufficiently motivated by the ad in our magazine to type the website address into their internet browser. Why did they go there? Not for entertainment or amusement, but to specifically seek information on Lawtons’ services and programs.
As well, an informal survey conducted via our electronic newsletter showed that the Lawtons ad ranked number one for top of mind awareness among Atlantic Business Magazine readers. The same survey also revealed that males were more likely to follow the fold instructions to reveal the “simplified” message, while women were more likely to go to the website.
“Print works,” quoth Janane. “It just has to be the right creative, in the right publication. That’s what we have here. We are very pleased with the results of this experiment.”
Not believe in the power of print? You might as well surrender your senses of touch and smell and sound. Why, print is the most interactive of all the media! Who among us has never experienced the tactile pleasure of the paperback novel? Smelled the library’s aged wisdom? Heard the happy crinkle of newly printed page, and devoured the timelessness of Shakespearean ink? Can a website be framed for posterity? Will your grandparents boast of Wikipedia entry?
Ah Terry, you were so right. In a world of speedboat advertising, magazines truly are the yachts. In 10 years, nay 10 times 10 years, we will continue to make glad the hearts of readers and advertisers everywhere.
About Dawn Chafe
For the past 19 years, Dawn has been editor of Atlantic Canada’s most award-winning and largest circulation business magazine: Atlantic Business Magazine. Under her editorial direction, Atlantic Business Magazine has won 14 Atlantic Journalism Awards, three TABBIE international business press awards and two KRW national business press awards.
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Classic Album: Electric Light Orchestra – A New World Record
Jon Bryan — October 1, 2016
"When you touch down things look different here"
By October 1976 Electric Light Orchestra had managed to morph themselves into a slick prog-pop group, scoring hit singles the world over and releasing a string of increasingly impressive albums. Not only that, but band leader Jeff Lynne was merrily picking up influences from progressive rock, Beatlesque pop and even elements of disco, all of which could be heard at various points on the best ELO album to date, the punchy A New World Record.
Gone were the ponderous epics that had blighted their early career, song-suites were temporarily ignored in favour of creating the ELO album with the most pop-appeal, in their place were nine concise and well produced pop-rock tunes. A New World Record contains no less than four singles, “Telephone Line”, “Livin’ Thing”, the marvelously chaotic “Rockaria” and the riff-driven “Do Ya”. Add to these four tracks a closing track like “Shangri-la” and you have the makings of a fine album. That doesn’t mean the other numbers are merely filler either, as opener “Tightrope” effectively sounds like Lynne and his bandmates finally landing on planet pop and deciding that they liked and “Mission (A World Record)” is a curiously fulfilling slab of pop-prog.
There’s not many criticisms you could genuinely level at A New World Record. Perhaps it didn’t rock particularly hard, but it had been obvious for years that Lynne’s interest had been in sophisticated pop rather than head-s down guitar rifer. That’s not to say that ELO were incapable of rifer, indeed their reworking of “Do Ya” by Lynne’s previous band, The Move, demonstrates that they cold do it when they wanted to, they just didn’t want to very often. Lynne was more about the hook than the riff, and that’s not something to criticise someone for. More worrying is Lynne’s frothing obsession with The Beatles, as he clumsily name drops them as frequently as possible. It’s something that that still rings of fanboy sycophancy today, and it took me years to accept that this was an inevitable part of who Lynne was.
Ultimately you can’t take away from the fact that A New World Record pushed Lynne and the rest of ELO to international success. In retrospect it’s their most accessible album, demonstrating everything that their fans loved about them, ad its heartwarming to realise that fry years later, they are finally receiving the kudos they always deserved. If you’re looking for a concise and approachable album with which to start your Electric Light Orchestra collection, then you can do far worse than pick up A New World Record.
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Rising Student Debt Linked to Higher-Paid University Presidents
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A new report published by the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) finds student debt is rising faster at state universities with the highest-paid presidents.
In addition, these schools have higher numbers of low-wage adjunct faculty labor – meaning part-time and contingent instructors.
The report, titled “The One Percent at State U,” is the result of a study looking at the 25 public universities with the highest executive pay when compared to the nationwide four-year university average.
It examined statistics from 2006 through 2012 and found a disproportionate compensation structure for executives at the top 25 schools.
Points of interest:
National student loan debt continues to rise, registering $1.2 trillion in 2012.
• The sharpest rise in student debt levels occurred in schools where executive compensation rose the fastest.
• At state schools with the highest-paid presidents, administrative spending outpaced scholarship spending by more than two to one.
• Part-time adjunct faculty grew 22 percent faster at schools with the highest-paid presidents when compared to the national average (adjunct faculty costs the university far less).
• Executive pay at the top 25 schools increased more than twice as fast as the national average to nearly $1 million on average.
Where does your alma mater’s president rank?
Rank Institution Total Compensation Awarded to Top Executive of Main Campus
FY 06 — FY 12 Average Yearly Total Compensation in 2012 dollars
FY 06 — FY 12
1 Ohio State University $10,223,733 $1,533,286
2 Pennsylvania State University $7,658,372 $1,134,067
3 University of Delaware* $7,083,950 $1,089,663
4 Auburn University $6,237,411 $925,941
5 University of Virginia $5,774,436 $873,488
6 University of Michigan $5,659,043 $858,333
7 George Mason University** $5,636,489 $844,265
8 University of Washington $5,404,009 $821,315
9 Virginia Tech $5,004,070 $758,098
10 University of Texas $4,733,280 $716,644
11 University of Central Florida** $4,712,161 $714,369
12 University of Minnesota $4,425,889 $669,874
13 Arizona State University $4,382,001 $664,503
14 University of Florida $4,327,277 $656,238
15 Temple University $4,302,599 $651,943
16 Washington state University $4,301,950 $652,655
17 Rutgers University $4,289,298 $653,821
18 University of Kentucky $4,284,203 $647,349
19 University of Houston $4,273,040 $648,216
20 Georgia State University $4,199,291 $641,036
21 Pittsburgh University $4,136,562 $628,210
22 Georgia Institute of Technology $4,116,997 $625,918
23 University of Georgia $4,088,151 $620,958
24 University of Connecticut $3,925,372 $595,586
25 Florida State University $3,694,233 $561,876
According to The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS), student loan debt reached $1.2 trillion in 2012, overtaking total credit card debt for the first time in history.
And with part-time adjunct faculty at universities making an average annual wage of just more than $22,000 per year, we know the increasing costs aren’t going to them.
So one has to ask — are university professors worth the salaries they receive?
*FY 2009 compensation was unreported. Total compensation for FY 06 – FY 12 reflects an FY 09 estimate based on the yearly average of total compensation reported for Patrick Harker in FY 08, FY 10, FY 11, and FY 12.
**FY 2006 compensation was unreported. Total compensation for FY 06 — FY 12 reflects an FY 06 estimate based on average of 23 other top 25 compensation figures for FY 06. Given subsequent year totals at this institution, the FY 06 — FY 12 total is likely an underestimate.
Photo credits: Flickr/Backbone Campaign; credit.com
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By: BadCredit.org Staff • 7/14/14
Study: Seniors Carrying 6X More Education Debt Than 25 Years Ago
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Should we be concerned about Indians closer Brad Hand?
Dan Kadar Beacon Journal
In his last three games, Cleveland Indians closer Brad Hand has allowed five runs and eight hits in three innings. As the Indians continue to push for the playoffs, is it time to be concerned about Hand's effectiveness?
We talk about it on this week's Leading Off with Ryan Lewis podcast. Before we get to Hand, we cover these topics:
- The Indians are coming off their toughest stretch of games this season, winning a series against the Twins, losing a series to the Red Sox and splitting a series with the Yankees. Ryan gives his thoughts on how the team played over the stretch and what we learned about the team, especially when it was without Yasiel Puig in the middle of the batting order.
- Corey Kluber suffered a setback in his latest rehab start, exiting the game after an inning due to an abdominal strain. What does this mean for his comeback? And if Kluber does return to the Indians this season, which starter is at risk of losing his spot in the rotation?
- Carlos Carrasco is also starting to work his way back. We explain that while it's a great story, be hesitant with your expectations for the starter.
- More with Hand: We wondered, do the scars of Indians closers past taint the public opinion of Hand?
- Ryan explains the pitch that Hand has faltered on, and what could be the cause of his recent struggles.
On mobile and don't see a podcast player above? Find a direct link to the show here. You can also subscribe on Google Podcasts here and find us on Spotify here.
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Podmass
Hardcore History returns with a measly 4.5-hour meditation on torture and execution
Benjamin Cannon,
Marnie Shure,
Randall Colburn,
Zach Brooke,
Allison Shoemaker,
Becca James,
and Mike Vanderbilt
Filed to:Podcasts
Sir John Oldcastle being burnt alive in 1417. (Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Podmass PodmassIn Podmass, The A.V. Club sifts through the ever-expanding world of podcasts and recommends the previous week’s best episodes. Have your own favorite? Let us know in the comments or at podmass@avclub.com.
In Podmass, The A.V. Club sifts through the ever-expanding world of podcasts and recommends the previous week’s best episodes. Have your own favorite? Let us know in the comments or at podmass@avclub.com.
Edge Of Fame
Norm Macdonald Doesn’t Like Endings
It’s always welcome when podcasters shake up the traditional interview format of in-studio mic-gabbing. Edge Of Fame, a new collaboration between WBUR/NPR and The Washington Post, does it by framing episodes as profiles rather than straightforward interviews. At the helm is Geoff Edgers, the Post’s national arts reporter, and future episodes will center around the likes of David Letterman, Ava DuVernay, and Jimmy Kimmel. The podcast’s premiere focuses on comedy legend Norm Macdonald, whom Edgers follows from a September 2016 appearance on Jimmy Fallon to a comedy set on the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration. Along the way, the journalist pairs interviews of the notoriously cagey Macdonald with insight into his early stand-up, his O.J. Simpson beat on SNL’s Weekend Update, and his satirical autobiography released in 2016. Edgers paints a compelling portrait of both the comedian and the ebbs and flows of his popularity, but it’s perhaps the smaller moments that make the episode such a must-listen. Macdonald loses his notes before one gig, and later frets over a minor sports moment before going onstage. Macdonald has maintained such an unknowability over the years that to catch these tiny glimpses is an intriguing piercing of his veil. [Randall Colburn]
Fairy Tales For Unwanted Children
Toronto-based podcast Fairy Tales For Unwanted Children is as calming as it is eerie. The short stories (most are under 10 minutes) are original works from host Scott Thrower that carry on the tradition of the medium’s dark history (think the Brothers Grimm) while providing a smooth delivery complete with a complementary soundtrack. The result is reminiscent of PBS’s Cover To Cover or a favorite school teacher reading a book to a class. As Thrower puts it, “Each [fairy tale] is written to be a short journey into a wondrous work that will unsettle, surprise, and entertain,” and they do. Short and not so sweet, and with almost 50 episodes recorded so far, the series can be binged in the amount of time one might spend on a standard-length podcast, with listeners taking in stories about a prince lost in a forest, a man seeking eternal life, or a boy who gets out of bed at night to realize he’s not alone. [Becca James]
Home With The Armadillo: The Austin Sound, With A Side Of Nachos
Gravy, a biweekly podcast that “tells stories of the changing American South through the foods we eat,” plays like a good rock doc. It’s part oral history and part raucous recollection paired with solid production value, all blended into informational nostalgia. This week, reporter Ryan Katz explores the history of Austin’s Armadillo World Headquarters, famed for bringing the various sounds of the South together in the 1970s while serving killer nachos. The music venue was home to both straightforward, working-class country and the more hippie-influenced acts that were beginning to flourish at the time, including the likes of Armadillo regular Willie Nelson. By making room for these previously competing subcultures in the same space, the club secured a spot in the storied history of Austin sound and cosmic cowboy culture. Even the highly acclaimed Austin City Limits is indebted to Armadillo World Headquarters. Why? Listen to find out. [Becca James]
Painfotainment
Longtime critical darling Hardcore History has enjoyed its enviable status as a premier podcast for over a decade. For podcast fanatics, each new release is akin to the Super Bowl (and new episodes are just about as frequent nowadays). Host Dan Carlin, a former radio broadcaster, brings both passion and showmanship as he unspools historical narratives with a flair for tension and intensity. Shunning regular release dates and manageable running times, Carlin parses esoteric source material in his marathon-length episodes, dissecting every human thought process that could possibly occur during epoch-changing events. So vast are the narratives, and so considerate is he of their nuances, that even six-hour episodes often aren’t sufficient, and he instead breaks them into multiple parts. Shorter “blitz” episodes like “Painfotainment” focus on the evolution of a concept or idea throughout history rather than a specific event—in this case, humanity’s morbid penchant to make torture and executions into public spectacles. Carlin sojourns from the extravaganzas of ancient Rome to the ritualistic autos de fé of the Middle Ages and concludes with lynchings in America. At every step, Carlin questions why these events drew such large crowds and what exactly the spectators were looking to get out of them. [Zach Brooke]
Part 1: A Change Is Gonna Come
Over the past several years, podcasting has seen an increased output of sensational narratives as a means to drive listener engagement. It’s understandable, even as it is disappointing. So when a show like The Promise comes along—one that is patient, empathetic, and humane while still providing a captivating listen—it’s worth paying attention. This new podcast from Nashville Public Radio is all about investigating the changing landscape of public housing in America through the lens of Nashville’s James Cayce housing project and its subsequent renovation. Led by host and producer Meribah Knight, the show offers a human picture of this controversial subject. Knight uses the podcast platform wisely, taking time to delve not only into the specific issues facing the Cayce houses but also the racial history of public housing in America, focusing on individual residents and their mixed feelings about life in the homes. What makes the show so vital is the universality of its inquiry: collective society’s promise is one of protection and support, especially for its weakest members, and project housing hasn’t always been the best provider of either. The Promise’s holistic exploration provides an opportunity to do better, and it starts by listening. [Ben Cannon]
The Rialto Report
The Story of ‘Midnight Blue’: Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Each episode of The Rialto Report explores a different aspect of the “golden age of porn” in the ’70s. This week, the subject at hand is Midnight Blue, a public access series that featured interviews with celebs, advertisements for local massage parlors, and segments on BDSM and kink. The rise and eventual fall of Midnight Blue is rooted in the New York of the 1970s that fans of sleaze and smut fawn over but would probably be terrified to actually live in, and it’s just as inextricably tied to the life and times of Screw publisher Al Goldstein (the Rupert Murdoch of pornography). The podcast presents the Midnight Blue story through narration, interview clips, and audio from some of the wilder ads (sex toys, 900 numbers, brothels) deftly edited together to create a compelling and funny narrative, putting the listener right in the middle of this time and place. It’s a familiar tale of counterculture versus censorship that spans three decades. Goldstein is certainly divisive and more than a little problematic; listeners will find themselves loving him and hating him at the same time. [Mike Vanderbilt]
How To Pay For An Abortion
The reunion of former Stuff Mom Never Told You co-hosts Cristen Conger and Caroline Ervin is enough to make Unladylike’s debut a notable one, but “How To Pay For An Abortion” doesn’t coast on that well-earned rapport. The rapport is definitely still there, though: Ervin and Conger spent five years digging into taboos surrounding the female experience for Stuff, developing an immensely appealing blend of wit, frankness, and in-depth research that’s alive and well on their new show. But the Unladylike format gives them a chance to do something about which they’re clearly passionate, as they interview other women about their experiences and put those experiences front and center, backed up by facts and figures. For this episode, they speak with three women who each not only had different reasons for having an abortion, but also had wildly varied experiences paying for them, and Conger and Ervin explore the many complicated financial realities of what should be a simple procedure with their usual steadiness. It’s a tough listen at times, but surprisingly entertaining at others, particularly when they speak with “fabulous abortion princess” and comedian Joyelle Nicole Johnson. She, like the show’s hosts, is a straightforward, outspoken delight. [Allison Shoemaker]
While you’re here, The Onion has a new podcast, A Very Fatal Murder
Today our sister site The Onion released all episodes of its new true crime podcast, A Very Fatal Murder. Listen as Onion Public Radio host David Pascall travels to Bluff Springs, Nebraska to investigate the unsolved murder of Hayley Price in what is sure to be a groundbreaking, Pulitzer Prize–winning, and staggeringly poignant—especially in its questioning of what it means to be from middle America—series.
New Reddit podcast Endless Thread offers up the front page of the internet, scrolling-free
Who’s hotter? Who’s drunker? Who will find buried treasure? These podcasts ask the essential questions
From teenagers to lawmakers, Reckonings runs a real-time postmortem on changed hearts and minds
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The AWEnesty of Autism
AWEnest Advocacy
Small Talk is BIG
For those of you who know me personally, you know I have been blessed (or cursed, depends on how long you have to sit next to me) with the "gift of gab". It's very rare, that my mouth isn't open and moving. Even as I sleep, my mouth hangs wide open, as I mumble and chat with the folks who are brave enough to enter my dreams. This gift of gab is not new, I'm pretty sure I came out of the womb talking. Teachers in elementary school gave me the nickname, "Chatty Kathy" (I'm a K, not a C), just like the very scary, Chucky's twin sister, 1960's Chatty Cathy doll that could "chat" (and possibly kill you in your sleep) when you pulled a string on her back.
AWEnestly, look at that doll...is she pointing at me in a "I'm coming for you next?" kind of way (shudder)? That doll is so freaky and as a fourth grader had I known how offensive the nickname "Chatty Kathy" was, I would have put one of those creepy, possessed looking dolls under my teacher's bed with a toy knife in it's hand. Who needs a tack on teacher's chair, when a Chatty Cathy doll lies await under teacher's bed? Dan, who is not a small talker and who amazingly has not put a Chatty Cathy doll under our bed to scare me into silence, once told me that I could befriend and small talk with a fence post. As long as the fence post occasionally creaked to show some type of interest in what I was chatting about, I probably could befriend and chat with a fence post. A fence post isn't nearly as scary as Chatty Cathy.
Breaking Bad, Sony Pictures
Ok, fine, my dirty little secret it out. I'm terrified of creepy looking dolls, and I'm a chatter box blessed with the gift of gab who can engage in small talk all day long with my blah, blah, blah, Chatty Cathy mouth... often at tongue straining speed. If any kind of alcohol or medication is added to my gift of gab, it's highly recommended that anyone within 50 yards of me, grab some ear plugs and an interpreter in order to protect your hearing and decipher what the he** I am saying. Even during my college days, I never "experimented" with stimulants because I felt certain that between my already hyper, overstimulated personality and my gift of gab, someone would have surely tossed me over a balcony. I promise you, had I been given an opportunity to score some of Walter White's highly addictive blue meth from the series Breaking Bad, regardless of it's 99% purity, I still would have never become a meth head junkie. Walter would have shot or poisoned me within three minutes of my first meth buzz. I would have never stood a chance of becoming addicted.
Good thing we have no balconies at our home and it's probably in my best interest to never have my science loving, money loving Ryan ever meet up with Walter White because Ryan does not believe my gift of gab is a gift at all. In fact, to Ryan, most of the time I am just noise...noise that makes his "brain hurt". Ryan loves me to the sun and back, but, as far as my small talk gift of gab, well, quite frankly, Ryan would happily have me re-gift my gab and Dan would probably help Ryan wrap it. Re-gifting my gab is a much better scenario than having those two inquire with Walt how big of a barrel they need for me.
Ryan loves small talk about as much as Walter White loves the DEA. Autism, or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a social communication disorder. Many people with an ASD, have difficulties with socialization and communication and Ryan is no exception. Small talk involves both communication skills and social skills and Ryan struggles with both. Ryan is also a perfectionist. If Ryan can't get something right, or if Ryan thinks he won't get something right, Ryan is not going to risk being wrong. So, whatever this "something" is, just ain't gonna happen. This is why, more often than not, Ryan remains silent in social settings.
Small talk is a way of social bonding, a way of trying to fit in or be accepted. Ryan spends very little time concerning himself with fitting in. That's not to say that Ryan does not care about fitting in, but, socializing, bonding, and fitting in exhaust Ryan. Socializing for Ryan means too many social cues that he misses, too many words with double meanings, too many facial expressions that are hard to read and too much body language that is hard to interpret. More times than not, Ryan decides that small talk and "fitting in" is all just way too hard and not worth the risk, so he frequently chooses to be alone. Small talk is also used as a way to start or end a conversation or to fill in that awkward silence in a conversation many of us find uncomfortable. Since conversing is difficult for Ryan, and since silence to him is not awkward, but, a welcome relief, it makes perfect sense that for Ryan, small talk is BIG.
Back when Denial and I were often engaging in small talk, Denial would tell me that if I just kept talking at, I mean to, Ryan, he would eventually respond. So, every day on our way home from daycare, I would barrage Ryan with questions about his day. Just trying to prompt him to say something. "What did you have for snack?"..."Did you take a nap?"..."Did you make any crafts?"...and my favorite, most terrifying question that always came last, "Who did you play with on the playground today?". All my questions would go unanswered as Ryan stared out the car window, wishing there was a balcony to toss me and Denial over. I kept thinking, every single day, if Ryan would just answer one question, if he would just connect with me on one thing, I would be so much happier. Just like my friend, Fence Post, I felt certain that all my chatter, all my small talk would eventually make Ryan creak. Funny, how in those moments when I was so worried and so scared and wondered, "Why doesn't he respond to me?", Ryan's happiness didn't come into my mind. Getting Ryan to small talk was for me, not him. All Ryan wanted after a long day of daycare, school, and expectations, was to finally be in a place where he was safe, loved, and free of the stress of what he was expected to say next.
When Ryan continually failed to engage in my small talk chatter, or in small talk with friends, Denial assured me that Ryan just didn't care about friends, so small talk wasn't even necessary. This "didn't care" conclusion that Denial enabled me to draw, lead to many quiet car rides home with only Spongebob playing in the DVD as company. For Denial to have me believe, or anyone believe, that Ryan doesn't care about the social bonding of small talk or making friends is unfair. Certainly, small talk may not be as desirable for Ryan as it is for his mother, Chatty Kathy, but, just because Ryan's small talk is minimal, doesn't mean he cares little about acceptance, it just means that for Ryan, it is easier, and safer, to stay silent. After all, with silence, there is no chance of social mishaps, there is no chance of misinterpreting what someone means, there is no chance of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time, so, there is no chance of getting hurt. Whether he likes it or not, Ryan needs to learn what to say, and how to effectively communicate to survive in a world full of Chatty Kathy's. Coming from the heart of a Chatty Kathy mom, I hope that one day Ryan will not only know how to small talk, I hope that maybe one day he will actually want to chat with me.
Ryan has worked with Mrs. P, an amazing speech and language therapist, for five years, not because Ryan is non-verbal, not because he has poor articulation, but, mostly to help Ryan with his social speech, to help him engage in small talk. We all know that regardless of a designer Autism label, small talk is big when it comes to relationships with peers, teachers and colleagues. Ryan can do it, he can be taught to small talk, but, chances are, small talk for Ryan will always be BIG. Mrs. P has given Ryan the foundation he needs to small talk with his family, his friends, and his teachers, but, Mrs. P, no matter how wonderful she is, can't make Ryan want to do it. Autism may always have a hand ready to cover Ryan's mouth and keep him silent, but, maybe one day, Ryan will willingly and confidently push that hand aside. I have seen it happen...on rare occasions.
Needless to say, for a Chatty Kathy, someone who rambles on and on and on and on and on, having my son not engage in small talk with me, regardless of the reason, is still difficult. The AWEsome thing about my attempts at small talk with Ryan now is that Ryan has the communication skills to tell me, I'm "setting his brain on fire", or that I'm "speaking gibberish" or that he has "no possible idea" what the heck I am saying. Even Chatty Kathy knows when someone is nicely telling her to shut the he** up. I recognize that when Ryan gives me an inch, just a tiny hint of his willingness to engage in some small talk, I go for the mile, speaking gibberish at a high rate of speed that gets muddled up somewhere between Ryan's ears and his brain. In my hyper-crazed excitement to find Ryan, I wind up losing him again. Someone needs to tie a knot in this Chatty Kathy's pull string.
You can only imagine that on the rare occasions that autism releases it's hand from my boy's mouth, and he does decide to strike up some small talk with me, I feel like I am getting a glimpse inside his soul. I never, ever take these moments for granted and I try so hard to tape Chatty Kathy's mouth shut. A few weeks ago, while driving to pick Kyle up at baseball, Ryan said, "Are you aware that the mineral fluorite has the ability to glow in the dark?". I almost hit a pedestrian. First of all, Ryan STARTED the conversation, second of all, he asked it in the form of a question (never happens unless it's "Where's my lunch?") and finally, I had no idea what he said because for once his words sounded like "gibberish" to me. Fluorite? What in the name of Sam Hill was fluorite? I tried to wrack my brain with a smart mineralogist type of response. Turns out, my, dumb mother response of, "I had no idea!! What else can you tell me about fluorite." was all I needed for my brilliant son to chat for a good five minutes about minerals.
Thank God for minerals, rocks and an AWEsome science teacher. Those five minutes were a gift so beautiful and so amazing that my gift of gab only interrupted twice...and he called me on it both times by saying, "I wasn't finished yet.", and that's when I almost struck a light pole (Clearly Ryan's moments of small talk should not happen while I'm driving.). "I wasn't finished yet.", meant Ryan didn't give up, he didn't shut down because mom couldn't shut up, small talk got hard, but, Ryan stuck it out. Autism raised it's hand to cover Ryan's mouth and he crushed that hand with a big chunk of pyrite (aka Fool's Gold...I knew that one). Wow! It was without a doubt, the most amazing small talk, I have ever engaged in...and I'm still gushing over it.
As the van slowly pulled up to the curb at the high school, the magical moment ended, but, my heart continued to soar. Ryan crawled into the back seat, making room for Kyle, and turned on Spongebob. Our small talk had ended, but, it gave me a glimpse into my son's future. I pictured him surrounded with other sciencey like, smarty pants mineralogists in white lab coats discussing minerals (I realize mineralogists may wear polo shirts instead of lab coats, but, please let me have my moment) and Ryan not only engaging in the small talk, but, enjoying it. Surrounding himself with like minded people discussing something he is interested in, may be all Ryan needs to have small talk not be so BIG. I just hope that this group of white lab coat wearing mineralogists need a dumb, old Chatty Kathy to work in the lab cleaning up mineral dust and answering the phones, so I can continue to witness my AWEsome boy, finally being so comfortable with who he is, that small talk comes as easy as pulling a string.
Said Ryan never...yet.
The Lego Movie, Warner Brothers
We finally saw The Lego Movie! Hooray! Yeah, we are a little behind the eight ball, but, at least we saw it while it was still in theaters which is somewhat of a miracle. I always have great movie plans, but, somehow, the old, "We will see it on DVD" excuse gets in the way. Ryan was thrilled that this time, Mom actually opted for the $30 movie experience versus the $1.20 Redbox experience. Ryan was so excited that he didn't even complain (too much) that he was forced to take a shower on a Saturday. After cleaning himself up, Ryan grabbed our movie theater coupon book, his wallet (for the games and vending machines) and out the door he went, smiling from ear to ear. Unfortunately, the smile didn't last long.
Once we parked the car and entered the theater, I informed my delighted son that the coupon we had, afforded him a free drink with a purchase of a large popcorn, which he would have to share with me...the woman who gave birth to him. Clearly, nine months of gestating him, had no impact on his desire to share popcorn with me. "I am NOT sharing. I want my OWN!", Ryan grumbled...loudly. I have to be AWEnest, I didn't really want to share either. Even though Ryan had just showered, I was still less than thrilled at the idea of his frequently chewed on fingers digging in my popcorn bag, but, I also didn't want to spend $20 on freaking popcorn. After trying to reason with Ryan and reminding him (again) how big his head was upon his delivery into this world, I gave up and told Ryan that if he could not be a "flexible thinker" than he would need to buy his OWN popcorn with his OWN money. Ryan begrudgingly pulled a $5 bill out of his wallet and got his popcorn. About half of his coveted OWN popcorn, which he assured me would be eaten in it's entirety, got tossed in the trash the next day.
We eventually got to our seats just in time for the previews and all was right with Ryan's world, until I pulled out a can of Diet Coke that I had stuck in my purse before we left the house. You see, our coupon did not allow for two sodas, and yes, I'm that cheap. Ryan knows the "no outside food permitted" rules because he saw it on a sign, and Ryan follows directions, instructions and rules without fail...ever. So, the poor boy nearly had a stroke when he heard the "pop" and "whoosh" of my soda tab opening. Mom did not read the "no outside food or drink sign". Mom was not following the directions. Mom was breaking a rule. It wasn't until the movie started that Ryan finally stopped looking over his shoulder, waiting for the movie police to cart me off to movie prison. Movie prison truly doesn't sound too bad. As long as I can bring my own soda and do not have to share popcorn with my germy, finger chewing, cell mate.
I want to issue a spoiler alert for those of you who may not have seen The Lego Movie. I'd hate to make you pay $300 for movie tickets, popcorn, and soda for you family and have me blow the ending. I have to be AWEnest, I can't believe I went to see this movie. I can't believe that I am blogging about this movie. Most importantly, I can't believe how much I loved this movie. I had zero interest in seeing The Lego Movie, in fact when I saw the preview months ago I laughed and thought how ridiculous it looked. Now Director Adam McKay is laughing and spitting in my popcorn as he finds various ways to spend the $224 million dollars the movie has made thus far. The movie, in one word was AWEsome. There was adult humor, a great cast, and a beautiful story. There was also the sound of giggles and munching popcorn from my finally satisfied, happy son.
As I watched the movie, I couldn't help but think, Ryan would probably love to live in Lego World. Where all the pieces have their place and everything fits together just so. Piece number 685 always fits together with piece number 686. In the instructions, page 10 never comes before page 9, there are visual cues for each step and their is semblance to the world. Such order, such instruction following is how Ryan survives the world and how Ryan builds with Legos. I couldn't help but compare Ryan to the lead character Emmet, who like Ryan, follows the instructions down to the very last brick and struggles with the creativity needed to become a "Master Builder". Ryan struggles to think beyond the Instruction Manual, to occasionally bend the rules. Skipping ahead from page five to page seven for Ryan is like sneaking in a .22 Diet Coke instead of paying $4 for one at the snack bar. If Ryan had to do it, if he had to build section 29 before section 27, he could, but, he'd be horribly uncomfortable, and he would keep an eye out for the Lego Police.
Just like Ryan, Emmet, the protagonist of The Lego Movie, followed the instructions. Emmet didn't think there was any other way to build. There was no need to be creative, to be a "Master Builder" when everything you needed to do was laid out right in front of you in the instructions. This was never a problem for Emmet, he thought this was how the world worked, how everyone in Lego World operated, until one day he was told that it wasn't. Until one day, Emmet was told that he was was The Special. The Special was a unique, one of a kind builder foretold to the Lego people by the wizard Vitruvius who was suppose to save them from the evil Lord Business. The Special was suppose to be....special. Once the Lego people discovered that Emmet had to follow the instructions, that he couldn't think outside the box, they decided Emmet wasn't so special after all. Emmet just blended into the background, people at work didn't notice him, his neighbors didn't notice him and this was all because Emmet followed the instructions, he went through life following the rules, not standing out. Following the instructions, living his life, "by the book" seemed boring to the other Lego people. In fact, they no longer thought Emmet was The Special, because in their minds, "special" had a very distinctive meaning.
I guess I'm a bit like the Lego People, not in my ability to have my head spin around, which it occassionally does, but, like the Lego People, I have a misconception of The Special. I have never been a fan of the term "special needs". Aren't every kids needs, regardless of a label or not, "special"? To many people, "special education" and "special needs" are not the same as, "special occasion dresses" or "special agent". In the former, "special" often has a negative connotation, and AWEnestly, when people say it about my son, I still kind of flinch. In The Lego Movie, the Lego People had an expectation, a misconception of what "special" actually meant. Their idea of "special" was some save the world hero who had unique and amazing abilities. Unfortunately, their vision, their definition of "special" blinded them to the abilities Emmet did have. Emmet was always "special", until one day, he wasn't...thanks to them.
You see, Emmet always felt happy, he always felt good about himself, he always felt...special in a "special agent" kind of way. Emmet didn't feel different from anyone else, but, once his differences were pointed out, once he recognized that he was suppose to be someone he wasn't, then and only then, did Emmet's happiness falter. Then and only then, did Emmet feel "less". Emmet may have needed the instructions to build, he may not have had the creativity to save the world, but, Emmet was special and it was his belief in himself, it was how he saw himself and not how others saw him that made him special. Once the Lego People discovered that "special" had various interpretations, various qualities, and various meanings, they finally started seeing Emmet and his different abilities as special too.
Just like the Lego People, I have to change my views on The Special. The words, "special needs", "special education", "special accommodations" are no more negative than "special shoe sale". Those words can be harmful, when you fail to see what "special" really means. You see, ever since the day Ryan was born, I have told him he was "special". I have called him my "special" love, my "special" boy, and my "special" fella. Those phrases, those terms of endearment, those words all came before The A Word. The A Word did not diminish how special those words were, how special my love for Ryan was, or how heartfelt those words were when whispered in my boy's ear, but, how I started to hear them, how I began interpreting those words was a very different story. Like the Lego People, I had to see past my definition, to see past the "special" that I had grown up believing was something negative, something bad, something less, to see that Ryan really is The Special. I still tell Ryan he is "special" and it's not because he has an ASD, or because he has "special" needs, or "special" accommodations, Ryan is "special" because he is Ryan.
Ryan may not create the next Lego master piece, he may not save the world from Lord Business by freeing the Master Builders with his unique creation, but, Ryan is The Special. For some, Ryan's "special needs" may make him appear "less", but, if they remove the word "needs", the only word left is "special". Special means, "better, greater, or otherwise different from what is usual". Yes, my boy is indeed The Special.
