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__label__wiki	0.744448	0.744448	The most widely read and highly cited peer-reviewed neurology journal November 08, 2005; 65 (9) Article Prevalence and size of directly detected patent foramen ovale in migraine with aura M. Schwerzmann, K. Nedeltchev, F. Lagger, H. P. Mattle, S. Windecker, B. Meier, C. Seiler First published September 7, 2005, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000179800.73706.20 M. Schwerzmann From the Departments of Cardiology (Drs. Schwerzmann, Lagger, Windecker, Meier, and Seiler) and Neurology (Drs. Nedeltchev and Mattle), University Hospital, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland. K. Nedeltchev F. Lagger H. P. Mattle S. Windecker B. Meier C. Seiler Neurology Nov 2005, 65 (9) 1415-1418; DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000179800.73706.20 Background: Transcranial contrast Doppler studies have shown an increased prevalence of right-to-left shunts in patients with migraine with aura compared with controls. The anatomy and size of these right-to-left shunts have never been directly assessed. Methods: In a cross-sectional case-control study, the authors performed transesophageal contrast echocardiography in 93 consecutive patients with migraine with aura and 93 healthy controls. Results: A patent foramen ovale was present in 44 (47% [95% CI 37 to 58%]) patients with migraine with aura and 16 (17% [95% CI 10 to 26%]) control subjects (OR 4.56 [95% CI 1.97 to 10.57]; p < 0.001). A small shunt was equally prevalent in migraineurs (10% [95% CI 5 to 18%]) and controls (10% [95% CI 5 to 18%]), but a moderate-sized or large shunt was found more often in the migraine group (38% [95% CI 28 to 48%] vs 8% [95% CI 2 to 13%] in controls; p < 0.001). The presence of more than a small shunt increased the odds of having migraine with aura 7.78-fold (95% CI 2.53 to 29.30; p < 0.001). Besides patent foramen ovale prevalence and shunt size, no other echocardiographic differences were found between the study groups. Headache and baseline characteristics did not differ in migraine patients with and without shunt. Conclusions: Nearly half of all patients with migraine with aura have a right-to-left shunt due to a patent foramen ovale. Shunt size is larger in migraineurs than controls. The clinical presentation of migraine is identical in patients with and without a patent foramen ovale. With an estimated prevalence of 8 to 13% in the Western population, more than 55 million Europeans and Americans have migraine.1,2 One of three patients with migraine has at least occasional migraine attacks associated with transient focal neurologic symptoms, i.e., migraine with aura.3 The neurologic symptoms of a migraine aura are likely related to a self-propagating wave of cortical excitation followed by temporary depression of neuronal activity, a phenomenon called cortical spreading depression.4 This phenomenon is accompanied by changes in regional cerebral blood flow and is believed to activate trigeminal afferents resulting in migraine headache. Different stimuli can initiate migraine attacks in daily life, but the exact pathophysiologic nature of migraine triggers is not known.4,5 Recently, transcranial contrast Doppler studies have shown a higher prevalence of intermittent right-to-left shunts in patients with migraine with aura (41 to 48%) compared with controls (16 to 20%).6,7 Detection of echo contrast bubbles in the cerebral vasculature indicates a right-to-left shunt between the site of contrast application, usually a brachial vein, and the insonated cerebral artery. Hence, it can be due to a cardiac or a transpulmonary shunt. The most common right-to-left shunt in the adult population is a patent foramen ovale, a remnant of the fetal circulation and present in roughly a quarter of the general population.8 However, other interatrial communications (e.g., atrial septal defect, sinus venosus defects) or pulmonary arteriovenous malformations can also result in a right-to-left shunt. Contrast echocardiography directly identifies cardiac shunts and indirectly distinguishes between cardiac and transpulmonary shunts. Transesophageal echocardiography is superior to the transthoracic approach for the diagnosis of intracardiac shunts.9 Hence, we used contrast transesophageal echocardiography to assess the prevalence, anatomy, and semi-quantitative size of right-to-left shunts in patients with migraine with aura and healthy controls. Methods. Participants. Between October 2002 and October 2003, consecutive patients with migraine with aura consulting the Neurology Outpatient Clinic of the University Hospital Bern or referring neurologists were asked to participate in the study. Migraine with aura was diagnosed according to the criteria of the International Headache Society.10 Impact of migraine on daily life was assessed using the Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS) questionnaire.11 The MIDAS score is the sum of missed work or school days, missed household chores days, missed non-work activity days, and days at work or school plus days of household chores where productivity was reduced by half or more in the past 3 months. Patients were eligible if they were older than 18 years, had no history of ischemic stroke, and had no contraindications for transesophageal echocardiography. The control group consisted of healthy individuals from the hospital staff (n = 48) and novice divers (n = 45) without migraine. The divers were participants in a beginner course in local diving schools and underwent transesophageal echocardiography purely for study purposes. We tried to select the hospital staff to match the migraine group with respect to age (grouped per decade) and sex. Due to a higher prevalence of women affected by migraine with aura and a higher prevalence of men in the hospital staff and diver community, strict 1:1 matching by sex could not be achieved. The study was approved by the institutional ethics committee, and participants gave written informed consent to participate. The study was funded by the Swiss Heart Foundation. The sponsor of the study had no role in the study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, or writing of the report. Transesophageal echocardiography. Transesophageal echocardiography was performed using an Acuson Sequoia C256 system (Acuson, Siemens, Mountain View, CA) equipped with a multiplane 3.5- to 7-MHz probe. The oropharynx was anesthetized using 10% lidocaine hydrochloride spray. Echo contrast tests (Physiogel, Braun, Emmenbruecke, Switzerland, with air in a 9:1 ratio) were performed in the transverse and longitudinal image plane by injection of 5 mL of contrast into an antecubital vein, followed by flushing with 10 mL of normal saline to fully opacify the right atrium. Before the examination, all participants were coached to perform a Valsalva maneuver just before the injection with release on command after arrival of contrast medium in the right atrium. A leftward deviation of the interatrial septum in the fossa ovalis region after arrival of echo contrast was required as a sign of a successful Valsalva maneuver (i.e., increased right atrial preload leads to right atrial pressure increase), otherwise contrast application was repeated. The foramen ovale was considered patent if contrast bubbles crossed the septum within four cardiac cycles after full opacification of the right atrium. Late appearance of contrast bubbles after more than four beats in the left atrium was consistent with transpulmonary shunting. A right-to-left shunt was graded according to the number of bubbles crossing the septum within four cardiac cycles after full opacification of the right atrium: small if only a few bubbles (i.e., fewer than five bubbles) passed, moderate if a cloud of bubbles passed, and large if there was intense opacification of the left atrium.12 The presence of a patent foramen ovale or any other cardiac shunt and their size were assessed offline by two observers unaware of the participant's identity and study group. If tolerated, sedative medication (midazolam) was only administered after the contrast studies to complete the echocardiographic assessment of heart chambers, valves, and great vessels. All participants underwent a full transesophageal echocardiography study. Statistical analysis. We compared normally distributed continuous data between participant groups by an unpaired two-tailed t test and nonnormal data with Mann-Whitney two-sample statistics. Between-group comparisons of categorical data were performed with the Pearson χ2 test or the Fisher exact test for small (<10) cell counts. Odds ratios (ORs) between the study groups were calculated using conditional logistic regression analysis accounting for the matching variables age and sex. Possible confounders were included in the model if univariate comparison between migraineurs and controls revealed a p value of 0.1 or less. For calculation of the effects of shunt size on migraine likelihood, the categorical variable patent foramen ovale size was extended into a dummy-variable set and used with the same potential confounders as described above in the conditional logistic regression model. Data are expressed as mean with 95% CI for normally distributed continuous variables, or as median with interquartile range (IQR) for nonnominal data. A p value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Data were analyzed using STATA 8.2 statistical software (Stata Corporation, College Station, TX). Ninety-three patients who had migraine with aura for 18.5 (95% CI 16.4 to 20.6) years and 93 healthy controls formed the study groups. The majority of participants were women (62%). None of the participants had a history of lung disease, previous thromboembolic events, or other disorder potentially increasing right atrial pressure. Baseline characteristics of migraineurs and controls are shown in table 1. Table 1 Participant characteristics Forty-four (47% [95% CI 37 to 58%]) patients with migraine with aura and 16 (17% [95% CI 10 to 26%]) controls had a patent foramen ovale (OR 4.56 [95% CI 1.97 to 10.57]; p < 0.001). In addition to the increased shunt prevalence, patients with migraine with aura had larger shunts than controls (table 2). A small shunt was equally prevalent in migraineurs (10% [95% CI 5 to 18%]) and controls (10% [95% CI 5 to 18%]), but a moderate-sized or large shunt was found more often in the migraine group (38% [95% CI 28 to 48%] vs 8% [95% CI 2 to 13%] in controls; p < 0.001). If a patent foramen ovale was present, it was a large shunt in 57% (95% CI 41 to 72%) of the affected patients with migraine and in 16% (95% CI 4 to 46%) of the affected controls (p = 0.009). Conditional logistic regression analysis indicated that diagnosis of a small shunt at transesophageal echocardiography did not affect the prevalence of migraine with aura (OR 2.02, 95% CI 0.62 to 6.55; p = 0.239). The presence of a more than small shunt, however, increased the odds of having migraine with aura 7.78-fold (95% CI 2.53 to 29.30; p < 0.001). Aside from the prevalence of a patent foramen ovale and its shunt size, no other differences in cardiac anatomy were observed between the two groups (see table 2). None of the participants was found to have a transpulmonary shunt or interatrial shunt different from a patent foramen ovale. Table 2 Transesophageal echocardiography Patient characteristics were similar between migraineurs with and without right-to-left shunt. The mean age of patients with migraine with aura and a patent foramen ovale was 37.1 year (95% CI 34.4 to 39.9 years) compared with 37.7 years (95% CI 34.1 to 42.2 years; p = 0.132) in migraineurs without a patent foramen ovale. In both groups, women outnumbered men (57% [95% CI 41 to 72%] vs 70% [95% CI 57 to 83%]; p = 0.141). Overall, 32% (95% CI 23 to 43%) of patients were active smokers, and 38% (95% CI 26 to 52%) of all women with migraine were taking oral contraceptives. The mean and median monthly migraine attack frequency in the three months before study enrollment was 1.96 (95% CI 1.35 to 2.57) and 1 (IQR 0 to 17), and the corresponding numbers of days per month with any type of headache were 5.80 (95% CI 4.26 to 7.35) and 3 (IQR 1 to 23). The predominant aura manifestations were visual symptoms (87% [95% CI 79 to 93%]), followed by sensory (27% [95% CI 18 to 37%]), aphasic (14% [95% CI 8 to 23%]), and motor symptoms (8% [95% CI 3 to 15%]). The most common migraine symptoms after the aura were pulsatile usually unilateral pain (80% [95% CI 70 to 87%]), light sensitivity (73% [95% CI 63 to 82%]), sound sensitivity (70% [95% CI 60 to 79%]), nausea (70% [95% CI 60 to 79%]), and vomiting (32% [95% CI 23-43%]). Fifty-nine percent (95% CI 48 to 69%) of patients with migraine had a MIDAS score greater than 10, indicating more than mild migraine-related disability in daily life. There was no difference in migraine characteristics including MIDAS score between patients with and without a patent foramen ovale. We used transesophageal echocardiography to directly diagnose a more than 2.5-fold increased prevalence of a patent foramen ovale in patients with migraine with aura compared with healthy control subjects. Nearly half of all patients with migraine aura had a patent foramen ovale, and if present, the shunt size was larger when compared with the corresponding control group. In this cross-sectional case-control study, the presence of a more than small cardiac shunt increased the odds of having migraine with aura nearly 8-fold. Our observed prevalence of a right-to-left shunt in migraine with aura is similar to previous reports using transcranial Doppler sonography.6,7 However, the uniqueness of this study is the use of transesophageal contrast echocardiography to prove that these shunts were patent foramina ovalia. With transesophageal echocardiography, a patent foramen ovale can be found in 9 to 26% of the general population.13,14 In the current study, the corresponding prevalence in the control group lies within this range and therefore excludes systematic overdiagnosis of cardiac shunts due to methodologic reasons. Because of the fact that hospital staff was recruited for the control group, the physician performing transesophageal echocardiography was not blinded with respect to case or control. Underdiagnosis of shunts in controls (i.e., hospital staff) is a possible limitation of our findings, postulating that less attention was paid to visualize a shunt in controls compared with migraineurs. However, interpretation of the examination was performed in a blinded fashion, and the observed difference in shunt prevalence between the migraine and control group exceeds any potential detection bias. A large autopsy study of nearly 1,000 hearts over 10 decades of age reported a patent foramen ovale in 27% of the general population,8 still significantly less than the 47% prevalence currently observed in our migraine group. Other reports describe an association of atrial septal defects and pulmonary arteriovenous malformations with migraine with aura.15–17 Considering our results, these right-to-left shunts are nonetheless very rare in patients with migraine with aura. Very recent observations support a causal link between a patent foramen ovale and migraine with aura: percutaneous closure of interatrial shunts for secondary prevention of paradoxical embolism has repeatedly been shown to reduce migraine frequency in patients with concomitant migraine with aura.15,18–21 Migraine with aura is also more common in stroke patients with a patent foramen ovale than in stroke patients without shunt, after adjusting for age and sex.22 The association of cardiac shunts with migraine with aura is a rather novel observation, and pathophysiologic explanations supporting a causal relationship are inevitably hypothetical. An obvious hypothesis encompasses right-to-left shunting of vasoactive substances usually metabolized in the pulmonary circulation. Serotonin or other substances might bypass the pulmonary circulation and initiate a migraine attack.23 Alternatively, paradoxical thromboembolism might trigger migraine attacks. The latter hypothesis goes ahead with the observation of a reduction of migraine frequency in patients started on oral anticoagulation,24,25 an observation probably not explained by the “serotonin hypothesis.” The embolic potential of a patent foramen ovale depends on its shunt size, defined by the diameter of the foramen ovale and the presence of right atrial structures preferentially directing caval blood flow to the fossa ovalis, i.e., an Eustachian valve or Chiari network.9,25 Patients with cryptogenic stroke or a TIA and a patent foramen ovale tend to have a larger shunt size than controls.26 Similar observations were made in divers with neurologic decompression symptoms after paradoxical gas embolism through a patent foramen ovale: symptomatic divers had larger shunt than asymptomatic divers with a patent foramen ovale.23,27 Our findings of larger shunt size in patients with migraine with aura compared with controls may be another clinical scenario illustrating the concept of shunt size, embolic potential, and symptoms. The “dose-response” relationship between shunt size and migraine likelihood lends further support to a causal association between them. We acknowledge that other factors are certainly as important in migraine pathophysiology as right-to-left shunting, simply because a patent foramen ovale is present in only half of patients with migraine with aura. To verify the hypothesis of a patent foramen ovale contributing to migraine attacks, a randomized clinical trial is indicated to prospectively investigate the effects of shunt closure on migraine frequency. The authors thank the hospital staff and patients for their participation and Dr. Christian Meyer, Baden, for assistance in recruiting patients. This article was previously published in electronic format as an Expedited E-Pub on September 7, 2005, at www.neurology.org. Supported by the Swiss Heart Foundation (to M.S. and C.S.). Disclosure: The authors report no conflicts of interest. Received June 8, 2005. 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__label__wiki	0.633306	0.633306	Facebook Fails to Protect Free Speech Against Hate June 20, 2015 \| in Briefings Open Action Items Publications \| Social media companies claim the best response to hate speech is more speech. The use of counter speech is an important tool in combating all forms of online hate, but it comes with some unavoidable limitations. In addition to these limitations, we are now seeing a systemic failure at Facebook which is resulting in counter speech being censored and the accounts of those advocating against hate being suspended. In the last few weeks we have seen three examples of wrongful censorship and account suspensions involving Australia. The first case involved anti-Fascist campaigner Andy Flemming and his page “slackbastard” which was reported en masse through an organised effort by members of the far right group Reclaim Australia. The page was deleted by Facebook, and Andy’s account suspended. The warnings Andy received related to nudity, although there was no nudity on the page. Facebook ultimately corrected this mistake. The second case involved the wrongful censorship of content on the anti-racist “Reclaim What” page and the 30 day suspension of its administrator. In this case one of the items of content removed by Facebook was a video posted by the page. It was removed on the basis of violating the community standards for nudity. We’re waiting for Facebook to explain how a video which was in reality only an audio track with no visuals managed to contain nudity. The final straw with this page apparently related to their cover image, shown below, which included a shattered swastika apparently reported as hate system by the neo-Nazis. The page is still down. The third case involved Clementine Ford, a freelance writer, broadcaster and public speaker. Her Facebook account has been suspended for 30 days and her page is under threat of being closed. This action by Facebook comes in response to Ford’s publication on her page of abusive comments and messages sent to her on Facebook. She is currently being flooded with abuse following an impassioned Facebook post about women’s rights which has gone viral and been liked by 203,697 people, shared by 40,327 people and attracted 20,482 comments over the last 48 hours. Some of those reports have also been for nudity, on posts which contained pictures of text. The attached image: Other examples of abuse: Clementine Ford’s post referred to Sunrise on Channel 7 and their feature on the publication on an American run website site of hundreds of private explicit photographs of women from South Australian. The Sunrise account has shared the story with the comment: “What’s it going to take for women to get the message about taking and sending nude photos?” Clementine Ford’s post stressing that what should be condemned is the sharing of private pictures without consent was part of a wider public outrage. Ford’s message that the Sunrise post was “saying it’s the responsibility of victims of crime and assault to prevent it and not the responsibility of society to make such crimes intolerable and unacceptable” hit a nerve. She highlighted women’s right to control over their own bodies, and who gets to see or touch them. The message went far beyond the question of privacy and to the root issue of violence against women. The message and the inclusion of a top-less photograph, cropped to ensure it complied with Facebook’s community standards, made the post both powerful and controversial helping it to spread rapidly. The Sunrise post mean time was revised to say “A stern warning for people who share risqué photos online”. Clementine Ford’s post is the sort of counter speech which Facebook should be protecting and promoting. The removal for nudity in each of the three cases, including when no reasonable human being could have reached that decision, suggests Facebook is removing content reported for nudity without a manual review. This opens the system up to gaming and abuse. It’s unclear what Facebook’s position is on the people posting screenshots of abusive content, where they are the victim, in order to highlight both the abuse and the abuser. From a statement by Facebook to OHPI in 2013 we know Facebook permits people to link to abusive content for the purpose of urging people to report it. The statement explained, “our policy certainly does allow people to post links to hate speech in order to condemn it and encourage others to file reports. We would not take any action to penalise a user who posts such a link in these circumstances”. It’s possible that a similar position would apply to images of abuse posted by a victim, but we call on Facebook to clarify this. In an ideal world OHPI’s recommendation would be to report the posts rather than exposing them publically. Our own approach has been to hide the identity of abusers in public content, while including it in confidential reports we share with social media platforms and police. When someone is under a barrage of abuse from a vast number of people (known as online griefing), it is unreasonable to expect them to go to the same lengths to protect those abusing them. Calling out the abusers in public is another form of counter speech, and is a relatively effective deterrent against further abuse. We call on Facebook to: Immediately reinstate the page of Reclaim What and unban its administrator Immediately reverse the ban on Clementine Ford’s personal account, and reset the level of complaints against her page so it is not removed Review the processing of complaints reported as nudity, ensuring there is a human review Clarify the position on the posting, by a victim of abuse, of screenshots showing the abuse and the Facebook name of the abuser As the action required here need to be taken by Facebook, you can best help by sharing this briefing. We will also be drawing the briefing, and our recommendations, to Facebook’s attention. We also invite you to support the work of the Online Hate Prevention Institute more generally. We are a registered Australian charity and we need your help to make an impact. Three ways to help us are: liking our Facebook page, making donation (donations are tax deductible in Australia) and joining our mailing list.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1677
__label__wiki	0.683034	0.683034	Name: Dr Oliver Buxton Dunn 15 August 2016 to present, Post-Doctoral Research Associate (PDRA), Cambridge: PDRA with the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure. I process historical sources of data (16th – 19th century) for use in numerous research projects in British early modern and modern economic and social history. I contribute to analysis and the writing of research papers and funding applications. I lecture in history and run advanced historical research methods workshops in the digital humanities with Cambridge Digital Humanities Network (CRASSH). 2 May 2015 to 15 August 2016. PDRA with the Cambridge Group. (part-time till 15th August 2016) 1 November 2014 to 14 August 2016. Consultant at Track Record Global (Brighton, UK), a digital start-up company that manages online the compliance records for suppliers of major British retailers, including John Lewis and Argos. 1 February 2009 to 1 April 2009. Research Assistant for the London School for Advanced Study, ‘Life in the Suburbs’ project under Mrs. Gill Newton. 1 February 2007 – 1 September 2010. Research Assistant with the Cambridge Group. I filmed records and collected data from archives across England and Wales. Ph.D. History and Civilisation: European University Institute, Italy (EUI), Granted 15 January 2015. Thesis title: ‘A State of Corruption. Fraud and the Birth of British Trade Taxation, c. 1550-90’. My doctoral dissertation revealed in a new light the new system of customs taxation in sixteenth-century England. An ‘eruption of corruption’ based on reports of fraud and evasion provides important detail about customs collections and the relationship between officials and the state. This activity contradicts a characterisation of the early English customs as exceptionally centralised from a European comparative perspective. Customs officers were autonomous private actors. Oversight of their practices and accounting was problematic. Accusations of corruption – a word increasingly used at the time – featured debate about how the new customs should be governed. This was a discourse that I argue influenced how British customs developed from medieval foundations. Laws and the accounting systems behind new customs were designed to protect against misdemeanours. These structures lay behind a new national customs system that lasted from 1558 till 1800. Corruption was embedded in this area of early state formation. Master of Research: European University Institute, 2010-11. Taught units in social sciences and history and global and cultural history. Preliminary research allowing for continuation of doctoral research. Ungraded. Master of Philosophy in Early Modern Studies: University of Cambridge, 2009-10. Courses on early modern themes, including ‘Visual and Material Culture’, ‘Research Skills’ and ‘Thesis Writing’. 70% Bachelor of Arts in Historical Studies: University of Bristol, 2003-6. Courses in medieval and early modern European history, including ‘Introduction to Medieval History’, ‘History of the Book’, and, ‘The Smugglers’ City’. 68% (88% for Undergraduate Research Dissertation). Transport, policy, and the British industrial revolution, 1680-1911. Funding from Keynes Fund Cambridge (£90,000). THOTH. Transcription of Objects of Tabulated Handwriting. This is a machine learning system that uses hand-written text recognition and OCR quickly convert historical tabulated information in documents into modern data. Consultancy for Aviva plc working on the digitisation of their insurance archive. Early population estimates for England (c. 1650-1690). Digitisation of hearth tax and religious censuses using OCR to estimate town-level population size in Leicestershire and Hampshire. This was a pilot funded by a Cambridge Humanities Research Grant (£50,000). This pilot has now become the basis for an ESRC application. Fuel prices in Cambridgeshire 1560-1800. (£4000 from Isaac Newton trust.) British industrial production and energy consumption by industry in 1954 and 1963. Funded by the grant ‘Who did the dirty work? Energy embodied in European and global trade, 1800-1970’, from the Swedish Research Council. Transport, Urbanization and Economic Development in England’, funded by a Leverhulme grant and the US National Science Foundation. I led research into British coasting trades and transport. I was a beneficiary of an Isaac Newton Trust grant (£50,000). Statistical analysis for The History of Energy and the Environment. Joint Center for History and Economics. Methods Fellow with the Cambridge Digital Humanities Program. I teach graduate workshops in the digital humanities, entitled: Introduction to Archival Photography, Sources to Data, Introduction to OCR, and Mapping the Past. Outline lectures on British Economic and Social History and special series of four lectures, Agricultural and Agrarian change. Alvarez-Palau, Eduard J., O. Dunn, Database of historic ports and coastal sailing routes in England and Wales, 2019 (Data in Brief). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2019.104188 Dunn, O., ‘Corrupting Practices and the New Customs of England (c.1558-70)’, online working papers Datini-Ester advanced seminar, 1/2015. Published datasets Alvarez-Palau, Eduard J and Dunn, Oliver and Bogart, Dan and Satchell, Max and Shaw-Taylor, Leigh (2019). Historical ports and sailing shipping routes in England and Wales 1540-1914. [Data Collection]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Service. 10.5255/UKDA-SN-853711 Unpublished datasets Newcastle Host Accounts, full years 1590-1600. 20,000 obs. Variable given are ship names, destination ports, cargo, tolls paid, hosts and merchant names. Handwritten text recognition software was used to collect this data. Coastal shipping using port books, years cover span the period 1649-1689. 4500 obs. Variables given are ship names, ports, and voyage dates. UK export data 1860-1914. Approx. 10,000+ observations. Destination country. Product type. Quantity. UK census of production 1954/1964. Total UK manufactures production with energy input and value of goods. Hearth tax data set for Hampshire and Leicestershire. Complete population counts based on parochial Hearth Tax Assessments circa 1670. The following can be found at: https://www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/research/projects/transport/publicationplans/ Dunn, O., ‘Coastal shipping speed and frequency before the Transport Revolution. England and Wales, 1649-1689’, (Cambridge Group for history of Population and Social Structure Working Papers). Bogart, D., O. Dunn, E. Alvarez and L.M.S. Shaw-Taylor, ‘Speedier delivery: coastal shipping times and speeds during the age of sail’, 2019 (Cambridge Group for history of Population and Social Structure Working Papers). Romola Davenport, Max Satchell, Oliver Dunn, Gill Newton and Leigh Shaw-Taylor, ‘New methodologies for the estimation of urbanisation for England c.1670 and c.1761’. Alvarez, E., Bogart, D., Shaw-Taylor, L., Dunn, O., and Satchell, A.E.M., ‘Growth before steam: A GIS approach to estimating multi-modal transport costs and productivity growth in England, 1680-1830.’ Bogart, D., Alvarez, E., Dunn, O., Satchell, A.E.M., Shaw Taylor, L. ‘Market access and urban growth in England and Wales during the pre-steam era.’ Funding awards Keynes Fund research grant (£90,000) PI Leigh Shaw-Taylor Isaac Newton Trust grant (£50,000) PI Leigh Shaw-Taylor Paderewski grant (£1,500) for the study of Polish-European history at the European Centre Natolin, Warsaw, Poland. Summer, 2013. Fees and living costs for four years of doctoral studies at the European University Institute from UK government Dept. for Business, Innovation and Skills. (£80,000 plus fees) Ellen McArthur Studentship in Economic History. University of Cambridge (£1500) April 2019, Economic History Conference. paper given: ‘Transport, policy, and the British industrial revolution, 1680-1911: The case of lighthouses’. May 2018 (session co-organiser) From Sources to Data workshop at Cambridge with the National Archives, CamPop, and Aviva plc. April 2018 (session organiser) European Social Science History Conference, ‘Comparing Transport Networks, Geographies of Political and Economic Organisation in England/Wales and in the Ottoman Empire 1600-1900’. University of Belfast. November 2017, Dockland’s History Group Seminar, ‘London’s Coastal Shipping Networks during the age of Sail: 1650-1830’. London. November 2017, Local Population Studies Society conference’ ‘Coastal shipping and ports in England and Wales, 1650-1911’. Univ. of Leicester. September 2017, European Network for the Comparative History of Population Geography and Occupational Structure conference. Presentation on transport networks and population history. Univ. of Cambridge April 2017, Agricliometrics III conference, ‘Empirical estimations of shipping costs based on commodity prices in England and Wales during the nineteenth century’. Univ. of Cambridge. April 2017, Economic History conference, ‘Coastal shipping and transport change in England and Wales, 1680-1830’. London. October 2014, co-convenor of interdisciplinary conference: ‘Materiality and practice of the border, past and present’, EUI Florence. September 2014, Shady Business, White Collar Crime in History Conference at the German Historical Institute, Washington DC. Co-sponsored by the Said Business School. (funding won) May 2014, Social History Association Conference, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK April 2014, Participant in the Datini Prato Advanced Seminar: ‘The market and its agents’, Prato, Italy (funding won) November 2013, Social Science History Association Annual Conference, Chicago: ‘The first “modern” customs and subsidies, the secretive economy, and the taint of “corrupcion” in England, 1552-91’ August 2011, Accounting History Review conference in Cardiff, Wales: ‘Malfeasance in the Elizabethan customs administration and the reaction of monarchical power’. September 2011, Forms of corruption in history conference, Sorbonne University, Paris, France: ‘Malfeasance in the Elizabethan English customs administration and the concept of “corruption” in history’.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1680
__label__cc	0.631095	0.368905	Nitric Oxide Synthases David S. Bredt Bredt DS. Bredt D.S. Bredt, David S.Nitric Oxide Synthases. In: Valle D, Antonarakis S, Ballabio A, Beaudet A, Mitchell GA. Valle D, Antonarakis S, Ballabio A, Beaudet A, Mitchell G.A. Eds. Dave Valle, et al.eds. The Online Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; . http://ommbid.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2709&sectionid=229968482. Accessed January 17, 2020. Bredt DS. Bredt D.S. Bredt, David S.. "Nitric Oxide Synthases." The Online Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease Valle D, Antonarakis S, Ballabio A, Beaudet A, Mitchell GA. Valle D, Antonarakis S, Ballabio A, Beaudet A, Mitchell G.A. Eds. Dave Valle, et al. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, , http://ommbid.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=2709&sectionid=229968482. INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF NO SYNTHASE PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS FOR NEURON-DERIVED NO ROLES FOR NO IN SKELETAL MUSCLE CELLULAR MECHANISMS REGULATING NNOS ROLE OF NO IN EXCITOTOXIC PROCESSES IN BRAIN Modern molecular biology has revealed vast numbers of large and complex proteins and nucleic acids that regulate body function. By contrast, discoveries over the past 10 years indicate that crucial features of neuronal communication, blood vessel modulation, and immune response are mediated by a remarkably simple chemical, nitric oxide (NO). Endogenous NO is generated from arginine by a family comprised of three distinct calmodulin-dependent NO synthase (NOS) enzymes. NOS from endothelial cells (eNOS) and neurons (nNOS) are both constitutively expressed enzymes, whose activities are stimulated by increases in intracellular calcium. Immune functions for NO are mediated by a calcium-independent inducible NOS (iNOS). Expression of iNOS protein requires transcriptional activation, which is mediated by specific combinations of cytokines. All three NOSs use NADPH as an electron donor and employ five enzyme cofactors to catalyze a five-electron oxidation of arginine to NO with stoichiometric formation of citrulline. Highest levels of NO throughout the body are found in neurons, where NO functions as a unique messenger molecule. In the autonomic nervous system NO functions as a major nonadrenergic noncholinergic (NANC) neurotransmitter. This NANC pathway plays a particularly important role in producing relaxation of smooth muscle in the cerebral circulation and the gastrointestinal, urogenital, and respiratory tracts. Disregulation of NOS activity in autonomic nerves plays a major role in diverse pathophysiological conditions, including migraine headache, hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, and male impotence. In the brain, NO functions as a neuromodulator and appears to mediate aspects of learning and memory. Although endogenous NO was originally appreciated as a mediator of smooth muscle relaxation, NO also plays a major role in skeletal muscle. Physiologically, muscle-derived NO regulates skeletal muscle contractility and exercise-induced glucose uptake. nNOS occurs at the plasma membrane of skeletal muscle, which facilitates diffusion of NO to the vasculature to regulate muscle perfusion. nNOS protein occurs in the dystrophin complex in skeletal muscle and NO may therefore participate in the pathophysiology of muscular dystrophy. NO signaling in excitable tissues requires rapid and controlled delivery of NO to specific cellular targets. This tight control of NO signaling is largely regulated at the level of NO biosynthesis. Acute control of nNOS activity is mediated by allosteric enzyme regulation, by posttranslational modification, and by subcellular targeting of the enzyme. nNOS protein levels are also dynamically regulated by changes in gene transcription, which affords long-lasting changes in tissue NO levels. While NO normally functions as a physiological neuronal mediator, excess production of NO mediates brain injury. Overactivation of glutamate receptors associated with cerebral ischemia and other excitotoxic processes results in massive release of NO. As a free radical, NO is inherently reactive and mediates cellular toxicity by damaging critical metabolic enzymes and by reacting with superoxide to form peroxynitrite, an even more potent oxidant. Through these mechanisms, NO appears to play a major role in the pathophysiology of stroke, Parkinson disease, Huntington disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Nitric oxide, whose ...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1681
__label__cc	0.704139	0.295861	Gender Role Essay Examples Feminist criticism (gender role) - english - essay 1744 words - 7 pages Ortiz 2 Maria Angelika Louisse B. Ortiz English 110 “Comp, Lit, Critical Thinking” Online Class Professor: Ms. Jessica Powers Assignment: Essay#3 First Draft March 23, 2018 Feminist criticism (gender role) Feminine remorse is a good thing because its purpose is to understand men's literature that women are shown in various ways to their men who help show how we live and see many things in black and white because boys are raised and they join the sport that can be considered violent like football or play violent games that shape their mind and body but this feminine churner opens our eyes. When we look at both sides and understand the differences in how women in the youth say, "you need to VIEW DOCUMENT Gender inequality. The Assignment was to discuss about women and men role. - CCBC - Assignment 728 words - 3 pages superheroes movies, from recent studies, we have noticed that the media is consciously or not, spreading words concerning gender inequality between males and females in this society. First, women are underrepresented, and hyper-sexualized. Talking about sexuality, we are seeing on television, magazines women half naked, pretending to be helpless, or in need of something, and men around the model or actor holding her strongly like he is her protector. Basically, the media is supporting the idea that woman major role is more likely to search for romance, and attention. Hence, women tend to have the insignificant helpless maiden roles to represent. As I said above, women are underrepresented; the way VIEW DOCUMENT Gender role and lessons played in Lanval - English 201 - research paper 964 words - 4 pages English-201 December 6, 2018 The gender role and lessons played in Lanval. In stories and literatures, we tend to always see the male characters as the heroes. They are always in charge, they always come to the rescue whenever something is wrong, no matter what the situation is, they are always the hero of the day. In Lanval by Marie De France, the role completely switched, and a woman is the hero. Aside from dismantling gender stereotypes, Marie De France also introduced temptation motif, love/loyalty, abuse of power and manipulation in her story. Lanval known for his “valour, generosity, beauty, and prowess” (De France 73) was one of King Arthur’s knights and was always overlooked. It all VIEW DOCUMENT 746 words - 3 pages Maria Angelika Louisse B. Ortiz Early Childhood Education “333 - AA-Observation & Assessment” Professor: Ms. Nicole Porter Assignment: Child Portfolio April 30, 2018 ~ Child E- Portfolio Outline 1. Introduction · Teaching Philosophy · My teaching philosophy is focused on many different aspects of Early Childhood Learning. I will try everything to discuss and include all the different goals that I am trying to become a future teacher. · First, I would like to discuss the importance of a quality Early Childhood Environment. It is important to provide an environment that is bright and nutritious, which will stimulate and rejoice without sacrificing safety. Child safety and well-being are VIEW DOCUMENT Compare and Contrast Gender Roles - ENC 1101 - Essay 790 words - 4 pages . Mohammed Ali presented gender roles in a non-traditional way by reversing the powers that men and women can have for each other to be respected. My Father’s Sadness by Shirley Lim is a poem that uses figurative language, but also literary elements to demonstrate gender roles. Lim uses the literary elements, such as tone and theme in the poem. In the short story, the author uses tone to show the interaction of the feelings the character has on the father dying. Lim has also used the literary element theme to give a clear message that responsibilities come first. Demonstrating the role of a man and his responsibilities represent the gender roles. Highlighting a man’s burden in society is VIEW DOCUMENT Gender Revolution - How "gender" has evolved - Gender in Communications - Essay 2180 words - 9 pages of society's gender stereotypes. It provides the examples of what we learned in chapter one that gender and sex are not interchangeable, they have very distinct meanings. “Sex is based on Biology assigned at birth and gender is socially constructed and expressed. It includes one’s internal sense of self as a woman, man, or neither (gender identity), the external communication of one’s gender identity through clothing, hairstyles, behavior, and voice (gender expression), as well as the cultural expectations assigned to one’s sex (gender role). For many people, sex and gender are consistent; most children assigned male at birth eventually identify as men and most assigned female eventually VIEW DOCUMENT 637 words - 3 pages Gender refers to socially learned traits, behavior, and attitudes associated with expected of, men and woman (Farley 189). These so called learned traits are more often known as gender roles, which can be defined as roles that society expects people tp play, according to their sex ( Farley 189). Each gender has a particular and specific role that they are expected to play and can take a variety of different forms. For example gender roles are found in the workplace, at school, and at the home. Men and woman are expected to fulfill certain job occupations and act a certain way. The men are expected to have a position of superiority over woman, such as being managers and doctors. A man who VIEW DOCUMENT World travels and global humility - university of uiowa/ global negotiations - Essays 1198 words - 5 pages outside appearance we can see. We cannot focus just on physical characteristics. Physical characteristics play a role in the “gender determination is an everyday interaction” (Westbrook and Schilt 319). Interacting with people can form a perspective on information on their specific gender identity. Gender integrated spaces are more likely to use identity- based criteria, while gender-segregated spaces, likely the sexual spaces we have previously examined. For instance, designated bathrooms for all genders. Section 2: Applying Gender Gender equality still struggles with differences every day. The issues with gender roles in our societies has impacted my life with being raise with 2 brothers and VIEW DOCUMENT Sexism Essay 1130 words - 5 pages Gender identity is the base that forms individuals' perceptions about their role in society. Australia, as a liberal democratic nation ensures equality of opportunity for all members of the society, regardless of their gender (Study Guide 1007AMC 1999). However, it could be argued that gender based inequalities still exist in the Australian contemporary society. In order to investigate gender discrimination, the terms sexism and feminism will be defined. Secondly, gender inequalities will be discussed according to the Faucauldian feminist Sandra Lee Barkty, Simon French and R.W. Connell. Finally, statistical information will provide further evidence in relation to female discrimination.In VIEW DOCUMENT Can men and women share equal rights or is a new inequality just formed - Class - Essay 2180 words - 9 pages sexes (The British Library, 2018). Women began to fight for the right to vote, education, health, and many other opportunities. Gender equality issue has been improving over years however, women have not achieved equal chances completely until today. Nowadays, women are proved to perform better in education, however, men are receiving a higher pay in the workplace. Can both men and women really share equal rights or is a new inequality just formed? Gender equality is possible and achievable in the future. This essay will examine the positive future of gender equality in education, position and gender role. Men and women have equal rights towards education in the UK nowadays as it is not based on VIEW DOCUMENT A feminist perspective about what constitutes being a woman - GWST 4113 - essay 632 words - 3 pages gender in biology. Women are therefore those with female biology and feminine qualities. Wittig desires the destruction of this binary and claims that, “for what makes a woman is a specific social relation to a man” (108). It is impossible to be a woman if one is not heterosexual because the role of a woman is constructed by the patriarchy in relation to males comparative to a master-slave relationship. Like Wittig’s argument that lesbians are not women, Lugones argues that black women are not women. This notion is rooted in colonialism in which gender originated as a social construction. For Lugones, only white women are ‘allowed’ to possess gender while black women are deemed ‘sex’ and VIEW DOCUMENT Why Read First Essay Assignemtn - English - Essay 868 words - 4 pages Eliza into an ideal lady. These two narratives show how unrealistic and even unnatural the expectations that society often has for women are. Pygmalion's perfect woman can only be attained with an artificial construct, a sculpture. Similarly, the ideal noble lady of British society in the world of Shaw's play is a kind of fake, only a role that Eliza must learn to play. Pygmalion can thus be seen as showing how oppressive unrealistic ideals of femininity can be: to attain these ideals, Eliza has to be coached, disciplined, and taught. She has to pretend to be someone other than who she really is. The play further explores gender roles with its other female characters. As it is set in the early VIEW DOCUMENT Why Read First Essay Assignment - English 120 04 - Essay Women and Gender Studies: Gender Inequality - ENC1102 - Essay 1613 words - 7 pages entire society at risk of collapse. Also, the wellbeing of children is directly related to the overall welfare of their mothers. Therefore, any form of discrimination that might cause psychological stress in women also invariably compromises the wellbeing of children. Moreover, gender inequality results in strained and unhappy marriages which eventually affect how children are raised. In a society where women are discriminated against, their role in the household is limited to making decisions on issues concerning the home such as cooking and home décor (Kabeer 193). In external matters such as family income and investments, the decision-making process is mostly left to the husband. This VIEW DOCUMENT “The gender dynamics of Stardust and The Witches." - 20th Century Children's Fiction, NUIG - Essay 1526 words - 7 pages heavily with the traditional male role in fairy-tales. The gender dynamics of The Witches are unconventional in the sense that the young boy contradicts the perception of children in fairy-tales – cheeky, greedy, magic bean buying and lie-telling little creatures. If anything, the boy is a personification of the perfect grandson – he is clever, respectful, and utterly besotted with his Grandmamma: “I gazed up at my grandmother, who sat there like some ancient queen on her throne” (Dahl 14). The honest nature of the young boy conflicts with the common thread in fairy-tales of a naughty children in need of discipline. Moreover, the idea of such an impressionable male character, being central to VIEW DOCUMENT Power: Women of the Twelfth Night - UCF/ENL 3222 - Assignment Essay 910 words - 4 pages desires to achieve throughout the play. And it is most predominant with the female characters. In Twelfth Night, Shakespeare demonstrates through comical satire and gender role reversal how characters of different perceived classes act in order to expose the unjust power structure in their own society. Twelfth Night begins with a comical take on the gender role reversal of Lady Viola. Lady Viola disguises herself as a eunuch to travel independently in the society without a male support. Since she also wanted to serve Duke Orsino who had all male servants, she had to disguise herself as a man. She states to the captain “Oh, that I served that lady And might not be delivered to the world, Till I had VIEW DOCUMENT self identity - finding inner self - uni - essay 1192 words - 5 pages that young people are confronted with on a regular basis impacting their perception of self. In addition, Gender expectations amongst young people challenge aspects of self-identity. (“Gender identity & Roles \| Feminine Traits & sterotypes,”2018) states that a gender role is a social role that includes a range of actions and behaviours that are considered adequate based on their realistic sex. In conjunction, Disney Princesses are depicted to teach lessons that could hypothetically harm a young girls self- identity (Jonney217, 2011). With this intention recognized, fairy tales, as an example Cinderella, express messages to young children that have significant meanings. The story teaches VIEW DOCUMENT Gender Roles: Describe The Gender Roles In "A Rose For Emily" And "Papas Waltz" In Their Respective Stories 925 words - 4 pages by nature. An individual gender role is molded through socialization. Individuals learn the ways, traditions, norms, and rules of getting along with others. A persons environment has a big influence on the roles deemed accurately for men and women. In "A Rose for Emily," we see the effects of socially given gender roles for a women along with the same social perception upon the male adult in the poem "My Papa's Waltz."Both show images of gender roles in their respective ways.For many generations status has been the envy and the demise of many people. William Faulkner intriguingly depicts status, society, and the role of women in his short fiction "A Rose for Emily." He implies status causes VIEW DOCUMENT Nature vs Nurture: The Dichotomy of Gender Roles - Inver Hills Community College: Intro to Academic Writing - Essay 866 words - 4 pages Nature vs Nurture: The Dichotomy of Gender Roles The belief that gender roles are inherently biological is a cultural fallacy, which can lead to an inability to effectively communicate when we do not assess each individual’s personality. Research of this topic is necessary in order to learn how to completely understand how to communicate. When trying to communicate with an individual there are more variables than simply gender that need to be assessed. However, there are many ways that society implies that this is not necessary. While human biology dictates whatever sex we are, the way that we are raised is what ultimately determines how masculine or feminine a person acts or feels. Our VIEW DOCUMENT little women and my antonia paper - bakersfield college history - essay 1749 words - 7 pages weakened the gender-stereotypical roles seen in Jo and Laurie's relationship, they both no longer have expectations on how a female or male should act based off their sex. In her novel My Antonia, Cather has distinct gender roles within her female characters. Most of Cather's female characters tended to play a not so feminine role, they had great independence for they had jobs and raised families. Willa Cather herself could have very well been a upcoming feminist in her time since she overcame the stereotypes of women and placed them in positions of power in her novel. Not only did Cather make her main character Antonia reject society's gender rules but she also made all the other women have VIEW DOCUMENT Rohingya Crisis through feminist lens - earlham - essay 2105 words - 9 pages Gender-Based Violence in Rohingya Crisis Through a Feminist Lens Srija Banerjee This paper intends on bringing to the forefront the experiences, overshadowed narrative and overall role of women in the Rohingya Crisis. The conflict will be analysed through a feminist lens, specifically the text, “Feminist International Relations: A Contradiction in Terms? Or: Why Women and Gender Are Essential to Understanding the World 'We' Live in ” by Gillian Youngs. I will expand upon gender-based violence that has not only been used as a strategic tool of warfare, but is also prevalent within refugee camps as a consequence of unequal racial and gender power dynamics. This paper makes the claim that VIEW DOCUMENT Change of Gender Roles in The Shining - University of Colorado Boulder/ Horror Films in American Culture - Essay 637 words - 3 pages children. The film comments on this changing role of the father as head of the family. During the same time the movie, The Shining, was released The United States was experiencing a revolutionary faction: The Women’s Liberation Movement. During this time, gender roles and expectations were changing. Like many debated and controversial topics, the argument of women’s liberation manifested itself in different types of media. The Shining is a good example of this because the film addresses many social issues, one being gender and family role expectations. As parents, it is Jack and Wendy’s (Shelley Duvall) responsibility to take care of their son, Danny (Danny Lloyd). In the movie, Jack VIEW DOCUMENT Gender Roles: The Times They Aren't A Changin' 482 words - 2 pages Gender Differences and Persuasion: The Times, They Aren't a Changin'Although women's roles have changed drastically, particularly within the past 40 years, women "are perceived negatively when they try to be direct, assertive, and forceful." Unfortunately, this forces women to have to work harder then men in order to be taken seriously. As a male, gender differences in persuasion are an important consideration that I should take into account in the future when dealing with women, both on a personal and a professional level.In dealing with my own personal relationships with women, I have always considered myself to be open to a woman's beliefs and ideas based on who she is as a person. I VIEW DOCUMENT Canadians aim for closing wage gap - Centennial - essay 626 words - 3 pages education and contribution in the labour force. Therefore, creating more fair and just society, equitable wealth distribution for all genders and progressive most demand public policies on shared prosperity. Another point to consider is that fortifies the economy as a whole. Closing the gender gap in employment will profit the economy and every citizen of the country’s play a vital role in the workforce. Equal opportunities at workplaces can boost economic growth. Most mothers are currently contributing a huge level of annual household income. Men and women are devoted in their job recognizing them as equivalent to their male colleagues and compensating them accordingly will contribute to VIEW DOCUMENT The Gender Wage Gap in the past and present - Ryerson University, Sociology - Research essay 2493 words - 10 pages in which is highlighting the presence culture has and its role in development upon self-identity and behavior. Over a period of time, cultures impact on personal growth is capable of altering societal views on certain topics and correlated events; leading to unexpected and seemingly unwarranted outcomes. Hence, it is conceivable to believe that there may be a connection between the gender wage gap and the cultural exposure each individual has adapted to because of the fact that many of our actions and thoughts are influenced by culture. Functionalism believes that every aspect within society serves a particular role, however, it is up to debate upon where these initial roles first come into VIEW DOCUMENT Gender and Sexuality in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night - USI and Shakespeare - Essay 2012 words - 9 pages also part of Shakespeare's legacy and help bring up questions of gender identity and break down a binary system that being either masculine or feminine is more of a role we put on rather than an assignment given at birth (Sarnelli). While gender was seen as binary and something you couldn't chose in the Elizabethan era, Shakespeare gives us multiple examples in his plays where women can present themselves as male and suddenly have masculine personalities and attributes. We can also see that he didn't view sexuality as cut and dry either, creating relationships that break down heteronormative ideas. I believe the more we explore Shakespeare's work and break down socially built norms VIEW DOCUMENT Subvert gender stereotype in case of Gone With the Wind - Canada college ENGL 100 - Essay 1338 words - 6 pages and upper body partly exposed sends a clear message that male dominance and female passivity, which reinforce the gender stereotype. Points: · However such image never complete in reality, and this is precisely the point: Scarlett and Rhett eventually devoiced because of her inability and unwillingness to do more than feign the role of submissive wife. Although caught in the powerful patriarchy, Scarlett exposes its fallacies and her determination to rail against it by violating it throughout at price of loneliness. · If not for Rhett’ stereotypical view on her wife, they could have end up in happiness. Thus, to fight against gender stereotypes is in urgent need. VIEW DOCUMENT The Concept Of Social Identity, Social Class,Gender And Ethnicity 1730 words - 7 pages Social Identity is the understanding of who we are, and reciprocally, other people's understanding of themselves. Richard Jenkins believed that this social identity is achieved through socialization within social groups. He argued that by placing themselves in the role of others, people, particularly children, gain a greater understanding of the role that they should play. For example, a six-year-old girl playing "mommy" with her dolls will, as she gets into the role, begin to understand what a mother expects from a daughter and will, in response, be able to perform her own role as a daughter better. This is known as the play stage.Identity taking or role-playing is, according to Tony VIEW DOCUMENT Societal Gender Roles Through Texts - English 2850 - Essay 2370 words - 10 pages supposed to be softer compared to the man because women are usually seen as being more empathetic. As a result, gender roles can be easily viewed throughout texts from the 1600s and 1700s such as Tartuffe by Moliere, Candide by Voltaire and Story of the Duchess of C* by Mary S. Trouille, demonstrating that over time gender roles often lead to degradation of a woman’s character. Word Count: 2,303 Works Cited Page “Gender Role \| Definition of Gender Role in English by Oxford Dictionaries.” Oxford Dictionaries \| English, Oxford Dictionaries, en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/gender_role. Moliere. Tartuffe. Third ed., D, The Norton Anthology World Literature, 1664. Parenthood, Planned. “Gender Identity & Roles \| Feminine Traits & Stereotypes.” Planned Parenthood, www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/sexual-orientation-gender/gender-gender-identity/what-are-gender-roles-and-stereotypes. Trouille, Mary S. Story of The Duchess of C*. G. Nicholson, 1800. Voltaire. Candide. Third ed., D, The Norton Anthology World Literature, 1759. VIEW DOCUMENT The Gender Roles in the Odyssey Oral - Harvard University - Ancient Studies / History 773 words - 4 pages , University of Michigan Press, Michigan. Essays, UK, 2018, ‘The Role of Women in the Odyssey English Literature’ accessed 13 March 2019, Retrieved from https://www.ukessays.com/essays/english-literature/the-role-of-woman-in-the-odyssey-english-literature-essay.php?vref=1 Lang, B, 2001, ‘Classical Philology – The Role of Women in the Odyssey’, Chicago Press, Vol. 96, No. 4, pp. 355-359. Whittaker, H, 2007, ‘Gender Roles in the Odyssey’, New York Publisher, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 12-17. 1 VIEW DOCUMENT Cinderella ate my daughter rhetorical devices - English AP - essay 1126 words - 5 pages that girls could celebrate their predilection for pink without compromising 2 Orozco strength or ambition.” she says this because she is trying to not read so much into certain things and sometimes things are just as they say/look to seem without trying to demean them. Throughout the novel, Orenstein's tone played a big role and with her tone, you were able to really understand with her views on gender bias at young girls ages. “Where was i to understand the new culture of little girls, from toddler to “tween,” to help decipher the potential impact if any - of the images and ideas they were absorbing about who they should be, what they should buy, what made them girls? “ Just by the VIEW DOCUMENT gender notions and the analysis of its effects on society - ccny - critique 1515 words - 7 pages Bin, Leslie, Cimpian. (2017). Gender stereotypes about intellectual ability emerge early and influence children’s interest. Science, 1-3. Purpose High intellectual ability is associated with men more than women because of stereotypes. This association influences many women into thinking they should not pursue certain professional fields and therefore discourages them from going forward into such fields. Children as young as 6 acquire this dissociation and endorse it. The purpose of this study was to analyze how acquisition of gendered notions on brilliance effect a child. A series of studies were conducted to analyze findings in order to make a feasible hypothesis. It was not until study VIEW DOCUMENT Messages and symbols in othello - English - Essay 909 words - 4 pages and Bianca and Cassio could not be together because of social status. Nimrea, A. (n.d.). Othello. Retrieved December 04, 2017, from https://www.classicsnetwork.com/essays/power-in-relation-to-class-gender- and/622 Klatt, J. (n.d.). Gender In Othello. Retrieved December 04, 2017, from http://www.literatureclassics.com/essays/622/ Role of gender in Othello. (n.d.). Retrieved December 04, 2017, from https://www.ukessays.com/essays/english-literature/role-of-gender-in-othell o.php Evans, G. L. (1972). Shakespeare. Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd. Rogers, L. W. (1972). 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Vaida Voevod nr. 55A Cluj-Napoca, Cluj 400174 http://calebn.wordpress.com Scholarly Papers (6) Research and Science Today No. 1(5)/2013 Number of pages: 311 Posted: 09 Apr 2013 Flavius Marcau, Elena Adam, Elena Triscas, Raluca-Maria Nicoara, Ruben Ivan, Paul Duta, Ioan Panait, Viorella Manolache, Alin Andronache, Andreea Trandafir, Anda Taropa-Iacob, Andreea-Emilia Duta, Costel Iordan, Oana Alexandra Alexa, Mihaela Ciorei, Isabella Cristiana Sima, Mihaela Mateiu, Elena Nisipeanu, Alexandra Calin, Katalin Harangus, Filip Vladimir Edu, Aurelia Camelia Marin, Nica Aser, Bogdan Laura, Monika Moga, Dana Vulpasu, Elena-Alis Costescu, Cristina-Elena Ciuntuc, Caleb Otniel Traian Nechifor, Cosmina Cristescu, Cristina Pipos and Alexandra Manescu University Constantin Brancusi of Targu-Jiu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Babes-Bolyai University, Babes-Bolyai University, Babes-Bolyai University, Romanian Diplomatic Institute, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romanian Academy - Institute of Political Sciences and International Relations, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, University of Bucharest, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, University Constantin Brancusi of Targu-Jiu, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Babes-Bolyai University, Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Transilvania University of Brasov, Transilvania University of Brasov, Universitatea Constantin Brâncoveanu, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (NSPSPA), Babes-Bolyai University - Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Transilvania University of Brasov, National School of Political and Administrative Studies, Babes-Bolyai University, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Liceul Crestin Pro Deo, Transilvania University of Brasov, Transilvania University of Brasov and University Constantin Brancusi of Targu-Jiu Rome, Cholera Epidemics, Conlict, Strategy, Romania, Security, Money Market, Development Conceptul De Profeţie Mesianică În Vechiul Testament: Definire Şi Statistic (The Messianic Prophecy Concept in the Old Testament: Definition and Statistics) Studia UBB Theologica Graeco-Catholica Varadiensis, Cluj-Napoca, LVII, 2,pp. 69-78, 2012 prophet, prophecy in Old Testament, messianic prophecy, law of probability, fulfilment Research and Science Today Supplement Research and Science Today Supplement 2013 Number of pages: 312 Posted: 04 Mar 2015 Pompiliu-Nicolae Constantin, Marius Vrancianu, Ciprian Todea, Krisztina Sandor, Crucita Baciu, Alina Buzaianu, Andreea-Emilia Duta, Ion Panait, Iulian Popa, Paul Duta, Flavius Marcau, Mihaela Ciorei, Mariana Galeru, Katalin Harangus, Horia Schiau, Filip Vladimir Edu, Angela Marculescu, Claudiu Marian, Aurelia Camelia Marin, Stefan-Claudiu Marin, Emilia Costescu, Alexandra Manescu, Alina Ciobanu, Ana-Maria Hojbota, Elena Popovici, Marius Nicoara, Caleb Otniel Traian Nechifor, Raluca Dima, Nicusor Tuca and Carmen Lazar University of Bucharest, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Babes-Bolyai University, Babes-Bolyai University, Babes-Bolyai University, Romanian Diplomatic Institute, University of Bucharest, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Babe?-Bolyai University, Romanian Diplomatic Institute, University Constantin Brancusi of Targu-Jiu, University Constantin Brancusi of Targu-Jiu, Transilvania University of Brasov, Transilvania University of Brasov, Transilvania University of Brasov, Transilvania University of Brasov, Transilvania University of Brasov, Babes-Bolyai University, Universitatea Constantin Brâncoveanu, University Constantin Brancusi of Targu-Jiu, University Constantin Brancusi of Targu-Jiu, University Constantin Brancusi of Targu-Jiu, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University - Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University - Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, Transilvania University of Brasov, Babes-Bolyai University, Liceul Crestin Pro Deo, Babes-Bolyai University, Ovidius University of Constan?a and Babe?-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca Social Sciences, Economic Sciences, Legal Sciences, Humanities, Education Sciences, Engineering, Medicine, Sport Baptism in Water: Its Foundation, Form and Formula Studia UBB Theologia Reformata Transylvanica, Cluj-Napoca, pp. 90-99. water baptism, the Trinitarian formula, repentance baptism, proselyte baptism, nations’ baptism The Implications of the Baptism's Forms in the Ecclesial Context STUDIA UNIVERSITATIS BABEŞ–BOLYAI THEOLOGIA GRAECO-CATHOLICA VARADIENSIS, Cluj-Napoca, pp. 37-46 Posted: 12 Apr 2013 water baptism, membership in a Church, infants baptism, adult baptism, recognize baptism in different denominations Water Baptism: Conditions and Consequences STUDIA UNIVERSITATIS BABEŞ-BOLYAI THEOLOGIA GRAECO-CATHOLICA VARADIENSIS, Cluj-Napoca,pp. 93-106 baptism of Jesus, repentance baptism, baptism and membership, baptism’ conditions, the commanded baptism	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1693
__label__cc	0.530357	0.469643	Joint Developments: Making sure the developer doesn’t get the joint by Matt Goodwin This article appeared in the December 2014 issue of Club Life. I was recently at a club discussing a joint development proposal when a witty member asked the group “Do you know why it’s called a joint development? Because the developer gets the joint!” On a serious note, the development of club land has recently come into the spotlight in discussions regarding the McKell Institute Report “Meeting the Shortfall: How clubs can provide affordable social services in our communities”. The report discussed the unique position that clubs are in to provide services to the community from childcare through to retirement villages. Some clubs may have the financial resources and skill set to develop their unused land on their own but for most clubs this isn’t a reality. That is, the club may be “land rich” but, relatively speaking, “cash poor”. This means that if a club wants to consider developing its land it needs to enter into some form of partnership with a developer who has the skill set, financial resources and ability to oversee and manage a development. So what things should your club consider if it wants to develop its land? The first tip is to start early and work out what the club wants and what is possible to achieve given the land (and resources) the club has. Some developers may not offer a club the full value of its potential site, claiming that the development will benefit the club by attracting additional members and guests into the area. For some clubs, this may be an acceptable outcome. If a club is desperate for short-term cash then it is unlikely to be in a strong bargaining position with a potential developer. However, if your club is able to start early it can seek advice, consider the best way to maximise any potential site and gain a better understanding of what the site is worth with/without a development. Your club can take this information out to tender, obtain and consider offers from different developers and ensure the club gets the best possible deal for the club. Secondly, clubs need to be mindful of provisions of the Registered Clubs Act in relation to core and non-core property. Early planning allows the club to consult and discuss the idea of developing club land with its members. Engaging members early on can help a club persuade members of the need for, and benefits of, a potential development. The members may elect to declare the relevant site “non-core” or “non-core for a particular purpose”, which can provide an assurance to a potential developer that a potential barrier to the development has been removed. Many reputable developers are conscious that if the club fails to gain support from the members any proposed development may grind to a costly halt. Thirdly, get everything in writing, dot your “i”s and cross your “t”s and don’t sign anything without first getting advice. Depending on the structure of a joint development, a relationship with a developer can span a considerable period of time. Merely operating on handshakes and loosely based agreements expose a club to considerable risks. Clubs need to ensure that they have comprehensive written agreements that protect the club for foreseen and unforeseen eventualities. When developing any property there will always be unforeseen circumstances. A properly drafted document will set out mechanisms to resolve disputes and deal with unforeseen eventualities. There are always potential risks with any development. However, seeking advice early, having a clear plan of what the club hopes to achieve and ensuring that all risks and rewards are clearly documented in a comprehensive legally binding agreement ensures that a club is in the best position to mitigate those risks. A successful development on club land can be a richly rewarding experience for the club and the community and can mean that your members get a much better joint. For more information contact Matt Goodwin or Anthony Gavan. Click on the image below to see the article as it appeared in Club Life December 2014.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1695
__label__cc	0.618088	0.381912	The longest established model and actors agency in Europe. PHA MODEL & CASTING AGENCY. PHA Casting PHA Creatives PHA Kids PHA Models Tag: pha Martin Gibbons: Life as a Casting Director October 24, 2017 by phamodelandcasting, posted in casting, Icon Actors, Rare Talent It’s Monday afternoon and we’re joined in the PHA studio by Casting Director Martin Gibbons to find out all about how he became a casting director and why he never followed his dream of becoming a footballer. Martin it’s so great to have you back in the studio again. We’ve been wanting to ask for a while how exactly did you become a casting director? It all spanned from setting up my own theatre company back in 2003 called Monkeywood where I gained experience casting for theatre. At the time I was an actor working for a telecoms company before I was made redundant. My next step came when I landed the job as a casting assistant working at Emma Stafford Casting. I learnt so much in my 5 years there before eventually setting up on my own. What’s your history both in acting & casting? I’ve been acting ever since I was 12, my first ever role was the back end of a donkey in a pantomime, thrilling I know. My mum and dad used to put on amateur shows which I’d sell programmes at so I’ve spent my whole life around actors. I didn’t grow up wanting to be an actor, I wanted to be a footballer and even went to University to study Sports Science. I still did lots of acting on the side before setting up Monkeywood. Which casting are you most proud of? Hands down it has to be Chris Morris’ film Four Lions, it was incredible to be a part of. I’m also really proud of the work I did casting for the BBC Short film ‘Sleeping Lions’ which won awards. Funnily enough we cast that in this very studio. One of the recent things I cast for which I’m really proud of has to be the commercial for ‘This Girl Can’ which also won awards. What’s the worst thing you’ve experienced go wrong in a casting? I was casting for a Hovis Farmer’s commercial, it was a group casting of 4 and the idea was for them to run towards the camera before jumping over a tiny fence. We filmed it in a car park in Chorlton where one guy ended up falling and tore his leg open, there was blood everywhere. What’s the most unusual thing you’ve been asked to do in a casting? I could write a whole book! The strangest one though would have to be when I had to propose to a man to get their reaction on camera. One guy didn’t take it too well. What are your plans for Martin Gibbons casting moving forward? Well, things are getting busier which is obviously great. I’m blessed enough to say that I love my job so I intend on growing even further. I feel a real sense of achievement with every job that I take on so continuing with that will be a success. We hear you also do a bit of directing from time to time, are you working on anything at the minute? I’m currently directing ‘Just Sayin’ as part of JB Shorts in November which is very exciting for me. I’ve also got some great things lines up for next year as I’ll be directing ‘The Manchester Project’ at HOME Theatre as part of the Push Season in January and ‘Witch’ with Bolton Octagon in May. Any advice for an aspiring actor coming to cast with you? The main thing I see from actors is that they have it in their heads that we are here to trick them or catch them out. Trust me we want you to brilliant so go into every casting with the confidence that you’re here because we believe in you. What sets you apart from other casting directors? Ooh that’s a good question. I get told quite a lot that I make people feel comfortable and relaxed in a room and because I direct as well I’m able to give good direction to get the most out of a person. What is it you like most about casting at PHA? There’s a whole host of reasons I love casting here. The studio space is huge which makes it perfect for a big casting. I’ve done all sorts here, football, dance, running you name it! The staff are also amazing and very welcoming which makes me feel right at home every time I return. View the Commercial for This Girl Can here. Team PHA x Tagged actors, awards, bbc, Bolton Octagon, casting, casting agency, casting director, cdg, commercial, corporate, Film, HOME, Industry, manchester, martin, martin gibbons, Monkeywood, pha, play, production, television, theatre, tv, TV Advert, ukLeave a comment LOOSE WOMEN: #MyBodyMyStory August 31, 2017 August 31, 2017 by phamodelandcasting, posted in casting, phamodels We caught up with PHA beauty Rachel Peru following her recent appearance on Loose Women as part of the #MyBodyMyStory campaign. Here’s what she had to say: How did you first get involved with the campaign? Inspired by the Loose Women #MyBodyMyStory campaign Mya Fawcitt photographer from Silvery Moon Photography put a call out on Facebook for any willing volunteers to have their photographs taken wearing only their underwear to help promote body positivity. I volunteered immediately as I think it’s something that really needs to be encouraged more and having two teenage daughters of my own I can see how important it is that we try and challenge the medias portrayal of beauty. Women in today’s society are put under so much pressure from a young age to look a certain way when in fact we should be embracing our individuality and judging others a lot less. Would you say that you’ve always had the confidence to do something like this? I have always struggled with my body shape and particularly my chest size 34FF as I was always bigger than all my friends growing up which definitely knocked my self confidence. It wasn’t until I turned 40 that I began to accept and love myself and embrace my curves which I now love. Can you tell us a bit more about the other women in the photo with you? We are a mixed group of 12 women, some friends some complete strangers, ranging from 23 to 57, with a very mixed bag of body issues. The photographer Mya also did the shoot in her underwear so everyone was equal. What have you been up to since shooting the Facebook campaign? Since the shoot and sharing our photos on social media I have been live on Radio Leeds with Mya and Laura to talk about body positivity and then we got the call from the Loose Women team. I don’t think anyone involved had thought past the initial photo day so to then go on live TV in our underwear was a completely different level, however as we all now talk most days I can see the difference in confidence levels so everyone was happy to do it. What was the highlight of your day on Loose Women? We all had a fabulous day with Loose Women and I have to admit the glass of Prosecco prior to going on helped. The whole point of this was to remind women that we all have our own body stories and society’s perception of beauty needs to be challenged. The whole group came away from the studio feeling liberated and happy that they’ve got involved. The icing on the cake was the afternoon tea treat on a London tour bus where we relaxed, drank tea, Prosecco and ate lots of yummy cakes. I didn’t know any of these women before hand and they have become real friends and I have been completely inspired by them. Make sure to follow us on Instagram Twitter & Facebook for more inspirational stories and to keep up to date with what our models are getting up to. Love PHA x Tagged #mybodymystory, Appearence, bodypositivity, Campaign, Girl Power, Inspirational Women, Loose Women, model, pha, tvLeave a comment Behind The Scenes: Mallory Knox Music Video July 14, 2017 July 14, 2017 by phamodelandcasting, posted in phamodels Mallory Knox is an English Rock band from Cambridge. In 2013 they released their debut album Signals which managed to reach 33 in the UK charts. They have recently released their third album Wired earlier this year. We have luckily had a huge honour of having our model Natalie Taylor take part in their most recent music video for their new album Wired. See below for more behind the scenes shots of Natalie shooting with Mallory Knox in Manchester earlier this week. Stay tuned to see the final edit! In the mean-time here is a link to their music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpIlGnzxMSw Great work Natalie! Tagged band, bigshed, blogger, commercial, culture, fashion, featured, female, malloryknox, manchester, modelagency, models, music, natalietaylor, pha, phamodels, rock, rockmusic, summer, talent, writingLeave a comment	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1702
__label__wiki	0.851353	0.851353	LEGAL-COURTS POLITICS-GOVT BUSINESS CHURCH CULTURE EDUCATION LEGAL-COURTS MEDIA MISSIONS NATIONAL SECURITY PERSECUTION POLITICS-GOVT PRO-LIFE SCIENCE & TECH PERSPECTIVES 'Dreamers' a misnomer, says Christian educator Chad Groening (OneNewsNow.com) A Christian apologist is weighing in on use of the word "dreamers" to describe people who are in the U.S. illegally and who have, in essence, broken the law. President Trump has taken heat from conservative members of his own party for working with Democrats Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer to find a solution to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program – a program put in place by former President Barack Obama without congressional approval. Trump has called for an end to DACA, but has tasked Congress with creating a solution for what to do with "Dreamers" – individuals now living in the United States because they accompanied their parents when they entered the country illegally. Dr. Alex McFarland is a Christian apologist and director for Christian Worldview and Apologetics at North Greenville University in South Carolina. The term "dreamer," he says, obscures the truth and should not be used. "We've got to remember that we're talking about people who have skirted the law, either intentionally or by virtue of being part of a family," he tells OneNewsNow. "We need to use the word 'felon' [instead] because people who break the law – especially invading a country without going through the channels – they need to be helped to understand that we do not have open borders." When justice is applied selectively, it overrides the rule of law, McFarland adds. "The real dreamers are those who work hard and pay taxes and dream about politicians who will govern justly," he states. The "bottom line," McFarland argues, is that those who are in the country illegally should be deported. "We need to look after the interests of American citizens," he continues. "It has to be carried out in the responsible, orderly, consistent, 'justice is blind' manner that it was done up until liberal progressives got a hold of the destiny of the nation." McFarland says rather than cave to pressure, protests, or emotions, the nation's leaders must do the right thing even though it's hard – and knowing that the easy thing is often not the right thing. McFarland is co-host of "Exploring the Word" on American Family Radio. We moderate all reader comments, usually within 24 hours of posting (longer on weekends). Please limit your comment to 300 words or less and ensure it addresses the article - NOT another reader's comments. Comments that contain a link (URL), an inordinate number of words in ALL CAPS, rude remarks directed at other readers, or profanity/vulgarity will not be approved. More details AFR News Weekend Update SIGN UP FOR OUR DAILY NEWSBRIEF What's behind the leftward-drift among major Protestant denominations in America? LATEST AP HEADLINES Trump's impeachment trial begins, senators vowing 'impartial justice' Dershowitz, Starr on Trump impeachment legal team Iran's top leader strikes defiant tone amid month of turmoil Warren-Sanders clash was inevitable as voting gets closer Locust outbreak, most serious in 25 years, hits East Africa LATEST FROM THE WEB Is threat of suicide bombings against Americans in Middle East imminent? Did CNN finally push its biases too far for the American people? A radical idea for politicians: Make students pay off their debt Near-death of police officer shows the folly of 'de-escalation'. So-called “social-justice” prosecutors favor the lawbreakers over the law-abiding New York’s cashless bail law endangers law-abiding residents CARTOON OF THE DAY Barna explains why Americans are confused about abortion Abortion continues to be a contentious issue among Americans, but a new survey shows it's increasingly a confusing one as well. Facebook Twitter Daily News Brief Signup About FAQ Journal Syndication RSS Feeds Donate Resources Watch Live! Contact Policies Blogs Video App All Original Content Copyright ©2006-2020 American Family Association - All Rights Reserved. "OneNewsNow", "OneNewsNow.com", and the "OneNewsNow World" logo, are Trademarks of the American Family Association - All Rights Reserved. One News Now Poll Methodists not the only ones deviating from Scripture The United Methodist Church is splitting over an internal compromise on a biblical definition of sexuality. But one Christian leader explains the UMC isn't the only denomination that's drifting in that direction. See Related Story Sign Up for our Daily News Brief News stories each weekday from reporters you can trust without the liberal bias found in much of "mainstream" media.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1707
__label__cc	0.734228	0.265772	Google Assistant Joins Siri, Alexa, and Cortana as Newest Voice-Activated Personal Assistant Today, Google introduced Google Assistant, a voice-activated personal assistant, joining Apple (Siri), Microsoft (Cortana), and Amazon (Alexa) in the battle for the best digital assistant. At first glance, Google Assistant boasts some advantages and a few possible disadvantages with respect to its competitors. Learn how to access Google Assistant now, and discover how this newest digital assistant might affect your SEO in ways that others haven't done. Google officially released the first two devices to feature the “Google Assistant” this morning at their #withgoogle event. In many ways, Google Assistant is just the natural evolution of their efforts with Google Now to give it a personal feel and make it easier to access Google anytime anywhere. How will Google Assistant compare to the other voice-activated assistants already out there—Siri, Alexa, and Cortana? Learning From Those That Came Before Apple was the first of the big players to push a personal experience with Siri. The more personal name and the conversational tone of Siri’s interactions go a long way in endearing users to their product. Google has still chosen not to give their assistant a more relatable name, but Google Assistant is a lot more conversational than its Google Now predecessor. The Assistant keeps pace in a conversation and speaks much more naturally. Microsoft sought to provide a cohesive experience across different devices and even platforms with Cortana. Cortana works on Windows Phone, Windows Desktop, and XBox. You can also install the Cortana app on either iOS or Android. Not to be outdone, Apple recently joined this cross-device trend by adding Siri to the new macOS Sierra, allowing people who use a Mac, but not an iPhone, to use Siri. Amazon went a different route with Alexa. Alexa (named after Amazon’s web analytics platform, originally founded by Brewster Kahle who runs the Internet Archive and is a big supporter of free law) started with a device known as Amazon Echo, a cylindrical speaker with far-field microphones that listen for people to talk to Alexa from anywhere in the room, answering to questions and following instructions. Amazon eventually followed up by adding Alexa to their Fire line of devices, as well as a suite of new devices based on the Echo. Like Microsoft did with Cortana, Amazon has also made standalone Alexa apps for iOS and Android. How You Can Access Google Assistant There are three ways currently that you can access the Google Assistant. Like Amazon, Google has created an entire device specifically for the assistant: Google Home ($129). The device is very similar to Amazon Echo in that it is a speaker with far-field microphones so that it can clearly hear people around the room. The real difference between Google Home and Amazon Echo is the assistant. Both Alexa and Google Assistant let you ask questions, play media, and control smart devices in your home. Google Assistant has a much larger database to work with than Alexa, thanks to their Knowledge Graph. With services like Gmail and Google Calendar, Google Assistant also has access to more user data, which can lead to a more personal experience. Pixel Phones Google Assistant replaces Google Now on the brand new Pixel ($649) and Pixel XL ($778) phones and will answer any time you make a search or attempt to call up contextual search from inside an application. For the moment, this new search experience is exclusive to the new Pixel line of phones. Other phones continue to use the same Google Now experience that has been available for the past several years. Google is betting pretty heavily on Google Assistant, however. I expect that Google Assistant will be available on all Android phones at some point in the future. At some point, Google will likely replace the Google Search app in the iOS App Store as well. Allo Instant Messenger Back at I/O 2016, Google announced Allo, their latest attempt at taking over the Instant Messaging space. This application is now available on the Google Play store to those who have signed up to preview the app, and Allo has the Google Assistant built into the application. When you first launch Allo, there is a built-in contact for Google Assistant, which you can chat with as if it were a person. Here you can ask a question like “What is the weather like today” and after Google replies, you can conversationally follow up with “What about tomorrow?” and Google Assistant will understand you are still talking about the weather. You can also involve Google Assistant in conversations with other people. If you are having a conversation with your wife and she says “Let’s have dinner at The Rok tonight.” you can say “@google make a reservation please, for 7 pm.” Google will join the conversation, find the restaurant via search, and make a reservation using an app like OpenTable or Yelp for as many people are in that conversation. Google will then even put the event on the calendars of all participants of the discussion. More in the Future I fully expect Google Assistant will eventually replace the knowledge graph boxes on desktop searches at google.com, but Google has not yet made any announcements to that effect. How Could Google Assistant Affect my SEO and Marketing? The big way this news could affect your SEO is with mobile search. This conversational experience replaces the default search experience on these new phones. Unlike your standard search, Google Assistant is super focused on providing results personally relevant to the user. Generally speaking, it will only give between one and three results. The highly limited result set makes it crucial that you make sure your content is the best match for your user’s queries. If someone tells Google Assistant “I need to find an injury lawyer.” That result is going to be highly localized to where the user is, returning only results from the local search. Long tail search terms become more important as well, the more closely your page matches what someone is looking for, the more likely it will be the page that comes up. Google also mentioned during the announcement today that the results that come back from the Google Assistant would be affected by what apps are installed on the user’s phone. Because of this, having an app with “deep linking” can help direct your users to your app, rather than to the web if they have it installed. Finally, as Google builds Google Search into becoming more of an “answer engine,” it is increasingly important to make sure your web content is marked up with structured data. Today’s announcement specifically called out Google’s Knowledge Graph as being the system that powers Google Assistant’s results. The best way to influence the Knowledge Graph with your content is to make your content more clear to Google by using structured data. I’ve been experimenting with Google Assistant in Allo for the last several weeks, and overall I like it, but it’s not the full Google Assistant experience shown in the video. To get the full Google Assistant experience right now, I’ll have to get my hands on a Pixel or Google Home device. If you are interested in learning more about Google Assistant, the Pixel Phone, Google Home, or any of the other products Google announced this morning, check out the video of this morning’s presentation. 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__label__wiki	0.597331	0.597331	Princeton Politics Current Faculty Lecturers, Postdocs, Visitors Majoring in Politics Admissions & Financial Support Emerging Scholars Program Formal Theory & Quantitative Methods Why Princeton Politics Alumna Gwyneth McClendon wins the 2019 Robert Lane Award McClendon, a graduate alumna, won the Robert Lane Award for the Best Book from the APSA Political Psychology section for "Envy in Politics." She is currently an assistant professor of politics at New York University. Anna Stilz receives the John H. Pace, Jr. ’39 Center for Civic Engagement’s Community Engagement Award Stilz, the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Politics and the University Center for Human Values, received the award for her commitment to service. Gabriela Oseguera Serra named Sachs Scholar at Oxford’s Worcester College Serra, a senior concentrating in comparative politics, received the Daniel M. Sachs Class of 1960 Graduating Scholarship, one of Princeton University’s highest awards. Keith Whittington writes New York Times op-ed Professor Whittington weighs in on the significance of the second article of impeachment: presidential obstruction of Congress. Department of Politics 001 Fisher Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544-1012 T (609) 258-4760 F (609) 258-1110	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1713
__label__cc	0.634232	0.365768	Tag Archives: average white band June 30, 2015 by popchartfreak My 1980 Charts – May Pete not keen on his sandwich 1980 buzzjack youtube links Geno gets a 2nd week on top for Dexy’s, as Paul McCartney gets his 3rd number 2 with Coming Up, and Hot Chocolate go top 5 for the first time in 2 years. Sky and Sad Cafe sneak into the top 10, both with their most successful records, and New Musik shoot up the rapids of their world of water to 11, their 3rd top 40 in a row. Kate Bush is breathing heavily, meanwhile, at 22 after climbing 49 chart places. Phew! Highest new entry is a 2-year-old track from Don McLean getting some UK chart action after a 5-year gap since the wonderful Wonderful Baby. Crying is an old Roy Orbison hit from before my time, but Don manages the impossible in doing a cover version that is as good as the original Roy version. Slowed-down drastically, it makes the climax even bigger when it comes. So to speak. Fantastic, and over 8 years since Don’s chart debut. The Ramones rock it big into my 30, let’s go! Saxon and Christopher Cross both go top 40 and more Groove-based funk dance tracks enter and climb – clearly, despite the hype in the States, rumours of the death of disco are a bit premature in the UK. New entries: in at 27, The Beat’s best record, the brilliant Mirror In The Bathroom, the ska groove and the urgent sax both fab backdrops to a great song. At 32, it’s a debut for one of the key 80’s bands, The Cure, all goth New Wave in a Siouxsie kinda way, but a bit more acoustic and synthy both. A Forest was a great single, for me it sounded like nothing else, which is always a bonus. At 51, Man Tran are back and in a dancee-stylee a world away from the 1940’s-era beginnings – what they’d lost in retro charm they’d gained in using the theme tune to the fab Twilight Zone TV series as a backdrop to a disco tune. At 70, Air Supply debut with the gorgeous ballad Lost In Love, an Aussie band who just went very well on American radio, the delicious melody of this track was just such a delight I still can’t believe this record flopped when the less-good follow-up hit. A good vocal performance didn’t hurt either. In the bottom 5, a clutch of lesser punk-new wave tracks, all a bit late for the punk party, including the old Jam track back again, and not for the last time. 1 ( 1 ) GENO Dexy’s Midnight Runners 2 ( 4 ) COMING UP Paul McCartney 3 ( 3 ) CALL ME Blondie 4 ( 2 ) NIGHT BOAT TO CAIRO Madness 5 ( 10 ) NO DOUBT ABOUT IT Hot Chocolate 6 ( 6 ) SILVER DREAM MACHINE David Essex 7 ( 5 ) FOOD FOR THOUGHT/ KING UB40 8 ( 7 ) MONKEES EP (LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE/ I’M A BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ DAYDREAM BELIEVER) The Monkees 9 ( 16 ) TOCCATA Sky 10 ( 15 ) MY OH MY Sad Cafe 11 ( 42 ) THIS WORLD OF WATER New Musik 12 ( 14 ) MISSING WORDS The Selecter 13 ( 12 ) TURN IT ON AGAIN Genesis 14 ( 11 ) KOOL IN THE KAFTAN B.A. Robertson 15 ( 17 ) MY PERFECT COUSIN The Undertones 16 ( 8 ) GOING UNDERGROUND The Jam 17 ( 29 ) WHAT’S ANOTHER YEAR Johnny Logan 18 ( 9 ) TALK OF THE TOWN The Pretenders 19 ( 25 ) HOLD ON TO MY LOVE Jimmy Ruffin 20 ( 21 ) CHECK OUT THE GROOVE Bobby Thurston 21 ( 13 ) CLEAN CLEAN The Buggles 22 ( 71 ) BREATHING Kate Bush 23 ( NEW ) CRYING Don McLean 24 ( 35 ) TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BABY Smokie 25 ( 53 ) DO YOU REMEMBER ROCK ‘N’ ROLL RADIO The Ramones 26 ( 26 ) DON’T PUSH IT DON’T FORCE IT Leon Haywood 27 ( NEW ) MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM The Beat 28 ( 70 ) I SHOULDA LOVED YA Narada Michael Walden 29 ( 27 ) WORKING MY WAY BACK TO YOU The Detroit Spinners 30 ( 23 ) ATOMIC Blondie 31 ( 20 ) MY WORLD Secret Affair 32 ( NEW ) A FOREST The Cure 33 ( 19 ) LET’S DO ROCK STEADY The Bodysnatchers 34 ( NEW ) THE GROOVE Rodney Franklin 35 ( 18 ) HIM Rupert Holmes 36 ( 38 ) NE-NE-NA-NA-NA-NA-NU-NU Bad Manners 37 ( 40 ) DON’T MAKE WAVES The Nolans 38 ( 69 ) WHEELS OF STEEL Saxon 39 ( 39 ) LIVE EVERY MINUTE Ali Thomson 40 ( 51 ) RIDE LIKE THE WIND Christopher Cross 41 ( 28 ) ROUGH BOYS Pete Townsend 42 ( 31 ) JANUARY FEBRUARY Barbara Dickson 43 ( 30 ) STRANGE TOWN The Jam 44 ( 32 ) ALL FOR LEYNA Billy Joel 45 ( 24 ) ECHO BEACH Martha And The Muffins 46 ( NEW ) FOOL FOR YOUR LOVING Whitesnake 47 ( 64 ) SHE’S OUT OF MY LIFE Michael Jackson 48 ( 48 ) DEAR MISS LONELY HEART Phil Lynott 49 ( 33 ) STOMP The Brothers Johnson 50 ( 45 ) LONGER Dan Fogelberg 51 ( NEW ) TWILIGHT ZONE/TWILIGHT TONE Manhattan Transfer 52 ( 58 ) SAIGON Martha And The Muffins 53 ( 34 ) HAPPY HOUSE Siouxsie And The Banshees 54 ( 56 ) GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME Gerry Rafferty 55 ( 57 ) DON’T BRING ME DOWN E.L.O. 56 ( 55 ) CONFUSION/ LAST TRAIN TO LONDON E.L.O. 57 ( 22 ) HIGH-FIDELITY Elvis Costello 58 ( 59 ) WALKING ON THE MOON The Police 59 ( 41 ) SPIRIT OF RADIO Rush 60 ( 52 ) I HAVE A DREAM Abba 61 ( 54 ) I HEAR YOU NOW Jon And Vangelis 62 ( 37 ) POISON IVY The Lambrettas 63 ( 36 ) DAVID WATTS The Jam 64 ( 60 ) ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL (PART 2) Pink Floyd 65 ( 75 ) LET’S GO ROUND AGAIN Average White Band 66 ( 62 ) NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN The Moody Blues 67 ( 67 ) EASY STREET Sister Sledge 68 ( 47 ) CUBA The Gibson Brothers 69 ( 46 ) DANCE YOURSELF DIZZY Liquid Gold 70 ( NEW ) LOST IN LOVE Air Supply 71 ( NEW ) IN THE CITY The Jam 72 ( NEW ) STARING AT THE RUDE BOYS The Ruts 73 ( 50 ) TURNING JAPANESE The Vapors 74 ( NEW ) SOMETHING’S MISSING The Chords 75 ( NEW ) THE GREATEST COCKNEY RIP-OFF The Cockney Rejects TV Apr 26 – May 2 1 Tiswas 2 Soap 3 Barney Miller 4 Top Of The Pops 5 Life On Earth 6 Not The 9’O Clock News 8 The Outer Limits 9 Tribute To Alfred Hitchcock 10 Wonder Woman Back in my world, I was still enjoying my random visits from friends on Teaching Practice while I was lecture-based and a bit bored at so much time to myself, especially Ian and Pete getting to go out to the same schools, leaving me feeling left-out. Oh poor me, get over it! I played tennis, snooker, and heard the news Alfred Hitchcock, horror-drama Director-extraordinaire had died. I grew up watching his TV series too, repeated in Singapore, and he was quite the character. I read Animal Farm, ooh little bit of social politics going on, and had an American Studies exam. I drew some animals for school work cards for Sue, and Jane and Pete and myself took the piss out of the piss-poor News At Ten scripts, depressing and trashy. Mr Davies tried to persuade me to get into playwriting as a career, in Literature, really bigging me up. Pity I give up so easily….! More realistic he suggested teaching Secondary School, journalism and creative writing. I did try journalism and writing to be fair to me, for 2 years, before I realised I was getting nowhere. And so are dreams shattered! One of my school-teachers, Miss Goodrich, had called me “bright” – modesty aside, I am, but I have real flaws of character that stop me achieving. Doh! All that talk of careers gave me a bad night of stomach trouble. On TV the last of the series for Tiswas was a fab highlights episode. I AM bright, honestly, custard pies, flam flingers and celebrities up for a laugh, what’s not to love! At the cinema, I saw Spielberg’s sprawling College comedy 1941: some good one-liners, some good scenes, impressive sets, but ultimately not in the same league as Animal House as the characters were insane, not rebellious. A lot of the humour came over a bit forced. I opined: “Belushi was a twat, Robert Stack stole the film without trying” and overall I was massively disappointed after my all-time fave film Close Encounters that we got this effort. I haven’t seen it in decades, much like the rest of the world, I think! One of my fave bands of the 70’s dabble with a UFO sci-fi-themed atmospheric synth-heavy-ballad – of course it was going to top my chart! Errol was a pop hero of mine, and a throughly ego-free varied talent, No Doubt About It – and this was Hot Chocolate’s 10th year of charting, a 9-year span of number ones, and yet only their 3rd chart-topper to date. Don McLean is up to 4, his highest chart position to date, and New Musik get a second top 10, and The Beat rocket to 10, with that mirror in the bathroom reflecting their achievement. Ouch! Michael Jackson finally gets moving and She’s Out Of My Life leaps to 13, the fourth top 20 track off Off The Wall, Kate Bush, The Cure and errr Smokie, go top 20. By this stage Smokie had a good 5-year run of singles, few of them classic pop records, but always OK. The Cure were now starting a good run of singles themselves, many of them minor classics. Highest new entry is the VERY familiar theme tune from the brilliant MASH TV show – but the original ‘Suicide Is Painless’ vocal version from the anti-establishment anti-war 1970 movie cult classic, and which was quite old-fashioned easy-listening 60’s sounding but the odd lyrics gave it a depressing edge which I can’t listen to anymore. Not least bearing in mind the suicide of Ritchie from Manic Street Preachers who covered the song. In the movie Painless was a dentist who felt sorry for himself, and they dragged him out of his self-pity attempted suicide with comedy. In the real world, I can’t condone lyrics that might be taken to view it as an option for depression and mental illness. In at 26, Mystic Merlin, a sort of magic show sultry soul act, I love the vocals and the sexy sax, and the slow-build to a great song with a great chorus climax. Just Can’t Give You Up, I can’t. A cut above most of the dance tracks in the UK chart at the time. In at 38, a great reggae social commentary song from Junior Murvin, Police And Thieves is still delicious, a great vocal, a fab groove, and good lyrics. TV’s Tiswas was a huge fave of mine. I also loved boyhood band fave The Scaffold, 60’s hitmakers of Lily The Pink fame. I can’t excuse The Four Bucketeers novelty hit at 40, though, Chris Tarrant, Bob Carolgees and Sally James, and Scaffold’s John Junkin notwithstanding! At 44, a huge departure in sound from Jona Lewie, a subdued synth riff backdrop for a semi-novelty lyric that also hit home to shrinking violets like me, who often liked to move out of the front room in parties! Jona was previously known for his alter ego Terry Dactyl And The Dinosaurs and their retro-sounding Seaside Shuffle Top 3 hit in 1972, accordion-tastic novelty fun, so I was delighted to welcome him back on Top Of The Pops, backed (it became obvious in later years) by Kirsty MacColl. 2 brand new debuts, key bands of the 80’s for me, OMD at 55 with the awesome Messages, an exciting, frantic new synthpop sound that blew me away, it sounded faaaabulous loud. The other synth band had a lower-profile debut with an EP that centred around a synth version of Gary Glitter’s best record (far and away) Rock And Roll. It’s not as classic as the original, but has it’s charm and Phil Oakey was star-in-the-making when he popped up on Top Of The Pops, minus the girls, but plus future Heaven 17 members. It didn’t hurt getting name-checked in The Undertones My Perfect Cousin at 14, either… Finally, at 70, Prelude were back 6 years on from covering Neil Young’s After The Goldrush a capella, and doing it beautifully. Platinum Blonde was more orthodox folkrockpop for the time, but was pleasant enough. Motorhead get a 3rd entry, as do Matchbox and their Midnite Dynamos, another slice of rockabilly rambling fun, after the fab Buzz Buzz A Diddle It. Look, it’s fun, OK!? Having a laugh! Kirsty MacColl also joined in on a single with them later in their career. Good enough for me! At 74, Boney M sneak in with My Friend Jack. Frank Farian obviously was a fan of obscure 60’s band The Smoke, and to be honest, so was I – my dad had got hold of a bunch of 45rpm singles stamped “Not For Sale” promo copies around 1966/67, and My Friend Jack was one of them, so it was a song I knew well. The psychedelic pop charm of the original was much better than Boney M’s version, though so that’s the version I’m featuring! 1 ( 5 ) NO DOUBT ABOUT IT Hot Chocolate 4 ( 23 ) CRYING Don McLean 7 ( 11 ) THIS WORLD OF WATER New Musik 10 ( 27 ) MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM The Beat 11 ( 7 ) FOOD FOR THOUGHT/ KING UB40 12 ( 9 ) TOCCATA Sky 19 ( 32 ) A FOREST The Cure 24 ( 16 ) GOING UNDERGROUND The Jam 25 ( 18 ) TALK OF THE TOWN The Pretenders 26 ( NEW ) THEME FROM MASH The MASH 27 ( 51 ) TWILIGHT ZONE/TWILIGHT TONE Manhattan Transfer 29 ( 34 ) THE GROOVE Rodney Franklin 30 ( NEW ) JUST CAN’T GIVE YOU UP Mystic Merlin 32 ( 75 ) THE GREATEST COCKNEY RIP-OFF The Cockney Rejects 33 ( 72 ) STARING AT THE RUDE BOYS The Ruts 38 ( NEW ) POLICE AND THIEVES Junior Murvin 39 ( 46 ) FOOL FOR YOUR LOVING Whitesnake 40 ( NEW ) BUCKET OF WATER SONG The Four Bucketeers 44 ( NEW ) YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND ME IN THE iamspamspamamiAT PARTIES Jona Lewie 55 ( NEW ) MESSAGES Orchestral Manoevres In The Dark 59 ( NEW ) HOLIDAY EP (ROCK AND ROLL) Human League 60 ( 70 ) LOST IN LOVE Air Supply 66 ( 71 ) IN THE CITY The Jam 70 ( NEW ) PLATINUM BLONDE Prelude 71 ( NEW ) GOLDEN YEARS LIVE EP Motorhead 72 ( NEW ) MIDNITE DYNAMOS Matchbox 74 ( NEW ) MY FRIEND JACK Boney M 3rd-9th May TV 6 Wonder Woman 8 The Banana Splits 10 Whicker’s World In College, I lost at tennis to Joe, watched aTV tribute to the great James Stewart, and was half-way through John Wayne’s Rio Lobo movie when a newsflash about a hostage siege took over the media, hostages shot, SAS sent in, terrorists shot. All very horrifying. I called in on Alan and Helen one evening, Sue popped down another, Jane on Top Of The Pops thursday for an evenings in-depth discussion on all-sorts, Art lecturer Max took me to get some glass cut for my art prints frames, in his van, above and beyond, what a great lecturer! Back home for the weekend in Mansfield, I bought some 1960’s nostalgia first day covers of Battle Of Hastings and snowmen christmas stamps. It’s cool, honest, to collect stamps. In an alternate universe…. 2 weeks for Hot Chocolate on top, as The Beat hit 3 in the Bathroom. Kate Bush makes it 5 top 10 out of 6 singles, as Breathing the fall-out in at 6 confirms she can do no wrong. Ditto Michael Jackson, a decade of top 10 hits with me, and still only 21, just like Kate. I was six months older, and not having many chart hits…! Up 49 places to 11, Air Supply’s Lost In Love emotes beautifully upwards, Mystic Merlin abracadabra their way to 13, and in at 20 the highest new entry from Crown Heights Affair, 2 years on from Galaxy Of Love, and now You Gave Me Love, for a massive whooping, guitar riffing, minor disco great. It’s an exciting record, that chorus is just fantastic. In at 23 Roxy Music keep the comeback strong, as they exclaim gently that they are Over You. Well, get you! 8 years of chart entries though, and moving towards classy low-key ballads and wider appeal, but this wasn’t a move I generally approved of, give me early Roxy anyday. Matchbox rockabilly it up into the 40, and entering at 37 it’s Gazza Numan back with a 4th chart hit, We Are Glass, catchy and synthtastic riffs still on form. At 39, the Average White Band finally get into the 40 with the terrif Let’s Go Round Again, and at 47 The Hollies return for the first time in 6 years with the touching ballad Soldier’s Song – a typically lovely orchestral Mike Batt song, and it was great having Allan Clarke’s vocals back, and giving the lads 12 years of chart entries. Others: Peter Gabriel has no self control, Jermaine Jackson is a little more serious thanks to an assist from Stevie Wonder, a reggae version of the TV western Bonanza theme is a bit of ska fun from Carlos Malcolm, Gerry Rafferty walks Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, and there’s a debut entry from Karel Fialka, the catchy The Eyes Have It, emphasis on the “it” – it was to be another 7 years before he got his first proper hit, with a bit of an assist from his own young son, the fab Hey Malcolm! 2 ( 4 ) CRYING Don McLean 3 ( 10 ) MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM The Beat 6 ( 15 ) BREATHING Kate Bush 7 ( 13 ) SHE’S OUT OF MY LIFE Michael Jackson 10 ( 7 ) THIS WORLD OF WATER New Musik 12 ( 9 ) MONKEES EP (LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE/ I’M A BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ DAYDREAM BELIEVER) The Monkees 13 ( 30 ) JUST CAN’T GIVE YOU UP Mystic Merlin 14 ( 8 ) SILVER DREAM MACHINE David Essex 18 ( 11 ) FOOD FOR THOUGHT/ KING UB40 19 ( 26 ) THEME FROM MASH The MASH 20 ( NEW ) YOU GAVE ME LOVE Crown Heights Affair 22 ( 12 ) TOCCATA Sky 23 ( NEW ) OVER YOU Roxy Music 25 ( 40 ) BUCKET OF WATER SONG The Four Bucketeers 26 ( 44 ) YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND ME IN THE iamspamspamamiAT PARTIES Jona Lewie 28 ( 38 ) POLICE AND THIEVES Junior Murvin 36 ( 72 ) MIDNITE DYNAMOS Matchbox 37 ( NEW ) WE ARE GLASS Gary Numan 47 ( NEW ) SOLDIER’S SONG The Hollies 50 ( NEW ) NO SELF CONTROL Peter Gabriel 51 ( 55 ) MESSAGES Orchestral Manoevres In The Dark 52 ( NEW ) LET’S GET SERIOUS Jermaine Jackson 55 ( 59 ) HOLIDAY EP (ROCK AND ROLL) Human League 59 ( 74 ) MY FRIEND JACK Boney M 62 ( NEW ) BONANZA SKA Carlos Malcolm 64 ( 71 ) GOLDEN YEARS LIVE EP Motorhead 68 ( NEW ) THE ROYAL MILE Gerry Rafferty 70 ( 70 ) PLATINUM BLONDE Prelude 72 ( NEW ) THE EYES HAVE IT Karel Fialka TV May 10th-16th 1 Catch-22: film 3 The Mary Tyler Moore Show 4 Mork And Mindy 9 Class Of 44 10 The Waltons 11 Happy Days 12 Hart To Hart 13 The Pink Panther Show 14 The Sky At Night 15 Tomorrow’s World In College, I was feeding chicks for Julie, (yes actual baby hens). I played tennis with Jenny, the weather so hot I was forced to roll my shirt sleeves back which caused much comment at tea-time (I never bared my arms in public, the matchstick look would have caused too much mirth). On the sunny grass outside Julie took her chicks out for a spin, and they sheltered under my legs, sooooo cute! On TV The Waltons centered on black prejudice, something I felt strongly about (against it!), and in between stuff it was revision, more revision, and the ending of lectures from some of the duller ones (Hooray!). In American Studies we had a mock exam paper, one about the Frontier which one wag chose to write about the Swedish frontier, as it wasn’t exactly specified to be the American frontier in the question. Funny, though. Found out my art work was to be put on exhibition in the Steep Hill art gallery for the course-end finale, out of the way and obscure, which didn’t impress me nor Max, my lecturer. We protested. On saturday, it was the big May Ball, so I danced till 1.45 with Sue. I could have danced all night – no not really. Actually I’d forgotten I used to dance at discos, could have sworn I mostly avoided it. The guest band were The Mandy Moreton Band a sort of west coast rock/folk fusion. Music of the night was chart heavy, current dance tracks. Mum and dad dropped by on their way home from Skegness, during a TV show on John Williams/Star Wars, so I was a bit rude trying to watch that. 3 weeks on top, No Doubt About It, which leaves Don still Crying at 2. Jacko and Kate Bush both go top 5 though, so hooray for good taste! Jona Lewie grabs a top 10 too, evading parties but hitting 6 in my charts. Gary Numan makes it 4 out of 4, as We Are Glass rushes up to 8, hopefully no more in danger of smashing than The Beat’s mirror at 3. The fab Crown Heights Affair is at 10, just behind the MASH theme tune. Rushing into the 40, it’s Karel Fialka, the eyes have IT. New entries: The Specials are back with a Rat Race, a 4th top 40 in a row, as a million unemployed people were very much not working for the rat race at the time. Not working at all in fact, the economy was not rosy. ELO are at 31 with a Xanadu movie single – they did the soundtrack to the Gene Kelly and Olivia Newton-John film, but I’m Alive wasn’t one of their best singles. Elton is in laidback mode at 33, with the sweet Little Jeannie, as always bigger in the USA than the UK in those days. At 34 the puntastic Lipps Inc have a good ol’ Funky Town chanting up the charts, catchy and fun, still. In at 48, The Korgis finally get a decent follow-up to the fab If I Had You, and the even-fabber Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime, gentle, emotive and just wonderful. So wonderful it was rehashed by Marc Et Claude, and covered by numerous people, such as Yazz, Baby D and Erasure. The covers keep on coming and show no signs of slowing down. Cos it’s classic, a song that improves with age. At 52, the marvellous Roberta Flack lends her flawless vocal stylings to long-time friend and duet partner the then-recently-late Donny Hathaway. Both of them were great jazz-soul singers, and had won a grammy for the classy and melodic Where Is The Love in 1972, followed by many other awards for Roberta Flack for great solo singles. Donny wasn’t so lucky, suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and a troubled life, he eventually killed himself in 1979. His 1972 live album is critically rated as one of the best live albums of all-time on some lists, and his final 1973 album lyrically showed his troubled mind. Flack & Hathaway had been working together again, Back Together Again being one of the last songs they recorded before his death, and it was posthumously released to a poignant chart chart success. The circumstances around the recording made it a sad return. At 53, B.A. Robertson can’t wait for his Kaftan to disappear before he’s back with some witty Shakespeare parody and punning, as the backdrop to an amusing love song. To Be Or Not To Be? Well, that is the question. The answer is B.A. was terrific. Squeeze are busy pulling mussels at 71 before an unavailable, obscure mega-OTT ballad UK-only single drops in at 73. You just can’t buy it unless you have a spare grand for a second-hand copy, and given Grace Slick is such a big, long-term rock-star from The 60’s Jefferson Airplane through 1980’s Jefferson Starship to 1985’s Starship, it’s a mystery to me why I can’t bloody download the show-stopping Dreams. It’s amazing, I want it on my ipod and I’m going to scream and scream until I get my way. Grace, can you please get your finger out, it’s fantastic and the album was a Grammy nominee for heavens sake! 3 ( 3 ) MIRROR IN THE BATHROOM The Beat 4 ( 7 ) SHE’S OUT OF MY LIFE Michael Jackson 5 ( 6 ) BREATHING Kate Bush 6 ( 26 ) YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND ME IN THE iamspamspamamiAT PARTIES Jona Lewie 8 ( 37 ) WE ARE GLASS Gary Numan 9 ( 19 ) THEME FROM MAS*H The MASH 10 ( 20 ) YOU GAVE ME LOVE Crown Heights Affair 12 ( 5 ) COMING UP Paul McCartney 14 ( 23 ) OVER YOU Roxy Music 15 ( 9 ) NIGHT BOAT TO CAIRO Madness 16 ( 8 ) CALL ME Blondie 17 ( 12 ) MONKEES EP (LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE/ I’M A BELIEVER/ A LITTLE BIT ME A LITTLE BIT YOU/ DAYDREAM BELIEVER) The Monkees 19 ( 14 ) SILVER DREAM MACHINE David Essex 27 ( 72 ) THE EYES HAVE IT Karel Fialka 28 ( NEW ) RAT RACE The Specials 31 ( NEW ) I’M ALIVE Electric Light Orchestra 33 ( NEW ) LITTLE JEANNIE Elton John 34 ( NEW ) FUNKY TOWN Lipps Inc 35 ( 52 ) LET’S GET SERIOUS Jermaine Jackson 39 ( 50 ) NO SELF CONTROL Peter Gabriel 43 ( 47 ) SOLDIER’S SONG The Hollies 48 ( NEW ) EVERYBODY’S GOT TO LEARN SOMETIME The Korgis 52 ( NEW ) BACK TOGETHER AGAIN Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway 53 ( NEW ) TO BE OR NOT TO BE B.A. Robertson 54 ( 62 ) BONANZASKA Carlos Malcolm 62 ( 68 ) THE ROYAL MILE Gerry Rafferty 71 ( NEW ) PULLING MUSSELS FROM A SHELL Squeeze 72 ( NEW ) TEENAGE U.K. Subs 73 ( NEW ) DREAMS Grace Slick TV May 17th – 23rd 6 Star Wars – John Williams 7 Olivia Newton-John 10 Question Time My College lectures were entering their final week, some happily, some very unhappily to be no-more. I had breakfast in the cafeteria with Campion who told me his troubles getting out of Rhodesia to study, and quite emotionally, as things weren’t easy for Black Rhodesians (Zimbabwe these days). He wanted to go to the USA to study and work, I hope he made it. Some snooker games silliness, and I playfully poked Ian’s stuffed badger round Petes’ room door for a minor laugh. Less amusing were the Miami race riots on the news. I marked some schoolwork for Jane, which I enjoyed. Made a point of attending the Student Union Hustings votes. Voted for all candidates. Legally, I hasten to add, there weren’t many fighting for the posts! On TV the award-winning episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Chuckles The Clown dies. It’s hilarious, based around people’s reaction to the manner of Chuckles death – Chuckles dressed as a giant peanut, an elephant on the same parade tried to shell him. It’s funny trust me, as Mary finds none of the remarks in good taste at all, and then it builds up to the funeral! Youtube it. Ed Asner and Betty White are in it, too, what more do you need! Tagged average white band, B.A. Robertson, blondie, dexy's midnight runners, don mclean, donny hathway, hot chocolate, human league, junior murvin, matchbox, Michael Jackson, OMD, paul mccartney, roberta flack, the cure March 1, 2015 by popchartfreak My 1975 Charts – February youtube-ish links 2 weeks for Helen Reddy’s spooky Angie Baby presiding over an inrush of oldies at the top end, as The Tams 1971 UK number one (and my Top 10) reissued 1964 Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me enters at 2, outdoing it’s original chart slot, along with Brandy also from 1971 at 3. Leaving the 1968 UK hit version, my top 10, and also peaking higher second time round, the 1966 classic Motown Isley Brothers track This Old Heart Of Mine at 4. 3rd and 4th time round would be even bigger…! I think the oldies show that even though they weren’t actually THAT old (mostly less than 10 years), that’s really quite a long time ago when you’re a teenager – now of course, tracks less than 10 years old I consider recent! Northern Soul fun-time at 7 for Footsie (also an oldie), and a brilliant climb up from 50 for John Lennon’s brilliant Number 9 Dream at 9 – almost as if i planned it! John of course has only ever had one flop – Cold Turkey in 1969, because I never got to hear it (it was banned!), and it’s still a bit harrowing. Love Unlimited meanwhile get a second top 20 hit, the luvverley It May be Winter at 15, as BTO replace themselves in the top 20 rolling on down the highway. Highest proper new entry is soul woman Betty Wright, finally getting her UK debut hit 4 years after scoring big in the States with Clean-Up Woman at age 18. I liked her because she said in interviews at the time that she was a comics fan. Shoorah Shoorah at 39 for Betty! That leaves a 7th hit for Suzi Quatro at 41, who said quite correctly for the time, Your Mama Won’t Like Me – hard to believe loveable Suzi was remotely threatening, but wearing leather seemed to do the trick. At 47, another track I missed out on in 1970, but caught up with now, Joni Mitchell’s 4th hit Big Yellow Taxi. Bit of a famous one! Great too, great lyrics, I still agree with every word. Which just leaves The Trammps naughty Sixty Minute Man follow-up popping in (am I allowed to say that?) at 48. I mean, they talk about going on for 60 minutes as if it’s something impressive, I consider anything less than 2 hours a quickie. Hah! 1 ( 1 ) ANGIE BABY Helen Reddy 2 ( NEW ) HEY GIRL DON’T BOTHER ME The Tams 3 ( 5 ) BRANDY Scott English 4 ( NEW ) THIS OLD HEART OF MINE The Isley Brothers 5 ( 2 ) NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE Gloria Gaynor 6 ( 4 ) PLEASE MR POSTMAN The Carpenters 7 ( 15 ) FOOTSIE Wigan’s Chosen Few 8 ( 19 ) YOUR KISS IS SWEET Syreeta 9 ( 50 ) #9 DREAM John Lennon 10 ( 6 ) GET DANCIN’ Disco Tex and The Sex-o-lettes 11 ( 3 ) CATS IN THE CRADLE Harry Chapin 12 ( 10 ) BOOGIE ON REGGAE WOMAN Stevie Wonder 13 ( 13 ) NEVER ENDING SONG OF LOVE Smokey 007 14 ( 7 ) STREET CORNER MUSIC Dave Jordan 15 ( 30 ) IT MAY BE WINTER OUTSIDE (BUT IN MY HEART IT’S SPRING) Love Unlimited 16 ( 9 ) ONLY YOU CAN Fox 17 ( 20 ) GERONIMO’S CADILLAC Claire Hamill 18 ( 18 ) LOVE IS ALL Roger Glover and Guests (featuring Ronnie Dio) 19 ( 8 ) DOWN DOWN Status Quo 20 ( 36 ) ROLL ON DOWN THE HIGHWAY Bachman-Turner Overdrive 21 ( 14 ) SOMETHING FOR THE GIRL WITH EVERYTHING Sparks 22 ( 31 ) NOW I’M HERE Queen 23 ( 12 ) SUGAR CANDY KISSES Mac And Katie Kissoon 24 ( 38 ) GOD BLESS Dexter Redding 25 ( 22 ) I WON’T DANCE John Henry 26 ( 37 ) MY LAST NIGHT WITH YOU Arrows 27 ( 23 ) HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT John Holt 28 ( 26 ) JE T’AIME…MOI NON PLUS Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg 29 ( 16 ) YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHIN’ YET Bachman-Turner Overdrive 30 ( 17 ) HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER) John & Yoko and The Plastic Ono Band with The Harlem Community Choir 31 ( 11 ) GOODBYE MY LOVE The Glitter Band 32 ( 32 ) ARE YOU READY TO ROCK Wizzard 33 ( 33 ) I CAN HELP Billy Swan 34 ( 27 ) THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN Lulu 35 ( 24 ) JANUARY Pilot 36 ( 21 ) STARDUST David Essex 37 ( 34 ) I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE Marvin Gaye 38 ( 35 ) HOLD ME TIGHT Johnny Nash 39 ( NEW ) SHOORAH SHOORAH Betty Wright 40 ( 28 ) EVERYBODY NEEDS A RAINBOW Ray Stevens 41 ( NEW ) YOUR MAMA WON’T LIKE ME Suzi Quatro 42 ( 49 ) MELTING POT Blue Mink 43 ( 25 ) ONLY YOU Ringo Starr 44 ( 29 ) PURELY BY COINCIDENCE Sweet Sensation 45 ( 45 ) HOT SOX Sha Na Na 46 ( 42 ) SO LONG Abba 47 ( NEW ) BIG YELLOW TAXI Joni Mitchell 48 ( NEW ) SIXTY MINUTE MAN The Trammps 49 ( 40 ) I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY Wizzard 50 ( 41 ) GET DANCIN’ PART 2 Disco Tex and The Sex-o-lettes In the world, it was a sad day as a certain M. Thatcher wins the ballot on 4th feb 1975 to become leader of the UK Conservative party, proving that a woman can be just as disastrous as any man for the long-term good of a nation. I’m biased. Based on events since 2008 which can be traced back to her naive belief in the rich and powerful being able to self-govern with honesty, having a concern for the general well-being of the world, and a distinct lack-of-self-interest, I’m also right. They can’t be trusted to do the right thing and need to be accountable at all times to ensure they don’t wreck the world economy. That concludes the end of the party political broadcast on behalf of the Statin’ The Bleedin’ Obvious Party. I thank you. 3 weeks for Helen and the rest of the top 5 are oldies, which is a shame as John Lennon’s classic 9 Dream would have peaked at 4 otherwise, or 2 if you discount cover versions – yes it was the second highest rated actual only new song in the top 10, just ahead of Syreeta’s Your Kiss Is Sweet, which ironically keeps her husband’s Boogie On Reggae Woman out of the top 10. In at 9, highest new entry is Nottingham’s finest getting a 4th hit, Paper Lace covering Vanity fare’s 1970 top 5 fave of mine, Hitchin’ A Ride. Frank Ifield’s unavailable and obscure version is better though, a fave of mine when I lived in Singapore. Nottingham, happily, now has 2 actual pop stars charting in 2014 and 2015, notably Indiana who’s been solo dancing recently. It’s a big top 20 climb for Suzi Quatro at 14, Your Mama Won’t Like Me giving Suzi one of her bigger chart peaks with one of her minor UK hits. Queen peak at 22 shockingly, after 2 number ones, but Brian May songs just didn’t connect with me like Freddie’s did. Ignoring Now I’m Here Queen would have had 3 consecutive number ones with Freddie songs, as the next one was an obscure little ditty called Bohemian Rhapsody which I rather loved. Betty Wright goes top 30, hoorah hoorah, just ahead of the highest actual new song at 27, Shame Shame Shame as Shirley & Co bring a bit of All Platinum fun soul disco into the charts: shame on you if you can’t dance too, indeed. At 28, it’s a bona fide classic, as Cockney Rebel frontman Steve Harley gets top billing and a third chart entry from me, the track that just made the UK sales Top 40 chart for the third time in January 2015, 40 years on (though only scraping into the combined non-sales Top 75 official chart, where apparently pushing 10,000 actual sales isn’t as important as people playing the same records month after month for free and paying nothing): Make Me Smile, as Mae West said, Come Up And See Me sometime. It was ground-breaking in it’s clever use of intermittent silence, melody, and of course Steve Harley’s unique vocal style, previously brilliantly demonstrated on Judy Teen summer of ’74, a top 3 peak from me. Now I just need an excuse to chart the marvellous Sebastian, one I didn’t know at the time. At 29, another 1968 track, bubblegum pop from Ohio Express that just pre-dated my charts, but which featured on our 16 Big Hits album that I played and played in Singapore in 1969/70. Yummy Yummy Yummy! At 42, bubblegum 1968 again, The Lemon Pipers fab Green Tambourine also debuting belatedly. Quo did as version of this one, so it’s a bit edgier than Ohio Express. At 41, The Hues Corporation get a third chart entry with more of a ballad this time, and hey, I’ll take a melody, too. Rupie Edwards is also back, with identikit follow-up Lego Skanga at 43, not nearly as good as Ire Feelings, but pleasant enough. 2 ( 2 ) HEY GIRL DON’T BOTHER ME The Tams 3 ( 7 ) FOOTSIE Wigan’s Chosen Few 4 ( 4 ) THIS OLD HEART OF MINE The Isley Brothers 8 ( 9 ) #9 DREAM John Lennon 9 ( NEW ) HITCHIN’ A RIDE ’75 Paper Lace 10 ( 8 ) YOUR KISS IS SWEET Syreeta 14 ( 41 ) YOUR MAMA WON’T LIKE ME Suzi Quatro 15 ( 10 ) GET DANCIN’ Disco Tex and The Sex-o-lettes 16 ( 16 ) ONLY YOU CAN Fox 20 ( 11 ) CATS IN THE CRADLE Harry Chapin 21 ( 19 ) DOWN DOWN Status Quo 24 ( 14 ) STREET CORNER MUSIC Dave Jordan 25 ( 39 ) SHOORAH SHOORAH Betty Wright 27 ( NEW ) SHAME SHAME SHAME Shirley & Company 28 ( NEW ) MAKE ME SMILE (COME UP AND SEE ME) Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel 29 ( NEW ) YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY Ohio Express 38 ( 47 ) BIG YELLOW TAXI Joni Mitchell 40 ( 48 ) SIXTY MINUTE MAN The Trammps 41 ( NEW ) I’LL TAKE A MELODY The Hues Corporation 42 ( NEW ) GREEN TAMBOURINE The Lemon Pipers 43 ( NEW ) LEGO SKANGA Rupie Edwards Drawing to a close on TV any week now it was Frankie Howard’s Up Pompeii special, ooh, no missus, don’t mock, no, ooh, no titter ye not…and so on. I loved Frankie, but it had actually ended in 1970 and just been repeated so much it seemed to have lasted longer. I’m probably the only one to remember his less-good follow-up series from 19730-ish Whoops Baghdad. Not likely to be repeated that one…! Also in it’s last throws The Golden Shot, Bernie The Bolt, and a show that had outstayed it’s welcome pretty much from the moment it started. At the cinema The Towering Inferno was still topping box office charts week after week, it was a blockbuster and a half relative to the overall market. Saturday was my cinema day, in Gloucester, which also gave me opportunities to continue to scour newsagents and second hand book shops like Toby’s for back DC Comics issues and hot new comics, which were back on form and normal sized after DC’s disastrous flirtation with thicker, more expensive comics, stuffed with reissued old stories as fillers to new stories. I know I felt short-changed cos I wasn’t interested (much) in old stories, they didn’t have the pizzaz of 70’s stories. Legion Of Super-Heroes of course was still in revival, looking sexy, but with a new artist in Mike Grell, who was no Dave Cockrum, though not bad. Dave Cockrum’s artwork could inspire the proposed new Warners movie of the Legion as well as it set up the X-Men (essentially the comic he took over at this point). 4 weeks for Angie Baby, and 3 weeks at 2 for The Tams, leaving highest new entry being a Valentines Day record from Mud – even the picture sleeve was done as if it were a gift from me to you stylee. Lonely This Christmas was the first Mud record to fall short of the top 10 (though it would eventually go all the way), so The Secrets That You Keep puts them back in the top 5 with a gentle ballad bang, I did after all love the lads dearly. It’s also the very final Chinn-Chapman record with Mud, as like The Sweet they abandoned their writer-producers leaving them free to all go their new chart ways. Shirley & Co go up to 6, as Fox go back up for the umpteenth time in 5 months, to 10, one of the most chaotic chart runs ever for me! Magpie’s Mick Robertson manages a second chart entry to follow-up his number one The Tango’s Over, at 11 with Then I Changed Hands, a reggae-prog-rock fusion and one I haven’t heard for 40 years, quite literally. Youtube comes to my rescue, and it’s rather damn fine. It’s written and produced by Richard Hewson, he of The Rah Band, and arranger of ooh, Beatles, Mary Hopkin, Cliff Richard and all some of their finest moments too. It’s safe to assume I was more Magpie than Blue Peter still, they just addressed you more as teens where Blue Peter talked as if you were about 10. Steve Harley goes up to 12, shockingly it’s chart peak first time round – I think over-saturation may have had something to do with it, and it seemed a bit novelty-ish – though like Mud’s Xmas it would be back to top the charts at a later date, hooray! New at 19, it’s a 60’s veteran, Mike Berry, who gets a chart debut with a slowed-down moody version of Elvis Presley’s Don’t Be Cruel, a song which had already been top 10 for me in 1972 as covered novelty-style by The Berries (formerly The Rocking Berries 60’s hitmakers). It was also a cover version of Billy Swan’s version from his I Can Help album which would also chart after Mike Berry’s version – I didn’t realise Mike had copied Billy! Mike had to wait another 5 years to make the UK charts again, after serving time on the Are You Being Served sitcom after it was past it’s sell-by date. That was still big on UK TV in 1975, of course, as innuendo still seemed much more racy and daring than it does these in-yer-face days. Who could forget Mrs Slocombe’s poor bedraggled pussy, or Mr Humphrey’s parade of friends, including the busty attractive one who was much happier since the operation? Big climbs for Hues Corporation and Rupie Edwards, and a new entry for Neil Sedaka at 29, his final ever UK hit single (stunningly considering what was to come after The Queen Of 1964, a clever amusing song about an overage groupie who once had Mick Jagger – she claimed), but in my (and the US) charts it was one of a string of hits going back 3 years chronologically, although 16 years if you count the original release date of 1972 number one Oh Carol, released in 1959 when I was 1 year old. Neil does this one in concert, and it’s great fun. As is the latest Rubettes hit at 30, making it 4 in a row with I Can Do It, a great glam pop romp, which was later murdered brutally by a football team who changed it to We Can Do It…. yes stand up and own up Liverpool FC 1977 – still one of the least-bad ever football records as sung by the squads, there’s so little good competition! More debuts though: Rupert Holmes, 5 years ahead of his Pina Colada song hit debut in the UK, enters at 34 with the American National Anthem – with a difference! It’s the tune, with amusing classy lyric changes about how American guys try to get a girl to err fall for their charms, Our National Pastime. It’s gentle, witty, clever. At 41, it’s the record that shocked Bowie fans: he enters his plastic soul period backed by Luther Vandross, Young Americans was such an abrupt change from Ziggy and Aladdin many couldn’t cope, and sales dropped, but I thought it was funktastic and way better than any of his 1974 singles – though I now love Rebel Rebel. At 42 it’s another brilliant debut, Supertramp and Dreamer, a seriously unusual single, but SO damn catchy despite not really having a hook you can sing as such, as it belts along at a hectic pace. Fantastic, and still their best single. At 43, another 60’s goodie, the minor fabulousness that has the same name as a DC superhero that I loved – till she was killed off in Crisis On Infinite Earths 10 or more years later, damn that DC Comics! Supergirl, that’ll be then, who just happened to be one of the Legion Of Super-Heroes as well as Superman’s cousin. I digress, it’s a great 1966 pop charmer and deserved to chart. Meanwhile at 44, The Pearls are back with their 6th chart entry, though they only really had one big UK hit (Guilty), and this non-hit was actually ahead of it’s time. 2 years ahead, give or take, as Tina Charles went on to have a big (slightly shrill) hit with it – Doctor Love. 4 ( 9 ) HITCHIN’ A RIDE ’75 Paper Lace 5 ( NEW ) THE SECRETS THAT YOU KEEP Mud 6 ( 27 ) SHAME SHAME SHAME Shirley & Company 11 ( NEW ) THEN I CHANGED HANDS Mick Robertson 12 ( 28 ) MAKE ME SMILE (COME UP AND SEE ME) Steve Harley And Cockney Rebel 14 ( 8 ) #9 DREAM John Lennon 16 ( 7 ) PLEASE MR POSTMAN The Carpenters 17 ( 29 ) YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY Ohio Express 19 ( NEW ) DON’T BE CRUEL Mike Berry 21 ( 10 ) YOUR KISS IS SWEET Syreeta 23 ( 41 ) I’LL TAKE A MELODY The Hues Corporation 24 ( 43 ) LEGO SKANGA Rupie Edwards 29 ( NEW ) THE QUEEN OF 1964 Neil Sedaka 30 ( NEW ) I CAN DO IT The Rubettes 34 ( NEW ) OUR NATIONAL PASTIME Rupert Holmes 35 ( 42 ) GREEN TAMBOURINE The Lemon Pipers 41 ( NEW ) YOUNG AMERICANS David Bowie 42 ( NEW ) DREAMER Supertramp 43 ( NEW ) SUPERGIRL Graham Bonney 44 ( NEW ) DOCTOR LOVE The Pearls 5 weeks on top for Helen Reddy, the longest run since Paul McCartney & Wings’ Jet, and the first to do 5 weeks in a row since Mud had Hypnosis on top summer of 73. Paper Lace go 2 places higher than the original Hitchin’ A Ride, at 2, and Shirley and Company take the greta Sylvia Robinson’s song and production into the top 5 2 years after her own sexy Pillow Talk did the same, and 5 years ahead of her Sugar Hill Records bringing rap to the world. Mike Berry just misses out on the 10, as the man who’s version he borrowed Don’t Be Cruel from, enters at 22 with the more novelty track off the album, I’m Her Fool and Billy Swan. The Rubettes and Rupert Holmes get good jumps into the 20, and Neil Sedaka’s Queen of 1964 stays ahead of highest new entry Remember The Days Of The Old School Yard as Linda Lewis gets her 3rd chart entry at 20. It’s a Cat Stevens song, but I prefer Linda’s vocals. Two soul groups for the price of one at 23, as another Sylvia Robinson sweet soul act enters: Moments and Whatnauts sing about Girls – they like ‘em fat, they like ‘em pretty, they like ‘em any which way, apparently, which is a rather admirably inclusive attitude for the 70’s. Unless they are more Quagmire than is called for. Giggity. At 27, a Northern Soul classic, Dean Parrish’ I’m On My Way, and the last record ever to be played at the then-famous Wigan Casino all-nighters. Dean never really made it in the States, but his minor celebrity in the UK was good enough for Paul Weller and Steve Craddock to want to do more recent stuff with him after decades away from the music biz. Yay! Meanwhile Bowie and Supertramp go top 30, hooray! At 33 Hello get a follow-up to Tell Him, Games Up, which is reasonable glam rock, and at 36 Ringo Starr’s solo career starts to wind down, rather surprisingly, given it was written for him by Elton John: Snookeroo, it must be said, isn’t either of them at their best though! No No Song, as the odd “I given up drugs” double A side, was even less commercial! In at 43, Average White Band debut sounding very American and funky, with the fab US instrumental number one Pick Up The Pieces, so influential were they in their Arif Mardin-produced “coals to Newcastle” story they ended up being the 15th most-sampled act of all-time: and they are Scottish and white! Showing it’s what’s in the grooves that counts, as they used to say. Finally Hamilton Bohannon debuts, with his very funky South African Man. 4 ( 6 ) SHAME SHAME SHAME Shirley & Company 5 ( 5 ) THE SECRETS THAT YOU KEEP Mud 6 ( 10 ) ONLY YOU CAN Fox 10 ( 11 ) THEN I CHANGE HANDS Mick Robertson 11 ( 19 ) DON’T BE CRUEL Mike Berry 13 ( 30 ) I CAN DO IT The Rubettes 14 ( 34 ) OUR NATIONAL PASTIME Rupert Holmes 15 ( 9 ) NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE Gloria Gaynor 17 ( 16 ) PLEASE MR POSTMAN The Carpenters 18 ( 14 ) #9 DREAM John Lennon 19 ( 29 ) THE QUEEN OF 1964 Neil Sedaka 20 ( NEW ) REMEMBER THE DAYS OF THE OLD SCHOOL YARD Linda Lewis 22 ( NEW ) I’M HER FOOL Billy Swan 23 ( NEW ) GIRLS Moments and Whatnauts 24 ( 41 ) YOUNG AMERICANS David Bowie 26 ( 42 ) DREAMER Supertramp 27 ( NEW ) I’M ON MY WAY Dean Parrish 33 ( NEW ) GAMES UP Hello 36 ( NEW ) SNOOKEROO Ringo Starr 38 ( 43 ) SUPERGIRL Graham Bonney 42 ( 44 ) DOCTOR LOVE The Pearls 43 ( NEW ) PICK UP THE PIECES The Average White Band 44 ( NEW ) SOUTH AFRICAN MAN Hamilton Bohannon Tagged average white band, bubblegum music, david bowie, graham bonney, helen reddy, isley brothers, john lennon, mick robertson, mud, northern soul, paper lace, rupert holmes, steve harley, Supertramp, sylvia robinson, syreeta, tams	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1714
__label__wiki	0.759617	0.759617	Global Nav Otvori izbornik Global Nav Zatvori izbornik Pretraži apple.com DE194 Tom Nelson \| Driving The Band Heathcote Hill To New Heights dHarmic Evolution Quotes from Tom: “It was a personal test to see if I had any skill as a songwriter, I just wanted to give it a try and see what happened, friends were so helpful and it just became a labor of love, and people like the songs and they like the music, so it’s been great.” “People ask me if my songs are personal, or documentaries or portraits, every song is its own thing, it becomes its own thing, like a child the minute it leaves you, you have to kind of follow your song and find out what it's trying to be.” “I try to push a song around the playground to see if it will work if it's just a lick, it’s really easy to lie with a guitar in your hand, you can tell anybody anything.” The Ingredients to Heathcote Hill: “It was kind of building everything around Megan’s voice, I would come up with some words and some chords, and we started to work it out with Megan, and kind of built everything around it and a lot of my friends were surprised that our first record was not what they expected. Cory was our drummer, Bruce was our Bass player, Megan was our singer, and I played guitars and that’s how it all became something.” A pivotal moment for Heathcote Hill: “For me as the “trying to be a songwriter person,” the first time I heard Megan,Tori, and Bruce and I play a song and it became something outside my head, and I said that sound really interesting, it wasn’t what I expected, it was it’s own thing, and I thought that’s really neat, to, from heard only here, to, heard there, every time it’s a surprise.” Songwriting in your blood: “I was a writer and director in advertising, that was my career, I've always been in a creative community and worked with some great directors, great actors, and great musicians, it was a really talented group, and a really fun world to be in, then I got back into music later in life and found a lot of the same creative challenges. So I wanted to see if I could go from commercial writing to songwriting.” Real Artists Ship: “You have to send it away at a certain point, I just have to let it be. The one song that has been tortured to within an inch of its life is called “Don’t Even Wave Goodbye”, it has three different passes of drums, different vocalists, I did countless guitar tracks, and we just kept trying it and trying it, and we finally got it to were we all liked it. I could have kept tinkering, and we finally had to just send it away.” NY Clubs: “Bowery Electric, The Bitter End, Rockwood Music Hall, there is something about the Bitter End, we always sound really good there, and all my friends sound better there, maybe it’s the horizontal room, or maybe its the vibe of the room, but we always sound good there.” Megan: “Megan has always been a singer, her sisters sing, they sing at every baptism, wedding, and first communion, and everything in the family. Megan and I were in a band a few years ago, that’s how we got to know each other, it’s something she does in her spare time. The last band took two 3 month leaves when Megan had her last two children. She is a Mom and works in Education and her husband is an Annapolis Grad and one night a week we try to rehearse and do music.” Tim Hatfield CTS Studios: “Tim Hatfield at CTS studios in Brooklyn thought that the song “Some Things In Life” will sound great with a keyboard part, what do you think? he asked. I said I’m homeless I’m looking for help, who do you know? I’ll send it to my friend Rob Arthur, and maybe he can do a neat thing for us. Rob Arthur has been touring with Peter Frampton for the last 15 years as his keyboard and guitar player, he is an astonishing musician, and a week later thanks to the miracle of the internet, Rob’s piece comes back and its the opening of “Some things in Life” Featured Songs: Some things in Life Rain all Night Oxfo all songs copy-written and protect by James Kevin O'Connor DJ COPPOLA Player's Pick Podcast Chrys Johnson Suara PodCats techno & travel stories tunes&wings Rasta Volume Red Parker Gdje kupiti: pronađi prodavača. Autorsko pravo © 2019 Apple Inc. Sva prava pridržana. Upotreba kolačića Uvjeti korištenja Mapa web-mjesta	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1723
__label__cc	0.65416	0.34584	Marcus Aurelius was a Roman Emperor and philosopher who wrote Meditations; insights which were considered to give the meaning of life. The book was not written with the intent to be published. It offers a noteworthy chain of challenging situations which are a reflection on spirituality and enumerate the struggle to understand oneself and one's role in the universe. Written in the style of a journal, Meditations emphasizes that life in this world is short. Aurelius was a stoic philosopher who had influenced the thoughts of many leaders in his time. The first of several overarching themes in Meditations is to evaluate self judgment and judgment of others. Another theme is that everything comes from nature and will return to nature once again. A final theme is to maintain focus and be attentive. The author establishes the point that we should enjoy the things that are possible and within our reach and at the same time recognize that other thins our outside of our control and should not concern us. Aurelius uses statements to emphasize faith in God and how to lead a good life in the face of temptation. This book provides support and personal comfort and is a captivating read. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius Books Should Be Free Show 9 More Episodes © 2020 LoyalBooks.com Top Podcasts In Philosophy Filozofija gre v svet AIDEA Podkast Klemen Selakovic Dear Hank & John WNYC Studios and Complexly Very Bad Wizards Tamler Sommers & David Pizarro Stuff Mom Never Told You iHeartRadio & HowStuffWorks Plato's Republic by Plato Loyal Books Walden by Henry David Thoreau The Odyssey by Homer The Iliad by Homer More by Books Should Be Free Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E.M. Berens Aesop's Fables by Aesop Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Use of Cookies Terms of Use Site Map	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1724
__label__wiki	0.710846	0.710846	Back to Help Index Categorization Basics Category Media Guide Media Guide History Embedding and Exporting Wiki Media Wiki Formatting and Syntax Item Media Navigating Answers Moderating Answers Community Moderation Site Customization New Guides Tool Permissions Manager Permissions and Patrolling Notification Manager Version Control Management Page Appearance Tab Header and Footer Styling Getting Started With Wikis A Wiki page is used for documentation that is not procedural. Use Wikis to convey general information in a flexible format, like a troubleshooting page or a Material Safety Data Sheet. Below is an example of what a typical Wiki page might look like: Creating a Wiki Page To create a Wiki page, simply go to the New Page Creator and select "Wiki". You will then be prompted to enter a title for the Wiki. Once you have chosen a name, click "Next," and you will be taken to the editing interface for the Wiki page. Editing a Wiki Page To edit a Wiki page, simply click on the "Edit" tab. The edit page for that particular Wiki will appear, and all the text, pictures, and formatting can be edited and arranged on this page. Parts of a Wiki Page The title is both what a Wiki will be known as, and the way that people will find a Wiki. The Title field is automatically filled with the name that was provided when first creating the page. You can change the title to whatever you like, although this will not change the URL for the Wiki page. It will change the display title on the "View" tab. Summaries provide a brief idea of what the Wiki is about. They show up on searches and underneath the Wiki image, so they are very useful for identifying a Wiki. Typical content in a summary includes date of release, important specifications, and possibly an ID number. Images help users recognize the topic of a Wiki. Since the image will often be viewed as a thumbnail, it should be simple and free of clutter. Attaching the Wiki image is quite simple. Once an image is uploaded to the Media Manager, simply drag click on the thumbnail of the image, and it will appear where the grey image placeholder was. Images can also be put in the Additional Information text box on the Wiki page. The Permissions Manager is a system that prohibits edits to pages from being automatically accepted if the user making the edit has less than the necessary reputation. Use the slider in this field to set the required amount of reputation to edit this Wiki page. Check out these other pages for complete breakdowns on reputation and the Permission Manager. Tags act similarly to any other tags, in that they increase search popularity by including extra words that many would think of in relation to that Wiki, even though they may not be a part of the title. To add a tag, locate the "Tags" field in the Wiki editing interface, type in the tag you want to add, and then press "Add". Wiki pages are free format, which means that you will have to know a little bit of code (or Wiki Syntax) to edit your page. All of the information on this page will be entered in the “Additional Information” text box. Below is an example of an “Additional Information” text box in a Wiki that conveys safety information. Refer to Wiki Formatting & Syntax for all the information you’ll need to get started. Organizing a Wiki Page To organize a Wiki page, go to the “Related Category” field in the editing interface, type in the name of the category that the Wiki should be organized under, and click “Save”. The Wiki page will appear under the “Related Pages” section of the chosen category. Go back to the Help Index Was this article helpful to you? Your vote has been recorded. Tell us more. (optional)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1727
__label__cc	0.633812	0.366188	Microsoft Announces Engagement Mapping ROI Black Box, Technology Companies Taking Over Advertising Industry scottkarp 25th Feb 2008 on Advertising ROI, Microsoft, Online Advertising Microsoft announced today that they are going after the holy grail of advertising: integrated ROI measurement and tracking. The big problem with online ROI measurement that Microsoft is targeting is the inability to assign quantifiable value to brand advertising, e.g. banner ads, and which results in disproportionate value being assigned to search advertising — the “last click” which typically leads to a measurable actions like a purchase. This is the holy grail because the biggest bucket of advertising dollars is still in offline brand advertising, e.g. TV commercials, and the big players — Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, et al — are all trying to drag those big brand dollars kicking and screaming online. Although billions of dollars are gleefully poured into offline brand ads with little or no quantifiable ROI measurement — certainly nowhere near what is possible with search advertising (AKA direct marketing) — the expectation is that when those brand advertising dollars shift online, they will suddenly become much more measurable. The problem is that the “last click” before an online purchase is typically a search or other text ad, which get clicked far more often than banners and other brand ads (including video ads). Even advertising clients who have been die hard believers in the soft ROI of branding suddenly become obsessive click counters when their ads go online. So Microsoft is trying to solve this problem with an integrated tracking system that ascribes value to the brand ads that a consumer sees before clicking on a text ad. The end game of course is to convince advertisers to run all of their ads through Microsoft’s growing online advertising infrastructure (which they still hope will include Yahoo), so that they can consolidate all of the available user data — and thus all of the ad dollars. What’s shaping up is a battle of the titans between Google and Microsoft for control of the big advertiser dollars as they shift online — and brand advertising ROI measurement is key. Here are two observations on Microsoft’s announcement: 1. It’s a black box Microsoft’s Engagement Mapping system announcement is VERY short on details — the proverbial “black box,” which has been a scourge of advertising measurement for years, because clients typically don’t trust what they can’t understand. During the post crash years, I spent some time studying the econometric modeling approach to ROI measurement, sometimes called marketing mix modeling — it’s a form of regression analysis that attempts to establish causal relationships between advertising data and key client metrics. It’s powerful — and expensive — stuff, but most clients are wary because you need a PhD to understand how it works (literally, the people who do this stuff are PhDs). Here’s what I mean by black box (via CNET): Say a consumer sees an ad for a product in a video ad one day, and then clicks on a text ad to visit the retailer’s site the next day, and then eventually sees a banner ad that leads to a purchase. All of the monetary credit tends to go to the text link that was clicked on, says John Chandler, principal analyst for Microsoft’s Atlas ad serving division. “Under our (Engagement Mapping) model, those will share the credit,” for example, with 40 percent each going to the video ad and the text ad and 20 percent going to the banner, he says. And you arrived at those percentages how? Oh, don’t you worry your pretty little head about it… we just feed all the data into our big black “Engagement Mapping” box, crank this handle right here, and it spits out the answer. Remember, any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic — just tell that to the brand manager writing the eight or nine figure check. 