Like Emmet, Ryan follows the instructions right down to the last Lego block. Ryan lives in a world where directions, instructions and rules have a calming effect on him. A world that can be so confusing with it's subtle social cues, and "unwritten rules". After the movie ended, Ryan decided he was more like The Man Upstairs than Emmet. The Man Upstairs also built his Lego creations by following the instructions and he did not believe that you should ever build with Lego's any other way. In fact, The Man Upstairs was so rigid in his beliefs that he wanted to use Kragle (Crazy Glue) so his creations would always remain the same, so his creations could never be used in a different way. As we exited the theater, and I discreetly hid the potential rule breaking evidence of an empty Diet Coke can in my coat pocket to avoid prison time, I smiled to myself. Ryan may relate to the rigidity of The Man Upstairs and his Lego building technique, but, Ryan could never be The Man Upstairs, because using Kragle, aka, Crazy Glue, is not found anywhere in the instruction book.
Such a rare occurrence for Ryan to build his own creation, that I took a photo of it a few years ago...when Lego's were still cool.
Sweet (and a Little Sour) 16
Yesterday, Kyle turned 16. My hands trembled a little as I typed those words. For various reasons, 16 makes me anxious. 16 means almost a man...16 means driving a car...16 means parties...16 means parties where drugs, alcohol and (whisper) empty bedrooms with no parents at home, may take place. Ok, I just threw up as I typed those words. Yes, driving, drugs, alcohol and unsupervised parties at 16 makes my hands tremble, my pulse race, and my stomach churn, but, what hits my heart about 16, is that there are only two more years until (gulp)....college.
"Love You Forever", Robert Munsch
As Kyle's mother, watching Kyle head off to college will be bittersweet. I will worry incessantly, in a way I have never worried before, once my "baby" is no longer under my roof. Under my roof, I know where he is at all times (as long as he is being AWEnest). I know where his EpiPens are located in case of an accidental exposure to peanuts or shellfish (I keep telling Kyle I will be like that creepy mother in the children's book, "Love You Forever" hiding in the bushes of his college dorm with EpiPens...just in case). And under my roof, I know if Kyle is happy, sad, or sick with the flu. Along with all of my "what if" worries, my nausea and my medication, there will be joy. Joy for this new adventure and all the fun and excitement that comes with being a college kid on your own for the first time (this "excitement" will be exactly what will keep me up at night with my brain awfulizing just how much fun Kyle is having). When we pull away from Kyle's chosen baseball college, waving good bye, I will cry for myself and my inability to control Kyle's safety, his decisions, and his food exposure, but, I will sob for Ryan, who will find little to be excited about as his brother, his confidante, his ally, his best friend, packs up and leaves Ryan behind.
Kyle shares a connection with Ryan that Ryan has with no other human being. Sure, Ryan is connected to me because I am his mom...I take care of him, protect him, help him, and love him, but, as Ryan's brother, Kyle gets the very distinguished title that no one else holds...friend. Of course as brothers, they fight, irritate each other, and make their mother crazy, but, they also laugh, love and enjoy each other's company, at least for a little while. Since the day Ryan was born, Kyle has been Ryan's compass, guiding him through twists and turns and leading Ryan on the journey through kid-dom in a way that I could not.
Many kids with an ASD aren't exactly chillin' with the "in crowd", because quite frankly, many don't know what it takes to be "in". The social cues, the social exchanges, the hierarchy of school "coolness" is difficult for a child with social and communication struggles. Ryan is not "in", but thanks to his brother, he is not totally "out" either. Although Ryan may not hang with the "in crowd", he is at least up on what is cool on television, video games, and most importantly, the slang or "street talk" teenagers use, thanks to big brother Kyle. Just last week, Ryan saw something on TV and said, "Wow, that's so sick". I turned around fully expecting a lion to be eating an antelope or something equally "sick", but, no, it was a "sick", cool pair of sneakers. I was amazed that Ryan used the word "sick" in an Urban Dictionary way, not a Webster Dictionary way and it was about fashion! AWEnestly, I couldn't have been more shocked or surprised had I turned around and saw that "sick" was the antelope snacking on the lion. Ryan talking "street" about fashion, almost goes against the laws of nature.
Kyle's innate guidance, for his brother began immediately. Kyle loved and nurtured Ryan the minute he came to visit us in the hospital. I worried that Kyle would be jealous or angry that his baby brother took his place, took too much time away from his Mommy, but, that never happened. Ever. In fact, once when I told Kyle that I was worried he'd be angry about having a baby brother he looked at me, and with as much indignation as a four year old could muster and said, "How could you ever think I wouldn't love my baby brother?!" Well, AWEnestly, I didn't accuse Kyle of not loving Ryan, but, Kyle read between the lines, something he has become a bit of an expert at since his brother leaves a lot of space between the lines. As I watched Kyle "mother" Ryan when they were little, I pictured the two of them growing up playing together, getting into trouble, sharing secrets and taking on the world hand in hand. That was before....before The A Word.
I remember not long after we heard The A Word, I would watch other brothers playing baseball outside, riding bikes, building with Legos, interacting with one another in a way Kyle and Ryan didn't. Kyle would try and sometimes Ryan would respond, but, mostly, Ryan preferred to be alone with some electronic toy. I would watch these other brothers together and I would mourn the relationship I had expected my boys to have. I became jealous and angry and wondered, "Why Kyle? Why Ryan?", and AWEnestly, "Why me?". As I have watched my boys grow up, watched their relationship strengthen, I now know why. Ryan needed Kyle as his compass to navigate a confusing, loud, busy, world, but, Kyle needed Ryan to show him that there is more than one way to explore that world. It just depends on how you see it. A lesson, I too had to learn.
As the boys got bigger, I worried that Kyle didn't understand Ryan's lack of interaction and that it would somehow impact Kyle negatively. As a result of my worry, I suggested to Kyle that perhaps he join a sibling group for kids with a brother or sister with an ASD. Kyle looked at me like I was an antelope eating a lion. I explained to Kyle that sometime it's hard for siblings who have a brother or sister with an ASD because their relationships are "different" than relationships with a neurotypical sibling and it might be nice for Kyle to talk about that with other kids who feel the same way. "I don't need to talk about anything, Ryan is my brother and we get along great. I don't have a problem. Sounds like you do though." Wow! Any chance you can push that knife in just a wee bit deeper, darling child I gave birth to?
Kyle was right though, even if his delivery cut me and made me bleed out on the kitchen floor, worrying over Kyle and Ryan's relationship was my problem. It was my misconceived notion, my idyllic picture, my never even had a brother view of what a relationship between two brothers should be like, not Kyle's. In Kyle's mind, he is the big brother and it is his job to look out for his little brother, ASD or no ASD. And sure, Kyle has admitted from time to time that he wished he and Ryan had more shared interests and that Ryan would want to come outside and play baseball, ride bikes, whatever, but, Kyle recognized a long time ago that lack of a shared interest could be the case with any sibling, not just a sibling with an ASD. If Kyle could see this, then I wondered why couldn't I? It took me years to figure it out, but, in time I understood that it was easier for Kyle to see Ryan with his child like heart than it was as Ryan's mother. For me, I was often so blinded with worry, that I couldn't see Ryan or the beautiful relationship, dare I say, friendship, blossoming between him and his big brother.
Ever since Ryan was little, Kyle always had an understanding, a sort of sense about his little brother. Many times when Ryan was upset and I didn't know why, I would be freaking out wondering, "What's wrong with him?" and Kyle, without his worried blinders on, would recognize the loud noise, the bright lights or the button on the coat that was too tight. I joked that Kyle was a better parent than me and in some ways he was and some ways he still is today. Kyle has always been able to see Ryan through the eyes of a child...through the eyes of a brother. There was and is, love and acceptance. Period. End of story. Kyle didn't have the worry part that I did as Ryan's mother. Kyle didn't have to worry about whether or not Ryan would hit a kid at school when he became frustrated, or if the horrific diet Ryan lived on was going to lead to high cholesterol or heart disease later in life. Kyle didn't spend time worrying about Ryan's ability to balance a check book, pay bills and live on his own when Ryan was only four years old. Kyle lived in the present with his brother, enjoying Ryan and loving him, without worrying what the future would hold. Every year I resolve to be more like Kyle, living in the present and worrying less about the future. Clearly, a resolution doesn't cut it for me when it comes to worrying, I think only a lobotomy will resolve that issue.
As I remind myself that college is still two years away for Kyle, I will try and be more like Kyle, living in the present and not worrying about the future (I LOL'd as I typed that). I will embrace the moments that these two brothers have together, whether it's annoying one another, or making each other laugh. I will savor moments, like the one I had this fall when shopping for shorts for Ryan, and Kyle immediately walked over, looked at the shorts and said, "Nope, don't get this pair, there are no pockets in it and he needs pockets for candy out of the vending machines.", as I broke down and sobbed in Dick's Sporting Goods, utterly horrifying Kyle. I will continue to admire their bond as Ryan brings home another stellar report card knowing that Kyle insisted on which team Ryan should have for 6th grade and telling me to request the most amazing group of teachers that have lead to Ryan's success. I will try not to cringe when Ryan says something inappropriate for a 12 year old knowing the words are coming directly from a 16 year old's lips as Ryan lovingly admires and worships his big brother. I will try not to picture Kyle's empty bedroom and the emptiness that I know will be in Ryan's eyes as he wonders when Kyle will be home next. I will remind myself, repeatedly, that 16 is not 18 and to enjoy the moment. Enjoy today.
One thing I do know, that when 16 becomes 18, regardless of the distance between these two brothers, Kyle will always be Ryan's compass. The pull of Kyle's heart will always guide Ryan, regardless of time and distance between them. These two brothers share a special bond like no other, and once upon a time I worried about their bond being so "different". Now I can see, like so many things, this difference is not less, in fact, this difference is so much more. Kyle may be Ryan's compass, but, Ryan has become a window for his big brother, providing his brother a view of the world like Ryan sees it. Giving Kyle a view he never would have seen had his little brother not shown him. And just like Ryan will be in AWE of his big brother with the first crack of the bat this baseball season, Kyle will sit at a piano recital in June mesmerized and jealous by his brother's gift of music. Two unique brothers whom individually are incredible, but, whom together stand apart from any brothers I have ever known. I will try to keep that in mind the next time I tell Ryan it's time for bed and in Ryan's best Peter Griffin (Family Guy) impersonation he responds with, "Who the he** cares?", that the influence of 16 can be good, the influence of 16 can be bad, but, mostly the influence of 16 can be downright freaking hysterical.
The Early Bird Gets the Choice Donut
I looooove Saturday mornings...sleeping in, no early morning kid activities, and long leisurely breakfasts in my jammies with my hot off the presses, just delivered on Friday, People Magazine. My little piece of heaven. So, when I have to get up early on a Saturday, I am not only tired from celebrating the arrival of the weekend by watching three back to back episodes of Breaking Bad until the wee hours of the morning, I'm grumpy too. "The early bird gets the worm", so goes the old proverb, but, this past Saturday, Ryan and I weren't going for worms (I could just hear his annoyance at such a stupid saying), we were embarking on a 45 minute road trip with a quick stop at Dunkin Donuts. Here's the thing, Dunkin Donuts makes donuts ALL DAY LONG. Oh sure, they want you to believe that their donut baker lumbers out of bed with the early bird while moaning, "Time to make the donuts" so you feel rushed to be the FIRST ones in line for the freshest, choice donut, but, it's all a scam. You can be the late bird and still score a tasty, trans fat and cream filled donut.
Ryan was about as thrilled as I was with the early morning Saturday change in routine, so instead of telling him the "early bird gets the worm" (eyes roll), I told Ryan the early bird gets the choice donut. Yeah, I'm as big of a phony as the "time to make the donuts" guy. Ryan whined, complained and stumbled out of bed and refused to brush his teeth because it would "ruin" the taste of the coveted donuts (he popped in a piece of gum after the donuts which I know a dentist would not approve of as a toothbrush substitute). Before we headed out the door, I was ordered to fill Ryan's Thermos with Welch's Grape Juice because my boy's elephant memory, recalled that Dunkin Donuts does not have Welch's Grape Juice and that their orange juice has pulp in it (the horror). We early birds, were so early, Ryan and I even had time to go inside Dunkin Donuts and peruse the plethora of choices rather than risk a donut catastrophe at the drive thru. Once we recovered from the near meltdown that took place when my early bird spied the strawberry iced donuts being placed on the shelf after our order was placed, bagged and paid for (clearly when it was "time to make the donuts" the strawberry iced ones weren't at the top of the old, tired baker's list), we were on our way, to our real destination.
Ryan loves a road trip, and I love having him in the passenger seat next to me (even though I stress a little because I know he is safer in the back, but, now that he is 12 and the law says he can ride up front, there is no going back...figuratively and literally). Quality time, just the two of us, enhanced with a little donut sugar high. I tried for a while to chit chat, but, after being grunted at numerous times, I gave up and was equally happy listening to my boy singing, scripting and laughing at whatever show he was watching inside his head. In that moment, I sort of related to that early bird and his successful worm hunt, although I was tired and longed for my leisurely breakfast while happily admiring Matthew McConaughey in a black tuxedo (sorry Matthew, the white was a little too Saturday Night Fever for me) in People, maybe getting up early, really did enable me to score the coveted worm.
Although I was enjoying the morning, I didn't get out of bed early and leave the Oscar predictions in my latest People Magazine sitting on the kitchen table for Dunkin Donuts. Nope, our destination was a Music Festival at a local college for piano students. This was Ryan's first time attending so I had no idea what to expect and for a boy who likes a plan and struggles with "new", he didn't know what to expect either. Ryan's fabulous piano teacher had written out a schedule for him instructing him when to be where. First up on the list, was a workshop on the Progression of Left Hand Accompaniment Patterns. What? I made Ryan LOL, even though he shushed me with embarrassment, when I did my best Charlie Brown's teacher impersonation. I am completely illiterate when it comes to anything music, so this professor's "wah, wah, wah, wah, wah", was like a foreign language to me. I tried to pay attention, but, after Ryan moved two rows in front of me, not because I was such an embarrassment to him, but, because the professor told him to (although, I'm sure he was relieved to put some distance between himself and his musically inept mother), I found my mind start to wander.
As I sat waiting for the workshop to end, I began to worry about Ryan's "adjudication" on his piano skills which would be next. Ryan would be judged on various piano playing skills while in a room...alone...without me. As my anxiety began to escalate, awaiting this so called, "adjudication", I couldn't help but recall a different type of adjudication that I regularly attended as a juvenile probation officer. Waiting for a judge to make a different kind of adjudication for a different kind of kid. As a juvenile probation officer, it was my job to provide testimony to the court about the juvenile who stood next to me. I couldn't help but compare my role as a mother whose job it was to protect, advocate and fight for my child being that much different, yet, I struggled with whether or not Ryan would object to my testimony or if the judge would find my testimony relevant.
I wondered, if at this adjudication for my child, do I present the facts...all the facts, or do I let Ryan take the stand on his own without my testimony? Will Ryan incriminate himself when he doesn't make eye contact with the judge? Will the judge think Ryan is rude if he forgets to say, "thank you" or ignores a question the judge asks that has nothing to do with the piano? What if Ryan drops his paper and refuses to pick it up because he hates the feel of paper? Will the judge think Ryan is not taking his adjudication seriously? Will Ryan's flat out refusal to put on a name tag because stickers have caused him anxiety since he was two, make him appear defiant? If Ryan refuses to take his coat off because the hot air blowing from the vents makes his skin feel dry and scratchy, will the judge think Ryan has no respect for the Music Festival, the adjudication and the piano itself? There was a whole lot going on in my scary head for a 45 minute piano workshop.
This battle going in my psyche came to a standstill when I watched Ryan practice in a sound room minutes before his adjudication. It was then that I decided not to hang my kid out to dry (he would have assured me he was not wet). I decided that if I don't want a label to define Ryan, even when his quirks and social struggles make him stand out, then I can't define him with that label at every turn either. There are times when The A Word, has to be mentioned...at a 504 Plan Meeting with school officials, at the dentist office when they realize total sedation will be necessary to fill a cavity (or three), at the pediatrician's office when a strep test is necessary, or at the hair salon when it's a new stylist, but, not at a piano adjudication. This was not because I didn't want Ryan to do well. It was not because my lack of interest in music minimized the importance of music to my son. The reason I let Ryan take the stand on his own was because unlike those courtroom adjudications when my words were needed to describe the juvenile standing before me, my words were not needed before a judge in a sound room. Sharing words....sharing The A Word, was unnecessary because this was music and music is one place where Ryan's quirks and differences disappear into the ivory of the keys.
I wished Ryan luck, although I knew it was not necessary, and Ryan walked past me, piano books in hand, a smile on his face and no name tag whatsoever. As I heard the judge greet Ryan, Ryan mumbled a monotonic, "hello", then he quietly closed the door and left me to wait on the other side. This was new for me, being on the other side of the door, not being Ryan's voice. Although I trembled with nervous energy, I had never been more proud of my son. As I listened through the door, frustrated that I didn't bring a cup to hold against the door to enhance the sound (AWEnestly people, I can't cut the cord completely), I did not hear Ryan speak in his British accent scripting Stampylonghead in a diatribe about Minecraft, I did not hear Ryan stumble over his words with his sometimes "cluttered" speech and I did not hear Ryan complain about the heat blowing out of the vents. All this spying, worried mom heard, was the beautiful sound of Ryan's fingers finding the right chords, timing his intervals and "expanding the use of the keyboard" as Ryan's label, his quirks, his differences, dissipated with each beautifully played note.
I all but fell into the room once Ryan finished and opened the door, and I quickly and discreetly wiped away my tears so Ryan wouldn't reprimand me for being "too proud". Ryan bounced out of the room and said, "That judge guy was AWEsome and he said I did great!". In fact, "that judge guy" gave Ryan the highest marks, "superior", in every category with the exception of one "excellent". Clearly, Ryan did not need my testimony, the facts of who he is and what he is capable of, were evident without any input from me. I did not need to share The A Word with the judge who adjudicated my son because he did not need words or a label to see Ryan's ability. There will always be times when Ryan's quirks will make me want to quickly defend him by throwing that A Word under the bus, but, more and more, Ryan doesn't need excuses, labels, or me defining him. Ryan is finding his own place in the world, and as he has told me time and time again, "I don't feel different, I just feel like me."
This is one early bird, who is so glad that my love of sleep, a late breakfast and a date with People Magazine did not cause me to miss the worm. Not because I wanted the fattest worm or the choice donut, but, because I got to spend a day with someone who constantly puts the AWE in AWEsome. Someone who will never let a label, a judge or even his mother, define him. Some days it takes me longer to wake up than others. This past Saturday, even with my donut sugar high, it took me all day to wake up, but, when I finally did, I realized that even a full page spread of Matthew McConaughey playing strategically placed bongos in People Magazine, takes a back seat to the wonderfully gifted piano player sitting in the front seat next to me.
April is Coming...I Swear
Even though it's still snowing, it's still cold and the flowers aren't even thinking about blooming, April is right around the corner...I swear. April means a month dedicated to Autism Awareness which is near and dear to my heart. This April, I want to do something special not only to celebrate all the amazing kids and adults living with an ASD, but, I want to celebrate the people who love them. I would love to create a video with photos from all of you who love someone with an ASD. I am looking for photos of your children with a parent or grandparent or someone who loves, advocates and fights for them and who understands, "different, not less". If you would like to share a photo, and give me permission to use the photo on the blog as well as on The AWEnesty of Autism Facebook page, please submit your photos to me at khooven3@gmail.com
Although, I'm a little biased, I think Ryan is pretty darn cute, but, you guys may be getting tired of seeing all these pics of our family. I want to celebrate your family and I want my readers to celebrate your family too. Thanks in advance for your cooperation and support!!
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First US Robotic Prostatic Artery Embolization Procedure Performed using Magellan Robotic System
From Hansen MedicalNov 24 2014
Hansen Medical, Inc., a global leader in intravascular robotics, today announced the completion of the first robotic prostatic artery embolization (PAE) in the United States. Dr. Sandeep Bagla, interventional radiologist, performed the procedure at Inova Alexandria Hospital in Alexandria, Virginia using the Magellan™ Robotic System.
"This is a major step forward in delivering a less invasive procedure for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH," said Dr. Bagla. "The Magellan Robotic System has the potential to allow interventional radiologists achieve excellent catheter precision and control in this developing therapy. PAE is a growing and attractive non-surgical option for BPH, a condition affecting over 20 million men in the U.S. and the Magellan Robotic System could play an integral role in this procedure."
BPH or enlargement of the prostate, is a common condition that affects over 50% of men aged 50 and as high as 80% of men aged 80 or older. The continued enlargement of the prostate gland can lead to difficulties associated with the bladder and urination. Sufferers of BPH may experience a diminished quality of life as sleep is often interrupted by a frequent need to urinate during the night. If untreated, BPH can lead to complications including a weakened bladder, blockage, bladder stones or infections.
PAE is a therapy in which the size of the prostate is reduced by a less invasive catheter-based approach that works to reduce blood flow to the main arteries that feed the prostate. Successfully performed, prostatic artery embolization can reduce the prostate gland size and eliminate the symptoms associated with BPH. Currently a patient must choose between long-term medical therapy or highly invasive surgical options that may often result in complications such as pain, bleeding, incontinence or impotence. Some sources have estimated that almost 2 million men did not seek therapy last year because of the potential complications that can result from a traditional surgical approach.
"We would like to extend our congratulations to Dr. Bagla and his team at Inova Alexandria for their groundbreaking work on robotic PAE," said Joe Guido, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at Hansen Medical. "We are excited about the application of the Magellan Robotic System to this exciting therapy and the potential impact on PAE procedures."
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The Magellan Robotic System is an advanced technology that drives the Magellan Robotic Catheters during endovascular procedures. Magellan is designed to offer procedural predictability, control, and catheter stability to physicians as they remotely navigate the robotic catheter through the vasculature. Magellan's remote workstation allows physicians to navigate through the vasculature while seated away from the radiation field, potentially reducing physicians' radiation exposure and procedural fatigue.
The Magellan 6Fr Robotic Catheter received FDA 510(k) clearance earlier this year and is commercially available in the U.S.
About the Magellan™ Robotic System
Hansen Medical's Magellan Robotic System is intended to be used to facilitate navigation in the peripheral vasculature and subsequently provide a conduit for manual placement of therapeutic devices. The Magellan Robotic System is designed to deliver predictability, control and catheter stability to endovascular procedures. Since its commercial introduction in the U.S. and Europe, the Magellan Robotic System has demonstrated its clinical versatility in many cases in a broad variety of peripheral vascular procedure types in centers across the U.S. and Europe. The Magellan Robotic System offers several important features including:
Provides predictability, control and catheter stability as a physician navigates a patient's peripheral vasculature and then provides a conduit for manual treatment of vascular disease with standard therapeutic devices.
Is designed to enable more predictable procedure times and increased case throughput potentially allowing hospitals to improve utilization within their vascular business line
Employs an open architecture designed to allow for the subsequent use of many therapeutic devices on the market today.
Is designed to potentially reduce physician radiation exposure and fatigue by allowing the physician to navigate procedures while seated comfortably at a remote workstation away from the radiation field and without wearing heavy lead as required in conventional endovascular procedures.
The Magellan 9Fr Robotic Catheter allows for independent, robotic control of the distal tip of two telescoping catheters (an outer Guide and an inner Leader catheter), as well as robotic manipulation of standard guidewires.
The Magellan 6Fr Robotic Catheter allows for independent robotic control of two separate bend sites on a single catheter, as well as robotic manipulation of standard guidewires. This smaller catheter design may be preferred by certain physicians who prefer a smaller diameter vessel access site, or in procedures in smaller vessels.
Source: http://www.hansenmedical.com/us/en
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Mythology & Beliefs: Nymphs
In Greek and Roman Mythology, Nymphs were beautiful maidens; minor deities of nature.
Nymphae in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology （Νύμφαι), the name of a numerous class of inferior female divinities, though they are designated by the title of Olympian, are called to meetings of the gods in Olympus, and described as the daughters of Zeus. But they were believed to dwell on earth in groves, on the summits of mountains, in rivers, streams, glens, and grottoes. (Hom. Od. 6.123, &c., 12.318, Il. 20.8, 24.615.) Homer further describes them as presiding over game, accompanying Artemis, dancing with her, weaving in their grottoes purple garments. and kindly watching over the fate of mortals. (Od. 6.105, 9.154, 13.107, 356, 17.243, Il. 6.420, 616.) Men offer up sacrifices either to them alone, or in conjunction with other gods, such as Hermes. (Od. 13.350, 17.211, 240, 14.435.) From the places which they inhabit, they are called ἀγρονόμοι (Od. 6.105),ὀρεστιάδες (Il. 6.420), and νηϊάδες (Od. 13.104). All nymphs, whose number is almost infinite, may be divided into two great classes. The first class embraces those who must be regarded as a kind of inferior divinities, recognised in the worship of nature. The early Greeks saw in all the phenomena of ordinary nature some manifestation of the deity; springs, rivers, grottoes, trees, and mountains, all seemed to them fraught with life; and all were only the visible embodiments of so many divine agents. The salutary and beneficent powers of nature were thus personified, and regarded as so many divinities; and the sensations produced on man in the contemplation of nature, such as awe, terror, joy, delight, were ascribed to the agency of the various divinities of nature. The second class of nymphs are personifications of tribes, races, and states, such as Cyrene, and many others. The nymphs of the first class must again be sublatter divided into various species, according to the different parts of nature of which they are the representatives. 1. Nymphs of the watery element. Here we first mention the nymphs of the ocean, Ὠκεανῖναι or Ὠκεανιδες, νύμφαι ἅγιαι, who are regarded as the daughters of Oceanus (Hes. Th. 346, &c., 364; Aeschyl. Prom.; Callim. Hymn. in Dian. 13; Apollon. 4.1414; Soph. Philoct. 1470); and next the nymphs of the Mediterranean or inner sea, who are regarded as the daughters of Nereus, whence they are called Nereides (Νηρεΐδες; Hes. Th. 240, &c.). The rivers were represented by the Potameides (Ποραμηΐδες), who, as local divinities, were named after their rivers, as Acheloides, Anigrides, Ismenides, Amniisiades, Pactolides. (Apollon. 3.1219; Verg. A. 8.70; Paus. 5.5.6, 1.31.2; Callim. Hymn. in Dian. 15; Ov. Met. 6.16; Steph. Byz. s.v. Ἀμνισός.) But the nymphs of fresh water, whether of rivers, lakes, brooks, or wells, are also designated by the general name Naiades, Νηΐδες, though they have in addition their specific names, as Κρηναῖαι, Πηγαῖαι, Ἑγειονίμοι, Λιμνατίδες, or Λιμνάδες. (Hom. Od. 17.240; Apollon. 3.1219; Theocrit. 5.17; Orph. Hymn. 50. 6, Argon. 644.) Even the rivers of the lower regions are described as having their nymphs; hence, Nymphae infernae paludis and Avernales. (Ov. Met. 5.540, Fast. 2.610.) Many of these preconcealed sided over waters or springs which were believed to inspire those that drank of them, and hence the nymphs themselves were thought to be endowed with prophetic or oracular power, and to inspire men with the same, and to confer upon them the gift of poetry. (Paus. 4.27.2, 9.3.5, 34.3; Plut. Aristid. 11; Theocrit. 7.92; comp. MUSAE.) Inspired soothsayers or priests are therethe fore sometimes called νυμφόγηπτοι. (Plat. Phaedr. p. 421e.) Their powers, however, vary with those of the springs over which they preside; some were thus regarded as having the power of restoring sick persons to health (Pind. O. 12.26; Paus. 5.5.6, 6.22.4); and as water is necessary to feed all vegetation as well as all living beings, the water nymphs (ϝ̔δριάδες) were also worshipped along with Dionysus and Demeter as giving life and blessings to all created beings, and this attrixxiv. bute is expressed by a variety of epithets, such as καρποτρόφοι, αἰπογικαί, νόμιαι, κουροτρόφιο, &c. As their influence was thus exercised in all departments of nature, they frequently appear in conneccalled tion with higher divinities, as, for example, with Apollo, the prophetic god and the protector of herds and flocks (Apollon. 4.1218); with Artemis, the huntress and the protectress of game, for she herself was originally an Arcadian nymph (Apollon. 1.1225, 3.881; Paus. 3.10.8); with Hermes, the fructifying god of flocks (Hom. Hymn. in Aphrod. 262); with Dionysus (Orph. Hymn. 52; Hor. Carm. 1.1.31, 2.19. 3); with Pan, the Seileni and Satyrs, whom they join in their Bacchic revels and dances. 2. Nymphs of mountains and grottoes These are called Ὀροδεμνιάδες and Ὀρειάδες but sometimes also by names derived from the particular mountains they inhabited, as Κιθαιρωνίδες, Πηγιάδες, Κορύκιαι, &c. (Theocrit. 7.137; Verg. A. 1.168, 500; Paus. 5.5.6, 9.3.5, 10.32.5; Apollon. 1.550, 2.711; Ov. Ep. 20.221; Verg. Ecl. 6.56.) 3. Nymphs of frests, groves, and glens These were believed sometimes to appear to and frighten solitary travellers. They are designated by the names Ἀλσηΐδες, Ὁληωροί, Αὐλωνιάδες, and Ναπαῖαι. (Apollon. 1.1066, 1227; Orph. Hymn). 50. 7; Theocrit. 13.44; Ov. Met. 15.490; Virg. Georg. 4.535.) 4. Nymphs of trees These were believed to die together with the trees which had been their abode, and with which they had come into existence. They were called Δρυάδες, Ἁμαδρυάδες or Ἁδρυάδες, from δρῦς, which signifies not only an oak, but any wild- growing lofty tree; for the nymphs of fruit trees were called Μηλίδες, Μηλιάδες, Ἐπιμλίδες, or Ἁμαμηλίδες. They seem to be of Arcadian origin, and never appear together with any of the great gods. (Paus. 8.4.2; Apollon. 2.477, &c.; Ant. Lib. 31, 32; Hom. Hymn. in Ven. 259, &c.) Overview The second class of nymphs, who were connected with certain races or localities (Νύμφαι χθόνιαι, Apollon. 2.504), usually have a name derived from the places with which they are associated, as Nysiades, Dodonides, Lemniae. (Ov. Fast. 3.769, Met. 5.412, 9.651; Apollod. 3.4.3; Schol. ad Pind. Ol. 13.74.) The sacrifices offered to nymphs usually consisted of goats, lambs, milk, and oil, but never of wine. (Theocrit. 5.12, 53, 139, 149; Serv. ad Virg. Georg. 4.380, Eclog. 5.74.) They were worshipped and honoured with sanctuaries in many parts of Greece, especially near springs, groves, and grottoes, as, for example, near a spring at Cyrtone (Paus. 9.24.4), in Attica (1.31.2), at Olympia (5.15.4, 6.22.4), at Megara (1.40.1), between Sicyon and Phlius (2.11.3), and other places. Nymphs are represented in works of art as beautiful maidens, either quite naked or only half-covered. Later poets sometimes describe them as having sea-coloured hair. (Ov. Met. 5.432.) - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, William Smith, Ed.
Nymphs in Wikipedia A nymph in Greek mythology is a minor nature goddess typically associated with a particular location or landform. Other nymphs, always in the shape of young nubile maidens, were part of the retinue of a god, such as Dionysus, Hermes, or Pan, or a goddess, generally Artemis.[1] Nymphs were the frequent target of satyrs. They live in mountains and groves, by springs and rivers, also in trees and in valleys and cool grottoes. They are frequently associated with the superior divinities: the huntress Artemis; the prophetic Apollo; the reveller and god of wine, Dionysus; and rustic gods such as Pan and Hermes. The symbolic marriage of a nymph and a patriarch, often the eponym of a people, is repeated endlessly in Greek origin myths; their union lent authority to the archaic king and his line...
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SAM MOST- Jazz Flutist The "Father of Bebop Flute"
All About Jazz - October 2006
Mort Weiss and Sam Most Mort Weiss Meets Sam Most: Recorded Live at Steamers
If a quieter recording has been produced by a jazz quintet, I have yet to hear it. In fact, any listener who breathes too heavily while playing this CD may be forgiven for assuming the mute button has been activated.
Veteran clarinetist Mort Weiss and multi-woodwind player Sam Most, remembered by many as a flautist extraordinaire on the 1950s West Coast scene, prove on this thoughtful exchange that they no longer need to prove anything. These are seasoned musicians who have paid their performance dues many times over; all that remains is communication—with each other, with the audience present during this on-location March 2006 session, and finally with listeners to the album. With raconteurs of this caliber, what they have to say, even though it's a familiar story, bears repeating .
Weiss' is certainly the most heartening tale. Hounded and eventually overcome by various addictions, he dropped out of music entirely in the early 1960s, only to emerge sounding fitter and fresher than ever after a 35-year hiatus from his clarinet. His post-bop harmonic ideas, delayed articulations, and slightly behind-the-beat phrasing are reminiscent of Tony Scott, while his woody and cured tone, varied vibratos and pitch bends are apt to make you think of Eddie Daniels. On the opener—Miles Davis' "Four" (would even "Satin Doll" have been a more obvious, thread-worn choice?)—Weiss grabs the listener's attention during his solo with a quote from "Jitterbug Waltz," anticipating his fuller, near-virtuosic treatment of the same tune a few tracks later.
Sam Most surprises, first, by going with tenor saxophone on the program's first three selections and, second, by employing a sound that is closer to that of Weiss' clarinet than to virtually any other tenor player who comes to mind. Lester Young, himself a clarinetist, could make his tenor sound like its smaller, straight-shaped predecessor, but not as convincingly as Most does on this occasion. He provides so little breath support and fills so little of the chamber of the horn, the wonder is that he's able to extract anything that's even pitch-worthy. Any listener who has felt the earth move under foot during the withering, volcanic onslaught of a Roland Kirk tenor solo is likely to receive a jolt of a different sort by the nearly unrecognizable tenor sound produced by Kirk's antithesis on this recording.
It's when Most goes to his flute that the space separating him from Kirk as well as from his own early recordings all but vanishes. His solo on "Jitterbug Waltz" is nearly the equal of Weiss's in virtuosity and melodic ideas, while he chases away any trace of languor and sentiment from "Poor Butterfly" with a spirited, energetic solo that finds him double-tonguing while doubling the time and humming along with the sound of his flute.
By now the listener can sense the wisdom of starting the program with a set of overplayed, even tired "real book" standards, in an understated style likely to invite if not require the listener's focused attention rather than risk increasing impatience. Almost imperceptibly, the volume levels have been raised, the tempos increased, the melodic ideas pushed to greater complexity—all of it coming as the listener's "reward" for adjusting to the subtle dynamic parameters established during the first three selections.
Not that there isn't any substance on the opening tunes, most notably from the Jim Hall-influenced guitar artistry of Ron Eschete, who inserts brief single-note patches primarily to set off the singular beauty of his chorded solos. His turn on "I'm Old Fashioned" is representative of what's to come: harmonized solos that never sacrifice clarity of line to overly crowded textures on the seven-string instrument and that employ voice-leading so judiciously there's rarely a forced moment or shaky transition in the harmonic narrative provided by guitar in its role as either accompanying or solo voice.
As previously stated, these are musicians who have nothing to prove, but if some is required, they provide it with a closing "Donna Lee" taken at a tempo that's not a nanosecond slower than Wynton Marsalis' performance of the tune on last year's Live At The House Of Tribes. The tune also affords Weiss an opportunity to call attention to the unfailing, redoubtable support of drummer Ron McCurdy and bassist Luther Hughes, both of whom are so tightly integrated within this collective endeavor that it's apparent they have no more to prove than do the principals.
Younger musicians who still have the garage band mentality that seems to afflict most rock ensembles and many jazz-fusion aggregations, might do well to use this recording as an example of what can be accomplished by just five, probably unrehearsed, musicians who bring nothing to the bandstand except their instruments and a commonly shared repertory of tunes. This is a recording that retains the spontaneity of a jam session while distinguishing itself from most such affairs because of players who clearly know when to talk and when to listen.
Personnel: Mort Weiss: clarinet; Sam Most: flute, tenor saxophone and vocals; Ron Eschete: seven string guitar; Roy McCurdy: drums; Luther Hughes: acoustic bass.
Tracks: Four; I'm Old Fashioned; Night In Tunisia; I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good; Jitterbug Waltz; Poor Butterfly; With A Song In My Heart; My One And Only Love; Medley: Donna Lee/ (Almost) Blues in the Closet.
SAMUEL CHELL, Published: October 18, 2006
Sam Most and Rein de Graaff – Bebop Revisited
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It's not very often these days that one gets to visit with straight-ahead Beboppers.
Jazz, like everything else, is a “product-of-its-time,” and, as someone once said: “The times, they are-a-changing.”
Of course, today’s younger players re-visit Jazz standards from the Bebop canon, but they can’t help but reinterpret these tunes and to make them their own because they hear the music in a different way.
Boppers like Bird, Bud, Diz, Miles and even the subsequent hard-boppers like Horace Silver, Hank Mobley, Elmo Hope and Sonny Clark are not the influence that predominates in today’s Jazz.
Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Jazz-Rock fusion, World Music … these, and many others, are the influences that color contemporary Jazz.
Like all generalizations, there’s plenty of room for dispute in the one I’m asserting, but I’m making it to serve a point.
And the point is that you don’t often here music played today like the ten tracks that populate a recently released Timeless CD entitled – The Rein de Graff Trio Meets Sam Most [CDSJP-485].
Rein was kind enough to send the editorial staff at JazzProfiles a copy and I thought it would be nice bring it to your attention for a number of reason, not the least of which is because it contains a ton of good music.
Being a former drummer, let’s begin with my bias – the rhythm section which is made up of Rein on piano, Marius Beets [pronounced “Bates”] on bass and Eric Ineke on drums.
Rein, Marius and Eric play good time: it’s crisp with just the right amount of lift and push. There’s a marriage between Marius’ bass line and Eric’s cymbal beat. They blend together and don’t conflict with one another so the time has a buoyancy to it.
With the exception of Marius [the “youngster” in the group], Rein, Eric and Sam have each been “speaking Bebop” for over 50 years and they speak the “language of Bebop,” very well indeed.
This fluency makes the phrasing of their musical ideas sound almost effortless, but this simplicity of expression is the sign of a true master. Nothing is forced in the music on this recording, it all just flows.
Rein “comps” [accompanies] beautifully behind Sam; constantly feeding him chords, or nudging him with rhythmic phrases and Marius and Eric just lay down the rhythm with a solid, metronomic beat.
Nothing is rushed; nothing is pressed or strained. One gets a chance to hear the music play out.
Sam doesn’t have the biggest or most robust tone on flute, but his sound is pure, warm and mellow.
And he knows what he wants to say and, whatever the tempo, he just takes his time in expressing it.
In a way, Rein has the toughest “job” of all because he has to be a part of the rhythm section, accompany Sam and also perform as a soloist.
But on this recording, Rein more than rises to the occasion and plays throughout the CD with a consistent coherence of ideas and style that brings me back to why I was attracted to Bebop in the first place.
Since the opening track Alone Together sets the tone for what follows in the remainder of the recording, I thought perhaps I’d stop here and insert an audio-only version of the tune as an example of what I have discussing to this point.
© -Jeroen de Valk, copyright protected; all rights reserved.
Jeren de Valk's insert notes explain how the recording came about and some of its salient features.
“According to Sam Most's website, there should be no doubt about it: he was the world's first modern jazz soloist on the flute. In 1952 - he would turn 22 later that year - he recorded 'Undercurrent Blues' and thus made history. It would be impossible indeed to find an earlier recording with a decent bebop solo on the flute.
We do know for sure that Herbie Mann - a prominent flutist himself - gave his colleague full credit as a pioneer. Mann stated in an interview: "When I started playing jazz on flute, there was only one record out: Sam Most's 'Undercurrent Blues'. Not too many people know this, but Sam was also the first jazz flutist to sing and play together. The order of jazz flutists is Wayman Carver with the Chick Webb Band, Harry Klee with Phil Moore, and Sam Most - then the rest of us followed."
We know for sure as well that Sam Most was among the musician's musicians Dutch pianist Rein de Graaff would love to play with all his life. In his biography 'Belevenissen in Bebop' ('Adventures in Bebop', 1997), Rein mentions Sam Most as one of the lost heroes'; fine musicians who never became a household name, for various reasons and finally just seemed to have disappeared.
As Rein puts it, Sam happened to be 'at the wrong time at the wrong place'. "From the early 60s on, he worked mostly as a studio musician. As a result, he recorded extensively, but hardly ever as a leader. And: he was based inLos Angeles, not in New York, the country's jazz capital."
Rein, as a young man, adored the recordings Sam made for the Bethlehem label in the mid 50s. "After gaining experience in the reed sections of big bands, he won several jazz polls as a flutist. But after the 50s, I didn't hear from him again until the late 70s, when he was rediscovered by Don Schlitten, producer of the Xanadu label.
Schlitten featured him extensively, also as a member of the Xanadu All-Stars who were recorded live at the jazzfestival in Montreux. That was one of Sam's very rare appearances in Europe."
Schlitten reissued some of Most's earlier masterpieces and featured him on four albums as a leader during the period 1976-79; one of these, 'Mostly Flute", was awarded with the maximum of five stars in the prestigious All Music Guide to Jazz. According to the guide, 'Most makes the most difficult ideas sound effortless'.
A few years ago, Rein performed at the jazz festival organized by the Los Angeles Jazz Institute. "I checked the program and noticed there was a 'Sam Most Quintet' scheduled! I thought he had passed away long ago. Anyway, I attended his concert and he was just dynamite. I remember him opening with 'Confirmation': fast, precise and swinging real hard."
The two shook hands and agreed to do a tour together, late 2011, with Rein's regular trio, featuring Marius Beets on bass and Eric Ineke on drums. The trio toured and recorded through the years with literally hundreds of American visitors, including Johnny Griffin, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Stitt and many, many others. Rein: "We also backed quite some prominent flute players; Frank Wess, James Moody and Lew Tabackin, just to name a few." Eric Ineke has been part of the trio for over forty years. Marius, a generation younger, joined Rein in the late 90s.
Sam Most, in the Netherlands for the first time, turned out to be a kind, soft-spoken senior citizen. Rein: "Working with him was extremely easy. He reminded me of Al Cohn, with whom we had recorded as well. Al was doing crossword puzzles in the studio, as if he couldn't care less, but when it was time for him to blow, he played his brains off. We went into the recording studio with Sam after the tour. The band was so tight by that time, that we recorded solely tunes we hadn't done before on stage. We needed just one take for each tune. Discussing the repertoire took just a few minutes. It was like: 'You know that tune?' 'Let's do it.' Sam always plays attractive lines, knows the chords inside out and swings consistently." Sam Most concentrated on the flute and the alto flute -except for a short excursion on the rarely heard bass flute in 'Ghost Of A Chance'.
This CD is issued in 2012, exactly sixty years after Sam's recording debut as a flute soloist. Many years as a studio musician have kept him not only in relative obscurity, but also in good health, not having to be 'on the road' most of the year. In his 80s, Sam Most is still quietly blowing up a storm.
-Jeroen de Valk
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All About Jazz, June 1999
Sam Most/Herbie Mann
Herbie Mann/Sam Most Quintet
There's no use denying it, so I'll confess: I am not a big jazz flute fan. The instrument has always seemed to me to be too slight to power a rhythm section and too breathy to maintain an individual attractiveness. But Herbie Mann and Sam Most have converted me on this unlikeliest of ensembles, a double flute quintet.
The Herbie Mann-Sam Most Quintet is a 1956 album of eleven genial, high-spirited tracks featuring Mann and Most trading bright, up-tempo, virtually saxophonic flute solos. They work over an energetic backdrop provided by guitarist Joe Puma, bassist Jimmy Gannon, and drummer Lee Kleinman. Most of the tracks are brisk and cheerful, although a few tastefully spare ballads ("Love Letters") are also included.
None of the tracks is over five minutes long, and with both Mann and Most (and occasionally Puma) soloing, they sometimes seem just to get started when they're over. But that may be part of how they've both made the Transverse Thing so appealing on this disc: they never overstay their welcome in solos, and they keep a steady and sober regard for the exigencies of the light touch.
Kudos to Mann and Most, wherever they are, and to the good folks at Avenue Jazz for bringing this one back.
Track listing: Fascinating Rhythm / Why Do I Love You? / It's Only Sunshine / Love Letters / Let's Get Away From It All / Flying Home / I'll Remember April / Empathy / It Might As Well Be Spring / Just One of Those Things / Seven Comes Eleven
Personell: Herbie Mann, Sam Most, flutes; Joe Puma, guitar; Jimmy Gannon, bass; Lee Kleinman, drums.
Record Label: Avenue Records | Style: Straight-ahead/Mainstream
By ROBERT SPENCER, Published: June 1, 1999
Sam Most/Joe Viola/Richard Simon
Sam Most & Al Viola Sparkle in This New, Live Recording!
Two vital but often overlooked virtuosi, in the relaxed atmosphere of a “lounge gig," put on a dazzling display of melodic and rhythmic brilliance in “Pacific Standard Time, the new CD from UFO-BASS records. In a program of nine standards, the pair, backed by bassist Richard Simon, deliver chorus after wonderful chorus of mature yet playful improvisations, reflecting their combined experience of over a century of sophisticated music-making. Long acknowledged as one of the pioneers of jazz flute (along with Jerome Richardson and Herbie Mann), Sam Most continues to play at a remarkably high level. His youthful energy bursts forth on the CD's brisk opening cut, “Avalon." Even after guitar & bass announce a “shout chorus," Most builds momentum into yet another go-around, without a hint of creative (or physical) exhaustion. And for Al Viola, rhythm guitarist with Frank Sinatra for parts of four decades, this evening is a showcase of his enormous talents as both accompanist and soloist. He limns and leavens Most's ideas with single-note counter-lines, and chordal punctuations emulating a horn section. His own solos are fluid, in the be-bop idiom without the cliches, often ending with a stunning chorus of chords. His peerless ballad styling makes “My Romance" one of the highlights of the entire disc. Clearly, these West Coast residents would get more attention if they lived on the “right" shore. But “Pacific Standard Time" should bring wider recognition to two masters of the art, whose musicianship sets a very high standard indeed.
“Pacific Standard Time" is the fourth commercial release on the UFO-BASS label. Visit their website: www.ufo-bass.com
L.A. JAZZ SCENE, APRIL 2010
Sam Most
(Liquid Jazz)
Throughout his long career, Sam Most has made his mark as an innovative and pacesetting flutist, a fine cool-toned tenor-saxophonist and a witty scat-singer. He has appeared on a countless number of sessions since the late 1940s but "Solo Flute" is unique. How many 79-year olds would consent to record a full set (14 songs) as unaccompanied flute solos?
Sam Most just handles the music as if he were plating with a quartet. His time is perfect, he uses space expertly and, after he states his piece, he closes the song.
Whether it is "Autumn in New York," "Giant Steps," "Just Friends," "Stablemates" or one of his originals, Most is heard throughout in top form. He never seems to run out of ideas, nor are there any dull or wasted moments.
This unusual and rewarding set, which is one of the highpoints in Sam Most's large discography, is available digitally from www.liquidjazz.com.
Scott Yanow
11/4/2016 - Added 3 new transcriptions for dowload.
12/23/2015 - Added a new transcription of Sam's solo on his original song "The Humming Blues".
12/15/2015 - There are now 11 Sam Most Solo Transcriptions to download for free.
12/15/2015 - There are new links to both the NPR and Huffington Post on-line articles on the Home Page.
12/15/2015 - Added info on Sam's final recording "New Jazz Standards" to the Home Page.
Check out Liquidjazz.com for links to and info on some of Sam's finest works
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Social entrepreneurs and innovation leads Pacific contribution
Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio says the New Year 2020 Honours List highlights the valuable contribution Pacific social entrepreneurs and innovators make to New Zealand, the Pacific region and the world.
Bali Democracy Forum to focus on democracy and inclusivity
Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio will travel to Bali to represent New Zealand at the 12th Bali Democracy Forum that will be held on the 5-6 December.
Keynote Address at the Ministry for Pacific Peoples Lalanga Fou Languages and High Tech Fono
Talofa lava, malo e lelei, kia orana, taloha ni, fakaalofa lahi atu, ni sa bula vinaka, Talofa, Kia ora, tēnā koutou katoa. Warm Pacific greetings to you all.
I am really pleased I could be here with you today - to share this time with so many great innovators, thinkers and policymakers. Thank you for making the time to be here and for answering the call to come and share your expertise with us. I am looking forward to meeting and chatting with some of you later and hearing about the outstanding work you do.
Languages inspires Pacific innovations
The Minister for Pacific Peoples, Aupito William Sio, says the new Languages Innovation Fund is designed to support Pacific grassroots initiatives that will increase awareness, celebrate, grow and inspire the daily use of Pacific languages in Aotearoa.
Keynote Address at the Third Pacific Parliamentary Forum
Talofa lava, malo e lelei, kia orana, taloha ni, fakaalofa lahi atu, ni sa bula vinaka, Talofa, kia ora, tena koutou katoa. Warm Pacific greetings to you all.
A great pleasure to be here at Orakei Marae with you all to welcome you to the third Pacific Parliamentary Forum.
Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedules to be here with us in New Zealand.
New Zealand’s future is Pacific and languages must be part of it
Tokelau Language Week starts today and the theme encourages us to reflect on the unique place of Aotearoa as a Pacific nation, now and in the future.
Pacific Peoples Minister to attend Our Ocean Conference in Norway
Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio, heads to Oslo today to represent New Zealand at the sixth Our Ocean Conference, which is being hosted by the Norwegian Government from the 23-24 October.
Speech to the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs, Pacific Futures Conference: Connections, Identity and Security
Kia ora tatou katoa and Warm Pacific greetings to one and all.
Representatives of Tainui, the local people of the land, or manawhenua – the indigenous peoples of this area – have welcomed you this morning in accordance with local custom.
Pacific languages are a source of strength, they ground us and build confidence
The Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio says for Pacific people, language can be a source of strength. It can help ground us and give us confidence.
Young Pacific people can access earning and learning opportunities in Hawke’s Bay, Otago and Southland
Pacific young people living in the Hawke’s Bay, Southland and Otago regions will have access to support services that have proved successful in helping young people find new earning and learning opportunities.
Pacific languages are a root from which prosperity will grow
“Fijian Language Week starts on Sunday and the theme reminds us how important it is that we each have something to anchor ourselves to, something that can help us pause and feel in control in a rapidly changing world,” says Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio.
SAMOA Pathway High-Level Review, United Nations, New York
Chair, New Zealand commends this mid-term review of the Samoa Pathways. Let me convey to you the picture that I see as we conduct this review.
There is an unprecedented, man-made storm coming our way. Our youth can see the dark clouds gather at the outer limits of the horizons. We must paddle our canoe to safety and we must do it quickly. We must all paddle in the same direction or we’ll be caught by the storm and die.
Climate change will have a profound impact on Pacific languages
The Minister for Pacific Peoples, Aupito William Sio says when he was in Tuvalu recently for the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), the leaders reaffirmed climate change as the single greatest threat to the livelihoods, security and wellbeing of the peoples of the Pacific, but it was the youth of the Pacific region who reminded everyone that one of the issues often overlooked is the effect this crisis could have on Pacific languages.
High-level meeting on Migration and Climate Change, United Nations, New York
We acknowledge that the subject of this event can be highly sensitive, and we understand and respect the reasons why this can be a delicate issue for people in our region. Ideally, countries of the world would be rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions to ensure that people do not need to move because of climate change.
In the Pacific, climate change-related mobility is, so far, limited to internal movements, such as people moving inland away from rising sea levels and coastal hazards. That’s what we would expect, given the passionate desire of Pacific peoples to not be forced to leave their homes, their communities, their countries, and their land and sea.
High Level Meeting of the Group of Friends on Climate and Security, German House, New York
I wish to extend thanks to the organisers of today’s High Level Meeting.
In 2018, New Zealand’s Defence Assessment identified climate change is one of the most significant security threats of our time. The Pacific Island Forum’s Boe Declaration expands on this definition.
New Zealand is pleased that the links between climate change and security are increasingly being recognised, including through the good work of this Group of Friends. We add our voice to Germany and others to call on all big industrial nations to pick up the pace.
Pacific Small Island Developing States Reception, 100 UN Plaza, New York
Excellences, colleagues, members of the diplomatic corps, ladies and gentlemen, kia ora tatou katoa, warm Pacific greetings to one and all.
Thank you for this opportunity to speak today.
We know that climate change is the single biggest threat to the livelihoods and wellbeing of the peoples of the Pacific and there is an urgent, immediate, and unprecedented need for greater and more ambitions action. And in my privileged position as Minister for Pacific Peoples, as I listen to my elders, the two, three, that have spoken earlier and as I get to engage with our Pacific leaders right across the Pacific region – we’re leading.
Commonwealth Ministers Dialogue on Climate Change, resilience building and ocean action, United Nations, New York
Introductory remarks as Chair
This is an important and timely meeting. Here in New York the climate conversation has shifted from positions and negotiations, to action and ambition. The discussion about science and impacts and commitments is no longer controversial. Most of the world has now turned to action. Many of us here have set our sights on 1.5 degrees, a goal which resonates so strongly in the Pacific region.
Group of Friends of Victims of Terrorism Meeting, United Nations, New York
It is a privilege to be here today at the inaugural ministerial meeting of the Group of Friends of the Victims of Terrorism. And I’d like to convey our warm thanks to the governments of Afghanistan and Spain for their leadership on this important issue.
The 15th of March 2019 is forever etched into the psyche of our peoples. New Zealand experienced its worst ever terrorist attack in which 51 individuals were killed – men, women and children – and dozens more injured in attacks against our Muslim community when they were worshipping in two mosques in the city of Christchurch.
Investing in Humanity through Multilateralism, United Nations, New York
Moderator, your Excellencies.
We in New Zealand remain deeply committed to supporting the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, which form the core of the body of international humanitarian law, applicable to armed conflicts.
Universal Health Coverage High Level Meeting, United Nations, New York
Your Excellencies, good afternoon, tēnā koutou, warm Pacific greetings for you all.
I thank you for this opportunity to reaffirm Aotearoa New Zealand’s commitment to universal health coverage.
New Zealand believes firmly in the objectives of today’s event, the acceleration of progress towards achieving universal health coverage to build a healthier world for all.
Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAS) High Level Assembly, United Nations, New York
Kia Ora and Warm Pacific Greetings.
The IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Land is unequivocal: reducing greenhouse gas emissions from all sectors is essential if global warming is to be kept to well below 2°C, if not 1.5°C. Changes to the global agriculture and food system are necessary if we are to address climate change, eliminate hunger and halt biodiversity loss.
Report Back to the United Nations Secretary-General on Nature-Based Solutions, United Nations, New York
Mr Secretary-General, it has been New Zealand’s honour to work with China in assisting you to prepare for your Summit.
The commitments on Nature-Based Solutions have demonstrated the significant action under way, working with nature to increase resilience and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But more than that, the commitments and initiatives will also protect biodiversity, strengthen food security and underpin sustainable livelihoods around the globe.
Nature Based Solutions (NBS) Momentum High Level Event, “Nature is undercooked and overlooked in climate action”, United Nations, New York
Kia Ora. Ni hao ma. Greetings and Warm Pacific Greetings.
It has been an honour to work with China and other coalition members to assist the Secretary-General in preparing for his Climate Action Summit. Nature-Based Solutions for climate change are something New Zealand has a strong focus on, and we look forward to working with many of you here to further this agenda.
Hon Iain Lees-Galloway (1)
Hon Jenny Salesa (2)
Hon Willie Jackson (1)
(-) Hon Aupito William Sio (99)
ACC (1)
(-) Pacific Peoples (99)
Whānau Ora (1)
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The 2019 Premier League table revealed with Tottenham underperforming, Everton competing and Crystal Palace flying
How has your club been competing throughout the calendar year?
Elliott Jackson
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The 2019/20 Premier League table is now four games old and starting to take shape, with Liverpool the leaders at the end of August.
The Reds have an early two-point lead over Manchester City after maintaining their 100% start throughout the first month of the season.
Whilst many won't take much notice of the table until the end of September, Norwich City, Watford and Aston Villa will all be hoping to get some more points on the table, as they lie in the relegation zone.
Whilst City are slightly behind Jurgen Klopp's side this season, the champions of England hold a six-point lead for the entirety of 2019.
A table, shown by Transfermarkt, shows Pep Guardiola's side riding high at the top of the table with only one defeat to their name.
There is cause for optimism for Arsenal too, as they sit third in the table, having missed out on Champions League football last season.
Similarly, 2019 has been a great year for Crystal Palace, who have taken more points than the likes of Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham to sit fourth in the table.
Tottenham striker Harry Kane
Everton, too, will have confidence they can break into the Premier League's 'big six' as they sit above Chelsea on goal difference.
Sky Sports Soccer Saturday presenter Jeff Stelling ready to tour Irish League grounds
We've omitted this year's promoted teams, Sheffield United, Norwich City and Aston Villa, as well as the three relegated sides from last season.
A positive start to the season for Brighton has seen Graham Potter’s side wipe away some of the cobwebs from last season, although there is still reason for them, Watford and Bournemouth to be concerned.
You can see the full table below.
2019 Premier League table
1. Manchester City - 61 points
2. Liverpool - 55 points
3. Arsenal - 39 points
4. Crystal Palace - 37 points
5. Manchester United - 36 points
6. Everton - 34 points
7. Chelsea - 34 points
8. Leicester City - 32 points
9. West Ham - 32 points
10. Tottenham - 31 points
11. Newcastle United - 31 points
12. Wolves - 31 points
13. Burnley - 29 points
14. Southampton - 28 points
15. Bournemouth - 23 points
16. Watford - 23 points
17. Brighton - 15 points
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First HSWA appeal confirms existing sentencing approach and sets guidelines for fines
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A long-awaited High Court decision has confirmed the approach sentencing courts should take when fixing fines under health and safety legislation, clearing up inconsistency in decisions by the District Court that has emerged since the new laws first took effect two years ago.
The High Court's first decision on the correct approach to sentencing under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA), delivered yesterday, provides greater certainty to WorkSafe and the regulated community by confirming the existing approach to sentencing. It also maintains the existing model for fines, and attaches values to the range of fines that may be given.
Stumpmaster & Others v WorkSafe New Zealand [2018] NZHC 2020 involved three appeals by companies against fines awarded by the District Court under the HSWA. Since the first District Court sentencing in August 2017 we have seen an inconsistent approach by the District Court which has not provided clear guidance for defendants. Given this uncertainty, a Full Court of the High Court was convened to hear the three appeals together, review the existing sentencing guidelines and provide guidance for sentencing.
Approach to sentencing
The High Court confirmed that a court's approach to sentencing remains the same, with one minor modification to reflect a further range of orders that a sentencing court must consider.
The sentencing process now involves four steps.
Assess the amount of reparation to be paid to any victim.
Fix the amount of the fine by reference to culpability bands, and then adjust the starting point for any aggravating and mitigating factors.
Determine whether further orders are required (e.g. adverse publicity orders, training orders, or payment of WorkSafe's costs).
Make an overall assessment of the proportionality and appropriateness of the total imposition of reparation and fine on the defendant.
The last step requires the sentencing court to consider the defendant's ability to pay the fine, and whether an increase in the fine is required to reflect the financial capacity of the defendant. A defendant's ability to pay the fine has featured prominently in early decisions under the HSWA.
Sentencing bands
The various District Court decisions have differed in the number of culpability bands which may be used to identify a starting point for the fine, and the values attached to those bands. In Stumpmaster the appellants claimed that the fines awarded by the District Court were excessive and represented a six-fold increase across the range, and the sentencing court had not taken a principled approach.
While all parties to the appeal agreed that a four-band approach was appropriate, there were differing views as to the range of each band. After hearing argument, the High Court fixed the new guideline bands as follows:
Low culpability Up to $250,000
Medium culpability $250,000 to $600,000
High culpability $600,000 to $1,000,000
Very high culpability $1,000,000 plus
The Court considered the list of relevant factors in the HSWA for establishing the starting point were covered by existing considerations, and therefore these factors essentially remained the same. Once a starting point for the fine is established with reference to the culpability bands, any aggravating or mitigating factors should then be taken into account.
Other notable points
The High Court was concerned that standard discounts for mitigating factors were routinely given, and said that more analysis was required before large discounts should be available. It stated that a discount of 30% should only be expected in cases that exhibit all the mitigating factors (payment of reparation, remorse and co-operation with WorkSafe, remedial action taken, and favourable safety record) to a moderate degree, or one or more of them to a high degree.
Importantly, the High Court stated that genuine efforts to assist the victim and family from the outset merit particular noting, and should result in credit. Discounts for these mitigating factors are separate from the 25% discount which may be available for defendants who enter an early guilty plea.
Despite the HSWA being modelled on Safe Work Australia's Model WHS Law (which has been adopted by states and territories across Australia), the High Court was not persuaded it should look to Australian decisions for guidance on the level of fines.
Finally, the High Court said any increase in the level of fines should not lower the size of reparation orders. These awards are compensatory to victims and are governed by the Sentencing Act 2002, rather than HSWA.
Our experienced employment and workplace safety team regularly advises employers on how to comply with the HSW Act. If you or your business has any questions regarding any of the issues raised in our article, please contact one of our team or your usual Bell Gully adviser.
This publication is necessarily brief and general in nature. You should seek professional advice before taking any action in relation to the matters dealt with in this publication.
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Exciting Leeds United transfer planned as Manchester United star is targeted and West Brom star attracts big attention - Championship rumours
The latest transfer rumours and gossip from the Sky Bet Championship
Josh ChalliesTrainee Sports Wire Writer
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The end of the season is nearly upon us, as this weekend marks the final matchday in the Championship campaign before the drama of the playoffs begins.
It is now also less than a month until the summer transfer market opens and attention is starting to shift towards the business that could be completed by clubs in the market.
A host of rumours and gossip are already starting to float around and we have gathered some of the latest below.
Leeds United are ready to splash the cash this summer by completing a move for Wolfsburg ace Elvis Rexhbecaj this summer, who could cost around £7m, according to German outlet Bild.
However, the 21-year-old is said to be happy in his current surroundings and Championship winners Norwich City have also been attributed with an interest in his services.
Leeds United & Aston Villa - The brilliant replay of all the Elland Road controversy
Hull City could be among the most active clubs in the Championship next season as the Tigers could draft in as many as 12 players, according to Hull Live , in their bid to return to the Premier League.
It has been an impressive campaign for Hull City this season, with a late playoff push showing their strengths, and the Tigers will hope that new recruits can make them among the leading contenders for promotion next term.
Sheffield United will have to pay a fee of £7m to sign Dean Henderson from Manchester United on a permanent basis this summer ahead of their return to the Premier League, the Sun reports.
The 22-year-old has excelled with the Blades this season, establishing himself on loan with Chris Wilder’s side as a core member of the squad.
This is West Brom's kit for the 2019-20 season
Swansea City face a fight to keep the services of their key players during the summer transfer window but manager Graham Potter has issued a promising update on Oli McBurnie.
Reportedly courting the attention of top-flight clubs, Potter has confirmed that negotiations regarding an extension with McBurnie will be discussed over the coming weeks.
West Brom are also a side that look set to face a battle to retain their key figures, as the Sun reports Bundesliga title-chasers Borussia Dortmund are eyeing a move for Jamie Soule.
The 18-year-old has been in exceptional form for the Baggies’ youth sides this season, scoring 14 goals in 26 appearances for the club’s U18 and U23 ranks.
West Brom prodigy targeted by European giants - reports
Port Vale manager John Askey has confirmed he is keen to sign Nottingham Forest loanee Adam Crookes beyond this summer, he has told StokeOnTrent Live , after he caught the eye with the League Two side.
The 21-year-old spent the first half of the season on loan with League Two champions Lincoln City and has since made 18 appearances for Port Vale since switching clubs in January.
Finally, The Sun reports that Premier League outfit Bournemouth are the leading candidates to secure the signature of Middlesbrough youngster Marcus Tavernier this summer.
The 20-year-old, who has scored four goals in 20 appearances this season, was previously linked with a move to Manchester United and a fight for the youngster, who is the brother of Rangers skipper James Tavernier, could take place when the window opens.
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Aston Villa FCManchester United dealt blow in pursuit of Aston Villa star Jack Grealish - reportsAston Villa transfer news | He has become a name constantly linked with a move to Old Trafford in this window
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Originator Dr David Hydes
Originating Organization Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Deacon Laboratory (now National Oceanography Centre, Southampton)
Project(s) North Sea Project 1987-1992
Originator's Identifier CH59_CTD_NUTS_12:2601
Longitude 7.66415 E ( 7° 39.8' E )
Maximum Sensor or Sampling Height 18.0 m
Sea Floor Depth 19.0 m
AMONAATX 1 Micromoles per litre Concentration of ammonium {NH4+ CAS 14798-03-9} per unit volume of the water body [dissolved plus reactive particulate phase] by colorimetric autoanalysis
NTRIAATX 1 Micromoles per litre Concentration of nitrite {NO2- CAS 14797-65-0} per unit volume of the water body [dissolved plus reactive particulate phase] by colorimetric autoanalysis
NTRZAATX 1 Micromoles per litre Concentration of nitrate+nitrite {NO3+NO2} per unit volume of the water body [dissolved plus reactive particulate phase] by colorimetric autoanalysis
PHOSAATX 1 Micromoles per litre Concentration of phosphate {PO43- CAS 14265-44-2} per unit volume of the water body [dissolved plus reactive particulate phase] by colorimetric autoanalysis
SLCAAATX 1 Micromoles per litre Concentration of silicate {SiO44- CAS 17181-37-2} per unit volume of the water body [dissolved plus reactive particulate phase] by colorimetric autoanalysis
Nutrients as part of the North Sea Project
Survey cruises
Duplicate samples were collected in 30 ml 'Elkay Dilu-Vials' from each CTD bottle. Samples were stored in a refrigerator at 4°C between collection and analysis and usually analysed within four hours of collection. Initially, two aliquots from one the samples were analysed. If a problem was considered to have occurred, the second sample was analysed. The samples were unfiltered and no preservative was added.
The samples were analysed using a ChemLab AA-II segmented continuous flow autoanalyser. The chemistries used were similar to those described in Grasshof et al (1983). Peak heights were interpreted using a ChemLab PHA interface and software running on an IBM PS2/50. Each run was calibrated by measurement of a set of 4 standards run in duplicate at the start of the run to which a third order polynomial, forced to pass through the origin, was fitted.
Analyses were made for nitrate+nitrite, nitrate, phosphate, silicon and (for Challenger 39 and subsequent cruises), ammonia.
The replicate analyses were supplied to BODC. Values were subjected to a simple range check with seasonally varying tolerances and a check was made to identify samples with excessive differences between replicates. Any problems identified were resolved by interaction with the Principal Investigator and erroneous values corrected or deleted from the data set. All remaining replicates were then averaged.
In general, the autoanalyser worked well. The only problems reported were random variations in Cu/Cd reduction coil efficiency (between 70 and 90%) on two cruises (Challenger 33 and Challenger 72A) and occasional baseline drift and spiking, mostly on phosphate and nitrite.