2. It’s Microsoft If you worked in advertising up until say the Google IP, it probably seems on the face of it totally nuts that companies outside of Madison Avenue should have the lead on seizing the holy grail. I mean, Microsoft is a SOFTWARE company, for crying out loud. But the problem with advertising has always been that it was more art than science, when it should have been about dollars and cents. Google AdWords was so pioneering because it enabled many companies who couldn’t afford for advertising to be a cost center to turn their advertisng into a profit center. When you think about it, it makes perfect sense that technology companies should take over the advertising industry. Nobody in Silicon Valley will win a Clio Award, but they will help clients get more than $1 back for every $1 of advertising they spend — and advertisers have always cared more about their bottom lines than Madison Avenue’s ego. Subscribe to Publishing 2.0 Get the latest posts delivered right to your inbox. 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__label__cc	0.696411	0.303589	Category: Tribute King of Comedy October 31, 2014 October 31, 2014 by khorhmin, posted in Poem, Rondeau, Tribute I took an entire month to think of what to write for The Writer’s Tower October 2014 theme: COMEDY. It may sound seemingly easy. ‘Comedy’ was such a nice, friendly and cheerful word, but inspiration eluded me until the very last evening. LOL. So, this is my contribution for October 2014. It is a tribute to the comedian Robin Williams (1951-2014), who made the world laugh. He was creative and unique, with lightning-quick wit. When his bright spark was snuffed out, the world mourned the loss. May he be remembered with great fondness for a long time to come. Theme: COMEDY. Bonus words: guillotine or lemonade. A bright spark with a big heart; from shy beginnings He became funny, entertaining Just to gain his mother’s attention Later blossoming into his passion Political science, he was studying But dropped out and went into acting Excelled at Julliard, quite amazing A stand-up comedian in his own fashion Mork and Mindy was a hit on TV, smashing Meteoric rise to fame in films, unsurprising Addiction and depression Became his guillotine and damnation Couldn’t make lemonade from life’s lemons anymore; seemingly An original poem by Attribution: By S Pakhrin from DC, USA (Happy Feet Premiere Uploaded by tm) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ], via Wikimedia Commons This poem was written in the style of a Rondeau – a short poem consisting of fifteen lines that have two rhymes throughout. The first few words or phrase from the first line are repeated twice in the poem as a refrain. So, you can see the poem with the rhyming shown below. The capital A is the refrain (a sentence repeated from the first line). (a) A bright spark with a big heart; from shy beginnings (a) He became funny, entertaining (b) Just to gain his mother’s attention (b) Later blossoming into his passion (a) Political science, he was studying (a) But dropped out and went into acting (a) Excelled at Julliard, quite amazing (b) A stand-up comedian in his own fashion (a) Mork and Mindy was a hit on TV, smashing (a) Meteoric rise to fame in films, unsurprising (b) Addiction and depression (b) Became his guillotine and damnation (a) Couldn’t make lemonade from life’s lemons anymore; seemingly To read more about the Rondeau poem style, visit the Young Writers’ Website. A tribute to Robin Williams (1951-2014) Tagged Robin Williams, tributeLeave a comment	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1730
__label__wiki	0.716568	0.716568	Early English Books Online (EEBO) Legacy version Early English Books Online (EEBO) Legacy version: About Search Tips Toggle Dropdown Periodicals Search Browse - Authors Toggle Dropdown Browse - Periodicals Browse - Thomason Tracts Results Toggle Dropdown Document Image EEBO is moving! Early English Books Online is moving to the main ProQuest Platform! Starting 21 August 2019, Early English Books Online will be available on the enhanced ProQuest platform and cross-searchable with ProQuest journals, newspapers, dissertations and other relevant content. The new user experience will be available in parallel with the current version through end of 2019. With its clean interface and responsive design, the ProQuest platform delivers a modern research experience that guides users' discovery, access and management of rich, diverse content sources. 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__label__cc	0.540063	0.459937	Chapter 6: Furor On January 28, 2019 By ErraticErrata “The words of one sage are wisdom, the words of a hundred a riot.” – Atalantian saying What was it with Proceran cities and looking kind of shoddy? Rochelant at least had bothered to put up walls at some point in its history, which the Callowan in me could not help but approve of, but those miserable piles of mud and stone looked like they hadn’t seen a day’s maintenance in the last century. I wouldn’t need sorcery to knock those over, just a sapper with a few tools and a pile of firewood. On the other hand, I couldn’t help but stare at the size of the place – come winter, and we were definitely there, there must have been at least twenty something thousand people living in there. Rochelant was a goblin’s dream playground, all wooden thatched houses and narrow alleys, but by Proceran standards this was considered a small city. There would be a handful of those in Iserre alone, with the eponymous capital being significantly larger. Sometimes it boggled the mind how many people actually lived within the borders of the Principate. Sure, these were the heartlands and by far the most densely populated part of the realm, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the total population of Procer beat that of Callow and Praes put together. But the behemoth is quarrelsome, and slow to wake, I thought. That’d been the sole saving grace of the Principate’s bordering nations since the crowning of the founding First Prince. Yet both those flaws would have to be fixed, if the war up north was to be won. There was a reason I would have peace as set by the Liesse Accords or no peace at all. Procer resurgent, purged of all its weaknesses, might be almost as dangerous to Calernia as the Dead King himself. Cordelia Hasenbach did not strike me as particularly ambitious when it came to acquiring new territories directly – her game had always been a diplomatic in outcome, when she was the one leading the dance – but there was no guarantee her successor would be so inclined. I wasn’t going to bloody Callow and its allies just to enable the latest imperial expansion of the ‘Wardens of the West’, as the rulers of this realm so arrogantly titled themselves. “Ivah wasn’t making it up,” Archer mused. “They really haven’t bothered to put up sentries. Bold, I’ve gotta say.” The walls were only about a dozen feet high and I had doubts they were thick enough to resist even a single good hit from a trebuchet, but the part Indrani had focused on was perhaps the most important: there was not a soul patrolling atop them. Or guarding the city gates, which were as wide open as such a narrow gap allowed. The snowy dirt road leading to them had been use recently, though. There were hoof marks leading into the countryside, so whoever held command in there was fielding at least some patrols. I pulled at the reins of Zombie the Fourth, though the dead horse I’d spared form ending up in a drow cookpot to serve as my undead mount instead showed no reaction to the gesture. Necromancy, insofar as I was truly doing that – and Akua had expressed her doubts on the subject many a time – had gotten a little rougher since I’d traded in Winter for Night. Whatever strange spark of intelligence my good little abomination Zombie the Third still held wherever she was – unnecessarily – grazing at grass was absent from my new mount. The Sisters insisted this was a consequence of my raw handling of Night, but I disagreed. There’d been something to Winter that was missing in the Night, even after the latter had devoured the former. Crow-Andronike stirred on my shoulder, displeased, but did not take up the argument. It was probably for the best that her sister had remained with the southern expedition, because she most definitely would have. “The smoke means chimneys and fires are still being used,” Akua noted from my other side. “In large enough amount it cannot be solely the soldiers of the League doing so. That implies some degree of coherent thought remains to the inhabitants.” “Not a demon, probably, unless it is,” Indrani summed up. Diabolist looked deeply pained at the phrasing, but did not disagree. I smothered a smile and urged Zombie forward with a twist of will. The company of drow around us was heavy on Lords, at General Rumena’s insistence, though to be fair I hadn’t bothered to argue. Ivah, Soln, Sagas and Vadymir: the majority of my surviving Peerage was trailing the three of us, with around four dozen rylleh of mixed sigils following behind them in turn. As long as the moon was out, the power at my back was the equivalent of fielding a small army. In power, anyway, and that was always tricky business. All that was necessary for them to turn into a mere fifty drow was the right ward or miracle. They’d been predators among predators, down in the Everdark, but where the Firstborn had been shedding their own blood for millennia up here the war had two sides. For all their centuries of fighting and deep wells of Night, I often wondered how well my Peerage would truly stack up against a well-trained hero. We’ll have to find out, eventually, I grimly thought. I shook off the thought and turned by attention back to the present. The closer we got to the city, the more I became convinced there were eyes on us. There was not a soul immediately through the gates, which made that rather interesting. Andronike’s sliver of godhood on my shoulder should be quite enough to make a wreck of any attempt to scry us, implying something was actually watching us directly. “Archer?” I murmured. Even under the hood and cloth I saw her brow creasing. “Correct me if I’m wrong,” Indrani said. “But I’m guessing if these people can’t even put together the coin for decent walls they shouldn’t have enough to put up gargoyles on them.” Akua stilled. “Helikeans are fond of animating stone,” the shade said. “Though admittedly they’ve rarely succeeded at anything larger than a dog.” Now that I knew what to look for, I could make out the small silhouettes that’d wedged themselves into holes and fissures. Imp-like sculptures of rough stone, some with the heads of dogs and others more lizardlike. Many had wings, though not all. I’d missed them at first look, I thought, because none of them were moving even the slightest bit. Not even the eyes. “No sentries, huh,” I said. “Looks like our good friend the Tyrant is a little more careful than he lets on.” Ivah slid up to me, head already bowed, but I waved away the apology before it could be spoken. It’d been the kind of detail someone unused to having to consider what people could and could not afford – in essence, not a drow – might have missed. Living in massive ornate ruins could be a blind spot of sorts, and both Ivah and its scouts had spent their whole lives living in the remnants of their old empire. Interesting, though, that the mistake would fit so well. Had the Tyrant gotten lucky, or was there more to it? Regardless, it seemed that my army’s last visit to Rochelant might not have been as discreet as we’d previously thought. The Tyrant of Helike, I suspected, would be waiting for us. “You’ll know next time,” I simply told Ivah. “Mistakes are to be expected. It doesn’t matter, so long as you learn from them.” “As you say, Losara Queen,” the Lord of Silent Steps murmured back. With a bow it retreated, just in time for us to enter Rochelant in lockstep. The gate above us was arched, and I felt petty satisfaction at noting that my earlier prediction of poor wall depth proved entirely accurate. The muddy road into the city ahead of us was probably the closest thing to an avenue there was to be found in here. Broad enough for a cart to go through, anyway, which had probably been the measure it was built on. “Akua,” I simply said. Diabolist met my eyes, inclined her head and as we passed in the shade cast by a house she vanished into thin air. She had her instructions already. My arguably finest expert in sorcery would be taking a look at the influence taking hold of Rochelant, though she was to retreat and return to me the moment she started feeling it herself. “It is here,” Andronike spoke from my shoulder. “Like waves lapping at the shore. There is a source further in.” “Not feeling anything,” Indrani noted. “For which we give thanks to the Night,” I mildly replied. I had no intention of walking into a place like this without one of my crow-goddesses serving as a shield. “My thoughts exactly. Hail the Sisters, all that good stuff,” Archer snorted. She’d never been one to meet a deity and not debate whether to try to stab it, I recognized with a sigh. “We head for the source,” I told the drow. “Andronike?” “None may hide from me after dusk,” the crow claimed. That might even be true, as I immediately felt a pull in the Night guiding me forward through the streets. Given how narrow they were, the drow had to spread out over rooftops to keep even a semblance of formation. They did so in utter silence, ethereal silhouettes in the moonlight that left no mark and bore no weight. We’d left the main road behind, and with that any semblance of this city not being a nightmarish mess of cramped alleys. Tough sometimes it was so tight that Archer couldn’t even stay at my side, our journey through was informative in some ways. There were still people inside the houses, though not nearly as many as there should be this late out. The sounds in the distance told me that Ivah’s report of ‘tribunals’ had not been idle chatter: I could hear shouting in Chantant, the bay of a mob out for a good hanging. The first trial we came across was on the steps of a House of Light, and the sight of a roiling mob of nearly a hundred had me ordering my horse to a halt. The Procerans did not pay us the slightest attention, though the other foreigners did. Watching on passively from a distance, a dozen soldiers in scale armour were standing apart from the crowd. Sword and board men, the lot of them, though the mail beneath the scales going down to their knees was a style of armour known to me. Helikean, though these men-at-arms were missing the javelins their lot was reputed to bear. The Tyrant’s soldiers looked at us, but before long returned their attention to the citizens. So you knew we were coming, I thought. Or your orders are not to care about outsiders coming in. Gaze returning to the Procerans, I tried to parse out the mixed shouts of Chantant and Tolesian they were using interchangeably and found only mixed success. The man they were attempting to hold a tribunal over was obvious, a brother from the House of Light wearing what had once been very nice robes now ripped and dirtied. Accusations bribery and withheld healing were tossed at him, but my interest lay in the fact that there were other priests among the crowd. Shouting with the others, red-faced and thirsty for blood. Whatever was animating these people, even priesthood was no opponent for it. “They’re not resorting to violence yet,” I noted out loud. “That robe didn’t rip itself,” Archer replied. Yes, but she was missing the point. For all the anger and fervour stirring up the crowd, they were not simply tearing the accused apart. The process was rough and loud, but accusations were being laid and witnesses called. Some law, I suspected, was being obeyed. But whose? It was certainly not the laws of Iserre, or even those few that held for the entire Principate. We stayed long enough to see the crowd begin voting on the seven among them that would make up the tribunal and pass the sentence, though I did not remain to witness what would be the inevitable conclusion. There were already headless corpses staining the front of the House that told me the nature of it. The Helikean soldiers parted wordlessly for us when I rode past them, Archer at my side. None of them caught sight of the shadows following me by way of the rooftops. Three more of these trials we encountered as I let the Night guide me further into Rochelant, each headed for grim ending. “There’s something in the air here,” Indrani grunted as we passed the third. “Blood,” I flatly replied. I glanced to the side as she pulled back her hood a fraction, revealing troubled hazelnut eyes. “This almost feels like a domain, Cat,” she said. “Only wrong. Winter was cruel, but it was… clear. This has a fever to it, a sickness. Whatever’s at the centre of this, it is mad.” I shivered, fingers closing tightly around my ebony staff. I’d heard what she did not say. It was mad, and so it was dangerous – and we were head towards it. “And still we advance,” I said. Stillness held for a moment. “Well,” Archer said, pulling down her hood. “Not like we ever let good sense get in the way before.” I sent Zombie forward, knowing there was a grain of truth to that. Andronike’s talons dug into my shoulder as we made our way out of the alley not long after, a sign we’d reached the source of this bloody dream. The clamour could be heard long before I saw anything with my own eyes, the wave of sound that was hundreds of people talking and screaming and moving. Before us stood what was likely a marketplace, though packed full with citizens as it was that could only remain a guess. Men and women were standing in line in the back, up against a tavern, and I watched as the one in front was dragged to the side and beheaded before the parted corpse was dragged away out of sight. Immediately the tribunal that’d passed the sentence returned to the mob, and voting began on who would make up the next as the second in line in the back was brought to the front. This was it, I thought. Even with the crow goddess on my shoulder shielding me from the worst of this, I could feel something rippling in the air. A steady pulse like a heartbeat. Leaning on the height temporarily granted to me by my horse, I followed the sensation to its source. There was a table to the side of the proceedings, more a pile of crates than anything else, and at is sat a single man. Tanned in the way of the Free Cities, he was dressed like a beggar in worn robes too loose on his frame. Which was thin, though not the thinness of the heathy. He looked like he’d had too many lean meals, or perhaps like the fire in those grey eyes had eaten away at his body from the inside. The Hierarch of the League of Free Cities, for this could not be anyone else, was middle-aged and balding. His eyebrows were thick and bushy, both they and his sparse beard warring between white streaks and dark brown. One of his boots, I could not help but notice, had been so poorly sown back on the sole was coming off at the front. I looked at him, saw him scribbling on a clay tablet while intently following the proceedings, and felt the slightest bit of fear. He looked like no one, I thought. But coming from his body like an invisible current was some deep and terrible power the touch of which could be felt over all of Rochelant. It was not reaching into my mind, not yet, but it felt as if raising my hand would allow me to feel the unseen ripples. “That’s an aspect,” Indrani said, voice hushed. “Gods, how can that be an aspect?” “Andronike?” I asked. The crow-goddess did not reply for a long moment, until I turned my head to look at her. If a bird could look uncomfortable, I saw, it would be something like this. “This is… difficult,” Andronike said, voice tight. “The pull is strong.” My fingers clenched. “You’re having a hard time fighting him,” I croaked. “What the Hells is this, Andronike? He’s Named, not…” “Faith,” the crow got out. “This is faith, Catherine Foundling. Pure unadulterated belief, untainted by doubt or hesitation. It sings, and the world sings back.” “Faith in what?” I asked. “Nothing,” Andronike hissed. “A snake eating its own tail. It is bleak madness screamed by endless throats, and it would stand tribunal over the Gods themselves.” I swallowed. And the Tyrant of Helike was using this man as a pawn? “We need to leave,” Archer said. “We’re not ready for this. Not without Masego.” I breathed in, breathed out. Fear was the death of reason. None of the reasons I had come here had changed. If anything, the depths of the man I was still looking at made it more important to get a handle on what the League was after. I allowed my staff to slip my fingers and hit the frozen ground. Calling on a breath’s worth of Night, I used to support to get off my horse. Indrani sucked in a breath. “Cat, this is a trap,” she said. “And still I advance,” I ruefully smiled. “Andronike, safeguard them.” The crow left my shoulder, a few flaps of her wings landing her atop the head of the eerily-still Zombie. “It will sing to you, First Under the Night,” the goddess warned. “Ah, but that’s the trick,” I told her, baring my teeth. “You can’t go mad twice, o goddess of Night.” Limping against my staff, I slipped into the crowd. The sound and power beat at my eardrums like a ram, in some way intertwined, and it took me by surprise hard enough some man almost elbowed me off my feet. I grit my teeth and shoved back with my staff. It should have stung, but the man was too busy screaming his vote in Chantant to notice. Going straight through would see me trampled, I decided, so I made my way to the edge instead and began circling around. The pounding in my ears was relentless. Again and again it came as I stumbled around half-blind, until I could almost make out words. Almost. I caught my breath against a half-fallen stall, and only then gathered enough attention to notice the woman staring at me. She was, it was almost too absurd to think, aggressively nondescript. There was a muted look to her face, as if her thoughts were halfway elsewhere, though as she narrowed her eyes I felt something brush against my mind. Somewhere very far away, Sve Noc bared their teeth in displeasure. The stranger paled, eyes turning bloodshot, and clutched her forehead as scarlet began dripping out of her nostrils. Shouldn’t have done that, I thought. In there be monsters, my friend. I immediately felt dozens of stares settle on me, but I ignored them and began the journey again. Not far, now, and where the Hierarch was seated a gap had formed in the crowd. I pushed the last woman out of the way, though I froze just after. I could have sworn I’d hear someone whisper in my ear, though the words had been indistinct. My fingers clutched the staff and I drew comfort from the sensation of the Night within, letting out a deep breath and putting myself together. The Named, I saw, had not so much as glanced at me. Neither did he bother when I stepped around the makeshift table until I stood behind him. I glanced down at the words being scribbled on the clay tablet with a stone stylet. That wasn’t Chantant, I noted. I didn’t recognize the language, although at one of the words was very close to the Mtethwa for ‘protest’ so it might be tradertalk. The second Maleficent had held the region under her grasp for long enough there’d been some bleed into the local tongue, I’d read. “Will anyone but you actually be able to read those?” I said in Chantant. I’d meant to speak lightly, but my voice came out rough instead. The Hierarch finally paused in his writing, turning to look at me. There was something calm, almost resigned, to the stare. As if nothing of Creation could truly ruffle his feathers. “Irrelevant,” the Hierarch replied in the same, tone chiding. “Transcripts must be kept of trials held.” I blinked. Huh. Not the answer I’d expected. The power battering at my mind was weakening, I felt, slowly but surely. Did the aspect require concentration? “I am-” “You have the look of a foreign tyrant,” the Hierarch accused. “Back home it’s called regular tyranny, though,” I replied, and immediately bit my tongue. I’d really thought I was done with the whole taunting dangerous, powerful madmen thing but apparently old habits died hard. The Hierarch’s brow furrowed as he seemed to seriously mull over that. The battering ram slowed even further. “That seems logical,” he muttered. “It should be passed on to the Republic for consideration.” Then he turned those dark eyes back on me. “You do not deny the charge of tyranny?” he pressed. “You already laid out your stance in our correspondence,” I said. He seemed vaguely surprised, then thoughtful. “You are Cordelia Hasenbach,” the man stated, half-questioningly. A moment passed, while I was genuinely at a loss for words. Ah, I thought. So this is why the Tyrant thinks he can make a pawn of you. For a heartbeat I debated actually pretending I was the First Prince just to see if I could make some trouble for her, but discarded the notion just as quick. Best not to roll dice when they had teeth and a noted fondness for biting. “Catherine Foundling,” I replied. “Queen of Callow.” If he felt embarrassed about the mistake, he didn’t show it in the slightest. “There’s no such thing,” he told me sternly. “Queens or Catherine Foundling?” I said. “Because one of those debates is a lot more philosophical than I’m equipped to handle.” Behind us the clamour of the crowd had quieted some, but by the sounds of it the trials hadn’t stopped. Neither had the aspect, I thought, at least not entirely. But what had been a trumpet earlier was a murmur now, and that I could handle while keeping most of my wits about me. “Aristocracy Is A Festering Wound Upon The People,” Anaxares of Bellerophon gravely informed me. “May Hail Strike It Repeatedly For A Thousand Years.” That seemed a little excessive. There shouldn’t be much left to hail on after the first century. “Preaching to the Choir there,” I said. “I’ve never fought a war against someone who didn’t have some sort of title.” “Yet you are a queen,” he said, blithely ignoring his previous assertion there was no such thing. “For the moment,” I shrugged. “I intend to abdicate when it’s feasible.” “So your kind always claims,” the Hierarch said, eyes turning flinty. “Give me the right, they say, give me the laws and the swords. I will keep you safe until the storm has passed. And service becomes rule, rule becomes tyranny until lovingly the yoke is fastened around our necks.” Like the hammer on the anvil, the ram against the gate, the dull pounding of his power began to sound in the distance. Slow. Swelling. Implacable. But I would not be cowed that easily. “Is this why the League has gone to war?” I asked. “To end crowns?” There wasn’t a single thing that changed about him, I thought. He was still a skeleton of a man in ill-fitting robes, a scarecrow with a scowl. Not a single thing had changed, and yet… If I strained the ear, I could hear the chorus. The howls of the mob. Chains ripped apart, palaces toppled and bones being crushed. Torches starting a fire that would spread across the world. A song of revolt, of rebellion. I could feel it, like warm wine running through my veins. It was harsh and unforgiving, but oh how glorious it was. How easy it would have been to partake of it and let that warmth swallow me whole. “We are all of us free or we are none of us free,” the Hierarch of the League of Free Cities said, voice like steel. “There is no middle ground. And for the lashes struck at our back, all will be called to account – if gallows must be raised for devils and angels alike, so be it.” I almost, out of sheer contrariness, pointed out that devils did not die but only disperse. But would they really, if it was this man passing the sentence? Suddenly I was not so certain. My mistake, I thought, had been trying to think of him as either a terror or a fool. Fear had dogged me, wading through his aspect, but it had retreated as we spoke. As the man proved to be so uninterested in his surrounding as to be lost. I’d allowed the cadenced little phrases, the obvious mistakes and ignorance, to lull me into believing him… adrift. Living in his own world. But Black had warned me about people like this, hadn’t he? About Named who did not see Creation as it was but how it should be. Men and women who embraced their vision so deeply they bent the world around them to match it. My mistake, I thought once more, had been to believe he must be only one of the two. He was not. The Tyrant of Helike had not sharpened this blade so carefully to cut a mortal empire, I decided. There was a broader game unfolding. “It’s a pretty dream,” I said. “A pretty speech. But you ended it before you got to the end – the part where you declare war on the rest of the continent for those same pretty things, and it eats you alive. It’s not a fight you’re going to win, Hierarch.” The man’s lips quirked, his face serene save for the scorn. “War against Calernia,” he said amusedly. “As if tearing down masters was the same thing as warring on their slaves. You betray yourself, tyrant. You think I wage war on them?” The stylus flicked at the crowd of Procerans. The axe went up, the axe went down. Another dead man, dragged into the alley. “The old faceless thing bade me to choose a side,” the Hierarch said. “And at long last, I have.” My eyes narrowed. The old faceless thing. There weren’t a lot of entities out there that would fit that epithet. Anaxares of Bellerophon smiled, crooked teeth bared. “You think us outnumbered?” he said. “How many of us are there, tyrant, and how many of you?” I could have wounded him, then. Not with a blade – here and now, even if he did not lift a finger, I did not think that would end well for me – but with words. A reminder that he marched with slavers and monsters, that his own League would turn on him in due time. That he should get his own fucking house in order before tossing stones at mine. Or maybe that power would fail him, in the end, and that like the city-state that spawned him his road would end in blood and whimpering. But there would be a place and a time for that, and it was not tonight. I had seen the sword, and must now see its wielder. “It’s a lovely song,” I said instead. “But it’s always easier to break than to make.” The Hierarch’s gaze returned to the trial, where the accused was being dragged to the fore. “There will be one for you as well, one day,” he said. “But not tonight,” I said. “Not tonight,” he softly agreed. I left as the man bent back over his tablet, hand moving anew to write words only he could read. It was past time I had a chat with the other madman in this city. Chapter 5: Consult Chapter 7: Fellowship 149 thoughts on “Chapter 6: Furor” Found the Hierarch For the People! SpacyRicochet Yes! Oh Hierarch, ultimate ruler! Heresy! I charge this ally of tyranny with treason. No man is above another. Alas, this very forum system revels in placing those who speak first above those who would seek to respond to them. 😉 Hmm Tyrant next chapter that should prove more fruitful. Cat knows Hiearach has dealt with the Bard. Another Masego mention so I assume next chapter or whenever Cat meets the Tyrant. The Tyrant will drop that particular bombshell. I am still confused is the area of effect from the Hierarch Faith? Or is it his Faith enhancing an Aspect to extreme degree. Seems almost like the Ability that Angel of Contrition used to force millions to march against the Dead King. Of course that was a good deal more powerful. Black said confidence powers Named. Who could be more confident than a man so deep in the throes of madness? The same way the Saint of Swords has improved her own aspects through meditation ins seclusion. The saint probably has an aspect like cut that could make strong slashes, which matured to making slashes that could fire from afar, later on after mediation she could literally cut creation with her blade. I believe the hierarch has been able to intensify the effects of his domain by increasing the area of effect as well as the power that while weak is able to penetrate all eventually. This power can only be maintained as long as he maintains his purpose(dwarf name). Thus whenever he is distracted or his thoughts wander to anything besides writing laws, judgement, he weakens. So yes it is an aspect, a domain aspect similar to Champion’s and Fall, but he has been able to increase effectiveness through his faith which is believing in the people. He is a name that has been created by the tyrant in order to control a power that can nullify the bard simply because his story allows him to. He is a secret weapon against entities who mainly use story narratives. By leaving everything to a vote the tyrant has harnessed the power of the mob similar to a roman emperor harnessing roman citizens against any other would be power. Fair seems the weakness of Bard is dealing with mortals with Faith as so far Hanno, Tyrant and Heirarch have all must with Bard by leaning into the Faith and thus being unpredictable because of that. You are right class Black noted that Named are more powerful when they lean into their name. Although that does tend to lead to some degree of tunnel vision. I wonder if Cat will convince Kairos of joining her by promising to give him the greatest war against the greatest enemy, the Dead King. That might be a diplomatic way to make a temporal deal between them, of course, Kairos will betray her, but would be sometime in the future instead of now. Why would Kairos need Cat to offer him that? The Dead King is right there. He knows about it. He can go fight him himself if he wants to. Now, the entertainment of trying to craft an alliance against the Dead King? That might just be right up his “let’s elect a Bellerophan Hierarch” alley. I honestly think the Tyrant does have a big overall end game and even the dead king is too small fry to be in his sights. I think he’s aiming at Above and Below. The entire idea that there are only two sides, there are only two choices to choose from. The nature of the weapon he crafted tells a story there. He probably doesn’t give a ratling’s ass about the people or their democracy, but what the Hierarch stands for is a perfect knife if your goal is to turn a ‘true or false’ question into a multiple choice one. Catherine’s ‘fall in line or else’ alliance could provide entertainment on the way, though. Oh, he’d betray her obviously, but I think this fits his idea of fun (moreso than attacking DK) “I am still confused is the area of effect from the Hierarch Faith?” It’s a case of being the god of your own world. A Domain is – outside of the Guide – essentially an area where you reign supreme over all other comers. It can be a physical plot of land or a metaphysical or conceptual one. In the Guide, it seems to be both at once really – you have a conceptual or metaphysical domain, and actually invoking the domain actively forces your surroundings to adhere to it. Hence, when Catherine invoked her Domain, she made her surroundings into a Moonless Night. Yardaze dang, Hierarch got scary. Not entirely sure how I feel about Heirarch now. Ah, yes, the old “good sense hasn’t stopped us before, why should we let it stop us now?” And unholy fuck – that’s a brutal, if perhaps situational, Aspect. Kairos playing a dangerous game – even by the standards of Evil rulers. The thing is, Catherine is the exact same type as the Hierarch. The hilarity of it is that she just had an entire internal monologue about what a scary, dangerous madman this guy is, but the only reason she can casually walk into the eye of his vortex – one a goddess was struggling with – and have a casual conversation, is because they’re fundamentally similar types. “Names who did not see creation as it was but what it should be. Men and women who embraced their vision so deeply they bent the world around them to match it” Girl, that’s literally a description of you. Some know-nothing orphan teenager with shit for talents that – out of sheer stubbornness – managed to beat back the hells, bend a choir over her knee, eat half a faerie realm, bring down a Flying Fortress city, and win a war against a national superpower. Then you walked into an ancient mysterious empire with two and a half people to pick a fight with everyone living inside it; and instead of, y’know, dying, you broke a several millenniums old curse and walked out with a goddess older than your ancestors grandfathers on your shoulder. Also an army that puts most surface nations to shame. The Hierarch is just weak person that draws in far stronger, far more capable people around him by sheer force of conviction. A complete fool and a madman to anyone outside his pull, but a center of nearly fanatical devotion to people inside of it, despite his ignorance and weaknesses. He’s obviously not the smartest person there and half his followers could probably pulp him into a quivering bloody mass if they felt like it, but they all just follow His vision instead. Does that remind you of anyone? Catherine is just like the Hierarch, except with more sarcasm and proper armor. I mean they are similar in the sense that they both want to do the best for Normal People who aren’t Rich, Named or anyway special. Just vastly different motivations and techniques. I think they’re completely different. Catherine started out as Hierarch: blind to the currents that drive the world and convinced of her own infallibility. Since then she’s gained insight into the geopolitical and economic forces behind the world (Praes vs Callow), learned to use the skewed lens of the narrative and gleaned information on the biggest players such as the Bard and the Dead King. She has lost her extremism and her naive, simplistic view of the world. The Hierarch is the opposite. He’s completely blind to the realities of the world to the point where he thought Cat was Cordelia and the Tyrant is using him as a pawn. He doesn’t have any considerations for the people he claims to be championing nor the political reality of what he’s trying to do. Will he go around the entire world issuing trials? How will he enforce his political system? How many people will die after the existing leadership is removed? How is he different from any other madman that says “this is how the world should be”? You’re looking at this the wrong way. “Realities of the world” What ARE the realities of the world? There’s a saying that goes, “each one of us believes ourselves to be the most sensible people in the world”. The Hierarch has faith in what he does, and from the point of view of Name Lore, that’s all that matters. Who are you to tell him he’s wrong? What if you’re just blind? In the face of overwhelming belief in what he’s doing, you can’t really oppose him. Those realities you’re talking about have already been washed away in part – the League of Free Cities has basically folded up behind an uncooperative hobo. “where he thought Cat was Cordelia” Because there’s no real difference, to him. He doesn’t know who is who, but he also doesn’t care. “He doesn’t have any considerations for the people he claims to be championing.” The Hierarch is not championing persons, he is championing The People. Two entirely different things. Every single person in the world could die, and you could still, in theory, be saving The People. “How will he enforce his political system? How many people will die after the existing leadership is removed?” Irrelevant. “How is he different from any other madman that says “this is how the world should be”?” And that’s the crux of the matter. How is ANYONE different from any other madman who looks at the world and says, “not the way I like it”? Do you really think he’s that different from any of the other Named – or even some of the bigger non-Named? He’s more ideological than practical, but in a world driven by stories they’re almost the same thing – an actual deity has trouble overcoming his apparently passive mental influence. People who aren’t just as mad as he is can’t compete with him, and Named in general are mad. How is maintaining his political system irrelevant? It’s his established goal to make sure The People rule. If he has no mechanism to enforce this, someone will come into power either through corruption or inertia. That’s what I mean by the realities of the world – he’s not making a sustainable change. Instated, he’s having a tantrum like a reality warping baby. Moreover, he’s being used as a pawn by the Tyrant, who certainly doesn’t give a shit about The People. All hail the communist republic. This is a very good comparison point. Catherine and Hierarch have just enough similarities that contrasting them is effective. It’s a contrast, though. And the contrast is that… in the end, Catherine is right and Anaxares is wrong. Not even in terms of ideology or morality, simply in terms of facts. Catherine has them, and understands them. Anaxares does not, and refuses to. His position is one of stubborn willful ignorance, while Catherine’s is that of a quest for knowledge and understanding. That’s what makes the difference between them. (and before someone starts on “Catherine is an unreliable narrator”: she is not the only one we have. There are lots of other POVs in the series, and in terms of basic facts about how the world works, they support Catherine’s position… while Anaxares’s bullshit is transparently obvious even in his own POV) Completely disagree. See, that isn’t how arguments or differences in belief work. Different perspectives don’t come from one person being right and the other person being intentionally stupid. They happen in the first place because both people think they’re right and they’re sensible. Any time any two people have a difference in opinion about anything, you have to go into it realizing this instead of digging in your heels with “one person is right and the other is wrong, how stupid of the – other person – to be so wrong”. At that point you’ve already become part of the problem. Catherine isn’t right, nor is Anaxares wrong. The opposite isn’t true either. They both have parts they’re correct about and both have blinders that leave their stances less than perfect. If you really wanted to you could frame anyone as right and anyone else as wrong. “Amadis and Cordelia were on a quest for peace with a small sacrifice while Catherine’s is one of pride that saw a hundred thousand people die without changing anything for the better”. See how easy it is? “Facts” are also a word that gets thrown around a lot in arguments while often being useless, because people often conflate their own opinions with fact and even when you don’t, different contexts often make the ‘facts’ different. Let’s try an example. An American says everyone needs a gun to protect themselves, that’s a fact. A Brit says no one needs guns to protect themselves, that’s a fact. They’re both actually correct, and both wrong in a bigger context. Because in the context of America where guns are already prevalent the former really is a fact. In the context of Britain or the general UK where even the police often don’t bother carrying, the latter really is a fact. Both are partially wrong though, because they started off with ‘I’m right and they’re wrong’ instead of both trying to get a handle on why there’s a disagreement in the first place. In a bigger context, they’re the same type person making the same type of argument, the only real difference is the rather trivial one of where their particular perspective is rooted. See, you have a point, normally. Except wilful ignorance is literally Anaxares’s ideology. His ideology is willful denial actually, not ignorance. Very important distinction. For example, when he says that there is no such thing as a queen, that doesn’t mean he literally has no idea what a queen is. He clearly does know, by the fact that he blatantly talks about said nonexistent concept of queenship five seconds later. I don’t believe that bit of detail in this chapter was just fluff or a joke actually, it’s a fairly important nuance that was slipped in. What he’s doing is denying the legitimacy of the concept. No different than the principiate pretending Catherine wasn’t the ruler of callow, it’s a flat denial out of principle, not that Cordelia is too stupid to wrap her mind around the concept of Catherine being a ruler. It’s not exactly some insane fairytale idea either, even though for theatrical purposes this particular web serial frames it as such. You see it in political conflicts in the real world all the time, for example the way mainland China won’t acknowledge Taiwan as an independent country. Or NK leadership claiming there is no greater country than NK. It isn’t ignorance, it’s a deliberate political or ideological stance taken for a very specific purpose – protesting the legitimacy of a concept being applied to the real world. It’s a stubborn tactic and a questionably ethical one at best, but far from ‘stupid’. You do have a point, Anaxares might just be a lot less insane than he comes across as. He still deliberately ignores most of the information he gets from his Aspect, or he would have recognized that Catherine wasn’t Cordelia 0.0 I don’t think he actually doesn’t know how Cordelia Hasenbach looks like. He just doesn’t care. A Foreign Tyrant is a Foreign Tyrant, further distinction is meaningless to him. Yeah, I’m seeing the point here. Everyone is so sure that they’re right, and that everyone else is wrong. Such is the human condition, but not everyone can be right at the same time. How is Catherine right? Does she have the facts? If there’s one thing that’s remained constant about Catherine, it’s that she has no fucking idea what she’s doing. Ever. Her knowledge is constantly patched up by those with greater intelligence and expertise, and when she tries to go at it alone she makes an utter mess of things that she only scrapes out of by being either rescued or via what is essentially plot armour. “she is not the only one we have” The Wandering Bard would strongly disagree with how Catherine sees the world, as would the Saint of Swords and the Ranger. All of the narrators we see in any real depth are the ones that happen to see the world the way Catherine does. Black and Malicia see the world the way Catherine does, in large part. Cordelia doesn’t see the world the same way at all, but she uses a knockoff realpoltiik which seems reasonable in large part to us, as readers, because it’s the way our world works – and hence since Catherine thinks she’s reasonable and presents herself as so, we think of Cordelia as somehow thinking the same way because she’s also reasonable. Warlock and Masego see the world through the lens of overlapping rules, which isn’t how anyone else sees it. Ranger and to a lesser extent Archer are hedonists, they see the world as their oyster, until someone takes it from them. The Grey Pilgrim is literally Gandalf, and the Saint of Swords sees things in the shade of maximising the advantage of Good over Evil, and True Neutrals can eat it. It’s so easy to dismiss them as just wrong, isn’t it? And how does Anaxares see the world ‘incorrectly’? There’s very few things he’s said that are outright wrong. He calls people Wicked Foreign Oligarchs but that’s just an opinion of his. He claims that he’ll have the gods stand trial, and well, that’s what he’s aiming for. Where is he actively WRONG? How about the part where he assumed Catherine was Cordelia despite having most definitely seen them both in Receive visions? How about the part where he preaches Bellerophan doublethink 100% seriously as a great idea? There’s a point where trying to be neutral on a question just doesn’t work. Welp, Heirarch isn’t wrong, but he’s not right either. That being said, he seems to be having fun for a change He talks about the slippery slope of asking for power… Yet he seems to know nothing about the slippery slope of violent revolution. He declares war on all tyranny, by acting like a tyrant. Taking away people’s ability to think? What he desires is still autocracy, anyways. Not of one ruler, but of a state that is simultaneously owned by all citizens and yet respects none of them. Because none of us is as cruel as all of us. Unless one of us is a goblin. What if all of us are goblins? Then you have the Matrons to worry about. 😉 Ah, yes – the famous Robber Paradox: total sum of cruelty of a carnage of goblins is equal to cruelty of any randomly selected participant of carnage. ()carnage – the collective noun for a group of goblins. I don’t think he takes away their freedom, it seems more like he FREES them to the point they are free of fear of consequences and retribution. ABSOLUTE FREEDOM to the point of madness And they also follow Bellerophan laws on top of that. Considering they seem to be following the laws of his home city, which really shouldn’t have spontaneously come to them, I’m more inclined towards “rook away their volition”. Considering how deeply Bellerophan laws are rooted in the riot mentality, I don’t think it’s that big of a leap. Things like keeping a record? And if they really had come up with an equivalent of bellerophan law on their own, wouldn’t they be rejecting the Foreign Despot at the desk? the procedures they’re following are too complicated to emerge spontaneously this fast What you’re saying is irrelevant to the point that when it comes to faith there doesn’t need to be such a thing as right or wrong, especially if your faith is so strong as to warp reality. The Hierarch is right, essentially, because he thinks he’s right, and he’s wrong because others think he is. And in any case, the Dictatorship of the People is sort of his goal. It’s not about the persons involved. We are all of us free, or we are none of us free, doesn’t refer to individual people. “All of us” can be treated as a singular noun. Faith is of the self. He warps reality with his power, but outside his range (or to those powerful or stubborn enough to resist) he is still logically inconsistent. As most madmen are. He still speaks as if he brought freedom to tyranny, when he only brings tyranny of a new kind. “come winter, and we were definitely there” Was this a pun? Please tell me it was a pun. “You can’t go mad twice, o goddess of Night.” Wouldn’t bet on that. Damn, Hierarch is scary. Yet the Tyrant is scarier still… for now, at least. Also, gee. People comment fast. Catherine seems to have been leaning into her role as a priestess, here. Giving thanks to the Night, commenting on Indrani never meeting a deity she didn’t consider stabbing – and this quote struck me as a reminder of the fact Catherine is powered by faith, too. Not faith in Sve Noc as a goddess, per se, but faith that drove her to give her power to Sve Noc in a literally self-sacrificial move because she believed that it was the right thing to do. Catherine is mad in the exact same… dismension as Anaxares is. Their faiths cannot overlap, they directly contest each other. He can’t subsume her without breaking her. Cat has faith in herself and what she is doing, while also being the receptacle of all her people’s faith. It’s funny how Cat might have more faith effects going for her than the literal goddesses she’s currently a priestess of. She also ha faith in the Leisse Accords, which I’ve noticed she is mentioning more and more. see: “what she is doing” Cat’s faith in what she believes to be right is much less fanatical or distorted than Anaxares’s. She has confidence and conviction enough to not break in front of a Choir, so she won’t break in front of him, but I wouldn’t say they are parallel in madness. I’ll grant less distorted. I’m not sure about less fanatical. Considering she has yet to start brainwashing people (okay, Fakerine did that, but Cat said she’s sorry and it was wrong) or state that the Gods themselves will stand trial for disagreeing, I’d say she’s less fanatical. “Justice only matters to the just” “I would have peace as set by the Liesse Accords or no peace at all. ” Let’s be real here, the only reason she doesn’t have her sword pointed at Above and Below is because she thinks she can achieve her goals even with them still around. Otherwise, no doubt she’d try to put steel through their necks without a shred of hesitation. I mean yeah she isn’t as rebellious as the guy whose whole world is about rebellion, but completely discarding all notions of fairness or peace not on her own terms isn’t exactly a moderate position. Those are not equal to brainwashing. Heck, one of the main reasons Thief joined Cat was that Will was not above doing that exact thing. I find it a signal of less fanaticism that one tried to reconcile one’s goals with the fundamental forces of creation as opposed to putting them on trial. They are parallel in conviction and devotion. Devotion is not the same thing as fanaticism, conviction is not the same thing as madness, though guide seems to use ‘madness’ to strong for ‘strongly motivating conviction overriding common sense’. to stand for Cat has made a nice new friend, together they will crush those foreign tyrants Cat is totally going to bullshit her way through Hierarch’s trial and say she is not a despot but an elected leader of the Drow. And he might be insane/stupid enough to believe that if the Drow vote and declare her innocent from the charge of Tyranny. Then he will be her eternal friend against the rest of foreign despots XD No, in that case he’s going to actually get the drow to vote, not just take it on faith / ask him in a regular manner. I wouldn’t be surprised though if Catherine withstood his trial. * ask them. Now THAT is a typo, considering there aren’t he/him drow in existence -_- Afair, there are – among the lowest class, breeders. They renounce it to become “it” when they successfully claim the right to be considered Mighty. No, all drow use ‘it’ pronouns, regardless of genitalia. Hm. I was under impression that only the Mighty do so. And I even managed to remember why I was under such impression – the Ivah introspection chapter, the scene with Archer. When Indrani calls Ivah “boy”, he wonders why she used the “cattle term” before remembering an ancient text, and mistaking her words for a subtle reference. Since the “cattle”.in this musing most probably refers to the nisi – breeders and workers of the Drow society (since there are no other slaves in the concurrent Everdark), I made a presumption that they still use genders derived from biology – unlike the Mighty. Earlier Ivah said ‘cattle have no gender’ so it’s even more confusing than that. And the takeaway is that there’s no gender in the end, period. If we are to posit that genders of the Mighty are derived from power level and not from biological sex, this paradox will cease. In such… conceptuality, let’s call it that, we have the Mighty Ivah speaking about ‘cattle’ that has no ‘genders’ – id est, they are too weak to be considered Mighty and have one, since Mighty’s gender would be directly derived from the level of personal power and nothing more. That doesn’t preclude ‘the cattle’ from having their own set of gender roles specifically derived from biological sex. Misunderstanding stems as such from usage of incompatible meanings behind the word: Ivah was asked about male/female delineations, while it answered about cattle having no individual power worth noticing, much less speak of, while both sides of discussion used the same word for describing entirely different concepts. If this is the case, then having a ‘cattle gender’ would be downright shameful for any Mighty – id est, for any who can be considered ‘a Drow’ from Mighty’s point of view. Also, your stated takeaway on this is just plain wrong, my dear. Even if my speculations are just that – empty speculations, Drow have at least one gender: the Mighty. I think you’re weaving complexity where none need exist. Why do you insist on there being SOME way for nisi to have gender roles? All drow use the same set of pronouns. Except the Sisters. I’d say the two genders drow have are “Priestess of Night / everyone else”. The only exception are the sisters, who use ‘she/her’ even after all of these years. They’re literally the only drow with a gender. Gender is not a requirement for having sex and birthing children. So, this is the point where I recall a nickname given to Lev Bronstein in due time. The Demon of Revolution. gaminganthology The Will of the People Will Not Succumb to the Likes of Foreign Tyrants. All Will Be Made to Stand Trial in Front of the People for their Crimes be they Demons, Gods or All of Creation. What about Fae? Nobody cares about the fae. Or at least Anaxares doesn’t, and he knows everything about the Will of the People and what they really care about, right? The Hierarch’s main strength is that he’s found a way to weaponize the same mechanics that govern the birth and strength of a Name: Faith of The People. I sincerely believe this man is the most dangerous person in this setting. Huh, maybe this was the Bard’s play? Anaxares only joined the Tyrant’s march after he spoke with the Bard. So now he’s moving North and the Dead King is moving South. They will meet and not even the King of Death will escape the judgment decreed by the People. That’s why Bard told Neshamah he can have free reign, that the Bard won’t interfere: She doesn’t need to; Hierarch is already on his way! “The arrow’s knocked long before you let the sparrow fly.” “Devils give us what we want and let us find our own way to the Hells with it.” -Catherine Foundling, circa Book 1 Sounds like her. I wonder if the Dead King truly can be considered a tyrant over the people, as most of his subjects on Calernia are dead. Halinn He would certainly be able to have a good debate with Hierarch about it He rules an entire hell. He fits the bill of a Tyrant to a T. Sure, the people in his proximity (for the only true rulers of the People are the People themselvds) are (un)dead but do you really believe death absolves you from judgment of the People? Nay friend, in Bellerphon even the dead shall stand trial and be judged by the Will of the People! By the Will of the People May a thousand Undead Suicide Goats defecate and blow up upon the gilded delusions of the Tyrants and their Eldritch Masters By the Will of The People, long live Bellerphon, peerless jewel of Creation! By the Will of The People, long live the Hierarch! Remember, he drove the Bard away, and it wasn’t for a while after that, that he came out on the move. I think Heirarch is a spoke in the Bard’s wheels as much as for everyone else. So are we never going to get an explanation to the strange winter necromancy and it’s place in the story? Kind of disappointing if this is all there is. I personally suspect it had to do with Winter being a power of narrative and having a will of its own. A bit trickles in, and suddenly the zombies are both no more and no less alive than the fae. I feel like Winter had a heavier grip on Necromancy, as there is that law of Winter “You own what you kill.” So Cat had a much tighter bond with the strings she seized within the animals she killed to Necromancer when under the influence of Winter. Absent Winter, Night doesnt confer ownership the same metaphysical way over things you kill. Maybe Cat being Winterized also had a hand in why Akua is so bonded to Cat right now, post death. This has interesting implications as to Cat and Akua dynamic without Winter, as Akua has shown herself to be more Independent now. I’m more bothered by the fact that this Winter zombie plot thread didn’t really lead to anything. If you take this part out the story would be unchanged. I think it was less a plot thread and more a worldbuilding thread, a la “here’s how fucking weird fae powers are”. But also, Zombie the Third still lives. Un-lives. Sort of. We might get back to that yet. TheVenomRex I would suggest a reread, because it doesn’t appear dropped at all, from my vantage point. At first Leisse, Mesago comments on how her own zombification was far easier than it should have been, her name quest in the first few chapters has her soul overrun by zombies. Cat has been linked to unusual necromantic powers and prowess, from the very beginning of the story. The winter zombies were not a isolated set up, but a reminder that Catherine is linked to undeath. At least, I think so. But there’s no punch line. And now that she lost Winter, it’s unlikely that it will be relevant again. Also, she might not have killed that horse herself. When Cat makes Mounts, like the previous horses, or the goats, she mentioned in the first book that it was easier to make those “bonds” if she killed it herself. Black also taught her to kill them herself so she could completely own what she killed. I miss winter, hope to see it reappear further in the story. The whole Fea arc was to get that power on Calernia and now it’s been traded away for Night. Without winter, it’s not just the Necromancy plot line, but all the Fea ones that lead to nothing. don’t forget the Wild fucking Hunt stil out there I would love to hear Black, Cat, Hierarch, and Tyrant discuss ethics over some wine. I dont think anything truly productive would result from it, but it would be a meeting for the history books. “4 Crowned Mad Named on Power”. Replace Amadeus with Neshamah and NOW it’s a party. I don’t think Amadeus would have much to say, considering he very specifically did not get crowned, rather deliberately. He specifically offloaded this kind of final judgement call on someone else – specifically Alaya – and even after being like ‘nope she’s not competent fuck’ he took himself out of the game instead of taking the reins. He’d probably just sit there like “I am the wrong person to comment on this” and “what Catherine said”. Neshamah, Catherine, Kairos and Anaxares, though? Now THAT would be beautiful. It’s like revolutionary France found communism half way through. That is actually a surprisingly accurate summation of the situation. Man, Hierarch is seriously bullshit. You just don’t know about Russian Civilian War. It’s a mixture between it and the French revolution. Only worse. And, thankfully, limited in scope 😡 I meant that Great October Revolution WAS the mixture of communism and French revolution. [“Catherine Foundling,” I replied. “Queen of Callow.” “Queens or Catherine Foundling?” I said. “Because one of those debates is a lot more philosophical than I’m equipped to handle.”] Why am I getting the feeling that Hierarch was talking about Catherine as a non existence instead of a Queen? Lots of bullshit happened to Cat that I wasn’t exactly clear on what her status is right now. > “Yet you are a queen,” he said, blithely ignoring his previous assertion there was no such thing. I mean it’s funnier of Hierarch just contradicts himself within two sentences. But it’s scarier if he meant Catherine. Both? Both. It skirts dangerously into inclusive or territory. We are talking about a man who correctly deduced Wandering Bard’s nature with a single glance… Yepp. He’s objecting to the term “Queen of Callow” as a whole. Queens exist, but they don’t have dominion over areas such as Callow, since that would imply they’re -supposed- to be in charge. It’s the same nominal stuff that got Catherine titled Queen in Callow back at the peace table. you’re probably right And EE showed this many times. Now the Hierarch shows power. He’s a great character. I wonder if him and Cat will be good friends. Cat also has the power of Insanity just on a bigger scale. Actually, how many characters in the setting realize Cat is truly insane? stares at Amadeus you fucked up a perfectly good hero. Look at her, she’s got anxiety At the very least Indrani does, and possibly the entire Woe. Amadeus might. Maybe some of Cat’s senior staff. That’s pretty much it. Catherine can fake being 100% sane very well. I think she’s a little past that point. Literally everyone in the setting knows Catherine Founding is insane. What’s rare is realizing how sane she is about it. That’s the best comment. The main character fakes being sane 100%. I recall the Duchess of Dethriate… Deotraite… I give up I forgot how to spell it but you know what I’m talking about, but back to my point was that in the interlude, I believe it was called Commanders, during the Fae arc I recall her deciding that Cat was very mad and that whatever black did to train her broke her mind because of how she talked back to the fae princess. I’m imagine she’s not the only one who reacts that way when observing Cat. Deoraithe. And yeah Kegan and Ranker’s perspectives during the Battle of the Camps were the best ❤ Wow, it seems to me that Anaxares is the character with the most character development in the series. He went from a comical idiot believing in his failed democracy while expecting death, to a stubborn guy refusing to do anything while being sad that his fake democracy ordered him to not die, then he became a badass who desired to fight for humanity against the Gods, now he is an insane hypocrite divorced from reality and forcing everyone to agree with his ideology or die, claiming to fight for the slaves while slaving everyone himself in a blatant way while blissfully deciding he doesn’t notice it. He is still brainwashed and a mad idiot, of course, but there has been quite a lot of development within that spectrum, which is impressive. A faithful example of the brainwashed eventually becoming the brainwasher. He is victim and victimizer both. -had been use recently / this is either ‘had been used’ or ‘had seen use’ -spared form ending up / spared from -Tough sometimes / though -though packed full with citizens as it was that could only remain a guess / so if it was that, it could only remain a guess -and at is sat a single man / at it -I used to support to get off / used it as support to get off Xinci He really does follow the will of Below now. Though there are problems in that the gaps of opportunity to become more may be blocked by the chaotic turning of the Orobosian mob. I am quite glade to see the portions of Mend going about their business. A lesson to be learned here for Cat especially with her current role, faith, pure and unadulterated has power. Blind and glorious power that needs many to see but still may crush many under its weight without even stopping to know if the are ok. Dark miracles abound when your culture knows well the power of sacrifice. Now if only you could find ways for it to be pure and willing… I suppose we shall see if the Drow can figure out ways to leverage their own culture to adapt against such culture. Would require some cooperative introspection.Hmm adapt a brand of Night to check for such manipulation and grow with it off of sacrificial principals perhaps?Something based on the Night’s ever mutating and growing nature. Feels like a wasted opportunity now that Cat didn’t safeguard her following of unread and actually allow them time to change and grow. I do wonder if Zombie the 3’rd may grow further back in Arcadia. Or if she will just move about changing over time in the Everdark. Did Cat accidentally pull an Irritant? She foisted the job of Goddess onto Sve Noct and the 1st Named she meets on the surface is one with the capacity to execute gods. Catherine has been following in Irritant’s footsteps ever since First Liesse. There is a part of their souls that is kin Cordelia Hasenbach is not going to like at all what happens here when she heards of it. Compared to all other opponents, the Hierarch is causing problems she will need years to solve, if she ever can. The Dead King? He’s leaving a mountain of undead in his wake and you have to burn all of them. The Black Knight? Destroy his armies and rebuild the lands he had torched. The same is true for everything Catherine can do. But the alliance Hierarch-Tyrant? Give them enough time, and what they’re doing to Rochelant, they will do to the entire Principate of Procer. And it will destroy the Princedoms, I have no doubt about it. This chapter has made clear enough being an aristocrat, a king, a priest or anyone influential/important will not protect you against the glorious madness reigning around the Hierarch. For any realm like Callow it would have already been bad, but we had many, many examples since the start of this story that the Princes and Princesses of Procer really don’t care about the peasants and anyone they have under their boots. ‘The Tyrant seeks to end Procer’ may very well be about the Helike Tyrant after all… So many comments about the mad and insanely cool Anaxares. Yet everyone seem to have repressed the mentioning of the “aggressively nondescript” woman who attempted to mind read Cat. Now tell me how many people do we know who can go aggressively nondescript? Say a certain Scribe maybe? Or perhaps taking it one more step insane, a certain Assassin? My money is on the Auger. Never mind that’s dumb. Yeah possible Assassin. That was one of the kanenas, Bellepheron’s secret police. Why would the Executors of The Law need to hide from The Will of The People of Bellepheron? She was not hiding, she was simply not separating herself from the People, as being a kanena does not make her more important or special. It’s pretty simple, really! Because they are the ones who violate the Will of the People and their Laws most. Word of God says they arent I can’t believe people didn’t pick that up right away, it’s pretty obvious. The Hierarch of the League acknowledges only two gods – the Will of the People and the Procedure. I have a distinct suspicion, that Hierarch is a tad crazy. What is wrong with Tyrants though? Humans are innately predisposed towards vertical hierarchy. We want Tyrnts, we want someone to choose for us, and take responsibility. Someone to blame, someone to follow. Or something. The distinction really blurs when you think about. What’s the difference between a slave of a man and a slave of an idea? None, from where I am standing, just for some weird reason, being a slave to the ideal is somehiw preferred. And the notion of freedom. An illusion, temporary constructs of a feeble human intellect, trying desperately to justify the existence, that is without meaning or purpose. Whatever freedom you have, it’s freedom from something. And if you free from something, it is already a relationship, a fetter. And as such, not a true freedom. You can’t be free, it is inherently impossible. As long as you exist, you exist in relationship to something, and as such, dependant of that something to qualofy as existing. The same is with freedom, really. I hope I articulated myself right. This is very fun in theory, right up until the point where the person in charge of you decides to kick you and take all your stuff. Then you suddenly realize how you want to be free to punch them in the face and take your stuff back. To the revolution! Oh, but that’s the point: the notion of personal property comes at the cost of the restriction of freedom. As do all benefits of civilization. We are slaves of our own making, a food for enourmous grinding jaws of the system – and we are better off like that. Only a blind man cries for freedom. An honest one fights for privilage. To quote “Freedom by definition is absolute”, it is not that you are forced by something to do anything. Take for example eating. It is up to you if eat. Sure you will die if you don’t, but you will die, because of YOUR CHOICE. You can always choose, even if it will be the final choice. In context of the story the conflict between Cat and Hierarch is a bit as Polish–Soviet War of 1919-1920, which was basically Upraising under Dictator versus People Revolution. Country that regaind freedom by manipulating its conquerors and making global conspiracy and wanted to govern itself with its dictator retireing when he isn’t needed versus People Party that wanted to free whole world. With or without consent. Also there were basically chariots with machine guns involved. “Your choice” is self-delusion, the kind I was talking about. Kind of sickening one, personally. It is not up to you to eat. You are conditioned by your biology and your experiences and your environment. You do not choose to eat, you eat because you are hungry. Bet you never starved. Try to stop breathing “on your own choice”, see what happens. I bet you will freely decide on your own without outside influence as an individual to start breathing shortly after. The slave blind to his chains is doubly enslaved. Freedom is absolute by definition, and as such, does not exist. On the historical point – yeah, Bellerophon quite clearly inspired by varous anarchist and communist goverment forms that spawned out of the rottingremains of Russian Empire. Although their war with Poland was far more pragmatic – they tried to help communists in Germany, particularly in Bavaria, if I am not mistaken. Also, gotta remember Russian classic: russian rebellion – senceless and merciless. PurpleHello This chapter made me realise something funny: this entire series is a (broad strokes) analogy for democracy! Think about it: the voting process is the battles. Changes/policies/big decisions are made/implemented/justified by whichever side with the bigger turnout or strategies winning. And then the other side(s) who lost immediately complain and kick up a fuss and promise another big battle and then focus on that. None of the sides like each other or want to work together. No side is 100% good or right or whatever – in fact all of them are morally dubious and untrustworthy. Hierarch is somewhat akin to a archcanist-socialist taken to the illogically extreme. It’s not a perfect comparison (I have no idea where Wandering Bard would fit in) but this chapter got me going in this direction and it’s pretty funny so I thought I’d share. By that comparison evolution is democracy too. By the way, I just noticed something weird. At the prologue, Ime (Malicia’s spymaster) was called Lindimi Sahelian but back at Book 4 chapter 5: Interest, Cat called her Sabra Niri on a relation with the High Lord of Okoro. A typo mistake or an intended difference? Clarification would be appreciated @erraticerrata. Forgot this wasn’t SB. Ignore that @, if you will I suspect intended is more likely, but it IS odd. Zaver SaintCloud I miss Zombie The Third 😦 Even moreso now that I am reminded we will probably never get an explanation for the instances of independence that it showed; sassing Cat after it saved her, munching on grass, etc. Also it gave Cat an excuse to be angry at people if they broke her flying horse. All of the Winter Zombies have intelligence if they’re given enough time. I would argue against the idea that we’re not getting an explanation. The topic has been brought up again, I think we’re still building up the subplot. And Zombie the Third appears to be still alive (sort of), just not with Cat. ” Devils did not die but only disperse. But would they really, if it was this man passing the sentence? ” It is the Will Of The People that all Foreign Entities not abiding Under the Definition Of Life, as is Proper and Collectively Agreed Upon by The People, shall be Henceforth sentenced to Life, And Summarily Executed according to the Writ of the Third Declaration Of The People. By the Will of The People, long live Bellerophon, peerless jewel of Creation! …all I get out of this is crying about Tikoloshe again… So… Anaraxes is super nutso and all… but also in terms of “Breaking the game” potentially… he seems high powered… not “Part” of the game (Above or Below), and like….super liable to have the power to make a treaty BINDING. So… right now he is sort of broken and stupid, but in terms of potential for future good (not “Good”) he seems way up there. Oh, I like the way you’re thinking here. Binding everyone to the Liesse Accords would reduce future conflict. To actually do that he’d need to change and become willing to engage with wicked foreign oligarchs; which may be too much of a barrier to overcome. No, that’s not what the barrier is. Kairos is the very definition of a Wicked Foreign Oligarch, Anaxares stands on that position and will stand on it forever, yet he works with him. The problem is that he has a larger plan in mind, and depending on what exactly the plan is, he might consider Liesse Accords… redundant, inessential, counterproductive (as they acknowledge the existence of non democratically elected rulers I imagine) The issue really is just selling him on them. En taro Anaxares I guess? Somehow Anaxares is the character who most seems like he stepped out of a Discworld novel. The one he probably reminds me of most is Vorbis. Leave a Reply to SpacyRicochet Cancel reply	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1735
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__label__wiki	0.791776	0.791776	The Pulse of LGBT DC Pride Radio DC - The Pulse of LGBT DC Capital Pride Advertise on Pride Radio DC, Get Results Abby Huntsman Reportedly Exiting 'The View' Due To Its Toxic Environment posted by Hayden Brooks - Jan 14, 2020 The View's Abby Huntsman said that she was leaving the talk show to join her father, Jon Huntsman Jr., on his Utah gubernatorial campaign, but that doesn't seem to be the whole story. As per multiple insiders close to CNN Business, Huntsman, 33, has decided to exit the show because of a toxic work environment, which involves her soured relationship with co-host Meghan McCain, 35. While the two come from strong Republican families and were reportedly allies at one point, the tension has become too much, particularly after Huntsman's on-air joy for her children became "insensitive" for McCain. In case you weren't aware, McCain wrote an op-ed for The New York Times in 2019 about her miscarriage and has continued talk about fertility challenges, but Huntsman's talk about her own children was apparently too much. "Abby was sick of being berated by Meghan for perceived slights," one source revealed. "She ultimately decided she didn't need this job and it wasn't worth it." While the two hosts have apparently made up since, Huntsman's life at the ABC talk show has been unfortunate for months now. "Meghan has been miserable there for quite some time, and not because of Abby. She wishes her nothing but the best," another source close to McCain revealed. During the Monday episode of the morning show, Huntsman broke the news, describing the exit as "a hard thing to do." "This is always such a hard thing to do," she told viewers. "And especially this table because this is a really special table. The most iconic show I think on television and the smartest women that I've ever worked with. But today I'm saying goodbye." WIHT Public Inspection File WIHT Political File Advertise with Pride Radio DC, Get Results Dance/Pop Music and LGBT Issues for the Nation's Capital!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1740
__label__wiki	0.791533	0.791533	patentlaw.ch Patent law > Overview on patent law in Switzerland Purpose of Patent Law Overview of Patent Requirements Patent Requirements in Detail Categories of Patent Claims Swiss Patent Law International Patent Law Software and Patents Patent Application and Registration Patent Strategy Application and Filing Examination Procedure Opposition Procedure Protection and Enforcement Patent Administration and Management Protection of Technology Positions What is a patent attorney? What does a patent attorney do? Why do you need a patent attorney? European patent validation agreement signed with Tunisia European patent validation agreement signed with Tunisia (4 July 2014): http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2014/20140704.html European patent applicants and proprietors will be able to validate the legal effects of their European patents and applications on Tunisian territory, even though Tunisia is not an EPO member state. Validated European patent applications and patents will have the same legal effect as Tunisian national applications and patents. The agreement has to be ratified before it can enter into force. Accordingly, the request for grant of a European patent (Form 1001) includes new fields, in order to indicate states for which it is intended to pay the validation fee. We believe that in the future the EPO will sign validation agreements with further states. Currently we have found indications that a validation agreement with the Republic of Moldova is in preparation. BPatG: Injunction and reporting in the case of delay on the side of the defendant WorldConnect AG applied, on 20 March 2013, for an order inter alia to prevent the use by J. Rusillon of mains plugs described in more detail in Switzerland and Liechtenstein as well as reporting and payment of a figure according to reporting. The plaintiff accused the defendant of marketing a mains plug for travelling via the internet, hereby infringing patent EP 1 393 417 B1 exclusively licensed to the plaintiff. BPatG: Action for cession and counterclaim based on unfair competition law (UWG) fail due to insufficient particulars Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH, domiciled in Germany, brought an action against Thermission AG, domiciled in Switzerland, before the civil court of appeal of the cantonal court of Freiburg (Zivilappellationshof des Kantonsgerichts Freiburg) in February 2009 for determination and registration of its co-ownership of an international patent application, and the patent applications derived from it, in particular European patent application EP 1 646 458 as well as a US-, a Japanese and a South African patent application. BPatG: The examination of an equivalent infringement requires equivalence as a third criterion Plaintiff A. Ltd. applied for precautionary measures against B. Ltd. including interdiction of the use of contraceptives containing determined agents (D1 to D4) in Switzerland. The plaintiff hereby based the claim on European patents in suit EP 791 and EP 840. It was claimed that the defendant obtained the agents from K, who produced these according to a first (conventional) and a second (modified) method. As suggested by the president of the Federal Patent Court the plaintiff added a contingent claim to the original claims in the replication, which contingent claim specified how the agent contained in the products was produced. No reinstatement after missing the deadline for further processing The Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IGE) on 31 October 2012 decreed the expiration of an EP patent due to non-payment of annuities. The previous and still registered Swiss representative of the claimant to whom the notification had been sent forwarded said notification to the German representative. The German representative claimed to have, on 21 December 2012, inquired about the opening hours between 27 December 2012 and 31 December 2012of the Swiss representative’s offices and to have, on 26 December 2012, instructed the Swiss representative via telephone answering machine to pay the annuity in question; hereby a wrong patent number had been named. The Swiss representative, who heard the German representative’s Message on 27 December 2012, noted that the deadline for the named patent number was due later and took no immediate action, such that the deadline of 31 December 2012 passed without any action having been taken. Submission of a journal consisting of description or securing of evidence respectively without preceding hearing of the defendant. Plaintiff A, by means of petition of 31 July 2013, applied for an immediate provisional decree for precautionary securing of evidence (Art. 77 I lit. a PatG), a precise description (Art. 77 I lit. b PatG) and at the same time a precautionary giving of evidence (Art. 158 I ZPO) in respect to the defendant B’s belling machine. The plaintiff stated that the belling machine could be operated according to the patent in dispute – but also in other manner – and that the end product was not suitable as definite evidence for application of the production method according to the patent in dispute. Differing determination of the amount in dispute for court fees and party compensation respectively Plaintiff A. SA lodged a complaint against defendant B. AG before the civil court of Basel-Stadt (Zivilgericht Basel-Stadt) aiming at the cession of a European patent application and an international patent application or the national patent applications or registered patents derived from these respectively. The plaintiff inter alia claimed that the defendant had gained knowledge of the plaintiff’s industrial secret from the defendant’s subsidiary company C in an unfair manner, breaching competition laws (UWG). In April 2011 the plaintiff initiated arbitration procedures based on these issues. Hearing for protection of unconditional right to reply Defendant B. AG acknowledged the complaint of plaintiff A. AG and commented on the costs and the consequences of compensation. Upon the plaintiff’s statement hereto the defendant again responded. The Federal Patent Court referred to the parties’ unconditional right to reply. This, according to the court, allows for a theoretically unlimited exchange of statements. The Federal Patent Court may order a hearing for protection of the unconditional right to reply and simultaneously for terminal oral statements of the parties. (Decision in legal matter O2013_004, 15 August 2013)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1745
__label__cc	0.529176	0.470824	Warrenton Training Center Central Intelligence Agency, Department of State, National Security Agency, United States Army 7471 Bear Wallow Rd, Warrenton, VA 20186 Warrenton Training Center is a classified United States government communication complex located in the state of Virginia. Established in 1951, it comprises four discrete stations located in Fauquier and Culpeper counties. Station A, Station B and Station C are located in Fauquier County, while Station D is located in Culpeper County. Station A, near Warrenton, is an administrative, training and residential compound. Numerous structures on site include both residential and office buildings. Station A is used as a training facility by multiple agencies, including the Department of State and the CIA’s Directorate of Intelligence and Directorate of Support. Station B, also near Warrenton, houses the headquarters of WTC and, at 346 acres, is the largest of the four facilities. It consists of several multi-story buildings concealed atop the heavily forested View Tree Mountain, as well as underground bunkers that house communications infrastructure. Operations at Station B include a communications laboratory, communications training, electronics testing, and equipment maintenance. Station B also houses the Brushwood conference facility, constructed in the 1990s. Station C was at one time a CIA numbers station, which transmitted coded signals to U.S. embassies overseas and intelligence agents in the field. Transmissions carried a female voice, dubbed “Cynthia” by radio hobbyists, that would recite groups of numbers in English. The transmissions were last heard in 2003. Station D, also known as Brandy Station due to its proximity to the community of the same name, is the primary high frequency receiver facility for the CIA Office of Communications, and also hosts a variety of satellite communications ground station facilities. Station D is also a core regional relay facility for the Department of State’s Diplomatic Telecommunications Service, a system of secure integrated networks that supports U.S. government departments and agencies operating from diplomatic missions and consulate facilities outside the United States. Arriving at Warrenton Training Facility The closest airport is Dulles International Airport located, 35 miles from base. Directions from Richmond International Airport: Head west on Saarinen Cir toward Copilot Way Slight right onto Copilot Way then turn left to stay on Copilot Way Turn right onto Cargo Dr and continue onto Aviation Dr Use the left 2 lanes to take the ramp to State Hwy 28/I-66 Keep right at the fork, follow signs for Sully Rd and merge onto State Hwy 28 S/VA-28 S/Sully Rd Merge onto State Hwy 28 S/VA-28 S/Sully Rd Slight right onto the Interstate 66 W ramp to Front Royal then merge onto I-66 W Use the right 2 lanes to take exit 43A for 29 toward Gainesville/Warrenton Keep left, follow signs for US-29 S and merge onto US-29 S Use the right 2 lanes to turn slightly right onto US-15 BUS S/US-29 BUS S Turn right onto Roebling St Turn left onto Bear Wallow Rd Slight left onto Old Reservoir Rd Destination on the left There are Active Duty, Reserve, Guard, military families, DoD personnel, civilians, and retirees assigned to Warrenton Training Center.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1746
__label__cc	0.68001	0.31999	Dreyfoos, Dale 1 Curtis, Paul Josef 1 Hawkins, Gordon 1 Norton, Kay 1 Extraversion 1 Performance Anxiety 1 Performing arts 1 Personality 1 Personality psychology The Role of Extraversion and Introversion on a Singer’s Voice The notion that a singer’s voice is an expression of their personality serves as the catalyst for an examination of the relationship between the continuum of introversion and extraversion, and the pathologies of muscle tension dysphonia, vocal nodules, and performance anxiety. This paper begins with a brief introduction defining extraversion and introversion, followed by a review of personality studies identifying opera singers as primarily extraverted. Definitions of vocal nodules and muscle tension dysphonia are then given along with a list of recommended therapies. These elements tie in with two studies in speech pathology that suggest that behaviors of extraversion contribute … Curtis, Paul Josef, Norton, Kay, Hawkins, Gordon, et al.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1748
__label__wiki	0.754125	0.754125	Status review report of 82 candidate coral species petitioned under the U.S. Endangered Species Act Brainard, Russell ; Birkeland, Charles ; Eakin, C. M. (Carlon Mark) ; McElhany, Paul ; Miller, Margaret W. (Margaret Wohlenberg) ; ... More ▼ Brainard, Russell ; Birkeland, Charles ; Eakin, C. M. (Carlon Mark) ; McElhany, Paul ; Miller, Margaret W. (Margaret Wohlenberg) ; Patterson, Matt E. ; Piniak, Gregory Andrew, 1973- Less ▲ "On October 20, 2009, the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to list 83 coral species as threatened or endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. The petition was based on a predicted decline in available habitat for the species, citing anthropogenic climate change and ocean acidification as the lead factors among the various stressors responsible for the potential decline. The NMFS identified 82 of the corals as candidate species, finding that the petition provided substantive information for a potential listing of these species. The NMFS established a Biological Review Team (BRT) to prepare this Status Review Report that examines the status of these 82 candidate coral species and evaluates extinction risk for each of them. This document makes no recommendations for listing, as that is a separate evaluation to be conducted by the NMFS"--Executive summary. Coral Reef Conservation urn:sha256:7fe955bb70284995984366012f60d63db446d3547370ac94283a4865d1628eae Endangered Species Act biennial report to Congress on the recovery program for threatened and endangered species October 1, 2000-September 30, 2002. The ESA amendments of 1988 added a requirement that the Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior report to congress every 2 years on the status of efforts to develop and implement recovery plans, and on the status of all species for which recovery pl... Endangered Species Act status review report of 3 species of foreign corals : Cantharellus noumeae, Siderastrea glynni, Tubastraea floreana Meadows, Dwayne W. (Dwayne Wilson) "This status review report was conducted in response to a petition received from WildEarth Guardians on July 15, 2013 to list 81 marine species as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Twenty-three of the petitioned species... Endangered Species Act status review of the graytail skate (Bathyraja griseocauda) Casselberry, Grace A.; Carlson, John K. (John Keith), 1966-; United States, National Marine Fisheries Service., Office of Protected Resources, "This status review report was conducted in response to a petition received from WildEarth Guardians on July 8, 2013 to list 81 marine species as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). NMFS evaluated the petition to determin... Programmatic environmental assessment for species recovery and species of concern grant programs Lecky, James H. United States, National Marine Fisheries Service., Office of Protected Resources,. United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration., Office of Program Planning and Integration,. "This Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) describes and evaluates three discretionary grant programs administered by NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS) Oflice of Protected Resources, Endangered Species Division: the Species Rec... Endangered Species Act status review of the daggernose shark (Isogomphodon oxyrhynchus) This status review report was conducted in response to a petition received from WildEarth Guardians on July 8, 2013 to list 81 marine species as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). NMFS evaluated the petition to determine...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1750
__label__cc	0.656068	0.343932	Tropical cyclone effects on California Court, Arnold United States, National Weather Service., Western Region, Each decade, about one-hundred fifty cyclones form off the southwest coast of Mexico or regenerate there rrdm Caribbean storms that have crossed Central' America; about half of them become full hurricanes. Five or six cyclones per decade actually reach Calffornia or Arizona, either as weak circulations or most cominonlyas masses of warm, mofst, unstable air which 'cause heavy ra:ins in· August 'and' September. Although !i.,uch storms were recogni zed and charted by . Redfield' in 1855, their existence was denied officially until after 1920, when increased ship traffic west of Mexi co provi ded many detailed reports. Tracks of 40 tropical cyclones affecting California and Arizona since 1904, identified through comparison of various official publications, are given, together with summaries of damage from rain, wind, and waves. California ; Arizona ; California ; Arizona Less ▲ urn:sha256:72f69ad5aea2334eafae38fcb05b2929b6e0886aaf7b54c98cef0cbd75f7da10 Tropical cyclones of the eastern North Pacific Basin, 1949-2006 Blake, Eric S. National Climatic Data Center (U.S.). National Hurricane Center (1965-1995). United States, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service.. Historical climatology series ; 6-5 Annual data and verification tabulation, eastern North Pacific tropical storms and hurricanes, 1980 Gunther, Emil B. "This is the second part of an annual series covering eastern North Pacific tropical cyclone activity. The first report also included tropical cyclone activity in the central North Pacific. That area will be covered in a separate report published by ... Meteorology of important rainstorms in the Colorado River and Great Basin drainages Hansen, E. Marshall; Schwarz, Francis K.; United States, Office of Hydrology., Hydrometeorological Branch,. United States, Army., Corps of Engineers,. Hydrometeorological report (Silver Spring, Md.) ; no. 50 Tropical cyclone Kathleen Fors, James R. Tropical Cyclone Kathleen moved through the western United States on September 10 - 12, 1976. The storm caused 5 deaths in the United States, more than 150 million dollars in damage, localized rain amounts of greater than 10 inches, and sustained win... Statistical guidance for the prediction of eastern North Pacific tropical cyclone motion. Part II Leftwich, Preston W.; Neumann, Charles J.; National Hurricane Center (1965-1995) The EPHC 77 system is one of three components of a statistical prediction package developed for the Eastern Pacific Hurricane Center (EPHC), San Francisco, California, to provide objective guidance for the forecasting of tropical cyclone motion over ...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1751
__label__wiki	0.617174	0.617174	Websitehttps://www2.aston.ac.uk/eas School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University B4 7ET Birmingham Research Outputs (9534) Student theses (2215) 167 Conference article 39 Technical report 14 Anthology 4 Project report 1 Obituary A comparative study of two in-vitro methodologies used to assess E-cigarette cytotoxicity Vasanthi Bathri Narayanan, P., Leslie, L. J. & Marshall, L. J., 2016, p. 244-245. 2 p. A conceptual framework for managing materials convergence in humanitarian aid supply chains Sabri, Y., Trucco, P. & Harland, C. M., Jun 2018, p. 3. 1 p. A coupled boundary integral equation method for inverse sound-soft scattering Johansson, T. & Ivanyshyn, O., 2007, p. 153-155. A Model for Superior Supply Chain Efficiency and Effectiveness Sabri, Y. & Micheli, G. J. L., 2016. Balancing high expectations with academic quality: achieving equilibrium in education to promote student employability Andrews, J. & Clark, R., Dec 2010. Channel model and lower capacity bound for the transmission based on nonlinear Fourier transform Prilepsky, J. E., Derevyanko, S. A. & Turitsyn, S. K., 2015, p. 492. 1 p. nonlinear equations channel noise Charge-balanced copolymer hydrogels: potential as biomedical materials Campbell, D. & Tighe, B., 2012, p. 15. Copolymers Colour management of InGaN/GaN based monolithic two-wavelength LEDs Yadav, A., Zulonas, M., Titkov, I. E., Zerova, V. L., Fedorova, K. A., Tsatsulnikov, A. F., Lundin, W. V., Sakharov, A. V., Sokolovskii, G. S. & Rafailov, E. U., 2014. pulse duration Controlled polymerisation of sulfonate-containing monomers via Atom Transfer Radical Polymerisation Campbell, D., Sohdi, A. & Tighe, B., 2010, (Unpublished) p. C10_P35. Atom transfer radical polymerization Biocompatible Materials Methacrylates Control of the in-cavity dynamics in mode-locked fibre lasers Peng, J. & Boscolo, S. A., Jun 2016, p. 76. 1 p. solitary waves Demonstration of time division demultiplexing from 40Gb/s to 10Gb/s via polarisation switching in a semiconductor optical amplifier Stephens, M. F. C., Kelly, A. E., Nesset, D., Wonfor, A. & Penty, R. V., 1998, p. 383. 1 p. Designer catalysts for biodiesel synthesis Wilson, K., Dacquin, J-P. & Lee, A. F., Oct 2010, p. 15-16. 2 p. hydrotalcite Plant Oils Transesterification Developing network learning capability: the dynamics of learning by interorganizational networks Knight, L., Pye, A. & Shipton, H., 2010. Dissipative nonlinear structures in fiber optics Boscolo, S. & Turitsyn, S. K., Jul 2008, p. 90. 1 p. Dynamic restructuring of Pd nanoparticles and single crystals during catalytic selective alcohol oxidation Lee, A. F., Wilson, K., Parlett, C. M. A., Gaskell, C. V., Newton, M. A. & Liu, Z., 10 Sep 2013. 2-butenal Effect of aspect ratio on thermal convection in open and closed systems Cartland-Glover, G., Fujimura, K. & Generalis, S., 12 May 2013. Light water reactors Open systems Nuclear fuels Effects of intrinsic apodisation in chirped fibre Bragg gratings fabricated using scanning holographic set-up Floreani, F., Gillooly, A., Zhang, L., Bennion, I., Shu, X. & Sugden, K., 2002, p. 7. 1 p. Enhanced selective aerobic alcohol oxidation through nanoengineered catalyst supports Parlett, C. M. A., Lee, A. F., Wilson, K., Bruce, D. W., Hondow, N. S. & Newton, M. A., 2013. Catalyst supports Equality & Equity: Effecting a Paradigm Shift in Engineering Education through Pedagogical Research Andrews, J. E., Phull, S. S. & Clark, R. P., 1 May 2016. Evaluating interorganizational innovation teams in the health-care technology sector Surtees, J., Knight, L. & Shipton, H., 2011. Formation and precise geometry control of SNAP microresonators by external electrostatic fields Dmitriev, A. & Sumetsky, M., 31 Aug 2015, p. 121. 1 p. electric fields optical fibers GEO Label: user and producer perspectives on a label for geospatial data Lush, V., Lumsden, J., Masó, J., Diaz, P. & McCallum, I., Apr 2012, p. 10352. 1 p. Earth (planet) GEO Label – quality information interrogation tool for geospatial datasets: towards effective visualization of quality metadata Lush, V., Lumsden, J. & Bastin, L., 2013. GEO Label Web Services for Dynamic and Effective Communication of Geospatial Metadata Quality Bastin, L., Lush, V., Nust, D., Masó, J. & Lumsden, J. M., 2014. High-pressure phase behaviour of nicotine / carbon dioxide system Ruiz-Rodríguez, A., Najdanovic-Visak, V. & Ponte, M. N. D., 2008. Phase behavior Phase equilibria Impact of higher-order fibre dispersion on the evolution of parabolic optical pulses Bale, B. G., Boscolo, S. & Turitsyn, S. K., May 2009, p. 21-23. 3 p. In-cavity pulse shaping and dissipative parametric instability mode-locking in fibre lasers Tarasov, N., Boscolo, S., Peng, J., Finot, C., Perego, A., Churkin, D., Turitsyn, S. & Staliunas, K., Jul 2016, p. 60. 1 p. In-cavity transformations for new nonlinear regimes of pulse generation in mode-locked fibre lasers Boscolo, S., Turitsyn, S. & Finot, C., Aug 2014, p. 42. 1 p. laser cavities Institutional work at field-configuring events: shaping industry change within sustainable transitions Burke, G. & Knight, L., 2011. Intermediate asymptotics in fibre nonlinear systems Boscolo, S. & Turitsyn, S., Sep 2011, p. 2. 1 p. Investigation of H2 in- and out-diffusion impact on long-period grating devices Liu, Y., Zhang, L., Zhang, W., Williams, J. A. R. & Bennion, I., May 1999, p. 296-297. 2 p. spectral sensitivity Laminar-turbulent transition in fibre laser Churkin, D., 7 May 2014, p. 19. 1 p. Localized waves in optical systems with periodic dispersion and nonlinearity management Bale, B., Boscolo, S. & Turitsyn, S., Aug 2009, p. 6. 1 p. "Magic" dispersion maps with distributed Raman amplification Boscolo, S. A. & Turitsyn, S. K., Jun 2002. Managing the multiplicities of graduate level education! Are Master’s students’ expectations matched by their experiences? Clark, R. & Andrews, J., 30 Sep 2015. 1 p. Mathematics of nonlinear pulse shaping in optical fibres Boscolo, S. & Turitsyn, S. K., 2009, p. 36-37. 2 p. Microwave photonic response based on nonlinear response of chirped fibre grating Lai, Y., Zhang, W. & Williams, J. A. R., 2002. Miniature slow light delay lines and buffers: a review Sumetsky, M., 2015. Electric delay lines Nanoporous solid acid and base catalysts for sustainable biofuels production Lee, A. F., Wilson, K., Pirez, C., Woodford, J. J. & Dacquin, J-P., 9 Sep 2013. New nonlinear regimes of pulse generation in mode- locked fiber lasers Boscolo, S., Finot, C. & Turitsyn, S., Apr 2015, p. 97. 1 p. Nonlinear optical pulse transformations in fibre-based systems Boscolo, S. & Turitsyn, S. K., Jun 2008, p. 5-6. 2 p. Nonlinear pulse shaping in normally dispersive fibres: experimental examples Hammani, K., Fatome, J., Millot, G., Boscolo, S., Rigneault, H., Wabnitz, S. & Finot, C., Aug 2014, p. 42. 1 p. On the theory of self-similar parabolic optical pulses Boscolo, S. & Turitsyn, S. K., Jun 2006, p. 4. 1 p. direct numerical simulation Optical communications : past, present and future trends MacSuibhne, N. & Ellis, A. D., 23 Nov 2015. exhausting Optical fibre limits: an approach using ASE channel estimation MacSuibhne, N., McCarthy, M. E., Le, S. T., Sygletos, S., Ferreira, F. M. & Ellis, A. D., 6 Jul 2015, p. 489. 1 p. spontaneous emission Optical Microwave Bandpass Filtering by Using Fiber Bragg Grating Arrays Zhang, W., Williams, J. A. R. & Bennion, I., 2000, p. AD2. 8 p. Optical signal copying by cross-phase modulation with triangular pulses Latkin, A. I., Boscolo, S., Bhamber, R. & Turitsyn, S. K., Sep 2008, p. Wep.5. Optimising the nanoporous architecture of solid acid and base catalysts for biodiesel synthesis Wilson, K., 11 Apr 2013. Fuel purification Optimization of micro-structured waveguides in lithium niobate Dubov, M., Karakuzu, H. & Boscolo, S., 30 Jun 2014, p. 73. 1 p. lithium niobates Parabolic optical pulses under the action of the third-order dispersion Boscolo, S., Bale, B. & Turitsyn, S., Jan 2009, p. 4. 1 p.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1753
__label__cc	0.545546	0.454454	Causes of death among Danish HIV patient... Causes of death among Danish HIV patients compared with population controls in the period 1995-2008 Refugees and family-reunified immigrants have a high incidence of HIV diagnosis and late presentation compared with Danish born: a nationwide register-based cohort study A survey of ATRIPLA use in clinical practice as first-line therapy in HIV-positive persons in Europe Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis in the HIV population in Europe in the HAART era. Case report and literature review Polymorphonuclear leucocyte dysfunction during short term metabolic changes from normo- to hyperglycemia in type 1 (insulin dependent) diabetic patients Bacteremia in connection with transurethral resection of the prostate. Development and validation of a cycle-specific risk score for febrile neutropenia during chemotherapy cycles 2-6 in patients with solid cancers: the CSR FENCE score Lymphocyte Count Kinetics, Factors Associated with the End-of-Radiation-Therapy Lymphocyte Count, and Risk of Infection in Patients with Solid Malignant Tumors Treated with Curative-Intent Radiation Therapy Gut microbiome comparability of fresh-frozen versus stabilized-frozen samples from hospitalized patients using 16S rRNA gene and shotgun metagenomic sequencing Association Between Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms in HLA Alleles and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Viral Load in Demographically Diverse, Antiretroviral Therapy–Naive Participants From the Strategic Timing of AntiRetroviral Treatment Trial Syphilitic hepatitis and neurosyphilis: an observational study of Danish HIV-infected individuals during a 13-year period M Helleberg G Kronborg carsten schade Larsen G Pedersen C Pedersen J Gerstoft N Obel Infektionsmedicinsk Klinik, Finsencentret Rigshospitalet Infektionsmedicinsk Afdeling AHH, Amager og Hvidovre Hospitaler AHH PURPOSE: To compare the mortality and causes of death in human immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV) patients with the background population. METHODS: All adult HIV patients treated in Danish HIV centers from 1995 to 2008 and 14 controls for each HIV patient were included. Age-adjusted mortality rates (MR) and mortality rate ratios (MRR) were estimated using direct standardization and Poisson regression analyses. Up to four contributory causes of death for each person were included in analyses of cause-specific MR. RESULTS: A total of 5,137 HIV patients and 71,918 controls were followed for 37,838 and 671,339 person-years (PY), respectively. Among non-injection drug use (IDU) HIV patients, the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related MR/1,000 PY declined dramatically from 122.9 [95 % confidence interval (CI) 106.8-141.4] in 1995 to 5.0 (95 % CI 3.1-8.1) in 2008. The non-AIDS-related MR did not change substantially from 6.9 (95 % CI 3.8-12.5) to 5.6 (95 % CI 3.6-8.8). The MR of unnatural causes declined from 6.9 (95 % CI 3.8-12.5) to 2.7 (95 % CI 1.4-5.1). The MRR of infections declined from 46.6 (95 % CI 19.6-110.9) to 3.3 (95 % CI 1.6-6.6). The MRR of other natural causes of death remained constant. CONCLUSIONS: After the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), the AIDS-related mortality has decreased substantially, but the long-term exposure to HIV and HAART has not translated into increasing mortality from malignancy, cardiovascular, and hepatic diseases.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1755
__label__cc	0.722987	0.277013	Beyond the trial: What impact does engagement and participatory practice have on HIV research outcomes? Posted on Nov 27, 2018 by Kate MacQueen Good Participatory Practice (GPP) has become a central part of biomedical HIV prevention research over the past 10 years. Developed in response to global controversies that disrupted the first trials seeking to test whether antiretroviral drugs could prevent the sexual transmission of HIV, GPP provides a framework for researchers working amid historically-based concerns about exploitation and within the pervasive social, economic and political inequalities that travel with the HIV pandemic. GPP guidelines are built on a broader movement toward partnerships between health researchers and sponsors on the one hand, and patients, communities and advocates on the other. Doing participatory research well requires expertise, resources and time. It is also an approach where everyone learns mainly by doing, whether they are researchers, funders, patients or advocates. It is challenging to evaluate principled, action-based approaches. But without thoughtful evaluation we may end up investing in well-intended practices that align poorly with desired long-term outcomes or miss opportunities to innovate for greater impact. Special supplement of the Journal of the International AIDS Society To highlight the accumulating evidence on how engagement and participatory practices have been applied, and with what results for HIV prevention, I recently collaborated with Judy Auerbach (UCSF) to guest edit a special supplement of the Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS), on “Science, theory, and practice of engaged research: Good Participatory Practice and beyond.” The supplement was released in conjunction with the HIV Research for Prevention (HIVR4P) conference held in Madrid in October 2018. Here I highlight three articles from the supplement. Theory: Ethics review to strengthen engagement While there is considerable overlap between the goals of GPP and those of research ethics review, they are nonetheless distinct and complementary processes. Ethics review is a largely regulatory process that establishes standards and formalizes accountability, as a way of ensuring that people recruited and enrolled into research are treated with respect, provided optimal benefits while subject to minimal harm, and with fair and equal distribution of both the benefits and risks of participation. In the context of HIV prevention, research participants, community members and other stakeholders may be at risk of harm due to the potential for social marginalization, stigma and discrimination. This could result from intentional exploitation, or from well-intentioned but poorly informed actions by researchers. GPP, and stakeholder engagement more broadly, centers on fostering collaboration among researchers, the people engaged in the research and the communities impacted by the research. This is quite different than the protectionist framework of most research ethics guidelines. It carries a risk that the trust built with participants and communities could be exploited – as happened with the infamous 40-year CDC study of syphilis in a poor Black area of Tuskegee, Alabama. But it also carries the potential to transform clinical research through increased innovation, better implementation and broader benefits for participants and communities. Given these tensions, Catherine Slack and colleagues at the HIV AIDS Vaccines Ethics Group (HAVEG) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa ask whether stakeholder engagement is a legitimate component of ethics review, and, if so, what core features and practices of engagement should be included in that review. Slack and colleagues ask whether stakeholder engagement is a legitimate component of ethics review, and, if so, what core features and practices of engagement should be included in that review. In their article, “Strengthening stakeholder engagement through ethics review in biomedical HIV prevention trials: Opportunities and complexities,” Slack, et al. note that multiple guidelines direct research ethics committees to consider community participation and engagement as part of their review of HIV prevention research. According to the authors, the key features that committees should consider are whether the engagement is broad and inclusive, early and sustained, and responsive and dynamic. When reviewing practices, committees should consider if researchers appropriately evaluate the local context, put their engagement plans into writing, and adequately resource the plans. In their discussion, Slack, et al. stress that if research ethics committees find that “planned engagement does not meet ethics recommendations, they should not recommend rejection of a protocol but rather make constructive recommendations for improvement so plans resonate better with ethics guidance” (p. 23). The authors advocate against requiring protocol amendments, emphasizing instead “rapid engagement responses” with notification to the committee as appropriate. If overly rigid, ethics committees with limited understanding of community dynamics could constrain researchers from addressing emergent crises in ways that minimize harm and maximize benefit. This topic is the focus of a new online course to be released by the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC) in partnership with HAVEG. The course takes a “guidance-grounded” approach – highlighting how ethics guidelines actively encourage research ethics committees to review engagement, and foregrounding the features and practices of engagement valued in ethics guidance. The course will be available in January 2019 on engage.avac.org. Practice: Implementing GPP across multiple trials, multiple sites GPP guidance documents stress the importance of continuous engagement with communities and stakeholders throughout all stages of the clinical research process, from protocol development through planning implementation of clinical trials to post-trial dissemination of results and access to effective interventions and treatments. The documents outline practices and activities that can be undertaken at each step in this kind of timeline for a given trial, in a given setting. GPP is rarely easily packaged and delivered. In reality, GPP is rarely so easily packaged and delivered. What happens to the relationships built with communities and stakeholders between the end of one trial and the beginning of the next? How is the timeline managed if the research site is implementing multiple trials with overlapping timelines and participant populations? What if that site is leading the implementation of two or more trials across overlapping sets of research sites in multiple country settings? Researchers at the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (Wits RHI) in Johannesburg, South Africa, find they needed to address all these challenges. The Wits RHI studies described by Deborah Baron and colleagues in the special supplement include five studies with implementation start dates ranging from 2011–2015 and end dates from 2014–2020. All studies include multiple sites within South Africa and two also include sites elsewhere in Africa (Kenya, Swaziland, Tanzania and Zambia). In their article, “Collateral benefits: How the practical application of Good Participatory Practice can strengthen HIV research in sub‐Saharan Africa,” Baron, et al. thoughtfully reflect on what did, and did not work for addressing a wide range of challenges. Through accumulation of experience, capacity building within the organization, and leveraging of funding resources, Wits RHI institutionalized GPP with the aim of establishing the first GPP Centre of Excellence. Baron and colleagues outline recommendations within four key research phases for advancing GPP. Baron and colleagues outline recommendations within four key research phases for advancing GPP. In the planning and readiness phase, Baron, et al. stress the need for commitments to provide human resources, funding, documentation, and monitoring and evaluation of engagement outcomes and impact. During implementation, they stress training, monitoring for quality improvement, and continuous engagement activities. During close-out, research teams need to pro-actively plan for different outcome scenarios, post-trial access, and how dissemination and communications will be supported after the trial ends but results are not yet available. For overall sustainability, the authors advise research teams to develop generic GPP tools, templates and standard operating procedures they adopt across research projects, ensure knowledge and experience are embedded in institutional memory, and to invest in their GPP champions through training and other internal supports. Beyond GPP: Community mobilization as intervention If we assume that “the clinic” is the home base for improving health outcomes, we can quickly lose sight of the fact that many of the drivers of those outcomes are powered outside the clinic, in the communities where people live their day-to-day lives. If we assume that “the clinic” is the home base for improving health outcomes, we can quickly lose sight of the fact that many of the drivers of those outcomes are powered outside the clinic, in the communities where people live their day-to-day lives. This is especially true when thinking about prevention or chronic health conditions. Over the years I have often heard health researchers acknowledge the important determining role of social conditions on health but then throw up their hands and say, “What do you want me to do? Cure poverty? Cure prejudice? Find a cure for gender-based violence?” Well, yes. Of course, it is important to conduct clinical research that targets pathogens and toxic exposures, or that seeks ways to rebuild broken biological systems (e.g., immune, cardiovascular, digestive, nervous). But if social conditions increase the transmission of pathogens and toxins or help break down bodily systems, why not do research that also targets those social conditions? Why try to cure only the part of the problem that can walk into the clinic setting? The article by Sheri Lippman and colleagues, “Village community mobilization is associated with reduced HIV incidence in young South African women participating in the HPTN 068 study cohort,” draws on data from multiple studies to evaluate the impact of community mobilization on HIV incidence. The authors derived population-level data from an annual census, the Agincourt Health and socio-Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS), undertaken in a rural area in South Africa. The HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 068 trial – active through 2012 – used a randomized design to see if cash transfers conditional on school attendance could reduce HIV incidence among a cohort of adolescent girls and young women ages 13 to 20 residing in the Agincourt HDSS study area. Lippman and colleagues draw on data from multiple studies to evaluate the impact of community mobilization on HIV incidence. During the same time period, a separate community mobilization intervention study centered on the intersection of HIV risk and gender norms was implemented in 11 of 22 randomly selected villages in the Agincourt HDSS area. The community mobilization study was evaluated through baseline and follow-up cross-sectional surveys in Agincourt HDSS villages, including those where HPTN 068 was implemented. The surveys included measures reflective of seven components describing the level of mobilization in each village. In their analysis of the combined data, Lippman, et al. find that living in a community with higher levels of mobilization is associated with lower HIV incidence among the adolescent girls and young women enrolled in the HPTN 068 cohort. They also find a relationship between specific mobilization components and HIV incidence. The authors state the “overall findings indicate that [adolescent girls and young women] experience reduced HIV infection in villages where residents feel connected, dialogue and address their circumstances, consider HIV an important community issue and have leadership that is present and accountable” (p. 64). Taken together, the three articles described above from the JIAS special supplement underscore the ethical basis for participatory, engaged research, the growth of collective expertise in and leadership for its implementation, and the potential for transitioning from participatory support from communities and stakeholders for research to mobilization as a key intervention component. It is time to fully situate clinical research as part of the communities where the work takes place. This entry was tagged ethics, health, Kate MacQueen, new evidence. New research underscores the connection between economics and HIV Over the last three decades, a range of biomedical and behavioral approaches have dramatically reduced HIV incidence throughout the world and improved the quality and availability of life-saving treatment for those living with HIV. Yet HIV remains a major public health issue and the leading cause of adult death in sub-Saharan Africa. The most recent UNAIDS Global Progress Report issues a stark warning that with the current pace of progress we will fall far short of the 2020 global targets. Innovative approaches that address structural barriers to prevention and treatment can bolster traditional HIV programming and improve outcomes. For example, approaches that reduce economic vulnerability can deter sexual risk taking and encourage retention throughout the care and treatment cascade. To dive more deeply into the interplay between household economics and HIV, the Accelerating Strategies for Practical Innovation and Research in Economic Strengthening (ASPIRES) project – funded by USAID/PEPFAR and implemented by FHI 360 – published a supplemental issue of AIDS Care focused on household economic strengthening interventions. The open access issue contains an evidence review summarized in a recent post by Emily Namey, as well as three original research articles. The three original research articles provide insight into the role of economic factors in HIV prevention, testing uptake and treatment adherence. I summarize these three articles in this post. One thought on “Beyond the trial: What impact does engagement and participatory practice have on HIV research outcomes?” Fred chitema says: This is very informative	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1758
__label__cc	0.514817	0.485183	Dioxins in adipose tissue of women in Southern Spain Lopez-Espinosa, MJ; Kiviranta, H; Araque, P; Ruokojarvi, P; Molina-Molina, JM; Fernandez, MF; Vartiainen, T; Olea, N; (2008) Dioxins in adipose tissue of women in Southern Spain. Chemosphere, 73 (6). pp. 967-71. ISSN 0045-6535 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.06.039 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.06.039 Seventeen polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) were quantified in adipose tissue samples of non-occupationally exposed women living in Southern Spain. Geometric mean levels of sum of congeners and WHO(PCDD/F)-TEQ(2005) were 410 and 17.9pgg(-1) fat, respectively. Among PCDDs, octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (OCDD) showed the highest concentration with a mean value of 265pgg(-1) fat, followed by 1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD (49.3pgg(-1) fat) and 1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HpCDD (45.2pgg(-1) fat). These three congeners were responsible for around 90% of the sum of all PCDD/F congeners in adipose tissue. The geometric mean 2,3,7,8-TCDD value was 1.87pgg(-1) fat. 2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF (8.43pgg(-1) fat) showed the highest concentration among the PCDFs, followed by 1,2,3,4,7,8-HxCDF (4.17pgg(-1) fat) and 1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDF (3.28pgg(-1) fat), and these three congeners were responsible for 4% of the sum of all studied PCDD/F congeners in adipose tissue and 76% of the sum of ten PCDFs. 1,2,3,7,8,9-HxCDF was the only congener not quantified in any sample, while 1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HpCDF, 1,2,3,7,8-PeCDF, OCDF and 2,3,7,8-TCDF were found in 5, 16, 16 and 19 samples, respectively. All other congeners were quantifiable in all 20 samples. Congeners contributing most to the WHO(PCDD/F)-TEQ(2005) were 1,2,3,7,8-PeCDD (31.6%), 1,2,3,6,7,8-HxCDD (28.3%) and 2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF (14.6%). The body burden of log-transformed WHO(PCDD/F)-TEQ(2005) levels increased with age (B=0.02; 95% CI=0.01, 0.03; p=0.02). Although these adipose tissue PCDD/F levels are similar to previously published findings in Spain and other European countries, further research is needed to determine trends in the exposure of women to these chemical residues. Adipose Tissue/ chemistry, Adult, Aged, Dioxins/ analysis, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Spain, Adipose Tissue, chemistry, Adult, Aged, Dioxins, analysis, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Spain Faculty of Public Health and Policy > Dept of Social and Environmental Health Research	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1759
__label__wiki	0.520721	0.520721	Items where Author or Contributor is "Sivasubramaniam, S" Jump to: 2015 \| 2013 \| 2012 \| 2011 \| 2010 \| 2009 \| 2008 \| 2007 \| 2006 \| 2005 \| 2004 \| 2003 \| 2002 \| 2001 Tafida, A; Kyari, F; Abdull, MM; Sivasubramaniam, S; Murthy, GV; Kana, I; Gilbert, CE; Nigeria National Survey of Blindness and Visual Impairment Study; (2015) Poverty and Blindness in Nigeria: Results from the National Survey of Blindness and Visual Impairment. Ophthalmic epidemiology, 22 (5). pp. 333-41. ISSN 0928-6586 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3109/09286586.2015.1077259 Murthy, GV; Fox, S; Sivasubramaniam, S; Gilbert, CE; Mahdi, AM; Imam, AU; Entekume, G; Nigeria National Blindness and Visual Impairment study group; (2013) Prevalence and risk factors for hypertension and association with ethnicity in Nigeria: results from a national survey. Cardiovascular journal of Africa, 24 (9-10). pp. 344-50. ISSN 1995-1892 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2013-058 Abubakar, T; Gudlavalleti, MVS; Sivasubramaniam, S; Gilbert, CE; Abdull, MM; Imam, AU; Nigeria Natl Blindness, V; (2012) Coverage of Hospital-based Cataract Surgery and Barriers to the Uptake of Surgery among Cataract Blind Persons in Nigeria: The Nigeria National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey. Ophthalmic epidemiology, 19 (2). pp. 58-66. ISSN 0928-6586 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3109/09286586.2011.643271 Full text not available from this repository. Rabiu, MM; Kyari, F; Ezelum, C; Elhassan, E; Sanda, S; Murthy, GV; Sivasubramaniam, S; Gilbert, C; Abdull, MM; Abiose, A; +6 more... Bankole, O; Entekume, G; Faal, H; Imam, A; Sang, LP; Abubakar, T; (2012) Review of the publications of the Nigeria national blindness survey: Methodology, prevalence, causes of blindness and visual impairment and outcome of cataract surgery. Annals of African medicine, 11 (3). pp. 125-30. ISSN 1596-3519 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4103/1596-3519.96859 Entekume, G; Patel, J; Sivasubramaniam, S; Gilbert, CE; Ezelum, CC; Murthy, GVS; Rabiu, MM; Nigeria Natl Blindness, V; (2011) Prevalence, Causes, and Risk Factors for Functional Low Vision in Nigeria: Results from the National Survey of Blindness and Visual Impairment. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 52 (9). pp. 6714-6719. ISSN 0146-0404 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.11-7293 Ezelum, C; Razavi, H; Sivasubramaniam, S; Gilbert, CE; Murthy, GVS; Entekume, G; Abubakar, T; Nigeria Natl Blindness, V; (2011) Refractive Error in Nigerian Adults: Prevalence, Type, and Spectacle Coverage. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 52 (8). pp. 5449-5456. ISSN 0146-0404 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.10-6770 Imam, AU; Gilbert, CE; Sivasubramaniam, S; Murthy, GVS; Maini, R; Rabiu, MM; (2011) Outcome of Cataract Surgery in Nigeria: Visual Acuity, Autorefraction, and Optimal Intraocular Lens Powers-Results from the Nigeria National Survey. Ophthalmology, 118 (4). pp. 719-724. ISSN 0161-6420 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.08.025 Full text not available from this repository. Rabiu, MM; Gudlavalleti, MVS; Gilbert, CE; Sivasubramaniam, S; Kyari, F; Abubakar, T; (2011) Ecological determinants of blindness in Nigeria: The Nigeria National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey. South African Medical Journal, 101 (1). pp. 53-58. ISSN 0256-9574 https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/1225 Tran, HM; Mahdi, AM; Sivasubramaniam, S; Gudlavalleti, MVS; Gilbert, CE; Shah, SP; Ezelum, CC; Abubakar, T; Bankole, OO; Nigeria Natl, B; +1 more... Visual, I; (2011) Quality of life and visual function in Nigeria: findings from the National Survey of Blindness and Visual Impairment. The British journal of ophthalmology, 95 (12). pp. 1646-1651. ISSN 0007-1161 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.2011.204693 Full text not available from this repository. Gilbert, CE; Murthy, GV; Sivasubramaniam, S; Kyari, F; Imam, A; Rabiu, MM; Abdull, M; Tafida, A; (2010) Couching in Nigeria: prevalence, risk factors and visual acuity outcomes. Ophthalmic epidemiology, 17 (5). pp. 269-75. ISSN 0928-6586 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3109/09286586.2010.508349 Full text not available from this repository. Abdull, MM; Sivasubramaniam, S; Murthy, GV; Gilbert, C; Abubakar, T; Ezelum, C; Rabiu, MM; Nigeria National Blindness and Visual Impairment Study Group; (2009) Causes of blindness and visual impairment in Nigeria: the Nigeria national blindness and visual impairment survey. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 50 (9). pp. 4114-20. ISSN 0146-0404 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.09-3507 Millar, J; McNamee, P; Heaney, D; Selvaraj, S; Bond, C; Lindsay, S; Morton, M; (2009) Does a system of instalment dispensing for newly prescribed medicines save NHS costs? Results from a feasibility study. Family practice, 26 (2). pp. 163-8. ISSN 0263-2136 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmn100 Full text not available from this repository. Kyari, F; Murthy, GVS; Sivasubramaniam, S; Gilbert, CE; Abdull, MM; Entekume, G; Foster, A; , NigeriaNationalBlindnessandVisualImpairmentSurvey; (2008) Prevalence of Blindness and Visual Impairment in Nigeria: The National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 50 (5). pp. 2033-2039. ISSN 0146-0404 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.08-3133 Sivaprakasam, V; Douglas, J; Selvaraj, S; MacIntyre, S; Carman, WF; (2008) The effectiveness of national influenza vaccination policies for at-risk populations over 5 seasons in a Scottish general practice. Vaccine, 26 (29-30). pp. 3772-7. ISSN 0264-410X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2008.04.030 Full text not available from this repository. Swan, GM; Selvaraj, S; Godden, DJ; (2008) Clinical peripherality: development of a peripherality index for rural health services. BMC health services research, 8. p. 23. ISSN 1472-6963 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-8-23 Hannaford, PC; Selvaraj, S; Elliott, AM; Angus, V; Iversen, L; Lee, AJ; (2007) Cancer risk among users of oral contraceptives: cohort data from the Royal College of General Practitioner's oral contraception study. BMJ, 335 (7621). p. 651. ISSN 1468-5833 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39289.649410.55 Munro, NA; Nicol, M; Selvaraj, S; Hussain, SM; Finlayson, DF; (2007) Femoral cement pressurization in hip arthroplasty: a comparison of 3 systems. The Journal of arthroplasty, 22 (6). pp. 893-901. ISSN 0883-5403 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2006.09.014 Full text not available from this repository. Dhiwakar, M; Eng, CY; Selvaraj, S; McKerrow, WS; (2006) Antibiotics to improve recovery following tonsillectomy: a systematic review. Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery, 134 (3). pp. 357-64. ISSN 0194-5998 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.otohns.2005.12.016 Full text not available from this repository. Gritz, DC; Srinivasan, M; Smith, SD; Kim, U; Lietman, TM; Wilkins, JH; Priyadharshini, B; Aravind, S; Prajna, NV; Smolin, G; +3 more... Thulasiraj, RD; Selvaraj, S; Whitcher, JP; (2006) Antioxidants in prevention of cataracts in South India: methodology and baseline data*. Ophthalmic epidemiology, 13 (2). pp. 97-107. ISSN 0928-6586 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09286580500477366 Full text not available from this repository. Henderson, R; Stark, C; Humphry, RW; Selvaraj, S; (2006) Changes in Scottish suicide rates during the Second World War. BMC public health, 6. p. 167. ISSN 1471-2458 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-6-167 Riordan, DV; Selvaraj, S; Stark, C; Gilbert, JS; (2006) Perinatal circumstances and risk of offspring suicide. Birth cohort study. The British journal of psychiatry, 189. pp. 502-7. ISSN 0007-1250 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.105.015974 Full text not available from this repository. Stark, C; Gibbs, D; Hopkins, P; Belbin, A; Hay, A; Selvaraj, S; (2006) Suicide in farmers in Scotland. Rural and remote health, 6 (1). p. 509. ISSN 1445-6354 https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/7723 Full text not available from this repository. Austin, JB; Selvaraj, S; Godden, D; Russell, G; (2005) Deprivation, smoking, and quality of life in asthma. Archives of disease in childhood, 90 (3). pp. 253-7. ISSN 0003-9888 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2004.049346 Full text not available from this repository. Richards, H; King, G; Reid, M; Selvaraj, S; McNicol, I; Brebner, E; Godden, D; (2005) Remote working: survey of attitudes to eHealth of doctors and nurses in rural general practices in the United Kingdom. Family practice, 22 (1). pp. 2-7. ISSN 0263-2136 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmh716 Full text not available from this repository. Richards, HM; Farmer, J; Selvaraj, S; (2005) Sustaining the rural primary healthcare workforce: survey of healthcare professionals in the Scottish Highlands. Rural and remote health, 5 (1). p. 365. ISSN 1445-6354 https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/7722 Full text not available from this repository. Austin, JB; Selvaraj, S; Russell, G; (2004) Childhood asthma in the Highlands of Scotland--morbidity and school absence. Scottish medical journal, 49 (1). pp. 18-21. ISSN 0036-9330 https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/7728 Full text not available from this repository. Henderson, R; Oates, K; MacDonald, H; Smith, WC; Selvaraj, S; (2004) Factors influencing the uptake of childhood immunisation in rural areas. The British journal of general practice, 54 (499). pp. 114-8. ISSN 0960-1643 https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/7727 Full text not available from this repository. Langran, M; Selvaraj, S; (2004) Increased injury risk among first-day skiers, snowboarders, and skiboarders. The American journal of sports medicine, 32 (1). pp. 96-103. ISSN 0363-5465 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0095399703258684 Full text not available from this repository. Lindsay, S; Selvaraj, S; Macdonald, JW; Godden, DJ; (2004) Injuries to Scottish farmers while tagging and clipping cattle: a cross-sectional survey. Occupational medicine (Oxford, England), 54 (2). pp. 86-91. ISSN 0962-7480 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqh032 Full text not available from this repository. Palmer, S; Selvaraj, S; Dunn, C; Osman, LM; Cairns, J; Franklin, D; Hulks, G; Godden, DJ; (2004) Annual review of patients with sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome - a pragmatic randomised trial of nurse home visit versus consultant clinic review. Sleep medicine, 5 (1). pp. 61-65. ISSN 1389-9457 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1389-9457(03)00166-7 Full text not available from this repository. Srinivasan, S; Fern, AI; Selvaraj, S; Hasan, S; (2004) Randomized double-blind clinical trial comparing topical and sub-Tenon's anaesthesia in routine cataract surgery. British journal of anaesthesia, 93 (5). pp. 683-6. ISSN 0007-0912 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/aeh254 Full text not available from this repository. Featherstone, C; Godden, D; Selvaraj, S; Emslie, M; Took-Zozaya, M; (2003) Characteristics associated with reported CAM use in patients attending six GP practices in the Tayside and Grampian regions of Scotland: a survey. Complementary therapies in medicine, 11 (3). pp. 168-76. ISSN 0965-2299 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0965-2299(03)00067-0 Full text not available from this repository. Langran, M; Selvaraj, S; (2002) Snow sports injuries in Scotland: a case-control study. British journal of sports medicine, 36 (2). pp. 135-40. ISSN 0306-3674 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsm.36.2.135 Palmer, S; Selvaraj, S; Dunn, C; Osman, LM; Cairns, J; Franklin, D; Hulks, G; Godden, DJ; (2002) Treatment of sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome (SAHS): A randomised trial of standard care versus enhanced nurse intervention in a district general hospital. [Conference or Workshop Item] https://researchonline.lshtm.ac.uk/id/eprint/14510 Full text not available from this repository. Thulasiraj, RD; Rahamathulla, R; Saraswati, A; Selvaraj, S; Ellwein, LB; (2002) The Sivaganga eye survey: I. Blindness and cataract surgery. Ophthalmic epidemiology, 9 (5). pp. 299-312. ISSN 0928-6586 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1076/opep.9.5.299.10334 Full text not available from this repository. Thulasiraj, RD; Reddy, A; Selvaraj, S; Munoz, SR; Ellwein, LB; (2002) The Sivaganga eye survey: II. Outcomes of cataract surgery. Ophthalmic epidemiology, 9 (5). pp. 313-24. ISSN 0928-6586 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1076/opep.9.5.313.10339 Full text not available from this repository. Prajna, NV; George, C; Selvaraj, S; Lu, KL; McDonnell, PJ; Srinivasan, M; (2001) Bacteriologic and clinical efficacy of ofloxacin 0.3% versus ciprofloxacin 0.3% ophthalmic solutions in the treatment of patients with culture-positive bacterial keratitis. Cornea, 20 (2). pp. 175-8. ISSN 0277-3740 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/00003226-200103000-00013 Full text not available from this repository.