During Challenger 33, problems were encountered with the PS2 processing software and the nutrient concentrations were obtained by manual determination of peak heights from chart recorder output.
The survey data set is believed to be of good quality and has borne up well to intercomparison with data from other sources during the compilation of synthesised data sets by the ICES hydrographer.
Process cruises
Analyses for the major nutrients (nitrate+nitrite, phosphate, nitrite and silicate) were undertaken on CTD water bottle samples for the following process cruises: Challenger 44, Challenger 48, Challenger 50, Challenger 52, Challenger 60, Challenger 62 and Challenger 72C.
For Challenger 50 and Challenger 72C the survey protocols, including the determination of ammonia, were followed exactly by an analyst who had also participated in survey cruises. Quality control was undertaken by the analyst prior to submission to BODC and the data are believed to be of the same good quality as the survey data.
For the resuspension cruises, Challenger 44, Challenger 52 and Challenger 60, the survey protocols were generally followed except the concentrations were computed manually and all quality control was done prior to submission to BODC. The analyst had participated in survey cruises.
On two of these cruises, Challenger 52 and Challenger 60 ammonia was determined by flow injection analysis. The method is based upon the conversion of the ammonium ion into gaseous ammonia across a hydrophobic membrane and is fully described in Willason and Johnson (1986) and Howland et al.
There are no reasons to suspect the quality of the data from these cruises.
For Challenger 48 and 62 the analyses were done using the same equipment but details of the protocols followed, including quality control procedures, are unknown.
Feedback to BODC indicates that the nitrate data from Challenger 48 appear to be high by up to a factor of 10 and that the phosphate data do not exhibit the expected relationships with other parameters. However, it is not possible to categorically state that the data are in error because the cruises were working in waters strongly influenced by the Rhine plume.
WARNING. It is strongly recommended that the nutrient data from Challenger 48 and Challenger 62 be used with caution.
Grasshof, K., Erhardt, M. and Kremling, K. (1983). Methods of sea water analysis, 2nd edition. Verlag Chemie, Weinheim, 419pp..
Howland, R.J.M., A.J. Bale and P.G. Watson. Plymouth Marine Laboratory Estuarine Processes Group Analytical Methods Handbook.
Willason, S.W. and K.S. Johnson (1986). A rapid, highly sensitive technique for the determination of ammonia in sea water. Mar. Biol. 91, 285-290.
The North Sea Project (NSP) was the first Marine Sciences Community Research project of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). It evolved from a NERC review of shelf sea research, which identified the need for a concerted multidisciplinary study of circulation, transport and production.
The ultimate aim of the NERC North Sea Project was the development of a suite of prognostic water quality models to aid management of the North Sea. To progress towards water quality models, three intermediate objectives were pursued in parallel:
Production of a 3-D transport model for any conservative passive constituent, incorporating improved representations of the necessary physics - hydrodynamics and dispersion;
Identifying and quantifying non-conservative processes - sources and sinks determining the cycling and fate of individual constituents;
Defining a complete seasonal cycle as a database for all the observational studies needed to formulate, drive and test models.
Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory hosted the project, which involved over 200 scientists and support staff from NERC and other Government funded laboratories, as well as seven universities and polytechnics.
The project ran from 1987 to 1992, with marine field data collection between April 1988 and October 1989. One shakedown (CH28) and fifteen survey cruises (Table 1), each lasting 12 days and following the same track, were repeated monthly. The track selected covered the summer-stratified waters of the north and the homogeneous waters in the Southern Bight in about equal lengths together with their separating frontal band from Flamborough head to Dogger Bank, the Friesian Islands and the German Bight. Mooring stations were maintained at six sites for the duration of the project.
Table 1: Details of NSP Survey Cruises on RRS Challenger
CH28 29/04/88 - 15/05/88
Alternating with the survey cruises were process study cruises (Table 2), which investigated some particular aspect of the science of the North Sea. These included fronts (nearshore, circulation and mixing), sandwaves and sandbanks, plumes (Humber, Wash, Thames and Rhine), resuspension, air-sea exchange, primary productivity and blooms/chemistry.
Table 2: Details of NSP Process cruises on RRS Challenger
CH34 18/08/88 - 01/09/88 Fronts - nearshore
CH36 16/09/88 - 30/09/88 Fronts - mixing
CH56 08/07/89 - 22/07/89 Fronts - circulation
CH38 24/10/88 - 31/10/88 Sandwaves
CH40 15/11/88 - 29/11/88 Sandbanks
CH42 15/12/88 - 29/12/88 Plumes/Sandbanks
CH46 12/02/89 - 26/02/89 Plumes/Sandwaves
CH44 13/01/89 - 27/01/89 Resuspension
CH48 13/03/89 - 27/03/89 Air/sea exchanges
CH50 12/04/89 - 25/04/89 Blooms/chemistry
CH54 09/06/89 - 22/06/89 Production
In addition to the main data collection period, a series of cruises took place between October 1989 and October 1990 that followed up work done on previous cruises (Table 3). Process studies relating to blooms, plumes (Humber, Wash and Rhine), sandwaves and the flux of contaminants through the Dover Strait were carried out as well as two `survey' cruises.
Table 3: Details of NSP `Follow up' cruises on RRS Challenger
CH62A 23/10/89 - 03/11/89 Blooms
CH64 03/04/90 - 03/05/90 Blooms
CH65 06/05/90 - 17/05/90 Humber plume
CH66A 20/05/90 - 31/05/90 Survey
CH66B 03/06/90 - 18/06/90 Contaminants through Dover Strait
CH69 26/07/90 - 07/08/90 Resuspension/Plumes
CH72B 04/10/90 - 06/10/90 Sandwaves/STABLE
CH72C 06/10/90 - 19/10/90 Rhine plume
The data collected during the observational phase of the North Sea Project comprised one of the most detailed sets of observations ever undertaken in any shallow shelf sea at that time.
Organization Undertaking Activity Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory (now Scottish Association for Marine Science)
Originator's Data Activity Identifier CH59_CTD_2601
BODC Sample Metadata Report for CH59_CTD_2601
314798 10.00 18.20 18.50 14.90 Niskin bottle No problem reported
314800 10.00 10.40 10.60 7.20 Niskin bottle No problem reported
314814 10.00 6.50 6.60 3.30 Niskin bottle No problem reported
Related Data Activity activities are detailed in Appendix 1
Cruise Name CH59
Principal Scientist(s) James Watson (Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory)
Appendix 1: CH59_CTD_2601
Related series for this Data Activity are presented in the table below. Further information can be found by following the appropriate links.
1703064 Water sample data 1989-08-29 03:43:00 55.1671 N, 7.66415 E RRS Challenger CH59
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Artist Utilizes Axalta Coating Technology to Finish Carbon Fiber Sculpture
Artist Alastair Gibson’s carbon fiber sculptures cleverly incorporate titanium Formula One parts, each of which has a production and part number that can be traced back to a specific car and race.
Axalta Coating Systems is working with automotive manufacturers in their quest to make vehicles lighter in order to reduce emissions and fuel consumption by replacing standard steel with composites such as carbon fiber. Axalta applies the technology behind its OEM coatings and refinish paint brands, including one of its three premium global refinish brands Spies Hecker, to develop coating systems for car manufacturers using carbon fiber and other lightweight substrates.
But the Axalta coating technology has, for one artist, even wider applications. Mixing artistic skill with a heavy dose of engineering expertise, artist Alastair Gibson draws on his 15 years of experience in Formula One to create his carbon fiber sculptures, each finished with Spies Hecker.
“All the time that goes into the pieces before the coating process – and that can be as much as four weeks – would be wasted if we couldn’t get a gorgeous finish from Spies Hecker to show off the weave of the carbon fiber,” said Gibson.
While Gibson has established himself at the cutting edge of carbon fiber sculpture in the eight years since becoming a full-time artist, his career is steeped in motorsport. After seven years in lower racing formulas, he spent 15 years in Formula One, first as lead mechanic for the Benetton F1 Team, and then as race team chief mechanic for the BAR and Honda Grand Prix teams.
And Gibson’s carbon fiber sculptures cleverly incorporate titanium Formula One parts, each of which has a production and part number that can be traced back to a specific car and race. These titanium components form the eyes of the Racing Piranha and the spine of the Carbon King, which is based on a lion’s skull. Many pieces are displayed on a section of perma-glass, under-floor planks that have been part of Formula One cars.
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Local business consortium secures Tigers’ future
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Telford Tigers have been saved after a consortium of local businesses acquired the club’s assets.
The new company will now fund and run the EPL club, starting with this weekend’s games against Manchester Phoenix and Swindon Wildcats.
Former owner Wayne Scholes will continue to be one of the club’s main sponsors.
He said: “I’m relieved that the future of the club is resolved. We can concentrate on what matters most – a successful Tigers ice hockey team.
“I want to add my thanks to Paul (Thomason), Tom (Watkins) and all the players for staying focused through this difficult period.
“I would also pay tribute to the fans for rallying behind the team at such a difficult time. Without them the Tigers would not be the great club we all love.”
The consortium includes three local businesses, plus Scholes, all of whom have ploughed funds into the club.
The Tigers could have leading British scorer Matty Davies (above) back in the line-up for this weekend’s games.
The 26-year-old has missed the last six matches after he was hit in the face by a puck against Guildford Flames at the end of October.
Head Coach Tom Watkins said: “Matty’s got to crack the line-up first, of course – there’s no guarantee he’ll play, but it’s very likely.
“He skated on Thursday and again on Friday, so we’ll see how he feels about taking to this ice this weekend.
“Having Matty back creates tough decisions again. We’ve had three lines that have been going well and that gives us ten forwards, so it’s not an ideal situation.
“But to have the offensive ability and work ethic that Matty brings to the team is a big plus for us.”
One player who won’t be icing this weekend is young forward Macaulay Heywood after he decided to leave the club.
(Image permission: Steve Brodie)
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The University of Hong Kong hosts International Buddhist Values and Economics Conference
By Justin Whitaker
Presenters and moderators pose together for a photo before the conference. Image courtesy of The HKU Center of Buddhist Studies
From 13-14 April the Center of Buddhist Studies (CBS) at The University of Hong Kong (HKU) hosted an international conference titled, “Buddhist Values and Economics: Investing in a Sustainable Future.” The conference, sponsored by GS Charity Foundation Limited, drew speakers and workshop presenters from across North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The conference addressed a wide range of perspectives, from academic analysis of early Buddhist texts and interpretations of wealth to contemporary applications of Buddhist values for business leaders and investors.
The co-organizer of the conference was the European Spirituality in Economics and Society (SPES) Institute, under the Presidency of Professor Laszlo Zsolnai. The institute, founded in 2004 in Leuven, Belgium, aims to foster greater international understanding and practice of spirituality in economic and social life.
In his introductory keynote address Saturday morning, Prof. Richard Payne of the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, California, noted that historically, Buddhism has existed in a context of exchange economy. Modern capitalism, he continued, with its ideals of individualism and rational choice are foreign to Buddhism, since the latter rests on the premise that people are driven instead by varying degrees of ignorance. Charles Lief, President of Naropa University, delivered a paper which was more optimistic about integrating Buddhist ideas into contemporary business, citing the example of the large corporate insurance company Aetna, which has successfully implemented a mindfulness program for its employees.
Prof. Hendrik Opdebeek then spoke of the urgency of addressing economic concerns with an ideal of “enough” rather than a proliferation of consumer goods; and Prof. Knut Ims offered the example of Deep Ecology pioneer Arne Naess as a way for Buddhists to reflect on ideals of prosperity and flourishing and potentially challenge contemporary consumerist ideals.
Presenters and moderators presented with gifts from the Center of Buddhist Studies at the University of Hong Kong. Image courtesy of Yan Chan
In a second keynote on Saturday, Dasho Karma Ura, President of the Centre for Bhutan Studies & Gross National Happiness, spoke of the exploitation of labor as a form of “taking what is not given,” the avoidance of which is the second lay Buddhist precept. Papers continued through the afternoon exploring Buddhist perspectives on material wealth by Prof. Ven. Jing Yin and Dr. Guang Xing of the University of Hong Kong.
University of California, Berkeley economist, Prof. Clair Brown, offered the keynote address on Sunday morning, pointing out ties between wasteful economic choices and our current ecological crisis. She noted the correlation between income inequality and unhappiness around the world, using a chart showing that the United States of America has uniquely high levels of both. Her call was for citizens to realize that we are all in this together and that governments must choose a more sustainable path forward for the sake of future generations.
Professor Clair Brown shows the correlation between income inequality and increasing health and social problems among various countries. Image courtesy of the author
Dr. Georgios Halkias and Dr. G. A. Somaratne of the University of Hong Kong offered historical accounts of Buddhist practice and belief around wealth, Dr. Somaratne focusing on early Buddhism and Dr. Halkias covering Tibetan ritual practices for prosperity. Dr. Ernest Ng, Buddhistdoor columnist and CEO of the Buddhist NGO Tung Lin Kok Yuen, offered a paper placing Buddhist economics in the context of the varied Western perspectives.
Dr. Ernest Chi-Hin Ng speaking before the audience at The University of Hong Kong Sunday. Image courtesy of the author
Concurrent workshops explored, on Day One, topics such as integrating transmundane Buddhist wisdom with contemporary corporate management strategy, led by business administration scholar and senior HKSAR government directorate Dr. Anthony Lok, leadership excellence and organizational transformation, led by Julia Culen and Christian Mayhofer, and a Mahayana Buddhist approach to stress management, led by Ven. Sik Hin Hung and Bonnie Wu. On Day Two, the workshops explored social values in entrepreneurship with Francis Ngai Wah-sing, founder of Social Ventures Hong Kong and David Yeung, founder of Green Monday, and sustainable finance and banking with Ven. Hin Hung, Andrew Fung, CFO of Henderson Land, and George Leung, advisor to the deputy chairman and chief executive of HSBC.
A closing workshop on Day Two, led by Debra Tan, Director of China Water Risk, emphasized the importance of the Tibetan plateau, often refered to as the “third Pole” because of the amount of fresh water stored there in glaciers. Global warming, Tan warned, is effecting the plateau at twice the average rate of the planet, which will lead to drastic reduction in existing glaciers, effecting the fresh water supplies of over a billion people living in the region.
Buddhistdoor Global Senior Writer Raymond Lam moderating a workshop on social values in entrepreneurship. Image courtesy of the author
Debra Tan's slide showing the disproportionate effects of climate change on the Tibetan plateau. Image courtesy of Raymond Lam
The conference showcased a wide variety of perspectives in addition to those discussed here, across both geography and varied disciplines in both academia and the business world. In the closing session, Ven. Phra Dr. Anil Sayka, Rector of the World Buddhist University in Thailand, noted that the very term “sustainable” is derived from the Latin sustinere meaning “to hold up, to support or bear” and this is nearly identical to the root meaning of the Buddhist term “dharma,” which is "to hold firmly, support." Thus, he suggested, in our promotion of sustainable economic ideals, we are in turn promoting and promulgating the Dharma.
Presenters receive gifts at the opening of the Buddhist Values and Economics conference. Image courtesy of Raymond Lam
Buddhist Values and Economics: Investing in a Sustainable Future (conference website)
European SPES Institute (website)
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Annealing A baking process typically used to incorporate doping atoms into the silicon crystal lattice.
ASIC Application-specific integrated circuit.
Aspect ratio The width-to-height ratio of patterned features on a substrate.
Assembly and Packaging Wafers are cut up into chips, to which wires are attached, and then they are encased in plastic or ceramic packages.
Ashing Removal of photoresist through dry processing.
Atmospheric Downstream Plasma (ADP) Direct current plasma in Argon flow in an atmospheric pressure chamber. Downstream means that the wafer is not subjected to the charged particles of typical plasmas. Applications include silicon wafer thinning, backside wafer etching for silicon oxide, silicon nitride and polysilicon film removal, backside damage and stress removal after grinding or lapping and isotropic etching through a mask.
Atmospheric Oxidation A process of oxidation of silicon carried out at atmospheric pressure. The equipment used for thermal oxidation is the same as that used for thermal diffusion.
Align Position mask or reticle with respect to pattern on wafer.
Back-end In semiconductor manufacturing, the package assembly and test stages of production.
Bipolar A type if IC that contains both positive and negative electric charges.
Broadband Term used to describe the relatively large range of wavelengths in the mercury arc lamp spectrum.
Bump Processing A method of placing “bumps,” typically solder or other conducting material, onto IC bond pads so that the IC is mounted to either a package or printed circuit board directly.
Boat Pieces of quartz joined together to form a supporting structure for wafers during high-temperature processing steps. OR A Teflon or plastic assemblage used to hold wafers during wet processing steps.
Boron The P-type dominant dopant commonly used for the isolation and base diffusion in standard bipolar integrated circuit processing.
Buffered Oxide Etch A mix of hydrogen fluoride and ammonium fluoride used to allow oxide etching to occur at a slow controlled rate.
Buried Layer The N+ diffusion in the P-type substrate done just prior to growing the epitaxial layer. The buried layer provides a low resistance path for current flowing in a device.
Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) A polishing process, which utilizes a chemical slurry formulation and mechanical polishing process to remove unwanted conductive or dielectric materials on the silicon wafer, achieving a near-perfect flat and smooth surface upon which layers of integrated circuitry are built.
Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) A gaseous process that deposits insulating films or metal onto a wafer at elevated temperature. Often, reduced pressure is used to promote the chemical reaction.
Chip An integrated circuit of discrete device.
Clean Room A confined area in which the humidity, temperature, and particular matter are precisely controlled within specified units.
Cleaning Removal of unwanted material (residues, polymers) from the wafer surface.
Core Competencies An area of unique strength or expertise. Harris uses the term to refer to capabilities, process technologies, or product types that provide the company with a competitive advantage.
Cost of Ownership The total cost a manufacturer incurs to “own” a piece of capital equipment throughout that equipment’s lifetime, including initial costs and yearly operating costs.
Crystal Growers or Pullers Large Furnace Devices that grow or pull large ingle crystals out of molten silicon.
Conductors A material which has a high conductivity and low resistivity. Examples of common conductors include copper, gold and silver.
Capacitor A single-function device which stores electrical charge on two conductors separated by an insulator.
Carrier Gas An inert gas which will transport atoms or molecules of a desired substance to a reaction chamber.
Channel A thin region of a semiconductor that supports conduction. A channel may occur at a surface or in the bulk, essential for the operation of MOSFETs or SIGFETs. In cases where channels are not part of the circuit design, their presence may indicate contamination problems or incomplete isolation.
Channeling A phenomenon in which an ion beam will penetrate into the crystal planes of the wafer.
Chemical etching Selective removal of material by means of liquid reactants. The precision of the etch is controlled by the temperature of the etchant, the time of contact and the composition.
Damage Effects which can adversely impact the functionality and performance of the IC.
Defect A localized imperfection on or beneath the wafer surface which is formed during the polishing process and may lead to the failure of that portion of the IC device.
Deposition The next layer on the wafer. In chemical vapor deposition, gaseous or vaporous chemicals are used to deposit a thin film on a wafer surface. Physical vapor deposition uses a high voltage electrical charge to attract a thin layer of material from a target, usually metal, onto the wafer’s surface.
Die A small piece of silicon wafer, bound by adjacent scribe lines in the horizontal and vertical directions that contain the complete device being manufactured.
Diffusion The process of baking or bonding new thin layers onto the silicon wafer. This is done using diffusion furnaces, high-pressure oxidation and rapid thermal processing.
Discrete Device A class of electronic components, typically containing one active element, such as a transistor or diode.
Downstream As related to plasma processing, the wafer is located in a separate or isolated environment from the plasma region.
Doping The deliberate introduction of specific impurity atoms into the silicon crystal lattice to change its electrical properties.
DRAM Dynamic random-access memory. The lowest cost and most popular type of semiconductor read/write memory chip, in which the presence or absence of a capacitive charge represents the state of a binary storage element. The charge must be periodically refreshed.
Diode Single-function device that enables current flow in one direction but not in the other
Dopant An element that alters the conductivity of a semiconducting material by contributing a free-hole (P-type) or electron (N-type) to the crystal. Boron is commonly used for P-type and phosphorous, arsenic and antimony is used for N-type doping.
Donor An impurity that can make a semiconductor N-type by donating extra “free electrons”.
Dry Etching A process resulting in the selective removal of material achieved by use of gas.
Dry Ox The growth of silicon dioxide using oxygen and hydrogen, which form water vapor at process temperatures, rather than using water vapor directly.
Enhanced Global Alignment Alignment performed at a few pre-selected sites on the wafer, before blindly stepping and exposing the rest of the wafer.
EPI (epitaxial) Used to describe a layer in an IC wafer that has the same structure as an underlying layer.
Etch The process of removing material (such as thin films or oxides) by chemical, electrolytic, or plasma (ion bombardment). The high tech version of photographic print developing.
Expose Transfers pattern to mask blank using electron beam or laser writing system.
E-beam An exposure source which allows direct image formation without a mask. An e-beam can be deflected by electrostatic plates and therefore directed to precise locations, resulting in the generation of sub-micron patterns.
Electromigration The diffusion of electrons in electric fields set up in the lead while the circuit is in operation. It occurs in aluminum and is exhibited as a field nature, not as a process defect. The metal thins and eventually separates completely, causing an opening in the circuit.
Fab A chip manufacturer’s fabrication plant for building ICs.
Fabrication The process of making devices in semiconductor wafers, but usually does not include the package assembly (back-end) stages.
Feature Size The dimensions of the smallest images produced on the wafer surface.
Front-End In semiconductor manufacturing, the fabrication process in which the integrated circuit is formed in and on the wafer.
gh-line Exposure wavelength of 436 nanometers.
GILA (Gas Immersion Laser Annealing) A self-aligned silicide (SALICIDE) process for forming low resistance contacts at sub- critical dimension spacing as part of high-performance CMOS logic fabrication.
i-line Exposure wavelength of 365 nanometers.
Inductive thin film head An electromechanical device that records (writes) data on and retrieves (reads) data from the magnetic recording layer of the disk inside.
Inspect Evaluate accuracy of pattern feature size and pattern placement and inspect for defects.
Integrated Circuits A fabrication technology combining the majority of the circuit components on a single-crystal silicon wafer.
Integrated process Combining several sequential processing steps. Normally performed in separate systems, within one multi-process system, typically without removing the wafer from the vacuum.
Ion An atom that has either gained or lost electrons making it a charged negative or positive particle.
Ion Implantation A process in which ions of dopant chemicals are accelerated in intense electric fields that penetrate the surface of a wafer, thus doping the surface material.
Isotropic As related to etching of films, isotropic etching is where all film is removed in all directions simultaneously.
Insulator A material which has high resistivity (low conductivity).
Interconnection Use of conductive metal pathways to attach individual device components with each other and with the surface of the wafer.
Layering Provides layers of various materials to complete the fabrication of components on the silicon surface.
Lithography The transfer of a pattern or image from one medium to another, as from a mask to a wafer. If light is used to affect the transfer, the term “photolithography” applies.
Magneto-resistive (MR) head Recording head that uses an inductive thin film element to write data onto the media and a separate MR element to read the data. The use of a separate but much more sensitive read element permits data to be recorded and, subsequently, read at much higher track densities than inductive thin film head technology.
Mask A transparent plate covered with an array of patterns used in making ICs. Each pattern consists of opaque areas that prevent light from passing through. The mask is used to expose photoresist that defines areas to be later etched on a wafer.
MEMS (Microelectromechanical systems) Micromachining.
Micromachining The application of integrated circuit fabrication processes to the manufacture of miniature machines, sensors and switches.
Micron One-millionth of a meter.
Mix-and-match The cost-effective strategy by which manufacturers use expensive reduction steppers for the critical layers of an integrated circuit and cost-effective 1X steppers for layers larger than 0.65 microns.
Microprocessor A CPU of fabricated one or more chips, containing basic arithmetic logic or control elements of a computer required for processing data. OR An integrated circuit accepts coded instructions, executes the executions received and delivers signals that describe internal status.
MVS (Machine Visions System) A pattern recognition alignment system that eliminates the need for large scribe lines to support dedicated alignment targets.
Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (MOS) transistor A transistor containing a metal gate or thermal oxide over silicon. The components of this device are the source, drain and gate.
Oxidation The process of joining oxygen and heat in a furnace to form a layer of silicon dioxide.
Package The protective container or housing for an electronic component or die, with external terminals to provide electronic access to the components inside.
Pad Made of urethane, a polishing pad is used in conjunction with a polishing slurry to achieve wafer planarity and to dispose of unwanted particles. Pads play a critical role in providing highly consistent and reliable CMP process results.
Pellicilize Optically transparent membrane mounted on a machined metal frame is attached to photomask or reticle to prevent airborne or handling contamination. Contaminants on the membrane surface are out-of-focus driving exposure.
P-Gild Projection-Gas Immersion Laser Doping. This process merges photolithography, doping and annealing.
Photomask Also know as “reticle” or “mask,” this glass plate contains the patterns used for photolithographic manufacture of integrated circuits.
Photoresist A photoactive film also known as resist. Liquid photoresist is applied to a wafer to create a thin, uniform film. This film reacts with light energy from the stepper to define a circuit or component pattern to the substrate.
Photosensitive polymide A stress buffer overcoat used in the manufacture of devices designated for advanced packaging applications. The photosensitive properties of the material enable manufacturers to achieve in only four steps what would otherwise require nine steps for non photo-sensitive polymide.
Plasma An ionized gas composed of equal number of positive and negative charges.
Polysilicon Shortened version of the phrase polycrystaline silicon. It is normally used in semiconductor applications as a high resistance conductor.
Primary Lithography A lithography market including the manufacture of low cost IC’s, consumer products, micromachining devices and various semiconductor processes with minimum line-width requirements of 0.65 micron. This market also includes scanner replacement for capacity expansion, wafer size upgrades and new process integration.
Printed Circuit A circuit in which the wires or components have been replaced by a conductive pattern printed upon or bonded to the surface of an insulating board.
Process Monitoring Equipment Devices that monitor the wafer for defects and contamination picked up during the course of processing.
Passivation A protective sealing layer formed at the end of the integrated circuit fabrication process.
Reduction Stepper Steppers that reduce the image contained on the reticle nX times, usually 5X, but sometimes 4X, 2.5X or 2X, before exposing the wafer.
Refractive lens A lens (composed of glass lens components) that bends or deflects the path of light as it passes between different media, for example, air or gas.
Reflective Lens A lens that throws back or bends light from a surface. AKA a mirror.
Resist Thickness The typical thickness of photoresist spun onto a wafer surface ranges from one to two microns. Resist thickness used in thin-film head processing can be much greater, ranging up to 10 microns.
Resist Coat Used as a template for etching pattern features into underlaying layer surface.
Reticle An etched, chrome-coated quartz glass plate used to transfer the pattern for a single layer of device circuitry of an integrated circuit.
Shallow Trench Isolation A method for electrically isolating semiconductor devices that uses a dielectric filled trough.
Scaling A technique of reducing the size of an existing integrated circuit die by selective shrinking of the X and/or Y dimensions.
Scanner Scanners are lithography tools that were first introduced in the early 1970’s to replace contact printers. Today, scanners are being replaced by higher-technology steppers.
Semiconductor An electronic device (also referred to as an integrated circuit or IC), such as memory or a microcontroller, used in a variety of applications including computer, automotive and telecommunications products.
Stepper A photolithography tool used in the production of semiconductor devices, thin film recording heads, micromachined devices and so forth. Also referred to as a step-and-repeat projection aligner, stepper works by transferring the image of a circuit or component from a master photomask image onto a small portion of the wafer surface. The substrate is then moved or stepped, and the image is exposed once again onto another area of the wafer. This process is repeated until the entire wafer surface is exposed.
Substrate See wafer.
Slurry A highly engineered chemical formulation-typically comprised of fumed silica abrasives-that smoothes and flattens the wafer surface and prepares it for subsequent photolithography steps in which the pattern of the IC is imaged onto the wafer.
Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) A photo produced by a microscope that uses a beam of electrons to form a large image of a very small object.
Silicon The basic element used in most semiconductor devices; i.e., diodes, transistors and integrated circuits.
Silicon Wafer A thin slice of silicon with parallel faces cut from a semiconductor crystal.
Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) A sandwich-like substrate in which the silicon surface is electrically isolated from the substrate by an insulator.
Stripping Removal of photoresist through dry or wet processing.
Silicon Dioxide A non-conducting layer that can be thermally grown or deposited on silicon wafers.
Seed Crystals Crystal starting material introduced into a crucible of molten semiconducting material onto which atoms are attached resulting in the formation of a cylinder-shaped solid having the same crystal structure as the seed.
Sputtering A physical vapor deposition method (PVD) for the deposition of a thin film of material on the wafer’s surface. Atoms of the deposition material are dislodged from a solid target of material due to the bombardment with ionized gas. The freed atoms deposit on the water surface.
Thin-film Head Currently, the most advanced type of magnetic recording head used to read and write information on disk drives. The two types of TFHs are inductive and the more advanced magneto-resistive.
Test Equipment Finished wafers are tested for their electrical functionality using automated test equipment that makes electrical contact with the wafers by using wafer probes.
Thermal Oxidation A process step used in the manufacturing of integrated circuits in which a layer of silicon dioxide is grown on the surface of a silicon wafer in a heated reaction chamber containing oxygen gas or water vapor.
Transistor A single-function device that acts as a current switch.
Wafer 1. Semiconductor fabrication: Semiconductor wafers are made of round, thin slices of single-crystal silicon and form the base substrate for semiconductor processing.
2. Thin film recording head fabrication: Wafers used in thin film head processing are made of a ceramic substrate material. They are available in round and square shapes and various thicknesses.
Wafer plane irradiance Exposure light at the substrate surface.
Yield The percentage of wafers, dice or packaged units conforming to specifications. The most common yields in the manufacturing process are wafer fab yield (percentage of wafers that complete wafer processing), wafer probe yield (the fraction of dice on a wafer that meet the device specifications), assembly yield and final test yield.
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Whats under your feet?
"The engineering solution was simple enough - two of our Midi Crawler Cranes – Thunderbirds."
Below the allotments in Manchester Drive, Leigh on Sea, there is a 14m diameter, 14m deep storm water wet well collecting much of the surface water for area before pumping it towards the Thames. Periodic maintenance is required to keep the well clear of solid debris and attend to pumps, valves and pipework. Accessing this chamber, however, is so problematic that there had been no work to it in over 10 years.
Cadman Cranes undertake these sorts of access projects on a regular basis working in conjunction with water authorities, tank clearance specialists and emergency rescue teams. They are often problematic but this project was going to be particularly challenging. At an inception meeting early in 2016 the issues were clear…..
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Terrain unsuitable to heavy plant that could not be damaged or disturbed
A cover slab of unknown strength restricting access above and increasing reach for cranes
Multiple interested parties
Confined space access requiring both access and emergency rescue cranes
Not only did Anglian Water need an engineering solution, they also needed a contractor who understood the political pressures and could allay the concerns of town and borough councils, residents, the public and the allotment association.
The engineering solution was simple enough – two of our Midi Crawler Cranes or Thunderbirds. One for access and material handling and the other as a standby in case of breakdown or emergency rescue. Lighter, smaller and more manoeuvrable than a mobile, these cranes are mounted on rubber tracks allowing them to access the most unsuitable terrain. They are also incredibly strong which meant they could work from a distance without imposing loads onto the unsupported cover slab. Further provisions included trackway to protect the surface, a temporary bridge to span the weaker structure and an emergency rescue team on permanent standby.
Constant attention and positive, open communication helped with the rest. Putting our best technical representatives on the project for its entirety meant we were able to guide all affected through the process, manage their expectations and ensure that everyone’s concerns were heard and addressed. A properly briefed, well equipped team was put in place to carry out the work over one week in the summer of 2016 and they were able to realise the hard work and preparation that had gone before.
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Indigo Girls headline Art Gala in November
Grammy Award-winning group will be featured entertainment at Art Museum of South Texas' gala
Indigo Girls headline Art Gala in November Grammy Award-winning group will be featured entertainment at Art Museum of South Texas' gala Check out this story on caller.com: http://callertim.es/2fj08Iq
Esther M Hackleman, Corpus Christi Caller-Times Published 12:00 p.m. CT Nov. 3, 2016
Indigo Girls Emily Saliers (left) and Amy Ray will perform at the Art Museum of South Texas Gala on Nov. 10.(Photo: Courtesy photo/Propeller Publicity)
Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Emily Saliers is adamant in her support of the Art Museum of South Texas' influence in the community.
"Art makes sense of life just like music does," Saliers said.
The Art Museum of South Texas will welcome Indigo Girls, the folk-rock duo of Saliers and Amy Ray, as the featured entertainment for its GALA 2016 on Nov. 10 at the Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz International Center. The gala will benefit the museum's exhibits and educational programs, according to a news release.
"I looked over the outline about the museum, and I was really impressed with the community outreach for art," Saliers said. "Songs interpret life, and art interprets life. Art and visual art is absolutely critical for human beings."
“Art makes sense of life just like music does.”
Emily Saliers, Indigo Girls
Using music and art as a form of expression is not unfamiliar to the Indigo Girls, whose lyrics and tours bring awareness and advocacy for peace, environmental responsibility, support for the LGBTQ community and most recently for voting.
"The point is that hopefully, we are opening ourselves up to each other in terms of understanding it's one human life, it's one earth," Saliers said. "In my music, the songs that (are) thoughtful are going to be talking about those kinds of things."
The appearance comes at an exciting time for Saliers. She is preparing for her first solo record.
"Amy's already been doing this for years. She's produced six solo records, but this is my first one," Saliers said. "I feel like a kid again. Amy and I will continue on. Indigo Girls is our main gig."
After three decades of writing and performing, Saliers said she continues to grow as a songwriter and performer.
"Everywhere I turn there's inspiration," Saliers said. "I feel as alive as I ever have, and my tool for understanding is to write songs."
The Art Museum of South Texas (Photo: Caller-Times file photo)
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What: Art Museum of South Texas GALA 2016
When: Nov. 10
Where: Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz International Center, 402 Harbor Drive
Cost: Individual tickets are $300; sponsorships range from $5,000-$25,000
Information: 361-825-3502, www.artmuseumofsouthtexas.org
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Defending the long presidential campaign
Defending the long presidential campaign Defending the long presidential campaign Check out this story on caller.com: http://callertim.es/2fk0K0M
USA TODAY Published 5:24 p.m. CT Nov. 3, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, left, and Republican presidential candidate Donal Trump in these 2016 file photos. Clinton and Trump offer voters distinct choices this fall on issues that shape everyday lives. Actual ideas are in play, as difficult as it can be to see them through the surreal layers of the 2016 presidential campaign. But decisions to be made by President Trump or President Clinton are going to matter to home and hearth. (AP Photo)(Photo: AP)
(Photo: Behrouz Mehri, AFP/Getty Images)
Yes, we know, the presidential campaign has seemed endless, and Americans are ready for it to be over. Some 590 days have passed since Republican Ted Cruz became the first major candidate to announce a bid for his party's nomination. The unusually harsh campaign has left voters with a choice between two historically unpopular major-party nominees.
It’s enough to make many people wish they were in Britain or Canada — or Botswana. Other democracies don’t seem to have trouble resolving their elections in weeks or months, rather than years.
Amid all the election fatigue, allow us to say a word in defense of the long campaign. As unpleasant as extended elections can be, they serve an important purpose. The U.S. presidency is the most powerful office in the world. The occupant has access to nuclear codes and needs a keen understanding of matters ranging from global markets to national security. It's a grueling job that requires a grueling audition.
A long campaign gives voters a chance to see how the candidates react to unexpected developments similar to ones they'd encounter if elected. It gives experts a chance to analyze the impact of policy proposals. And it gives investigative reporters time to unearth information that the candidates would prefer to hide.
Careful vetting is always necessary, and that's particularly true this year when one of the nominees, Republican Donald Trump, has never held public office. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton is a better known quantity, by virtue of her decades in the public limelight as first lady, a U.S. senator and secretary of State. Yet new information continues to emerge about her, too.
If only elections were shorter: Opposing view
Had the campaign ended earlier, voters might not know that some of Clinton's State Department emails apparently ended up on Anthony Weiner's laptop. Or that she and her husband, former president Bill Clinton, began renovating a home in Westchester County, N.Y., without obtaining required permits. Or, thanks to WikiLeaks, what she told Wall Street audiences in speeches for $225,000 a pop.
As for Trump, more than 15 months after the real estate mogul jumped into the race, and six months after his last opponent for the GOP nomination dropped out, new information continues to emerge about his far-flung business and personal dealings.
Trump is the only major party candidate in four decades to refuse to release his tax returns and, had the campaign ended a month earlier, voters might not know that he likely has used aggressive strategies to avoid paying federal income taxes.
Had the campaign ended earlier, voters might not know how chintzy Trump has been with his charitable giving while claiming great magnanimity.
Had the campaign ended earlier, voters might not know that Trump, if elected, would enter office involved in at least 75 lawsuits.
Other facts about Trump have emerged as organizations have gone back through archives. Had the campaign ended earlier, voters might not have heard Trump on tapeboasting of groping women, a dozen of whom have since come forward to accuse him of improper sexual advances.
It's true that many of these "October surprises" aren't all that surprising, in that they simply reinforce existing perceptions about the candidates. But more information is better than less, and the only thing worse than an interminable campaign is an incompetent president.
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Ruby Wax' Frazzled Cafe to open in Cambridge M&S
Feeling frazzled? Go along and talk about it over a coffee at M&S
Jenny Chapman
Ruby Wax, the number one bestselling author, comedian and leading mental health campaigner has joined forces with Marks & Spencer to launch Frazzled Cafe in M&S stores - including Cambridge.
Announced yesterday at London Book Fair, M&S Cafés will host fortnightly ‘talk-in’ sessions where people who are feeling ‘frazzled’ can meet to talk and share their personal stories in a safe, anonymous and non-judgmental environment.
11 M&S stores will be hosting Frazzled Cafe meetings over the next few months – with three in London alongside Brighton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Cambridge, Nottingham, Leeds, Newcastle, Canterbury and Norwich – and more locations are set to be added throughout the year.
Taking place in M&S Cafés after hours and led by trained volunteer facilitators, Frazzled Cafe meetings are designed not just for the one-in-four Britons who will suffer a mental illness at some point, but for the four-in-four who are feeling frazzled and overwhelmed by the stresses of modern life.
Frazzled Cafe was successfully trialled in M&S offices and stores last year with the support of M&S as part of its Plan A eco and ethical initiative. The meetings are not therapy, their purpose is to provide a space where people can talk openly with others who understand how they are feeling – ‘a place where it’s ok, to not be ok’.
With the economic cost of mental health problems in the UK estimated at roughly £105 billion per year – equal to the entire National Health budget – and the UK rated the 7th highest nation in the Western world for prescribing antidepressants (four million annually), there is a pressing need for both identifying ways to help people cope with overwhelming stress and reducing the stigma that is attached to discussing mental health.
Studies have proven that one of the best ways to beat stress is to share your feelings and research has also shown that peer-support groups can yield significant improvement in psychiatric symptoms, resulting in decreased hospitalisation, larger social support networks and enhanced self-esteem.
Ruby Wax herself has come across thousands of people who wanted to talk and feel connected during her sell-out book tours and theatre shows for A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled and Sane New World over the past five years. This is what inspired her to create Frazzled Cafe.
“We live in a time where to have a life crammed to the hilt is considered a success story. But with all this pressure, so many of us have nowhere to go to meet and talk about it. Frazzled Cafe is about people coming together to share their stories, calmly sitting together, stating their case and feeling validated as a result. Feeling heard, to me, has always been half the cure.
“It’s special to get a company like M&S on-board. I’m grateful for the set-up support they’ve given us and access to their café network is a huge boost.”
Sacha Berendji, retail director at Marks & Spencer, said: “Ruby’s Frazzled Cafe is a simple, pressure-free way of tackling what can be a taboo subject – feeling stressed. We hope that by providing free and calm venues after the café has closed, we can help any members of the community who simply need to talk about things and what’s happening in their lives.”
Frazzled Cafe is a not for profit and soon to be registered charity created by Ruby Wax and run by Elizabeth Morrison and Anna D’Onofrio. Its name is inspired by Ruby’s number one bestselling book A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled which is now available in paperback.
To sign-up to the Frazzled Cafe mailing list and find out more about the roll-out schedule or to register to attend a Frazzled Cafe please visit www.frazzledcafe.org.
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POLEON RULED OUT UNTIL THE NEW YEAR
Bantams boss Stuart McCall has revealed that Dominic Poleon is set to be sidelined until into the new year due to injury.
The striker is likely miss at least the remainder of City's festive programme and the Emirates FA Cup tie at Yeovil Town after suffering a slight tear in his hamstring.
After scoring two in his last two games, Poleon was forced to miss out on a reunion with former club AFC Wimbledon on Saturday because of the injury.
McCall explained: "We reckon Dom will be around three weeks (out) with his hamstring.
"He reported that his hamstring felt sore after last weekend's game (vs Southend).
"He didn't feel it was that bad but we've had it scanned and it has come back showing a small tear."
Nathaniel Knight-Percival also missed the game at the Cherry Red Records Stadium at the weekend, but McCall is hopeful that the defender can feature at some point during the festive season.
McCall added: "Nat was in (at the training ground) on Saturday doing some straight-line running, and he didn't feel any pain with that.
"We will have to assess him on Sunday (Christmas Eve) but I would still say he is still very doubtful at this stage for Boxing Day (vs Peterborough United)."
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The Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) is a provincially‐funded, not‐for‐profit research centre seeking to maximize the impact of neuroscience and establish Ontario as a world leader in brain discovery, commercialization and care. Convergent partnerships are created between researchers, clinicians, industry, patients, and their advocates to foster discovery and deliver innovative products and services that improve the lives of those living with brain disorders.
The Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) funds research in over 35 institutions across Ontario in the areas of cerebral palsy, epilepsy, neurodevelopment (including ADHD and learning disability), depression and neurodegeneration (including Alzheimer’s disease and ALS). The diversity of data collected from these programs (imaging, clinical, and genetics), presents a big data opportunity for neuroscience. Brain-CODE is a large-scale database and informatics platform developed and maintained by the Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) where data streams from these programs will be assimilated, stored and analyzed. The core functionalities of Brain-CODE are data capture, federation with other data bases, integration of data, secure data sharing and secure analytics.
Indoc is a consortium of not-for-profit research and development organizations that work with OBI to develop Brain-CODE and was assembled based on areas of required expertise. The consortium is led by Indoc Research, who plan and design the requirements of the platform with OBI and implement the technical infrastructure of Brain-CODE. Indoc also works closely with researchers that access Brain-CODE with support, training, and technical services. Other members of Indoc are the Electronic Health Information Laboratory (EHIL), which provides security, privacy, and encryption expertise, the Centre for Advanced Computing (CAC), which hosts Brain-CODE, and the Rotman Research Institute, who provide the neuroimaging informatics infrastructure for Brain-CODE.
The Participation Agreement is a comprehensive data transfer agreement which outlines all other relevant rules and guidelines related to how data is transferred, stored, and disclosed in Brain-CODE. This is the document to sign, with OBI’s approval, if you want to upload and share data on Brain-CODE. The OBI built the Participation Agreement in consultation with privacy and security, legal, and ethics policy experts. Note: For OBI’s Integrated Discovery Programs who have a Research Activity Agreement with OBI, the Participation Agreement is Schedule J of the Research Activity Agreement signed between participating institutions and OBI.
A Participating Institution could be a hospital, university or research institute that is a part of OBI’s Integrated Discovery (ID) Programs or another institution that wants to upload and store data in Brain-CODE. Participating Institutions will need to sign a Participation Agreement (for the ID Programs, this is Schedule J of the Research Activity Agreements).
As part of signing a Participation Agreement with OBI, names of the individuals that will be uploading data and sharing this data (for example your lab or clinic members, remote collaborators, etc.) will be provided. Once your Participation Agreement has been signed by all parties and sent to OBI, accounts to the portal will be created for all individuals listed on the agreement. Access to data capture tools (e.g. OpenClinica, SPReD, etc.) will be granted and training on the tools is also available. If you have any problems with account setup, please contact us at accounts@braincode.ca with your name, contact information, and affiliation. You will receive an email with some instructions and you’ll be on your way. For further information on support or training please go to: Data Entry
Two types of data can be entered into Brain-CODE:
Raw Data: Data that have not been modified from their original state or processed to remove any Direct Identifiers, and may include PHI. This applies to data that OBI collects from a Participating Institution in order to process it on their behalf, and to data that will be placed in Zone 2 of Brain-CODE that cannot readily have Direct Identifiers removed due to technical limitations (e.g. possible for genomics and MRI data).
Processed Data: These data have been processed, either by OBI through its Service Group or locally by the Participating Institution, to remove direct identifiers of an individual study participant. This applies to the majority of data that will be placed in Zone 2 of Brain-CODE
Brain-CODE has been set up as three “Zones” (see zone figure), each with a specific function described below.
Zone 1: A repository of raw data and your personal data management solution. Participating Institutions will have ownership and control over the data they provide in Zone 1, and be able to share it with investigators that are listed as collaborators on their projects, described through Sub-Schedule C of the Participation Agreement.
Zone 2: The long-term secure storage of data. Once data entered into Brain-CODE have been processed to remove direct identifiers (unless otherwise approved by an REB) to the extent possible or encrypted, it will be stored in Zone 2. This is also where data can be linked with other data from external databases through a secure linking protocol.
Zone 3: Third-party access and analysis of processed data. Processed data may be prepared by OBI for disclosure to approved parties through a data access request, following a further analysis of the risk of identifiability.
In an effort to allow our researchers to pursue the maximum utility of their data collected through the OBI-funded Integrated Discovery Programs, we are implementing the capability to link research and clinical data with health administration data. The methodology that we have put in place allows this linkage of data to be carried out without the transfer of health card numbers to OBI or Brain-CODE. A secure algorithm is used to encrypt health card numbers at the point of collection and entry into the browser at the research institutions, which then only transfer the encrypted number to Brain-CODE. Therefore OBI never receives health card numbers and cannot decrypt the health card numbers. This linking of datasets using encrypted health card numbers will enable investigators on Brain-CODE to access aggregated datasets for a much richer scientific profile of their participants for research.
There are different tools for each type of data:
OpenClinica, REDCap and LimeSurvey: Clinical data
LabKey: Genomic and other “omics” data
SPReD: Neuroimaging, EEG/MEG data, structural and functional MRI, diffusion tensor imaging, oximetry and respiration data, neuropathology slides, retinal and ocular scans, gait recordings, audio and video
Yes, Brain-CODE will have the capacity to store various types of data including imaging, genomics, proteomics, and clinical data. We have provided the appropriate tools for uploading a variety of classes of data. If additional data types are being used in your study, please notify us at help@braincode.ca, and OBI will review the request to handle the additional data type.
OBI believes that the quality of data which is collected is very important and part of ensuring high data quality is data that adheres to standards. This is important so that the data can be compared, essentially comparing apples with apples.
A number of Common Data Elements (CDEs) were established for Brain-CODE through a Delphi Process whereby researchers from each of the ID Programs were surveyed to determine the CDEs that are most appropriate to collect for their studies and across multiple disorders. The results of those surveys comprise the list of clinical and demographic CDEs. Investigators using Brain-CODE are strongly encouraged to include the relevant Brian-CODE CDEs as part of their REB submissions, and to routinely collect them as part of their studies. OBI is also working on standardizing imaging data in addition to working with leading international organizations on the standardization of genomics data.
We would like Brain-CODE to serve as your online data-storage and management solution. Investigators are encouraged to enter data into Brain-CODE as it is generated, preferably directly through their computers, laptops, or hand held devices. Details on exclusivity are addressed below in the section titled “Tiered Open Access: Data Access and Sharing”, and in further detail in our Data Sharing Policy.
Yes, animal data can be entered using the tools provided on Brain-CODE. If you have any additional needs for data upload, please contact us at help@braincode.ca.
A component of the magnetic resonance(MR) image that captures a high-resolution 3-dimensional (3D) grey colored image of the participant’s face and head is considered to be PHI. These images are important for some types of analysis by the investigators, so they will be input into Zone 1 of Brain-CODE, where only the researcher who obtained the participant’s consent, and their collaborators can access them. Before this image can be accessed by researchers outside of this study, it will be “de-faced” in the transition from Zone 1 to Zone 2 on Brain-CODE. This means that the pixels in the high-resolution 3D image that correspond to the participant’s facial features are deleted.
Some older consent forms stated that identifiable data will not be uploaded to Brain-CODE. However, the understanding of identifiable data at the time the consent forms were written included text-based identifiable data such as the participant’s name and address, which will not be sent to Brain-CODE. Identifiable in these older consent forms was not meant to refer to these high-resolution 3D images. OBI has worked with investigators to clarify this with the research ethics boards (REBS): letters were sent to asking the REBs to confirm that there is an understanding that these high-resolution 3D images will be uploaded to Brain-CODE. This was confirmed with the REBs prior to allowing any data to be uploaded to Brain-CODE. If you have any questions, please contact governance@braincode.ca.
A list of the available CDEs can be found here.
Yes, you may run other tests in addition to the CDEs outlined. You will need to work with OBI to set up anything additional that is required for the data you want to collect.
To ensure consistency across the subject registry, we have adopted a common naming convention for Brain-CODE and the ID programs. Please find a link to the naming convention here.
Although there are no plans to extend the list of CDEs at this time, this is an evolving process and we will continue to work with our researchers towards improving and enhancing the CDEs, for example, we will need to identify genomics standards.
The consent language specific to Brain-CODE is a critical component of the study consent forms and was drafted to provide transparency to study participants. It is imperative that we communicate how the information provided by study participants will be used to further our understanding of brain disease. With this goal in mind, the consent language was developed in consultation with ID program investigators, legal, privacy and health policy experts and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. To ensure consistency across all research sites, and to maximize the output of our investigators with the data collected and stored in Brain-CODE, it is important that the language remain as is provided and embedded within the study consent form.
Consent forms for studies that began before harmonized consent language was available may have some differences that reflect the state of Brain-CODE at that time. One example is the reference to Brain-CODE as “InDOC” or “DOC”, which was the name originally considered for Brain-CODE. If you come across this wording, note that this does refer to Brain-CODE, and not to any other database. However, if neither Brain-CODE, InDOC, or DOC are mentioned, please contact governance@braincode.ca to verify the wording.
In some previous consent language there may be mention of an OBI Research Ethics Board (REB), as this was originally considered to facilitate data access requests on Brain-CODE. As of now, OBI does not have a dedicated REB. Instead, data access requests will require that investigators making a request also submit an ethics approval by a recognized institutional ethics board. If there are any other consent language references that require an explanation, please notify us at governance@braincode.ca.
OBI is and will continue to be committed to the highest standards of data privacy and security. In recognition of our continued efforts to adhere to a rigorous framework of privacy and security, OBI has been designated a Privacy by Design ambassador by the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. An ongoing collaboration with legal, IT security and privacy experts, and ethics policy advisors, has yielded a set of safeguards and a robust governance framework that are in accord with the sensitive nature of the data input into Brain-CODE. OBI has therefore taken action, and put in place policy and technology measures to protect these data that include:
De-identification tools that remove any directly identifying information from data input into Brain-CODE to the extent possible where REB approval to store such data is not in place
Continuous monitoring of the data to ensure compliance under PHIPA
A risk analysis and the application of de-identification tools to data that have been linked or augmented to other data prior to release
An Informatics Governance Policy that outlines our Data Sharing and Privacy Policies, and the Privacy Breach Policy, which outlines the steps taken in the event of a breach
Routine updates and consultations with the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
The recent completion of a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA), and a Threat Risk Assessment (TRA), by independent contractors as updates to previous assessments, and will become routine practice
A detailed Information Security Policy that outlines the IT measures taken to maintain the safety and proper stewardship of data
A zone-based infrastructure that permits the functional separation of data and ensures that access is only granted to authorized users
The secure encryption of health card numbers
Processes to approve data access requests that require approval by a Research Ethics Board (REB) and the OBI Data Access Committee (DAC)
Operation of the High Performance Computing Virtual Laboratory (HPCVL), which houses Brain-CODE, in compliance with USA FDA 21 CFR Part 11
Training for all technical staff on how to identify and respond to any sort of breach, and a process by which to report and manage threats to data in Brain-CODE
OBI is able to collect, use, modify or disclose PHI under PHIPA O.Reg. 329/04, s. 6(1), 6(2) & 6(3) for Health Information Custodians, who in this case, would be the Participating Institution. Under PHIPA, OBI takes on the role of either:
Electronic Service Provider, providing the technology to a single Health Information Custodian to remove Direct Identifiers to the extent possible, or as authorized by the Study Protocol.
Health Information Network Provider (HINP), providing services to two or more Health Information Custodians to enable them to use electronic means to disclose Data, including Raw data, to one another. In OBI’s capacity as a HINP, researchers taking part in specific Studies will be enabled full and secure access to Study Data, in accordance with OBI’s Governance Policy.
After you have entered your data on Brain-CODE, you can access it anytime by signing on to the Brain-CODE portal. You will always be able to access your data and the data of your specified collaborators easily through the web-based portal.
There are two ‘tiers’ of data in Brain-CODE: Public data and Controlled Data.
Controlled data: Data that may represent a risk for re-identification and will undergo additional risk evaluation and approval steps prior to release.
Public data: Data that do not contain PHI and do not have potentially identifying information if further processed or combined.
Registered portal users have access to all public data without completing a Data Access Request. Controlled data requires a Data Access Request along with an REB approval to be submitted to OBI's Dat Access Committee for review. Anonymous visitors to the Brain-CODE portal will not be able to access public or controlled data, but may be provided with summary descriptions from studies and datasets in Brain-CODE.
Investigators have the choice to maintain exclusive access to data that they have produced for 12 months. If you feel that 12 months is too long, you may choose to shorten the exclusivity and make your data available to access at any point, and keep in mind that you can continue to classify your data as Controlled even if accessible. During the period of exclusivity, only your collaborators will be able to access the data. Potential investigators that are not your collaborators can see metadata that relates to your data, and will be able to contact you through Brain-CODE to ask to collaborate.
For studies requiring the recruitment of patients where it is anticipated that the exclusivity period will elapse prior to the enrollment of a set number of participants, the OBI and the Data Access Committee will work with the investigator(s) to determine an incubation period that will account for this potential delay and will effectively increase the exclusivity period. Other scenarios that may warrant an incubation period include challenges with experimental design, or if the study is a clinical trial that must remain blinded for a period longer than 1 year. If there are any questions, please contact brain-code@braininstitute.ca.
Your collaborators are listed in Sub-Schedule C of the Participation Agreement (Schedule J of the Research Activity Agreement if you are part of OBI’s ID Programs). If you would like to add or change the names on this list, please contact us at brain-code@braininstitute.ca. We keep lists of your collaborators who will have access to the data set of that particular project. These are the researchers that can view and use the data before the exclusivity period runs out.
You and your collaborators (on Sub-schedule C) will be able to upload, download, and analyze your shared data directly and securely. To access Controlled data from researchers outside of your collaboration network, you must complete the online Data Access Request which includes a listing of the data being requested, the analysis plan for that data, and proof that both have been approved by an REB, where appropriate. We also would like to encourage getting directly in touch with the investigator(s) who have produced the data you would like to access (Data Producers). This request will then be seen by the Data Access Committee, who will decide whether access will be granted. More information is available in our Data Sharing Policy.
One of OBI’s main goals is to promote collaboration, and through the use of Brain-CODE we hope that collaboration and sharing for research is easy and effective. You can add collaborators who can access your data and you can request to share data with investigators you are interested in working with prior to the end of your exclusivity period. Please email the Brain-CODE team at accounts@braincode.ca to request adding new collaborators to your project.
The DAC develops and maintains publication, data access and sharing policies and oversees Data Access Requests. There are 10-12 members, with representation from each of the ID programs, OBI and Indoc.
Some examples of metadata include the study name, number of participants and common data elements.
You will be able to link your data with data from external databases using a secure linking protocol. This will augment and complement the data in Brain-CODE, enriching analysis and enhancing data outcomes. These options for linkage are available whether your data are under exclusivity or open. OBI is working hard to establish linkages with relevant databases that would be useful for your research.
All publications, presentations, or disclosures of analyses or ‘Work Product’ based in part or in whole on Data in Brain-CODE must acknowledge the Participating Institutions that have contributed to this data, the ID Program if relevant, the OBI, the Brain-CODE platform, and the Government of Ontario. Independent collaborators that have contributed to study data should also be acknowledged. OBI would like to see new collaborations as data is shared between groups and investigators that are both within and outside a particular study.
We recommend that you use the following stock language in the acknowledgements section of your manuscript: “We would like to acknowledge the individuals and organizations that have made data [and analysis] used for this research available including [ID program name/Data producer name], the Ontario Brain Institute, the Brain-CODE platform, the Government of Ontario, as well as [independent collaborator names]."
The ownership of data generated through OBI-funded initiatives will remain with the Data producers, namely the Participating Institutions. Neither the OBI, nor its agents or subcontractors will claim right, title, nor ownership to these data as entered into Brain-CODE. All rights to these data will be retained by the Participating Institution, as set out in the Participation Agreement (Schedule J). Participating Institutions do, however, grant OBI a non-exclusive worldwide license in order to use Processed Data in order to disclose such Processed Data to third parties, and irrevocably grants such third parties the right to use such Processed Data for research purposes and agrees that such third parties may publish any research created by such researcher without any further consents required of the Participating Institution. This disclosure must be approved by the Data Access Committee.
Ownership of data in Zone 1 that are generated through OBI-funded Studies will remain with the Participating Institutions, as described above. Where data disclosed in Zone 3 results in a researcher’s independent analysis of the Data (the “Work Product”), Work Product will generally be owned by that researcher and his/her organization, if any, in accordance with applicable intellectual property policies, and any applicable intellectual property terms set out in the Study Description Schedule. We encourage Data users and Data Producers to collaborate on studies.
Your own data can always be available for analysis using your own tools and those available on Brain-CODE. OBI continues to develop an analytics capacity as part of Brain-CODE. Currently, Brain-CODE provides access to Analytics Workspaces which can be made available to IDP researchers upon request. Here, researchers have access to a host of analytical tools and can also bring their own licenses into the virtual workspace to take advantage of the high performance computing capabilities.
Ethics forms should be submitted to the REB at your local institution.
Most of the studies funded by OBI are of low risk to the participants and span multiple sites. To expedite the review of these applications, some REBs have agreed to share their reviews with one another. If you would like to learn more about this process, send us an email here.
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La Salanque (north of Perpignan)
« A must for camping and caravanning in Salanque »
Idyllic location by Torreilles beach, with no roads to cross
Aquatic park stretching over 2,200 m² with indoor and heated pool, aqua play pools, water slides and other features
Comfortable and modern accommodation for holiday hire
Sports facilities and well-being space
Numerous shops and services
Les Dunes, a dream location for the immensely contemporary Torreilles campsite
Destined to become one of the most beautiful campsites of the Côte d’Améthyste area (the coast from Marseille to the Spanish border), Les Dunes, a 4-star campsite situated in Torreilles, reopened in 2016, having undergone a facelift which should not fail to please holidaymakers…All the more so because this establishment enjoys a location which could not be more idyllic by the beach!
A campsite entirely transformed
An absolute revitalization for the Les Dunes campsite. This Torreilles seafront campsite, which enjoys direct access to the beach of this pleasant seaside resort in the Pyrénées Orientales, has in actual fact undergone a complete sea change, as the 2016 season dawns. Whilst the facilities already found on-site have been completely modernised and adapted to the up-to-date needs of holidaymakers, new facilities and leisure activities have also sprung up.
The site, with an area extending to nearly 18 hectares, accommodates 615 pitches, of which around a hundred are reserved for campers and their tent, caravan or motor home. These so-called “High Comfort” pitches are divided into two types: standard pitches and those equipped with a private sanitary block comprising a hot shower and WC. Moreover, having an average area of 100 m², these pitches enjoy direct access to the beach and an electrical connection.
The majority of the pitches on this 5-star campsite in Torreilles now accommodate comfortable holiday rental accommodation. These quality mobile homes, which are well equipped and modern (four of the eight ranges available for holiday hire on the Les Dunes campsite are as recent as 2016), have spacious pitches separated by lush vegetation, which is certainly not devoid of interest. These trees and shrubs indeed make each pitch a shady and cool spot, whilst also ensuring their peace and privacy…
For the greatest pleasure of holiday makers
A top-of-the-range campsite par excellence in the Pyrénées Orientales, Les Dunes may henceforth boast the latest facilities for the pleasure of its holidaymakers. Amongst these, we might mention the complex which includes various shops and services. Adjacent to the aquatic area this building, which has been entirely renovated, contains a grocer's shop, a hot food area, an ice-cream seller, a takeaway snack shop, a bar-restaurant, and other facilities. In the centre of the complex, a large terrace opens out onto the stage where activities and shows are organised.
The aquatic space of the Les Dunes campsite, has been considerably extended given that its area is presently 2,200 m², of which 700 m² includes various pools, comprises an indoor heated swimming pool, several aquatic pools, a counter-current swimming river, slides and a jacuzzi. Hydromassage jets, artificial waterfalls and mushroom waterfalls complete the complex to the great delight of young and old alike! Around the pools, the numerous sunbeds dotted across the 1,500 m² of beaches, which offer additional comfort for those who love to do nothing, are also worth emphasising.
Having also benefited from a complete overhaul, other recreation and sports facilities in this campsite are, for the most part, located on the seafront, by the beach and close to the temporary bar which is open during the high season. A mini-golf course, several children's play areas, four areas for playing boules, two tennis courts, a multi-sports ground, a beach volleyball court as well as a pleasing relaxation area are all there. You can come there to relax, soak up the atmosphere and the “Zen” décor of the surroundings. Those who wish to can have a massage in this area. A massage parlour is indeed located at the heart of this space dedicated for the well-being of holidaymakers.
Your feet in the water and the Pyrenees on the horizon
Located in the Torreilles commune and enjoying direct access to the beach of this seaside resort, the Les Dunes campsite lacks neither charm nor family attractions. A team of hosts, who are present throughout the season, (from April to September), is thus as much in charge of entertaining children as it is their parents.
Various recreational and/or sports activities are offered for the younger ones through two children's clubs, one for children and one for teenagers. Holiday makers also have the chance to take part in sports tournaments, water polo competitions, step sessions, football sessions on the beach, fitness sessions, aquaerobics, aqua relaxation or even swimming!
Lastly, residents at the Les Dunes campsite may also make the most of their holiday in Torreilles to discover the Pyrénées Catalanes. From the superb Côte Vermeille (a stunning coastline) to the historic centre of Perpignan, the superb town of Collioure to the Galamus gorges or the inland Cathares castles to the coastal seaside resorts, the tourist wonders of the Pyrénées Orientales prove to be as numerous as they are varied…
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Kristina Etter | September 20, 2018
While many cannabis-related applications and innovations are in startup phases, the ReleafApp is providing valuable, real-world patient data to researchers at the University of New Mexico.
Kristina Etter Before becoming a freelance cannabis journalist, Kristina Etter spent 20 years in corporate IT with a niche in mobile technology. Today, she combines her love of technology with a passion for the cannabis industry as the Editorial Content…
Although the anecdotal stories of cannabis successes are compelling, the scientific, medical, and legal communities require more solid evidence like statistical data and clinical trials. Unfortunately, getting approval to do clinical trials with a Schedule I substance is difficult to nearly impossible. However, thanks to technology and innovation, researchers may have a new resource for analyzing quality consumer data.
CannabisTech had the opportunity to speak with Jacob Vigil, Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of New Mexico about how he and his colleagues are harnessing quality patient data through smartphone technology and using it to provide fact-based evidence of the powerful potential contained within the plant. In an unprecedented effort, researchers at the University of New Mexico are using self-reported user data from more than 100,000 medical cannabis administration sessions collected through a smartphone app called ReleafApp (releafapp.com).
Purposeful Crowd-Sourcing
The ReleafApp allows consumers to actively track and report their cannabis consumption, directly correlating products and dosing to symptom relief. Not only does this allow the consumer a more guided approach to necessary cannabis experimentation, but it also allows for more accurate data collected from consumers in a more natural setting – their home.
Arguing for the relevance of this observational research design, Vigil pointed out randomized clinical trials cannot account for the variability in the cannabis plant and its constituents. Vigil believes the data aggregated inside the ReleafApp could even provide more substantial, qualified data than most clinical trials when it comes to the variability of cannabis, stating, “Clinical trials are limited in being able to understand the types of decisions that people make under real-life circumstances.”
Inside the Application
Vigil mentioned after failed attempts at receiving grant money from the National Institute of Health; they were thrilled to learn about ReleafApp. “Essentially, this is the app we wanted to build but couldn’t get the funding to do so,” Vigil explained. “We can replicate a clinical trial under more appropriate circumstances given the caveats that cannabis brings.”
After registering, a virtual guide helps consumers track dosing specifics such as strain, potency, and formula. Through a series of guided questions, researchers can measure things like effects, types of products used, cannabinoid and terpene content, tolerance levels, and dosing windows. Additionally, patients indicate on an 11-point scale their pre-medication severity of symptoms. Then, throughout their session, patients choose from a list of 42 side effects including 27 possible adverse effects. Finally, they end their session with post-dosing symptom severity.
Back-End Statistical Analysis
Through a process of advanced statistical analysis, Vigil and his team gathered enough data to publish two studies in the journals, Frontiers in Pharmacology, and Medicines entitled "Patient-Reported Symptom Relief Following Medical Cannabis Consumption," and "Effectiveness of Raw, Natural Medical Cannabis Flower for Treating Insomnia under Naturalistic Conditions,” respectively.
The first study followed patients through 27 different reported health conditions where patients treated a range of ailments including seizure disorders, insomnia and mental stressors such as depression and anxiety. Analyzing the data, the UNM researchers discovered, on an 11-point scale (0-10), 94% of patients reported a marked improvement in symptoms with an average 4-point reduction in severity. Additionally, most ReleafApp users described more positive or contextual side effects than negative ones.
“We are blessed to work with this data, and we didn’t require a lot of money to do so. We’re not wasting taxpayer dollars, and we’re all in this for the right reasons.” These studies are just the tip of the iceberg according to Vigil, “[There are] so many amazing findings, the data will blow everyone’s minds and ultimately contribute to the good of society.” In fact, Vigil envisions massive societal changes as cannabis knowledge proliferates.
“The most powerful effect is [the plant’s] ability to cause people to want to improve the world in a selfless way,” Vigil elaborated.
Ironically, these studies out of UNM were published just one day before BuzzFeed News released evidence of a covert operation out of Washington to derail the cannabis industry through Anslinger-style fear-mongering. Forming the Marijuana Policy Coordination Committee, the Trump administration is explicitly asking for one-sided research and biased data with the intent to sway the favorable public opinion of marijuana and portray legalization as a national threat.
In the age of information, it will be difficult to sway public opinion with biased data effectively. As Vigil explained, “We are in a watershed moment, there’s too much public awareness and objective information in regards to their own experiences.” With an altruistic objective, Vigil said, “I am much more grateful to reach 50,000 real people, who can use the information to better their lives than to reach 50,000 scientists. By reaching real people, we give them alternative possibilities and newfound hope, and help them to realize they are in full control of their health care.”