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1760
__label__wiki	0.504064	0.504064	QuickNom™ Login Informational Posts Work Continues on Gas Pipeline Source: Star Beacon Originally Posted on July 6th, 2019 by BRIAN HAYTCHER NORTH KINGSVILLE — Work is continuing on the Risberg Pipeline, as it moves deeper into Ohio. The Risberg Pipeline, first announced in 2017, connects an existing pipeline in Meadville, Pennsylvania to North Kingsville, passing through Conneaut and Kingsville Township in the process. The pipeline is expected to cost $86 million, and consists of 28 miles of new pipeline, according to the pipeline’s website. The pipeline is being built by RH energytrans. Crews are working in various locations, including some still in Pennsylvania, where a section of the pipeline required new permits to be built, RH energytrans spokesperson Dennis Holbrook said. The work won’t be delayed because of the change. In Ohio, crews have been boring under Conneaut Creek. “If they haven’t (finished boring yet), they’re close,” Holbrook said. There are still a number of smaller bores to complete, including one under a pond, Holbrook added. “We’re still looking to finish it up in the latter part of summer, and be in service shortly there after,” Holbrook said. The project started construction this spring, and was slowed by inclement weather. “The weather’s getting a little more cooperative,” Holbrook said. Area officials have praised the project. “It’s a long time coming,” Conneaut City Council President Debbie Newcomb said in March. “We’ve been looking forward to this.” The city of Conneaut has arranged to place three taps on the pipeline, to accommodate potential future growth. “If you want to have business and industry, you have to have access to natural gas,” Conneaut City Manager Jim Hockaday said in June. “Ashtabula County has had insufficient natural gas for 50 years, so this is a huge step in the right direction.” The pipeline will end in North Kingsville, near the intersection of Route 20 and Route 193. “Weather permitting, we’re feeling reasonably comfortable that we’re going to stick to our plan to be in service in the latter part of the summer,” Holbrook said. You may view the original article HERE Conneaut’s Two Taps on the Risberg Pipeline Being Drafted Natural Gas to Impact Ashtabula County Economy Natural Gas Flows into Ohio Testing Nears Completion on Meadville-to-Ohio Pipeline Risberg Pipeline Project Nears Completion Construction Inspection Report Issued in FERC CP18-6-000 Status Report Submitted in FERC CP18-6-000 by RH energytrans, LLC, et al. Delegated Order Issued in FERC CP18-6-000 Certificate of Compliance Report Submitted in FERC CP18-6-000 by RH energytrans, LLC, et al. © 2020 RH energytrans \| Contractor Website Design by weCreate Website Design and Marketing	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1762
__label__wiki	0.69914	0.69914	Unlicensed Contractors Can Agree to Binding Arbitration Generally, an unlicensed contractor may not collect compensation for construction work. However, will a court enforce an arbitration award involving an unlicensed contractor where arbitration was voluntarily agreed to by all parties? However, results will likely be unfavorable to the unlicensed contractor. Generally, an unlicensed contractor may not collect compensation for construction work. (Business and Professions Code Section 7031, subdivision (a).) However, will a court enforce an arbitration award involving an unlicensed contractor derived from binding arbitration where arbitration was voluntarily agreed to by all parties? In the recent California case of Templo Calvario Spanish Assembly of God v. Gardner Construction Corporation et al. (August 18, 2011) 2011 DJDAR 12434, the reviewing court revisited the California Supreme Court case of MW Erectors, Inc. v. Niederhauser Ornamental & Metal Works Co. Inc. (2005) 36 Cal.4th 412. The purpose of the review was to determine how extensive the litigation bar is to unlicensed contractors who sue for collection, or who are sued for disgorgement of payments made by a consumer to an unlicensed contractor. Should the litigation bar be extended to a dispute involving an unlicensed contractor and its customer when the parties agreed to arbitrate the dispute (under an arbitration provision in the contract), rather than pursue litigation in superior court? In 2008, Templo Calvario Spanish Assembly of God (Templo) and respondent Gardner Construction Corporation (Gardner) entered into a contact for Gardner to construct a church. The parties had a dispute and Templo petitioned for arbitration. Before the petition was ruled upon, the parties agreed to submit the matter to binding arbitration under the terms of an arbitration provision in the contract. Because Gardner was unlicensed, the arbitrator ruled that Gardner must disgorge the entire $160,213 Templo had paid to Gardner. Following the arbitration award, Templo petitioned the Superior Court to confirm the arbitration award. Gardner filed a petition to vacate the arbitration award. The Superior Court denied Templo’s petition and granted Gardner’s petition to vacate the arbitration award. The Superior Court ruled that since the contract was illegal and void because Gardner was an unlicensed contractor (under Business and Professions Code section 7031), the arbitration provision in the contract was also void. The Superior Court further ruled that since the arbitration provision fails, the arbitrator was without authority to render a decision. Templo appealed. On appeal, the reviewing court concluded that the Superior Court erred and should have confirmed the arbitration award in favor of Templo. MW Erectors was a nonarbitration action, where one subcontractor (essentially the contractor) brought a civil action against another subcontractor (essentially the consumer). The reviewing court concluded that there was no compelling need to find that the Contractors State License Law mandates that a consumer cannot proceed to arbitrate its dispute with a contractor simply because the contractor was unlicensed at the time of signing the construction contract. The court reasoned that public policy favors arbitration of this type of dispute when the parties voluntarily agree to arbitration. The reviewing court further held that an arbitration decision is final and conclusive because the parties have agreed that it be so. By ensuring that an arbitrator’s decision is final and binding, courts simply assure that the parties receive the benefit of their bargain. The attorneys in Riverside, Orange County and Temecula at Reid & Hellyer have extensive experience in contract law and construction disputes. Call us if you may be seeking the assistance of a construction attorney. We would be pleased to assist you in an efficient and effective manner. Steven G. Lee Trees Saved From Slaughter! The new California Rules of Court have… by James J. Manning Jr. Take It Back! IRS Appeals Procedure The IRS provides a forum for appealing… by Pietro E. Canestrelli	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1764
__label__wiki	0.878857	0.878857	Interview to Carolina Rodríguez after World Championships 2015 September 19, 2015 rhythmicgymnasticsinfo After Olympic Games in London in 2012 Carolina Rodríguez was about to stop doing gymnastics. He was suffering from a foot injury and the only solution was surgery. She wanted to compete in European Championships and then retire. But her love to the sport made a dream come true: she continued training and last week, she qualified for Rio Olympics 2016. “Carolina is different. She has charisma. What I feel towards her is more than work. We share feelings” Olympic Games London 2012 “Sometimes I have a lot of negative feelings around me. But thanks to my coaches and family I could see the positive side of the sport” “When Spain won the gold medal at Atlanta ’96 I was 10 years old. I thought to myself “I also want to go to Olympic Games”. In 2004, when I was 18 I had the opportunity to compete at Olympic Games in Athens, with the group. Nowadays, I am looking forward to compete again as an individual gymnast in an Olympic Games. For me London Olympics was like a prize. I could never imagine that 4 years later, I would be still training.” “I am feeling sad (about her retirement after OG) because I know that Carolina is unique” – said her coach. Carolina will be the most veteran rhythmic gymnast in Olympic Games: 30 years old. carolina Rodriguez gimnasia ritmicaMenu Previous PostInformation about Aeon Cup 2015 Next PostInformation about LG Whisen Rhythmic AllStars 2015	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1765
__label__wiki	0.656273	0.656273	US20070294625A1 - User interface system for a vehicle - Google Patents User interface system for a vehicle Download PDF Vladimir Rasin Mark Schunder 2006-06-19 Application filed by Ford Motor Co filed Critical Ford Motor Co 2006-06-19 Assigned to FORD MOTOR COMPANY reassignment FORD MOTOR COMPANY ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: SCHUNDER, MARK, RASIN, VLADIMIR 230000001131 transforming Effects 0 abstract claims description 35 238000000034 methods Methods 0 abstract claims description 5 230000006399 behavior Effects 0 description 1 238000004883 computer application Methods 0 description 1 229920001690 polydopamine Polymers 0 description 1 H04M1/72527—With means for supporting locally a plurality of applications to increase the functionality provided by interfacing with an external accessory H04M1/60—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers; Analogous equipment at exchanges including speech amplifiers H04M1/6033—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers; Analogous equipment at exchanges including speech amplifiers for providing handsfree use or a loudspeaker mode in telephone sets H04M1/6041—Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use H04M1/6075—Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use adapted for handsfree use in a vehicle A user interface system and method for a vehicle enables access to services available through an electronic device. The user interface system includes a networking gateway configured to receive a first data set from the electronic device. A service engine is included, which is operable with the networking gateway. The service engine is configured to process the first data set and output a second data set that corresponds to the services. A data transformation agent receives the second data set and generates a third data set, wherein the third data set is in a predetermined format. A user interface module is included that is configured to communicate with the data transformation agent. The user interface module receives the third data set having the predetermined format and the user interface module provides an interface for the user to access the services available through the electronic device. The present invention relates generally to a user interface system for a vehicle that enables access to an electronic device. The use of electronic devices in vehicles is common. Particularly, it is well known that consumers utilize devices such as phones, PDAs, and computers to access information. To facilitate the use of these devices, the vehicle typically includes a user interface that enables the user to access the electronic device and utilize services and/or applications located thereon. Conventionally, the vehicle user interface is specifically programmed to operate with an electronic device so as to utilize the specific applications and/or services available through the electronic device. Such programming typically requires manual programming by an authorized dealership or designer. Accordingly, the conventional user interface systems are incapable of dynamic programming or synchronization to enable access to services available through electronic devices. The present invention was conceived in view of these and other disadvantages of conventional user interface systems. The present invention discloses a user interface system and method for a vehicle that enables access to services available through an electronic device. In one embodiment, user interface system includes a networking gateway configured to receive a first data set from the electronic device for service discovery. A service engine is included, which is operable with the networking gateway. The service engine is configured to process the first data set and output a second data set that corresponds to the services. A data transformation agent receives the second data set and generates a third data set, wherein the third data set is in a predetermined format. A user interface module is included that is configured to communicate with the data transformation agent. The user interface module receives the third data set having the predetermined format and, based in part on the third data set, the user interface module provides an interface for the user to access the services available through the electronic device. The method for accessing services available through the electronic device include receiving a first data set from the electronic device. The method also includes generating a second data set based on the first data set through the use of a networking gateway. The method further includes receiving the second data set at a data transformation agent. Another step includes generating a third data set through the use of a data transformation agent and receiving the third data set at a user interface module. The third data set is processed by the user interface module so as to provide the user access to the services available through the electronic device. The features of the present invention which are believed to be novel are set forth with particularity in the appended claims. The present invention, both as to its organization and manner of operation, together with further objects and advantages thereof, may be best understood with reference to the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings in which: FIG. 1 illustrates a vehicle having a user interface system that enables access to services available through an electronic device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram of a user interface system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention; and FIG. 3 illustrates a flow chart of a method for enabling access to electronic devices through the use of a user interface system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. As required, detailed embodiments of the present invention are disclosed herein. However, it is to be understood that the disclosed embodiments are merely exemplary of the invention that may be embodied in various and alternative forms. The figures are not necessarily to scale, and some features may be exaggerated or minimized to show details of particular proponents. Therefore, specific functional details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting, but merely as a representative basis for the claims and/or as a representative basis for teaching one skilled in the art to variously employ in the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a vehicle 10 is illustrated that is configured to communicate and enable access to electronic devices including services and/or applications (collectively referred to as services) available via the electronic devices. These services include, but are not limited to, cellular phone service, satellite radio service, email services, computer application service and the like. In one aspect of the present invention, the electronic devices may be virtually any external device including, but not limited to, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a handheld computer, and the like. As shown, vehicle 10 includes an instrument panel 14 having a user interface system 16. The user interface system 16, which may be referred to as an in-vehicle human machine interface (HMI), provides vehicle occupants information/data pertaining to vehicle 10, its systems, and devices, including services available through an electronic device 12. As such, user interface system 16 has a display unit 18, a user interface module 19 and multiple selection devices 20. Display unit 18 is adapted to display information such as maps generated by a navigation system, audio system information, climate information, and services/applications that are accessible through the use of electronic device 12. Furthermore, display unit 18 may be configured to receive inputs from a user. Selection devices 20 may be buttons or keys that are designated to effect certain functions by user interface system 16 and electronic device 12. It is recognized that in alternative embodiments selection devices 20 may be embodied as “soft keys” that appear on the display of display unit 18. User interface system 16 also includes a user interface module 19 having a controller that is capable of processing and storing data in memory. The controller of user interface module 19 may have stored therein at least one data set, which may describe default functions and capabilities of user interface system 16 including display unit 18, user interface module 19, and selection devices 20. As described in the foregoing, electronic device 12 may be a PDA, a handheld computer, a cellular telephone, a smart phone, a laptop and the like that is capable of providing services and applications for use by vehicle occupants. Electronic device 12 may also have one or more data sets stored in memory that describe or correspond to the services and/or applications available via device 12. Alternatively, electronic device 12 may serve as a conduit through which the vehicle can access desired services remotely. In either embodiment, electronic device 12 may be connected to user interface system 16 through the use of a port 15, which includes universal serial bus (USB) ports and the like. However, although electronic device 12 is physically connected to user interface 16 through the use of a cable 17, it is recognized that communications may occur wirelessly. For instance, it is contemplated by the present invention that electronic device 12 may communicate with user interface system 16 via a wireless protocol including, but not limited to bluetooth, wi-fi, and the like. As described above, unlike conventional systems, user interface system 16 is capable of automatic programming, reprogramming and/or synchronization with devices, such as electronic device 12, to enable access to services available through the devices. Referring to FIG. 2, a block diagram of user interface system 16 in communication with electronic device 12 is illustrated. As shown, device 12 communicates with user interface system 16 in a manner so as to enable a user to access available services. User interface system 16 is capable of accessing the services available through device 12 by receiving and processing data sets from device 12. In the illustrated embodiment, user interface system 16 includes user interface module 19, a networking gateway 24, and a data transformation agent 32. It is recognized, however, that alternative embodiments, may have multiple user interface modules 19. For example, a vehicle may include a first user interface module located the vehicle instrument panel and a second user interface module located in a rear seat entertainment unit. In either embodiment, upon connection of device 12 to the vehicle (either by-wire or wirelessly), device 12 transmits a data set to user interface system 16. Reception of the data set may be referred to as service discovery, wherein services available through device 12 are acknowledged by user interface system 16. The networking gateway 24 initially receives the data set. Networking gateway 24 includes a data repository 28, a gateway data set 26, and a service engine 30. Service engine 30 is configured to establish communications with devices such as device 12 and to generate a corresponding data set in a desired format that describes the available services. In one embodiment, service engine 30 may be referred to as a vehicle services description language (VSDL) engine, which may be an extensible markup language (XML) based description of the services. The VSDL embodiment does not require heterogenous elements that are found in heterogenous systems (e.g., web service definition language (WSDL), simple object access protocol (SOAP), etc.). Data repository 28 provides a plurality of default software constructs that describes communication parameters, features of device 12, and services that may be available via device 12. In one aspect of the invention, data repository 28 has data stored in a format that is based on the VSDL. As such, the default software constructs of data repository 28 may be embodied as XML data. Additionally, gateway data set 26 includes data that describes capabilities, functions, and features of the networking gateway. Based on the data available from gateway data set 26 and data repository 28, service engine 30 generates a data set signal 31 that is received by a data transformation agent 32. In one embodiment, data set signal 31 may be a VSDL dataset that is XML based. Data transformation agent 32 may be embodied as a software program or data set containing a set of predetermined rules by which received data sets are processed. Accordingly, a constraints data set 34 may contain a plurality of constraints by which these rules are based. In one embodiment, the rules by which data sets are processed are implemented in an XML based vehicle constraints markup language (VCML). These constraints may be used to control the appearance of information displayed by the user interface system display unit (FIG. 1) and ensure that proper functionality and service behavior by user interface system 16 occurs. As such, the constraints data set 34 may contain certain data that ensures various performance parameters including, but not limited to, safety, security, regulatory, and vehicle design. The data of constraints data set 34 may include static and dynamic data, which may be loaded into the vehicle at any time. For example, in one embodiment, the data transformation agent having data from constraints data set 34 may be loaded into the user interface system simultaneously with data to be stored within data repository 28. As described in the foregoing, the user interface system includes user interface module 19. User interface module 19 may include a user interface data set 36 and a data engine 38. User interface data set 36 contains data which describes functions and features of the user interface module. For example, the user interface data set may include data that describes the number of buttons or keys 20 (FIG. 1) as well as the screen size of display 18. In one embodiment, the data contained by the user interface data set may be hard coded in a vehicle user interface markup language (VUML). In such an embodiment, the VUML is an XML based language. Once user interface data set 36 is loaded into user interface module 19, data transformation agent 32 receives a data set signal 35 which corresponds to the data within user interface data set 36. As described above, data transformation agent 32 is configured to process data sets received. Accordingly, when data transformation agent 32 receives data sets 31 and 35, a data set 39 is generated. Data set 39 includes data that has been certified by data transformation agent 32 for use by user interface module 19. In one aspect of the invention, data set 39 may be a VUML data set that is XML based. Data engine 38 is responsible for generic interaction with the user and may contain a specification in electronic form that also controls the appearance and/or function of the user interface module display. The specification, which may include XML based data, may be used by data engine 38 to ensure that buttons or keys on the user interface module effect desired user interface system functions operations. As such, the data signal 39 may be received by data engine 38 so as to enable the user interface system to provide a seamless interface for the user to access services available through electronic device 12. Now, referring to FIG. 3, a flow chart illustrates a method for accessing services available through the electronic device. Block 42 illustrates a step wherein the electronic device is introduced or acknowledged. Block 44 illustrates a step wherein the user interface system, through the use of the networking gateway determines whether the electronic device offers any services (also referred to as service discovery). If the electronic device does not offer any services, the method terminates as indicated at block 43. If the device does offer services, a block 46 occurs. At block 46, in response to data provided by the data repository (block 48), the user interface system obtains data that indicates the services available through the electronic device. As described above, the step of obtaining the data may occur through the use of the networking gateway (FIG. 2). At block 50, the user interface system, via the data transformation agent receives constraints that provide a set of rules by which the data is processed. As shown by block 52, the constraints, embodied as data, may be stored in the constraints data set. As described in the foregoing, the constraints data set may include rules in an XML based format that control the manner in which the data transformation agent processes received data sets. As depicted by block 54, the user interface data is received via the data transformation agent. Block 56 depicts the user interface data set which includes data that describes the appearance and functions of the user interface module. Block 58 depicts a step wherein the data transformation agent executes a transformation of the data sets that are received from the user interface data set, the constraints data set, and the data set signal generated by the networking gateway. This transformation, in one embodiment, results in the generation of a VUML type data set, that is compatible with the user interface module. Accordingly, block 60 depicts a step wherein the processed or transformed data sets are loaded into the user interface module. Block 62 includes the step of determining whether additional services are available via the electronic device. If additional services are available, the method returns to block 46 where the foregoing method if repeated. If there exists no additional services, the method terminates at block 64. While the best mode for carrying out the invention has been described in detail, those familiar with the art to which this invention relates will recognize various alternative designs and embodiments for practicing the invention as defined by the following claims. 1. A user interface system for a vehicle that enables a user to access services available through an electronic device, the system comprising: a networking gateway configured to receive a first data set from the electronic device; a service engine operable with the networking gateway, the service engine processing the first data set and outputting a second data set that corresponds to the services; a data transformation agent for receiving the second data set and generating a third data set, wherein the third data set is in a predetermined format; and a user interface module configured to communicate with the data transformation agent, the user interface module receiving the third data set having the predetermined format, and based, in part on the third data set, the user interface module providing an interface for the user to access the services available through the electronic device. 2. The user interface system of claim 1, wherein the networking gateway contains a data repository that stores default constructs relating to the services available through the electronic device and, wherein the service engine outputs the second data set based on at least the default constructs. 3. The user interface system of claim 1, wherein the user interface module includes: a display unit having a display for providing information related to the services; and a data engine configured to receive the third data set, the data engine containing a specification that controls appearance of the display upon receipt of the third data set. 4. The user interface system of claim 1, wherein the user interface module includes a fourth data set that describes functions of the user interface module, the fourth data set being received by the data transformation agent and the data transformation agent generating the third data set based upon the fourth data set. 5. The user interface system of claim 1, wherein the second data set has a format that is compatible with the user interface module. 6. The user interface system of claim 1, wherein the data transformation agent contains a predetermined set of rules by which the third data set is generated. 7. The user interface system of claim 6, wherein the predetermined set of rules are comprised of an extensible markup language (XML) based vehicle constraints markup language (VCML). 8. The user interface system of claim 1, wherein the networking gateway includes a gateway data set that contains data associated with at least one of functions and features of the networking gateway. 9. The user interface system of claim 1, wherein the second data set and the third data set have a format that is based on an extensible markup language (XML). 10. A method for accessing services available through an electronic device, the method comprising: receiving a first data set from the electronic device; generating a second data set based on the first data set through the use of a networking gateway; receiving the second data set at a data transformation agent; generating a third data set through the use of the data transformation agent; and receiving the third data set at a user interface module wherein the third data set is processed by the user interface module to provide access to the services available through the electronic device. 11. The method of claim 10, further comprising receiving, at the data transformation agent, at least one constraint, wherein the data transformation agent generates the third data set based on the at least one constraint. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein the data transformation agent includes a predetermined set of rules by which the third data set is generated. 13. The method of claim 10, wherein the user interface module includes a fourth data set that describes functions of the user interface module, the fourth data set being received by the data transformation agent and the data transformation agent generating the third data set based upon the fourth data set. 14. The method of claim 10, wherein the networking gateway includes a gateway data set that contains data associated with at least one of functions and features of the networking gateway. 15. A user interface system for a vehicle that enables a user to access services available through an electronic device, the system comprising: a networking gateway configured to receive a first data set from the electronic device, the networking gateway including a service engine, a data repository and a gateway data set, the networking gateway generating a vehicle services description language (VSDL) data set; a user interface module having a display unit, a data engine and a user interface data set, the user interface module providing an interface for the user to access the services available through the electronic device; a data transformation agent being operable with the networking gateway and the user interface module and having in memory at least one constraint, the data transformation agent for transforming the user interface data set and the VSDL data set into a vehicle user interface markup language (VUML) data set based on the at least one constraint, the user interface data set, and the VSDL data set; and wherein the data engine processes the VUML data set so as to enable the user to access the services available through the electronic device. 16. The user interface system of claim 15, wherein the VSDL data set and the user interface data set have a format based on an extensible markup language (XML). 17. The user interface system of claim 15, wherein the user interface data set contains data associated with at least one of functions and features of the user interface module. 18. The user interface system of claim 15, wherein the gateway data set contains data associated with at least one of functions and features of the networking gateway. 19. The user interface system of claim 15, wherein the VSDL data set contains data associated with the services available through the electronic device. 20. The user interface system of claim 15, wherein the at least one constraint controls appearance of the display unit. 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__label__wiki	0.826275	0.826275	Justia Patents Having Means To Secure Arch WireUS Patent for Customized orthodontic appliance method and system Patent (Patent # 8,979,528) Customized orthodontic appliance method and system Feb 8, 2013 - RMO, Inc. An orthodontic bracket is disclosed having three archwire retention channels in the mesial-distal directions, a central channel and two side channels. The two side channels each include a pair of spaced apart inverted archwire retaining regions having a recess that opens generally towards the bracket base. Each such recess is for grasping or holding an archwire therein. Other aspects are directed to a self ligating orthodontic bracket system that includes a rotatable member for securing an archwire within a slot of a bracket; embodiments that include an orthodontic appliance and method of producing and using the same, and preferably employed in a lingual orthodontic system, that includes friction reducing features between an interior of an archwire slot portion of the appliance and an archwire placed within the archwire slot. Latest RMO, Inc. Patents: Reduced-Friction Buccal Tube and Method of Use Customized Orthodontic Appliance and Method Method for Producing a Customized Orthodontic Appliance This application is a continuation-in-part of and seeks priority from U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/724,159, filed Mar. 15, 2010, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/160,653, filed Mar. 16, 2009, the entire disclosure of the prior application hereinabove is incorporated herein fully by reference. This application is a continuation-in-part application to and claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/117,085, filed May 26, 2011, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/518,927, filed May 12, 2011; both of which are incorporated fully herein by this reference. This application is also a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/937,588 filed on Apr. 3, 2009; this application is a continuation-in-part of pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/595,548, filed Aug. 27, 2012, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/852,057, filed Sep. 7, 2007 (now issued U.S. Pat. No. 8,251,697), and claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/824,891 filed on Sep. 7, 2006. The entire disclosure of the prior applications listed above are incorporated herein fully by reference. RELATED FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention is related to orthodontic bracket system and method, and in particular, to such systems and methods that employ brackets wherein one or more archwires can be secured in laterally entered archwire retaining channels. An orthodontic bracket system and method is disclosed that employs brackets for retaining one or more archwires in position. In various embodiments, the brackets include a base having a tooth affixing side and an opposing side, and there is one or more archwire retention channels extending in the mesial-distal directions. Each of the archwire retention channels includes a pair of inverted archwire retaining regions on one side of the channel, wherein each of the retaining regions, in turn, includes a recess that opens generally towards an opposing side of the channel, the opposing side being, in one embodiment, part of the bracket base. Each such recess is for grasping or holding an archwire within the channel having the recess. A first of the archwire retention channels includes a first pair of gingivally located inverted archwire retaining regions whose recesses hold a common archwire. In an embodiment of the bracket having more than one archwire retention channel, a second of the archwire retention channels includes a second pair of occlusally located inverted archwire retaining regions whose recesses hold another archwire. Moreover, for each of the archwire retention channel(s), there is a corresponding archwire retaining ridge extending gingivally-occlusally along the opposing side bracket base between the two archwire retaining regions of the channel, wherein this retaining ridge contacts a portion of an archwire that faces away from the archwire portion being held in the recesses of the inverted archwire retaining regions for the channel. Accordingly, for each pair of archwire retaining regions and an archwire held by the pair, the corresponding archwire retaining ridge exerts a force on the archwire directed toward the interiors of the recesses of the inverted retaining regions of the pair. In particular, this force assists in seating the archwire in the retaining regions of the pair. In particular for the at least one of the archwire retention channel included in the bracket and an archwire provided therein, the elasticity of the archwire to retain an initial non-curved shape causes the archwire to resist a channel induced bow in the archwire (such bowing or curving shown in FIG. 2B). Thus, as an orthodontist positions the archwire in the at least one channel of the bracket, the corresponding retaining regions for the channel together with the corresponding retaining ridge, bind or wedge the archwire within the channel. Accordingly, the opposing forces between the channel and archwire secure the archwire within the channel. Thus, it is a feature of the bracket 20 that for each such archwire channel, there are channel archwire bowing portions that retain the archwire within the channel, wherein a spaced apart plurality of these bowing portions (e.g., 40a and 40b for channel 28) contact the archwire at spaced apart locations on one side of the archwire's length, and wherein between such locations, there is at least one additional channel archwire bowing portion on an opposite side of archwire for inducing the archwire to press against the spaced apart plurality of contacting portions. Thus, the spaced apart plurality of bowing portions, and the at least one additional bowing portion induce oppositely directed forces on the archwire (such forces being traverse to the length of the archwire), and causing the archwire to bow or bend somewhat and to press against these bowing portions for holding the archwire within the channel. Said differently, the channel effectively is effectively bowed along its length. In some embodiments, one archwire retention channel may be configured to provide more than a single bow or bind of the archwire within the channel. In particular, such a channel may be configured so that an archwire contained therein must form at least one “S” shape with the channel. The novel bracket preferably has a generally square bracket base with opposing mesial-distal sidewalls, and opposing gingival-occlusal sidewalls that extend between the tooth affixing side and the opposing side (also referred to as an “upper side” herein). Each of the above described retaining ridges is provided by a corresponding thickened portion of the bracket base that extends in the gingival-occlusal direction of the bracket approximately along a gingival-occlusal center line of the bracket base. The thickened portion gradually thins in the mesial-distal direction of the bracket, ending with the same thickness as the gingival-occlusal sidewalls. Two archwire retention bridges are also included on the novel bracket, wherein each end of each bridge includes one of the inverted archwire retaining regions from a different one of the first and second pairs identified above. A central archwire retention channel (positioned between the two archwire retention channels described above) extends in the mesial and distal direction along a central portion of the bracket. This channel is formed by the two archwire retention bridges which enclose spaced apart portions of the archwire retention channel for securing an archwire therein. Embodiments of the bracket may be made of stainless steel for strength or other materials, including ceramics, plastics, polycrystalline alumina material, alumina (aluminum oxide), and zirconia. The bracket base design allows for the bracket to be used in both direct and indirect bonding to patients' teeth. Embodiments of the bracket may be formed via an injection molding technique. Such a universal bracket design may be primarily attached to the lingual side of patients' teeth, but for embodiments of the bracket attached the labial/buccal side of a patients' teeth, the bracket base tooth facing curvature may be specific to particular tooth types. At the same time, patient comfort and ease-of-use considerations have become increasingly important. Patient comfort has been largely addressed by reducing bracket size to yield smaller and more smoothly contoured brackets. Ease-of-use considerations have stimulated bracket designs which facilitate practitioner's bracket placement/use and accommodate plural modalities. Lingual orthodontic systems and brackets are desirable due to both aesthetic and certain functional desires, and having a lingual self-ligation bracket system is a long sought after objective, especially one with enhanced friction reducing features. There is a growing segment of the population that desires a lingual based system in order to correct their teeth. Lingual braces are fastened to the insides, or lingual side, of a person's teeth and are thus hidden from view. Like traditional braces, lingual braces use a system of brackets and wires to apply continuous pressure to teeth, encouraging them to gradually shift into alignment. Such lingual based bracket systems have become popular among adults who want an improved smile without having to display to the public a mouthful of metal, typically associated with adolescence, the more conventional and typical period of life when teeth are straightened. The advent of self-ligating brackets opens up opportunities for the relatively recent expansion of lingual based bracket systems and there is a long-felt, but unsolved need for systems that incorporate a cost effective and easy way in which to facilitate lingual based systems. Embodiments of the orthodontic bracket and bracket system disclosed herein include a bracket body containing the archwire slot as well as tie wings for attaching various orthodontic devices (e.g., elastomeric bands) to the bracket. In certain embodiments a rotatable member is rotatable in a first direction (e.g., counter clockwise) relative to a body of the bracket for securing or locking the archwire within the slot, and for rotating in an opposite direction (e.g., a clockwise direction) relative to the bracket body for unsecuring or unlocking the archwire so that it is substantially unrestrained from exiting the slot. The rotatable member may include a cylindrical or circular portion for inserting into and rotating within a cylindrical bore or recess within the bracket body, wherein the cylindrical recess may be positioned so that it spans the width of the bracket slot. The rotatable member may further include one or more slot coverable extensions of various shapes and functionality wherein such extensions can be rotated into the slot opening where an archwire can be inserted into the opening and/or removed from the bracket slot via this opening. In particular, such extensions, when rotated to occlude at least a portion of the slot opening thereby preventing an archwire residing in the bracket slot from exiting therefrom, and when rotated out of the slot opening, these extensions do not prevent the archwire from being readily removed from the bracket slot, e.g., by an orthodontist or technician. In one or more embodiments, such coverable extensions may be C-shaped. However, other shapes are also within the scope of the present disclosure. In particular, such slot coverable extensions may be straight or bar shaped, such extensions may be parallel to one another, or such extensions may be generally irregularly shaped. Additionally, such extensions may include one or more notches that can be assessed by an orthodontic tool for rotating the rotatable member. In one or more embodiments, the rotatable member may include two opposing columns attached to opposing sides of the circumference of the cylindrical portion, wherein such columns extend away from their attachment to the cylindrical portion such that they extend out of the cylindrical recess for attaching to the one or more rotatable extensions described above. The attachment of the columns to opposing sides of the cylindrical portion allow for the insertion of an archwire between the columns so that the archwire can reside in the archwire slot. More specifically, although the columns extend above the side walls of the slot, the columns do not interfere, regardless of the rotation of the rotatable member (relative to the bracket body), with an archwire's placement in or removal from the archwire slot. In particular, the columns may rotate (when the rotatable member rotates) about a central axis of the cylindrical recess, and rotate within a confined angular range that prevents them from conflicting or interfering with the operation of an archwire within the slot. In one or more embodiments, the rotatable member and the cylindrical recess may include various features for being rotatably securing the rotatable member within the cylindrical recess so that this member is substantially prevented for disengaging from the bracket body. Such features may include mating combinations of projections and recesses such that a projection (or recess) may be provided on the cylindrical portion and/or the columns for mating with a corresponding recess (or projection) of an interior wall of the cylindrical recess for locking the rotatable member therein while also allowing it to rotate therein. Note that such mating projections and recesses may be, respectively, ridges and grooves. Also, note that the cylindrical recess may include additional features or mechanisms that prevent the rotatable member from freely rotating within the cylindrical recess. In one or more embodiments, a circular cross section (perpendicular to the central axis of the cylindrical recess) may be slightly out of round in various places to frictionally engage adjacent surfaces of the rotatable member for assisting in maintaining the slot coverable extensions in one or more predetermined orientations relative to the slot. In one or more embodiments of the bracket, the cylindrical recess and the rotatable member may include interlocking elements that substantially restrict the rotation of the rotatable member to discrete and predetermined angular orientations about the central axis. Such interlocking elements may provide a ratchet mechanism, or alternatively interlocking shapes wherein a first shaped element (e.g., on the cylindrical portion of the rotatable member or a wall portion of the cylindrical recess) mates or interlocks with compatibly one or more shaped elements (on the other of the rotatable member or a wall of the cylindrical recess) dispersed at discrete angular positions about the central axis for restricting rotation of the rotatable member from one of these positions to another. Note that such interlocking elements may allow the rotatable member to rotate in both a clockwise and a counter clockwise direction when a sufficient predetermined directional force(s) is applied for disengaging the interlocking elements from a first position and interlocking at a second position. In one or more embodiments of the bracket, the strength transmitted to the free ends of the slot coverable extensions for covering the slot is partially derived from the circular shape of the attached cylindrical portion and the intimate fitting of this cylindrical portion of the rotatable member within the cylindrical recess. In particular, such strength may allow the extensions to be thinner than one of ordinary skill in the art would expect, thus providing additional patient comfort. In one or more embodiments of the slot coverable extensions, the side thereof facing the bracket body may include features or elements for engaging with the bracket body adjacent the slot for assisting in holding such extensions in a “closed” position (i.e., where the extensions span or at least partially cover a width of the slot opening thereby preventing, e.g., an archwire from exiting the slot), or in an “open” position (i.e., where the extensions do not span or interfere with the slot opening in a manner that would prevent an archwire from entering or exiting the slot). In particular, such an underside may include one or more protrusions for mating with a corresponding depression in the bracket body adjacent the slot. In one or more embodiments, the bracket's cylindrical recess remains open (e.g., not completely enclosed) to facilitate self cleaning, and to reduce calculus build up and stuck moving parts. In another embodiment, the bracket's cylindrical recess is completely enclosed. Tooth brush bristles can access the walls of bracket body. In one or more embodiments of the bracket, the slot coverable extensions can be configured so that in at least one rotatable position such extensions cause or induce an archwire in the slot to be “actively” held in place within the slot, wherein, for example, the extensions (or another bracket component) contacts the archwire for causing or forcing the archwire into contact with the surfaces of the slot (e.g., a floor of the slot) with sufficient force to induce frictional forces there between such that (for orthodontic purposes) such frictional forces effectively inhibit movement of the archwire in a direction along the length of the slot. Additionally/alternatively, the slot coverable extensions can be configured so that in at least one rotatable position such extensions cause or induce an archwire in the slot to be “passively” held in place within the slot, wherein, for example, the extensions (or another bracket component) only loosely restrains the archwire to remain in the slot in a manner such that the archwire can readily move in a direction along the length of the slot. In particular, in the passive archwire restraining configuration, there is insufficient frictional forces between the archwire and the slot (for orthodontic purposes) to effectively inhibit movement of the archwire in a direction along the length of the slot. Moreover, in one or more embodiments of the bracket, the slot coverable extensions can be rotated from a passive configuration to an active configuration, and/or from an active configuration to a passive configuration. The orthodontic bracket disclosed herein may be comprised of metal, plastic or ceramic or combinations thereof. Equivalent materials also may be used. Metal injection molding (MIM) technology can be used for manufacturing components of the bracket, including the bracket body which provides features for rotatably securing the rotatable member to this body. In particular, the bracket body may be manufactured using a breakaway design in MIM for one piece bracket body assembly. Still other embodiments are included within the scope of the present disclosure. For example, in one embodiment, rotating portions reversibly secure an archwire in the slot and rotate between a freely rotating position and a reversibly anchored position. In one embodiment the anchored position involves a separate vertical or lateral movement of the rotating portion with respect to the remainder of the bracket so as to achieve a locking function. In other embodiments, at least two pivot pins are employed, each positioned one opposite side of the bracket, and in one embodiment, on different sides of the archwire slot. Still other embodiments involve rotation of a pivot pin having a pivot axis that is oriented in a non-perpendicular orientation to the archwire slot and/or in a position that is not substantially normal to the tooth surface. In still other embodiments, the self-ligating orthodontic bracket includes a bracket body with an archwire slot, at least two, but in other embodiments four or more, spaced apart mounting arms having mounting slots, and a mounting pin permanently or removably mounted in the mounting slots. A closure member may be mounted to the body of the bracket and movable between a reversibly closed position in which at least a portion of the archwire slot is covered and an open position, in which the archwire slot is uncovered. The closure member may have various elements that slide, rotate, pivot, and/or enclose that can be mounted to the body of the bracket. Yet another embodiment provides a self-ligating orthodontic bracket that includes a mounting base for attachment to a tooth surface, an archwire slot formed upon the base and sized for receiving an orthodontic archwire, a rotary ligating cover selectively rotatable between an open position permitting access to the archwire slot and a closed position covering the archwire slot, and one or more locking features for holding the rotary cover in a closed position. Such locking feature may be positioned and designed to cooperatively mate with other designated portions of the bracket so as to achieve desired reversible engagement and open-retention features may also be provided that facilitate the purposeful opening of the locking feature to permit manipulation of the bracket, archwire, etc. as deemed appropriate by either the orthodontist or the patient. Other embodiments are directed towards an orthodontic self-ligating bracket provided with a cover that can be rotated over an arch wire slot in the base portion to close when a frangible portion is severed upon initiating rotation of the cover. Such cover rotates about a hinge, which may include a pin or axle that can be moved laterally and/or vertically after the frangible portion is severed and preferably is manufactured to form one piece, such as using an injection molding, machining, or casting process, thus avoiding additional subsequent assembly to attach a cover to a base. Some embodiments employ a self-ligating orthodontic bracket clip slidably engagable with the bracket to allow the clip to slidably move between an open position and a closed position in which the clip extends across the archwire slot to retain the archwire in the archwire slot. Other embodiments employ a replaceable closing spring member detachably connected to a base member to maintain pivoting engagement of such spring member when desired and easy removal of the spring members when desired. Other self ligating bracket designs include a latching member having a hinge pin made of a flexible material so that a portion of the latching member is engagable with the bracket. In some embodiments, a range of adjustability is provided in the range of motion of a closing or locking member, thus limiting the forces encountered by an archwire held in the archwire slot, thus permitted desired sliding of the archwire in the slot. To accomplish this end, a camming mechanism can be employed. The bracket body may be formed from a non-metallic material, such as a polymer, a filled polymer composite, or a ceramic, and the self-ligating mechanism may be formed from a metal. A resilient engagement member with a detent positioned to engage an aperture can be employed to achieve secure closure. To further an appreciation of the various designs of the present disclosure and to assist in providing requisite support of written description and enablement of the various features of the present disclosure, the following references are hereby incorporated herein by reference in their entries: 20110081622 to Mashouf; 7,695,277 to Stevens; 20100203463 to Huff; 7,780,443 to Hagelganz; 20110076633 to Bryant; 20100285421 to Heiser; 20100159411 to Oda; 20100062387 to Hilliard. One aspect of the present invention is directed to lingual orthodontic systems and methods, and particularly those employing the rotatable, self-ligating brackets as described herein. For mainly aesthetic reasons, orthodontic appliances have been developed in which each bracket is fixed to a surface of the corresponding tooth that lies inside the mouth, on the palate side, of a patient, known as the lingual surface. On particular embodiment is directed to a lingual system that includes the use of the self-ligating rotatable brackets as described herein. One concept generally employed in orthodontics relies on configuring the orthodontic archwire as a straight archwire. What a straight archwire is, is an archwire substantially in the shape of a flat U, a semi-elliptical shape or a parabolic shape, that is to say a flat regular curve positioned with respect to the dental arch parallel to the occlusal plane. A straight archwire is not specific to a patient's dental arch and has a simple shape that can be produced easily and on an industrial scale, and therefore at low cost. In the case of a dental arch that requires orthodontic treatment, a preformed straight archwire that has the desired shape of the dental arch at the end of treatment is used. When a predefined straight archwire is positioned on an orthodontic appliance in position on a dental arch, the straight archwire is partially deformed, within the elastic limits of the material of which the straight archwire is made, as they are inserted into the slot of each bracket. When the treatment is finished, the straight archwire will have returned to its initial shape because the teeth will have been moved under the effect of the forces exerted by the prestressed orthodontic archwire. In practice, a straight archwire has a rectangular, square or round cross section and its curvature is modified as the treatment progresses. In a configuration such as this, because the orthodontic archwire is not specifically designed for a patient's dental arch, it is the brackets which are specially tailored to each one of a patient's teeth. In order to design an orthodontic appliance tailored to each of a patient's teeth, one known method of designing and producing brackets is to produce an integral (bracket bonding pad and bracket body) bracket from numerical models of separate elements, one element representative of the bracket bonding pad and one element representative of the bracket body, and then numerically assemble them. In order to achieve the production of a bracket, the method includes the steps of: numerically representing the dentition of the patient, formulating the bracket bonding pad of a bracket on the lingual face of the relevant tooth, in numerical form, selecting a numerical representation of a bracket body from a database, positioning the numerical representation of the selected numerical bracket body on the bracket bonding pad of the bracket. The bracket thus designed is a numerical object corresponding to the merger of a number of three-dimensional objects (bracket bonding pad and bracket body) designed to suit, and containing customized designs for each of the patient's teeth. The numerical object is then exported in the form of numerical files to a machine tool or the like intended to produce the bracket from a biocompatible material in accordance with the shape thus defined. In this method of manufacturing a bracket, only the bracket bonding pad is designed numerically from the surface of the patient's tooth, the bracket body being taken from a database and firmly attached to the bracket bonding pad later. The present invention proposes a method of producing a customized orthodontic appliance. An orthodontic appliance comprises: brackets fixed to teeth of a dental arch of a patient, each bracket being fixed to a surface of a tooth of the dental arch by a bracket bonding pad of the bracket, an orthodontic archwire fixed to the brackets in a housing of a bracket body of each bracket. The method according to the invention includes a step of constructing a numerical representation of each bracket from a numerical representation of the desired end-of-treatment dental arch, known as the dental arch final numerical representation. According to the method, the step of constructing the numerical representation of each bracket comprises the steps of: a—positioning a numerical representation of the orthodontic archwire with respect to the dental arch final numerical representation, then b—for each tooth of the dental arch final numerical representation, positioning a numerical representation of a volume representative of an envelope volume of a bracket body, known as the second volume, of a bracket blank such that it interferes with the orthodontic archwire and in close proximity to the relevant tooth, and c—for each tooth of the dental arch final numerical representation, positioning a numerical representation of a volume representative of an envelope volume of a bracket bonding pad, known as the first volume, of the bracket blank such that it interferes with the second volume and with the volume of the relevant tooth, then, d—determining, for each tooth in the first volume and in the second volume, volumetric exclusion zones, which volumetric exclusion zones contain all of the volumes that interfere with the tooth for the first volume and all of the volumes that interfere with the orthodontic archwire for the second volume. The numerical representation of the bracket of one tooth is then determined by the volume of the bracket blank minus the volumetric exclusion zones. For preference, in order to minimize a thickness of the bracket, the volumetric exclusion zones of the first volume are defined in such a way as to determine a substantially constant thickness of the numerical representation of the bracket bonding pad. Advantageously, the blank is chosen from a database comprising at least two models of numerical representation of blanks and is chosen in relation to the shape of the relevant tooth so as to minimize the volume of the exclusion zones while at the same time keeping a sufficient aerial contact between a bearing surface of the bracket bonding pad and the surface of the tooth. In order to implement step a) of the method, the numerical representation of the orthodontic archwire is positioned in such a way that a distance d, for each tooth of the dental arch final numerical representation, between the numerical representation of the orthodontic archwire and the surface of each tooth is greater than a minimum distance d.sub.min that corresponds to a minimum thickness of the numerical representation of the brackets at their bracket bodies. In one embodiment of step b) of the method, for each tooth of the dental arch final numerical representation, the numerical representation of the second volume is positioned in such a way that a reference point of the second volume corresponds to a point of intersection between the numerical representation of the orthodontic archwire and an orthogonal projection of a centre of the relevant tooth. In order for the orthodontic archwire to be able to slide naturally along the dental arch in the housings in the brackets as the teeth of the dental arch move, housings are produced, for certain sectors of the dental arch, with a cross section appreciably larger than a cross section of the orthodontic archwire. For preference, the method is described in an application in which the orthodontic archwire is a flat orthodontic archwire because the forces applied by such flat archwires are those best suited both to the buccal physiology and to standardization of the treatment. Without implying any restriction, the method is implemented using numerical representations of brackets positioned on either lingual or vestibular surfaces of the teeth of the dental arch final numerical representation. Depending on the tooth considered, for example in the case of the incisors or the canines, the exclusion zones of the second volume determine a housing in the form of an open slot in the numerical representation of the bracket body to accommodate the numerical representation of the orthodontic archwire and, if appropriate, a numerical representation of orthodontic archwire self-ligating means. In the case of the terminal teeth in the dental arch of relevance to the orthodontic appliance, the exclusion zones of the second volume determine a housing in the form of a tube in the numerical representation of the bracket body to accommodate the numerical representation of the orthodontic archwire. In one particular embodiment of the method, the method includes an additional step of determining volumetric exclusion zones in a numerical representation of at least one volume representative of an envelope volume of an ancillary accessory, known as a third volume, of the bracket blank, then a step of subtracting the volumetric exclusion zones from the blank in order to produce the ancillary accessory, such as a hook or a button for example. For preference, the final numerical representation of the dental arch desired at the end of the treatment of the patient is produced from a numerical representation of the dental arch of the patient prior to treatment. Once the construction step has been completed, the brackets are produced from a biocompatible material, for example by machining, in accordance with the numerical representations. The invention also relates to a blank for the manufacture of a bracket of an orthodontic appliance, the bracket comprising a bracket bonding pad, closely applied to a surface of a patient's tooth, and a bracket body comprising a housing to accommodate an orthodontic archwire, the blank comprising at least two imbricated volumes constituting an envelope of at least two elements that are to be produced, one volume representative of an envelope volume of the bracket bonding pad, known as the first volume, and one volume representative of an envelope volume of a bracket body, known as the second volume. In a preferred embodiment, the second volume is substantially spherical and located on the blank on an opposite side of the first volume to a side situated against the tooth. In one shape example, in the lingual technique, the first volume is a convex body on the tooth side, for example in the case of the canines or incisors, and is a concave body on the tooth side, for example in the case of the premolars or molars. Other embodiments include an orthodontic appliance includes features for reducing friction between an interior of an archwire slot portion of the appliance and an archwire to be placed within the archwire slot. Still other embodiments include a self ligating orthodontic bracket having a rotatable member for securing an archwire within a slot of the bracket, with a series of such brackets placed on bonding pads on the lingual side of a patient's mouth. Various embodiments are set forth and described herein, including the following: In one embodiment, an orthodontic bracket system includes at least two brackets, each having a body having a front and a back, the back for facing a tooth when the bracket is operably attached thereto, and the front having at least one archwire slot therein, the slot having a length with at least a bottom, opposing sides, and an opening for providing an archwire therein, wherein the opening extends the length. A rotatable member is provided for rotating relative to the body from an open position wherein the opening provides archwire access to operably position the archwire within the at least one archwire slot, to at least one closed position wherein for each of the at least one closed position, at least a portion of the rotatable member inhibits the archwire from moving through the opening. A first portion of the rotatable member is secured within a recess of the body, and rotates therein when the rotatable member rotates between the open position and the at least one closed positions. The first portion includes at least one tab, and the recess includes a wall therein having a ledge, wherein the ledge and the at least one tab interact for preventing the first portion from detaching from the recess. Upon rotation of the rotatable member, the first portion contacts predetermined discrete notches within the recess for positioning the rotatable member at corresponding predetermined angular orientations about an axis of rotation through the body. The rotatable member includes a slot cover external to the body so that in the open position the slot cover provides archwire access for positioning the archwire within the at least one archwire slot, and in the at least one closed position the cover inhibits the archwire from moving through the opening. The slot cover comprises two slot coverable extensions that are substantially straight and bar shaped. When in an open position, the two slot coverable extensions are aligned parallel to each other and parallel to the opposing sides of the at least one archwire slot, with a gap between the slot coverable extensions to allow an archwire to be passed therethrough. The rotatable member has an axis of rotation extending substantially directly beneath the at least one archwire slot such that the axis of rotation of the rotatable member extends directly below and perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the archwire when the archwire is positioned within the at least one archwire slot. The archwire is positioned between the two slot coverable extension when in the open position and is restrained by the two slot coverable extensions when in the at least one closed position. There are preferably from two to four notches formed in the first portion. The rotatable member has at least one gap formed in the first portion. In a preferred embodiment of a lingual based bracket system that facilitates a self-ligating bracket to be employed, each bracket is fixed to a surface of a tooth by a bracket bonding pad. Other aspects of the present invention are directed to a method of producing a customized orthodontic appliance that comprises the orthodontic bracket system that includes the self-ligating rotatable brackets as described herein. In one embodiment of such a method, a first step includes constructing, by a processing device, a numerical representation of each bracket from a dental arch final numerical representation. The numerical representation is positioned on an orthodontic archwire such that for each tooth of the dental arch final numerical representation, one also positions a second volume of a bracket blank, which includes a numerical representation of a volume representative of an envelope volume of a bracket body. This is done in a manner such that it interferes with the orthodontic archwire and is in close proximity to the relevant tooth. For each tooth of the dental arch final numerical representation, one then performs the step of positioning a first volume of the bracket blank, which includes a numerical representation of a volume representative of an envelope volume of a bracket bonding pad, such that it interferes with the second volume and with the volume of the relevant tooth. One then determines for each tooth in the first volume and in the second volume, volumetric exclusion zones, which contain all of the volumes that interfere with the tooth for the first volume and all of the volumes that interfere with the orthodontic archwire for the second volume. The numerical representation of the bracket of one tooth is determined by the volume of the bracket blank minus the volumetric exclusion zones. The volumetric exclusion zones of the first volume are defined in such a way as to determine a substantially constant thickness of the numerical representation of the bracket bonding pad. The blank is chosen from a database comprising at least two models of a numerical representation blank. The numerical representation blank is chosen in relation to the shape of the relevant tooth so as to minimize the volume of the exclusion zones while at the same time keeping a sufficient aerial contact between a bearing surface of the bracket bonding pad and the surface of the tooth. In still other embodiments, the orthodontic bracket system includes at least one of the rotatable, self ligating brackets described herein, coupled with a base having a substantially uniform thickness and with at least one archwire tube connected to said base. The archwire tube preferably includes (i) a first aperture, (ii) a second aperture, and (iii) a passageway having a length between said first and second apertures, with the passageway adapted for receiving the archwire. The passageway comprises interior sides (namely a gingival side, an occlusal side, a lingual side and a buccal side) and preferably the buccal side comprises a friction reducing feature, and more preferably at least one of the group consisting of the gingival side, the occlusal side and the lingual side comprises a friction reducing feature. A first friction reducing features may include a projection extending substantially the length of said passageway and may extend into the passageway. The first friction reducing feature reduces contact of the archwire with a first predetermined portion of the passageway. A second friction reducing feature includes a plurality of separate projections residing along the length of said passageway, projecting into said passageway and spaced apart from each other along the length of said passageway. The second of the friction reducing features reduce contact of the archwire with a second predetermined portion of the passageway. Yet a further aspect of the present invention is directed to a method for adjusting a patient's tooth using an orthodontic appliance that preferably includes at least one of the self-ligating rotatable brackets as described herein. Such a method includes securing an orthodontic appliance to a patient's tooth, where the appliance preferably includes: (a) a tooth attachment side for attaching to a tooth, and an outer side for facing away from the tooth; (b) mesial and distal archwire retaining portions for retaining an archwire in a first archwire retaining channel, each of the mesial and distal archwire retaining portions having a corresponding recess for receiving the archwire; (c) a first retaining ridge for holding the archwire in the corresponding recesses, the first retaining ridge extending away from the tooth attachment side further than distal and mesial ends of the first archwire retaining channel; (d) second mesial and distal archwire retaining portions for retaining a second archwire in a second archwire retaining channel, each of the second mesial and distal archwire retaining portions having a corresponding additional recess for receiving the second archwire; (e) a first bridge extending between and fixedly connecting the mesial archwire retaining portion and the second mesial archwire retaining portion; (f) a second bridge extending between and fixedly connecting the distal archwire retaining portion and the second distal archwire retaining portion; and (g) wherein the each of the first and second bridges enclose a part of an archwire retention channel between the first and second archwire retaining channels; and providing the archwire in an open side along a length of the first archwire retaining channel for receiving the archwire in the first archwire retaining channel. One then applies a force to the archwire for inducing a predetermined second bow therein when the archwire enters the first archwire retaining channel. The mesial and distal archwire retaining portions are on a first side of the first archwire retaining channel, and the first retaining ridge is on an opposing second side of the first archwire retaining channel. The archwire is thus contacted at a location between the mesial and distal archwire retaining portions for providing the predetermined bow in the archwire in a direction toward the first side. One then provides a second archwire in an open side along a length of the second archwire retaining channel for receiving the archwire in the second archwire retaining channel. Then a force is applied to the second archwire for inducing a predetermined bow therein when the second archwire enters the second archwire retaining channel. The second mesial and second distal archwire retaining portions are on a first side of the second archwire retaining channel, and a second retaining ridge is on an opposing second side of the second archwire retaining channel, contacting the second archwire at a location between the second mesial and second distal archwire retaining portions to provide a predetermined second bow in the second archwire in a direction toward the first side of the second archwire retaining channel. Embodiments of the present disclosure are set forth in the attached figures and in the detailed description as provided herein and as embodied by the claims. It should be understood, however, that this Summary section may not contain all of the aspects and embodiments claimed herein. Additionally, the disclosure herein is not meant to be limiting or restrictive in any manner, and is directed to be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art. Moreover, the present disclosure is intended to encompass and include obvious improvements and modifications of embodiments presented herein. This Summary section is neither intended nor should be construed as being representative of the full extent and scope of the present invention. Various embodiments of the present disclosure are set forth in the attached figures and in the detailed description hereinbelow and as embodied by the claims. Accordingly, this Summary does not contain all of the aspects and embodiments of the present disclosure, and is not meant to be limiting or restrictive in any manner. Furthermore, the disclosure should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to encompass obvious improvements and modifications thereto. Additional advantages of the present disclosure will become readily apparent from the following discussion, particularly when taken together with the accompanying drawings. A detailed description of the invention is given with reference to the figures which depict: FIG. 1: a view, from the inside of the mouth, of a lingual orthodontic appliance on a dental arch of a patient, FIG. 2a: a perspective depiction of a bracket according to the invention attached to a surface of a tooth, FIG. 2b: a perspective depiction of a bracket according to the invention attached to a surface of a tooth, and comprising a tube, FIG. 3a: a perspective view of a first example of a blank for producing a bracket according to the invention, FIG. 3b: a perspective view of a second example of a blank for producing a bracket according to the invention, FIG. 4a: an illustration of a numerical representation of a cross section of a dental arch in a plane of the orthodontic archwire, FIG. 4b: an illustration of a numerical representation of the positioning of an orthodontic archwire for a cross section of a dental arch in a plane of the orthodontic archwire, after a second step of the method, FIGS. 5a, 5b: an example of the various phases of the third step of the method, illustrating the numerical positioning of a second volume, representative of a bracket body of the bracket, on each tooth, for a cross section of a dental arch in a plane of the orthodontic archwire, FIG. 6a: an illustration of the numerical positioning, on a tooth, of a blank with respect to the numerical representation of the orthodontic archwire and such that it interferes with the volume of the tooth, according to a fourth step of the method, for a cross section of a dental arch in a plane of the orthodontic archwire, FIG. 6b: a perspective representation, for one tooth, of the numerical positioning of the blank such that it interferes with the volume of the tooth, FIG. 7: an illustration of one form of bracket bonding pad obtained after the fifth step of the method, FIGS. 8a, 8b: an example of the various phases of the sixth step of the method, illustrating the production of a numerical representation of the bracket body from the determination and deletion of the volumetric exclusion zones in the second volume. FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a bracket 220 illustrating novel features for an orthodontic bracket. FIG. 10A is a gingival view of the bracket 220 of FIG. 9, wherein the retaining ridge 225 and the archwire retention channel 228 are shown. FIG. 10B is a gingival view of the bracket of FIG. 9 with an archwire 268 passing through archwire retention channel 228 (as shown in FIG. 10A), wherein the archwire is held in place in the retaining regions 240a, b by, e.g., the retaining ridge 225. FIGS. 11A and 11B are side views of the bracket 220 of FIG. 9 looking through the archwire retention channels 228, 232 and 236. FIG. 12 is a top view of the bracket 220 of FIG. 9. FIG. 13 is lateral perspective view of the bracket 220 of FIG. 9 with archwires 268 and 264 located in the gingival 228 and occlusal 236 archwire retention channels to provide, e.g., torque to a tooth 276 to which the bracket may be attached. FIG. 14 is a top view of the bracket 220 of FIG. 9 with archwires 268 and 264 located in the gingival 228 and occlusal 236 archwire retention channels to provide tip to the tooth 280 to which the bracket is attached as one skilled in the art will understand. FIG. 15 is an end perspective view of the bracket 220 of FIG. 9 with archwires 268 and 264 located in the gingival 228 (not shown) and occlusal 236 archwire retention channels to provide rotation to the tooth 284 to which the bracket is attached as one skilled in the art will understand. FIGS. 16A and 16B show an embodiment of the novel bracket 220 with different archwire configurations attached thereto. FIG. 17 is a side elevation view of a distal end of an orthodontic appliance in accordance with embodiments of the present invention. FIGS. 18A and 18B show views of a further embodiment of a self-ligating orthodontic bracket 404g with a slot covering rotatable member 456g, wherein this bracket is in the open configuration allowing easy insertion and/or extraction of an archwire 504 from the bracket slot 428. In particular, FIG. 18A shows a top (slightly oblique) view of the orthodontic bracket 404g, and FIG. 18B shows a corresponding side view of the bracket 404g. FIGS. 19A and 19B show views of the self-ligating orthodontic bracket 404g, wherein this bracket is in the passively closed configuration such that insertion and/or extraction of an archwire 504 from the bracket slot 428 is prevented by rotatable member 456g. However, the archwire 504 is relatively loosely confined to the slot 428. In particular, FIG. 19A shows a top (slightly oblique) view of the orthodontic bracket 404g in the closed passive configuration, and FIG. 19B shows a corresponding side view of the bracket 404g. FIGS. 20A and 20B show views of the self-ligating orthodontic bracket 404g, wherein this bracket is in the actively closed configuration such that insertion and/or extraction of an archwire 504 from the bracket slot 428 is prevented by rotatable member 456g, and the archwire 504 is relatively firmly secured to the slot 428 to thereby prevent (or substantially inhibit) archwire movement therein. In particular, FIG. 20A shows a top (slightly oblique) view of the orthodontic bracket 404g in the closed active configuration, and FIG. 2g0B shows a corresponding side view of the bracket 404g. FIG. 21 shows a detailed end view of the slot 428 of the bracket 404g when the bracket is in the closed passive configuration. FIG. 22A shows a side view of a bracket and a bracket bonding pad of the bracket. FIG. 22B shows another side view of different embodiment of a bracket and a bracket bonding pad of the bracket. An orthodontic appliance 1, designed for a dental arch, to correct defective positioning of the teeth of a dental system, comprises, as illustrated in FIG. 1, brackets 12, individually fixed to one tooth 13 each, and an orthodontic archwire 11 held in the brackets 12. The example of an orthodontic appliance is illustrated and described in detail for brackets 12 positioned on surfaces of the teeth 13 that are located on the inside of the mouth, on the palate side, of a patient, known as the lingual surfaces 131. However, this choice is non-limiting and the brackets of the orthodontic appliance could equally be positioned on tooth surfaces situated on the lip side, and on the opposite side to said lingual surfaces, known as the vestibular surfaces. A dental arch comprises various types of teeth, specifically incisors, canines, premolars and molars. The orthodontic archwire is a preformed archwire, advantageously a flat archwire, that is to say an archwire situated substantially in one plane, and which has, in a relaxed (that is to say unstressed) position, the shape obtained when the desired shape of the dental arch at the end of treatment is obtained. The exemplary embodiment of the invention is described in detail for a flat archwire. The flat archwire is substantially U-shaped or semi-elliptical or parabolical, substantially parallel to the occlusal plane, and, for example, has a uniform flat curve, substantially level with the incisors and the canines, and two substantially straight lines extending from each end of the curve substantially level with the premolars and the molars so that it more or less represents the shape of a dental arch on the side on which the orthodontic archwire is fitted. The flat orthodontic archwire has a variable cross section, such as, for example, a rectangular, square, circular or elliptical cross section. For the purposes of the illustrations, a rectangular cross section has been adopted. A bracket 12 comprises, as illustrated in FIG. 2a, a bracket bonding pad 121, closely following the lingual surface 131 of the tooth 13, and a bracket body 122, firmly attached to the bracket bonding pad, comprising a housing 123 tailored, in terms of shape and size, to accommodate the orthodontic archwire 11. The bracket bonding pad comprises a bearing surface 124, facing the lingual surface 131 of the tooth 13, and which, in inverse relief, has a shape substantially identical to the lingual surface. In a known way, the bracket bonding pad 121 is held on the lingual surface 131 of the tooth 13 using an adhesive cement (not depicted). For preference, the bracket bonding pad has a relatively small thickness that is substantially constant and comprises a surface 125, on the opposite side to the bearing surface 124, that has a shape substantially parallel to the bearing surface 124. This overall shape of the bracket 12 is particularly well suited to lingual orthodontics because it: reduces speech problems, reduces tongue irritation, is more comfortable for the patient, is more hygienic, bonds better, and allows for better positioning of the bracket for bonding and rebonding. Each housing 123 has a height h and a depth p and is arranged substantially in a plane of the orthodontic archwire. In one embodiment, the housing has a height substantially identical to a maximum thickness of the orthodontic archwire. In another embodiment, the housing has a height appreciably greater than the maximum thickness of the orthodontic archwire so as to accommodate the archwire and, where appropriate, orthodontic archwire self-ligating means (not depicted) inserted into the housing. The orthodontic archwire self-ligating means allow the orthodontic archwire to be kept in place in the housing 123 without the need to resort to additional ligatures. In one exemplary embodiment, the self-ligating means are positioned in the housing 123 and, for example, adopt the form of an anchoring cage. In another exemplary embodiment, the self-ligating means are positioned on the orthodontic archwire. In one embodiment, a housing has a rectangular cross section substantially, by way of higher value, measuring 0.46.times.0.64 mm or 0.56.times.0.71 mm, these dimensions being substantially equivalent to two orthodontic archwire sizes actually in use in the production of orthodontic appliances. In a preferred embodiment, the housing 123 adopts the form of an open slot in the plane of the orthodontic archwire for the canines, the premolars and the molars, and adopts the form of a tube for the molars or other terminal teeth, as illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2a and 2b. In this embodiment, only the open slots contain the orthodontic archwire self-ligating means. In one embodiment, in order to reduce friction and allow the orthodontic archwire 11 to slide naturally along the dental arch in the housings 123 of the brackets as the teeth 13 of the dental arch move, the orthodontic archwire has a cross section appreciably smaller than a cross section of the housings 123 of the brackets 12 in at least one sector of the dental arch. In one exemplary embodiment, housings have variable cross sections along sectors of a dental arch in the case of an orthodontic archwire of constant square or rectangular cross section. In another exemplary embodiment, the orthodontic archwire has a square or rectangular cross section that varies along sectors of dental arch in the case of housings of constant cross section, so as to encourage sliding mechanics during treatment. This variable cross section of the housing 123 or of the orthodontic archwire 11 also improves control over the position and inclination of the orthodontic archwire in adjusted sections, and mechanical effectiveness in non-adjusted sections. In order to reconcile better mechanical efficiency with a need for access for tooth-brushing, the housing 123 of the bracket 12 is preferably situated at a cervical limit of the tooth, that is to say as close as possible to the gum line and centered axially on the lingual surface 131 of the tooth 13. In one embodiment, when the self-ligating means do not exist, the bracket body 122 has secondary slots 126, for example substantially parallel or perpendicular to the slot 123, to accommodate ligatures, for example of the metallic or elastomeric type, to hold the orthodontic archwire 11 in position in the slot of the bracket body, or auxiliary archwires. For preference, the bracket body 122 has a rounded or at least blunted shape and has two diametrically opposed secondary slots to accommodate ligatures. For the description, use is made of bracket bodies of hemispherical shapes. In one embodiment, to allow the treatment of complex disorders, for which the straightening afforded by the bracket 12 is insufficient, the bracket 12 comprises an ancillary accessory (not depicted) in relief, such as, for example, a button, a cleat, a spur or a hook which may be temporary or permanent. When the ancillary accessory is permanent, the ancillary accessory is firmly attached to the bracket 12, either at the bracket bonding pad 121 or at the bracket body 122. When the ancillary accessory is temporary, the bracket body 122 comprises a slit, for example substantially perpendicular to the housing and open-ended, to accept a fastener of the removable ancillary accessory. For preference, the bracket 12 is produced from an appropriate material, such as stainless steel for example for its non-corrosive properties, or titanium. In one particular embodiment, use is made of zirconium oxide which, for such an application, has advantages such as strength and coloring, so that it can be matched to the color of the teeth. In order to produce a bracket 12 tailored to the specific shape of a patient's tooth 13, the method according to the invention consists in producing a bracket (bracket bonding pad and bracket body) from the conversion of a blank 50 such as the examples of blanks illustrated in FIGS. 3a and 3b. The blank is determined by at least two imbricated volumes 51, 52 which constitute an envelope of the bracket that is to be produced. A first volume 51 is representative of an envelope of the bracket bonding pad 121 of the bracket 12. A second volume 52 is representative of an envelope volume of the bracket body 122 of the bracket 12. Advantageously, the second volume is embodied by a sphere corresponding to an envelope of the bracket body. In the method, for the step of determining the shape of each bracket, recourse is had to numerical processing of the objects which are themselves represented in numerical form and which can, if need be, be represented graphically as illustrated by the figures. Unless otherwise mentioned and up to such point as the elements of the orthodontic appliance are physically embodied, the description should be understood to mean that each designated object (tooth, orthodontic archwire, bracket, ancillary accessory, etc.) means that numerical representation thereof, whether or not this has been visualized in graphical form, handled by computing means such as a computer. In particular, a suffix n associated with the reference numeral when referring to the figures, means that this is the numerical representation of the designated object. According to the method, in a first step, a numerical representation of a patient's end-of-treatment dental arch is obtained and stored in a numerical memory. In one method for implementing this first step, the numerical representation is produced in two phases. A first phase consists in storing a numerical representation, known as the initial numerical representation, of the patient's current dental arch in the numerical memory. One way of implementing this first phase is, for example, to take an impression of the patient's dentition and then produce a model that will be scanned and converted, using, for example, a software package, into 3D numerical data in order to obtain an initial numerical representation of a dental arch of the current dentition. Other ways of implementing this first phase are also conceivable, such as, for example, scanning the patient's dentition directly in three dimensions. A second phase is to obtain a representation, known as the final numerical representation, of the desired end-of-treatment dental arch, from the initial representation. This final numerical representation contains all of the teeth present at the end of the treatment, in their established arrangements and anatomical relationships. One way of implementing this second phase is, for example, to use special purpose software that allows the teeth that were incorrectly positioned in the initial representation to be moved into a desired final position, for example 3D graphics software that allows an operator on a workstation fitted with a screen to manipulate each tooth in space. In a second step of the method, as illustrated in FIGS. 4a and 4b, a flat orthodontic archwire 11n or a line characteristic of the orthodontic archwire, for example an axis, is positioned for the dental arch final numerical representation. In a first phase, a plane of the orthodontic archwire is determined so that it is secant with the lingual surfaces of the teeth of the dental arch. The position of the plane, in terms of height and in terms of inclination of the orthodontic archwire, is chosen to suit clinical requirements, and preferably is chosen to lie substantially at a cervical limit of the tooth. FIG. 4a illustrates a cross section through the dental arch considered in the plane of the orthodontic archwire. In a second phase, the orthodontic archwire 11n is constructed in such a way that the orthodontic archwire is determined by a continuous flat curve, which is substantially symmetric, of substantially parabolic outline and positioned such that a distance d, for each tooth of the dental arch, between the orthodontic archwire and the lingual surface 131n of each tooth 13n of the dental arch is greater than a minimum distance d.sub.min which depends, as appropriate, on the type of tooth considered, and that corresponds to a minimum thickness of the brackets 12n at their bracket body 122n. In a third step, as illustrated in FIGS. 5a and 5b, spheres 52n representative of the bracket bodies 122n are positioned individually with respect to each lingual surface 131n of the teeth 13n so that the orthodontic archwire 11n passes through them. In one embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. 5a, in order to determine the position of a sphere 52n, a first phase is, for each tooth, to determine a centre 132n of the tooth 13n. A second phase is to determine a position on the orthodontic archwire 11n of a point of reference of each sphere 52n. One way of determining the positions on the orthodontic archwire is, for example, to project the centre 132n of each tooth 13n orthogonally onto the orthodontic archwire 11n. The orthogonal projection of the centre of a tooth intersects the orthodontic archwire at a point p.sub.i, the suffix i corresponding to the tooth, for example in accordance with the tooth numbering system laid down in the international standards (FIG. 5a). In a third phase, the sphere 52n is positioned facing the relevant tooth so that a point of reference of the sphere corresponds to a point p.sub.i (FIG. 5b). In one exemplary embodiment, the point of reference of a sphere 52n is its centre. The operation of positioning the spheres 52n is repeated for all those teeth of the dental arch that require a bracket. For preference, the spheres 52n have a dimension tailored to the dental anatomy. Thus, the spheres may, on the one hand, differ in size within one and the same dental arch for the same patient and, on the other hand, may differ in size for different patients. For example, for one and the same patient with standard dentition, the spheres positioned on the lower incisors have a radius of the order of 2 mm and the spheres positioned on the teeth other than the incisors have a radius of the order of 2.5 mm. In a fourth step of the method, as illustrated in FIGS. 6a and 6b, a blank 50n, formed on the basis of a first volume 51n associated with the sphere 52n, is positioned on each tooth 13n relative to the predefined orthodontic archwire 11n and such that it interferes with the volume of the tooth 13n. For each blank 50n, the sphere 52n is positioned in accordance with the position determined beforehand in the previous step. Each blank 50n is chosen and oriented in such a way that the first volume 51n is in tune with the anatomy of the relevant tooth, that is to say that the size, shape and orientation of the first volume 51n produces a finished area of intersection that is as great as possible with the lingual surface 131n of the tooth 13n considered. Advantageously, the blank 50n is chosen from a collection of blanks of different shapes which may advantageously be available in a database comprising various numerical forms of the blanks 50n, the forms or shapes differing, for example, by having a concave shape or a convex shape, various sizes and various relative positions of the first volume 51n with respect to the sphere 52n. For preference, the shape of the blank is chosen to suit the natural shape of the teeth and thus improve the later step of fabricating the bracket 12, by limiting the volume of material to be removed from the blank. In one example of a shape, when the first numerical volumes 51n are preferably intended for the premolars and molars, the first volumes are concave bodies on the tooth side (FIG. 3a). When the first volumes are preferably intended for the canines and incisors, the second volumes are convex bodies on the tooth side (FIG. 3b). In a fifth step of the method, as illustrated in FIG. 7, the volumetric exclusion zones of the first volume 51n of the blank 50n are determined and deleted, for each tooth 13n, so as to produce a numerical representation of a bracket bonding pad 121n. In one embodiment of this fifth step, the volumetric exclusion zones are determined and deleted in three phases. A first phase is to eliminate a volumetric exclusion zone of the first volume 51n which is common to the tooth 13n and to the blank 50n. A second phase is to limit this volumetric exclusion zone to all or part of the lingual surface 131n of the tooth 13n so as to determine a perimeter of the bracket bonding pad 121n at a bearing surface 124n with the lingual surface 131n of the tooth 13n. The bearing surface thus defined conforms to the geometric shape of the lingual surface of the tooth. The bearing surface is defined by an area of intersection, delimited by a curve that is closed in space, between the first volume 51n and the lingual surface 131n of the tooth 13n. The area of intersection is defined in such a way that it covers as large an area as possible so as to obtain an interface that best meets the requirements for bonding, such as, for example, stability and retention, and occlusal comfort. A third phase is to reduce a thickness of the remaining volume of the first volume. A numerical exclusion zone of the remaining volume of the first volume 51n is determined and deleted on a surface of the first volume 51n on the opposite side to the bearing surface 124n with the lingual surface 131n of the tooth 13n so as to limit the thickness of the bracket bonding pad 121n without, however, altering a zone where the first volume 51n meets the sphere 52n. For preference, in order to reduce the dimensions of the final bracket for improved patient comfort, the bracket bonding pad 121n is produced in such a way that it has a substantially constant thickness which is thus as small as possible while at the same time being able to cope with the forces applied to the bracket. This fifth step is implemented for each tooth 13n that requires a bracket. At the end of this fifth step, each bracket 12n consists of the bracket bonding pad 121n firmly secured to the sphere 52n centered on the orthodontic archwire 11n. The bearing surface of the bracket bonding pad is defined in accordance with the geometric shape of the lingual surface of the teeth to make it possible, if necessary, for the final bracket to be repositioned accurately on the lingual surface during operation of rebonding the bracket. In a sixth step of the method, as illustrated in FIGS. 8a and 8b, volumetric exclusion zones of the sphere 52n are determined and deleted, for each tooth 13n, so as to produce a numerical representation 122n of a bracket body. In one embodiment of this sixth step, the volumetric exclusion zones are determined and deleted in two phases. In a first phase, an exclusion zone is determined to produce a housing 123n to accommodate the orthodontic archwire or orthodontic archwire self-ligating means. In one embodiment of the first phase, the volumetric exclusion zone representative of the housing 123n is produced in the plane of the orthodontic archwire on a diameter of the sphere 52n in the direction of the orthodontic archwire and forms an open slot on one surface of the sphere 52n so as to design a slot 123n open in the direction of the concave side of the orthodontic archwire. The volumetric exclusion zone is produced in such a way that the slot has minimum height wise dimensions equal to or greater than the maximum thickness dimensions of the orthodontic archwire in the relevant sector of the dental arch. One way of determining the volumetric exclusion zone is to design a zone of intersection between the sphere 52n and a first cylinder 20n, for example of substantially rectangular or square cross section, with its largest transverse dimension greater than the diameter of the sphere and its smallest dimension equal to or greater than the maximum thickness dimension of the orthodontic archwire, in the relevant sector of the dental arch. In another embodiment of the second phase, the volumetric exclusion zone, of a size, in cross section, tailored to the cross-sectional dimensions of the orthodontic archwire, is no longer a slot but a hole. The volumetric exclusion zone is produced in such a way as to have cross-sectional dimensions substantially equal to the cross-sectional dimensions of the orthodontic archwire, in the relevant sector of the dental arch, and is produced in the plane of the orthodontic archwire 11n on a diameter of the sphere 52n. This embodiment is particularly well suited to the back molars. One way of determining the volumetric exclusion zone representative of the hole is to design a zone of intersection between the sphere and the cylinder (not depicted) passing through the sphere, with its largest transverse dimension smaller than the diameter of the sphere. Further, for preference, for certain brackets of the orthodontic appliance, particularly the brackets that have an open slot, at least one volumetric exclusion zone is determined to produce at least one secondary slot 126n to accommodate at least one ligature. The at least one volumetric exclusion zone representative of at least one secondary slot is produced at the surface of the sphere and is positioned, for example, substantially parallel or perpendicular to the housing 123n. One way of determining a volumetric exclusion zone is to design a zone of intersection between the sphere 52n and a second cylinder 30, for example of cylindrical cross section, said zone of intersection having the shape and the depth desired for the secondary slot 126n. For preference, two zones of intersection are produced on the sphere in diametrically opposite positions. In a second phase, all the volumetric exclusion zones of the sphere are deleted to form the at least one secondary slot 126n and the housing 123n to accommodate the orthodontic archwire. In one particular embodiment of the method, the sixth step includes an additional phase of determining and deleting a volumetric exclusion zone so as to produce a slit to accommodate a fixing of a temporary ancillary accessory. The volumetric exclusion zone is produced at the surface of the sphere, for example, positioned preferably at right angles to the slot 123n. One means for determining the volumetric exclusion zone is to design a zone of intersection between the sphere 52n and a third tube (not depicted), for example of rectangular or square or circular cross section. The volumetric exclusion zone corresponding to the zone of intersection of the sphere and of the third tube is then deleted. On completion of this sixth step, as illustrated in FIG. 8b, the numerical representation 12n of the bracket thus designed is a three-dimensional numerical object comprising a bracket bonding pad 121n and a bracket body 122n, produced to meet the customized requirements for each of the patient's teeth in the context of a protocol for reconfiguring a dental arch of the patient. There is no set order in which to perform steps five and six and, according to the method, these steps may be carried out in the opposite order to the order described or may be carried out simultaneously without thereby changing the outcome of the steps. For one particular embodiment, when the blank 50n comprises a third volume, (not depicted) representative of a permanent ancillary accessory secured to the bracket, the method comprises an additional step of determining and of deleting volumetric exclusion zones of the third volume in order to design the final shape of the ancillary accessory. This additional step may be carried out between the step of determining the exclusion zones of the first volume and the step of determining the exclusion zones of the second volume or after the step of determining the exclusion zones of the second volume. The seventh step consists in physically producing the elements of the bracket 12 for the virtual representation 12n of the bracket designed previously. In this seventh step of the method, a bracket 12, for each tooth 13, is fabricated from an actual blank 50, the blank being produced in a biocompatible material in accordance with the numerical blank selected during the fourth step of the design of the bracket 12, in the numerical process. For example, the numerical object, representative of the final bracket, is exported in the form of numerical files to a machine tool or some other device intended to manufacture the final bracket from a biocompatible material using known methods. In one exemplary embodiment of the seventh step, the bracket 12 is manufactured by machining. The numerical files are imported to a multi-axis machine tool in which the machining sequences are programmed. An actual blank 50 corresponding to the bracket 12 the numerical representation 50n of which was used is placed in the work zone of the machine and is then machined. In another exemplary embodiment of this seventh step, manufacture is performed using a laser sintering technique or a grinding technique, using the exported numerical files. These techniques in particular can more easily produce the square-section or rectangular-section housings, slots, secondary slots in the bracket bonding pad or the bracket body of the bracket. This seventh step is performed for each bracket of the orthodontic appliance. The invention is described in the case of substantially spherical bracket bodies although this choice does not restrict the invention. Thus, other shapes of bracket body, for example rounded or blunted shapes, may also be used to improve patient comfort or display particular advantages for the production of the secondary slots. A person skilled in the art will be able to adapt this invention to suit bracket body shapes that have not been described. The invention has been described in the preferred case of a flat orthodontic archwire, on the one hand because the forces applied by flat archwires are best suited to buccal physiology, and on the other hand because they can be produced on an industrial scale. The method according to the invention makes it possible to produce an orthodontic appliance which has no difficulty in responding to this choice of a flat archwire. However, this choice is not a limitation of the invention and a person skilled in the art will be able to adapt the invention to bended arches for orthodontic appliances intended for specific dentitions. The brackets thus produced are tailored to form an orthodontic appliance for each patient and are customized to suit each of the patient's teeth. Incorporated herein by this reference are various patents and patent publications that one of skill in the art will appreciate can be used in conjunction with the teaching and guidance provided herein to perform particular operations on various devices and in varying conditions. For the purposes of brevity while still complying with written description and enablement requirements, the following are hereby incorporated herein by this reference in their entireties: U.S. Pat. Nos. 7,811,087; 7,850,451 and 6,776,614. In still other embodiments, an orthodontic bracket is disclosed herein for retaining one or more archwires in position. The bracket includes a base having a tooth affixing side and an opposing side, and there is one or more archwire retention channels extending in the mesial-distal directions. Each of the archwire retention channels includes a pair of inverted archwire retaining regions on one side of the channel, wherein each of the retaining regions, in turn, includes a recess that opens generally towards an opposing side of the channel, the opposing side being, in one embodiment, part of the bracket base. Each such recess is for grasping or holding an archwire within the channel having the recess. A first of the archwire retention channels includes a first pair of gingivally located inverted archwire retaining regions whose recesses hold a common archwire. In an embodiment of the bracket having more than one archwire retention channel, a second of the archwire retention channels includes a second pair of occlusally located inverted archwire retaining regions whose recesses hold another archwire. Moreover, for each of the archwire retention channel(s), there is a corresponding archwire retaining ridge extending gingivally-occlusally along the opposing side bracket base between the two archwire retaining regions of the channel, wherein this retaining ridge contacts a portion of an archwire that faces away from the archwire portion being held in the recesses of the inverted archwire retaining regions for the channel. Accordingly, for each pair of archwire retaining regions and an archwire held by the pair, the corresponding archwire retaining ridge exerts a force on the archwire directed toward the interiors of the recesses of the inverted retaining regions of the pair. In particular, this force assists in seating the archwire in the retaining regions of the pair. In particular for the at least one of the archwire retention channel included in the bracket and an archwire provided therein, the elasticity of the archwire to retain an initial non-curved shape causes the archwire to resist a channel induced bow in the archwire (such bowing or curving shown in FIG. 10B). Thus, as an orthodontist positions the archwire in the at least one channel of the bracket, the corresponding retaining regions for the channel together with the corresponding retaining ridge, bind or wedge the archwire within the channel. Accordingly, the opposing forces between the channel and archwire secure the archwire within the channel. Thus, it is a feature of the bracket 220 that for each such archwire channel, there are channel archwire bowing portions that retain the archwire within the channel, wherein a spaced apart plurality of these bowing portions (e.g., 240a and 240b for channel 228) contact the archwire at spaced apart locations on one side of the archwire's length, and wherein between such locations, there is at least one additional channel archwire bowing portion on an opposite side of archwire for inducing the archwire to press against the spaced apart plurality of contacting portions. Thus, the spaced apart plurality of bowing portions, and the at least one additional bowing portion induce oppositely directed forces on the archwire (such forces being traverse to the length of the archwire), and causing the archwire to bow or bend somewhat and to press against these bowing portions for holding the archwire within the channel Said differently, the channel effectively is effectively bowed along its length. Referring to FIGS. 9-16, various embodiments of a bracket 220 are shown, wherein the bracket includes: (a) A generally square bracket base 224 having an upper side 229, a tooth affixing side 226, opposing mesial-distal sidewalls 227, and opposing gingival-occlusal sidewalls 30 as shown in FIGS. 9, 10A and 10. Additionally, the bracket base 224 has a pair of retaining ridges 225 extending from each of the opposing gingival-occlusal sidewalls 230 toward the interior of the upper side 229. FIGS. 9 and 10A show one of retaining ridges 225; FIG. 11A shows both retaining ridges. Each of the retaining ridges 225 is provided by a corresponding thickened portion 223 (FIGS. 9, 10A and 10B) of the bracket base 224 that extends in the gingival-occlusal direction of the bracket 220 approximately along a gingival-occlusal center line of the bracket base 224 (e.g., along the line L of FIG. 12). The thickened portion 223 gradually thins in the mesial-distal direction of the bracket 220, ending with the same thickness as the sidewalls 227. (b) A pair of inverted archwire retaining regions 240a and 240b on the gingival side of the bracket 220 (FIGS. 9 and 10A), and another pair of inverted archwire retaining regions 244a and 244b (FIG. 9) on the occlusal side of the bracket. Each of the pairs (240a,b and 244a,b) is for retaining a respective archwire (e.g., archwire 268, FIG. 10B) therein. In particular, each of the inverted archwire retaining regions 240a and 240b provide a recess 237 (FIGS. 9 and 10A) for grasping or holding an archwire provided therein. Also, each of the inverted archwire retaining regions is attached to (and generally integral with) a corresponding support 239 (FIG. 10A) that connects the retaining region with the bracket base 224. Each support 239 extends outwardly from the upper side 229 by a distance somewhat larger than the cross section of largest archwire to be retained in the recesses 237. Moreover, each of the recesses 237 has an edge 243 (FIGS. 10A,B and 11B) that is spaced apart from the support 239 for the recess, wherein the distance between the edge and the support is also somewhat larger than the cross section of largest archwire to be retained in the recesses 237. Note that for each of the pairs of the inverted archwire retaining regions 240a,b and 244a,b, a corresponding one of the retaining ridges 225 (FIGS. 9, 10A, 10B and 11A) assists in securing an archwire (e.g., archwire 268) in the two recesses 237 of the pair. Accordingly, for each of the pairs 240a,b and 244a,b, the recesses 237 for the pair operatively cooperate with a corresponding one of the retaining ridges 225 to provide a corresponding archwire retention channel, i.e., for an archwire retention channel 228, the pair 240a,b, defines one side of the channel 228 (i.e., an “outer” side) and the corresponding retaining ridge 225 provides the opposing side of the channel 228 (i.e., an “inner” side), and for an archwire retention channel 236, the pair 244a,b, defines one side of the channel 236 (i.e., an “outer” side) and the corresponding retaining ridge 225 provides the opposing side of the channel 236 (i.e., an “inner” side). Thus, when an archwire is received (and held) in the inverted archwire retaining regions 240a,b or 244a,b (i.e., archwire retention channel 228 or 236), this archwire is operatively coupled together with the bracket attached to a patient's tooth. (c) Two archwire retention bridges 256 and 260 (FIGS. 9, 10A, 10B, 12, 13, 14 and 15), wherein each end of each bridge attaches to one of the inverted archwire retaining regions and/or the support 239 therefor. For example, i.e., the ends of the bridge 256 may be attached to the inverted archwire retaining regions 240a and 244a (or attached to the support 239 therefor), and the ends of the bridge 260 may be attached to the inverted archwire retaining regions 240b and 244b (or attached to the support 239 therefor). (d) An archwire retention channel 232 (FIGS. 9, 11A, and 13) extending in the mesial and distal direction along a central portion of the bracket 220. The two archwire retention bridges 256 and 260 (together with their corresponding inverted archwire retaining regions) enclose, and substantially define, spaced apart portions of the archwire retention channel 232 for securing an archwire therein (FIG. 16B). The bracket base 224 may be made of a variety of materials, but in one embodiment may be stainless steel for strength. However, other materials may be used including ceramics and plastics. The remainder of the bracket 220 may be composed of various materials in addition to those recited above (e.g., polycrystalline alumina material, alumina (aluminum oxide), zirconia). In one embodiment, the bracket 220 may be formed via an injection molding technique. The bracket base 224 may be a universal bracket design in that it can be attached to the surface of various tooth types (e.g., incisor, bicuspid, molar, etc). Moreover, such a universal bracket design does not require bracket identification to aid in identifying placement of the bracket and/or identifying a particular embodiment of the bracket 220. Such a universal bracket design also leads to simplified inventory management since only one embodiment of the bracket 220 may be needed for placement on all teeth types instead of different embodiments of the bracket for different teeth types. However, such universal bracket design may be primarily for the lingual side of patients' teeth. For embodiments of the bracket 220 to be provided on the labial/buccal side of patients' teeth, the curvature of the tooth affixing side 226 may be specific to particular tooth types as one skilled in the art will understand. Accordingly, it is also within the scope of the present disclosure that markings or identifications may be provided on embodiments of the bracket 220 for identifying the bracket (e.g., as a universal bracket, or specific to a particular tooth type(s)), for identifying the manufacturer or distributor of the bracket, and/or for identifying a particular placement or orientation of the bracket on a tooth or tooth type. Note that descriptions of providing such markings and/or identifications are disclosed in U.S. Patent Application Publication 2008/0020338 filed Jul. 24, 2007 and published Jan. 24, 2008, this application being fully incorporated herein by reference. The bracket base 224 design allows for the bracket 220 to be used in both direct and indirect bonding. Note that the term direct bonding refers to applying adhesive directly to a patient's tooth and subsequently attaching a bracket 220 thereto. Indirect bonding refers to positioning one or more brackets 220 on a dental cast of a patient's teeth. The dental cast, having the brackets 220 attached thereto, is then surrounded with a material, wherein the material, once solidified, secures the brackets therein and can act as a transportation device for the brackets once the dental cast is dissolved away. Adhesive is then applied to the back of each of the brackets 220 prior to placing the transportation device containing the brackets onto the patient's teeth. Accordingly, in the indirect bonding technique, all of the brackets 220 are bonded to the patient's teeth simultaneously. Once the brackets 220 are bonded, the transportation device is removed from the teeth, leaving behind the brackets attached to the teeth. Regarding the retaining ridges 225 described above, each such ridge corresponds to a maximal offset from the tooth affixing side 226 along a corresponding one of the archwire retention channels 228 and 236. Moreover, in at least some embodiments, such a ridge 225 has its maximal offset centered on line L of FIG. 12. In the embodiment of the bracket 220 shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B, the contour of each of the retaining ridges 225 is a smooth arc without undulations in the mesial-distal direction, and may also be a smooth arc in the gingival-occlusal direction without undulations. However, it is within the scope of the present disclosure that in the gingival-occlusal direction, such a ridge 225 may reach its maximal offset at any point where the ridge transverses its corresponding archwire retention channel (228 or 236) as long as the ridge effectively assists in wedging or holding an archwire in the channel (i.e., the recesses 237 of the channel). Thus, the thickened portion 223 (FIG. 9) for each retaining ridge 225 may induce a force upon an archwire 268 or 264 (e.g., FIG. 13) to retain it in the archwire retaining regions of the corresponding archwire retention channel 228 or 236. Note that each of the two retaining ridges 225 may have symmetrical profiles (i.e., mirror images of one another about the center line L of FIG. 12, and about mesial-distal center line through the bracket). Moreover, note that the maximal offset for a retaining ridge 225 may occur just outside its corresponding archwire retention channel, e.g., on the mesial-distal perimeter of the channel furthest from the central retention channel 232. Such placements of the maximal offsets may not only provide forces for securing an archwire within the corresponding recesses 237, but also apply a force on the archwire for inhibiting the archwire from moving in a direction generally lateral to the upper side 229. In another embodiment of the bracket 220, the retaining ridges 225 may have a larger or smaller maximal offset from the tooth affixing side 26 to the upper side 229 of the bracket base 224 when compared to the embodiments of the figures. Moreover, one of the retaining ridges 225 may have a larger maximal offset from the tooth affixing side 226 than the other retaining ridge 225. This variance in the maximal offset of the retaining ridges 225 may allow for and aid in the retention of different diameter archwires in the retaining regions 240a,b and 244a,b. In another embodiment of the bracket 220, one or more of the retaining ridges 225 may have a corresponding secondary retaining ridge located at the gingival or occlusal edges of the bracket base 224. These secondary retaining ridges may be located on the upper side 229 at the gingival and/or occlusal edges of the bracket base 224. Such secondary retaining ridges may extend in the mesial-distal direction on the upper side 229 of the bracket base 224. The secondary retaining ridges may have varying shapes (e.g., hemispherical or elliptical). Accordingly, the retaining regions 240a,b and 244a,b, in conjunction with the secondary retaining ridges, keep the corresponding archwire secured in one of the corresponding archwire retention channels 228 and 236 (more specifically their recesses 227). For further description of the archwire retention channels 228, 232 and 236, reference is made to FIG. 11A which provides a lateral (side) view of the bracket 220 along a gingival-occlusal side. The center archwire retention channel 232 of the bracket 220 is enclosed by the two spaced apart portions of the archwire retention bridges 256 and 260 (FIGS. 9,10A, 10B, 12, 13, 14 and 15), and the upper side 229 of the bracket base 224. As described above, each of the gingival archwire retention channel 228 and the occlusal archwire retention channel 236 is provided by: (i) partially enclosed spaced apart recesses 227 of a pair of inverted archwire retaining regions, respectively, 240a,b or 244a,b, and (ii) the upper side 229 of the bracket base 224. Both the gingival archwire retention channel 228 and the occlusal archwire retention channel 236 may be mirror images of one another. Each of the inverted archwire retaining regions 240a,b for the gingival archwire retention channel 228, and each of the retaining regions 244a,b for the occlusal archwire retention channel 236 may be generally circular in profile (as shown in, e.g., FIG. 11A). Each such profile may generally match the curvature of, e.g., the cross section of a corresponding archwire to be provided therein. In FIG. 11A, a dashed circular cross section 238 of such an archwire is shown in the archwire retaining regions 244a,b of the occlusal archwire retention channel 236. The diameter 239 of the archwire retention channel 236 may be sufficiently surrounded by the inverted archwire retaining regions 244a,b to grip and retain the archwire therein. In at least one embodiment, the opening 242 for receiving the archwire into the channel 236 is preferably approximately the same size as the diameter of the archwire cross section 238 along the axis 237, e.g., smaller or larger by approximately 0.01 to 0.02 inches. As also illustrated in FIG. 11A, each of the inverted archwire retaining regions 244a, b may surround somewhat more than 180 degrees of the circular cross section of an archwire positioned in the occlusal archwire retention channel 236. Note that a similar description can also be provided for the gingival archwire retention channel 228 in that the channel 228 may be a mirror image of occlusal archwire retention channel 236. However, it is within the scope of the present disclosure that the gingival archwire retention channel 228 may be configured differently from the occlusal archwire retention channel 236, e.g., the gingival archwire retention channel 228 may secure different sizes of archwires therein from the archwires for the occlusal archwire retention channel 236. Also, either or both of the archwire retention channels 228 and 236 may have an elliptical profile or other profile instead of the circular profile shown in FIG. 11A. Further, an embodiment of the bracket 220 may have only one of the archwire retention channels 228 or 236. Referring to FIG. 11B, an embodiment of the bracket 220A is shown that includes a retaining region (e.g., 244a) that is shaped or configured to retain archwires having substantially different cross sectional diameters. An archwire having a diameter 239 (FIG. 11A) may be snapped into the retaining region 244a as indicated in FIG. 11A. However, an archwire having a much smaller cross section 241, as shown in FIG. 11B, may also be provided in the channel 236. In particular, the smaller diameter archwire may snap into (or is otherwise retained) in an upper section 257 of the retaining region. Note that in one embodiment, a bead (not shown) may be strung on this smaller diameter archwire such that the bead is positioned between the retaining regions 244a and 244b so that the bead contacts the corresponding retaining ridge 225 for the occlusal archwire retention channel 236 in a manner that assists in locking the archwire into the upper section 257. Whether the bracket embodiment of FIG. 11A or 11B is provided, multiple sizes of archwires may be utilized in each of the archwire retention channels 228, 232 and 236. The range in the maximal cross sectional extent of the archwires that may be utilized can be from 0.008 inches to 0.024 inches, and such cross sections may be generally circular in cross sectional shape but different cross sectional shapes may be used, e.g., at least rectangular or square cross sectional shapes for the central archwire retention channel 232. The multiple sizes of archwires may provide varying forces and friction levels ranging from an alignment force having a low friction, to a leveling force having a moderate friction, to a finishing force having a maximum friction as one skilled in the art will understand. In particular, the inverted archwire retaining regions 240a,b and 244a,b allow for the archwires 268 or 264 (FIGS. 13, 14 and 15) to be attached to the bracket 220 without the use of ligatures. In another embodiment, the archwire retaining regions 240a and 244a (or 240b and 244b) may be joined together, above the upper side 229. Such joining of the retaining regions for one of the archwire retention channels 228 or 226 may form a single integral retaining region, or the joining may be in form of a bridge there between similar to the bridges 256 and 260 (except extending in the mesial-distal direction rather than the gingival-occlusal direction). Regardless, there may be a cutout (not shown) over the corresponding retaining ridge 225 so that when the archwire contacts the retaining ridge 225, the archwire is wedged into this cutout. In another embodiment, there may be only one of the outer archwire retention channels 228 and 236 utilized to retain an archwire. Referring to FIG. 12, a top view of the bracket 220 is shown wherein the center archwire retention channel 232 on the bracket is defined by the spaced apart portions of the archwire retention bridges 256 and 260 and the upper side 229 of the bracket base 224. The archwire retention bridges 256 and 260 connect and reinforce the inverted archwire retaining regions 240a to 244a and 240b to 244b. The smooth rounded contours and edges 265 of the inverted archwire retaining regions 240a, b and 244a, b provide for patient comfort, particularly when such brackets are placed on the lingual side of a patient's teeth. In the center archwire retention channel 232, the archwire is enclosed on all sides (FIGS. 11A and 11B) at two points along the channel, i.e., using the archwire retention bridges 256 and 260 (FIG. 12). A lateral view of the bracket 220, as shown in FIG. 13, shows an archwire 264 in the occlusal archwire retention channel 236 and an archwire 268 in the gingival archwire retention channel 228. The occlusal 264 and gingival 268 archwires are held place via the friction system created by the inverted archwire retaining regions 240a,b and 244a,b in combination with the ridges 225 (not shown in FIG. 13). FIG. 13 also shows where the bracket 220 may reside on a tooth when it is bonded thereto. The arrows 277 and 278 (FIG. 13) indicate the forces for a torque that the bonded bracket 220 may apply to the tooth. FIG. 14 provides a top view of the bracket 220 bonded to a tooth 280 wherein there is an archwire 264 in the occlusal archwire retention channel 236, and an archwire 268 in the gingival archwire retention channel 228. The arrows 290 and 291 indicate the motion of tip (angulation) that the bracket 220 may apply to the tooth once it is bonded and the archwires are configured appropriately. An end perspective view of the bracket 220 is shown in FIG. 15 with an archwire 264 in the occlusal archwire retention channel 236 and an archwire 268 in the gingival archwire retention channel 228. This figure also shows the bracket bonded to a tooth 284 thereby showing where the bracket 220 may reside on the tooth when it is bonded thereto. The arrows 293 and 294 indicate the motion of rotation that the bracket 220 and the archwires 264 and 268 may apply to the tooth. A plurality of the brackets 220 is shown connected together by archwires in FIGS. 16A and 16B. FIG. 16A shows the plurality of brackets 220 connected together by an archwire 288 extending through the corresponding occlusal archwire retention channels 236 of the brackets. FIG. 16A also shows a second archwire 292 secured in the center archwire retention channel 232 of the brackets 220, providing dynamic sectional control in the movement of the teeth, as one skilled in the art will understand. FIG. 16B displays how another configuration, wherein there is an archwire 296 in the occlusal archwire retention channel 236 of the brackets 220. The archwire 296 is also configured so that its end is secured in the center archwire retention channel 232 of the rightmost one of the brackets 220, thereby creating a loop like shape. It is worth noting that due to the diminutive size of the brackets 20 relative to the teeth to which they are attached (as shown in FIGS. 16A and 16B), the size of these brackets 220 may allow for the bonding of two such brackets 220 on a single tooth. For example, FIG. 16B shows two such brackets 220 affixed to a molar. Alternative embodiments of the bracket 220 include providing the inverted archwire retaining portions so that instead of their recesses 237 opening toward the base 224, such recesses open in another direction (e.g., away from the base, or generally parallel with the upper side 229 of the base). In such embodiments, the retaining ridge 225 is also repositioned to face in the direction toward such recesses for retaining an archwire in the same manner as, e.g., shown in FIG. 10B except that the base 224 in this figure would no longer be the base of the bracket. Instead, the base would attach, e.g., to the top of the retaining portions 240a,b and 244a,b, or alternatively attach the bracket components shown FIG. 10B to a (new) bracket base that is oriented substantially perpendicular to the base shown in FIG. 10B. In each of the embodiments of the bracket 220 disclosed hereinabove, at least one of the archwire retention channels 228 and 236 is provided, wherein for an archwire provided therein, the elasticity of the archwire to retain an initial non-curved shape causes the archwire to resist the channel induced bow in the archwire (such curving shown in FIG. 10B). Thus, as an orthodontist positions the archwire in the at least one channel of the bracket 220, the corresponding retaining regions (240 and 244) for the channel together with the corresponding retaining ridge 225 bind or wedge the archwire within the at least one channel. Accordingly, the opposing forces between the channel and archwire are believed to secure the archwire within the channel. Thus, it is a feature of the bracket 220 that for each such archwire channel (e.g., 228 and/or 236), there are channel archwire bowing portions that retain the archwire within the channel, wherein a spaced apart plurality of these bowing portions (e.g., 240a and 240b for channel 228) contact the archwire at spaced apart locations on one side of the archwire's length, and wherein between such locations, there is at least one additional channel archwire bowing portion on an opposite side of archwire for inducing the archwire to press against the spaced apart plurality of contacting portions. Thus, the spaced apart plurality of bowing portions, and the at least one additional bowing portion induce oppositely directed forces on the archwire (such forces being traverse to the length of the archwire), and causing the archwire to bow or bend somewhat and to press against these bowing portions for holding the archwire within the channel In use, after an orthodontist has secured the bracket 220 to one of a patient's teeth, the orthodontist may exert a force (e.g., substantially parallel to the upper side 229) on a corresponding archwire to force the archwire enter one or both of the archwire retention channels (228 or 236), wherein such force induces the corresponding archwire to bow in the channel. Alternatively, the orthodontist may thread the archwire into such a channel, wherein the orthodontist pushes the archwire into the channel by purposely bowing or binding the archwire to follow the bow of the channel, and then once the archwire is threaded through the channel, the orthodontist can then bend the archwire into the correct orientation to attach the archwire to, e.g., a next orthodontic appliance attached to, e.g., a next tooth. Note, that such subsequent bending of the archwire by the orthodontist is believed to also provide similar forces on the archwire (and traverse to the length thereof) as described above for securing the archwire within the channel Referring now to FIG. 17, and in accordance with at least one embodiment of one or more inventions described herein, a tube 10 is shown having a pair of archwire/appliance slots/tubes 314a and 314b. The first archwire/appliance slot/tube 314a is substantially circular in cross section and includes a plurality of projections 338. The projections limit the surface area contact between the exterior sides of the archwire A and the interior of the archwire/appliance slot/tube 314a. In a separate aspect of one or more embodiments of the one or more inventions described herein, a tube 310 is provided that has at least one archwire/appliance slot/tube that includes projections for reducing frictional interaction with an archwire, and at least one archwire/appliance slot/tube that does not include projections, such as for reducing frictional interaction with an archwire. Referring again to FIG. 17, the first archwire/appliance slot/tube 314a includes at least one projection 338, and a second archwire/appliance slot/tube 314b is depicted that does not include a projection 338. In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, a method of adjusting the position of a tooth is provide, the method including attaching a tube to a tooth and inserting an archwire through an archwire slot in the tube. The method further includes limiting surface contact of the archwire along a portion of the longitudinal length of the archwire slot by contacting an exterior surface of the archwire with friction reducing features located within the archwire slot. More particularly, the method includes contacting the exterior surface of the archwire with one or more of the interior sides of the archwire slot, wherein the interior sides include a gingival side, an occlusal side, a side, and a lingual side. The friction reducing features preferably comprises at least one of: (a) a plurality of projections residing along a longitudinal length of one or more of the gingival side, occlusal side, side, and lingual side; and (b) a longitudinally extending projection residing along a longitudinal length of one or more of the gingival side, occlusal side, side, and lingual side. In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, one or more projections are located along a plurality of the gingival side, side, and lingual side of the interior of the archwire slot. It should be understood that the scope of the present invention includes the use of a plurality of passageways, including at least one passageway, and more preferably, at least two passageways, and potentially three or more passageways in any particular device. Such passageways can be configured in various symmetrical shapes and configurations to include squares, rectangles, triangles, polygons, octagons, flat and curved sided configurations, etc. In a preferred embodiment, the geometrical configuration of a passageway mirrors the general exterior shape of an archwire used with such appliance. It is also within the scope of the present invention that frangible covers abutting or extending over an archwire placed within the orthodontic device of the present invention, be removable and/or adjusted in ways desired by an orthodontist. Thus, for example, materials rounding receptacle 68 can be constructed so as to be frangible and thus removable at some point in time after desired placement of a device and/or for orientation thereof. The number of receptacles 68 can include, for example, at least one receptacle suitable for manipulation by an orthodontist, but may also include one or more, two or more, or three or more such receptacles, which can, in certain embodiments, be adapted to correlate with the prongs of a receptacle engaging device or insertion tool. One of skill in the art will also appreciate the scope of the present invention includes the use of different geometrically configured passageways, such that a square archwire can be used in one passageway, whereas a round archwire can be used in an adjacent passageway, etc., with the passageways having a similar exterior configuration as the archwire utilized in such applications. Alternatively, the passageway or archwire slot may have a different geometric shape than that of the archwire used. In one embodiment, lingual brackets of the present invention include an archwire tube comprising a buccal side, a lingual side, an occlusal side and a gingival side, wherein the buccal side comprises a friction reducing feature and wherein at least one of the group consisting of the gingival side, the occlusal side and the lingual side comprises a friction reducing feature. Preferably, a first of the friction reducing features comprises a projection extending substantially the length of said passageway and extending into said passageway. A second of the friction reducing features preferably comprises a plurality of separate projections residing along the length of the passageway and are spaced apart from each other along the length of said passageway. In summation, a tube is provided that includes a number of novel features, including a friction reducing profile within the tube opening, modified exterior shaping to facilitate improved comfort, and a plurality of positioning notches, recesses, gripping portions or placement notches for receiving an installation tool. For the above-described tube 310, placement of the archwire/appliance slot/tube 314 on a band can cover any angle, mesial/distal locations, gingival/occlusal or lingual locations, and any direct bond applications. Texturing of the lingual surface of orthodontic brackets has been used to provide improved bonding between the bracket and the tooth to which the bracket is applied. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,522,725, incorporated herein by reference, concerns a method of improving the bond strength of a plastic bracket by temporarily heating and then permanently deforming projections located on the base of the bracket. The deformed projections interlock with adhesive when the bracket is bonded to a tooth. U.S. Pat. No. 5,595,484, incorporated herein by reference, discloses a plastic bracket having a metal reinforcement member partly embedded in the bracket body. FIG. 13 of the '484 patent discloses a bracket base having eight recessed discontinuous portions 36 that include molded identification characters 35. U.S. Pat. No. 5,622,494 (the '494 patent), incorporated herein by reference, discloses several structures, including a spiral-like ridge, concentric rectangles, and a weave pattern. Upon being deformed, each structure creates an undercut structure for forming a mechanical bond with an adhesive. A base structure may also that include lettering, symbols, or numerals that are substantially continuous and that functionally serve as texturing to enhance the adhesive bonding surface of, e.g., an orthodontic appliance to a patient's tooth. As illustrated in FIGS. 18A-21, for example, in one or more embodiments of the present invention, slot coverable extensions can be configured so that in at least one rotatable position such extensions cause or induce an archwire in the slot to be “actively” held in place within the slot, wherein, for example, the extensions (or another bracket component) contacts the archwire for causing or forcing the archwire into contact with the surfaces of the slot (e.g., a floor of the slot) with sufficient force to induce frictional forces there between such that (for orthodontic purposes) such frictional forces effectively inhibit movement of the archwire in a direction along the length of the slot. Additionally/alternatively, the slot coverable extensions can be configured so that in at least one rotatable position such extensions cause or induce an archwire in the slot to be “passively” held in place within the slot, wherein, for example, the extensions (or another bracket component) only loosely restrains the archwire to remain in the slot in a manner such that the archwire can readily move in a direction along the length of the slot. In particular, in the passive archwire restraining configuration, there is insufficient frictional forces between the archwire and the slot (for orthodontic purposes) to effectively inhibit movement of the archwire in a direction along the length of the slot. Moreover, in one or more embodiments of the bracket, the slot coverable extensions can be rotated from a passive configuration to an active configuration, and/or from an active configuration to a passive configuration. FIGS. 18-21 show embodiments of a bracket 404g having a rotatable member 456g which, in turn, includes slot coverable extensions 476g that are substantially straight and bar shaped. FIGS. 18A and 18B show the rotatable member 456g in the open position wherein the archwire 504 is not secured in the slot 428 by the extensions 476g. Tie wings 432L and 432R of the bracket may be of various sizes and shapes, or may be eliminated in certain embodiments. Alternatively, FIGS. 19A and 19B show the rotatable member 456g in a first closed position, wherein the archwire 504 is passively restrained to the slot 504. Additionally, FIGS. 20A and 20B show the rotatable member 456g in a second closed position, wherein the archwire 504 is actively restrained to reside in the slot 428. In FIG. 21, all three bracket 404g configurations: open, passively closed, and actively closed are shown from left to right, wherein the difference these configurations is primarily the rotation of the rotatable member 456g relative to the bracket body 408g. In particular, relative to the (left most) open bracket configuration in FIG. 21, the passively closed (middle) bracket configuration has the rotatable member 456g rotated through an angle 644, and the actively closed (right most) bracket configuration has the rotatable member rotated through an angle 648. Note that the angle 644 may be in a range of 20° to 45°, and the angle 648 may be in a range of 30° to 90°. FIG. 22a-FIG. 22b illustrate side views of brackets and bonding pads that may be employed in various embodiments of the present invention. In particular, for a lingual bracket system, preferably at least one slot, more preferably two, and in still other embodiments more than two slots, either horizontal slots and/or vertical slots, but more preferably horizontal slots, are employed on a plurality of the brackets used. Brackets may be designed for different teeth configurations, such as those depicted in FIGS. 22a-b. In FIG. 22a for example, the wings are straight out (see lower left of figure) and is thus designed to lie substantially flat on the lingual surface of the tooth. In FIG. 22b, however, the wings are deflected upward. Thus, as one of skill in the art will appreciate, when used in a lingual bracket system, several brackets having wings with various deflections may be used to fit the contour of different lingual teeth. Therefore, the present invention in some embodiments provides for the ability to avoid having to manufacture custom brackets for each patient, and instead, several designs of stock brackets may be provided so that any given patient's teeth configuration can be addressed via standard brackets that can be mass produced. Computer aided implementation and selection of appropriate brackets to form a complete lingual bracket system is thus facilitated. The disclosure herein has been describes preferred embodiments of the invention claimed hereinbelow; however, other changes and modifications to the claimed invention may be made which are still contemplated within the spirit and scope of the present disclosure. The foregoing disclosure has been provided for purposes of illustration and description. This disclosure is not intended to limit the invention claimed hereinbelow, and various embodiments thereof. Variations, embodiments and modifications will be apparent to those skilled in the art and are intended to be within the scope of the following claims. 1. A method of producing a customized orthodontic appliance, the orthodontic appliance comprising brackets fixed to teeth of a dental arch of a patient, each bracket being fixed to a surface of a tooth of the dental arch by a bracket bonding pad of the bracket, and an orthodontic archwire fixed to the brackets in a housing of a bracket body of each bracket, the method comprising: constructing, by a processing device, a numerical representation of each bracket from a dental arch final numerical representation, the operation of constructing the numerical representation of each bracket comprising: positioning a numerical representation of an orthodontic archwire with respect to the dental arch final numerical representation, then for each tooth of the dental arch final numerical representation, positioning a second volume of a bracket blank comprising a first numerical representation of a volume representative of an envelope volume of a bracket body such that it interferes with the orthodontic archwire and in close proximity to the relevant tooth, and for each tooth of the dental arch final numerical representation, positioning a first volume of the bracket blank comprising a second numerical representation of a volume representative of an envelope volume of a bracket bonding pad such that it interferes with the second volume and with the volume of a relevant tooth, then determining, for each tooth in the first volume and in the second volume, volumetric exclusion zones which volumetric exclusion zones contain all of the volumes that interfere with the tooth for the first volume and all of the volumes that interfere with the orthodontic archwire for the second volume, wherein the numerical representation of the bracket of one tooth is determined by the volume of the bracket blank minus volumetric exclusion zones, wherein the volumetric exclusion zones of the first volume are defined in such a way as to determine a substantially constant thickness of the numerical representation of the bracket bonding pad, and the bracket blank is chosen from a database comprising at least two models of a numerical representation of the bracket blank; wherein the numerical representation of the bracket blank is chosen in relation to the shape of the relevant tooth so as to minimize the volume of the exclusion zones while at the same time keeping a sufficient aerial contact between a bearing surface of the bracket bonding pad and the surface of the tooth; and wherein the numerical representation of the orthodontic archwire is positioned in such a way that a distance d, for each tooth of the dental arch final numerical representation, between the numerical representation of the orthodontic archwire and the surface of each tooth is greater than a minimum distance dmin that corresponds to a minimum thickness of the numerical representation of the brackets at their bracket bodies. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, for each tooth of the dental arch final numerical representation, the numerical representation of the second volume is positioned in such a way that a reference point of the second volume corresponds to a point of intersection between the numerical representation of the orthodontic archwire and an orthogonal projection of a center of the relevant tooth. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the orthodontic archwire is flat. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the numerical representations of the brackets are placed on lingual surfaces of the teeth of the dental arch final numerical representation. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the exclusion zones form an open slot in the numerical representation of the bracket body to accommodate the numerical representation of an orthodontic archwire self-ligating means. 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the exclusion zones of the second volume determine a housing in the form of a tube. 7. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the bracket is a lingual bracket and wherein said method further comprises receiving a 3D initial representation of the teeth such that an operator on a workstation can manipulate each tooth. 8. The method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising producing a model, scanning said model using computer software to generate a 3D initial numerical representation of a dental arch. 9. The method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising forming a three-dimensional representation of a dental arch. 10. The method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising obtaining a final representation of a desired end-of-treatment dental arch from the initial representation. 11. The method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising obtaining a final numerical representation that contains all of the teeth present at the end of the treatment in their established arrangements and anatomical relationships. 12. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein said orthodontic archwire has a continuous flat curve that is substantially symmetric and has a parabolic outline. 13. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein said brackets comprise bracket bodies positioned individually with respect to each lingual surface of the teeth so that the orthodontic archwire passes through them. 14. The method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising using a computer to represent graphically the shape of each bracket using the numerical representations. 15. The method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising obtaining a numerical representation of a patient's end-of-treatment dental arch and storing it in a numerical memory. 16. The method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising storing an initial numerical representation of the patient's current dental arch in a numerical memory. 17. The method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising prior to the step of constructing a numerical presentation of each bracket, taking an impression of the patient's dentition and producing a model thereof. 18. 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Filed: Feb 8, 2013 Date of Patent: Mar 17, 2015 Assignee: RMO, Inc. (Denver, CO) Inventors: Aldo Macchi (Varese), Jeffrey Allen Smith (Denver, CO), Nam Trinh (Highlands Ranch, CO), Dennis Dupray (Golden, CO), Christophe Gualano (Colomiers), Leon W. Laub (Fort Collins, CO) Primary Examiner: Cris L Rodriguez Assistant Examiner: Matthew Nelson Current U.S. Class: Having Means To Secure Arch Wire (433/10); Product Assembly Or Manufacturing (700/95) International Classification: A61C 3/00 (20060101); G06F 19/00 (20110101); A61C 7/28 (20060101); A61C 7/00 (20060101); A61C 7/14 (20060101);	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1771
__label__cc	0.626341	0.373659	Warenkorb-Seite Startseite / the crowd pulling event rocker / Waldkirchen Veröffentlicht am 9. Februar 2019 9. Februar 2019 von web24768443 — Schreib einen Kommentar We have managed! Our dream running our own pub will become reality. Schenkelberg’s London Bar – mehr lesen ‚es geht aufwärts‘ THINGS ARE LOOKING UP This won’t be like any other pub because we try to relate to our experiences in the United Kingdom and we invite the large tourist groups that are seen every year choosing the Bavarian Forest as their favorite holiday destination to spend time with us in the Tower. the new bar For this reason we have parked our Can, the Original, outside the Gastro Tower. So we continue to serve you just as you expected us to do for the last seven years serving in and around London. It was of course Bavaria, the county in the South of Germany that inspired us most and it was for this reason that we had decorated our Can in the traditional colors of Bavaria (blue and white) including the national coat of arms; our corporate identity and unique eye-catcher for the thousands and thousands of visitors to the places where we had our pitch locations. The CI should remain as it was back in England with no changes to the coat of the Can to be planned in the near future. a photomontage of the project in Waldkirchen For many people CI stands for aesthetics but they forget that Corporate Identity covers many areas such as in our case the new bar located in the third floor of the Gastro Tower. We speak English and German and we serve German beers as well as English beers whereas we will specialize in drinks that are known to us to be the favorites of the Brits. All in all we will create a welcoming atmosphere for our friends, the Brits. From the experience with the Can to the Opening up of a Pub: We have during our spell in England, between 2000 and 2018, experienced quite a lot, especially in terms of cultural differences. The years prior to opening of our food trailer (2000 to 2017) we have met with many people and the boss was involved in running other businesses. One wish was unfortunately not granted for the Can operators: The sale of alcoholic drinks. It’s considered to be a sin for Bavarians to offer Bavarian food without the beers and we in fact had some encounters with tourists from Bavaria that have visited our can only to criticize the lack of beers being served through the serving latches. But we also met British customers, those that would have preferred a good German beer or Steiner to accommodate the Bratwurst. The Schenkelberg’s reputation in the United Kingdom and also in the Republic of Ireland has always been of great respect and we have nothing but pure admiration for the way we have been treated by the British and Irish. It is a bit to do with our love for Great Britain, first and foremost the people and customers of GB and the culture that we have decided to invent a British establishment in the heart of Bavaria. history file of the plight of a young business couple – read more The Brits and Germans alike have a commonality when it comes to the choice of drinks. However, our personal experience was that the British have better taste buds when it comes to alcoholic drinks. We carefully considered a number of pub projects before we met with Wolfgang Weber. Wolfgang runs the Gastro Tower in Waldkirchen, right smack in the center of the city next to the main bus station. It’s more like a entertainment complex and it has a unique structure to be seen as such. The tower beats our own Giant Can in terms of the height several times over. Still, we insist that the neighboring Giant Can mustn’t be degraded to become a tiny Can. One of Wolfgang’s favorite bar is in the top floor. It’s called The Trendiest Bar and it must retain its status. It currently only opens for special occasions. It remains at this stage unclear when this bar will become permanently open again; for Wolfgang it is currently too much to deal with. The tower has just celebrated it’s 25-years-anniversary. There is a billiard room in the second floor of the tower where local teams play for Championship points. Waldkirchen as location: Mentioned for the first time in 1203, it soon became an important trading place along the „Goldener Steig“ (Golden Path), a salt-trading route between Bavaria and Bohemia in the late Middle Ages. In the 13th century the Bishop of Passau gave Waldkirchen the title of a „Markt“ (market). After several raids by Bohemian soldiers during the 15th century the city built a „Ringmauer“, a big stonewall, to surround it, which is still to be seen in many places of the city. Belonging to the Bishop of Passau’s territory for more than 600 years, the city became part of the Kingdom of Bavaria in 1806 and in 1871 of the German Empire. Read more on the Wiki page – go here Waldkirchen’s main „industry“ is tourism. Embedded in the Bavarian Forest, Waldkirchen is close to Prague, Munich and Vienna. The Schenkelberg’s family needs to chose from the accommodations that have been offered to them. Timeframe: One week. Mr. Schenkelberg has been given the permission to find new tenants for the house the family is currently occupying in Lower Saxony. Depending on the outcome they will be moving to Bavaria within the next four weeks. We anticipate that it will take a period of two weeks for us to refurbish the new bar and to become operational. As the bar is fully equipped everything will be ready within a short period of time. It is planned that we will begin with both, our Can and the bar simultaneously and we are working currently on the license requirements. Please enjoy viewing some impressions from the Bavarian Forest and we hope to see you in Bavaria to be our guest. Bay. Wald BayWald Waldirchen Rainer’s Bavarian Grill und Schenkelberg’s Bar Team Veröffentlicht in the crowd pulling event rocker, what is happening Verschlagwortet Bavarian entertainment, Bavarian excitement, Bavarian food, Bavarian Forest, Bavarian fun, Schenkelberg's Bar, Waldkirchen Vorheriger Beitrag: Waldkirchen Nächster Beitrag: Why the 30-day-delay? 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__label__cc	0.680857	0.319143	Posts by tag: Grey Market Kawasaki May 11, 2019 posted by Tad Diemer Featured Listing: 1990 Kawasaki KR-1S C2 for Sale As rare as the 250cc two-stroke sportbikes are on these shores, the Kawasaki KR1-S is the rarest of them all, limited edition models of bikes like the NSR250R SP aside. Considering Kawasaki made some of the hairiest two-stroke sportbikes of the 1970s, it’s surprising that Kawasaki seemed largely uncommitted to the class, making just enough to satisfy the demands of the Japanese market. Only 10,000 KR-1s were built during the bike’s entire production run from 1988-1992. Compare that to the more 100,000 NSR250Rs that were built, and you can see why these so rarely come up for sale. There were no significant updates to the KR-1 during its lifespan, but this was no half-hearted attempt from Kawasaki: the quarter-liter two-stroke class was ruthlessly competitive during this period and there’d have been no point in even participating if that had been their attitude. Instead, it seems like the bike was good enough to go head-to-head with the NSR, TZR, and RGV right out of the box. Specifications were similar to other bikes in the class: a liquid-cooled parallel twin displacing 249cc making the expected 45 government-mandated horses was hung beneath the beams of the aluminum frame, with only the airbox in between the spars. Keep in mind that this, unrestricted example should make significantly more power. Kawasaki’s proprietary KIPS powervalve system helped widen the powerband and the little smoker was backed up by the de rigueur six-speed gearbox. The complete package was claimed to weigh in at a gossamer 270lbs dry. Three versions of the KR-1 were available: the base KR-1, the KR-1S that included wider wheels at the front and rear, and a few hundred examples of the KR-1R featuring larger carburetors and a close-ratio gearbox. From a performance standpoint, the entire 250cc class was separated by the thinnest of margins, but all were extremely competent motorcycles. Of course, each emerged with a slightly different character, and the Kawasaki KR-1S was the fastest of the bunch, with a tested 139mph top speed that’s very impressive for a 250cc machine even today and lively handling that made the corners interesting as well! From the Seller: 1990 Kawasaki KR-1S C2 for Sale 1990 Kawasaki KR-1S C2. I am relisting and selling another bike out of my prize collection. Journalist called the KR-1S the most exotic and fastest of all the 250 2 stokes of that era. This KR-1S is a UK model. Which means UK CDI power box, mile per hour speedo. Non-restrictive. Always been in street bike form. Not a converted back race bike. This is truly a rare bike. Unlike NSR’s, TZR’s and RGV’s and even Aprilia RS’s that come up for sale now and then, you very rarely see one of these for sale especially in the states. I have owned this bike for over 12 years. I have spent many of thousands of dollars on upgrades. I mean many! I installed a pricey set of Dyna mags magnesium rims. The old KR-1S aluminum rims came with a 17” front and an 18” rear. These are 17” front and back. Light weight magnesium and make sporty tires more available. I have put on a set of Michelin pilot sport tires. Green D.I.D. O-Ring chain with gold aluminum sprocket. Beautiful high end custom steering damper. Then I had made a JMC fulling braced swingarm with eccentric adjustment. Beautifully polished. I was told at the time that this was the only top braced swingarm that JMC has ever made for the KR-1S. I installed a huge custom made “Pace” radiator made for the KR-1S. This radiator is huge, and solves the problem of any overheating. If anything I have to tape of part of the radiator when it’s cool out. But a nice position to be in. Silicone radiator hose are used. Then I purchased a nice new set of Jolly Moto pipes with Carbon silencers. Bikes sound great and pulls better. I had the rear shock rebuilt and the shock spring powder coated green to match the bike. Front forks have been recently rebuilt with all new bushings, oil and seals. Rebuilt both the front and rear calibers with new stainless pistons, bolts, and seals. I had them powder coated too. Custom made steel braided brakes lines with aluminum fittings. They look like new. I also installed new light weight disks front and back. Have a fortune in light weight titanium, stainless, and aluminum bolts throughout. All the lights and switches work. The bike has about 16,600 miles on it. So a far as I know the motor has never been touched. I had plans to rebuild the motor and including all the parts to do it. I have everything needed to build it included. But now I have gotten old and don’t have time for this project. I recently have tuned it up, changed all the fluids. Adjusted the power valves, etc. Bike does still run strong but mileage is getting up there for 29 year 2 stroke. The original bodywork on the bike is not too bad for its age but not perfect either. I had a few tabs and small cracks repaired. The tank has a couple tiny little chips, but is in remarkably in good shape for its age. No dents. The tank is clean inside without rust. The body panels have a few scratches and touched up spots. Still not all that bad for its age either. Please refer to the pictures for more details. I am including the stock rims with a brand new fresh powder coat on them. The stock pipes, radiator, manuals, and various other parts as seen in my list and pictures. Lots of stuff. The following is a list of some of the parts that are included with the bike, but not complete. No much to list. Please refer to pictures. 4 brand new piston sets, including, rings, pins, clips, and small ends Complete set of crank seals and crank bearings, plus new rod sets. Everything needed to completely rebuild the crank like new. 3 gaskets set, plus one extra head gasket New Water pump part set New carb sets including floats Power valve seals New billet aluminum power valves and power valve wheels 1 extra new front disk Numerous new seals and bearing that go into the motor Stock pipes in good condition Stock swingarm with fresh paint and new bearings and seals. Like new Stock radiator in excellent condition Stock wheels with fresh powder coating, sprocket, and cush drive All the old wheel bearing, wheel spacers, front and back disks, sprockets, brake lines, and caliber parts. The old original nuts and bolts that were replaced with titanium and stainless, aluminum The bike is sold without any warranty or guaranties. Buyer assumes any risk of purchase. Any crating, shipping is the responsibility of the buyer. I will assist if possible. Also available to visit and examined in person. Bike comes with a current California registration (Good until May 2020) and title! Bike is located in Southern California. Has all the correct serial and engine numbers, but is listed as a 1980 instead of a 1990. Only cash or certified cashier’s cheque, Bank Wire from US bank accepted. Please don’t make me a low ball offer. You might think that wow I am asking way too much for this bike? I say “fine, don’t buy it then”. What I can say how often you see one of these for sale in this condition, with all these extras and titled too? Try to find another in the states? These bikes are only going to increase in value as time passes. History has shown this. Plus I am including thousands of dollars in extra parts. Selling Price is USD $17,500. Serious buyers feel free to e-mail for more pictures and information. mr2stroke@usa.net These do show up from time to time, but clean ones are very rare here in the US, and they almost never have valid California titles, making this one quite the unicorn! The seller is open about the fact that it might be getting about time for a rebuild, but the bike includes everything you’d need to do that. Just add labor! The originality is great for collectors, and the stash of extra parts is appealing for anyone looking to keep this rare, Japanese-market bike on the road for years to come. It won’t come cheap, but this has clearly been owned by a knowledgeable enthusiast and that makes a big difference for a bike like the KR-1S. -tad Honda March 14, 2019 posted by Tad Diemer Repsol Replica in California: 1994 Honda NSR250R SP MC28 for Sale Pretty much the only way this Honda NSR250R could be more desirable would be for it to be in Rothmans colors. Honestly, I’m not even the biggest fan of race-replica schemes, but nobody does them like Honda, and the Repsol colors are a close second. But even in its “generic” colors, the MC28 version of Honda’s two-stroke sportbike represents some of the most advanced technology of the time, from the obvious, ELF-designed Pro-Arm single-sided swingarm to the very trick PGM-IV electronic ignition system. That single-sided swinger increased weight, compared to a more conventional design, but Honda’s PGM-IV was incredibly advanced. The bike still used a pair of carburetors to fuel the 90° liquid-cooled two-stroke v-twin, but every other component was cutting edge, taking sensor input from the throttle position, gear-selection, and rpm to create three-dimensional ignition maps for each cylinder and adjust Honda’s RC “Revolutionary Controlled” Valve. There was no conventional ignition key on the MC28. Instead, you need one of Honda’s credit card-sized… cards that also housed the bike’s ignition map. De-restricting the MC28 is particularly difficult, since, ideally, you’d need to locate one of the factory HRC cards with a full-power map, or you’re stuck with the government-mandated 45hp. The SP version of the NSR seen here added a dry clutch to hook the 249cc twin to the six-speed cassette gearbox, along with lightweight Magtek magnesium wheels for reduced unsprung weight and a bit of additional flash. From the original eBay listing: 1994 Honda NSR250R SP for Sale 1994 Honda NSR250SP Credit card model HRC parts Repsol colors TSR expansion chambers and exhaust TYGA triple crown Ohlins shock TYGA digital gauge Racetech forks Nissan disc brakes Runs fantastic Call or text for fastest response. 949-290-5162. Thank you, Brian. Great bike, but so many questions. Why is the mileage listed as “NA”? It’s located in California, but does it have a California title? Has it been de-restricted, or is it still rocking the Japanese-market 45hp? All of these things could conceivably influence the value of the bike significantly, and the $10,400 Buy It Now price suggests that the answer to the last two questions could be “no,” but it’s definitely worth messaging the seller if you’re interested in the bike. Yamaha March 8, 2019 posted by Aaron Featured Listing: 1986 Yamaha RZV500R in South Africa The 1986 Yamaha RZV500R was the neighborhood knee dragger’s chance to ride the machine that carried Kenny Roberts to three world titles and helped Giacomo Agostini break MV Agusta’s ridiculous streak of 17 Grand Prix titles. It was billed as a 500cc GP machine with headlights and blinkers, though the similarities were actually pretty tenuous. The engine was the bike’s closest similarity, a two-stroke, twin-crank 500cc V4, but it was laden with concessions to rideability and emissions. With the right tweaks, though, it would still push out the best part of 90 horsepower. The RZV500Rs were a Japanese-market special, and came with an aluminum perimeter frame that made them a decent stretch lighter than European and Australian models. This one has had its engine “uncorked,” and wears a set of OEM de-restricted exhausts, Boyesen reeds, an overbore and new gaskets and seals. The engine rebuild was part of a more extensive restoration, which included new paint and brake and suspension modifications. Despite having 35,000 kilometers on the odometer, the bike appears to be in excellent cosmetic and mechanical shape. This pristine aluminium framed 1986 YAMAHA RZV500R, 2 stroker, lovingly restored by its current owner to its original condition. Engine : professionally rebuilt – cranks, seals, genuine gaskets, Boyesen dual stage reed valves, Over bored (0,5) with new Mitaka PTFE coated piston kits. Fully de-restricted (with standard, de-restricted pipes) Suspension and brakes upgraded. New, period correct tires. Professional paint job. Runs like a train ! Even though it is no longer a rarity to come across grey market two stroke sportbikes on these shores, this bike stands out from the crowd. We see very few RZV500Rs, and a lovingly restored and de-restricted model is a real prize. The seller is asking $17,900, and can be reached at boss@bolandbikes.com Suzuki March 8, 2019 posted by Aaron Get Lucky: 1996 Suzuki RGV250 SP VJ-23 For the Suzuki RGV250’s last few model years, Suzuki gave the popular machines a thorough redesign, with updated fairings and a brand-new 70-degree v-twin replacing the long serving 90-degree mill that helped make the bikes famous. In most trims, they were choked down to around 40 horsepower. But a limited number of Lucky Strike liveried V-Spec models left the home country with fully de-restricted engines that made closer to 70 horsepower. With just 345 pounds to move around when fully fueled, they were giant killers. 1996 Suzuki RGV250 SP for sale on eBay The RGV 250 had a long history as a popular club racer and track day machine, as well as a sly way to satisfy tiered licensing requirements and still have some fun. They sold in their millions outside the United States, though, sadly, they never officially made it to these shores. Older models with U.S. street titles pop up pretty regularly, but anything newer than 25 years old will have some issues getting a road title. This 1996 Suzuki RGV250 lives in South Africa, so getting paperwork lined up to ride it here could be tricky, unless you’re willing to wait. From the eBay listing: Extremely rare Suzuki RGV250 SP VJ23 V spec model. There were only 120 units produced for the export market of which this is number 89. The vehicle is in an original mint condition and has had a complete engine rebuild ,including new crankshaft, cylinders, pistons and rings less than 1 500Km ago. Included in the sale is the original screen, passenger rear seat and tool kit. All the original factory fairing panels are in great condition and the fuel tank is rust free. These rare limited edition full power Lucky Strikes do not come up for auction often so dont miss out on the opportunity to own a legendry piece of two stroke history. Worldwide shipping is available! Shipping cost to any port of entry in: North America : $ 950 Europe : $ 875 Shipping cost includes insurance, crating and all other charges at the port of discharge. Please note that the shipping cost does not include any additional customs duties at the port of entry. Please contact me if you require any additional info. Thanks for taking the time to view my auction listing. According to the listing, the bike is all original and has had a full engine rebuild inside the last 1,000 miles. It appears to be in excellent condition, from the fairings to the frame and running gear. The pictures show it set up as a one-seater, but from the photos it looks like the pillion pad and tools come with it. If you’re looking for a very rare, very cool conversation piece that will be eligible for a street title in just two years, you may have found your steed. Kawasaki February 28, 2019 posted by Tad Diemer Lean and Green: 1990 Kawasaki KR-1S for Sale The entire class of 250cc two-stroke sportbikes has alwasy been forbidden fruit for US-based sportbike enthusiasts. The last real road-burning stroker was the RZ350, a bike that can certainly hang with much more modern machines and punch well above its weight, but the 18” wheels and bikini-fairing mark it out clearly as a bike from a much older era. In recent years, it’s become pretty common to see NSRs, RGVs, TZRs, as well as the much less common Kawasaki KR-1S up on eBay, as importation laws here allow bikes and cars older than 25 years to be brought in and used on the road, although state laws regarding actual registration vary wildly. Overseas, and especially in their home market of Japan, the quarter-liter sportbike class was hotly contested and although, in principle, a two-stroke is mechanically relatively simple, these little machines ended up being at the cutting edge of motorcycle design, as each manufacturer tried to eke out any small advantage over the others. But despite Honda, Suzuki, and Yamaha’s serious interest in small two-stroke sportbikes, Kawasaki chose to mostly sit the whole thing out, producing just 10,000 KR-1s during the entire run from 88-92, and the bike saw no significant updates during four years of production, nearly an eternity by standards of the class. Maybe that’s because they got it very right the first time, and the bike certainly wasn’t lacking performance, with a class-topping 139mph tested top speed from a KR-1S. It was fast, with excellent, if slightly twitchy, handling. Claimed weight was 270lbs dry, and the liquid-cooled, 249cc parallel-twin slung beneath the aluminum beam frame made the expected… 45hp, as required by Japanese regulations, although it was obviously capable of much more and was highly tuneable. A six-speed gearbox helped riders make use of the available power and a KIPS powervalve system helped make the available power a bit more accessible. Three versions of the bike were produced, the KR-1, KR-1S seen here, and the extremely rare KR-1R. The S model had wider wheels at both ends, compared to the regular KR-1 and, unlike other bikes in the class, the R model didn’t feature magnesium wheels, a dry clutch, or much else in the way of fancy accessories, although it did have larger carburetors and a close-ratio gearbox. Just a few hundred were supposedly produced. Note that the bike is currently located in La Chopera, Spain, so be prepared to deal with shipping if you’re not currently enjoying your vacation home in Madrid… From the original eBay listing: 1990 Kawasaki KR-1S for Sale “Well preserved. Some minor scratches and fairing defects.” The seller also includes the usual copy/paste specifications, if you’re interested, although some history might be nice. Has it been serviced? Is it ready to run? Good information to have, since parts for these are pretty scarce, considering the age and low production numbers. There’s not much time left on the auction, and bidding is only up to $2,550, so maybe take a chance and see if he’ll take a lowball offer? Yamaha February 3, 2019 posted by Aaron Smoky half-pint: 1991 Yamaha TZR250 Of the plethora of loud, high-strung Japanese two strokes that have come of age to be street registered in this country over the last couple years, the Yamaha TZR250 tends to enjoy a reputation as one of the friendliest and sweet-handling bikes of the bunch. They don’t come with the same banshee wail as a Suzuki RGV250, and they’re not the whole package like the Honda NSR250, but they fit a Goldilocks role, with comfy ergos, semi-friendly power delivery and Yamaha’s famous handling. 1991 Yamaha TZR250 for sale on eBay In bottled-up street performance trim, the TZRs won’t set your pants on fire, but aftermarket exhausts, computers and jet kits are getting easier and easier to come by. There are myriad importers kicking around these days who will gladly sell you a pile of go bits if your two stroke isn’t buzzy enough. This 1991 Yamaha TZR250 is in typical shape for a recently-imported grey-market machine that has had almost 28 birthdays. It has a few minor dents and a cracked tail fairing, as well as some spots of corrosion. Those would need to be addressed along with the paint on the wheels for this one to be called perfect, but it’s in very nice shape as-is for a rider. The seller says he never cleaned the carbs and the tires are old, so either get prepared to do that yourself of budget the repair into the purchase. This is an EXTREMELY RARE 2 stroke motorcycle that was not available in the US due to EPA regulations. This bike was originally a Japanese Domestic bike that was imported to the US and has a clean Florida title. This bike was ahead of it’s time in both technology & appearance. This is essentially early 90’s race technology. This is a NO RESERVE Auction and the bike will go to the winning bidder! Mileage is 11747km which equates to 7129 miles Recent service includes: – Brake Fluid Flush (front & rear) – Coolant Flush – New Yamaha OEM petcock – New UNI filter – New Battery – New Rectifier Bike runs, but carbs were not yet cleaned/tuned. The bike has 2 small dings in the tank, which could be fixed by paintless dent repair, and a crack in the plastic. See pics. Bike has some minor oxidation here and there from being in Japan. Bike will need tires. I do have a new set of Dunlop Sportmax tires I was going to install, if I kept it. I didn’t mount them, because people are usually very picky about their tires. The winning bidder has the option to add the tires in for the price I paid for them, if they choose, but they DO NOT come with the listing. Why am I selling? I just bought a few of these Japanese imports & chose to keep a Honda NSR instead. What can I say? I’m a Honda Guy… I prefer to Ride Red. Please keep in mind, I have this motorcycle for sale locally, so reserve the right to end the auction at any time, for any reason. If you would like to personally inspect, please feel free to make arrangements. Though it most likely needs the carbs looked at, it’s wearing a host of new parts and looks like it was pretty well kept in its previous life. It’s listed on a no-reserve auction, with a starting bid just below $7,000. Honda January 6, 2019 posted by Tad Diemer Terra Racing Replica: 1989 Honda NSR250R SP for Sale When you mention “race replicas” the phrase tends to conjure up images of lurid colors and graphics freed from any need for subtlety or adherence to an aesthetically-pleasing color palette. Or is that just me? Maybe just me. Anyway, as much as I personally don’t tend to be a huge fan of them, there are obviously exceptions: I love the Rothmans and Repsol designs, in spite of their unsubtle styles, and MV’s Reparto Corse graphics are pretty cool as well. Of course, the vivid colors and striking graphics obviously serve an important purpose: to help draw attention to what are essentially rolling billboards for the sponsors who pay big money to have their names and logos slapped on these speedy machines. This Honda NSR250R SP Terra Racing Replica is surprisingly subtle, however. The NSR250R was Honda’s standard bearer in the two-stroke sportbike class that was hotly contested pretty much everywhere but the US, where vast distances, straight roads, emissions legislation, and licensing requirements [or lack thereof] meant that the class is virtually unknown to the mainstream biking community these days. The original MC16 version introduced in 1987 set the tone for the series, with a 90° v-twin, alloy twin-spar frame, RC powervalve, PGM electronic ignition, and giant-killing performance. Of course, competition from Suzuki, Yamaha, and later Kawasaki were pretty killy as well, and the intense competition saw the bike quickly evolve into the MC18 in 1988 and the MC21 in late 1989, followed by the final MC28 that came along in 1993. This appears to be a late MC18 R6K, the middle-child version of the bike, since it lacks the larger headlight and distinctive “gull-arm” swingarm of the MC21, and the SP denotes the “Sport Production” version that came with a trick dry clutch and Magtek magnesium wheels, along with fully-adjustable suspension. Power from the 249cc engine would have been rated at 45hp for Japanese-market bikes, but bikes intended for foreign markets and de-restricted versions can make much more. Even in restricted form, the NSR is pretty quick, with less than 320lbs wet to push around, although two-strokes require quite a bit of work to extract the available performance. If you’re interested, top speed is around 130mph, but that’s not the point of the bike. Find a tight racetrack or a set of canyon curves that would tie even a modern literbike in knots, make sure you eat a light breakfast to save a couple pounds, and spend a Sunday morning worshiping at the Temple of Lean. From the original eBay listing: 1989 Honda NSR250R SP Terra Racing Replica for Sale Up for your consideration is a 1989 Honda NSR250 SP TERRA RACING. This bike is all original minus the full Jha exhaust system, and stainless steel brake lines. From the factory the bike is equipped with a HRC dry clutch, magnesium wheels, and a fully adjustable suspension. The bike sounds amazing and starts first kick every time. The bike has been fully deregulated and runs absolutely great and is extremely quick despite the cc size. All fluids have recently been serviced as well as two new spark plugs. Please view all images as this is a 30-year-old original bike with minor imperfections.The bike was legally imported into the United States and I do have a clean and clear Arizona title as well as a full set of aftermarket stock plastics still in the bubble wrap. I do encourage all bidders to please come and view the bike in person, or send someone on your behalf to inspect and view the bike. Please don’t hesitate to email for more information as well as pictures videos of the bike running if needed. Bidding is currently up to $5,900 with the reserve not met and very little time left on the auction. There are some minor chips in the decals and paint, and some aftermarket farkles like the steering damper, brake lines, and the front brake rotor buttons are obviously not original and are of questionable taste, but simple enough to change or remove. Although they are surprising, considering the claimed [and indicated] miles. Regardless, it is a clean-looking bike and worth a look if the reserve is set at a reasonable point. Suzuki December 30, 2018 posted by Tad Diemer Last of Its Kind: 1996 Suzuki RGV250 SP VJ23 for Sale For the most part, the RGV250 was a gradual evolution of the original beam-framed, two-stroke 90° v-twin machine introduced in 1987. But the VJ23 version introduced in 1995 was a significant leap forward, with an entirely new frame and engine to go with the swoopy bodywork. Unfortunately, with interest in the class waning, this final, and some feel best version of the RGV250 was never officially available outside Japan, making this little bit of forbidden fruit especially rare here in the USA. That new engine featured a switch to a 70° v-twin that replaced the earlier 90° unit. Traditionally, sports v-twins have 90° v-angle because they’ve got perfect primary balance, but the advent of balance shafts and more precise engineering seems to have shifted things, and sport v-twins like the Aprilia RSV Mille used a very compact 60° engine. Obviously, given the tiny pistons involved in a 250cc two-stroke and the relatively modest revs involved, I’d expect the additional vibrations of a 70° v-twin could easily be chalked up to “character,” and the more compact configuration should offer improved packaging and additional flexibility in placing the engine in the frame for better weight distribution. In addition, the bore and stroke of the new engine measured 54 x 54.5mm, compared to the racier and more oversquare 56 x 50.6mm of the earlier bike so, although power was still limited to 40hp per Japanese laws and made similar power in de-restricted form, the package was much more flexible at lower revs and easier to ride. A functional ram-air duct added power at speed, and for the first time, an electric start made the bike easier to fire up, while the SP added a trick dry clutch to the mix. The brakes on these little rippers would have been enough to stop a much bigger machine, weight was under 300lbs with fuel and oil, and there was real performance on tap, with 125mph top speed. But you still had to work for that speed, and that was pretty much the whole point of the quarter-liter class anyway. From the original eBay listing: 1996 Suzuki RGV250 SP VJ23 for Sale 1996 Suzuki RGV250 SP VJ23. 9900 miles (15,934 kilometers), very original and unrestored. Mechanically sorted. All fluids are fresh. Shifts and revs to redline perfectly. Starts effortlessly every time. Very honest bike. Small paint chip on fuel tank, left silencer has a dent, some touchup paint on lower nose fairing. Please see images. Fuel tank is rust free. Aftermarket lower controls (COECRE) and exhaust (SUGAYA). Has VIN matching State of Ohio title. All bidders make NOTE: Vehicle is titled as a 1993. If this is of concern please don’t bid. “Buyer is responsible for their own State Requirements.” California and Hawaii sold with Bill of Sale only. Please email all questions. Thank you for looking. Some of the images are relatively low-resolution here and leave a bit of detail to the imagination, but the seller does indicate some cosmetic imperfections that are visible in the detail shots. It’s rough around the edges, but it claimed to be mechanically solid, so maybe the perfect bike for someone who wants a rider or a bit of a project. For the right price, this could be a really cool bike, if lurid neon graphics, stinky smoke, and knee-down corner-carving are your thing.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1780
__label__cc	0.558605	0.441395	Posts Tagged ‘Professional Wrestling’ Real American Top 10 – Potential Choices to replace John Laurinaitis as General Manager of Raw and / or Smackdown With the Era of “People Power” thankfully over at long last thanks to John Cena’s victory over Big Show at No Way Out and the subsequent firing of John Laurinaitis by Vince McMahon himself, there exists a power vacuum at the top of the WWE. Will one individual be put in charge of both Raw and Smackdown or will we go back to having a separate General Manager for each show? Could Teddy Long get his job back as Smackdown GM? Could we see Vickie Guerrero returned to power? Could one of GM Johnny’s former lackeys (David Otunga or Eve Torres) be promoted? Will Vince or Triple H step up to retake responsibility for the shows? Tonight, I assume we’re going to find out just how that power vacuum will be filled, but until then, here are some suggestions and possibilities courtesy of the Real American Top 10. 10) William Regal – Formerly the Commissioner of the Alliance during the Invasion storyline and also formerly the General Manager of Raw, Regal plays the part of authority figure pretty well and he also never fails to entertain when that authority is stripped away with him, usually taking his dignity with it. During his last stint running Raw, he would attempt to manipulate the crowd by turning out to the power in the arena until they gave him the respect he felt he deserved. Other than his one backstage segment on Raw last week where we were reminded of him being inducted into the dreaded “Kiss My Ass” club, he hasn’t been on Raw or Smackdown in a very long time and the last time I recall seeing him compete was in the “People Power” Battle Royal at Over the Limit. Since his in-ring career may be winding down or finished as far as WWE is concerned, we could perhaps see him return to a position of authority. 9) Kevin Nash – He tweeted earlier today that he would be running Raw tonight, but I don’t really buy it. He could be a solid option because he’d add another veteran presence and he is obviously still on good terms with the company after returning at the Royal Rumble last year and also being involved in a program with Triple H all the way from SummerSlam to TLC. 8) Ric Flair – Having recently ended his association with TNA, Flair is back on the market and I’ve heard rumors that Flair could be returning to WWE as a manager and his name has been linked with that of Dolph Ziggler. However, he’s another solid choice to run a show and the young stars in WWE have always been able to benefit from having Naitch’s veteran presence in the locker room to go to for advice. He also has been an authority figure in the past as a “Co-Owner” of the WWE following the end of the WCW / ECW Invasion storyline. 7) Mick Foley – Formerly the commissioner before the era of the brand extension and one of the best management personas in the history of the WWE. Foley still makes regular appearances. 6) Stone Cold Steve Austin – He’s been Co-General Manager of Raw and easily the #1 ass-kicker in WWE history. Nobody gets a louder ovation than when that glass shatters and Stone Cold appears. We missed out on Austin this Wrestlemania season and I doubt we could be seeing him back on Raw on a regular basis in the near future with his time being taken up by his new show Ledneck Island and he’s still in demand for several B-movies a year. 5) Shane McMahon – Easily the most beloved on the McMahon family. He has been a part of some of the most death defying stunts in the history of the WWE, from falling off the TitanTron at SummerSlam to putting Kane in a limo and sending him into a speeding crash into a tractor trailer. It’s questionable whether or not Shane would ever come back to being a regular on screen talent, but I think we’d all love to have him back. 4) Shawn Michaels – The Heartbreak Kid shows up around Wrestlemania season every year, but surely that can’t be enough. Like Foley, he’s been the commissioner before with some terrific results in the late 1990s when we all thought his career was over. Since he returned in 2002, he’s firmly entrenched himself in the hearts and minds of fans forever, but he isn’t about to go back on his word and come out of retirement as a wrestler. However, he would gladly be welcomed back with open arms to run the show. 3) John Bradshaw Layfield – The man knows money. The man knows business. The man knows wrestling. If we can’t have him back at the announce desk, maybe a new job in management would be great. However, I don’t think it’s very likely. 2) Paul Heyman – We’ve seen Heyman back recently as Brock Lesnar’s representative and he hasn’t lost a step on the mic, and as the former General Manager of Smackdown and with his experience innovating the business in ECW, he’s a very solid choice to lead Raw and / or Smackdown forward. 1) Edge – His surprise appearance to pump John Cena up for his match against Brock Lesnar before Extreme Rules was amazing. The guy genuinely loves the business and he’s universally loved by the fans. Since he suffered a career ending injury, running the show would be a great way for him to stay close to the business and continue to entertain, especially since he doesn’t seem to be swamped with acting jobs. 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__label__cc	0.59043	0.40957	What Does Hillary Clinton Stand For? Getting Elected President, Apparently. Campaign site is all about the biography, not the issues. Scott Shackford \| 4.13.2015 10:35 AM (Hillary for America) A website for a presidential campaign should probably be fairly simple and easy to navigate. They don't want to scare away potential voters, donors or volunteers with a site that's too complex to figure out. Hillary Clinton's campaign may have taken the idea a bit too far. On Hillary Clinton's campaign site, which launched Sunday along with her campaign, there's hardly anything there at all. More specifically, there's no "issues" section to help potential voters grasp where she stands on the topics of the day. It's really easy to find out how to volunteer or donate money. But want to find out what Clinton stands for, well, she stands for you electing her, it seems. Clinton does have her bio on the site, noting her accomplishments in various roles, as briefly as can be managed. Here's what she has to say about her recent stint as secretary of state: And when President Obama asked Hillary to serve as his secretary of state, she put aside their hard-fought campaign and answered the call to public service once again. After eight years of Bush foreign policy, Hillary was instrumental in starting to restore America's standing in the world. Even former Republican Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said she "ran the State Department in the most effective way that I've ever seen." She built a coalition for tough new sanctions against Iran that brought them to the negotiating table and she brokered a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that ended a war and protected Israel's security. She was a forceful champion for human rights, internet freedom, and rights and opportunities for women and girls, LGBT people and young people all around the globe. What, no mention of Libya? Here's the fact-checker over at The Washington Post on whether this Iran coalition started developing during the Obama Administration or before (spoiler: before). But that's nitpicky stuff. Obviously a biography for a presidential candidate is going to play up his or her role in every single event, Forrest Gump-style. The Facebook feed for Clinton's campaign has been fully seeded with all of her past accomplishments highlighted on her timeline. But even so, her biography is just a bread and cheese course meant to be sampled before moving on to her goals as president. And they're just not there. Both Ted Cruz and Rand Paul have "issues" sections on their campaign sites. Cruz's is tied to his record, which seems kind of like what Clinton is trying to do, but Cruz still has the site separated into issue categories, and makes it very, very easy to know where he stands. Even Barack Obama's campaign page for his second term had an "issues" section, and we all knew what he was about by then. Is this a warning sign that Clinton's campaign is going to be all about identities rather than issues? Though Obama's presidency may feel tainted with identity politics, it's important to remember he did actually campaign on issues. Clinton says in her bio she's in favor of children and families, like those are actual positions. Where's the entrée, madam secretary? Could Clinton's lack of primary opposition be a reason why there's no pressure on her campaign to differentiate itself with actual positions at this point in the fight? Peter Suderman suggested in January that the lack of testing and challenges for Clinton could be a problem for the campaign after the primaries. Read more about that here. NEXT: Is Hillary Clinton Still Against Lifting the Cap on Income Subject to Social Security Tax? (Hope So) Scott Shackford is an associate editor at Reason. Hillary Clinton Election 2016 It’s her turn. What else needs to be said? To harp on about her, at this point, is sexist. Bo Cara Esq. It’s almost like there might be a difference between a college undergrad and a former Senator, SOS and Presidential candidate… Ya, one of them hasn’t proved herself completely incompetent and corrupt yet What difference does it make? jasmineohagan I get paid over $87 per hour working from home with 2 kids at home. I never thought I’d be able to do it but my best friend earns over 10k a month doing this and she convinced me to try. The potential with this is endless. Heres what I’ve been doing, ———– http://www.work-cash.com JFree Hillary? Is that you? She admits to incompetence in order to rationalize not following security procedures she enforces on her subordinates. You say this as if you think her voters care about competency or issues. Her voters only care about identify politics and the glory of the clinton’s. Just saw my parents for the first time in a year who are Hillary fans, the only thing they want is for their feudal house to win. Why? Because it is their side. The difference being the college undergrad’s proven competence? Never go full retard. And it you do, at least try not to stay there for months at a time. Look who’s back. Wife and kids disappoint ya again? It’s like you don’t even try anymore. cfskyrim You speak of being a senator, secretary of state, and presidential candidate as if they are impressive achievements. You are apparently easily impressed. Didn’t she resign as SOS after the Benghazi fiasco? She resigned, folks. MarkLastname “Here is a list of exclusive country clubs I’ve belonged to, so you know I’m qualified to run a country.” Eggs Benedict Cumberbund Credentials mean very little. Results matter, point to significant results from the Snuke. It’s my FUCKING turn! http://www.thegatewaypundit.co…..of-my-way/ Wrong party sarc. Vagina? Why do you think it’s her turn? Enjoy Every Sandwich Yeah, but only a leftward-slanted vagina. So, a Chinese vagina? No, wait, Japanese? Inside the Snizz Catatafish So many people on FB just saying “it’s time to break the glass ceiling.” Nobody was saying that when Palin ran as VP. Two affirmative action presidents in a row! Win Bear Yes: let’s hope Clinton breaks it while falling through it from her upper crust position. triciapindar I’ve made $64,000 so far this year working online and I’m a full time student. I’m using an online business opportunity I heard about and I’ve made such great money. It’s really user friendly and I’m just so happy that I found out about it. Heres what I’ve been doing http://www.work-mill.com Almanian! I’m confused by all this Hilldog posting. Isn’t Rand Paul running for President? $park? the Swifty The reason writers are just a bunch of hipster lefty lapdogs. Don’t plan on seeing anywhere near as many articles attacking Hillary as there were attacking Rand. They don’t want to ruin their swanky DC party chances after all. John told me so it must be true. I can’t wait for John to accuse the entire reason staff of voting for Hillary. Accuse or point out? Somalian Road Corporation Weigel’d again! After eight years of Bush foreign policy, Hillary was instrumental in starting to restore America’s standing in the world. Does anybody really, seriously believe this? Obama foreign policy has been lurching from one fiasco to another. Even former Republican Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said she “ran the State Department in the most effective way that I’ve ever seen.” That’s like getting an endorsement from Satan. Don’t liberals hate Kissinger with the utmost intensity? She was a forceful champion for human rights, internet freedom, and rights and opportunities for women and girls, LGBT people and young people all around the globe. But had no problem taking money from countries where raped women are flogged, adulters stoned to death and gay people hanged. Well, under Bush, they said nasty, insulting things about the US. Now they just laugh. What difference, at this point, does it make? Puddin' Stick I hope someone uses this during the campaign. Clock shows 3 AM at the White House and the phone rings. President Clinton picks up the phone, listens for a while and then says “What difference, at this point, does it make?”, hands up the phone and goes back to sleep. That just shows her inclusivity, so Dems can pat themselves on the back for big tent tolerance. Effectively handing the Middle East to Islamists is still being effective I guess. Who am I supposed to believe, the elites at NPR and Salon or my own lying eyes? Does anybody really, seriously believe this? Some do, but far as I can tell most that do believe that are the kinds that don’t follow foreign policy. I met up with an old college ex gf recently and she had worked on the 2008 Hillary campaign (LOL). The topic of Clinton came up and I asked her what accomplishments Hillary’s had that made her so confident in her ability to be POTUS. She mentioned that she was Secretary of State. I went off about what an abysmal failure her tenure at state was, between Libya, Egypt, and Syria, Boko Haram and ISIS, etc. She didn’t respond (like I said, she wasn’t the type to follow foreign policy, this one is a single issue voter for abortion). But it was revealing enough of one of the things I find most disturbing: she thought being SoS was an accomplishment of itself without any consideration of Clinton’s actual record in that job. Dweebston Well, sure. It’s a super achievement, for a girl. Seriously though, didn’t some cranky old racist once say something about tyranny and low expectations? Apparently it applies to gender, too. I actually marvel at leftists trying to defend the actual foreign policy and security policy of Obama and Clinton after complaining about Bush. You can almost sense that they actually get that they are basically defending Bush incarnated as a democrat, but even then, they only view reconciling contradictory positions as like some sort of weird, mysterious puzzle they just can’t sort out, rather than evidence that one of those positions needs to be ditched. It’s going to be even more fun to see left wing feminists defend Hillary’s defense of a rapist. Suddenly the ‘guilty until proven innocent’ crowd will be talking the importance of due process, penitentiary reasoning, and the adversarial justice system. To be fair, they are somewhat vague about what exactly she restored it to. Doesn’t everybody? Auric Demonocles What internet freedom is more sacred that the right to delete your emails? “… and gay people hanged.” Not necessarily! Coyote Blue She’s got the lady bits. What more do you want to know? “Isn’t it time for a woman to break the highest glass ceiling?” Yes, Hillary. What more reason do we need? Francisco d'Anconia She’s no lady. Cue the Aerosmith. JWatts No, she’s not that kind of Not-Lady either. One of my quirks is always trying to imagine public figures as just people, as if they were neighbors, and what kind of neighbors they’d be. I never understood the idea that Bush 43 would have been great at a bbq (only as a laughingstock), but Bill Clinton probably would be fun, just for his great story telling style. Hillary, I think, would be a nifty weird aunt or grandma, the one you’d want to traipse around on Halloween with, or go to the zoo with. But as President? She’d be way over hey pay grade, and the mindset of that Halloween aunt means she’d be covering up even the slightest such indication, a paranoid secrecy freak of the worst kind, like the crazy aunt who never lets anyone into the attic or basement because they would see the piles of 20 year old newspapers and National Geographics. I used to work in Kennebunkport, where the Bush family owns a peninsula. While I wasn’t there at the time, several times the family went to a bar and grill that was frequented by my coworkers. By all reports he (43) was a nice guy, at the end telling the kids “Come on, let’s go back to Grandpa’s (41) house.” I’d hang out with Bush jr. He seems like the kinda guy that you could ride horses and shoot random shit with. Hanging out with Bush and Clinton at backyard BBQ: Bush: “It’s one of them Koreas that’s causin all the trouble” Clinton: “You see that pig over there, I could totally eat that pig.” Xeones Come on, Billy may be into fours, but he’s smoother than THAT. He’s under a microscope. He has to take what he can get. Clinton: “You see that pig over there. She is going to run for president.” bvandyke ++++1 – best yet! Wait, is there lipstick on that pig? No way, dude. Hillary is the busybody neighbor who calls the city on you for letting a tree branch grow over her yard, and hands out toothbrushes at Halloween. See, that’s where I think the politics come into play. My amagination always is withotu any politics, in some kind of uber-free society where there is no government to sic on neighbors. HOA busybody, indeed. At our last house we had a busybody who walked around with a clipboard, wrote stuff down about houses and submitted the list to the HOA. The HOA was elected and nobody was stupid enough to vote her in, but she took it upon herself to be the HOA police. She reported us repeatedly for grass too long (had been cut the previous week, but was in the shaggy stage) trash can visible from the front yard and most ridiculously for having more than one tree in the front yard. I had to look that one up, because I was convinced she made it up. However, she was correct it was actually listed in the HOA agreement. Of course, the builders had planted more than one tree in the front yard of almost every house with a long street line, so it was a completely stupid rule. And I just ignored the letter. This is Hillary Clinton. People like this are a reason I may just rent until I die. If anyone so much as complains to me about how long the grass is, old lady or no, I will promptly tell them to suck my dick and walk away. (dramatic slow-clap) BTW, I assume everyone’s getting the ads. Her campaign logo looks like a package delivery service, or maybe a moving company. aelhues SEP 11? Twin towers with direction for impact? Certified Public Asskicker Iowahawk: “Our country is controlled by the people who won 3rd grade poster contests.” I thought her campaign logo was trying to send the message that she was a right wing neocon. Red arrow pointing to the right. Or is she trying to say that the republican right is the way forward? She should fire her marketing agent. Hitlary stands for 2 things. Corruption and Cankles. America, if that is what you are looking for, I present to you: The Cankle Beast! “Hillary 2016: It’s time for a woman president! This one will do!” It could use some work No, no, no. It has to be a particular woman with a particular set of views. I know plenty of women who say that public office is no place for a woman and that it’s a man’s job. Those women are obviously not women though and should be fed to the sharks. I just wanted to pop in and +1 Scott’s alt text. ENB gets it! She needs to work on her own alt-text game. Thymirus Scott’s mockery of low-functioning autism is despicable. Hillary deserves our respect, regardless of mental affliction. I dunno ENB, it seemed a bit microagressing to me +1 I don’t have time to educate you about your privileges, shitlord Is this like a victory? The Late P Brooks I’ll take her seriously when she blows her brains out on the steps of the Capitol. “Save the Middle Class”? Hillary? Mr. B, long time no see. Aloysious He’s late. Again. yanakav Google pay 97$ per hour my last pay check was $8500 working 1o hours a week online. My younger brother friend has been averaging 12k for months now and he works about 22 hours a week. I cant believe how easy it was once I tried it out. This is wha- I do…… ?????? http://www.netjob80.com creech When the Champion came out yesterday, the local tv news media just had to troll three or four women on the street for their reaction. Drooling idiots all talked about her “great” success as SOS and “let’s see what a woman can do in the White House.” Why don’t they ever manage to find someone who loathes the woman’s policies and will say so? [Cutting room floor or what?] I’ve tried to wrap my head around the, “Let’s see what a woman can do” thing. If men and women are completely equal and just have different body parts, then a woman would do exactly the same thing as all of the men. Thus it would be no different to have a man or a woman and one could make the argument, “We need to keep electing men out of tradition” and their argument would be just as valid as, “let’s see what a woman can do.” If you don’t believe this, then you must admit that men and women are different and have different viewpoints on things and your feminist ground starts crumbling beneath your feet. They don’t do cognitive dissonance Feminists do believe that men and women are different when it suits them. I mean, you can’t blame the Patriarchy for your problems if men are the same as women. If you did, then a Matriarchy would be just as bad for you. You also can’t argue that masculinity is toxic and also that women and men are the same. What they are really saying when they say, “Let’s see what a woman can do” is that women would probably make better Presidents than men, just because of their gender. Pretty sexist really. Feminists don’t believe men and women are equal though, they believe women re superior, morally and intellectually. It’s easy to test. Every feminist says she thinks men and women are equal, as an abstract proposition. But she also believes women are kinder, gentler, more sensitive, more intuitive, and better at a whole bunch of things than men. There is nothing, however, that men are better at than woman (except maybe menial physical labor, hardly a prize); that’s chauvinism. So it all makes sense if you forget the feminist sloganeering and just regard their actual specific beliefs. They’re like an old southern white racist who trying in vain to defend his outmoded views at a northern cocktail party. “Oh, I do believe black people are equal to white people! I just also think they’re dumber, more animalistic, and less trustworthy.” The abstract declaration of support for ‘equality’ in both his case and the feminist’s is just the facade of their nuanced bigotry. This Is My Last Post Each POTUS seems to be worse than the previous one. This has been the case at least since 1974. I must say, though, I do like this street art: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new…..media.html Nixon worse than LBJ? Debatable. Ford worse than Nixon? Also debatable. Reagan worse than Carter? I just don’t see it. I did say “at least since 1974”. As far as Reagan vs. Carter yes, I think he was. I did not always think so but look at some of the things that Carter actually did. He privatized the airlines, he closed down military bases in the Philippine Islands, and he returned the Panama Canal back to Panama. Reagan, although initially cutting taxes, later increased them. He also raised the debt limit. Here is more about Ronald Reagan: http://mises.org/library/myths-reaganomics notJoe “Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” The single ballsiest act by any president of the 20th century. Combined with what he did at Reykjavik (both acts done against the advice of his milquetoast inner circle) and Reagan’s forgiven for everything else. Best president evar. (Of course, the bar for that award’s pretty low.) Err…I didn’t actually mean to type Best president evar. “Best 20th century president evar.” “He privatized the airlines” Say what? The airlines were never government run in the US. I’m guessing you meant he signed the Airline Deregulation Act. However, the actual push to deregulate the Airlines came from the Ford administration. ” While this initiative was in process in the Gerald Ford administration, the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, which had jurisdiction over antitrust law, began hearings on airline deregulation in 1975. Senator Ted Kennedy took the lead in these hearings.” And who can forgive a man who attempted to force the entire nation to drive 55 mph? Carter also infamously tried to pass universal national health insurance 15 years before the Clinton’s had their go at it. He also proposed mandatory hospital price controls which was so out of touch that even a Congress under complete Democratic control reject it. He actually did get oil and natural gas price controls enacted. And who can forget him asking the nation to turn off all of their Christmas tree lights? And he did turn off all of them under his control for 1979 and 1980. The Carter administration was one long and virtually complete CF. He signed Selective Service registr’n. I say we just leave the office vacant for a few terms. One thing I absolutely do not understand is why they don’t want her debating someone, anyone in the Democratic primaries. Well okay, I know why, it’s because she’s a decrepit gaffe machine that can’t communicate in an unscripted situation. But still, you’d think she’d want to practice that during the primaries instead of fucking up during the general election debates against the Republican nominee who by then will have had a ton of debating experience. Part of what happens though, is that a statement that would play well to the Democratic party base, well enough to get a strong plurality at least of registered Democrats, is often a statement that would turn off a majority of registered voters in the general election. This happens in Republican primaries too. A Republican could call for the institution of theocracy and have a strong winning plurality but it would turn off a majority of voters in the general election. A Republican could call for the institution of theocracy and have a strong winning plurality but it would turn off a majority of voters in the general election. That’s bullshit. Christian conservatives make up at most a quarter of Republicans, and they are disappearing fast. Why do you think she’d debate the Republican nominee? Whoever it is will be beneath her. She’s not going to stoop to that. I seriously wouldn’t be the slightest bit surprised if she decided to opt out of general election debate. Not a Libertarian Well actually holding a 2016 election is sexist on its face In the words of Jessica Valenti, there is no debate. They’ve already won the debate. So stop calling for a debate and just shut up and live with it. What difference, at this point, would a debate make? Debates? Everything will either be a snapchat or an AMA. I’m guessing that she won’t debate the GOP nominee unless the debate is seriously rigged in her favor, e.g. moderated by Rachel Maddow, etc. Oh, I’m sure Candy Crowley from CNN wouldn’t hesitate to interject herself into the debate to help Hillary Clinton out. Well, at least she’s stuck with her core values all this time. These “set” of values are what her core voters want as well. The fantastically retarded bullshit on her website is gut-wrenching. She can take her totalitarian ass, eat shit, and kill herself. The day she wins the Presidency is the day I die of alcohol poisoning. Juvenile, Gamergate, Psychopath, or all three? Bo, I would say juvenile, and not a psychopath, but some kind of social disorder. Oh, you meant Thymirus? No idea. Bo’s bottoming for Hillary. Wait, is that serious? They say it’s not satire, but they are saying that satirically, right? This can’t be serious. John C. Randolph My dad was a foreign service officer. He wasn’t too impressed with Kissinger. I asked him once who the best Secretary of State was during his career, and he told me that Ed Muskie was the one who actually tried to do his job and run the department. -jcr Kissinger was a megalomaniac who was more interested in asserting his dominance over underlings than managing them. It makes sense that he would appreciate Clinton’s methods. “Do you know who sells a nice chianti, in this town?” +1 fava bean Meanwhile, progressives keep trying to draft other candidates from “Wampum” Warren on down. I think it’s slowly dawning on the Democrats that they’re really gonna bet it all on Hillary. Bill Maher offered Liz Warren a million dollars on his show this weekend. She said she isn’t running. I still don’t believe her. If Maher endorses something, you know to run the other way as fast as you fucking can. I’m not sure what to make of Warren. It’s her time. Clinton had her chance, by right, she should have bowed out like Romney, and the Democrats should be groaning just as loudly as Republicans would be if Romney hadn’t bowed out. I’ve also no doubt that Warren wants to foist her ideology on everyone, and for that reason should want the white house even more than Hillary because Hillary is really just a careerist. And in 2024 Warren will be decidedly too old. So, does Warren actually believe in that fucked up idea of a pecking order, or the sisterhood, and that it really is ‘Hillary’s turn?’ Or perhaps she thinks Hillary has a better shot and so she’s taking a fall to keep a Republican out of the white house? Or maybe it’s settled that Hillary won’t run for a second term, and the deal is Warren gets set up to run in 2020 (and will still be older than any president in history at that point)? I still don’t think she’ll enter though. If she intended to, she would have just stayed quiet, and certainly wouldn’t have definitively ruled it out; that serves no purpose, just makes her look like a liar. If she does go back on her word, either she has a moron for a strategist or she is actually genuinely undecided about whether she wants to be president. Don’t worry, when it’s clear that Clinton is the nominee, the progessives will fall into line. I don’t understand why this is not obvious to those people who somehow believe that Senator Clinton will not be the nominee. These is no-one who can “saves us” from her now. How are they going to vote for, the Republican nominee? After all the hatred they heap on the Republican Party? They party they accusing of hating everyone not rich, white, male, Germanic, and Protestant? Rand Paul does look good to some leftists, though… I love it when progressives accuse their enemies of being statists, tyrants, and so forth. I know the Repubs are pretty damn bad but nothing can compare to the gov’t worshiping prowess of a worthless, piece of shit progressive. I can not state how fucking bad I hate progressives. I really don’t even consider them human more like a sub species that should be shunned and hated into oblivion. Weygand April.14.2015 at 1:35 am Goodthink! HazelMeade And when President Obama asked Hillary to serve as his secretary of state, she put aside their hard-fought campaign and answered the call to public service once again. I like how she emphasizes how noble she is for not holding it against Obama that he beat her in the primary. Because I’m sure that was really really hard for her to swallow. And, of course, she took the SoS job just to serve the public. No other motivations, surely. I know, right? Everyone knows Hillary has always wanted to retire to a quiet private life. She only took the job out of a sense lf self-less duty, and not because it would look good on her resume, or anything. Will Clinton, who represents the past and is secretive, and feels entitled, appoint Obama as her SOS? They do say to keep your enemies close. UN Ambassador. Why not to the Supreme Court? Wouldn’t surprise me at all. Obama may be the first president in recent memory to actually not want to retire after leaving office. I don’t know if he’ll be willing to stay away from power after having been in the middle of it for 8 years. Because I’m sure that was really really hard for her to swallow. [insert “swallower” joke] If you were her advisor, who would you recommend for her VP choice? Biden. Keep the fun going. If he isn’t too tainted by the ongoing scandal with the NY legislature I’d say Cuomo, but other than that I’m not sure. Clinton can’t pick Cuomo as her running mate ? he’s from the same state. Unless she changes her registration back to Arkansas. Statutory Ape I will bet money she doesn’t top 40% of the vote in Arkansas. If I was her adviser I’d recommend she do the honorable thing: seppuku. If I was your adviser I’d give the same advice. Well, that’s because you’re a psychopath sarc. Still not getting it. Psychopaths joke about people dying sarc. And people who are serious about are even worse psychos. No, Bo, gallows humor and general jokes about death are common among normal people. Maybe in your circles. JPyrate Hey Bo I found I great place for you to hang out. =) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdoGVgj1MtY Of course, Bo would have no concept of normal people. Normal people are self-aware. Normal people are self-aware. I don’t know about that. I’m starting to think self-awareness is the exception, not the rule. Oh, and about that bet. I don’t do PM links because I’m driving home from work when they’re posted. Then we’re at an impasse. Suggestions? Not at the moment. But we’ve got plenty of time to figure it out. Except by then I’ll have forgotten what the bet was about. The only thing to do in a Mexican standoff is start shooting and hope for the best. Whatever made you think I was joking? I agree with you. I think all leftist pieces of shit should get the wild hog treatment if they are unable to honorably rid us of themselves. There’s a culture of psychopaths here, that’s for sure. And sniveling little momma’s boy pussies. Oh, wait…I was wrong…there’s just one. His mommy told him that the reason nobody likes him is that they’re jealous of his overwhelming intelligence and likeability. Don’t forget Tony. Is psychopath culture like rape culture? Are either similar to yoghurt culture? A gamergater too I hear. Puts down monocle, tips top hat to sarcasmic If she were man enough to do it, she would gain an ounce of honor, and a shred of my respect. She’s in it for power, not respect. I was speaking of seppuku Zombie Josef Stalin. Seriously? Warren. Unseriously…. a young telegenic black man. I don’t think you go with two women, or even a minority man. She fulfills the diversity quota all by herself, you go safe for VP, a white man. And Cuomo is the whitest of men. Cuomo is also a highly toxic spear counterpart to the Hillary archetype. You can’t put two people like that on the same ticket and not have them brutally murdering each other. Rebel Scum You can’t put two people like that on the same ticket and not have them brutally murdering each other. This could be a feature, not a bug. Or you know, you could do the right thing and run people that are the best for the job. That actually have values, morals, and principles. People that actually love liberty and will get the fuck out of the way, and let the American people live in peace and prosper. Who gives a fuck what the color of their damn skin is or what genitalia they have. How do you figure? There is frankly no worse choice than a white man because white men are the least identity politics-oriented demographic. May be hard for delusional progressives to believe, but almost no white men aren’t inclined to vote for a white man because he’s a white man the same way ethnic minorities or a good portion of women apparently will vote based on demographics. Hence why white male conservatives (including my father) will practically beg for a black Republican to run in order to win a few more votes and have a better chance of victory. Contrary to SJW bullshit, he predominance of white males in politics is due to them being wealthier and better educated (the white part) and more risk-seeking and driven by attainment of power as a form of social status (the male part), not because of rampant racism or sexism among voters in white males’ favor. Nominating another woman would at worst be redundant, and it would behoove her to get a latino/latina to cast a broader identity politics net. An all-estrogen (supplement) ticket. Governor Deval Patrick. Enough About Palin Isn’t it risky driving from the east coast to Iowa in a van? Seriously. All-Seeing Monocle Why run on the issues at all? Wasn’t the lesson everyone learned from the ’08 campaign to finally give up on talking policy at all and focus 100% on brand messaging? A policy position is something you might actually get pinned down on. A brand is something that you can just keep spinning. She’s got the electrolytes the electorate craves. Krugabe pleads for sanity: As you can probably tell, I’m dreading the next 18 months, which will be full of sound bites and fury, signifying nothing. O.K., I guess we might learn a few things ? Where will Ms. Clinton come out on trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership? How much influence will Republican Fed-bashers exert? ? but the differences between the parties are so clear and dramatic that it’s hard to see how anyone who has been paying attention could be undecided even now, or be induced to change his or her mind between now and the election. One thing is for sure: American voters will be getting a real choice. May the best party win. Stick you fingers in your ears, and don’t listen to what anybody says. Vote for the Democrat, or we’ll all die!!!!! I’m not sure if Krugman is finally going senile or has just gotten so arrogant and complacent it’s turned him into an intellectual sloth. He just regurgitates five or six well-refuted and quite tired talking points ad to why we should vote for a brain-damaged ferret if it should happen to win the Dem nomination. It’s sad really. Krugtard use to at least originate his own brand of lunacy, but now he’s just coughing up whatever trickles into his ears it seems. I see Clinton has failed to take a stand on gay rights. Anonymous Coward Both Ted Cruz and Rand Paul have “issues” sections on their campaign sites. It is sexist and rapey to expect the first woman President to actually state her position on political issues. Is that what you are, Shackford? A rapey sexist? Why should she enact the labor of laying out her stances on the issues for you, oppressive, shit lord, misogynist? More Krugabe: Any Democrat would retain the tax hikes on high-income Americans that went into effect in 2013, and possibly seek more. Any Republican would try to cut taxes on the wealthy ? House Republicans plan to vote next week to repeal the estate tax ? while slashing programs that aid low-income families. Any Democrat would try to preserve the 2010 financial reform, which has recently been looking much more effective than critics suggested. Any Republican would seek to roll it back, eliminating both consumer protection and the extra regulation applied to large, “systemically important” financial institutions. If the Republicans win, the rest of the world should just preemptively declare war on America, to stop the Reign of Terror which surely will ensue. Allowing people to keep their own money and act without asking permission and obeying orders? Oh, the horror! I still hear people spout off the myth that the great recession was caused by deregulation. DenverJay Paul Krugman should never be read by anybody, ever. Why would you do that to yourself, Brooks? If the Republicans win, the rest of the world should just preemptively declare war on America, Actually, cutting welfare and cutting taxes is what much of the rest of the world has been doing. EU members cannot run up the kind of debt and deficits that the US is running up. I remain at large. Ranter In other words: She’s Mitt Romney…with a vagina. Mike Laursen A Kissinger endorsement you say? How can I not be won over. I keep getting amazed every time I hear he’s not actually dead. He is, has been for like 20 yrs. But he’s not going to let facts stop him now any more than he ever has. Is this a warning sign that Clinton’s campaign is going to be all about identities rather than issues? Yes. It’s all she has. And I am pessimistic enough to believe it may work. It’s a pretty common political strategy to be a vague as you can. For example, the campaign slogan, “Change you can believe in.” Keep it vague and let the voters fill in the empty space with their own ideas of what it means to be in favor of children and families. This way you can be all things to all people. And in a party made up of a hog pog of ideologies that don’t all always agree with each other, that vagueness is essential at least starting out. Once you get past the primary and you’re the only choice against a Republican opponent that you know that nobody in your base would ever vote for, then you can start getting a little more specific to try to win the middle. Libertarius I just don’t see her winning the office. Once you get past the media parade and the softball questions and the debates obviously rigged in her favor, down to the nitty gritty, who the hell is actually going to show up and vote for her? Obozo was elected with historic black turnouts in both years. How many blacks will show up to vote for an old white hag? None. Women? The college feminist leftoid idiots, yes. Thankfully they are marginal. Beta leftoid pajama boys like Tony will be her biggest voting bloc. Thankfully they are also marginal. Lots of black people love the Clinton brand. They like the current president, even though black unemployment under his watch has been steadily high. Obama did receive less votes in 2012 than he did in 2008. But it’ll be an uphill battle for any GOP nominee. It’ll be interesting just how far left she’ll go. Wall Street loves her, but that’s not going to play well with the leftist crowd. And some in the financial industry is getting tired of attacks from the people gets money from big banks. I for one really look forward to two years of pondering the candidates, pondering the issues, pondering the pandering. I am so glad I live in a country where I am allowed to vote. Lots of countries that we bomb don’t allow people to vote. I especially like that we get to choose which dynastic succession we want. How many monarchies get to elect their monarch? Not many for sure ya betcha. USA! USA! USA! USA! Don’t blame me, I voted for Kronos If you can be this sarcastic about it, you obviously haven’t experienced the alternatives, like the joke that is European democracy. Look at her campaign vid. It’s not even about her! She’s snuck in as a presidential candidate toward the end after we hear about all these interesting people & their plans. It’s like she doesn’t even want to campaign at all. Shortly after another serious contender gets in, she’s going to duck out. Only she won’t have the excuse this time that she really only wanted 1 term, because campaigns don’t have terms. Seriously, when I clicked on it here I thought as I watched the 1st min. that, oh we 1st have to sit thru an ad for something else, as is frequently the case now on YouTube. After the 1st min. 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__label__cc	0.618569	0.381431	Self-driving vehicles Your Self-Driving Car: Minimize Casualties or Save You? What algorithms will actually save the most lives in the long run? Ronald Bailey \| 11.7.2016 11:40 AM Thelightwriter/Dreamstime Should your self-driving car be programmed to make a utilitarian calculation that sacrifices you to save the lives of more numerous others when an accident is inevitable? University of California, Irvine psychologist Azim Shariff and his colleagues reported the responses of Americans to this question in their study, "The Social Dilemma of Autonomous Vehicles," in Science. First, they find that most people in surveys do want self-driving vehicles to be programmed to minimize casualties even if that means sacrificing the vehicle's passengers. How very utilitarian! But here's the kicker: Most respondents also say that they would not buy nor would they ride in automobiles run on algorithms that might sacrifice them to save the lives of others. If cars are programmed to make such utilitarian moral choices, that could well slow down their public acceptance which paradoxically would mean even more lives would be lost over time as error-prone humans continue to haplessly navigate highways and streets. More than two years ago in my article, "The Moral Case for Self-Driving Cars," I cut this supposed Gordian knot of ethical perplexity. I pointed out that such fraught moral dilemmas are rare and will become even rarer with the advent of autonomous vehicles. Recognizing the natural instinct for self-preservation I argued, "Although it may not be the moral thing to do, most drivers will react in ways that they hope will protect themselves and their passengers. So as a first approximation, autonomous vehicles should be programmed to choose actions that aim to protect their occupants." Since self-driving cars will be safer than human-driven vehicles, the right thing to do is to encourage people to trust them so that their adoption and deployment will proceed as quickly as reasonably possible. Consequently, programming cars to preserve the lives of their passengers is the ethical thing to do. NEXT: Model Dani Mathers Faces Criminal Charge Over Fat-Shaming Snapchat Photo Ronald Bailey is science correspondent at Reason. Self-driving vehicles Ethics Safety Morality Fist of Etiquette November.7.2016 at 11:43 am Most respondents also say that they would not buy nor would they ride in automobiles run on algorithms that might sacrifice them to save the lives of others. Shocking. So I guess we’ll be keeping that aspect of the programming from the consumer. I, on the other hand, want a car programmed to keep its insurance rates as low as possible. Groovus Maximus I, on the other hand, want a car programmed to keep its insurance rates as low as possible. “I’m sorry, Professor Falken Fist of Liable, but the only winning move is not to drive.” I think you’re on the right track, but ‘It’, the car, does not buy the insurance. I’m not sure how to handle this. November.7.2016 at 12:06 pm I choose my words carefully. You didn’t choose them, Fist of Tricknology. Your AI programme did. For insurance purposes, no doubt. That’s what happens when you leave, “Automatic Updates,” on and it D/Ls and installs the Preet Service Pack Update. November.7.2016 at 2:15 pm Is this a Westworld spoiler? BTW, this was one of the reasons for the SUV boom. You’re safer in your giant land yacht than the idiot in the tiny rice burner you’re crashing into, the entire thing being a crumple zone. But much more likely to roll over doing something dumb. Bobarian (Would Chip Her) ^This… Likelihood of death or dismemberment about the same. robc I think you can meadure the value of life by how willing people are to drive a more dangerous car with better gas mileage as gas prices change. Which would seem to indicate that people are more interested in being up high and looking cool than safety. And people overestimate the safety of a lot of SUVs. Many of them don’t do very well in crash tests. And plenty of compact cars do very well. These people believe that their giant car gives them a license not to pay attention. In the last year my poor little Honda Fit has been hit twice on the road by people who just straight up didn’t see it: once by a Tahoe and once by a Silverado. $park? is totally a Swifty Why should it matter? I’ve been told over and over again that self-driving vehicles will lead to automotive utopia in which accidents no longer happen ever. Why prepare for an eventuality that will never occur? MikeT1986 Pedestrians. Rod Flash Jet packs. Problem solved. loveconstitution1789 Except for those idiot flyers! Homple Religious folks believe in a Guy-in-the-Sky, who is benevolent if you do what his earthly representatives tell you to do. Progressives believe in government, which is benevolent if they are running it. Technofreaks believe in self-driving cars, which are benevolent because they don’t seem to involve human beings. mad.casual IME, the first and third groups contain significant elements that would be completely cool with you reading the manual/code, grokking it, and deciding on your own from there. BYODB ‘Seem’ is an important consideration, since as far as I’m aware robots aren’t the one’s programming the robots. Odd that people seem to trust the Wizard’s of Silicon Valley over themselves. I suppose it’s true at this point that people are too stupid to realize that a computer or algorithm is only as good as it’s programmer, and just because you get 10,000 programmers to agree it’s perfect doesn’t mean shit. It’s hubris, top to bottom. I wonder what happens when the people testing these cars realize that it snows for large parts of the year in a lot of places? I’ll believe that a car can drive to work in a major snowstorm as effectively as I can when I see it. Len Bias OT: anyone in California know anything about Kamals Harris or Loretta Sanchez, and which one might be less awful? I know enough that I wouldn’t endorse either with my vote. Kamala Harris might actually be evil though. So there’s that. Agreed; Clinton/Trump dilemma. I didn’t waste the ink to make a choice. JayWye there’s enough significant different between Trump and Clinton to make an intelligent choice. One is clearly a criminal,has SERIOUS ethical and medical problems,the other is a rogue and wild card. One will seat leftist SCOTUS judges that will destroy the Constitution,the other is an unknown. Sanchez is a moron. Like Barbara Boxer level kind of stupid, she used to be my Congresscritter. Harris is more likely to be another Feinstein so I’d pick stupid over evil. (If I still lived there instead of AZ where at least it only feels like Hell in a physical sense). Marty Comanche Me, too. What part of AZ? Scarecrow & WoodChipper Repair Kamala was the one Obama called the most beautiful AG in the country, and got a lot of flack for (I imagine Michelle distributed her own). She also began a prosecution (I forget over what) which even she admitted was not going anywhere, just because she wanted to send a message. I voted for the other one because Kamala is more of an incumbent than the other one, and has more political support from the big name incumbents. I doubt there’s much practical difference. I may have to take back who I voted for. If there was a libertarian, that’s who I voted for. But this was California’s weird best-two-from-the-primary, so there may not have been any other choices. My goal is always to unseat incumbents. Kamala has been discussed in Reason numerous times. Overzealous prosecutor type. Sanchez is more of a centrist, coming from a congressional district in Orange County. I would imagine the “solution” to this will be to slow them down to the point that fatal accidents are nearly impossible. It’s hard to die or kill someone at golf cart speeds. T.F.G. As my wife did insurance for hotels and resorts at one point, I would have to disagree with you there. In fact, golf carts are he largest source of liability for hotels w/ golf courses. But that’s drunk idiots driving them, right? (Speaking as a drunk idiot that has driven a golf cart.) Of course. Mostly. And occasionally not drunk idiots. I worked a few summers mowing greens. One bachelor party rolled 3 carts, one after the other. Same corner. These euphemisms are getting really abstract. And elitist. Bob K Was that at some country club in New York by lake Champlain a few years ago? If so I am sorry. I rolled two carts that weekend. Vermont. Close enough. They were actually pretty cool the whole time Diane Reynolds (Paul.) Number of people killed in golf carts: ________ It kills me to say this… but SUGARFREE’S POINT STILL STANDS!!!1!! Certified Public Asshat Woman charged in TN golf cart death Man enters plea in golf cart death That’s 2 for the record. ~50,000 more to go. The Doyles were in town to visit family, Lori Doyle told police. She said she was driving the golf cart, another female was in the front passenger seat, and that her husband and another male were standing on the rear of the golf cart holding on to the roof, according to the affidavit. Lori Doyle stated she was driving the group to the Foxland club house to get food, and that she turned too fast, causing her husband and the other man to be thrown from the golf cart. You posted a humdinger. Not quite, Saccharin Man. More fodder for Ronal’d Bejlij’s Technocracy Boner… Leaving Graham with friends for a few minutes, she and Williams decided to take a ride through the neighborhood in a golf cart around 10 p.m. “Apparently they were just going to take a quick spin because they didn’t even take Bub with them,” said her father, Ted Robinson. His daughter rarely left Bub’s side, he said. On the ride, Williams, who was behind the wheel, took a sharp left turn on Sheffield Road. Robinson, 27, fell out of the cart and hit her head on the pavement. A few hours later, she was dead. According to a safety expert who studies golf cart accidents, deaths and serious injuries happen far more often than people realize. Face it, until Ronal’d Bejlij’s vision of forced AI tech acceptance comes to fruition, the only means of safe autonomous travel he will endorse is strictly by foot. I’m absolutely shocked that Ron hasn’t outright advocated for for AI Government, a la Dr. Theopilus and his cohorts. Wouldn’t that particular anecdote have been prevented by being in a car with doors and restraints? Or, if Ronal’d would have it, an AI driver preventing the driver from making an error in judgement, so’s they could have enjoyed the golf card ride in peace and perfect safety. Sheesh, do you even AI, UCS? No, I work at the wellspring of Natural Stupidity. Bringing more authentic 100% natural stupid into the world is the purpose of my employers. So, you work for an OB/GYN, according to Ronal’d Bejlij? Ducks bedpan pan thrown at me by Dr. ZG No, I work for the State of New York. Yes, I got what you were saying regarding Bailey and humans. Yes, I got what you were saying regarding Bailey and humans I knew you would. We haven’t lost you to The Collective, thank Sod. It’s a certainty that the only possible way for such an autonomous car is to make it illegal for humans to drive and a new government agency to oversee the various spy software installed in every vehicle, for your protection* and to improve safety. Either Bailey is ignorant of this fact, believes there’s some way to implement such a system without mandates and loss of freedom, or he believes in sacrificing freedom in the name of safety. Sadly, in all three scenarios he’s a statist. You would need to be blind and a fool to believe in this pipe dream, much like those idiots that want ‘solar roads’ made of glass. denotes obvious lies. “Come on, guys… Let’s go for a ride!” How adorable! It’s the genial googley eyes that gives every one a false sense of security. No one can resist them like no one can resist kewpie dolls or bobble heads. It has the sort of face that says “I thirst for the blood of the innocent.” chemjeff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UTaSMYK4gs tarran ince self-driving cars will be safer than human-driven vehicles Airplanes have had the capability to do fully automatic flight from take off till landing for over a decade. Yet most airlines have a policy that pilots must hand fly all landings and take offs. Because automated systems tend to fall apart when one sensor degrades or fails. Humans do not. Automatics fail utterly when they are handed a situation that they were not designed for. Humans struggle but often muddle through. Until you see airlines fully automating their flights, and getting away with it without a dramatic increase in crashes, you should treat fully automated cars should be seen as a pie in the sky fantasy – like sexbots that look and feel like a 25 year old Ornella Muti.. There will be increasing automation in cars to assist drivers to better and more safely operate the car. And some day that may get to the point where I can get the winnebago on the interstate, put it on the governor, walk into the back and make my wife a nice sandwich. But I’m not holding my breath. Because automated systems tend to fall apart when one sensor degrades or fails. Automation engineers have a solution to this, and have for some time. It’s called triple-modular-redundancy (TMR). Sensors, aka instruments, are deployed in sets of three. A vote takes place when one of the instruments offers a measurement out of sorts with the other two. Who holds the vote? A TMR computer like a Triconix PLC, which is also TMR. This is some very expensive shit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triconex What does it do when all three disagree? Shuts down the system. That’s going to fail deadly when the second sensor goes mid-trip. In a self-driving car you’re talking a non-negligable percentage of vehicles will have poor maintenance records, being run until the system fails outright. Of course, that happens today already, which is why I know it will continue to happen, even if a significant amount of self-driving vehicles take over the road. Yeah, the shut down is, in itself, is an engineering problem. There are also fail-safe, hard-wired relays and e-stops to shut the system down in any petrochemical plant, e.g. Engineers are a modest lot. kinnath have a policy that pilots must hand fly all landings and take offs. That would be incorrect. Airline policies require each pilot (Captain and First Officer) to fly a minimum number of landings by hand to maintain proficiency. That minimum is well below All. You have no fucking idea what you are talking about. Butts Wagner So automatic cars will be just like the cars in Demolition Man? How many people are suffocated by that safety foam? That never happened in the movie. Therefore, none. I found that to be the least credible part of that film. To: Trshmnstr From: Hrod [C] Because automated systems tend to fall apart when one sensor degrades or fails. Humans do not. As somebody who watches Air Crash Investigations like some women watch Dateline, I can say that this isn’t true. The least safe component of the airplane when a sensor fails is the pilot. Why? Because they tend to trust their instincts and feelings over the remaining working instruments. Aeroflot 593 (pilot let his kid into the pilot’s seat, kid disengaged the aileron autopilot by yanking the yoke, kid notices the roll in time, but pilot doesn’t trust the ADI and becomes preoccupied with the flight path indicator showing a holding pattern. Pilot doesn’t begin to correct until the plane was in a 90* bank and ends up stalling it) United 173 (one of the landing gear indicator lights doesn’t come on due to a non-threatening failure of a mechanical component… the plane was still perfectly landable, pilot orders the plane into a holding pattern while the flight crew investigates whether the plane is safe to land, the copilot and flight engineer warn the pilot that they’re running out of fuel, the pilot is too focused on the landing gear problem to heed their warnings, the plane runs out of fuel on final approach and slams into a suburb) (See also Aeroflot Tu-124, Scandinavian Air 933, and Eastern 401 for other pilot-induced crashes due to preoccupation with a landing gear indicator light) Brochettaward First, they find that most people in surveys do want self-driving vehicles to be programmed to minimize casualties even if that means sacrificing the vehicle’s passengers. How very utilitarian! I’d imagine that the differences here result from how the questions are worded entirely making the survey kind of useless. Most people are not altruistic in the least. They are, in fact, selfish, self-absorbed assholes. And litigious assholes, at that. Most respondents also say that they would not buy nor would they ride in automobiles run on algorithms that might sacrifice them to save the lives of others Count me among them. My car is supposed to protect me when I’m in it. commodious cam't contmpla.. OTOH Yeah, call me an asshole but why would I purchase a product that will choose to protect some other asshole’s life over mine? No offense, but he who purchases the thing should be the things #1 priority. You’ll note that cars don’t have airbags on the outside, either. MJBinAL I, on the other hand, do not want a self driving car at all. ever. I don’t want to own one, don’t want to ride in one, and would remove the capability from any vehicle I purchased. (of course, I plan to keep the cars I have for the next 20 years anyway) LUDDITE!1 hides official Luddite Alliance membership card MJBinAL\|11.7.16 @ 12:02PM\|# If the government CAN collect information about you, the government WILL collect information about you. That’s the problem. I don’t doubt that the self driving car is solvable as an engineering problem. But I cannot imagine a scenario where they aren’t so heavily regulated that you effectively can’t own your own car anymore. All maintenance will have to be done by officially approved and licensed people and there will be the means (which as you say will be used) to track anyone’s movements. Of course the market will make accommodations for Luddites and/or the poor. You’re gonna need Granny-on-a-fixed-income to switch to an automated driver ASAP but she won’t be able to afford the newest Chrysler LeBaron (not to mention all the tuners out there modifying their vehicles beyond spec). So, given appropriate time, aftermarket sensors and fly-by-wire retrofit kits will become abundant. Assuming legislators don’t do anything absolutely retarded. The government will snoop and the big 3 will probably cater to it, but there will be ways around it. The only way such a system works is if they’re all working off the same make, year, model, and OS as everything else on the road while being entirely interconnected. I.E. the government will mandate that entire market, 100%. There is no way around that one when you’re forcing millions of people to bend to your will for their own good, right? Domestic Dissident Me neither. Because I know full well whose dumb ass is still going to be legally liable when my “self-driving car” somehow fails to detect the kid or the idiot pedestrian in the middle of the street when he shouldn’t be there. If freedom is your pleasure, a motorcycle or a used sports car might be worth considering. I can’t do a motorcycle even though I could afford one. The wife will complain a bit, but I could buy a used car with a stick without much acrimony. Not only do not want to the car to defend me, I don’t even want it to even decide what gear I’m in. You won’t be allowed to drive, is the crux of the issue. The only way self driving cars can work, is if humans are prohibited from ever driving again. It’s obvious. Of course, I’m sure the government will give you a fair price for all those cars that don’t meet the governments criteria that you’ll be forced to get rid of. It’s for your own good, after all! Second Law dilemma, that would default to the First Law considerations. If they would have the AI make a utilitarian choice, imagine the lawsuit that comes up when it makes such a choice based on a faulty positive on outside human beings being harmed. I think thae actual programming here is easier debated than done. So I took the online quiz for this, and my preferences are 100% on the side of saving pedestrians. You’re the idiot in a robot car 1:1 I’m saving the pedestrians at the cost of the driver. I might have shown even a bias beyond just even numbers. lafe.long We found that participants to six MTurk studies approved of utilitarian AVs (that sacrifice their passengers for the greater good), and would like others to buy them; but they would themselves prefer to ride in AVs that protect their passengers at all costs. They would disapprove of enforcing utilitarian AVs, and would be less willing to buy such a regulated AV. Where the hell are all these libertarians when it comes time to vote? Advocating for their slice of the Free Shit pie. Duh! Enjoy the government mandated inspections and maintenance required to assure the authorities that your self driving car is not a menace to the public. Is this going to be any different from the annual government mandated inspections (that require maintenence to pass) I already have to deal with? It will at least be much worse in degree. Like the pain in the ass of emissions testing applied to all the systems in the car. And no way will you be allowed to work on your own car. It cost me $400 to get a $2 part changed the last time I needed to pass inspection because of where it was in the emissions system. VW fined heavily; other automakers hardest hit. Eh, this is an issue that’s not really an issue. First, I think we’re a long way way from the realtime human casualty optimization sensor/software unit. Two, the overall safety increase for everyone would be so great that such an optimization would be occurring at more and more rare events, out in the tails. For example: let’s say we had to come up with some socialized concept of airliner collision casualty optimization. Would you care deeply and worry about that? Or would you file it under “shit that will probably never happen”? The solution is to program the AI to realize it isn’t going to be able to make a decision that will save all lives, so it flashes red lights, sets off sirens, and returns control to the human. The human, who was asleep or texting, won’t have time to react, but it will still be his/her fault. Thus the AI is mistake-free. +1 Air Asia flight 8501 “Patch 22.128.89c: Fixes recognition error where pedestrians were being tagged as display manniquins.” “Patch 22.224.66b: Fixes infinite loop in accident avoidance methodology involving two ore more pedestrians” “Patch 22.309.43r: Fixes comparison error which causes AI to chose accident avoidance methodology resulting in the greatest fatalitites.” “Patchset 23: All new Accident Avoidance methologies introduced.” Fixes comparison error which causes AI to chose accident avoidance methodology resulting in the greatest fatalitites. Tesla Model S with Autopilot engaged recently rear ended a motorcyclist because the system didn’t “see” the rider. “Can Autonomous Cars Detect Motorcycles?” http://www.cycleworld.com/can-…..otorcycles I wonder how well it really does seeing children and pets. It will suck. El Oso ‘Since self-driving cars will be safer than human-driven vehicles,’???? And somehow this is a given??????? It is once you entirely excise the human variable. Well, until you start thinking about things like deer running into the road or snow and/or rain so heavy the sensors fail but y’know as long as it saves even one life it’s worth the excise of liberty from everyone Comrade! IceTrey Human sensors, eyes, fail in snow and rain. mtopper A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. That means the car would protect those outside the car first, those inside second and itself third. EscherEnigma It’s been a long time since I read I, Robot, but wasn’t one of the stories about a giant super-computer that subtly took over the world and manipulated all humans? Bubba Jones If an AI car is making a calculation as to whom to let die, shouldn’t it err on the side of the person who invested in the AI car, and not on the side of the dumbass who made the unpredictable move? This is like when I carry a gun. Don’t ask me to risk my family to protect you. If you wanted to be protected by a gun, you would have brought one. My goal is simply to escape unharmed. If you get plugged, so be it. The AI car should er on the side of whatever the person who owns and operates it and is responsible for the consequences of its actions decides it should. So the car should kill the kindergarten class instead of the occupants? Is the user going to be held responsible? If I make the choice to have the algorithm sacrifice my life to save pedestrians, that is one thing. If, however, the government makes that choice for me, that is quite another. I am sorry Ron, but you have no right to someone they must sacrifice their life for the collective good. If you believe that, then you need to stop calling yourself a Libertarian and start writing for Salon. But you don’t have a right to run down people with your car. jjjjj Screw utilitarianism. No, seriously. The next time a utilitarian tries to sway your opinion, just tell him you’d let the kid drown. It pretty much snuffs out utilitarianism in its infancy. Good answer. To answer to the question of “whether the kid should drown” depends on if the kid is you or yours and if the other kid that is supposed to die to save him is you or your kid. Of course the person asking the question never has any skin in the game and is just asking other people to die for the common good. Utilitarians are real charitable like that. They are always willing to offer other people the honor of dying for the common good but would never take the honor themselves. Consider this: three cars are on the road, car A with one passenger, car B with two passengers, and car C with three passengers. Car C has a fatal error, and without intervention will result in the deaths of all passengers. Both Car A and Car B can sacrifice themselves (and their passengers) in order to save Car C’s passengers. But if both Car A and Car B attempt to do so, then all passengers will die. So the choices are: Car A and Car B do nothing, 50% fatality rate as Car C dies a grisly death. Car A does something and Car B does nothing, 17% fatality rate as Car A dies to save Car C Car A does nothing and Car B does something, 33% fatality rate as Car B dies to save Car C Car A and Car B do something, 100% fatality rate as Car A and Car B interfere with each other’s heroic actions and make things worse. Now, that’s the “God’s eye view” of things. But what do the cars actually know? If Car C is between Car A and Car B, then it might be masking them from each other, so B doesn’t know A is there, so to B’s knowledge, it’s best choice is to sacrifice itself. And for that matter, how do the cars know how many passengers are in another car? And even if they know about all the passengers in all the cars and all the cars are present, how does B know that A’s driver will let A sacrifice itself? Face it, a lot of these moral/ethical dilemmas require complete knowledge to arrive at the “correct” answer. And that’s the thing: complete networking between the cars is unlikely to happen. For that to work, there would have to be a standard message protocol/language between automated cars, for them to be able to inform others of their decision to sacrifice, for them to be able to work around human drivers/operators, and so-on. It’s not an unsolvable problem, but I suspect that in the near-term (five to ten years) where we can hope for early autonomous cars to be hitting the road commercially, it won’t be solved. Cars will necessarily have to prioritize their own survival/health, because they will lack the complete situational awareness to make the more nuanced decisions. Face it, a lot of these moral/ethical dilemmas require complete knowledge to arrive at the “correct” answer. No, not a lot, every ethical dilemma requires complete knowledge or at least the assumption that you have complete knowledge to arrive at a solution. This is why utilitarians are so sinister. They assume you have complete knowledge when in reality you never do. Cars will necessarily have to prioritize their own survival/health, because they will lack the complete situational awareness to make the more nuanced decisions. That is very true and will continue forever. I don’t care how many protocols you right, you will never have complete knowledge of a situation. As an aside, once you start writing protocols and having cars talk to each other, you necessarily open them up to hacking. Such cars will therefore only be as safe as their network security. Would you bet your life on the effectiveness of network security? I wouldn’t. I think the NAP requires the car to be programmed to do everything possible to not harm people outside the car. I would never sacrifice others to save myself or my passengers.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1784
__label__wiki	0.603568	0.603568	Overcoming Communications Challenges Redline Communications is bringing the power of communication to some of the most remote and challenging locations worldwide. The company’s rugged broadband wireless products provide high speed, real-time connectivity for critical machine to machine applications – virtually anywhere on the planet. How technology in the oilfield will change in 2014 Five important networking trends Redline Communications, makers of high-speed wireless networks for industrial applications, sees impacting the oil and gas industry in 2014. Redline Will Provide Wireless Network To Supermajor Redline Communications Group Inc. announced in a press release that a supermajor oil and gas company has selected its portfolio of Virtual Fiber rugged wireless broadband network systems for its oilfield area networks. Oil Field Technology Duval Yeager examines the advantages behind the use of wireless network technology for networking offshore production assets Open Lines in the Oil Fields The oil & gas indusry is increasingly leveraging wireless networks to access an unprecedented cache of data that has the potential to reshape the industry. Redline Communications Nets FCC, Industry Canada Certifications on RDL-3000 Wireless The world, particularly these days, runs on bandwidth. At work, at play, at home and beyond, many of the things we enjoy and need every day requires some level of connectivity. Redline Communications selloff ‘an error’ – analyst Investors reacted negatively to news that Redline Communications Group Inc. CEO Eric Melka was leaving the company. Redline Wins Managed Services Contract One of Redline Communications Group’s first multimillion dollar oil and gas customers has awarded Redline a managed services contract for network expansion needs for the next five years, according to a news release. Byron Capital analyst Dev Bhangui says Redline is a “Strong Buy” The selloff in Redline Communications (TSX:RDL) is overdone, says Byron Capital analyst Dev Bhangui. Seeing Without Being Seen — Cancún Improves Public Safety With Redline The City of Cancún takes this responsibility seriously, and has implemented many safety and emergency services. To further improve public safety, speed police response time and enable better crime analysis, the City decided to install a video surveillance system. Self-aligning Antennas Improve Nomadic Wide-area Networks Leigh Chang, Redline’s AVP of product management, explains how the company’s Rapid Alignment System (RAS) overcomes the shortcomings of all other nomadic wide-area network solutions Redline Communications’ acquisition strategy is sound, says Cantor Fitzgerald Yesterday, Redline announced it entered into two non-binding letters of intent to acquire two unnamed wireless communications businesses, one in North America and the other in the Middle East. Redline Delivering TV White Space with MIMO Redline Communications has been expanding their abilities to deliver over a wide range of frequencies with their Universal Wireless Transport. Redline Announces White Space Product Redline Communications today unveiled a White Space system for the 470-698 Mhz band. New radio technology set to use any possible frequencies There has been greater competition for frequency licenses in the last year or so as providers look to try and stake their claim on the wireless market. Redline Builds White Space Broadband Redline unveiled its White Space system, the industry’s fastest wireless broadband solution for the 470-698 Mhz band. Redline unveils 27 Mbps TV white space platform A wireless broadband platform that works on any frequency between 100 MHz and 6 GHz provides the foundation for a new white space (TVWS) cognitive radio system rolled out this week by Toronto-based Redline Communications Group. New platform from Canadian wireless equipment maker A Canadian maker of wireless backhaul networks for enterprises and telecom operators has created a new hardware and software platform which it says can operate its radios on a wide range of licenced or unlicenced frequencies. Redline Launches Frequency-Hopping Broadband Box Redline unveiled its Universal Wireless Transport platform (UWT), the industry’s first and only wireless broadband network solution to operate on any frequency between 100 MHz and 6 GHz – in licensed, reserved and unlicensed bands. Ahead of Q1 results, Cantor Fitzgerald says buy Redline Communications Look for the expansion of Redline Communications’ order backlog to begin to hit its bottom line, says Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Tom Liston. Mexico proves a winning market for Ontario high-tech firm For many, the risks of doing business in Mexico outweigh the benefits. The immediate impressions can be daunting – labour sweatshops, sprawling slums and security nightmares. For Redline Communications this perception couldn’t be further from reality. How Redline Communications returned from the brink The drive to digitize remote oil fields has helped a small Canadian tech company come back from the wilderness after being ostracized by investors for some accounting irregularities and an apparent bad choice of technology. Making rigs wireless Wireless high-speed networks move with oilfield equipment to enable communication and connections regardless of the location or terrain. Redline Communications sees growth in wirelessly connected oil fields Redline Communications is aiming to be a pioneer in the “digital oilfield.” The company provides oil and gas producers with a secure, high-capacity wireless communication network to monitor their operations in harsh or remote areas. Cantor Fitzgerald raises target on Redline Communications to $8.25 Redline signed a contract with a large U.S. oil and gas customer valued at 10 percent of its annual revenue. The company was already a client of Redline’s. Redline will build a high-capacity wireless network for communication between wells, drilling rigs and control offices for the company. Redline provides wireless communications in Oman More petroleum producers are turning to Redline’s leading-edge wireless networks to makes their digital oilfields possible. October 5, 2012 “Best Buys” from Leading Analysts Bob McWhirter lists Redline as one of his favourite “best buys” and outlines his reasons why. Digital Oilfields special: Got Oman Covered Redline’s private wide area network project for Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), connecting 5,000 wells in one of the world’s largest enhanced oil recovery operations, has become the model for digital oilfield networks Redline Communications wins contract valued at 10% of its annual revenue Redline signed a contract with a large U.S. oil and gas customer valued at 10 percent of its annual revenue. The company was already a client of Redline’s. Redline will build a high-capacity wireless network for communication between wells, drilling rigs and control offices for the company. Market Call Robert McWhirter, President at Selective Asset Management lists Redline as a Top Pick and highlights why he likes Redline. Redline wins $2 million order from new oil and gas customer Redline signed a major U.S. oil and gas operator, who now uses Redline for high-capacity wireless solutions for real-time communication to nomadic oil rigs. Small caps, big returns: Redline Communications David Barr of PenderFund Capital Management is quoted in a Financial Post article as saying he recently added to his Redline holdings, and that “They are focusing on growing the high-value, high-margin segments, and they’re trimming the underperforming ones. Redline Communications Offers Rapid Auto Steering Smart Antenna System for Remote Regions Redline is now offering a RAS (Rapid Auto Steering) Smart Antenna System for remote regions. RAS is a wireless broadband networking system that locates and connects to a network base station. Redline launches Nomadic Virtual Fiber™ System Redline announced its new addition to its product line, RAS – the first wireless broandband networking system that instantly locates, steers toward and connects to a network base station, automatically establishing reliable high speed connectivity to and from roving assets. Radio Networking Duval Yeager of Redline Communications shows how the use of next generation wireless networks is transforming the digital oilfield. Redline wins $2 million realtime comms deal in US Redline announced they have received and shipped a $2 million order for their rugged industrial wireless system to a major oil and gas company. Redline Communications Inc. is providing oil & gas companies, telecommunications providers, government and military customers with the infrastructure to create their own private wireless platform for machine-to-machine communications necessary in remote, inhospitable or difficult environments where nothing else works NextGen wireless networks increase oil output PDO, a joint venture with Royal Dutch Shell, increases production, cuts costs and extends their office network by standardising on Redline wireless system June 29, 2012 Redline CEO Eric Melka’s guest post in Forbes The Key to the World’s Energy Future: IP Networks June 18, 2012 Redline Communications thriving under CEO Melka Eric Melka has transformed Redline Communications into a profitable company through a commitment to engineer and deliver reliable communications products that work in any environment, and focusing on four key vertical markets. Oman increases oil production with wireless solution Redline’s Duval Yeager explains how a Redline Virtual Fiber™ wireless network optimized for M2M communications greatly enhances efficiency, reduces costs, improves safety and reduces the possibility of catastrophic accidents in oilfield operations. ADCO picks Redline for wireless oilfield hardware Redline selected to create wireless infrastructure for major oil field operated by the Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations in the United Arab Emirates. Redline Communications Will Deliver Integrated Wireless Digital Oil Field To ADCO Alcatel-Lucent is deploying Redline wireless broadband systems, integrating them within ADCO’s major digital oilfield in the UAE. Redline is providing the hardware, software and services required to create a ubiquitous wireless infrastructure. UAE Oil Company Selects Redline Products for Oil Field System Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations is standardizing it’s digital oilfield network on Redline Communications wireless broadband systems. The Future is Now – Next steps for industrial wireless Wireless technology is enabling a new revolution in industrial applications such as fluid handling automation systems. High-speed, low-latency broadband wireless networking is making it possible to advance real-time automation technologies Radios, Platform Integral to Wireless Well Monitoring Machine-to-machine (M2M) sensors monitored in real-time over a Redline-powered wireless network eliminates the need to have workers drive from well to well to collect critical operating information and make changes to optimize the system. Wireless Communications Links Oilfields Redline’s RDL-3000 and AN80i broadband radios, powered by SmartLINK software, are the cornerstone of the PDO digital oilfield. Redline Expands Shell’s Wi-Fi Network In Omani Oil Fields Redline Communications launches a larger, second phase of its wireless project for Shell Oil’s joint venture, Petroleum Development Oman. Redline expanding wireless to 5,000 PDO wells Redline Communications announces the second phase of a major wireless project for Shell Oil joint venture Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) following the successful deployment of a wireless infrastructure network supporting over 2,000 wells. Shell Joint Venture Oil Field Network Expansion Data and information now flow seamlessly between more than 2000 PDO oil wells and a central control location, providing a full picture of what is happening in the field and how it is impacting the finances of the oil field operator Redline brings wireless connectivity to Oman Over 2,000 of the 5,000 PDO oil wells in Oman are connected wirelessly using Redline equipment to a centralized site, where they are monitored and managed remotely, M2M in real-time. March 29, 2012 Beleaguered Redline Communications back in the black Focus on core products and energy markets leads Redline to profitability. March 22, 2012 Redline Gains Video Surveillance Contract in Mexico Redline outdoor broadband wireless equipment will provide machine-to-machine (M2M) connectivity between cameras located throughout Cancún, Mexico and a central automated monitoring center. Cancun’s Public Safety System Goes Wireless Redline’s outdoor wireless broadband equipment will link cameras throughout Cancún, Mexico to an automated monitoring center, providing a well hidden and reliable means of protection for tourists. Cancún Selects Redline Communications Group Inc. To Wirelessly Connect City-Wide Public Safety System Redline Communications announced that it received a contract to expand a wireless video surveillance network throughout the City of Cancún, México.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1788
__label__wiki	0.61716	0.61716	Главная / News / Hillary Clinton may visit Armenia on April 24 Hillary Clinton may visit Armenia on April 24 14.04.2015 News Оставить комментарий 210 Просмотр(ов) Former USA Secretary of State Hillary Clinton discussed the possibility of a visit to Yerevan on April 23-24 to participate in the events dedicated to 100th anniversary of Armenian Genocide. This was reported by «Mediamax«. According to the source agency, Hillary Clinton has not yet made a final decision and continues to consult, both in the USA and abroad. It is assumed that Hillary Clinton’s visit to Yerevan on April 24 can be a «good way» of a difficult situation for the Obama administration. Armenia, using all possible and impossible methods, seeking recognition of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Empire. Turkey is a strategic ally of the USA, NATO, in turn, induces Washington to his side, trying to prevent the worldwide recognition of the Armenian Genocide. Hillary Clinton is not a representative of official Washington, and Turkey can not oppose her visit to Yerevan on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, but on the other side, Hillary Clinton — the former secretary of state and a potential mistress of the White House, and its presence in Yerevan will be a symbolic gesture, American authorities to the Armenian leadership. Opinion: «All Christians worldwide should respond to Erdogan’s decision to turn Hagia Sophia into a mosque» Opinion: «Erdogan may lean on imams to destabilize the situation in Germany» Opinion: «Armenia can block the cooperation between Pakistan and the EEU» Opinion: «Aliyev went to Berlin to explore the new reality after Bundestag’s recognition of Armenian Genocide» Opinion: «Khazakstan and Belarus won’t publicly support Sargsyan’s statement on Baku’s threats» Alexander Gusyev: “Iran is building a road through Azerbaijan because of Armenian leadership’s indifference» Opinion: Bundestag won’t vote in favor of Armenian Genocide resolution Opinion: Azerbaijani President’s fears are groundless Opinion: What caused the U.S. over-activity in the Karabakh issue? Konstantin Zatulin: «After Vienna Aliyev will have to punish himself» Opinion: «Holding military exercises on the eve of Sargsyan-Aliyev meeting is a provocation by Baku and Ankara» Andranik Mihranyan: «The meeting of the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan does not mean the resumption of negotiations» Alexander Gusyev: «Armenia is checking the international community’s reaction on imposing an embargo against Azerbaijan» Alexey Martynov: «It is time for the historic decision to recognize Nagorno-Karabakh» Semyon Baghdasarov: «Erdogan’s threat to deport Armenians from Turkey is real» Upper Lars without traffic jams: Trade Representative of Armenia to Russia on benefits of green corridor Armenian vehicles are currently passing through the “green lane” on the checkpoint of “Upper Lars” …	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1793
__label__wiki	0.678584	0.678584	EPR and optical absorption studies of radiation-produced defects in sodium beta -alumina K. O'Donnell, R. C. Barklie, B. Henderson The EPR and optical absorption spectra of X-ray irradiated single crystal of Na beta -alumina have been examined. The most prominent absorptions are tentatively ascribed to an F+ centre at the O(5) oxygen ion site in the conduction plane. To this defect the authors assign an axially symmetric EPR spectrum which shows a resolved hyperfine structure due to interaction of the single unpaired spin with two equivalent 27Al(I=5/ 2) nuclei. The measured spin-Hamiltonian parameters are g/sub ///=2.0076(2), gperpendicular to=2.0032(2), A/sub ///=1.665(2) mT, Aperpendicular to=1.617(2) mT, the defect symmetry axis coinciding with the crystal c axis. From the EPR linewidth it is inferred that the hyperfine interaction with three equivalent 23Na nuclei is of order 0.2 mT. This defect is also optically active having a strongly polarised s to pz transition with mean energy EF=4.15(5) eV. The corresponding s to px,y optical transitions are not observed in the range of photon energies from 4.2-6.8 eV. Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics Light absorption optical absorption Hamiltonians Optical transitions Crystal symmetry oxygen ions color centers hyperfine structure optical transition sodium beta alumina EPR linewidth O'Donnell, K., Barklie, R. C., & Henderson, B. (1978). EPR and optical absorption studies of radiation-produced defects in sodium beta -alumina. Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, 11(18), 3871-3879. [022]. https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3719/11/18/022 O'Donnell, K. ; Barklie, R. C. ; Henderson, B. / EPR and optical absorption studies of radiation-produced defects in sodium beta -alumina. In: Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics. 1978 ; Vol. 11, No. 18. pp. 3871-3879. @article{b1bd4d6344544c7a92be9031058202ca, title = "EPR and optical absorption studies of radiation-produced defects in sodium beta -alumina", abstract = "The EPR and optical absorption spectra of X-ray irradiated single crystal of Na beta -alumina have been examined. The most prominent absorptions are tentatively ascribed to an F+ centre at the O(5) oxygen ion site in the conduction plane. To this defect the authors assign an axially symmetric EPR spectrum which shows a resolved hyperfine structure due to interaction of the single unpaired spin with two equivalent 27Al(I=5/ 2) nuclei. The measured spin-Hamiltonian parameters are g/sub ///=2.0076(2), gperpendicular to=2.0032(2), A/sub ///=1.665(2) mT, Aperpendicular to=1.617(2) mT, the defect symmetry axis coinciding with the crystal c axis. From the EPR linewidth it is inferred that the hyperfine interaction with three equivalent 23Na nuclei is of order 0.2 mT. This defect is also optically active having a strongly polarised s to pz transition with mean energy EF=4.15(5) eV. The corresponding s to px,y optical transitions are not observed in the range of photon energies from 4.2-6.8 eV.", keywords = "optical absorption, sodium beta alumina, EPR linewidth", author = "K. O'Donnell and Barklie, {R. C.} and B. Henderson", journal = "Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics", O'Donnell, K, Barklie, RC & Henderson, B 1978, 'EPR and optical absorption studies of radiation-produced defects in sodium beta -alumina', Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, vol. 11, no. 18, 022, pp. 3871-3879. https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3719/11/18/022 EPR and optical absorption studies of radiation-produced defects in sodium beta -alumina. / O'Donnell, K.; Barklie, R. C.; Henderson, B. In: Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics, Vol. 11, No. 18, 022, 01.12.1978, p. 3871-3879. T1 - EPR and optical absorption studies of radiation-produced defects in sodium beta -alumina AU - O'Donnell, K. AU - Barklie, R. C. AU - Henderson, B. N2 - The EPR and optical absorption spectra of X-ray irradiated single crystal of Na beta -alumina have been examined. The most prominent absorptions are tentatively ascribed to an F+ centre at the O(5) oxygen ion site in the conduction plane. To this defect the authors assign an axially symmetric EPR spectrum which shows a resolved hyperfine structure due to interaction of the single unpaired spin with two equivalent 27Al(I=5/ 2) nuclei. The measured spin-Hamiltonian parameters are g/sub ///=2.0076(2), gperpendicular to=2.0032(2), A/sub ///=1.665(2) mT, Aperpendicular to=1.617(2) mT, the defect symmetry axis coinciding with the crystal c axis. From the EPR linewidth it is inferred that the hyperfine interaction with three equivalent 23Na nuclei is of order 0.2 mT. This defect is also optically active having a strongly polarised s to pz transition with mean energy EF=4.15(5) eV. The corresponding s to px,y optical transitions are not observed in the range of photon energies from 4.2-6.8 eV. AB - The EPR and optical absorption spectra of X-ray irradiated single crystal of Na beta -alumina have been examined. The most prominent absorptions are tentatively ascribed to an F+ centre at the O(5) oxygen ion site in the conduction plane. To this defect the authors assign an axially symmetric EPR spectrum which shows a resolved hyperfine structure due to interaction of the single unpaired spin with two equivalent 27Al(I=5/ 2) nuclei. The measured spin-Hamiltonian parameters are g/sub ///=2.0076(2), gperpendicular to=2.0032(2), A/sub ///=1.665(2) mT, Aperpendicular to=1.617(2) mT, the defect symmetry axis coinciding with the crystal c axis. From the EPR linewidth it is inferred that the hyperfine interaction with three equivalent 23Na nuclei is of order 0.2 mT. This defect is also optically active having a strongly polarised s to pz transition with mean energy EF=4.15(5) eV. The corresponding s to px,y optical transitions are not observed in the range of photon energies from 4.2-6.8 eV. KW - optical absorption KW - sodium beta alumina KW - EPR linewidth JO - Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics JF - Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics O'Donnell K, Barklie RC, Henderson B. EPR and optical absorption studies of radiation-produced defects in sodium beta -alumina. Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics. 1978 Dec 1;11(18):3871-3879. 022. https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3719/11/18/022	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1799
__label__cc	0.55266	0.44734	The Ego Has Landed. Crashed, Actually Where to from here for the Coalition? With Turnbull’s thirtieth negative Newspoll almost certain to drop on Monday, the first murmurings reportedly emerged this week from within his own camp. According to Seven News, key moderates have advised the PM he ‘no longer enjoys majority support within the party room’. That tidbit does not seem to have been taken up by any other outlet, including The Australian, although Andrew Bolt made fleeting mention of the dissension on his Sky TV show. That’s curious, very curious, since it generally requires only a whisper of party-room vuulnerability to spark media speculation. For example, read this transcript of Christopher Pyne’s foot-in-both-camps appraisal of Tony Abbott’s chances of surviving a party room mutiny from February, 2015, when the first Turnbull attempt at a putsch was about to be implemented. Of course, ‘no longer enjoying majority support’ is a statement that requires no great wit to grasp. Politicians can be venal, feckless and two-faced advocates for policies they know to be ruinously ineffective, but most are remarkably clear-eyed about their personal prospects. Even the dimmest now realise many will disappear after the next election and that a change of leadership will not avoid that fate. Maybe they have even given up on the idea that anyone, even Julie Bishop, could save some of the furniture a la Rudd redux in 2013. I’m guessing that most Liberals are resigned to political oblivion, with the most stalwart seeing a term or two in opposition as an opportunity to review, renew and rebuild. That was the grim thinking after Rudd’s 2007 triumph — flawed thinking, as it happens, as Tony Abbott’s leadership lifted the Coalition to within a whisker of regaining government after one term. Most pundits — many of whom touted for Turnbull as he schemed and leaked and honed his knife — seem to believe that a challenge is unlikely because ‘there is no obvious candidate’. The unspoken caveat, of course, is ‘other than Tony Abbott’. Columnists such as Miranda Devine, Niki Savva and Peter Van Onselen have sneeringly derided conservatives who remain disgusted at the way Tony Abbott was treated. According to the ever-faithful Turnbull cheer squad, any case for Abbott’s resurrection is ‘delusional’ at best. How then might one describe the dream that Turnbull can overcome the evidence of so many damning polls and win the next election? This is the man, remember, whose tin ear saw him delay going to the polls until his political honeymoon was well and truly over. He scraped back by one seat, as history records, and marked that wan triumph with a testy election night address and a demand that the Federal Police investigate why the electorate did not share the high opinion he holds of himself. A common criticism of Abbott is to point to mistakes he made or things he didn’t do as PM, suggesting he is incapable of learning or growing from those mistakes. Popular sentiment seems already to have forgiven Steve Smith, confident that he will emerge from his banishment a better man and better captain. Did the things Abbott do wrong outweigh his achievements? Quite the opposite, I would have thought. Sure, according to political commentary, to polls and to quotes from his colleagues, nobody wants Abbott back in charge. Why then are they all still talking about him? Well, firstly because they suspect he hasn’t stayed around just to keep his seat warm and, secondly, because they believe, in their heart of hearts, that he is the only one who could inflict major damage on Shorten and his apparently inexorable march to the Lodge. Whether or not Abbott actually wants the job once more remains to be seen, but his detractors are convinced that is the case. There are two reasons why re-instatement of Abbott makes sense. First, he is the best agent to ‘save the furniture’, not that there’s much furniture to save. Turnbull has burned most of it in the fireplace of his ambitions. Second, because Abbott is the only one with an articulated manifesto that could form the basis of a conservative Liberal revival, one that clearly differentiates it from Labor. Both ideally and realistically, Abbott should be given the chance to take this to the next election, because one of the most critical items relates to the powers of the Senate. Abbott’s proposal is that the government should not have to resort to a double dissolution in order to trigger a joint sitting of both Houses to pass legislation rejected by the Senate. Under his proposal, if legislation is rejected by the Senate it would go straight to a joint sitting. Journalist, author, academic and columnist Crispin Hull agrees that the system needs reform but argues that Abbott’s proposal goes a step too far and would effectively neuter the Senate as a house of review. His alternate proposal is that, following an election that sees the government of the day returned, any legislation rejected by the previous Senate would only need to be passed by the House. On the face of it, not a bad compromise and one perhaps more likely to be acceptable at referendum. Be that as it may, if Senate reform is to be on the agenda, the sooner the ball is set rolling the better. This is also true of the disaster that both sides have made of energy policy. For a start, let me assert that for anyone to criticize Abbott for advocating public funds be spent building a new coal fired power station is, at best, hypocrisy; at worst, mischief by misrepresentation. There is no energy free market in this country and there hasn’t been for quite some time. There is indeed a role for government to step in — indeed, a crying need and moral obligation — when it is government policy that has distorted the market and led directly to some of the world’s highest electricity price. This in a country quite literally sitting on stupendous reserves of gas and coal — resources we dig up and sell to others but will not consider burning ourselves for fear that Tim Flannery will disapprove. The only way this problem can be solved is if we free ourselves from the shackles of CAGW ideology. Those who thought CAGW would eventually collapse under the weight of mounting counter-evidence must surely by now be completely disabused of that naïve notion. There are now too many vested interests ‘keeping the dream alive’ with outright lies. The next time you hear some green shill swear that wind and solar are cheaper than coal, keep an even tighter grip on your wallet because AGL is coming to pillage its contents. There is ample evidence that, if warming is occurring, it is much smaller than predicted, largely (if not wholly) beneficial and, judging by the actions of countries such as China and India, unstoppable anyway. If there is a potential problem further down the track, the best thing we can do is to prepare to manage it by building, for example, useful infrastructure such as dams which don’t need to be filled by pumping water uphill. With acknowledgement to Craig Kelly and his longstanding opposition to our slavish obeisance to CAGW, Tony Abbott is the only CAGW sceptic who might conceivably shoo the rent-seekers and profiteers away from the trough. I note that even Peta Credlin is supporting the status quo on the basis of putting a stop to the in-vogue practice of knifing sitting PMs and there is some merit to this logic. But I can’t help feeling that even if it won’t make a huge difference if Abbott’s elevation were to occur after the election, there is also a wrong to be righted – an acknowledgement by the party that ‘we got it horribly wrong’. Abbott was not given the chance to defend the handsome majority that Turnbull squandered. At some point, like the dog that caught the car and came off second best, he needs to be taken to the vet and put to sleep. The only reason to leave him in place is so that he can take full and undisputed ownership of the humiliation he has brought upon both his party and himself. Will he stick around that long? Or, more pertinently, will he be allowed to stick around that long? BJAS1961 – 7th April 2018 The inertia in the face of Turnbull’s obvious failure is difficult to understand; and it seems probable that the wets who now infest the Liberals prefer political oblivion to any return to true conservative values and policy settings. At this point I am content with that position, as the Liberals have abandoned the centre right and the vacuum will be filled by another after the inevitable electoral carnage. madd320 – 7th April 2018 I’m in two minds over this. I believe the return to Tony Abbott would bring conservative voters back to the party, but as you rightly said the furniture this might save has already been burnt. My second desire is one of revenge. I want to see the look on Turnbull’s face on election night when he realises that he, the smartest man in the world, has been done like a dog by the Union bovver boy. I also want to see the likes of Wyne and his fellow Black hand, bedwetters squeal as they lose their seats to the Labor tsunami (powered in large part by ex-liberal DELCONS)as it sweeps them away. I reckon it will all be over for Turnbull and his coalition by about 7.30pm EST. I know this means Labor in power, but the corruption of the Liberal party by the wets has gone too far to heal without radical surgery. The Liberal party will return to its centre-right roots or it die like the Canadian Progressive conservative party. I’m hoping for the former, but I fear the wets have destroyed so much that it will be the later. [email protected] – 7th April 2018 I’m done with the Liberals. I don’t expect the party to survive at the federal level, and it doesn’t deserve to. Realistically, at my age it’s unlikely that I’ll live long enough to see another centre-right government, and I don’t believe that there ever will be again any Australian right of centre party that Menzies and his generation would recognise let alone join. If, as I suspect, Labor will move rapidly to lower the voting age to 16, and open the borders to ‘refugees’, loosely defined, it could easily be a generation or more before a non-leftist government is elected at the federal level. Labor will not be constrained by any inherent sense of decency that used to inhibit all but the most extreme zealots from rorting the system to their advantage. Jody – 8th April 2018 Except that Menzies was a create of the period in which he presided. Nothing stays the same. The younger generations have been propagandized in schools and universities for 2 generations now. A friend complained recently that her 30-something daughter had sanctioned her recently, “mum; stop being racist”. I’ve know this woman since school and racism has never been in her constitution. But children feel empowered now to finger wag at their parents because they don’t share the same impeccable values and world view. Dear god, have they got a shock coming to them. My advice to your concerns is to spend your money, leaving none to the next generation through Shorten et al. As a sister says, “a long time dead”. Sorry, a “creature” of the period. More haste, less speed. While undoubtedly there are racists in Australia, as exist everywhere, I have lived and worked in SEA and PNG for an appreciable number of years, and I can assert with some confidence that those who claim that Australia is a racist country ain’t seen nothing yet. Jim Kapetangiannis – 7th April 2018 The left-wing media is becoming increasingly rabid in it’s attacks on Tony Abbott in the lead up to MT’s 30th Newspoll loss. Fear has overtaken them. If TA wasn’t a threat to their grand plans why would they even bother giving him column space? Trouble is, Abbott is the only leader the nation has at this time and he is deadly dangerous to Labor. He has completely taken over the debate agenda and it’s his policies and ideas which are driving it. MT is no more than the naked emperor playing with the pretty baubles sitting on his head while the rest of him is totally exposed. His vanity is hurt when ill is spoken of him whereas ill will towards Abbott does no more than make him more determined and even more potentially deadly to the creeping Marxism of the Liberal wets and the obvious Marxism of labour and their Green friends. Cabinet is a sorry collection of infantile, self serving, sycophants and even the very best of them (Dutton) is too scared to have a challenging thought of his own. So good on Tony Abbott. He needs to stay as loud as possible. As readers here understand, there are indeed more things in heaven and on earth than all our philosophy can dream of, and Abbott redux may seem highly improbable for now but that does not mean that it is impossible. When he does return I think he must follow on the policies that are absolutely critical; 1. Aim to remove all subsidies on renewable energy. Subsidies stifle inventiveness and give rise to a proliferation of unproductive rent seekers 2. Aim to leave the Paris Agreement – it really is next to useless with pollution going up in gigantic bucket loads. It’s no more than an other “wealth redistribution” con, penalising the productive and rewarding the unproductive and their institutionalised brigands (oops…I meant guvermints) 3. Sell the ABC – there is no need in the digital age for a government funded broadcaster when every shade of political opinion and other information can easily be accessed (and often for free) on the world wide web. SBS is definitely unnecessary. It’s cheaper to give satellite dishes to any migrant who wants one to have direct access to news and entertainment from the “old country”. The $1.2B a year saving capitalised at 5% (which of course is very expensive but it does make it easy for me to do the math) is equivalent to around $24B in capital which will build us a nice mix of some nice HELE coal fired and nuclear power plants. When power prices drop to a fraction of what they are now and global manufacturing sees Australia as a cheap energy market, we may indeed see a resurgence of investment in manufacturing. The government can then sell the shiny new power plants and the taxpayer will get the money back to be used here. Surely that has to be better than letting the subsidies enrich windmill and solar panel manufacturers in China and the like of Elon Musk in the US? Ah, but I get ahead of myself…..whodda thunkit 4. Halve immigration as a preliminary measure and change the immigration mix so that we get prospective “nation builders” and “entrepreneurs” seeing that our education system has succeeded in producing very few of either. 5. Finally, cut loose our better Universities and let them compete at the very high end in the world education markets. We have enough left over to meet the needs of locals OK – so it’s wishful thinking but at least TA has been willing to speak up Peter OBrien – 7th April 2018 I think withdrawing from Paris, removing subsidies etc is not enough. These measures, even if you could get them through, can be overturned by future governments. What needs to happen is for the whole CAGW edifice to be so thoroughly discredited in the public mind that it would be electoral suicide for any government to propose job killing initiatives based on this fantasy. My point is that CAGW now has a life of its own that makes the science almost irrelevant. Despite ample evidence from emminent skeptical scientists the message is not cutting through. It will only cut through if senior political leaders, hopefully on both sides, pound the message day after day. It will not happen overnight but unless someone starts the process it will never happen. In my mind, Abbott, despite the ridicule he attracts, is the best person to commence this task. He may not last to finish it but his example might inspire others. Craig Kelly would be a great wingman. And, by the way, add to your list imposing a watchdog body (including Jennifer Marohassy) to oversee quality control at the BoM. You’re right Peter – a start needs to be made. The battle for a free, prosperous and ethical nation won’t be won by inaction. padraic – 7th April 2018 If they went to the next election, Jimbob, with your Points 1, 2 and 3 above, they would romp it in. But they don’t want to win; government has proven to be too onerous for many of the incumbent ministers. There’s no other way to explain their ‘vascillatin’ rhythm’. vascillatin’ rhythm. Brilliant, Jody. I agree with you Peter, that “there is no energy free market in this country” and I think there never was and never will be. It will always from now on be a mixed public/private sectors market. Australia would never have developed as quickly as it did into a mature economy if it had not been for governments financing and owning infrastructure that took years to be paid off and generate a return. These sorts of projects would never have been undertaken by private concerns because waiting for years for return on capital was unacceptable. The sorts of things Governments undertook to build in our early days were railways and ports and energy generation facilities. In later times the Harbour Bridge, Qantas, the Snowy Mountains Scheme, the Opera House and Motorways spring to mind. These developments were still funded mainly by private money borrowed by Governments whose repayments of interest and principal to the lenders immediately removed their objection to having to wait a long time for a return on their investment. This is a good model for large countries like Australia with small populations with a relatively small tax base – Governments undertake the building of essential infrastructure that private investors won’t touch because of the long wait for return on capital and after the government has eventually paid off the loan to private investors they then sell it to private concerns who can immediately get a return, whilst hopefully keeping down prices through competition. So the purist direct-private-investment-only argument of the academic economic ideologues is fantasy in the real world of how governments manage their economies. There has to be flexibility in approaching the developing a country for the betterment of its people and its industries. Even China, with its alleged rigid Marxist economic model, has nuclear power stations, very fast trains etc, etc while we are still wallowing in slow diesel trains on creaking rails between cities. If the Very Fast Train project had been undertaken in the 1980s you would not have the current real estate disasters in the major cities because, for example, places like Goulburn, Bathurst-Orange, Wollongong and Newcastle (even Canberra) could have become dormitory towns for Sydney, thereby keeping the price of housing to bearable levels. Another opportunity missed. India and Iran are leaving us in their wake. Whenever something sensible and great for Australian citizens is proposed there immediately forms an activist group of unemployed young lawyers and drug abusers and instant frog lovers to bring it down, aided and abetted by a pathetic media and political opposition. It’s equally sad when politicians say that they can’t build state of the art coal fired power stations because of the long lead time before they receive a return but they can fund Snowy 2.0 with public money when this type of generation depends on cheap off-peak power. I’m all in favour of Snowy 2.0., but without cheap off-peak power from coal and/or nuclear this bird won’t fly. That’s why they’re putting pressure on AGL to keep Liddell going for longer. As outlined above, in recent years there has been a sell off of those government-developed energy assets once they had been paid off with the view that the new private owners would compete with each other on price, thereby keeping the industry and household energy bills at a low level. This has been delusional because of the subsidies given to solar and wind on top of their income from charging the same as coal generators to consumers. Why would you not close down your coal power-fired generator and join those with their snouts in the taxpayers’ trough? Too bad about high prices for consumers. It’s no use whinging that companies and their shareholders should have some sort of moral concern for the socio-economic needs of their customers – that’s not how a “free” market works. Woolworths couldn’t care less about my weekly household budget, nor should they. In 2002 Mrs Thatcher privatised the water and sewerage utilities, among others. Everything worked well until in a Midlands region city a plague of rats developed in the sewers and they began to exit and invade homes. The “peste” of Camus was looking likely. Previously, the government owned utility had taken responsibility for the rats but the new private company said it was not their concern as it was a public health issue. Their job was to provide water and sewerage facilities to their paying customers. Eventually, the local municipal council took the necessary steps to prevent an outbreak of bubonic plague. I don’t recall animal rights activists and flea lovers demonstrating outside the Council Chambers. Just a retrospective correction on line 7 – obviously the investors would not get back repayments of the principal immediately. That occurred over time, but interest payments on the loan would begin immediately. ArthurB – 8th April 2018 I doubt that restoring Abbott as leader will bring about a Liberal revival, and in fact the Liberals could do worse at the next election under him than under Turnbull. It is true that under Abbott the Liberals won the 2013 election with a substantial margin, but after six years of Rudd-Gillard-Rudd the punters were never going to re-elect Labor. While Abbott is one of the few genuine conservatives in the Liberal party, he will never be able to convey his message to the electorate, such is the degree and depth of the hatred for him in the media, in particular in the ABC. It is possible that the prospect of being ruled by the bruvvas and the maaates may concentrate the minds of the punters in sufficient numbers to return the Liberals. However, I feel that the decline of the Liberals will continue, until they can find better candidates. These are strange times indeed. Some nations in Europe, such as Sweden and Germany, appear to be determined to commit suicide, by importing vast numbers of Muslims. On my favourite American website (www.unz.com) many contributors and commenters are expressing their dismay at the decline of their nation, if the present demographic trends continue, whites will become a minority, with profound implications for the future, not just of America, but of the nations of the West. “While Abbott is one of the few genuine conservatives in the Liberal party, he will never be able to convey his message to the electorate, such is the degree and depth of the hatred for him in the media, in particular in the ABC.” Yet Trump seems to be prevailing against similar odds. No get-out-of-jail-free card for Abbott. He was appalling in the leadership and we can provide a dozen reasons for this. Much of what is said about him here from the ‘dreams’ is straight hagiography. What exactly did he do that was so wrong? He made Prince Philip a Knight, ate an onion, skin and all and then what? He made some promises he couldn’t keep but I fail to see why he his held to a higher standard than every other politician that has ever held office in this land. What I see from the media and some detractors is not a reasoned argument but sheer, patahological hatred. What is the measure of the success of a politician? In a democracy, there is surely only one metric and that is to win an election. Without winning an election policies are no more than pipe dreams and wishful thinking. Malcolm also won an election but by nowhere near the majority won by Tony Abbott. Now, with regard to policies, Turnbull has been in government for two an a half years and he has done what exactly? He’s actually a big-government, crypto Marxist. The only question for us is whether or not we want up to 18 months + 3 years of various shades of Marxism or just 3 years (enough time for the required surgery to work). I though I would never say it but after toying with the idea that the Australian Conservatives could have some effect, I have given up. There is nothing left but to vote Labor and let nature run it’s course. Some time we just don’t know how bad a disease is until we feel it’s full effects. At the moment, the nation is on a morphine drip…slowly and mind numbingly heading to the grave Dopey fingers….”slowly and mind numbingly heading to the grave” when radical and painful surgery may save the body. lloveday – 8th April 2018 “…instant frog lovers to bring it down”. Tangentially related to this article, I was a few minutes ago shaking my head, again, at the revelation that “AN endangered lizard has thrown a $3 million spanner in the works to build Victoria’s new youth prison” (Herald Sun). en passant – 8th April 2018 LBL, I did some work a few years ago for a gas explorer in the Coober Pedy Basin. Before they could drill an injunction was issued preventing them from beginning (the whole camp covered an area less than two tennis courts) because an ‘endangered’ insect had been found. It would take a minimum of eight weeks to get to court (and a lot of fees to environmentalists for research and reports. An arrogant 20-year-old save-the planet totalitarian Green Jihadi told me they knew their claim was not true, but the aim was to disrupt our operations until they became unviable. He then told me that they had twent other injunctions waiting to be issued … Lawfare at its ‘best’. The explorer packed up and took the rig to Indonesia – where they discovered gas that is enriching the local population. By the way, how is energy production in SA going? eading the way to 3rd world oblivion, I hear. Anyway, I followed my own analysis and moved overseas to coal-fired Nirvana – and have no regrets that I did so. It is actually depressing watching the slow motion, ‘alcoholic, drug-addicted’ self-destruction of Oz, because that’s exactly what it looks like from here. Despite everything (and your accurate analysis of his character) I am sure Turncoat has no capacity for self-doubt. When he and the Liberals are destroyed, there is a possibility that that was his intention in return for being made 1st President of the Oz Republic. Alternatively, it will be the electorates fault and therefore they deserve to be destroyed too. I am sure an update of ‘Downfall’ is just a certainty to be made … The word for Peter OBrien is that Abbott is no Trump. The highly successful US president has a lifelong history of dominating the agenda. He doesn’t take stick he gives it. Also the US [and French President] have huge power vested in them almost like a Monarch or a Tsar. The Australian PM has to govern by cabinet consensus. SA Electricity? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jElYTUbRXQ We have all yet to see the opportunity cost of Trump doing this. Keith Kennelly – 9th April 2018 Trump has turned America around and is making the US great again. Why do you despise his effectiveness? Abbott with his Trump like policies will turn Australia around too. Why don’t you want that? Inside Hitler’s Dark Tower ‘Slut-Shamed’ Victimhood’s Loose Logic Peter West Marriage rites Desmond K. O'Toole	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1802
__label__wiki	0.865518	0.865518	Roblox Games Wiki Town and City Support RGW Rollbackers Games, Horror Games, Games with over 1000000 visits Nacht Der Untoten (Starbattle) ←time vortex Nacht Der Untoten (Starbattle) imanoobjdlfirht's Place→ Nacht Der Untoten (Night of the Undead in German) is a horror game created by Starbattle on February 13, 2010. Based on Call of Duty: World At War, this game features infinit Players work as a team to eliminate all zombies in order to advance to the next wave. Players help each other by building barricades to deflect the zombies and revive a player when they have fallen. Some parts of the map require an amount of points, such as the upper room by the stairs which have been blocked. Upon unlocking it, new types of zombies can enter the house. There has been some copies of this game by jaredvaldezfive, or simply known as jaredvaldez. Since then, the original game has had a massive declination with the copied one topping over 2 million visits. Informational Contents Controls Edit Arrow Keys Move R Reload Q Aim Sight/Normal Sight F Buy weapon Repair barrier V+Left-click Knife G Grenade/Molotov F+Left click Revive* *Players will need to look at the downed player, hold 'F' and click them while reviving The game's layout is essentially similar to the zombies mode in Call of Duty: World at War; up to 6 players first spawn in a fixed area that is infested with many zombies, equipped with one Colt M1911 pistol and 2 Stielhandgranates, which are explosive stick grenades, and starting with 500 points, and need to fight zombies that become increasingly strong and difficult to defeat over time using firearms that are from World War 2, such as the Kar98k and Thompson submachine gun. Players need to survive for as long as possible until all players are knocked down or dead. To temporarily prevent zombies from advancing towards the players, protective barriers can be built and repaired (and even yield points to the player for doing such) to keep them at bay. Zombies that are killed after they enter the building can occasionally drop power-ups, which can benefit players in many ways, such as restocking the ammunition of all players' weapons (Max Ammo) and killing all zombies that are present in the area (Nuke). Other powerups include Carpenter, which repairs all of the barriers in the map, Insta-Kill, which allows the player to kill a zombie in one hit, and Double Points, which doubles the amount of points gained from any action that yields points. If a zombie has passed the wall and attacks a player to the point that the player is severely injured, the player's character displays itself lying back against the ground, holding a pistol out, which officially tells the player that the player is 'downed' for a temporary amount of time. Players who are 'downed' can be revived by other players to resume playing and earn points. Also, 'downed' players can temporarily fend off nearby zombies using any handguns and a knife. If a player in the round does not issue help to the 'downed' player, then that 'downed' player dies and cannot participate in the round until either the round is finished, which the dead player would spawn at the starting area with the Colt M1911 and 2 Stielhandgranates, or every player is downed and dead, starting the game all over again. Players can also accumulate points, which can be spent on weapons on the wall or the mystery box for randomly-selected weapons or by clearing out debris to allow access to new areas. In each new area, more barriers to defend are present in the area and more stronger weapons to buy are also present. In newer maps, new features allows more ways for points to be spent on, such as Perk-a-Colas, which are drinks that provide benefits once the power is turned on and can be lost when being downed with the perk, and traps, which are utilities that instantly kill zombies who pass through it quickly but provide no points for the kills. Sequels Edit Despite losing fame to other Roblox users and as a result of his success, Starbattle has created another place called Zombie Verrückt, a place that is based on the second Zombies map Verrückt ("Crazy" in German), which features "Perk-A-Colas", which are drinks that provide various useful perks. There are four Perk-a-Colas that are available in Verrückt and beyond, and they are: Quick Revive, which costs for 1,500 points and speeds up the rate of revival of a downed player, Double Tap Root Beer, which costs for 2,000 points and increases the weapon's rate of fire, Juggernog, which costs for 2,500 points and increases the player's health, allowing him/her to sustain more damage, and Speed Cola, which costs for 3,000 points and speeds up the reloading time of weapons. However, in order to obtain and use Perk-A-Colas, electricity is required, which means that the players would need to attempt to reach the power switch by opening doors using points in order to activate it and bring electricity back. In addition, with electricity, players can use their points to activate traps that can help take down zombies that pass through it without much effort. The map also introduces the ability for the mystery box to relocate to another random yet fixed location by revealing a teddy bear inside when attempting to use the mystery box with enough points. Also, another place was created after Verrückt by Starbattle called Shi No Numa ("Swamp of Death" in Japanese), based on the third map of the same game. Like the aforementioned map, it takes place in the outdoor swamp somewhere in the Pacific. It also features Perk-a-Colas and traps, just like Verrückt. However, the map introduces a new "Wonder Weapon", or powerful unusual weapon, called the Wunderwaffe DG-2, a golden weapon only found in the mystery box that deals infinite amount of damage (meaning an instant kill) and can hit up to 10 zombies in one shot, and an enemy that appears in a separate round called Hellhounds, which are fast creatures that can down a player in twice the amount of attacks that a zombie takes to down the player and drop a Max Ammo powerup at the end of the round when the final hellhound is killed. This is Starbattle's first map that introduced a control to throw a grenade or molotov (depending on which ones the player has) that can explode/shatter and damage or kill multiple zombies within its detonation range, the second being the updated Nacht Der Untoten, with the feature added. In addition to the previous maps, another place was released to the public in August 16 called Der Riese ("The Giant" in German, which was based on the final Zombies map for World at War of the same name. It includes some of the new features from Verrückt and Shi No Numa, such as the Power Switch and Wunderwaffe, respectively. Unlike the two maps, Der Riese adds another wonder weapon, this time as a throwable tactical equipment called the Monkey Bomb, which is a bomb that attracts zombies towards it for approximately 7 seconds before exploding and damaging/killing any zombies that are in its range, and two new utilities, which are the Pack-a-Punch Machine, which upgrades the player's selected weapon to have upgrades such as increased damage and ammunition capacity using 5,000 points, and the Teleporter, which can be linked from one of the 3 mainframes to teleport the player back to the starting area, where the Pack-a-Punch Machine can be found, after the electricity is turned on. Unlike the first 3 games made by Starbattle, this map had overhauled the control system by adding a sprint button (Left Shift) and a Bouncing Betty deploy button (X) and simplified the aiming, reviving, and knifing buttons to be much easier to play with, with the change of the aim button to the right mouse button and its function implemented to add resemblance to a first person shooter and the F and V button changed to only do an action with only the button pressed instead of adding the left mouse button to decrease effort. Also, unlike the previous maps, 3 game passes for the place are also added into it, with one of them doubling the ammunition capacity of all weapons and the other being the addition of either a Thompson submachine gun and/or the MP40 to the player's inventory when respawning into the game at round 10 or higher, and a total of 8 badges added for it. Another thumbnail. 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__label__cc	0.738436	0.261564	Articles, features and interviews Conrad Schnitzler & Bjørn Hatterud Hirschgebrüll Hirschgebrüll LP/MC/CD/DL "Årets beste plate!" ("Album of the year!") – Tommy Olsson, Morgenbladet 6/6 "Deilig dissonans" ("Delicious dissonance") – Oda Faremo Lindholm, Dagsavisen "An excellent album of bouncing, non-rhythmic electronics." – Frans de Waard, Vital Weekly "F**king ace!" – Boomkat Hirschgebrüll Remixed Did you buy the LP version of the album? Click here to download the whole album plus 16 bonus remixes by PK101, André Borgen, Helene Rickhard, Iversen, Origami Boe, Static Electrician, Daniele Santini, Monolab, Torstein Wjiik, Sten Ove Toft, Center Of The Universe, NXP, Beglomeg, Lasse Marhaug, O. Melby and Alexander Rishaug. You'll find your download code on the card included in your vinyl copy. FLAC and MP3 formats available. Enter your email address to subscribe to this site and receive notifications of news by email. R.I.P. Conrad Schnitzler (1937-2011) Posted: August 6, 2011 in News I am very sad to inform you that Conrad Schnitzler passed away two days ago, on August 4th, 2011, at the age of 74. He had cancer and was given a maximum of six months to live, but death came to him much sooner than we expected. I was in touch with Conrad as late as one week before he passed away. In one of his last e-mails he wrote about death. He said he wanted to go fast. And he ended the e-mail by saying «I want to make no-one sad. Everybody must go, so no prob for me.» I can’t tell you how hard it is to follow this last wish right now. Conrad left us his works, a huge contribution to the music history through more than 40 years. It was a great honour and an immense pleasure working with Con. He was a fantastic musician, and a truly great man. His music will live on, and our memories of him will never fade. Bjørn Hatterud really sad news…..RIP Con. Terry Bennett says: This was very sad news indeed. I have been listening to Conrad since the mid 70s and was lucky enough to exchange a number of letters/e-mail with him over the last 20+ years. I was even lucky enough to buy a copy of the “Works In Progress” box set that he had found in a storage room. It’s one of the many prized releases I have of his. He was truly a genius and the electronic music world owes so much to his pioneering ways. A very sad loss indeed. Hirschgebrüll reviewed by Foxy Digitalis and The Sound Projector	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1816
__label__cc	0.709924	0.290076	Siouxsie Wiles on Open by design, not default. Heather Smith on Is there such a thing as tattoo removal cream, or is it a scam? Hannah on Open by design, not default. Siouxsie Wiles on Menstrual cups: let’s investigate! Search within Infectious Thoughts Back to Infectious Thoughts National Immunisation Week By Siouxsie Wiles • 02/05/2011 • 8 Apparently last week was National Immunisation Week, promoted by the Ministry of Health as part of the WHO’s Western Pacific Region Vaccination Week. It completely passed me by, hence this post a week after the event. Oops. This is what the WHO had in mind: Educate parents and caregivers about the importance of vaccination in protecting their children from birth and onwards against vaccine-preventable diseases. Focus attention on immunization achievements and celebrate the accomplishments made possible through successful collaboration Revitalize efforts to protect children against vaccine-preventable diseases and give them a healthy start in life Create events that attract community and media to increase the number and visibility of national and local media stories on infant immunization Recognize local partners and volunteers for their year-round efforts helping to raise childhood immunization coverage, with special emphasis on completing the vaccination series Open doors for resource mobilization activities at the local, national and regional level So how did NZ do? A quick search of google doesn’t bring up much in the way of events or media stories. It was mentioned by the Science Media Centre and Plunket, while the Dominion Post ran an article suggesting one of the reasons people don’t vaccinate is because they don’t think the diseases are that serious. I found a press release on the Northland District Health Board’s website which showed quite a few events taking place in their region, including drop in clinics and information stalls in Dargaville and Whangarei. So while there seems to have been a lack of events that generated serious media interest, lets hope a lot of local events happened and a few more people became convinced of the need to vaccinate. Apparently the Ministry of Health is developing a campaign to lift vaccination rates to the levels needed for herd immunity. This will take the form of an informative, consumer friendly website (www.immunise.govt.nz although it doesn’t seem to be up yet) as well as radio, online and magazine advertising targeting parents of under twos. This can’t come soon enough, with another two measles cases confirmed in Auckland last week. The campaign was one of the recommendations of a recent report to government on how to improve vaccination rates. Needless to say, the report is long but starts with a summary of its recommendations which include: exploring providing incentives to immunisation providers and parents. strengthening the requirements on parents to present immunisation information when their children enrol at early childhood centres or schools. strengthening the legal and contractual requirements for health professionals involved in maternity care to provide scientifically credible immunisation information, in contexts including antenatal classes. Predictably, our friends at the Immunisation Awareness Society* are urging everyone to contact their MP and make a stand against what they describe as the ‘Draconian measures’ and ‘infringements on our liberty’. I suggest we all contact our MP’s in support of the recommendations. On a lighter note, last month Andrew Wakefield was awarded the Pigasus Refusal to Face Reality Award by the James Randi Educational Foundation. Since 1997, the Pigasus Awards have been bestowed annually on the most deserving charlatans, swindlers, psychics, pseudo-scientists, and faith healers–and on their credulous enablers, too. This year, Wakefield was deemed a worthy recipient as he continues to flog the dead horse that is his ‘link’ between MMR and autism, despite the fact he has been struck off the medical register and his work thoroughly debunked. The non-profit charity which claims to be dedicated to promoting informed choice. Providing you choose not to vaccinate, that is…. The awards are named for both the mythical flying horse Pegasus of Greek mythology and the highly improbable flying pig of popular cliche. * A few of us have blogged about this see here and here for starters. Andrew Wakefield Immunisation Awareness Society vaccination week 8 Responses to “National Immunisation Week” When I was a baby, my mom, dad, and grandmother all contracted pertussis. My dad says it was the most terrifying illness he’s ever had; at one point your throat just closes up for what seems like forever and you know you’re going to die. He says when it happened to him he just ran out the front door in a panic, not that it would have helped. Luckily he made it, but some- especially the very young- don’t survive whooping cough. It is not to be messed with. I know Dr. Wakefield’s paper has been debunked and retracted. Does this paper still exist? Pediatrics. 1998 Mar;101(3 Pt 1):383-7. Acute encephalopathy followed by permanent brain injury or death associated with further attenuated measles vaccines: a review of claims submitted to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Weibel RE, Caserta V, Benor DE, Evans G. SourceDivision of Vaccine Injury Compensation, National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, Health Resources and Services Administration, Public Health Service, Rockville, Maryland 20857, USA. OBJECTIVE: To determine if there is evidence for a causal relationship between acute encephalopathy followed by permanent brain injury or death associated with the administration of further attenuated measles vaccines (Attenuvax or Lirugen, Hoechst Marion Roussel, Kansas City, MO), mumps vaccine (Mumpsvax, Merck and Co, Inc, West Point, PA), or rubella vaccines (Meruvax or Meruvax II, Merck and Co, Inc, West Point, PA), combined measles and rubella vaccine (M-R-Vax or M-R-Vax II, Merck and Co, Inc, West Point, PA), or combined measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (M-M-R or M-M-R II, Merck and Co, Inc, West Point, PA), the lead author reviewed claims submitted to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. METHODS: The medical records of children who met the inclusion criteria of receiving the first dose of these vaccines and who developed such an encephalopathy with no determined cause within 15 days were identified and analyzed. RESULTS: A total of 48 children, ages 10 to 49 months, met the inclusion criteria after receiving measles vaccine, alone or in combination. Eight children died, and the remainder had mental regression and retardation, chronic seizures, motor and sensory deficits, and movement disorders. The onset of neurologic signs or symptoms occurred with a nonrandom, statistically significant distribution of cases on days 8 and 9. No cases were identified after the administration of monovalent mumps or rubella vaccine. CONCLUSIONS: This clustering suggests that a causal relationship between measles vaccine and encephalopathy may exist as a complication of measles immunization It may not have been censored, debunked, banned, retacted, villified yet Martha, but wait until they find out that it is out there. They will somehow destroy the credibility of these authors too. Michael Edmonds says: Martha, Thank you for the reference it will be interesting to read it in full. Very few papers are ever retracted, most questionable papers are picked up in peer review, and those that aren’t and have minor errors are often corrected using addenda. Only in the case of blatant fraud or errors are they retracted. It will be interesting to read the paper in full, because the summary you provide doesn’t include important information, for example, what the inclusion criteria was? What was the total number of childrens medical records that were used? What is the percentage of children who develop similar conditions outside of the 15 day time period? What is the percentage of children who develop these disorders when they have not been vaccinated? It is an unfortunate fact of life that patients (children and adults) will contract various diseases and die, or be disabled, despite the best medical care. If trying to identify a causal relationship it is very important to separate any such deaths from a background of “normal” child mortality. Trouble says: “wait until they find out that it is out there” It’s been 13 years, and according to Google Scholar, that paper has been cited 41 times since then – hardly secret. The top paper on the citation list generated by Google was written in 2002, and looked at over 500,000 children. It did not “identify any association between MMR vaccination and encephalitis, aseptic meningitis, or autism.” No doubt someone who understands research better than my amateur googling skills can address the issue more comprehensively. Simon Clendon says: I tried a bit of Googling. From the article quoted by Martha: “…with a denominator of 75,000,000 vaccinees throughout 23 years, the incidence of acute encephalopathy caused by measles vaccine in this cohort can reasonably be described as very low” “Post-infectious encephalopathy complicates approximately 1 in 1000 cases of natural measles and results in a mortality rate of 10% to 20% and permanent central nervous system impairment in the majority of survivors.” Citing an incidence of 48 / 75,000,000 without noting the incidence of encephalopathy of 1/1000 (75,000 out of 75 million) after natural measles disease reflects carelessness or propaganda. I’m also curious why you left out “between 1970 and 1993” from the Method paragraph. I’m not denying the conclusion of the paper but merely putting it in context. How many Hepatitis B immunisations should an infant have? \| Parenting QnA says: […] Making an Impact? 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__label__wiki	0.757474	0.757474	FDI in Media Jesse Jhangra сохранитьСохранить «FDI in Media» для последующего чтения Foreign Direct Investment in India- case studies Pest Analysis of LIC Analysis of the Determinants of Investment in Pakistan (1992-1973) RL33536### Models of Renewable Energy Technology Transfer to Developing Countries 1996 Renewable Energy Chapter 8 - The Political Economy of Foreign Direct Investment Effects on Policy Uncertainty Relevance FDI for Sustainable Development Role of State and NIE FDI in Retail Sector fdi in idian banking A Case Study for Pakistan Saudi Real Estate Sector Developing Multinational Enterprises - Analytical Piece dth india 2012 Impact of Fdi on Indian Agriculture Economy _ Seedbuzz Consider this: Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the media and entertainment sector headed north in 2011-12, receiving Rs 32.54 billion during the fiscal. This was 72% more than the Rs 18.87 billion received in 2010-11. In 2010-11, FDI in the sector was Rs 23.40 billion. In India, the media has been both powerful and dominating. As the government aims to increase Indias share in the global FDI space from 1.3% in 2007 to 5% by 2017, the media has its role cut out in projecting the face of an economy that continues to be growthintensive, a country that has a growing and young labour force, rising adult literacy and per capita income, and talented human resources. All these factors motivate flow of foreign investments. FDI in broadcast services The government has decided to raise the FDI ceiling to 74% from 49% in broadcast carriage services. Indeed, it will be a booster to Indias cable TV sector. With the aim to completely digitize broadcast distribution in the next two years, raising the FDI c eiling in broadcast carriage services will not only bring in substantial transparency and accountability into the system, but will also initiate expansion of the media and entertainment sector, and in the process, add to the economy. According to an estimate, Rs 25,000 crore is required in investments by cable TV operators to digitize 100 million cable homes by 2014. The target is set for a complete digitization of Indias cable TV infrastructure by the end of December 2014; before that Delhi, Mumbai, Chenn ai and Kolkata will complete the task by October 31, 2012. Foreign majors will watch the metros digitization carefully so that they are at the ready to invest in the next phase. Consolidation is also likely with mobile players stepping in for digital licences. On this front, the opening of 74% FDI in mobile TV is a welcome step, but more will be expected when the spectrum logjam is cleared and with 4G becoming a more clear and present reality. Raising the FDI ceiling is good news for independent cable operators too, as they have an opportunity to consolidate and strengthen their base in an otherwise haphazard existence at present. The government has to ensure that foreign participation is further made seamless in order to build Indias own digital infrastructure and a base for new technologies. FDI in Print The government is likely to propose raising the FDI limit in the Print media to 49% from its present level of 26%. According to reports, the Information & Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry constituted committee, headed by I&B director Asha Swarup, has recommended the move. The panel is in the process of providing a roadmap to the government for policy initiatives in this regard. Unlike in broadcast carriage services, raising the FDI limit in Print media may not be as sound, transparent or beneficial to the industry. By the governments own estimates, the country has more than 78,000 registered newspapers, a majority of them vernaculars and significantly local. A road-map to further FDI in Print media, if brought into being, would only discourage the domestic, smaller aspirants. Worse, the existing local players will be at the mercy of mergers and acquisitions, and risk losing their autonomy and being obliterated by foreign media more driven by corporate interests. According to Papa Rao of AP Herald, Naom Chomskys Manufacturing Consent would be in full force, comprising a band of inves tors who would try to generate consent for the mission set forth by their countries corporate and the political class. This, in turn, Rao says, would be dangerous for our native culture and the self-sustenance in the economy too. Drawing a parallel to the Latin American banana republics who have lost their sovereignty and are subservient to corporate interests, Rao says raising FDI limit in Print media would only expose native newspapers who may not be able to cope up with the (foreign) competition and news content too. However, the report presented by the I&B committee is not without its merits. Although Indian Print media, unlike anywhere else in the world, has been able to withstand the extremities of the global financial crisis, it still awaits a point of acceleration fo r achieving higher growth. Indeed, as the committee said, innovation in the sector is th e key, particularly in business models where the regional newspapers dont have to fear the big fish, be it domestic or foreign ones. Another pertinent issue is about Indias dire need of news agencies with global footprints, where a certain degree of consolidation is required within the home brands to be projected to the rest of the world. Foreign investments, in this context, can play a significant role in taking India abroad via its news. FDI: The road ahead The contribution of foreign investments in an emerging economy like India can never be undermined. Foreign investments have been a crucial gamechanger in projecting India overseas as a country of opportunities, in spite of its inherent challenges. On the other hand, media in India along with Print, TV and now, the Social Media is here to stay. For us, the newspaper with the morning cup of tea is as much part of our daily routine as dal and roti/rice constitute our staple diet. Admittedly, coming of news channels and Social Media have had an impact on Print media but it is not as if one is parasitic to another. At best, the segments complement each other. In the case of FDI, under the present policy, newspapers and journals publishing scientific, technical, specialty journals can get 100% FDI. Foreign publishing houses, who own foreign newspapers, are also allowed to bring out a facsimile edition of the foreign newspaper through a wholly Indian-owned subsidiary. Yet, keeping the ground realities in mind, the policies have to ensure a careful balancing act, to keep the national and domestic interests aloft. In my view, the I&B Ministry will be a real catalyst for social transformation by increasing FDI in news media, both Print and TV. I am all for FDI going to at least 49% if not 100% in this crucial sector, the fourth estate. Realistically. The Indian Government has recently announced the raising of limits on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the broadcast distribution sector to 74 percent. This is a significant step that will allow majority foreign interest in cable companies, Direct To Home (DTH) companies and other broadcast distribution entities. Subject to Guidelines notified by Ministry of FIPB Information & Broadcasting. www.mib.nic.in Subject to Cable Television Network Rules (1994) Notified FIPB by Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. www.mib.nic.in Subject to guidelines issued by Ministry FIPB of Information & Broadcasting. www.mib.nic.in Subject to Up-linking Policy notified by Ministry of FIPB Information & Broadcasting. www.mib.nic.in Subject to guidelines issued by Ministry FIPB of Information & Broadcasting. www.mib.nic.in Subject to guidelines issued by Ministry FIPB of Information & Broadcasting. www.mib.nic.in FDI +FII investment up to 20% 49% (FDI+FII) Direct-To-Home 49% (FDI+FII). Within this limit, FDI componentnot to exceed 20% Setting up hardware facilities such as up-linking, HUB, etc Up-linking a News & Current Affairs TV Channel 26% FDI+FII Up-linking a Non- news & Current Affairs TV Channel 100% Subject to Guidelines notified by Ministry of FIPB Information & Broadcasting. www.mib.nic.in Subject to guidelines issued Ministry of FIPB Information & Broadcasting. www.mib.nic.in Publishing of newspaper and periodicals dealing with news and current affairs* Publishing of scientific magazines/ specialty journals/ 100% periodicals Media & Entertainment Sector Overview The Indian Media and Entertainment Industry continues to grow at a good pace and is estimated at US$ 14.4 billion in 2010, according to a report by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and research firm KPMG. The report further estimates the industry to grow to a size of US$ 16.2 billion in 2011 and to US$ 28.1 billion by 2015. Indian advertising industry stands at the size of US $ 5 billion in 2010, based on PwCs India Entertainment and Media Outlook 2011 estimates. The main components of Indian advertising are Internet advertising which is its fastest-growing segment Radio advertising Print advertising - the largest segment in the advertising industry Television advertising- the second largest segment. FDI inflows in Information & Broadcasting sector, including print media is totaled at US$ 2.17 billion in India during Apr 2000- March 2011, according to Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion statistics. Investment Policy Today, India has one of the most liberal investment regimes with a conducive foreign direct investment (FDI) environment. The media and entertainment industry has significantly benefited from this liberal regime and most segments of the industry today allow foreign investment. Government has permitted 100% foreign direct investment (FDI) in the advertising sector through the automatic route and the government has also liberalised the conditions for 100 % FDI in the film industry. The eligibility conditions for Direct-To-Home (DTH) Service provide for total foreign equity holding, including FDI/ NRI/ OCB/ FII, in the applicant company not to exceed 49%, and within the foreign equity, the FDI component not to exceed 20 %. It also requires that Applicant Company must have Indian management control with the majority representatives on the board as well as the chief executive of the company being a resident Indian. Moreover, in order to increase the reach of private radio channels, the Union Cabinet has approved e-auction of licences under the third-phase expansion of FM radio. 74% FDI: Under the Broadcasting Carriage Services investment policy, 74 % FDI is permissible for Teleports, Direct to home (DTH), Cable Networks {Multi System operators (MSOs) operating at National or State or District level and undertaking upgradation of networks towards digitalization and addressability}, Mobile TV & Headend-in-the Sky Broadcasting Services (HITS). There is automatic route upto 49% investment and government route beyond 49% and upto 74%. 49% FDI: Under the Broadcasting Carriage Services investment policy, 49% FDI is permissible for Cable Networks (other MSOs not undertaking up gradation of networks towards digitalization and addressability and Local Cable Operators (LCOs)) under the Automatic route. 26% FDI: Under the Broadcasting Content Services investment policy, 26% FDI is permissible for Terrestrial Broadcasting FM (FM Radio) and Up-linking of News & Current Affairs TV Channels with the Government approval. 100% FDI: Under the Broadcasting Content Services investment policy, 100% FDI is allowed for Uplinking of Non-News & Current Affairs TV Channels//Down-linking of TV Channels with the Government approval. Print media 26% FDI: Under the Broadcasting sectors investment policy, 26% (FDI and investment by NRIs/PIOs/FII) is permissible for Print media in Publishing of Newspaper and periodicals dealing with news and current affairs and Publication of Indian editions of foreign magazines dealing with news and current affairs with Government approval. 100% FDI: Under the Broadcasting sectors investment policy, 100% FDI is permissible for Print media with Government approval. Market Highlights Film industry, television, print, music and radio are the main components of Indian media and entertainment sector. India is the biggest producer of films in the world, producing more than 1,000 films each year, in all languages. The Indian Film Industry generated revenue of US$ 1.9 billion in 2010, according to the FICCI-KPMG report on the Media & Entertainment Sector. The report estimated the industry is to grow to US$ 2.6 billion by 2014. The key growth drivers for the film industry are expansion of multiplex screens resulting in better realizations, an increase in the number of digital screens facilitating wider releases, higher cable and satellite revenues, improving collections from the overseas markets and ancillary revenue streams like DTH, digital downloads, etc, which are expected to emerge in future. Television: TV industry is sized at US$ 6.5 billion in 2010 and is projected to reach a level of US$ 13.9 billion by 2015, based on FICCI-KPMG report. Another estimate by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is equally promising and suggests that the Indian television industry is estimated to grow by 13 % cumulatively over 2009-14.The total number of TV channels in India was 626 in Jan 2011. Radio: In 2010, the total size of the Radio Sector was estimated to be US$ 0.22 billion, expected to grow to US$ 0.44 billion in 2011. In 2010, total 245 FM Radio Channels were operational in India. Additionally, 29 community radio stations are also operational in India. Print: Indian print industry is estimated at US $ 3.7 billion in 2010 according to PwC. Hindi dailies have the highest growth in readership. Regional players are expected to grow at a brisk pace, both in terms of advertising revenue as well as market expansion. There are more than 62,000 newspapers printed in India, around 92% of which are published in Hindi & other vernacular languages. Newspaper publishers are expected to continue to increase their presence in the online format. Niche and business magazines are showing good growth. Finally, print is likely to show steady growth for the next five years. Major Players Prominent content creators on Indian television landscape are UTV, Balaji, Sri Adhikari Brothers, Television Network Limited, Creative Eye Limited etc. These content providers operate independently or through broadcasters who re-package content. Some of the big national broadcasters are Star Plus, NDTV, Sony, Colors and Zee TV. Main television distribution companies are Digicable, Hathway, DEN, Tata Sky, Big TV and Bharti Airtel. An ASSOCHAM- Deloitte report suggests that the competition amongst broadcasters is expected to increase further with Government approving 75 licenses for launch of new channels or re-launch existing channels in HD after a freeze of two years. The major players who are launching new channels and HD channels are Discovery, UTV, Fox, ZEE and STAR amongst others. According to industry estimates, there are nearly 125 million television households, and over 85 million cable and satellite connections in India. The DTH segment comprises of 14 million homes. It is expected that there will be 143 million television households in India by 2014, out of which 133 million are expected to have cable and satellite connections. Apart from Prasar Bharati, Dish TV India Ltd., Tata Sky Ltd, and Sun Direct TV Pvt. Ltd., Reliance Big TV Pvt. Ltd., Bharti Telemedia Ltd and Bharat Business Channel Ltd have been granted license for operating DTH services. Sector Prospects Future prospects for the growth of the sector are promising. The growth of media and entertainment in times to come is going to be led by factors like increasing media penetration and per capita consumption in the sector across India, potential for growth in leisure platforms, immense penetration potential in the tier 2 - tier 3 towns and rural markets, scope for digitization with film studios and music companies adopting digital prints and rising demand for same, rising consumer understanding enabling players to target their consumers specifically and build loyalty and regional media channels gaining popularity, different tastes of the audience and thereby different content and growth of the importance of the media. Going forward, the Indian animation industry is all set for an enhanced outsourcing pie from global players, according to ASSOCHAM-Deloitte report on Media and Entertainment Industry. It is also prepared to move up the value chain and play a larger role in the overall animation and gaming ecosystem. Where earlier only post-production work used to be outsourced from Hollywood studios, Indian studios are now looking to create their own IP through innovative business models. Also, with the popularity of 3D, a large amount of 2D-to-3D conversion is being done by indigenous studios. Additionally, convergence between entertainment, information and telecommunication is increasingly impacting Indias overall media and entertainment industry. In India, the ratio of advertising expenditure to GDP is about 0.41%. This is substantially lower in comparison to the developed economies as well as developing economies. As the Indian economy continues to develop and the media reach increases, the advertising expenditure to GDP ratio is expected to increase over the next 5 years. 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__label__wiki	0.525099	0.525099	Novartis monographie H1N1/Product information NOVARTIS - Vaccin H1N1 Monographie / Product information. сохранитьСохранить «Novartis monographie H1N1/Product information» для последующего чтения Reader's Digest - December 2017 FDA and Cdc on Website Record Increase in Seizure Reports After Flu Shot research paper 2 Diebolt Award 23Oct-13.pdf Vaccine Side Effects Intranasal Engl part two resources Reducing the Risk Vaccine Side Effects finnish study confirms safety of mmr vaccine bmjb Interview With Barbara Fisher on Swine Flu Medicaid Remark Codes Vaccines 01 Pediatrics 1954 WOOD 363 72 report or evaluation mla GADAR 1.Immunization MCQs With Answers 03 Immunisation Practice_2011-12.pdf Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Limited BLA 1750 Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESCRIBING INFORMATION These highlights do not include all the information needed to use Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine safely and effectively. See full prescribing Manufactured by Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Ltd. Suspension for Intramuscular Injection INDICATIONS AND USAGE • Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine is an inactivated influenza virus vaccine indicated for active immunization of persons 4 years of age and older against influenza disease caused by pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus (1). DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION Based on currently available information the vaccination regimen is as follows: • Children 4 through 9 years of age: Two 0.5-mL intramuscular injections approximately 1 month apart (2.2) • Children 10 through 17 years of age: A single 0.5-mL intramuscular injection (2.2) • Adults 18 years of age and older: A single 0.5-mL intramuscular injection (2.2) DOSAGE FORMS AND STRENGTHS Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine, a sterile suspension for intramuscular injection, is supplied in two presentations: • Prefilled single dose syringe, 0.5-mL. Thimerosal, a mercury derivative used during manufacture, is removed by subsequent purification steps to a trace amount (≤ 1 mcg mercury per 0.5-mL dose) (3, 11) • Multidose vial, 5-mL. Contains thimerosal, a mercury derivative (25 mcg mercury per 0.5-mL dose). Thimerosal is added as preservative. (3,11) • History of systemic hypersensitivity reactions to egg proteins, or any other component of Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine, or life-threatening reactions to previous influenza vaccinations. (4, 11) WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS • If Guillain-Barré syndrome has occurred within 6 weeks of receipt of prior influenza vaccine, the decision to give Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine should be based on careful consideration of the potential benefits and risks. (5.1) • Immunocompromised persons may have a reduced immune response to Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine. (5.2) Adverse Reaction information is based on studies conducted with seasonal trivalent Influenza Virus Vaccine manufactured by Novartis (FLUVIRIN). Vial and Syringe leaflet text Page 1 of 20 The most frequently reported adverse reactions are mild hypersensitivity reactions (such as rash), local reactions at the injection site, and influenza-like symptoms. (6) To report SUSPECTED ADVERSE REACTIONS contact Novartis Vaccines at 1- 800-244-7668, or VAERS at 1-800-822-7967 and www.vaers.hhs.gov. • Do not mix with any other vaccine in the same syringe or vial. (7.1) • Immunosuppressive therapies may reduce immune response to Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine. (7.2) USE IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS • Safety and effectiveness of Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine have not been established in pregnant women, nursing mothers or children less than 4 years of age. (8.1, 8.3, 8.4) • Antibody responses to the trivalent seasonal Influenza Virus Vaccine manufactured by Novartis (FLUVIRIN) were lower in the geriatric population than in younger subjects. (8.5) See 17 for PATIENT COUNSELING INFORMATION. Revised: September 2009 FULL PRESCRIBING INFORMATION: CONTENTS* 1 INDICATIONS AND USAGE 2 DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION 2.1 Preparation for Administration 2.2 Recommended Dose and Schedule 3 DOSAGE FORMS AND STRENGTHS 4 CONTRAINDICATIONS 4.1 Hypersensitivity 5 WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS 5.1 Guillain-Barré Syndrome 5.2 Altered Immunocompetence 5.3 Preventing and Managing Allergic Reactions 5.4 Limitations of Vaccine Effectiveness 6 ADVERSE REACTIONS 6.1 Overall Adverse Reaction Profile 6.2 Clinical Trial Experience 6.3 Postmarketing Experience 6.4 Other Adverse Reactions Associated with Influenza Vaccination 7 DRUG INTERACTIONS 7.1 Concomitant Administration with Other Vaccines 7.2 Concurrent Use with Immunosuppressive Therapies 8 USE IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS 8.1 Pregnancy 8.3 Nursing Mothers 8.4 Pediatric Use 8.5 Geriatric Use 12.1 Mechanism of Action 13 NONCLINICAL TOXICOLOGY 13.1 Carcinogenesis, Mutagenesis, Impairment of Fertility 14 CLINICAL STUDIES 14.1 Immunogenicity in Adults (18 to 64 years of age) 14.2 Immunogenicity in Geriatric Subjects (65 years of age and over) 14.3 Immunogenicity in Pediatric Subjects 16 HOW SUPPLIED/STORAGE AND HANDLING 16.1 How Supplied 16.2 Storage and Handling 17 PATIENT COUNSELING INFORMATION * Sections or subsections omitted from the full prescribing information are not listed. Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine is an inactivated influenza virus vaccine indicated for immunization of persons 4 years of age and older against influenza disease caused by pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus. Inspect Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine syringes and multidose vials visually for particulate matter and/or discoloration prior to administration. If either of these conditions exists, the vaccine should not be administered. Shake the syringe vigorously before administering the vaccine and shake the multidose vial preparation each time before withdrawing a dose of vaccine. Between uses, return the multidose vial to the recommended storage conditions between 2º and 8ºC (36º and 46ºF). Do not freeze. Discard if the vaccine has been A separate syringe and needle or a sterile disposable unit should be used for each injection to prevent transmission of infectious agents from one person to another. Needles should be disposed of properly and not recapped. It is recommended that small syringes (0.5-mL or 1-mL) should be used to minimize any product loss. Clinical studies are ongoing with Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine to determine the optimal dosage, number of doses and schedule. Available data show that children 9 years of age and younger are largely serologically naïve to the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus (15.1). Based upon these data Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine should be administered as follows: Children (4 to 17 years of age): Children 4 through 9 years of age should receive two 0.5mL doses by intramuscular injection approximately 1 month apart. Children 10 through 17 years of age should receive a single 0.5-mL intramuscular injection. The needle size may range from 7/8 to 1¼ inches, depending on the size of the child’s deltoid muscle, and should be of sufficient length to penetrate the muscle tissue. The anterolateral thigh can be used, but the needle should be longer, usually 1 inch. The vaccine should not be injected in the gluteal region or areas where there may be a major nerve trunk. Adults (18 years of age and older): Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine should be administered as a single 0.5- mL intramuscular injection preferably in the region of the deltoid muscle of the upper A needle of ≥1 inch is preferred because needles <1 inch might be of insufficient length to penetrate muscle tissue in certain adults. Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine is a sterile suspension for intramuscular injection. [see DESCRIPTION (11) for the complete list of ingredients] Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine is available in two presentations: 1) Prefilled single dose syringe, 0.5-mL. Thimerosal, a mercury derivative used during manufacture, is removed by subsequent purification steps to a trace amount (≤ 1 mcg mercury per 0.5-mL dose). 2) Multidose vial, 5-mL. Contains thimerosal, a mercury derivative, added as a preservative. Each 0.5-mL dose from the multidose vial contains 25 mcg mercury. Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine should not be administered to anyone with known systemic hypersensitivity reactions to egg proteins (eggs or egg products), or to any component of Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine, or who has had a life-threatening reaction to previous influenza vaccinations [see DESCRIPTION (11)]. If Guillain-Barré syndrome has occurred within 6 weeks of receipt of prior influenza vaccine, the decision to give Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine should be based on careful consideration of the potential benefits and risks. If Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine is administered to immunocompromised persons, including individuals receiving immunosuppressive therapy, the expected immune response may not be obtained. Prior to administration of any dose of Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine, the healthcare provider should review the patient’s prior immunization history for possible adverse events, to determine the existence of any contraindication to immunization with Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine and to allow an assessment of benefits and risks. Appropriate medical treatment and supervision must be available to manage possible anaphylactic reactions following administration of the vaccine. Vaccination with Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine may not protect all individuals. Novartis’ Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine and seasonal trivalent Influenza Virus Vaccine (FLUVIRIN®) are manufactured by the same process. The data in this section were obtained from clinical studies and postmarketing experience with FLUVIRIN. Serious allergic reactions, including anaphylactic shock, have been observed in individuals receiving FLUVIRIN during postmarketing surveillance. Adverse event information from clinical trials provides a basis for identifying adverse events that appear to be related to vaccine use and for approximating the rates of these events. However, because clinical trials are conducted under widely varying conditions, the adverse reaction rates observed in the clinical trials of a vaccine cannot be directly compared to rates in the clinical trials of another vaccine, and may not reflect rates observed in clinical practice. Adult and Geriatric Subjects Safety data were collected in a total of 2768 adult and geriatric subjects (18 years of age and older) who have received FLUVIRIN in 29 clinical studies since 1982. In 9 clinical studies since 1997, among 1261 recipients of FLUVIRIN, 745 (59%) were women; 1211 (96%) were White, 23 (2%) Asian, 15 (1%) Black and 12 (1%) other; 370 (29%) of subjects were elderly (≥65 years of age). All studies have been conducted in the UK, apart from a study run in the US in 2005-2006 where FLUVIRIN was used as a comparator for an unlicensed vaccine. After vaccination, the subjects were observed for 30 minutes for hypersensitivity or other immediate reactions. Subjects were instructed to complete a diary card for three days following immunization (i.e. Day 1 to 4) to collect local and systemic reactions (see Tables 1 and 2). All local and systemic adverse events were considered to be at least possibly related to the vaccine. Local and systemic reactions mostly began between day 1 and day 2. The overall adverse events reported in clinical trials since 1998 in at least 5% of the subjects are summarized in Table 3. Solicited Adverse Events in the First 72-96 Hours after Administration of FLUVIRIN in Adult (18-64 years of age) and Geriatric (≥65 years of age) Subjects. § § § 18-64 yrs ≥ 65 yrs 18-64 yrs ≥ 65 yrs 18-64 yrs ≥ 65 yrs N = 66 N = 44 N = 76 N = 34 N = 75 N = 35 Local Adverse Events Pain 16 (24%) 4 (9%) 16 (21%) - 9 (12%) - Mass 7 (11%) 1 (2%) 4 (5%) - 8 (11%) 1 (3%) Inflammation 5 (8%) 2 (5%) 6 (8%) - 7 (9%) 1 (3%) Ecchymosis 4 (6%) 1 (2%) 3 (4%) 1 (3%) 4 (5%) - Edema 2 (3%) 1 (2%) 1 (1%) 2 (6%) 3 (4%) 1 (3%) Reaction 2 (3%) - 2 (3%) - 4 (5%) 1 (3%) Hemorrhage - - 1 (1%) - - - Systemic Adverse Headache 7 (11%) 1 (2%) 17 (22%) 3 (9%) 4 (5%) - Fatigue 3 (5%) 2 (5%) 4 (5%) 1 (3%) 3 (4%) - Malaise 2 (3%) 1 (2%) 2 (3%) 1 (3%) 1 (1%) - Myalgia 1 (2%) - 2 (3%) - - - Fever 1 (2%) - 1 (1%) - - - Arthralgia - 1 (2%) - 1 (3%) - - Sweating - - 3 (4%) - 1 (1%) 1 (3%) ^ ^ ^ 2001-2002 2002-2003 2004-2005 N = 75 N = 35 N = 107 N = 88 N = 74 N = 61 Pain 12 (16%) 1 (3%) 14 (13%) 7 (8%) 15 (20%) 9 (15%) Mass 4 (5%) 1 (3%) - - - - Ecchymosis 2 (3%) - 3 (3%) 3 (3%) 2 (3%) 1 (2%) Edema 2 (3%) 1 (3%) 6 (6%) 2 (2%) - - Erythema 5 (7%) - 11 (10%) 5 (6%) 16 (22%) 5 (8%) Swelling - - - - 11 (15%) 4 (7%) Reaction - - 2 (2%) - - - Induration - - 14 (13%) 3 (3%) 11 (15%) 1 (2%) Pruritus - - 1 (1%) - - - Headache 8 (11%) 1 (3%) 12 (11%) 9 (10%) 14 (19%) 3 (5%) Fatigue 1 (1%) 1 (3%) - - 5 (7%) 2 (3%) Malaise 3 (4%) - 3 (3%) 4 (5%) 1 (1%) 1 (2%) Myalgia 3 (4%) - 5 (5%) 3 (3%) 8 (11%) 1 (2%) Fever - - - 1 (1%) - - Arthralgia - - 2 (2%) - 1 (1%) - Sweating 3 (4%) 1 (3%) - 2 (2%) - - Shivering - - - 1 (1%) - - Results reported to the nearest whole percent; Fever defined as >38°C – not reported * Solicited adverse events in the first 72 hours after administration of FLUVIRIN § Solicited adverse events reported by COSTART preferred term ^ Solicited adverse events reported by MEDDRA preferred term Solicited Adverse Events in the First 72 Hours after Administration of FLUVIRIN in Adult Subjects (18-49 years of age). 2005-2006 US Trial Pain 168 (55%) Erythema 48 (16%) Ecchymosis 22 (7%) Induration 19 (6%) Swelling 16 (5%) Systemic Adverse Events Headache 91 (30%) Myalgia 64 (21%) Malaise 58 (19%) Fatigue 56 (18%) Sore throat 23 (8%) Chills 22 (7%) Nausea 21 (7%) Arthralgia 20 (7%) Sweating 17 (6%) Cough 18 (6%) Wheezing 4 (1%) Chest tightness 4 (1%) Other difficulties breathing 3 (1%) Facial edema - Results reported to the nearest whole percent Adverse Events Reported by at least 5% of Subjects in Clinical Trials since 1998 Fatigue 8 (12%) 2 (5%) 8 (11%) 2 (6%) 5 (7%) - Back pain 4 (6%) 3 (7%) - - - - Cough increased 2 (3%) 2 (5%) - - - - Fever 3 (5%) - - - - - Headache 12 (18%) 5 (11%) 22 (29%) 5 (15%) 14 (19%) 2 (6%) Infection 3 (5%) 2 (5%) - - - - Malaise 4 (6%) 4 (9%) 4 (5%) 1 (3%) - - Migraine 4 (6%) 1 (2%) - - - - Myalgia 4 (6%) 1 (2%) - - - - Sweating 5 (8%) 1 (2%) - - - - Rhinitis 3 (5%) 1 (2%) - - 5 (7%) 2 (6%) Pharingitis 6 (9%) 1 (2%) 10 (13%) - 6 (8%) - Arthralgia - - - 2 (6%) - - Injection site pain 16 (24%) 4 (9%) 16 (21%) - 9 (12%) - Injection site ecchymosis 4 (6%) 1 (2%) - - 4 (5%) - Injection site mass 7 (11%) 1 (2%) 4 (5%) - 8 (11%) 1 (3%) Injection site edema - - 1 (1%) 2 (6%) - - Injection site 5 (8%) 2 (5%) 6 (8%) - 7 (9%) 1 (3%) Injection site reaction - - - - 4 (5%) 1 (3%) ^ ^ ^ Fatigue 5 (7%) 4 (11%) 11 (10%) 8 (9%) 4 (5%) 2 (3%) Hypertension - - 1 (1%) 4 (5%) - - Rinorrhea - - 2 (2%) 5 (6%) - - Headache 20 (27%) 2 (6%) 35 (33%) 18 (20%) 12 (16%) 1 (2%) Malaise 6 (8%) 1 (3%) 13 (12%) 8 (9%) - - Myalgia 4 (5%) 1 (3%) 10 (9%) 4 (5%) - - Sweating 3 (4%) 3 (9%) 2 (2%) 5 (6%) - - Rhinitis 4 (5%) - - - - - Pharingitis - - - - 6 (8%) - Arthralgia - - 5 (5%) 4 (5%) - - Sore throat 4 (5%) 1 (3%) 5 (5%) 4 (5%) - - Injection site pain 13 (17%) 3 (9%) 14 (13%) 7 (8%) 6 (8%) 2 (3%) Injection site ecchymosis 4 (5%) 1 (3%) 4 (4%) 4 (5%) - - Injection site erythema 5 (7%) 2 (6%) 11 (10%) 5 (6%) 4 (5%) - Injection site mass 4 (5%) 1 (3%) - - - - Injection site edema - - 6 (6%) 2 (2%) 4 (5%) 1 (2%) Injection site induration - - 14 (13%) 3 (3%) 7 (9%) - – not reaching the cut-off of 5% Adults (18 to 64 years of age) In adult subjects, solicited local adverse events occurred with similar frequency in all trials. The most common solicited adverse events occurring in the first 96 hours after administration (Tables 1 and 2) were associated with the injection site (such as pain, erythema, mass, induration and swelling) but were generally mild/moderate and transient. The most common solicited systemic adverse events were headache and myalgia. The most common overall events in adult subjects (18-64 years of age) were headache, fatigue, injection site reactions (pain, mass, erythema, and induration) and malaise (Table 3). Geriatric Subjects (65 years of age and older) In geriatric subjects, solicited local and systemic adverse events occurred less frequently than in adult subjects. The most common solicited local and systemic adverse events were injection site pain, and headache (Tables 1 and 2). All were considered mild/moderate and were transient. The most common overall events in elderly subjects (≥65 years of age) were headache and fatigue. Only 11 serious adverse events in adult and geriatric subjects (18 years and older) have been reported to date from all the trials performed. These serious adverse events were a minor stroke experienced by a 67 year old subject 14 days after vaccination (1990), death of an 82 year old subject 35 days after vaccination (1990) in very early studies; death of a 72 year old subject 19 days after vaccination (1998-1999), a hospitalization for hemorrhoidectomy of a 38 year old male subject (1999-2000), a severe respiratory tract infection experienced by a 74 year old subject 12 days after vaccination (2002-2003), a planned transurethral resection of the prostate in a subject with prior history of prostatism (2004-2005), two cases of influenza (2005-2006), a drug overdose (2005-2006), cholelithiasis (2005-2006) and a nasal septal operation (2005-2006). None of these events were considered causally related to vaccination. Clinical Trial Experience in Pediatric Subjects In 1987 a clinical study was carried out in 38 ‘at risk’ children aged between 4 and 12 years (17 females and 21 males). To record the safety of FLUVIRIN, participants recorded their symptoms on a diary card during the three days after vaccination and noted any further symptoms they thought were attributable to the vaccine. The only reactions recorded were tenderness at the site of vaccination in 21% of the participants on day 1, which was still present in 16% on day 2 and 5% on day 3. In one child, the tenderness was also accompanied by redness at the site of injection for two days. The reactions were not age-dependent and there was no bias towards the younger children. Three clinical studies were carried out between 1995 and 2004 in a total of 520 pediatric subjects (age range 6 - 47 months). Of these, 285 healthy subjects plus 41 ‘at risk’ subjects received FLUVIRIN. No serious adverse events were reported. FLUVIRIN and Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine should only be used for the immunization of persons aged 4 years and over. The following additional adverse reactions have been reported during post- approval use of FLUVIRIN. Because these reactions are reported voluntarily from a population of uncertain size, it is not always possible to reliably estimate their frequency Vial and Syringe leaflet text Page 10 of 20 or establish a causal relationship to vaccine exposure. Adverse events described here are included because: a) they represent reactions which are known to occur following immunizations generally or influenza immunizations specifically; b) they are potentially serious; or c) the frequency of reporting. • Body as a whole: Local injection site reactions (including pain, pain limiting limb movement, redness, swelling, warmth, ecchymosis, induration), hot flashes/flushes; chills; fever; malaise; shivering; fatigue; asthenia; facial edema. • Immune system disorders: Hypersensitivity reactions (including throat and/or mouth edema). In rare cases, hypersensitivity reactions have lead to anaphylactic shock and • Cardiovascular disorders: Vasculitis (in rare cases with transient renal involvement), syncope shortly after vaccination. • Digestive disorders: Diarrhea; nausea; vomiting; abdominal pain. • Blood and lymphatic disorders: Local lymphadenopathy; transient thrombocytopenia. • Metabolic and nutritional disorders: Loss of appetite. • Musculoskeletal: Arthralgia; myalgia; myasthenia. • Nervous system disorders: Headache; dizziness; neuralgia; paraesthesia; confusion; febrile convulsions; Guillain-Barré Syndrome; myelitis (including encephalomyelitis and transverse myelitis); neuropathy (including neuritis); paralysis (including Bell’s Palsy). • Respiratory disorders: Dyspnea; chest pain; cough; pharyngitis; rhinitis. • Skin and appendages: Stevens-Johnson syndrome; sweating; pruritus; urticaria; rash (including non-specific, maculopapular, and vesiculobulbous). Anaphylaxis has been reported after administration of FLUVIRIN. Although FLUVIRIN and Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine contain only a limited quantity of egg protein, this protein can induce immediate hypersensitivity reactions among persons who have severe egg allergy. Allergic reactions include hives, angioedema, allergic asthma, and systemic anaphylaxis [see CONTRAINDICATIONS (4)]. The 1976 swine influenza vaccine was associated with an increased frequency of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). Evidence for a causal relation of GBS with subsequent vaccines prepared from other influenza viruses is unclear. If influenza vaccine does pose a risk, it is probably slightly more than 1 additional case/1 million persons vaccinated. Neurological disorders temporally associated with influenza vaccination such as encephalopathy, optic neuritis/neuropathy, partial facial paralysis, and brachial plexus neuropathy have been reported. Microscopic polyangiitis (vasculitis) has been reported temporally associated with influenza vaccination. There are no data to assess the concomitant administration of Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine with other vaccines. If Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine is to be given at the same time as another injectable vaccine(s), the vaccines should always be administered at different injection sites. Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine should not be mixed with any other vaccine in the same syringe or vial. Immunosuppressive therapies, including irradiation, antimetabolites, alkylating agents, cytotoxic drugs, and corticosteroids (used in greater than physiologic doses), may reduce the immune response to Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine. Influenza Virus Vaccine (FLUVIRIN) are manufactured by the same process. Available information for FLUVIRIN is provided in this section. Pregnancy Category C: Animal reproduction studies have not been conducted with Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine or FLUVIRIN. It is also not known whether Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine or FLUVIRIN can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman or can affect reproduction capacity. Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine should be given to a pregnant woman only if clearly needed. It is not known whether FLUVIRIN or Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine is excreted in human milk. Because many drugs are excreted in human milk, caution should be exercised when Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine is administered to a nursing woman. Safety and effectiveness in pediatric subjects below the age of 4 years have not been established. [see ADVERSE REACTIONS (6) and CLINICAL STUDIES (14)] Since 1997, of the total number of geriatric subjects (n = 397) in clinical studies of FLUVIRIN, 29% of adult subjects were 65 years and over, while 2.1% were 75 years and over. Antibody responses were lower in the geriatric population than in younger subjects. Adverse events occurred less frequently in geriatric subjects (≥65 years) than in younger adults. Other reported clinical experience has not identified differences in responses between the elderly and younger patients. [See ADVERSE REACTION (6) and CLINICAL STUDIES (14)]. Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine is a sub-unit (purified surface antigen) influenza virus vaccine prepared from virus propagated in the allantoic cavity of embryonated hens’ eggs inoculated with a specific type of influenza virus suspension containing neomycin and polymyxin. The influenza virus strain is harvested and clarified by centrifugation and filtration prior to inactivation with betapropiolactone. The inactivated virus is concentrated and purified by zonal centrifugation. The surface antigens, hemagglutinin and neuraminidase, are obtained from the influenza virus particle by further centrifugation in the presence of nonylphenol ethoxylate, a process which removes most of the internal proteins. The nonylphenol ethoxylate is removed from the surface antigen preparation. Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine is a homogenized, sterile, slightly opalescent suspension in a phosphate buffered saline. Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine is formulated to contain 15 mcg hemagglutinin (HA) per 0.5-mL dose of the following virus strain: A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)v-like virus. The 0.5-mL prefilled syringe presentation is formulated without preservative. Thimerosal, a mercury derivative used during manufacturing, is removed by subsequent purification steps to a trace amount (≤ 1 mcg mercury per 0.5-mL dose). The 5-mL multidose vial formulation contains thimerosal, a mercury derivative, added as a preservative. Each 0.5-mL dose from the multidose vial contains 25 mcg mercury. Each dose from the multidose vial or from the prefilled syringe may also contain residual amounts of egg proteins (≤ 1 mcg ovalbumin), polymyxin (≤ 3.75 mcg), neomycin (≤ 2.5 mcg), betapropiolactone (not more than 0.5 mcg) and nonylphenol ethoxylate (not more than 0.015% w/v). The multidose vial stopper and the syringe stopper/plunger do not contain latex. Influenza illness and its complications follow infection with influenza viruses. Global surveillance of influenza identifies yearly antigenic variants. For example, since 1977, antigenic variants of influenza A (H1N1 and H3N2) viruses and influenza B viruses have been in global circulation. Specific levels of hemagglutination inhibition (HI) antibody titers post-vaccination with inactivated influenza virus vaccine have not been correlated with protection from influenza illness. In some human studies, antibody titer of ≥1:40 have been associated with protection from influenza illness in up to 50% of subjects [see REFERENCES (15.2, 15.3)]. Antibody against one influenza virus type or subtype confers limited or no protection against another. Furthermore, antibody to one antigenic variant of influenza virus might not protect against a new antigenic variant of the same type or subtype. Neither FLUVIRIN nor the Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine have been evaluated for carcinogenic or mutagenic potential, or for impairment of fertility. Influenza Virus Vaccine (FLUVIRIN) are manufactured by the same process. Data in this section were obtained in clinical studies conducted with FLUVIRIN. Between 1982 and 1991, twelve clinical studies were conducted in healthy adult and geriatric subjects and one in children between 4 and 12 years of age who were considered to be ‘at risk’. Since 1991 an annual clinical study has been conducted in the UK in healthy adults aged 18 years or older. FLUVIRIN was also used as a control in a US clinical trial in adults (18-49 years of age). In all the trials, blood samples were taken prior to vaccination and approximately three weeks after vaccination to assess the immunogenic response to vaccination by measurement of anti-HA antibodies. pediatric subjects (age range 6-48 months). Of these, 285 healthy subjects plus 41 ‘at risk’ pediatric subjects, received FLUVIRIN. Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine should only be used for the immunization of persons aged 4 years and over. Tables 4 and 5 show the immunogenicity data for the adult age group. The seven clinical studies presented enrolled a total of 774 adult subjects. In the adult group, for all antigens (A/H1N1, A/H3N2 and B) at least one of the following point estimate criteria was met: the proportion of subjects with seroconversion (post-vaccination titer ≥1:40 from a pre-vaccination titer <1:10) or significant increase (at least a four-fold increase from pre-vaccination titer ≥1:10) in antibody titer was greater than 40%; the geometric mean titer (GMT) increase was >2.5; the proportion of subjects with a post-vaccination hemagglutination inhibition (HI) antibody titer ≥1:40 was greater than 70%. Summary of the Seroconversion and Proportion of Subjects Achieving an HI titer ≥1:40 for Adult Subjects No. of Seroconversion ∞ HI titer ≥1:40¥ Year/Strain subjects N % 95% CIφ N % 95% CIφ A/H1N1 48 73 (62, 83) 50 76 (65, 86) A/H3N2 66 43 65 (54, 77) 47 71 (60, 82) B 42 64 (52, 75) 62 94 (88, 100) B 42 56 (45, 67) 66 88 (81, 95) A/H3N2 106 72 68 (59, 77) 93 88 (81, 94) B 78 74 (65, 82) 101 95 (91, 99) A/H3N2 74 60 81 (70, 89) 73 99 (93, 100) A/H1N1 191 63 (57, 68) 296 98 (95, 99) A/H3N2 303 273 90 (86, 93) 294 97 (94, 99) B 213 70 (65, 75) 263 87 (82, 90) ∞ Seroconversion: proportion of subjects with either a post-vaccination HI titer ≥1:40 from a pre- vaccination titer <1:10 or at least a four-fold increase from pre-vaccination HI titer ≥1:10 in antibody titer. ¥ HI titer ≥1:40: proportion of subjects with a post-vaccination titer ≥ 1:40. φ 95% CI: 95% confidence interval Summary of the Geometric Mean Hemagglutination Inhibition Antibody Titers, Pre- and Post-Immunization, for Adult Subjects Geometric Mean Titer (GMT) Year/Strain Pre- Post- subjects Fold Increase (95% CI)* vaccination vaccination A/H1N1 7.26 160.87 22.16 (14.25, 34.46) A/H3N2 66 8.23 87.02 10.57 (6.91, 16.16) B 20.97 231.07 110.2 (6.90, 17.59) A/H1N1 7.43 58.95 7.93 (5.73, 10.97) A/H3N2 76 15.29 122.83 8.03 (5.80, 11.13) B 25.70 254.76 9.91 (6.97, 14.10) A/H1N1 5.42 33.80 6.24 (4.49, 8.69) B 26.24 308.25 11.75 (7.73, 17.85) A/H3N2 75 23.67 153.81 6.50 (4.78, 8.84) B 19.91 107.53 5.40 (3.95, 7.38) A/H3N2 106 23.32 292.03 12.52 (8.77, 17.87) A/H1N1 13 159 12 (8.39, 17) A/H3N2 74 37 658 18 (12, 26) B 15 156 11 (7.87, 14) A/H1N1 29 232 8 (6.68, 9.59) A/H3N2 303 14 221 15 (14, 17) B 13 83 6.5 (5.73, 7.37) * 95% CI: 95% confidence interval 14.2 Immunogenicity in Geriatric Subjects (65 years of age and older) Tables 6 and 7 show the immunogenicity of FLUVIRIN in the geriatric age group. The six clinical studies presented enrolled a total of 296 geriatric subjects. For each of the influenza antigens, the percentage of subjects who achieved seroconversion and the percentage of subjects who achieved HI titers of ≥1:40 are shown, as well as the fold increase in GMT. For all antigens (A/H1N1, A/H3N2 and B) at least one of the following point estimate criteria was met: the proportion of subjects with seroconversion (post- vaccination titer ≥1:40 from a pre-vaccination titer <1:10) or significant increase (at least a four-fold increase from pre-vaccination titer ≥1:10) in antibody titer was greater than 30%; the geometric mean titer (GMT) increase was >2.0; the proportion of subjects with a post-vaccination hemagglutination inhibition (HI) antibody titer ≥1:40 was greater than 60%. The pre-specified efficacy criteria were met in each study, although a relatively lower immunogenicity of A/H1N1 strain was seen in the last four studies (the same strain was in each of the formulations). ≥1:40 for Geriatric Subjects B 13 31 (17, 45) 42 100 (100, 100) B 9 26 (12, 41) 32 94 (86, 100) A/H1N1 5 14 (3, 26) 10 29 (14, 44) B 6 17 (5, 30) 32 91 (82, 100) antibody titer ¥ HI titer ≥1:40: proportion of subjects with a post-vaccination titer ≥1:40 Pre- and Post-Immunization, for Geriatric Subjects A/H1N1 13.92 176.65 12.69 (8.24, 19.56) A/H3N2 42 10.69 124.92 11.69 (7.02, 19.46) B 114.1 273.56 2.40 (1.82, 3.17) A/H1N1 15.82 50.58 3.20 (2.13, 4.80) B 45.49 91.89 2.02 (1.47, 2.78) A/H1N1 21 64 3.13 (2.33, 4.2) A/H3N2 61 72 320 4.43 (3.13, 6.27) B 20 114 5.69 (4.39, 7.38) A small-scale study was conducted in 1987 to evaluate safety and immunogenicity of FLUVIRIN in 38 ‘at risk’ children, with diabetes and/or asthma, or lymphoid leukemia. Thirty-eight participants aged between 4 and 12 years of age were assessed. Ten subjects had diabetes, 21 had asthma, two had both diabetes and asthma, and one had lymphoid leukemia. There were four healthy control subjects. All participants received a single 0.5-mL dose of FLUVIRIN. Immunogenicity results were obtained for 19 of the 38 subjects enrolled in the study. The point estimate of the percentage of subjects achieving a titer of ≥ 1:40 was 84% for the A/H1N1 strain 79% for the B strain, and 53% for the A/H3N2 strain. The GMT fold increases were 5.8 for the A/H1N1 strain, 40 for the B strain and 17.7 for the A/H3N2 strain. In a 1995/1996 clinical study, 41 subjects (aged 6-36 months) at increased risk for influenza-related complications received two 0.25-mL doses of FLUVIRIN. At least 49% of subjects showed a ≥4-fold increase in HI antibody titer to all three strains. HI antibody titers of 1:40 or greater were seen in at least 71% of the subjects for all three influenza strains, with increases in geometric mean titer of 6.0-fold or greater to all three strains. Two clinical studies (1999-2000 and 2004) indicated a lower immunogenicity profile for FLUVIRIN compared with two commercial split vaccines; in a study in the age group 6-48 months the comparator was a US licensed vaccine, Fluzone®, and in another study in the age group 6-36 months the comparator was a non-US licensed inactivated influenza vaccine. Despite the small sample size (a total of 285 healthy subjects received FLUVIRIN in these two clinical studies) the lower immunogenicity profile of FLUVIRIN was greatest versus the comparator vaccines in children <36months but was also evident in those 36-48 months of age, though the differences were less. immunization of persons aged 4 years and older. 15.1 CDC. Serum cross-reactive antibody response to a novel influenza A (H1N1) virus after vaccination with seasonal influenza vaccine. MMWR 2009; 58(19): 15.2 Hannoun C, Megas F, Piercy J. Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of influenza vaccination. Virus Res 2004; 103:133-138. 15.3 Hobson D, Curry RL, Beare A, et. al. The role of serum hemagglutinin-inhibiting antibody in protection against challenge infection with influenza A2 and B viruses. J Hyg Camb 1972; 767-777. Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine is supplied as a 0.5-mL prefilled single dose syringe, package of 10 syringes per carton. NDC 66521-200-02 Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine is supplied as a 5-mL multidose vial, individually packaged in a carton. NDC 66521-200-10 Store Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine refrigerated between 2º and 8ºC (36º and 46ºF). Do not freeze. Discard if the vaccine has been frozen. Store in the original package to protect from light. Do not use after the expiration date. Between uses, return the multidose vial to the recommended storage conditions. Vaccine recipients and guardians should be informed by their health care provider of the potential benefits and risks of immunization with Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine. When educating vaccine recipients and guardians regarding the potential side effects, clinicians should emphasize that Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent Vaccine contains non-infectious particles and cannot cause influenza. Vaccine recipients and guardians should be instructed to report any severe or unusual adverse reactions to their healthcare provider. Vaccine recipients should be advised that there are two influenza vaccine formulations for this influenza season, the monovalent pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza vaccine and seasonal trivalent influenza vaccine. 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__label__wiki	0.815445	0.815445	Faculty & Therapists Central & Branch Boards Mary Louise Curtis Kardon-Northeast Settlement 100 Children’s Music Playshop Children’s Music Workshop Suzuki Program Individual Instruction Ensembles & Chamber Music Rhythm n’ Brews Kintan Silvany 14 Years Old Harp, Piano, and Voice Student Share this show via Facebook Share this show on Twitter Share this show on Twitter Share this show on Twitter Share this show via Email Kintan Embraces the PMAY Artist Experience With the launch of the Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth (PMAY) Artists’ Initiative earlier this year, a new generation of young musicians in Philadelphia will have the opportunity to fulfill their dreams of making music at a professional level. Kintan Silvany, a 14-year-old student at the Mary Louise Curtis Branch, is one of 25 Settlement students taking part in the inaugural cohort of Artists. During her time at Settlement, she has been in Children’s Music Workshop and dance classes, sung in the Gleeksman-Kohn Children’s Choir, and taken individual instruction on three different instruments. Najib Wong, Program Director for the Artists’ Initiative, calls Kintan “a really strong student with a very supportive family.” She currently studies harp with Elizabeth Steiner, who says, “Kintan has really maximized the resources that Settlement provides, and she works hard to take advantage of every opportunity.” In addition to the harp, Kintan also studies piano with Michael Caruso and voice with Kate Mallon-Day at Settlement, and she performs with the Philadelphia Sinfonia Players as the only harpist in an intermediate-level youth orchestra. This summer, she participated in the 2017 Philadelphia International Music Camp & Festival and in Philly Harp Week, a festival sponsored by Play On, Philly! Q: What made you want to apply for the PMAY Artists’ Initiative? A: My teacher Miss Steiner told me about it and wanted me to get more involved in music. She signed me up, and during my audition, I had an interview and learned more about it. When Najib called me and told me, “You’re in!” it was really exciting. This summer, thanks to PMAY, I went to the Philadelphia International Music Festival, where I got to meet other musicians and learn more. It was also my first exposure to playing chamber music. The first week, I played piano in a trio with violin and cello, and the second week, I played harp in a trio with oboe and flute. Q: What is your favorite thing about studying music? A: It gives me something to do other than being bored at home, which is what a lot of people my age do. With music, I get to practice, I can figure out how I can do better, and I can learn new pieces. Between harp, piano, and voice, I practice at least an hour a day, and it gives me a purpose for what I should do. When I started studying voice, I had been in the choir, but I had never sung solo before. Now I am figuring out what I can do with my voice and trying things that I’ve never done before. Q: What are your goals in music for the future? A: My goal is to spread music all over. I want to go back to Indonesia, where my parents are from, and perform there for people who have not been exposed to classical music. There is classical music in Jakarta and other cities, but in other places in the country where there is poverty, there is no exposure to classical music. I am planning on traveling there next summer with my parents, and we are already looking at harp shops where I can find an instrument so that I can practice while I am there. Chamber Music at Settlement: A musical conversation for all ages Aaron Patterson Explore Your Settlement Pathway At Settlement, we welcome all ages, instruments, skill levels, and ambitions. Wherever you may find yourself on your creative journey, we are here to support your success every step of the way. Download Our Press Kit © 2020 Settlement Music School, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1829
__label__cc	0.687614	0.312386	Sexual Craftsmanship Sexual Confidence for Software Developers Subscribe to receive actionable guidance for your sexual confidence directly in your inbox I’ve read and accept the privacy policy Are men from Mars and women from Venus? TBH we’re weird enough monkeys without needing to bring other planets into this Men are from Mars and women are from Venus. This was a popular book when I was young, and became a bit of a catch phrase. You started to hear people saying this quite a lot in the 90s – Mars, Venus… it made sense to people. What resonated in that idea for so many people, do you think? Was it this sense that men and women are really so different from each other? Is this why communication within relationships seems so hard? Sometimes, it feels like you are speaking a different language to your partner… Though to counterbalance that, I am a person that, more than once, has spoken a literal different language than my partner. Any other travelers in the house? What I’ve observed is this – in some strange way, speaking literal different languages and coming from literal different cultures actually facilitates communication by incentivizing clarity and patience. So, to me, this Mars-Venus men-women communication mismatch is suspicious. While it might feel like you are speaking different languages, there’s likely something else going on underneath the surface. Men and women both come from Earth. Could it be we’re really not that different from each other? Could it be, by and large, human men and human women are members of the same species, sharing the same home planet, and what appears different between us is something that we make rather than something as immutable as being from different planets? You can’t really examine what is at work beneath the surface of dating, sex, and relationships without looking at gender. You’re born, and your parents decided that you are ‘boy’ or ‘girl’, and treat you differently on the basis of that label. This starts long before you have any say in the matter. And your parents are perhaps not even conscious that those choices will affect you throughout your entire life. Do others see you as ‘boy’ or ‘girl’? What is allowed and what isn’t allowed on the basis of those labels? What is a boy ‘supposed’ to do? What is a ‘girl’ supposed to do? This varies culture by culture, family by family, which is one of the reasons partnering with someone from a different cultural background can be refreshing – there’s often comical mismatches between expected behaviours, because the meaning of ‘boy’ in Poland and ‘boy’ in the USA are different. What’s allowed and what isn’t is different. Isn’t it strange that it seems, on the surface, like it’s so difficult for men and women to communicate, especially about dating, sex, and relationships? Why is it so challenging to talk about desire, for example? What blocks us from speaking more openly and vulnerably to each other about what we want? Most of us are unaware of our socialization, and it takes effort to notice it. The way we are raised, and the way we are treated by the world on the basis of being a ‘boy’ or ‘girl’ has ripple effects that stick with us into adulthood. Often, these effects extend out into the future when we pass these along to our children. I talk about the communication challenges between men and women, and the role played by socialization, in a recent YouTube video. Check it out! Transferring meaning from one mind to another…. no easy feat MINI MISSION:Reflect on the definitions you carry around in your mind. What does it mean to be a man? What does it mean to be a woman? On a sheet of paper, jot down some notes. Then, look over your notes and ask yourself the question: Where did I learn this? Spend 15 minutes on this exercise. What came up for you? 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__label__cc	0.709187	0.290813	S.C. JENSEN official home page of the author Get Sarah Does Sci-Fi via Email S.C. Jensen's thoughts on reading and writing science fiction, delivered straight to your inbox. Now that's service! S.C. Jensen in Thoughts on Writing 03/04/2019 02/04/2019 2,255 Words Finding Your Balance: How to Show AND Tell Effectively Writers love rules. Or love to hate them. If you spend any time in writers groups, or read a lot of craft articles, one of the rules that get tossed around a lot is “Show DON’T Tell.” The reason this rule emphasizes showing over telling is not because one is better than the other. It’s that beginner writers tend to “tell” their stories exclusively. Other, equally new writers like to point out at every opportunity when others are “telling” and offer up terrible examples of how to show instead. Usually the result is an overuse of flowery adjectives (which are actually just fancy “telling”) or the purplest of purple prose. In this post, I’m going to try to clear up what showing and telling are, and when to use them. Yes, both of them. Because showing and telling each have a place, and finding the right balance will vary depending on the type of story you are trying to write. As with everything, there are good and bad examples of both, and we’ll look at those, too. What is Telling? “Telling” in fiction writing refers to any time the writer makes a statement without providing any evidence. They are asking the reader to just take their word for something, that Jake was tall, that the sun was setting, that the wind was cold. Any time a writer “tells” the reader something, they are removing the reader from the sensory experiences of the POV character. Telling allows the reader to see something happening without feeling it. Telling is usually the fastest, most efficient way of conveying information to your reader. It is most effective in action sequences, and to cover the more clinical aspects of your story: things you want your reader to know, but not necessarily to dwell on. When a story is “told” exclusively, though, it comes across as emotionally distant. Your reader will know what happens, but won’t necessarily care. This is because most readers require a certain amount of sensory input in order to empathize with a character. Exceptions to this occur when the writer has a particularly strong narrative voice, in which case the telling itself shows the characters’ personality well enough that the reader can identify with them this way. The balance of show vs. tell in action and humour writing leans more toward telling. Good Telling vs Bad Telling Let’s look at a few of examples that show the difference between good telling and bad telling. a) Billy punched Jim and knocked him to the floor. Jim shook his head to clear his vision. When he tried to stand, Billy kicked him in the stomach. Jim pushed himself up onto his knees, swaying with the spinning in his brain. He wondered how he was going to get out of this one. Then Billy delivered the knockout blow and Jim knew nothing but blackness. b) Billy slammed his fist into Jim’s jaw, knocking him on his ass. Jim shook his head. He rolled onto his side and tried to push himself up. But Billy wasn’t against kicking a man when he was down. Air shot out of Jim’s lungs when Billy’s foot connected. He swayed on his hands and knees. How was he going to get out of this one? Jim didn’t even see the knockout blow. Billy smashed a boot into his temple and Jim was out cold. In this scene, both examples are “told.” The difference between the bad telling in a) and the better telling in b) is in the strength of the word choices, and the elimination of some of those pesky filter words we discussed HERE. There is also a hint more narrative voice in the second example, which allows you to tell “with style.” Some people will argue that “Billy slammed his fist into Jim’s jaw” is showing “Billy punched Jim.” Technically this is showing, but it doesn’t call up any extra sensory details (beyond visual) so I’m going to call this a grey area. Feel free to debate in the comments! Let’s look at another example of telling with style. a) It was morning. The sun came up. Melissa was filled with a feeling of vague disappointment. She didn’t want to face Jordan again today. He was always so happy all the time and it made her feel even worse about herself. She wished she could disappear. Or, if nothing else, that he would. b) Morning, again. The sun comes up, again. Of course it does. No matter how hard she wished otherwise, the days kept turning over and Melissa was still here. Alive. The last thing she wanted was to see Jordan’s smiling face knocking at her door. It was like he was being happy at her, to spite her for her own misery. His cheerful “Hello” made her want to die. Or made her wish he would. Again, both of these examples are telling. Yet we have a much clearer idea of who Melissa is in example b) and we are able to empathize with her thoughts and emotional state even though we have very little sensory details to immerse ourselves into. This is the power of a strong narrative voice. Adverbs: Telling in Disguise Adverbs often show up in over-written purple prose, but contrary to many people’s understanding of show vs. tell, adverb abuse is a telling problem. Why? Because adverbs are shortcuts around showing. Writers often think they’ve shown a bunch of extra detail by tacking on some exotic adverbs, but really they’re just writing lazy, fancily. a) Cautiously, Mary stepped precariously toward the edge, feeling her heart beat fearfully. b) The tree was enormously tall, and John wrapped his arms around the magnificently thick bark and stared wonderingly into its trembling branches. Arguably, these sentences are “shown” more than if I had simply said: a) Mary stepped toward the ledge, her heart beating fast. b) John wrapped his arms around the enormous tree and stared into its branches with wonder. But all the extra adverbs don’t really tell us anything about HOW the character experiences these things. Really, the second version is better. It doesn’t tell us anything more, but it doesn’t clutter up the narrative with a bunch of extra words, either. “Her heart beat fearfully” is just a fancy way of saying “She was scared.” Here’s how those sentences look with a bit more showing: a) Mary stepped precariously toward the edge with her heart lodged in her throat. b) John wrapped his arms around the enormous tree. Above him, branches whispered secrets to each other. He stared into their dancing leaves, his eyes stinging with tears. Better? Worse? It depends on the effect your going for, of course. But I don’t think anyone will argue that the third set of examples is the easiest to imagine. Everyone’s favourite “Show, don’t tell” quote. What is Showing? If telling is a statement without evidence, then showing is evidence without a statement. Showing allows the reader to delve into the sensory world of the POV character, it gives the reader something to experience rather than simply observe. And contrary to what a lot of writers seem to think, it does not have to be done in a flowery, poetic way. There are degrees of “showing” as there are degrees of most literary devices. The above quote from Chekhov is simultaneously loved and hated by writers, and it has probably led more than one beginner down the garden path to Purple Prose Land. Showing slows the reader down, gives them something to imagine in a way that they can relate to, and is an important tool for highlighting important moments in your story. If your story has too much showing, it will be slow and meandering, and probably horribly over-written. Your reader isn’t suffering from the emotional distance of an over-told story, rather they are drowning in it. The balance of show vs. tell will lean more heavily toward showing in romance, fantasy, and literary fiction. Good Showing vs Bad Showing Bad showing is as much about what you are choosing to show as it is about how you show it. Showing calls the readers attention to whatever it is that you are describing, so a well-described image could be bad if it’s not being described for a purpose. Imagery is all well and good, but nobody cares what colour the curtains are unless the colour matters in some way. Deciding which details are important is another article for another time, though. So let’s just look at some other kinds of bad showing. That is, purple prose… a) Stan strolled through the garden, gazing delightedly at daffodils as yellow as morning sunlight, blades of grass like tiny green soldiers, and droplets of dew glittering like the tears of angels from heaven. A delicate bouquet of floral tones cascaded through his olfactory passages like a rainbow bursting out of a rose-shaped prism. His tremoulous sigh shuddered, as if from the very soul of his being, across the blossoming field. b) Stan strolled through the garden. Daffodils bobbed their heads gaily in the breeze, bright spears of grass shot through the footpath, and dew glittered across everything. A delicate bouquet of air washed over him and he smiled with every inch of his body. c) Stan walked through the garden. Everywhere he looked, there were yellow daffodils, green grass, and droplets of dew. A floral scent filled the air. He smiled and sighed. Here we have a) over-written showing, b) showing, with a purpose, and c) telling. What do I mean by showing, with a purpose? Well, let’s have a look at another way we could have shown this scene. d) Stan strolled through the garden. Daffodils drooped their heads against the wind, sharp brown grass speared the footpath, and a drizzle of dew drenched everything. The sodden scent of rotting foliage oozed over him and his lip curled into a vindictive smile. Example d) hits all of the same points as b) but with very different results. Showing is a very powerful tool in your arsenal. We see, not just the scene, but how your character feels about the scene when you show it to us through his senses. When you tell too much and too often, you are missing a valuable opportunity to shape the world and the characters for your reader. When you are missing sensory details, the reader is free to fill in that information any way they like. This freedom can be disastrous to your intentions, if they fill in the blanks with the wrong information. Now, that was an admittedly “flowery” example of showing. But not all showing has to be pretty or poetic. The way you show is as much a part of your voice as what you show. Kendra twisted the knife into Billy’s chest. With a satisfying pop some internal mechanism gave way and his blood sluiced over her hands in a wave of regret as thick and black as motor oil. Dave peeled his eyes open like he was trying to get into a squashed bag of chips. Crusty bits clung to his eyelashes. When he rubbed them, his fingers came away feeling slightly greasy. Weak sunlight oozed out from between the trees. It pooled in the divots left by Graham’s feet in the gravel but never made it ahead of his shadow. He walked, perpetually, into darkness. In order to show effectively, you first have to decide WHAT to show. WHY is it important? HOW are you going to show that? It’s not as simple as finding fancy ways to say things; your imagery should always serve a dual purpose. Imagery should evoke a feeling in your reader, usually the same feeling that your POV character is experiencing. And for the sake of your reader, you only want your POV characters to notice and experience things that are important to the development of your story. Choose wisely, and show with caution. Finding Your Balance How do you know if you are showing and telling the right way, and in the right places? Know your readers, and then ASK them. If you are getting feedback that your story is dragging, disjointed, or wordy, you may be showing too much and at the wrong times. If you are getting feedback that your writing feels superficial, or that it isn’t ringing true emotionally, you may be telling too much and at the wrong times. This can be really useful feedback. But knowing your readers is very important here. You don’t want to give your experimental literary masterpiece to someone who solely reads military sci-fi. I hear that my own writing is too imagery heavy ALL THE TIME. I only sometimes listen to those people. I personally love imagery, and to an extend “showing” is a key part of my authorial voice. On the other hand, you don’t want to give a fast paced spy thriller to someone like me, because I’m going to want to slow down and smell the gunpowder. Just kidding, I’m pretty good at separating my personal preferences from my critiques on other people’s writing. But I will point out opportunities to dig into really great sensory details to get more out of your fast-paced action stories. What do you think? Are you a shower or a teller? Do you have a strong preference one way or another? What other writing rules do you love or love to hate? Show or tell me all about it in the comments. Blood, Sweat, Tears… and Success! NYC Midnight Update: 2019 Short Story Challenge 7 thoughts on “Finding Your Balance: How to Show AND Tell Effectively” I always hated the show don’t tell advice. This is because it usually comes with no explanation, like someone read it on a cereal box and thought they should repeat it. People ought to have to earn the right to even say it, like getting a driver’s license. This would be based upon experience, and require examples like you’ve provided above. I get called for telling in fight scenes, but when three or more people are involved, you almost have to. (A bit) Love the post. S.C. Jensen says: You absolutely have to “tell” fight scenes! If you slowed down to show every blow in all its gory detail the pace would be way off. Come to think of it, gory details are about the only kind of showing that is okay in fight scenes, lol. Or maybe slowing down to emphasize a character’s fear/confidence immediately before turning the tables. It’s one of my most hated rules, too. And I’m a shower! What bugs me most is that it’s been so over used and misapplied that, when providing critique on a section that actually does need to slow down and show more, no one wants to listen! I had fun with this article. I think I’ll do another piece or two expanding on the subject. Telling with style, choosing which details to show (and how often), how show/tell changes with the depth of POV… there’s lots to geek about! Your examples really make the difference between showing and telling clear. Thanks. I’m glad it was helpful! Let me know if you need classroom friendly versions 😂 huguetta says: This is very informative! I started reading during the day and completed it now haha sorry got busy I didn’t have any idea about these methods, I mean didn’t know the names for these styles but enjoyed your examples, it felt like an educational session 😁 I just write what I feel and I know so little about writing but I love to learn more whenever I have a chance Guess I would prefer a good balance, love the showing without exaggeration like describing the curtain color or so, I get bored easily, I need a good purpose to keep reading even though not an avid reader but I always try 😊 Thank you for this post 👍😊 I’m glad it was helpful! I’ll expand on these ideas in future posts, too. I study writing craft, try to apply it, then blog about what I’ve learned. Sharing what I’m thinking about and working on helps solidify it in my brain, particularly when it sparks discussion or debate! I hope you continue reading 😊 It’s great to share what you’re learning with others 👍😊 I agree! The things that are still stuck in my head the most are the ones I wrote about or explained explicitly or had a mortal debate about it hahah I enjoyed reading and will continue to 😊 Hit me with your best shot... Cancel reply Story Laboratory	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1865
__label__cc	0.642301	0.357699	February 25, 2016 April 9, 2016 Chapter 90: Master is Leaving At that moment, Zhu Yao felt as though a fire was blazing, to the point where her restraints, morals, and three views were all burnt away and forgotten. ‘Shuaa!’ Pulling his clothes apart, she lowered her head and gave him a bite, as she anxiously announced. “No matter if you like me in the past or not, I shall officially tell you this now. This lady here has laid her sights on you, and you will be mine in the future. If you dare to have other girls touch you, I don’t care if you’re my master, this lady here will castrate you all the same!” Probably because she was speaking in a very serious tone, Yu Yan was slightly stunned. His blurry eyes instantly cleared up by quite a bit. Staring at his disciple who was still lying on his body unmoving, a moment later, he thought of a possibility. “You… want to form a practitioner-pair with me?” “What else do I want otherwise?” Zhu Yao once again smooched, leaving another mark on him. “Have a discussion about the importance of the development of human reproduction?” “…” Yu Yan did not reply, however, his face suddenly began to heat up out of nowhere. Unclear feelings began to surge up haphazardly from the depths of his heart. Happiness? Joy? Or was it excitement? He was unable to discern them, and he simply felt as though his face was glowing hot. However, to form a practitioner-pair with his disciple, did not seem… to be a very unacceptable idea. However, Zhu Yao was dumbfounded by his current look. Why was her master’s face red? And it was even turning redder, as though he was about to burn up! He couldn’t still be an innocent virgin, right? Master, say something. Don’t just make your face red. If your face stays as red as that, as you look at me with eyes filled with expectations, I basically won’t be able to resist thinking of you every minute and every second, you know!? Zhu Yao instantly felt her wolf’s blood boiling. Her hands moved, she could no longer contain her morals, as she began to take advantage of his stark naked chest. You forced me! Just when she about to begin eating, a certain master seemed to have suddenly reacted. With a light push, Zhu Yao was pushed down the bed. In an instant, Yu Yan had already tidied up his clothes, and stood up. However, he still did not cast his gaze at her, there were still some red blushes that had yet to fade from his face, and he strived to maintain a stern expression as he spoke. “Stop this nonsense. How can such things be decided so easily?” Zhu Yao rubbed her buttocks which was hurting from the fall, and when she crawled up, he had already disappeared. She shivered from the cold wind which blew in from the open door. She suddenly had the impulse to flip a table. Momma’s egg! This lady here has already taken off her pants, and you tell me this!? Ever since Zhu Yao acted that tyrant role, her Consort Yu¹ had never returned to Jade Forest Mountain. She flipped over the entire Jade Forest Mountain, yet, she was still unable to see his figure at all. Was he angry? Was he freaked out? Or could it be that he did not have any feelings for her at all, so he ran? The more Zhu Yao thought about it, the less she figured out. Clearly, the atmosphere they had between them on that day was pretty good. Although he ran away in the end, she could not believe that her master had no feelings for her at all. However, even though she searched the entire Jade Forest Mountain, she could not see his figure at all. And there were many newly placed formations in Jade Forest Mountain, as though they were placed to completely isolate the mountain itself. Even though her cultivation had already been completely restored, as someone who had never researched on formations at all, she was unable to leave this Jade Forest Mountain, and thus, could do nothing but wait. After waiting at the mountain peak for ten days, her master, who had ran away from home, finally returned. Zhu Yao’s eyes shone, and instantly leapt down from the roof of the house. Yu Yan however, slightly shifted his body, and pulled out a small little child from behind him, and this child was even damn familiar. She was exactly the little pudding she saw half a year ago, who claimed she was her own junior-martial sister. Zhu Yao’s legs froze, and at that moment, she felt something stifling had stuffed the depths of her heart. Yu Yan however, held onto that child, and walked towards her with big strides. Stopping two feet before her, with a gentle expression, he said. “Yu… Yao. Your master shall introduce someone to you.” He pulled the little girl forward, and the child looked at her sheepishly. This was the first time she had ever seen her master adopt such a gentle expression, and he had even remembered half of her name, which was rarely seen. Yet, it was because of this disciple beside him. Her heart cramped, and in an instant, she felt like crying. “There’s no need.” Zhu Yao glanced at that child. “Bao Bao, right?” “How did you know?” The little girl’s eyes shone, and she looked at Zhu Yao excitedly. Zhu Yao lightly raised her lips, and smiled. However, she then raised her head and looked straight at Yu Yan. Was this his way of rejecting her? Because he now had a new disciple? But… She still wanted a clarification. “Master, tell me honestly. Do you like me or not?” Yu Yan’s expression stiffened, and then, he hurriedly shifted his gaze. “Ahem… Stop with the nonsense. Finish hearing what I want to say. This child is…” “The new disciple you took in, right?” Zhu Yao once again interrupted his words. “I know.” Yu Yan looked at her a little strangely. Yet, Zhu Yao looked at him even more seriously, and continued with her questions. “So, do you like me or not?” Momma’s egg, give me a straight answer. “…” Yu Yan was once again speechless due to her straightforward words. After a moment of silence, he acted as though he was angry, and said. “Stop fooling around!” You’re fooling around, your entire family’s fooling around. Yu Yan coughed twice, and finally managed to gather back his calm. “Since you two already know each other, then, bring her around to have her familiarize herself with the area.” Zhu Yao suddenly felt a chill in her heart, and she seemed to now understand why her girl friend would always like to call her in the middle of the night after a break-up. Because she really wished to make a call now as well. “Go on, she’s the one!” Yu Yan nudged the child beside him. The little girl instantly gave a flowery smile, and charged towards Zhu Yao. Hugging onto her leg, she shouted out loud. “Master!” Zhu Yao was pushed two steps back by this little twerp’s charge, and she suddenly widened her eyes, as she looked at this little girl with a face of disbelief. “What did you call me?” “Master, master, master!” The little girl excitedly called her three times. As though she was still not satisfied, she even rubbed her face against Zhu Yao’s leg with all her might. “I have waited for a very long time. Master, you’re finally back. I finally get to see master.” “Wait a minute… Chotto matte!” I’m lacking in brain juice, let me first recharge them. “Who did you call master? Who is your master again?” The little girl was startled. Her face which was still like a little sun earlier, instantly turned cloudy with a small rain shower. “Master… Master, don’t you want me anymore? Bwaaaa….” “Don’t… Don’t cry!” As she had thought, children were definitely her life’s nemesis. Zhu Yao squatted down, and with clumsy hands, she began to console her. However, the little girl was like a bull, as she stuffed her head into Zhu Yao’s embrace, and began to cry harder. “Master…” Zhu Yao could only silently seek help from Yu Yan beside her. Just what the hell was happening? Wasn’t she her junior-martial sister? How did she become her disciple? Yu Yan gave a calm look, as though he had nothing to do with it. “I have already handed you the person herself. You shall handle the arrangements for her yourself, however, she’s still not allowed into the mountain for a month.” Just what was he going on about? Zhu Yao gave an inexplicable expression. “Just who is she? I don’t even know anything about this?” Yu Yan gave her a contemptful glare. Earlier, didn’t you say you knew? “…” Alright, I was courting death. Master, please tell me. Yu Yan glanced at that crying creature, who was said to be his grand-disciple, and was evidently getting a little impatient. He never had patience for anyone else, and that included his grand-disciple as well. “Back then, didn’t you suggest to take her as your disciple in front of Zi Mo? In the days… you weren’t here, your master have already helped you make the arrangements, and have her enter the Jade Forest Mountain when she’s five years old.” Zi Mo? Disciple? Zhu Yao desperately searched through the memories in her mind. She seemed to have told Zi Mo about this matter, but the person she wanted to take in back then was… Zhu Yao pulled the little girl away, and only then did she seriously inspect that small little face of hers. After a closer look, she realized there really were the faint letters, “BUG”, on her face. “She’s Zi Mo’s daughter!” The hell, how did she grow so big in a blink of an eye? But why did the letters on her face become lighter instead? “Mn.” Yu Yan frowned. “In these recent years, she have been slipping into the Jade Forest Mountain several times to find you. So I got her to see you today, to save the trouble.” “…” So the master she spoke about that day, was her. Because she had never seen her own master, so she decided to climb up in the middle of the night to see her in secret? Stroking the soft little dumpling who was in her embrace, her heart instantly softened to the point of turning silly. So cute! Gently helping to wipe her eyes dry, she persuaded with a gentle voice. “Be a good girl, don’t cry.” “Master, will you not want me?” The little dumpling was fearful. “Of course not!” At that moment, Zhu Yao felt her earlier frustrated self was simply stupid, as she kissed her cheeks. “Bao Bao is so cute, master can’t wait to spoil you, you know.” After saying that, she coaxed her with a few more words, and then, kissed her a couple more times. Only then was she finally able to console her disciple’s little injured heart, and she no longer cried. Zhu Yao still wanted to continue coaxing her, however, standing at the side, Yu Yan’s expression turned dark, as rage began to surge out of nowhere. He coldly spoke up. “Since you have met her already, then head down the mountain! Remember my words, you’re not allowed to climb up the mountain on your own for a month.” The little disciple fearfully glanced at her own grandmaster, looked at her own master with reluctant eyes, before she finally turned around and walked down the mountain step by step. Before she left, she did not forget to turn her head and loudly shout things like ‘master, you must definitely remember me!’ Zhu Yao’s heart softened from hearing these words. It really was great to have such a good and obedient disciple. She silently decided that, even if the little dumpling was a BUG, she would definitely save her completely. “The things… you spoke of the other day.” Only when he sensed that the little girl had already left Jade Forest Mountain, did Yu Yan finally hesitantly speak up. Zhu Yao was startled, as she turned her head over. The other day? The day when she was a tyrant? Seeing that serious expression of his, Zhu Yao could not help but feel a little anxious. Yu Yan however, had calmed down. Even the red blushes on his face that Zhu Yao forced out earlier with her daring words, had faded quite a bit. Taking a step forward, he said with a stern expression. “Right now, I’m unable to promise you.” “…” Momma’s egg, after such a long time, you still want to reject me? At that moment, Zhu Yao was a little upset. Yu Yan, however, raised his head and looked towards the sky. As though he had decided on something, he took a deep breath, and slowly spoke. “The initial reason why I wanted to take in a disciple, is to simply pass down the Arts of my Jade Forest Mountain. And when you were successful with forming your Azoth Core, and could fend for yourself, it was supposed to be my time to ascend. However, I never thought that…” He never thought that his disciple would be so worrisome, and that he would be unable to put her down. Yu Yan took two steps forward, looked straight into his disciple’s eyes, which were evidently showing a hint of sadness, and habitually reached our his hand to stroke her head. “There’s too many strange things surrounding your body, I’m afraid that I’m unable to find out the cause in just a short notice, and I feel powerless because of that. So… I have decided to ascend!” Nanii!!?? ¹https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consort_Yu [RPG] Vol. 8 Prologue [RPG] Vol. 8 Chapter 1 So….who’s in charge of cooking now? And so Yu Yan ascends at the ripe old age of 10,000, still virgin. Table Flipping ensues. If an 40 years old virgin then whats Yu Yan? An god? kwangvatar123 says: that’s what he’s supposed to be. Like he’s Ascending man Ascending He’s probably older than 10,000. He stayed at Demigod Stage for 16,000 years alone to find a disciple, not to mention all the stuff that happened after he met Zhu Yao Abandoned with the apocalyptic BUG and left in the isolated mountain… Hmmmm… imprisoned sounds better…maybe lol… he’s actually leaving for real? huh…. well then xstarvenusx says: lol she’s the wolf, he’s the rabbit. aiskaiz says: Then the wolf has to step up her game, her rabbit is escaping! More like a Dragon. Seems like that body is affecting her, eh? <: okuryta says: an update?!?!? thank you!! icadgodlike says: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~ Noooo! Master, don’t leave! We all know how much trouble the MC gets in, she won’t survive a month without you swooping in and saving her last minute!! Thank you for another funny, enjoyable chapter! Thats why he put so many formations on the mountain. To keep her inside. she has died a couple of times already brah. but so sad he’s leaving T_T Now that she’s a demigod, once has to wonder what on earth can actually kill her. Also, considering that she’s going to tutor that lil’ bug for a very long time (very), I doubt she’d die any time soon. Maybe not in terms of chapters, but at least in terms of in-story years. My guess is 100 years. waitwaitwait!!! yu yan, your head is made of pudding !! you’ are an idiot !! THIS IS HILARIOUS!!! Her Master is running away from her! (But we all know that he wants to find out the source of his disciple’s mystery!) sgs says: 30 years old virgin becomes a wizard, 100 years a Great Mage, 1000 years is demigod, 10 000 deity? XD 100 000? high god? 10 000 000? ” “!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! O.O Overgod “So… I have decided to ascend!” Deer says: Exactly. U fuckin wit me m8? Imo, it’s about time the story’s cast will change a bit. Now that the piggish party member, Xian Yi? Whatever his name was, is gone — the story needs to feel like ZY is “going forward”, instead of just sticking in the same place, relying on the same people. The status quo had to change, otherwise it’d be super boring. Momma egg leaving the nest. Dicisples problems are too troublesome. Peacef right outta there. Asterix says: hahahahahaha, this is one of the funniest chapter so far. Can’t wait to see what Zhu Yao will do without her loving master YuYan. kalp456 says: WTF!!!! Seriously?!!! P.S. Thanks for the chapter! NOOO WAIT WHATTT NOOO WAAAAAAAAAAAAY Master don’t leave us~~~~ TT TT If you want to know about Zhu Yao, you can just ask~~~ TT TT She’s just an otherworlder who have a back up from higher up okay ~~ TT TT So don’t goooooo~~ TT TT Yup yup says: He knows, she told him a while back Wait-what? Seriously? How did I miss that!? May I ask what chapter, anyone remembers~? TT TT During 3rd reincarnation, can’t remember which chapter. I thought that little girl would be the female bug but wasn’t sure since she was a few years old which would means it’s been a few years since Wang Xuzhi died, but it makes sense after thinking a bit, after all a few years isn’t a lot to cultivators. tanz says: Lol her being jealous of a 5 year old child! Lol that was funny. He wants to ascend because he wants to find out what is wrong with his disciple. Thank you! Kiri says: Why is there Japanese in this? It’s kind of like an interjection, cuz it’s fairly recognizable and supposed to be funny and give a greater impact. I think it’s fairly well used among otakus and such. Fair enough. I was just confused and thought this thing was Japanese for a sec. It’s like when they use random English in anime for emphasis! It’s funny~~~ Don’t know what to do, so he runs away! Lol! AHH! WHAT? ABOUT THOSE LIFE SKILLS? Dear Master-turned-Grandmaster, on the event of your departure, please pass your secret Mystic Arts to your Grand-disciple, to ensure your Disciple can live fat and well forever. OTHERWISE, Don’t Even Think About Leaving. RainCloud says: nooooohhhh!!! master why would you ascend all alone?! leaving your beloved disciple who was so daring behind?! jkcdeo says: Divine Dragon Zhu Yao is so agitated this chapter, thats she’s spouting japanese lol spicy says: You are too amazing for me I must leave…. He can’t possibly leave!!! If he does, the title of the series won’t make sense unless it’s ending (which I’m pretty sure it isn’t). Don’t leave Yu Yan! Btw, thanks for the chapter! It’ll be fine.. her Disciple will turn out to be from another world as well.. and she will die and come back : P (Plot twist.. the MC is the final bug((as you can’t see the bug text on your own face)) as are all “other worlders”) … Now to wait and see… : p I hope you’re not telling the truth and spoiling it… I don’t know Chinese….. Otherwise WaterflameScans would have a shit ton of manuha and chinese to english manga scan releases : P seiji07 says: … Fuck you Master. Just… ,,\|,, Thanks for the chapter~! Nanii!!?? what the fuck? whaatttttt? Booooooooommmmm thanks for the chapter Ascending doesn’t mean he leaves… Xiao Yi (in his bugged timeline) did also avoid leaving this world until his harem was ready. Our lifehack master can’t leave, his disciple is stupid after all! She will probably die again… bram says: thanks for new chapter. now i really want to know who is zi mo’ disciple who just died. is it really wang xuzhi… Prometheus says: Ugh. This love thing with her master makes me cringe so much, I skip those Never has a ship turned me off from wanting romance in a series more than this master disciple ship. YoungMind says: My, my, my, I laugh so hard on this chapter there is so many things happening 😄 Crombat Monta says: Thanks for all the chapters! sayume says: Thank you so very much for your translations so far! They’re really easy to read, and I appreciate that. I personally like Zhu Yao and Master as a couple, but I reckon I didn’t expect it to happen so suddenly. Zhu Yao being a “tyrant” felt very sudden, and I can’t help but wonder if the emergency measures have something to do with it? I respect if people don’t like a couple, but I wonder if those who dislike Zhu Yao and Master together do so because they think they won’t interact in the same funny way as usual anymore. I disagree. Their interactions will always be hilarious, no matter what; because that’s the kind of novel this is, if my experience as a reader has anything to say about it. Glowy says: If a 40 year old was a virgin and is rather handsome, what have we come too? now it’s liek a 10000 year old handsome virgin?! Waxona says: I love the random japanese words in the middle of the chapter. XD Thanks for the chapter. ^_^ flips a table What do you mean Ascend???? Thanks for the chapter ❤ Explanation of her actions in two sentences: Dragon in Heat. Dragon Lust. Oh she’s really a dragon, yup. BTW: This is a japanese novel??? But it’s Cultivation, Cultivation y’know? East meets Far-East. And I may be wrong but I feel her reactions as well as her mental Tsukkomis have leveled up. Leave a Reply to aiskaiz Cancel reply	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1867
__label__wiki	0.5864	0.5864	Canada's melting glaciers now major players in sea level rise NASA studies a rarity: growing Louisiana deltas Sea Level News \| February 15, 2017 Glaciers on the edge Laura Faye Tenenbaum, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Image credit: NASA's Oceans Melting Greenland mission “This year we’re gonna bring it!” Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) Principal Investigator Josh Willis told me excitedly. “It’s the beginning of year two of this five-year airborne mission, which means that by comparing data from the first and second years, we’ll be able to observe changes in Greenland’s glaciers and coastal ocean water for the first time.” Glaciers around Greenland’s jagged coastline have been melting into the ocean and causing increased sea level rise, so measuring the amount of ice mass loss will help us understand the impact of these changes, Willis said. “Will we see 5 feet of sea level rise this century … or more?” See, Earth’s ocean, more than the atmosphere, is responsible for creating a stable climate. And as global warming has increased the temperature of the ocean waters surrounding Greenland, that warmer ocean water is melting the ice sheet from around its edges. “Hey! The ocean is eating away at the ice sheet!” Willis often cries when explaining the mission. And Team OMG is measuring how much of that warm water could be increasing due to climate change. Decoding the environment I understand how Willis and Project Manager Steve Dinardo get excited about measuring sea level rise. Greenland’s ice melt is accelerating, which explains why NASA is paying attention to it. Plus, after a successful first year, the team is fully aware of the stark beauty of Greenland’s rugged landscape and seascape and the rewards of bonding as a team. Dinardo told me he was “ecstatic about the incredible progress Team OMG has made in the last twenty-two months.” After a successful first year, the team is fully aware of the stark beauty of Greenland’s rugged landscape and seascape and the rewards of bonding as a team. As scientists, decoding the natural world is our way of caring about the environment. We care about Greenland’s icy coastline, so we go there. We go there and observe. We go there and measure. For there is something undeniable about the sheer beauty of this planet, and any time you get to experience it is a moment to feel exuberant and alive. Plus, flying around with a great team in a modified NASA G-III aircraft ain’t too shabby either. But wait. Before I continue, there’s something you probably noticed: Willis said he named this Greenland observing expedition Oceans Melting Greenland, or OMG for short, because, hey, OMG is the exact response you might have when you find out what’s going on up there. Parts of Greenland’s coastline are so remote, so difficult to access by boat, that they’d remain uncharted, especially under areas that are seasonally covered with ice. Imagine the edge of an unimaginably complicated winding coastline, that unknown place where ice meets water meets seafloor. Big chunks of remnant sea ice clog up the water, and the glacier has retreated so recently that the coastline is changing as fast as, or even faster than, we can study it. The seawater around 400 meters deep is 3 to 4 degrees Celsius warmer than the water floating near the sea surface. And the sea floor bathymetry influences how much of that warm subsurface layer can reach far up into the fjords and melt the glaciers. So, to learn about the interface between where the bottom of the ice sheet reaches out over the seawater and down into the ocean, OMG began by mapping undersea canyons on the M/V Cape Race, a ship equipped with an echo sounder, which sailed right up the narrow fjords on the continental shelf surrounding Greenland to the places where the warmer Atlantic Ocean water meets the bottoms of the frozen, 0-degree glaciers. The crew had to snake in between floating icebergs and weave in and out of narrow fjords. The Cape Race used a multibeam echo sounder to map undersea canyons, where the warm seawater comes in contact with and melts the glaciers. The next four years In the spring of 2016, the Oceans Melting Greenland (OMG) team began surveying glacier elevation near the end of marine-terminating glaciers by precisely measuring the edges of the ice sheet on a glacier-by-glacier basis, using the Airborne Glacier and Land Ice Surface Topography Interferometer (GLISTIN-A), a radar instrument attached to the bottom of a modified NASA G-III aircraft. Data collected this spring and over the next four years can be compared with data collected in the spring of 2016 so we can determine how fast the glaciers are melting. As scientists, decoding the natural world is our way of caring about the environment. The investigation continued into last fall, with the team dropping more than 200 Aircraft eXpendable Conductivity Temperature Depth (AXCTD) probes that measured ocean temperature and salinity around Greenland, from the sea surface to the sea floor, through a hole in the bottom of the plane. “In most of these places,” Willis told me, “there’s been no temperature and salinity data collected. Ever.” The team will drop more ocean probes across the same locations to find out “how much ice melts when the water is this warm,” what the melt rate is, and how much that rate is increasing, because no one knows the melt rate yet. Big picture project “OMG is a big picture project,” Willis explained. ”We want to see what’s happening in the ocean on the large scale and what’s happening to the ice sheet on the largest scales.” As part of Team OMG, I also flew on NASA’s G-III into uncontrolled airspace to places where no other aircraft had flown before, into narrow and steep ice-covered fjords, winding in and out, up and down, over and through to observe and measure, like scientists do. I saw the brilliant white ice carve its way through steep brown valleys into open ocean water. I saw the glorious expanse of white upon deep blue going on and on and on below us as we flew just 5,000 feet above the winding coastline. It was extraordinary. And if you just thought “OMG,” Willis would be proud. NASA's Oceans Melting Greenalnd (OMG) campaign Accurate and timely news about Earth's changing climate. Related Sea Level News Adapting to rising sea levels will require a broader understanding of coastal systems, as well as human responses to sea-level rise, a new study says. The U.S. and Europe are working together on the first 10-year mission to study the effect of global warming on the oceans, extending sea level records to nearly 40 years. New Earth mission will track rising oceans into 2030 Combining gravitational measurements of a slightly rotund planet Earth helps improve estimates of ice loss. While a growing Greenland glacier may seem like good news, there’s no evidence it means global warming is slowing down. The Jason-2 mission provided unique insights into ocean currents, sea level rise and climate change for 11 years. Successful ocean-monitoring satellite mission ends more Sea Level News	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1869
__label__wiki	0.519645	0.519645	David Codrea: Senate approves Breuer supporter as head of OIG at Justice. More uncritical repetition of Southern Preposterous Lie Center bilge. Courtesy of USA Today this time. Arizona Gunwalker investigation going nowhere. From Lori Jane Gliha. The special state committee, created in January to investigate the controversial ATF Fast and Furious case, will not meet its March 30, 2012 deadline to provide its findings about the controversial case to the governor. According to Rey Torres, the Director of Communications for the Arizona House of Representatives, the Ad Hoc Committee on Operation Fast and Furious has not yet held a meeting and currently has no meeting scheduled. . . The group was formed to investigate the factual background of the flawed Fast and Furious case , in which ATF agents admitted to allowing straw buyers to obtain weapons and distribute them to known criminals . Torres said it is unlikely that a meeting will be scheduled before the legislative session is finished sometime next month. According to Rep. David Burnell Smith, the committee chairman, the group will aim for June 2012 as a new target date for delivering a report to the governor. Reprising Horst Wessel in an American context. History rhymes. It's not fascism when they do it (just ask them). David Codrea: Why is White House blocking ‘Gunwalker’ testimony from former NSC director? While the proceedings of that meeting happened “off the record,” and while Vanderboegh admits “There is no evidence that the committee asked these questions because of Larry's and my urging. Obviously, it didn't hurt,” this correspondent can confirm from contemporaneous communications that had such questions not been brought to light in the hearing, neglecting to do so would have resulted in that failure being reported — not by the mainstream, but by the citizen journalists who dragged everyone into this story in the first place. Plus, Dave Workman reports on Issa: ‘We want to play fair'…but Kudos to the Second Amendment Foundation. "A federal district court judge in North Carolina has just struck down that state’s emergency power to impose a ban on firearms and ammunition outside the home during a declared emergency, ruling that the provision violates the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms." Praxis or Civil War Archaeology, take your pick: Civil War Crimean Ovens When I last ventured to DC, I took a selfish day before the hearings and visited Gunston Hall, the home of Founder George Mason. Luckily, the Friends of Fairfield Archaeology were having a seminar that Saturday and I learned a heckuva lot about local historical archaeology, Gunston Hall, etc. and met a whole bunch of nice folks. Now, FOFA is having their Spring Symposium on Archaeology of the Civil War at the James Lee Center, Monroe Gymnasium, 2855 Annandale Road, Falls Church, Virginia on Saturday, March 31 between 8:30 AM and 3:30 PM. Admission is free, although seating is limited to 200. I mention this because one of the topics will be Civil War Crimean Ovens, presented by Wally Owen, Assistant Director of the Fort Ward Museum and Historic Site (which was itself within spitting distance of my hotel). I have always been interested in military technology and this method of heating large tents and living spaces without endangering the occupants with carbon monoxide poisoning seemed interesting to me. Offered for what it is worth. "That Other O'Reilly" From John Richardson. Posted by Dutchman6 at 11:16 AM No comments: OK, my first clue was the beard. Monty Python Taliban. How NOT to be be not seen. Another shot featuring what appears to me to be a 7.62x54R PSL in Afghan service. More morons for the entrapment mill. Arrest of Would-Be 'Zetas' Shows Risk of US Military Infiltration I'm still trying to figure out what this guy's CRIME was. Man arrested after bomb squad, ATF called to Knox Co. home Finally, Grassley/Issa go directly for the O'Reilly Connection. While William LaJeunesse reports on the Zapatas, "Family demands to know if weapons used to kill ICE agent could have been seized before they crossed into Mexico," one of the rumors I heard earlier this week has come true. Readers may recall my earlier pieces on Kevin O'Reilly such as here. Well, now FOX's White House correspondent Ed Henry is reporting "Lawmakers push to interview ex-White House aide in 'Fast and Furious.'" Here is the latest letter. SITREP: Awful Night. Don't expect too much today. Praxis: Use Stripper Clips. Nick Leghorn goes part of the way. Of course, if all your ammo is combat packed in stripper clips and bandoleers, all you have to do is practice getting them in your rifle as fast and surely as possible. Slain agent's family 'sickened' by info. (And they still don't know the half of it.) Keep the Cover-Up Alive. (This poster brought to you by Eric Holder's Department of Justice.) Terry family reacts. The family of the U.S. Border Patrol agent killed in connection with Operation Fast and Furious said it “is sickened” to learn that law enforcement agencies were not sharing information that could have possibly closed the investigation early and spared his death and other bloodshed. “The Terry Family, like most of America, is sickened to read the latest revelations relating to ATF’s error-plagued and misguided Fast and Furious Investigation,” the family of slain agent Brian Terry wrote in a statement. “It is beyond our comprehension that U.S. federal law enforcement agencies were not talking with one another.” Of course they WERE talking to one another, only it was in phrases of cover-up, denial and obfuscation. Here's a rumor: the El Paso ATF was onto the Miramonte Brothers. They were told to back off by Gunwalker Bill Newell in Phoenix, whose people themselves were told to back off by higher ups in DOJ and the FBI. Rumor also has it that this is coming out next week. Well, you know what they say about rumors. Under the radar. Getting Better. Am coming off the pain medication that has been sustaining/plaguing me for two weeks. Haven't had a bit since last night and although my head aches it is getting quite a bit clearer. Defecation is no longer a problem -- amazing how the universe constricts to the very simple elements. Mirroring my digestive track, there are rumblings from DC and from Phoenix. We shall see how it goes. I'm waiting for the reality to catch up with the rumors. Thanks again for all your prayers and support. We wouldn't have gotten this far without them. The Wages of Perjury and Cover-up is . . . Maybe a gig as a law school dean. University of Baltimore announces finalists in search for law school dean. Five candidates will visit campus starting March 26 to meet students, faculty, staff The University of Baltimore has selected five finalists in its search for a new law school dean. The candidates are: Nicholas Allard, a political lawyer at Washington firm Patton Boggs; Penelope Bryan, the dean of Whittier Law School in California; Alfredo Garcia, a professor and former dean at St. Thomas University Law School in Miami; Patricia Salkin, a professor and associate dean at Albany Law School in New York; and Ronald Weich, an assistant attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice. David Codrea's Open letter to AG Holder: Investigate New Black Panthers for criminal conspiracy., Hutaree cleared of most serious charges. "Mich. militia members cleared of charges that accused them of plotting war against government." The trial, which began Feb. 13, will resume Thursday with only a few gun charges remaining against militia leader David Stone and son Joshua Stone, both from Lenawee County, Mich. They have been in custody without bond for two years. “The court is aware that protected speech and mere words can be sufficient to show a conspiracy. In this case, however, they do not rise to that level,” the judge said. Oh, well, if they were just "in the moment." Police: Trayvon protesters ransack store. Better night. Probably more later. Tough past 24 hours. Back on tomorrow. This is Rosey. Mike is home.. yay...He will try to post tomorrow Going home today, with all tubes out save a feeding tube which will remain for at least another two weeks. Please keep me in your prayers which have sustained me and brought me through thus far. God bless all of you whose more than generous subscriptions have made it possible for Rosey to commute, etc. I'm working on a couple major posts and hope to have at least one by later today. Again, God bless you all. David Codrea: DOJ charges release of ‘Gunwalker’ reports impedes investigations. "And Weich is still out there deflecting, redirecting and stonewalling, trying to shutter the windows, pull down the blinds and make the villains in this murderous government intrigue the ones with the light." May get out of here tomorrow. Maybe Monday. Will have home health care nurse visits after I get out until the g-tube is removed.. Critical Mass: The FBI's Poster Boys for Murderous Paid Confidential Informants Outed for Everybody -- even the deliberately near-sighted John Boehner -- to See. Operation Fast and Furious investigation escalates as ATF, FBI disconnect revealed. By William La Jeunesse The investigation of Operation Fast and Furious escalated this past week as Fox News learned a leak at the Justice Department is providing documents to the Congressional investigators. The scope of investigation also includes the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which records show failed to tell ATF its own confidential informants were helping finance the illegal gun purchases. Eduardo and Jesus A. Miramontes-Varela, Mexican nationals born in Juarez worked for the Sinaloa Cartel when they became informants for the FBI in 2009, according to sources. Previously, the brothers, ages 36 and 37, worked as informants for police in Miami, the U.S. Marshall's Service, and the DEA. According to DEA and Congressional reports, the two men were the primary cartel contacts used to finance the illegal gun trafficking ring. Jim Needles, the assistant Agent in Charge of the Phoenix ATF office estimated the brothers spent $250,000 on guns tracked by his agency while conducting Operation Fast and Furious. Needles called it “a disappointment” the FBI didn’t bother to tell his agency of the connection. “You are getting at the very basis of this investigation,” Senator Charles Grassley said Friday. “But I have to wait till we have all the information before we bring down the hammer.” Grassley first revealed in September 2011 the FBI, knew, but failed to tell the ATF, it’s informants were part of the gun trafficking ring. Then in February, Grassley called them “the big fish” ATF had been looking for the entire time. Both the FBI and DEA know the Miramontes brothers’ role and identity, but declined to tell the ATF during a “deconfliction” meeting Dec. 15, 2009. Nor did either agency speak up at any of the joint meetings all three agencies attended of the Southwest Border Initiative. The DEA and ATF’s Group 7 shared the same floor of the same building and the same ‘wire room’ to listen to wiretaps of suspects. Eventually and under pressure, the FBI invited top ATF officials to a classified briefing in El Paso in the late summer of 2010 and described the Eduardo and Jesus Miramontes as "a national security assets". The two men were "off limits, untouchable and indictable" said a source familiar with the briefing. Asked a detailed set of questions regarding the Miramontes brothers role and payment as confidential informants, the FBI released this statement Friday, “There is a pending investigation and we cannot provide additional information even when there is inaccurate information being reported.” Also this week, two damaging documents became public. One, a ATF ROI (Report of Investigation) from May 2010 shows that Manuel Celis-Acosta, ringleader of the illegal gun buyers, was stopped at a border checkpoint in Arizona with 74 rounds of ammunition, but ATF agents released him. On Thursday, Congressman Darrell Issa and Grassley released a list of ROI’s that show ATF agents had evidence Acosta was trafficking weapons and one of his buyers, Uriel Patino, was lying on federal forms, but neither was arrested. Late Friday, Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General Ron Weich warned Issa, “We are deeply disturbed that the sensitive law enforcement information…has entered the public realm.” He said it is impeding the DOJ’s prosecution of current criminal cases arising from Fast and Furious. A Congressional spokesperson for Issa made no apologies, saying the documents being leaked to the committee “are precisely what the Justice Department is hiding and what congressional investigators are seeking – basic information about who knew what when about Fast and Furious.” Is it becoming clearer? Black operations are compartmentalized. The only thing that is required is the ability to deflect interest from other agencies and supervisors within a given agency who might be meddlesome. "National security" goes a long way. What is also required are back-channel means of communication and control. Can you say from "old friends" like the State Department's Kevin O'Reilly serving on the National Security Council and "Gunwalker Bill" Newell in Phoenix? I knew you could. And remember the one thing in Phoenix which would be required would be someone in control who could issue the proper orders and put them in a nice legal-looking frame -- Janet Napolitano's lickspittle, anti-gun zealot Dennis K. Burke. Personnel is policy. Mark Steyn: Gradual insolvency about to speed up. Got militia? Trayvon Martin, "No 'Justice,' No Peace," and the long, hot summer ahead. Detroit, 1967. Kurt Hofmann reports that the "Brady Campaign takes Trayvon Martin exploitation to new low." David Codrea believes that "Rush to judgment on George Zimmerman reminiscent of mob behavior." Despite the fact that "Police say No Grounds For Arrest In Trayvon Martin Death" and "Zimmerman was on the ground being punched when he shot Trayvon Martin," we have already had the stampede to judgment in the best example of the multi-culti herd herd of race hustlers, cynical politicians and media harpies. Already Jesse Jackson avers that "Blacks are under attack,' NYC has alr5eady staged a thug-culture celebratory "Million Hoodie March," and the re has been a "Wanted Dead or Alive Poster Issued for George Zimmerman by New Black Panther Party." LA, 1991. My son, as perceptive an observer of the US social situation as anyone else I know, told me the other day that he expected to deploy as scheduled to Afghanistan this summer unless the unit would be sent to Chicago. He said this a few weeks ago, well before the Martin case. It takes no crystal ball to see where we're headed with this Martin case, though. There is too much advantage to the federal collectivists and racial tribalists not to exploit this opportunity in the middle of an election year. American shopkeepers of Korean descent defend their own property, LA, 1991. William LaJeunesse makes the connection -- the Miramontes brothers -- on the payroll of the FBI -- are finally outed. It ran at 6:15 PM Eastern on FOX. When I have the links I'll let you know. William connects the dots between Celis-Acosta and the one-armed man and his brother -- the "stone cold killers" Miramontes -- laying it at the door of the Hoover Building. complete with a non-denial denial from the Fibbies. Katie Pavlich posted this letter (see page 15, footnote 48) which mentions the Miramontes. The Miramontes brothers are said to be linked to the rip crew that killed Brian Terry. The protection of the Miramontes is responsible for the FBI cover-up -- of the murder and of the whole Gunwalking scandal. Congrats to William LaJ. Ignore this, John Boner, at your political peril. SITREP: In search of the Golden Turd. No turd, no Walk today. But, more walking, more chance of turd. Rough day ahead. "Agents appeared to have probable cause to arrest Fast and Furious suspect." Getting closer to the junction between what the FBI knew all along and what the ATF was allowed to know. Dr. Barack Frankenstein. Doing better, thanks again for all the prayers. Will probably be going home tomorrow. Thanks, too, to my visitors such as Jerry and Cropduster. Morale is vital at times like these, and I appreciate all your efforts on my behalf. LA Times: More about those federal invisible force fields that protect paid confidential informants. 'Fast and Furious' probe: Chief suspect released more than once. Ruger suspends taking new orders because of over-demand. Sturm, Ruger & Co. hit new high on 1st-qtr orders. The company said that despite attempts to increase production, the rate of incoming orders has exceeded its capacity to fill them on a timely basis. As a result, the company said it was forced to put acceptance of orders on hold. It said it expects to resume accepting orders on a normal basis by the end of May. More fraying FBI cover-ups. "FBI explanation of missing Oklahoma City bombing tapes not credible, judge says." "This is a matter of significant public interest," the judge said, adding it's time for it to be resolved. A federal judge on Wednesday continued to question the FBI's explanation for not producing videotapes associated with the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that a Salt Lake lawyer has sought for nearly six years. "It's quite astounding that documents as important as these went missing and the FBI says, 'Well, they're gone,'" U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups said during a motion hearing. At issue is whether the FBI adequately responded to Jesse Trentadue's Freedom of Information Act request for footage of Timothy McVeigh parking a truckload of explosives at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building on April 19, 1995. Specifically, the Salt Lake attorney is after a building surveillance tape and dashcam video from the Oklahoma state trooper who stopped McVeigh 90 minutes after the explosion that killed 168 people. Janice Kephart hosts William LaJeunesse Watch for more from William on this subject later this week. My first guest was Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist, now with FOX News, William LaJeunesse, who has done the most extensive investigative journalism on the federal government’s arms trafficking operation known as Fast and Furious. William had breaking news on the investigation – the key nugget is that the ATF has been claiming since the operation became public that they never had probable cause to dismantle the operation. LaJeunesse came across a document that the ATF had sufficient probable cause, from a stop of the kingpin of the straw purchasers at the Lukeville port of entry a few months into the operation. We also discussed the soundness of the overarching mission of the Fast and Furious operation, the Congressional investigation, and what potential outcomes could mean for the Presidential campaigns. Beijing coup rumors The Dragon is restive. ATF Managers Lawyer Up, Slam Gun Laws and Still Deny Gunwalking From Katie Pavlich Something from Kurt Hofmann to keep in mind. Would ATK rather arm the government than the people? Don't count on anything you have previously accepted as "normal." We must be ready to improvise, adapt and overcome any logistical problems -- very foreseeable problems -- that may arise as we move forward into this portentous year. Like to know more details about this one. 1 arrested, 6 detained after authorities discover cache of ammo, possible explosives at Liberty Co. residence Because all the men in the home are convicted felons, it is illegal for them to have that ammunition. LA Times expands on FOX's original work: Drug lords targeted by Fast and Furious were FBI informants Federal agents released alleged gun trafficker Manuel Fabian Celis-Acosta to help them find two Mexican drug lords. But the two were secret FBI informants, emails show. We're getting closer. "Scientists" want guns to back them up. Mengele. Another example of a political "scientist. "Effective World Government Will Be Needed to Stave Off Climate Catastrophe." To be effective, a new set of institutions would have to be imbued with heavy-handed, transnational enforcement powers. There would have to be consideration of some way of embracing head-in-the-cloud answers to social problems that are usually dismissed by policymakers as academic naivete. In principle, species-wide alteration in basic human behaviors would be a sine qua non, but that kind of pronouncement also profoundly strains credibility in the chaos of the political sphere. Some of the things that would need to be contemplated: How do we overcome our hard-wired tendency to “discount” the future: valuing what we have today more than what we might receive tomorrow? Would any institution be capable of instilling a permanent crisis mentality lasting decades, if not centuries? How do we create new institutions with enforcement powers way beyond the current mandate of the U.N.? Could we ensure against a malevolent dictator who might abuse the power of such organizations? Would kill for a fart right now. Still here. Two steps forward, one step back. Ammo prices on the way up. Guns.Com reports Texas Retailers Report Ammo Shortages: Price Increases as Supply Dwindles. My buddies who attended the Birmingham AGCA gun show over the weekend reported it to be "jumping" and "crazy for ammo sales." Don't delay if you can. Oh, shut up and indict his ass for perjury already. Or surrender your legitimacy once and for all. Dave Workman ran this story yesterday: Grassley, Issa want more answers about F&F suspect. Today I watch Darrell Issa on FOX -- sitting up in a chair holding my aching gut -- try to jawbone Holder, for the umpteeneth time. Over the weekend, there rumors of clashes between Grassley's office, Issa's office and the GOP leadership of Mitch McConnell and John Boehner about where the Gunwalker Investigation is going, if anywhere. IF. SITREP: Progressing but rough. Some Gunwalker miscellany, LA Times: Gun-tracking operation caught top suspect, then let him go. Federal agents stopped the main target of the ill-fated Operation Fast and Furious in May 2010. After they questioned him, he disappeared back into Mexico, and the program went on to spiral out of control. CBS: Prime gunwalking suspect was held by ATF but released, documents show. Now that's a hefty number. Why Did The DHS Just Order 450 Million Rounds Of .40 Caliber Ammunition? HST Expansion. Lucky Punk? Eric Holder, Firearms and Brainwashing. "The Vetting - Holder 1995: We Must 'Brainwash' People on Guns." From Breitbart, an early look into the mind of the Attorney General of the United States. Not too far from this to gunwalking for propaganda purposes, is it? The Advent of the Orwellian Telescreen Big Brother is Watching You. From David Codrea: ATF agents put careers on line to report management abuses From John Robb. The Johnny Appleseed Method From Wired Magazine: The NSA Is Building the Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say) Did somebody get the number on that truck? Wow. That was something else. Now sitting up in a chair beside my bed in ICU. Wow. One of dressings is leaking, but incision is solid. Lungs are clear. Comments are released. Some emails deleted. Typing with this beast balanced on my cheat with all these tubes is exhausting. Gotta go for now. God bless you all. LATER: By the way. the growth was three lobed, 15 cm long, attached to esophagus, stomach and pancreas. Sitting here in my hospital room, awaiting the 1000 HRS start time for the surgery. The Doc says I will be out of it for at least a couple of days due to the pain medication, and he REALLY suggests that I not post while under the influence of same. I had to laugh at that. How would anybody tell the difference? I toyed with the idea of writing my own valediction, or at least some sort of summation of my philosophy, but I truly don't believe that God is done with me yet. Besides, even in the event that God disagrees, what better valediction could I have than my kids, my life's work, my writing and my friends? None. And it is to you, my friends, that I would just like to say thanks. Thanks for the prayers. Thanks for the generous subscriptions that have enabled me to stay in the fight. Thanks for the support. Thanks, for everything. At this moment, I am just overcome with sentiment for all of the support and trust you have given me and words are so inadequate to the occasion. So all I can say is thanks, and I'll see you on the other side of this thing, no matter how it turns out. It is, in any case, all in God's hands. LATER: While I'm out of it, look for updates on my situation at David Codrea's War on Guns blog and always be sure and go to his daily National Gun Examiner column. Tea Party Nation Founder Slams GOP Leaders For ‘Sitting There’ Instead Of Taking On Fast & Furious Scandal. Judson Phillips, the founder of Tea Party Nation, appeared on Fox News this morning and called out top Republican leaders in Congress for their inaction on the Fast & Furious gunrunning scandal. Phillips accused GOP leaders like John Boehner and Eric Cantor of just “sitting there” and “not picking a fight with the president” instead of making the case a priority. "The freshly-laundered white flag of surrender." Phillips did credit Congressman Darrell Issa for his commitment to keeping the scandal afloat despite Attorney General Eric Holder‘s “stonewall,” but he did express some displeasure with how the rest of the Republican party in Congress has not been similarly adamant. He called out Boehner, whom he said frequently “hauls up his freshly-laundered white flag of surrender,” and Cantor for not taking more action on this issue. “The Republican leadership were just kind of sitting there, and that’s really a pretty accurate story. What my friends in Washington tell me is that Boehner says what he learned from the 1995 government shutdown is ‘you never pick a fight with the president.’ Well, here’s my question: if you’re not going to pick a fight with the president, especially when you’ve got an issue like this Fast & Furious operation… if you’re not going to pick a fight with the president when it’s something that’s really really important, what are you doing there?” David Codrea: Justice Department Voter ID opposition glaringly inconsistent with gun stance. Well of course it is, silly. Am in the hospital, with IV in arm, waiting for tomorrow's gutting. Still working with laptop. Waiting for Boner. Tea Parties Take on the Three Stooges Over Failure to Aggressively Investigate the Gunwalker Scandal. Waiting for Boner. Vladimir: "So, when is it coming?" Estragon: "When is what coming?" Vladimir: "I dunno, the OIG report, Holder's impeachment, the next Issa hearing, all of the above. When is somebody going to get off their ass about Gunwalker?" Estragon: "So, you haven't heard?" Vladimir: "Heard what?" Estragon: "It's all in the hands of the Three Stooges." Vladimir: "The Three Stooges? You mean Larry, Moe and Curly?" Estragon: "No, dummy, Boner, Can't-or and Charlie McCarthy." Vladimire: "Charlie McCarthy? I thought he was a ventriloquist's dummy." Estragon: "He is, only this time he's also a congressman from California." Vladimir: "I don't get it. You're saying that the GOP leadership doesn't want to get to the bottom of the Gunwalker Conspiracy?" Estragon: "That's exactly what I'm saying. You don't read much Sipsey Street, do you?" Vladimir: "But why?" Estragon: "Blowjobs, probably." Vladimir: "Blowjobs?" Estragon: "Yeah either blowjobs they want or blowjobs they gave that somebody found out about." Vladimir: "You mean the fate of the country is hanging on a blowjob?" Estragon: "You got it." Remember when I said that my sources told me that John Boehner and the GOP leadership had put the brakes on Issa's investigation of the Gunwalker Plot? Well, as time goes by with absolutely no forward movement, the people who called me names and doubted my sources are looking less credible and my sources are looking more credible. Just this morning I spoke with two folks close to the investigation who once again confirmed that it looked like some sort fix was in. And we're not the only ones: Tea Party groups pressure House GOP leaders to rev up Fast and Furious probe. Local Tea Party activists are pressing House Republican leaders to pursue their investigation into the Operation Fast and Furious gun-tracking effort more aggressively. The top three House Republicans have been slow to lead the charge of the GOP’s criticism of the botched operation. As a result, local Tea Party groups in the home districts of House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) are turning up the heat on the lawmakers. The groups say their representatives maintain the most powerful positions in the lower chamber and should be more critical of President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder. This is a great idea. Keep up the pressure, guys. LATER: Media Matters reacts. Boehner, Cantor and McCarthy investigate the Gunwalker Scandal. "Why Mike Vanderboegh Can't Be An ATF Snitch." From Rifleman Savant. And, no, I didn't ask or pay him to write this. Sipsey Street Exclusive: Checking the books of the Praetorians. Forensic audits as one answer to Juvenal's Question. Why bureaucrats fear the GAGAS Monster. The GAGAS Monster (any resemblance to the Black Beast of Aargh is purely coincidental.) Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? is a Latin phrase traditionally attributed to the Roman poet Juvenal from his Satires (Satire VI, lines 347–8), which is literally translated as "Who will guard the guards themselves?" -- Wikipedia. Let me start this essay by sharing something with you from almost 15 years ago: For the better part of a generation, both political parties have thrown money and laurels at the FBI for one reason: to stop crime. Under Clinton, while agency after agency saw its budget dwindle, the FBI's jumped 25% to $2.9 billion. Congress paid for 3,600 new employees, new computers, new field offices. Law-and-order Republicans were there first, but Clinton and the Democrats joined in until there was simply no constituency that didn't see the FBI as the all-purpose answer to voters who routinely listed crime among their top concerns. For a nation whose greatest enemy is suddenly within, the FBI has become the Pentagon of the post-cold war world. This means, like the well-protected Pentagon of 20 years ago, virtually no congressional oversight. Any lawmaker who raised concerns risked being flayed as soft on crime. But without accountability, several things happen, all of them bad. money gets wasted. Officials get sloppy. Innocent people go to jail. And cases that should be won are lost. The specifics have become a martyrs' lament Waco. Ruby Ridge. Filegate. Richard Jewell.-- Nancy Gibbs, Time Magazine, 28 April 1997, pp. 28-30. Fifteen years ago. Of course since 9/11, the agency has become even more secretive, bloated and out of control, all because both parties have willfully failed in their oversight responsibility. Billions are wasted, simply because no one is really watching, all in the name of "national security." The FBI is not the only agency which does this, of course. The entire federal government could benefit from targeted forensic audits. Forensic accounting or financial forensics is the specialty practice area of accountancy that describes engagements that result from actual or anticipated disputes or litigation. "Forensic" means "suitable for use in a court of law", and it is to that standard and potential outcome that forensic accountants generally have to work. -- Wikipedia. The difference between a simple audit and a forensic audit is the same as the relationship between an autopsy and a forensic autopsy. One merely explains how the subject died. The other seeks to identify who killed him. Forensic auditing as a tool to identify waste, fraud and abuse in government has been spreading in recent years in all branches from the military to the Commerce Department. The Government Accountability Office has a small Forensic Audit and Special Investigations Unit (FSI) but this is hardly the extent of the Congress' ability to use forensic audits as a method of achieving real oversight over the out-of-control Praetorians of federal law enforcement. However, for the purposes of illustration of how such audits might be useful, let us consider the ATF's eTrace system, so recently the subject of interest in the Gunwalker Scandal. Let us say that the chairman of a committee in the House (and the request, if made to GAO's FSI, must come from a chairman) decided that eTrace was deserving of a forensic audit to determine, for starters: 1. How is eTrace data defined and collected? 2. How is this date reported? 3. What are the strengths and limits of this data? 4. How is the ATF using this data to shape control of policy? Let us use Fast and Furious as a particular example. The request for forensic audit would also want to know how F&F weapons were identified, by whom and according to what reporting. Who was responsible for putting them into the eTrace system? Is ATF making appropriate distinctions between crime and non-crime firearms entered into eTrace? Who had access to the data? Who could formulate reports based on the data, and more importantly, who could edit it? What, truly, was the time to crime for F&F weapons and how does that compare to non-F&F weapons? All of this data, then, could be examined with an eye to determine if the system was manipulated, or is subject to future manipulation. Note that these are all questions that have an empirical basis. The political import is clear, both for explaining why the ATF did things they way did (and do) and the Congress' motives in asking for it, but the audit itself is simply fact-driven. Whatever the political import, the audit cannot be deflected because it has basic good-government principles and techniques at its heart. Who can object to that? Especially since it is accepted and provided for by law. This is why all federal government agencies and bureaus fear the GAGAS Monster. GAGAS is an acronym for "Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards." The fact is that most federal law enforcement agencies get away with what they do because they are not subject to forensic audits based upon GAGAS. One way that agencies seek to control the process is by "auditing" themselves and presenting the results to credulous (or, more often, totally-ignorant) congressmen. To be effective, agencies cannot be trusted to do GAGAS forensic audits because they are a party of interest. Eric Holder's DOJ, for example, could not be trusted to audit F&F. Of course even GAO's FSI has previously come under fire for being politically tainted by the administration is it supposed to oversee, but a good way to keep both the auditors and the audited honest is for citizens and/or the Congress to request, by FOIA or other means, the working papers of the audit. This allows interested parties to look over the shoulders of the auditors to ensure that they are doing their jobs. Equally important is a critical consideration of the scope and methodology as well as the evidentiary basis of the audit. Was the audit truly designed to be as complete as possible? Or was it a whitewash designed from the beginning. There are many questions yet to answered about ATF's eTrace system and its relationship to the part designed for ATF by higher-ups in the Justice Department and the White House. It is evident from the testimony of the whistleblower agents, as well as subsequent press investigation of the FBI's role in supporting and protecting their paid confidential informants who actually transported the weapons south of the border, that the ATF was only entrusted by their superiors with two portions of the overall plan: document the movement of weapons from gun stores to the straw buyers and, afterward, to document where those weapons showed up beside dead bodies in Mexico. A forensic audit of ATF's eTrace system could provide many details of what exactly happened. It remains for the House GOP leadership to pursue the truth with this obvious tool of investigation. They could even deflect charges of political animus on the part of Darrell Issa by the White House and its familiars by having the House Appropriations Committee make the request, since they certainly have a legitimate political interest in how our taxpayer dollars are being spent. Whether they do or not is entirely up to you, gentle readers. I have given you knowledge of the tool. It is up to you to beat the politicians over the head with it until they begin to use the GAGAS Monster against these frightened bureaucrats. Obama apologizes for Afghan slayings, still ignores Mexican ‘Fast and Furious’ murders. Matthew Boyle's latest. Redstone Arsenal a growing center for explosives, anti-terrorism training How the ATF disposes of weapons when they're not waving goodbye to them on their journey south of the border. Unclaimed guns from Augusta's Operation Smoke Screen have a long journey to destruction Robert Farago says I'm "testy." He's right, of course. A lotta stuff to do before 1000 HRS tomorrow morning when I enter the hospital. Likely no more posts today, although I will have several tomorrow morning. Sorry. Spoon-fed Propaganda. Dan Freedman, ATF's favorite press flack, strikes again. Dan Freedman as a child, learning how to practice "investigative journalism." Dan Freedman, Washington Bureau Chief for Hearst Newspapers has previously been excoriated by this column for first ignoring the Gunwalker scandal and then minimizing it. Now comes Herr Freedman once again: "Guns used in killing of ICE agent draw scrutiny." Now, spoon-fed with 50 pages of CASE FILES by ATF & DOJ, Freedman concludes: Court records and ATF case files reviewed by the Houston Chronicle indicate the investigation's plodding pace may have kept agents from short-circuiting the guns purchase, but there is no evidence of so-called "gun walking," or trailing weapons to see where they would end up instead of interdicting them. In the Phoenix Fast and Furious operation, ATF agents did just that. But they lost track of the weapons and 2,000 or more guns were transported to Mexican cartels as ATF watched. Two of those weapons were later recovered in Arizona at the murder scene of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry in December 2010. No undercover sting AFT insists that wasn't the case in Baytown. "We didn't know about Gomez until after the gun used in the Zapata murder was purchased," said the ATF's Franceska Perot in Houston. "There was no undercover operation where we witnessed guns being purchased and let them go. That didn't happen." Fifty pages of ATF documents obtained by the Chronicle indicate that it took agents six months to arrest Barba and two months, from June to August 2010, to find and interview a key witness. That witness was the first to clearly point to Barba, saying he paid her $700 to buy nine weapons at a gun show in Pasadena. Criminal Free Fire Zones -- They all have something in common. Forcibly disarmed victims Remain Calm! All is well! Gun owners vote with their wallets, despite John Horwitz's best efforts at reality denial. Josh Horwitz is channeling the cinematic ghosts of Animal House. Anybody remember this Bruce Krafft column about the "government monopoly of violence" advocate Josh Horwitz and his pooh-poohing the idea that firearm sales were increasing?: "I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own" Now Nick Leghorn tells us that Bud’s Gun Shop Sales Reveal the Truth About Guns Sales Bud’s Gun Shop is my go-to resource when I need to figure out a fair price for a gun or if I’m looking to pick a new one up. Even with shipping and transfer fees they have a tendency to beat out the local competition. Turns out a few other people have the same opinion, and the result is that Bud’s currently has five times more orders for guns than they did the February following the 2008 election. You know — the month after Obama was sworn in, an event many blame for sky high firearms and ammo prices. They sent out a letter to those waiting on orders explaining some things, and one of our readers was nice enough to forward it on so we could share with all of you. This notice is being sent to all customers who recently placed an order with www.budsgunshop.com and may not necessarily apply to your order. If you are not already aware of what is going on in the firearms industry, there is no doubt you soon will be via the media. Our sales in the month of February were over FIVE TIMES what they were back in February 2009 following the last presidential election…and you may recall those were some pretty crazy times ! We did plan for 2012 to be another challenging election year….but we admittedly did not plan for this level of volume, and definitely not this early in the year ! Although your order may not have experienced a delay, we would like to apologize to anyone who has, or is currently, experiencing a delay in shipping. Our order volume unexpectedly skyrocketed in February, far beyond our capacity to process and ship. We immediately began the process of expanding our facilities, adding additional staff, and working extended hours…but those efforts are just now starting to pay off. The good news is that we are starting to get back on top of things. We are currently shipping out more orders each day that what we are taking in, so it is now just a matter of clearing the backlog that was created in February. Since Monday we have been able to ship out 300 more guns than what we sold during that same time….so the backlog should be cleared shortly at this rate. We are shipping oldest orders first (first in – first out) so clearing this backlog will cause some newer orders to ship closer to the “7″ in our advertised “3 to 7 business days” terms. Many repeat customers were so use to us shipping in 3 days they started to get concerned when their order had not shipped in 5 days…even though we were well within our “3 to 7 business days” terms. Also, “business days” refers to Monday-Friday only, as neither UPS or USPS pick up packages at our warehouse on weekends. We sincerely apologize if you experienced a delay and assure you we are continuing to do everything we possibly can to prevent future delays. We have also suspended all cancellation fees for any delayed orders. If you orderhas been delayed, and you prefer to cancel your order at this time….we will be glad to accommodate that request with absolutely no fees….we need more guns anyway ! We appreciate the business and commit to do a better job next time if given the opportunity. Here's another big surprise: Dictators don't like firearms in the hands of citizens. Venezuela Suspends Gun Imports for a Year Let's all chip in and buy Josh Horwitz and all the other advocates of a "government monopoly on violence" a one-way ticket to Venezuela where they can live by the rules they espouse. Just another anecdotal, everyday, garden-variety outrage of the jackbooted thugs posing as police. Watervale Road Man Faces 9 Gun-Related Charges After Task Force Searches Home. To which I left this note in comment: The Founders must be rolling over in their graves to the tune of 3,000 RPM. What sort of gelded anti-Americans do you have living in your state to put up with such tyrannical crap?!? They raid him, ostensibly, for drugs. Do they find drugs? Oh, no, but they find weapons which are legal under federal law but he hasn't begged the permission of your nanny-state to possess and register them. What other evidence? Oh, well, he might be connected to an "outlaw motorcycle gang." Maybe. Possibly. For this his house is raided and his family terrorized? They didn't charge him with being a felon in possession of weapons so they don't have that excuse. The truth probably is that the uniformed jackbooted thugs acting under color of law screwed up about the "drugs" and these charges are the result of the "OH, sh-t what do we do now?" that they had when they realized their mistake. What a disgrace. What an outrage. Election News Flash. Romney wins Guam. But that's okay, since it is about to capsize anyway. The Real Three Percent. Just one of those "secret militias" SPLC knows nothing about. Fire team after training in the snow. David Codrea: Accused ‘illegal’ gun seller Terri Reese still awaiting bail release. In durance vile. But, but, wait. If they're "secret militias" then how can the Southern Preposterous Lie Center find them when they can't find their own ass with both hands? Shhhh! They're a secret. File under "Better Late Than Never Department." Would have been nice if she'd made more of point of denouncing Gunwalker back when she had the megaphone of the campaign. "Bachmann becomes 100th member of Congress to endorse Holder ‘no confidence’ resolution." Mitt Romney as the new Bob Dole. He'll get back to us on that one. Killing citizens with care. "FBI director: Have to check whether targeted killing rule is outside US only." But Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University, wrote in Foreign Policy magazine on Wednesday that Holder's remarks not only would be seen by the framers of the Constitution as "the very definition of authoritarian power," but were met "not with outcry but muted applause." "Holder's new definition of 'due process' was perfectly Orwellian," Turley wrote. "What Holder is describing is a model of an imperial presidency that would have made Richard Nixon blush. ... "Where due process once resided, Holder offered only an assurance that the president would kill citizens with care. While that certainly relieved any concern that Obama would hunt citizens for sport, Holder offered no assurances on how this power would be used in the future beyond the now all-too-familiar 'trust us' approach to civil liberties of this administration," he wrote. My, how the standards for old women have slipped in Michigan since I was a child. My Grandma Vanderboegh would have ridiculed this woman. Godzilla the wild turkey stalks Commerce Township woman. Once upon a time in my youth, there was a summer my Michigan farmer grandparents drained a boggy area to add to their berry fields in Baroda Township, Berrien County. It happened to be infested with water moccasins. Previously we had all been warned to stay away from the bog and the poisonous snakes. But if the land was going to be put into cultivation, the moccasins, needless to say, had to go along with the muck. The solution? My little bitty barely-five-foot grandma waded into the muck and, barefoot as I remember, because the mud sucked her shoes off, killed 9 of the serpents with her hoe. Single combat. Just her and the snakes. The moccasins lost. Grandpa ran over another two from the safety of his tractor seat after she flushed them out up onto the road. I'll never forget the scene. The idea of being fearfully stalked by a turkey would have been as alien to her as a socialist in the White House. This seems to be the day for even more Orwellian language. First, "exporting security" and now citizen disarmament as "protection for women." The things I never knew. I have search engines keeping track of various keywords to let me know when stories pop up that may be of interest. "ATF," understandably, is one of them. There are a number of meanings for the acronym ATF, of course, including the Asian Tennis Federation. But I must confess I never knew that ATF also stood for "Alaskan Thunder F-ck." You never get too old to learn something new. Anecdote from my beloved Winston County. So was the pipe bomb placed in the toolbox before or after it was stolen? And how, exactly, do you "diffuse" a pipe bomb? Aunt Jenny Brooks, the patron saint of Winston County. She cut the head off the Confederate Home Guard leader who murdered her husband and oldest son, put it in a tote sack, took it home, threw it in the lye boiling pot and cooked it down. She used the the skull (minus the jawbone) as a soap dish for the rest of her life. The things you got to watch for when processing evidence in Winston County, Alabama: "Pipe bomb diffused (sic) at Winston County Courthouse." Winston County Courthouse was abuzz with activity this afternoon after an active pipe bomb was discovered, Sheriff Rick Harris told FOX6. In an investigator's room, a theft victim was identifying his stolen tool box. When they opened up the tool box they discovered the bomb. Winston County authorities called in the ATF and the Jefferson County Bomb Squad to diffuse the bomb. There were successful in disarming it and no one was hurt. Sheriff Harris said the tool box was seized after authorities busted a theft ring during a raid earlier this week at the Natural Bridge Motel. Well, there's a question: was the pipe bomb placed in the toolbox before, or after, it was stolen? Here's another question: Is English the native language of the WBRC6 Birmingham affiliate staffer who wrote that the bomb was "diffused" rather than defused? How does one "diffuse" a pipe bomb exactly? And "media elite" in Birmingham (including, presumably, the idiot who wrote this story) think Winston County folks are "backward." Sheesh. Making a desert and calling it peace. The "export of security." Newspeak in the White House. "Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium; atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant." -- Tacitus. Translation: "To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace." "Let's export some more security, companero!" Dan Restrepo, the Admiral Poindexter of the Gunwalker Scandal (assuming his deputy Kevin O'Reilly to be the Oliver North) says War is Peace. The White House has been floating a new concept in its war on drugs — Colombia as an “exporter of security.” The phrase has popped up in government statements several times just over the past week. . . Next up was Dan Restrepo in a March 1 press briefing for VP Joe Biden’s visit to Mexico and Honduras this week: We've also continued to work, for example, with our partners from Colombia, who have become a very significant exporter of security to Central America -- work to ensure, for example, in the last few weeks, the head of the National Police of Colombia traveled to Guatemala as part of the new Guatemalan government's effort to revamp the national security strategy in that country to ensure that it is facing what we all recognize to be a growing challenge in the region. Now we now what "Gunwalker Bill" Newell was doing, he was just a local shipping manager for the "export of security." I'm sure agents Terry, Zapata and the hundreds, if not thousands, of Mexican citizens -- victims all of the Gunwalker Conspiracy --would agree. They're all "secure" right now. Nothing will ever happen to them again. Who says that there's no place for concealed carry in St. Louis? "'Knockout game' case shocked St. Louis, then fell apart." Felony assault which could easily have been a murder. It is truly better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6. Future for government-strangled speech -- literally. Speech-jamming Gun. New speech-jamming gun hints at dystopian Big Brother future. Right, well, we'll see what happens to the first government SOBs to try this out on an American crowd. Now there's a quandary. Shoot the technology? Shoot the operator? Both? Decisions, decisions. Maryland, their Maryland. Kurt Hofmann reports some good news. "Maryland ruling in favor of defensive firearm carry likely to survive appeal." It's that time again. The Southern Preposterous Lie Center wants liberals to send them money. "Look out wealthy eastern liberals, Militia Power's Gonna get yo momma! (Send us money if you believe that crap.") "Number of U.S. anti-government groups rises for third year." To quote the Bard, "Who hath measured the ground?" And remember my exchange with press scumbag Bill Morlin? Well, this is the propaganda piece he was working on when I told him to "piss off." "Killing" Vanderboegh, one test at a time. ;-) David Codrea's illustration of my stress test: Well, I survived my stress test and ain't dead yet. They haven't told me that I've passed so I can be cut on next Tuesday, but I suspect I will be shortly. Again, God bless you all for your prayers and support. Actually, I have a feeling that God ain't done with me yet. My son called me from Germany yesterday and told me "Drink water, drive on!" So I guess it isn't time to lay down and die. Wait! Why didn't they just buy them at an American gun show or gun shop? "Mexican woman sentenced in drugs-for-military weapons conspiracy." Nolo Contendere continues to do a first class job on the Friesen Case shenanigans. Links to many court documents. Nothing to Panic About, But Be Advised: "Solar storm headed toward Earth may disrupt power." "The largest solar storm in five years is racing toward Earth, threatening to unleash a torrent of charged particles that could disrupt power grids, GPS and airplane flights." The sun erupted Tuesday evening, and the effects should start smacking Earth between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. EST Thursday (0600 GMT and 1000 GMT), according to forecasters at the U.S. government's Space Weather Prediction Center. They say the storm, which started with a massive solar flare, is growing as it speeds outward from the sun. . . "This is a good-size event, but not the extreme type," said Bill Murtagh, program coordinator for the space weather center. The solar storm is likely to last through Friday morning, but the region that erupted can still send more blasts our way, Kunches said. He said another set of active sunspots is ready to aim at Earth right after this. But for now, scientists are waiting to see what happens Thursday when the charged particles hit Earth at 4 million mph (6.4 million kph). NASA solar physicist Alex Young added, "It could give us a bit of a jolt." But he said this is far from a super solar storm. Collectivist Congressman Adam Schiff, who is supremely uninterested in pursuing the truth of the Gunwalker Scandal, is upset about gun smuggling to Mexico. "Rep. Adam Schiff seeks new penalties for gun traffickers." More gasoline and matches for the arsonists of the Obama administration. Paranoid, schmarinoid. More collectivist mental health quackery. Rick Holmes opined on "Guns and paranoia" and later "Guns and paranoia, continued." To which Mr. Higgins replies, "Holmes’ column on guns shows ignorance." With all the box-top diagnoses of "paranoia" on the part of "journalists" and "columnists" like Holmes out there, the only thing I can ask is "Who's really being paranoid?" Kurt Hofmann: Perhaps there's something to the claim that guns alone cannot rein in government. Kurt's got a point. Well, at least there's somebody that remembers there is a Gunwalker scandal. Calls for Holder’s resignation heating back up as six more congressmen join the surge. Well, here's a big surprise. Hacker "Sabu" was an FBI plant for months. SITREP: the GIST of it. Well, that was interesting. Had a long chat with my new surgeon (who actually I had met before when I was going to the wound care clinic for my foot) and tells me I have a Gastrointestinal stromal tumor, or GIST for short. Bottom line: 1 in 5 chance of not surviving the surgery and convalescence. Will involve at least a partial gastrectomy with possible involvement in the pancreas, spleen and the main artery that serves the spleen. Minimum hospital stay two weeks. Maximum, two months, if I make it. The Doc led Rosey and me in a prayer at the end of the visit, which I appreciated greatly. There is also a designer drug for GIST, Gleevec, which the Doc says I must have but is more expensive than my divorce. That will be required post op and for a while after discharge. Lord knows how we're going to pay for that, but then it is all in His hands anyway. Things like this remind you of what you haven't gotten around to, and how much you need to. For example, Rosey and I still don't have a will, so we'll have to see to that in the next couple of days. Stupid, I know, especially when I never expected to live past the mid-Nineties. We've never had much of anything, especially since I had to quit work with the congestive heart failure, but we still need to do it, and quickly. Same for a power of attorney. While I was writing this I just got a call from the surgeon's office telling me my cardio guy wants to put me through some kind of stress test to see if I'm okay to go under the knife, which sounds to me like they're trying to kill me off before I get to the OR. Anyway, if everything works right, I'll be admitted to the hospital on Monday and cut on Tuesday. So now you know what I know. I want to thank all of you who have had me on your prayer list and humbly and gratefully ask you to continue to keep me and my family in them. I'll continue to post as I can. LATER: So, cardiac stress test arranged for tomorrow and so it will likely be Tuesday when I'm carved on. And in answer to the comment below, yes, the PO Box still works for that. May God bless you all. Sipsey Street Exclusive: "I would like to draw your attention to Mr. Erb's expert witness list." One more torpedo before I take a surgery break. I have this day sent the following email to Henry Kerner, Darrell Issa's major domo on the House Oversight committee, and Brian Downey, Senator Grassley's right hand guy in the F&F investigation. To: henry.kerner ; brian_downey Sent: Wed, Mar 7, 2012 6:30 am Subject: Regarding what line United States Attorneys can, and cannot, do. I would like to draw your attention to a story of mine from yesterday on the strange events surrounding a civil suit subsequent to the ATF's failed case of U.S. vs. Friesen. Link: http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2012/03/sipset-street-exclusive-little-jimmy.html Doug Friesen, an Oklahoma attorney and machine gun collector, was targeted for prosecution by the ATF. The case blew up over several issues, the most important being the accuracy of the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record (NFRTR). The defense presented expert evidence that the NFRTR was in fact not accurate, that the ATF knew it was not accurate (although it routinely sends people to prison based upon its supposed accuracy), and sought more discovery material from the U.S. Attorney and ATF. (Problems previously noted with the NFRTR can be found here: http://www.nfaoa.org/documents/NFRTRdocpack.pdf) For its part, the ATF was chided by the trial judge for failure to produce Brady material which the defense demonstrated existence. In the event, some discovery material turned over to the defense by ATF attorney James P. Vann was later found to contain viruses which infected defense counsel computers. The ATF and DOJ were evidently relieved to offer a deal to Mr. Friesen on a minor paperwork violation rather than proceed with such a fatally flawed case. (This wasn't for lack of trying since this was the second time ATF had sought to prosecute Mr. Friesen on the same charges.) Subsequent to the deal, Mr. Friesen, who had suffered great economic damage from this wrongful prosecution, sought to recover from Charles Erb, the manufacturer of the machine gun at issue in a civil suit. The ATF and DOJ have reacted very strangely to this civil suit and seem to have decided that they have an identity of interest with Mr. Erb, although exactly why is a bit murky. I would like to draw your attention to Mr. Erb's expert witness list. (Linked in my story and found here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/84019250/Pl-Expert-Designation) You will note that it is made up entirely of current and former ATF and DOJ employees, all participating on the taxpayer dime, presumably. You will further note that it includes the name of Ed Kumiega, Assistant United States Attorney in Oklahoma City. I mention this because Mr. Kumiega is one of that protected species that Attorney General Eric Holder has been holding forth at great length about what DOJ line attorneys can, and cannot, do when it comes to your investigation of Fast and Furious. I am not an attorney, but attorneys have told me that this designated expert witness list made up ENTIRELY of government employees IN A CIVIL SUIT IN WHICH NEITHER THEY NOR THE GOVERNMENT IS NAMED, not only is unprecedented in their experience, but that it must have been approved at the highest levels of the Justice Department. Another curiousity of the list is that it does not include the ATF's NFRTR Custodian, who could testify under oath as to the accuracy and completeness of the NFRTR with particular regard to the specific firearm(s) brought into evidence at Friesen's original trial. Were the ATF case legitimate, this would be an obvious addition, yet this is evidently a place they do not wish to go. I commend this strange behavior in the case of Doug Friesen (and the similar case of U.S. vs. Clark in Phoenix which involves some of the same federal actors as Fast and Furious as well as James P. Vann) for your consideration and further investigation. The scandals of the ATF and DOJ are not limited to Fast and Furious and you are both -- through the elected public servants you represent -- uniquely positioned to get to the bottom of this curious behavior on the part of Eric Holder's employees. I may surprise y'all yet. A future Absolved editor? Michigan Escapee announces: "Mike Vanderboegh going under the knife." Guess he's got a big ole softball sized tumor inside of him, so they gotta remove it,and hopefully he'll live long enough to finish the book. Nah, who am I kidding, he'll get run over by a kid on a moped 12 years from now just as he's shipping off the manuscript. Way things always seem to happen. :roll: Pretty funny, although his frustration -- which mirrors mine -- is perfectly understandable. Actually, I finally see the surgeon in his office first thing this morning and, since all necessary tests are already done, expect to be admitted to the hospital immediately thereafter with surgery tomorrow. Had one of the worst nights yet last night so I hope it works that fast. Will be taking my laptop with me, although I expect I'll lose at least a couple of work days post-surgery. Go to David Codrea's War on Guns site for updates in the meantime. I'll do what I can, when I can, to avoid that killer moped. Obviously my death will be no excuse for not finishing Absolved, although there is an apparently growing crowd of folks who will cheer my death, finished or not. But, I may surprise y'all yet. ;-) DARPA's Cheetah. Fifty Caliber AP, and aim for the brain box. David Codrea: ATF trivializing Fast and Furious with Ziegler defense. David sneers at the "mistakes were made" defense. Another big surprise. Vietnamese Communists upset about sales of weapons and military equipment on the Internet. "Indiscriminate sale of weapons and military equipment on the Internet are a threat to society and against the law in Vietnam." Why they're even selling "Glog" pistols! Only David Codrea could come up with this. Lubricated for Conspiracy. This box is mis-marked, however, it should be "smaller size." And remember to make David's Examiner column one of your stops every morning. Sipsey Street Exclusive: Little Jimmy Vann raises his ugly little head, again, in the most unlikely of places. Friesen Case -- the ATF self-inflicted wound that continues to be a running sore on their legitimacy. Who is Delbert Knopp? Doug Friesen, the Oklahoma attorney that the ATF tried to send to federal prison for his opinions. His case still haunts them. When we last left the case of the United States vs. Doug Friesen, it was "Groundhog Day" while ATF's James P. Vann searched frantically for his "lost" documents, and the ATF folded because, as I was cautioned by someone familiar with the case at the time, "You don't have the half of it in this case." In order to protect themselves from further discovery, the ATF cut a deal with Doug Friesen and he paid a tiny fine on a paperwork violation. Little Jimmy Vann slipped out of town back to the rock he lives under at the ATF Chief Counsels Office, having once again done his best to waste taxpayer dollars in pursuit of an agenda. End of story, right? Not so fast. It seems there is much more to the Friesen case that remains worth hiding to the ATF. Doug Friesen, still considerably damaged economically by the case and more than a little curious how and why the ATF came to target him, filed a civil suit against Charlie Erb, the guy who manufactured the weapon at issue. And who comes running back to town, but Little Jimmy Vann. He hastened there because Doug Friesen, not without reason, had sought to lift the discovery protective order which had been agreed to as part of the now closed case. There is, it seems, a whole lot the ATF still doesn't want known about the case and they are circling the wagons around Charlie Erb. Nolo Contendere is doing a fantastic job of keeping up with the case (as well as U.S. vs. Clark) over at ARFcom and he first posted this from PACER: Little Jimmy's motion in opposition to Friesen's request. And here is Friesen's response to Vann. Let me draw your attention to a few points from the response: 7. On February 22, 2012 USAO Mark Yancey communicated to the undersigned via telephone that the USAO had forwarded Exhibit 1 to BATFE attorney James Vann and that the USAO no longer considered itself involved in the matter of the disclosure discovery materials in this matter. Paraphrase: I don't want any part of this turd and you need to talk to the designated sewer maintenance worker, Little Jimmy Vann. ("The Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions.") 8. To date, Rowe has not received any communication from BATFE regarding its request for redacted versions of those documents surrendered to the USAO. Paraphrase: Little Jimmy ain't going to hand over anything you don't force him to, your Honor. 9. On February 15, 2012 the undersigned received from attorney Joe Wells (“Wells”), attorney for Charles Erb, Jr. (“Erb”) in the civil case, certain materials upon which Delbert Knopp, an expert witness listed by Wells in the civil case, had relied upon to formulate the expert opinions he intends to offer in trial in that matter. Delbert Knopp. Expert witness. Yes, well, let's talk about that. Nolo has also provided us with a list of Erb's designated expert witnesses. And as he comments, incredulously, "this is an expert designation in which the defense is calling ALL these ATF agents to testify on his behalf. The question is why and who is calling the shots here. WHY would all these ATF agents testify on behalf of Erb? And WHO is ordering them to do this? AND! They have designated as an EXPERT a US Attorney! holy shit! I guess that destroys Holder's opinion that "line attorneys" should not have to testify as witnesses re: Fast & Furious." Delbert Knopp has a somewhat checkered past with ATF, having once sued then director John McGaw over a transfer after another employee filed an EEOC complaint against him. Ole Delbert happens to have been the SAC who targeted Doug Friesen for compliance inspection in the first place. Rumor has it that Knopp didn't like Friesen for a variety of reasons, including comments that Friesen made on his local radio law talk show as well as embarrassments that Friesen, a lawyer himself, had wreaked upon Knopp and Friends in court. So, what is it that Little Jimmy is trying to protect here by this amazing circling of government-paid wagons around a plaintiff in a civil suit? Delbert's misuse of power to target someone he didn't like? 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__label__wiki	0.961015	0.961015	Kavka Shishido – Wagamama/Miss. Miss Me February 4, 2014 Filed under: Kavka Shishido — solarblade @ 10:30 am Miss. Miss Me Yakiniku Princess (Regular only) 1. Wagamama I was happy Kavka didn’t take very long before coming back to start a new era with Wagamama. At first I was curious as to why the song was so soft but it hid the chorus where it became a mid-tempo track with a lot of her drumming, piano, acoustic guitar, and strings. Now I don’t feel it’s much of a strong A-side because honestly it sounds more like something from “kavkanize” but it’s a moderately good A-side. 2. Miss. Miss Me The other A-side of the single to me sounds like more of a leading track has it has a bit more energy and it sounds like Kavka gave a bit more effort here. When I do listen to it, I think of a lighter “Countdown” and I’m a fan of that for sure! Plus, I love Kavka’s voice in songs like this…just has enough power and style to it. Great song! 3. Yakiniku Princess The B-side is oddly enough found on regular editions of the single and I couldn’t help but laugh over the title. This is such a fun song from Kavka and you can tell that she had that centered for the song. Kind of reminds me of how playful “Aisuru Kakugo” was when I first heard it. I think it’s definitely the best the single had to offer. Kavka begins her second era off with mostly a good single. I just love how she’s just herself and just rocks out with songs like Miss. Miss Me and Yakiniku Princess, it just keeps getting better for her and I hope she keeps that up. Wagamama on the other hand was OK, but I don’t think slower songs are her aces just quite yet, but she’s has time to really get that in. Overall, good single from Kavka! Kavka Shishido – Kavkanize November 24, 2013 Filed under: Kavka Shishido — solarblade @ 4:45 am Day Dream Rider Love Corrida Kiken na Futari Shinkaigyo Muteki no Rock Star Makenai Game Futatsu no Taiyou Gunjou Aisuru Kakugo 100nen Beer Tobenai Tori The outsiders (feat. Dohzi-T) Tsuki no Kagayaki Kata 1. Day Dream Rider It’s no surprise that Kavka would open the album up with the first song she put out (which later was a B-side to her first single, “Aisuru Kakugo”. Unlike many of her other songs, she did depend on synthwork to fill out the song alongside her drumming prowess The song itself isn’t bad persay and Kavka sounded good (though relient on auto-tune). She definitely gave me a reason to follow her and while the song isn’t quite as awesome as later songs in her career, she definitely was humble enough to kick things off right. 2. Love Corrida Which is led to our first new track and was used as the promo track for the album. In comparison to “Day Dream Rider”, it shows her far she’s come so far in her career and the song kind of fixes a lot of the things that did kind of made me worry with her debut. I also feel like Kavka’s voice just filled the song in a good way and the chorus was pretty exciting to listen to as well! It’s definitely got fun written all over it so this was a pretty awesome choice to have been used for the promo. 3. Kiken na Futari Then we’re led to the last A-side for the era and I still quite believe this was the best of the A-sides released! Unlike the previous two tracks, this had a bit more focus on Kavka’s rock side and that’s quite why I love her a lot because her rock songs sound totally badass, plus Kavka sounds totally in her realm here so this REALLY impressed the hell out of me and I hope she continues to focus on this sound for the future! Moving onto some new songs that I haven’t heard, Engine isn’t as hard-hitting like “Kiken na Futari” or “Countdown” but takes a little more of an acoustic rock track which is something new for me to listen to! I actually enjoy how she changed it up for the song because many people have enjoyed her full-on hard songs, but this is more pop-friendly, but still Kavka! It’s not that bad actually though I think it’ll be passed up by the bigger tracks on the album. 5. Shinkaigyo Our next new track is even more chill than “Engine” was which is such a good change since I don’t think Kavka has done a ballad yet. It does sound a bit Western in its sound which might surprise some people actually. Like the previous mentioned song, it might not rank high for me as other songs, but I can say that Kavka sounds great in a slower setting ^^ 6. Muteki no Rock Star Moving onto the 2nd B-side for the album (from “music”) and I am SOOO happy it made the album cut because it was my favorite track from the single. It also brought back the peppy and fun side to Kavka that was prevalent in the first couple tracks. Kavka sounds quite expressive and relentless which helped the track to be a lot more wild and fun to listen to, plus the band sounded really solid! Yeah, I still really love the hell outta this one! 7. Makenai Game Back to some more new tracks, Makenai Game takes another dive into another “Day Dream Rider”-esque son with Makenai Game with incorporating synths alongside Kavka’s rock style. I have to say she succeeded way better in this track because she didn’t get heavily auto-tuned. Against the other songs, it is rather uneventful as a rock track, but this is pretty good regardless. 8. Futatsu no Taiyou Another kind of Western rock song huh? I kind of sadly didnt think much of this song in the long run because Kavka actually sounds rather bored in the song which translates onto the listener and I felt kind of bored here too. At least the Southern Rock mixed with synths is an interesting take, but the energy felt very low sadly. 9. Gunjou A surprise awaits getting into Gunjou as it’s quite devoid of any of Kavka’s style at the start. It’s a rather interesting ballad from Kavka and honestly stuck out so much better than “Shinkaigyo” as the slow song of the ballad. After the the first verse and chorus, the tune opens up more with a little more of what we’ve from Kavka. It’s not a bad track and one of the better songs on the album IMO. 10. Countdown Finally, we get to the BEST song Kavka has done since her debut! If there was a song that just screams badass and perfectly shows off Kavka’s attitude, it’s definitely this song, (one of the B-sides from “Aisuru Kakugo”). I just love the energy and heavy riffs this song produced. I just could not shake this song the entire era and was more than happy to see its inclusion. Ugh, this is just hands down the album’s best song IMO. 11. Aisuru Kakugo Moving onto Kavka’s first A-side, and I can see why she picked this over “Day Dream Rider” but at the same time, it was a rather risky debut because the track doesn’t have a full-on rock atmosphere and kind of has this bouncy feel to it to pop more. The beat does take the lead because it was a song to show off Kavka’s drumming skills. It’s definitely her best song released, but she had to start somewhere, right? 12. 100nen Beer The fun continues as we get into our last stretch of new tracks. 100nen Beer has a bit more free-form sound here and it has a cool and classy feel to it mixed in with splashes of electronic blips and wubs. I once again fell in love with the energy and power of the song. I think it might be my favorite new song on the album, but there could be more surprises. 13. Tobenai Tori I was kind of confused by our next track, Tobenai Tori because the intro is heavy and loud, but swiftly becomes light and airy which was a bit of a stretch for me to enjoy. I kind of liked the relaxed feel of the forces and then the chorus comes in with synths and I was taken aback, but then the chorus kind of becomes a slow but powerful hitter, but returns to the chill vibe for the second chorus. I don’t know why but it just didn’t work for me and this is probably the first meh song on the album IMO 14. The outsiders (feat. Dohzi-T) The last new song has a featured artist huh, I think Dohzi-T is well-known enough to not be introduced right? It’s another strong rock track of course and Kavka is actually singing in English for this song which is pretty cool and she didn’t exactly show that in her singles hah! It’s a good song up until Dohzi-T appears and the song changes into this gritty melody and kind of takes me out of the song since I wasn’t impressed with his section and rap. Otherwise, this is actually nice and Kavka should do more songs in English! 15. Tsuki no Kagayaki Kata Then we get into the final tracks and the first is one of the B-sides from “Kiken na Futari”. I’m once again VERY happy that she chose the best songs from the singles. I love how it begun with piano and a softer sound before and grows into a dramatic chorus. Kavka’s vocals aren’t as concrete like in other songs, but she gave a nice performance once again. 16. music The final track on the album is the 2nd A-side she released! I was curious to why she chose this to end the album because I felt like “Tsuki no Kagayaki Kata” would’ve made a better ending to the album. I will say that it was a pretty nifty track at release and it’s still one of the more catchier songs that she released prior to the album. Odd end, but overall strong song! Ahhh we’ve come to Kavka’s debut album! Kavkanize was a surprisingly strong album for Kavka (though I my expectations were high as it was). I love that majority of the album were new tracks (with 7 being previously released and were good songs chosen too!). Some of the new tracks might not have longevity like many other songs but overall, this album is an album to sit and listento if you’re into female rock singers! I can’t wait for what’s next from her ^^ Kavka Shishido – Kiken na Futari June 4, 2013 Hunger×Anger Kiken na Futari ~ROUDOKU~ (Regular only) Going into Kavka’s 3rd A-side, Kiken na Futari seems to be a tad more laidback, but still carries that flame that Kavka has securely been holding up since her debut and I still admire the energy she puts into her performances because she seems to be finding herself to be more comfortable with her vocals and her style of music and putting them together because I felt this is her best A-side yet! 2. Tsuki no Kagayaki Kata I think for the first time, Kavka tried a ballad out to see how it’d turnout and for someone who is so focused on percussion, it was curious to see how’d she handle such a style. I thought she did well, though her vocals aren’t totally the most strongest, the song was pretty good and the later addition of brass instruments and strings really kind of made the song pop out more too! 3. Wonder Girl Fans of “Countdown” would pretty much enjoy Wonder Girl because it’s got the same sassy attitude and edgy atmosphere that really made both tracks really stand out amongst the other tracks in her discography. I mean, it’s not as good as the previous two tracks because they’re real good, but this is a nice Kavka song. 4. Hunger×Anger The last B-side is the Glico tie-in track and funny enough is pretty damn short only really 2 and a half minutes in length. Though is it strange to say this song had the most potential of the four tracks and could’ve went a lot longer than it should have? Hunger×Anger is just cool to listen to and Kavka sounds great singing! Still…too damn short of a song! 5. Kiken na Futari ~ROUDOKU~ Finally the extra track on the regular edition of the single, I feel like it’s just Kavka speaking the lyrics of Kiken na Futari which is quite haunting when she’s speaking it. After a short while, a latin guitar is thrown in, but it’s just there for aesthetic effect which I guess is a nice touch but was this track necessary? As I finish Kavka’s 3rd single offering, I do think it’s a slight step down from “music”. Kiken na Futari is a really solid A-side and is definitely her best one yet! Tsuki no Kagayaki Kata is an interesting ballad track from her and would love to see her do more of this in the future! Wonder Girl is more of what we’ve already heard from Kavka so it’s just there as that B-side that doesn’t win nor hurt the single. Hunger×Anger is great if it wasn’t so short and the ROUDOKU version of Kiken na Futari is just a bonus incentive and it’s just didn’t work otherwise lol. Kavka Shishido – music February 25, 2013 music (Demo version) (Regular only) I have to say I’m getting more impressed with Kavka as an artist especially with music, her second A-side! This definitely fits alongside every track she released on her debut single because this has fire and energy and she sounds quite nice. Best part of the song though is the chorus…definitely loud and really shows Kavka’s strength in her vocals. Definitely an impressive song to listen to! Moving into the B-sides, I have to say that this has a unique sound with that repetitive sax line but has Kavka sounding slick in and around the melody before the chorus opens the song up further. It’s a strange song to get used to, but overall, this was a pretty solid track if not something that says Kavka wants to try new things here and there. Remember “Count Down”? from her last single, I was kind of think this is a parallel because this is more of like that awesome Kavka rock song. I’m starting to really love her voice as well and just love the power and edge she has…it just makes the song sound so much more lively. See this is just the kind of song I like and once again definitely say this is the best song on the single. 4. music (Demo version) I’m just surprised they didn’t call this an acoustic version because that is just what it is, but shorter than the main version. I do like the simpler arrangement here and it kind of works here in a good way. I just like listening to the acoustic guitar alongside Kavka’s vocals which has a bit of an echo effect going. Nice little bonus since it’s only on the Regular edition. I’m seriously falling for Kavka now. She just has something that current J-pop acts are kind of lacking at the moment and it’s that musical spark and strong showcase of talent. music was a great upgrade from “Aisuru Kakugo” in the way that all the songs offered something different. The leading track is much more memorable than her debut and Muteki no Rock Star was that epic rock song I needed! Recovery is interesting and something really unique with the saxes being thrown in and last but not least, the bonus version of music was a different take of an already good song. Yeah this single was pretty amazing! RECOMMENDED Kavka Shishido – Aisuru Kakugo September 23, 2012 Countdown (CD only) Day Dream Rider (CD only) a.notice (CD+DVD only) 1. Aisuru Kakugo Even though this is Kavka’s second song, Aisuru Kakugo is a good way to introduce us to Kavka actually. With most of the arrangement being based around her drumming skills, the song is quite charming and catchy. As for her voice, it’s a bit tight in places but she adds this cuteness which is unusual but awesome at the same time. A pretty solid way to debut here! 2. Survival The next track, Survival doesn’t seem to depend on the percussion so much, but focuses more on Kavka’s vocals and I kind of like what I’m hearing here as well. It’s a bit lighter and less playful than “Aisuru Kakugo” but it’s good for B-side material. I like that she also kind of adds some sexiness and edge with her vocals…it’s nice to hear that LOL. On the CD only edition of the single, we get TWO extra tracks! The first is Countdown and I’m just loving the drive with this one since it has a lot of good guitar riffs and Kavka’s vocals are even cooler to hear. It’s edgy and just rockin’ in such a good way. Definitely my favorite off the single for sure! I’m happy she added the digital single to the single because Day Dream Rider was pretty cool. Though I can’t say that the auto-tune was making her sound good with the rock riffs. Though the chorus is pretty rad and she has style IMO. I still enjoy the song but I feel like Aisuru Kakugo and Countdown did a much better job showing off Kavka’s abilities. 5. a.notice On the CD+DVD version, you only get one extra track and sadly it’s merely a drum solo from Kavka. Now I don’t mind this because this shows that this girl has TALENT! She’s powerful and has this spark that really shows a LOT of potential from her. Though I am a little disappointed that this after “Survival”. Wow, for a debut Kavka really set out to be unique! Aisuru Kakugo is a pretty good debut and fortunately for her, totally showcased her abilities at the forefront of the title track and Countdown which was amazing. Day Dream Rider is still good though the auto-tune here was a little unnerving at points. Survival did a lot for her vocals and I can see her being more badass and a.notice did the same but with her drum skills. Though I kind of wished she stuck all 5 songs together on one disc rather than how it was released.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1878
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__label__wiki	0.719896	0.719896	Who to Contact in an Emergency Leaving an Abusive Relationship Immigration Problems and Abusive Relationships Threatening to Take Your Child Away or Hurt Your Child Forced into a Marriage Finding Legal Advisers Domestic Violence: Hounslow Residence Test Cases Test Cases on the DDV Concession Violence Against Women in Transnational Spaces Forced Marriage and Honour-Based Violence Religious Fundamentalism Save Southall Black Sisters Campaign Songs No Recourse Fund Support Our Vital Work Unspoken – Street Theatre Play Southall Black Sisters A Street Theatre Play performed in Southall “Unspoken” – a play about domestic violence created by the support group members of Southall Black Sisters in collaboration with Giants Theatre Company was performed for the first time in public to great acclaim. They sang their stories, danced their tragedies and spoke out about their fight for survival and freedom from violence and abuse. This production is even more remarkable as all the women, apart from one member had not performed in public. 16 days of activism against gender based violence Meena Patel, who also appeared in the play explained that the women “have overcome so many obstacles and personal issues to perform in public and that too on the streets of Southall. I am so proud of what this group of women achieved today – especially as these performances marks 16 days of activism against gender based violence – with this play and other activities we are asking the community to join us to end violence against women and girls”. “I have a small dream, a small hope” The play was created over a number of weeks with Giants, a theatre company specialising on working with community organisations, Unspoken being their first foray into street theatre. Giants worked with the women from the SBS support group and drew out their personal stories, weaving a complex and effective production structured around the idea of ‘A Thousand and One Nights.’ Spectators stopped and watched as performers asked “do you know such a woman who is not allowed to be free in her home and who is beaten because she won’t obey? We think you do!” Jennie Buckman from Giants Theatre said that when “I first met Meena and she suggested we work together on a piece of street theatre, I knew that this was exactly what Giants Theatre wanted: and yet I was scared that we would let you down, or maybe that some of you would pull out before the show …. BUT I cannot express in words how wonderful the whole experience has been for Tania and me. I was frequently amazed at how relentless, and ‘inventive’!! the cruelty was that you suffered at the hands of people who are meant to love you – family and extended family. You are all a force to be reckoned with and I want to keep in touch to hear about your triumphs and successes in the future”. Striking a cord in the heart of the community Shakila Taranum Maan, a member of Southall Black Sisters and a film maker based in Southall filmed the event and said that “at times it was difficult to film the performance as I found the play utterly moving, I was continuously clearly lumps from my throat throughout performance. The work that the Support Group at SBS has achieved with this project has to be applauded and celebrated. The stories told in the play were the stories of the women who performed and I am amazed at their bravery and courage to come out in public in this way and deliver with such conviction and power. This performance meant a lot to them. It was an amazing experience for the women and audience alike. I think that SBS are the only organisation who are doing such work in Southall. Their tireless and relentless commitment to domestic violence continues to be sustained by a dedicated staff. And we have to appreciate the work that they do in a climate of such austerity and daily challenges of staff shortages and funding cuts.” The performance struck a chord with a number of young women who came up and spoke to SBS staff stating that they too were experiencing such problems and needed help. Others said that it was an important production that needed to go into other areas to reach out to women who are not able to come out of their communities; they said that this would be a good way to reach them. Unspoken was supported by Southall Community Alliance and performed outside of their offices on Southall High Street as part of the Southall Big Plan White Ribbon Day to end violence against women. Audience members included Southall residents of all ages, prominent figures such as Virendra Shamra MP and senior police officers signing pledges to end domestic violence. With three performances spread out throughout the day, the play aimed to raise awareness in the community and to break the culture of silence and denial, which prevents women from speaking out. Janpal Basran from Southall Community Alliance said “we’ve received excellent feedback and congratulations to everyone for their contributions and efforts; many groups and individuals participated and worked really hard behind the scenes to make the day as positive as it was. The stalls, the training and the superb street performance really caught the eye and imagination and are a sign of how successful partnership working can be”. Southall Black Sisters Support Group Members Bob Uppal for the music Giants Theatre Company Arts Council London Southall Community Alliance Photo credit: M4WA Limited Tags: #16DaysofActivism Domestic Violence Law Society Withdraws Sharia Wills Practice Note We Are All Charlie SBS Gives a Cautious Welcome to the Government’s Consultation on a New Domestic Violence and Abuse Bill In the wake of the ‘#MeToo’ and ‘#Time’s Up’ movements... phannatiq launches 3D printed necklace in support of Southall Black Sisters “We are delighted and grateful that phannatiq are supporting our... Violence is a crime! Do not suffer in silence… Would you like to work for SBS? We are a fast-paced dynamic and leading advocacy service working to highlight and challenge all forms of gender-related violence against women. We Cannot Lose Hope. The Fight Back Starts Now! Celebrating Cynthia Cockburn Resisting Binaries: Social Justice and Gender Equality Beyond the Religious and the Secular Manifesto for Women & Girls Don’t Lock Women Out of Justice I would like to receive email updates Shop & Support Us EXIT WEBSITE QUICKLY Monday, 6, Jan Saturday, 4, Jan Thursday, 19, Dec Tuesday, 19, Nov Thursday, 7, Nov Friday, 1, Nov Defend the Women’s Revolution of Rojava, N.E. Syria Our Work Is Funded Thanks To Technical Issues? Contact our tech team If you are having any problems using our website. Website Site Map The Forced Marriage Campaign Transnational Marriage Abandonment Abolish No Recourse to Public Funds Campaign Kiranjit Ahluwalia SBS is 40 years old! Readings by SBS Survivors of Violence Turning the Page Southall Black Sisters, a not-for-profit, secular and inclusive organisation, was established in 1979 to meet the needs of Black (Asian and African-Caribbean) women. Our aims are to highlight and challenge all forms gender-related violence against women, empower them to gain more control over their lives; live without fear of violence and assert their human rights to justice, equality and freedom. Southall Black Sisters, 21 Avenue Road, Southall, Middlesex, UB1 3BL Exempted by the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner, Reference no. N200100577 A company limited by guarantee Registered in England no. 3037955 Funded by London Borough of Ealing Copyright ©2019 Southall Black Sisters. All Rights Reserved Website by 23 Rivers	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1889
__label__cc	0.536962	0.463038	Songs, Real Songs, Lyrics Honeysuckle Rose Soundtrack "Kenny Dies" "On the Road Again" is a song by American singer and songwriter, Willie Nelson. It was featured in the montage for the Season Five episode, "Kenny Dies". Alder Research Group picks aborted fetuses from the Unplanned Parenthood Clinic. While driving on a mountain road, the driver swerves to avoid hitting a deer, causing the truck to fall off the cliff. Eric Cartman finds the fetuses and sees an opportunity to sell them on the black market. During these events, this song plays in the background. On the road again - Just can't wait to get on the road again. The life I love is making music with my friends And I can't wait to get on the road again. Goin' places that I've never been. Seein' things that I may never see again Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway We're the best of friends. Insisting that the world keep turning our way And our way is on the road again. The life I love is makin' music with my friends We're the best of friends Songs from Season Five Edge of Seventeen \| Funkytown \| Happy Anniversary from Everyone at Bennigan's \| Heat of the Moment \| It's Butters! \| On the Road Again \| Shitty Shitty Fag Fag \| Too Fat Polka \| Why Can't I Be Like All the Other Kids? See Also: List of Songs \| List of Minor Characters from Season Five \| Season Five Retrieved from "https://southpark.fandom.com/wiki/On_the_Road_Again?oldid=332187" Real Songs More South Park Archives 1 Kenny McCormick 2 Eric Cartman 3 Heidi Turner	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1890
__label__cc	0.50024	0.49976	« India - No, I Won't See You in Court There \| Main \| Not Much of Squeeze Put on Airline Industry by Court » White House - Anthony Scaramucci Out as Communications Head The official reason given for the abrupt departure of Anthony Scaramucci is that the new chief of staff John Kelly needs to select his own team. Those team members include the head of communications. For about 11 days Scaramucci had held that title. That has been official White House protocol. Scaramucci had bypassed that traditional reporting relationship when he had been hired. Now, Scaramucci is out of a job. He could also be out of a marriage. Last week it had been reported that his wife, who is nine-months pregnant, filed for divorce. Place your sponsored content and links on this syndicated site. High Google Rankings. Brandname incoming links. Contact janegenova374@gmail.com for complimentary consultation. July 31, 2017 in careers, Current Affairs, Personal Musings, Politics, Public Speaking \| Permalink	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1891
__label__cc	0.687474	0.312526	Ask anyone you know in the transportation industry and they will all agree; transportation is changing. Every day new innovations and processes are created to spur the transportation revolution that is occurring in both consumer and commercial segments. What will transportation look like in the future and what do these changes mean? Some may remember back to a 1966 Popular Mechanics article on "Cars In 2016," as predicted by Jeane Dixon, a widely publicized seer of the time. Miss Dixon predicted that "cars will flit back and forth on cushions of air, the wheels retracting upon starting. They will be fueled by some exotic new compound yet to be developed; gasoline as we know it will have gone the way of the buggy whip. A radar-like device will guard against cars being involved in accidents." Popular Mechanics actually felt that Miss Dixon was fairly safe in prediction as studies were already taking place into those very same technologies. Well, flash forward to 2012, and it is doubtful that all of that will be true in the next four years, but some of Miss Dixon's predictions may not be so far off. Just recently Google has been awarded the first ever license for an autonomous car. The vehicle uses a laser range finder as well as radar, GPS, an inertial measurement unit, and other sensors to operate without running into everything. Even beyond the driverless-control that Google's modified Prius provides, many vehicles are now rolling off factory lines with blind-spot awareness technology that alerts drivers if a vehicle is beside them before they change lanes. Score one for Miss Dixon who predicted we would have a device to help avoid accidents. What about this exotic new compound to replace gas? While Miss Dixon might have been a little off on that prediction commercial vehicle designers are working to reduce our dependence on oil-based fuels. Hybrid commercial vehicles already exist, utilizing batteries and electric motors to supplement the diesel engines in trucks; and engineers are looking for additional ways to utilize this technology. One idea recently announced by Siemens, utilizes overhead electrified wires similar to those used by trolleys and commuter trains. Integrated in hybrid vehicles, this technology would allow commercial traffic to connect with these electric wires and use the power to charge batteries and run electric motors without using a drop of diesel fuel. Although we're not likely to see overhead electrified wires pop up over all of the world's streets, this technology is perfect for congested city streets, ports and cargo centers where heavy commercial traffic increases smog and air pollution. The future of transportation is still being written, but what we do know, is that today's technology is just a glimpse at the potential revolution that is coming to the transportation industry. This entry was posted on May 21st, 2012 by bobby and is filed under Recent News & Updates.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1892
__label__cc	0.679742	0.320258	sejakes.com sydneycroft.com Guest Blogging & Chat Jan 20, 2010 \| Blogging, Contests, Hard To Hold, Hold On Tight, Jake & Co., LIST fan forum, New Releases, Too Hot To Hold Today and tomorrow, you can find Chris and Lore interviewing one another over with Greta and Lillie at I Don’t Want To Wait. Stop on over, join the fun and leave a comment to be eligible for the giveaway! Because, in case you didn’t know, HOLD ON TIGHT and ECSTASY UNVEILED release on the same day – which is next Tuesday. Tomorrow night (Friday,Jan 22nd – 8PM EST) Larissa and I will also be chatting at LIST – about Nick and Chris and Lore and SEALs and Demons and everything in between. Come on by (registration for the forum’s quick and painless) and have fun at the chat! I’ve been holed up in the house (well, that’s nothing new) with a sick husband. That’s like, the most un-fun thing ever, because sick man = someone send help please. But thanks to Z-packs, he’s much better and should be going to work tomorrow so that way I can get back to work. I’m so turned around anyway, thanks to the holiday on Monday. So I’m like a day behind in my mind and my watch is giving tomorrow’s date, so I’m not sure if I’m coming or going. Seems like a good time to huddle in and continue reading StarDoc. I’ve never read this series and Lynn pulled me in immediately. Loving it. New review for HARD TO HOLD Nov 5, 2009 \| Hard To Hold, Jake & Co., LIST fan forum, New Releases The wonderful Lea from Closetwriter has written a great review for HARD TO HOLD! Here are a few snippets from her review: What I loved about this story is not only the characters, which are well developed, and complex, but also the progression of the relationship between Izzie and Jake. Their emotional connection grows over the course of the story and is believable. The climax to Isabelle and Jake’s story is heart in the mouth riveting. Ms. Tyler infused a number of plot twists and turns, and surprises into the narrative. The best way I can describe “Hard To Hold”, is a total RUSH. I read this book over the span of 2 days and could barely put it down. I can say without hesitation that “Hard To Hold”, will be one of my favorite reads of this year. If you enjoy romantic military suspense, you may like to give it a try. Speaking of Jake, (OMG – 18 more days until release day!!!) I’m going to have some interviews and blog posts coming up in the next few weeks – I’ll note them here and on my events page. And on L.I.S.T. (the Larissa ione / Stephanie Tyler fan forum) there will be a chat for Jake and Hard to Hold on Friday, December 11th at 8PM EST. And now, I need to go get on track with Zane – I’ve lost the past three days because the kid had an infected suture in her back. Her body doesn’t really like the whole, dissolvable stitch thing. For a while there I thought we’d end up in the ER, but the antibiotics seem to be working. Prayers are always appreciated. 🙂 L.I.S.T. Jun 9, 2009 \| Hard To Hold, LIST fan forum What is LIST? Well, it stands for Larissa Ione and Stephanie Tyler (and of course, Sydney Croft is there as well) and it’s the name of the new fan forum that will officially launch today, June 9th. It’s the brainchild of a wonderful person who approached us and asked where our forum was and would we mind if she started one for us. Of course, we were honored and so Lo began her work. June 9th is actually a perfect day to officially launch LIST (well, perfect for me – Larissa is currently driving from Virginia to Wisconsin and will be back online within a week or two) – perfect, because today is the day that my galleys for Hard To Hold (aka Jake’s book) are due. Galleys are the final step before a book is published. So that’s pretty much kismet for me, even though Lo, the fabulous creator / admin of LIST, didn’t know anything about that. But I’m a huge believer in signs, so to me, this works perfectly. LIST is a forum, so you’ll have to register, but there’s so much to do there – people to meet, greet and chat with about everything from the latest movies to how to create a banner. There are also forums about the books and a place to ask Larissa and me questions (we to try to pop on as often as we can.) But really, it’s just a great place for readers to hang out and have fun! So come on over and check it out, because they’ve done such a fabulous job putting everything together!!! New York Times Bestselling author Stephanie Tyler writes what she loves to read — romantic suspense novels starring military heroes and paranormal romance novels novels starring warrior heroes, all complete with happy endings. Her alter-ego is SE Jakes and she also co-writes as Sydney Croft. 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__label__cc	0.585034	0.414966	Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Open House Sunday Interview – Author Joy Lennick Please welcome my guest this week, author Joy Lennick who shares her love of the 20th century, her adventures she has encountered during her 30 years as an author, her favourite colour and music. Before we find out more… a little bit about Joy. About Joy Lennick Having worn several hats in my life: wife, mum, secretary, shop-keeper, hotelier; my favourite is the multi-coloured author’s creation. I am an eclectic writer: diary, articles, poetry, short stories and five books. Two books were factual, the third as biographer: HURRICANE HALSEY (a true sea adventure), fourth my Memoir MY GENTLE WAR and my current faction novel is THE CATALYST. Plenty more simmering… Supposedly ‘Retired,’ I now live in Spain with my husband and have three great sons. Given a choice of centuries to live in which would it be and why? As I’m fascinated by Georgian architecture and dress, plus something indefinable about the period, I decided -. as I’ve tried Time Travel before (don’t ask…) – to visit the 1700s. I found it most interesting for a while and even witnessed the writer Jane Austen stepping from her carriage in front of her home in………………. Then as luck, or rather bad luck, would have it, I suffered gnawing toothache and headed for a dentist. The screams emanating from a terrified patient in the surgery had me quaking in the waiting room, so I decided to – post haste –return once more to the 1930s, where I knew I could have my tooth painlessly removed. The relief which followed this strategy was immense, so I decided to re-experience the 20th century- In 1932, the year of my birth, the United Kingdom was between two wars, so peace reigned. My parents worked hard and were loving; our garden was an oasis of flower-adorned green, and Sunday roasts boasted peas, beans and carrots from our treasured patch of earth. Into this idyllic scene, came my brother Terence, two years later. He was such a quiet baby and child, Mum said “He’s there when he isn’t, and isn’t when he is!” which totally confused me. Two years afterwards, I helped the midwife bathe second brother, Bryan. Life was sweet. The Ink Spots sang on the wireless, Mum danced to the music of Edmundo Ross while dusting and we played Snakes & Ladders, flicked cigarette cards down the hallway, made ‘objects’ out of Meccano, and read books.. Dad joined the Royal Air Force Reserves, while a lunatic with a silly moustache raved in Germany in 1938/9, and Dad fumed as he had to dig up his rose-beds and erect an ugly outdoor air-raid shelter when war was declared. Mum, being Welsh, it was decided that Wales would be a safer haven, and we found ourselves in Merthyr Tydfil living with ‘The Jones family:’ relatives who were wonderfully kind. Hitherto not allowed to play outside the confines of our garden in flat Dagenham, in Esssex, the ‘great outdoors’ yawned, inviting, and blackberry-loaded bushes had me salivating… . With Dad in France and Mum working in a munitions factory, we children had different, and many, fun adventures. I joined the library: burning the candles to stubs at night, reading the Brothers Grimms’ (so what I had nightmares!) and Hans Christian Anderson tales, plus anything else with words on… The freedom of movement in Wales was liberating, and I enrolled at a dancing school, which was what dreams were made of, until circumstances changed after my third, dear brother, Royce was born. When in Wales, Mum’s young cousin Islwyn was killed by a coal-fall at the age of seventeen and my Dad’s youngest brother, my Uncle Bernard, a navigator in the Royal Air Force, was declared ‘missing’ at the age of 22. He never did return from the war. Despite such tragedies, eventually, peace brought relief from the threat of bombs, and the celebrations on London Bridge were euphoric. The 40’s and 50’s were a fabulous time to grow up, despite no central heating or TV sets…We were entertained by Big Band sounds via Glen Miller and Harry James, the cool jazz of Ella Fitzgerald, with crooners Sinatra and Crosby, et al, singing understandable lyrics…. Gradually, such boons as fridges, washing machines and central heating, brightened our lives too. The strides forward in medicine were astounding. In my infancy, thousands died of tuberculosis; now almost eradicated, and the surgical advancement is mind-boggling. The last decades have been a time of revelation and the refinement of technological advancement has left me speechless. And that’s saying something! What adventures have you had publishing your work? “Life’s path has many twists” Anon In 1983, my husband and I sold the small hotel-business we ran in Bournemouth, and I received a letter from Kogan Page Ltd., of London ASKING ME (?!) to write a book. (The editor had approached my former boss, asking did she know anyone who could write about hotel life. .Bingo!) Right place, right time, or what? The book was accepted, and I was paid an advance fee and another on publication and had to pinch myself. Defying belief, it sold extremely well and was reprinted due to demand. My eldest son, being an artist, designed the covers and I received regular royalties. The company then asked me to update two of their books, and write another on Jobs in Baking & Confectionery.. This entailed interviewing young people in colleges and doing research, all of which I enjoyed. The first book was titled Running Your Own Small Hotel (1984/5). I then ran a postal poetry group called Odes for Joy which was fun. (The five pound yearly fee was given back in prizes.) After winning a couple of poetry prizes myself, I had Celtic Cameos & Other Poems published. ‘Life’ then intruded, and eventually…my husband and I retired to the Costa Blanca region of Spain. I joined The Torrevieja Writing group and won first prize for Worth Its Salt in the First International Short Story Writing Competition held in Torrevieja in 2005, and was a judge for the following two years. And now a sour note…Well, life is not all buttercups and roses, is it?. I was introduced to an epileptic sailor, and immediately succumbed to his plea for a writer to pen his on-going sea adventures. The BBC had already given him coverage when he rowed, single-handed (strapped in) across the Atlantic in a small boat. He tried to row the Pacific but nearly died, and I had his salt-stained log books, scribbled in in pencil, smothered with expletives and bad English to decipher…While I frowned and typed, he was attempting to cross the Pacific again! He had to be rescued in a very bad state, but recovered and had quite a tale to tell… Meanwhile, I eventually covered all three rows and took a draft copy of the book to show his mother who lived in Clacton, UK (a much nicer human being than her son!). I spent the next two years…trying to find a publisher (the BBC declined) which cost me a penny or two. Repeated assurances he would pay me, never materialized. I eventually found an excellent publisher in Spain: Libros International: and the book Hurricane Halsey become a reality. I was delighted, despite an empty pocket…as the photographs and covers were superb. Then Libros went out of business before a book-signing could be arranged! I sold several copies to friends and family (which I had purchased) after which I received threatening letters from said sailor that he would SUE ME?! (For buying and selling the books!!) Of course he had no grounds as I had signed on his behalf when the book was published, so I retained the copyright (not that I wanted it!). And there the matter rested. I put it down to just another of life’s experiences, bitter pill to swallow that it was. (PS Because my early education was so abysmal (I attended seven schools!) I didn’t receive my A level English Lit. certificate until I was 66…) What kind of music do you listen to and who are your favourite musicians? “If music be the food of love play on“ Shakespeare. Where to start? My husband and I both love an eclectic mix of music. We met at a ‘Jazz session’ held in the upstairs room of a public house in the East End of London, called ‘The Hayfield’ (he jokes he’s had the needle ever since…) I recall they played ‘Intermission Riff,’ ‘The Sabre Dance’ . to which we jived at half tempo…and one of Glen Miller’s latest hits. (As it was 69 years ago this autumn, I’m surprised I remembered.) We spent some of our courting time in the ‘Eleven Club’ in London and Ronnie Scott’s, plus The Lyceum ballroom, and Hammersmith Palace, cutting many a rug over the years. We admired Johnnie Dankworth’s playing and adored Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, and a whole talented group of singers and other musicians like Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie and Louis Armstrong. My favourite instruments are the saxophone, piano and violin, and Ben Webster played a mean sax…while Benny Goodman and Duke Ellington were no slouches either. We also grew to love modern jazz. I hope that Joy will enjoy this… Feeling Good… with Johnny Dankworth and Cleo Laine I recall my parents playing records way back when and hamming it up – dancing a mock tango to Jealousy, and Dad played the powerful Bolero a lot, while one of my aunts played the piano beautifully. Her Rustle of Spring was memorable .During the war years, when on leave from the munitions factory, Mum pounded the ivories ‘by ear’- an expression I always found amusing. She played Roll out the Barrel and another war-time favourite: Kiss me Goodnight Sergeant Major. I recall, as a child dancer, my teacher having excellent musical taste, and tap-dancing to the haunting strains of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, dressed to kill in silver and pale blue satin. After marriage, we bought a smart radiogram, and apart from the delightful Nutcracker Suite , purchased several near soul-searing, beautiful recordings. We spent many lazy evenings listening to favourites like Scheherazade,and Vivaldi’s Four Seasons; and I was soon familiar with the music of masters like Shostakovich, whose 2nd piano concerto, in particular, is heavenly, with Tchaikovsky twanging the heart-strings in the wings… In later years, I listened to several riveting concerts at The South Bank and adored musicals. I actually appeared in Carousel as a dancer (in an amateur production I hasten to add), and saw many West End productions such as Candide, Fiddler on the Roof, South Pacific, et al. And who, with blood in their veins, could not swoon with joy at the dancing and music from West Side Story?! Another treat was seeing The Gypsy Kings in London. Few people were seated once they got going! The atmosphere was electric. It’s pleasing to note that, while each of our three sons has his own particular taste in music, they all appreciate a lot of the classical and jazz music we played to them over the years. At times though, my ears were ‘tortured’ by Punk, gently massaged by middle of the road stuff and excited by Reggae, which I enjoyed, and to which I ‘skanked’ (Oh MOTHER!) on occasion … .. We have been extraordinarily lucky to have been fed such varied, fabulous music over the years. I was a great fan of the Three Tenors, and what an ear for music John Williams has, and Leonard Bernstein had! Nigel Kennedy also deserves a mention, and now we have settled in Spain, I love to listen to the passionate, soulful sound of the Spanish guitar. We have a delightful, small theatre in Torrevieja, and I heard the local youth orchestra play there, who were brilliant. During the last few years, another, larger theatre with excellent acoustics was built on the perimeter of our town. A cliché now – last but not least – a piece that ‘wrings me out emotionally:’ Joaquin Rodrigo’s The Concerto de Aranquezz, arguably one of the best guitar compositions of the 20th century. What a gap there’s been since I played the triangle and tambourine at Infant’s school. Time is such a self-serving cannibal. What is your favourite colour and why? My favourite colour is blue, and on the world stage, BLUE stands tall and proud. One of the three primary colours of pigments in painting, it has been important over the years in art and decoration. In The 8th century in China, artists used cobalt blue and woad was used in clothing, until replaced by indigo from the United States in the 19th century. In the Renaissance period, the most expensive pigment was ultramarine. Dark blue was favoured for military uniforms, and because of its association with harmony, the colour blue was used for business suits in the 20th century, and for the flags of the United Nations and the European Union. As a writer, I delight in all five senses, and despite maturity (lucky me), mine are still going strong. My hearing is so sharp, MO half calls me a bloodhound, and even my eyes are not too bad. As mentioned above, my favorite colour is blue, and on our modest, family stage -for are we not all minor players in the great play?? – the colour blue features markedly in our make-up. One side of the family is of Celtic origin: Ireland and Wales, and a larger proportion have bluey-grey through to deep blue eyes. Both parents had blue eyes, as do my surviving two brothers and myself. Two of my three sons also have blue eyes; the eldest having brown like his Dad. And so, when it comes to what I wear: blue, MO half’s choice too, it’s often in the picture. From ‘powder’ to ‘baby, ‘‘petrol,’ through to ‘navy,’ ‘cobalt,’ or ‘Prussian,’ you’d find them all in my wardrobe at one time or another. I also love turquoise and lapis lazuli, the deep blue shade found in metamorphic rock used in semi-precious jewellery.. And then there are stained glass windows in churches and cathedrals. How many times have I stood, transfixed, as the light shone through one and the depth of the blue – often ‘Madonna’ – almost took my breath away in its rich and vivid splendour. At school, I recall the particular smell of crayons as I coloured in a sky – always blue – of course, and the difficulty encountered trying to get the sea to look natural…And, on our various travels, I remember comparing the different skies and plumping for the Mediterranean ones…We lived in Canada for eighteen months before our children arrived, and – however cold it became – and it did… the sun shining against a brilliant blue back-drop always lifted the spirits. No wonder we love our Spanish skies so much! Prussian, azure and cobalt blues again featured when I took up art in my fifties and struggled to make the sea look natural with my water colours, although my skies were passable. And looking in master Pablo Picasso’s direction, he had a very ‘Blue’ period between 1901 and 1904, at which time he painted essentially monochromatic paintings in shades of blue and blue-green, only now and then warmed by other colours. What a rich, colourful, planet we live on. It’s a tragedy we don’t give it as much love as it deserves! Tell us something about your work in progress. On the back.burner… The Highs and Lows of Leticia Dombrowski Being of the Jewish faith, the Dombrowski family are fated for the same, horrific treatment meted out to many others of their ilk. The head of the family: Daniel, an art restorer, is arrested and murdered by the Nazis when they march into Poland in 1939. His daughter, Rebecca, is sent to the safety of the UK, but the repercussions of her experiences affect her life and that of her illegitimate daughter, Leticia. The story follows Leticia through childhood to adulthood and highlights her strengths and weaknesses. She proves to be feisty, intelligent and something of a rebel, while having an innovative talent for jewellery design and art. Being wildly attractive often lures the wrong type of attention, but she battles on and – after a surprise ‘inflation of funds’ – and the fulfilling of a charitable desire, wins the day. Joy’s latest book was released in November 2017 A little book, full of jokes, Limericks, poems, short stories and one-liners, from husband and wife team, Joy and Eric Lennick. Both authors in their own “write”, they have collaborated to bring you this fun read. One of the reviews for the book. QUIRKY GIRL 5.0 out of 5 stars A little book full of fun. I had the privilege and pleasure of reading this book pre publication and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was full of fun – jokes, poems, silly one liners – just the thing for popping in a Christmas stocking, or buying for one’s own amusement. Excellent read for Boxing Day! I hope Mr & Mrs Lennick collaborate again and bring out another little book of fun. Read the reviews and buy the book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Moon-Wearing-Tutu-Joy-Lennick-ebook/dp/B0784TFVGH And Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Moon-Wearing-Tutu-Joy-Lennick-ebook/dp/B0784TFVGH Other books by Joy Lennick Read the reviews and buy the books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Joy-Lennick/e/B00J05CJLY/ And on Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Joy-Lennick/e/B00J05CJLY Read other reviews and follow Joy on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3124773.Joy_Lennick Connect to Joy Blog: https://joylennick.wordpress.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joy.lennick My thanks to Joy for sharing her childhood memories and her publishing adventures. We would be delighted to receive your feedback and thank you for dropping in today.. Thanks Sally If you would like to be a guest on the Open House then here are the question choices and details: https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2018/01/07/the-return-of-smorgasbord-open-house-interviews-for-all-writers-and-other-creative-artists/ This entry was posted in It is a Wonderful Life. and tagged From the Prairie to Passchendele, Joy Lennick, The Moon is Wearing a Tutu by Smorgasbord - Variety is the Spice of Life.. Bookmark the permalink. 32 thoughts on “Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Open House Sunday Interview – Author Joy Lennick” mihrank on March 25, 2018 at 12:28 am said: indeed, as always you bring so vibrant and impressive presentation!! Thank you Mihran.. Hola Mihrank, Thank you on behalf of Sally; so pleased you enjoyed it!. Best wishes. Joy Patrice on March 25, 2018 at 12:39 am said: This is great! What an interesting person! I really want to know about her experience with time travel though, even though she said not to ask! Hi Patrice, Thank you! Between you and me, I’ve never been a time traveller but wrote ‘Worth its Salt’ (a short story) and won lst prize in a competition in Torrevieja, Spain (near where I now live). It was a great leap of imagination…Salt is still produced in large quantities in this area. Best wishes.Joy Audrey Driscoll on March 25, 2018 at 4:26 am said: Delightful anecdotes from an interesting life. Thank you, Joy and Sally! Thank you Audrey.. enjoy the rest of your weekend. Darlene on March 25, 2018 at 8:27 am said: Great to read about Joy and learn more about her interesting life. Joy and Eric are a delightful couple! Thank you Darlene..hugsxx joylennick on March 25, 2018 at 11:26 am said: Reblogged this on Joy Lennick and commented: Sally Cronin is an absolute gem. Heartfelt thanks for the ‘airing’ ally. xx Delighted to have you over for a visit Joy.. xx Jennie on March 25, 2018 at 2:07 pm said: I thoroughly enjoyed reading about Joy and her memoirs. Thank you Jennie.. xx tidalscribe on March 25, 2018 at 4:43 pm said: What an interesting interview. I love the story of the sailing adventurer – if ever someone asks me to help them write a book I shall be very cautious! You do need to make sure that you have everything in writing.. we work with authors who are collaborating and it is so important to have it nailed down..thanks Janet. OIKOS™-Redaktion on March 25, 2018 at 5:44 pm said: Thank you for sharing Michael.. Pingback: Smorgasbord Weekly Round Up – Madonna, Primulas, Lemon Grass Chicken and Springtime Literature \| Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life I always enjoy reading posts like this, Sally. People’s research and childhood memories are so interesting. I agree Robbie and Joy has had some adventures.. hugsx Tina Frisco on March 25, 2018 at 11:24 pm said: This post was like a shot of adrenaline. Often when I experience a flareup, I slip into thinking I’ve lived more years than are before me. Joy reflects on her life while looking and moving forward. She’s an inspiration I intend to emulate. Thanks to both of you, Joy and Sally, for sharing this ❤❤ Thank you Tina.. I agree.. Joy is unstoppable. hugs ♥♥ Eli Pacheco on March 26, 2018 at 3:21 am said: I felt like I saw scenes I’d have never otherwise seen in this life. Thank you. Thank you Eli.. olganm on March 26, 2018 at 1:22 pm said: Fascinating interview and titles. Must check Joy’s books. Thanks, Sally and good luck to Joy. Thanks Olga..hugsxxx Wow! A thousand thanks to: Michael, Jennie, Robbie, Tina, Eli and Olganm xx Liesbet @ Roaming About on March 29, 2018 at 5:10 pm said: This was an incredible read, Joy! What a fascinating life you have led and what an incredibly diverse person you are. I think the amount of hats you wear is uncountable. 🙂 The way you remember your childhood is fantastic. I assume it is a big part of your memoir? The story about the story of the rower is heart-breaking. Coming to the conclusion it is one of life’s lessons must have been a tough one! When I was a teenager, I visited my grandparents a couple of time in Benidorm, where they would spent the winter. Not sure whether that is on the Costa Blanca, but I had to think about those times when you mentioned where you currently live. I love the color blue as well. It was always the color of the pions I picked for board games, since I was a child. And, I love the ocean, which can have the most amazing tints of blue! It was nice getting to know you and good luck with all your upcoming projects and ideas!! Thanks Liesbet… Joy has enjoyed an eventful life.. and certainly making the most of life. Happy Easter.. writerchristophfischer on July 18, 2018 at 6:34 am said: Reblogged this on writerchristophfischer and commented: A chance to meet the wonderful author Joy Lennick in an interview about her fascinating life and publishing adventures Thank you for sharing Christoph.. hugs	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1902
__label__cc	0.737235	0.262765	Smorgasbord Short Stories – What’s in a Name Volume Two – Vanessa – In a Dilemma by Sally Cronin Here is the second story of the weekend from What’s in a Name Volume Two – Vanessa… a mother with a dilemma. Vanessa – In a Dilemma Vanessa cradled the cooling mug of tea between her hands and debated getting up and putting the central heating on early. It was just after six o’clock, and having had a sleepless night, she was feeling colder than this spring morning warranted. She was waiting for the national bulletin to finish and the local report to come on. The images from the top news story last night were still playing in her mind; as they had done as she tried to fall asleep in the early hours. She usually lay awake waiting for her son Jack to get home, but even when she heard him open the front door and creep up the stairs, she had failed to find comfort in his safe return. The local news report began and she turned up the volume on the remote just a fraction, as she didn’t want to wake Jack yet. The announcer repeated the basic facts about the assault and murder of a fifteen year old girl; now named as Tracy Martin two nights ago. A photograph of a young beautiful girl with long blonde hair, smiling happily into the camera, flashed up on screen. They also replayed the CCTV footage from last night of the victim in the company of a group of young people, walking through the precinct two hours before her body had been found. This was followed by additional footage they had just received; captured an hour afterwards, showing Tracy walking arm in arm with a young male. The couple had disappeared into an alley behind a restaurant. The camera had picked up the man leaving twenty minutes later but no sign of his companion. It was impossible to see his features as his grey hoodie was pulled up over his head, but as the cameras tracked his progress along the main street, it was clear that he had a slight limp as he favoured his left leg. As a mother she could only imagine how this young girl’s devastated parents must be feeling this morning. Since Jack’s father died ten years ago she had felt the weight of being a single parent, and the responsibility of being both mother and father. He was an only child, and she had tried to make sure that he was not spoilt, and that he understood the value of the important things in life, such as hard work, kindness and responsibility. She felt she had done a pretty good job, and the thought of losing him was unthinkable. She played back in her mind the events of the last year, and how she had felt Jack pulling away from her. At first she had accepted that it was normal for a young man to want to distance himself from his mum, and make a life for himself with friends. But now, as she contemplated the devastating loss that this young girl’s family were facing, she knew that she had to take action. As the report finished, with a request from the police for any witnesses to come forward with information to a dedicated incident telephone number, Vanessa put down her now cold tea, heading into the hall and up the stairs. She pushed open the door as quietly as possible to her son’s bedroom. She could hear his steady breathing as she crossed over to stand by his bedside. At nearly twenty he still retained his boyish face, and with his blonde hair across his forehead and long eyelashes, he looked young and vulnerable. The sweet natured boy she loved so much. She sat on the chair against the wall and watched her son as he slept; seemingly oblivious to the world and its potential evil. How many nights had the parents of Tracy Martin sat and watched their daughter sleep in an attempt to keep her safe from that same evil? She wiped the tears from her cheeks as she imagined their sorrow and anger at what had happened to their child. Slowly she stood and crossed to the laundry basket filled to the brim with her son’s washing. She picked up his discarded sweatshirt thrown casually on the top of the other clothes and held it close to her chest inhaling his familiar scent. She replaced it on top of the basket and carried it carefully through the door; pulling it closed behind her. Satisfied that she had not woken her son, Vanessa headed downstairs, placing the washing in the hall next to Jack’s sneakers, which he had kicked off before creeping upstairs. It was now nearly seven, and it would not be long before the houses in the street would be filled with light, as families prepared breakfast before heading out to school and to jobs. She went into the kitchen and pulled the door shut behind her; reaching for her mobile phone on the counter. She dialled the number that she had written down an hour ago, and waited for an answer at the other end. She clung to the phone desperately and tried to find the courage that she knew she would need for the outcome of this conversation. She had been gifted this night with her son, and that was something that Tracy’s parents had not been given. She relived the moment when she had recognised her son in the grainy video they had broadcast last night, as he had walked at the edge of the group in the precinct. She had intended to ask him about it when he woke up this morning, and to break the news to him that one of his young friends was dead. But that was before she saw the second video of Tracy and her companion this morning, entering the alley, and then the footage of the man leaving alone and limping along the street. A limp caused by a broken leg from falling out of a tree seven years ago. An indistinct figure of a man that only a mother would recognise. In the dark Jack had clearly not realised that his grey hoodie had several strands of long blonde hair attached to it when he threw it in the laundry basket that night, nor that his sneakers by the front door, had what looked like drops of blood across the laces. With tears rolling down her cheeks, she realised that a man was talking to her at the other end of the line. ‘Hello, is anyone there?’ ‘Yes, I have some information about the attack on Tracy Martin two nights ago.’ ©Sally Cronin 2017 My latest book, Tales from the Irish Garden,has received some recent reviews and I am very grateful as the reviews played a very large part in getting my books into some bookstores locally. About Tales from the Irish Garden The queen of Magia and her court have fled their sun filled Spanish homeland and the palace beneath the magnolia tree. Arriving on the backs of geese and swans, they seek sanctuary in the magic garden of The Storyteller who welcomes them to the Emerald Island, a place where rain is almost a daily feature. Grateful for their safe haven and the generosity of their host, the queen and her courtiers embrace their new surroundings with delight. As the seasons change throughout the year, they come into contact with many of the human and animal inhabitants of the garden and the surrounding forest, all of whom have a story to tell. This is a magical fairy story infused with fantasy and romance, as well as opportunities for mischief in the company of goblins, witches and Lerpersians. Suitable for ages 10 to 100 years old….. Jjspina 5.0 out of 5 stars Magical Tales that make for an Entertaining Read! Tales from the Irish Garden is a magical book of stories of the queen of Magia as she is uprooted from her beloved home in Spain under the large magnolia tree to find a new home in the green and lush Emerald Isle. She must ensure the safety of all her subjects and precious statues as she prepares to make the move to their new home. There is fantasy, romance, magical fairies, Lerpersians, and goblins who make these stories rich and fascinating. As I read along I found myself cheering on the queen and her entourage as they travel the long distance and finally arrive to settle down in their new surroundings. The author has incorporated the personalities of her beloved father-in-law and mother into these characters of the storyteller and the queen. She has created a beautiful book of memories at the same time of her lovely home in Spain and her now new home in Ireland. She puts all her love and feelings into her stories making them even more meaningful to the reader. She is a consummate storyteller who has a talent to draw her readers into the tales and make them believe in magic and the world of fairies. I highly recommend this exceptionally entertaining read. If you love this book as much as I do you will also love all Sally Cronin’s other lovely books. Read the reviews and buy the book Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-Irish-Garden-Sally-Cronin-ebook/dp/B07HMXTFKG And Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Tales-Irish-Garden-Sally-Cronin-ebook/dp/B07HMXTFKG Here is a selection of my other books… an amazing gif designed by Paul Andruss… thanks Paul You can find details of all my books in this directory: https://smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/my-books-and-reviews-2018 Thank you for dropping in today and I hope you enjoyed this short story… always enjoy your feedback Thanks Sally This entry was posted in Book Promotion, Books by Sally Cronin and tagged Short stories What's in a Name by Sally Cronin by Smorgasbord - Variety is the Spice of Life.. Bookmark the permalink. 36 thoughts on “Smorgasbord Short Stories – What’s in a Name Volume Two – Vanessa – In a Dilemma by Sally Cronin” This is so sad, every mother’s nightmare with older teenage children. You tell such a story well, Sally. It must be as you say a nightmare… it would haunt you for the rest of your life.. hugs Jennie. xx Jennie on November 18, 2018 at 11:55 am said: Yes. 😢 Darlene on November 18, 2018 at 7:02 am said: Incredible. A father in our community in Canada had to turn in his son for a brutal murder. I can´t imagine. Well written, Sally. Thank you Darlene.. it must be horrendous… even if it is the right thing to do. xx Thank you for sharing..hugsxxx Every mother’s nightmare for sure. Brilliantly written, Sally… Marina Osipova on November 18, 2018 at 9:15 am said: Every time I re-read your stories, Sally, I get goosebumps. This one is no exception. Thank you Marina..glad you enjoyed..hugsx robertawrites235681907 on November 18, 2018 at 10:31 am said: I remember this one, Sally. A very sad story. It is Robbie.. every parent’s nightmare..hugsx K. D. Dowdall on November 18, 2018 at 12:06 pm said: I felt every moment of this mother’s love for her son, and the realization of what she must do. So heartbreaking and so real. Every mother’s fear. It surely is Karen. and thank you for sharing..hugsx Sally, my pleasure and you are welcome. Your stories are always so real that I forget the are fiction…this is a sign of a natural born writer and I love your work! Karen 🙂 Thank you so much.. that has made my day…hugs x K. D. Dowdall on November 19, 2018 at 1:08 pm said: Sally, you so deserve all the praise! You are amazing! Karen 🙂 Re-blogged on Pen and Paper. Annette Rochelle Aben on November 18, 2018 at 3:19 pm said: Pingback: Smorgasbord Blog Magazine – Weekly Round Up – William Price King with Chet Baker – 1990s #Charts – Short stories – Recipes for #Turkey – #Books for #Christmas. \| Smorgasbord Blog Magazine It must be one of the most heartbreaking things for a parent to ever realise Sally. Pxx I would think so Paul.. you are losing your child under most dreadful circumstances… xxxx Oh wow! What a hard thing for a parent to have to do. No one wins in this sad story. Great job, Sally! Thank you Jan.. a tough subject and it must be a horrendous choice to make.. hugsx Wow Sal, crushing! What kind of strength would it take a parent to have to do that. 😦 ❤ It is a dilemma but she put herself in the shoes of the parents of the murdered girl and to be honest I am not sure that I could live knowing my child had done that, got away with it and might do it again. The guilt would kill you if it did.. Still very tough.. ♥♥ Oh ya, I know all about guilt. It would certainly kill me! ❤ What a devastating decision to have to make… A fabulous story, Sally, and a horrifying one, because it feels so real. Thank you Olga.. I would certainly not want to be in that position…xxx Two mothers with broken hearts. Good one, Sally. Thank you John.. hugsx John W. Howell on November 21, 2018 at 2:12 am said: CarolCooks2 on November 21, 2018 at 5:35 am said: Wonderfully told , Sally..I wonder how many parents have had the courage to do what Vanessa did ? A heartugger xxx Thank you Carol… glad you enjoyed the telling.. and yes very tough… hugs xxx CarolCooks2 on November 21, 2018 at 10:33 am said: I did indeed ,,,Hugs xxx	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1903
__label__cc	0.698315	0.301685	South Dakota Snowmobile Association Sno Plainsman December 18, 2019 By Mary Anne Greg & Diane Hiles named to the Hall of Fame The purpose of the Hall of Fame is to recognize and honor individuals who have been instrumental in the development and continued success of SDSA. These nominees have been active members of the local club for 36+ years when tallied between them. These nominees have attended the Governor’s Winter Games, the Ride for the Ribbon, Snowmobilers 4 Snowmobiler events and numerous other poker runs and events around the state, showing support for other club’s activities. These nominees have also attended multiple Governor’s Advisory Council Meetings, State conventions, International Snowmobile Congresses, ACSA meetings, Washington DC-Fly-ins, representing the State of South Dakota and the local club snowmobile club. These nominees are continually promoting the fun of snowmobiling showing how to have fun doing it with family and friends. High school kids learned how to make doughnuts, high mark a cornice and how to get themselves out of a creek while snowmobiling with these nominees. Even though once and a while it ended up in a trip to an ER, still smiling and willing to go again. These nominees have attended forums sponsored by the Black Hills National Forest commenting on legislative issues to include RPT Funding and Access issues. Additionally, they have met with the Secretary of the Interior while in Washington, DC encouraging better access to our National Forests. Between them, these nominees have held leadership positions, at the club, state and national level. They have coordinated state conventions and our state’s hosting of the International Snowmobile Congress in 2016. Protecting public access has been one of the main reasons for continued involvement and taking on these leadership roles. Being able to present the ACSA Legal Defense Fund with over $13,000 in donations from SDSA members, which amount grew to over $18,000, was a great accomplishment through the leadership of these nominees. The long time involvement in snowmobiling – starting with the local club, to SDSA leadership, to ACSA leadership and ISC involvement, or just simply interacting with Millennials while in Washington, DC conversing with them about why access to public lands is important for all is part of this couple’s DNA. It is a true testament of the dedication and continued success of SDSA, of ACSA and the overall sport of snowmobiling and why these individuals are worthy of having the SDSA Hall of Fame recognition be bestowed upon him. It is with great pleasure and pride that the South Dakota Snowmobile Association awards the Hall of Fame recognition to Greg & Diane Hiles. Filed Under: homepage Juel & Sally Rall named to Hall of Fame Juel & Sally Rall mean so much to the Black Hills Snowmobile Club, that we renamed our yearly snowmobiler award after them! This award is given out every year at our Spring banquet and it goes to someone in the club who helps promote safe snowmobiling, is actively involved in the club and who has a great attitude around others. Juel & Sally could honestly receive this award every year, so we named it after them 2 years ago. Originally it was called the “Bob Nye Award”. Bob was very active in starting the BHSC and SDSA. Juel & Sally have been involved with the BHSC since 1986 and have been instrumental in keeping the club organized and functioning as it should.Sally has been our club secretary for many years, and they are both faithful in giving of their time at our club events. They always have a smile on their face and love to ecourage those they are around. Juel could keep a room entertained for hours with his stories of “the good old days” and Sally is usually right there beside him correcting him when he’s wrong. They have a great attitude that can be infectious at times. Sally loves to keep the young ones in line on our club trips and Juel is right there just trying to keep up. We (the young ones) push both of them pretty hard on our club ride to Dubois WY. It’s great to see the smiles on their face when they accomplish something they weren’t too sure they were going to be able to do. The Black Hills Snowmobile Club is honored to nominate Sally & Juel for the SDSA Hall of Fame as we feel they lead by example and are great ambassadors to our sport. DOUG MOELLER NAMED TO HALL OF FAME Doug Moeller has been and/or is currently a member of the Poinsett Pounder Snowmobile Club and Town & Country Snowmobile Club. Doug was a Charter Member of the Bryant Drift Busters throughout the 1970’s and 1980’s. Doug Moeller has been a member of SDSA for 41 proud years. Doug Moeller’s lifelong love of snowmobiling began in the winter of 1968 – 1969. His uncle owned the only snowmobile at the time in Bryant. The snowmobile was a 1968 Polaris Mustang one cylinder. During that specific winter and Doug having the only snowmobile in town, he helped out people stranded both in town and in the country. Doug performed many errands such as: taking people home, going to the country to pick up medicine, picked up twin boys where they were stranded for a week taking them back home. One specific story happens to be of Doug taking a classmate, who lived in the country outside of Bryant, home to see her parents and pick up clothes as she had been stranded in town for a week. It’s difficult for some to understand how the winters used to be and the limited equipment there was to move around in the snow. Thanks to Doug and the use of his uncle’s snowmobile, he was able to help many individuals out to ensure their safety! Beginning in the early 1970’s, Doug owned a Sno-Prince, a 1972 – 295 Polaris Colt followed with a 1973 – Polaris 530 Charger. In 1974, he made the switch to Arctic Cat. Anyone who knows Doug Moeller, they know he loves Arctic Cat!! If there ever needed to be a poster-child for Arctic Cat, Doug would have graciously stepped up to the plate. Doug was a Charter Member of the Bryant Drift Busters in the 1970’s and early 80’s. He assisted in the organization of the club. Doug played an instrumental role in the creation, organization, and execution of the many fundraisers the Drift Busters took part in over the years. These fundraisers included a Cancer Ride, MS Crippled Children (Easter Seals), March of Dimes. Doug led the efforts to ensure the Bryant Drift Busters were the first club to ride for Easter Seals. In addition, Doug assisted with the many Club’s family days on Plum lake. His favorite was helping the kids with the obstacle courses and sledding down the hills. Doug served as a Delegate at the Snowmobile Conventions in the 1970’s. To this day, Doug continues to attend the SDSA Convention and Annual Meeting every year. It would be easier to count the number of years he was not able to make the Convention compared the number he participated in. Doug also takes great pleasure in attending each year’s Governors ride, and being a “Red Bibber” for many years! Over the years Doug has been a leader amongst his immediate family of his wife, Bonnie, and sons, Joe and David, along with fellow club members of finding and traveling to many great places to enjoy snowmobiling. Places visited were, Black Hills, Yellowstone, Grand Lake, CO, Snowy Range, Togwotee, North and South Big Horns, Copper Harbor, MI, Hackensack, MN. One of the specific memories I have of Uncle Doug along with his family from when I was growing up is, we would always get together with Grandpa Gizzy and Grandma Emma to share Christmas dinner together and we would always have to eat early in the day as the Moeller’s were heading to Yellowstone to snowmobile. For at least 10 years in a row, they would grab their Christmas lights and head out to Yellowstone. I was recently told that it got to the point the motel where they stayed at just sent them the key through the mail with it being Christmas time and they were off visiting family. Doug and Bonnie were able to make such great family memories with their boys sharing their love of the sport they hold so dear to their hearts. Doug has enjoyed attending many snowmobile races over the years, including Alexandria, and Shakopee, MN. As of the last few years, Doug has also attended the Sno-Cross race in Deadwood where he has helped set up and tear down the tent for SDSA’s booth. Fast forward a few years—Doug served as President of the Poinsett Pounders from 2010-2012. He has also assisted in the planning and hosting of several SDSA Conventions hosted by Poinsett Pounders. Doug has played an instrumental role in the planning of various Club activities for both the Poinsett Pounders and Town & Country. A few of the major events include: Ride for the Ribbon, Winter Games, Kid’s Safety Course, Annual Membership Golf Tourney, crafted the idea of a Glow Ball tourney at Lake Region Golf Course…. (which was a HUGE hit – inside Joke). Assisted in hosting the Poinsett Pounder’s Hospitality room and Town & Country set up the tent for the at the 36th Annual ISC in Sioux Falls – 2004. In 1995, Doug was a Charter Member of the Town & Country Snowmobile Club, assisting in the organization and set up the Four Lakes Trail. Doug’s family is responsible for marking & maintaining 21 miles of the Four Lakes Trail system. Doug has also assisted the Town & Country Club in planning and execution of several SDSA conventions, Poker rides, Snowmobile races and hosting the SDSA Governor’s Ride. Doug was instrumental in the decision to sell football books to raise money for Town & Country’s first Convention. Doug urged and convinced the T & C Club to propose a format change for the Governor’s Ride from a Lunch to Brunch format. Doug also assisted in the grooming operations of the Four Lakes Trail system the first year Town & Country had their trail. Doug has been an extremely active and involved Snowmobiler for over 50 years playing a supportive role to many key Club and State levels decisions along with his hands-on approach to getting results and tasks completed. Other activities include: 1978 – Doug assisted in the organization and execution of a fundraiser for a local family that lost their home in a house fire. 2001 – Doug assisted in the organization and execution of a fund raiser for a local man with medical issues. A Poker Ride, meal, auction and dance raised more than $10,000. Both the Poinsett Pounders and Town and Country Clubs supported this event. In the Community of Bryant, Doug has served as a Volunteer Firemen, a City Council member, served on the local Theater Board, and Lake Region Golf Course Board. You will not find a more dedicated, supportive family man who loves to share his passion for a sport like Doug Moeller does. He is an inspiration for all to follow! Thank you, Uncle Doug, for all you have done and continue to do to make Snowmobiling what it is in South Dakota! DUG Weelborg Poinsett Pounder SC Corbin Boock named Teen Snowmobiler of the Year Corbin is the son of Brian & Summer Boock and a member of the Black Hills Snowmobile Club. He attended ISC last year and is a member of the YETIS. “What Snowmobiling means to me, as a young man….the WORLD! I have been on a snowmobile since I was 2 years old and I eat, sleep and breathe snowmobiling every day. I love the feel of being in nature and free to the outdoors and its great being able to spend quality time with family and friends. I love how it’s great exercise and you must be in shape toe ride. It helps to have a family that encourages me to be better. It also helps to have a father that is very into snowmobiling and has taught me so much of what I know. Mountain riding is my most favorite part of sledding, but I have also gotten into racing. I raced at the Black Hills Snowmobile Club Radar Race on Deerfield Lake in 2019 and took first place in the 500 modified. In Gillette, WY grass races, I got Fist place in 500 cc liquid cooled and third place in 800 stock. My future plans are to become a mechanical engineer so I can build and make snowmobiles better, faster, and more efficient. Ride like the Pro’s. Corbin Boock” Samantha Schlenker named Youth of the Year! Samantha Schlenker daughter of Ron & Linda Schlenker and a member of the Poinsett Pounders was named Youth snowmobiler of the year at our annual SDSA Convention. Samantha has been to Sno cross in Deadwood,attends club meetings, sells SDSA raffle tickets, and worked at this year’s state convention. Samantha also helps put in and take out MILES of trail every year! The Johnny Rider Family is named Family of the Year Johnny, Audrey, Ada, and Annie Rider were named Family of the year. Audrey and Johnny are YETIS advisors and helped get YETIS started in SD with a proposal to the board in 2016. Johnny was on the SDSA board as District 7 director for 3 years until having to resign summer 2019 due to a major career change and needed to devote time to get that started. . Attend club events and helped with bean bag tournaments in Bryant, membership drive, and we participate in the Governor’s Games activities and poker run every year. As a family we help promote and participate in many different community fundraisers to help our local communities some organizations we help with include fire department, Afterschool program, church camp fundraisers, etc. : At the club level and state level we have helped promote paying the membership dues to help keep trails open and have gotten friends to join different clubs. As a family we have enjoyed helping out SDSA in the Sno-cross booth the past 2 years and encouraged friends and local legislators to attend Governor’s ride. We bring our 2 girls along to the Sno-cross and Governor’s rides and they ride along so they get to see the full experience of what it is like to have a big snowmobile family. On the national level Johnny and Audrey attended ISC in Rapid City in 2016. : We have snowmobiled for the past 5 years and we have really made it a family affair. Our family has been responsible the past 2 years to put up and take down 8 miles of trail marking that goes up to Henry and past our house. We spend a weekend working on it together and then get to ride our snowmobiles on it. With Johnny as a director we have all promoted the SDSA events and participated in convention the past 3 years, along with Governor’s rides. We have helped the 2 girls learn how to ride their snowmobiles and we love to go use the trails in Black Hills during the winter where we have a cabin. We are always doing activities with our other club members such as camping, club activities, getting together for Sunday Fundays etc. and we are always encouraging the younger generations that come to our club events to join the club and get involved in the snowmobiling family. Johnny and Audrey are really promoting club/state membership with the YETIS as it really bring the kids that enjoy snowmobiling together throughout the state and they can get together at convention and governor’s ride and hang out together and get to participate in leadership activities Copyright 2019 South Dakota Snowmobile Association	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1904
__label__wiki	0.515135	0.515135	So, Maxine Waters is now Running Silent? by Denise Simon After her last little press conference trying to undo her political rhetoric in a really feeble attempt, it would seem Maxine Waters is running silent now. Senator Chuck Schumer came out with a huge critical response to Maxine and rightly so. Then Nancy Pelosi issued a comment as well, although it was much more thin on substance. But inbetween all of this, two interesting things happened. Judicial Watch came out with a hand delivered letter to the Chairman and Co-Chairman of the House Office of Congressional Ethics demanding that Waters be investigated and disciplined for her violation of House rules. Congressman Andy Biggs, R-AZ introduced a measure calling for Waters to apologize and to resign her position. What we have going on is building chaos that cannot be denied. The Department of Homeland Security issued an internal memo advising agency employees to take all measures for increased individual security and to be prudent in all work and life activities. Meanwhile, this rhetoric, the protests and confrontations are only growing and far beyond that of government employees. Check out Chicago as a bar called Replay Lincoln Park has refused to allow or serve customers wearing MAGA hats, stating it wants to keep the establishment classy. There are some interesting, but nasty tactics being used across the country. But this tells a bigger story. You see, protestors in D.C. are virtually stalking administration personnel and surrounding their homes. How about this wanted poster being handed out and taped to walls and elevators? So meanwhile, check out the plans for example in New Jersey set for June 30. “On June 30, politicians across the country will hear the outrage of the American people towards these policies,” said Anna Galland, executive director of MoveOn Civic Action, one of the groups organizing the protests. More than 400,000 people have RSVPed on social media that they plan to attend the events around the country, organizers said. Other groups participating in the rallies and protests include American Civil Liberties Union, Greenpeace, NARAL Pro-Choice America, National Education Association, YWCA and the Women’s March organization, which held a similar large national march and sister rallies around the country in January. The Washington, D.C., rally will be held at 11 a.m. at Lafayette Square near the White House. Some New Jersey activists are organizing buses to attend the event. Then it seems breastfeeding moms have been invited to be a part of the anti-Trump immigration policy. Supreme Court decision, 5-4 on the Trump third version of the travel suspension has been handed down… expect more protests. The Supreme Court decision is here. Of note: “[T]he government has set forth a sufficient national security justification to survive rational basis review. We express no view on the soundness of the policy. We simply hold today that plaintiffs have not demonstrated a likelihood of success on the merits of their constitutional claim,” Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. wrote for the majority. Roberts also dismissed arguments that the Supreme Court’s Japanese internment rulings had any bearing on the outcome of the lawfulness of the travel ban. “Whatever rhetorical advantage the dissent may see in doing so, Korematsu has nothing to do with this case,” Roberts wrote. “The forcible relocation of U.S. citizens to concentration camps, solely and explicitly on the basis of race, is objectively unlawful and outside the scope of Presidential authority. But it is wholly inapt to liken that morally repugnant order to a facially neutral policy denying certain foreign nationals the privilege of admission.” Days of Rage could still be upon the country. So, where is Maxine now? Has she deferred to Corey Booker or The Open Society Institute or Kamala Harris? Standard \| Posted in Uncategorized \| Tagged Maxine Waters \| 1 Comment	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1907
__label__cc	0.710002	0.289998	SHS History Club displays patriotism, holiday spirit The Sullivan High School History Club and Sullivan County PublicLibrary are working together to decorate the display windows at theSullivan County Hi... Watery way Heavy amounts of rain, combined with fallen leaves, trash and yard debris caused temporary flooding throughoutthe city over the weekend.... Wabash Valley Correctional Facility officer arrested for trafficking tobacco Contributed photo Wabash Valley Correctional Facility officer James DiGiacomo, center, isescorted by Correctional Police Officer T. Davis, front, and... Council, commissioners approve long-range financial analysis of county government In a span of just over 24 hours, both the Sullivan County Council, then the Sullivan County Commissioners approved to engage Baker Tilly for a long-r... King's feast The 22nd annual Wally King Angel Network Thanksgiving dinner took place at Joes Italian Food restaurant Thursday. Approximately 900 meals were served... Car crash results in injuries to driver On Wednesday at approximately 12:15 p.m. Sullivan County Sheriffs Lt. William Snead came upon a car crash near U.S. 41 near CR 450N. The driver was C... One dies in Dugger fire The Indiana State Police are currently investigating a death in Dugger. At approximately 7:11 p.m. on Wednesday, the Sullivan County 911 Dispatch Cen... RCA discusses marketing, addition of bus route, athletics The Rural Community Academy Board of Directors discussed ways to spread the word about the school including a marketing plan and the addition of a b... 'The Sullivan Girl' comes to town Contributed photoPlaywright Gena Acosta visited Sullivan Monday and answered questionsabout her upcoming film, The Sullivan Girl. Pictured, from left... Possible armed robbery at a local store has SCPD asking for help identifying the suspect Contributed photo:The suspect pictured was recorded on Nov. 11 at the Sullivan DollarGeneral and is believed to have been involved in a robbery. TheS...	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1910
__label__wiki	0.931569	0.931569	Blog Competitions English Premier League Football Manager 2017 launch date announced, Pre-purchase discounts and Beta info Football Manager 2017 launch date announced, Pre-purchase discounts and Beta info Soccerlens 17 August, 2016 Bundesliga, English Premier League, Football Games, Football Manager, La Liga, Ligue 1, Serie A Sports Interactive have announced that the latest version of Football Manager will be launched on the 4th of November this year. Football is back ✅ Football Manager 2017 is coming ?#FM17 https://t.co/MBJZmuv5N3 pic.twitter.com/LMydgSxQKZ — Football Manager (@FootballManager) August 17, 2016 Football fans have been eagerly waiting for the launch details of Football Manager 2017 and will be delighted with the announcement. Now that all of their club’s fixtures are in the diary, there’s only one date left that real football Sports Interactive have promised to release all the information about brand new/updated features of the game in the coming weeks. For fans who pre-order the game, there will be a BETA version available to play at least two weeks prior to the official launch date. There will also be attractive discounts for pre-purchases. Along with a free copy of Football Manager Touch 2017, fans have also been offered a 20% discount on Steam. However, in order to avail the full 20% discount, fans have to have owned the last four versions of the game on Steam. Otherwise, they will be eligible for a 5% discount for every version of the game they have. Sports Interactive have priced the game at 35 pounds excluding the potential discounts. Fernando Torres: Liverpool portrayed me as a traitor and I felt betrayed 5 Young Argentineans To Keep An Eye On This Season Soccerlens	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1912
__label__wiki	0.901292	0.901292	1 hour ago 2 min read Home > News > ICC World Cup 2019: MS Dhoni Will Be My Dream World XI Team Captain – Harbhajan Singh ICC World Cup 2019: MS Dhoni Will Be My Dream World XI Team Captain – Harbhajan Singh Prashanth Relangi, 8 months ago 2 min read 661 Photo Credit: Getty Images. MS Dhoni became the first captain to win the ICC World Cup despite being the host team. Meanwhile, the veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh showers words of praise on the Jharkhand Dynamite by calling him the greatest captain ever to grace the game after Sourav Ganguly. It was quite a journey for Indian National Cricket team under the captaincy of MS Dhoni. They took an act of revenge against Bangladesh in the first game and then thrashed Ireland, Netherlands and Windies before losing to South Africa and drawing a game with England. Then they knocked Australians out of the tournament in the knockout game before thrashing Pakistan in the semifinal. In the final, they outsmarted Sri Lankan side, courtesy an incredible knock from MS Dhoni and the blistering 99 from Gambhir. No doubt, My captain is MS Dhoni – Harbhajan Singh He once again led the team in 2015, which took place in Australia and New Zealand. This time, he led India like a champion in the league stage and in the quarterfinal before losing to Australia in the semifinal of the tournament. “No doubt, my captain is MS Dhoni. After Sourav Ganguly, if the world has seen a better captain, it has to be MS Dhoni. Even in the present scenario, there is not a smarter captain than him. I have played with him at Chennai Super Kings for the last two years,” Harbhajan Singh said. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is 10 steps ahead: Further, he went on to add saying that there is no current skipper, who can come close to his captaincy tactics. Harbhajan Singh believes that MS Dhoni will be 10 steps ahead of the opposition skipper during the course of the game. ”There is no one in world cricket right now who can match MS Dhoni when it comes to game awareness. People say a captain has to be 2 steps ahead of his opposition. MS Dhoni is 10 steps ahead,” Harbhajan Singh said at India Today’s Salaam Cricket conclave 2019. However, he hasn’t revealed his full playing XI. Recently, Harbhajan Singh played a vital part in seeing Chennai Super Kings reaching the finals of the Indian Premier League 2019. Meanwhile, MS Dhoni will be in the action when the Indian team takes on South Africa on June 5th. Tags #Harbhajan Singh #Mahendra Singh Dhoni Jurgen Klopp Set To Be Offered New Contract By Liverpool WWE Raw Preview (03/06/19): The Undertaker, Stephanie McMahon-Brock Lesnar, Super Showdown We will look to win the match if given a chance: R Ashwin Editor Sportzwiki, 5 years ago 2 min read Pietersen desperate to be back in the English setup Krishna Chopra, 5 years ago 2 min read Arafat Sunny In Trouble Again, Accused In Repression Case By Woman Gautam Sodhi, 3 years ago 1 min read Pacer Avesh Khan stars in India U-19's win over Bangladesh IPL captains reach Chennai to sign ‘fair play’ pledge Jalaluddin Sarkar, 10 months ago 2 min read 5 Players who can possible take over the Orange/Purple cap in today’s match Mohit Camma, 6 years ago 3 min read SANDIPAN GHOSH, 1 hour ago	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1913
__label__wiki	0.775133	0.775133	JPL Small-Body Mission-Design Tool Search: [ help ] Design Interface The interactive interface of the JPL Small-Body Mission-Design Tool includes three sections: Mission Options: contains an interactive data table presenting different mission options to the specified small body. Initially, the table is populated with a set of pre-computed trajectories. Details on the selection process and the back-end algorithms can be found in the Introduction. Missions selected by the user using the interactive tools will appear in this same table, with increasing "Id" numbers. Mission Selection: its main component is an interactive pork-chop plot. Solid markers represent the solutions listed in the table of mission options. Select new missions by clicking on the figure, or simply hover the mouse over it to explore different transfer opportunities. Launch Vehicle Selection: the plot shows the capabilities of different launch vehicles, considering both flyby and rendezvous missions. Click on the plot to add missions to the data table. A tutorial is available for first-time users with detailed information about each component of the interface. This tool can be used in combination with the Small-Body Search Engine, designed to find potential candidates for future missions. Orbit Data Classification: - SPK-ID: - Orbit Id: - Condition code: - Data arc span (days): - Low Thrust Estimate of the ΔV required to reach the target orbit, disregarding the phasing within the orbits and the transfer time, and assuming constant acceleration. Phase-free transfers are only valid for closed orbits. ΔV estimate: - km/s Mission Options: The following table lists relevant mission options. Each mission is assigned a unique "Id" to distinguish it from the rest. Initially, it contains the set of pre-computed solutions which includes the optimal launch opportunities (minimizing the departure C3). The pre-computed trajectories also include the cases of minimum time of flight and minimum arrival V-infinity. Switch to Mass mode to assess the capabilities of several launch vehicles. Order by decreasing "Id" (default) to see the user-added records on top. Use the interactive tools Mission Selection and Launch Vehicle Selection to add missions to the table by simply clicking on the plots. Selected trajectories can be plotted in the ICRF system, using the Ecliptic Earth's equator at J2000 as the reference plane. (days) (km2/s2) V∞ (km/s) ΔV (au) Atlas V (401) (kg) Falcon 9 (kg) Falcon Heavy (kg) Delta IV-H (kg) SLS 1B (kg) SLS 2 (kg) (cal) (MJD) Flyby Rdzs Mission Selection - Pork-Chop Plot: Click on the pork-chop plot to select a mission and to add it to the Mission Options table. Each blue marker represents one of the pre-computed missions, whereas orange markers represent the missions selected by the user. Use the controllers to customize the contours and the axes of the figure. The pork-chop plot is recomputed on the fly everytime you request a different launch period using the drop-down menu in the "Axis Setup" section. There are two selection modes available: Add new points: the tooltip and the table under the pork-chop plot will display information about any point, and clicking on feasible missions will add them to the Mission Options table. Explore selected: use this mode to see detailed information about the solid markers, which correspond to the missions listed in the Mission Options table. For rendezvous missions, we assumed a specific impulse of 320 s to compute the arrival impulsive maneuver. Check the HOVER INFO to understand why certain missions cannot be selected. Keep in mind that each launch vehicle has a particular C3 limit; when operating in Rendezvous mode, you will only be able to select missions with C3 values within the capabilities of the selected launch vehicle. Update figure Reset contours Reset axes Add new points Explore selected Contour Setup Choose the variables to be displayed in the interactive contour plot. Use the input fields to define the ranges of the corresponding color bars, and the drop-down menu to specify the preferred number of contour levels in the plot. Primary: C3 (dep) V-infty (dep) V-infty (arr) Total ΔV Phase ang. (arr) Range (arr) Approach angle SEP angle Launch declin. Rendezvous - km/s Levels: 5 10 15 20 Secondary: None C3 (dep) V-infty (dep) V-infty (arr) Total ΔV Phase ang. (arr) Range (arr) Approach angle SEP angle Launch declin. Rendezvous - km/s Levels: 5 10 15 20 Select launcher for rendezvous mode: Atlas V (401) Atlas V (421) Atlas V (531) Atlas V (551) Falcon 9 (FT, ASDS) Falcon Heavy Delta IV Heavy SLS Block 1B SLS Block 2 Axis Setup The launch period starts in 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 2038 2039 2040 2041 2042 2043 2044 2045 2046 2047 2048 2049 2050 2051 2052 2053 2054 2055 and spans 5 years. Use the controls below to focus on a specific range of dates within the selected 5-year time span. Dates Displayed: - yyyy-mm-dd MJD Specify the range of flight times to be displayed. Time of flight: - days years HOVER INFO: Hover the mouse over the figures declin. Rdzvs Launch-Vehicle Selection: The figure below shows the maximum mass of the spacecraft that will reach the target body when launched on a certain date. Note that the times of flight might vary across the plot. Use the control panels to select the mission type (flyby or rendezvous), and to update the list of launch vehicles. Click on the plot to add missions to the Mission Options table. Zoom in using the slider under the figure or by clicking and dragging on the chart. In Rdzvs mode, you cannot select missions if more than one launch vehicle is active. Select Mission Type Select Launch Vehicle Atlas V (401) Falcon 9 (FT, ASDS) Delta IV Heavy SLS Block 1B SLS Block 2 Update selection	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1914
__label__cc	0.51574	0.48426	Home » Emerging technologies » Evonetix collaborates with imec to scale-up chip-based technology production for third generation DNA synthesis platform DNA synthesisEmerging technologies Evonetix collaborates with imec to scale-up chip-based technology production for third generation DNA synthesis platform CAMBRIDGE, UK, and LEUVEN, Belgium, 13 January 2020 – EVONETIX LTD (‘Evonetix’), the synthetic biology company developing a desktop platform for scalable, high-fidelity and rapid gene synthesis, today announced it has partnered with imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub active in the fields of nanoelectronics and digital technologies, to increase production of Evonetix’s proprietary microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based silicon chips, enabling the platform to be manufactured at a commercial scale. The novel silicon chip is a key component of Evonetix’s desktop DNA platform which, once fully developed, will facilitate and enable the rapidly growing field of synthetic biology. Evonetix’s technology utilises a silicon chip, made by MEMS processing, that controls the synthesis of DNA at many thousands of independently controlled reaction sites or ‘pixels’ on the chip surface in a highly parallel fashion. Following synthesis, strands are assembled on-chip into double-stranded DNA in a process that identifies and removes errors, enabling accuracy, scale and speed that is several orders of magnitude better than conventional approaches. Under the terms of the collaboration, imec will work with Evonetix to scale up manufacturing of the MEMS technology on 8-inch silicon wafers, enabling Evonetix to supply customers in volume. imec is able to leverage its experience in manufacturing silicon for life sciences applications to transfer the novel Evonetix process to their foundries and to manage further expansion in volume. Dr Matthew Hayes, Chief Technology Officer at Evonetix, said: “With the support of imec, a world-renowned leader in microchip technology, we will be able to optimise our highly parallel desktop platform for commercial supply.” Peter Peumans, VP Life Science Technologies at imec added: “We have extensive practical knowledge of chip design and technology, which we use to help develop innovative tools for the life sciences and pharma R&D. Evonetix has developed an innovative approach that integrates physics and biology to enable the production of high-fidelity long DNA in a highly parallel fashion. We are eager to contribute to their success using our nanotechnology capabilities.” For more information about Evonetix, please visit: www.evonetix.com or to learn more about the Company’s technology: www.evonetix.com/our-platform To learn more about imec, visit www.imec-int.com About Evonetix Ltd Evonetix is reimagining biology by developing a radically different approach to gene synthesis – a highly parallel desktop platform to synthesise DNA at unprecedented accuracy and scale. The company’s platform will place DNA synthesis in the hands of every researcher and change how DNA is accessed, made and used. This new paradigm in gene synthesis will facilitate and enable the rapidly growing field of synthetic biology. The proprietary Evonetix approach utilises a silicon chip, made by MEMS processing, that integrates physics with biology, and controls the synthesis of DNA at many thousands of independently controlled reaction sites or ‘pixels’ on the chip surface in a highly parallel fashion. The approach is compatible with both chemical and enzymatic DNA synthesis. Following synthesis, strands are assembled on-chip into double-stranded DNA in a process that identifies and removes errors, providing accuracy that is several orders of magnitude better than the conventional approach. The Evonetix DNA writer will be a desktop device, available to every researcher, and providing scalable, accurate DNA synthesis to enable biological systems to be engineered with unprecedented accuracy and scale – this is third-generation DNA synthesis. For further information, see www.evonetix.com About imec Imec is a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies. The combination of our widely acclaimed leadership in microchip technology and profound software and ICT expertise is what makes us unique. By leveraging our world-class infrastructure and local and global ecosystem of partners across a multitude of industries, we create groundbreaking innovation in application domains such as healthcare, smart cities and mobility, logistics and manufacturing, energy and education. As a trusted partner for companies, start-ups and universities we bring together more than 4,000 brilliant minds from over 97 nationalities. Imec is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium and has distributed R&D groups at a number of Flemish universities, in the Netherlands, Taiwan, USA, and offices in China, India and Japan. In 2018, imec’s revenue (P&L) totaled 583 million euro. Further information on imec can be found at www.imec-int.com. Imec is a registered trademark for the activities of IMEC International (a legal entity set up under Belgian law as a “stichting van openbaar nut”), imec Belgium (IMEC vzw supported by the Government of Flanders), imec the Netherlands (Stichting IMEC Nederland, part of Holst Centre which is supported by the Dutch Government), imec Taiwan (IMEC Taiwan Co.), imec China (IMEC Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.), imec India (Imec India Private Limited) and imec Florida (IMEC USA nanoelectronics design center). About synthetic biology With the huge increase in DNA sequence information available to mankind over the past ten years, there now exists an unprecedented opportunity to, for example, engineer metabolic pathways and organisms, improve industrial processes, create new processes and engineer genomes with new or improved traits. This opportunity, known as synthetic biology, is estimated to grow rapidly over the coming years, reaching $40 billion in value in the mid-2020s. Synthetic biology will have a massive impact across many industries and will be fundamental to helping us manage the Earth’s resources. However, only a highly disruptive technology is likely to achieve the significant improvements in DNA synthesis required to enable and facilitate these opportunities. Evonetix believes that, by providing high-fidelity DNA at scale, without the need for post-synthesis error correction, it will be well placed to capture a significant part of the growing multibillion-dollar synthetic biology opportunity.