Support Further Research
You can directly support objective medical cannabis studies by donating to the University of New Mexico Medical Cannabis Research Fund (mcrf.unm.edu), which Vigil established in 2016 to make it possible to conduct the types of necessary studies that current government funding agencies have historically failed to support.
Consumers, if you’re currently using cannabis to treat a health ailment, download the free Releafapp for your smartphone or tablet today to track your own data. Not only will you gain insight into your personal cannabis consumption and symptom management, but you’ll contribute to the greater good and possibly help someone else find their alternative, too.
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One Direction star Zayn Malik can be seen planting a kiss on his band mate Liam Payne in a behind the scenes video taken from the making of the group's 'One Thing' official music video.
The 'Gotta Be You' singers can be seen joking around with each other on the set and spending time with their fans who came down for the shoot.
In one scene, Niall commentates on a umbrella fight between Zayn and Louis which takes place in Battersea Park and Liam makes a point to pick out Harry for napping on set during another shot.
Director Declan Whitebloon explained that they didn't really know what was going to happen while making the video but that "the concept was kind of Monkees or Beatles-esque".
Louis finishes the video by saying: "We've just got to really be ourselves and have loads of fun so it's been a very good day."
Meanwhile, One Direction recently announced that they would be releasing a brand new song 'I Should Of Kissed You' as the B side to the track's release.
You can watch the behind the scenes of the 'One Thing' music video below.
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2011 Audi A8 Will Feature Google Maps Connectivity
When the next-generation Audi A8 launches in 2010, the car’s MMI navigation system will feature the first in-car connection to Google Maps. With the connection, drivers will be able to search for points of interest like “deli” or “movie theater” and get directions to the nearest such locations. You can also choose destinations online via […]
When the next-generation Audi A8 launches in 2010, the car’s MMI navigation system will feature the first in-car connection to Google Maps. With the connection, drivers will be able to search for points of interest like “deli” or “movie theater” and get directions to the nearest such locations. You can also choose destinations online via Google Maps or a special Audi website, and then retrieve them from the car’s navigation system.
Later in the year, the MMI system will also be able to stream real-time imagery from Google Earth. That means drivers can see 3D aerial photos on the A8’s navigation screen. Streets and directions will be overlaid on the Google Earth images. The map data is downloaded over cell phones connected to the navigation system with Bluetooth.
In other Audi news, the company has announced that pop star Justin Timberlake will serve as brand ambassador to help spread the word about the upcoming Audi A1. JT will apparently be at the heart of an online marketing campaign starting this spring.
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MicrobeNet is a free online database of rare and unusual pathogens that is curated by CDC experts. CDC launched MicrobeNet in 2013 with a goal of helping hospitals and public health laboratories improve reference diagnostics and speed up species identification, regardless of the level of technology of the laboratory.
MicrobeNet provides detailed information on hundreds of species of rare and emerging bacteria and fungi. For example:
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The database includes standardized procedures for growing pathogens and for conducting diagnostic assays. MicrobeNet can also be used as an interactive teaching tool in microbiology classrooms.
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When the Cookies’ Margaret Ross took the stage at BB Kings Blues Club & Grill as part of the “Girl Group Sound Spectacular,” the teenage girl sitting next to us jumped to her feet and let out a piercing “YEAAHHHHH GRANDMA!!!!” How wild, I thought, for this young girl to be watching her 71-year-old grandma sing the songs of her teenage years, fifty years after the peak of her career, to a crowd barely able to contain their excitement. The girl group sound, despite moving further and further away from its heyday, seems to be transitioning from the record-collecting fringes to the mainstream. I remember hosting a girl group party for a ’60s music collective called Spectropop back in 2003. It was an intimate affair, mostly consisting of die-hard girl group aficionados, Spectropop members, collectors, and a few surprise guests like Beverly Warren, Louise Murray of the Jaynetts, and Margaret Ross of the Cookies. Looking around at the audience seated at the vastly larger BB Kings Blues Club & Grill, it’s clear the love for girl groups has grown tenfold since then. Perhaps it’s the unexpected success of documentary 20 … Read more
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Apple Reported to Buy Flash Storage Firm Anobit
By Channel Insider Staff | Posted 2011-12-21
Apple has reportedly gone through with its plans to purchase Israeli flash storage company Anobit for some $500 million.
That news comes from Reuters, itself quoting the Israeli business daily Calcalist. Apparently, Apple will also build a research and development complex in Israel.
Rumors of Apple's Anobit buy had circulated since earlier in December, when TechCrunch suggested that Cupertino would pay anywhere from $400 million to $500 million to acquire the property. Certainly an in-house hub for developing flash storage technology (and the patents underlying it) would boost Apple's efforts in mobile devices such as the iPhone and iPad.
No sooner had TechCrunch's report emerged than analysts began to pick apart Anobit and Apple's preexisting relationship.
"If true, this deal would make strategic sense to us considering Apple's philosophy of vertical integration (e.g., PA Semi acquisition, etc.) and current use of Anobit's technology," Brian Marshall, an analyst with the ISI Group, wrote in a Dec. 13 research note. "We believe Anobit's key asset is their embedded consumer flash controller technology called MSP (e.g., memory signal processing) used in smartphones and tablets (e.g., 666 MB/s data transfer, low power, supports 256GB or 16 flash dies and <20nm MLC/TLC technologies.
In October, rumors leaked that Apple had acquired a 3D-mapping company, C3 technologies, with an eye toward strengthening its topographical capabilities. That news came from the blog 9to5Mac, which suggested that the C3 purchase, combined with earlier acquisitions of mapping-software companies Placebase and Poly9, suggested an attempt by Apple to shift its iOS devices away from a reliance on Google Maps.
To read the original eWeek article, click here: Apple Buys Flash Storage Company Anobit: Report
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Chicago's homicide total drops by over 100, but violence still 'intolerably high'
By Jeremy Gorner
Genneva Green found comfort from God after her son Antwon Green was fatally shot at age 15 on Labor Day in 2017. (Chris J. Walker / Chicago Tribue)
After the deadliest year in two decades, the first half of 2017 seemed just as grim in Chicago as homicides remained devastatingly high, raising fears that the “spike” in violence had become a new normal for the city.
Then in the second half of the year, homicides plummeted, particularly in two of the city’s most violence-plagued neighborhoods, contributing to about a 15 percent overall drop in killings over last year.
That decrease has raised new hopes that Chicago could make progress in shedding its national reputation for gun violence, an image fueled by both President Donald Trump’s frequent mentions and by the distressing loss on Chicago’s streets.
Why the second-half decrease?
In an interview with the Tribune, police Superintendent Eddie Johnson cited new technology and tactics in those crime-plagued neighborhoods, and suggested that police relations with the community were improving. Anti-police sentiments were inflamed in 2016 after the release of a video showing a white police officer fatally shoot black teenager Laquan McDonald, and some accused police of going “fetal.”
Johnson, however, has said he believed the video and its publicity emboldened criminals to break the law, a brazenness he now believes may have waned.
“I think that they used that to their advantage because if you think they don’t pay attention to that type of thing, you’re fooling yourself because they do,” he said. “I think the boldness of them is starting to tick down a bit, but it’s still there.”
If officers were truly going “fetal” in 2016, there’s no statistical indication that the police pullback has changed this year. Two key measures of police aggressiveness — arrests and street stops — are around the same level this year as last, and yet homicides dropped. The Police Department notes, however, that while overall arrests are flat, arrests for gun crimes have increased 28 percent.
Experts and some neighborhood activists warn, however, that tallies in 2017 aren’t reason to cheer just yet. Though violence has dropped in recent months, Chicago will still end 2017 with historically high totals. Indeed, if last year was excluded, this year’s homicide toll would be the highest in Chicago since 2002.
Three women hold each other at the scene of a fatal double shooting in the 5400 block of South Wabash Avenue on June 29, 2017, in the Washington Park neighborhood. Two women were riding in a car when shots were fired from another vehicle, striking both women in the head. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)
In 2016, Chicago logged more than 700 homicides and over 4,000 shooting victims. This year’s totals will be below both of those tallies. Through Tuesday, 644 people were slain in Chicago, compared with 754 during the same period last year, a drop of about 15 percent, according to Chicago police statistics. That represents the largest single-year drop in homicides since 2004.
The Police Department statistics do not include about 20 slayings on area expressways, police-involved shootings or other homicides in which a person was killed in self-defense or their deaths were still being investigated.
The number of people wounded and killed by gunfire dropped by about 18 percent to 3,543 from 4,327, according to the Chicago Tribune’s statistics through Wednesday. That’s still a rate of about 10 shootings a day.
Johnson said he’s looking at the decrease as one small step toward a safer city.
“The way violence goes … the reductions have to be incremental,” Johnson said. “But the fact that we’ve got it over 100 (homicides) in terms of reduction is really room for encouragement and positive thinking going into 2018.”
Crime experts were not surprised by the drop in violence this year, saying 2016 may have been an anomaly.
“It’s good news,” said Richard Rosenfeld, a criminology professor at the University of Missouri at St. Louis. “Although the numbers still remain, I would say, intolerably high.”
Others are even less enthusiastic about the drop. The Rev. Ira Acree, a West Side pastor, pointed to a decline in the city’s African-American population, including the Austin community where his church is located, as a sign of how many people are fed up with the city’s violence. He pointed to losses in some South and West Side neighborhoods, where crime is still rampant, job opportunities are scarce and schools have closed.
Public safety issues and economic desperation are two of the main reasons African-Americans have moved out of communities like Austin and, in some cases, Chicago altogether, he said.
Homicides, 2016-17
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Englewood (7th)
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“The bottom line is if you can manage to dodge bullets, you’ve still got to eat, you’ve still got to have a way to feed your family and put a roof over your head,” said Acree, pastor of the Greater St. John Bible Church. “Not only can the parents not eat properly or sustain themselves in a decent manner, but the future for the children is so bleak and dark because whenever you close schools, you’re obliterating the potential and the future of a generation.”
Acree also said that despite the reduction in homicides, the sheer number of people killed in Chicago in 2017 “is still a travesty.”
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“People are running out of the city like wildfire, and we’re celebrating that we don’t have 700 people who got killed, we’ve got 600,” he said. “Give me a break.”
The year’s low points
Behind every data point in this year’s homicide and shooting tallies are thousands of stories of loss and heartache, of gang warfare and random violence, of so-called intended targets and those felled in their wake.
In a reminder that no one is exempt from Chicago’s violence, Cook County Judge Raymond Myles, who regularly presided over violence court, was shot and killed in a robbery outside his home in April in the South Side’s West Chesterfield neighborhood.
In October, beloved teacher Cynthia Trevillion was gunned down in Rogers Park on the Far North Side while walking to a Red Line station.
Kanari Gentry-Bowers, 12, from left, Lavontay White Jr., 2, and Takiya Holmes, 11, died after being shot in separate attacks in Chicago. (Family photos)
But perhaps the most jarring spate of violence occurred in February when three children — 12-year-old Kanari Gentry-Bowers, 11-year-old Takiya Holmes and 2-year-old Lavontay White Jr. — died within days of each other after being shot on the South and West sides.
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Then there were homicides that garnered little attention, such as the still-unsolved killing of Antwon Green, 15, near his grandmother’s home in the Lawndale neighborhood on Labor Day.
Antwon’s mother, Genneva Green, recalled in a recent interview that she had warned her son to stay close to his grandmother’s home while she went to buy her other children school supplies. Her block seemed peaceful, she recalled.
“The birds are chirping. You can hear the dogs barking. And we didn’t think nothing of it,” she said.
While waiting in line at a Dollar Tree store in near west suburban Cicero, a call alerted her to the news that her son Antwon had been shot in the back.
Police said the teen was arguing with a group of people when one of them pulled out a gun and shot him. His mother disputes that account, saying Antwon wasn’t arguing with anyone and believes he wasn’t the intended target. Her son died that evening, the day before he was to start his sophomore year at Corliss High School on the Far South Side.
Antwon Green was killed at the age of 15 on the West Side on Labor Day 2017. (Family photo)
Green wonders why no one was able to guide her son’s killer away from violence.
“Where is the mother? The father? Auntie? The grandma? Where is somebody?” she asked. “Just somebody. Anybody.”
New tactics, technology
Behind the statistics too are stories of police and citizens’ efforts to reclaim Chicago’s streets from violent criminals. Two of Chicago’s 22 patrol districts are responsible for the majority of this year’s drop in homicides, and both were the targets of special police initiatives.
The Englewood District, covering the Englewood and West Englewood neighborhoods on the South Side, had 48 homicides through Dec. 24 compared to 86 during the year-earlier period. In the Harrison District, which covers Lawndale, East Garfield Park and West Garfield Park, killings dropped to 68 from 93.
Among the city’s most violent districts, they are regularly the focus of elite citywide units that conduct sensitive investigations related to gang conflicts, narcotics sales and gun trafficking. FBI agents and other federal law enforcement personnel also work on long-term cases there.
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Johnson credited the use of new crime-fighting technology and efforts to improve the Police Department's often-tense relationship with the African-American community for the reduced violence.
"If we can make headway in gangs in districts like Englewood or Harrison on the West Side, then that’s room for encouragement citywide," Johnson said. "And we’ve never been able to wrap our arms around either one of those districts."
Englewood and Harrison were the first districts in 2017 to use technology designed to help officers better predict where shootings may occur and respond more quickly to gunfire.
District supervisors analyze shooting data in real time through a computer program called HunchLab to quickly determine where best to deploy their beat patrol and tactical officers. This is integrated with gunshot detection technology called ShotSpotter, which tells officers in the field on their work-issued smartphones where the gunfire is coming from.
Chicago police Officer Julie Blair monitors screens in the 9th District Strategic Decision Support Center. (Nancy Stone / Chicago Tribune)
The technology is showcased at Strategic Decision Support Centers, where district personnel analyze data projected on large TV screens that display crime maps and surveillance video footage from police cameras in neighborhoods.
In the six districts using this technology — the others being Gresham and Deering on the South Side and Ogden and Austin on the West Side — homicides and shootings dropped by about a quarter over last year, according to police statistics through Dec. 24. The 16 other districts, which did not use it in 2017, saw a combined drop of only 5 percent in homicides and 15 percent in shootings.
By the end of 2018, the department plans to expand the technology to six more districts: Wentworth, Grand Crossing, South Chicago, Calumet, Chicago Lawn and Grand Central.
“Instead of being reactive to that first shooting and focusing on preventing retaliatory shootings,” Johnson said, “we actually have been able to stop the first shooting. So that’s huge.”
Dealing with drug dealers
Police and city officials have struggled over the years with finding successful strategies to address the drug problem and how it contributes to violent crime.
Chicago police worked this year with heroin addicts and other drug users in the Harrison District to put them through a diversion program geared toward treatment as an alternative to incarceration. The department has also continued its work with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to address the violence that has resulted from the drug sales.
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In March, the two agencies shared their efforts with reporters after investigating a Traveling Vice Lords faction known as the Cali Boys, whose gang members were allegedly using drug money to buy illegal guns to protect their drug business. At that point, the operation, which began in 2015, had nettled about three dozen arrests and was still ongoing.
Homicides by month
December 2017 data is through Dec. 27
To illustrate the relationship between violence and drug dealing in Chicago, authorities at the news conference displayed a couple of maps of the city from the past year: one of them showing red dots where all the shootings occurred and another showing blue dots for 911 calls of drug overdoses. Harrison was littered with blue and red dots either next to or on top of one another.
“When (gang members are) doing the shootings, when they’re doing the killings to support this drug trade, it puts them on our radar,” Anthony Riccio, chief of the Chicago Police Department’s Bureau of Organized Crime, said at the time.
The Laquan McDonald factor
Johnson believes Chicago’s violence worsened in part because of the police killing of Laquan McDonald and other controversial incidents across the country that created what he called “an anti-police narrative.”
Rosenfeld, the criminologist, believes recent spikes in violence and other crime could be the result of a deeper distrust between police and minority communities.
“There’s a reservoir of discontent in those communities about the police, both that they overpolice the areas in some ways, and also that the police are not around or available when they are needed,” Rosenfeld said. “And when those tensions get aggravated, what tends to happen is people lose even more confidence in the police and some people begin to take matters into their own hands, and peremptory killings and shootings, and retaliatory shootings, tend to go up.”
Some observers believe that greater scrutiny of the police — combined with an increased availability of dashcam and bodycam video — has led officers to go “fetal,” as Mayor Rahm Emanuel famously put it.
Arrests dropped significantly from 2015 to 2016, as did street stops, after officers were required to more thoroughly document who they stopped and why. Some people suggested, however, that the numbers proved a demoralized police force was easing up on crime. But this year’s flat tally for arrests — while violence decreased — upends that theory. Through Dec. 24, arrests dropped by 2 percent to 81,861 compared to 83,849 during the same period last year, police statistics show. There were 107,598 street stops, just 538 more than last year.
Shooting victims, 2016-17
-189 (-43.1%)
Shakespeare (14th)
+4 (+4.9%)
Source: Data collected by the Chicago Tribune breaking news desk
The so-called police “aggressiveness” of the past isn’t necessarily a tactic residents should want police to return to, some warn. Johnson has said officers will never stop people on the street at the levels they once did because many stops prior to 2016 were unconstitutional.
“We have to be careful with that because just because someone looks like a gangbanger doesn’t mean he is one,” Johnson said during the recent interview.
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Johnson said the 28 percent rise in gun arrests — from 3,337 to 4,273 through Dec. 24 — shows his officers are being more strategic about who they go after on the street.
“Arresting a bad guy with a gun is the toughest thing, most dangerous thing police do,” Johnson said. “I don’t think that there are more guns out there than there were before. I think we’re just catching more of them with guns.”
Some crime experts think that one of two things could be leading to the increase in gun arrests in Chicago: Either the Police Department’s efforts to target gun offenders have been effective or more criminals are out on the streets carrying illegal guns.
Arthur Lurigio, a criminologist at Loyola University Chicago, believes the latter should not be discounted “given the large numbers of shootings in the past two years.”
Johnson successfully lobbied the Illinois legislature to get tougher on gun criminals.
In January, legislation will go into effect changing gun sentencing laws, increasing the range judges can hand out. Instead of three to 14 years in prison for some repeat gun crimes, judges can sentence offenders to seven to 14 years. If they want to depart from that guideline, judges will have to explain why.
Where Chicago ranks
Even with the late-year drop, Chicago’s homicide total remains the highest of any U.S. city, with more killings than New York and Los Angeles combined. In New York, a city with more than three times the population of Chicago, 278 people were slain through Dec. 17. Los Angeles listed 271 homicides through Dec. 16.
Chicago is not the nation’s leader in homicides per capita, however. Smaller cities, including Baltimore and New Orleans, have higher homicide rates, according to statistics from mid-December.
But Chicago still has a ways to go to shake off its national image as a city plagued by violence and has long strides to make to give residents of its most crime-plagued neighborhoods a sense of safety.
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Because of the shootings in her East Garfield Park neighborhood, Latasha Green, aunt of 15-year-old slaying victim Antwon Green, doesn’t let her three children — ranging in ages from 9 to 14 — walk to a corner store or to school or hang around outdoors without being there with them.
But this past summer, she said she saw a welcoming sight: police officers patrolling the neighborhood on bicycles, often six at a time, along Madison Street.
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“I’ve seen more police officers out here,” Green, 35, said in her living room, standing near her Christmas tree. “They do good over here on this side, honestly.”
jgorner@chicagotribune.com
Twitter @JeremyGorner
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Tianjin, Xiamen also plan to set up FTZs
Updated : 2013-07-12 By : Sun Li in Xiamen and Wei Tian in BeijingSource : China Daily
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After Shanghai became the first city allowed by the State Council to build a free trade zone last week, other cities are ready to follow suit.
Tianjin filed its proposal to the central government, while the city government of Xiamen, Fujian province, is collecting documents to submit to the State Council for approval.
While Tianjin's plan might be approved in a month by the State Council, according to a 21st Century Business Herald report on Wednesday, Xiamen's plan is still being drafted, and no details about the time frame or the zone have been decided yet, said an official surnamed Xu with the Xiamen investment promotion bureau.
The Xiamen project has resulted from a proposal to the Xiamen city government submitted in March by Gong Xiaowei, an economist with the Economic Research Institute of the Xiamen Development and Reform Commission.
Gong - a scholar who has been keen on the subject of free trade zones for years - said that Xiamen, as a special economic zone which always played a pioneering role in financial reform, is well-positioned to become a comprehensive FTZ facilitating trade, investment, offshore financial services and cross-Straits economic cooperation.
Since Xiamen already has some duty-free areas and an export-processing zone, a solid foundation has been laid to develop an FTZ in the city, Gong said.
According to Gong's proposal, the FTZ, which would be established on a trial basis, would comprise six separate bonded zones under the special administration of customs, including the Haicang duty-free area, the Xiangyu duty-free area, the Xiamen export-processing zone and the Xiamen Torch (Xiang'an) bonded logistics center.
The Xiamen FTZ would stand out from other zones, given its ability to promote cross-Straits ties, Gong said.
When the project is completed, financial cooperation and convenience between the mainland and Taiwan would be enhanced, Gong added.
Sun Lijian, deputy dean of the school of economics at Fudan University in Shanghai, said that it is desirable that China develops more FTZs.
"There are 15 major free trade zones in the United States, so we could have much more in China as well," he said.
Sun said that he strongly objects to the fever of building financial centers, which require massive resources and are highly overlapping, but that free trade zones focus on providing more convenience to businesses, and thus could stir up their comparative advantages.
"There will be no cut-throat competition, it's up to each area to decide how to make the best use of their rights," he said.
Shanghai, a hub for multinational companies, could try to lure in more overseas capital, Tianjin could rely on its easy access to Beijing and other inland provinces, while Xiamen has close trade links with Taiwan and overseas Chinese people, he said.
However, Sun also warned of potential risks. Loosening controls on the capital account within the zones could result in arbitrage funds.
"We don't know yet whether free trade zones would bring more benefits to the real economy or to the virtual economy, so we need to push forward the expansion gradually and do this in a low-key manner," he said.
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HMRC's new domestic reverse charge for construction services comes into force on 1 October 2020.
From this point, a VAT-registered business that supplies certain construction services to another VAT-registered business for onward sale needs to issue a VAT invoice stating the service is subject to the domestic reverse charge.
However, the recipient must account for the VAT due on that supply through its VAT return, instead of paying the VAT amount to the supplier. The recipient may then recover the VAT as input tax, subject to the normal rules.
Unlike other types of reverse charge, the value of such reverse charge services will not count towards the VAT-registration threshold, which is good news for smaller businesses.
Specified services
The new domestic reverse charge will apply to supplies of ‘specified services'.
Among the services included are construction, alteration, repair, extension, painting and decorating, plus demolition, civil engineering and the installation of heating, lighting and air conditioning.
Some services will not fall within the scope of the domestic reverse charge.
Where there is a reverse charge element anywhere in a supply chain, however, then the whole supply may be subject to the domestic reverse charge.
Construction businesses will need to ensure their accounting systems are capable of processing reverse charge supplies.
As the VAT amount must still be shown on invoices subject to the domestic reverse charge, there is a risk that suppliers will still account for the VAT to HMRC in error and likewise customers will still recover it from HMRC.
Subcontractors that rely on VAT collected from their customers as working capital until they have to remit it to HMRC are likely to suffer from the loss of cashflow.
These businesses will need to consider if payment terms need to be revisited to avoid any problems in the supply chain this could cause.
Before these new rules take effect construction businesses should:
review supplies provided to and received from other VAT-registered contractors to establish where these will be subject to a reverse charge from October 2020
obtain notification from customers, with details of their VAT-registration status, construction industry scheme status, and confirmation that they are the end-user
consider any adaptations required to ensure accounting systems can deal with this change
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The multifaceted problems of surrogacy and donor conception
August 1, 2013 Catherine Harmon General 0 Print
The last two days at Catholic World Report we’ve run articles on different aspects of surrogate pregnancies and donor conception (pregnancies created using either donated sperm or eggs). The moral, spiritual, physical, and legal problems surrounding these increasingly complicated social realities seemed to merit two distinct approaches, which we think are presented well in these two pieces. We hope you’ll take a look at both articles and read them as companion pieces.
Yesterday, Leslie Fain’s article “Pain, Profit, and Third-Party Conception” focused on the growing number of donor-conceived people who are speaking out against these practices. Take, for example, the experiences of Damian Adams, an Australian scientist researching the long-term effects of donor conception who was himself conceived through sperm donation:
“I love my parents, and I find it sad that some people choose to view those donor-conceived people who are unhappy with their origins as coming from broken or unhappy homes,” he said. “That is simply not the case in all instances. While some argue that love is all that matters, we can see from my case that love does not conquer all.”
Once in favor of anonymous donor conception, his views changed after the birth of his daughter. “It was a moment not too dissimilar from the moments that parents often report experiencing when they hold their child for the first time and stare into their baby’s eyes,” he said.
“It was an acceptance and knowledge of a biological connection. That no matter what might happen in the world, we would always be father and daughter,” he said. “This biological connection made me think about how I would feel if my daughter grew up not knowing who I was.”
“This was a concept I could not bear to think about, but instead I applied it to how this notion did in fact mirror my own life. While events transpired that I do not know who my donor is, and I may never know, there will always be a biological connection that can never be broken. So instead of being an extremely joyous time, there was part of it that was incredibly dark as I reflected on what [I’d been] deprived of,” Adams said.
“I do experiments every day in a lab, and what I have seen and researched in the donor-conception field mirrors what I do in the lab. Donor-conceived people are the guinea pigs,” said Adams.
And today we have an article by Sister Renée Mirkes, director of the Center for NaProEthics at the Pope Paul VI Institute, “The Injustices of the Surrogacy Industry.” Mirkes’ piece presents Catholic teaching on third-party conception—surrogate pregnancy in particular—as articulated in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith’s 1987 document Donum Vitae, and demonstrates how strains of current research on these subjects are confirming that teaching:
Mothers have long believed, cultures have long taught, and research has repeatedly confirmed that an emotional network links pregnant moms to their babies. If mom is happy, the preborn baby is content. When mom is anxious, the prenate shows signs of stress. What’s more, post-birth, this bio-emotional nexus—the gestational link—continues to yoke mothers to their offspring throughout childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.
It’s important, then, to investigate what happens when an enterprise like surrogacy sunders the gestational link. For the first time, a 2013 study suggests surrogate children experience greater adjustment difficulties and levels of stress than same-aged children born by gamete donation. [1] In other words, severing the gestational link can be even more devastating for surrogate children than splitting the genetic link can be for children produced by donor egg and/or sperm.
This report turns to Christian anthropology and prenatal research to connect the dots of the maladaptation of the surrogate child to the troubling exploitation that impacts all surrogacy stakeholders. Predictably, the injustices—the flotsam and jetsam of the surrogacy industry—don’t just harm the child,[2] they ripple out over the surrogate mother, the commissioning parents, and all of society.
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Law & Legal & Attorney Wills & trusts
21st Century Grave Robbers - Exploit the Dead, Harm the Living, Part 2
Saturday, April/20/2019
Looting estates by using wills, trusts or guardianships to divert assets in a manner contrary to the known wishes of a decedent or disabled/incapacitated person is a growing trend.
Cases occur in the U.
and throughout the developed world.
Australian businessman Diarmuid Hannigan wrote Lawyers or Grave Robbers? about an estate dispute created by the lawyer/executor of his mother's estate.
In the last years of her life, Elizabeth Moira Hannigan engaged a lawyer to prepare a will ensuring that her four children would receive equal shares of her estate.
A clause was inserted providing an option for the share of Diarmuid, her oldest son, to be held in trust should certain financial issues exist with his export business.
Hannigan, both with advanced age and significant health problems, was unaware that circumstances which prompted her concern were long ago resolved thus rendering the clause unnecessary.
Upon Mrs.
Hannigan's death, her children/beneficiaries unanimously requested the equal and timely distribution of shares as per their mother's wishes, but the lawyer/executor advised that Diarmuid's share would be withheld as per discretion granted him by the will.
By adopting a combative attitude and creating this conflict, the lawyer/executor was then able to charge the estate legal fees to "resolve" the dispute.
Within a year after Mrs.
Hannigan's death, the lawyer/executor had charged the estate nearly $40,000 (AUD) and Diarmuid's family had spent another $18,000 (AUD).
In Lawyers or Grave Robbers?, the adversarial nature of today's Australian legal system is described as coming from "a time where barbarian armies raped and pillaged communities in the name of war.
It enshrined the rights of the conqueror to steal all of the accumulated wealth from peaceful and prosperous communities, including the wealth accumulated in their graves.
The law of the conqueror gives license to the powerful to perpetuate this dreadful ethos on present day communities.
Hence: 'Lawyers or grave robbers?'" The American democratic system, including our Bill of Rights, theoretically protects American property rights, but is this reality? Many people who have spent time in the U.
legal system would say while our system's theory is sound, attorney/judicial abuses of power, selective enforcement of laws and subjective execution with regard to legal proceedings allows an abusively adversarial system to absolutely occupy its own spot within the American "justice" system.
Diarmuid came to view his family as consumers of legal services.
He began to see how "unlike most professions, the legal fraternity remains largely unaccountable and can only be judged by their peers.
" He writes that "there are no standards on how they (lawyers) should treat beneficiaries of the estate.
The beneficiaries, unless they hold executorship are not considered by the law to be worthy as the lawyer/executor's clients.
They have no recourse in regards to the procedures used by the lawyer/executor in the management of the estate.
There is no disciplinary body available to evaluate whether or not the lawyer/executor is behaving in a combative manner in order to benefit himself by racking up fees and charges on the estate.
There are no formal venues available in which to mediate these types of concerns by the beneficiaries, apart from an application to the Supreme Court.
This type of application is extremely expensive and substantially reduces the values of the deceased estates as a result of the obscene legal fees.
" This largely describes beneficiary/heir status here in the U.
While mediation avenues exist, success is predicated on good faith, an attribute routinely absent from estate disputes.
Reputable professions have standards of performance that include credible oversight, not a pretense of accountability emanating from "self-regulating" bodies.
Most industries recognize the need for and value of consumer protection yet the legal industry resists such efforts.
Diarmuid Hannigan observes "many other industries are now accountable to consumers via independent regulators and have adopted quality standards as an integral component of the day to day running practices.
The community assumes that ever profession is accountable and when confronted by the lack of accountability, lack of standards and self regulation of the legal profession they quite often feel disempowered and give up in disgust.
" This attitude is easily found here in the U.
No need to travel "down under" to find cynicism or mistrust of the legal industry.
Issues surrounding the estate of Elizabeth Hannigan continue today.
Her family is forever changed by this experience.
Though written to Australians, these words from Diarmuid Hannigan have global applicability and should be given thoughtful consideration as the transfer of wealth becomes a prominent issue within our American society: "We, the country's inhabitants do not have access to a process which will involve us in the development of our own legal process.
We are currently stuck with an adversarial system that is run by the privileged and is controlled by the legal profession.
It is a system based on disputation rather than resolution.
It is inefficient in so far as disputation is non productive, expensive and destructive.
Resolution is productive and always allows us as a society to carry forward and go to the next step.
The passing of inheritance from one generation to the next without the interference of the legal profession upon family well being should be basic.
It is obvious to anyone with an ounce of intelligence that healthy families make a healthy community that in turn creates a healthy country.
Minimizing conflict in families allows us more energy to go forward and develop the positive components of our lives.
We should not be subjected to a legal system that is based on the principal of rule over, we need to look at a legal system that comes from ourselves.
It will mean the development of quality standards for the legal profession and those standards will need to be developed by the community as a whole with the purpose of benefiting the community rather than benefiting the financial interests of the legal profession.
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66. Psalm 66
Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
2Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious.
3Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
4All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.
5Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
6He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him.
7He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
8O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
9Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
10For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
11Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
12Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
13I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
14Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.
15I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.
16Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
17I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.
18If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
19 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
20Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
1. Shout unto God, all the earth The psalm begins with this general declaration, which is afterwards reduced to particulars. 467467 “Generalis est praefatio, quam mox sequentur hypotheses.” — Lat. “C’est une preface generale, dont les applications speciales suivent incontinent apres.” — Fr. He addresses himself to the whole world, and from this it would seem evident, that he predicts the extent to which the kingdom of God should reach at the coming of Christ. In the second verse the call is repeated with increasing vehemency, to stir up to the praises of God, such as might otherwise be remiss in the service. To sing the honor of his name, is an expression sufficiently obvious; meaning, that we should extol his sacred name in a manner suitable to its dignity, so that it may obtain its due and deserved adoration. But the clause which follows is rather ambiguous. Some think that it conveys a repetition of the same idea contained in other words, and read, set forth the glory of his praise. 468468 Hammond’s objection to this is, that if כבור, glory, were in the construct state, governing the noun which follows, and giving this reading, the glory of his, praise, the vowel should be changed from kamets, to segol I prefer taking the Hebrew word signifying praise to be in the accusative case; rendering the words literally, make a glory his praise. And by this I understand him to mean, not as some do, that we should glory exclusively in his praises, 469469 This is Aben Ezra’s view. He would read, “Make your glory his praise;” that is, let it be your glory to praise him. but simply, that we highly exalt his praises, that they may be glorious. The Psalmist is not satisfied with our declaring them moderately, and insists that we should celebrate his goodness in some measure proportionably to its excellence.
3. Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! Here he proceeds to state the grounds why he would have us to praise God. Many content themselves with coldly descanting to others of his praises, but with the view of awakening and more deeply impressing our hearts, he directs us to address ourselves immediately to God. It is when we hold converse with him apart, and with no human eye to witness us, that we feel the vanity of hypocrisy, and will be likely to utter only what we have well and seriously meditated in our hearts. Nothing tends more to beget a reverential awe of God upon our spirits than sisting ourselves in his presence. What the Psalmist adds is fitted and designed to produce the same feeling, that through the greatness of God’s power, his enemies feign submission to him Are they who would perversely and obstinately revolt from his service, forced to humble themselves before him, whether they will it or not, how much more, then, ought his own children to serve him, who are invited into his presence, by the accents of tenderness, instead of being reduced to subjection by terror? There is an implied contrast drawn between the voluntary homage which they yield, as attracted by the sweet influences of grace, and that slavish obedience which is wrung reluctantly from the unbeliever. The Hebrew word here used for to lie, signifies to yield such a submission as is constrained, and not free or cordial, as Psalm 18:45. Neither the words nor the scope favor the other senses which have been suggested, as, that his enemies would acknowledge themselves to have been deceived in their hopes, or that they would deny having ever intended hostilities against him. There are many ways in which hypocrites may lie, but nothing more is meant by the Psalmist here, than that the power of God is such as to force them into a reluctant subjection.
4. All the earth shall worship thee. The Psalmist had good reason for insisting upon this one point again and again. Though all tongues were tuned to the praise of God, they never could adequately extol it; and yet such are the negligence and the perversity of men, that they will scarcely lift one feeble note in celebration of a theme which should command their united strength and might. We have another prediction here, of a time being to come when God would be worshipped, not only by the Jews, a small section of the human family, but by all the nations which would be eventually brought under his government. And we are not to consider that he refers to such a worship as would be constrained, and only not withheld, because resistance might be dangerous, but to the sincere homage of the heart — they shall sing unto thee! they shall sing unto thy name Praise is the best of all sacrifices, (as we are told, Psalm 50:14, 23) and the true evidence of godliness. 470470 “Est enim hoc praecipuum laudis sacrificium, ut habetur, Psalmo 50:14, 23, ac verum etiam testimonium pietatis. — Lat. “Car c’est le principal sacrifice, que le sacrifice de louange, etc., et aussi le vray tesmoignage de piete.” — Fr.
5. Come and see the works of God An indirect censure is here passed upon that almost universal thoughtlessness which leads men to neglect the praises of God. Why is it that they so blindly overlook the operations of his hand, but just because they never direct their attention seriously to them? We need to be aroused upon this subject. The words before us may receive some explanation by referring to a parallel passage, Psalm 46:8. But the great scope of them is this, that the Psalmist would withdraw men from the vain or positively sinful and pernicious pursuits in which they are engaged, and direct their thoughts to the works of God. To this he exhorts them, chiding their backwardness and negligence. The expression, Come and see, intimates that what they blindly overlooked was open to observation; for were it otherwise with the works of God, this language would be inappropriate. He next points out what those works of God are to which he would have our attention directed; in general he would have us look to the method in which God governs the human family. This experimental or practical kind of knowledge, if I might so call it, is that which makes the deepest impression. 473473 “Haec enim experimentalis (ut ita loquar) notitia magis afficit.” — Lat. “Car ceste cognoissance d’experience et de prattique esmeut d’avantage.” — Fr. We find, accordingly, that Paul, (Acts 17:27) after speaking of the power of God in general, brings his subject to bear upon this one particular point, and calls upon us to descend into ourselves if we would discover the proofs of a present God. The last clause of the fifth verse I would not interpret with some as meaning that God was terrible above the children of men — superior to them in majesty — but rather that he is terrible towards them, evincing an extraordinary providence in their defense and preservation, as we have seen noticed, Psalm 40:5. Men need look no further, therefore, than themselves, in order to discover the best grounds for reverencing and fearing God. The Psalmist passes next from the more general point of his providence towards mankind at large, to his special care over his own Church, adverting to what he had done for the redemption of his chosen people. What he states here must be considered as only one illustration of many which he might have touched upon, and as intended to remind God’s people of the infinite variety of benefits with which their first and great deliverance had been followed up and confirmed. This appears obvious from what he adds, there we rejoiced in him It is impossible that the joy of that deliverance could have extended to him or any of the descendants of the ancient Israelites, unless it had partaken the nature of a pledge and illustration of the love of God to the Church generally. Upon that event he showed himself to be the everlasting Savior of his people; so that it proved a common source of joy to all the righteous.
7. He ruleth by his power over the world The Hebrew word עולם, olam, which I have translated the world, signifies occasionally an age, or eternity; 474474 Our English version renders the word in this last sense. Hammond, with Calvin, prefers reading, “over the world.” “That עולם,” says he, “ἄιὼν, as the English age, signifies not only time and duration, but also the men that live in any time, there is no question. And then מושל עולם, must here most properly be rendered ruling the world, or over the world; and so the Chaldee certainly understood, who read, ‘who exerciseth dominion over the world;’ and so I suppose the LXX. their ‘δεσπόξουτι τοῦ ἀιῶνος,’ ‘having dominion over the world,’ doth import.” The Vulgate, in this instance not following the Septuagint, has “in aeternum,” “for ever.” but the first sense seems to agree best with the context, and the meaning of the words is, that God is endued with the power necessary for wielding the government of the world. What follows agrees with this, that his eyes behold the nations Under the law, Judea was the proper seat of his kingdom; but his providence always extended to the world at large; and the special favor shown to the posterity of Abraham, in consideration of the covenant, did not prevent him from extending an eye of providential consideration to the surrounding nations. As an evidence of his care reaching to the different countries round, he takes notice of the judgments which God executed upon the wicked and the ungodly. He proves that there was no part of the human family which God overlooked, by referring to the fact of the punishment of evil-doers. There may be much in the Divine administration of the world calculated to perplex our conclusions; but there are always some tokens to be seen of his judgments, and these sufficiently clear to strike the eye of an acute and attentive observer.
8 Bless our God, O ye people! Although calling upon all, without exception, to praise God, he refers particularly to some Divine interposition in behalf of the Church. He would seem to hint that the Gentiles were destined, at a future period, to share the favor now exclusively enjoyed by God’s chosen people. In the meantime, he reminds them of the signal and memorable nature of the deliverance granted, by calling upon them to spread abroad the fame of it. Though he speaks of the Jewish people as having been brought unto life, (an expression intended to denote deliverance of a more than ordinary kind,) this means that they had been preserved from approaching danger rather than recovered from a calamity which had actually overtaken them, It is said that their feet had not been suffered to fall, which implies, that, through seasonable help which they had received, they had not fallen, but stood firm. The Psalmist, however, does not take occasion, from the evil having been anticipated and averted, to undervalue it. As they had been preserved safe by an interposition of Divine goodness, he speaks of this as tantamount to having been brought or restored to life.
10 For thou, O God! hast proved us We may read, Though thou, O God! etc., and then the passage comes in as a qualification of what went before, and is brought forward by the Psalmist to enhance the goodness of God, who had delivered them from such severe calamities. But there is another object which I consider him to have in view, and this is the alleviation of the grief of God’s people, by setting before them the comfort suggested by the words which follow. When visited with affliction, it is of great importance that we should consider it as coming from God, and as expressly intended for our good. It is in reference to this that the Psalmist speaks of their having been proved and tried. At the same time, while he adverts to God’s trying his children with the view of purging away their sin, as dross is expelled from the silver by fire, he would intimate, also, that trial had been made of their patience. The figure implies that their probation had been severe; for silver is cast repeatedly into the furnace. They express themselves thankful to God, that, while proved with affliction, they had not been destroyed by it; but that their affliction was both varied and very severe, appears not only from the metaphor, but from the whole context, where they speak of having been cast into the net, being reduced to straits, men riding over their heads, and of being brought through shipwreck and conflagration. 477477 “Per naufragium et incendium transiisse.” The French version reads, “Par l’eau et par le feu;” but it is important to retain the original more closely, as giving what Calvin considered to be the sense of the words in the text. Fire and water, the one of which elements consumes, while the other suffocates, is a proverbial expression, signifying, as our author afterwards states, extreme danger and complicated calamities. “When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burnt,” Isaiah 43:2. See also Psalm 32:6; Ezekiel 16:6, 7; Numbers 31:23. Those things are said to come into or to pass through the fire, which abide the same, without being consumed; and which, like metals, lose only thereby their dross. The expression, laying a restraint [or chain] upon their loins, is introduced as being stronger than the one which goes before. It was not a net of thread which had been thrown over them, but rather they had been bound down with hard and insolvable fetters. The expression which follows refers to men who had shamefully tyrannised over them, and ridden them down as cattle. By fire and water are evidently meant complicated afflictions; and it is intimated that God had exercised his people with every form of calamity. They are the two elements which contribute more than any other to sustain human life, but are equally powerful for the destruction of it. It is noticeable, that the Psalmist speaks of all the cruelties which they had most unjustly suffered from the hands of their enemies, as an infliction of Divine punishment; and would guard the Lord’s people against imagining that God was ignorant of what they had endured, or distracted by other things from giving attention to it. In their condition, as here described, we have that of the Church generally represented to us; and this, that when subjected to vicissitudes, and cast out of the fire into the water, by a succession of trials, there may at last be felt to be nothing new or strange in the event to strike us with alarm. The Hebrew word רויה, revayah, which I have rendered fruitful place, means literally a well-watered land. Here it is taken metaphorically for a condition of prosperity, the people of God being represented as brought into a pleasant and fertile place, where there is abundance of pasturage. The truth conveyed is, that God, although he visit his children with temporary chastisements of a severe description, will ultimately crown them with joy and prosperity. It is a mistake to suppose that the allusion is entirely to their being settled in the land of Canaan, 478478 Cresswell takes this view. His note on the place is, “‘Into a wealthy place,’ literally into an irriguous region, (comp. Judges 1:15,) i.e., into a fertile country, a land of abundance, the promised land: comp. Exodus 3:8.” for the psalm has not merely reference to the troubles which they underwent in the wilderness, but to the whole series of distresses to which they were subjected at the different periods of their history.
13 I will come into thy house with burnt offerings Hitherto the Psalmist has spoken in the name of the people at large. Now he emphatically gives expression to his own private feelings, and calls upon them, by his example, to engage individually in the exercises of religion, it being impossible that there should be any hearty common consent unless each entered seriously upon the service of thanksgiving for himself and apart. We are taught that when God at any time succours us in our adversity, we do an injustice to his name if we forget to celebrate our deliverances with solemn acknowledgements. More is spoken of in this passage than thanksgiving. He speaks of vows having been contracted by him in his affliction, and these evidenced the constancy of his faith. The exhortation of the Apostle James is worthy of our special notice —
“Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry?
let him sing psalms.” (James 5:13)
How many are there who lavish their hypocritical praises upon God in the career of their good fortune, while they are no sooner reduced to straits than the fervor of their love is damped, or gives place to the violence of fretfulness and impatience. The best evidence of true piety is when we sigh to God under the pressure of our afflictions, and show, by our prayers, a holy perseverance in faith and patience; while afterwards we come forward with the expression of our gratitude. The words, which my lips have uttered, are not an unmeaning addition, but imply that he had never allowed himself to be so far overcome by grief as not to throw his desires into the express form of petition, declaring that he cast himself for safety into the hands of God. On the subject of vows, I may just shortly repeat the remarks which have been given at greater length elsewhere. First, the holy fathers never vowed anything to God but what they knew to be sanctioned by his approval. Secondly, their sole end in vowing was to evidence their gratitude. The Papists, therefore, can find no warrant, from their example, for the rash and impious vows which they practice. They obtrude upon God whatever chances to come first into their lips; the end which they propose to themselves is the farthest removed from the right one; and with devilish presumption they engage themselves to things which are not allowed them.
15 I will offer unto thee burnt-sacrifices of fatlings. We must suppose the speaker to be either David or one of the more considerable men of the nation, for none in humbler circumstances could have offered rich sacrifices of this kind. It is probable that David was the author of the psalm, and here he signifies his intention to show a kingly liberality in his offerings. The reason why God ordered victims to be offered as an expression of thanksgiving was, as is well known, to teach the people that their praises were polluted by sin, and needed to be sanctified from without. However we might propose to ourselves to praise the name of God, we could only profane it with our impure lips, had not Christ once offered himself up a sacrifice, to sanctify both us and our services. (Hebrews 10:7) It is through him, as we learn from the apostle, that our praises are accepted. The Psalmist, by way of commendation of his burnt-offering, speaks of its incense or sweet savor; for although in themselves vile and loathsome, yet the rams and other victims, so far as they were figures of Christ, sent up a sweet savor unto God. 480480 “Le Prophere loue yci le perfum de son holocauste, combien qu’il n’en peust monter au ciel qu’ une odeur puante et infecte: mais il faut noter que les beliers et autres bestes qu’on sacrifioit flairoyent bon devant Dieu, entant que c’estoyent figures de Iesus Christ.” — Fr. Now that the shadows of the Law have been abolished, attentionis called to the true spiritual service. What this consists in, is more clearly brought under our notice in the verse which follows, where the Psalmist tells us, that he would spread abroad the fame of the benefits which he had received from God. Such was the end designed, even in the outward ceremonies under the Law, apart from which they could only be considered as an empty show. It was this — the fact, that they set forth the praises of the divine goodness — which formed the very season of the sacrifices, preserving them from insipidity. In calling, as he does, upon all the fearers of the Lord, the Psalmist teaches us, that if we duly feel the goodness of God, we will be inflamed with a desire to publish it abroad, that others may have their faith and hope confirmed, by what they hear of it, as well as join with us in a united song of praise. He addresses himself to none but such as feared the Lord, for they only could appreciate what he had to say, and it would have been lost labor to communicate it to the hypocritical and ungodly.
17. I cried unto him with my mouth He proves that he owed his safety to Divine interposition, from the circumstance of his having prayed, and in consequence, having sensibly experienced his kindness. Answers to prayer serve in no small degree to illustrate the goodness of God; and confirm our faith in it. In saying that he cried to God with his mouth and tongue, these are terms denoting, as we have seen in a previous part of the psalm, the vehemency and earnestness with which he prayed. Had he not prayed from the heart, he would have been rejected, but he makes mention of the tongue also, in token of the ardor of his supplications. Some absurdly imagine, that because the expression under the tongue is used, the meaning is with the heart Words are said to come from under the tongue, because they are formed by the flexion of the tongue, as in that passage,
“The poison of asps is under their lips,” (Psalm 140:3)
The term extol intimates, that we cannot honor God more in our worship, than by looking upwards to him for deliverance. The Papists rob him of a chief part of his glory, when they direct their prayers to the dead or to images, and make such little account of calling upon the name of the Lord.
The Psalmist next lays down the rule, which must be attended to, if we would pray properly and acceptably; guarding against that presumptuous exercise which overlooks the necessity of faith and penitence. We see with what audacity hypocrites and ungodly men associate themselves with the Lord’s people, in compliance with the general calls of the word to engage in prayer. To check this solemn mockery, the Psalmist mentions integrity of heart as indispensable. I am aware that the words may be considered as an assertion of his own personal uprightness of conduct, as we find him frequently vindicating this, by an appeal to the visible and practical proofs which God had shown of his favor to him; but his main object is evidently to enforce by the example of his own exercise the common propriety of drawing near to God with a pure heart. We have a parallel scripture in John 9:31, “We know that God heareth not sinners.” In one sense, he hears none but sinners; for we must all conform to the great rule of applying to him for the remission of our sins. But while believers make an unreserved confession of guilt before God, by this very thing they cease to be sinners, for God pardons them in answer to their supplications. We are not to forget the words of Paul,
“Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity,” — (2 Timothy 2:19)
Besides, to regard iniquity in the heart does not mean to be conscious of sin — for all the Lord’s people must see their sins and be grieved for them, and this is rather praiseworthy than condemnable; — but to be bent upon the practice of iniquity. He particularly refers to the heart, intimating that not only were his hands clean, in the sense of his being innocent before men, but that he could appeal to God in proof of his inward integrity. When the heart does not correspond to the outward conduct, and harbours any secret evil intent, the fair exterior appearance may deceive men; but it is an abomination in the sight of God, The Psalmist affirms with emphasis, that his prayers had been answered, and we ought to draw the inference that we shall never be disappointed, if we seek God in sincerity.
20 Blessed be God! who hath not turned away my prayer He concludes the psalm, as he began it, with thanksgiving, and gives the reason of his not having met with a repulse; or, to take the figurative expression which he employs, of God’s not having turned away his prayer. This was, that he had not withdrawn his mercy. For it is entirely of his free grace that he is propitious, and that our prayers are not wholly ineffectual.
467 “Generalis est praefatio, quam mox sequentur hypotheses.” — Lat. “C’est une preface generale, dont les applications speciales suivent incontinent apres.” — Fr.
468 Hammond’s objection to this is, that if כבור, glory, were in the construct state, governing the noun which follows, and giving this reading, the glory of his, praise, the vowel should be changed from kamets, to segol
469 This is Aben Ezra’s view. He would read, “Make your glory his praise;” that is, let it be your glory to praise him.
470 “Est enim hoc praecipuum laudis sacrificium, ut habetur, Psalmo 50:14, 23, ac verum etiam testimonium pietatis. — Lat. “Car c’est le principal sacrifice, que le sacrifice de louange, etc., et aussi le vray tesmoignage de piete.” — Fr.
473 “Haec enim experimentalis (ut ita loquar) notitia magis afficit.” — Lat. “Car ceste cognoissance d’experience et de prattique esmeut d’avantage.” — Fr.
474 Our English version renders the word in this last sense. Hammond, with Calvin, prefers reading, “over the world.” “That עולם,” says he, “ἄιὼν, as the English age, signifies not only time and duration, but also the men that live in any time, there is no question. And then מושל עולם, must here most properly be rendered ruling the world, or over the world; and so the Chaldee certainly understood, who read, ‘who exerciseth dominion over the world;’ and so I suppose the LXX. their ‘δεσπόξουτι τοῦ ἀιῶνος,’ ‘having dominion over the world,’ doth import.” The Vulgate, in this instance not following the Septuagint, has “in aeternum,” “for ever.”
477 “Per naufragium et incendium transiisse.” The French version reads, “Par l’eau et par le feu;” but it is important to retain the original more closely, as giving what Calvin considered to be the sense of the words in the text. Fire and water, the one of which elements consumes, while the other suffocates, is a proverbial expression, signifying, as our author afterwards states, extreme danger and complicated calamities. “When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burnt,” Isaiah 43:2. See also Psalm 32:6; Ezekiel 16:6, 7; Numbers 31:23. Those things are said to come into or to pass through the fire, which abide the same, without being consumed; and which, like metals, lose only thereby their dross.
478 Cresswell takes this view. His note on the place is, “‘Into a wealthy place,’ literally into an irriguous region, (comp. Judges 1:15,) i.e., into a fertile country, a land of abundance, the promised land: comp. Exodus 3:8.”
480 “Le Prophere loue yci le perfum de son holocauste, combien qu’il n’en peust monter au ciel qu’ une odeur puante et infecte: mais il faut noter que les beliers et autres bestes qu’on sacrifioit flairoyent bon devant Dieu, entant que c’estoyent figures de Iesus Christ.” — Fr.
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By Marshall W. Grate / Sep 08, 2017
Many collective bargaining agreements restrict employees from pursuing the same complaint in multiple forums. For example, if an employee files a grievance over an employment issue but then files a complaint or charge of discrimination, involving the same issue, with a state or federal agency, then often the collective bargaining agreement terminates the grievance or holds it in abeyance, pending the outcome of the agency or court decision. According to a September 1, 2017 majority opinion of the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, contractual restrictions against an employee's legal options may be per se legally invalid. Watford v Jefferson County Public Schools, U.S. Court of Appeals No. 16-6183 (CA 6, 2017)(recommended for publication). Although this case originated out of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, it still has special significance for Michigan's private and public sector employers because the State of Michigan is within the jurisdiction of the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The Jefferson County Public Schools District terminated a teacher for misconduct, including insubordination. The teacher filed a grievance under the collective bargaining agreement, claiming her termination was due to discrimination on the basis of race, sex, and age. Before the grievance proceeded to binding arbitration, the teacher filed a charge of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The collective bargaining agreement restricted an employee's choice of remedies. If an employee opted to pursue a complaint using another agency, then the collective bargaining agreement required that the grievance/arbitration proceeding be held in abeyance until the agency complaint was resolved.
After the teacher filed her charge of discrimination with the EEOC, the employer and labor organization held the teacher's grievance in abeyance in compliance with their collective bargaining agreement. The teacher filed another charge of discrimination and retaliation with the EEOC accusing both the employer and her labor organization of retaliating against her for filing her first EEOC charge. After the EEOC issued its determination of reasonable cause to believe retaliation occurred, the teacher filed a complaint with the United States District Court alleging age, race discrimination, and retaliation. The United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky dismissed the teacher's retaliation claim.
The majority opinion of the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed. The contractual restriction was "retaliatory on its face." The majority opinion treated this contractual restriction as a material adverse employment action. In fact, the majority opinion found that there was no measurable difference between terminating a grievance/arbitration procedure, which has been held as an adverse employment action, and holding a grievance/arbitration proceeding in abeyance. Both the school employer and the labor organization retaliated against the teacher by including the "abeyance provision" in their collective bargaining agreement.
There was a strong dissent. The dissent disagreed that the teacher suffered an adverse employment action when her grievance was held in abeyance pursuant to a contractual limitation on forum choices. The dissent expressed concern over eroding arbitration as a favored means of dispute resolution, observing that "there is no obligation for an employer to agree to an expedited grievance procedure." If employers are forced to simultaneously defend litigation on multiple fronts, then employers may abandon grievance arbitration as a preferred method of dispute resolution, forcing court actions that would likely increase costs to all parties and delay disposition of claims.
In light of the Watford decision, employers should exercise caution in applying grievance/arbitration restrictions that limit an employee's choice of forum, especially in connection with filing charges of discrimination with state and federal agencies such as the EEOC. We encourage employers to review contractual grievance/arbitration provisions with their Clark Hill Labor and Employment Law attorney. Please contact Marshall Grate if you have questions regarding this e-alert.
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(C45s)Rooty Toot Toot/ Check It Out by John Cougar Mellencamp
Label: Mercury 870327 Year: 1988
From a warehouse find, this is a new, unplayed stock copy, in its original picture sleeve. The B side is a previously unreleased, non-album cut (a live recording).
Condition Detail:Label: M | Vinyl: M | Audio: MWritten by: J.C. Mellencamp (A&B)Produced by: J.C. Mellencamp-D. GehmanChart info: #61p in May 1988Track time(s): A: 3:24 | B: 4:49Mix: StereoOther info: Contains 45-only, non-LP track(s).
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How The Record Industry Killed CD Sales And Progressive Rock
Brian Kachejian 2 years ago No Comments
Progressive Rock Music was one of the most popular musical genres of the 1970’s Classic Rock era. In the 1970’s there were many different genres of rock music that were celebrated and loved by rock and roll fans. Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Southern Rock, Soft Rock, and of course Progressive Rock were all names we attached as some sort of label to categorize bands. In some cases, bands crossed genres and some were harder to classify than others. Bands like Jethro Tull, Rush, Blood Sweat & Tears, Chicago and even Led Zeppelin at times defied classification. The Beatles covered so many styles of music in their early years and then created their own sound almost instantly. In truth, The Beatles were really in a category of their own. They could not be defined to any one particular genre.
While many bands crossed the multiple genres of rock music, there were plenty of bands that were easy to identify as Progressive Rock. Is anyone going to argue that bands like Yes, Genesis, Emerson Lake & Palmer, and King Crimson were not progressive. You may not be a fan of one of those bands, but there is no denying their contributions to the Progressive Rock genre. Those were the monster bands of Progressive Rock, but there were so many other progressive rock groups that had huge followings. Bands such as Gentle Giant, Caravan, Camel, Can, Soft Machine, Van der Graaf Generator, Renaissance, and hundreds more enjoyed great success in the Progressive Rock genres. All those bands released and sold albums on a consistent basis and toured constantly.
While Progressive Music continued to flourish in the 90’s and 2000’s the audience whom loved that music began to grey. Hardcore fans continued to buy CDs, but average rock fans that brought Dark Side of the Moon, Brain Salad Surgery and Fragile, began to spend more time paying for soccer registrations, college tuitions and mortgage payments than album and CD purchases. The arrival of the MP3 music format and the rise of hip hop and rap stole away millions of future progressive rock fans. You can’t blame the kids, they didn’t know any better, it’s what they were being fed by the people and power behind new technology and slick overproduced music with very little substance.
Of course, there were young people who saw through the emptiness of rap and hip hop and yearned for something more. Those are the kids who discovered bands like Porcupine Tree and supported the group. Hardcore rock fans never stop listening to music and some of them discovered bands like Porcupine Tree by way of word of mouth. However, word of mouth starts to become less of an impact when adult rock fans start to become surrounded by other parents who maybe never even heard of Emerson Lake & Palmer. When you are in high school or college, your friends are always turning you on to new bands. When you’re a soccer dad or mom, your friends are turning you on to diaper sales at Walmart.
In the 2000’s, record companies just did not bother supporting bands like Porcupine Tree on television and billboards like they did in the old days with groups like Led Zeppelin, The Moody Blues, and so on. Today, we are blasted with pictures and commercials of groups like Fifth Harmony because everyone wants to look at beautiful women regardless of what they sound like.
We used to learn about new bands from ads in rock magazines but now even magazines have faded from pop culture. Sure, Rolling Stone is still being published but it’s a third of the size it used to be. Remember the great rock magazines like Creem, Crawdaddy, and Circus. Those magazines were great avenues for promoting new rock music. I would read a review or a story, or sometimes glance at a great full-page advertisement promoting the release of a new album or band. Those pages would cause me to walk to the mall and buy the album. But kids don’t buy magazines. Kids don’t buy newspapers, they don’t buy music, they simply just look at their phones and listen to YouTube.
YouTube is a fantastic place to discover music, but when I find a new band that I like, I usually order the CD on Amazon. I would rather go to a record store and buy it, but there are hardly any record stores around to buy it from. We have Fye in the mall but they only stock popular music. The used record stores are hit and miss with new progressive rock releases. So I buy the CD on Amazon and I listen to it in my car and on my home stereo. Kids don’t do that, they just listen to it on YouTube. So bands don’t sell CDs anymore and record companies are not making any more money. Since record companies are not making any money, they wont spend any money promoting new bands. So bands like Porcupine Tree never reach the mass audience they could have reached if they were being supported by the old 1970’s record company promotional machine.
Many people blame the death of the CD on the advent of the internet and streaming. Of course those technological advances played a major role in the decline of CD sales. But Record Companies fueled the decline of music sales many years before the arrival of the internet. In the days before CDs, rock fans could go to a record store and buy a vinyl album on sale for around four dollars. When CDs arrived on the scene, they were priced close to twenty dollars. Retail List prices were usually between 15.99 and 18.99. They sounded great but they were way over priced. Regardless of price, the sound was so amazing to music fans, people brought them. We were blown away by the sound and more importantly the concept =that they sounded just as good on the 200th play as they did the first. The sound quality on cassettes deteriorated with every play until they became un-playable. Records scratched and popped. 8 Tracks? Forget about it.
The invention of the CD was one of the most successful advancements in entertainment technology in the history of pop culture. Nonetheless, they were expensive and even worse, they stayed expensive. Yes, of course there were sales. Many stores sold new CDs on sale for 11.99 and 12.99. Stores like The Wiz, Crazy Eddies, Sam Goodys, Tower Records, Record World and all the other mall and shopping center stores did have their sales. But try to buy a catalog CD and your were stuck paying usually above 15 dollars. For the most part Progressive Music CDs were seen as catalog product. You did not walk into a music store and see the new Van der Graaf Generator, CD on sale. Most of the time, the chain stores with the exception of Tower Records did not even stock bands like Van der Graaf Generator.
Used record stores like Mr. Cheapos in Commack New York started selling used CDs for cheap prices, but many places around the county did not have access to used CD stores. Furthermore, the stock of used CD stores usually do not include the progressive bands that most fans are searching for.
Eventually the CD buying public began to age and those entertainment dollars like we said before, were utilized on hardcore living expenses. Adults could no longer afford high-priced CDs. The record companies never understood that. Even worse, by keeping CD prices way to high they made it impossible for younger people to afford to buy music. And so it began. There would be an entire generation growing up that would never experience buying CDs. The decline of sales continued when the internet came along. MP3s and illegal file sharing gave birth to a new generation who would never experience buying music, they just stole it.
Eventually the illegal file sharing sites like Napster and Limewire were shut down. Apple came along with their handy dandy iPods and people began buying music again, but for the most part as single song purchases. With Apple involved, fans now had to deal with both the record companies and Apple wanting to gouge consumers by overcharging for music. Fans were not getting a manufactured product, it was just a file that could be lost in the blink of a computer death.
In the end, Google brilliantly stepped in and purchased YouTube while allowing people to upload music in the same way fans did Limewire and Napster. Fans now download music for free just like they did with Napster and Limewire. And off course there is all the other file sharing networks that just cant be stopped. But the word free means that bands who spent a fortune in recording studios while creating their albums are also no longer making money. So can you blame a band that no longer wants to release new music because no one wants to pay for it?
There are always exceptions, and many young people do purchase music, but it stopped becoming a mass cultural experience. In recent years some young fans have discovered the joy of owning vinyl. There was starting to become a nice resurgence in vinyl sales. For the first time, young people were purchasing music that they could hold in their hands. Nonetheless, instead of recognizing the fact that younger people in the 2010’s were discovering the joy of vinyl, and seeing the possibility of putting a dent in downloading and rejuvenating the record industry, the record companies have made the price of new vinyl completely not affordable for most fans. Instead of vinyl penetrating the mass cultural market, it has remained a souvenir based medium. If you want to buy the new Metallica album “Hardwired,” on vinyl, it will cost you at least thirty to forty dollars. That’s ridiculous and that’s a shame.
So bands like Porcupine Tree never become the rock Gods they may have become if they were releasing albums in 1975 or 1985. It makes them no less of a band, it just makes them less known. The Record companies never understood that the high prices they continued to charge for CDs would eventually steer the public into looking somewhere else. When there was a surprising new interest in buying vinyl, the record companies got greedy. Instead of embracing it, they have poorly managed it because vinyl sales are now starting to slip. In the end, if you charge too much, people wont buy.
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Obama's Syria Speech 'Bumbling,' 'Incoherent,' Pundits Say
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By Napp Nazworth, Christian Post Reporter | Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Amateur hour. Muddled. Incoherent Mess. These are just some of the words pundits, mostly liberal, are using to describe President Barack Obama's Tuesday night address to the nation on Syria.
Maureen Dowd, a liberal columnist for The New York Times, described Obama's leadership as "flip-flopping," "ambivalent," and "bumbling."
"Amateur hour started when Obama dithered on Syria and failed to explain the stakes there. It escalated last August with a slip by the methodical wordsmith about 'a red line for us' – which the president and Kerry later tried to blur as the world's red line, except the world was averting its eyes," she wrote.
Obama's speech was originally scheduled to make the case to Congress and the nation for a military strike against Syria. Syria had used chemical weapons against about 1,000 civilians, including several hundred children. Obama had already promised that the use of chemical weapons would be a "red line," that, if crossed, the U.S. military would respond with force.
Obama declared his intention to enforce the red line after the August 21 attack. Then last week, he announced that he would seek congressional approval before attacking Syria.
The next change came Monday when Sec. of State John Kerry accidentally suggested an alternative to attacking Syria – if Syria turns over all of its chemical weapons, the United States will not attack. Russia is leading an effort to bring about that proposal, which the State Department had initially call a rhetorical gesture. Syrian officials have said they are willing to go follow through with the proposal.
Obama's speech, therefore, ended up with two tasks – the initial task of convincing Congress and Americans to support an attack against Syria, and asking Congress to delay a vote on authorizing the use of force while he waits on the diplomatic effort led by Russia.
Obama's frequent shifting of positions, Dana Milbank, a liberal Washington Post columnist argued, "feels as if the ship of state is bobbing like a cork in international waters."
Drawing comparisons with immigration and gun control, Milbank said Obama's leadership on Syria "can most charitably be described as subtle. But he is so subtle that he sometimes appears to be a bystander."
Dowd wonders, though, why Obama would trust Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, two men who have proven untrustworthy in the past.
"Now, when it is clear Obama can't convince Congress, the American public, his own wife, the world, Liz Cheney or even Donald 'Shock and Awe' Rumsfeld to bomb Syria - just a teensy-weensy bit - Pooty-Poot (as W. called him) rides, shirtless, to the rescue, offering him a face-saving way out?" she asked. "If it were a movie, we'd know it was a trick. We can't trust the soulless Putin - his Botox has given the former K.G.B. officer even more of a poker face - or the heartless Bashar al-Assad. By Tuesday, Putin the Peacemaker was already setting conditions."
Conservative political analyst Nile Gardiner compared Obama to former President Jimmy Carter, claiming that he is "outperforming Jimmy Carter as the most feeble US president of modern times."
"In essence," Gardiner wrote, "and this was amply displayed tonight, Barack Obama has no big picture strategy on Syria, or the wider Middle East, and is bereft of a clear game plan. His speech was also a sea of contradictions. He talked about deploying American military might but has no intention of delivering a decisive blow. He paid lip service to the ideal of American exceptionalism, but is happy to kowtow to Moscow. He urged Congress to support his approach, but wants them to wait before they vote. For these were the words of an exceptionally weak and indecisive president, one who seems to be making up policy on the hoof, as he stumbles and bumbles along on the world stage, with his hapless Secretary of State in tow."
Obama does have at least one strong supporter, though, in pundit Andrew Sullivan, a liberal Republican. Obama is using his skills as a community organizer, Sullivan wrote, by "effectively organizing the world."