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1916
__label__cc	0.554145	0.445855	Recruitment/Retention Assessment/Evaluation Technology/Systems Interviews/Events Business on a Small Scale Tech companies seem to be able to do nearly everything well from deliver books (Amazon) to rides (Uber) to groceries (Fresh Direct) to cleaning (Handy) and the list goes on and on. So far, however, tech companies have had far less success creating farm-to-table solutions for urbanites. To understand why, take the case of Farmigo. Why Farmigo’s Farm-to-Table Business Failed Only a few months ago in select U.S. cities, like New York and Seattle, Farmigo was delivering amazing fresh food to urbanites and giving a huge part of the proceeds (often over 40%) back to local farmers. This, to be clear, is far more than most farmers ever see from their crops–in most cases, the return is well under 25%. In short, the $2 bunch of coriander you just bought at Whole Foods is likely only going to trickle about 50 cents or less into your local farmer’s bank account. Needless to say, then, anyone who loves fresh local food and cares about things like how much farmers get paid had every reason to love Farmigo. But not everyone was thrilled about their approach. Like Fresh Direct and other delivery services, one could order their produce and other local goods online. The service, however, delivered food only once or twice a week and only to businesses, schools and other groups. As reported in TechCrunch: “Traditionally, customers who wanted to buy from local vendors and growers would have to visit their area’s farmer’s market on a weekend – an operation that’s typically open only for a few hours, and isn’t always convenient to get to. Farmigo instead brought the area farms and their inventory online, so consumers could shop at any time.” That’s right–in this high-tech and convenient era, with Farmigo, you still had to lug your groceries home from work or school. Then, in early July, Farmigo announced that it was shutting down its farm-to-table operations. So what went wrong? A recent article in CrunchBase reported that money wasn’t necessarily an issue–the company had raised $26 million. Nevertheless, the business plan wasn’t considered sustainable without major fundraising efforts moving forward. This, reports indicate, led Farmigo’s key owners to make the difficult decision to return its original focus, which was providing a CSA software management platform to farmers across North America. As a company spokesperson explained: “It came down to whether we wanted to be a vertically integrated company that took on all responsibilities for all logistics, all software…at the end of the day, we thought that was too much to take on as one company…Our expertise is in software, not in logistics.” But what was really at the center of the Farmigo failure? The Tech Industry’s Failture to Understand Small Business As Guillermo Payet, President of LocalHarvest.org, recently wrote on the Local Harvest site: The most recent case of a heavily-funded venture failing is Farmigo. They launched a CSA Software product in 2009 in direct competition with our CSAware. I projected at the time that their plan was to learn how CSAs are run and later use the knowledge to compete against their own CSA clients. This proved true when in 2011 they re-launched as an “Online Farmers Market”. With most of $26 million dollars now spent, Farmigo proved unable to transform the CSA model while skimming 20% or more from CSA profits. While doing this, they squeezed many established CSAs and (in worse cases) helped drive CSAs out of business in the markets where they operated. According to Payet, then, the real issue is a profound gap between the tech sector’s scale of operation and desire for huge returns on investment and the reality of most CSA members who are small business owners, often running family-based businesses. As Payet asks, “Just imagine what could have been achieved if those billions [in reality, only millions] had been invested in promoting family farms and locally-grown agriculture.” While Farmigo may be gone, CSA persists and of course, anyone looking to buy direct from a farmer in their local region can continue to do so, and of course, the best way to understand small businesses is simply to go to these businesses without a tech-based interface. 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__label__wiki	0.942622	0.942622	Trinco remembers disappeared social worker Dr S.Gnanasekaram, a leading social worker and popularly known as "Gnani" in Trincomalee, who was abducted and disappeared in 1989, was remembered in the east port town Wednesday by Trincomalee residents, sources said. Scholarships, named after Dr. Gnanasekaram were awarded to fifteen poor students of Trincomalee Sri Koneswara Hindu College, during the rememberance ceremony. The Canadian branch of the Trincomalee Koneswara Hindu College Old Boys' Association sponsored this project through Dr.Gnani Education Fund, sources said. Unidentified persons abducted Dr.Gnani in 1989 when he was on his way home from his work as a medical officer at the Trincomalee General hospital. At that time of abduction Dr Gnani was closely associated with several international non-governmental organizations, sources said. North East Provincial Council in Trincomalee was under the control of Eelam People Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) during the time of his abduction. Presiding over the scholarship-awarding event at Trincomalee Koneswara Hindu College, Principal Mr.S.Thandauthapani recalled the services rendered by Dr.Gnani for the people in the area in education and in safeguarding human rights. As an old boy of the Koneswara Hindu College, Dr.Gnani, spent many hours attending to the needs of the institution, the principal said. The Principal reminded the audience that soon after the abduction of Dr Gnani, people of Trincomalee held a demonstration demanding his release. Although Dr. Gnani has gone missing, his name and his services to the people of Trincomalee are remembered, he said. Dr.K.Hemachandra, A former President of the Koneswara Hindu College Old Boys' Association, presented the scholarships to the selected fifteen students.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1920
__label__cc	0.748415	0.251585	Parent Perspective August 19, 2019 August 19, 2019 Schoolitis: The first Day of school is as Difficult for the Parent as the Child 5th in the ‘Happy Sawyer’ series By Nikki Mann In the 6-week break before Sawyer was due to start reception class, I was anxious about how he would cope and whether he would be able to fit in with his peers. Uniform and books started to arrive, along with the stark realisation that I was about to relinquish some of my responsibilities and hand my son over to someone else for several hours each day. Although Sawyer had been in preschool while I worked part time, I had been on maternity leave with his little sister for almost a year and so he and I had spent a lot of time together. I would miss him. Although I knew that Sawyer wouldn’t be expected to recite times tables from day one, I couldn’t help but worry about how he would manage academically at school. As a summer-born boy he would already be one of the youngest in his class, and on top of that he had a significant speech delay caused (probably) by his acute inability to sit still or focus. Children younger than Sawyer at nursery had been recognizing their own names and some had even made good attempts at writing them down. Sawyer couldn’t tell you what his name was. I would often collect him from nursery and encourage him to tell me what he had been doing, or what he had eaten for lunch etc. There would always be silence. I could ask him a closed question, like ‘did you have a jam sandwich?’ and he might sometimes be able to answer yes or no, but that was as far as conversation went. Any short phrases he used were learned and meaninglessly repeated (echolalia) but at that point there hadn’t been any actual conversation between the two of us. I was worried that Sawyer would stand out as different from the start of school, and that the reputation would follow him throughout the rest of his school life. Simple things that other parents wouldn’t even think about when preparing to send their child to school haunted me constantly in the weeks before he started. How would he cope with drinking out of an open-top cup? Sawyer lacked the concentration needed in the crucial moments between a cup being safely on a table, and haphazardly pressed to his mouth, causing frequent spillages. By the time most children reach 4, concerns of this nature are usually few and far between, but the magnitude to me was overwhelming. His eating habits were also a concern, as they had been from as soon as he weaned on to solid food. Sawyer knew that he liked certain foods and those foods were (still are) jammed in to his mouth until it was full to capacity. It occurs to me now that when I thought about Sawyer starting school, I wasn’t only thinking about reception class and how he would find this new chapter of his life – I was thinking about things on a much larger scale. I wasn’t just trying to give Sawyer the tools to cope with starting school, I was trying to give him the tools to cope with year 1, secondary school, work…. life. And that’s how life is for me most of the time. I spend my days thinking about how the way things are dealt with now will affect the future for Sawyer. I try to teach him daily how to adapt to the world around him in the hope that as he grows older he will already have the resources and knowledge to cope with whatever life throws at him and his additional needs. Sawyer’s first day at school came with a mix of emotions as you’d expect to hear from any parent. The control-freak in me found it difficult to accept that someone else would be ‘in charge’ from then on. I was nervous that they wouldn’t understand Sawyer or his issues. One big reason I wanted Sawyer diagnosed as early as possible was so that when he started school they would understand that he had additional needs and not put his lack of concentration and social impropriety down to being naughty. To give you an idea of what I mean by that, when Sawyer was 4 he didn’t like his clothes to get wet, but instead of being able to vocalize it, he would simply undress wherever he was at the time. When he needed a wee, he would pull his trousers and pants down before any attempt was made to find the toilet. His vocabulary was limited, and I guess to him these actions seemed like the first logical step in seeking assistance, oblivious to the fact that people were watching and laughing. You can’t help but admire that quality. Sawyer’s diagnosis was the piece of paper I felt I needed so that I could show his teachers why he behaved in certain ways, and why sometimes he seemed a bit… well, different. On his first day of school, Sawyer and I had never had a conversation. He had never been able to recognize emotions and if he could, he certainly wasn’t able to express how he felt. Although we had talked at him throughout the summer holidays about starting school, what the days would be like, who the people were and so on, he had only ever repeated my words back to me, and had never shown any signs that he had taken anything on board. Sawyer was unphased as I attempted to take pictures of him in his school uniform that morning, and he didn’t stay still long enough for me to explain that his water bottle was in his bag, or that I would pick him up at the end of the day. We got in the car and he was his usual noisy, happy self as I started to drive to the school. I asked him some questions that he ignored and then there was a typical period of silence, before suddenly his little squeaky voice came from the back seat. “I’m scared”, he said. Readers can follow Nikki and Sawyer: www.happysawyer.com Facebook: AutismStoriesUK Twitter: AutismStoriesUK Instagram: AutismStories autism and school, echolalia, Happy Sawyer, Nikki Mann, schoolitis How love and prayer helped Paul Miller parent an autistic child Kevin leads us to Ensenada for the Holidays The Autistic Way 3 benefits of #Pokémon Go for those on the #autism spectrum Elias Shumway – I want our house to smell like art My son may not be the empathetic, intelligent, artistic child without his autism diagnosis I’m not a supermom Previous articleWhy my Cat Art went Viral Next articleStruggles to Find Purpose in my Life Adelaide Dupont says: We underestimate how important sitting still and focusing can be for speech development. 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__label__wiki	0.915429	0.915429	Buttle family supports the rahui on Whakaari-White Island updated 7:15pm, Tuesday 10 December 2019. By Te Ao - Māori News The Buttle family, who have owned Whakaari for over 80 years, has asked that the rāhui placed on the motu be respected. Te Ao understands that a rāhui has been placed on Whakaari which took place at the mouth of Ohinemataora River at 4am this morning. Speaking from Whakatāne, family spokesperson Peter Buttle says: “We are all shocked by what has occurred on Whakaari yesterday and our thoughts are with everyone affected by this tragedy. “We wish to thank everyone involved in the rescue effort, including the first responders, medical personnel and the locals who helped evacuate people from the island. "Their efforts have been both courageous and extraordinary.” Whakatāne mayor said that their community would be opening their doors to those affected by yesterday's eruption at Whakaari, including Te Mānuka Tūtahi at Mataatua Marae. Police say there is no sign of life on the island following flyovers overnight. There are up to 8 people still unaccounted for. Five people, who were rescued from the island yesterday, were confirmed dead. Eighteen people in total were rescued from the island, many suffered from severe burns. It is understood foreign tourists who were onboard the visiting cruise ship, the Ovation of the Seas, are part of those still missing. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison had tweeted last night that 24 Australian nationals were involved in the tragedy and their status is currently unconfirmed. This morning, Morrison also sent his support to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. A NZDF ship is currently nearby the island and will be deploying drones to further observe the current status of the island. “That we now have had a tragic event with devastating consequences leaves us absolutely heartbroken. Our thoughts are with the families of those affected, as well as the wider Whakatāne community,” Buttle concludes.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1935
__label__cc	0.715831	0.284169	Artificial Intelligence, Podcasts Fractal Analytics’ Sankar Narayanan: ‘AI industry is a collective against inefficient decision making’ Fractal Analytics just closed a $200 million round of financing. Part tech firm, part professional services, Fractal brings AI and analytics to the financial industry. Zack Miller \| February 20, 2019 Banks have a lot on their plates right now. There are use cases for analytics and artificial intelligence today but they need to look externally for help. I’ll admit that when I read that Apax was investing $200M in a company that delivers analytics and AI solutions to the financial industry, I had never heard of Fractal Analytics. My guest today, chief practice officer at Fractal Sankar Narayanan told me that a Forrester analyst called Fractal the best kept secret in customer analytics. Part hard technology and part professional services, Fractal works with many of the largest financial institutions around the world to improve their onboarding, marketing, and customer service, resulting in changes of hundreds of millions of dollars. Sankar and I discuss AI and analytics and why it’s so hard for financial services firms to really embrace this set of technologies. He gives us concrete examples of the type of programs FIs can implement to improve company-wide decision making. Sankar also explains why AI isn’t a catch-all for financial companies and how data engineering and behavioral science — together with AI — can scale decision making in financial services to the enterprise level. Subscribe: iTunes I SoundCloud I Spotify The following excerpts were edited for clarity. How Fractal is different than the competition I personally believe that the analytics and AI industry is a collective against inefficient decision making. We’ve had a lot of opportunity to learn from our peers and competitors. Every client we work with works with multiple suppliers, data providers, and tech firms. There’s an opportunity to learn from each other. AI is gaining a lot of visibility across industry. I think AI is arguably insufficient if we’re looking at it to solve all problems typical banks have. That’s where our investment comes into play. There are two other core components that play together with AI for decision making to be very successfully executed at the enterprise level: data engineering and behavioral science. Behavioral science as holy grail How do banks understand and become relevant to every human they can service? Behavioral science is an emerging field we call ‘design’. Design has two sub-components: a simplified user experience and building everything to understand and influence human behavior. These three components together will essentially help organizations scale decisions at an enterprise level. We’ve been in the analytics field since 2000. In 2009-2010, we decided that our business should have its strategy developed on the back of what our clients want us to do. So, we started measuring Net Promoter Scores to understand if a client likes us, will work with us again, and recommend us to his peers. Once we started measuring NPS, we focused on the right things to build. But it also helped us start measuring people’s performance as a function of outcomes and not inputs. We stopped measuring things like Time Spent. It’s an input. An outcome achieved would look at what type of output we delivered to our clients. In a sense, a behavioral science approach allowed us to see what were the big difficulties a client would face engaging with its clients and providers and how we could reduce that friction to zero. Tracking satisfaction along the whole customer journey Taking this outward, we started sharing this philosophy with our clients. Banks like to measure customer satisfaction at various touch points of customer interactions. You have call center customer satisfaction scores and branch customer satisfaction scores. I may have had a great experience talking with a branch executive but these scores don’t tell anything about my journey. Where is that being measured? It isn’t being measured systematically and consistently at most banks. We rarely see customer satisfaction tracked across the entire customer lifecycle. That’s what we believe is the next wave of customer experience — where banks become relevant not just at a customer’s financial need, but at his or her life need. Bank impediments to analytics and AI A lot of times we see the learnings from analytics is relegated to the team doing the work. If those learnings are brought together across the bank, the speed to action is much higher. That’s what we’ve observed. For example, risk and fraud are top of mind when it comes to algorithmic sophistication. But translating these learnings to say, marketing, isn’t high because these two functions don’t generally work well together. Marketing tends to be focused on trigger-actions as opposed to a fundamentally customer-first approach. Bringing this together at the organizational level is the biggest challenge. Working with banks of all sizes, we’ve observed their creative use of data is still quite low. We’ve had a number of conversations with banks that really showed a risk-averse approach to algorithmic data. But really, there’s really little identifiable information that’s needed for insights. Most AI initiatives are experimental and academic. There is a center of excellence team set up and it’s funded from the top of the organization for this initiative. There is more benefit for AI when it’s percolated in smaller experiments in different divisions in the bank. That way, the likelihood of it being implemented is a lot higher. Payments, Podcasts Extend’s Andrew Jamison: ‘There’s a broad disconnect between what happened in ERP with what’s going on in financial technology’ Managing B2B products at Amex, Andrew Jamison saw card issuance didn't serve the way the economy was headed. He founded Extend, which works with banks' existing technology to issue virtual cards. Michael Deleon \| January 17, 2020 Deep Dive: Fintechs get more aggressive and creative around debit card rewards programs After the financial crisis, firms pulled back on their debit cards rewards programs. With the popularity of fintech apps, debit cards and debit cards rewards programs are making a resurgence. New banks, Podcasts Rho’s Everett Cook on building banking products and financial tools for startup teams Fast growing startups haven't enjoyed the fruits of new fintech options. Rho Business Banking wants to provide core banking and tools to help companies run more efficiently. Zack Miller \| January 06, 2020 Visa’s Bill Sheley: ‘Everyday, millions of consumers and business get asked how they want to get paid’ Visa Direct enables every Visa card to receive money in real time. Visa Direct's Bill Sheley joins us to talk about the progress his firm has made powering this ecosystem. The Challengers 11: 2019, the year in review for digital banking and challenger banks Challenger Banks emerged as competitive players in 2019. New equity and global reach will continue to propel challenger banks forward in 2020.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1936
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__label__wiki	0.791423	0.791423	'Creeping Totalitarianism' Ed Feulner It?s company policy at The New York Times that opinion columnists may not officially endorse presidential candidates. Still, there was no doubt during the past year which man most of the page?s writers were backing. A trio of hysterical pieces published Nov. 4 confirmed that, each claiming that a nationwide outbreak of religious zealotry had led to Sen. John Kerry?s defeat. ?The president got re-elected by dividing the country along fault lines of fear, intolerance, ignorance and religious rule,? wailed Maureen Dowd. Not to be outdone, Tom Friedman chipped in, ?We don?t just disagree on what America should be doing; we disagree on what America is. Is it a country that does not intrude into people?s sexual preferences and the marriage unions they want to make?? Well, a better question would be: Is America a country where the people want to be governed by unelected judges? Where a 4-3 decision of the Massachusetts Supreme Court is considered binding on the rest of us? By passing defense of marriage amendments in all 11 states where they were on the ballot, voters indicated they want to govern themselves, not be ruled by a judicial elite. But the most over-the-top Times piece came from an outsider, historian Garry Wills. He claimed that Bush?s re-election spelled the end of the Enlightenment. ?The secular states of modern Europe do not understand the fundamentalism of the American electorate,? Wills opined. ?Where else do we find fundamentalist zeal, a rage at secularity, religious intolerance, fear of and hatred for modernity? Not in France or Britain or Germany or Italy or Spain.? By all means then, let?s compare ourselves with Europe. Consider Rocco Buttiglione. He was recently nominated for a job in the European Union as commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security. But there was a problem: Buttiglione is a devout Catholic, thus he believes in the importance of traditional marriage and thinks homosexuality is a sin. Such views are unacceptable in Wills? supposedly ?enlightened? Europe, as Buttiglione found out during a three-hour inquisition before members of the European Parliament. Even when he gave reasonable answers, the Italian found himself under fire. For example, asked about his views on homosexuality, the nominee answered, ?Many things may be considered immoral which should not be prohibited. I may think that homosexuality is a sin, and this has no effect on politics, unless I say that homosexuality is a crime.? But Buttiglione?s ?live and let live? policy isn?t good enough in modern Europe. ?A man who openly discriminates against homosexuals and who is openly for reducing the role of women cannot deal with these affairs in the commission,? claimed Johannes Swoboda, an Austrian member of the European Parliament. Of course, that?s not what the nominee had said -- he?d explicitly pointed out that his personal beliefs wouldn?t affect his politics. And that just highlights the problem in Europe today: The ?elite? seem to think they can censor not just the politics of citizens, but their very thoughts and beliefs as well. Meanwhile, freedom of religion is thriving in the U.S. This year?s presidential election featured a well-known Protestant against a self-proclaimed Catholic. Four years ago, Joe Lieberman became the first Jewish man to run for national office. And we?ve already heard talk that Barak Obama, just elected to the Senate, may seek higher office in 2008. Obama?s grandfather was Muslim. In order to calm the ?enlightened? Europeans, Buttiglione eventually withdrew from consideration for the justice commissioner?s job. ?I am the victim of a new form of creeping totalitarianism, which forbids the asking of certain questions. Anyone who doesn?t accept that is excommunicated,? Buttiglione told The Times of London. That?s the sort of ?enlightenment? some would prefer to impose on American voters. The results on Election Day simply prove that we?d prefer to retain our traditional tolerance -- even if doing so angers some at The New York Times.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1940
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__label__wiki	0.635907	0.635907	The World of Celebrity What I think about films, TV and celebs! You are here: Home / Movies / My Days of Mercy: BFI Flare Festival Film Review My Days of Mercy: BFI Flare Festival Film Review March 26, 2018 by Hannah Wales Leave a Comment The BFI Flare Festival, a celebration of LGBTQ cinema, opened last week with My Days of Mercy, starring and produced by Ellen Page and Kate Mara as lovers on opposite sides of a political debate. Page plays Lucy, whose father is on death row accused of murdering her mother. That happened eight years ago, when she was 14, and she has been raised by her sister Martha (Amy Seimetz) and they both look after brother Ben (Charlie Shotwell). The trio regularly make trips in their RV to prisons to campaign against the death penalty. During these protests, she mets Mercy (Mara), who is in the opposite campaign group, but they begin a romance despite their political differences. Page is the best thing about My Days of Mercy. Her performance was powerful – sweet and moving while also being playful and funny. She was given the best lines of dialogue and she seemed so natural and comfortable that she was captivating to watch. Mara gave a fine performance too but it was more subtle and reserved than Page’s emotional Lucy, so she stole the show. Seimitz was very good as the sister-turned-mother with the weight of the world on her shoulders, Shotwell was a total scene stealer thanks to some hilarious lines of dialogue, while Elias Koteas played their father and Brian Geraghty as their lawyer-slash-Martha’s lover. It’s good to see an LGBT movie that isn’t just about the relationship itself, it has more going on – perhaps too much. It’s hard to know where its heart lies – with Lucy and Mercy’s relationship, or with Lucy’s family trying to prove their father’s innocence. The strands were both interesting but I was probably more invested in the family because it had higher emotional stakes. I also had no idea about these touring protest groups so I found that fascinating – travelling for miles and camping near a prison just to stand outside it with signs is quite the commitment! My Days of Mercy pitches itself as an LGBT romance story, and while there is a decent amount of it, it gets sidelines towards the end for the sake of the family drama. However, both themes were compelling and it was all held together by impressive performances. Seen as part of the BFI Flare Film Festival. Explore the programme here. No UK cinema release as yet. Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Reviews Tagged With: amy seimetz, BFI, BFI Flare, BFI Flare Festival, brian geraghty, charlie shotwell, elias koteas, ellen page, kate mara, my days of mercy « Unsane: Film Review Isle of Dogs: Film Review » View theworldofcelebritydotcom’s profile on Facebook View world_of_celeb’s profile on Twitter View hannahwalesy’s profile on Instagram Follow The World of Celebrity on WordPress.com Waves: Film Review January 17, 2020 Just Mercy: Film Review January 15, 2020 Bombshell: Film Review January 14, 2020 Uncut Gems: Film Review January 10, 2020 1917: Film Review January 9, 2020 The World of Celeb Tweets GuitarJunky.com Harajuku Fashion	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1945
__label__wiki	0.841176	0.841176	Unique Baseball Gifts Become The Ultimate Fan Hank Greenberg plays through Rosh Hashanah hits 2 homeruns Sep 10, 1934 \| Homerun History \| On September 10, 1934, Hank Greenberg of the Detroit Tigers decides to play today’s game even though it conflicts with the Jewish holiday, Rosh Hashanah. The future Hall of Famer hits two home runs to lead the Tigers to a critical victory over the Boston Red Sox. Led by Greenberg, the Tigers will end up winning the American League pennant by seven games… Previous1934 – Dizzy Dean wins his 25th game, beating the Phillies, 4 – 1. It is the fifth straight for the Cards, now four games behind. NextWith his fiancee, Edna Mae Skinner of Oklahoma, watching, Schoolboy Rowe halts the Tiger skid with a 2 – 0 win over Washington. 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__label__cc	0.620184	0.379816	The Thompson Brothers Jerome Hiana Thompson ONONDAGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE \| NIKE ATHLETE \| N7 AMBASSADOR \| PROFESSIONAL LACROSSE PLAYER " I walked into Lafayette public school in the fourth grade not knowing how to read or write English, it wasn't easy. It wasn't until the seventh grade I was introduced to field lacrosse within the schooling system. This helped me find a way to look forward to school and I learned that schooling had to be done in order to get on the field. Jeremy and I knew nothing about College lacrosse until after we won our first State title in Ninth grade. Fifteen years old and we were receiving letters in the mail from some of the top Division 1 Lacrosse programs in the country, it was a big deal for our family. The pressure was on, I needed to conquer school in order to play this game and although school didn't work out, I never let that stop me from playing professional lacrosse. I've been cut, I've been benched, and I will always stick around. I want to show our youth that even when the odds are against you, all it takes is a goal and a dream." NATIONAL LACROSSE LEAGUE 2017 Champions Cup Winner SENIOR LACROSSE 3x Presidents Cup Champion ONONDAGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE 2x National Champion 2X First Team All American JUCO Player of the Year Hall of Fame Inductee HIGH SCHOOL 2x First Team All-American 2x State Champion Under Armour All American Selection Top 5 Collegiate Recruit in the Nation INTERNATIONAL FIL World Field Bronze Medalist FIL World Indoor Silver Medalist © 2020, THE THOMPSON BROTHERS. Powered by Shopify	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1950
__label__wiki	0.560181	0.560181	Dylan Carlson Dylan Carlson - (Bandcamp) Conquistador (2018) Concrete Desert (2017) Falling With A Thousand Stars... (2015) Boa / Cold (2014) Elephanto Bianco (2014) Holly's Jeans (2013) Modern English Folklore: Volume One: Hackney (2012) La Strega and The Cunning Man In The Smoke (2012) Edward Kelley's Blues (2012) Earth Merch - US$ Earth UK Store Dylan Carlson - Digital Dylan Carlson - US $ <a data-cke-saved-href="http://drcarlson.bandcamp.com/album/falling-with-a-1000-stars-and-other-wonders-from-the-house-of-albion" href="http://drcarlson.bandcamp.com/album/falling-with-a-1000-stars-and-other-wonders-from-the-house-of-albion">Falling with a 1000 Stars and other wonders from the House of Albion by Dylan Carlson & Coleman Grey</a> 'Falling With A Thousand Stars and Other Wonders From The House Of Albion' (2015) Artist: Drcarlsonalbion & Coleman Grey Album: 'Falling With A Thousand Stars and Other Wonders From The House Of Albion Guitar: Dylan Carlson Recorded and Mixed at Crackle and Pop Studios, Seattle, Washington Engineered by Johnny Sangster Artwork by Holly Carlson Produced by D.R. Carlson with the assistance of: Bret Gronow, Chad Hamilton, Dave Nuss, Christopher Spanninga, Franz Aigner, Josh Aransky, Yann Bergis, Clay Carter, Stijn Daenens, Karsten Gandor, Adam Harding, Tony Hooper, Schitoyo Kitasato, Stefan Kromer, Anders H. Pedersen. All songs trad arr. Dylan Carlson, Songs of Innocence and Experience BMI 1. Reynard The Fox 2. She Moved Thro The Faire 3. Allison Gross 4. Rose In The Heather 5. Tamlane 6. King Orfeo 7. The Elfin Knight Being a compendium of venerable Ballads. Touching on subjects, both curious and supernatural, involving those beings of a mysterious and secretive nature, known variously as: fearies, ffayres, farisees, gude whyctis, fairies, elves, gobelyns, etc. including their Queen, Nobles, and Knights. Those humans who have been taken away by them and the dead that reside with them. As well as appearances of those maleficent women known as witches. This is England and its United Kingdoms' music, interpreted by drcarlsonalbion, under the direction of Coleman Grey. The ballads are as follows: Reynard the Fox, about a shape shifting ffayre fox that preys on beautiful ladies. She Moved Thro' the Faire, about a dead bride translated into fearrie, or a ffayre bride, or the apparition of a dead lover. Allison Gross, the story of a Knight turned into a Worm by a Witch, who is saved from this fate by the Queen of the Fairies. Rose in the Heather, a song about a fearrie Lover, concealed on the moor. Tamlane, being the tale of a Knight, taken away by the Fearrie Queen, who is saved by true love. King Orfeo, the oldest of the ballads here presented, about a King trying to rescue his Queen from Fairyland, and the cruel nature of its Ruler and inhabitants. The Elfin Knight, another ballad of a similarly hoary age as the previous one. This recounts the attempts of a fair lady to resist the advances of a cruel Elf. this site is maintained by management // sargenthouse.com	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1955
__label__wiki	0.89519	0.89519	ios-close-empty tufts-magazine-brand-horizontal Tufts Now Cold Plasma Is a Hot New Tool in Veterinary Medicine A veterinary dermatologist at Cummings School recently began using cold plasma to treat chronic wounds and superficial skin infections in animals New Living Machines Are Created in the Lab Understanding how the Xenobots work could help researchers understand formation of organs for regenerative medicine Friedman Professor Recognized for Contributions to Agricultural Economics William Masters at the Friedman School is one of five new Agricultural & Applied Economics Association fellows Busting Myths About Red Meat Separating fact from fiction in claims about healthy diets—and how to benefit the planet, too The Examined Life Tufts History How—and why—Tufts is training a new generation of computer scientists to think beyond the operating system. How collaboration at Tufts University is advancing research and helping patients. Is This Finally the End of Counting Calories? The State of State How a tumultuous two years at the State Department is undermining America’s role as a world leader SEE ALL IN FOCUS Tufts Magazine What Sanctions Will Do to Iran Sanctions are a key tool in the U.S. campaign against Iran, but are they effective? Five Things to Know About Rats Here’s why—and how—you might want to keep these rodents as pets See All Tufts Now In-depth looks at the ideas, issues, policies, technologies, and people shaping our world. SMFA at Tufts The renowned School of the Museum of Fine Arts officially became part of Tufts in 2016—and has been helping the university paint outside the lines ever since. Cyber Insecurity From smartphones to bank accounts, energy grids to elections, every part of our digital lives is under attack. In a series of stories, faculty and alumni from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy outline the perils we’re facing—and what we need to do next Remembering David Kahle Tufts’ chief information officer lived with a passion for both technology and humanity. By Helene Ragovin social-share Share ios-close-empty social-reddit Reddit social-linkedin Linkedin social-pinterest Pinterest social-email Email (Photo: Kelvin Ma/Tufts University) David Kahle was the chief “tech guy” at Tufts. He was also an artist, a teacher, a lover of trees and birds, a conqueror of mountains, a solver of problems, an inspirational boss, and a deeply devoted husband and father. He was, in other words, a Renaissance man, and when he passed away on May 11 at age fifty-one after a short battle with cancer, he left a legacy of creativity, vision, and commitment in both his professional and personal life. “He was an original. There were not a lot like him,” said Tufts Executive Vice President Patricia Campbell, who’d known Kahle since he arrived on campus in 2000. “His intellect was obvious. His diligence, his passion, how well he worked across many different areas—all of those traits made him a great leader.” But for Kahle, life was about more than his work. “He had a real sense of balance,” said Theresa Regan, Tufts’ director of enterprise infrastructure. Kahle lived in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, with his wife, Irma, and their children, August and Emerson. He volunteered as president of the organization Friends of Manchester Trees, which helped to create the canopy of trees that graces Manchester’s Lincoln Street neighborhood. Kahle also took joy in outdoor recreation. Fond of hiking and biking the trails of Cape Ann, he completed a strenuous traverse of the seven peaks of New Hampshire’s Presidential Range, and had begun his goal of summiting those same mountains in winter, hiking Mount Washington in the ice and snow with the Appalachian Mountain Club. Kahle’s interest in how technology could help transform education started early. He received a bachelor’s degree in art history from Goddard College. His introduction to computer graphics helped foster a passion for educational technology. He earned a master’s from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and taught there for eighteen years in the Technology, Innovation, and Education Program. At Tufts, Kahle was appointed vice president for information technology and chief information officer in 2009. With his innovative ideas about the role of technology in teaching, research, and administration, and his emphasis on the user experience, he shaped the working environment of a generation of Tufts’ faculty and staff. Regan described Kahle’s philosophy this way: “He would say, ‘Yes, technology needs to be ubiquitous, but the experience for the user should be personal.’” In recent years, Kahle oversaw the development of a 24/7 service desk, and coordinated the integration of seventeen IT groups to form the university-wide Tufts Technology Services (TTS). “David deserves a tremendous amount of credit for the way he led the IT integration. It was an extremely challenging process,” said Paul Bergen, director of educational technology. “What a masterful balance between empathy and assertiveness—I thought it was an amazing accomplishment.” Angie Milonas, business director for TTS, recalled: “He had an insatiable appetite to want to know what people thought. And he asked in such a way that you felt not only was he listening, but you felt very valued. He had vision, and the ability to rally everyone.” A memorial service was held on the Medford/Somerville campus on September 7. The university plans to name the house at 47 Winthrop Street in David’s honor, and to dedicate a chestnut tree on campus to him. Donations in Kahle’s memory may be made to Friends of Manchester Trees, getrootedmanchester.org, or the Manchester Essex Conservation Trust, mect.org. Helene Ragovin, senior writer at Tufts and editor of Tufts Dental Medicine, can be reached at helene.ragovin@tufts.edu. social-email Remembering Distinguished Professor Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos Tufts Students Going the Distance—Into Space Online Master’s in Engineering Management Coming to Tufts in 2020 custom-issue Explore the Issue custom-share Share the Issue custom-email SMFA student work Slideshow Introducing CoHo Student Housing As we approach the hundredth anniversary of the end of World War I, here is the little-known story of a group of Tufts students whose lives were changed forever after they volunteered to transport wounded soldiers from the front lines. Tufts Medicine Tufts Dental Medicine Tufts Nutrition Cummings Veterinary Medicine Fletcher Magazine Connect and Contribute Suggest an article topic Submit a class note or Big Day item Tufts Online Community tufts-magazine-brand-vertical	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1961
__label__wiki	0.735037	0.735037	Sony pauses Xperia Tablet S sales due to water resistance defect [Update] by Josh Ong — in Asia A waterproofing defect has caused Sony to halt sales of its Xperia Tablet S, Reuters reported on Friday, citing local news outlet Jiji (translation). The issue compromises the water resistant properties of the device, which was released in Japan, Europe and the US last month. Update: A spokesperson for the company has revealed to Reuters that the problem was due to a manufacturing flaw at its factory in China that left gaps between the screen and the case. Sony has said it will conduct inspections and repairs free of charge. Some of the affected devices have also apparently made their way overseas and will need to be checked there as well. Roughly 100,000 of the tablets have been sold so far. CEO Kazuo Hirai took the wraps off the Xperia Tablet S at IFA Berlin in August, calling special attention to its splash-proof design. The tablet features Android 4.0, a Tegra 3 processor and 64 GB of onboard storage. It also houses a 1,280 x 800 IPS screen, full-sized SD slot and a 6,000 mAh battery. Under its new leadership, the company has struggled to reinvent itself. It announced a massive restructuring in April that included 10,000 layoffs. Hirai is focused on leveraging the success of Sony’s PlayStation entertainment brand and platform, which he helped build, to help the company climb back on top. Earlier this week, the company released its PlayStation Mobile store for certified devices, which includes the PS Vita, a number of Sony phones and tablets, and several HTC devices. Fellow Japanese handset makers Fujitsu and Sharp have also signed on to make PlayStation Certified Android smartphones. Update 2: In a statement to The Next Web, Sony has confirmed plans for a free inspection, repair or refund program, with more news to come by the end of October. In the meantime, affected product owners are advised to register their devices with the company in order to be kept informed of developments. Image credit: YOSHIKAZU TSUNO / AFP / Getty Images Read next: Retrospective: A year without Steve Why using AI to screen job applicants is almost always a bunch of crap	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1973
__label__wiki	0.915057	0.915057	Home2/12/16 Champ League R of 16 Tues/Wed, EPL top 4 Battle, US results Men/Ladies, Games on TV 2/12/16 Champ League R of 16 Tues/Wed, EPL top 4 Battle, US results Men/Ladies, Games on TV February 12, 2016 February 15, 2016 gatorbest Ok lets start with Champions League which kicks off the Round of 16 Knockout Stages starting Tues/Wed this week and next with a couple of interesting matchups. French leaders PSG host Chelsea again this season on Tues FS1 at 2:45, while Roma will host Real Madrid playing without right back Marcelo on Wednesday same time and channel. (see full game reviews below) Interesting game vs Canada for the US Men last weekend – a game that saw the US dominate possession (as they should against a CONCACAF foe), outshoot them 10-1 and finally win 1-0 on a last second goal by Altidore. So after the month long US camp what did we learn. Altidore is back in the best shape of his life maybe and really gave fine effort in both games – scoring goals in both. I thought his pairing Morris up top was a little stronger than with Zardes but the competition was tougher vs Iceland really. I thought Lee Nguyen was the real winner of the camp – his play on the wing but really sliding into a #10 role was impressive. It would be interesting to see him as a true #10 with Bradley serving the #6 role sometime. While I do like Jones and his tenacity (his 6 game suspension) will keep him from playing vs Guatemala next month so I just don’t understand why he played him so much. (Especially at center back vs Canada – seriously he’s the worse Center back EVER!!) Why not allow Birnbaum to play his natural center slot and show what he can do while the European players are not available?? I really don’t understand the German sometimes. Anyway – I thought So the EPL has some big games on Sunday – as the top 4 teams in the table square off on NBCSN. It starts with Arsenal hosting league leader Leicester City at 7am, followed by Man City hosting 2nd place Tottenham at the Etihad at 11:15 am. Man I wish the Foxes of Leicester City would just add an American player so I could jump on the bandwagon full scale, either way you have to love one of the smallest payrolls in the EPL holding first place with just 13 EPL games to go. Saturday also has US speedy defender DeAndre Yedlin and Sunderland hosting Man U at 7:45 am on NBCSN, while US Goalie Tim Howard may or may not be in goal as the Toffees of Everton host West Brom at 10 am. Chelsea and new US defender Matt Miazga (might be on the traveling squad) will host New Castle United at 12:30 pm on NBCSN. Around the leagues – Juventus will host Serie A leader Napoli Sat at 2:45 on beIN Sport looking to make up the 2 pts they trail in the table, while 3rd place Fiorentina host 4th place Inter Sunday morning at 6:30 on beIN Sport. In La Liga Real Madrid will try life without left back Marcello as they host Athletic Club Sat at 10 am on beIN sport, while on Fox the Bundesliga will feature a number of good games including Borussia Dortmund vs Hannover 96 on FS2 at 9:30 Sat, and Ausburg hosting Bayern Munich Sun at 11:30 am on Fox Sports 2. Finally the US Ladies are back in Action for Olympic Qualifying vs Mexico Sat at 4 pm on NBCSN, and again Monday night vs Puerto Rico at 8:30. Champions League Sweet 16 Champions League Previews Outside Chance US Matt Miazga could play UCL for John Terry Paris and Chelsea meet for the third year in a row PSG well placed to win, but Chelsea a good bet for the away goal too Hazard must be Difference maker for Chelsea vs PSG – ESPN FC Phil Lythell Zidane centre stage as Real Madrid visit Roma full preview Zenit comes off Winter Break to face Benfica test Belgiums Gent and struggling in Germany’s Wolfsburg seek first-time success What to Watch 4 – ESPN FC Video PSG Issues prior to Chelsea Showdown PGS Marginal Favorites over Chelsea Zenit favored over Benefica tues Real LB Marcelo out for Roma Matchup with Seperated Shoulder Novelty for Gent vs Wolfsburg Why Juve can Handle Bayern Tues, Feb 16 2;45 pm FS 1 PSG vs Chelsea 2:45 pm FS2 Benefica vs Zenit St. Pete 2:45 pm FS1 Roma vs Real Madrid 2:45 pm FS2 Gent vs Wolfsburg 2:45 pm FS 1 Arsenal vs Barcelona 2:45 pm FS 2 Juventus vs Bayern Munich 2:45 pm FS1 Dynamo Kiev vs Man City 2:45 pm FS 2 Eindhoven vs Atletico Madrid EPL + World Top 4 Battle Royal – NBC Soccer Leicester Downplays EPL Title Winning Odds – Adam Murray ESPN FC Neutrals want Leicester to Win title The Foxes can knock Arsenal out of the Title Race and More of the Huge Game ESPNFC Now do you Believe in Leicester- SI Avi Creditor EPL Predictions for Huge Weekend at the Top EPSN FC Man City and Spurs in a Title Showdown ESPN FC Mourinho is the wrong man for Man U – Ryan Bailey Yahoo Mourino and United a Perfect Match – McCarthy Omnisport Juve Coming after League Leader Napoli on Saturday says world class keeper Buffon – ESPN FC Men In Blazers EPL Standings Italy Table Germany Table Spanish Table French Table Nantes just 3 pts off 2nd. US ladies Christen Press Goal –holy crap Messi like 3 Takeaways for USWNT win over Costa Rica 5-0 Alex Morgan scores fastest goal in US History Altidore’s late goal rescues US in Wasteful Friendly vs Canada US Camp and 2 Wins – what did we learn – SI – Brian Straus US U23 Jerome Kiesewetter makes Strong Impression SI US Stuart Holden Announces Retirement NASL + Indy 11 Indy 11 Squad coming into Focus Indy 11 add La Liga Mid Gorka Larrea 11 Add defender Stephen Deroux Bloody Shambles – NASL things Indy 11’s EamonZayed –bloody Shambles- 2:30 p.m., Fox Sports 1 and GolTV Español: Mainz vs. Schalke 04 7:45 a.m., NBCSN and NBC Universo: Sunderland vs. Manchester United 9:30 a.m., Fox Sports 2 and Fox Deportes: Borussia Dortmund vs. Hannover 96 9:30 a.m., Fox Soccer Plus : Darmstadt vs. Bayer Leverkusen 10:00 a.m., NBCSN: Everton vs. West Bromwich Albion 10:00 a.m., USA Network: Norwich City vs. West Ham United 10:00 a.m., Extra Time: Crystal Palace vs. Watford, Bournemouth vs. Stoke City, Swansea City vs. Southampton 10 am beIn Sport – Real Madrid vs Athletic Club 12:30 p.m., NBCSN and NBC Universo: Chelsea vs. Newcastle United 12:30 p.m., Fox Sports 2: Köln vs. Eintracht Frankfurt 6:30 am beIn Sports: Milan vs Genoa 7:00 a.m., NBCSN and Telemundo: Arsenal vs. Leicester City 9:05 a.m., NBCSN and NBC Universo: Aston Villa vs. Liverpool 9:30 a.m., Fox Sports 1 Hamburg SV vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach 11:15 a.m., NBCSN and NBC Universo: Manchester City vs. Tottenham 11:30 a.m., Fox Sports 2 and GolTV Español: Augsburg vs. Bayern Munich 2:45 pm, beIn Sport Fiorentina vs Internazionale 8:30 pm NBCSN USA Women vs Puerta Rico Thurs, Feb 18 1 pm Anderlecht vs Olympiachos, Dortman vs Porto, Fioreentina vs Tottehman, Midtiland vs Man U, Villarreal vs Napoli 3 pm Ausburg vs Liverpool, Sporting Portugal vs Bayern Leverkusen, Valencia vs Rapid Vienna, Galatasaray vs Lazio 2:30 pm bEIn Sports Bologna vs Juve 5:30 + 8:30 pm NBCSN – Olympic Qualifying Semi Finals – USA vs? Sat, Feb 20 FA Cup Weekend 7:45 am NBCSN Arsenal vs Hull City 9:30 am Fox Soccer Plus? Bayern Leverkusen vs Borussia Dortmund 10 am Fox sports 2? Chelsea vs Man City 11:30 am Fox Soccer Plus – Schalke vs Stuttgart 5:30 pm NBCSN Olympic Qualifying – Finals – USA vs? Tues, Feb 23 Champ League 8 pm FS1? Queretaro vs DC United 10 pm FS2? Seattle Sounders vs Club America 8 pm Tigres UNAL vs Real Salt Lake 10 pm LA Galaxy vs Santos Laguna Tuesday, March 1: D.C. United vs. Querétaro, CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal second leg, 8:00 p.m. (TV TBD) Santos Laguna vs. Los Angeles Galaxy, CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal first leg, 10:00 p.m. (TV TBD) Club América vs. Seattle Sounders, CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal first leg, 8:00 p.m. (TV TBD) Real Salt Lake vs. Tigres UANL, CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal first leg, 8:00 p.m. (TV TBD) Sunday, March 6: Portland Timbers vs. Columbus Crew, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN, ESPN Deportes) Seattle Sounders vs. Sporting Kansas City, 7:00 p.m. (Fox Sports 1, Fox Deportes) Los Angeles Galaxy vs. D.C. United, 10:00 p.m. (UniMás, Univision Deportes)] Friday, March 25: Guatemala vs. United States men, WC qualifier, time TBD (beIN Sports,) Tuesday, March 28: United States men vs. Guatemala, WC qualifier, time TBD (ESPN2,-Columbus, OH) MLS TV Schedule for 2016 What to watch out for in the Champions League Published: Sunday 14 February 2016, 12.00CET Can Guus Hiddink’s return help Chelsea oust Paris? Will Zenit emerge sparkling from their winter break? Is Edin Džeko headed for the bench at Roma? Can Hiddink work Chelsea magic again? When Guus Hiddink was appointed Chelsea’s interim manager back in 2008/09, the Dutchman remained undefeated in the UEFA Champions League, overseeing wins against Juventus (3-2 on aggregate, round of 16) and Liverpool (7-5 on aggregate, quarter-finals) – and only being denied a place in the final by Andrés Iniesta’s last-gasp equaliser in the semi-final second leg. Hiddink, therefore, registered two victories and four draws in his six UEFA Champions League matches and has compiled a similarly unbeaten domestic record since succeeding José Mourinho in December. However, his charges must now overcome a Paris Saint-Germain side who have not lost in 44 domestic fixtures – putting Chelsea’s untarnished 12-game sequence under Hiddink into perspective. The Dutchman, though, has plenty of UEFA Champions League pedigree, having taken PSV to the 2004/05 semi-finals – again undone by an away goal, this time from AC Milan’s Massimo Ambrosini – and claimed the trophy with the Eindhoven club in 1988. Paris v Chelsea, Tuesday ©FC Zenit St Petersburg New Zenit signings Yuri Zhirkov and Aleksandr Kokorin Will Zenit roar out of hibernation? Goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev, defender Igor Smolnikov and midfielder Viktor Fayzulin definitely miss Zenit’s last-16 opener against Benfica through injury, while another midfielder, Aleksandr Ryazantsev, is doubtful. That and a lack of competitive football during the Russian winter break might be cause for concern. Training camps in Qatar, Portugal and Spain could help keep Zenit sharp, though, enabling André Villas-Boas to bed in in three signings – former Terek Grozny anchorman Maurício and Russian internationals Yuri Zhirkov and Aleksandr Kokorin, both ex-Dinamo Moskva players. “Benfica look quite strong now,” said Zenit’s Portuguese coach. “They haven’t lost for quite some time. But they have their biggest matches ahead and you can be 100% sure we will take on Benfica with full commitment.” Benfica v Zenit, Tuesday The goals have dried up for Roma’s Edin Džeko Nine or false nine for Roma? This is probably Luciano Spalletti’s biggest dilemma for the visit of Real Madrid. Roma had great expectations when they recruited Edin Džeko last summer, but the Bosnia and Herzegovina ace has scored only four times in Serie A. Meanwhile, forwards Stephan El Shaarawy and Diego Perotti have shone since joining Roma in January, with the latter operating as ‘false nine’. “When you have a bad period at a big club it’s always going to cause a stir,” Spalletti said of Džeko. “But I’m sure we can help him out of this situation.” Ominously for the No9, the coach famously led Roma to 11 straight wins in 2005/06 while using Francesco Totti as a striker; he adopted the same tactic when the Giallorossi eliminated Madrid in 2007/08. Will he try to surprise the Merengues again or does he rely on Džeko coming good? Roma v Real Madrid, Wednesday The success of Hein Vanhaezebrouck’s well-drilled Gent side ensured some interest in his players over the winter recess. The fact Gent kept hold of all their biggest names – agreeing contract extensions until 2019 with Belgian Player of the Year Sven Kums, goalkeeper Matz Sels, Nana Asare, Moses Simon and Danijel Milicevic – was a major triumph. “I like it here,” midfielder Kums said. “I always said I could easily see myself staying here.” Their guests, meanwhile, are not having an easy time. Wolfsburg have won once in eight Bundesliga outings, forward Bas Dost is injured, Nicklas Bendtner is out of sorts, and Basel rebuffed their approach to sign Breel Embolo in the winter. Goalscoring duties will likely fall to Max Kruse, Julian Draxler and André Schürrle. Gent v Wolfsburg, Wednesday Premier League leaders Leicester can knock Arsenal out of the title race How will Leicester deal with increased expectations? Leicester City’s jaw-dropping 3-1 win at Manchester City last weekend ensured we’ve all just about come to terms with the Foxes as title-winning material. Any remaining sceptics will surely be converted should they repeat that feat at Arsenal on Sunday. But Claudio Ranieri must cope with a new issue that goes by the name of “expectancy.” It is a different type of pressure to win when it is demanded of you. Even Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has fed the media the line that Leicester are now favourites for glory. Arsenal stumbled after leading from the front earlier this season and now it’s the Foxes’ turn to be the team everyone wants to defeat, or at least avoid losing against. In September, Arsenal beat Leicester 5-2 in a game that totalled 43 shots — one of only two losses for Ranieri’s side from 25 fixtures. It was a gloriously nonsensical encounter of attack versus attack that Arsenal prevailed in, yet logic dictates that to upset this Leicester team then the opponents should not play into their hands by pressing high and thus leaving themselves open, like City did last Saturday. No matter the tactics, only a victory will do for Wenger’s third-placed team, for leaders Leicester have it within their power to knock Arsenal out of the title race by making the gap eight points. Can Manchester City cope with Tottenham? Manchester City were badly exposed against Leicester. Although two of the Foxes’ three goals came from set pieces, the threat of further humiliation remained with Manuel Pellegrini’s side lacking the relentlessness of their opposition. Leicester were quicker to the loose balls and faster to spring forward. Anything resembling a re-run of this performance against Tottenham on Sunday will not be acceptable. Speaking after last week’s 1-0 win for Spurs, defeated Watford boss Quique Sanchez Flores likened the North London team to “animals,” such was their ferocity. Mauricio Pochettino has at his disposal an insatiable crop of players, who thumped City 4-1 in September. Martin Demichelis, who in particular had a poor game against Leicester, will again have his work cut out against the effervescence of Dele Alli & Co. With focus on Leicester, the title dream remains for under-the-radar Spurs. Who is more fragile: Aston Villa or Liverpool? One of Liverpool and Aston Villa have won two and lost just one of their last five top-flight matches, managing three clean sheets in the process. It’s not Liverpool. Bottom-of-the-table Villa are staging something resembling a revival despite the general consensus that they are doomed no matter what they do — eight points still separate them from safety with 13 games left. Liverpool, meanwhile, are the same number of points (12) from the bottom three as they are from fourth place. All is not going according to plan for Jurgen Klopp, whose side have shown flashes of genius but also a worrying trend to collapse and concede from set pieces. How will Chelsea cope without Kurt Zouma? The screams of pain from Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma when he fell awkwardly in last Sunday’s 1-1 draw against Manchester United were haunting and did not bode well for the 21-year-old. It was confirmed he will be sidelined for six months with an anterior cruciate ligament injury. During an utterly miserable season for champions Chelsea, Zouma has been one of a few bright lights. The France international has been an ideal foil to the experienced but ageing John Terry in the heart of defence, helping Guus Hiddink to a so-far unbeaten return to Stamford Bridge. Now, re-enter Gary Cahill in his place, a man looking to get his campaign back on track ahead of representing England at Euro 2016. That starts at home to Newcastle on Saturday evening. What is going on at Stoke? It seems like only yesterday that Stoke City were flavour of the month. They were going to rule the world with Mark Arnautovic, Bojan and Xherdan Shaqiri strutting their stuff in attack. But the wheels have come off somewhat. Three straight losses have been endured, not to mention departures from the FA Cup and League Cup. There is still a 10-point gap between them and the relegation zone, but dreams of European qualification are beginning to fade. Goalkeeper Jack Butland said that “words need to be had” in light of their slide from seven to 11th in the table. A trip to Bournemouth awaits this weekend when a win for the Cherries would see them just two points below Stoke, who badly need captain Ryan Shawcross back from injury.James Dall is an associate editor at ESPN FC. PREDICTIONS FOR WEEKEND IN EPL Arsenal may never have a better chance to end their 12-year wait for a Premier League trophy but Leicester stand in their way and remain the story of the season. The pair clash on Sunday when the top four are all in action against one another. Manchester City, fighting Arsenal and Leicester in the title race, face a Tottenham side who have emerged as surprise contenders as well. Manchester United, meanwhile, seek to get closer to those above them in the hunt for the top four and the Champions League spots. Louis van Gaal’s men kick the weekend’s action off with a trip to relegation-threatened Sunderland. Each week, ESPN FC’s club bloggers will preview their match and give a prediction. Do you agree or disagree? Have your say below by voting in the match poll. ARSENAL: If Arsenal are to shake off the reputation of finding it difficult to get going when the going gets tough, this is a game they have to win. With Alexis Sanchez back, Mesut Ozil pulling the strings and plenty of experience in the side, the Gunners will respond and take three points. Prediction: Arsenal 3-1 Leicester — Andrew Mangan LEICESTER: Claudio Ranieri’s men are fully capable of completing an unlikely hat trick of improbable Premier League wins against Liverpool, Manchester City and Arsenal. The Gunners thrashed the Foxes 5-2 in the corresponding fixture back in September, but Ranieri’s confident City are defending far better and can take at least a point from the game Prediction: Arsenal 2-2 Leicester — Ben Jacobs MAN CITY: This is an absolute crunch fixture for City against a side that have won their past four league matches. It could not be tougher for Manuel Pellegrini’s embattled, injury-plagued men. As usual when the chips are down, and they are certainly down now, we must expect the unexpected. Prediction: Manchester City 3-2 Tottemham — Simon Curtis TOTTENHAM: City are the Premier League’s Jekyll & Hyde. On their day they are world beaters; on an off-day they are also-rans. Spurs haven’t had a great track record at the Etihad in recent years, but it’s a grittier, stronger and more confident side this time. Spurs to edge it. Prediction: Manchester City 1-2 Tottenham — John Crace SUNDERLAND: The home side must raise their game to overcome even an unconvincing Manchester United at the Stadium of Light. Manager Sam Allardyce’s task is to make his players, from the ever-dangerous Jermain Defoe to new boys Jan Kirchhoff and Wahbi Khazri, believe an upset is possible. Prediction: Sunderland 2-1 Manchester United — Colin Randall MAN UNITED: Sunderland last won in the Premier League a month ago, but their past three games — two losses and a draw — have been closer than their relegation place suggests. United, with a revived Wayne Rooney and improved attacking form in their past three, should narrowly prevail. Prediction: Sunderland 1-2 Manchester United — Musa Okwonga ASTON VILLA: The visitors have a great recent record in this fixture, having won the past four Premier League encounters here. Villa’s 2-0 victory against Norwich just about keeps slim survival hopes alive but Remi Garde’s team need to follow that with further wins to stand any chance of staying up. Prediction: Aston Villa 1-2 Liverpool — Kevin Hughes LIVERPOOL: The Reds go to Villa Park with more firepower than they’ve had available all season, as Daniel Sturridge, Divock Origi and Philippe Coutinho all came through the midweek loss at West Ham and will help lighten the load on in-form Roberto Firmino, who has five goals in his past five Premier League starts. Prediction: Aston Villa 0-2 Liverpool — Dave Usher CHELSEA: Newcastle would happily settle for a draw which is all Chelsea under Guus Hiddink seem capable of at Stamford Bridge. Supporters harbouring hopes that Hiddink will rest key players for the forthcoming Champions League game with PSG and give the youth a chance to play with purpose will probably end up disappointed. Prediction: Chelsea 1-1 Newcastle — Mark Worrall NEWCASTLE UNITED: The visitors head to Stamford Bridge on the back of what has become a rare winning feeling. Chelsea have been up-and-down this season but much depends on the performance of Georginio Wijnaldum, who can’t seem to tick away from home. Prediction: Chelsea 2-1 Newcastle — Lee Ryder EVERTON: Three clean sheet wins in a week has reinvigorated Everton as they prepare for the visit of West Brom on Saturday. But the home side must be wary against a defensive visiting team primed to crash the Goodison party like so many others through this season and last. Prediction: Everton 1-0 West Brom — Luke O’Farrell WEST BROM: The Baggies have just one league win in 2016 and their squad has been decimated by injuries to several key players. Ben Foster will need to keep up his good form if Tony Pulis’ side are to get anything from the game at Goodison Park. Prediction: Everton 1-0 West Brom — Matthew Evans CRYSTAL PALACE: After stemming the run of five straight defeats with a draw at Swansea last weekend, Palace will be hoping for their first win of 2016, against a stuttering Watford side. Connor Wickham is back and most fans are hoping Alan Pardew will play him with Emmanuel Adebayor up front in a more adventurous 4-4-2. Prediction: Crystal Palace 1-0 Watford — Jim Daly. WATFORD: The Hornets were understandably defensive against Tottenham last weekend and although they avoided a thrashing, they never looked like getting a positive result. With Palace in woeful form they must try to be a little braver at Selhurst Park, but goals remain a big problem for both teams and it’s unlikely to be a thriller. Prediction: Crystal Palace 1-1 Watford — Michael Moruzzi BOURNEMOUTH: Eddie Howe’s men need more bite up front against Stoke City after struggling to hit the target in their last game, when Arsenal eased home 2-0 on the South Coast. With relegation rivals picking up points, a win is vital. Matt Ritchie and Benik Afobe will want to produce better performances. Prediction: Bournemouth 2-1 Stoke — Steve Menary STOKE: Fans will be hoping that a trip to the seaside will revive Stoke’s ailing fortunes. A long-awaited return for Ryan Shawcross is on the cards, but should he not make it, the rest of the team will need to dig deep to overcome a side enjoying an impressive debut in the top flight. Prediction: Bournemouth 1-1 Stoke — James Whittaker NORWICH: The defeat at relegation rivals Aston Villa was the tipping point for many Norwich fans. Alex Neil needs a positive result after six straight losses to check the clamour for managerial change. City must cash in on any signs of FA Cup fatigue from the visitors. Prediction: Norwich 2-1 West Ham — Paddy Davitt WEST HAM: Slaven Bilic’s men had an exhilarating but tiring extra time win against Liverpool in the FA Cup and Norwich should view this as a must-win. Expect Neil’s men to heap the pressure on and look to exploit weary legs. Prediction: Norwich 1-1 West Ham — Peter Thorne SWANSEA: Francesco Guidolin’s Swans are still a work in progress. The side look far better overall, but still have trouble turning leads into wins. In-form Southampton are not going to make Guidolin’s task any easier this Saturday, but with Swansea playing better defensively of late, another stalemate wouldn’t be a surprise. Prediction: Swansea 1-1 Southampton — Max Hicks SOUTHAMPTON: After taking 13 points from their past five matches, Southampton are right back in the shake-up for a European place, thanks to a new-found defensive solidity. You have to go back to their FA Cup third-round defeat at home to Crystal Palace for the last time they conceded a goal. Prediction: Swansea 0-2 Southampton — Alex Crook Leicester City’s magical run continues with 3-1 win over Manchester City BY AVI CREDITOREmailPosted: Sat Feb. 6, 2016 NOW do you believe? Leicester City went into the Etihad on Saturday and extended its lead at the top of the Premier League table, beating Manchester City 3-1 on the strength of defender Robert Huth’s two set-piece goals, which sandwiched Riyad Mahrez’s strike in the 48th minute. The result comes days after a spirit-lifting win against Liverpool sparked by Jamie Vardy’s wonder-strike, and it gives Leicester a six-point edge over Man City through 25 games.At this point last season, Leicester, with just 17 points, appeared certainly headed for relegation. Now? A very real contender to lift the Premier League trophy in one of the most remarkable stories ever.Here are three thoughts on the match: Leicester is comfortable in its own skin Leicester makes no secret of what it’s trying to do when it takes the field. While the visitors were aggressive from the opening kick and won the chance necessary to take the early lead, they reverted back into their defensive shell, looking to strike with the opponent committing numbers forward. Leicester doesn’t want the possession battle, nor does it care if it’s even close, as SI’s Liviu Bird wrote in his tactical breakdown of the club’s approach. What the Foxes do is defend cleanly, possess with a purpose, counter as well as anyone in the league and be efficient on set pieces. The biggest question has been whether Leicester could sustain its success given its style of play, which isn’t typically conducive to such an elongated run. Yet the club has answered every question it has had to, no matter if the doubters will still linger. Perhaps it’s time to stop questioning how this is all happening and start marveling at why.WATCH: Mahrez strikes on the counter with lethal finish Consider this: In 180 minutes against Manchester City, the league’s most prolific attack entering Saturday’s action, Leicester conceded just once, to Sergio Aguero in the 87th minute Saturday with the game’s result long decided. Huth the unsung hero For all of the plaudits thrown–deservedly–at Vardy and Mahrez for Leicester’s success, there’s been a vital piece of the puzzle in the back, and that is Saturday’s two-goal scorer, Huth. The 31-year-old German has been steady as they come in marshaling Leicester back four, and he’s come through in the clutch against top competitors with six points against Manchester City and Tottenham coming at the direct result of his goals.Leicester has given up two goal in six games in 2016–the first oddly enough to woeful Aston Villa in a surprising 1-1 draw, the second with Saturday’s result decided–and it’s about time Huth and his back line mates Wes Morgan, Danny Simpson and Christian Fuchs (who, to be fair, was on the right end of a controversial call that could have seen Man City awarded a first-half penalty) get their due for their role in Leicester’s success.Huth had not scored multiple goals in a game since doing so almost five years ago to the day for Stoke City against Sunderland, and he’d only scored more than twice in an entire season three times in his 12-year career. Is there a more appropriate symbol for Leicester’s achievement on the day? Leicester’s very real title chance Leicester plays at Arsenal next week with all of the pressure solely on the Gunners, regardless of their result Sunday against Bournemouth.PAfter that? It’s a relative cakewalk on Leicester’s fixture list, with seven of its last 12 games coming at home and the degree of difficulty not really being ramped up until the final stretch of games at Manchester United, vs. Everton and at Chelsea.At this point, the question isn’t so much whether Leicester will finish in the top four and reach the Champions League–it is now 13 points clear of fifth-place Manchester United–but if Leicester can do the unthinkable and win it all.The Foxes also have the advantage of not playing in any other competitions this season. Manchester City still has the Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup. Tottenham has the Europa League and FA Cup. Arsenal has the Champions League and FA Cup. While they might have deeper squads on paper than Leicester, they’re going to be stretched thin. At what point do Manuel Pellegrini, Mauricio Pochettino and Arsene Wenger put their focus in the league? That’s not a problem for Claudio Ranieri, and as he has for most of the Foxes’ magical season, he can just sit back and smile. Manchester City and Tottenham in title showdown at the Etihad The ESPN FC Sunday’s meeting between Manchester City and Tottenham is a potentially pivotal clash in the title race. City go into the game on the back of a disastrous 3-1 defeat to leaders Leicester City while Spurs have won their past six in all competitions. The form guide would seem to favour the visitors but will it go that way? Manchester City correspondent Jonathan Smith and Tottenham correspondent Dan Kilpatrick preview this weekend’s match at the Etihad. Will the winner of this season’s title come from this match? Jonathan Smith: I’m setting myself up for an embarrassing fall, I know, but I still see City as the favourites. If they have Vincent Kompany, Sergio Aguero and Kevin de Bruyne available for the last two months of the campaign, they can reel the others in. Both times they won the Premier League, in 2012 and 2014, City won their last five games of the season to pile the pressure on their rivals, who ultimately buckled. Spurs are certainly starting to look really menacing, though. Mauricio Pochettino is such an impressive manager and is getting the best out of his squad. My only doubts would be whether they have the belief that they can win it and the possible extra and unnecessary strain of the Europa League. Dan Kilpatrick: I reckon the champions are more likely to come from Arsenal vs. Leicester, simply because I see Claudio Ranieri’s men as the favourites. This season has made mugs of everyone who’s attempted to predict anything but I can see two away wins on Sunday, making it difficult for City to recover the confidence and points to haul it back. What will this match reveal about where the title is heading? JS: There’s a lot of doom and gloom around City after the Leicester defeat but a win would put a completely different complexion on the situation. If results go their way they could be third, three points off the top. It’s become the biggest game of the season. City are under immense pressure to get a result — particularly as they haven’t beaten anyone from the top six all season. Spurs have only been talked about in recent weeks as potential title winners. If they can replicate what Leicester did, it will put them firmly among the favourites and that can bring its own pressure. DK: A win would be massive for Tottenham. Since mid-November, Spurs have enjoyed a relatively kind run of fixtures, so Sunday has long been regarded as a milestone. Mauricio Pochettino’s mantra is “one game at a time” — Eric Dier even said recently he’s only aware of who their next opponent is, which I didn’t fully buy — but the manager and players will also have been looking at this game as a benchmark. Win, and it’ll be impossible to ignore Spurs’ credentials. Where will the match be won and lost? JS: Harry Kane is the danger man that I would be most concerned about and I’m sure the striker will try to isolate himself with Martin Demichelis as much as possible. The veteran Argentine is a wily old defender and often doesn’t get the credit he deserves. But there’s no hiding his lack of pace and, Kane’s speed and sharpness could cause him real problems. It’s a big ask but if Demichelis can keep him quiet, it will go a long way to securing a victory. DK: While I agree that Kane vs. Demichelis is important, I’m interested in the other end. Kevin Wimmer is yet to put a foot wrong but hasn’t been seriously tested yet and Sergio Aguero, who loves playing Spurs, will give us a better idea of the Austrian’s quality. If Wimmer and co. can restrict him, Spurs have a great chance of winning. Who’s the better manager? JS: I’m mightily impressed with Pochettino. His Spurs side is greater than the sum of its parts with every player knowing their role. And his ability to improve players is remarkable. I’m stunned by the improvement in Eric Dier in the past 12 months while Dele Alli and Kieran Trippier seemed like gambles at the time but now look like they could both go to Euro 2016 with England. His team are quick, fit and aggressive and clearly have a close bond. It’s the complete opposite of Manuel Pellegrini’s side who can often look like a team of individuals. It may seem harsh to be overly critical of the City boss but you can’t help but feel that this side should be achieving more and it will be fascinating to see how things change under Pep Guardiola. DK: Agreed. Sir Alex Ferguson apparently thinks Pochettino is the best manager in the league, and I don’t think he’s far wrong. The Argentine inherited a rotten squad devoid of cohesion and desperately short of balance and quality. In 18 months, he’s transformed Spurs into title challengers while making the club a profit. As Jonathan says, the team is greater than the sum of its parts, rendering it routinely impossible to pick a Spurs man of the match. Alli and Dier started the season as a League One rookie and an out-of-position centre-half, respectively, while Erik Lamela and Mousa Dembele were derided as expensive flops. As for Pellegrini, I look at his squad and this season’s Premier League and think City should be doing far better. Pick one player from the opposition who’d get you over the line in the title race. JS: Kane is Tottenham’s standout player but I’d always go with Aguero ahead of him. Clearly City’s defence is their weakness so I would probably pick Toby Alderweireld as the man who would make the biggest difference. Spurs have conceded the fewest goals in the Premier League this season and Alderweireld is the senior figure at the heart of the defence. He was impressive at Southampton and has stepped into the Tottenham back-four without any problem. His leadership and organisation is something City could do with and the fact he hasn’t missed a minute of Premier League football would be a big bonus, particularly as Vincent Kompany has been such a huge miss. DK: Aguero. Spurs are short on strikers and Aguero would improve any team in the world. Pochettino’s men would be comfortably clear at the top with the Argentine, who would have turned a lot of their draws into narrow victories. That said, I disagree with Jonathan. If I had to pick one of Kane or Aguero for Spurs, I’d stick with Kane. Fitness has to be taken into account when considering a player’s overall quality and Kane is capable of playing 50 games a season. Aguero isn’t. JS: 1-0 to City, Aguero making the difference. DK: 2-1 to Spurs, who’ll have too much for a depleted home side. Three takeaways from the USWNT’s win over Costa Rica Goal.com Wed, Feb 10 11:15 PM PST Seven months after the U.S. national team last played a meaningful match, coach Jill Ellis returned to competitive play with a tried and tested lineup.For all of the experimentation and turnover that has defined the Americans in recent months, nine of the 11 players who started the Women’s World Cup final were on the field Wednesday in Frisco, Texas, for the start of Olympic qualifying.While established star Alex Morgan’s two goals — including a stunning 12-second opener — grabbed the headlines, it was the pair of newcomers who left the biggest impression. Here are three takeaways from the U.S. team’s 5-0 thrashing of Costa Rica: CRYSTAL DUNN LOOKS READY FOR PRIME TIME One of just two cuts for the World Cup from the 25-player roster the U.S. carried last spring, Dunn responded to that snub with a remarkable blend of on-the-field dominance and off-the-field poise. Scoring a league-leading 15 goals on her way to NWSL MVP honors, Dunn earned a recall — and promptly carried that fine form to the national team by netting four times in seven caps this past fall.The 23-year-old certainly looked like she belonged Wednesday, drawing a ninth-minute penalty kick that Carli Lloyd coolly converted before getting her own name on the score sheet with a scrappy strike in the 15th minute. Dunn caused plenty of problems with her pace and precision on the dribble from a wide midfield role, and combined well with right back Ali Krieger (her Washington Spirit teammate).While Dunn has been at home as a winger for the U.S., she has extensive experience at fullback for club and country. It’s also worth mentioning she thrived as a lone striker and occasionally played central midfield for Washington last season. If healthy, she’s a lock for Rio — where 18-player rosters place a premium on versatility. SO DOES LINDSEY HORAN Although Dunn is a natural replacement for Megan Rapinoe while the winger recovers from a torn ACL, few would have pegged Lindsey Horan as the heir apparent to Lauren Holiday in the middle. But just as the now-retired Holiday transitioned from forward to box-to-box midfielder, Horan appears perfectly comfortable making the same leap.Horan used her first touch to put her stamp on the game Wednesday, pinging a 50-yard ball that Lloyd nodded into the path of Morgan for the Americans’ opener. Putting her strength and 5-foot-9 frame to good use, the 21-year-old roamed into the opposing box with regularity to offer an extra target — winning the header that led to Dunn’s strike.Plenty of players have gotten looks in defensive or box-to-box midfield roles in recent months — including Kristie Mewis, Becky Sauerbrunn, Tobin Heath and Meghan Klingenberg — but that starting slot next to Morgan Brian is Horan’s to lose. IS THIS ALEX MORGAN’S YEAR? The up-and-comers, of course, weren’t the only players to shine Wednesday. With what U.S. Soccer says is “believed” to be the fastest goal in the national team’s history, Morgan landed herself a spot on highlight reels for years to come — and added a headed strike in the 62nd minute for good measure.Limited by injuries in recent years, Morgan hasn’t come close to replicating that prolific 2012, when she racked up 28 goals and 21 assists en route to the FIFA World Player of the Year shortlist. Yet even a hobbled Morgan was enough to lead the line for last summer’s World Cup-winning squad, and her ability to create danger behind the back line was on full display against Costa Rica.With the 26-year-old looking sharp and fully recovered from post-World Cup knee surgery, this could be the year that Morgan consistently returns to “elite” status. For U.S. fans, that might be the most welcome development of all. USMNT Camp wrap: Winners, looking forward BY BRIAN STRAUSTwitter EmailPosted: Tue Feb. 9, 2016 Reasonable people can disagree about whether Jurgen Klinsmann has made sufficient progress in his four-plus years in charge of the U.S. national team, but the recently concluded winter camp illustrated one of the uniquely American factors that are beyond the manager’s control.The MLS season is long. The offseason is as well. Take, for example, Michael Bradley and Jozy Altidore, two of Klinsmann’s most important players. When Toronto FC kicks off its regular season campaign on March 6, the veteran pair will have gone 129 days without playing for their clubs (they did appear in a couple of World Cup qualifiers in mid-November). That’s more than a third of a calendar year, and it makes the national team’s annual January camp as much or more about maintenance as it is about tactical or technical progress.In the past, Klinsmann has been frustrated by the fitness level of MLS players in the middle of a lengthy offseason. This year, instead of fighting it, he adjusted his expectations and the day-to-day intensity of the month-long gathering in Southern California. Rather than a referendum on his MLS-based player pool, he said camp would be about “get[ting] them back on track and try to get them going and step-by-step give them a head start to 2016.”Friendlies against under-strength Iceland and Canada would give the players something to look forward to after nearly a month of training, but the games wouldn’t reveal much about where the U.S. is headed. Neither opponent presented much of a challenge, and roster changes—there were early departures and late arrivals—impacted Klinsmann’s tactical options even further. In fact, the coach called both games “scrimmages.”Altidore, who scored in the 3-2 win over Iceland and Friday’s 1-0 defeat of Canada, indicated that Klinsmann got the focus and message right.“I thought it was a bit more relaxed, in terms of, he let each player kind of be the driver of their own camp, to kind of do what they thought best to prepare them for the season, which I thought was cool,” the forward told Fox. “I thought it’s a huge plus. I thought I took advantage of it. I think a lot of guys did.”All of which, Klinsmann will hope, will put his players on firmer footing heading into a critical week in late March. The senior team will face Guatemala home and away in the middle two of six World Cup qualifying semifinal round games. Meanwhile, the U-23s, managed by assistant Andi Herzog, will face Colombia in a two-game playoff for the final spot in this summer’s Olympic tournament. “Hopefully the benefit comes at the end of March,” Klinsmann said. “This is really the bigger picture, that we are well prepared for Guatemala, obviously with the Europeans and the Mexican players coming in and same for the Olympic team—that everyone who is eligible for the Olympic team takes this as a head start, got four weeks under his belt. They all worked really well. The whole spirit of the camp was great.”Even if the real dividends aren’t evident for another six weeks, and even if the two friendlies didn’t replicate the grind of a CONCACAF World Cup qualifier or the talent the U.S. will face in this summer’s Copa América, Altidore’s comments and performance indicate that this camp did create storylines and trajectories. Some players benefitted, others may not have and trends and questions emerged.Here’s a closer look at a few:oto: Cal Sport Media/AP No camper will hit the 2016 season with more momentum thanAltidore, who not only scored twice last week, but who put together a pair of energetic and engaged performances. Again, the opposition wasn’t the toughest. But for a player dogged by health issues who occasionally has had difficulty finding the game or connecting with teammates, it was a good sign that he was a consistent, 90-minute threat.The agony of recent hamstring injuries prompted a shift in Altidore’s approach. “The past two years we really rough for me,” he told Fox after netting the 90th-minute winner against Canada. “Two big competitions that I was really looking forward to and the fact that I wasn’t able to play through injury was for me really ridiculous. So I tried sit home and think what I could do better to try to minimize that and one of the things I thought was my diet … We came to the conclusion that if I cut some muscle, cut some weight and make myself a bit leaner, maybe it would help me … I feel better. I feel lighter and I feel more mobile.”Klinsmann took notice.“He’s hungry. He wants to prove himself, that this is 2016, ‘This is my year,’” the coach said. “He knows there’s a huge tournament coming up in June, so he started really on the right foot this year. And he deserved that goal. He deserved it.”Elsewhere, don’t expect to wait another year to see Steve Birnbaum in a U.S. jersey. He was part of the 2015 winter camp and made his debut against Chile, but didn’t get another shot until Klinsmann sent out this year’s invitations. The D.C. United defender was dominant in the air, tallying a goal and assist against Iceland and creating some havoc versus Canada, and showed some versatility by shifting to right back on Friday evening. There’s a ton of competition in back, but also plenty of uncertainty. Add Birnbaum’s name to the depth chart. Mix Diskerud and Lee Nguyendemonstrated welcome flashes of composure and comfort. The former had a rough debut season in MLS and didn’t make much of an impact for the U.S., but Klinsmann stuck with the New York City FC midfielder and started him alongside Michael Bradley against Canada. Diskerud responded with a smart and effective two-way showing.“We all know that there is such a talent potential, such qualities, but he got into kind of a very difficult situation last season with [NYCFC] because of the incoming players, Pirlo and Lampard, and then they push him wide,” Klinsmann said. “He knows he has to fight through that … ‘You’ve got to bring out your elbows.’ That’s what he needs to learn and that’s what he did also in a couple situations. He got physical. This is what he needs to add to his game … [Against Canada] he did really well.”Nguyen was effective as a playmaker, especially against Iceland, and warrants another look at a position where the U.S. remains somewhat thin. Columbus Crew winger Ethan Finlay, who set up Altidore’s winner, and U-23 forward Jerome Kiesewetter, whose strength and ability to find space behind behind the back four unsettled both opponents, also demonstrated obvious promise, as did U-23 teammate Kellyn Acosta, who was far from overawed at left back and right back despite neither being his preferred position. Wish we’d seen more from… Darlington Nagbe, who was so outstanding as a central playmaker during the Portland Timbers’ run to the MLS championship, missed the start of camp because of the birth of his second child and played only 58 minutes as a reserve. His potential as a future partner for Bradley remains tantalizing, but there probably wasn’t enough time to establish the sort of chemistry and consistency that might make the difference in March.“Fitness wise he’s not there yet,” Klinsmann said. “But we know Darlington, two weeks from now, is up to speed.” PORTER: Nagbe is ‘for sure’ a player USMNT can build around Gyasi Zardes emerged as a favorite of Klinsmann in last year’s camp and showed flashes of why last week. He works hard and has decent vision. But his touch still betrays him a bit too frequently, and his finishing needs to improve if he’s going to make a stronger case to start when the games matter most.Considering big-picture insignificance of the Iceland and Canada games and the do-or-die nature of the U-23 team’s Olympic playoff, it was a bit surprising that players like Perry Kitchen, Wil Trapp, Matt Polster, Khiry Shelton andTim Parker didn’t get more of a look. Klinsmann learned nothing by deploying Jermaine Jones at center back against Colombia or by fielding Michael Orozco and Brad Evans against Iceland, for example. Bradley didn’t need to play 180 minutes. The wins are nice, but it seems like there were a couple of missed opportunities to get younger players some valuable experience.And we saw too much of Jones, who faces a six-game suspension that likely will force him out of next month’s qualifiers. Keeping Jones fit shouldn’t have come at the expense of testing out a partnership or two that might take the field in March.to: Cal Sport Three things to watch moving forward Seattle’s strikers Jordan Morris will be the most scrutinized MLS rookie since 14-year-old Freddy Adu signed with his hometown club in 2004. The new Seattle Sounder came late to camp following a training stint with German suitor Werder Bremen and did reasonably well partnering with Altidore against Canada. He’ll be vital for the U-23s, and his start with the Sounders will indicate whether he’s in frame for the Copa América. CREDITOR: MLS, Sounders get carried away with Morris hype Meanwhile, club teammate Clint Dempsey was given the month off by Klinsmann. Dempsey, 32, led the U.S. with nine goals last year and very much wants to play in the Copa and chase down Landon Donovan’s scoring record. Was skipping camp the right move for an aging player? Will Dempsey and Morris be competing against each other for minutes with both club and country? The immediate future of both the U-23 and senior sides may depend heavily on the form of the two Sounders strikers. Defensive questions remain Klinsmann hasn’t the same back four in consecutive games since the 2014 World Cup, and nothing emerged from the recent camp that might clarify things heading into March. Matt Besler played well apart from an early error against Iceland but wasn’t under too much pressure, and Acosta showed well at left back—a very thin position for the U.S.—but several other younger defenders didn’t get much of a look while leading veterans remained with their clubs. John Brooks struggled at last year’s CONCACAF Gold Cup but is back in form with Hertha Berlin, Omar Gonzalez is doing well at Pachuca and Geoff Cameron is battling an ankle injury but may be back by the time the U.S. reconvenes.From hybrids such as Fabian Johnson, DeAndre Yedlin and Brek Shea to players closer to the fringe like Tim Ream, Ventura Alvarado, Jonathan Spector, Matt Miazga and Greg Garza, the potential defensive pool is as large as ever as the World Cup cycle approaches its midway point. The Olympic hurdle Regarding the U-23 team’s quest for an Olympic berth, Klinsmann said last month that, “We have to do everything possible to give them all the help in the world to make it happen … For the Olympic team and for that generation, it’s extremely important to have an experience like the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. This is big for these players.”To get there, they’ll have to defeat Colombia, which qualified for the playoff by winning the silver medal at last year’s South American U-20 championship, finishing above Uruguay and Brazil. Herzog won’t have a ton of time to work his team before the March 25 opener in Barranquilla, nor the ability to call players’ in against their club’s wishes.Defeat would be far from shocking.The question is whether it would be considered a significant black mark against Klinsmann, a coach and technical director who suffered through a difficult 2015 (In addition to the senior team’s defeat at the Gold Cup and ensuing Confederations Cup playoff, the U-23s finished third in CONCACAF Olympic qualifying). At 1-0-1, the U.S. has some cushion in a relatively easy World Cup qualifying group. Points are there for the taking against Guatemala, Trinidad & Tobago and St. Vincent and The Grenadines.If the U-23s fail, Klinsmann’s long-term plan and his reliance on veterans toward the end of this winter camp likely will fall under the microscope. USA’s Jerome Kiesewetter makes strong impression to start crucial year Photo: Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP BY BRIAN STRAUS Twitter Email Posted: Fri Feb. 5, 2016 Jerome Kiesewetter remembers bonding quickly with the boy who was just like him. “I met him when I was young. I would say 5 years old,” Kiesewetter said. “I started going out and playing soccer with my mom in our neighborhood and he was there, by himself. We kind of introduced each other and then started playing every day together.” They had more than soccer in common. John Brooks also was the son of a U.S. serviceman and a German mother and both Berlin natives, from an early age, felt their American ties. Brooks spoke English at school and Kiesewetter, who’s about two weeks younger, was impacted by an early trip to New York City he took with his mother and sister. “I slept over at his house and he slept over at my house. He’s family to me. He’s my brother,” Kiesewetter told SI.com. “We were talking about it when we were younger … We would say to each other, ‘Maybe one day we would play together for the [U.S.] national team. That would be so sick.’” PLANET FUTBOL Improved approach makes Lee Nguyen a U.S. January Camp winner Fifteen years ago, the odds of two little boys living five minutes apart in a neighborhood south of downtown Berlin eventually turning pro and representing a country across an ocean were close to incalculable. But Kiesewetter and Brooks already have played together with the U.S. U-23s and at this rate, it seems almost inevitable that they’ll fulfill their dream and be teammates at the senior level. Brooks, of course, already has played for coach Jurgen Klinsmann’s side. Kiesewetter was at home in Tempelhof, watching, as his friend scored the stunning, 86th-minute goal that lifted the Americans past Ghana in their 2014 World Cup opener. It was past midnight in Germany, and Kiesewetter’s screams woke his mother up. Kiesewetter was the first person Brooks called from Natal. Perhaps Brooks, who just signed a new contract with Hertha Berlin, was similarly excited last Sunday, when Kiesewetter, 22, made his senior international debut against Iceland. Kiesewetter didn’t score, but the powerful, 6’0″ forward made an instant impression. He entered the friendly in the 75th minute and within about six minutes, he’d hit a couple dangerous crosses and helped win three corner kicks. Playing high and to the right in a 4-2-3-1, Kiesewetter was imposing, fearless and a magnet for the ball. In the 89th, he ran onto a feed from Darlington Nagbe, took on Birkir Saevarsson (Iceland’s most experienced defender) and drew a foul. The resulting free kick led to Steve Birnbaum’s game-winning goal. Kiesewetter told reporters following the game that he had “goosebumps” and that it was “just amazing to represent my country.” His prized souvenir was the substitution card he handed the fourth official when stepping onto the StubHub Center field.: USSoccer.com “I think playing wide, he’s very talented, because he has terrific speed. A bit like DeAndre Yedlin, his weapon is speed, and then going at people and not being scared about anything,” Klinsmannsaid of Kiesewetter following the first of a pair of friendlies that will close out this unique January camp. The Americans will finish up with a game against Canada on Friday evening outside Los Angeles (10:45 p.m. ET; Fox Sports 1, UniMas).“In the beginning [he was] a little bit overwhelmed. ‘Oh my gosh, I’m with the senior guys.’ Then one step at time, he kind of settled and became calm on the ball and more relaxed,” Klinsmann said. “[Against Iceland] I think he came in for 20 minutes. This is not enough time to think too much. I think that helped him. Just a simple message: ‘Go in there and give it a go. Go against people one against one’—his huge strength. Obviously he’s very fast, and just try to create simple situations. I think within five minutes he had already three crosses and almost two ended up in goals. So this is a wonderful introduction to the senior level, if you can have that influence … That is a nice start for Jerome and we hope he continues to grow and continues to work hard, which he does.”Kiesewetter has been grinding, but his career hasn’t yet matched his friend’s. The same year Brooks reached Hertha’s senior squad, 2012, Kiesewetter left their hometown club for VfB Stuttgart. He played with the reserves, returned to Hertha on a 2014 loan and then was back in Stuttgart, where he made two brief Bundesliga appearances last spring. But the 2015-16 season has been a struggle. Die Roten are in 15th place, two points beyond the relegation zone. There was a managerial change in November. Meanwhile, Kiesewetter has been playing exclusively with club’s second team.“I think I’ve developed there very much, both as a player on the field and as an individual off the field” he told SI.com. “I’m by myself for the first time—living by myself, cooking for myself … For me, the most important point is just to get my playing time and to show how good I can be, how much I can help the team. That’s why I play soccer. I don’t play soccer to just fool around.”He’s certainly helped the U-23s. Brought to the attention of U.S. Soccer coaches by Brooks, Kiesewetter was part of the squad that secured qualification for the 2013 U-20 World Cup and then returned to the fold under Andi Herzog, Klinsmann’s assistant and coach of the team vying for a berth in this summer’s Olympics. Frequently paired with Jordan Morris, Kiesewetter tallied six goals in 16 games for the U-23s and tied for the golden boot in last year’s CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament with four.This winter, he’s part of a group of around 10 American U-23s who’ve been training with the senior players while preparing for March’s home-and-home qualifier against Colombia. The survivor will move on to Rio de Janeiro. Kiesewetter said that this camp represents his longest stay in the U.S. and a priceless opportunity to learn from veterans like Michael Bradley, Jermaine Jones and Jozy Altidore. It has strengthened his ties to his second home and kindled hope for the future.“I think it’s great how hard they work,” Kiesewetter said of the U.S. veterans. “Maybe they are 30 or 31 years old and you think they rest a little bit more, but it’s the complete opposite. You see them work every day. It’s amazing. This guy is earning so much money and he’s played so many games, but he still works hard and it’s just amazing to see. That inspires me.”Considering Kiesewetter’s climb, it makes sense that it’s the effort, rather than the success, that strikes a chord.“Guys like Michael and Jozy, they had their ups and downs but they work their way out,” he said. “I’d rather have the advice from the guy who was down and picked himself back up than a guy who was always in the right away and everything went right. That’s even more important … I’ve had my ups and downs also. I think a lot of top players have them.” There have been plenty of ups over the past month.In addition to Sunday’s excitement and the opportunity to trai with the national team, Kiesewetter saw both the Los Angeles Kings and Los Angeles Clippers live—“It was great to go to my first NBA game. You can’t compare it to German basketball,” he said—and was able to spend a bit of time at the beach and enjoy some Southern California weather.His father, who moved to Texas many years ago, is planning to attend Friday’s game, according to MLSSoccer.com. There was no contact throughout most of Kiesewetter’s childhood (he took his mother’s last name) but his father reached out several years ago and the pair have become close since then. “Soccer brought us back together and I really appreciate that and our relationship is getting better and better. It’s good to have him back in my life,” Kiesewetter said.Considering Kiesewetter’s performance against Iceland (and that of outside back Kellyn Acosta) and the do-or-die nature of next month’s playoff against Colombia, it wouldn’t be surprising to see him, Morris and several other U-23 players get more significant minutes against Canada. This is the last chance to hone in on the partnerships and patterns of play that might make a difference in an uphill climb to Rio. The magnitude of the opportunity is far from lost on Kiesewetter. Representing the U.S. in the Olympics would be another big step in a dream come true, and would provide a massive stage to show what he can do. He’s eager to find a place to play regularly and very well may be on the move when his contract with Stuttgart expires this summer. There is plenty at stake in 2016.“It’s a very important year,” Kiesewetter said. “But it’s started good. Let’s say that.” Late Altidore goal rescues wasteful U.S. in friendly win over Canada BY BRIAN STRAUSTwitter Email Posted: Sat Feb. 6, 2016Jozy Altidore ended a frustrating evening and rescued the U.S. national team, along with the smattering of fans in attendance at StubHub Center and those watching at home, from a third consecutive scoreless draw against Canada with an 89th-minute goal, lifting the Americans to a 1–0 win outside Los Angeles.The U.S. is now unbeaten against Canada in 17 consecutive games (9-0-8) dating back to 1985.Next up for the Americans is a pair of World Cup qualifiers against Guatemala in late March and a home-and-home playoff between the U.S. Under-23 team and Colombia that will send the survivor to the Olympics. Although there wasn’t much to take away from this four-week camp tactically, and although many who will participate in those games next month weren’t in California, there certainly were members of the senior and U-23 teams who entered 2016 needing a physical or mental boost. And there were good signs over the past week for several men who have some significant responsibilities ahead. Here are three thoughts from Friday’s win: Altidore rescues a wasteful U.S. After scoring three goals in last weekend’s 3–2 win over Iceland, the Americans couldn’t buy one for most of Friday. They were a couple minutes from being shut out by Canada’s Maxime Crépeau, a 21-year-old who spent 2015 with the Montreal Impact’s USL team. Crépeau made six saves and benefited from a miserable night of finishing from the American attackers.Canada started brightly, but the U.S. was the better team for most of the match. It didn’t matter. Jordan Morris (16th minute) and Altidore (17th) came close early, with Altidore hitting the right post twice on the same shot. An active Gyasi Zardes, who was playing on the right wing, was the provider on each occasion. In the 38th, Morris and Altidore linked up (something coach Jurgen Klinsmann said he wanted to see on Friday) but the new Seattle Sounder sent his lofted shot just wide.Altidore missed on a header in the 54th, hit a shot straight at Crépeau a minute later and nearly chipped the goalkeeper in the 83rd. The Toronto FC veteran was making good runs, but the final product just wasn’t there as the game inched toward what seemed like an inevitable scoreless draw. The hosts had managed 16 shots with no luck.Then, finally, Altidore broke through. Late substitute Ethan Finlay hit a perfect, floating cross from the left. Altidore beat defender Sam Adekugbe to the far post and sent his header back past Crépeau. It was Altidore’s 33rd international goal, leaving him one behind third-place Eric Wynalda on the alltime U.S. leader board.“The [pass from Finlay] scores the goal—the pace of it, the positioning of it—I just had to be there to knock it in,” Altidore told Fox following the game. “As a player, you kind of find this moments where you say, ‘This is the one.’” The positive individual signs Klinsmann referred to the games against Iceland and Canada as “scrimmages,” which says all we need to know about how important the results really were. This camp, which combined senior and U-23 players, really was about getting those in the middle of a long MLS off-season prepared for a long, important year ahead.Altidore was the big winner. After missing most of the 2014 World Cup and 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup with injuries, he resolved to change things up this winter. He altered his diet and training, lost 10 pounds and was in rhythm and involved against Iceland and Canada, taking 10 shots and scoring twice across the two matches. “Just the past two years were really rough for me,” he told Fox. “I thought if I cut some muscle, cut some weight and made myself a bit leaner, it would help me … I feel better. I feel lighter and I feel more mobile.”Elsewhere, Morris didn’t look out of place and German-born winger Jerome Kiesewetter, Morris’s U-23 strike partner, made an impression once again as a reserve. Captain Michael Bradley was smart, consistent and at times appeared to be in midseason form. Mix Diskerud started next to Bradley in central midfield on Friday and was sharp at times, perhaps signaling that he’s ready to put last year’s disappointing campaign with New York City FC behind him, while Finlay and Kellyn Acosta were among the new national teamers who whet the appetite for more. Zardes improved over his performance against Iceland. Lastly, Steve Birnbuam’s knack for winning balls in the air leaves him in frame to battle for additional minutes in back. Klinsmann makes puzzling defensive choices Jermaine Jones is not a center back, and Klinsmann has tried the veteran midfielder there before without success. Jones also is unlikely to play in next month’s qualifiers. The six-game suspension he incurred for bumping a referee during last fall’s MLS playoffs will kick in as soon as he signs a contract (even if it’s outside MLS), leaving him ineligible to face Guatemala.Yet Jones started in the center of defense on Friday. Birnbuam, a center back with D.C. United who had a goal and an assist in the win over Iceland, was at right back and Acosta, a defensive midfielder for FC Dallas, started for the second straight game on the left. Matt Besler was the only defender in his natural position. And all this was happening was in front of goalkeeper David Bingham, who was making his international debut.Klinsmann’s back four wasn’t bad, although the adventurous Jones was fortunate not to be whistled for a first-half penalty kick after taking down Canada’s Cyle Larin. But it was pointless. Friday’s result was meaningless. Klinsmann did have limited options with the departures of campers Matt Miazga (to Chelsea), Michael Orozco (to Club Tijuana) and Brad Evans (injury), but the manager easily could have started Birnbaum alongside Besler while taking a longer look at one of his U-23 players on the flank (debutant Brandon Vincent, who relieved Acosta at the start of the second half). That would have told the coaching staff a lot more about each team’s potential (the senior and Olympic squads) than giving the 34-year-old Jones a run at a position he won’t be playing for club or country.The back four that started against Canada will never play together again. Shutting out Canada (again) in a friendly wasn’t worth the lost opportunity to plant the seeds for future chemistry or offer an Olympic hopeful some senior international experience. U.S. midfielder Stuart Holden announces his retirement BY SI STAFFPosted: Wed Feb. 3, 2016 A day after announcing he had become a father, U.S. men’s national team midfielder Stuart Holden made another announcement: That he is officially turning the page to the next chapter of his professional life. Holden announced his retirement from playing Wednesday, cutting short a once-promising career that was beset by injuries. Holden suffered multiple significant knee injuries, starting March 2010 in a friendly against the Netherlands and beyond–both with Bolton and with the U.S. national team–and the 30-year-oldpenned a first-person letter on U.S. Soccer’s website to announce his plans.Holden wrote: It’s time to stop fighting my body. I’ve known for a while, but I’ve struggled to admit it to myself and to others. The countless sleepless nights, the aches and pains, and the constant mental battles were all signs pointing to a new path. But every time I was about to utter the three big words “I am retired”, all the memories of walking into roaring stadiums, scoring last-minute goals, and being part of amazing teams dragged me back! The same never-say-die attitude that drove me to fight like hell my entire career wouldn’t let me say the “R word”. I met every setback – and there were many – with a positive attitude. I responded to every disappointment with an “OK. What’s next?” Now, again, I must answer that question. What is next is being proud of my accomplishments, giving thanks to those who have supported me, and smiling at whatever the future holds, the first of which is a baby girl. Holden was a standout for the Houston Dynamo before moving to Bolton and earning the club’s Player of the Year honors in 2011. He made a return to the national team in time for the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup, but he suffered a torn ACL in the final against Panama, and he never played a competitive game after that.In the midst of his latest rehabilitation stint, Holden has been a TV analyst for Fox Sports and ESPN FC, something he will continue to do going forward.As he wrote: The most recent opportunities will keep me in the game as a broadcaster, a coach, and maybe even as an owner one day. Who knows? Not me. What I do know is that I am 100% at peace with my decision to retire from playing, and I am 200% excited for the future. True closure has been hard to come by, but man it feels good. PSG riddled with issues ahead of Champions League tie with Chelsea A win is a win. Whatever the gam; whatever the way; whatever the circumstances. Some wins are more important than others, some more significant and some luckier. But they all count and all bring something to the team. And the victory for PSG against Marseille on the weekend is no exception, coming just over a week before the reigning French champions’ biggest game of the season against Chelsea in the Champions League last 16.Some victories, however, can also surprise and the 2-1 PSG victory against their arch-rivals in a hotly anticipated Classique at the Stade Velodrome unexpectedly did just that. Of course Paris’s two goalscorers on the night, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Angel Di Maria were not a surprise. They are both having a great season and it was expected that they would carry the team in this huge match. They did not disappoint. What was surprising, however, was that PSG were not actually the best team on the pitch. They were second best in terms of attitude, aggression and desire.Now, the Parisians might be 24 points clear at the top of the Ligue 1 table, unbeaten domestically since the start of the season and if they are not motivated to play Marseille, their biggest rivals, there is an issue. Yet on Sunday, it felt like the players were not that committed, or at least lesser so than their opponents. They were complacent, slow, sloppy in their passing and struggled.You could assume that everything will be different against Chelsea on Tuesday at the Parc des Princes. But again, you would have assumed the same before the Marseille clash. And it didn’t happen.They didn’t deserve to win, no one will dispute that. But the most surprising is how overran they were in midfield. For a while now PSG’s three-man midfield has been one of the best in Europe. The trio of Marco Verratti — Thiago Motta — Blaise Matuidi is perfectly harmonious. Verratti has the foot, Motta the brains and Matuidi the legs. They understand each other so well and are the powerhouse behind the success of the team.On Sunday, Verratti was missing and there is every chance that he will be missing the Chelsea clash rather than starting. Replaced by Adrien Rabiot, the PSG midfield lost 39 balls in total against Marseille, more than any game this season. Rabiot, Motta and Matuidi (three left-footed players by the way) were beaten by the Marseille midfield. The Marseillais were more aggressive, more determined and just plain better. The absence of Verratti can explain the bad day the PSG midfield suffered, especially Motta, who was unrecognisable on the night. Motta will be a key player against Chelsea next week. Not only does he need to protect the back four, but he is also the one who starts PSG’s attacks.The form he showed against Marseille was worrying. If Motta can be overrun against Marseille, imagine what will happen against Chelsea in what promises to be a much more pacy and intense game.If Verratti is not fit, it’s likely that Rabiot will replace him again. At 20, Rabiot is one of the most promising young French players. But he can still be hit-and-miss. He gave a world class performance away at Real Madrid in the group stages, but was poor against Barcelona last season in the quarterfinal first leg, losing a ball that led to Neymar’s goal after just 18 minutes.Offensively, too, there is a question mark on who will play up front with Ibrahimovic and Di Maria. Lucas Moura has still not convinced when given the chance, especially in big games like last Sunday’s when he was such a disappointment. Edinson Cavani has been on the bench since the start of the year. He could come back for the Chelsea game, but in what state mentally after being dropped for six weeks?Defensively, Thiago Silva is back to his best but David Luiz is in a different place. He still has a few nagging injuries with a dodgy knee and a fragile hamstring. The Brazilian defender also refused to be substituted out of Sunday’s match, leading to a clear the air session with Blanc on Tuesday.At least, Paris still have their two best defenders, which is not the case for Chelsea after the terrible injury suffered by Kurt Zouma on Sunday against Manchester United. It is a big setback for the Londoners, as the Frenchman became a starter under Guus Hiddink. It’s a disappointment for France as well, as Zouma was the favourite to be the fourth centre-half picked by France coach Didier Deschamps for this summer’s Euro 2016, along with Raphael Varane, Laurent Koscielny and Mamadou Sakho.So not everything is rosy in Paris. A week won’t be enough to resolve some of the issues, but there are enough positives to still make them favourites against Chelsea.Julian Laurens is a London-based PSG vs Chelses Preview The lowdown A lot has changed since the champions of France edged out the soon-to-be-champions of England on away goals this time last season. PSG have become even more dominant domestically while Chelsea have slumped. The Parisiens crossed a psychological rubicon by defeating Chelsea in the last-16 stage, even after having Zlatan Ibrahimovic sent off early in the second leg, and are under some pressure from their Qatari owners to build on that and make at least the semi-finals. How they got here PSG They finished second in a group headed by Real Madrid, who took four points off the French side though were slightly fortunate to do so. The French club won home and away against Shaktar Donetsk and Malmo in the group, raking up 12 goals in those four matches. Chelsea Their dreadful start to their defence of the Premier League title coincided with some wobbles in Europe, where they lost to Porto and drew with Dynamo Kiev, but they emerged on top of their group, contributing to Porto’s surprise elimination, before manager Jose Mourinho was dismissed in December. David Luiz, PSG PSG made him the world’s most expensive defender when they paid Chelsea close to €70 million (Dh291.4m) for him in 2014. He then scored a decisive goal against his old club to help eliminate the London club from last year’s Uefa Champions League. John Terry, Chelsea In open conflict with the club he has played for throughout his career about whether he should have his contract extended on terms he favours. Would love to reinforce his case with a high-class showing against PSG’s vaunted front players. Points to prove PSG Are France’s finest just flat-track bullies? PSG’s domination of Ligue 1 is almost surreal, so vast is their advantage at the top, so long is it since they lost to compatriot opposition. But like their totem, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, their domestic achievements are not matched by a long list of European club honours. They need their lavish spending to show a better dividend in the very late stages of the Champions League. Chelsea They have registered some improvement since Guus Hiddink, a former winner of the European Cup as a coach, took over as interim coach following the sacking of Mourinho. But they will struggle to finish in the Premier League’s top four, which means their only chance of being in next season’s Champions League is by winning this one. Verdict PSG to go through, with a slightly more comfortable margin of victory than the away-goals, extra-time drama of the 2015/16 meeting between the two clubs. ZENIT St. Pete Russia vs Benifica he lowdown The Russian champions have not been as solid domestically as they were when they won the title in 2014/15. But in Europe they have found their swagger, and they would see Benfica as one of the more preferable possible opponents at the last-16 stage. The Portuguese, who will host Zenit just after their top-of-the-table domestic meeting with Porto, have a strong home record in Europe and two Europa League final appearances in the last four seasons. Zenit can take confidence from having won at the Luz in the group phase of last season’s Uefa Champions League. Axel Witsel, Zenit Became one of Zenit’s trophy signings when the club hired him from Benfica during an eye-catching splurge on expensive recruits in 2012. He remains one of the game’s most admired central midfielders. Jonas, Benfica The wiry Brazilian striker, signed from Valencia in 2014, is a candidate for the Golden Shoe thanks to his glut of domestic goals. His confidence is high coming into the tie. Andre Villas Boas, Zenit The much travelled, still youthful coach will leave Zenit at the end of the season, hopeful of landing the same calibre of prestigious job he has held in the past – the likes of Porto, Chelsea, and Tottenham Hotspur. An extended run in Europe will burnish his reputation. His Porto past guarantees a raucous greeting from “benfiquistas”. Julio Cesar, Benfica The veteran Brazilian goalkeeper, 36, won the Champions League with Inter Milan in 2010. Since then he has suffered some downturns, notably when he languished as a reserve choice at English club Queen’s Park Rangers. Hopes to show that, in elite company, he still has his sharp reflexes. Verdict Zenit to go through, thanks to their result in the Russian leg. GENT (Belgium – think Leceister City) vs Wolfsburg German he lowdown There is a temptation to wonder if Gent might be to the Uefa Champions League what Leicester City are to the current Premier League, upstart outsiders who, before we know it, might be five matches from the main prize. The Belgians, who only won their first domestic league last year, are in uncharted European territory. But then so are Wolfsburg, in the knockout phase for the first time in their history, though in poor form over the last three months in the Bundesliga. Whatever happens, either one will give a novel look to the quarter-final line-up. Gent The debutants overcame Valencia, twice Champions League finalists this century and Lyon, semi-finalists in 2010, in the group phase, where they also were the only team to take any points from Zenit St Petersburg, to whom they finished second. Wolfsburg They claimed an even bigger prize, by going through from what turned out a tight quartet, at the expense of Manchester United, who they beat on Matchday 6, leaving United third behind PSV Eindhoven and last season’s Bundesliga runners-up. Sven Kums, Gent The Belgian league’s player of the year as Gent won the title, he has again been influential in central midfield this term. The captain leads by example and scores goals important goals as well as setting them up. Julian Draxler, Wolfsburg Signed last summer to compensate for the loss of Kevin de Bruyne, the 22-year-old creative midfielder made an impact in the group phase and, with his poise and creative vision, can open up the best defences. Gent Belgian football is supposed to be enjoying a golden generation, with its strongest national team, on paper, for perhaps 30 years. But the domestic competition remains a lightweight in European terms. The best Belgian players almost all employed abroad. Gent’s Champions League campaign is showing not all the talent is exported. Andre Schurrle, Wolfsburg The pacey striker has performed only in fits and starts for Wolfsburg, since joining from Chelsea. He needs to remind his national coach, Joachim Loew, he can be as influential as he was for Germany at the 2014 World Cup. Verdict Wolfsburg to shrug off recent domestic setbacks and sneak through. Real Madrid – vs Italy’s Roma The lowdown Both clubs have changed head coach since they made their respective journeys into the knockout phase, Roma reaching back to their past by returning Luciano Spalletti to the post six-and-a-half years after he finished his first, innovative spell there, and Madrid also harking back to former glories with the appointment of Zinedine Zidane, once an epoch-defining Madrid player. Two teams inclined to brisk counter-attack should provide goals. Madrid They produced one of the competition’s more embarassingly one-sided scorelines when they walloped Malmo of Sweden 8-0 in their last group match. They finished top thanks to having edged Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 at home. The clubs from the Spanish and French capitals cleaned up easily in their remaining games against Shaktar Donetsk and the mauled Malmo. Roma will not want to look back too closely on their previous trip to Spain when they go to Madrid for the second leg. They lost 6-1 to Barcelona at Camp Nou in the group phase. But they still did just enough – including drawing 1-1 at home against Barca – to qualify ahead of Bayer Leverkusen. Karim Benzema, Madrid The France striker, who is close to Zidane, becomes ever more important to Madrid as Cristiano Ronaldo’s regularity as a goalscorer dips – CR7 has been accumulating lots of goals but with more blank days than usual between them – and Gareth Bale struggles with injury. Radja Naingollan, Roma Madrid can be vulnerable against hard pressing in midfield. At his energetic best, the bullish Belgian galvanises Roma and closes down the kind of space Luka Modric and Toni Kroos can thrive in. Zinedine Zidane He is still a novice as a head coach. At home, he has overseen some emphatic wins in the Primera Liga, and some expressive performances. On the road, his Madrid have looked more inhibited. He will make his managerial debut in international club competition up against a wily and experienced opposite number, in Spalletti. Stephan El Sharaawy He signed by Roma in the January window, after six months on loan at Monaco and a career with AC Milan that had stuttered, has ambitions to go to Euro 2016 as one of Italy’s strikers. A good show in Europe’s principal club competition would advance those. Verdict Madrid to progress, in the competition that represents their best chance of a trophy this season. The Incredible Journey of Indy 11 Éamon Zayed! Welcome to Indy Mr. Hat Trick! By: James Cormack Bloody Shambles From playing in front of a few hundred on rainy days at Morton Stadium in Dublin with Sporting Fingal to scoring a hat trick in front of 90,000 fans in Tehran with Persepolis, one would imagine Éamon Zayed has quite a few stories behind him.Zayed arrives in Indianapolis after his most recent stint playing for Sabah United in Malaysia alongside one of Africa’s more notable players, El Hadj Diouf of Senegal.Born in Dublin (Ireland’s capital of course, not Ohio), and if you have listened to any of his interviews it’s not hard to recognize by his accent he is definitely a Dublin boy, but Éamon’s nationality as far as the sport of football goes is Libyan.Zayed played for Ireland’s Under-21 national team scoring 5 goals in 12 games, but as often happens in international football, players with an option to play for more than one nation after that age can and do opt to make switch. Éamon did, and elected to play for Libya. He has appeared for the Libyan national team before, during and after the Civil war of 2011.It would take a big map and a lot of pins to plot out the playing career of this center forward. From scoring against teams as far flung as Kuala Lumpur and Equitorial Guinea and taking on Liverpool in Champions League qualifiers, for an Irish lad he has racked up a lot of air miles and probably ate a lot of very fancy foods too! From the many exotic places Éamon has played, probably the most memorable and most talked about in his career recently has been the hat trick he scored for Persepolis in a city derby with rivals Esteghlal. Persepolis were 2-0 down in a match played in front of 90,000 supporters. Zayed was introduced to the game with 30 minutes remaining and scored three goals. The first came on the 81st minute and the last in the second minute of stoppage time.ne of the more bizarre stories surrounding that game is that of one young fan in his early 20’s dying of a heart attack through sheer excitement after the third goal went in. Iranians are extremely fanatical and passionate about soccer and apparently this kind of thing is not uncommon. Éamon was asked by the club to make a statement to the newspapers offering his condolences and sympathy to the family of the young man.After this performance Zayed was plastered onto about every newspaper and magazine that could be imagined in Iran, he regularly had people paying for his dinner, coming up to him and just handing him money or kissing him and thanking him for such a memorable game. Éamon also became affectionately know as “Mr Hat Trick” among the Persepolis faithful in Tehran.Life in Iran was not always fun and high times for Éamon however. After Persepolis, Zayed moved on to play for Aluminium Hormozgan ( that’s Al-yoo-mini-yum for all you North American spelling police out there). After a season at Hormozgan his contract was up and Zayed sat down to discuss the money he was owed. The club offered him a third of the money he was due, which obviously to any player, was unacceptable to Éamon. The club threatened to withhold his passport and the situation boiled down to him not being able to leave until he agreed to vastly reduced terms. Achieving 60-70% of your agreed amount is considered a good deal in Iranian football.From here Éamon Zayed’s love affair with Iran ended and he once again returned to Ireland in 2013 to play for his fifth league of Ireland club Shamrock Rovers. This would become six after he was loaned to Sligo Rovers in 2014. Zayed has also played for Bray Wanderers, Sporting Fingal, Drogheda and Derry City. Éamon won the PFIA player of the year award in 2011.His final destination before putting pen to paper with Indy Eleven was 8,983 ,miles away in Sabah, Malaysia. When he arrives in Indianapolis and laces up his cleats, he will do so on his fourth continent. If he can repeat his productivity in Indy as he has everywhere he has gone, you can most definitely expect to see goals in 2016!At at least four of his clubs Zayed has maintained a record of a fraction over 1 goal in every two games played, for a striker anywhere in the world this is an enviable record. At his last club Sabah United he only played 21 games but netted 11 times.From the day he signed for Bray Wanderers back in 2002 until leaving Malaysia, Éamon Zayed has made 339 club appearances and scored 171 goals. It is never easy to predict how a player will adapt to a different league, but for a striker who has played just about everywhere you might be forgiven for assuming he will maintain that average and score around fifteen goals in 2016. One can only hope!If Tim Hankinson can build a team that can provide good service and Zayed can adapt to the NASL quickly, the loyal supporters of Indy Eleven could be looking at a cult hero in the making. Welcome to Indianapolis Éamon Zayed, please bring your shootin’ boots, we need them! NASL Veteran Defender Stephen DeRoux Latest Indy Eleven Signing Jamaican Left Back Brings Roster to 22 Ahead of Monday’s Report Day in Indy INDIANAPOLIS (Friday, February 12, 2016) –Indy Eleven took one of the last steps towards finalizing its 2016 roster today with the signing of yet another veteran presence in defender Stephen DeRoux. Per club policy, terms of the contract that brings the 32-year-old left back to the “Boys in Blue” will not be released. The native of St. Mary, Jamaica, is the 22nd player signed by Indy Eleven in advance of its third season of NASL play, for which preparations will officially begin Monday when the team reports to the Circle City for physicals. As the holder of a United States Green Card, DeRoux will not count against the team’s allotment of seven international player slots, leaving Indy Eleven with one such spot to fill.“The addition of Stephen DeRoux rounds out what we believe will be the deepest and most experienced defensive corps in the NASL this season,” said Indy Eleven general manager Peter Wilt.DeRoux’s move to Indianapolis reunites him with head coach Tim Hankinson, who coached the Jamaican during the 2013 season with the San Antonio Scorpions. Across the last three years DeRoux set records for the most games (74) and minutes (6,234) played in Scorpions history, overtaking his new Indy Eleven teammate Greg Janicki in both categories.“Stephen has established himself as one of the elite left backs in the North American Soccer League,” said Hankinson. “His ability to bring a warrior mentality to his defending duties and yet attack with great skill and speed makes him a dangerous dual threat.”Last year, DeRoux finished second on San Antonio in games played (28), games started (25) and minutes played (2,244) from his left back position – and finally tacked on his first goal for the squad in October. DeRoux has most recently suited up for the Milwaukee Wave in the Major Arena Soccer League, staying sharp in the offseason by playing in three games since signing in January.“I want to thank everyone at Indy Eleven for the opportunity to contribute and play for a top-class organization that is second-to-none in the NASL. I feel very excited, humbled and blessed for this new chapter in my career to begin and look forward to great things,” said DeRoux. “Every time I came to Indianapolis with San Antonio I got goose bumps and my adrenaline was flowing because of the way the crowd supported their team to the end. As a player I can’t wait to be on these fans’ side rather than be against them.”DeRoux has been in North American soccer circles for over a decade, starting his professional career with three seasons for Major League Soccer’s D.C. United from 2005-07. From there, DeRoux would jump to the USL First Division from 2008-10, suiting up for Minnesota Thunder and Montreal Impact, helping the latter to the 2009 USL Championship. After a year of indoor play with the MISL’s Baltimore Blast in 2011, DeRoux would go back to the Caribbean in 2012 to help the Puerto Rico Islanders during their first season in the NASL and run in the CONCACAF Champions League.Head to www.IndyEleven.com/roster for details on all of the “Boys in Blue” as the club’s roster continues to grow leading into the preseason next week. Fans can also visit the team’s social media channels andwww.IndyEleven.com/preseason to keep up to date on all things Indy Eleven heading into the team’s third NASL campaign.Indy Eleven begins its 2016 season on the road on Saturday, April 2, at the Tampa Bay Rowdies. “Indiana’s Team” kicks off its home schedule at IUPUI’s Michael A. Carroll Stadium on Saturday, April 9, against the rival Ottawa Fury, followed a week later by a visit from the defending NASL Champion New York Cosmos. Fans can currently secure their seats at Carroll Stadium via the team’s 2016 Season Ticket package or the new Starting Eleven Flex Pack; for more information, visit the “Tickets” section of www.IndyEleven.com, call 317-685-1100 during regular business hours (9a-5p weekdays) or email tickets@indyeleven.com. Indy Eleven Adds Former Spanish La Liga Midfielder Gorka Larrea to Roster Former Spanish Youth International Brings “Boys in Blue” to 21 Players with Preseason Approaching Indy Eleven bolstered its strength in the middle of the field today with the signing of veteran Spanish La Liga midfielder Gorka Larrea. Per club policy, contract terms will not be announced.Larrea becomes the 21st player to sign with Indy Eleven – and the fifth to occupy one of the club’s seven international player roster slots – ahead of the team’s third season of play in the North American Soccer League starting in April. Preseason preparations will begin when the team gathers for the first time in Indianapolis next Monday, Feb. 15.“Gorka’s experience in Spain’s top two divisions combined with his time spent with Montreal [Impact FC] in Major League Soccer creates a great fit of experience and a working knowledge of the professional game in the United States,” said Indy Eleven head coach Tim Hankinson. “He is a true defensive midfielder that is most comfortable sitting in front of the defense and can act as a fifth back when that situation is necessary.”The 31-year-old Larrea brings ample playing experience in his native Spain, including time early in his career with the powerhouse country’s youth international teams, with him to the Circle City. The defensive midfielder played 22 games in Spain’s La Liga (first division) with Real Sociedad from 2003 to 2006 and Levante UD in 2010. He also played more than 100 games in the Segunda División (second division) for four clubs between 2006 and 2013, twice helping squads earn promotion to La Liga – UD Almería in 2006/07 and as captain of Levante in 2009/10.Larrea most recently suited up for Major League Soccer’s Montreal Impact FC, making nine appearances during the second half of the Quebec club’s 2014 season.“Gorka provides added talent and depth in a key midfield position,” said Indy Eleven general manager Peter Wilt. “He comes highly recommended from Montreal as someone that will not only help on the field, but serve as a great voice in the locker room as well.”On the international scene, Larrea represented Spain on various youth teams, making 15 appearances from the U-16 to U-23 levels alongside future stars of the game like Andrés Iniesta and Fernando Torres. He was part of the squad that won the 2001 UEFA European U-16 Championship and also helped the Spanish U-23 side win the 2005 Mediterranean Games.”I feel extremely happy to be a ‘Boy in Blue,’ and I thank the club greatly for this opportunity. I talked to Coach Hankinson and he expressed to me his enthusiasm for the competitive spirit of the team,” said Larrea. “Soccer should bring fans happiness, so we will have to play very hard and with passion to make them proud of us. I will do my best to help the team achieve our goals, be hard to beat, never give up and dream big along with our supporters.”Visit the IndyEleven.com roster page to more info on Larrea and the rest of the “Boys in Blue” as the squad continues to grow leading into the preseason. Fans can also visit the team’s social media channels and the IndyEleven.com preseason page to keep up to date on all things Indy Eleven heading into the team’s third NASL campaign.Indy Eleven begins its 2016 season on the road on Saturday, April 2, at the Tampa Bay Rowdies. “Indiana’s Team” kicks off its home schedule at IUPUI’s Michael A. Carroll Stadium on Saturday, April 9, against the rival Ottawa Fury, followed a week later by a visit from the defending NASL Champion New York Cosmos. Fans can currently secure their seats at Carroll Stadium via the team’s 2016 Season Ticket package or the new Starting Eleven Flex Pack; for more information, visit the “Tickets” section of www.IndyEleven.com, call 317-685-1100 during regular business hours (9a-5p weekdays) or email tickets@indyeleven.com. Juventus taking aim at Napoli lead – Gianluigi Buffon Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon says Napoli fully deserve to be at the top of Serie A, although he is hoping to knock them off their perch on Sunday.The Azzurri hold a two-point advantage over the Bianconeri heading into Sunday’s top-of-the-table clash which few people would have been predicting as such after the two teams first met this season back in September.Napoli won that game 2-1 to take them to tenth in the standings, six points adrift of the early-season pacesetters Inter. Juve were a further four points behind, just two clear of the relegation zone.”We were both in an embryonic phase when we first met this season,” Buffon said in interviews with Sky Sport Italia and Mediaset, summarised on theItalianclub’s website. “Everybody was writing us off, which was only normal. Maybe they were underestimating our technical value and our morale, which have led us to do what we have done in these four years, and what we are doing again now.” While Massimiliano Allegri’s men have won their last 14 in a row, Napoli are on their own eight-game winning streak, which is why they are first and second heading into Sunday’s Juventus Stadium clash, and justifiably so, according to Buffon.“After several years in the second row, now they have been up there for a long time and they deserve to be there,” Buffon said of his side’s opponents. “They have everything it takes to confirm their status too.“They want to prove that being top is just a logical consequence of the hard work they have done. I think both sides will play to win and if Napoli succeed, they will gain a decent advantage with 13 games left. For us, [winning] would not change much other than boost our morale because winning would be the cherry on top of this 14-game marathon of wins.”One of the most intriguing battles this weekend will be between the two Argentineans currently at the top of the scoring chart: Napoli’s Gonzalo Higuain, 28, with 24 goals and Paulo Dybala, 22, with 13.“They both have different characteristics,” Buffon said. “One is more of a finisher; a true goalscorer — Higuain has already shown down the years that he’s a phenomenal striker, in spite of a few moments when he was being criticised.