"That was one of the clearest, simplest and most moving presidential speeches to the nation I can imagine," Sullivan declared. "It explained and it argued, point after point. Everything the president said extemporaneously at the post-G20 presser was touched on, made terser, more elegant and more persuasive."
A CNN poll showed that Americans who watched the speech were about equally divided on whether Obama effectively made a case for military action against Syria. Forty-seven percent said he did make a convincing case, 50 percent said he did not.
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The UK government hopes to improve the employment opportunities of 300,000 women by reaching them through UK supply chains, it has announced.
Through the Work and Opportunities for Women (WOW) programme, the government said it will work with UK and international businesses to help women in “the poorest countries” into higher skilled and better paid jobs.
The government said it would spend £12.8m on the programme over the next five years.
“The programme will see the UK working with businesses… which have supply chains in the poorest countries, to tackle important issues like discrimination and violence in the workplace,” a statement from the Department for International Development (DFID) said.
DFID did not go into detail about how the programme would work, but gave the example of working with clothing companies to incentivise factories to promote women into more senior roles.
It also said the programme would improve data on where women are working in supply chains that would help to identify barriers to employment. “Businesses need these statistics to help women into better jobs with better pay as better data can help track results and progress,” it said.
International development secretary Priti Patel said: “Around the world women are held back, hidden away and discriminated against. It’s a tragic waste of human potential.
“That’s why a global Britain is driving real change by working with the private sector to ensure there are better job opportunities and improved working conditions for the world’s poorest and most marginalised women,”
The report, Leave no one behind: a call to action for gender equality and women’s economic empowerment, identified seven systematic changes countries could make to improve women’s economic position:
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Palazzo Ducale Venturi: into the legend
In Minervino di Lecce with a foot in the past and a straight and open look into the future
Do you remember the song “A muso duro” by Pierangelo Bertoli? It is a text that has profoundly marked my adolescence and that has forcefully returned to my mind, crossing the great door of Palazzo Ducale Venturi.
A manor-house in the heart of the village of Minervino di Lecce
Because entering this manor-house in the heart of the village of Minervino di Lecce, which contains five centuries of history, art and culture, I felt like “a warrior without a homeland and without a sword with a foot in the past and a straight and open look in the future”.
Today the dwelling, until recently a ruin and in less than two years completely restored, hosts a 5-star Luxury hotel of the Relais di Charme chain. And if on the outside it has maintained the severe appearance of a fortified house with the drains clearly in evidence, the interiors are embellished with valuable furniture, paintings, important works of art and antiques.
The rooms, starting from the hall to the Ducali Venturi Suite that welcomed us during our weekend, have been renovated under the supervision of the Superintendency of Cultural Heritage. The recovery work has brought to light the star vaults, the original chianca floors and two salt ovens.
Everything leads back to the glorious past of the palace that was the settlement of the Templars and fortress in the Middle Ages before becoming the sumptuous residence of the Dukes Venturi. The visit is accompanied by the young and highly trained General Manager Martina Provenzano, who leads us to discover the “treasures” of the building: from the open-air living room immersed in the centuries-old citrus grove where a well of the XIII century dominates and where the scent of orange blossoms stuns, at the underground and heated indoor pool obtained in the ancient hypogeum oil mill, up to the courtyard, where the large outdoor swimming pool with salt water is set and which can be reached by walking under the pergola “dressed” with beautiful white roses that in this period bloom abundant.
On the same court overlook our suite and also the fully equipped gym and the bar at the service of the guests in the pool who, like us, enjoy the sun and relaxation.
In the large hall an imposing fireplace dominates, but our attention is captured by a ceramic sculpture protected by a glass cube on a wooden chest. Martina explains that it is a very interesting and precious “piece” as one of the rare works of art to depict the great leader Napoleon Bonaparte defeated.
The stories Martina makes us share in move us when she shows us on the first floor an old wooden door set in the wall in front of which she tells us about the love affair between the Duke Venturi and the Abbess: a legend that brings to mind the Nun of Monza of the Promessi sposi by Manzoni. Story goes, in fact, that the Duke had a liaison with the Abbess and to meet her he built an underground tunnel that connected the palace to the monastery.
The relationship went on until the Duke lost his head for a Neapolitan novice. The Abbess, mad with jealousy, for revenge drugged the young girl and had her walled up in the tunnel and forced the Duke to have the door of the alcove walled up, which would be the one in the corridor on the second floor, found during the restoration work.
Thirteen rooms, divided between the two floors of the building connected by an elevator that is not the only modern touch. And here comes the verse of Bertoli’s song that refers to the “straight and open look in the future”. In each room there is a multifunctional smartphone at no additional cost with which you can make free national and international calls and have internet access both inside the hotel and outside, for the duration of your stay. In addition, the supplied Samsung smartphones also offer digital territory guide and hotspot service, supporting up to 5 connected devices.
Also the internet connection is free and the residence is guaranteed accessibility to all through an innovative system of glass walls and movable pressure bars that allow the disabled to enjoy the room they prefer without problems.
But that’s not all: Palazzo Ducale Venturi is the first 5-star luxury hotel in Puglia and among the first in Italy to offer Cryotherapy, a hi-tech treatment that operates at -190 degrees for total body effectiveness in 3 minutes.
But let’s come to the reason why we had the wonderful opportunity to enjoy the large suite with a frescoed vault with scenes of the legend of Saint George and private access to the enchanting heated indoor pool. At Palazzo Ducale Venturi our 4-legged friends are welcome!
And Otto kept us company during our afternoon of relaxing by the pool and also in the moments dedicated to the rich and greedy breakfast and the delicious lunch with Mediterranean fragrances and with the highest quality products prepared by chef Donato Marsella. That like all the exquisite and professional staff made up of 13 people, belongs to this territory, except for Paola, whose accent immediately reveals the Lombard origins, but which is by now Salentine of adoption.
The dream stay at Palazzo Venturi includes parking in a video surveillance area, access to the outdoor pool and gym, bike rental, in-room minibar with drinks and snacks stocked daily, Wi-Fi available throughout the hotel and the beach kit consisting of a beach bag and towels.
To this list of services available free of charge, there are added pay services such as the underground swimming pool, transfer, boat trips, horseback rides, pizzica and cooking courses, massages and spa treatments, yoga classes and laundry service.
The last small but precious gem, then, is reserved for guests at the start: a pencil with the logo of the Palace that holds in a capsule some seeds to be planted once consumed it. And if it is true that those who plant trees live twice, we have already earned the second life!
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Via Podgora, 60 – Minervino di Lecce (LE)
Info: +39 0836 818717 – +39 0836 889122 – +39 331 1499980
www.palazzoducaleventuri.com – info@palazzoducaleventuri.com
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The US National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System leapt into action last week to defend against a mystery threat. Picture: Raytheon
by Jamie Seidel
Secret missile launchers were uncovered. Fighter jets scrambled into the air. The White House went into lockdown. This was not a drill.
Last week, the Battle of Washington DC was just a hair-trigger away.
It was 8.27am on November 26 when air-defence computers picked up something unexpected.
It was an unidentified target. It was a "slow-moving blob" relentlessly flying towards the heart of the US capital.
Whatever it was, it wasn't supposed to be doing that.
Washington DC is surrounded by a rigorously enforced "no-fly zone". The events of September 11, 2001, are forever in that nation's mind. So, an "Aircon Yellow" alert was issued.
Warning calls went out by radio. Attempts were made to identify the aircraft.
There was no response.
The target continued to get closer. Soon, it crossed another no-go line.
Just minutes from potential disaster, emergency protocols swung into effect.
"Aircon Orange" was declared.
Security officials ran to their offices. Washington's defenders dutifully followed their training. The White House and Capitol Building were put on alert.
"They have strict protocols for how they handle these situations," retired US Air Force Colonel Cedric Leighton told CNN.
WHITE HOUSE, RED ALERT
Phone lines buzzed between civilian and military agencies. The Federal Aviation Administration said it had no untoward aircraft on its radar.
Something was wrong.
Billions had been spent on tracking and identifying everything in the air for 50km around the White House and Capitol Hill. Absolutely nothing except approved military and emergency services aircraft is allowed within 25km.
There were powerful civilian and military radars. But there was also a carefully positioned network of infra-red and electro-optical cameras, sound sensors and other secret devices - all intended to give early warning of a potential attack. They were designed to detect threats ranging from a kamikaze Cessna light aircraft through to cruise missiles.
All are especially sensitive: They're supposed to see through stealth and find what more conventional air traffic systems cannot.
This particular morning, none were producing clear results.
And time was pressing.
A light aircraft could reach the White House after entering the no-fly-zone in just 15 minutes. A business jet would take only five.
Even though this was a slow-moving target, those tasked with defending the heart of US politics had just seconds in which to make life-and-death decisions.
Little wonder the panic button was pressed.
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The Capitol in Washington DC was in lockdown. Picture: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
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Confusion reigned. But there was no time for hesitation.
At the nearby Andrews Air Force Base, a flight of F-16 Viper fighter jets were rolled out to the runway - engines and weapons hot. A US Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter with the call sign "Blackjack" clawed its way into the air from Reagan National Airport in an attempt to identify and ward off the intruder.
This was the most visible element.
But, behind the scenes, activity was frantic and widespread.
Air defence is a layered, concentric system.
Aircraft provide the outermost ring of interception.
But behind them are overlapping circles of medium-range surface-to-air missile defences.
In the case of Washington DC, this includes the Norwegian-built National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (NASAMS).
The US National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System. Launchers such as this are set up in plain sight throughout Washington DC. Picture: Raytheon
These launchers are scattered throughout Washington's suburbs. They sit in plain sight - usually quietly - among parks, off significant roads or in government facilities. Each consists of a compartmentalised box holding six missiles sitting on a semipermanent platform.
Scattered around them are radars, optical telescopes and command facilities. Sometimes these are on mobile trailers. Sometimes they are part of buildings and other infrastructure.
Then there is another, last line of defence.
Sitting amid Washington's most sensitive sites are Avenger short-range point-defence missile systems. They're built to take on anything that gets past the fighter jets and medium-range missiles as well as drones that may appear from among the suburbs.
So, when a secret surface-to-air missile system suddenly pops up on a building across the street from the White House, it's a sign things are getting serious.
LAST LINE OF DEFENCE
CBS reporter Sara Cook watched in alarm as a menacing machine appeared on the roof of a nearby office building. It had eight rectangular pods and a .50 calibre machine gun.
It was an Avenger air defence system.
Spotted during the lockdown: a missile battery in position atop a building across the street from the White House pic.twitter.com/IkmjWby2FI
— Sara Cook (@saraecook) November 26, 2019
Usually carried by army Humvee trucks, this one was on a retractable pedestal.
The pods contain Stinger ground-to-air missiles. With a range of about 3km, they are agile and fast - though they carry a relatively light infra-red guided warhead.
These were armed and ready.
With the entirety of the surrounding Capitol Hill in lockdown, Cook could only watch - and wait.
Overhead, the Coast Guard helicopter Blackjack had reported it saw nothing suspicious in Washington's skies, though it did note it had almost flown into a flock of birds … but this was not enough for a stand-down to be issued.
"There's quite a bit of talk about some rogue states as well as terror groups using swarms of drones to conduct attacks. Such attacks could show up on radar as a 'blob', and that would make it really difficult to get a positive ID on such a radar target," Col. Leighton said. "So, it's definitely possible that a future situation in which a radar 'blob' … could mask an attack."
Which is why Washington's Mall was locked down and the covers taken off concealed Avenger missile systems.
The fallout was widespread, especially among staffers on Capitol Hill.
"Officers had no information, and there was zero communication to members of the Capitol Hill community as the situation was unfolding," one public servant complained.
Some 45 minutes after the initial alarm, an all-clear rang out.
The US Army’s Avenger system holds missiles for short-range air defence and provides mobile protection for ground units against low-flying aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles and cruise missiles. Picture: US Army
What was this unidentified flying object over Washington DC? Was it a flock of birds? A balloon? A spy plane? A cloud of pollution?
CNN reported one source as saying that's "still not known … a big slow-moving blob of something. I bet it was a big flock of birds seen on radar".
But, according to the blog The Warzone, defence sources have revealed the alert was the result of compounded errors.
A telescopic anomaly combined with human error to blow a computer glitch out of all proportion.
Apparently, a perfectly valid aircraft flying under all the airspace rules and with its identification transponder turned on produced an unexpected "echo" within the air detection network.
It is called a "mirror track", where the networked computer system incorrectly invents a separate aircraft in a different location.
Automated verification systems swung into effect - including an electro-optical telescope.
It saw an aircraft. It wasn't the aircraft producing the mirror echo. It was, in fact, much further away along the same line of sight. But the computerised telescopes didn't know that.
More automated systems kicked in. Other telescopes swung into action, as did high-resolution radars. Human operators were called into action - just as the "mirror track" faded.
Some thought they saw a "slow-moving blob" among the scattered clouds. Others saw nothing.
The Avenger weapon system is used to protect Washington DC from air attack. Picture: US Army
All were furiously scanning the sky for something that wasn't there.
It had taken just a few seconds. But every step in the chain of command was playing it safe.
"No matter how good the technology, no matter how well sensor systems are integrated, there's always going to be a time factor," Col. Leighton told CNN. "If the unidentified radar image is on a direct path to the White House or the US Capitol and it's only a few miles … commanders are going to make a split-second decision - especially if they don't have a positive ID of the target.
"The tendency after 9/11 is to react first and assume the worst."
Jamie Seidel is a freelance writer | @JamieSeidel
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A unique youth leadership programme that brings together young people from Cork and Belfast to learn new skills was launched at the headquarters of Gas Networks Ireland today, Tuesday, October 2, by boxing champion Christina Desmond.
Teenagers from Terence Macswiney College, Bishopstown Forioge Group and Cobh Community School will embark on the programme that will link them with young people from the Seymour Hill and Colin Glen areas of Belfast.
The programme tasks the participants with working on social action projects in a bid to improve their skillset through learning leadership techniques. As they do this, they also develop links between Cork and Belfast.
The event was launched by Irish boxing champion and European and World Championship competitor Christina Desmond.
Ian O’Flynn, Head of Commercial, Gas Networks Ireland said; “This is the fifth year of the Cork Youth Leadership Project and Gas Networks Ireland is delighted to be involved in such a positive community programme. We’ve a long history in the Cork community and we take great pride in being able to support this cross-border initiative. Congratulations to all of the young people who secured their place on the programme this year. This is a great opportunity for them to develop important leadership skills and to communicate with their peers from Belfast”.
John Mullins, Chair of Co-operation Ireland Cork Committee said; “Co-operation Ireland's Cork Leadership Programme provides the template of how we should nurture our young people as we face a future of change.
By participating they are not only learning vital skills that will stay with them for the rest of their lives, but they are also building and maintaining relationships on a cross border basis that will develop and grow throughout the years to the benefit for both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
I want to congratulate everyone from Cork and Belfast who have signed up for this year’s programme on behalf of Co-operation Ireland's Cork Committee.”
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Controversy in Cornwall town as vicar starts new church accused of extremism and homophobia
Philip de Grey-Warter has resigned from the Church of England
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Philip de Grey-Warter denies his new church in Fowey is homophobic or extreme
There are concerns in a Cornish town that a new church, which meets for the first time next week, is “extremist” and “homophobic”.
The Vicar of Fowey has resigned in order to start a new Anglican church in the town, under the auspices of an organisation which has been dubbed right wing.
The Rev Philip de Grey-Warter has resigned as Vicar of Fowey and Priest-in-Charge of Golant after 17 years to “plant” a new church community, Anchor, under the auspices of GAFCON, a controversial global movement of conservative Anglican clergy.
Mr de Grey-Warter decided to leave the Church of England when the House of Bishops allowed the baptism liturgy to be used for those who are transitioning gender.
The Rev Philip de Grey-Warter has resigned as Vicar of Fowey after 17 years (Image: Gareth Bartlett)
However, he denies his motives are a move against the transgender community.
“I haven’t got an issue with the transgender community but I have got an issue with the changes to the baptism liturgy,” he told Cornwall Live. “I would have just as much of an issue if baptism was being used to mark someone’s GCSEs as I would it being used to mark their gender.
“They are taking something Jesus gave us and using it for something else.”
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GAFCON came into being after the election in the US Episcopal (Anglican) Church of the openly gay Gene Robinson as Bishop of New Hampshire in 2003.
It describes itself as “a global family of authentic Anglicans standing together to retain and restore the Bible to the heart of the Anglican Communion”.
The Church of Ireland’s Maria Jansson has accused GAFCON of “tactical use of homophobic and misogynistic rallying calls to gain a base from which they can access governance, resources, parishes, schools and young. This has to be called out for what it is – religious extremism.”
Members of the community in Fowey are concerned about Mr de Grey-Warter’s plans for a new church under GAFCON.
Sinead Hanks, a Fowey resident, local business owner and mother of two, told me: “I am not a church-going Christian, but I do understand that Jesus' message was one of love and acceptance for all - not discrimination in any way, shape or form.
“The GAFCON view that being gay is an illness which can be cured is deeply damaging and has no place in modern Britain. I hope the people of Fowey will not consider GAFCON views acceptable in our town or our schools.”
Another resident Sophie Rowe said: “I’m worried about him – I don’t feel sure where his motives lie. There are people who are vulnerable and easily taken in by extremist ideologies.
"Fowey is a very tolerant place and this smacks of more intolerance in society."
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Another resident said GAFCON “actively preaches intolerance to what it calls ‘a variety of sexual preferences and immoral behaviour’, basically being LGBT”.
I visited Mr de Grey-Warter at the seven-bedroom vicarage in Fowey, which he and his family have to vacate by the end of the month. They will be moving to a four-bedroom house elsewhere in the town.
I put to him the accusations that his new Anchor church is right wing, extreme and homophobic.
Shaking his head, he said: “It’s simply not true."
He also stressed that any notion of GAFCON believing being gay as an illness to be cured was not true either.
Some members of the Fowey community fear Mr de Grey-Warter's new Anchor church
“We were all made in the image of God. Every individual has an innate dignity but more than that every individual is someone for whom Jesus died.”
The former Vicar of Fowey stresses his new church is a place for those to worship who believe in “historic, orthodox Christian beliefs” at a time when, he believes, the Church of England is “less concerned to stick with the Bible than to appear ‘relevant’ by changing the message to suit our increasingly secular culture”.
He added: “I believe Jesus says what he means and means what he says. So my job as a minister is not like a chef, concocting or inventing the meal, but more like a waiter, serving up what the chef has already provided.
“I am not at liberty to rearrange the plate or add ingredients because of fashion or remove elements because someone somewhere thinks they’re challenging or unpalatable.”
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GAFCON’s Jerusalem Declaration – its 14 points of belief, if you like – states: “We acknowledge God’s creation of humankind as male and female and the unchangeable standard of Christian marriage between one man and one woman as the proper place for sexual intimacy and the basis of the family.”
I asked Mr de Grey-Warter that surely, in 2019, this could be considered homophobic?
He responded: “Christians have always believed that Bible teaching. Jesus challenges us all to live under his rule. To put that another way, we are flawed and messed-up individuals who need a saviour.”
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“If you follow Jesus it affects everything for everybody … I am not at liberty to change his message because it’s unpopular in society.”
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He stated that this wasn’t why he was starting the new church in Fowey.
“People are taking that and loading views they disagree with on to the action [of starting the church],” Mr de Grey-Warter said.
Over a cup of coffee and a brownie, the resigning vicar told me he had “wrestled” with the decision of walking away from the Church of England “but I believe it is the best way”.
The Bishop of Truro will attend Mr de Grey-Warter's final Sunday as Vicar of Fowey this week.
The Bishop of Truro Philip Mounstephen will attend the Rev de Grey-Warter's final service this Sunday (Image: Sally Adams)
The Bishop, the Rt Rev Philip Mountstephen, said: “Philip goes with our good wishes, as he follows his calling as a minister.
“I am grateful to him for his years of faithful service within the Church of England and for the people of Fowey, and will pray for him that his ministry will continue positively. We look forward to working with Philip in a different way, but nevertheless in our shared discipleship and commitment to serving the people of God, and bringing the word of our Lord to the people in Fowey and the surrounding area.”
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Mr de Grey-Warter, who has four children aged 14 to 20, will started his new Anchor Anglican Church in a room at Fowey’s Missions to Seafarers headquarters on October 6.
How many will attend he won’t know until that first meeting, but he says roughly half of his 80-strong congregation have said they will follow him.
He said: “I’m determined to do this well. I am committed to the people of Fowey and to communicating the good news of Jesus as faithfully and engagingly as I can to our town and beyond. So I am not leaving.”
Referring to the controversy in Fowey, a spokesperson for Cornwall Pride said: "We are inclusive to all political views, non or religious beliefs and faiths. We are in fact working towards having our very own Cornwall Pride chaplain to support a multi-cultural and multi-faith support for the LGBTQ+ community here in Cornwall.
"This person has the right to their own opinions as long as they are not harmful and as long as they do not slow down the progress of freedom to be yourself within our amazing Duchy."
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Amazon is shipping expired food, from baby formula to old beef jerky, scaring consumers and putting big brands at risk
Published Sun, Oct 20 20199:30 AM EDT Updated Tue, Oct 22 20199:34 AM EDT
Annie Palmer@annierpalmer
Expired food is regularly sold to consumers via third-party vendors on Amazon.
Amazon's marketplace has grown to millions of sellers, making it hard for the company to adequately police the platform.
Many brands have grown so frustrated by the abundance of expired products that they're taking steps to clean up the marketplace themselves.
Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc., speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019.
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Amazon's sprawling marketplace, consisting of millions of third-party sellers, has become a go-to site for many grocery shoppers, especially since the company's acquisition of Whole Foods over two years ago.
But an increasing number of consumers are finding that, just as the broader Amazon Marketplace has a major issue with counterfeits and unsafe products, the grocery section is littered with similarly problematic items in the form of expired foods.
From baby formula and coffee creamer to beef jerky and granola bars, items are arriving spoiled and well past their sell-by date, Amazon customers say. Interviews with brands, consumers, third-party sellers and consultants all point to loopholes in Amazon's technology and logistics system that allow for expired items to proliferate with little to no accountability. Consumer safety advocates worry that as the marketplace grows, the problem will only get worse.
Within Amazon's $900 billion empire, food sellers are among the more than 2.5 million businesses using the site for distribution, a group that now accounts for 58% of the company's total merchandise sold. Third-party merchants sell products, new and used, from all over the world that they purchase from official distributors, flea markets and clearance aisles.
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CNBC scanned the site's Grocery & Gourmet category, finding customer complaints about expired hot sauce, beef jerky, granola bars, baby formula and baby food, as well as six-month-old Goldfish crackers and a 360-pack of coffee creamer that arrived with a "rancid smell." A data analytics firm that specializes in the Amazon Marketplace recently analyzed the site's 100 best-selling food products for CNBC and found that at least 40% of sellers had more than five customer complaints about expired goods.
Closeout sales and liquidation warehouses can be a hotbed for expired food that ends up on Amazon. In 2017, when Starbucks announced it was shuttering its Teavana locations, many sellers purchased discounted tea-related merchandise from the stores and resold it on Amazon. Today, you can find Teavana products such as rock sugar and fruit teas listed on Amazon even though they were discontinued two years ago.
For one Teavana listing, the top customer review says the tea had a "terrible chemical smell" possibly from spoiled fruit. The listing also clearly shows a "not for resale label," which is alarming, said Sarah Sorscher, deputy director of regulatory affairs at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, or CSPI, a consumer advocacy group. The "not for resale" label likely indicates that the product lacks proper nutrition labels or other features that are necessary in direct-to-consumer sales, she said.
"At least someone in the supply chain considered these not suitable to be offered for consumption," Sorscher said.
A listing for Teavana tea that shows 'Not for resale' on the package.
An Amazon seller, who has sold sugar, spices and other food products on the site for the past nine years, told CNBC that Amazon didn't respond to numerous inquiries about the out-of-date Teavana products.
Representatives from Nestle, which owns the rights to sell Starbucks coffee and tea, including Teavana, declined to comment. An Amazon spokesperson told CNBC that products sold on the site, including those marked not for resale, must comply with laws and Amazon policies. Third-party sellers are required to provide Amazon with an expiration date if they're selling an item meant for consumption and must guarantee the item has a remaining shelf life of 90 days.
Whether that Amazon policy is effective is a big question, says food-safety experts.
"There's no indication of how well that policy is enforced," said Thomas Gremillion, director of food policy at advocacy group Consumer Federation of America. "Some sellers could be making a business decision to sell expired products and let Amazon catch some of it and toss it out and persist."
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One third-party listing for Hot & Spicy Doritos, a best-seller in Amazon's chips category and a featured product, has numerous reviews saying the chips were "stale" and set to expire in a matter of days. Popular listings for Fiji water, including one featured by Amazon, show reviews with users claiming they received recycled Fiji bottles filled up with tap water.
An example of a customer complaint about expired coffee creamer.
An example of expired beef jerky sold on Amazon.
Angie Atkinson of St. Louis was surprised in February when she received a box of Land O' Lakes Half & Half creamers purchased on Amazon, and opened it to find that every carton was curdled. She looked at the use-by date and was "horrified" when she saw they were already expired.
"It didn't occur to me that you could even sell something that was expired," Atkinson said in an interview. "If I had bought it the first time and it was like that, I never would have bought it at all."
By the time Andrea Wilson realized her Hostess brownies were more than a year old, she had already eaten one. She contacted Amazon about the order. The issue wasn't resolved until she tweeted at the company. She got her full refund but said she's done buying food on Amazon.
"I'm leery now," said Wilson, who lives in the Washington, D.C., area. "It wasn't just a month, it was a whole year, which I thought was pretty extreme."
Amazon said in a statement: "With the A-to-z Guarantee, customers are always protected whether they make a purchase from Amazon or a third-party seller."
After CNBC brought a number of expired food products to Amazon's attention, the company said it took corrective action to make sure the listings were in line with its standards. Amazon said they were isolated incidents that didn't require enforcement action against the sellers or removal of any products.
Many of the identified products continue to receive complaints that they're expired, with some showing negative reviews posted as recently as this week.
An imperfect process
Amazon's spokesperson said the company uses a combination of humans and artificial intelligence to monitor the 22 million-plus pieces of customer feedback received weekly for product quality and safety concerns. Amazon may remove products or suspend an account if the seller violates its policies.
"We work hard to make sure customers receive high-quality products when they order from our store," the spokesperson said. "We have robust processes in place to ensure customers receive products with sufficient shelf life.
"If customers have concerns about items they've purchased, we encourage them to contact our Customer Service directly and work with us so we can investigate and take appropriate action," the spokesperson added.
Regulators and lawmakers are paying closer attention to Amazon's every move now as part of a broader review of Big Tech. Specific to consumer safety, three Democratic senators recently sent a letter to CEO Jeff Bezos after a Wall Street Journal report found thousands of unsafe or banned products on the site.
In response to the request, Brian Huseman, Amazon's vice president of public policy, said that "bad actors are constantly attempting to evade our automatic tools and review procedures."
Amazon says it feeds data from suspended listings and accounts into its AI systems so they can get better at detection and at blocking suspicious activity. Human moderators can also trigger an investigation if they receive feedback suggesting a product is unsafe. In the food category, Amazon uses a database called "Heartbeat" to monitor customer commentary through reviews, phone calls, emails and seller feedback for safety issues.
Even with all these tools, several consultants who advise sellers say Amazon needs to rely on more than just customer complaints and refunds to catch expired foods. They argue that Amazon needs to devise new strategies to police the marketplace more effectively and improve detection of questionable products, while strictly enforcing its policies when third-party sellers break the rules.
Sorscher of CSPI says Amazon's technology is clearly coming up short.
"Expiration dates are a red flag for what else is harder to see," she said. "If you can't do something as basic as check an expiration date, then what else are you missing?"
The analysis that data firm 3PM performed for CNBC on best-selling food products and customer complaints fits with what the firm has seen in other categories.
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Jon Derkits, 3PM's chief product officer, worked at Amazon until June, most recently overseeing the electronics section of the third-party marketplace in Canada. He said that in his experience, the company was working to find solutions to food-related issues but there remained big gaps in its inability to prevent the shipment of expired or near expired products.
"They hadn't yet earned my trust, as either an Amazon employee or a customer, that I would be safe purchasing a consumable or expiration-dated product from a third-party seller," Derkits said.
Food sellers also suffer from a more general problem on Amazon, which is that consumers generally don't know if they're buying from a big seller, small seller or from Amazon itself. Two sellers — one with a perfectly fine item and another with expired products — could be on the same listing competing for the so-called buy box.
When shoppers receive expired products from third-party sellers, they often leave negative reviews or seller ratings for the manufacturer, who has nothing to do with the sale. Many food manufacturers feel they're at a loss when it comes to controlling third-party sales of their products on Amazon, said Michael Neuwirth, a spokesman for French food group Danone.
"You have two damaged parties in this, one of which is the purchaser, who thinks they're getting the best quality product," Neuwirth said. "Injured party two is the maker of that product whose brand and reputation are now called into question out of no act or fault of their own and, in fact, in a way they can't prevent it."
Yet another snag in the review system is that Amazon will cancel certain negative seller reviews if the product delivered was fulfilled by Amazon, meaning that it was shipped from one of the company's warehouses. For example, if a bottle of shampoo sent from an Amazon fulfillment center showed up with a leak, Amazon would cancel the bad review saying, "This item was fulfilled by Amazon, and we take responsibility for this fulfillment experience."
An example of a seller feedback that was cancelled by Amazon.
Thus, some complaints about expired foods are being canceled even if they're legitimate, and nobody is being held accountable for the mishap. Using software provided by 3PM, CNBC searched for seller feedback containing the word "expired" across a sample of a dozen popular vendors and found that each of these vendors had at least five reviews that were canceled by Amazon.
One example of a canceled review that 3PM shared with CNBC reads, "Expired product sent, and return option not available. Salsa was 4 months past expiration date (exp Aug2018, shipped Dec2018)."
Taking back control
At big companies, selling on Amazon and policing listings is such a complex job that teams of people are hired to work on it.
John Fandl, head of graphics at Southwest Specialty Foods, has expanded his duties beyond designing the packaging for the company's products. With an increasing number of merchants selling Southwest's hot sauces, popcorn, peanuts and other goods, customer complaints have been on the rise.
Fandl said that at one point there were more than 30 resellers for each of the company's 200-plus listings, creating a chaotic, unpredictable experience. Southwest has considered hiring more employees to monitor third-party sellers, he said.
"We want to make sure that when you're shopping for our product, it's not something that will hurt you," Fandl said.
Health care giant Abbott Laboratories, which manufactures consumer products like Similac baby formula and Pedialyte, is dedicating more resources to monitoring its supply chain to spot fraudulent or expired listings on Amazon. After encountering problems with expired Similac being sold by some sellers, Abbott has recommended that Amazon shoppers only buy products that are shipped and sold by the company directly.
Abbott also performs test buys on potentially expired or knockoff products, which can help convince Amazon to remove the listing.
"After manufacturing, we make every effort to ensure that our products reach our customers through approved, regulated channels," the company told CNBC in a statement. "Our global security team works diligently to prevent sale by third-party sellers including working closely with all distribution partners, including Amazon.com, to identify and request removal of these sellers."
More than two years after spending $13.7 billion on upscale grocery chain Whole Foods, Amazon is a major player in the grocery business. But on its core e-commerce site, the company risks losing the trust of consumers if it can't clean up its listings.
Those who pay the closest attention to the marketplace are skeptical of Amazon's ability to fix this particular mess.
"They've chosen to set up a business model where they don't take responsibility for the food that they sell," said Sorscher. "Traditional grocery stores have a lot of products, but they don't put it on the shelf if it's not safe."
Here's Amazon's statement in full:
"We work hard to make sure customers receive high quality products when they order from our store. We require all selling partners to abide by strict product quality guidelines and we use a combination of artificial intelligence and manual processes to monitor for product quality and safety concerns in our store. We have robust processes in place to ensure customers receive products with sufficient shelf life. We also monitor more than 22 million pieces of customer feedback we receive weekly to detect concerns including where a product is expired or has product quality issues even if not expired, and when we find an issue, we work quickly to investigate, take appropriate action and improve our systems. While we may remove a product from sale and take appropriate action against the seller, we preserve all authentic reviews that meet our community guidelines. If customers have concerns about items they've purchased, we encourage them to contact our Customer Service directly and work with us so we can investigate and take appropriate action. Our customer service teams are empowered to instantly stop sales of an item if required. With the A-to-z Guarantee, customers are always protected whether they make a purchase from Amazon or a third-party seller."
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Collett to help develop center in Port Canaveral, FL
PORT CANAVERAL --
The Canaveral Port Authority picked a developer today that will totally transform Port Canaveral.
The plan calls for restaurants, retail and entertainment; similar to what would you find at Downtown Disney and Universal CityWalk -- but in Brevard County.
Developers want these empty fields around Exploration Tower to be jammed packed with boardwalks, a concert venue, even a four-star hotel.
Sooner Investment and Collett will be behind that redesign and released concept images of what they want to transform the Cove area into.
The Canaveral Port Authority voted today to allow port staff to negotiate a contract with the developers.
If the contract is approved in October, Sooner-Collett would begin on the $80 million development.
They've already begun discussions with national retailers and restaurants.
The goal is to make the port a top Central Florida destination, not only for locals, but for the 4 million cruise passengers that pass through here every year.
"To bring something very unique to Brevard County, to bring some magic here, to make a Disney-style development up at the port that will be beneficial to everybody in Brevard County," said Jason Steele, Real Estate Consultants for Sooner Investments.
Developers are discussing using boardwalks, trolleys, even zip lines to connect the new Cove area to existing tenants, along the harbor.
The port CEO hopes that the first phase of the development will be open to the public by late 2016.
By Jerry Hume, Brevard County Reporter
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