“Paulo’s class is outstanding and he’s got huge margin for improvement. He plays more between the midfield and the attack.” The Old Ballcoach – Coach Shane Best ← 2/5/16-US Wins plays Can Fri 10:15 FS1, TV Game Schedule, Copa Tix in Chicago for sale 2/19 Champ League, US Ladies Olympic Qual tonite, Games on TV →	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1975
__label__wiki	0.717497	0.717497	http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Teleportation aka: Teleporters And Transporters VideoExamples Create New - Create New - Analysis Characters FanficRecs FanWorks Fridge Haiku Headscratchers ImageLinks Laconic PlayingWith Recap ReferencedBy Synopsis Timeline Trivia WMG YMMV Energize! "You could go anywhere anytime. Instantly. Win any race. Flank any enemy. Get out of any situation. Do you realize how much time we spend going from place to place? Imagine a world where you're always where you want to be. THAT'S the power of teleportation." — Marina, Splatoon 2 Disappearing from one location and reappearing in another. There are several ways this can be managed, from dematerialization/rematerialization, wormholes, bending space, and other more exotic means. There is also the question of whether the effect is technological or inherent to an individual; if it's some manner of device, expect it to break down at plot-critical moments. Considerably cheaper than a shuttlecraft, from a special effects point of view. Star Trek only has them because the cost of landing craft effects proved to be too much for the budget of the original series. However, years later, Gene Roddenberry admitted they could have just handled things with a jump-cut between "Launch a shuttle!" and "Here we are on the surface.", as evidenced in Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, where they don't generally have transporters, but do have very fast, rarely seen shuttles. With very few exceptions (The Tomorrow People (1973), Stargate SG-1), such devices are capable only of comparatively short-range transport. You still need a Cool Starship to get between stars. This technology has the potential to short-circuit the drama of a story, so all examples have limitations built in to cause the transporter/teleporter/ disintegrator/whateverator to fail whenever it is needed most. (See: Plot-Sensitive Items, Phlebotinum Breakdown, and Teleporter Accident.) The ability to accomplish the same thing without technological means also crops up from time to time, either by "magic", or as a kind of superpower. Non-technological teleportation accomplished by psychic power is often called "Jaunting", after Alfred Bester's science fiction classic, The Stars My Destination. The Star Trek-style turn-you-into-energy-and-back-again transporter is perhaps the single most physically impossible piece of Phlebotinum in all of Science Fiction, for a large number of different reasons, including enormous temperature and data storage requirements, computational time (many times the age of the universe), massive energy output (more energy than is available in the entire universe), and unachievable transmission focusing resolution (all explained by physicist Lawrence Krauss in The Physics of Star Trek). This puts it among the crown jewels of Weird Science. It also raises some hairy metaphysical questions as well, regarding just what happens to you when you step into the thing, and who exactly emerges at the other end. This issue was explored rather bleakly in the James Patrick Kelly story "Think Like a Dinosaur" (later adapted into an episode of The Outer Limits (1995)). And that's if the process works. See also the Twinmaker teleporter, a teleporter that analyzes the contents of one booth, sends a description to the other, creates a clone there and destroys the original. Due to the above, teleportation in modern works often works by warping space somehow, or passing through Another Dimension. Used offensively to kill or incapacitate, it's Weaponized Teleportation. Compare and contrast Flash Step, which only looks like teleportation but is actually Super Speed. See Teleportation Tropes for many sub-tropes. The mages of Delicious in Dungeon can use teleportation spells. Doing so they are able to leave the titular dungeon, but don't seem to be able to teleport back down into it. They have to travel the old fashioned way to get back to where they were. Dragon Ball: Goku learns a specialized movement ability called "Instant Transmission" from a race called the Yardrats, though he can only teleport to places where there are people with ki to lock onto. This means his effective limit is his limit for sensing ki. But given that Goku can simply skip into the Spirit Realm to extend his range, basically, if there's life (or afterlife), Goku can go there. In Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler, Cooler demonstrates to Goku that he also knows Instant Transmission, leading to a brief clash of Teleport Spam. Cell also learns Instant Transmission after coming back from a single cell. The Supreme Kai's attendant Kibito has a similar ability, but he doesn't require a source of ki to lock onto, making his teleportation much more powerful than Goku's, as he can go anywhere in the universe instantly. This is the version Kid Buu later copies. In Dragon Ball Super, it's revealed that the Supreme Kai can use the Instant Movement even without being fused with Kibito, and that it extends to other universes and even Zen'O's palace. Because Goku Black copied all of Goku's moveset, he can perform the Instant Transmission. Goku learned this the hard way when he thought he had an advantage over Goku Black during their second battle. It is heavily hinted that Zamasu also knows the Instant Movement, since he was able to move between U7 and U10 in the span of a morning, and the Instant Movement can move instantly between universes. The Tournament of Power introduces Jimeze, a member of the Yardrat race and master of Instant Transmission. However, Frieza points out that his teleportation pattern is predictable and Frieza is fast enough to catch up to him even when he teleports, resulting in Jimeze easily being defeated. In the end, the whole plot of Martian Successor Nadesico boils down to a fight over the Applied Phlebotinum that allows teleportation of everything from individuals to whole fleets of starships (note that the former is actually harder, as it takes a lot of effort to teleport living creatures without killing them). As a bonus, said teleportation also allows for Time Travel, or rather, vice versa. A Certain Magical Index: Kuroko Shirai can teleport herself or anything she comes in contact with. The higher concentration required relative to other types of powers (it involves eleven-dimensional vector calculations) prevents her from using it if she can't stay focused. Awaki Musujime has the ability "Move Point" which is basically a stronger version of Kuroko's Teleport: while Kuroko can only teleport things she touches, Awaki's ability boils down to "everything from point A to point B" as long as both are within 800 meters and the target doesn't weigh more than 4.5 tons. Unlike Kuroko, she has several issues teleporting herself due to a Teleporter Accident when she was younger. Saraku, a minor villain also nicknamed Kill Point, is only able to teleport directly behind someone, so his main fighting style is to teleport behind them and stab them in the back. However, this makes him predictable, so opponents who can block his attempts to stab them in the back can easily defeat him. Both Othinus and Thor have an ability that looks similar to teleportation, but works in the opposite way: rather than moving themselves, they stay still and the entire world moves around them. Thor can do this via a very advanced spell borrowing from the legend of Thor as an almighty god (which he was considered at first, prior to later Norse myth relegating him to god of lightning instead), Othinus can do it because she actually is a god. They don't like using this ability too much though, as reckless use can throw the Earth's orbit out of whack, and nobody wants that. Noticeably absent in Gundam for all of its Sci-Fi tropes until The ∀ Gundam and the Turn X. Notable for being done with nanomachines somehow. Seen again in Mobile Suit Gundam 00 when Setsuna performs this in the 00 Raiser while using Trans-Am. In Gantz, the titular sphere uses a slow teleportation process to send the team members on their missions. In keeping with the Crosses the Line Twice spirit of the series, the insides of the characters' bodies are visible during transportation. Also, one of the Gantz weapons, the Y-Gun, uses the same process to send captured enemies to an as yet unknown location. Doraemon had the "Anywhere Door", which was a door that could take you wherever you specified. You have to be pretty specific about your target location, as it doesn't care whether or not it'd be practical for you to, say, end up walking over the threshold straight into the ocean. Common in Lyrical Nanoha. Cool Ships like the Arthra come equipped with them for sending crew members passengers down planets and space stations; good enough mages can transport themselves across planets and dimensions though it will require quite a bit of preparation; and powerful summoners could teleport entire armies en masse and at multiple points as a secondary ability. Secondary character Yuuno Scrya has the apparently unique ability to forcibly teleport an unwilling target, which was used in the first season to bring an enemy familiar with him away from the battlefield. Brita in Darker Than Black got the ability to teleport herself and touched living creatures. Clothes don't count, by the way (not that she cared much). The ability to teleport in Mahou Sensei Negima! is treated as an extremely difficult and high level type of magic. Artfacts tend to be required, usually an entire rune port being involved; these are the mage versions of an airport and there are were only 11 in the Magical World. A small few can teleport without one (usually by creating an elemental gate of some sort). Psychicers in Psyren sometimes have this power. W.I.S.E. Commander Shiner's Hexagonal Transfer System fires a beam that teleports everything it engulfs to a specified location on top of standard teleportation. Lan's hypercube boxes engulf areas and then "download" the contents of one to another. Among the titular Zettai Karen Children, Aoi is the teleporter. Her ability is a function of mass, distance and target density. Mio is her antagonist counterpart who has an ability to create Portal Doors on chosen locations, and several other characters use a little bit of telesensing for their composite abilities. In Star Blazers / Space Battleship Yamato, the Gamilons have a teleporter called the SMITE that can transport whole ships (or whole flocks of space mines) across relatively short tactical distances. Also, the space warp ability possessed by most ships in the Yamatoverse is essentially a form of very long-range teleportation. This was the ability of the large monster in Cencoroll, who seemed to create small holes in the air and get sucked through them. In Naruto, this is one of Tobi/Obito Uchiha's two main powers (the other being intangibility); he does it by using his right eye to access an alternate dimension. The 4th Hokage used Summon Magic to instant teleport himself (and/or anything else he touches) to locations where he had placed special seals. The 2nd Hokage apparently developed the original version of this technique, while the 4th Hokage mastered and perfected it. Another character who has an ability like this is Sasuke, with his Rinnegan. Sasuke's variant, Amenotejikara, achieves this by swapping the positions of any two objects in his field of vision. Ryoko has this as an ability in most Tenchi Muyo! incarnations. The main limit she cites is needing to have previously been in that location. The 00 Raiser from Gundam 00 can "quantize" itself when in Trans-Am, allowing for effectively short distance teleports. From the movie, the 00 Qan[T] has the same ability, except the Qan[T] can quantize itself over vast interstellar distances. Kazura from Night Raid 1931 can teleport as long as he can focus his vision on the target location. Kuse also has teleportation powers, although it is only limited in certain locations. In the 2012 OAV adaptation of Ai no Kusabi, every single doorway save for the main gate of Tanagura's Eos Tower is actually a teleporter that will get you to different rooms or platforms within the tower. God Eneru and Admiral Kizaru from One Piece can transform into lightning and light respectively, allowing them to move at light speed, which basically give them this power (according to Einstein's theory of relativity, from their own point of view the transmission would be instant). Tokyo ESP has a couple of espers with this ability, the ptime ones being Minami and Kyoutaro. Doranbalt from Fairy Tail has teleportation magic, which has saved his life and the lives of others more than once. The Seven Deadly Sins: Oslo, who is basically a fairy Hell Hound, is capable of teleporting himself and others. To teleport others he has to swallow them whole with his mouth. Vivian, a masked Holy Knight who looks like a bubble-head nurse from Silent Hill, is capable of teleporting herself and others via magic. Merlin, Vivian's female master, is also capable of teleporting. Merlin's mastery over it however is much more advance. She is capable of teleporting a person to and from several locations in rapid succession almost instantaneously. Shu of Castle Town Dandelion has this as his Royalty Superpower. Transporter allows him to teleport himself and anything (or anyone) he touches to a location he's previously thought about. Toni and Mika from Miracle Girls can teleport when their pinkies are intertwined as part of their twin powers. They can go anywhere in the world with enough concentration and are able to send only one of them at a time if they want to. Sailor Moon has two flavors: The most diffused method is portals. It's mostly used by some villains that can open them at will, but in the manga Sailor Neptune showed her Deep Aqua Mirror can work this way too, with the added feature that if the enemy on the other side kills her and whoever followed her on the mission they simply come out of the Mirror slightly beaten with the Mirror's glass broken. Sailor Teleport allows the user to simply reappear in a different location, but has some limits-one needs to know the destination, the distance covered is vast but limited (the manga makes clear it's unusable over interstellar distances, and in the anime's first movie it fails to cover the full distance to Fiore's asteroid), and is quite difficult to pull (in the anime it needs at least the whole Inner Senshi group, and in the manga it initially had the same limitation and needed to be used while transforming, at least the first time). Many mutants from the X-Men comics have this ability: Apocalypse and Deadpool use portable devices to affect this ability. Apocalypse's device is a Celestial matter-transporter and is fairly reliable, but Deadpool's jury-rigged device is... rather less so. The female mutant Blink from Age of Apocalypse and Exiles is also an example. She can teleport large groups of people as well as parts of objects. In combat, she specializes in teleporting part of her targets. Cable has his trademarked bodyslide. Like Apocalypse and Deadpool above, he effects it through technology rather than wielding it as a mutant power. Knight Templar and Superpower Lottery winner Exodus has teleportation as one of the grab bag of powers at his disposal. He can use it for anything from interplanetary teleportation to combat-focused Teleport Spam. Illyana Rasputin, a,k,a, Magik, can teleport through both time and space but has to go through the demonic dimension of Limbo to do it. Subverted in that increased time or distance can (and has) distort the chances of arriving in the right...time or space. One of Legion's multiple personalities, Compass Rose, wields the ability to locate any person and teleport to their location. Unfortunately, this being Legion, the power is "kind of brutal" and somewhat less than reliable. There's also Lila Cheney, who can't teleport less than intergalactic distances (she crosses most of the universe just to go half a mile). Magik's spell has been taught to another character, Megan Gwynn (Pixie) who made Nightcrawler feel obsolete for a story (as the Magic Teleport travels greater distances and accurately). However we've never seen Magik or Pixie teleport a 'short' distance. Magik's teleportation is her mutant power, which makes the spell Pixie uses a bit of a research flub. Illyana's also done short distances, too, in combat. Nightcrawler has the ability to teleport through another dimension, with a characteristic "BAMF!" noise and puff of brimstone. He also crops up in X-Men, X-Men: Evolution, Wolverine and the X-Men, and the movies. Mutant villain Siena Blaze of the Upstarts was a teleporter with an interesting gimmick — not only could she teleport, she could also interfere with the electromagnetic energy spectrum in such a way as to hamper other teleporters. She forced Nightcrawler above to teleport into solid rock in this way, very nearly killing him. Trevor Fitzroy's mutant power combines this with Life Drinker and Time Travel for a truly confusing case of Combo Platter Powers. Like Blink above, he's rather fond of using the Portal Cut trick to deal with enemies, though unlike Blink he requires stolen life energy to power his portals. U-Go Girl from X-Force was a teleporter, but she wasn't a very good one - even after a while on the job as a superhero, porting still made her feel ill. Venus Dee Milo would more or less replace her on the roster when the team changed to X-Statix, and was a marked improvement who even had other powers besides. Voght of Magneto's Acolytes has the ability to transmute herself and other people/objects into a mist state that she can teleport anywhere on the planet (and even off-planet, as she typically transported her team to and from their Space Base Avalon). The Marvel Universe has so many forms of teleportation as well as so many ways to block it that the conflicting advancements are explicitly compared to the ongoing battle between hackers and encryption teams. The New Universe: Blow Out has the paranormal ability to teleport, but the place he's in blows up immediately after he teleports out. This creates problems when he goes homicidally insane. Sedara Bakut, a character from later issues of Psi-Force, can create door-like portals in space. The DCU: Peek-a-Boo — a Justified Criminal who's fought The Flash — has the same power as Blow Out, but is not homicidally insane... yet. She also automatically teleports away if someone touches her, but she can only go to where she can see, so her power doesn't work if she is blinded or if it is completely dark. Misfit has teleportation with the added bonus that it accelerates her already super-Healing Factor. She can go almost anywhere without fault without the need to visualize her destination (at least, not specifically in the way most others do). All she has to do is want to go somewhere or to someone and she will arrive, even if she has no idea where the destination is. However, she can't take anything organic with her except herself, or else they explode. The only actual superpower of DC's Ambush Bug is teleportation, an ability granted to him by his bug costume. In early appearances, he had tiny mechanical bugs that lived in his antennae and could only teleport to places where one of those bugs was located, but later he was able to teleport anywhere he wished. The Justice League of America has teleportation devices for their various bases. They've even weaponized it at least once, famously trapping Doomsday in a series of portals to prevent him from escaping. Nightshade of Shadowpact and Task Force X can teleport through shadows by entering the Nightshade realm at one location and exiting it at another. In her second series, Supergirl faces several psychic villains like Psi who can teleport themselves. In Supergirl (Rebirth) storyline The Girl of No Tomorrow, villainous sorceress Selena has this power. She teleports herself away when she realizes her allies are about to be defeated. In Red Daughter of Krypton, Kara's Red Lantern Ring can create wormholes. She doesn't often make use of this feature because she's usually fast enough than teleportation becomes irrelevant, but it saves her life when Worldkiller-1 is taking over her Kryptonite-poisoned body and she needs to get to the Sun quick. In The Supergirl from Krypton, Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman use Big Barda's Mother Box to travel to and from Apokolips when Darkseid kidnaps Kara. In Demon Spawn, villain Nightflame can cast magical dimensional portals. Wonder Woman: During the Golden Age after her Heel–Face Turn Paula von Gunther created an interplanetary teleporter, which allowed Di to fight opponents on other planets like Venus. Charles Brigman, aka "Greyhound" from PS238 is a high-level teleporter, capable of teleporting himself plus at least one passenger in physical contact to any place he has previously physically visited in an instant, regardless of distance (he can even teleport across dimensional boundaries). He, as well as anyone teleporting with him, keeps momentum between jumps. Cloak & Dagger: Cloak can teleport via the "darkforce dimension," which his cloak is a portal to. He can take passengers, but it's a pretty traumatizing ride if his partner Dagger isn't around to ameliorate the effects. In the Mirage Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, teleportation technology, due to its obvious wartime applications, is a goal for nearly every space-faring race. When Professor Honeycutt appears to have reached a breakthrough, he is hunted by two different cultures. Only one culture, the usually-benign Utroms, have achieved it, and other groups theorize that they actively, if covertly, prevent other people from obtaining it. The universe of Watchmen has teleportation tech - with a major drawback that things teleported tend to explode upon arrival. This effect turns out to be a major part of Ozymandias' Batman Gambit Also Jon Osterman's nauseating (for Laurie at least) Manhattan Transfer. John Stone of Planetary has his Blitzen Suit which enables short-range teleportation ◊. Tempest of Atari Force has the powers of Nightcrawler, but in a lighter flavor. (Transfer dimension is a pleasant, sunny place.) Doctor Strange has at least one teleportation spell, though it's implied to be a considerable magical effort and also very noticeable — he's happy to take ordinary transportation if he's not certain the destination is safe, or in cases where time is not of the essence. Disney Mouse and Duck Comics: Zapotek and Marlin's Time Machine could technically be used as this, as it can move people through time and space and simply setting the time at 0 the effect is teleportation... But the homing technology of the time machine is not quite sophisticated enough yet. They once tried to get around the problem with teleportation chambers, but had to dismantle them due being unsafe. In the reboot of Paperinik New Adventures, the Guardians of the Galaxy and the Evronians have teleporter platforms. Those of the Guardians are capable of interstellar travel. In the 2014 relaunch of the original series, Paperinik realizes that the Raider's chronosail (a portable Time Machine, small enough the Raider actually wears his one and two spares) can be used like this by setting the time travel to zero, like Marlin and Zapotek's time machine. As the Raider is from the 23rd century, the homing technology is sophisticated enough to pull it off... Or, if necessary, teleport a gigantic Evronian engine in a space station smaller than it. In the PKNA/Double Duck crossover "Time Crime", renegade Time Police officer T32 has the time travel mechanism of his chronosail damaged... But can still use it for teleportation, as some crooks learned when they tried to rob him and had to fight a teleporting opponent with powerful fists. In Sonic the Hedgehog/Mega Man: Worlds Collide, Sonic got to experience teleportation first hand when Mega Man brings him to Light Labs. He promptly wants to toss his chili dogs. Hela is notable as perhaps the only Asgardian who can travel instantaneously between the Nine Realms without needing to use the Bifrost, flying craft or secret pathways. Teleportation is a mighty useful ability to have when your job is to collect the souls of dead Asgardians and usher them to The Underworld. In Bloodstrike, Roam is able to teleport the titular mercenary team around, but needs time to charge up her powers. All Your Base Are Belong To Her has Dawn accidentally landing in the Gateroom, only to discover that the Ancient's technology interfaces and amplifies her power as the Key, granting her teleportation abilities. The power comes with sharply-defined limitations, though that does not prevent Dawn from emptying bank vaults and pillaging high-end clothing stores (The SGC and NID are not amused). The Star Wars/Star Trek fanfic Conquest deconstructs the transporters of the latter when a force-powered individual reveals that a transporter kills the original and makes a duplicate. Later on, the Empire rigs up transporters on one of their ships. Not so they can use them for personnel, but so they can kidnap infants from the Federation. In Origins, a Mass Effect/Star Wars/Borderlands/Halo Massive Multiplayer Crossover, the Big Bad (for a while, anyway) uses the canon power "Force Travel" several times. However, such great power comes with consequences. Leif Melyamos of the Redwall Transplanted Character Fic Soulless Shell can teleport, despite the fact that the canon is Demythtification and isn't supposed to have magic. This is only the start of the fic's problems. With Strings Attached has several instances of teleportation: All of the skahs wizards can do it. Ringo teleports when he gets a sudden shock, back to the last safe location he'd seen or been. Once he teleported more than 400 miles away from his original location. The continent of Armia on the Hunter's world has many different portgates to take travelers all over the place. The Keys Stand Alone: The Soft World has a system of teleport gates called jump gates, activated by jump gems; there are also rare Free Jump Gems that allow a holder to teleport anywhere they've ever been. The Calvinverse has several teleporters, most notably the MTM. Retro Chill shows that Sherman has a teleportation belt, but it never comes up again. There is a major teleportation (known as "warping") network service in Warriors of the World: Soldiers of Fortune, run by Kafra Corp, that connects major cities for a fee. People also use Butterfly and Fly Wings, magically imbued items, to teleport around. Child of the Storm has various characters performing Apparition, as well as the appearance of Nightcrawler in the sequel. Strange can also teleport around Hogwarts, which Hermione finds bamboozling and everyone else just accepts as Strange being...well, Strange. Escape From the Moon: As of chapter 19.5 of the sequel The Mare From the Moon, Pharynx has apparently learned how to do this, as he teleports back to the hive for a quick word with Thorax, and then back to the Crystal Empire afterward. Thorax makes a note to learn it himself. Spliced has also learned it by the end of the story. Film — Live-Action Spaceballs deliberately parodies Star Trek's transporters, down to "Shall I have Snotty beam you down, sir?" It does not go well, as the victim, President Skroob, ends with his body twisted around. It wasn't particularly necessary, as he was one room over. Galaxy Quest exploits the same joke with the "digital conveyer". Using it is more an art than a science, and it only works with humans. Using it on pig-lizards has negative results note of the "turns-it-inside-out-and-then-it-explodes" variety. It must also be noted that the idea of conveyer is less naive that the traditional transporter. It must be actually targeted on the object to transport or place to transport back. Also spoofed with the interstellar pods. The subject stands on a small circular disc reminiscent of a Star Trek transporter, whereupon a transparent goo rises up and engulfs the subject, who is then shot at ridiculous speeds across outer space and through a wormhole to their destination. One character responds after pod travel with a horrified scream. The pods are noteworthy due to the fact that, according to one character, the pods themselves could be shot down during transit. That's right; not only is the traveler still in one piece and conscious during transport (as Tim Allen's character finds out), they can also be targeted by starship-level weaponry! One early, well-known example of teleportation in film is The Fly (1958), which was successful enough to lead to several sequels and a big budget 1986 remake (which had a sequel of its own). The entire franchise is based on the results of teleportation experiments Gone Horribly Wrong. ...as is the 1966 British film The Projected Man, best known for its appearance on Mystery Science Theater 3000. A machine that duplicates a person and teleports the copy is a major plot point in The Prestige. Or does it leave the copy and teleport the original? Or does it obliterate the original entirely, and produce two copies, one in the machine, one at a distance? The titular ship in Event Horizon used the Another Dimension version of this to achieve Faster-Than-Light Travel. Unfortunately... Let us not forget the Star Trek films themselves (ST:I - VI TOS cast, VII - X TNG cast, newest one a "reboot" of TOS cast). Interestingly, the Star Trek (2009) film by J. J. Abrams uses a different visual effect for the transporter beam, to try to differentiate it from all pre-existing versions, it uses a swirling pattern as the molecules are dissolved. Also interesting to note that in this film, they have problems locking on to some people, and at one point Scotty uses a new method he developed to beam on to a ship that is far beyond normal transporter range. Star Trek: Insurrection had some sort of energy beam which was being used to capture colonists and force-migrate so that the planet and its resources could be exploited. The exploiters weren't willing to commit murder, but kidnapping by teleportation was sufficient. While typically depicted as a sort of jump-gate technology, Space Bridges in the Transformers Film Series are teleportation devices utilized by the Seekers to (initially) find unpopulated solar systems to harvest. They can take passengers, but landing is apparently troublesome if you're not a giant robot. Mars Needs Women starts with three women vanishing abruptly in bad jump cuts. The Martian later states that: "We attempted to seize three women by transponder." Their failure probably has something to do with the fact that a transponder is an entirely different device from a transporter. Members of The Adjustment Bureau can fast travel to anywhere that is connected to a door, provided the person who opens the door must have a special hat to fulfill this condition. The digitization laser in TRON was originally intended to be used as a teleporter, but its use has so far been limited to sending people into cyberspace. In The Last Witch Hunter, Belial uses some sort of tree-roots-like teleporter, which works by emerging from a wall or floor, pulling the transported in and dropping them off by another wall or floor in similar manner. The Sonic Transducer in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. It's implied to be able to send people to other planets and through time. Jumper, loosely based on the book Jumper, largely preserves the main characters abilities, including the hole in space temporarily made when teleporting and restriction of jump-along objects to man portable objects (loosened as the film goes on for Rule of Cool and dramatic effect). Significantly adds a backstory of other jumpers and a cult that hunts them down as abominations. The gamebook series Star Challenge features teleportation (known there as warping) as one of the ways for interstellar — in one book, even interdimensional — travel. The other is your Cool Starship. Lone Wolf featured a teleporting staff as early as the third book. Later, readers got to see why it was so special, when they unlock a teleporting spell that hurts them and works only by line of sight. In the science fiction serial, Alterien, the Alteriens and other 4-dimensional beings teleport by way of instant wormholes that envelop them. The high spirits of Adam R. Brown's Astral Dawn can teleport using only their thoughts. In Dragon Bones, Oreg can do this with magic. It is limited to the surroundings of castle Hurog, though. Wizards in the Harry Potter novels have multiple means of teleportation. There's the Floo Network, a government-regulated teleportation system that operates through the user's fireplace. If your fireplace is hooked up, you may enter into it and exit through any other fireplace in the network. It is also possible for wizards to learn to 'apparate', that being the ability to disappear from one place and appear in another at will (with some restrictions—the last book specifies that there's a distance limit for travel by Apparition.). This, however, is difficult, highly uncomfortable and quite dangerous if done badly (failed apparition can result in the wizard getting 'splinched', i.e. leaving parts of themselves behind). For this reason, a license is required in order to legally apparate. One of the interesting non-plot tidbits we got in Half-Blood Prince was being able to see the Apparition classes held at Hogwarts. Finally, there are Portkeys: objects that have a spell on them that allows the person touching them to arrive at a location. Any object can be turned into a portkey, though wizards tend to use things that would be taken as trash, since it cuts down on the chances of any Muggle accidentally picking one up. Portkeys are one-shot devices used to transport a wizard one time to one particular location which has been determined in advance when the Portkey was enchanted. Supplementary material reveals that there are several magical creatures that specialize in teleportation magic. A particularly interesting example would be a bird called the Diricawl, which teleports in an explosion of feathers. The twist is that Diricawls are actually what muggles think were dodo birds, and muggles believe them to be extinct. In reality, the Diricawls escaped extinction by using their teleportation to hide from muggles when they realized they were being hunted. Steven Gould's Jumper and its sequels are about a man, David Rice (and, in the ensuing decades, his wife and daughter, because apparently teleportation is catching) who can teleport to any location he can remember clearly. He remains unclear on why he can do so, despite unwilling participation in research of his ability, but the initial trigger appears to be an extreme fight or flight experience (in order by person, rape, falling, and avalanche). Other nuances also come into play, such as the preservation of momentum through 'jumps', the Required Secondary Powers that allow him to jump with him anything he can lift (therefore leaving things he 'can't' lift as potential restraints) and the utilization of the hole in space created and the displacement of whatever is being jumped into to pour water, air, sand, and vacuum from one place into another. It also explores the ethical implications to a limited degree, as David and family have a strict no killing policy, but he initially uses his powers to rob a bank and later uses them as a one man infil/exfil team for the government (with, again, tight restrictions). The time travel of Michael Crichton's Timeline involved a mix of "turn you into data, transmit, retranslate back into matter" (accomplished via super-powerful quantum computers) teleportation and alternate universes. In David Weber's Empire from the Ashes series, in addition to standard FTL, the Fourth Empire also made use of a network of "mat-trans" devices that threw matter through hyperspace and caught it on the other side. This caused the fall of the Fourth Empire by allowing the spread of a horrifically-effective bio-weapon. Robert A. Heinlein's book Tunnel in the Sky has a "Ramsbotham Gate" that requires equipment only at one end. In the novel Good Omens, apparently demons can transport themselves over the telephone network. When Crowley escapes a Lord of Hell, he traps the aforementioned Lord in his answering machine's tape. Tunnel Through Time by Lester del Rey has some characters going back to the time of the dinosaurs, the Applied Phlebotinum breaks down and they are stranded, then later, one of the scientists comes back to get them after developing some improvements that allow him to summon the gateway with a device like a remote control. Larry Niven: The Known Space 'verse has humans installing "transfer booths" throughout the world, which creates all sorts of changes in society on Earth due to their virtually free running costs: Geographical identity vanishes in the face of global monoculture; people travel all over the world for minor errands like shopping; whenever anything happens on the news a massive "flash crowd" zips in from every corner of the earth after hearing about it; and whenever there is a crime, no one has an alibi. The Puppeteers' "stepping disks" also play a major role in the Ringworld sequels. He also put teleporting booths in the otherwise hard-science A World Out of Time. Unlike the Known Space teleporters, these were innately short-range and required a long, unbroken string of booths to travel long distances. Niven also wrote another Verse where exploring the social and economic ramifications of similar teleport technology is the main theme of the stories. Dan Simmons's novel Illium has some of its cast living in the aftermath of The Singularity. Most transportation on Earth now involves "neutrino faxing" through faxnodes, which achieve instantaneous travel from any node to another by transmitting only the data of the traveler's composition from node to node, breaking down the original into raw matter, stored for the reconstruction of other travelers. Faxing is technically death and instant cloning at the other side, complete with memories. When they find out, this bothers the main characters for all of 5 seconds. Hinted at to the reader who recalls that "fax" is a shortening of "facsimile," or exact copy... There is also "quantum teleportation'', which is used by the post-humans and the Olympian Gods. It actually transports the user rather than disintegrating and recreating them, as well as allowing time travel and travel between alternate universes. Simmons does extremely high technology in his science fiction as a matter of course. His somewhat more famous Hyperion series had galactic society linked by wormhole-like portals on countless worlds. The absurdly super-rich had houses with doors built out of these portals, meaning their house could technically be on a dozen or more different planets. Of course, when the portal network crashes... Explored heavily in The Resurrected Man by Sean Williams. Also includes neat spin-offs, like saving brain backups and teleport surgery. C. J. Cherryh's Morgaine Cycle novels (begun long before Stargate was conceived, and based on ideas in still earlier Andre Norton novels) feature a Portal Network originally built by a long-vanished species, which link countless inhabited planets together. The gates can be used for Time Travel, but if anyone alters the past too much the result will be catastrophic for every planet that has gates. In an attempt to prevent this, the title character Morgaine travels from planet to planet, attempting to shut down the gate network one planet at a time. Anne McCaffrey uses this in two of her series, Dragonriders of Pern and The Tower/Rowan series. In both Psychic Power is used to move people and things through space (and we find out later, time). In the Tower books, range is limited to the Talent's personal strength, though they can use purpose-built power generators to boost their powers (both range and "lifting" capacity) massively. The Dragons are apparently only limited by the lack of accurate reference points. (Riders have accidentally time-traveled by visualizing their desired location at the wrong time of day.) Marion Zimmer Bradley used this in some of her Darkover novels. Towers full of powerful psychics could send people or objects from tower to tower instantaneously. Katherine Kurtz's Deryni have Transfer Portals, which are small areas on a floor or earth (usually roughly a square meter at most) that have unique psychic signatures (described as a faint tingling sensation for the Deryni who touch them or stand on them). Deryni can travel instantaneously between two Portals by standing on the departure Portal, mentally concentrating on the destination Portal and "warping the energies just so". There are a number of limitations which keep them from being excessively advantageous: Deryni must know the signatures of both Portals (to ensure they end up where they intended to go and can safely return). A highly skilled Deryni could give another Deryni a sufficiently accurate impression of a Portal's signature for the recipient to able to use it, but most Deryni read Portal signatures directly for themselves. Repeated jumps are mentally and physically tiring, as are longer distance trips. Thanks to the persecutions and the Laws of Ramos, some Portals were destroyed and others are kept secret. Building a Portal requires specialized knowledge that in twelfth-century Gwynedd is not widespread, as well as a great deal of energy. A Deryni can take another person or similar amount of matter through, but not much more than that. Taking another living person through requires that the "passenger" relinquish mental control to the active partner. This can mean lowering one's shields or being unconscious. Portals can be set to limit their use even if their signatures are widely known. A Portal may be set so that it can only be detected by certain people, and it can be set so that a person could use it yet be unable to leave the Portal square (even to teleport back!) unless released by the Portal's owner or some designated person(s). The wizards in the Young Wizards series can use a transit spell (a.k.a private gating) to move around the world, to another planet, or even to another star system. Even though the spell is easy to learn and safe to use it does tire out the wizard, especially for long trips, so most wizards use it for short trips to naturally occurring world gates and then use the world gates for long distance travel, since world gate travel takes much less energy. On planets with very advanced technology non-wizards can use the world gates for inter-stellar travel. The stories set in Peter F. Hamilton's Commonwealth Saga feature a galaxy connected by a network of stargate-like wormholes. The preferred method for interplanetary travel? Railroad, of course. The sequel saga, The Void Trilogy, does this straight. Most important planets, like Earth, are covered in a "T-sphere", a network created by miles-high orbital towers, that can create wormholes the size of a person and send them from place to place on the planet instantly. In Stephen King's short story "The Jaunt", people who use the titular teleportation device have to be dosed with sleeping gas before being sent through. That's because anyone who makes the trip while conscious suffers a horrific side effect: while their body is transported essentially instantaneously, their consciousness floats through a featureless limbo for what seems like eons, and they emerge from the experience permanently insane. In the words of two people who have experienced this: Rudy Foggia: It's eternity in there.note After uttering these words, Foggia dropped dead of a massive heart attack. Ricky Oates: Longer than you think, Dad! Longer than you think! […] Long Jaunt! Longer than you think!note After uttering these words, Ricky gouged his own eyes out with his bare hands. In addition to teleportation as an occasional Psychic Power, the Perry Rhodan universe features ubiquitous 'matter transmitters'. These generally require a receiving unit to work, but there is also a stock starship weapon that teleports large-caliber nukes without needing one of those at the target location. (It doesn't work through modern shields, but a direct hit on those or even a near miss is still bad news.) Also feature Star-transmitter that allow ships/Fleet/Planet teleportation between galaxy. Not common but used as a plot coupon more than often. Teleportation devices known as displacers are common in The Culture. Most of the large ships have them and they can be used for things like transporting cargo and putting an anti-matter nuke in you opponents back pocket. However, it is noted that there is an average failure rate of one in seventy eight million displacements, usually with undesirable results. This is a nice comment on acceptable risk. For The Culture all other methods of transport/emergency evacuation are essentially perfect, thus displacement is rarely used. It should also be noted that teleportation in the Culture is not done by the disassembly/reassembly mechanism, but by the use of some vaguely described short-lived wormhole technology Teleportation via sorcery is commonplace in the Dragaera 'Verse, where all that is needed to do so at will is Imperial citizenship and the proper training. Steven Brust makes teleporting the basis for a running gag in the Vlad Taltos novels: while Dragaerans suffer no side effects, humans become extremely nauseated by the sensations of spatial displacement and usually puke afterwards. The Luggage in Discworld can be considered to be a transporter, since it can return previously dirty clothes washed and ironed. It can also make people disappear (by 'eating' them), and can teleport 'itself'. Magical teleportation is known. Known to be a pain, anyway. Teleport mishaps are not unknown as a concept, and are very unwelcome. The Nac Mac Feegle have a famous ability to get into anywhere, including Another Dimension, which is eventually explained as a form of teleportation called the "crawstep". They rarely use it to travel within a dimension; for that they have "feets". In Algis Budrys's Rogue Moon, teleportation is done the Star Trek way of decomposition and reconstitution. The book is more interested in the implications: two copies of the same person genuinely are the same person, giving them telepathy until they diverge enough. This is useful in investigating an alien machine that kills its occupants. The decomposition is lethal, no ifs, ands, or buts. The scan can then be reconstituted any number of times, but this is a separate process. Rogue Moon is messed up. In George R. R. Martin's shared world series, Wild Cards, there are several characters who use various forms of teleportation. "Popinjay" is a private detective who uses his forefinger and thumb to form a gun and can teleport anyone or anything he points at to anywhere he can visualize including the N.Y. jails or the scoreboard at Yankee stadium. In the recent books, "Lilith" is an assasin who teleports herself and can teleport others she grabs. Alfred Bester's novel The Stars My Destination posits a future in which people have learned to teleport ("jaunte"), but only over moderate distances (up to a few hundred miles, depending on the jaunter's skill). Jaunting through space is believed impossible, until the protagonist somehow jaunts several hundred thousand miles to escape from his doomed spaceship. It doesn't improve his life. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe: "I teleported home one night with Ron and Sid and Meg. Ron stole Maggie's heart away, and I got Sidney's leg." The actual process seems relatively safe, though—the only issue is some protein and salt loss for first-timers, and the only mishaps are either user issues or someone helping themselves to the transport. The Guardians each have a unique Gift related to what they were in life. Teleportation is common among those who yearned to see the world but were trapped in their hometowns. Currently only three Guardians have this Gift, Michael, Selah and Jake Hawkins. The Grimnoir Chronicles: Travelers from the Grimnoir books. Harry Harrison's short story collection One Step From Earth posited the idea of a teleportation system that involved taking two objects and connecting them across any distance by allowing them to share the same spot in another continuum (where, conveniently enough, time doesn't exist). As one character puts it: "What goes in one comes out the other." The book then goes on to explore the impact of such a thing on everything: warfare, romance, colonization, medicine, crime and punishment, and mankind's ultimate destiny as a species. Transporters (obviously) feature in the Star Trek Expanded Universe. One novel, Federation, has a character from the late twenty-first century be transported and become depressed because he thinks he's gone through one of the experimental teleporters from his own time, which simply transferred the information to make a copy and then killed the original. Starfleet officers have to explain to him that the modern transporter converts your original molecules to energy and back again and then reassembles them. Additionally, Spock Must Die! allows Doctor McCoy to explain his distrust of transporter technology. He believed that when a person's body is broken down into particles by the transporter, the individual no longer exists, and the reconstituted person who appears on the other side is merely a copy who doesn't realize this himself due to having the memories of the previous individual. In the Heralds of Valdemar books, this falls within the telekinetic skill called "Fetching." A skilled Fetcher can move living things without harming them; under duress they can even move themselves. Companions and other magical beings (Firecats most notably) can move themselves and a passenger this way, though it's somewhat unpleasant, especially if they make a number of "Jumps" in a row. Also, mages of high enough skill and power, or working in concert with other mages, can create Gates, which allows people to travel long distances instantly. Septimus and Marcia Overstrand in Septimus Heap use teleportation spells a few times. These have a rather long lag time between the start and the end of the process, which results in a few troubles. A duology of novels, Farthest Star and Wall Around A Star by Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson, features a form of teleportation that sends a copy of you elsewhere but leaves the original intact. The copy can be modified en route, since all you're transmitting is information. Interestingly, this is how most physicists figure real-life teleportation might work. In Omega Rising, first in the Codename Omega series, Nuke's team have the ability to teleport. The technology requires something to lock on to, so the team have transmitters fitted into their armour. This means if they take their armour off, they're stuck. Teleporting to another place is tricky and requires confirmation, usually visual, that the space is clear. Teleporting could result in someone appearing half-way through a solid object, so using it to get inside buildings is extremely dangerous. In Andre Norton's Storm Over Warlock and Ordeal in Otherwhere, a major Wyvern power. In Forerunner Foray, Ziantha is driven by an Artifact of Attraction to try to apport it, and succeeds. The Traveler's Gate: All Travelers can open Gates large enough to travel through, hence the name, but different Territories are better for travel than others. Avernus is known for being unreliable to Travel through (but skilled Travelers can jump straight to their clan holds), Lirial is constantly shifting and requires precise calculations, Ragnarus can be entered from anywhere but can only be exited in the exact same spot in the city of Cana, and Valinhall Gates can be cut from anywhere but always land in the entrance corridor and exit in the same spot the Gate was cut. Naraka is generally considered the best for travel, as locations are reliable and the waystations permanent. Ruahks in A.L. Phillips's The Quest of the Unaligned get the ability to "pop" things from place to place as one of the secondary aspects of their wind magic. This power appears to have some limitations, as a ruahk in one of the preview stories explains that trying to teleport five greased pigs (It Makes Sense in Context) would require that he either chase them down and touch-pop them one at a time, which would take a while, or that he try and pop all five at range, which would wipe him out for hours. Way Station by Clifford Simak is about a relay station built on Earth to circumnavigate a dust cloud interfering with teleporter beams. The Federation has a huge Portal Network, but unconnected planets can only be reached by sublight starships. The teleporters are of the Twinmaker variety: the information about the traveler together with its soul equivalent is beamed to the destination where the body is rebuilt. There are multiple mentions of tanks with acid to dissolve departing travelers and tanks to store the remnants. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Willy Wonka has figured out how to send an actual bar of chocolate directly into the homes of TV viewers via an advanced television camera setup and intends to use it as a new way to advertise his products. Television-obsessed kid Mike Teavee decides he wants to be "sent by television", even pointing out in the 2005 film adaptation that Mr. Wonka's invented a teleporter yet isn't using it for anything more exciting and world-changing than candy. He defies Mr. Wonka's warnings not to mess with the setup and manages to teleport himself into a monitor...forgetting that anything transported by television always comes out smaller than it was before... In The Wheel of Time "Traveling" was an ability lost for centuries before the events of the books, in which it eventually gets rediscovered. In the Schooled in Magic series, there are two means of teleportation. The first and most common means is a gate which has a set location and can be used by anyone with or without magical talent. The second is a complicated and draining teleportation spell which only the most powerful and skillful of wizards can use. In The Witling, teleportation of both themselves and other objects and people is one of the main Psychic Powers of the Azhiri, referred to as "renging". They actually do it by exchanging the material to be teleported with an equal volume of matter from the destination. The distance and direction in which things can be renged is apparently unlimited, but in practice, it's limited by the relative velocity of the departure and destination locations due to the rotation of the planet. Additionally, an Azhiri can only reng themselves to locations that they have either been to or seen. Most Azhiri can't seng (another of their powers, basically farsight) over very long distances, but the extremely Talented Guildsmen can seng almost anything and anywhere, which means they can effectively teleport themselves wherever they want. The ability to kill at a distance, "kenging", works on the same principle: The attacker scrambles an enemy's guts or brains by swapping two equivalent volumes of organs or brain matter within the body, killing instantly but leaving no outward injuries. There is a short story about a test of a teleportation device, which requires one giant machine at one end (Earth) and one at the other (Titan, one of Saturn's moons). The test also involves simultaneous teleportation from both ends. On the night before the test, the man chosen for the test is visited by a strange guy, who keeps talking about love in an odd way, explaining that the love of his life is on Titan (apparently, it takes a long time to get there using conventional means). He drugs his host and takes his place as the test subject. As he's teleported, the original test subject walks in, but it's too late. Then a woman steps out of the Earth teleporter, who doesn't appear to be the Titan test subject. She explains that she got the Titan test subject to switch places with her, as the woman wanted to find a certain man on Earth. She is told that his current address is "Titan, Solar System". As she turns back to the teleporter, one of the engineers tells her that the next teleportation test isn't for another six months. In Captain French, or the Quest for Paradise, the function of the Ramsden relativistic drive is describe in a manner that is eerily reminiscent of long-range teleportation. Effectively, the drive converts the ship and its contents into energy and sends it light years away, where it is converted back into matter. Since the ship is moving at near-light speeds, the entire trip takes mere moments for the crew, while decades or centuries pass on the outside (roughly equal to the distance between the start and end points). Below: Mages can teleport to anywhere they've been, but anyone else needs an item like a one-shot scroll to do the same. Hoping to empty one of the otherwise impractical treasure pits in the underground ruins, Brenish has the novel idea of using a teleportation orb that can carry multiple people and all the treasure near them. An orb is incredibly expensive, which is why no one has ever tried it. The orb is one-shot too, but unlike a scroll using it merely depletes rather than destroys it. The New Humans Arnold is an external teleporter, he lacks many of the conventional limits on range or familiarity, but cannot teleport himself, only other people/objects. In Dark Shores there are the xenthier stems, which instantly transport anything that touches them over large distance. The problem is, they are one-directional only, so a genesis stem always leads to a terminus stem and not the other way round. The Celendrial Empire spends quite a lot of money on discovering and mapping new stems to improve communication around its considerable area. Live-Action TV The 4400: In "The Great Leap Forward", Marco develops the ability to teleport after being exposed to promicin. He is in the Theory Room looking at a photograph of an area of Promise City and suddenly finds himself in that exact location. Being the massive nerd that he is, Marco thinks that it is cool whereas most people are freaked out by their new abilities. In The Adventures of Superman episode "The Phony Alibi", Bungling Inventor Professor Pepperwinkle creates a system for transporting people through telephone wires. As usual with Pepperwinkle, a gang of crooks befriends the naive professor, then uses his invention for evil; they commit crimes in Metropolis, then phone themselves to distant cities and make sure plenty of people see them to set themselves up with a (seemingly) perfect alibi. The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth: This is ultimately how Timmy gets the Cavity Goon and Sweetie out of the base and himself and his allies inside in "Timmy in Space". It takes a few tries to get it right, though. Gordon, an Inhuman from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., is capable of teleporting virtually anywhere on the planet, explained via quantum entanglement in-universe. Andromeda did not have reliable teleportation technology, though they occasionally encountered characters with access to "tesseract fields", which most often allowed instant transport, but could also allow time travel, intangibility, and pretty much anything else the plot called for. Also, many of the more advanced beings (such as Paradine and avatars) being only loosely rooted in time and space, could pop into existence wherever they liked. There was also that time-travel device built by Harper and the Perseids based on the concept of quantum entanglement, that was used to successfully send Dylan 300 years into the past and back. They also try to use it later to teleport Dylan from the edge of a black hole, unsuccessfully this time. Faster-than-light jumps in Battlestar Galactica (2003) resemble long-range instant teleportation more than anything else. The Big Bang Theory demolishes the trope in one scene: Sheldon states that the problem with transporting someone is not achieved by teleporting the person, rather, by scanning the person's genetic matter, and then sending the data to a new location, where it is subsequently recreated. So in essence, they're destroying a person in one location, and creating a perfect copy in another. Nevertheless, in a commercial advertising the series switch from Monday to Thursday, Sheldon announces he developed a transporter device and beams the group from Monday to Thursday. Blake's 7. Teleportation was performed through teleporter bracelets, which therefore had to be nicked from the characters, virtually every episode. Even in their first use "Cygnus Alpha", Blake was relieved of his. The Liberator's teleport bracelets were also fragile and highly prone to breakage. Those used aboard the Scorpio were sturdier, but no less nickable. (BBC budgets being what they were, the "special effect" involved was drawing a thick white line around the person before they appeared out of thin air.) Vengeance demons in Buffy the Vampire Slayer can teleport anywhere anytime, however, such a power is a privilege and not a right. As punishment for her lacklustre vengeance, Anya was forced to file a flight plan for each teleportation. Witches can teleport too, but require magic spells to do it. In Charmed, just about any magical creature can teleport, with different special effects (whitelighters teleport in blue orbs, leprechauns teleport in rainbows, warlocks teleport in the blink of an eye, demons turn to flames or shimmer). Witches used to have Blinking but that ability was stolen by warlocks and is now considered evil. Ty on Cloak & Dagger (2018) has this ability, although at first he can't control it and ends up randomly teleporting places. Doctor Who: The TARDIS itself, by dematerializing and rematerializing somewhere else in time and space as it does, could be said to behave similarly to a teleporter, though it is made clear that the TARDIS moves through the Time Vortex to get places. The old series established the rule that "short hops" in the TARDIS — moving only a small distance in time or space — were very dangerous and for emergencies only, because many plots could have been resolved too easily if the TARDIS could be used as a teleporter. The new series quietly dropped this rule. The Doctor has used an occasional TransMat device, most notably in "The Seeds of Death", set in a future where only weird eccentrics had any interest in any other means of transportation. Emergency teleports, seen in "The Doctor Dances" and "Boom Town", are escape devices only capable of carrying one person. "Bad Wolf" has not only the main characters teleported to the Gamestation by an unusually powerful transmat beam, but people secretly being teleported to a Fate Worse than Death via a secret secondary transmat system disguised as a Disintegrator Ray. In the second half of the Tenth Doctor's run, he seems pretty hostile towards people (or at least humans) trying to use, develop, or exploit teleportation and teleportation-related devices. "Smith and Jones": The Judoon use something called a "hydro scoop" to teleport the Royal Hope Hospital to the Moon. It involves a localized storm cloud over the target, with the raindrops rising just before it kicks in. "Voyage of the Damned": The Titanic has teleport bracelets used to send passengers on shore leave. After Astrid is killed while wearing one, the Doctor tries to restore her using the safety backup, but fails as it's too badly damaged. "The Woman Who Fell to Earth": The antagonist uses a short-range teleporter to escape at one point. At the end, the Doctor rigs the remains of an alien transport pod into a teleporter intended to send her, and only her, to the current location of the TARDIS. It instead sends her, and Graham, Ryan and Yaz, into deep space. "Demons of the Punjab": The Thijarians have transmat technology, which they use to transport themselves and Team TARDIS several times throughout the episode. They also use it for security, with markers defining a border that automatically teleports intruders away. The Doctor steals some of the markers to use against them to buy time, not that she actually needed to. "Kerblam!": The titular Mega-Corp's delivery robots can do this, with the one seen managing to teleport onto the TARDIS while it's in the Time Vortex, although only after the Doctor slows down when she realizes it's a teleport pulse instead of something hostile. Earth: Final Conflict: An episode has a human scientist develop a teleportation device, which he uses to teleport small bombs near Taelons. When his hideout is raided, he teleports himself to a warehouse he owns, not realizing that the feds previously raided the place and moved things around, so he ended up fused with a shelf. In order to prevent himself from being captured and end this horrible existence, he teleports to the same exact location, which somehow creates Antimatter and blows up the warehouse (really, that much anti-matter should've destroyed the entire city at the least). The technology is lost, of course, and is never mentioned again. There are also ID portals that send people and objects through inter-dimensional tunnels, possibly involving dematerialization. There are installed all over the world for quick transportation. Once again, the possibility of Teleporter Accidents or Tele-Frag is not mentioned. Eureka: A teleporter is made for plot reasons in the Season 2 finale. The FTL drive developed by Fargo and Henry appears to work like a teleporter. In fact, when they send things to Titan, they don't even use a ship. The object is simply in one place, then it's in another. Which begs the question of why they even needed to build a spacecraft for the Astraeus mission. This is one of Hiro's powers on Heroes. In the Peter Sellers episode of The Muppet Show, Bunsen fries Kermit's nerves by causing various things - usually Beaker - to pop in and out near him. When he demonstrates it on the Muppet Labs portion, Kermit confronts him, only to be transported to Africa. The agents of Odd Squad travel around squished in balls that move in pipes to get from their headquarters to the outside world. Their badges, when configured a certain way, also does this, though it's normally to teleport to the Mathroom. The Outer Limits (1963) featured teleportation in several episodes. In the series pilot, "The Galaxy Being", a tinkering radio station engineer makes First Contact with the titular alien, who is somehow teleported from a planet in the Andromeda galaxy to Earth when a disc jockey increases the power of the station's transmitter. In "The Mice", aliens from the planet Chromo send human scientists the instructions to build a "Teleportation Agency" so that one of their people can be "transmitted" from Chromo to Earth—and, eventually, vice versa. In "The Special One", Evil Teacher Mr. Zeno travels between Earth and his homeworld via a "lightning bolt" effect that is one of the series' most striking visuals. In "Fun and Games", the Anderan alien "electroports" two humans to and from the site of the Gladiator Games his planet holds. The Outer Limits (1995): Important to the plot of "Think Like a Dinosaur". In "Déjà Vu", the US government is running a teleportation experiment which is designed to transport three animals (a dog, a raccoon and a goat) several miles from a testing area to a research lab. It requires the energy produced by a tactical nuclear warhead in order to work. The technology was developed by Dr. Mark Crest, based on the work of his colleague (and former lover) Dr. Cleo Lazar. In "Afterlife", the aliens have an ability to do this, beaming themselves and Stiles away at the end. Power Rangers: Teleportation existed in several of the show's incarnations in different ways. The original Rangers in Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers could teleport by turning into colored streaks of light, though it sometimes appeared that they were actually flying instead. In later seasons, teleportation was less common for the heroes whose powers weren't alien in origin, but villains usually maintained some form of instant transmission. For the seasons that had it, Power Rangers was considered one of the exceptions mentioned in the article lead: they could and did travel to other star systems via teleportation. In Powers this is Johnny Royale's ability. He can teleport himself, and others as well. He also has the ability to selectively teleport parts of things he's taking with him. Such as someone's head. Red Dwarf has featured several different teleportation devices, each of which has had different rules governing its operation. Usually the Rule of Funny. Sliders had them traveling from alternate universe to alternate universe through a portal that they opened when it was available through a device similar to a Motorola Tele-Tac cellular phone. In Soap Saul and Burt try to escape the UFO using a transporter and manage to go back in time to Ancient Rome and in front of a Mexican firing squad. Stargate: In general, the titular Stargate acts like a transporter, dematerialzing objects that enter a Gate and rematerializing it on the other side. The main distinction is that the transmission of matter-as-energy is done through an artificial wormhole. This is a partial Truth in Television, as the current thinking on wormholes (at least stable ones) are that they can only be large enough to accommodate subatomic particles traveling through them. Stargate SG-1: Goa'uld ships have "rings", which require a ring platform at both ends (usually; ringing from an atmospheric craft to the ground can be accomplished by just dropping the rings out the bottom of the ship), and can be intercepted by flying into the transmission beam. Subverted in one episode where O'Neill and Teal'c are trapped in an experimental spacecraft. Jacob Carter shows up with a Tok'ra spaceship but they face the problem of how to get the two from the disabled craft to his. When Daniel asks if he can't just "Beam them up", Carter responds "Who do I look like, Scotty?" The Asgard have an even more advanced and flexible beaming system that can beam things of any size and doesn't require such things as rings. Humanity has adopted that technology in limited numbers. The Asgard transporters are far more advanced than the old Ancient "ring" transporters (that the Goa'uld use all the time) in that the Asgard ones are not particularly limited by the size of the object (the Prometheus transports a whole skyscraper in "Ex Deus Machina" for example, and in "Thor's Chariot", an Asgard vessel practically hoovers up a trio of pyramids and everything else the Goa'uld have brought). They can also transport through things that rings can't get through (in "The Intruder" they beam Sheppard through the cockpit of the F-302, and in "Critical Mass" they apparently use it to beam a Goa'uld symbiote out of a body). Asgard teleporters were also the cause of some very funny moments when people (usually O'Neill) were suddenly teleported away mid-sentence. There are also the Aschen transporter platforms that do not require rings. You just get on the platform and choose your destination on the small console. A small flash later you're there. No word on what happens if the destination platform is not empty. Stargate Atlantis: The city of Atlantis (and, presumably, all the other Ancient mobile cities of the same design) has its own internal teleportation system which lacks any kind of special effect except a descending light through stained-glass doors (which seems to imply that they are merely a redesigned ring platform), and functions exactly like a Sufficiently Advanced Elevator. If both platforms being used are occupied, anything on them simply swap places. Wraith transporters emit a visible beam that "scoops up" anyone in its path and stores them in compressed form until needed. The main built-in limitation was the need for communicators to provide homing signals (directly or via forward observation) for the ship's transporter system, although practically any Negative Space Wedgie will probably also conveniently block or disrupt the transporter beams until it's been dealt with. Transporters were also supposed to be unable to beam through shields, although there have been several counterexamples. Whenever there is a transporter malfunction leaving people stranded on the planet, the crew immediately forgets about the (independently-powered) shuttlecraft transporters, without even so much as a hand-wave to explain why they can't use them. There's some interesting logic to Star Trek prisons— since almost every race has, or can obtain, transporters, prisoners are kept in with force fields to prevent transporter escapes. The fatal flaw with their system is they forgot to put bars on the doors in case the power goes out (which it almost invariably does.) A throwaway line on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is the only examination of the social effects of the transporter that Star Trek ever had: Sisko says that when he first started going to Starfleet Academy in San Francisco, he got so homesick that he went back home to New Orleans every night to have dinner with his father. He used up an entire month's worth of transporter credits in a week. For comparison, today this would be a four-hour plane trip costing around $500. In Star Trek: Enterprise the transporter was a new technology "approved for bio-transport", but with the crew reluctant to use it for anything but inanimate objects. Sheer necessity forces them to do otherwise during the Season 3 Xindi conflict, and after that 'beaming' becomes a standard tactic. However, in the episode "Vanishing Point", Hoshi Sato uses the transporter and begins to fade out of existence. It turns out to be All Just a Dream experienced in mere seconds as Hoshi was rematerialising. A recommendation is made to Starfleet to compress the transport beam. The Tomorrow People (1973): Teleportation was an innate ability of some of the characters. This is the main gimmick in Data East's Star Trek pinball, which requires the player to activate the Enterprise transporters and beam Kirk's crew out of the backglass. Stargate has both the titular gate itself, as well as a playfield Teleporter blocked by a Horus Guardian statue. Bally's Dungeons & Dragons has a "Teleport" mechanism that instantly whisks balls from one side of the table to the other. The "Colony" playfield in 3-D Ultra Pinball uses these to warp pinballs around. Stern Pinball's Star Trek uses this to show the Bonus Multiplier beaming up. In Krull, the player can only reach the lair of the Black Fortress (a lower-level playfield) after enabling the Transfer. TX-Sector is all about using "transphazers" to move pinballs around the table. In Zen Studios' Doom Pinball, the ball can be teleported to another part of the table during certain events; and sometimes there are blue portals throughout the table that accomplish the same effect. As this is a Digital Pinball Table where visual effects can make possible what's impossible for a physical pinball table, the teleportations are done the way you would expect it to happen in most works of science fiction. In the first Dungeon of Doom segment on WCW Saturday Night in 1995, Kevin Sullivan was shown running through a forest, having Jumped at the Call when The Master appeared to him on the JumboTron at WCW Slamboree 95. Sullivan saw an image of The Master in a forest and was simply zapped into the Dungeon. How this was accomplished was never explained. The Undertaker has shown the ability to appear and disappear at will to scare whoever he is feuding with at the time. Games Workshop games: In the background of Blood Bowl there is an alternate version of the game known as Dungeonbowl, sponsored by the Collages of Magic, that involves teams playing through a network of caves and tunnels linked together by magical teleporters. The Elven Union team, the Celestial Comets, are particularly adept at using these teleporters and when they switched to regular Blood Bowl they brought some with them that they would install on a pitch before a match. Some early editions of the game included alternate rules for playing Dungeonbowl and the 5th Edition of the game includes the Celestial Comets 2489-2490 Hall of Fame Squad with special rules allowing their players to make a special Teleport Action to move between a pair of teleporters during a game. Warhammer 40,000: Teleportation in the Warhammer 40,000 universe works by briefly shifting the subject into the alternate dimension known as the Warp. This is an incredibly dangerous practice as the Warp is hostile to life and its inhabitants take great pleasure in consuming the souls of mortals. The in game rules for teleportation depends on the edition but is mostly represented by allowing the player to bring units onto the battlefield during a game and/or allowing units to move great distances across the battlefield rather than moving normally. Human teleportation technology is a rare and arcane science only used by the Imperium’s most elite forces such as the Adeptus Astartes and the Adeptus Mechanicus. The masters of human teleportation are the Tech-Priests of the forge world Lucius who are even capable of teleporting Titans into battle. The Aeldari Aspect Warriors known as Warp Spiders were personal teleporters that allow them to move quickly around the battlefield to ambush their enemies before disappearing once again. The Orks have a great verity of “tellyportas” ranging from the weaponised Shokk Attack Gunz and Tellyport Blasta to the long ranged tellyportas created by the Ork genius Orkimedes for the Battle of Armageddon. Orkimedes is also working on a tellyporta capable of transporting Boyz across interstellar distances. The Necrons are thought to have the most advanced teleportation technology in the setting being able to transport destroyed and damaged warriors back to their tomb world for repair no matter the distance. The race also has access to a number of pieces of tecnoarcana, such as the Veil of Darkness and the Ghostwalk Mantle that allow instantaneous transportation. In addition to this, the Nephrekh Dynasty in particular specialises in translocation, using metagold bodies to transform themselves into pure light so that they can teleport across the battlefield. Traveller has a set of rules worked out for psychic teleporters based on energy limitations, changes in momentum and altitude, and numerous other hard-physics factors. The "Warp" advantage in GURPS. A later supplement built a whole power around the ability to teleport, including the ability to teleport poison out of your body. In GURPS Ultra-Tech, the available teleporters are of the translocator variety - it is explicitly stated, for example, that attempting to teleport someone into a mountain would result in a 2 cubic meter cylinder being teleported into the teleporter chamber and the person being placed in a 2 cubic meter air-filled cylinder inside the mountain. Early editions featured spells that let you be this, namely "Teleport". Note that a higher-level spell was "Teleport Without Error". All translocation methods require access to some or other plane and since strategical implications are very clear, there were several ways to block it. (teleport and greater teleport ) So many Demons and Devils have the ability to teleport at will, in fact, that it is surprising most of them still have legs and/or wings. Blink dogs can teleport to a position right behind opponents, allowing a surprise back attack. 4th edition appears to limit this to "set" teleport circles, and a special ritual to try to beam yourself to one. This had the overall goal of balancing increased access to utility spells (rituals can be cast by any character) against the ridiculously powerful nature of the 3rd edition spells. 5th edition has teleport , as well as dimension door , and teleportation circle . word of recall acts as teleportation, but only to one place strong linked to the character deity. Arduin RPG, The Compleat Arduin Book 2: Resources. The Ninthla is a pea-sized mutant spider that can teleport up to one mile three times per day. Its favorite tactic is to teleport inside its target's clothing/armor and inflict a bite that injects a poison that either kills or renders the victim catatonic. Rocket Age has a number of transporters, but only one man portable: an Ancient Martian artefact that requires a beacon at the target location to work. BIONICLE has several methods that allows a being to teleport. Some beings (like Botar's species) have the power naturally, others needs to wear a Kanohi Kualsi ("Mask of Quick-Travel", allows one to teleport to any location within eyesight). Finally, the mysterious Arthaka apparently has the power to teleport anyone from anywhere, as he did when he summoned the Toa Nuva to his island. Nethack has amulets of teleportation, rings of teleportation, scrolls of teleportation, spellbooks of teleport away, wands of teleportation, "teleportitis", teleport traps, quantum mechanics who can teleport the player as an attack, and magic whistles which teleport your pets to you. Though most of these require a source of teleport control unless you want to teleport randomly. And if you have teleport control, you can also use TP traps and quantum mechanic attacks to your benefit. Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale: A trapped chest, or Caillou's Teleport spell, teleports you to a different location in a dungeon map. Half-Life: The story of Half-Life begins with Black Mesa trying to learn how to use an alternate dimension as a means of teleportation. Half-Life 2 deals with the consequences, although the remaining Black Mesa scientists are still trying to perfect teleportation technology, which they now know much more about. A Transporter accident drives the plot forward as well. Combine teleportation technology may work, but it is far more crude. The Citadel is capable of sending objects and information through inter-dimensional space, although this sometimes destroys the original, and it requires an immense amount of energy. In Episode 1 they overload the Citadel's reactor to open a portal strong enough to send an SOS through... which blows up an entire city in the process. Teleportation technology is the only area of science in which humanity is actually ahead of the Combine. It's the only advantage humanity has, and it is far more compact and energy efficient. It also doesn't, you know, explode. At least, not all the time. With the Portal games, it is revealed that Black Mesa and Aperture Science were involved in a technological arms race to develop working teleportation, leading both to cut corners. Black Mesa focused on stationary teleports and inter-dimesional transportation, while Aperture invested in portable wormholes. Black Mesa ultimately was declared the winner when they managed to open an interdimension portal resulting in a full scale alien invasion. Aperture managed to complete their project and produce a viable if somewhat expensive final product (hey, moon rocks ain't cheap), but all it might do in the long run is convince said alien invaders to stay a while longer in an effort to acquire said technology. Halo: The player characters get teleported around a number of times, thanks to teleportation technology developed millennia ago by the Forerunners. For example, each of the Halo rings has a "local teleportation grid" which can remotely move objects around, and there are also the fixed teleporters found at the various installations set on multiplayer maps. Given the Forerunners' mastery of slipspace (their version of cryosleep involved storing them inside slipspace, and they seem to experimented with the ability to Time Travel with it), their teleporters likely work by moving the traveller through slipspace, rather than the Star Trek method of killing you and building an identical copy at the destination. The Promethean constructs (first introduced in Halo 4), who are basically a special group of Forerunner battle droids, frequently make their entrances by teleporting onto the battlefield. 4's version of the Knights, the strongest type of Promethean, have the ability to teleport in the middle of battle, making them hard to shoot down. In Halo 5: Guardians, mid-battle teleportation is given to the Promethean Soldiers instead. In the Zone of the Enders games, some of the Humongous Mecha has the Zero-Shift ability. By compressing the space between the Orbital Frame and its destination, it could appear to cover the intervening distance instantaneously. Usually used in the game to teleport into attack range, particularly to warp in behind enemies for a sneak attack. Minecraft lets you create portals to a hellish world (called the Nether) which you use to travel back to the surface again in an alternate-reality way. 1 block in the Nether equals 8 blocks on the earth-like main world and so people are using them to travel large distances. There's a similar type of gate that takes you to "The End," a floating island in a spooky black alternate dimension. These gates can't be built, though; you have to find one in the overworld and activate it with a bunch of rare items. There are also the ender pearls, items which when thrown will teleport the thrower to the landing spot. Shadowverse: Yuwan's main mode of movement is through teleportation. He then bestows the cast with the ability to move to other worlds in pursuit of Nexus. World of Warcraft engineers can build a Wormhole Generator . It can teleport you to a location of your choice in Northrend. However, it may decide to deposit you 100 meters above the target location. Best have a parachute on hand. There are also the Ultrasafe Transporters , which have a number of funny side-effects. WoW also has hearthstones, a similar Shaman spell, summoning stones (both environmental and player-created), Mage portals, and of course the Mage spell Blink. There's also naaru ships, which work like Blink but on a much larger scale. The Worms have this as a weapon, and it reaches anywhere on the map, complete with Star Trek sound effects. In Zork: Grand Inquisitor, you can use magical teleporters (that look like phonographs) conveniently placed around the Undergound to instantly teleport yourself. All you need to do is first walk/ride to the teleporter you want to go, which then appears on your map. Bloodline Champions has a decent amount of this, the differences varying so much it's better just to list who can teleport: the Inhibitor, the Igniter, the Herald of Insight, the Blood Priest, the Seeker, and the Stalker - the last can go to Teleport Spam with their ultimate on. In the Crusader series, the fact that the WEC has built a network of teleporters that can be "hacked" is one of the reasons for the successes of the Resistance. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind: Teleportation is subject to some very clear rules: either you teleport to a Dunmer Temple (the Almsivi Intervention), an Imperial shrine (the Divine Intervention), or you set a teleportation point with the Mark spell and later return there with the Recall spell. The Mages Guild also runs a teleportation travel business. You could also move between fixed "Propylons", so long as you had the Propylon Index that activated the one you enter. They were of course out in the middle of nowhere, and the indices weren't exactly easy to find. Doom: This is the central part of the plot in Doom III:, where teleportation is done by moving matter through Hell itself. Needless to say, Satan didn't liked the idea of seeing stuff coming in and out of Hell just like that, and next time the people know, the Legions of Hell come barging in through the "teleporters" and start wrecking massive havoc on Mars. This is of course also the plot of Doom I and II. The original Quake had slipgates which attracted the attention of Lovecraftian monstrosities rather than the more traditional fire-and-brimstone demons of the Doom series. Sonic the Hedgehog: Scrap Brain Zone, Metropolis Zone, Launch Base Zone, Death Egg Zone, Gene Gadget Zone, Panic Puppet Zone, Mad Gear Zone, and EGG Station Zone all use the same high speed elevators. The ones in Death Egg Zone even reverse the gravity. Chemical Plant Zone has the pipes you can jump into that warp you around the level. Oil Ocean Zone has the checkered cannons that work in a similar manner. Death Egg Zone and Sky Fortress Zone have machines that fire Sonic around in neon rings, twisting and turning all over the place. Sonic Adventure 2 introduced the "Chaos Control" ability, in which the user has to have a Chaos Emerald in order to warp (although an object with the same wavelength and properties as an Emerald will still do). In Starcraft, most Protoss units and buildings are "built" by "warping" them in from the Protoss homeworld. (Only robotic units such as Probes are actually built.) The Protoss Arbiter ship has the Recall ability, which lets it teleport other units to its own location. Teleporters also occasionally appear in Terran installations, with no explanation having been produced and distributed by the notoriously unreliable Transmatter Inc. In Starcraft II, Protoss players can create a unit called the Stalker which, when researched, can use the Blink ability for short range teleport. Additionally, the Protoss transport unit, the Warp Prism is described as effectively doing a slow-motion teleport: The transported units are stored as data, but the warp prism needs to move across the battlefield to the target location before reconstituting them there. Gateways can also be upgraded to Warp Gates, which instead of acting like a Stargate allows the player to "warp-in" infantry anywhere within Pylon power range. The Warp Prism can also deploy as a Pylon. An upgrade to the Spear of Adun in Legacy of the Void lets the protoss warp-in any unit to a Pylon field. The Arbiter is now gone, but the Mothership retains its Recall ability in the form of Mass Recall. Players can warp entire armies to any location on the map, like the enemy's base. One of the Power Pools in City of Heroes is Teleportation, containing powers that allow you to teleport allies, enemies, yourself, and everything around you, in that order. With the open profiles of the game, you can justify it however you want. (or not at all) Team Fortress 2: Engineers to can build teleporter entrance and exit platforms to facilitate getting teammates closer to the front line. The Unreal Tournament games have translocators which fire a small homing beacon and allows the user to teleport to its location. It can be used to Tele-Frag, but if another player shoots the beacon, it shorts out and an attempted teleport will result in death. If used while holding a flag in CTF, the flag is instantly dropped. Unfortunately they had a serious side effect, prolonged use could result in Teleportation Related Dementia as well as increases in aggression and paranoia. (This never actually happens, although excessive translocating might make opponents more aggressive.) Later games mentioned they were classed as 'significantly safe' but considering it's an evil megacorporation making them... Parts of Eternal Sonata, such as the To Coda Ruins and the Mysterious Unison, have teleporter pads. Some let you choose where to go. In Chrono Trigger, Lucca's invention, the Telepod, reacts with Marle's pendant to really kick off the events of the game. Teleporters are also all over the place in 12000 BC. In Metroid Prime, the thing that sends you between the Artifact Temple and the Impact Crater could be considered one. Another appears on planet Bryyo in Metroid Prime 3, which sends you to the other side of the planet. The object scan even confirms that it is a teleporter. In Overwatch, Symmetra's Ultimate Ability lets her set up a teleporter for her team: she builds the exit while the entrance automatically builds in her team's spawn room. Some entries in The Legend of Zelda series feature magical versions. Often, they provide a quick way out of the dungeon from the Boss Room. A variant appears in The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, where all four major dungeons had a teleporter at the very beginning of the dungeon which lead directly to the boss room. It would only activate if you had already defeated the boss of the dungeon in a previous cycle of the game's Ground Hog Day Loop (or, in the Updated Re-release, if you had already been in the boss room), thus functioning as a Dungeon Bypass for the rest of the game. Linking Books from Myst are portable, unlimited-range Teleporters, with the disadvantages of being hard to make, fragile, and set to a single destination. Ciel's side story in Kagetsu Tohya does its best to explain plot holes and answer odd questions. One was how Arcueid got to Japan if it's on an island when a boat would have to be in daylight at least part of the time. The answer is, as a True Ancestor, she taps into the power of Gaia and vanishes from wherever she was, and then the planet slowly rebuilds her at her destination. This ability seems to be unique to her as there are no other powerful and sane True Ancestor's left. Primary means of moving about in Marathon. Human teleporters can only operate between particular points within a couple of kilometers, while Pfhor teleporters are much more advanced and can teleport objects and people seemingly from anywhere to anywhere within a very large range (teleporting supplies and people planetside from orbit is trivial; one Pfhor fleet even manages it from the outskirts of the solar system). Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri has two teleportation-related things: the Psi Gate (a base facility) and the Bulk Matter Transmitter (a Secret Project). The former allows you to teleport your units from base to base, subject to certain limitations. The latter increases minerals output (i.e. production) by two at every base, but its most notable feature is its movie , which provides this thought-provoking quote: "And what of the immortal soul in such transactions? Can this machine transmit and reattach it as well? Or is it lost forever, leaving a soulless body to wander the world in despair?" — Sister Miriam Godwinson, "We Must Dissent" In Backyard Baseball, the ball can teleport by using a powerup. In the Pokémon games, Teleport will end battles with wild Pokémon when used by either side; Abra doesn't even learn any other moves normally. Teleport can also be used outside of battle, where it works as an Escape Rope. There's also the Pokéballs and Pokémon storage system. How else can you fit a 28 foot long rock snake in a ball that fits in the palm of your hand? Or drop it off in Lavender town to be picked up in Fuschia city a few days later? ABRA was transferred to Bill's PC. Trainers themselves teleport in the Saffron Gym in Pokémon Red and Blue. Trainers with a member of the Abra line, or a couple of other mons as well, can use it to take themselves to the last Pokémon center they visited. Some of the villainous team buildings also have warp panels. The Team Galactic headquarters in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl has them, and the Team Rocket underground headquarters in Pokémon Gold and Silver and their remakes. Fallout 4 has this as a major plot point: the Institute uses molecular relay technology to transport their agents to and from the wastelands of the Commonwealth. This is a major reason why no one knows where the Institute is: one cannot conventionally enter or leave. The Space Pirates of Metroid are very fond of doing this and seem to have multiple styles. Sometimes they appear from nowhere, and other times they appear to materialize in beams of light. Still others have personal teleporters (mostly Commandos) that they use constantly. As well, certain creatures, like Warp Hounds and Reptillicus in Metroid Prime 3 are able to teleport naturally and magically, respectively. And Leviathans can open wormholes at will. Master of Orion II has 2 teleporting technologies: Subspace Teleporter for teleporting the entire ship and Transporters for boarding enemy ships and stations. Mega Man, his cousins X and Zero, and his counterparts Vent, Aile, Ashe and Grey constantly teleport from place to place, generally at the beginning of levels. Averted with the Battle Network and Legends series, since in one the "Mega Men" are simply packets of data traveling through a representation of computer systems and the internet, and the other is in a future so far ahead that this kind of technology has been probably lost forever. It is fantastically easy to teleport in Achron. The tutorials teach you cross-map teleportation before they tell you about control groups. The humans have teleporters which can send units halfway across most maps, as well as slingshots (a smaller, shorter ranged, mobile version of the teleporter). The Vecgir have an upgrade that gives their vehicles the ability to self-teleport, and can build sligates which can teleport and chronoport units. According to the dev blog, they've had to repeatedly tone teleportation down because the absurd ease with which it could be used started devolving the game into telefrag-fests where players routinely jumped their bases to different points on the map. It's a lot better now. With all the expansion packs for The Sims 2, there are no less than three kinds of teleportation available. RuneScape has a mind-boggling variety of teleports, both fixed and portable, including (but not limited to): toadstool rings, stargate-like portals, vials of goo, crystals, magic lyres, glass spheres, endless pieces of jewellery (amulets, necklaces, rings, bracelets), animals, various items of clothing (capes, boots, gloves, hats), various weapons (ankh, various staves, including one made of bones), MANY teleport spells spread over 3 schools of magic and plenty of simple glowing-circle-on-the-ground portals. And this isn't even counting all the other forms of instantaneous travel that aren't technically teleportation. Touhou character Yakumo Yukari is a nigh-omnipotent Reality Warper, but (perhaps due to her extreme laziness), her usual way of using her power in the fighting games is to teleport various objects on top of her opponent. Or teleport a subway train in to run them over. Komachi Onozuka has the power to manipulate distance, which she uses to teleport in battle, change how long her boat takes to cross The Sanzu River, and, most efficiently, for slacking off. The Command & Conquer: Red Alert Series has the Chronosphere, a mass teleportation device based on time travel technology. The mass-teleport version of the Chronosphere is instantly fatal to any unshielded biological creature. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 has a number of teleporting infantry units based on the Chronosphere technology. Fortunately, while they can move anywhere in an instant, it takes a while to materialize completely, leaving them vulnerable for a short time. There's also the Chrono Miner, whose teleportation is limited to making a return trip home with a truckload of ore. Gauntlet had these as floor tiles (in the original 2d incarnation, at least). Very annoying when a whole cluster were around, some exits were blocked by walls, and so on ... still, fun to Tele-Frag Death that way. In Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse, Max gains Psychic Powers in the form of ancient Toys of Power. One of these, a telephone, allows him to teleport to any number he dials. Space Quest V and 6 feature Star Trek teleporters that beam you to your select destination. Part of V played a homage to The Fly when Roger was spliced into a fly and in the beginning of 6, a teleport malfunction puts his waist below under the road. There is also a Noodle Incident mentioned in Space Quest V involving the Eureka's teleporter, resulting in an alien dignitary accidentally teleporting himself into space. In Miner 2049er, two stations feature teleporters that connect four different levels. These have to be allowed to recharge between uses. Tutankham had warp portals in several places allowing the player easy passage between the top and bottom halves of the level. The X-Universe series has two sets. First, we have the games' jumpgate network, which instantaneously transport objects entering them to the gate they're paired with. Works like Stargate gates, except the gates are two-way, and the link between two gates is permanent (though the Ancients and the Hub can change which gate goes where). Secondly, pilots can purchase a Transporter Device add-on that allows cargo and personnel to be transported ship-to-ship without needing to dock both ships at a station (or one inside the other, in the case of carriers and fighters). Diablo II and Diablo III have waypoints, huge tiles on the ground that allow you to travel instantly between levels once you've activated them. In Diablo III, wizards also have a short-range spell called Teleport that can bring them instantly to wherever the cursor is. Prey (2006) has teleportation on a large scale, with people, buildings and one memorable occasion an entire passenger jet being transported inside a moon sized space ship. The Suikoden series has Viki, a ditzy teleportation mage who appears in every numbered game and most of the side stories. She can teleport over both space and time, the latter coming into play in that she personally experiences all the games in the order they were released in real life, despite their being in Anachronic Order. SuikodenIV also demonstrates that Mass Teleportation is well within her power. While some games in the series have extra copies of Viki's "Blinking Rune" that can be given to other characters, anybody else who equips one can only use it in battle to do minor tricks like teleporting heavy objects above the enemies' heads. It seems that only Viki can perform long-range teleportation magic. Thus, players are always glad to meet Viki, because doing so means travel just got a lot more convenient. Indiana Jones and His Desktop Adventures has the magical "glyphs", stone slabs with a cross symbol. When stepped on, the player can teleport to any other glyph in the game world (if he has a map.) Note that the glyphs are placed randomly, like everything else in the Randomly Generated Levels, and thus their usefulness tends to vary—too often they end up too close to each other to truly be a shortcut. Jetpack had teleport squares that linked to other teleport squares of the same color. Enemies would always take them, but the player had the option of whether or not to. Terraria has the Magic Mirror, which teleports players their spawn point. An actual teleporter was added in the 1.2 update which could be purchased from an NPC. As well as the "Rod of Discord" item, which allowed the player to blink to where ever the mouse cursor is. Kleito from Tears to Tiara 2 has teleport spell with a pretty low success rate. In Story she can also teleport at will within bounds of Tartessos. The city can also teleport in dragons. The Kyranians of Avencast: Rise of the Mage use bizarre paired thrones to travel back and forth between set points. In The Matrix: Path of Neo teleporting is an Elite Mooks, Psychic Powers for the Master Vampire and Witch Queen. Both of whom use it to try to confuse and kill the player. Ōkami has a magic varient which allows instantaneous teleportation between each Origin Mirror you've visited. Often used in Shin Megami Tensei, as the Schwartzwelt's monoliths, the Amala Drums, the Tokyo Terminals, or Hotsuin technology. The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schnibble: Near the end of the game, you acquire a teleportation device, which cuts down a great deal on your backtracking. Corvo and Daud (and in Dishonored 2 Emily) from Dishonored have the ability to teleport short distances. "Teleport" is one of the PSI powers in the first two MOTHER games, and it allows the player to revisit towns they have previously been to. While EarthBound Beginnings only has one Teleport level, the sequel EarthBound has two, α and β. The first game's Teleport and the second game's Teleport α require the users to run a certain distance in a straight line before teleporting; should they run into anything, the teleport fails, which results in the participants getting ash-faced. β instead has the users Spinning out of Here without the need for a running start. Ninten's unique PSI power in EarthBound Beginnings, "4th-D Slip" ("Dimensional Slip" in the Japanese version), likely involves teleportation through the use of an alternate dimension, as it allows the party to run away from any battle without fail. Teleport was likely planned to be in MOTHER 3 as well, as shown by unused teleportation sprites of Duster and Kumatora. It was scrapped in the final release, likely because of the lack of towns to visit in the game, as well as the Saturn Table and Pork Bean making its function somewhat redundant. Teleporters are used to go to and from the Ranch in Slime Rancher, usually blocked by Gordos who need to be fed. Notably, in order to get to the Glass Desert, you need to power up a giant ancient teleporter using Quantum Slime plorts in the Ancient Ruins. The Mega Man games have the titular robot, as well as most other robots, equipped with a teleportation device, though it largely functions as a Hand Wave for getting him to and from each individual level with a minimum of fuss. The Input/Output Tower beam in the Atari 2600 game Adventures of TRON acts as this to transport the player from one level to another. In The Spectrum Retreat, the third floor puzzles introduce teleporters, which pull you towards them at high speed even if the space between you and them is too small to squeeze through. FTL: Faster Than Light makes frequent use of teleportation including teleporting boarding parties and teleporting bombs. In Fate/stay night and related works, a Master can get a Servant to teleport with a Command Spell. Web Animation The Halo teleporters show up in Red vs. Blue. Initially, the main issue is that it tends to cover the soldiers' armor in "black stuff" (and also hurts like hell). There also seem to be some time delays. And don't forget user error and sabotage... DSBT InsaniT: Killer can teleport himself and others in a flash of green light. Blake can teleport in a bolt of lightning. Dreamscape: Vampire Lord can teleport in a black bolt of lightning. He uses his teleportation ability very frequently and strategically when he fights. Melissa can teleport herself and others in a rectangular flash of light. The Master of the Dammed can teleport via black fire. Spoofed in the Title Sequence of Stone Trek, where our Anachronism Stew heroes simply fall out of hatches onto the planet. Schlock Mercenary: The teraport, with the notable (and realistic) twist that it revolutionizes pretty much the entirety of galactic civilization (and starts a war). People's discomfort with the metaphysical implications of what a teraport does is also mentioned. Before this was invented Gates where used for transport, which consisted of the transmit and clone method. With the added bonus that the Gate-keepers could create their own copy and torture/mindrip the traveller/victim for information and murder them, knowing another copy would arrive safely. The Law of Purple has two kinds of teleporters; one kind is inherently dangerous to use, and the other makes a smoke effect — for no other reason than to look cool. Sluggy Freelance involves lots of teleporting through time and other dimensions, though so far only the wizards in the "Torg Potter" stories have used more traditional teleportation. Parley from Gunnerkrigg Court accidentally discovers — in the most embarrassing manner possible short of leaving clothes behind — that she has the ability to teleport herself and others. Jones insists on calling it "distortion of space" though. Even Tom makes fun of her. The Cyantian Chronicles: Techmages are often able to teleport, and the Siracs are able to do this as well using their Psychic Powers. In addition Campus Safari started with Chatin making a personal transporter and Cilke accidentally using it to send them to Earth. Arkady is the only of the Freakangels capable of teleportation, but it is suggested that this is only because the others have not explored the full extent of their powers as much as she. In Wapsi Square various supernatural(?) creatures can "poit" from place to place, apparently anywhere on Earth and neighbouring dimensions like Phix's Library. Later on Monica figures out how to do it too, though her landings aren't always elegant. Pato, from M9 Girls!, can teleport as one of her Elemental Powers, complete with leaving purple smoke on her wake. The Whiteboard: Doc made a "Pizza Teleporter" so he could get food in seconds. Unfortunately it only teleports to a specific spot on his counter, trying to send it to say, the field results in the toppings and crust separating or cheese blocking up an engine. Later, while drunk, Doc and Roger put a teleporter in the beer taps at Howie's bar, so it can send beer directly to the customer's glasses from across the room, unfortunately it's warm. But then they try to turn it into a Matter Replicator, and it explodes. First Guardians from Homestuck are full-on Reality Warpers, but their main use of their powers seems to be teleportation (with a quite weird visual effect, to boot). Drake in Gold Coin Comics has the power to conjure a teleportation portal . The Order of the Stick: Partially averted — in a fantasy story based on a specific tabletop game, the audience would assume that the ability to teleport is easily achieved at a certain level of skill with magic, and indeed, many foes can and do teleport at will, but the story explains why Vaarsvuius can't. For Vaarsuvius, it's because s/he is a specialist wizard who's banned the conjuration school, which includes most teleportation spells. (Vaarsuvius defends banning conjuration with the explanation that teleportation was only altered to be a conjuration spell after the decision was made.) Both Sabine and Qarr are seen teleporting themselves at will, without resorting to spells, as is common for demons and devils in Dungeons & Dragons. Tarquin's psion ally Laurin Shattersmith uses a psionic wormhole to transport a legion of troops to the middle of the desert instantly. She also liberally uses short-range "Dimension Doors" for herself. Her fondness for psychoportation powers hint that she choose the "nomad" discipline specialty of psion. Parodied in Starslip, where the characters step onto what looks like a set of transporter pads from Star Trek, only for it to turn out to be a chamber that physically drops out of the bottom of the ship and crashlands on a planet. In Blue Yonder, the fighter jet is teleported to the rings of Saturn -- or Edinburgh by The Cavalry. In Bob and George, one way for robots to get around. Heroes Unite: Both Heroes Unite and Heroes Alliance have teleportation technology. The supervillain 'Ransom' uses a personal version of the same technology and 'Crime Warp' achieves the same via mystic artefact. In String Theory, Schtein (and Langstrom's rival division) is trying to build a functioning matter teleportation device. So far he has gone through a lot of guinea pigs. Miranda in But I'm a Cat Person has figured out how to do it. Eventually Sparrow tries to copy her methods, with less-than-perfect results. The White Art of Division in Kill Six Billion Demons allows this, essentially by projecting your mind somewhere else and forcing the Multiverse to believe that you've brought your body with you. For the uninitiated, there's the Portal Network of the King's Road, which winds through the Void Between the Worlds and into all 777,777 worlds via Magus Gates. Jack from The Wretched Ones can do this with himself or other people using magic. In El Goonish Shive, multiple different teleportation methods have been seen: The first is the one used by Nanase's fairy doll spell which when used in unique circumstances makes use of Summon Magic and works like a Warp Whistle otherwise and requires having met the person she's trying to contact and having been been near the place they are. The second is multiversal travel via Thinking Up Portals; Nioi makes use of this version using what appears to be a crystal ball. The third method, which the griffins make use of, involves quasi-multiversal travel apparently via a natural Portal Network that connects points on different "sides" of a world like holes connecting both sides of a coin or 2 faces of a die (those "sides" are alternatively thought of as multiple magically linked but seperate worlds ). What this method looks like is unknown. The fourth method (possibly the same as the second one) is the one used by Arthur and the agents of the paranormal division of the FBI to travel to a magical storage facility presumably from their offices. The limitations on this method are unknown. Additionally, whether sentient summoned creatures like the Demonic Duck use yet other form of teleportation when summoned or if it is just the same type as Nanase's fairy doll spell is unknown. Web Original World's Greatest Adventures’s aliens have a teleportation beam at their disposal, which they use to abscond a reluctant Rufus to Mars. SCP-429 ("Clockwork Teleporter") . When someone wears SCP-429 they can visualize a location and be instantly teleported there. SCP-462 ("The Getaway Car") . When someone sits in the driver's seat of SCP-462 and turns the key, they will disappear and turn up near their intended destination a variable amount of time later. SCP-761 ("Slightly Less Dangerous Trampoline") . When someone jumps on the trampoline they are subjected to Teleportation Misfire and end up in a random location within 15 meters. If there is already a solid object where they arrive they suffer a Teleporter Accident and become merged with the object. Depending on how much of their body is merged with the object they can suffer a telefrag. SCP-1290 ("Flawed Teleporter") is a teleporter that, unlike most, does not violate physical principles such as conservation of position and conservation of linear momentum. Thus, when you step into one, you emerge from the other upside-down and travelling very quickly sideways. SCP-2757 ("Dr. Wondertainment's Projector Fantastico™") . When the SCP-2757 projector is used with the film SCP-2757-1g Professor Abnormal's 101 Experiments, one of the devices used on the experimental subjects is a teleportation device. SCP-2812 ("Echoes of Yesterday") . The SCP-2812-2 humanoid entities that patrol the area around SCP-2812-1 can teleport from place to place inside the area at will. SCP-2901 ("Mothman") . SCP-2901 can freely move through the space-time continuum, giving them the abilities of flight and teleportation. SCP-2922 ("Notes from the Under") . The kilometer-high primates called Striders can make a noise that teleports other creatures to an unknown area. In the Whateley Universe, it's a mutant superpower. Several high schoolers at the Super Hero School Whateley Academy have the ability in one way or another. One is even codenamed Jaunt: she can only teleport short distances and has the bad habit of not knocking before dropping in on people. The most powerful teleporters make huge salaries as transporters and couriers. Some high-level wizards can do teleportation too, and Carmilla can teleport by the convenient use of her dad's demon dimension. Several devisors also have access to teleporters; the usual caveats when dealing with technology that defies the laws of physics apply. The Pilots can do it mentally; this discovery overturns, well, everything. In Fine Structure, teleportation works by swapping two areas of space. The very first teleportation experiment results in Anne Poole being sealed in a coal seam. The consquences only get worse from there - later, four scientists are simultaneously killed. Finally, an entire building is teleported underground, and teleportation is excised from the fabric of the universe. In Worm, we have Trickster who can swap-teleport himself or anything within the range of his senses with any other person or object within the range of his senses. The closer the two people/objects are in shape/size/volume, the easier and faster he can do it. Oni Lee combines his teleportation with short-duration self-duplication. Burnscar is a pyrokinetic that can teleport through flames. Several tinkers such as Kid Win and Leet have developed teleportation technology. One of Butcher XIV's powers combines teleportation with the power to make fiery explosions at her arrival point. The Thanda are a group of Indian supervillains who specialize in Weaponized Teleportation. Teleporters are regularly used in Chrono Hustle on the space station Oracle in the 2340s. An advanced method of moving around in Void Domain. A sight based point to point movement as well as a long distance teleport have both been shown. In UA:LA, Hero's quirk Pinpoint, allows him to teleport to his All Might keychain or anything it is attached to. He can take other people with him when he does this. A number of Transformers have this ability, mostly Decepticons. The most famous is Skywarp, and he has a limiting factor that isn't part of the technology: he's about as bright as a box of hammers and requires constant supervision. He mostly uses it to pull pranks on his fellow 'Cons. Because, come on, a suprise push down a staircase is hilarious. One comic series features "orbital bouncing", allowing near-instantaneous transportation for anyone to anywhere else on the planet, working much like Star Trek's transporters except for the much greater limitation of where they can be put (line of sight is implied to be a factor) and with the implied necessity of the Transformers being beamed needing to do so in their natural robotic forms rather than their vehicle modes. Also, while they work quite well for the Transformers themselves, the one time humans were seen to be sent through the process (in the official comics) suffered almost fatal health problems as a result. And of course, the Space Bridge is a teleporter that works across intergalactic distances and can be built large enough to transport a whole planet. Since its most common use seems to be transporting stored energy from Earth to Cybertron, one assumes that the bridge itself consumes danged little energy when operating. Maybe not - in the original 3-parter, they were able to store enough energy to go back to Cybertron on a single spaceship. Yet they spend the rest of the next two seasons constantly gathering energy and sending it home through the space bridge. It must not have been all that efficient. A possible explanation is that until they made contact with Shockwave, they didn't realize how much time had passed, and how badly de-energized Cybertron was after 4 million years. Kim Possible had an episode featuring a teleportation device which sent the user through the telephone network. A similar example from an earlier Disney series is the "Modemizer", from the Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers episode "A Fly in the Ointment". Both plots are similar to The Adventures of Superman episode mentioned earlier. Totally Spies!: As a variation on the teleport theme, the "WOOHP" organization seems to have thousands of pneumatic suction tubes all over Beverly Hills, able to abduct their three teenage agents away from their civilian lives at any time. Justice League: Although teleporters were deliberately avoided in the first seasons of the show in favor of the "Javelin" shuttlecraft/plane/submarine, the rebuilt Watchtower of Justice League Unlimited has a teleportation system, as well as a whole fleet of "Javelins". In a Shout-Out to the Silver Age, the teleporters are probably captured and repurposed Thanagarian technology, since they didn't appear until after the invasion in the multi-part episode "Starcrossed". After the Watchtower was attacked by Cadmus agents, the League went after the true mastermind Luthor/Brainiac. All of the Javelins were destroyed and the teleporter naturally was disabled, prompting a dismayed Martian Manhunter to mutter that "they are more trouble than they're worth". Of course it's necessary, just so the original seven can face down Brainuthor... Livewire could turn into electricity and travel along power lines. She could teleport anywhere as long as there was an electrical outlet nearby. 'Cept for that one time the Flash grabbed a wire and threw it into a flooded fire engine...ouch. There was an episode in Jackie Chan Adventures that featured the titular character fighting with a relics thief of sorts over a necklace that enabled teleportation. While it wasn't the main plot point of the episode it played a crucial part when Jade (who else?) got a hold of the necklace. Portals also appear several times throughout the series that transport someone (Jackie or Jade most of the time) to different places in space and time. To Be, a Canadian cartoon short by John Weldon, spotlighted on the extinct Cartoon Network show O Canada investigated the philosophical issue of teleporters by way of cloning technology. In it, a scientist shows off to a crowd a teleporter that functions by making an exact copy of someone elsewhere then destroying the original. A woman in the crowd, horrified by this, suggests to the scientist that he test the moral ramifications of the process by stepping through himself, and delaying the destruction of the original by five minutes. Thus, the scientist has an exact clone. They find this wonderful and exciting, until the woman asks which is the original inventor. Both want to confirm that they are in fact the "real" scientist... until the woman reminds them that the original must be destroyed, whereupon each claims to be the copy. They have a chess match to determine which the original is - but unfortunately, the victor is declared to be the original, and is subsequently destroyed. After the issue is resolved and one scientist is zapped into nothingness, the scientist changes his mind about the usefulness of the teleporter. The woman feels guilty for what she'd done, basically killing someone to prove her point, and atones for this by stepping through the machine herself, claiming that her new copied self is free of guilt for what her original had done. The Centurions use a teleporter to transport themselves and their Assault Weapon Systems all over the world. The device has a serious limitation, though; it can be safely used only by someone wearing an Exo Frame or similar protective device. In Biker Mice from Mars, Lawrence Limburger used a transporter to bring various psychos for hire to Earth to hunt down the Biker Mice. In the Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers episode "Tower of Combat", evil militaristic alien The General uses a stolen alien teleporter to kidnap several of the heroes. The astrobeam on Challenge Of The Go Bots functioned like the zeta beam in Adam Strange comics—it could teleport an individual across interstellar distances, but only temporarily; after a given period of time, the person would automatically and unavoidably teleport back to their starting point. On one hand, this makes troop extraction after a mission extremely easy, and it avoids any danger of capture. On the other hand, it makes the device useless for travelling anywhere you do intend to stay. Hence, the Go Bots still make heavy use of spaceships. The Prison Planet in Shadow Raiders is an entire teleporting planetoid, intended to hold dangerous criminals by warping across the universe so that they can't get home. In the finale, the planet is used to teleport the Beast Planet away. Unfortunately, it's implied that the Beast Planet assimilated the teleporting ability. Code Lyoko has several of these. The most obvious of them is the scanner, which transports human beings into the virtual world of Lyoko (and back). In Season 4, the boarding pads for the Skid count as a teleporter and the "broadband acceleration" nodes count as a slower-than-light transporter. The Care Bears had their Rainbow Rescue Beam which is quite similar in concept to the transporters in the Star Trek franchise. However, it was only really prominent in the first movie. The evaporators in the original "Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century" short. In Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors, Big Bad Saw Boss uses "the power of the black light" to teleport his headquarters from place to place. One episode of Men in Black featured a portable unit. Lampshaded by J: "You mean, like, Captain Kirk?" Meanwhile, another Sony series, Dragon Tales, had the kids using a mystical dragon scale to travel between Earth and Dragon Land, in conjunction with a Magical Incantation (there two, depending on whether you were going to or from Dragon Land). As an Eliatrope, Yugo from Wakfu can create teleportation portals. Shushu king Rushu is particularly interested in acquiring Yugo since Eliatrope portals are the only means of travel off the Shushu world. On Jimmy Two-Shoes, an app on Jimmy and Beezy's phone will automatically teleport Heloise to them. My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: Physical Goddesses Princesses Celestia and Luna are capable of this, as well as the Reality Warper Discord. Main character Twilight Sparkle can also use it to teleport herself, other characters, and objects, due to her proficiency in magic. The first few times she tries it it's visibly taxing, leaving her momentarily disoriented, but by the third season it's become pretty much second nature to her. Twilight's Evil Counterpart Sunset Shimmer from My Little Pony: Equestria Girls briefly demonstrated this skill as a unicorn. Twilight's other Evil Counterpart Starlight Glimmer also has this ability, and can use it to steal a magic scroll Spike is holding right out of his hands. In "All Bottled Up", Starlight Glimmer teaches Trixie how to do this. Trixie is told she has to visualize the destination, but her unfocused mind leads to appearing in random places. She resolves to practice and get it right. Young Samson & Goliath "The Monsteroids". Samson and Goliath need to get to a Volcano Planet planetoid orbiting the Earth in order to stop the villain, so the U.S. Army sends them there using a newly-developed teleportation device. "Salamandro". The title villain has a Negative Matter Transmitter that can send creatures and objects from his underwater base to the decks of nearby surface ships. At the end the villain and his Mooks use it to escape. The Galaxy Trio. The title characters often use a Star Trek-style transporter called a "Lazon Cube" to beam down to planets from their starship Condor One. In My Little Pony 'n Friends, some unicorns can do this, but they cannot teleport through solid objects or spaces smaller than their bodies, so the skill can't help them escape from traps. At the climax of Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run, Big Bad Marvin the Martian teleports all the other main characters to Mars. Everyone tries to escape by using a "Teleporter Depot", but Merging Machine-fueled Hilarity Ensues as the characters' heads are randomly, repeatedly switched to each others' bodies. Young Justice: The Justice League and the Team have access to teleportation technology called Zeta-Beams. It requires a Zeta-Beam machine on both ends and is reliant on weather conditions. Season 2 introduces a group of four metahumans who were kidnapped by the Reach. One of them is a homage to El Dorado from Superfriends and has the power to teleport himself and others. The introduction of the New Gods in season also the show's first use of a Boom Tube, a portal that could take one to any place in the galaxy. It sees more frequent use in season 3. W.I.T.C.H. had three methods of teleportation: The first was the use of portals that could take travellers from one world to another. Initially, the heroes and villains had to rely on random portals as neither could create portals by themselves note Will initially could only close portals and the one time Phobos opened a portal in season 1, he had trick Elyon into doing it. After the Heart of Kandrakar absorbed the Seal of Phobos, Will was able to open portals as well as seal them. The second was called folding which Will, Nerissa, Elyon and Blunk (via a magic tooth) could do. Aside from name and aesthetic differences, this was essentially the same thing as using portals. The third form was called tele-transporting. While the first two methods of teleportation where for travelling between planets, tele-transporting was for instantaneous movement from one location to another in the same planet. Unlike folding, all the guardians could do it. This story about scientists in Australia. Video Example(s): Nix's primary ability is to teleport. Alternative Title(s): Transporters And Teleporters, Teleporters And Transporters Teleportation Tropes Alternate Self WeAreNotAlone/Tropes Q-Z Temporal Paradox Superhero Tropes Time-Travel Tropes Stock Superpowers Thinking Up Portals Surprise Car Crash VideoSource/inFAMOUS Tornado Move Likable Villain QuoteSource/Video Games Tide Level Main / Teleportation	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1982
__label__cc	0.538337	0.461663	Karl Neitzel Ordered 6 Nov 1943 Laid down 2 Jul 1944 AG Weser, Bremen (werk 1167) Launched 14 Sep 1944 Commissioned 19 Oct 1944 Kptlt. Fokko Schlömer 19 Oct 1944 - Mar, 1945 Oblt. Fokko Schlömer Mar, 1945 - 11 May 1945 Kptlt. Helmut Manseck (German Cross in Gold) 1 patrol 19 Oct 1944 - 1 Apr 1945 4. Flottille (training) 1 Apr 1945 - 8 May 1945 11. Flottille (active service) The boat left Wilhelmshaven, Germany for patrol on 3 May 1945. Surrendered at sea in the Baltic on 11 May 1945 (Waller & Niestlé, 2010). Arrived in Kiel, Germany 21 May Departed Kiel 2 June Arrived Wilhelmshaven 2 June Departed Wilhelmshaven 21 June Arrived Lisahally, Northern Ireland 27 June. Post war information (see more post-war boats): Secretly transferred to US Navy in Aug 1945 escorted by USS Brant, arriving at New London, CT on 25 Aug 45. Refitted at Portsmouth Navy Yard, NH and used for trials and training. Taken out of service in July 1948. Sunk after demolition tests in May 1954. Sold for scrap in Puerto Rico on 15 Sep 55 to Loudes Iron & Metal Co. View the 1 war patrol We have 2 emblem entries for this boat. See the emblem page for this boat or view emblems individually below. Hitler's U-boat War, Vol II Blair, Clay	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1985
__label__cc	0.63921	0.36079	A novel noninvasive all optical technique to monitor physiology of an exercising muscle Vishal Saxena, Laura Marcu, Gamani Karunasiri An all optical technique based on near-infrared spectroscopy and mid-infrared imaging (MIRI) is applied as a noninvasive, in vivo tool to monitor the vascular status of skeletal muscle and the physiological changes that occur during exercise. A near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) technique, namely, steady state diffuse optical spectroscopy (SSDOS) along with MIRI is applied for monitoring the changes in the values of tissue oxygenation and thermometry of an exercising muscle. The NIRS measurements are performed at five discrete wavelengths in a spectral window of 650-850 nm and MIRI is performed in a spectral window of 8-12 νm. The understanding of tissue oxygenation status and the behavior of the physiological parameters derived from thermometry may provide a useful insight into muscle physiology, therapeutic response and treatment. Physics in Medicine and Biology Radiological and Ultrasound Technology Saxena, V., Marcu, L., & Karunasiri, G. (2008). A novel noninvasive all optical technique to monitor physiology of an exercising muscle. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 53(21), 6211-6225. https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/53/21/021 A novel noninvasive all optical technique to monitor physiology of an exercising muscle. / Saxena, Vishal; Marcu, Laura; Karunasiri, Gamani. In: Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 53, No. 21, 07.11.2008, p. 6211-6225. Saxena, V, Marcu, L & Karunasiri, G 2008, 'A novel noninvasive all optical technique to monitor physiology of an exercising muscle', Physics in Medicine and Biology, vol. 53, no. 21, pp. 6211-6225. https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/53/21/021 Saxena V, Marcu L, Karunasiri G. A novel noninvasive all optical technique to monitor physiology of an exercising muscle. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 2008 Nov 7;53(21):6211-6225. https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/53/21/021 Saxena, Vishal ; Marcu, Laura ; Karunasiri, Gamani. / A novel noninvasive all optical technique to monitor physiology of an exercising muscle. 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The NIRS measurements are performed at five discrete wavelengths in a spectral window of 650-850 nm and MIRI is performed in a spectral window of 8-12 νm. The understanding of tissue oxygenation status and the behavior of the physiological parameters derived from thermometry may provide a useful insight into muscle physiology, therapeutic response and treatment. AB - An all optical technique based on near-infrared spectroscopy and mid-infrared imaging (MIRI) is applied as a noninvasive, in vivo tool to monitor the vascular status of skeletal muscle and the physiological changes that occur during exercise. A near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) technique, namely, steady state diffuse optical spectroscopy (SSDOS) along with MIRI is applied for monitoring the changes in the values of tissue oxygenation and thermometry of an exercising muscle. 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__label__wiki	0.907521	0.907521	Melania Trump Issued a Statement About Donald Trump Mocking Greta Thunberg Kimberly Truong InStyle 14 December 2019 Melania Trump has spoken out (through her press secretary) after being called upon to act following her husband's tweets about climate activist Greta Thunberg. On Thursday, the president went after 16-year-old Thunberg after she was named Time's Person of the Year, writing, "So ridiculous. Greta must work on her Anger Management problem, then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend! Chill Greta, Chill!" (Thunberg subsequently shrugged off his tweet by changing her Twitter bio to read, "A teenager working on her anger management problem. Currently chilling and watching a good old fashioned movie with a friend.") Model Kathy Ireland: Melania Trump is 'doing a wonderful job' fighting bullying Given that the first lady has chosen to focus on anti-bullying initiative "Be Best" during her time in the White House, it's not surprising that people called on her to act — or even make some kind of statement — after her husband bullied a teen online. Statement from @PressSec to me regarding @FLOTUS response to @realDonaldTrump’s tweet directed at @GretaThunberg : pic.twitter.com/4BPxK2KSTd — Kate Bennett (@KateBennett_DC) December 13, 2019 Previously, people had called FLOTUS a hypocrite for remaining silent while Donald Trump mocked Thunberg on Twitter for the second time in months, while getting up in arms when son Barron was name-dropped during an impeachment hearing. (Pamela Karlan, a professor at Stanford Law School and the witness who invoked Barron's name, has since apologized for doing so.) RELATED: Greta Thunberg Trolled Donald Trump After He Mocked Her On Twitter Again The implication in her statement is that since Thunberg is an activist who has been in the public eye, she's fair game to be mocked on Twitter by the President of the United States. Though the statement says the first lady "will continue to do all she can to help children," it's clear that she doesn't mean all children here (at least, not Thunberg).	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line1996
__label__wiki	0.954509	0.954509	Respawn Working on New Star Wars Game With it being Star Wars Day and all, EA have decided today is the perfect opportunity to announce that they are working with Titanfall developers Respawn Entertainment on a brand new third person action adventure game, set in the Star Wars universe. This Star Wars team is headed up by… Titanfall 2 Officially Revealed in Teaser Trailer We all knew it was coming but now have an official confirmation that Titanfall 2 is on its way. The EA YouTube channel just uploaded this teaser trailer which also confirms that the sequel to the Xbox One and PC Exclusive Titanfall will now be making its way onto the… Titanfall Review If you happened to be standing on the gaming train tracks a few weeks ago, you may have found yourself being crushed to death by the hype train as the 14:03 service to Titanfall steamed through town. Rather than beast out a review in a few days, I thought it… Titanfall Anti-Cheat Measures Rolling Out As Bans Begin Titanfall may have only come out last week but it is already rife with cheaters, hackers and other folks that want to ruin the fun. Respawn Entertainment are on it however, as they take their first steps against those who don't enjoy a fair game. According to MP1st, the first… Titanfall PC Connection Issue Fixed, Says Respawn Respawn Entertainment says it has fixed issues for Titanfall players that are unable to connect to the game on PC. The news came via a tweet from the Titanfall account. Our team has resolved the PC connectivity issues and you should now be able to connect to matchmaking servers. #Titanfall… Titanfall Season Pass and Deluxe Edition Details Up until recently, it was speculated that Titanfall may not have a season pass, or that any content updates could be free. Respawn Entertainment and EA have put those rumours to rest with the announcement of the Titanfall Season Pass. The news of the extra content details a bit about… Standby for Titanfall Xbox One Bundle Plus UK Price Drop Microsoft will be releasing a limited edition run Titanfall bundle of the Xbox One on March 13th, they revealed on Xbox Wire today. The bundle will include an Xbox One, Kinect 2.0, Wireless Controller, Headset and a digital download of Titanfall, as well as a one month trail of Xbox… Titanfall Beta Preview The Titanfall Beta has been let loose and has taken the Xbox One and PC by storm. The game combines FPS action with new verticality and speed with the additions of parkour and jump jets. But of course, it isn't Titanfall without the Titans themselves. These massive mechanised monstrosities drop… UPDATED: Titanfall Beta Access with Pre-Orders at GAME plus eBay Sales of Beta Codes Update: The guys over at OXM did some digging and it turns out that the code was sent to selected GAME Reward Card holders and not everyone who had pre-ordered. So yay I'm a valued GAME customer I guess. The Titanfall beta has been a bit of a puzzle for… Titanfall Beta now open for registration Upcoming, and much hyped mech riding shooter, Titanfall, has opened it's huge metallic arms for anyone who owns an Xbox One or a PC that can handle the specs, to put themselves forward to play the closed beta, due to start sometime in the near future. Registration opened last night,… Titanfall’s Beta Dates Have Been Confirmed The French gaming website xboxgen have reported that one of there sources has confirmed that the Titanfall Beta will be available from February 14th to the 19th. This was further backed up via some pictures of in store advertisements the source had obtained. "Prepare for the beta coming the 14/02"… Titanfall’s Alpha Gameplay Videos Look Incredibly Fun As I have said time and time before, I am not the biggest fan of First Person Shooters, but Titanfall is just so fun to play it has slowly started to change my mind ever since I played it first-hand at Gamescom last year. Now, the game is currently undergoing… Titanfall gets a rating by ESRB The ESRB rating for Titanfall has been announced as an M (for mature) rated game. The rating information synopsis revealed that the games content included "blood and gore, strong language and violence". The summary mentions "cries of pain, impact sounds, and blood splashes" and then goes on to depict graphic details such… Microsoft Announce Limited Edition Titanfall Controller Today, Microsoft announced the upcoming release of a limited edition Titanfall themed wireless controller for Xbox One. The design was the result of a collaborative effort between Respawn Entertainment and the Xbox team, where the designers aimed to create a controller that felt as though it had been plucked straight… Titanfall’s Player Count Confirmed as 6v6 A recent tweet from Vince Zampella, co-founder of Infinity Ward and Respawn, confirmed that the maximum player count for Titanfall would be 6v6. He explained that this was the best balance with AI for an optimal game experience, later adding that extensive testing had been done to get the player… Titanfall Atlas Titan Trailer Played as a commercial for Hammond Robotics' Atlas Titan, the trailer shows us more gameplay footage featuring the massive mech which players will get to grpis with come Titanfall's release for Xbox One on March 11th, 2014. Excited for Titanfall? Let us know what you think in the comments below. Titanfall K’Nex Toys are Coming Soon In a surprise partnership, Respawn Entertainment are teaming up with K'Nex in order to bring Titanfall K'Nex building sets out in early 2014. These sets will include pilots, multiple Titans, spectres and various other key elements from the game. The CEO of K'Nex, Michael Araten spoke today on this partnership:… GAME Exclusive Titanfall Collector’s Edition Costs £250 UK retailers GAME have been named as the exclusive stockist of Titanfall's Collector's Edition for the UK. The Collector's Edition comes with an 18-inch 'hand-crafted' LED-lit Titan figure and a hard cover, 190 page art book. With the game and schematics poster rounding off the package, the Titanfall Collector's Edition… Titanfall – Gamescom Preview I have a confession to make here. I really am not a huge fan of the FPS genre. I am one of those gamers who believe the genre is starting to take over the gaming world and not for the better. So you can imagine my scepticism when everyone in… New Information Released About Titanfall Titanfall is a new FPS game from new studio, Respawn Entertainment. The game is set to be released on Xbox One, Xbox 360 and the PC and is sure to bring a new invigorating experience into the FPS genre. The developers in a video presented what they wish to create…	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line2000
__label__wiki	0.879029	0.879029	Health fallout from Fukushima mainly mental: studies Update: July, 31/2015 - 11:31 PARIS — The most lasting health impact of the Fukushima nuclear disaster will likely be psychological not physical, according to a trio of studies published on Friday in The Lancet. Moreover, the mental health toll comes not only from the trauma of dislocation and the spectre of harmful radiation, but from deficiencies in the way civic and health officials managed the crisis, the articles argued. The meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in March 2011, provoked by a massive earthquake and tsunami, is one of only five nuclear power plant accidents to be rated five or higher since the advent of atomic energy. It resulted in the evacuation of 170,000 people within a 30km radius of the plant, and caused massive disruption of family life and local economies. In 2014, half of more than 20,000 evacuated households who responded to a government survey were still separated from family more than three years after catastrophe struck. But physical health impacts have been limited. In contrast to the 1986 explosion in Chernobyl that provoked an increase in thyroid cancer among children in affected areas and perhaps other cancers yet to be detected, the Fukushima debacle is unlikely to cause hikes in cancer rates due to radiation exposure, according the a 2013 UN scientific report. However, even if "no discernible physical health effects are expected, psychological and social problems, largely stemming from differences in risk perception, have had a devastating impact on people's live", commented Fukushima Medical University's Koichi Tanigawa, who led 15 experts in assessing health impacts from major nuclear accidents worldwide. Repeated evacuations and long-term displacement, fractured families, disrupted services and the lingering uncertainty about the health consequences of invisible radiation caused widespread anxiety. The percentage of adults experiencing psychological stress remains five times higher among evacuees than the general population, and deaths among the elderly – an especially vulnerable population – increased threefold in the three months after the accident. In the same 2014 survey, 68 per cent of respondents reported mental or physical health problems in their families, 57 per cent disturbed sleep, and 47 per cent depression moods. Fear of stigma The studies also fault shortcomings in emergency management that added additional sources of stress. Mixed messages about the severity of the accident and "restriction of information... might further increase public anxiety, leading to distribution of inaccurate information and public distrust", one of the studies concluded. Health officials, the researchers said, failed to anticipate how certain situations might create additional psychological pressure. And a poor understanding of how people perceive the threat of radiation led to errors in communication. Screening for radiation exposure, for example, to the thyroid gland – susceptible to radiation cancer – in many cases added stress rather than relieving it. Many young women in affected areas feared being stigmatised because of presumed impacts on future pregnancies and genetic inheritance. "The major effect on health of the general population from both Chernobyl and Fukushima is not related to the actual effects of radiation, but the fear of radiation," noted Geraldine Thomas, a professor of molecular pathology at Imperial College London, after reading the reports. "An over-reaction can produce risks in its own right that may be greater than the health risks posed by the accident itself," she wrote in a comment. Twenty-one of the world's nearly 440 nuclear power plants have more than one million people living within a 30km radius, and six have more than three million. — AFP With tent plus tuxedo, fans camp out to catch Cannes (May, 20 2019) $5-tn fuel exploration plans 'incompatible' with climate goals (April, 23 2019) Fans cram into Brazil football stadium to mourn dead players (December, 01 2016) 'Catastrophic' water shortages for 500,000 in Mosul1 (December, 01 2016) Conservative Fillon wins French presidential primary (November, 28 2016) Hollande endures ’ghost’ jibes as opposition holds fresh debate (November, 03 2016)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line2001
__label__cc	0.524521	0.475479	Economic Roundup Spring 2003 Key themes from the Treasury Business Liaison Program - July/August 2003 The following article is a summary of findings from the Treasury Business Liaison Program conducted in July and August 2003.1 Treasury greatly appreciates the commitment of time and effort made by the Australian businesses and industry associations that participate in this program.2 Overall business conditions in the non-farm sector of the economy remained strong in the first half of 2003. However, the external sector, which was affected by the drought, weak world growth and the SARS epidemic, remained weak. Contacts were generally optimistic about the outlook for 2003-04, with emerging signs that the drought is breaking and that the SARS epidemic and the war in Iraq had only a limited and transitory effect on economic activity. The July/August business liaison round comprised approximately 110 interviews in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Canberra and a series of phone interviews. The round focused on consumer trends, the construction industry and exports. Conditions in the farm sector continued to be monitored. Treasury met with contacts in agriculture, mining and energy, manufacturing, construction, retail, transport, tourism and accommodation, finance and other services. In the main, contacts reported solid business performance over the past year. However, contacts in the rural sector and related industries, highlighted the negative impact of the drought on activity. The impact of international security concerns and the SARS epidemic were mixed — with some sectors suffering from reduced international travel while other sectors gained from increased domestic demand. Most sectors recorded solid sales or production and only moderate pressure on wages and costs. In a number of sectors contacts reported that increased competition was pushing down prices and/or profits. Contacts generally had a positive outlook for the 2003-04 but highlighted risks around the global economy and the exchange rate. Following very strong activity in 2002-03, retail sales were expected to continue to grow in the year ahead, although at a lower pace. A number of retailers noted that the recent appreciation of the Australian dollar had reduced their input costs, allowing them to recover margins without increasing prices. It was also noted that significant discounting by large retailers was keeping prices down. Motor vehicle sales and production were reported to be very strong, and heading for another record year in 2003. The industry benefited from strong consumer confidence— driven by higher household wealth, increased access to credit and low interest rates — and the introduction of new models. Businesses were also updating their fleets with newer model vehicles. More recently, the appreciation of the Australian dollar was a positive for car companies that are net importers in Australia. In addition to improved margins, the appreciation allowed them to provide improved specifications in cars without raising prices (that is, providing effective price reductions). Views on the outlook for 2004 were mixed. Some contacts anticipated higher interest rates and saturation of the domestic market, making it difficult to increase sales beyond 900,000 per year. However, other contacts remained bullish on the outlook for the industry. Manufacturing contacts reported sound performance over the past year and were generally optimistic about the year ahead. However, conditions had been tougher in some sectors, particularly those related to rural industries. Manufacturing companies linked to the automobile and construction industries continued to perform strongly. However, manufacturers of components for the car industry are facing increased competition from low labour cost countries, forcing them to innovate to remain competitive. The push from parent companies for best global sourcing practices and the appreciation of the Australian dollar have added to these competitive pressures. Manufacturing companies in the pharmaceutical sector reported solid growth in their businesses with only a limited impact from the suspension of Pan Pharmaceuticals. Looking forward, contacts considered their ability to get new products listed under the Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme to be important. Recent business conditions were favourable for the residential sector. However, while the owneroccupied segment of the market remained strong, contacts reported some quietening in the investor segment of the market. Some contacts reported no expected new project commencements for the next 1½ to 2 years. This emerging softening in sales was particularly evident in the high rise and medium-density residential segments, although sales for those with prime location remained strong. Contacts reported that the market in Sydney remained solid, while Melbourne was ‘coming off a bit’. However, forward indicators for Brisbane, such as the number of deposits taken, indicated substantial building activity was likely over the year ahead. According to contacts this strong activity is partly being driven by strong interstate migration flows into Queensland. Work on alterations and additions remained strong, with some builders booked for up to two years. Some contacts also noted that upward pressure on construction costs was making renovations very expensive. Contacts’ views on house prices were mixed, with some expecting them to plateau around mid-2004 while others noted a risk of declining prices. The scarcity of land was reported as one of the main factors behind the recent escalation in house prices. Low interest rates, the poor performance of alternative investments and buyers trying to beat further price increases were also seen by contacts as contributing factors. The non-residential building segment, was seen by contacts as ‘holding up’, despite being a bit soft in some markets. For example, in Melbourne an increase in office vacancies and a fall in yields were deterring further investment activity. Some contacts expected office construction to peak by the end of 2003. Business activity in engineering construction continued to be very strong. The outlook for infrastructure projects remained very positive with several large infrastructure projects on the horizon. Major projects in NSW include the Western Sydney Orbital, the Sydney Cross City Tunnel, the Lane Cove Tunnel and the Parramatta Rail Link. There are also substantial resource projects currently underway; however, the outlook for new resource project commencements was uncertain. In particular, the appreciating Australian dollar and low prices for some commodities, in Australian dollar terms, had led to deferrals or cancellations of a number of resource projects. Some contacts noted that a further appreciation of the Australian dollar could increase pressure on small to medium-sized players in some segments and stem the flow of new projects. Contacts expected a very strong rebound in wheat and barley crops with strong planting in South Australia and Western Australia. These high planting acreages reflect the need to generate cash and the reduced demand for grazing pastures associated with the low livestock levels. Western Australia was reported as having its best start in 20years with rains having commenced a month earlier than usual. In contrast, as of mid-July, parts of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland were still experiencing dry to poor farming conditions which, combined with the appreciation of the Australian dollar, was affecting rural exports and farm incomes. Contacts reported in mid-July that the drought through most parts of Queensland continued to have a substantial negative impact on agricultural production, particularly for cotton and the dairy industry. Some contacts also reported that uncertainty surrounding water management was putting expansion plans on hold in the cotton industry. Although sugar production was not affected by the drought as badly as other commodities, the outlook was uncertain given low world prices and competition from Brazil. The general view was that livestock numbers were not expected to recover fully until 2005. However, some contacts indicated that solid spring, summer and monsoonal rains could bring the recovery forward into 2004. The aquaculture export industry was badly affected by the SARS epidemic, which reduced demand from Asia. The outlook for mining was mixed, reflecting the improving demand for particular commodities and the impact of the appreciation of the Australian dollar. According to contacts, demand for coking coal and iron ore — which are used in the steel industry — remains particularly strong. China is the main driver of the strong demand. Japan was also recording increases of 10 per cent per annum in steel production, adding to the strength of demand. Increased competition from Indonesia and China was reflected in a continued downward trend and ‘gloomy’ outlook for the price for steaming coal. The market for aluminium was expected to be flat in 2004 but to pick up in 2005, when some contacts expect world growth to have returned to its long-run average. The appreciation of the Australian dollar, which came on top of relatively low prices, was eroding export margins. The regulatory treatment of greenhouse emissions remained a key concern for the mining industry, and contacts reported that it will influence investment plans. The year to date has been mixed for the tourism industry, with much of the dropoff in international travel being offset by solid demand for domestic travel. The strong trading performance for the highend of the accommodation market (five stars) at the start of the year was interrupted between April and June by the SARS epidemic (which reduced overseas tourist arrivals from Asia and Europe). However, business started to pick up again in July. The steady growth in the domestic travel segment meant that budget-type accommodation had continued to perform well. In response to recent global trends, the industry is restructuring and consolidating, with a number of operators converting structures from hotels to serviced apartments. The outlook for the industry is positive, with forward indicators, such as room bookings, conference bookings and airline bookings, all pointing towards a strong second half of 2003. The 2003 Rugby World Cup is expected to have a positive impact on businesses, with overseas visitors likely to stay longer and travel more widely than visitors who came for the Olympics. Contacts in the insurance industry reported that, after a recent period of upward corrections, further price increases should more closely reflect inflation. While in general premiums were levelling out, they were still rising sharply in some segments. Profitability was returning to the industry and the outlook was considered promising. Some contacts in the finance industry reported that activity in consultancy services had started to pick up, following two years of poor trading performance. Tax services in particular were performing strongly. Contacts also reported signs of an emerging turnaround in investment banking services, following significant consolidation over the last two years. Employment, wages and prices Contacts generally reported that employment intentions were expected to remain stable and positive in the near term. Hiring intentions for construction and engineering services remained particularly strong. Employment growth in the health sector was expected to remain solid. Some contacts reported that they are increasing their proportion of parttime or casual labour as a means of controlling their labour costs and increasing responsiveness to changes in business conditions. Most contacts expected wage increases to remain moderate — in line with inflation or slightly above — and to be offset by productivity gains. An increased use of bonus or performancelinked payments was mentioned by a number of contacts, as a means of keeping wage costs in line with productivity gains. The appreciation of the Australian dollar, in addition to strong competition in a number of sectors, helped constrain price pressures across the economy. Going forward, contacts expected price pressures to remain limited. The most notable exception was the construction sector, where contacts expected continuing cost and price pressures. 1 A detailed explanation of the Treasury Business Liaison Program is provided in the Treasury Economic Roundup Spring 2001. More recent information is contained in the February 2003 business liaison summary report in the Economic Roundup Autumn 2003. 2 Summary reports of Treasury’s business liaison reflect the views and opinions of contacts. A summary of business conditions reported by liaison contacts is provided for the information of readers. While Treasury’s evaluation of the economic outlook is informed by findings from business liaison, a much wider range of information is utilised to ensure a rigorous assessment of the Australian economy. 2002-03 in review: Continued growth despite global weakness Treasury submission to the Senate Economics References Committee Inquiry into the Structure and Distributive Effects of the Australian Taxation System East Asian capital flows Australia and the Internation Financial Architecture - 60 years on Sources of economic data Past editions of Economic Roundup	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line2010
__label__wiki	0.747025	0.747025	Rock and Country Music Stars from Tesla and Big & Rich by troyshowsup \| Mar 3, 2012 \| Uncategorized Lend Support for Woodland Poly Charter School Also Announces Upcoming Music Programs for Students Get ready to roll out the red carpet. Award-winning rock and country music stars will be making special guest appearances at Woodland Poly, a new charter high school with an emphasis on career education. Professional musicians Big Kenny of Big & Rich and Troy Luccketta of Tesla will speak to students about achieving their dreams and will discuss how their life goals have led to their personal and professional success. “While we have all been big fans of Big Kenny and Troy, it’s an honor to know that they’re also big fans of our school and our students. A part of believing your dreams can come true is hearing from the people who have worked so hard to reach their goals. We are incredibly grateful to have musicians of this caliber share their tips for success with our students,” said Steve Marks, Jr., Woodland Poly Executive Director. Exact dates are pending for the professional musicians’ appearances at school rallies, but both have committed to speak to students before the school year ends in June. School officials today also announced that beginning this Fall, Woodland Poly will have a music program. The program is still under development, but the school is accepting applications for music teachers. The music program, part of Woodland Poly’s Arts and Media Academy, will enhance an overall fine arts program with additional drama and art activities. Studies have shown the academic benefits for students who are musically educated – including higher SAT scores and improved math performance. Woodland Poly is a tuition-free independent California public charter high school that opened in fall 2011. The school also accepts independent study students and students who need additional coursework to graduate. Woodland Poly has no tolerance for gangs and drugs. Parents and students sign contracts outlining each student’s expected behavior. Each student also has a personalized learning plan with academic, career and personal goals. Troy Shows Up Videos and More Never Give Up On Your Dreams Schooling Around Tesla drummer visits Woodland Poly Woodland Poly Will Have Music Program in Fall Jim on Never Give Up On Your Dreams Anonymous on Schooling Around troyshowsup on Schooling Around Troy Shows UP info@troyshowsup.com https://www.facebook.com/troyshowsup/?modal=admin_todo_tour	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0068.json.gz/line2016

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